* NM Top 75 singles, 17 December 2005 *

[Earl Purple]

Not quite the Christmas chart - that will be next week...

1 ( 1 ) Sixteen Military Wives - Decemberists < 2nd week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Clones - Akira The Don (#1[1])
3 ( 4 ) Let There Be Love - Oasis
4 ( 5 ) Albion - Babyshambles
5 ( 3 ) If Only The Moon Were Up - Field Music (#3)
6 ( 6 ) Jenny Wren - Paul McCartney
7 ( 27 ) End Of The Line - Mohair
8 ( 11 ) Speed - Oversol
9 ( 13 ) Bootprints - King Creosote
10 ( 7 ) Jane Falls Down - Modern (#6)

11 ( 9 ) How Rude She Was - Towers Of London (#9)
12 ( 12 ) Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) - Various Artists
13 ( 30 ) You're Gonna Lose Us - Cribs
14 ( 15 ) Ghostfaced Killer - Dead 60s
15 ( 20 ) Hoodie - Lady Sovereign
16 ( 16 ) Dirty Harry - Gorillaz
17 ( 22 ) Positivity - Stevie Wonder
18 ( 35 ) Beggars Belief - Story One
19 ( 14 ) One Way Ticket - Darkness (#14)
20 ( 8 ) Modern Way - Kaiser Chiefs (#3)

21 ( 19 ) Maybe I Should - I Am Kloot (#19)
22 ( 39 ) Walk Away - Franz Ferdinand
23 ( -- ) JCB Song [RE] - Nizlopi (#22)
24 ( 43 ) I Cried For You - Katie Melua
25 ( 29 ) Tarred And Feathered - Dogs
26 ( 18 ) You Can't Have Me - Fizzgig (#18)
27 ( 10 ) Ringway To Seatac - Wedding Present (#1[4])
28 ( -- ) Under The Tree - Water Babies < DEBUT >
29 ( 50 ) Amarantine - Enya
30 ( 40 ) Girl Why Don't You - Madness

31 ( 28 ) Sail Away - Rasmus (#28)
32 ( 36 ) Resolve - Foo Fighters
33 ( -- ) Jerusalem - Keedie & The England Cricket Team < DEBUT >
34 ( 21 ) You Raise Me Up - Westlife (#19)
35 ( 54 ) Bling Bling Baby - Milk Kan
36 ( 38 ) Africa Unite - Bob Marley & The Wailers
37 ( 31 ) Fall From Grace - 3rd Dan (#31)
38 ( 24 ) Love Is On Our Side - Frank Popp Ensemble (#22)
39 ( -- ) Advertising Space - Robbie Williams
40 ( 42 ) Pieces Of A Dream - Anastacia

41 ( 61 ) No More Broken Hearts - Computerman
42 ( -- ) The Ballad Of Paul K / Ultraviolet - McFly
43 ( 62 ) Trains To Brazil - Guillemots
44 ( 17 ) Desperate Cry For Help - Beauty Shop (#2[2])
45 ( 65 ) Under The Weather - KT Tunstall
46 ( 37 ) Remain - Gledhill (#37)
47 ( -- ) Wild Mountainside - Trashcan Sinatras < DEBUT >
48 ( 67 ) Rocket (A Natural Gambler) - Braund Reynolds
49 ( 48 ) She's My Everything - Freefaller (#48)
50 ( 69 ) Alas Agnes - Mystery Jets

51 ( 33 ) Twenty Four Hours - Athlete (#29)
52 ( -- ) It's Better To Have Loved - Temposhark < DEBUT >
53 ( 71 ) Trees - Louie
54 ( 52 ) Stickwitu - Pussycat Dolls (#52)
55 ( 73 ) Pick Me Up - HK119
56 ( -- ) Here's The Good News - Paul Weller
57 ( 25 ) Down In The Past - Mando Diao (#12)
58 ( 55 ) If It's Lovin' That You Want - Rihanna (#55)
59 ( 45 ) It Dawned On Me - Calla (#45)
60 ( 23 ) Halloween - Lupen Crook (#5)

61 ( -- ) Rain Fall Down - Rolling Stones
62 ( 26 ) Stalker Girl - Hypo Psycho (#13)
63 ( -- ) On All My Sundays - Leya
64 ( 41 ) Goodbye New York - Shakes (#34)
65 ( 49 ) Terry - Hot Puppies (#49)
66 ( -- ) What's That Sound - Lisa Brown < DEBUT >
67 ( -- ) I'm A Strong Lion - Robert Pollard < DEBUT >
68 ( 46 ) Switch It On - Will Young (#37)
69 ( 34 ) Dance Me To the End Of Love - Madeleine Peyroux (#16)
70 ( 56 ) What I Say And What I Mean - Like (#54)
71 ( -- ) Ugly - Sugababes
72 ( 59 ) R'n'B - Goldie Lookin' Chain (#56)
73 ( 32 ) I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) - Sandi Thom (#3)
74 ( -- ) Even G-d Can't Change The Past - Charlotte Church
75 ( -- ) Last Man Alive - Levellers
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-- ( 44 ) I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor - Arctic Monkeys (#4)
-- ( 47 ) Multiply - Jamie Lidell (#19)
-- ( 51 ) Pressure On You - Duels (#25)
-- ( 53 ) Coles Corner - Richard Hawley (#12)
-- ( 57 ) Fill My Little World - Feeling (#27)
-- ( 58 ) Home [RI] - Michael Bublé (#43)
-- ( 60 ) Like A Star - Corinne Bailey Rae (#45)
-- ( 63 ) Free Loop - Daniel Powter (#32)
-- ( 64 ) Love's A Game - Magic Numbers (#8)
-- ( 66 ) Do I - Zeena Gulzar (#52)
-- ( 68 ) Swallow - Circulus (#9)
-- ( 70 ) No Worries - Simon Webbe (#57)
-- ( 72 ) Ticket Outta Loserville - Son Of Dork (#60)
-- ( 74 ) Do The Whirlwind - Architecture In Helsinki (#61)
-- ( 75 ) Tristan - Patrick Wolf (#18)
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-- ( -- ) Juicebox - Strokes
-- ( -- ) A Pain That I'm Used To - Depeche Mode
-- ( -- ) No Goodbyes - Subways
-- ( -- ) Frontline - Captain
-- ( -- ) Ready To Roll - Patrolman Pete
-- ( -- ) McElvis Presley's Scottish Medley - Dean Park
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This is "not quite the Christmas chart", and it might appear that the Decemberists have it all wrapped up now, albeit a big climb from Mohair.

There is however an outside threat from a single not in the chart, and I'm not referring to Shayne Ward. The hint is that if it gets to #1 it will be the second single to be an NM Christmas #1 twice.

We have the artist currently at #3 in the chart to blame for releasing for Christmas week itself. Nobody ever used to do that, instead they would release early in December hoping for maximum sales, and of course back then singles used to climb to #1.

But in 1994, Oasis hoped that a late release of "Whatever" would disturb East 17 and Mariah Carey's bid for the top. It probably would now but back then they just weren't popular enough. However "Whatever" is among their biggest selling singles and went on to stay more week in the UK top 75 than any other single in the 1990s until it became ineligible as a 4-song EP. Other songs on that track included "Half A World Away" which was used as the theme for the Royle Family, showing that even their B-sides had quality.

So it having been done once, another Oasis song had a go the following year, only it was not actually Oasis but Mike Flowers Pops who challenged Michael Jackson for the top spot with their cover of Wonderwall. Once again it failed, but the precedent had been set and the next 3 years, Spice Girls singles were released for Christmas week and all of them made it to #1.

[Tom]

There's some great info there thanks Earl.

I remember Whatever was your No 1 for ages wasn't it? But after 7 weeks it was automatically demoted why was that?

[Earl Purple]

You remember my chart from 11 years ago?

The NM chart has a 7-week maximum rule at #1.

Thanks for the reply. I will post my christmas chart here now but it's too late for it to get its own topic now. The new chart will be tomorrow.

1 ( -- ) Fairytale Of New York [RE] - Pogues & Kirsty McColl < 1 + 4 weeks at #1 >
2 ( 1 ) Sixteen Military Wives - Decemberists (#1[2])
3 ( 3 ) Let There Be Love - Oasis
4 ( 7 ) End Of The Line - Mohair
5 ( 2 ) Clones - Akira The Don (#1[1])
6 ( 4 ) Albion - Babyshambles (#4)
7 ( 5 ) If Only The Moon Were Up - Field Music (#3)
8 ( 6 ) Jenny Wren - Paul McCartney (#6)
9 ( 13 ) You're Gonna Lose Us - Cribs
10 ( 8 ) Speed - Oversol (#8)

11 ( 23 ) JCB Song [RE] - Nizlopi
12 ( 9 ) Bootprints - King Creosote (#9)
13 ( 28 ) Under The Tree - Water Babies
14 ( 18 ) Beggars Belief - Story One
15 ( 33 ) Jerusalem - Keedie & The England Cricket Team
16 ( 15 ) Hoodie - Lady Sovereign (#15)
17 ( 12 ) Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) - Various Artists (#12)
18 ( 22 ) Walk Away - Franz Ferdinand
19 ( 14 ) Ghostfaced Killer - Dead 60s (#14)
20 ( 39 ) Advertising Space - Robbie Williams

21 ( 17 ) Positivity - Stevie Wonder (#17)
22 ( 24 ) I Cried For You - Katie Melua
23 ( 11 ) How Rude She Was - Towers Of London (#9)
24 ( 10 ) Jane Falls Down - Modern (#6)
25 ( 42 ) The Ballad Of Paul K / Ultraviolet - McFly
26 ( 16 ) Dirty Harry - Gorillaz (#16)
27 ( 29 ) Amarantine - Enya
28 ( 47 ) Wild Mountainside - Trashcan Sinatras
29 ( 25 ) Tarred And Feathered - Dogs (#25)
30 ( 52 ) It's Better To Have Loved - Temposhark

31 ( 30 ) Girl Why Don't You - Madness (#30)
32 ( 35 ) Bling Bling Baby - Milk Kan
33 ( -- ) Talk - Coldplay
34 ( 21 ) Maybe I Should - I Am Kloot (#19)
35 ( 56 ) Here's The Good News - Paul Weller
36 ( 19 ) One Way Ticket - Darkness (#14)
37 ( 41 ) No More Broken Hearts - Computerman
38 ( 32 ) Resolve - Foo Fighters (#32)
39 ( 61 ) Rain Fall Down - Rolling Stones
40 ( 43 ) Trains To Brazil - Guillemots

41 ( 45 ) Under The Weather - KT Tunstall
42 ( -- ) Goodbye My Love - James Blunt
43 ( 63 ) On All My Sundays - Leya
44 ( 36 ) Africa Unite - Bob Marley & The Wailers (#36)
45 ( 66 ) What's That Sound - Lisa Brown
46 ( 31 ) Sail Away - Rasmus (#28)
47 ( 48 ) Rocket (A Natural Gambler) - Braund Reynolds
48 ( 67 ) I'm A Strong Lion - Robert Pollard
49 ( 50 ) Alas Agnes - Mystery Jets
50 ( 26 ) You Can't Have Me - Fizzgig (#18)

51 ( 40 ) Pieces Of A Dream - Anastacia (#40)
52 ( 20 ) Modern Way - Kaiser Chiefs (#3)
53 ( 71 ) Ugly - Sugababes
54 ( 53 ) Trees - Louie (#53)
55 ( -- ) Always Remember To Respect And Honour Your Mother [RE] - Dusted (#5 in 2001)
56 ( 55 ) Pick Me Up - HK119 (#55)
57 ( 74 ) Even G-d Can't Change The Past - Charlotte Church
58 ( 75 ) Last Man Alive - Levellers
59 ( -- ) A Pain That I'm Used To - Depeche Mode
60 ( 37 ) Fall From Grace - 3rd Dan (#31)

61 ( -- ) Save You - Southern Electrics < DEBUT >
62 ( 49 ) She's My Everything - Freefaller (#48)
63 ( -- ) Tears In Heaven - Quireboys
64 ( 27 ) Ringway To Seatac - Wedding Present (#1[4])
65 ( -- ) No Goodbyes - Subways < DEBUT >
66 ( 34 ) You Raise Me Up - Westlife (#19)
67 ( 54 ) Stickwitu - Pussycat Dolls (#52)
68 ( 46 ) Remain - Gledhill (#37)
69 ( -- ) Juicebox - Strokes
70 ( 38 ) Love Is On Our Side - Frank Popp Ensemble (#22)
71 ( 58 ) If It's Lovin' That You Want - Rihanna (#55)
72 ( -- ) These Days - At The Lake < DEBUT >
73 ( -- ) Come Tomorrow - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb
74 ( -- ) That's My Goal - Shayne Ward < DEBUT >
75 ( -- ) Frontline - Captain < DEBUT >
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-- ( 44 ) Desperate Cry For Help - Beauty Shop (#2[2])
-- ( 51 ) Twenty Four Hours - Athlete (#29)
-- ( 57 ) Down In The Past - Mando Diao (#12)
-- ( 59 ) It Dawned On Me - Calla (#45)
-- ( 60 ) Halloween - Lupen Crook (#5)
-- ( 62 ) Stalker Girl - Hypo Psycho (#13)
-- ( 64 ) Goodbye New York - Shakes (#34)
-- ( 65 ) Terry - Hot Puppies (#49)
-- ( 68 ) Switch It On - Will Young (#37)
-- ( 69 ) Dance Me To the End Of Love - Madeleine Peyroux (#16)
-- ( 70 ) What I Say And What I Mean - Like (#54)
-- ( 72 ) R'n'B - Goldie Lookin' Chain (#56)
-- ( 73 ) I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair) - Sandi Thom (#3)
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-- ( -- ) First Of May - G4 ft Robin Gibb
-- ( -- ) Forget Me Not - Lucie Silvas
-- ( -- ) Ready To Roll - Patrolman Pete
-- ( -- ) Boundaries - Redshed
-- ( -- ) McElvis Presley's Scottish Medley - Dean Park
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[Tom]

Ah I see, yep I noticed it in Google and remembered about it when I discovered that Half A World Away was on the single. Thanks for letting me know

[Razzle Dazzle]

57 ( 25 ) Down In The Past - Mando Diao (#12)

i love Mando Diao

[frag]

Yay for Pogues! Wonder how fast it will fall...