* NM Top 75 singles, 10 September 2005 *

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 1 ) The Importance Of Being Idle - Oasis < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Love Me Like You - Magic Numbers
3 ( 4 ) Long Hot Summer - Helen Love (#3)
4 ( 3 ) Work Work Work (Pub Club Sleep) - Rakes (#1[2])
5 ( 7 ) More Soul Than Wigan Casino EP - Comet Gain/Butterflies Of Love/Kicker/Airport Girl
6 ( 11 ) C'Mon Chameleon - Research
7 ( 5 ) Dream About Me - Moby (#5)
8 ( 9 ) Don't Come Running - Hal
9 ( 14 ) Streets Of Love - Rolling Stones
10 ( 17 ) Martell - Cribs

11 ( 18 ) Get None - Robert Post
12 ( 33 ) Don't Cha - Pussycat Dolls
13 ( 20 ) Sink That Ship / I Predict A Riot [RE] - Kaiser Chiefs
14 ( 6 ) It's A Hit - Rilo Kiley (#1[3])
15 ( 10 ) Nostalgia - Readers Wifes (#10)
16 ( 23 ) My Doorbell - White Stripes
17 ( 40 ) Life Will Be The Death Of Me - Ordinary Boys
18 ( 12 ) 1  - Joy Zipper (#12)
19 ( -- ) Fix You - Coldplay
20 ( 8 ) Bad Day - Daniel Powter (#3)

21 ( 13 ) Counting Down The Days - Natalie Imbruglia (#13)
22 ( 27 ) The Siren - Nightwish
23 ( 46 ) Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
24 ( 49 ) Fine Line - Paul McCartney
25 ( -- ) Stranded (In The Middle Of Nowhere) - Mohair
26 ( 31 ) Don't Lie - Black Eyed Peas
27 ( 52 ) Papers For Josie - Beauty Shop
28 ( 34 ) Business As Usual - Juliet Turner
29 ( 25 ) Joe's Gone Ridin' - Patricia Vonne
30 ( 57 ) Cool - Gwen Stefani

31 ( 21 ) Maybellene - Chuck Berry (#20)
32 ( 16 ) Summer Of Rock 'N' Roll - Twisted X (#11)
33 ( -- ) La Breeze [RE] - Simian (#17 in 2003)
34 ( 38 ) Believe In The Boogie - Mark Owen
35 ( 60 ) Sweet Kinda Something - Beulah
36 ( 24 ) Revolution Over The Phone - Mardous (#23)
37 ( 63 ) Dare - Gorillaz
38 ( -- ) Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire < DEBUT >
39 ( 41 ) Happy Days Are Here Again - Broken Family Band
40 ( 30 ) The Trooper [RI] - Iron Maiden (#30)

41 ( 65 ) Sister Sneaker Sister Soul - My Latest Novel
42 ( 66 ) The Three Degrees - Tara Blaise
43 ( 15 ) Your Own Religion - Alfie (#7)
44 ( 43 ) Something Inside Of Me - Coral (#43)
45 ( 68 ) The One I Love - David Gray
46 ( -- ) Listen To Mama - Walkerman < DEBUT >
47 ( 70 ) Keep Pushin' On - Yeti
48 ( 45 ) Lazer Beam - Super Furry Animals (#45)
49 ( 19 ) Without You - El Presidente (#6)
50 ( 71 ) Coming Home - JJ72

51 ( 26 ) St Petersburg - Supergrass (#21)
52 ( 29 ) Unsatisfied - Nine Black Alps (#26)
53 ( 36 ) I'll Be Ok - McFly (#36)
54 ( 74 ) Remain - Kubb
55 ( -- ) Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now - Mitch Benn & The Distractions < DEBUT >
56 ( 50 ) Number One - John Legend ft Kanye West (#50)
57 ( 22 ) Carolina - Adam Green (#2[1])
58 ( -- ) Wishing Well - Harrisons < DEBUT >
59 ( 54 ) The Ocean - Richard Hawley (#54)
60 ( 37 ) 9 To 5 - Lady Sovereign (#34)

61 ( -- ) Home - Simple Minds
62 ( 28 ) Getaway - Texas (#16)
63 ( -- ) Jean City - Trash Money
64 ( 44 ) Taste The Last Girl - Sons And Daughters (#43)
65 ( -- ) All Good People - Nerina Pallot
66 ( -- ) Once In A While - Black Velvets
67 ( 35 ) You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go - Madeleine Peyroux (#17)
68 ( -- ) Stormy Weather - Echo & The Bunnymen
69 ( 48 ) Ageless Beauty - Stars (#39)
70 ( -- ) All Ablaze - Ian Brown
71 ( -- ) Black Stacey - Saul Williams
72 ( 53 ) You're The Loser - Revelations (#44)
73 ( 32 ) Emily - Stephen Fretwell (#9)
74 ( 42 ) All That I've Got - Used (#23)
75 ( -- ) Forget Myself - Elbow
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-- ( 39 ) All On The Black - Leya (#2[1])
-- ( 47 ) Over And Over - Turin Brakes (#28)
-- ( 51 ) Move In My Direction - Bananarama (#31)
-- ( 55 ) Shame & Scandal - Madness (#13)
-- ( 56 ) Final Warning - Infrasound (#46)
-- ( 58 ) Going Missing - Maximo Park (#10)
-- ( 59 ) When You're With That Girl - Veto Silver (#48)
-- ( 61 ) This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us - British Whale (#54)
-- ( 62 ) Smoke And Mirrors - Black Wire (#35)
-- ( 64 ) Ooh La La - Goldfrapp (#52)
-- ( 67 ) Big City Life - Mattafix (#63)
-- ( 69 ) Ain't No Easy Way - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (#66)
-- ( 72 ) You Can Decide - Field Music (#7)
-- ( 73 ) From The Beginning - New Rhodes (#70)
-- ( 75 ) American Standard - Fictionplane (#15)
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-- ( -- ) No Fear - Rasmus
-- ( -- ) Breakdown - Jack Johnson
-- ( -- ) Jesus Had Long Hair - Linchpin
-- ( -- ) Out Of My Reach - Cass
-- ( -- ) Keep It To Yourself - Reuben
-- ( -- ) DOA - Foo Fighters
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This week I'm posting here first rather than CoolClarity, although I should have posted there first because my chart got a reply quicker there than it did here. Compilation back to a Thursday again this week, and hopefully next week I can get it done by Wednesday (and possibly on Tuesday) and will contribute it to the Haven chart.

I would like to remark that the chart is much better now than it was a couple of months ago. Maybe "Speed Of Sound" should have got to #1 instead of the Young Offenders Institute and then the Jive Aces kept us going until Rilo Kiley arrived with what was the first good song and got us back on track. Now I'm starting to listen to playlists again and thinking how many good songs there are. And the Magic Numbers may even challenge the Dears for the best #2 of the year.

Simian's "La Breeze" was expected by some to be a big UK hit after appearing on an ad but it failed to crack the top 75. Well perhaps it serves them right because they priced it at 2.99 with remixes, and could instead of have had 2 CDs, one at 1.99, one at 2.99, and put their other 3 singles "Mr Crow", "One Dimension" and "Never Be The Same" as B-sides. All of those were actually bigger NM hits than "La Breeze" was first time around, all of them went top 10 while La Breeze could only make it to #17. Their biggest NM hit "Mr Crow" reached #2 in 2002.

Arcade Fire have had a few singles previously but none of them charted. Reuben still haven't charted but I think this is the first week they've reached the bubblers. I also noticed that Kanye West's name finally appears in the chart - he seems to have featured on more singles in the last 2 years than any other artist without even reaching my bubblers (or even my shortlist). On this occasion, he is featured on John Legend's single.

[Sass]

i have 14 of those earl p

[Earl Purple]

That's 65 you are missing then. (There are 79 songs in the chart, 4 on the EP at #5 and 2 on the Kaiser Chiefs double A-side).

[Admin]

Glad to hear it will be in the combi chart next week, oasis need some help, they feel 1-7 on the chart this week!
Nice to see em at #1 in your chart, same as mine!
As for getting a reply at cc first, you are free to post this where you like neil, maybe if everyone who posted a chart here looked at and commented on 3 others, we'd get the forum moving once again?

[frag]

admin said:

Glad to hear it will be in the combi chart next week, oasis need some help, they feel 1-7 on the chart this week!
Nice to see em at #1 in your chart, same as mine!
As for getting a reply at cc first, you are free to post this where you like neil, maybe if everyone who posted a chart here looked at and commented on 3 others, we'd get the forum moving once again?

I try to comment on three others... NM, Thorney and Dandy. But I find I never get many replies

[frag]

4 ( 3 ) Work Work Work (Pub Club Sleep) - Rakes (#1[2])
i've heard this now, will chart it on sunday.

10 ( 17 ) Martell - Cribs
good to see it rise - going up in my chart too

19 ( -- ) Fix You - Coldplay
high new entry for you it's entered at #14 in my chart

23 ( 46 ) Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
falling fast for me due to radio 2 overplay.

38 ( -- ) Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire < DEBUT >
great song, stands a chance of #1 for me next week/

50 ( 71 ) Coming Home - JJ72
nice to see this rise into the top 50.

55 ( -- ) Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now - Mitch Benn & The Distractions < DEBUT >
;D
I heard this on the radio last week... was wondering who it was by. Has it actually been released?

64 ( 44 ) Taste The Last Girl - Sons And Daughters (#43)
peaked too low

66 ( -- ) Once In A While - Black Velvets
68 ( -- ) Stormy Weather - Echo & The Bunnymen
70 ( -- ) All Ablaze - Ian Brown
the first two have entered my chart recently, but not too much of an impact. but Ian Brown has done very well... was F.E.A.R. a hit in your chart?

75 ( -- ) Forget Myself - Elbow
far too low imo

[dandyhighwayman]

fragolata said:

admin said:

Glad to hear it will be in the combi chart next week, oasis need some help, they feel 1-7 on the chart this week!
Nice to see em at #1 in your chart, same as mine!
As for getting a reply at cc first, you are free to post this where you like neil, maybe if everyone who posted a chart here looked at and commented on 3 others, we'd get the forum moving once again?

I try to comment on three others... NM, Thorney and Dandy. But I find I never get many replies

I only reply to yours and Thorneys and sometimes Earl P's, Manic's and Krescendo's as I don't really like the music in a lot of the others.

[frag]

Yeah, there aren't that many well-known indie charts...

[Earl Purple]

I try to reply to other charts but some of them are so full of pre-releases that I don't know any of the songs, albeit that I get an indication of who is about to release singles so I find them quite useful to look at.

You should listen to REP (when it's up), I play a better variety of songs.

[dandyhighwayman]

I have the reverse problem with your chart - you chart a lot of songs about a week or two after they have been released (or at least post your chart then) and so you include songs that I haven't heard yet and am unlikely to hear after as they're already a couple of weeks past release date when you post your chart.

This week, however, there is an exception as you have two very well known and popular songs in the top two places which is nice to see for a change. Both are good songs and deserved of the top two, although personally I prefer The Magic Numbers.

[Earl Purple]

If they're songs that are not played on the radio stations you listen to, you won't hear them no matter when I chart them. You will however probably be able to find them:

- still in some record shops, many of them still at their original price.
- At HMV online
- Some on legal download sites

and if you don't have a conscience then you might find them on illegal download sites too. Alternatively you can listen to REP at a time I'm playing them.