* NM Top 75 singles, 18 February 2006 *

[Earl Purple]

Finally compiled:

1 ( 1 ) Funny Little Frog - Belle And Sebastian < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Where's The Pleasure - Protocol
3 ( -- ) I See You You See Me - Magic Numbers
4 ( 6 ) Flybuzz - Your Vegas
5 ( 3 ) Lottery Winners On Acid - Crimea (#2[1])
6 ( 4 ) Sleep - Texas (#4)
7 ( 11 ) Boys Will Be Boys [RE] - Ordinary Boys
8 ( 5 ) When The Sun Goes Down - Arctic Monkeys (#5)
9 ( 12 ) Publish My Love - Rogue Wave
10 ( 9 ) Just Like The Rain - Richard Hawley (#9)
11 ( 16 ) Gamble Everything For Love - Ben Lee
12 ( 8 ) Break The Night With Colour - Richard Ashcroft (#8)
13 ( 20 ) Welcome To Wherever You Are - Bon Jovi
14 ( 13 ) Analogue (All I Want) - A-Ha (#13)
15 ( 23 ) Ladyflash [RE] - Go! Team (#57 in 2004)
16 ( 15 ) Honesty - Alex Parks (#15)
17 ( 10 ) Heartbeats - José González (#9)
18 ( 17 ) Slipping Away - Moby (#17)
19 ( 18 ) This Time - Starsailor (#18)
20 ( 14 ) A Place In Displacement - South (#14)
21 ( 7 ) Cash Machine [RE] - Hard-Fi (#2[2])
22 ( 21 ) Who Runs The Show - Thee Unstrung (#21)
23 ( -- ) Perfume - Sparks
24 ( 35 ) Grow - Kubb
25 ( 30 ) Jealousy - Martin Solveig
26 ( -- ) Us - Regina Spektor < DEBUT >
27 ( 26 ) Super Heartbeats - Motorettes (#26)
28 ( 33 ) Your Enemy - Hazey James
29 ( 41 ) The Last Goodbye - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
30 ( 22 ) Commerical Breakdown - Sunshine Underground (#22)
31 ( -- ) Bluenote - Harrisons < DEBUT >
32 ( -- ) From The Bottom Of My Heart - Stevie Wonder
33 ( 46 ) Pride Before The Fall - KBC
34 ( 39 ) Boyfriend - Ashlee Simpson
35 ( 31 ) Ramblin' Man - Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan (#31)
36 ( 40 ) Conceived - Beth Orton
37 ( -- ) Stay - Beulah
38 ( 24 ) Burn The Witch - Queens Of The Stone Age (#19)
39 ( 43 ) You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) [RE] - Dead Or Alive (#2 in 1985)
40 ( -- ) Washout - Fallout Trust
41 ( 53 ) Turn This Thing Around - El Presidente
42 ( -- ) The Other Side Of Mt Heart Attack - Liars
43 ( 37 ) Can't Get Enough - Infadels (#37)
44 ( 55 ) Superchannel - Alarm MMVI
45 ( 32 ) All Time Love - Will Young (#29)
46 ( 49 ) Beautiful Soul - Jesse McCartney
47 ( -- ) Freejazz - Envelopes < DEBUT >
48 ( 58 ) Broadway - Sebastien Tellier
49 ( 19 ) End Of The Line - Mohair (#1[3])
50 ( 34 ) Warm Sand - Tina Dico (#31)
51 ( 59 ) Why Are You Looking Grave? - Mew
52 ( -- ) Another One Goes By - Mazarin < DEBUT >
53 ( 25 ) The Ballad Of Paul K / Ultraviolet - McFly (#11)
54 ( 60 ) She Painted Pictures - Liam Frost & The Slowdown Family
55 ( 52 ) Belfast Boy

 - Don Fardon (#52)
56 ( 62 ) Shame On Us All - Absent Kid 
57 ( -- ) Back Again - Boy Kill Boy 
58 ( 44 ) Just Like I Got Used To Saying Courteney Cox Arquette - Fickle Public (#44)
59 ( 63 ) Friend Of The Night - Mogwai 
60 ( 56 ) Wilder Than This - Cadillac (#56)
61 ( -- ) A Million Ways To Be Cruel - OK Go 
62 ( 45 ) Going Nowhere - Cut Copy (#45)
63 ( 66 ) When I Think Of You - Lee Ryan 
64 ( -- ) Lonely Hearts Still Beat The Same - Research 
65 ( 36 ) Hail Mary - Mark Owen (#24)
66 ( 69 ) Jambo - Claude McLin 
67 ( 27 ) JCB Song [RE] - Nizlopi (#3)
68 ( -- ) Far Away - Nickelback 
69 ( 70 ) Sugar We're Goin' Down [RI] - Fall Out Boy 
70 ( 28 ) Talk - Coldplay (#4)
71 ( 50 ) Let's Get Sandy - Be Your Own Pet (#48)
72 ( 72 ) The Suffering - Coheed And Cambria 
73 ( -- ) On The Dancefloor - Levy < DEBUT >
74 ( 54 ) Twelve - Forward Russia (#54)
75 ( 73 ) Do You Ever Think Of Me - Antony Costa (#73)
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-- ( 29 ) Sixteen Military Wives - Decemberists (#1[2])
-- ( 38 ) Always Remember To Respect And Honour Your Mother [RE] - Dusted (#9 - #5 in 2001)
-- ( 42 ) Munich [RE] - Editors (#17)
-- ( 47 ) A Pain That I'm Used To - Depeche Mode (#14)
-- ( 48 ) You Don't Love Me - Kooks (#26)
-- ( 51 ) Goodbye My Lover - James Blunt (#6)
-- ( 57 ) Eddie's Song - Son Of Dork (#42)
-- ( 61 ) All Ones And Zeros - Early Years (#51)
-- ( 64 ) Man In A Garage - Coldcut (#35)
-- ( 65 ) Beauty Queen - Hoboken (#42)
-- ( 67 ) Save You - Southern Electrics (#17)
-- ( 68 ) Tears In Heaven - Quireboys (#18)
-- ( 71 ) Juicebox - Strokes (#20)
-- ( 74 ) Friend Or Foe - TATU (#74)
-- ( 75 ) Signals - Meet.John.Doe (#75)
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-- ( -- ) Devil's Broom - Joseph Arthur 
-- ( -- ) You Don't See Me Crying - Neal Casal 
-- ( -- ) Paper Cut Moon - Cherubs 
-- ( -- ) Listen Listen - Pistolas 
-- ( -- ) One More Night Alone - Friday Hill 
-- ( -- ) Long Time Coming - Humanzi 

[frag]

1 ( 1 ) Funny Little Frog - Belle And Sebastian < 4th week at #1 >
great song

3 ( -- ) I See You You See Me - Magic Numbers
surprisingly high do you have the album?
*puts a bet on this for a multiweek #1*

15 ( 23 ) Ladyflash [RE] - Go! Team (#57 in 2004)
nice to see this rise

28 ( 33 ) Your Enemy - Hazey James
heard of this through KingB, and I like it Think it's The Hazey Janes, though.

42 ( -- ) The Other Side Of Mt Heart Attack - Liars
This one's ok - might scrape into my chart next week

57 ( -- ) Back Again - Boy Kill Boy
61 ( -- ) A Million Ways To Be Cruel - OK Go
68 ( -- ) Far Away - Nickelback
Another three that have had minor success in my chart "A Million Ways" was also in my chart six months ago, before I realised that the release had a major delay for some reason.

23 ( -- ) Perfume - Sparks
26 ( -- ) Us - Regina Spektor < DEBUT >
31 ( -- ) Bluenote - Harrisons < DEBUT >
32 ( -- ) From The Bottom Of My Heart - Stevie Wonder
37 ( -- ) Stay - Beulah
40 ( -- ) Washout - Fallout Trust
47 ( -- ) Freejazz - Envelopes < DEBUT >
52 ( -- ) Another One Goes By - Mazarin < DEBUT >
64 ( -- ) Lonely Hearts Still Beat The Same - Research
73 ( -- ) On The Dancefloor - Levy < DEBUT >
Haven't heard of any of these, apart from Stevie Wonder ovbviously. I think I've heard the name Fallout Trust before, too, but I haven't heard anything by them.

[Earl Purple]

You must have heard of Sparks. They're an American duo who have inspired many, including Morrissey. Their most famous song is "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us", which was covered by British Whale last year. They made a bit of a comeback in the 1990s with a few UK top 40 hits including "When Do I Get To Sing My Way". Their last NM hit was "Suburban Homeboy" which reached #4 in 2003.

I am considering buying the Magic Numbers album now.

The Stevie Wonder song is unrelated to "I Just Called To Say I Love You" which also contains the line "I mean it from the bottom of my heart".

Beulah is a female singer and is not the same as the Beulah who had two NM hits in 1999-2000, Score From Augusta and Emma Blowgun's Last Stand. Both were limited numbered editions. I have #198 of Score From Augusta.

[dandyhighwayman]

1 ( 1 ) Funny Little Frog - Belle And Sebastian < 4th week at #1 >
2 ( 2 ) Where's The Pleasure - Protocol

Good top 2, B&S dropped out of mine too early really - have since rediscovered a new love for this song. Protocol reached #1 for 2 weeks on mine.


3 ( -- ) I See You You See Me - Magic Numbers

Good song, would chart highly on mine if it had been released last year. I'm just a bit too used to hearing it now though for it to chart too high upon single release.


7 ( 11 ) Boys Will Be Boys [RE] - Ordinary Boys
8 ( 5 ) When The Sun Goes Down - Arctic Monkeys (#5)

Absolutely hate this couple, just don't understand the general fuss over them.


9 ( 12 ) Publish My Love - Rogue Wave
10 ( 9 ) Just Like The Rain - Richard Hawley (#9)

Both excellent, good to see them in your chart too.


23 ( -- ) Perfume - Sparks

Decent enough, not given it too much time personally.

26 ( -- ) Us - Regina Spektor < DEBUT >

Made my chart, I found it doesn't really improve upon first listen though.

31 ( -- ) Bluenote - Harrisons < DEBUT >
32 ( -- ) From The Bottom Of My Heart - Stevie Wonder
37 ( -- ) Stay - Beulah
40 ( -- ) Washout - Fallout Trust

Don't know these at all.


42 ( -- ) The Other Side Of Mt Heart Attack - Liars
47 ( -- ) Freejazz - Envelopes < DEBUT >
52 ( -- ) Another One Goes By - Mazarin < DEBUT >
57 ( -- ) Back Again - Boy Kill Boy
61 ( -- ) A Million Ways To Be Cruel - OK Go
64 ( -- ) Lonely Hearts Still Beat The Same - Research

All decent enough, only OK Go have made any real impression on my chart though.

68 ( -- ) Far Away - Nickelback

AWFUL!

73 ( -- ) On The Dancefloor - Levy < DEBUT >

Don't really know.

-- ( -- ) Devil's Broom - Joseph Arthur

Quite like this one, a shame to see it miss your chart altogether.

[Earl Purple]

So presumably radio stations don't play Stevie Wonder singles because he's considered too old. Never mind that he's a legend and his latest single is actually good.

[dandyhighwayman]

Rasdio 2 probably plays it I'd have thought... trouble is that I don't really listen to radio, I look things up when I hear of them and see what I think. I looked up the SW track yesterday after seeing it here and I can't say it made a major impression.

[TheThorne]

He was on TOTP as well but I find the song completely forgettable not a patch on anything he has done in the 70s or 80s

[Earl Purple]

I agree he has done some much better stuff. He wouldn't have become a legend on the strength of this. I would rate it about on par with stuff like "Lately" though.