* NM Top 75 singles, 5 March 2005 *

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) I'm From Further North Than You - Wedding Present < 5th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Emily - Adam Green
3 ( 5 ) Bastardo - Charlotte Hatherley
4 ( 6 ) What A Lovely Dance - Hal
5 ( 3 ) Goods (All In Your Head) - Mates Of State (#2[1])
6 ( 13 ) (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame / Little Sister - Elvis Presley
7 ( 8 ) The Libertine - Patrick Wolf
8 ( 17 ) You've Given Me Something That I Can't Give Back - New Rhodes
9 ( 12 ) Wooden Heart

 / Tonight Is So Right For Love - Elvis Presley 
10 ( 9 ) Alive And Amplified - Mooney Suzuki (#9)

11 ( 4 ) It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley (#2[3])
12 ( 14 ) Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own - U2 
13 ( 7 ) The Journey / Stop Knocking The Walls Down - Amsterdam / Ricky (#6)
14 ( 25 ) Oxygen - Willy Mason 
15 ( 28 ) Winter In The Hamptons - Josh Rouse 
16 ( 10 ) Time Is My Everything - Ian Brown (#10)
17 ( 22 ) Restless - Alison Krauss & Union Station 
18 ( 19 ) Everyone Says I'm Paranoid / June July - Apartment 
19 ( 29 ) Love Is An Arrow - Aberfeldy 
20 ( 23 ) Wrap My Words Around You - Daniel Bedingfield 

21 ( 20 ) Saints And Sinners - Paddy Casey (#20)
22 ( -- ) Rock-A-Hula Baby / Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley 
23 ( 30 ) Surrender - Elvis Presley 
24 ( 21 ) This Will Be Our Year - Beautiful South (#21)
25 ( 34 ) Sunrise - Angel City 
26 ( 11 ) Strip - Pink Grease (#3)
27 ( 44 ) Closest Thing To Heaven - Tears For Fears 
28 ( 62 ) Oh My G-d [RE] - Kaiser Chiefs (#11 in 2004)
29 ( 35 ) Hush - LL Cool J ft 7 Aurelius 
30 ( 15 ) So Here We Are - Bloc Party (#15)

31 ( 45 ) Deerhunter - Infrasound 
32 ( 38 ) Lady Lady - Mark Joseph 
33 ( 49 ) Black Horse & The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall 
34 ( 31 ) Goodbye Little Rose - Little Flames (#31)
35 ( 37 ) Evil Brother - Narco 
36 ( 51 ) Miss Dy-na-mi-tee - Ukelele Orchestra Of Great Britain 
37 ( 54 ) Sunny Road - Emiliana Torrini 
38 ( 57 ) Bile Chant / Escape From Rubbish Island - Wonder Stuff 
39 ( 50 ) Looking As You Are - Embrace 
40 ( 47 ) Run - Stephen Fretwell 

41 ( 73 ) Hounds Of Love - Futureheads 
42 ( 65 ) Fake - Frames 
43 ( 16 ) Filthy / Gorgeous - Scissor Sisters (#5)
44 ( 69 ) Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park 
45 ( 18 ) In A Funny Way - Mercury Rev (#7)
46 ( -- ) Dakota - Stereophonics 
47 ( 72 ) She's Got A Reason - Dogs 
48 ( 74 ) Loneliness - Ed Harcourt 
49 ( -- ) Love Steals Us From Loneliness - Idlewild 
50 ( 24 ) Such A Fool - 22-20s (#18)

51 ( 42 ) Coulda Been - Kimberley Locke (#42)
52 ( 26 ) What Happens Tomorrow - Duran Duran (#23)
53 ( -- ) You Can't Steal My Love - Mando Diao < DEBUT >
54 ( 27 ) Wires - Athlete (#11)
55 ( 75 ) Love You Too Much - House Of Love 
56 ( -- ) What The Hell - Tokyo Dragons 
57 ( 55 ) Happy Violentine - Miss Kittin (#55)
58 ( -- ) Shut Up! - Simple Plan 
59 ( 33 ) Your Place Or Mine - Chocolate Monday (#31)
60 ( 60 ) Boss Man You Scare Me - Xavier Floyd Firebird 

61 ( 32 ) Cash Machine - Hard-Fi (#20)
62 ( -- ) An Honest Mistake - Bravery 
63 ( 48 ) (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight - Elvis Presley (#31)
64 ( 36 ) La La - Ashlee Simpson (#24)
65 ( 39 ) Every Sunday Sky - Autumns (#34)
66 ( -- ) Vampire - Juliet Turner 
67 ( -- ) We Will Become Silhouettes - Postal Service 
68 ( 53 ) Black And White Town - Doves (#51)
69 ( 43 ) Free Salute - Little Barrie (#26)
70 ( -- ) Heartbeat - Annie 
71 ( 40 ) Empty Souls - Manic Street Preachers (#9)
72 ( 46 ) (Under Her) Spell - Hugh Cornwell (#39)
73 ( 41 ) I Have Forgiven Jesus - Morrissey (#1[3])
74 ( -- ) Trouble - Ray Lamontagne < DEBUT >
75 ( -- ) Electric Blue - REM 
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-- ( 52 ) One Night 
 - Elvis Presley (#11)
-- ( 56 ) Don't Save Us From The Flames - M83 
-- ( 58 ) Scumpop - Readers Wifes (#47)
-- ( 59 ) Bullets - Editors (#32)
-- ( 61 ) Almost Here - Brian McFadden & Delta Goodrem 
-- ( 63 ) I Just Wanna Live - Good Charlotte (#48)
-- ( 64 ) Sacred Heart - Cass McCombs (#3)
-- ( 66 ) Pornography - Client (#13)
-- ( 67 ) Do This Do That - Freefaller (#38)
-- ( 68 ) E Talking - Soulwax (#21)
-- ( 70 ) Evil - Interpol (#15)
-- ( 71 ) Mexico - Mundy (#4)
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-- ( -- ) California - Low 
-- ( -- ) Daft Punk Is Playing At My House - LCD Soundsystem 
-- ( -- ) Do Somethin' - Britney Spears 
-- ( -- ) Heading For A Breakdown - Soundtrack Of Our Lives 
-- ( -- ) Nonstop - Whitey 
-- ( -- ) Stay Where You Are - Ambulance Ltd 
-- ( -- ) Viva La Difference - Portobella 
-- ( -- ) Waking Up The Neighbourhood - Planet Of Women 
-- ( -- ) You Take My Breath Away - Knife 
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Oh well, after making a spectacular debut last week, Charlotte Hatherley only climbs 2 more places, and leaves us wondering again where the next #1 will come from. For now I am starting to think it will come from one of the Elvis singles - sorry you lot but 2005 has been poor so far, loads of "indie-rock" but none of it that particularly good. I hope this is not the way it is going to go, although obviously there have been far worse starts to years.

Here we are talking about my release list that I had to stuff onto 2 CDs because I couldn't pack them all into one. And then the following week I had over 30 songs so was going to fill in another 1½ CDs but ended up rejecting so many I ended up eliminating it down to about 12 songs thus simply completing the CD I had.

Is "Dakota" really the best song Stereophonics have ever done? It got to UK #1 so I guess it must be, but then I guess that tuneless "Bartender And The Thief" that never appealed to me must have been their best single before as it was their previous biggest hit. They've done so much better stuff - this latest one is ok but I could almost hear Status Quo singing it.

But then I did have to spend a week pretty much stuck in a car so maybe it was just the mood I was in.

Yeah, I'm From Further North Than You deserved to be #1 but 5 weeks is a bit flattering and 6 certainly would be.

[dandyhighwayman]

You could always let Low debut at #1 next week...

[Earl Purple]

If I wasn't supressing the Elvis songs because they're re-issues he'd probably have 4 of the top 5. Still, "Tonight Is So Right For Love", although it only climbed 3 places this week from 12 to 9, is so good and could still get to #1. Plus it's a song I'd never heard before this year.

[dandyhighwayman]

Or... you could have Low at #1.

If I say it often enough, it may happen...

[TheThorne]

WEll NM dont agree so far I think 2005 has been the best year for muisc since maybe 1996, I love so much and I struggl eto fit them in my top 75 songs which are just making my top 40 would have been top 10 4 years ago and its not all indie rock, Id call it indie pop cmon Killers, Kaisers, Futureheads, Athlete,Doves aint rock m8

[Earl Purple]

Yeah maybe it's just the last 2 weeks. The best week was 7th February - the week we had Adam Green and Willy Mason and others - but that was just one week after the Wedding Present and now I'm desperately looking for my next #1 with the Wedding Present having already accumulated 5 weeks. I had hopes for Charlotte Hatherley, but I'm almost bored of that song already now. I need a song that makes me go "wow!". I'm having no problems filling my top 75. In fact I had a shortlist of 28, and that was with me ignoring a few that I knew wouldn't make it. And Morrissey is the only single left in my top 75 that entered the chart in 2004.

I don't think it's the best start of a year since 1995 - I think that was 2000 although that obviously wasn't reflected in the UK chart. 2003 already had its #1 of the year "That's The Way I'm Feeling" by Feeder by now.