this week/last week/artist/title/peak (if not current)
01 - 01 Willy Mason "Hard Hand To Hold" *2 weeks at #1*
02 - 04 The Bravery "Unconditional"
03 - 03 Gwen Stefani "Cool"
04 - 02 Hard-Fi "Hard To Beat" (01)
05 - 06 Goldfrapp "Ooh La La"
06 - 09 Kaiser Chiefs "I Predict A Riot"
07 - 05 Bloc Party "The Pioneers" (03)
08 - 07 Gorillaz "Dare" (07)
09 - 12 NewOrder "Waiting For The Sirens' Call"
10 - 20 The Magic Numbers "Love Me Like You"11 - 13 Bananarama "Move In My Direction"
12 - 17 Oasis "The Importance Of Being Idle"
13 - 08 Interpol "Slow Hands" (01)
14 - 15 Kelly Clarkson "Since U Been Gone"
15 - 19 The White Stripes "My Doorbell"
16 - 11 The Magic Numbers "Forever Lost" (01)
17 - 21 Inaya Day "Nasty Girl"
18 - 30 Arcade Fire "Cold Wind"
19 - 14 Maximo Park "Going Missing" (12)
20 - 10 The Tears "Lovers" (05)
21 - 18 Tom McRae "The Girl Who Falls Downstairs" (01)
22 - 22 Do Me Bad Things "Move In Stereo" (08)
23 - 24 Bright Eyes "Gold Mine Gutted / Easy Luck Free" (05)
24 - 34 Sons & Daughters "Taste The Last Girl"
25 - 29 The Killers "All These Things That I Have Done"
26 - 33 Royksopp "Only This Moment" (10)
27 - 16 Rachel Stevens "So Good" (02)
28 - 35 Mylo "Doctor Pressure"
29 - 25 Missy Elliott feat Ciara & Fatman Scoop "Lose Control" (11)
30 - 26 Damien Rice "Unplayed Piano" (01)
31 - 28 Charlotte Church "Crazy Chick" (16)
32 - 37 Green Day "Wake Me Up When September Ends" (14)
33 - 23 Ryan Adams "Tonight" (03)
34 - 45 Sigor Ros "Giosoli"
35 - NE The Cardigans "I Need Some Fine Wine And You, You Need To Be Nicer"
36 - NE Super Furry Animals "Lazer Beam"
37 - NE Arcade Fire "Rebellion"
38 - 43 Paul Van Dyk "The Other Side"
39 - 42 KT Tunstall "Suddenly I See"
40 - 27 The Chemical Brothers "The Boxer" (05)
41 - 31 Natalie Imbruglia "Counting Down The Days" (31)
42 - 41 Bloc Party "Banquet" (02)
43 - 39 Gorillaz "Feel Good Inc" (01)
44 - NE Royksopp "49 Percent"
45 - NE Elbow "Forgot Myself"
46 - 32 Daft Punk "Technologic" (09)
47 - 36 Beck "Girl" (16)
48 - 48 Babyshambles "F*** Forever"
49 - 38 The White Stripes "Blue Orchid" (05)
50 - NE Coldplay "Fix You"
Willy Mason secures his second week at the top of my chart with "Hard Hand To Hold" - it's my favourite track from his album and will easily go down as one of the songs of 2005 for me, I just never tire of hearing it. It's a really good time for music at the moment and I really love all of the top 10 and any could potentially be #1 at a different time. As it is, The Bravery climb to #2 with "Unconditional" and Gwen sticks at #3 with "Cool". Earlier in the year, The Bravery's "An Honest Mistake" kept Bright Eyes' "First Day Of My Life" from the top despite it being one of my favourite singles this year - they may find they now have the reverse fate behind Willy Mason.
New Entry wise, The Cardigans get the highest with a track that sounds to me like it could be Sheryl Crow while Arcade Fire get their second song in the top 50. Board favourites Elbow enter lower down along with Royksopp - these two songs stand a good chance of success here.
