CZB's Chart, Month 405 (May) - 8 new breakers, 4 new hits !

[Blondini]

Oh, 1979 was only September! I must have missed it/ forgot to comment!

[CZB]

It's December.....it's time for a new chart.....and the top end has never looked quite like this!!!





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CZB'S TOP FORTY ------------- Month 376 -------------- DECEMBER 2010
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01 ---- 01 HELLO Martin Solveig featuring Dragonette [Highest New Entry]
02 ---- 01 BARBRA STREISAND Duck Sauce
03 ---- 01 COOLER COULEUR Crookers featuring Yelle
04 ---- 01 SING WITH A SWING DKS
05 ---- 01 STUCK Caro Emerald
06 05 02 TAKE IT OFF Regi and Kaya Jones
07 02 03 BROMANCE Tim Berg
08 03 04 A HAPPY PLACE Katie Melua
09 17 02 NOT GIVING UP ON LOVE Armin Van Buuren vs Sophie Ellis-Bextor
10 10 05 THAT MAN Caro Emerald

11 12 04 ROCKET TO URANUS Vengaboys featuring Perez Hilton ##
12 ---- 01 WHO OWNS MY HEART Miley Cyrus ##
13 13 04 FIRE WITH FIRE Scissor Sisters
14 04 03 FULL FOCUS Armin Van Buuren
15 19 02 ALL FOR YOU Ace Of Base ##
16 01 05 WE NO SPEAK AMERICANO Yolanda Be Cool featuring D-Cup
17 14 04 ONE Swedish House Mafia
18 11 05 COME HOME Amatorski ##
19 06 07 ALORS ON DANSE Stromae
20 31 02 A MOMENT OF MADNESS Katie Melua [Rapid Riser]

21 23 03 OVERRATED Jacqueline (Govaert) ##
22 07 05 AURORA Nova
23 15 06 ALL THE LOVERS Kylie Minogue ##
24 08 06 BUBBLE BATH The Swiss
25 09 06 ALEJANDRO (DON'T CALL MY NAME) Lady GaGa
26 34 02 TE QUIERO Stromae
27 18 07 BITTERSWEET Sophie Ellis-Bextor ##
28 24 08 GYPSY Shakira ##
29 37 02 THIS PRETTY FACE Amy MacDonald
30 21 08 VANILLA TWILIGHT Owl City

31 25 06 THE RIDDLE Prezioso and Marvin
32 20 07 TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEART Alicia Keys
33 22 07 THE RAIN Peter Luts
34 16 09 A NIGHT LIKE THIS Caro Emerald [Fastest Faller / Longest Laster] ##
35 40 02 BACK IT UP Caro Emerald
36 26 07 I AM NOT A ROBOT Marina and the Diamonds
37 29 05 NEVER CRY AGAIN Dash Berlin
38 30 07 HAVEN'T MET YOU YET Michael Buble
39 33 08 LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE Bananarama
40 ---- 01 EVIDENT UTENSIL Chairlift
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TOP 40 BREAKERS:
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01 [ 00 ] CATCH YOUR FALL Clokx [Chartbuster] ##
02 [ 02 ] YOUR LOVE IS MY DRUG Ke$ha
03 [ 04 ] HOT Inna
04 [ 08 ] OH NO Marina and the Diamonds
05 [ 11 ] I WANNA Bob Sinclar and Sahara featuring Shaggy
06 [ 09 ] THE POPE OF DOPE Party Harders vs The Subs
07 [ 07 ] IF YOU TOLERATE THIS Eric Chase
08 [ 12 ] DANCE THE WAY I FEEL Ou Est Le Swimming Pool
09 [ 10 ] LOVE Inna
10 [ 15 ] NEED YOU NOW Lady Antebellum

11 [ 13 ] LOVESONG Jes
12 [ 14 ] WINGS Das Pop
13 [ 16 ] MISSING Jessy
14 [ 34 ] UNENDLICHE SINFONIE Polarkreis 18
15 [ 17 ] SPARK Amy MacDonald
16 [ 18 ] PYROMANIA Cascada
17 [ 20 ] AMAZING Inna
18 [ 19 ] ALL IS LOVE Sash featuring Jessy
19 [ 21 ] CROSSFIRE Brandon Flowers
20 [ 23 ] GOOD TIMES Roll Deep featuring Jodie Connor

21 [ 22 ] CALL ME Samantha Fox and Sabrina Salerno
22 [ 29 ] THE FLOOD Katie Melua
23 [ 33 ] 10 MINUTES Inna
24 [ 27 ] KICKSTARTS Example
25 [ 32 ] HEARTBEAT Enrique Iglesias featuring Nicole Scherzinger
26 [ 28 ] JANEIRO Dash Berlin featuring Solid Sessions
27 [ 31 ] SPREAD Right Face
28 [ 39 ] FEED THE HORSE Fagget Fairys
29 [ 40 ] WONDERFUL LIFE Hurts
30 [ 36 ] YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES Jona Lewie

31 [ 38 ] FORGET YOU Cee Lo Green
32 [ 00 ] TAKE OVER CONTROL Afrojack featuring Eva Simons
33 [ 37 ] VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR Buggles
34 [ 00 ] I'M IN LOVE Alex Gaudino
35 [ 00 ] BIG WORLD Jacqueline (Govaert)
36 [ 00 ] THE RAIN Markus Schulz
37 [ 00 ] LA SERENISSIMA Mike Candys featuring Jack Holiday
38 [ 00 ] RIVIERA LIFE Caro Emerald
39 [ 00 ] DANCE IN THE DARK Lady GaGa
40 [ 00 ] HEY JUDE Beatles
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Number one two years ago: VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay
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Number one twelve years ago: NO TENGO DINERO Los Umbrellos
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Number one twenty-two years ago: ON THE INSIDE Lynne Hamilton
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In my final chart of 2010, there are twenty-three tracks moving down, eight going up, two non-movers and seven new entries - and Caro Emerald has one of each! Her former number one “A Night Like This” is the fastest faller and longest laster, diving eighteen places to 34 in its ninth month - and that’s now one place above “Back It Up”, which climbs five notches from its number 40 entry position in November. “That Man” spends a second month at number ten, while her current Dutch hit “Stuck” makes an impressive new entry at number five. In most months, that would be the top newcomer - but this time it’s only the fifth highest new entry! This has never happened before, but the top five are all brand new entries - and the top four come from acts making their chart debut. DKS arrive one place higher than the Broads reached twenty-seven years ago with “Sing-Sing-Sing”, retitling it “Sing With A Swing”. This piece was originally written back in the 1930s by Louis Prima (born 1910, died 1978). For the new entry at number three, French band Yelle join forces with Italian production duo the Crookers on “Cooler Cooleur”, from their recent album “Tons Of Friends”. One of those friends would seem to be Kid Cudi, with whom they had a major international hit two years ago with “Day ‘n Nite”. Boston-born record producer Armand van Helden was involved with a few UK number one hits in the previous decade - the earliest being “Professional Widow” by Tori Amos from January 1997 - and recently came close to having another one, with Duck Sauce. “Barbra Streisand”, using much of Boney M’s “Gotta Go Home”, now crashes into my top forty at number two. But straight in at number one - and making an even bigger climb than Paris Hilton’s “Stars Are Blind” in the extended chart, as it was November’s number 111 - is “Hello” by Martin Solveig and Dragonette. The thirty-four-year-old French DJ and producer is already in the top ten in his homeland - on both the downloads and the physical sales charts! - together with a three-piece Canadian, but now London-based, group. It’s the second time that a song with this title has entered my top forty at number one - but theirs is not otherwise related to that of the once-seen, never-forgotten Twinkle.

The two other new arrivals this month are second hits for Miley Cyrus and Chairlift. The eighteen-year-old “Hannah Montana” actress follows up her number five “See You Again” with a number 12 entry for November’s Chartbuster “Who Owns My Heart”, while the Brooklyn-based electronic pop group are a long way from matching their number one “Bruises”, as “Evident Utensil” is in at number 40. Meanwhile, the Rapid Riser is Katie Melua, racing up eleven places to number 20 with her album track “A Moment Of Madness”. Album tracks and old singles alike have recently been appearing all over the UK Top 200 for the Beatles, as their back catalogue has suddenly become available for download - and their one and only hit from my chart, “Hey Jude”, which got to number 20 in 1997, now returns to the top forty breakers. Also there are eight brand new potential hits. Lady GaGa could soon have a seventh success with “Dance In The Dark”, Caro Emerald a fifth with “Riviera Life”, and Jacqueline (Govaert) a second with “Big World”. Dance tracks from Afrojack featuring Eva Simons, Alex Gaudino, Markus Schulz and Mike Candys featuring Jack Holiday could also be on their way to my top forty in the months ahead - the last being a new version of the former hit by Rondo Veneziano. However, the guaranteed new entry in January 2011 is from the same genre - and, although it’s credited to a new name to my chart, it’s not exactly a new artist. Forty-year-old Dutch producer and DJ Ron Van Den Beuken previously reached number 26 with “Far Away” and number five with “Life’s Too Short”, accompanied by Nicole Tyler and Maarten de Jong respectively - and another of his projects has made regular appearances in the singles sales top 100 in his homeland during the last eight years. Several of those releases have featured in the Tipparade, and a few have even reached the top forty - in which the latest is currently one of his biggest successes. My Record of the Month for December 2010 is Clokx, with “Catch Your Fall”.

[Tiger]

02 ---- 01 BARBRA STREISAND Duck Sauce
05 ---- 01 STUCK Caro Emerald
09 17 02 NOT GIVING UP ON LOVE Armin Van Buuren vs Sophie Ellis-Bextor
10 10 05 THAT MAN Caro Emerald

13 13 04 FIRE WITH FIRE Scissor Sisters
16 01 05 WE NO SPEAK AMERICANO Yolanda Be Cool featuring D-Cup

25 09 06 ALEJANDRO (DON'T CALL MY NAME) Lady GaGa
28 24 08 GYPSY Shakira ##
29 37 02 THIS PRETTY FACE Amy MacDonald
30 21 08 VANILLA TWILIGHT Owl City

32 20 07 TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEART Alicia Keys
34 16 09 A NIGHT LIKE THIS Caro Emerald [Fastest Faller / Longest Laster] ##
35 40 02 BACK IT UP Caro Emerald
38 30 07 HAVEN'T MET YOU YET Michael Buble
40 ---- 01 EVIDENT UTENSIL Chairlift
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TOP 40 BREAKERS:
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02 [ 02 ] YOUR LOVE IS MY DRUG Ke$ha
03 [ 04 ] HOT Inna
04 [ 08 ] OH NO Marina and the Diamonds
10 [ 15 ] NEED YOU NOW Lady Antebellum

14 [ 34 ] UNENDLICHE SINFONIE Polarkreis 18
15 [ 17 ] SPARK Amy MacDonald
16 [ 18 ] PYROMANIA Cascada
17 [ 20 ] AMAZING Inna
19 [ 21 ] CROSSFIRE Brandon Flowers

31 [ 38 ] FORGET YOU Cee Lo Green
32 [ 00 ] TAKE OVER CONTROL Afrojack featuring Eva Simons
33 [ 37 ] VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR Buggles
34 [ 00 ] I'M IN LOVE Alex Gaudino
39 [ 00 ] DANCE IN THE DARK Lady GaGa
40 [ 00 ] HEY JUDE Beatles
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Number one two years ago: VIVA LA VIDA Coldplay

Good new entries in the chart, I want Brandon Flowers in though finally! And Ke$ha!

[Chun]

I listened to the top 40. It was fun, though I had to search many videos on the web because the industry does not want Germans to watch their videos on Youtube.

great!!!
BROMANCE Tim Berg
NOT GIVING UP ON LOVE Armin Van Buuren vs Sophie Ellis-Bextor
FIRE WITH FIRE Scissor Sisters
ALL THE LOVERS Kylie Minogue
ALEJANDRO (DON'T CALL MY NAME) Lady GaGa
BITTERSWEET Sophie Ellis-Bextor
THIS PRETTY FACE Amy MacDonald
TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEART Alicia Keys
LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE Bananarama

surprised I like
A HAPPY PLACE Katie Melua

don't like
I AM NOT A ROBOT Marina and the Diamonds

just awfull
TAKE IT OFF Regi and Kaya Jones
WHO OWNS MY HEART Miley Cyrus
ALL FOR YOU Ace Of BaseALORS ON DANSE Stromae
GYPSY Shakira
THE RIDDLE Prezioso and Marvin

[emilhot]

I don't know anything in your top 22! But i like All The Lovers!

[CZB]

DKS arrive one place higher than the Broads...with...“Sing With A Swing”. This piece was originally written...by Louis Prima (born 1910, died 1978).

So, for the first trip back in time this month, it's a hundred-year voyage back to 1910.....





Er, no! The year is 1978 - and even that pre-dates all of my 376 monthly charts so far. And also, I strongly suspect, the births of many UKmix users! However, it was (as I have previously mentioned) the year in which, at the age of thirteen/fourteen, I first took an interest in pop music and charts. Specifically, this was the UK Top 20 - and, by the end of the year, the Top 40 - as counted down on Radio One by Simon Bates on Sunday evenings.

Much more recent research has revealed that several of those hits were actually 1977 recordings - which will appear in due course, when that year is featured. However, those from the UK charts of later in 1978, and into 1979, fully deserve inclusion in this countdown of my 1978 favourites. Also here are some tracks recorded in 1978 that charted in other countries, which I discovered later - in some instances, much later! - plus, as always, a few that I found in other places, such as the Eurovision Song Contest. But not many fall into these latter categories - so perhaps (hopefully!) the majority will be relatively well-known.

In total, sixty 1978 tracks made it into my monthly charts, mostly in 1979 and the early 1980's - and largely when I actually obtained them on seven-inch singles (or, more rarely, albums). That's why only one track from this year reached number one in my charts - and that wasn't until 1983, when I finally found an LP containing it! But sixteen others made it into my monthly top ten, despite facing competition from what, at the time, were more recent releases from years already covered in these mid-month features.

Completing the top hundred of 1978 are forty tracks which have reached my top 40 breakers - or, it has to be assumed, "would" have done. Only six of the top hundred are nowhere to be found on YouTube - so, from the links below (and bearing in mind that records were generally shorter then than they are now!) the other ninety-four fitted perfectly into five hours this evening, in which I listened again to my favourites of thirty-two years ago. And here they are.....






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01 01 09 RED IS THE ROSE Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy ##
02 04 19 MARY'S BOY CHILD / OH MY LORD Boney M
03 04 07 FOLLOW ME Amanda Lear
04 06 10 SCOT'S MACHINE Voyage
05 02 12 YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray
06 05 11 SAY WHEN Lene Lovich
07 02 09 AND THE BIRDS WERE SINGING Sweet People
08 04 06 I'LL PUT YOU TOGETHER AGAIN Hot Chocolate
09 03 07 MIRRORS Sally Oldfield
10 06 08 SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
11 11 09 BROWN GIRL IN THE RING Boney M
12 05 09 CLOG DANCE Violinski
13 12 08 THE IRISH MEDLEY Ronnie Barker
14 13 09 RASPUTIN Boney M
15 06 07 PAINTER MAN Boney M
16 23 07 EQUINOXE V Jean-Michel Jarre
17 13 06 MACHO MAN Village People

18 08 05 AUTOMATIC LOVER Dee D. Jackson
19 07 06 MORNING GLORY Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy
20 11 06 JILTED JOHN Jilted John
21 12 08 LICK A SMURP FOR CHRISTMAS Father Abraphart and the Smurps
22 12 06 RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M
23 22 07 PARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS Baccara
24 28 06 Y.M.C.A. Village People
25 10 05 WHO DO YOU WANNA BE Luv' ##
26 10 07 ROMANZA John Williams
27 31 07 CHIQUITITA Abba
28 08 04 A TASTE OF AGGRO Barron Knights
29 10 07 FLOWERS ARE RED Harry Chapin
30 26 04 A BUNCH OF VIOLETS BLUE Brendan Shine
31 18 06 CAR 67 Driver 67
32 24 05 ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL Johnny Pearson
33 20 04 CALIFORNIA Raffaella Carra
34 19 04 A LITTLE MORE LOVE Olivia Newton-John
35 28 03 WITH A LITTLE LUCK Wings
36 16 04 SUNDAY GIRL Blondie
37 26 03 STUMBLIN' IN Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman
38 17 02 SMURFING BEER Father Abraham and the Smurfs

39 24 03 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES Kate Bush
40 38 05 HELLO, THIS IS JOANIE Paul Evans
41 36 03 DANCE BABY DANCE AROUND Luisa Fernandez
42 19 02 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT Hylda Baker and Arthur Mullard
43 16 01 BRIGHT EYES Art Garfunkel
44 20 03 YOUNG PARISIANS Adam and the Ants ##
45 33 03 OH CAROL Smokie
46 34 03 SUBSTITUTE Clout
47 44 03 YOU'RE THE GREATEST LOVER Luv'
48 24 02 CHRISTMAS IN SMURFLAND Father Abraham
49 36 03 I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman
50 35 03 DANCING IN THE CITY Marshall/Hain
51 36 03 I GO TO RIO Peter Allen
52 36 03 THE DEVIL SENT YOU TO LORADO Baccara
53 38 03 DARLING Baccara
54 38 03 TROJAN HORSE Luv'
55 27 01 ARGENTINE MELODY (CANCION DE ARGENTINA) San Jose
56 27 01 TOAST Streetband
57 46 02 LADY McCOREY BZN
58 28 01 DR WHO Mankind
59 29 01 DIPPETY DAY Father Abraham and the Smurfs

60 42 02 THE BAD OLD DAYS CoCo
61 ---- ---- AIRPORT Motors
62 ---- ---- ONE FOR YOU, ONE FOR ME La Bionda
63 ---- ---- ONE FOR YOU, ONE FOR ME Jonathan King
64 ---- ---- ONE WAY TICKET Eruption
65 ---- ---- IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO Richard Myhill
66 ---- ---- HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John
67 ---- ---- MRS CAROLINE ROBINSON Springtime
68 ---- ---- SONG FOR GUY Elton John
69 ---- ---- CHI MAI Ennio Morricone
70 ---- ---- DRIVERS' SEAT Sniff and the Tears
71 ---- ---- FORGET ABOUT YOU Motors
72 ---- ---- WOW Kate Bush
73 ---- ---- RUN FOR HOME Lindisfarne
74 ---- ---- NORTHERN LIGHTS Renaissance
75 ---- ---- PICTURE THIS Blondie
76 ---- ---- HEART OF GLASS Blondie
77 ---- ---- LUCKY NUMBER Lene Lovich
78 ---- ---- YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES Jona Lewie
79 ---- ---- A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP Showaddywaddy

80 ---- ---- A ROSE HAS TO DIE Dooleys
81 ---- ---- NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY Andrew Gold
82 ---- ---- (I'M ALWAYS TOUCHED BY YOUR) PRESENCE DEAR Blondie
83 ---- ---- BEAUTIFUL LOVER Brotherhood of Man
84 ---- ---- WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN Dr Hook
85 ---- ---- SHOOTING STAR Dollar
86 ---- ---- LUCKY STARS Dean Friedman
87 ---- ---- ANNIE'S SONG James Galway
88 ---- ---- DARLIN' Frankie Miller
89 ---- ---- DON'T LET IT FADE AWAY Darts
90 ---- ---- TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE Johnny Mathis / Deniece Williams
91 ---- ---- TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP Crystal Gayle
92 ---- ---- EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne
93 ---- ---- THREE TIMES A LADY Commodores
94 ---- ---- DON'T CRY OUT LOUD Elkie Brooks
95 ---- ---- ON A LITTLE STREET IN SINGAPORE Manhattan Transfer
96 ---- ---- REUNITED Peaches and Herb
97 ---- ---- SAVE YOUR KISSES FOR ME Hylda Baker and Arthur Mullard
98 ---- ---- BIN WIEDER FREI Benny
99 ---- ---- COUNTDOWN Dan Hartman
100 -- ---- YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

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[Tiger]

14 13 09 RASPUTIN Boney M
22 12 06 RIVERS OF BABYLON Boney M
23 22 07 PARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS Baccara
24 28 06 Y.M.C.A. Village People
25 10 05 CHIQUITITA Abba
39 24 03 THE MAN WITH THE CHILD IN HIS EYES Kate Bush
43 16 01 BRIGHT EYES Art Garfunkel
49 36 03 I LOST MY HEART TO A STARSHIP TROOPER Sarah Brightman
72 ---- ---- WOW Kate Bush
76 ---- ---- HEART OF GLASS Blondie
77 ---- ---- LUCKY NUMBER Lene Lovich
82 ---- ---- (I'M ALWAYS TOUCHED BY YOUR) PRESENCE DEAR Blondie
84 ---- ---- WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN Dr Hook
91 ---- ---- TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP Crystal Gayle
94 ---- ---- DON'T CRY OUT LOUD Elkie Brooks
100 -- ---- YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

I think the best there are Kate Bush. She rocks

[Benny]

05 02 12 YOU NEEDED ME Anne Murray
10 06 08 SUMMER NIGHTS John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
14 13 09 RASPUTIN Boney M
17 13 06 MACHO MAN Village People
24 28 06 Y.M.C.A. Village People
27 31 07 CHIQUITITA Abba
36 16 04 SUNDAY GIRL Blondie
37 26 03 STUMBLIN' IN Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman
43 16 01 BRIGHT EYES Art Garfunkel
45 33 03 OH CAROL Smokie
46 34 03 SUBSTITUTE Clout
47 44 03 YOU'RE THE GREATEST LOVER Luv'
64 ---- ---- ONE WAY TICKET Eruption
66 ---- ---- HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU Olivia Newton-John
68 ---- ---- SONG FOR GUY Elton John
76 ---- ---- HEART OF GLASS Blondie
81 ---- ---- NEVER LET HER SLIP AWAY Andrew Gold
84 ---- ---- WHEN YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN Dr Hook
92 ---- ---- EVE OF THE WAR Jeff Wayne
100 -- ---- YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

Some of the 70s best including great disco classics, Grease, Abba, Blondie & Elton John!

[CZB]

Armand van Helden was involved with a few UK number one hits in the previous decade - the earliest being “Professional Widow” by Tori Amos from January 1997...

the Beatles...their one and only hit from my chart, “Hey Jude”... got to number 20 in 1997

A double clue to the second yearly retro chart to be featured this month - as today I have spent six hours listening again to my top hundred of thirteen years ago. Seventy-two singles from 1997 entered my monthly top forty - an annual total only beaten once since then - and half of them reached the top ten, with eight going all the way to number one. Completing this top hundred are twenty-eight of the fifty other tracks from that year that ground to a halt in the top forty breakers, some of which came quite close to the chart.

Like other years near to it, this one is very much dominated by Eurodance / Europop music, especially from the German charts - with only a fairly limited number of exceptions. And even some of the tracks that might not fit so obviously into these categories succeeded in my chart largely due to dance remixes, reflected in some of the YouTube links below!

Unlike other years, however, there is a surprisingly low number of artists in the top hundred. While fifty take one place each, the other fifty positions are shared by twenty acts making more than one appearance. Among these, Mr President are in four times - but Aqua's first album was released in 1997, and no less than eight tracks from it are here. Most of those are easy to spot from the "highest position" column.....they're the ones peaking at number seven!

Also unlike other years, all of the top hundred are available on YouTube.....well, give or take two medleys. The one at number six by Nicole is actually about eleven minutes long, probably too lengthy to appear there in full - but the shorter, later version I have substituted is substantially similar to part of it. And I'm almost sure that there should really be more than one former hit by Freiheit on their hit mix at number 39!!!

Here, then, is the complete countdown of my favourites from 1997.







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01 01 15 SUNCHYME Dario G
02 01 15 NOTHING COMPARES 2 U Dune
03 01 12 KILLIN' TIME Tina Cousins
04 01 11 NO TENGO DINERO Los Umbrellos ##
05 03 12 MY HEART WILL GO ON Celine Dion
06 11 15 NICOLE'S (SINGLE) PARTY Nicole ##
07 02 08 EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT Sweetbox
08 02 12 HABLA ME LUNA Basic Connection
09 07 14 MY OH MY Aqua ##
10 01 07 WORDZ The Sign ##
11 02 10 WE'RE ONLY HUMAN Star
12 01 11 ONLY IF Enya ##
13 01 08 DON'T CALL IT LOVE Jam and Spoon featuring Plavka
14 07 13 DOCTOR JONES Aqua ##
15 05 12 ETERNAL GRACE C-Block
16 07 11 BARBIE GIRL Aqua ##

17 04 07 HAPPY PEOPLE Mr President
18 04 09 SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT DJ Bobo
19 04 06 TEMPLE OF LOVE Pharao
20 05 07 HOW DO I LIVE LeAnn Rimes
21 08 07 TOGETHER AND FOREVER Captain Jack
22 11 11 GIVE ME MORE TIME Blossom / GIB MIR NOCH ZEIT Blümchen
23 09 08 VIVA FOREVER Spice Girls
24 11 08 NEXT2ME Charly Lownoise and Mental Theo
25 03 08 ANGEL Tina Cousins
26 01 05 KALEIDOSCOPE SKIES Jam and Spoon featuring Plavka
27 04 11 WHERE DO I BELONG Mr President and Münchener Freiheit
28 04 06 LA OLA HAND IN HAND Masterboy
29 10 08 I'LL NEVER BE LONELY AGAIN Sapphire ##
30 07 05 LOLLIPOP (CANDYMAN) Aqua
31 08 06 LIFT ME UP Red 5
32 10 07 GIVING ALL MY LOVE Whigfield

33 07 06 HAPPY BOYS AND GIRLS Aqua
34 15 06 JUST A DREAM Blossom / NUR GETRAUMT Blümchen ##
35 03 05 NAKED AND SACRED Maria Nayler
36 14 07 DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY Mavericks
37 06 04 OH LA LA LA 2 Eivissa
38 10 05 JUST FOR YOU Masterboy
39 14 08 HIT MIX Münchener Freiheit
40 09 04 SUNSTROKE Chicane
41 15 13 RESCUE ME Bell, Book and Candle
42 16 06 ON AND ON General Base
43 09 04 FOOTPRINT Disco Citizens
44 09 04 STAY Sash! featuring La Trec
45 15 05 BABY BOY Whigfield ##
46 18 06 RITMO DE LA NOCHE Grand Fiesta
47 15 04 WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER Sarah Brightman ##
48 12 06 FREEDOM Robert Miles featuring Kathy Sledge
49 14 04 D.I.S.C.O. N-Trance

50 18 05 MAGIC EYES Vertigo
51 27 06 ONE MORE TIME Real McCoy
52 24 06 SEVEN WONDERS U96
53 12 06 SPICE UP YOUR LIFE Spice Girls
54 12 05 FLAMING JUNE BT
55 15 03 ECUADOR Sash!
56 20 04 THE MEGAMIX Sash! [
57 28 06 TOGETHER AGAIN Janet Jackson
58 24 03 TURN BACK TIME Aqua
59 31 04 SANTA MARIA DJ Milano and Samantha Fox
60 16 04 FOR THIS WORLD Red 5
61 27 03 ALANE Wes
62 30 04 JOJO ACTION Mr President
63 24 03 S.O.S. La Bouche
64 27 04 GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE Aqua
65 34 04 TUBTHUMPING Chumbawamba
66 35 03 TAKE ME TO THE LIMIT Mr President

67 30 03 NO TEARS TO CRY Whigfield
68 34 03 EVERY TIME Janet Jackson
69 35 03 LOST YOU SOMEWHERE Chicane
70 36 03 EL BAILE Jam and Spoon
71 36 03 SEX ON THE BEACH T-Spoon
72 37 03 LE DISC-JOCKEY Encore
73 51 ---- FINALLY ALONE Verena
74 52 ---- UH LA LA LA Alexia
75 54 ---- SATURDAY NIGHT Sqeezer
76 67 ---- THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL E-rotic
77 69 ---- THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC E-rotic
78 70 ---- I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU Solid Harmonie
79 71 ---- YOU WON'T FORGET ME La Bouche
80 73 ---- AYLA Kosmonova
81 73 ---- BAD BOYS IN LOVE Blossom / VERRüCKTE JUNGS Blümchen
82 75 ---- PROBABLY Fools' Garden
83 75 ---- TUBTHUMPING Bianca and Co

84 76 ---- GOLDEN CHILD DJ Sammy featuring Carisma
85 76 ---- PRINCE OF LOVE DJ Sammy featuring Carisma
86 78 ---- CHILDREN NEED A HELPING HAND Hand In Hand For Children
87 78 ---- WALK ON BY Young Deenay
88 87 ---- WINGS OF LOVE Imperio
89 92 ---- FANTASY Nomansland
90 93 ---- DESIRE BBE
91 93 ---- I LIKE IT, I LUV IT Koolmatch
92 94 ---- TAKE ME AWAY Kosmonova
93 94 ---- YOUR OWN REALITY Kai Tracid
94 95 ---- HEAT OF THE NIGHT Aqua
95 95 ---- TAMAGOTCHI Sqeezer
96 96 ---- I DON'T CARE X-perience
97 98 ---- GIMME SOME LOVE Gina G
98 99 ---- A MOMENT OF LOVE La Bouche
99 100 -- MAGIC FIELDS X-perience
100 100 - ME AND MYSELF Annika
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[irishguy28]

Fantastic year, and some fantastic tracks there at first glance!

I hope to get around to replying in greater depth before the end of the month!

Merry Christmas CZB!

[Benny]

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01 01 15 SUNCHYME Dario G
04 01 11 NO TENGO DINERO Los Umbrellos ##
05 03 12 MY HEART WILL GO ON Celine Dion
14 07 13 DOCTOR JONES Aqua ##
16 07 11 BARBIE GIRL Aqua ##
20 05 07 HOW DO I LIVE LeAnn Rimes
23 09 08 VIVA FOREVER Spice Girls
26 01 05 KALEIDOSCOPE SKIES Jam and Spoon featuring Plavka
36 14 07 DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY Mavericks
41 15 13 RESCUE ME Bell, Book and Candle
44 09 04 STAY Sash! featuring La Trec
55 15 03 ECUADOR Sash!
57 28 06 TOGETHER AGAIN Janet Jackson
58 24 03 TURN BACK TIME Aqua
61 27 03 ALANE Wes
65 34 04 TUBTHUMPING Chumbawamba
99 100 -- MAGIC FIELDS X-perience

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This brings back some memories! Many Eurodance songs, most of which I don't like anymore from today's point of view, but there are some exceptions. Also great songs by the Mavericks, Bell Book & Candle, Janet Jackson & Chumbawamba.

[Tiger]

01 01 15 SUNCHYME Dario G
05 03 12 MY HEART WILL GO ON Celine Dion
07 02 08 EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT Sweetbox
12 01 11 ONLY IF Enya ##
14 07 13 DOCTOR JONES Aqua ##
16 07 11 BARBIE GIRL Aqua ##
20 05 07 HOW DO I LIVE LeAnn Rimes
23 09 08 VIVA FOREVER Spice Girls
30 07 05 LOLLIPOP (CANDYMAN) Aqua
33 07 06 HAPPY BOYS AND GIRLS Aqua
47 15 04 WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER Sarah Brightman ##
53 12 06 SPICE UP YOUR LIFE Spice Girls
55 15 03 ECUADOR Sash!
57 28 06 TOGETHER AGAIN Janet Jackson
58 24 03 TURN BACK TIME Aqua
64 27 04 GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE Aqua
65 34 04 TUBTHUMPING Chumbawamba
68 34 03 EVERY TIME Janet Jackson
74 52 ---- UH LA LA LA Alexia
78 70 ---- I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU Solid Harmonie
94 95 ---- HEAT OF THE NIGHT Aqua[/b]

Wow you charted every Aqua song! That rocks

[CZB]

A couple of hours early - as I may well be otherwise occupied at midnight! - here's my first new chart for 2011.....





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CZB'S TOP FORTY ---------------- Month 377 ----------------- JANUARY 2011
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01 01 02 HELLO Martin Solveig featuring Dragonette
02 02 02 BARBRA STREISAND Duck Sauce
03 03 02 COOLER COULEUR Crookers featuring Yelle
04 04 02 SING WITH A SWING DKS
05 05 02 STUCK Caro Emerald
06 06 03 TAKE IT OFF Regi and Kaya Jones
07 07 04 BROMANCE Tim Berg
08 08 05 A HAPPY PLACE Katie Melua
09 09 03 NOT GIVING UP ON LOVE Armin Van Buuren vs Sophie Ellis-Bextor
10 10 06 THAT MAN Caro Emerald

11 11 05 ROCKET TO URANUS Vengaboys featuring Perez Hilton ##
12 12 02 WHO OWNS MY HEART Miley Cyrus ##
13 ---- 01 BIG WORLD Jacqueline (Govaert) [Highest New Entry]
14 20 03 A MOMENT OF MADNESS Katie Melua
15 35 03 BACK IT UP Caro Emerald [Rapid Riser]
16 15 03 ALL FOR YOU Ace Of Base ##
17 14 04 FULL FOCUS Armin Van Buuren
18 13 05 FIRE WITH FIRE Scissor Sisters
19 18 06 COME HOME Amatorski ##
20 ---- 01 CATCH YOUR FALL Clokx ##

21 29 03 THIS PRETTY FACE Amy MacDonald
22 26 03 TE QUIERO Stromae
23 21 04 OVERRATED Jacqueline (Govaert) ##
24 17 05 ONE Swedish House Mafia
25 16 06 WE NO SPEAK AMERICANO Yolanda Be Cool featuring D-Cup
26 19 08 ALORS ON DANSE Stromae
27 25 07 ALEJANDRO (DON'T CALL MY NAME) Lady GaGa
28 27 08 BITTERSWEET Sophie Ellis-Bextor ##
29 28 09 GYPSY Shakira ##
30 22 06 AURORA Nova

31 24 07 BUBBLE BATH The Swiss
32 40 02 EVIDENT UTENSIL Chairlift
33 23 07 ALL THE LOVERS Kylie Minogue [Fastest Faller] ##
34 30 09 VANILLA TWILIGHT Owl City
35 31 07 THE RIDDLE Prezioso and Marvin
36 32 08 TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEART Alicia Keys
37 ---- 01 UNENDLICHE SINFONIE Polarkreis 18
38 34 10 A NIGHT LIKE THIS Caro Emerald [Longest Laster] ##
39 38 08 HAVEN'T MET YOU YET Michael Buble
40 ---- 01 RIVIERA LIFE Caro Emerald
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TOP 40 BREAKERS:
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01 [ 00 ] HIGHER Taio Cruz and Kylie Minogue [Chartbuster] ##
02 [ 02 ] YOUR LOVE IS MY DRUG Ke$ha
03 [ 05 ] I WANNA Bob Sinclar and Sahara featuring Shaggy
04 [ 04 ] OH NO Marina and the Diamonds
05 [ 08 ] DANCE THE WAY I FEEL Ou Est Le Swimming Pool
06 [ 06 ] THE POPE OF DOPE Party Harders vs The Subs
07 [ 10 ] NEED YOU NOW Lady Antebellum
08 [ 15 ] SPARK Amy MacDonald
09 [ 09 ] LOVE Inna
10 [ 11 ] LOVESONG Jes

11 [ 12 ] WINGS Das Pop
12 [ 13 ] MISSING Jessy
13 [ 34 ] I'M IN LOVE Alex Gaudino
14 [ 17 ] AMAZING Inna
15 [ 19 ] CROSSFIRE Brandon Flowers
16 [ 16 ] PYROMANIA Cascada
17 [ 22 ] THE FLOOD Katie Melua
18 [ 18 ] ALL IS LOVE Sash featuring Jessy
19 [ 20 ] GOOD TIMES Roll Deep featuring Jodie Connor
20 [ 21 ] CALL ME Samantha Fox and Sabrina Salerno

21 [ 23 ] 10 MINUTES Inna
22 [ 31 ] FORGET YOU Cee Lo Green
23 [ 24 ] KICKSTARTS Example
24 [ 25 ] HEARTBEAT Enrique Iglesias featuring Nicole Scherzinger
25 [ 28 ] FEED THE HORSE Fagget Fairys
26 [ 26 ] JANEIRO Dash Berlin featuring Solid Sessions
27 [ 29 ] WONDERFUL LIFE Hurts
28 [ 32 ] TAKE OVER CONTROL Afrojack featuring Eva Simons
29 [ 30 ] YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES Jona Lewie
30 [ 36 ] THE RAIN Markus Schulz

31 [ 37 ] LA SERENISSIMA Mike Candys featuring Jack Holiday
32 [ 39 ] DANCE IN THE DARK Lady GaGa
33 [ 40 ] HEY JUDE Beatles
34 [ 00 ] KENTISH TOWN WALTZ Imelda May
35 [ 00 ] STAY Hurts
36 [ 00 ] RUNAWAY Mason
37 [ 00 ] WHO'S THAT CHICK David Guetta featuring Rihanna
38 [ 00 ] (HEY) NAH NEH NAH (Milk and Sugar vs) Vaya Con Dios
39 [ 00 ] WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys
40 [ 00 ] RAPTURE Nadia Ali / Iio
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Number one four years ago: DOLLY SONG (IEVA'S POLKA) Holly Dolly
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Number one fourteen years ago: HAND IN HAND (HEAD ON HEAD) Dune
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Number one twenty-four years ago: DYNAMITE Vanessa
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There was more action than ever before at the top end of December’s chart, with all of the top five being new entries - including Martin Solveig and Dragonette, at number one with "Hello", which has now also become the first number one of 2011 in both Belgium and the Netherlands - but now, in the first chart of the new year, there is more inaction than ever, as the top twelve all remain exactly as they were! Only one previous chart can come close to matching such a lack of movement in the upper range - and that was back in June 2001, when the top nine hits were unchanged from the previous month. Then, a track that was a breaker again quite recently, “Turn The Tide” by Sylver, was the highest new entry, just below all those non-movers, at number ten - and again this time, the highest of just four new entries is right under those motionless twelve. It’s “Big World” - the second hit for Jacqueline Govaert, the Dutch 28-year-old former lead singer of Krezip - and although this has been less successful in her homeland than “Overrated”, it has already overtaken that former Chartbuster in my top forty. Indeed, “Overrated” is one of nineteen tracks moving down this month - and, falling two places to 23, it looks like becoming the first Chartbuster to miss my top twenty for nearly seven years. Last month’s Chartbuster has already avoided this - Clokx debut at number 20 with “Catch Your Fall” - although the other two new entries this time are rather lower down. Polarkreis 18 previously peaked at number 10 with “Allein Allein”, and now follow that up with “Unendliche Sinfonie”, in at 37 - while Caro Emerald adds yet another hit to her collection. “Riviera Life”, new at 40, joins longest laster “A Night Like This”, down four at 38 in its tenth month, Rapid Riser “Back It Up”, racing up twenty places to number 15, and two of those non-movers - “That Man” at ten and “Stuck” at five. She becomes the first act to have five tracks in my top forty at the same time since Rednex in February 1996 - when “Wish You Were Here” and “Wild ‘N Free” made their last appearances, and “Rolling Home”, “Bottleneck Bob” and “The Ultimate Rednex Megamix” were all new entries.

Meanwhile, only four other hits move up this month - Katie Melua with “A Moment Of Madness”, Amy MacDonald with “This Pretty Face”, Stromae’s “Te Quiero” and Chairlift’s “Evident Utensil” - while the fastest faller is Kylie Minogue, as “All The Lovers” dives ten places to number 33. However, three former hits could be beginning a journey back into my chart in new versions. Milk and Sugar previously revived John Paul Young’s “Love Is In The Air” - and could do likewise with the former number one by Vaya Con Dios, “Nah Neh Nah”; a new version of the Pet Shop Boys’ first hit, “West End Girls” was a bonus track on their most recent, and least successful, single “Together”; while the original vocalist on Iio’s “Rapture”, Nadia Ali, has reworked that former top twenty hit. And there are five brand new potential future hits this time. Hurts continue to slide slowly towards the top forty with “Wonderful Life”, and could now also be on the way there with “Stay” - a different song from the two former hits also bearing this title, from Bonnie Bianco and Pierre Cosso and Sash featuring LaTrec. Mason is looking to follow up the number 27 hit “Perfect (Exceeder)” with “Runaway”, while David Guetta joins forces with Rihanna on “Who’s That Chick”. If that charts, it would be his fifth hit, and her second. The top two new breakers this month are the only ones involving artists who have not previously appeared - the second highest being “Kentish Town Waltz”, a recent Irish success for Dublin-born Imelda May. But the first Chartbuster of the new year, guaranteed to be a new entry in my February 2011 chart, is a collaboration between two artists who have previously reached number one in the UK - and other countries - separately. Could they now also do that together? Next month’s top forty will see the first hit in my chart for a 27-year-old London-born singer, songwriter and producer, and the fifteenth for a 42-year-old, multi-talented Australian performer. My Record of the Month for January 2011 is Taio Cruz and Kylie Minogue, with “Higher”.

[Tiger]

01 01 02 HELLO Martin Solveig featuring Dragonette
02 02 02 BARBRA STREISAND Duck Sauce
05 05 02 STUCK Caro Emerald
09 09 03 NOT GIVING UP ON LOVE Armin Van Buuren vs Sophie Ellis-Bextor
10 10 06 THAT MAN Caro Emerald

12 12 02 WHO OWNS MY HEART Miley Cyrus ##
15 35 03 BACK IT UP Caro Emerald [Rapid Riser]
16 15 03 ALL FOR YOU Ace Of Base ##
18 13 05 FIRE WITH FIRE Scissor Sisters

21 29 03 THIS PRETTY FACE Amy MacDonald
25 16 06 WE NO SPEAK AMERICANO Yolanda Be Cool featuring D-Cup
27 25 07 ALEJANDRO (DON'T CALL MY NAME) Lady GaGa
29 28 09 GYPSY Shakira ##

34 30 09 VANILLA TWILIGHT Owl City
36 32 08 TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEART Alicia Keys
40 ---- 01 RIVIERA LIFE Caro Emerald
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TOP 40 BREAKERS:
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02 [ 02 ] YOUR LOVE IS MY DRUG Ke$ha
04 [ 04 ] OH NO Marina and the Diamonds
07 [ 10 ] NEED YOU NOW Lady Antebellum
08 [ 15 ] SPARK Amy MacDonald
09 [ 09 ] LOVE Inna

14 [ 17 ] AMAZING Inna
15 [ 19 ] CROSSFIRE Brandon Flowers
16 [ 16 ] PYROMANIA Cascada

22 [ 31 ] FORGET YOU Cee Lo Green
28 [ 32 ] TAKE OVER CONTROL Afrojack featuring Eva Simons

32 [ 39 ] DANCE IN THE DARK Lady GaGa
33 [ 40 ] HEY JUDE Beatles
35 [ 00 ] STAY Hurts
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Number one four years ago: DOLLY SONG (IEVA'S POLKA) Holly Dolly
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I actually didn't know you liked Dance songs so much!

[Chun]

What are the top 40 breakers?

[CZB]

What are the top 40 breakers?

The potential future hits, from which the new entries for next month will be chosen - with the Chartbuster, the number one on the breakers, definitely being among them.

( Based very much on the "Tipparade" and "Alarmschijf" - fulfilling similar roles for the weekly Dutch singles charts for over forty years now! )

[Chun]

That's great. Thanks for your answer.

[Chun]

I like...

HELLO Martin Solveig featuring Dragonette
BROMANCE Tim Berg
NOT GIVING UP ON LOVE Armin Van Buuren vs Sophie Ellis-Bextor
FIRE WITH FIRE Scissor Sisters
ALL THE LOVERS Kylie Minogue
BITTERSWEET Sophie Ellis-Bextor
THIS PRETTY FACE Amy MacDonald
TRY SLEEPING WITH A BROKEN HEART Alicia Keys
KICKSTARTS Example
WONDERFUL LIFE Hurts
HEARTBEAT Enrique Iglesias featuring Nicole Scherzinger
DANCE IN THE DARK Lady GaGa
STAY Hurts
WEST END GIRLS Pet Shop Boys

[CZB]

Only one previous chart can come close to matching such a lack of movement in the upper range - and that was back in June 2001.....

Hopefully nobody thought the new thread title was a misprint, and that I was about to add to the vast collection of countdowns of the best of 2010?! No, that was the clue to the first retro year to be covered in the gaps between my new monthly charts in 2011. The clock is now turned back to 2001, as I have been listening again - through the YouTube links below - to my top hundred favourite songs from one decade ago. And, although some might be described at least as slightly obscure (or, I suppose, completely unknown, if readers haven't ever heard of them until now!) they are all to be found there - and fitted comfortably, if a little snugly, into exactly six hours today.

It may seem unthinkable now - but, back then, the weekly UK chart show on Radio One was still very well presented - although unfortunately I never seemed to hear very many tracks that I actually liked in it! Instead, the vast majority of what I'll be voting for in one of the weekly games on the Retro forum over the next twelve months - its playlist permitting! - come from the charts of continental Europe, and especially Germany. As with other nearby years, the emphasis is very much on Eurodance - although there are several tracks, even towards the top, that couldn't in any sense be described that way.



So.....



How many 2001 tracks reached the breakers? .....Eighty-nine - so eleven of the best other CD singles I bought from that year have made up the quota.

How many tracks made it into my monthly top forty? .....Fifty-seven - and one of the monthly Chartbusters turned out to be the least successful of them all!

How many reached the top ten? .....Twenty-eight - including the one I thought deserved to win the year's Eurovision Song Contest. It's someone who is apparently now a music/singing teacher - but I don't think many of her pupils would be able to reach that last top note!

How many went all the way to number one? .....Only three - and, inexplicably, one of them doesn't seem to have been any more than an extremely minor hit anywhere!

And who has my number one of the year? .....Well, it's the same act who had the number one in the previous retro year chart featured here, only a few weeks ago, and not much further up the page!



Here now are all the answers, in my first complete retro countdown of 2011.....



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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CZB'S TOP HUNDRED OF 2001 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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01 02 14 SAY WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND Dario G
02 02 10 AIN'T IT FUNNY Jennifer Lopez ##
03 01 11 MY HEART IT FEELS LIKE...DUB DUB It Girls
04 02 11 WHENEVER, WHEREVER / SUERTE Shakira
05 01 09 WILL I Ian Van Dahl ##
06 02 11 SOMETHING Lasgo
07 11 13 I'M IN HEAVEN (WHEN YOU KISS ME) ATC ##
08 09 12 I'M ALIVE Celine Dion
09 05 11 FLUTE Barcode Brothers
10 01 09 HEAVEN DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do
11 02 10 UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES Shakira ##
12 02 10 OBJECTION (TANGO) Shakira
13 04 12 MISSY QUEEN'S GONNA DIE Tok Tok vs Soffy O
14 11 16 DAM DUBI DAM (I MISS YOU) Millane Fernandez ##
15 13 12 FROM SARAH WITH LOVE Sarah Connor ##
16 07 12 MILK AND TOAST AND HONEY Roxette

17 02 07 CALLING Geri Halliwell
18 08 09 FORGIVEN Sylver
19 03 08 FOREVER IN LOVE Sylver
20 05 08 CAMBODIA Pulsedriver
21 03 08 YOU ARE ALIVE Fragma
22 08 09 AMENO DJ Quicksilver
23 09 09 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART Jan Wayne meets Lena ##
24 05 08 BABY I'M A STAR Spacebelle
25 09 07 NO DREAM IMPOSSIBLE Lindsay ##
26 10 08 IN YOUR EYES Sylver
27 08 07 BOLERO Symphonic
28 14 08 INSANITY Culture Beat
29 20 12 SCREAM FOR MORE / MON COEUR RESISTE ENCORE Kate Ryan
30 08 09 DAYLIGHT IN YOUR EYES No Angels
31 13 07 SAY IT Maria Rubia ##
32 07 05 SEXY French Affair

33 10 07 SOMEDAY DJs @ Work
34 12 07 WONDERFUL LIFE T.J. Davis
35 11 07 PRAY Lasgo
36 18 08 D.F.F. (DJ'S, FANS AND FREAKS) Blank and Jones
37 07 06 CHILDREN 4 Clubbers
38 23 08 VENUS AND MARS Jo Breezer
39 12 04 KALEIDOSKOP Nicole ##
40 15 05 SAY THAT YOU'RE HERE Fragma
41 17 06 RAPTURE Iio
42 24 05 ALONE Lasgo
43 19 05 IN MY DREAMS Noemi
44 24 06 LET U GO ATB
45 21 05 CATCH YOU Bell, Book and Candle
46 26 06 4 O'CLOCK (IN THE MORNING) Lazard
47 24 05 HOLD YOU ATB
48 25 04 INTO THE SEA C.J. Stone
49 23 04 LET'S TALK ABOUT A MAN Prezioso

50 25 04 HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY Aquagen
51 27 04 SHINING STAR C.J. Stone
52 28 04 THERE YOU'LL BE Faith Hill
53 26 04 TOGETHER Woody van Eyden
54 30 03 WHOLE AGAIN Natalie Browne
55 32 04 POSSESSION Transfer
56 35 05 SOMEONE TO CALL MY LOVER Janet Jackson
57 34 03 INFECTED Barthezz ##
58 70 ---- LOVED Kim Wilde
59 77 ---- THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV Mario Lopez
60 79 ---- THE CHASE Rednex
61 81 ---- ON THE MOVE Barthezz
62 93 ---- CHAIN REACTION Steps
63 95 ---- SPACE MELODY Luna Park
64 96 ---- CLOSE TO YOU Rollergirl
65 96 ---- DUCK TOY Hampenberg
66 100 -- CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD Kylie Minogue

67 100 -- SILVER SCREEN SHOWER SCENE Felix Da Housecat
68 102 -- LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT Fresh 'n' Juicy
69 102 -- LIVING ON VIDEO Ratty
70 105 -- I LIKE TO MOVE IT Bang Gang
71 105 -- WHEN JULIE SAYS Orange Blue
72 106 -- CINDERELLA Sweetbox
73 106 -- MIAMI DJ Sakin and Friends
74 107 -- BORN TO BE ALIVE Disco Boys
75 108 -- I KNOW HIM SO WELL Steps
76 109 -- I WOULD DIE FOR YOU Antique
77 109 -- SHOULDA WOULDA COULDA Beverley Knight
78 111 -- I'M FREE F.A.F.
79 113 -- MISSING Discovery
80 113 -- MY STAR Naimee Coleman
81 114 -- YOU ARE Atomic Kitten
82 115 -- MAY IT BE Enya
83 115 -- ROCK THE DISCOTHEQUE Prezioso

84 116 -- FREE Lighthouse Family
85 117 -- LIVE TO TELL Lucrezia
86 119 -- MORE THAN A WOMAN Aaliyah
87 122 -- THREE TIMES A LADY A-1
88 124 -- CLUB BIZARRE Brooklyn Bounce
89 124 -- DANCING WITH LONELINESS Schiller
90 ---- --- WONDERFUL DREAM (HOLIDAYS ARE COMING) Melanie Thornton
91 ---- --- EVERY TIME I CLOSE MY EYES Vanessa Amorosi
92 ---- --- JEANNY Reamonn featuring Xavier Naidoo
93 ---- --- KALINKA Yamboo
94 ---- --- HOW IT'S GOT TO BE Jeanette Biedermann
95 ---- --- PLANET OF LOVE Belle Perez
96 ---- --- US AGAINST THE WORLD Play
97 ---- --- NEVER ENDING STORY Creamy
98 ---- --- PRETENDER GOT MY HEART Alisha's Attic
99 ---- --- YOU WIN AGAIN B3
100 -- --- THE LAND OF MAKE-BELIEVE AllStars

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[Blondini]

Venus and Mars and Silver Screen Shower Scene were both great singles that should have been bigger.

[Tiger]

02 02 10 AIN'T IT FUNNY Jennifer Lopez ##
04 02 11 WHENEVER, WHEREVER / SUERTE Shakira
05 01 09 WILL I Ian Van Dahl ##
08 09 12 I'M ALIVE Celine Dion
10 01 09 HEAVEN DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do
11 02 10 UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES Shakira ##
12 02 10 OBJECTION (TANGO) Shakira
15 13 12 FROM SARAH WITH LOVE Sarah Connor ##
16 07 12 MILK AND TOAST AND HONEY Roxette

21 03 08 YOU ARE ALIVE Fragma

38 23 08 VENUS AND MARS Jo Breezer
41 17 06 RAPTURE Iio

52 28 04 THERE YOU'LL BE Faith Hill
56 35 05 SOMEONE TO CALL MY LOVER Janet Jackson
58 70 ---- LOVED Kim Wilde
59 77 ---- THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV Mario Lopez
61 81 ---- ON THE MOVE Barthezz

76 109 -- I WOULD DIE FOR YOU Antique
77 109 -- SHOULDA WOULDA COULDA Beverley Knight
81 114 -- YOU ARE Atomic Kitten
82 115 -- MAY IT BE Enya

84 116 -- FREE Lighthouse Family
96 ---- --- US AGAINST THE WORLD Play
97 ---- --- NEVER ENDING STORY Creamy
100 -- --- THE LAND OF MAKE-BELIEVE AllStars[/b]

Lots of campy stuff usually I only like! LOVE Creamy, Allstars and Fragma. Enya and Sarah Connor too

[irishguy28]

I don't think I'd heard Dario G's "Say What's On Your Mind" before. I liked their first album (though wasn't too keen on the big hit Sunchyme) but never really liked the stuff that came in this decade. It's an OK song, though.

I liked Ian Van Dahl! "Will I" was released as a double A-side in Australia in 2002, where I picked it up, so although I was familiar with "Will I" from Europe the previous year, I've always come to associate the two together. There's a cracking Lange remix of "Reason" on the single.

I'll always associate "Whenever, Wherever" with my arrival in Australia - it was one of the big hits over there shortly after I arrived. But of Shakira's hits from that album, I've always somewhat preferred "Underneath Your Clothes".

Fragma's "You Are Alive" is, in my opinion, their last really good single. I've always thought it would have been even better with a stronger vocalist. But it's a great track, with a great buildup from a somewhat serious verse to a joyous chorus.

Although I didn't know Kate Ryan back in 2001, "Scream For More/Mon Coeur Resiste Encore" would later become a favourite. I think I'm correct in saying it was the only single of hers to be released (properly) in the UK?

"Rapture" was another big favourite of mine - and again, a single I picked up in Australia, the only place that I know of where the sublime Creamer & Stephane K remix was released on CD.

ATB's "Let U Go" is a fantastic track. It's such a shame that he only had such a brief period of success in the UK - and not even with his best tracks.

Kylie's "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" is nothing short of a pop-culture milestone in my book...I can even remember the first time I saw (just a glimpse) of the video, from the street, on a big screen in a bar that I happened to be passing.

I never even knew Ratty released anything other than "Sunrise (Here I Am)" - on first listen, it's not a bad track! Is it somehow related to the Pakito track of the same name?

I liked DJ Sakin's 1998 releases - I've never heard "Miami" before, though. It seems to be missing some of the magic of the UK hits.

I was such a Naimee Coleman fan back in the day - I was lucky enough to meet her a few times, and get everything I had of hers signed, and to get on the guest list for a few of her shows around this time. You've managed to get the link for My Star mixed up with Enya's "May It Be", by the way.

That Enya track is one of my favourites, and I'm not ashamed to say I'm a huge Enya fan!

I'm absolutely astounded to see Lucrezia on your list! I can't for the life of me remember where or how I discovered the track, but it may have been on holidays (where was it a hit? Spain, perhaps? Or her native Italy?). It's the best Madonna cover I've ever heard. I managed to order the single from the US, and when I was in Spain I found another single of hers - Lookin' 4 Love - the video for which I'm watching now for the very first time.
By the way, the actual video for Live To Tell is on YouTube.


I've always enjoyed Brooklyn Bounce - did they ever record an original track, I wonder? I know them best for their cover of The Music's Got Me.

Schiller is, as you probably know, a huge favourite of mine, but I lost sight of him after his brief UK visibility with "Ruhe" and didn't discover the rest of his work until a few years ago.

I knew Melanie Thornton had a big hit with "Wonderful Dream" in Germany - I believe it was used in Coca Cola's Christmas ads in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Shame that she died so tragically!


Another great stroll down memory lane there - thanks!!!

[jszmiles]

04 02 11 WHENEVER, WHEREVER / SUERTE Shakira
06 02 11 SOMETHING Lasgo
08 09 12 I'M ALIVE Celine Dion
10 01 09 HEAVEN DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do
13 04 12 MISSY QUEEN'S GONNA DIE Tok Tok vs Soffy O
16 07 12 MILK AND TOAST AND HONEY Roxette
18 08 09 FORGIVEN Sylver
21 03 08 YOU ARE ALIVE Fragma
23 09 09 TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART Jan Wayne meets Lena ##
28 14 08 INSANITY Culture Beat
37 07 06 CHILDREN 4 Clubbers
40 15 05 SAY THAT YOU'RE HERE Fragma
41 17 06 RAPTURE Iio
44 24 06 LET U GO ATB
45 21 05 CATCH YOU Bell, Book and Candle
46 26 06 4 O'CLOCK (IN THE MORNING) Lazard
47 24 05 HOLD YOU ATB
48 25 04 INTO THE SEA C.J. Stone
49 23 04 LET'S TALK ABOUT A MAN Prezioso
55 32 04 POSSESSION Transfer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!
57 34 03 INFECTED Barthezz ##
61 81 ---- ON THE MOVE Barthezz
66 100 -- CAN'T GET YOU OUT OF MY HEAD Kylie Minogue

67 100 -- SILVER SCREEN SHOWER SCENE Felix Da Housecat
76 109 -- I WOULD DIE FOR YOU Antique
82 115 -- MAY IT BE Enya
84 116 -- FREE Lighthouse Family
86 119 -- MORE THAN A WOMAN Aaliyah
88 124 -- CLUB BIZARRE Brooklyn Bounce
89 124 -- DANCING WITH LONELINESS Schiller
90 ---- --- WONDERFUL DREAM (HOLIDAYS ARE COMING) Melanie Thornton
91 ---- --- EVERY TIME I CLOSE MY EYES Vanessa Amorosi

what a fantastic chart!! I love you for charting "Possession". Marvelous track!! Well done!

[irishguy28]

I love you for charting "Possession". Marvelous track!! Well done!

Indeed - I skipped over this when looking through the list tonight, though it did cross my mind that it may be a Sarah McLachlan cover. And sure enough, when Kuba comments on it, it must be!

I've never heard this version before, and it's amazing! Nothing will ever top the original, which is one of my all-time favourite Sarah McLachlan tracks, but this cover is fantastic! Great video, too!

There's a tragic story behind the song, by the way, in case you didn't know. Sarah was sued by an obsessed fan, who claimed that the song was based on "love letters" that he had sent her. The case was never heard, though, as the guy committed suicide after several frustrated attempts to get in touch with her. Sarah has spoken about the affair, and said that writing the song was "therapeutic" in light of the attention and letters she had been receiving from crazed fans.

[jszmiles]

^yeap yeap. I've randomly find it out after it's debut high around #60 in UK chart. Then I've found it's cover of marvelous Sarah's track. Yeap yeap, I should dig out more Transfer's tracks if there are any...