* NM Top 75 singles, 10 December 2005 *

[Earl Purple]

1 ( 2 ) Sixteen Military Wives - Decemberists < 1st #1 hit >
2 ( 1 ) Clones - Akira The Don (#1[1])
3 ( 3 ) If Only The Moon Were Up - Field Music
4 ( 9 ) Let There Be Love - Oasis
5 ( 14 ) Albion - Babyshambles
6 ( 8 ) Jenny Wren - Paul McCartney
7 ( 6 ) Jane Falls Down - Modern (#6)
8 ( 5 ) Modern Way - Kaiser Chiefs (#3)
9 ( 11 ) How Rude She Was - Towers Of London
10 ( 4 ) Ringway To Seatac - Wedding Present (#1[4])

11 ( 32 ) Speed - Oversol
12 ( 21 ) Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) - Various Artists
13 ( 36 ) Bootprints - King Creosote
14 ( 16 ) One Way Ticket - Darkness
15 ( 24 ) Ghostfaced Killer - Dead 60s
16 ( 26 ) Dirty Harry - Gorillaz
17 ( 7 ) Desperate Cry For Help - Beauty Shop (#2[2])
18 ( 18 ) You Can't Have Me - Fizzgig
19 ( 28 ) Maybe I Should - I Am Kloot
20 ( 42 ) Hoodie - Lady Sovereign

21 ( 19 ) You Raise Me Up - Westlife (#19)
22 ( 46 ) Positivity - Stevie Wonder
23 ( 10 ) Halloween - Lupen Crook (#5)
24 ( 22 ) Love Is On Our Side - Frank Popp Ensemble (#22)
25 ( 15 ) Down In The Past - Mando Diao (#12)
26 ( 13 ) Stalker Girl - Hypo Psycho (#13)
27 ( -- ) End Of The Line - Mohair
28 ( 35 ) Sail Away - Rasmus
29 ( 51 ) Tarred And Feathered - Dogs
30 ( -- ) You're Gonna Lose Us - Cribs

31 ( 38 ) Fall From Grace - 3rd Dan
32 ( 12 ) I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) - Sandi Thom (#3)
33 ( 29 ) Twenty Four Hours - Athlete (#29)
34 ( 20 ) Dance Me To the End Of Love - Madeleine Peyroux (#16)
35 ( -- ) Beggars Belief - Story One < DEBUT >
36 ( 57 ) Resolve - Foo Fighters
37 ( 41 ) Remain - Gledhill
38 ( 59 ) Africa Unite - Bob Marley & The Wailers
39 ( -- ) Walk Away - Franz Ferdinand
40 ( 75 ) Girl Why Don't You - Madness

41 ( 34 ) Goodbye New York - Shakes (#34)
42 ( 64 ) Pieces Of A Dream - Anastacia
43 ( -- ) I Cried For You - Katie Melua
44 ( 17 ) I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor - Arctic Monkeys (#4)
45 ( 47 ) It Dawned On Me - Calla
46 ( 37 ) Switch It On - Will Young (#37)
47 ( 25 ) Multiply - Jamie Lidell (#19)
48 ( 65 ) She's My Everything - Freefaller
49 ( 48 ) Terry - Hot Puppies
50 ( -- ) Amarantine - Enya

51 ( 30 ) Pressure On You - Duels (#25)
52 ( 69 ) Stickwitu - Pussycat Dolls
53 ( 23 ) Coles Corner - Richard Hawley (#12)
54 ( -- ) Bling Bling Baby - Milk Kan < DEBUT >
55 ( 72 ) If It's Lovin' That You Want - Rihanna
56 ( 54 ) What I Say And What I Mean - Like (#54)
57 ( 33 ) Fill My Little World - Feeling (#27)
58 ( 43 ) Home [RI] - Michael Bublé (#43)
59 ( 56 ) R'n'B - Goldie Lookin' Chain (#56)
60 ( 45 ) Like A Star - Corinne Bailey Rae (#45)

61 ( -- ) No More Broken Hearts - Computerman < DEBUT >
62 ( -- ) Trains To Brazil - Guillemots < DEBUT >
63 ( 39 ) Free Loop - Daniel Powter (#32)
64 ( 27 ) Love's A Game - Magic Numbers (#8)
65 ( -- ) Under The Weather - KT Tunstall
66 ( 52 ) Do I - Zeena Gulzar (#52)
67 ( -- ) Rocket (A Natural Gambler) - Braund Reynolds < DEBUT >
68 ( 31 ) Swallow - Circulus (#9)
69 ( -- ) Alas Agnes - Mystery Jets
70 ( 58 ) No Worries - Simon Webbe (#57)
71 ( -- ) Trees - Louie < DEBUT >
72 ( 62 ) Ticket Outta Loserville - Son Of Dork (#60)
73 ( -- ) Pick Me Up - HK119 < DEBUT >
74 ( 63 ) Do The Whirlwind - Architecture In Helsinki (#61)
75 ( 40 ) Tristan - Patrick Wolf (#18)
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-- ( 44 ) Takin' On The World - Amsterdam (#13)
-- ( 49 ) Waiting For The Sirens Call - New Order (#1[2])
-- ( 50 ) Song For A Secret - Jim Reid (#35)
-- ( 53 ) Roginold Sons - Great Blind Degree (#38)
-- ( 55 ) Quel Genre De Garçon - Noblesse Oblige (#41)
-- ( 60 ) Patience - Dear Eskimo (#23)
-- ( 61 ) I've Got A Life - Eurythmics (#24)
-- ( 66 ) Wake Up - Hilary Duff (#15)
-- ( 67 ) Scar - Missy Higgins (#7)
-- ( 68 ) Just Feel Better - Santana ft Steve Tyler (#47)
-- ( 70 ) New York - Stephen Fretwell (#4)
-- ( 71 ) All The Money Or The Simple Life Honey - Dandy Warhols (#31)
-- ( 73 ) There's One Thing - Robert Post (#34)
-- ( 74 ) Wicked Soul - Kubb (#49)
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-- ( -- ) Here's The Good News - Paul Weller
-- ( -- ) Juicebox - Strokes
-- ( -- ) Because Of You - Kelly Clarkson
-- ( -- ) Rain Fall Down - Rolling Stones
-- ( -- ) Frontline - Captain
-- ( -- ) Ugly - Sugababes
-- ( -- ) Even G-d Can't Change The Past - Charlotte Church
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There are still 2 more charts until the Christmas one, but Decemberists are clear favourites to remain on top until then. Once again the top 2 were fairly close and the 3 behind it are pretty strong too so we actually have one of the strongest charts of the year so far if not the strongest.

The chart of the year will not be published until after the last chart, so I'm hoping I can get the charts published on the following dates:

17th December: on Thursday 22nd December
24th December: on Tuesday 27th December (Christmas chart)
31st December: on Sunday 1st January

and then on 1st January I will compile the chart of 2005 which will be broadcast on Radio Earl Purple.

The REP 1990 Special will probably take place a bit later.

The release schedule does get a bit smaller from this point on but it seems to pick up already by 9th January - it would seem that a few more have realised it's a good time for a new artist to break the chart and make a name for themselves. It has also been known for some January releases to get some pretty high sales in the past (Babylon Zoo for example).

The Decemberists are a US band who have released their 3rd album. I think they have only just attempted to break the UK and are signed to Rough Trade here (an indie label but one of the biggest ones, originally the label of the Smiths and now have bands like The Strokes). They remind me a little of the Ben Folds Five (a great US indie-rock band from the late 1990s). Sixteen Military Wives is an anti-war song.

Akira The Don had the #1 single of the year in 2004. Clones is based on (and samples) Clones (We're All) by Alice Cooper, so there's some US-rock influence in that song too although Akira The Don themselves are Welsh.

[Admin]

Dont know your top 3, and apart from your station, is there anywhere I can hear them?

[Earl Purple]

I can't tell you what other radio stations might play them, but you could buy or download them and get to hear them that way.

[TheThorne]

Decemberists are on my station damn good song, Field Music was on for 1 week when it was released but was unpopular and I wasnt a fan really either

Radio 1 are playing Akira The Don sporadically (sic)

[frag]

4 ( 9 ) Let There Be Love - Oasis
5 ( 14 ) Albion - Babyshambles
don't see the attraction of these songs, tbh...

12 ( 21 ) Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) - Various Artists
but this is good

30 ( -- ) You're Gonna Lose Us - Cribs
nothing especially exciting about this one...

39 ( -- ) Walk Away - Franz Ferdinand
very good song - still an outside chance of getting in my year-end chart...

43 ( -- ) I Cried For You - Katie Melua
not too keen. failed to get into my chart.

64 ( 27 ) Love's A Game - Magic Numbers (#8)
how did the other magic numbers singles get on in your chart?

65 ( -- ) Under The Weather - KT Tunstall
this is growing on me pretty fast run: 27-19 so far... might sneak a top 10 position in January...

72 ( 62 ) Ticket Outta Loserville - Son Of Dork (#60)
glad to see this lot flopping

New entries I've deleted, I haven't heard the song. In most cases, I haven't heard of the artist, either - where DO you get your music from?

[Earl Purple]

Albion reminds me a bit of Pulp, well songs like Underwear anyway.

The Mohair one reached the UK top 75 but I couldn't find it anywhere except Amazon Used & New. It's a bit like the Coral, if I have to compare it to a bigger artist.

My chart does have a bit of everything, indie, rap (Akira the Don and to some extent Lady Sovereign and Gorillaz), Reggae (Bob Marley), pop (Westlife, Son Of Dork, Freefaller), soul (Stevie Wonder), Easy Listening (Katie Melua, Enya).