Retrochart - 4th October 1969

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UK Top 40 weekending 4th October 1969

1 (1) Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival *3 of 3 weeks*
2 (4) I’ll Never Fall In Love Again – Bobbie Gentry
3 (New) Je T’Aime…Moi Non Plus – Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg *
4 (10) A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
5 (3) Don’t Forget To Remember – Bee Gees
6 (7) Good Morning Starshine – Oliver
7 (14) Throw Down A Line – Cliff & Hank
8 (11) It’s Getting Better – Mama Cass
9 (12) Lay Lady Lay – Bob Dylan
10 (5) In The Year 2525 – Zager and Evans
11 (6) Natural Born Bugie – Humble Pie
12 (19) Hare Krishna Mantra – Radha Krishna Temple
13 (9) Viva Bobby Joe – Equals
14 (20) Nobody’s Child – Karen Young
15 (8) Too Busy Thinking About My Baby – Marvin Gaye
16 (2) Je T’Aime…Moi Non Plus – Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg *
17 (28) I’m Gonna Make You Mine – Lou Christie
18 (31) I Second That Emotion – Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations
19 (27) Love At First Sight – Sounds Nice
20 (25) Space Oddity – David Bowie
21 (16) My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder
22 (23) Saved By The Bell – Robin Gibb
23 (33) Birth – Peddlers
24 (24) Make Me An Island – Joe Dolan
25 (13) Put Yourself In My Place – Isley Brothers
26 (22) Soul Deep – Box Tops
27 (New) Do What You Gotta Do – Four Tops
28 (29) I’m A Better Man – Engelbert Humperdinck
29 (21) Clean Up Your Own Back Yard – Elvis Presley
30 (18) Honky Tonk Women – Rolling Stones
31 (15) Cloud Nine – The Temptations
32 (New) He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother – The Hollies
33 (26) Wet Dream – Max Romeo
34 (New) Oh Well – Fleetwood Mac
35 (39) My Way – Frank Sinatra
36 (New) When Two Worlds Collide – Jim Reeves
37 (17) Marrakesh Express – Crosby, Stills and Nash
38 (30) Early In The Morning – Vanity Fare
39 (New) Delta Lady – Joe Cocker
40 (New) Hunt – Barry Ryan

* For the only time in chart history, the same recording of the same song holds different chart positions in the same week. The scandalous Je T’Aime…Moi Non Plus is the record in question, as Fontana withdraw their version and Major Minor pick up the licence.

[Deleted]

Oh wrong forum. Could this topic be moved over to the chart forum please?

Thanks

Mark

[Admin]

What a CLASS #1! ;D

[ManicKangaroo]

This is my Birthday chart ;D

[paulgilb]

Second biggest fall from #2 ever - only beaten by U2's desire, which fell 2-17 in 1988.

[Elmer]

God I'm sad cause I know every record in that chart

The Max Romeo - Wet Dream record got banned back in 1969 for obvious reasons..

The song starts off with something like "Woke up in the morning having a wet dream"

[Sofie]

I only know 3 songs from that chart...

[Admin]

paulgilb said:

Second biggest fall from #2 ever - only beaten by U2's desire, which fell 2-17 in 1988.

But it's at #3 as well, so must have been some mix up?

[paulgilb]

No, the two versions were released on different labels:

The song was originally issued by Fontana, released in July 1969 and climbed up to #2, at which point it was deleted. Major Minor then picked up the licence and issued the song themselves. So this week, Major Minor's release was at #3 (it would climb to #1 the following week) while the original Fontana release was freefalling.

[Admin]

Cheers for that, but why would you delete a song that was at #2? was it cos of it's naughtiness and the breathy stuff?

[Robbie]

andy said:

Cheers for that, but why would you delete a song that was at #2? was it cos of it's naughtiness and the breathy stuff?

The record label, Fontana, simply decided the song was too risque and decided to sell the licence to the song to another company! The chart rules back then didn't allow for sales to be combined... had they done so, it's probable the record would have been at #1 from combined sales.

[Elmer]

The song did reach number one on it's return anyway