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CZB'S TOP FORTY ---------------- Month 384 ----------------- AUGUST 2011
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01 01 03 SYNRISE Goose
02 02 04 ANGER NEVER DIES Hooverphonic
03 05 02 THE EDGE OF GLORY Lady GaGa
04 04 04 MR SAXOBEAT Alexandra Stan
05 10 03 JUDAS Lady GaGa
06 03 03 RIVERSIDE Agnes Obel
07 06 05 GREGORY'S THEME Basto! ##
08 07 05 THE NIGHT BEFORE Hooverphonic
09 08 05 DISARM YOURSELF Dash Berlin featuring Emma Hewitt
10 14 05 THE FLOOD Katie Melua
11 11 06 CHASING DREAMS Sebastian Cruz featuring Miryel ##
12 09 07 KENTISH TOWN WALTZ Imelda May
13 12 05 LOVE IS DARKNESS Sander Van Doorn featuring Carol Lee
14 19 02 IN LOVE FOR A WHILE Anna Rossinelli ##
15 15 03 LOVELIFE Kate Ryan ##
16 25 02 READY 2 GO Martin Solveig featuring Kele [Rapid Riser]
17 13 06 SISTER MARIE SAYS OMD
18 ---- 01 JAR OF HEARTS Christina Perri [Highest New Entry] ##
19 18 06 NITON (THE REASON) Eric Prydz
20 17 06 INDESTRUCTIBLE Robyn
21 16 07 HIGHER Taio Cruz and Kylie Minogue ##
22 21 04 GONNA BE Karen Bishko ##
23 20 05 ON THE FLOOR Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull
24 23 04 HAPPINESS Alexis Jordan
25 32 02 DROWNING Armin Van Buuren featuring Laura V
26 22 09 HELLO Martin Solveig featuring Dragonette
27 26 08 RIVIERA LIFE Caro Emerald
28 24 07 WHO'S THAT CHICK David Guetta featuring Rihanna
29 28 08 CATCH YOUR FALL Clokx ##
30 29 05 KING OF ANYTHING Sara Bareilles
31 ---- 01 QUE VEUX-TU Yelle
32 31 08 BIG WORLD Jacqueline (Govaert)
33 40 02 OGNI TANTO Gianna Nannini
34 33 09 COOLER COULEUR Crookers featuring Yelle
35 34 11 BROMANCE Tim Berg
36 30 10 A MOMENT OF MADNESS Katie Melua [Fastest Faller]
37 36 09 STUCK Caro Emerald
38 37 13 WE NO SPEAK AMERICANO Yolanda Be Cool and D-Cup [Longest Laster]
39 38 09 BARBRA STREISAND Duck Sauce
40 39 07 THIS PRETTY FACE Amy MacDonald
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TOP 40 BREAKERS:
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01 [ 00 ] PENGUIN / FADE INTO DARKNESS Avicii [Chartbuster] ##
02 [ 02 ] STAY Hurts
03 [ 03 ] ON MY OWN Yasmin
04 [ 04 ] TAKE OVER CONTROL Afrojack featuring Eva Simons
05 [ 05 ] SUNDAY Hurts
06 [ 06 ] WONDERFUL LIFE Hurts
07 [ 07 ] THE FACE OF THE PLANET Subs
08 [ 08 ] I WROTE THE BOOK Beth Ditto
09 [ 13 ] FINISH LINE Yasmin
10 [ 15 ] JOLI GARCON Lolita
11 [ 12 ] SUN IS UP Inna
12 [ 00 ] KOKO Sander Van Doorn
13 [ 14 ] RUNAWAY Mason
14 [ 26 ] UNCHARTED Sara Bareilles
15 [ 29 ] FEEL IT Ferry Corsten
16 [ 16 ] RAPTURE Nadia Ali / Iio
17 [ 17 ] (HEY) NAH NEH NAH (Milk and Sugar vs) Vaya Con Dios
18 [ 18 ] APHRODITE Kylie Minogue
19 [ 19 ] I LOVE U SO Cassius
20 [ 20 ] LOVE LOVE Amy MacDonald
21 [ 21 ] LOCA Shakira featuring El Cata
22 [ 22 ] WHERE DO I START? Chicane
23 [ 23 ] DELIRIOUS Michael Mind Project
24 [ 24 ] NO ONE MAKES IT ON HER OWN Roxette
25 [ 25 ] 45 Stars On 45
26 [ 27 ] BORN THIS WAY Lady GaGa
27 [ 28 ] FAR L'AMORE Bob Sinclar and Raffaella Carra
28 [ 30 ] GIVE ME EVERYTHING Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
29 [ 36 ] FRIDAY Rebecca Black
30 [ 33 ] GET BACK (ASAP) Alexandra Stan
31 [ 31 ] SHE'S GOT NOTHING ON (BUT THE RADIO) Roxette
32 [ 32 ] WORDS Goose
33 [ 37 ] EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL Coldplay
34 [ 34 ] WE GET HIGH Gregor Salto featuring Chappell
35 [ 35 ] JUST SO Agnes Obel
36 [ 40 ] WHAT A FEELING Alex Gaudino featuring Kelly Rowland
37 [ 38 ] ALLIGATOR SKY Owl City featuring Shawn Chrystopher
38 [ 39 ] RABIOSA Shakira featuring Pitbull
39 [ 00 ] BIG BAD WOLF Duck Sauce
40 [ 00 ] GOOD GIRL Alexis Jordan
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. . . . . . . .Number one ten years ago: CASTLES IN THE SKY Ian Van Dahl
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. . . . . . . Number one twenty years ago: LOSING MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
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. . . . . . .Number one thirty years ago: THERE'S A GUY WORKS DOWN THE
. . . . . . .CHIP SHOP SWEARS HE'S ELVIS [Country version] Kirsty MacColl
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As the movement in various singles charts across the continent continues to slow, almost to a snail’s pace, mine rather follows suit this time - although just five hits in the top forty remain in exactly the same positions as in July. They are former Chartbusters by Kate Ryan and Sebastian Cruz featuring Miryel, as “LoveLife” and “Chasing Dreams” stay at 15 and 11 respectively.....Alexandra Stan’s “Mr Saxobeat”, which sticks at number four.....the former number one by Hooverphonic, “Anger Never Dies”, still in the runner-up position.....and last month’s new chart-topper, as Goose make a second appearance at number one with “Synrise”. There are seven climbers - which is more than in June or July! - including two from Lady GaGa, both now inside the top five. “Judas” moves up another five places to number five in its third month in the top forty, while “The Edge Of Glory” advances two positions from there to this month’s number three. The other four new entries from July also improve on their debuts - Anna Rossinelli is up five at 14, Gianna Nannini and Armin van Buuren featuring Laura V are both up seven, at 33 and 25 respectively, and Martin Solveig featuring Kele has this month’s Rapid Riser, as “Ready 2 Go” races up nine places to number sixteen. The only other climber is Katie Melua’s “The Flood”, which reaches my top ten in its fifth month in the top forty - but she also has the fastest faller, with her album track “A Moment of Madness” tumbling six notches to number 36. Twenty-five other tracks descend this time - although an incredible eighteen of those slip just one place each! They include “We No Speak Americano” by Yolanda Be Cool and D-Cup - last month’s 37, this month’s 38, and now in my top forty for thirteen months. All of this means that there are only two new entries this time. “The Rain” by Markus Schulz and “Coming Home” by Diddy Dirty Money featuring Skylar Grey have dropped out, making room for a second hit for Yelle - “Que Veux-Tu”, at 31 - and a strong debut at number 18 for last month’s Chartbuster from Christina Perri, “Jar Of Hearts”.
There is not much action in the top forty breakers either this month - with twenty-one of the potential future hits not actually moving any nearer to the chart than they were in July. However, four of the others make reasonable advances, for Lolita, Sara Bareilles, Ferry Corsten and Rebecca Black - and there are four brand new breakers, all of which are by acts who are already currently in my top forty with their first hits. And, in even more of a coincidence, they’re all among the eighteen tracks sliding one place. Alexis Jordan is down from 23 to 24 with her recent long-running Dutch number one, “Happiness”, and could follow that up with “Good Girl”. Duck Sauce were at 38, and are now at 39, with “Barbra Streisand” - and occupy the very same spot in the breakers with the equally as strange “Big Bad Wolf”. On YouTube, one respondent wittily asked “Where can I find the lyrics to this?”. I have no idea who that was - but it’s quite possible that it was somebody born in 1975. Or failing that, 1991.....? Sander Van Doorn falls from 12 to 13 in the top forty this month with “Love Is Darkness”, and was quite unlucky not to become September’s guaranteed new entry with his instrumental “Koko”. Currently in the top twenty in his homeland, this was the most impressive new track I heard this month - until this last week. The new Chartbuster is by the artist who slides from 34 to 35 this time with an instrumental which originally entered, and peaked, at number two last October - but went on to chart in the UK with added vocals and a slightly different title. That vocal version didn’t really help the instrumental to remain in my chart for eleven months so far - but there is already an instrumental and a vocal version of his latest follow-up, and this time they bear entirely different titles. Not only that, but the 21-year-old performer from Stockholm, Sweden is also using a different alias. “Bromance” was credited to most of his real name, “Tim Berg” - but my Record of the Month for August 2011 is by.....Avicii. With lyrics, it's called “Fade Into Darkness" - and, without them, it’s “Penguin”.
