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

[CZB]

It's the middle of the month again...

However, all previous years from 1975 to 2009 have now been fully covered in annual charts (a complete index can be found in the first post of this thread) and there are still far too many tracks from 2010 and 2011 in the current chart to enable me to finalise top 100s of those years for quite some time yet.

So, having already posted a chart combining the years 1970-1974 (because there weren't enough tracks to do them individually), I thought it might be interesting to combine the charts of further five-year periods. Initially, I intended to continue these in sequence - but, as there have been quite a few 1970s features recently, instead of beginning with 1975-1979 I decided it would be better to approach them in a more randomly-chosen (!) order.

.....she’s not the first Dane to reach the summit - Brigitte Nielsen was there in the early 1990’s with “How Could You Let Me Go”

And there's the first segment of time to be covered now - a period of transition for me, as I've previously mentioned here. At the beginning of 1990, I was twenty-five, and working almost round the clock to secure the last promotion I would ever obfain at work. By the end of 1994, I was thirty, and happily settled into early retirement, working only for about one day a week - and that has continued ever since. My monthly charts also underwent a (less significant) transition - formerly a top fifty, they switched to the format still adopted now, the top forty plus top forty breakers. This perhaps means that the first half of this five-year period had a slight advantage over the latter half - or maybe the earlier music tended to be better than the later stuff - as this six-hour top 100 package comprises 28 from 1990, 25 from 1991, 21 from 1992, and 13 each from 1993 and 1994.

Four tracks aren't available on YouTube, unfortunately - so other hit versions of the same songs by Baccara, Bad Manners and Nilsson have to stand in for Raffaella at 74, Jive Bunny and the MasterMixers at 62, and Ava at 9. There doesn't seem to be any other version of the Tol and Tol track at number 24, however - so instead I've substituted one of the same title, by Ultravox! Thirty-eight hits from this period reached number one - one of them, not until 2007 - and they have all made it into this top hundred of the early 1990s, although several are at the bottom end. And, right at the top, it's a record that wasn't ever a monthly number one, but spent four months as my number two..... Here, then, is the full countdown of my favourites from 18-22 years ago!











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01 02 12 1994 01 SING IT TO YOU (DEE DOOB DEE DOO) Lavinia Jones ##
02 01 10 1990 01 NAH NEH NAH Vaya Con Dios
03 01 12 1991 01 ONLY THE ONES WE LOVE Tanita Tikaram ##
04 01 11 1992 01 IMPLORA Jean-Philippe Audin and Diego Modena ##
05 01 10 1992 02 LAST THING ON MY MIND Bananarama
06 01 10 1993 01 WHY SHOULD WE CRY / DON'T EVER CRY Put
07 01 10 1994 02 SISTER GOLDEN HAIR Spanic
08 01 09 1994 03 AN ANGEL Jam Tronik ##
09 01 09 1992 03 WITHOUT YOU Ava ## [ this version by Nilsson ]
10 01 12 1990 02 LITTLE SISTER LEAVING TOWN Tanita Tikaram
11 01 12 1991 02 YOU AND YOUR SISTER This Mortal Coil ##
12 02 09 1990 03 WHAT'S A WOMAN? Vaya Con Dios
13 11 12 1993 02 GAIA Valensia ##
14 04 11 1991 03 SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST Vanessa Williams
15 11 20 1992 04 TELL ME A POEM Papermoon
16 02 09 1990 04 BANDIDO Azucar Moreno ##

17 01 12 1991 04 GOEDE TIJDEN, SLECHTE TIJDEN Lisa Boray en Louis De Vries ##
18 02 11 1990 05 TONIGHT New Kids On The Block
19 11 18 1993 03 NOG EEN KANS (VROUWENVLEUGEL) Vera Mann
20 01 12 1993 04 MACARENA Los Del Rio
21 01 08 1991 05 PIENSA EN MI Luz Casal
22 02 11 1991 06 SEDALIA Tol and Tol ##
23 01 09 1994 04 TEARS DON'T LIE Mark'Oh
24 02 10 1991 07 VIENNA Tol and Tol [ this "Vienna" by Ultravox ! ]
25 02 12 1994 05 I SAW YOU DANCING Yaki-Da
26 01 12 1991 08 LOSING MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
27 01 08 1992 05 HEADING FOR A FALL Vaya Con Dios
28 02 09 1993 05 GO WEST Pet Shop Boys
29 06 11 1990 06 A LITTLE TIME The Beautiful South ##
30 02 12 1990 07 RITMO DE LA NOCHE Mystic ##
31 05 12 1992 06 DREAMS ARE MADE FOR EVERYONE Wind ##
32 01 11 1994 06 RIGHT IN THE NIGHT Jam and Spoon featuring Plavka
33 01 08 1992 07 HAPPY NATION Ace of Base

34 03 12 1992 08 ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Base
35 04 10 1990 08 A SONG GOES OUT AROUND THE WORLD Egon Egemann
36 02 09 1991 09 SONG OF OCARINA J. P. Audin and Diego Modena
37 03 09 1991 10 CREO QUE VOY A LLORAR / SALTWATER Julian Lennon ##
38 03 08 1994 07 WISH YOU WERE HERE Rednex
39 04 08 1992 09 SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME DJ Bobo
40 02 08 1991 11 TICKET TO HEAVEN Dire Straits
41 03 09 1990 09 WORKING MAN Rita MacNeil
42 01 09 1992 10 HOW COULD YOU LET ME GO Brigitte Nielsen ##
43 01 08 1993 06 MEHR ALS NUR ZUSAMMEN SCHLAFEN GEHN Nicole ##
44 01 08 1993 07 THE SIGN Ace of Base
45 01 08 1992 11 UNE FILLE DE TOUS LES PAYS / DOMINIQUE Berdien Stenberg
46 01 09 1993 08 LIVING IN DANGER Ace of Base ##
47 07 10 1990 10 HEAL THE PAIN George Michael
48 02 07 1994 08 COTTON EYE JOE Rednex
49 03 09 1990 11 PROMISE ME Beverley Craven
50 08 11 1990 12 HOW TO DANCE Bingo Boys featuring Princessa

51 03 09 1991 12 IT'S GRIM UP NORTH Justified Ancients of Mu Mu
52 06 08 1992 12 IT'S OK, ALL RIGHT Def Dames Dope
53 02 07 1992 13 SOAP BUBBLE BOX The Nits ##
54 03 08 1991 13 WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW'S CHILDREN? Maggie Reilly
55 04 09 1991 14 IF YOU WERE WITH ME NOW Kylie Minogue and Keith Washington
56 06 08 1991 15 GET READY FOR THIS 2 Unlimited
57 08 12 1990 13 KING OF THE ROAD Proclaimers
58 01 07 1992 14 HELLO (TURN YOUR RADIO ON) Shakespear's Sister
59 04 07 1993 09 ANOTHER NIGHT (MC Sar and) The Real McCoy
60 01 07 1990 14 BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL They Might Be Giants ##
61 08 10 1990 15 ALTOGETHER NOW Farm
62 04 08 1990 16 THE CAN CAN Jive Bunny / Mastermixers [ this version by Bad Manners ]
63 02 08 1991 16 CRUCIFIED Army of Lovers
64 04 08 1994 09 TAKE A BOW Madonna
65 02 07 1994 10 TAKE ME AWAY Twenty 4 Seven
66 01 07 1992 15 WENN ICH DICH NICHT LIEBEN WURDE Nicole ##
67 13 09 1991 17 WORLD IN UNION Kiri Te Kanawa

68 01 08 1991 18 EIN LEISES LIED Nicole ##
69 02 08 1991 19 LOVE IS ALL I WANT TO GIVE Anny Schilder
70 04 07 1992 16 LJUBIM TE PESMANA Extra Nena
71 01 07 1991 20 O FORTUNA Fortuna featuring Satenig
72 04 07 1990 17 MY SMILE WILL BE YOUR SHADOW Marianne Rosenberg
73 05 09 1990 18 I USETA LOVER Saw Doctors
74 07 10 1990 19 YES SIR I CAN BOOGIE Raffaella [ this version by Baccara ]
75 05 10 1993 10 KEEP ON DANCIN' DJ Bobo
76 01 07 1993 11 MaDCHEN / GIRLY GIRL Lucilectric
77 02 07 1990 20 JEALOUSY Pet Shop Boys
78 06 07 1990 21 BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Kylie Minogue
79 03 07 1992 17 SUNDAY MONDAYS Vanessa Paradis
80 06 10 1991 21 THE BARE NECESSITIES MEGAMIX UK Mixmasters ##
81 07 08 1990 22 SHOW ME HEAVEN Maria McKee
82 12 09 1990 23 LA CUMBIA Sailor
83 04 07 1991 22 COVER FROM THE SKY Deacon Blue
84 11 08 1992 18 DOLPHINS MAKE ME CRY Martyn Joseph

85 14 09 1990 24 MOOI WAS DIE TIJD Corry Konings
86 01 09 1990 25 GOODBYE BZN
87 05 08 1991 23 JACKY Marc Almond ##
88 05 06 1990 26 INFINITY (1990's TIME FOR THE GURU) Guru Josh
89 04 07 1992 19 THE COLOUR OF YOUR EYES Charade
90 11 08 1991 24 LOVE....THY WILL BE DONE Martika
91 05 08 1991 25 WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME / CAN'T TAKE... Pet Shop Boys
92 04 07 1990 27 EMMERDALE SUITE Woodlands Orchestra
93 05 08 1993 12 THE ULTIMATE HIGH Time Frequency
94 06 07 1993 13 SENSUALITE Axelle Red
95 07 06 1992 20 YOU MAKE THE WHOLE WORLD CRY Tanita Tikaram
96 01 06 1992 21 STARSHIP (RAUMSCHIFF) EDELWEISS Edelweiss ##
97 04 06 1994 11 HEY SüßER Lucilectric
98 05 07 1990 28 FROM A DISTANCE Bette Midler
99 11 06 1994 12 ALL THE LIES THAT YOU TOLD ME Frances Black ##
100 01 6 1994 13 DREAMS (WILL COME ALIVE) Two Brothers on the Fourth Floor
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[stevyy]

i like:

14 04 11 1991 03 SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST Vanessa Williams
26 01 12 1991 08 LOSING MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
28 02 09 1993 05 GO WEST Pet Shop Boys
31 05 12 1992 06 DREAMS ARE MADE FOR EVERYONE Wind ##
33 01 08 1992 07 HAPPY NATION Ace of Base
34 03 12 1992 08 ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Base
38 03 08 1994 07 WISH YOU WERE HERE Rednex
44 01 08 1993 07 THE SIGN Ace of Base
76 01 07 1993 11 MaDCHEN / GIRLY GIRL Lucilectric
98 05 07 1990 28 FROM A DISTANCE Bette Midler

[Benny]

02 01 10 1990 01 NAH NEH NAH Vaya Con Dios
03 01 12 1991 01 ONLY THE ONES WE LOVE Tanita Tikaram ##
07 01 10 1994 02 SISTER GOLDEN HAIR Spanic
12 02 09 1990 03 WHAT'S A WOMAN? Vaya Con Dios
14 04 11 1991 03 SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST Vanessa Williams
18 02 11 1990 05 TONIGHT New Kids On The Block
20 01 12 1993 04 MACARENA Los Del Rio
27 01 08 1992 05 HEADING FOR A FALL Vaya Con Dios
28 02 09 1993 05 GO WEST Pet Shop Boys
32 01 11 1994 06 RIGHT IN THE NIGHT Jam and Spoon featuring Plavka
33 01 08 1992 07 HAPPY NATION Ace of Base
34 03 12 1992 08 ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Base
38 03 08 1994 07 WISH YOU WERE HERE Rednex
39 04 08 1992 09 SOMEBODY DANCE WITH ME DJ Bobo
44 01 08 1993 07 THE SIGN Ace of Base
46 01 09 1993 08 LIVING IN DANGER Ace of Base ##
48 02 07 1994 08 COTTON EYE JOE Rednex
56 06 08 1991 15 GET READY FOR THIS 2 Unlimited
58 01 07 1992 14 HELLO (TURN YOUR RADIO ON) Shakespear's Sister
59 04 07 1993 09 ANOTHER NIGHT (MC Sar and) The Real McCoy
63 02 08 1991 16 CRUCIFIED Army of Lovers
64 04 08 1994 09 TAKE A BOW Madonna
65 02 07 1994 10 TAKE ME AWAY Twenty 4 Seven
76 01 07 1993 11 MaDCHEN / GIRLY GIRL Lucilectric
78 06 07 1990 21 BETTER THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Kylie Minogue
81 07 08 1990 22 SHOW ME HEAVEN Maria McKee
88 05 06 1990 26 INFINITY (1990's TIME FOR THE GURU) Guru Josh
90 11 08 1991 24 LOVE....THY WILL BE DONE Martika
91 05 08 1991 25 WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME / CAN'T TAKE... Pet Shop Boys
98 05 07 1990 28 FROM A DISTANCE Bette Midler
100 01 6 1994 13 DREAMS (WILL COME ALIVE) Two Brothers on the Fourth Floor

This brings back a lot of memories
Many great classics including some forgotten hits by Vaya Con Dios, Jam & Spoon and Martika

[Tiger]

02 01 10 1990 01 NAH NEH NAH Vaya Con Dios
14 04 11 1991 03 SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST Vanessa Williams
16 02 09 1990 04 BANDIDO Azucar Moreno ##
20 01 12 1993 04 MACARENA Los Del Rio
23 01 09 1994 04 TEARS DON'T LIE Mark'Oh
26 01 12 1991 08 LOSING MY MIND Pet Shop Boys
28 02 09 1993 05 GO WEST Pet Shop Boys
33 01 08 1992 07 HAPPY NATION Ace of Base

34 03 12 1992 08 ALL THAT SHE WANTS Ace Of Base
44 01 08 1993 07 THE SIGN Ace of Base
46 01 09 1993 08 LIVING IN DANGER Ace of Base ##
48 02 07 1994 08 COTTON EYE JOE Rednex

56 06 08 1991 15 GET READY FOR THIS 2 Unlimited
58 01 07 1992 14 HELLO (TURN YOUR RADIO ON) Shakespear's Sister
60 01 07 1990 14 BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL They Might Be Giants ##
61 08 10 1990 15 ALTOGETHER NOW Farm
64 04 08 1994 09 TAKE A BOW Madonna

81 07 08 1990 22 SHOW ME HEAVEN Maria McKee

91 05 08 1991 25 WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME / CAN'T TAKE... Pet Shop Boys
98 05 07 1990 28 FROM A DISTANCE Bette Midler

Woo for the Pet Shop Boys everywhere. They really are a class act

[CZB]

It's time for my new chart - and this month's new Chartbuster should have been almost impossible to guess.....







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CZB'S TOP FORTY ----------------- Month 391 ------------------ MARCH 2012
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01 14 02 EPIC Sandro Silva and Quintino ##
02 05 03 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye featuring Kimbra
03 03 04 VIDEO GAMES Lana Del Rey ##
04 04 03 BLUE JEANS Lana Del Rey
05 ---- 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey [Highest New Entry] ##
06 02 04 I FOLLOW RIVERS Lykke Li
07 21 02 HEARTBROKEN Hooverphonic
08 01 04 JUST SO Agnes Obel
09 17 02 THE WORLD IS GONNA END TONIGHT School Is Cool
10 08 06 YOU AND I Lady GaGa

11 12 04 AGAIN AND AGAIN Basto!
12 11 03 BEFORE Barbara Dex ##
13 06 06 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia
14 07 05 WITHOUT YOU David Guetta featuring Usher
15 16 03 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry
16 09 06 BIG BAD WOLF Duck Sauce
17 10 06 PLAGE Crystal Fighters
18 13 06 THE OTHER WOMAN Caro Emerald
19 25 04 LOVE LOVE Amy MacDonald
20 18 07 COLLIDE / FADE INTO DARKNESS / PENGUIN {Leona Lewis and) Avicii ##

21 36 02 PARADISE Coldplay [Rapid Riser]
22 15 06 I WANNA GO Britney Spears
23 19 08 JAR OF HEARTS Christina Perri ##
24 23 05 CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND Robyn
25 20 05 CINEMA Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go
26 22 06 GUTES NITZWERK Paul Kalkbrenner
27 24 07 GET BACK (ASAP) Alexandra Stan
28 40 02 MARRY THE NIGHT Lady GaGa
29 27 09 THE EDGE OF GLORY Lady GaGa
30 28 07 JOLI GARCON Lolita

31 30 07 KOKO Sander Van Doorn
32 26 10 SYNRISE Goose
33 32 11 ANGER NEVER DIES Hooverphonic
34 33 12 THE NIGHT BEFORE Hooverphonic
35 29 13 CHASING DREAMS Sebastian Cruz featuring Miryel [Longest Laster] ##
36 ---- 01 BIG IN JAPAN Martin Solveig and Dragonette
37 34 09 READY 2 GO Martin Solveig featuring Kele
38 ---- 01 GABRIEL Joe Goddard featuring Valentina
39 31 09 DROWNING Armin Van Buuren featuring Laura V [Fastest Faller]
40 ---- 01 LOVE KILLS Robyn
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TOP 40 BREAKERS:
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01 [ 00 ] YOU AND YOUR SISTER Mayken Hoessen [Chartbuster] ##
02 [ 04 ] FRIDAY Rebecca Black
03 [ 00 ] NOVA ZEMBLA Wiegel Meirmans Snitker
04 [ 08 ] BORN THIS WAY Lady GaGa
05 [ 07 ] GIVE ME EVERYTHING Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
06 [ 18 ] PUMPED UP KICKS Foster the People
07 [ 36 ] LEVELS Avicii
08 [ 11 ] ONE TWO THREE Hooverphonic
09 [ 12 ] YODEL IN THE CANYON OF LOVE Do Re Mi featuring Kerry
10 [ 16 ] WORDS Goose

11 [ 13 ] EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL Coldplay
12 [ 15 ] PAPI Jennifer Lopez
13 [ 17 ] WHAT A FEELING Alex Gaudino featuring Kelly Rowland
14 [ 19 ] WE FOUND LOVE Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
15 [ 25 ] JE VEUX Zaz
16 [ 20 ] SHAKE Little Boots
17 [ 35 ] YOUTOPIA Armin Van Buuren featuring Adam Young
18 [ 37 ] LOVE YOU LIKE A LOVE SONG Selena Gomez and the Scene
19 [ 21 ] LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS Moby
20 [ 22 ] ALLIGATOR SKY Owl City featuring Shawn Chrystopher

21 [ 24 ] TUNG! Deniz Koyu
22 [ 00 ] IN THE DARK Dev
23 [ 27 ] BOUNCE Calvin Harris featuring Kelis
24 [ 29 ] GONNA GET OVER YOU Sara Bareilles
25 [ 39 ] ROCK WITH YOU Bob Sinclar featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor
26 [ 32 ] MARMOR, STEIN UND EISEN BRICHT Ludwig Hirsch
27 [ 28 ] GOOD GIRL Alexis Jordan
28 [ 34 ] EU CRED Malina Olinescu
29 [ 30 ] BLOOD, TEARS AND GOLD Hurts
30 [ 31 ] HELLO Baseballs

31 [ 38 ] COLOURS Emma Hewitt
32 [ 00 ] GIVE ME ALL YOUR LUVIN' Madonna featuring M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj
33 [ 00 ] WILD ONES Flo Rida featurin Sia
34 [ 00 ] EYES WIDE OPEN Gotye
35 [ 00 ] LIED VON DEN VERGESSENEN Rosenstolz
36 [ 00 ] ALL AT ONCE Whitney Houston
37 [ 00 ] DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL Whitney Houston
38 [ 00 ] ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston
39 [ 00 ] I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Whitney Houston
40 [ 00 ] I KNOW HIM SO WELL Whitney and Cissy Houston
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Number one eleven years ago: MY HEART BEATS LIKE A DRUM A Touch Of Class
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Number one twenty-three years ago: I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU Samantha Fox
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During the first five years of this century, there was a period of seven consecutive months in which my number one changed - but in which “You” by Noemi climbed to the top twice. Now, however, there has been an entirely new number one seven times in a row - as Lady GaGa, David Guetta featuring Sia, David Guetta featuring Usher, Avicii, Lana Del Rey and Agnes Obel are followed by.....Sandro Silva and Quintino! Among nine climbers this month, the former Chartbuster “Epic” races up thirteen places from its number 14 debut in February to become my 192nd chart-topper. While its popularity has not yet spread much further, it has been in the Dutch top ten for the last nine weeks - but the song climbing three places to my runner-up position has now been there for three times as long. Gotye and Kimbra’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” has beaten the 26 weeks record set in 1965 by Trio Hellenique and “La Danse De Zorba” - and could still have a chance of overtaking that to become the most successful chart hit of all time in the Netherlands. It has also achieved two non-consecutive weeks at number one in the UK charts - another fairly rare feat - while one of the biggest-selling albums here this month has been Lana Del Rey’s “Born To Die”. The title track is the highest of four new entries, crashing straight in at number five - while just above it are the only two non-movers this time, “Video Games” and “Blue Jeans”. The only other performer to have made three simultaneous appearances in my top five prior to the New Yorker formerly known as Lizzy Grant was Regi Penxten - and he only managed in three different collaborations, with Bart Peeters, choirgirls Scala and as part of Milk Inc.! The other three new entries this time are all at the bottom end of the top forty. Londoners Joe Goddard and Valentina have a number 38 debut with “Gabriel”, while Martin Solveig and Robyn both double their tally of current hits, with “Big In Japan” at 36 and “Love Kills” at 40 respectively. Their other top forty entries, “Ready 2 Go” and “Call Your Girlfriend”, are among twenty-five moving down this month - which also include the longest laster, “Chasing Dreams” by Sebastian Cruz and Miryel at 35, and the fastest faller, “Drowning” by Armin Van Buuren featuring Laura V at 39. Meanwhile, Coldplay have the Rapid Riser, as “Paradise” ascends fifteen places to 21.

The death of Whitney Houston this month, at the age of 48, has created renewed interest in her back catalogue - from which five tracks previously entered my chart. All five now return to the breakers - including “All At Once”, her very first hit anywhere, but which was only a B-side in the UK. Meanwhile, absent from my chart for almost two years, Madonna could soon be on the way back with “Give Me All Your Luvin’” - on which she is joined by M.I.A., who briefly charted previously with “Paper Planes”, and Nicki Minaj, who is looking for her chart debut. So is Flo Rida, whose current release “Wild Ones” could become a second hit sung by Sia - while the second single from the latest album by Gotye, “Eyes Wide Open”, might also soon give him a second success, and Rosenstolz have the chance of a third hit with their fifth breaker, “Lied Von Den Vergessenen”. The other three of this month’s seven new breakers are by acts impressing me for the first time. The 22-year-old California-born Dev - not to be confused with the Radio One DJ with the soporific voice - has a potential hit with “In The Dark”, which briefly charted in the UK several months ago. But one of the most closely-fought battles ever for Chartbuster was narrowly lost by Wiegel, Meirmans and Snitker - not a firm of sinister solicitors, about to be unmasked from monster costumes at the end of an episode of “Scooby Doo”, but a trio of Dutch musicians whose theme from a recent (three-dimensional?!) Dutch movie has been remixed by Armin Van Buuren. The exceptionally high debut in the top forty breakers of “Nova Zembla” suggests that it is almost certain to enter my chart next month - but the young lady guaranteed a place there is currently a contestant in “The Voice van Vlaanderen”, a televised Belgian singing competition which has been running for the last four months. As it approaches its final stages, a collection of the competitors’ performances has been released on CD (hence the eligibility of this one for inclusion here!) - and several of their songs are currently in the "Ultratop 50", the most-sold, most-downloaded tracks of the week there. It remains to be seen whether a 20-year-old from Torhout can go on to become the overall winner, but she is the only contestant who has achieved two chart hits so far - and it’s one of those that now becomes my new Chartbuster. With her version of a song that originally went to number one in my top forty for This Mortal Coil, my Record of the Month for March 2012 is Mayken Hoessen, with “You And Your Sister”.






Unfortunately, Mayken’s version of “You And Your Sister” is nowhere to be found on YouTube - nor, as far as I can tell, any similar websites! So, the links above are instead to the original version of the song, by This Mortal Coil. However, if anyone desperately wants to check out the new version, it can be heard in the latest edition of the three-hour chart show, in MNM radio‘s “Listen Again” facility, here:

http://internetradio.vrt.be/radiospeler ... qsbrand=55

Click “NET GEMIST” (top, middle), then select from near the bottom of the drop-down list “Ultratop 50” or “Ultratop 50 Replay” (depending on whether you want it with or without a presenter!) Once connected, move the cursor to the 21 to 25 minute mark, as “You And Your Sister” has taken a dive to this week’s number 43, straight after Taio Cruz with “Hangover” at 44. ( And, to hear her other hit, “What I Am”, just stay tuned - as that’s new at 42 ! )

[Benny]

02 05 03 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye featuring Kimbra
05 ---- 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey [Highest New Entry] ##
06 02 04 I FOLLOW RIVERS Lykke Li
11 12 04 AGAIN AND AGAIN Basto!
13 06 06 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia
14 07 05 WITHOUT YOU David Guetta featuring Usher
15 16 03 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry
18 13 06 THE OTHER WOMAN Caro Emerald
20 18 07 COLLIDE / FADE INTO DARKNESS / PENGUIN {Leona Lewis and) Avicii ##
21 36 02 PARADISE Coldplay [Rapid Riser]
22 15 06 I WANNA GO Britney Spears
23 19 08 JAR OF HEARTS Christina Perri ##

Great to see Gotye moving up to number 2

[Tiger]

02 05 03 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye featuring Kimbra
03 03 04 VIDEO GAMES Lana Del Rey ##
05 ---- 01 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey [Highest New Entry] ##
06 02 04 I FOLLOW RIVERS Lykke Li
10 08 06 YOU AND I Lady GaGa

13 06 06 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia
14 07 05 WITHOUT YOU David Guetta featuring Usher
15 16 03 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry
17 10 06 PLAGE Crystal Fighters
18 13 06 THE OTHER WOMAN Caro Emerald
19 25 04 LOVE LOVE Amy MacDonald
20 18 07 COLLIDE / FADE INTO DARKNESS / PENGUIN {Leona Lewis and) Avicii ##

21 36 02 PARADISE Coldplay [Rapid Riser]
22 15 06 I WANNA GO Britney Spears
23 19 08 JAR OF HEARTS Christina Perri ##
28 40 02 MARRY THE NIGHT Lady GaGa
29 27 09 THE EDGE OF GLORY Lady GaGa
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TOP 40 BREAKERS:
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04 [ 08 ] BORN THIS WAY Lady GaGa
05 [ 07 ] GIVE ME EVERYTHING Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
06 [ 18 ] PUMPED UP KICKS Foster the People
07 [ 36 ] LEVELS Avicii

11 [ 13 ] EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL Coldplay
12 [ 15 ] PAPI Jennifer Lopez
13 [ 17 ] WHAT A FEELING Alex Gaudino featuring Kelly Rowland
18 [ 37 ] LOVE YOU LIKE A LOVE SONG Selena Gomez and the Scene
20 [ 22 ] ALLIGATOR SKY Owl City featuring Shawn Chrystopher

22 [ 00 ] IN THE DARK Dev
24 [ 29 ] GONNA GET OVER YOU Sara Bareilles

32 [ 00 ] GIVE ME ALL YOUR LUVIN' Madonna featuring M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj
37 [ 00 ] DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL Whitney Houston
38 [ 00 ] ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston
39 [ 00 ] I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Whitney Houston
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Number one eleven years ago: MY HEART BEATS LIKE A DRUM A Touch Of Class
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Great read that I wait for monthly and a good chart as well

[Play]

You also like Cinema!

[CZB]

Thanks for the comments!

I just received the Madonna CD single "Give Me All Your Luvin'" in the post today - and I see, from the credits, that Martin Solveig is among five co-writers! I can't believe I didn't spot his influence on the track until now.....

[CZB]

During the first five years of this century.....

So that's the "randomly" selected five year period from which all my favourites are brought together into March's mid-month retro top hundred. I don't think I had even used the internet at all by the beginning of it - but by the end, I was able to hear more of the weekly chart shows of Western Europe again, after a while of only being able to access those of the UK and Germany. So it's the hits of those countries - the latter somewhat more than the former! - that dominate this countdown.

Thirty-nine tracks from these years reached number one in my monthly charts - but several of them were only there for one month, and/or didn't spend as long in my top forty as most other chart-toppers from previously or since. Two of them don't quite make it into my top hundred of 2000-2004 - but they're close, so I also managed to squeeze them into a packed six-hour YouTube journey today, seventeen hits per hour! The hits are quite evenly spread - twenty-three are from 2000, seventeen come from 2001, eighteen each are from 2002 and 2003, and the most, twenty-four, come from 2004. However, none from that most recent year make it into the top ten!

All in all, I don't think this was really one of the best periods for music - indeed, nothing here is in my top hundred of all time. On the 2002 thread in the Retro forum, the exact positions of some of the tracks that were performing strongly a decade ago can be seen. The number twelve from this chart, for example, is my number 150 of all time - while the number one here is at number 105. And those two are both by the same artist - but who? Let's find out.....













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01 01 12 2003 01 J'EN AI MARRE Alizee
02 01 11 2002 01 DESTROY SHE SAID Circ ##
03 01 11 2000 01 DREAM TO ME Dario G ##
04 02 14 2001 01 SAY WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND Dario G
05 11 15 2003 02 THE CLOSEST THING TO CRAZY Katie Melua ##
06 01 15 2000 02 JUST AROUND THE HILL Sash featuring Tina Cousins ##
07 01 14 2003 03 SILENCE Gigi D'Agostino
08 01 13 2003 04 ANTHEM 2003 Sensation ##
09 01 12 2000 03 BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE Commercial Breakup ##
10 01 12 2002 02 SOMEDAY 4 Clubbers
11 02 10 2003 05 WHITE FLAG Dido ##
12 01 10 2000 04 MOI....LOLITA Alizee
13 01 13 2004 01 THROUGH THE DARK KT Tunstall ##
14 02 10 2001 02 AIN'T IT FUNNY Jennifer Lopez ##
15 01 12 2004 02 DRAGOSTEA DIN TEI Haiducii
16 02 11 2003 06 THE MAGIC KEY One-T and Cool-T
17 01 15 2000 05 VICTORY Bond

18 01 12 2004 03 THE SUMMER OF ENERGY Gigi D'Agostino
19 01 13 2000 06 AROUND THE WORLD ATC (A Touch Of Class) ##
20 01 11 2001 03 MY HEART IT FEELS LIKE...DUB DUB It Girls
21 11 17 2002 03 LIGAYA Gouryella ##
22 02 11 2001 04 WHENEVER, WHEREVER / SUERTE Shakira
23 02 09 2002 04 TU ES FOUTU / YOU PROMISED ME In-Grid
24 01 13 2003 07 NOTHING BUT YOU Paul Van Dyk, Hemstock/Jennings, Jan Johnston ##
25 03 10 2000 07 REACH S Club 7
26 05 09 2000 08 I TURN TO YOU Melanie C
27 01 13 2000 09 WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? Baha Men
28 01 12 2004 04 LA CAMISA NEGRA Juanes
29 01 12 2004 05 YOU Special D ##
30 01 11 2000 10 CASTLES IN THE SKY Ian Van Dahl
31 01 10 2004 06 I LIKE IT Narcotic Thrust
32 01 09 2001 05 WILL I Ian Van Dahl ##
33 01 09 2000 11 WITH MY OWN EYES Sash! ##
34 03 12 2003 08 OBSESION Aventura

35 01 18 2004 07 SOLEADO Gigi and Molly ##
36 01 10 2004 08 SOUND OF LOVE (PA PA PA) Anaconda ##
37 02 11 2001 06 SOMETHING Lasgo
38 01 12 2000 12 MY HEART BEATS LIKE A DRUM ATC (A Touch Of Class) ##
39 02 11 2003 09 NO NO NO Ann Lee ##
40 05 16 2004 09 (I NEED A) MIRACLE Cascada
41 08 16 2002 05 FREEDOM TO MOVE Denim Project
42 04 10 2000 13 DANCE WITH ME Debelah Morgan ##
43 11 13 2001 07 I'M IN HEAVEN (WHEN YOU KISS ME) ATC (A Touch Of Class) ##
44 05 10 2000 14 EMBRACE Agnelli and Nelson
45 06 14 2002 06 WORDS Dance Nation
46 01 13 2003 10 CLOSE YOUR EYES Circ ##
47 01 09 2000 15 THE FACTS OF LIFE Black Box Recorder
48 01 11 2004 10 BUTTERFLY SIGN Jam and Spoon featuring Plavka ##
49 01 09 2004 11 SCHNAPPI DAS KLEINE KROKODILE Joy Gruttman ##
50 02 10 2000 16 TURN THE TIDE Sylver
51 04 11 2002 07 DESENCHANTEE Kate Ryan

52 08 16 2002 08 REALITY S-Boy
53 09 12 2001 08 I'M ALIVE Celine Dion
54 04 10 2000 17 AIRWAVE / BREATHING Rank One
55 05 11 2001 09 FLUTE Barcode Brothers
56 08 13 2000 18 DANSE AVEC MOI Kosmonova
57 04 12 2004 12 OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD KT Tunstall ##
58 01 09 2001 10 HEAVEN DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do
59 02 10 2001 11 UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES Shakira ##
60 04 10 2004 13 DESPRE TINE O-Zone
61 04 09 2004 14 EMILY Adam Green
62 05 12 2002 09 TRAVEL TIME Starsplash
63 01 11 2004 15 UNDER THE WEATHER KT Tunstall
64 01 09 2000 19 ONLY TIME Enya
65 03 10 2004 16 EVERYTIME Britney Spears
66 03 11 2004 17 THEY Jem
67 04 10 2002 10 OVERLOAD Voodoo and Serano
68 02 10 2001 12 OBJECTION (TANGO) Shakira

69 04 12 2001 13 MISSY QUEEN'S GONNA DIE Tok Tok vs Soffy O
70 02 09 2002 11 THE KETCHUP SONG (ASEREJE) Las Ketchup ##
71 07 11 2004 18 SATELLITE OceanLab
72 04 11 2003 11 ONLY IF I Kate Ryan
73 11 16 2001 14 DAM DUBI DAM (I MISS YOU) Millane Fernandez ##
74 13 12 2001 15 FROM SARAH WITH LOVE Sarah Connor ##
75 03 12 2002 12 RIPPIN' KITTIN Golden Boy featuring Miss Kittin ##
76 05 10 2000 20 KOMODO Mauro Picotto
77 07 12 2001 16 MILK AND TOAST AND HONEY Roxette
78 11 11 2003 12 I CAN'T LET YOU GO Ian Van Dahl
79 02 16 2003 13 LOOK AT US Northern Heightz ##
80 20 16 2002 13 HEAVEN ABOVE Future Breeze
81 04 11 2003 14 ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST Mario Piu
82 05 11 2003 15 THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV Milk Inc.
83 03 10 2003 16 IN-TANGO In-Grid
84 01 09 2004 19 FLY TO YOU Northern Heightz
85 01 09 2002 14 LET THIS PARTY NEVER END Mark'Oh ##

86 01 08 2002 15 ALWAYS ON MY MIND DJ Quicksilver presents Base Unique ##
87 11 10 2000 21 SHE'S GOT THAT LIGHT Orange Blue ##
88 11 11 2003 17 LIBERATIO Krypteria ##
89 04 10 2004 20 LA PROMESSE / THE PROMISE YOU MADE Kate Ryan
90 08 09 2004 21 SUDDENLY I SEE KT Tunstall
91 09 12 2004 22 ALIVE Starsplash ##
92 10 11 2003 18 DANCING Lexy and K-Paul
93 05 09 2004 23 OBJECT OF MY DESIRE Dana Rayne ##
94 04 09 2004 24 DRAGOSTEA DIN TEI O-Zone
95 06 09 2002 16 I BEGIN TO WONDER JCA
96 07 09 2000 22 VAMOS A BAILAR Paola and Chiara
97 01 10 2002 17 TIME 2 WONDER DJs @ Work featuring Alexandra Prince ##
98 02 07 2001 17 CALLING Geri Halliwell
99 10 09 2000 23 WILL I EVER Alice Deejay
100 5 09 2002 18 HIGHWAY TO THE SKY Klubbingman
103 1 08 2002 19 YOU Noemi
108 1 08 2002 21 WHEREVER YOU ARE (I FEEL LOVE) Laava
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[Wardo]

'I turn to you', I love it

[Benny]

01 01 12 2003 01 J'EN AI MARRE Alizee
03 01 11 2000 01 DREAM TO ME Dario G ##
11 02 10 2003 05 WHITE FLAG Dido ##
12 01 10 2000 04 MOI....LOLITA Alizee
14 02 10 2001 02 AIN'T IT FUNNY Jennifer Lopez ##
19 01 13 2000 06 AROUND THE WORLD ATC (A Touch Of Class) ##
22 02 11 2001 04 WHENEVER, WHEREVER / SUERTE Shakira
23 02 09 2002 04 TU ES FOUTU / YOU PROMISED ME In-Grid
26 05 09 2000 08 I TURN TO YOU Melanie C
28 01 12 2004 04 LA CAMISA NEGRA Juanes
37 02 11 2001 06 SOMETHING Lasgo
38 01 12 2000 12 MY HEART BEATS LIKE A DRUM ATC (A Touch Of Class) ##
42 04 10 2000 13 DANCE WITH ME Debelah Morgan ##
43 11 13 2001 07 I'M IN HEAVEN (WHEN YOU KISS ME) ATC (A Touch Of Class) ##
50 02 10 2000 16 TURN THE TIDE Sylver
51 04 11 2002 07 DESENCHANTEE Kate Ryan
53 09 12 2001 08 I'M ALIVE Celine Dion
57 04 12 2004 12 OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD KT Tunstall ##
58 01 09 2001 10 HEAVEN DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do
59 02 10 2001 11 UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES Shakira ##
64 01 09 2000 19 ONLY TIME Enya
65 03 10 2004 16 EVERYTIME Britney Spears
68 02 10 2001 12 OBJECTION (TANGO) Shakira
74 13 12 2001 15 FROM SARAH WITH LOVE Sarah Connor ##
76 05 10 2000 20 KOMODO Mauro Picotto
77 07 12 2001 16 MILK AND TOAST AND HONEY Roxette
83 03 10 2003 16 IN-TANGO In-Grid
87 11 10 2000 21 SHE'S GOT THAT LIGHT Orange Blue ##
89 04 10 2004 20 LA PROMESSE / THE PROMISE YOU MADE Kate Ryan
90 08 09 2004 21 SUDDENLY I SEE KT Tunstall
96 07 09 2000 22 VAMOS A BAILAR Paola and Chiara

Many great songs, the best ones coming from Dido, Alizée, ATC, Melanie C, Sylver, Shakira and Juanes

[Play]

05 11 15 2003 02 THE CLOSEST THING TO CRAZY Katie Melua ##
06 01 15 2000 02 JUST AROUND THE HILL Sash featuring Tina Cousins ##
07 01 14 2003 03 SILENCE Gigi D'Agostino
11 02 10 2003 05 WHITE FLAG Dido ##
12 01 10 2000 04 MOI....LOLITA Alizee
13 01 13 2004 01 THROUGH THE DARK KT Tunstall ##
14 02 10 2001 02 AIN'T IT FUNNY Jennifer Lopez ##

These are the beauties that caught my eye first!

[summer]

WHITE FLAG Dido
I TURN TO YOU Melanie C
LA CAMISA NEGRA Juanes
OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD KT Tunstall
SUDDENLY I SEE KT Tunstall
UNDERNEATH YOUR CLOTHES Shakira
ONLY TIME Enya
MILK AND TOAST AND HONEY Roxette

***

Now I'm in heaven

[Tiger]

01 01 12 2003 01 J'EN AI MARRE Alizee
05 11 15 2003 02 THE CLOSEST THING TO CRAZY Katie Melua ##
11 02 10 2003 05 WHITE FLAG Dido ##
12 01 10 2000 04 MOI....LOLITA Alizee
14 02 10 2001 02 AIN'T IT FUNNY Jennifer Lopez ##

19 01 13 2000 06 AROUND THE WORLD ATC (A Touch Of Class) ##
22 02 11 2001 04 WHENEVER, WHEREVER / SUERTE Shakira
25 03 10 2000 07 REACH S Club 7
26 05 09 2000 08 I TURN TO YOU Melanie C
28 01 12 2004 04 LA CAMISA NEGRA Juanes
29 01 12 2004 05 YOU Special D ##
30 01 11 2000 10 CASTLES IN THE SKY Ian Van Dahl

38 01 12 2000 12 MY HEART BEATS LIKE A DRUM ATC (A Touch Of Class) ##
49 01 09 2004 11 SCHNAPPI DAS KLEINE KROKODILE Joy Gruttman ##
51 04 11 2002 07 DESENCHANTEE Kate Ryan
53 09 12 2001 08 I'M ALIVE Celine Dion
57 04 12 2004 12 OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD KT Tunstall ##
58 01 09 2001 10 HEAVEN DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do
60 04 10 2004 13 DESPRE TINE O-Zone
63 01 11 2004 15 UNDER THE WEATHER KT Tunstall
64 01 09 2000 19 ONLY TIME Enya
65 03 10 2004 16 EVERYTIME Britney Spears
66 03 11 2004 17 THEY Jem
68 02 10 2001 12 OBJECTION (TANGO) Shakira
72 04 11 2003 11 ONLY IF I Kate Ryan
74 13 12 2001 15 FROM SARAH WITH LOVE Sarah Connor ##
78 11 11 2003 12 I CAN'T LET YOU GO Ian Van Dahl
79 02 16 2003 13 LOOK AT US Northern Heightz ##
90 08 09 2004 21 SUDDENLY I SEE KT Tunstall
94 04 09 2004 24 DRAGOSTEA DIN TEI O-Zone
96 07 09 2000 22 VAMOS A BAILAR Paola and Chiara
98 02 07 2001 17 CALLING Geri Halliwell
99 10 09 2000 23 WILL I EVER Alice Deejay
108 1 08 2002 21

YAY I love all the Europop

[CZB]

A day earlier than usual.....







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CZB'S TOP FORTY ----------------- Month 392 ------------------ APRIL 2012
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01 ---- 01 NOVA ZEMBLA Wiegel Meirmans Snitker [Highest New Entry]
02 01 03 EPIC Sandro Silva and Quintino ##
03 04 04 BLUE JEANS Lana Del Rey
04 02 04 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye featuring Kimbra
05 07 03 HEARTBROKEN Hooverphonic
06 05 02 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey ##
07 09 03 THE WORLD IS GONNA END TONIGHT School Is Cool
08 03 05 VIDEO GAMES Lana Del Rey ##
09 06 05 I FOLLOW RIVERS Lykke Li
10 11 05 AGAIN AND AGAIN Basto!

11 12 04 BEFORE Barbara Dex ##
12 15 04 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry
13 21 03 PARADISE Coldplay
14 13 07 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia
15 ---- 01 YOU AND YOUR SISTER Mayken Hoessen ##
16 19 05 LOVE LOVE Amy MacDonald
17 08 05 JUST SO Agnes Obel
18 14 06 WITHOUT YOU David Guetta featuring Usher
19 28 03 MARRY THE NIGHT Lady GaGa
20 10 07 YOU AND I Lady GaGa

21 20 08 COLLIDE / FADE INTO DARKNESS / PENGUIN {Leona Lewis and) Avicii ##
22 17 07 PLAGE Crystal Fighters
23 18 07 THE OTHER WOMAN Caro Emerald
24 38 02 GABRIEL Joe Goddard featuring Valentina [Rapid Riser]
25 25 06 CINEMA Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go
26 36 02 BIG IN JAPAN Martin Solveig and Dragonette
27 16 07 BIG BAD WOLF Duck Sauce [Fastest Faller]
28 ---- 01 LEVELS Avicii
29 23 09 JAR OF HEARTS Christina Perri ##
30 24 06 CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND Robyn

31 40 02 LOVE KILLS Robyn
32 22 07 I WANNA GO Britney Spears
33 27 08 GET BACK (ASAP) Alexandra Stan
34 32 11 SYNRISE Goose
35 ---- 01 GIVE ME ALL YOUR LUVIN' Madonna featuring M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj
36 35 14 CHASING DREAMS Sebastian Cruz featuring Miryel [Longest Laster] ##
37 34 13 THE NIGHT BEFORE Hooverphonic
38 ---- 01 YOUTOPIA Armin Van Buuren featuring Adam Young
39 33 12 ANGER NEVER DIES Hooverphonic
40 ---- 01 IN THE DARK Dev
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TOP 40 BREAKERS:
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01 [ 00 ] BETTER THAN A DREAM Katie Melua [Chartbuster] ##
02 [ 02 ] FRIDAY Rebecca Black
03 [ 05 ] GIVE ME EVERYTHING Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
04 [ 06 ] PUMPED UP KICKS Foster the People
05 [ 08 ] ONE TWO THREE Hooverphonic
06 [ 09 ] YODEL IN THE CANYON OF LOVE Do Re Mi featuring Kerry
07 [ 14 ] WE FOUND LOVE Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
08 [ 10 ] WORDS Goose
09 [ 13 ] WHAT A FEELING Alex Gaudino featuring Kelly Rowland
10 [ 11 ] EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL Coldplay

11 [ 12 ] PAPI Jennifer Lopez
12 [ 15 ] JE VEUX Zaz
13 [ 18 ] LOVE YOU LIKE A LOVE SONG Selena Gomez and the Scene
14 [ 16 ] SHAKE Little Boots
15 [ 25 ] ROCK WITH YOU Bob Sinclar featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor
16 [ 19 ] LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS Moby
17 [ 33 ] WILD ONES Flo Rida featurin Sia
18 [ 24 ] GONNA GET OVER YOU Sara Bareilles
19 [ 31 ] COLOURS Emma Hewitt
20 [ 00 ] SARAH Heidi Happy

21 [ 23 ] BOUNCE Calvin Harris featuring Kelis
22 [ 00 ] BLESSED Tom Hangs and Shermanology
23 [ 34 ] EYES WIDE OPEN Gotye
24 [ 35 ] LIED VON DEN VERGESSENEN Rosenstolz
25 [ 00 ] DR WANNA DO Caro Emerald
26 [ 00 ] YOU DON'T LOVE ME Caro Emerald
27 [ 29 ] BLOOD, TEARS AND GOLD Hurts
28 [ 30 ] HELLO Baseballs
29 [ 36 ] ALL AT ONCE Whitney Houston
30 [ 00 ] CHARLIE BROWN Coldplay

31 [ 00 ] RAPTURE Nadia Ali
32 [ 37 ] DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL Whitney Houston
33 [ 38 ] ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston
34 [ 00 ] TIME Chase and Status featuring Delilah
35 [ 00 ] HIMMEL AUF Silbermond
36 [ 39 ] I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Whitney Houston
37 [ 40 ] I KNOW HIM SO WELL Whitney and Cissy Houston
38 [ 00 ] NEXT TO ME Emeli Sande
39 [ 00 ] FEEL SO CLOSE Calvin Harris
40 [ 00 ] DAYDREAM BELIEVER Monkees
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Number one thirteen years ago: THE BATTLE (MULL OF KINTYRE) Watergate
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Number one twenty-six years ago: SI TU ERES MI HOMBRE Jennifer Rush
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For an unprecedented eighth month in a row, my number one changes again. Since the first charts, at the end of the 1970’s, there have been more than twenty wholly or substantially instrumental number ones - but very few instances of one taking over from another. However, the 192nd and 193rd chart-toppers are a rare example of this, as Sandro Silva and Quintino’s “Epic” is replaced by Wiegel, Meirmans and Snitker with “Nova Zembla”. After just missing out on being my Chartbuster last month, the movie theme now rises eighty-six places to enter the top forty at number one. Two of the other five newcomers are also chart debuts - while Dev just sneaks in at 40 with “In The Dark”, Mayken Hoessen arrives at 15 with her reality-show cover version of “You And Your Sister”. In between, there’s a third hit in as many years for Tim Bergling - and this one, like the second, is credited to Avicii. That’s “Levels”, at 28. Ten places lower, there’s a seventh top forty entry for Armin Van Buuren and a third for Adam Young, with “Youtopia” - while Madonna gets her twenty-sixth chart entry at 35 with “Give Me All Your Luvin’”, which has performed somewhat variably in the charts of the world, and not very well at all in the UK! But her new album including it looks set to be the biggest-seller here this week.

A fourteen-place climb to number 24 makes Joe Goddard and Valentina this month’s Rapid Riser with “Gabriel” - and eleven other hits are on the way up. Those include one of the three tracks Lana Del Rey had in the top five in March - but, perhaps surprisingly, it’s “Blue Jeans” which ascends another place to a new peak of number three, and not last month’s highest new entry, “Born To Die”. That’s one of twenty-one tracks moving down this time - which also include Duck Sauce with “Big Bad Wolf”, the fastest faller as it takes an eleven-place dive to number 27, and the former Chartbuster by Sebastian Cruz and Miryel. “Chasing Dreams” could finally be about to drop out, sliding to number 36 in its fourteenth appearance - but it’s now the fifth most successful hit never to reach my top ten. All of this leaves just one non-mover in the top forty this month - and that’s “Cinema”, stuck at number 25 for Benny Benassi and Gary Go.

Davy Jones of the Monkees died a few weeks ago, at the age of 66 - and one of their most well-known songs, “Daydream Believer” is in the top forty breakers. Ten other rather more recent releases (although, in most cases, they are actually 2011 or 2010 recordings) could also be on the way to my top forty in the months ahead. As two Calvin Harris collaborations edge slowly upwards, a solo single from him joins the race - “Feel So Close”. Also ascending very slowly with “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall”, Coldplay now double their chances of a fourth hit with “Charlie Brown”, the third breaker from their latest album “Mylo Xyloto”. But an album that has already generated six hits - all of them reaching the top twenty - could be about to produce two more. Caro Emerald enters the breakers not only with “Dr Wanna Do”, the seventh single from “Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor”, but also with another track from it, “You Don’t Love Me”. And, while most of the other new potential hits appear to be by acts impressing me for the first time - Chase and Status featuring Delilah.....Tom Hangs and Shermanology.....Emeli Sande.....and Silbermond - there’s an exception, as “Tom Hangs” is yet another pseudonym for the aforementioned Tim Bergling!

In the previous commentary, I alluded briefly to a “rule” of my chart, that there has to be a physical release (CD, or vinyl, or ideally both!) in order for any track to be eligible to be listed as a breaker. That has occasionally prevented worthy submissions from appearing at all - and it was looking increasingly as if something I heard almost exactly a year ago, in the Official Swiss Chart Show on DRS-3, would forever remain in that category. The young lady born as Priska Zemp was interviewed on that programme, when the digital release of her album “Hiding With The Wolves” entered the top ten in her homeland. However, the date of its physical release was put back.....and put back.....and put back. It finally came out this month - so the second highest new breaker is “Sarah”, by Heidi Happy. But the guaranteed top forty entry for May will be the eighth hit, out of eight breakers (including three previous Chartbusters) for a younger singer, now 27 - which, coincidentally, I also heard for the very first time on the Swiss chart show. She recently joined presenter Nik Thomi there for an interview which, although it mainly concentrated on her music and the success of her latest album, also strayed into strange other territories - such as the buying of condoms! And it concluded with her telling, on air, a truly filthy joke! I was quite shocked - not expecting to hear that sort of thing from her at all.....but her music remains as beautiful as ever. My Record of the Month for April 2012 is Katie Melua, “Better Than A Dream”.

[Play]

I've always loved your music taste... just wanted to say before these tragic things happen

[Benny]

I've always loved your music taste... just wanted to say before these tragic things happen

+1

04 02 04 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye featuring Kimbra
06 05 02 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey ##
09 06 05 I FOLLOW RIVERS Lykke Li
10 11 05 AGAIN AND AGAIN Basto!
12 15 04 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry
13 21 03 PARADISE Coldplay
14 13 07 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia
18 14 06 WITHOUT YOU David Guetta featuring Usher
21 20 08 COLLIDE / FADE INTO DARKNESS / PENGUIN {Leona Lewis and) Avicii ##
23 18 07 THE OTHER WOMAN Caro Emerald
29 23 09 JAR OF HEARTS Christina Perri ##
35 ---- 01 GIVE ME ALL YOUR LUVIN' Madonna featuring M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj

I like all these; it's also nice to see the Monkees' classic among the top 40 breakers

[Blondini]

Your #7 is horribly apt! Not bad track, either.

[GoodBoyGoneBad]

Nice increase for Marry The Night.

[Tiger]

04 02 04 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye featuring Kimbra
06 05 02 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey ##
08 03 05 VIDEO GAMES Lana Del Rey ##
10 11 05 AGAIN AND AGAIN Basto!

12 15 04 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry
13 21 03 PARADISE Coldplay
14 13 07 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia
16 19 05 LOVE LOVE Amy MacDonald
18 14 06 WITHOUT YOU David Guetta featuring Usher
19 28 03 MARRY THE NIGHT Lady GaGa
20 10 07 YOU AND I Lady GaGa

21 20 08 COLLIDE / FADE INTO DARKNESS / PENGUIN {Leona Lewis and) Avicii ##
28 ---- 01 LEVELS Avicii
29 23 09 JAR OF HEARTS Christina Perri ##

32 22 07 I WANNA GO Britney Spears
33 27 08 GET BACK (ASAP) Alexandra Stan
35 ---- 01 GIVE ME ALL YOUR LUVIN' Madonna featuring M.I.A. and Nicki Minaj
40 ---- 01 IN THE DARK Dev
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TOP 40 BREAKERS:
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01 [ 00 ] BETTER THAN A DREAM Katie Melua [Chartbuster] ##
03 [ 05 ] GIVE ME EVERYTHING Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
04 [ 06 ] PUMPED UP KICKS Foster the People
09 [ 13 ] WHAT A FEELING Alex Gaudino featuring Kelly Rowland
10 [ 11 ] EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL Coldplay

11 [ 12 ] PAPI Jennifer Lopez
13 [ 18 ] LOVE YOU LIKE A LOVE SONG Selena Gomez and the Scene
18 [ 24 ] GONNA GET OVER YOU Sara Bareilles

25 [ 00 ] DR WANNA DO Caro Emerald
30 [ 00 ] CHARLIE BROWN Coldplay

32 [ 37 ] DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL Whitney Houston
33 [ 38 ] ONE MOMENT IN TIME Whitney Houston
36 [ 39 ] I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Whitney Houston
37 [ 40 ] I KNOW HIM SO WELL Whitney and Cissy Houston
38 [ 00 ] NEXT TO ME Emeli Sande
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Brilliant to see both Dev and Avicii enter. They're both pretty good Dance songs which I like

[CZB]

“Chasing Dreams” could finally be about to drop out, sliding to number 36 in its fourteenth appearance - but it’s now the fifth most successful hit never to reach my top ten.

And that's a cue for an extra bonus feature this month - the first for quite a while, and a rare two-and-a-half-hour YouTube dip into the top end of my all-time chart. Well, somewhere near the top - as it's a countdown of the forty most successful hits that didn't reach the top ten!

Not surprisingly, most of these tracks got stuck at number eleven - some for several months! - and/or remained in the top twenty during particularly high-scoring periods, collecting as many points as some other chart-toppers.

Almost half were ex-Chartbusters, and almost all were hits somewhere in Europe - although not many did well in the UK! They are sung in several different languages (apart from three instrumentals, two of which are among four television theme tunes), including one that doesn't even exist.....


There are several longer-than-average tracks here, especially at the top end - where a few are ranked impressively highly in my all-time list. I have added a column to show all the current positions - although many will slide slightly downwards, of course, as ongoing successes gradually overtake them!

So, without further ado, here is the full list. And the number one - well inside my top hundred of all time - was a single originally recorded in German, and a major success in central Europe, which was later reworked in English by the same group, who shortened their name for other territories, Too easy to guess.....?








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- CZB'S TOP FORTY TRACKS THAT DIDN'T REACH THE TOP TEN -
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01 11 14 1987 02 059 KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE / SOLANG... (Munchener) Freiheit
02 11 12 1993 02 113 GAIA Valensia ##
03 11 20 1992 04 121 TELL ME A POEM Papermoon
04 11 15 2003 02 132 THE CLOSEST THING TO CRAZY Katie Melua ##
05 11 14 2010 02 133 CHASING DREAMS Sebastian Cruz featuring Miryel ##
06 11 18 1998 02 148 HOLD BACK THE RISING SUN / NEKA MI NE SVANE Danijela ##
07 11 18 1993 03 168 NOG EEN KANS ("Vrouwenvleugel") Vera Mann

08 11 11 1966 01 179 BEAN BAG ("It's a Knockout") Herb Alpert / Tijuana Brass ##
09 11 17 2002 03 196 LIGAYA Gouryella
10 11 13 2006 03 197 ROOD Marco Borsato ##
11 12 14 1980 07 282 IK LIG OP M'N KUSSEN STIL TE DROMEN Hepie en Hepie
12 11 13 2001 07 294 I'M IN HEAVEN (WHEN YOU KISS ME) ATC (A Touch Of Class) ##
13 11 13 2007 06 295 NEW SOUL Yael Naim ##
14 11 13 2008 08 330 O JULISSI NA JALINI Ishtar ##
15 11 10 1983 22 336 TURALURALURALU / TOORALOORALOORALOO Trio ##

16 15 22 2005 05 364 EVERYTIME WE TOUCH Cascada
17 11 11 1985 20 373 CHERI CHERI LADY Modern Talking
18 12 15 1996 07 388 VAMONOS (HEY CHICA ARE YOU READY?) Garcia
19 12 10 1982 16 399 "BROOKSIDE" THEME Dave Roylance and Steve Wright
20 11 09 1981 11 410 "MAGGIE" (SO FAR SO GOOD) B.A. Robertson
21 11 15 1997 06 423 NICOLE'S (SINGLE) PARTY Nicole ##
22 11 07 1995 10 424 NOSTALGIA Magazin and Lidija ##
23 11 06 1984 21 425 WHEN THE RAIN BEGINS TO FALL Jermaine Jackson / Pia Zadora
24 11 16 2001 14 441 DAM DUBI DAM (I MISS YOU) Millane Fernandez ##

25 13 12 2001 15 442 FROM SARAH WITH LOVE Sarah Connor ##
26 18 12 1989 17 443 Y'A PAS QUE LES GRANDS QUI REVENT Melody
27 11 15 2008 13 455 IT'S AMAZING Jem ##
28 11 11 2005 10 456 SHIVER Natalie Imbruglia ##
29 11 08 1986 27 465 BAILA BOLERO Fun Fun
30 11 08 1986 28 466 KEINE STERNE IN ATHEN / I DON'T GO TO U.S.A. Stephan Remmler
31 13 17 1981 13 467 JAPANESE BOY Aneka
32 11 11 2003 12 479 I CAN'T LET YOU GO Ian Van Dahl

33 14 09 1986 29 480 WHY WORRY? Nana Mouskouri
34 11 07 1985 25 496 AFTER ALL THESE YEARS Foster and Allen
35 20 16 2002 13 497 HEAVEN ABOVE Future Breeze
36 12 14 2006 18 529 FOREVER FRIENDS Fred Baker
37 13 09 1991 17 530 WORLD IN UNION Kiri Te Kanawa
38 13 08 1986 32 531 GRACE Jim McCann
39 14 16 2006 19 532 LARGER THAN LIFE Regi, Wout and Caren Meynen
40 11 10 2000 21 554 SHE'S GOT THAT LIGHT Orange Blue ##

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[Benny]

04 11 15 2003 02 132 THE CLOSEST THING TO CRAZY Katie Melua ##
12 11 13 2001 07 294 I'M IN HEAVEN (WHEN YOU KISS ME) ATC (A Touch Of Class) ##
13 11 13 2007 06 295 NEW SOUL Yael Naim ##
16 15 22 2005 05 364 EVERYTIME WE TOUCH Cascada
23 11 06 1984 21 425 WHEN THE RAIN BEGINS TO FALL Jermaine Jackson / Pia Zadora
25 13 12 2001 15 442 FROM SARAH WITH LOVE Sarah Connor ##
28 11 11 2005 10 456 SHIVER Natalie Imbruglia ##
31 13 17 1981 13 467 JAPANESE BOY Aneka
40 11 10 2000 21 554 SHE'S GOT THAT LIGHT Orange Blue ##

I like all these, especially "When The Rain Begins To Fall" and "She's Got That Light"

[Tiger]

04 11 15 2003 02 132 THE CLOSEST THING TO CRAZY Katie Melua ##

13 11 13 2007 06 295 NEW SOUL Yael Naim ##

16 15 22 2005 05 364 EVERYTIME WE TOUCH Cascada

25 13 12 2001 15 442 FROM SARAH WITH LOVE Sarah Connor ##
27 11 15 2008 13 455 IT'S AMAZING Jem ##
28 11 11 2005 10 456 SHIVER Natalie Imbruglia ##
31 13 17 1981 13 467 JAPANESE BOY Aneka

Woo for all those

[CZB]

Next - another trip back to an individual five-year period from the past.....