CZB's Chart, Month 406 (June) - Flying up to number one....?

by **CZB** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 6:00 pm

I wrote:The perfomer of this month’s Chartbuster was born in 1974

So the second retro chart for December is a final trip back to the period before I ever started buying records and preparing my own monthly charts. Previously this year, I managed to produce annual countdowns of reasonable length for the latter part of the 1970s, and a chart that combined all releases I eventually bought that originated from 1969 and earlier - now it's time to fill the gap by addressing not just 1974, but also the other four preceding years.

In this period, I was at school (actually four different schools, partly as it was during this time that my family moved from my original birthplace to my present location) and, as far as I can recall, not really interested in music very much at all! But I did enjoy watching television, when I was allowed - which perhaps explains why (as in the surrounding periods) there are quite a few theme tunes here.

Less surprisingly, there are several Eurovision Song Contest entries, that I generally discovered much later on - but also quite a few more well-known (and less well-known!) British / European hits. Some of these I certainly would have become aware of only when either they were re-released (not necessarily in the UK) or when other acts covered them, rather more recently than.....27 to 31 years ago!

All in all, it's maybe quite a strange mixture of seventy-five tracks, which (tightly) fitted into four hours today, thanks to the below YouTube links - a few of which are not quite the versions I have listed, but they are usually fairly reasonable approximations. A notable exception is probably the track at exactly the half-way mark, a 1971 number one hit from Ireland, of which the only YouTube versions available are from.....1908 !

And, on the subject of "number one" and "Ireland", my top choice from these five years is actually an album track, not a single - but at least it's by an Irish group who most readers will have heard of. Here, then, are my top 75 of the early 1970s.....

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01 03 13 1973 01 THIOS CHOIS NA TRA DOMH Clannad
02 01 10 1972 01 COME WHAT MAY / APRES TOI / DANN KAMST DU Vicky Leandros
03 01 09 1974 01 MINUETTO ALLEGRETTO Wombles
04 04 09 1971 01 BLESS THIS HOUSE Geoff Love
05 04 10 1974 02 THE POET AND I Frank Mills
06 10 13 1974 03 MUSIC BOX DANCER Frank Mills
07 10 07 1973 02 BARBER'S ROCK BZN
08 03 06 1971 02 ERNIE (THE FASTEST MILKMAN IN THE WEST) Benny Hill
09 07 07 1973 03 AFTER THE GOLDRUSH Prelude
10 04 07 1972 02 DISTANT HILLS ["Crown Court"] Simon Park Orchestra
11 09 07 1973 04 THE ENTERTAINER Marvin Hamlisch ##
12 09 06 1974 04 THEO, WIR FAHR'N NACH LODZ Vicky Leandros
13 09 05 1973 05 SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks
14 04 05 1971 03 POUR UN FLIRT Michel Delpech
15 19 05 1974 05 PORQUE TE VAS Jeanette
16 19 04 1974 06 THE TOWN I LOVED SO WELL Paddy Reilly
17 22 03 1974 07 NABUCCO (BALLERINA) Franck Pourcel
18 23 04 1973 06 RING RING Abba

19 31 05 1974 08 WATERLOO Abba
20 15 04 1971 04 CAVATINA John Williams
21 30 03 1971 05 WITHOUT YOU Nilsson ##
22 34 03 1971 06 HOW DO YOU DO Mouth and MacNeal
23 38 03 1970 01 CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP Middle Of The Road
24 38 03 1971 07 SOLEY SOLEY Middle of the Road
25 38 03 1973 07 CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John
26 47 01 1972 03 NESSUN DORMA Luciano Pavarotti
27 --- ---- 1973 08 GALLOPING HOME ["Black Beauty"] London String Chorale
28 --- ---- 1974 09 WITHIN THESE WALLS Denis King
29 --- ---- 1972 04 EYE LEVEL ["Van Der Valk"] Simon Park Orchestra
30 --- ---- 1974 10 TRAENEN LUGEN NICHT / WHEN A CHILD IS BORN Michael Holm
31 --- ---- 1974 11 LOVE IS ALL Roger Glover
32 --- ---- 1973 09 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Dolly Parton
33 --- ---- 1970 02 ALL KINDS OF EVERYTHING Dana
34 --- ---- 1970 03 GIMME DAT DING Pipkins
35 --- ---- 1973 10 DU BIST DA / TU TE RECONNAITRAS Anne Marie David
36 --- ---- 1973 11 ERES TU / TOUCH THE WIND Mocedades
37 --- ---- 1974 12 BYE BYE BABY Bay City Rollers
38 --- ---- 1971 08 O'BRIEN HAS NO PLACE TO GO Brendan Shine

39 --- ---- 1974 13 LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY Dolly Parton
40 --- ---- 1970 04 IN THE SUMMERTIME Mungo Jerry
41 --- ---- 1972 05 AMAZING GRACE Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
42 --- ---- 1972 06 BEN Michael Jackson
43 --- ---- 1971 09 SOMEONE TO LOVE ME Clodagh Rodgers
44 --- ---- 1972 07 POPCORN Hot Butter
45 --- ---- 1973 12 I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY Wizzard
46 --- ---- 1973 13 THE ENTERTAINER Swingle II
47 --- ---- 1974 14 CROSS YOUR HEART / HAND AUF'S HERZ Tina Reynolds
48 --- ---- 1970 05 MY GARDEN OF LOVE Benny Hill
49 --- ---- 1970 06 ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson
50 --- ---- 1970 07 THE PUSHBIKE SONG Mixtures
51 --- ---- 1970 08 THEME FROM "RUPERT" Jackie Lee
52 --- ---- 1971 10 IMAGINE John Lennon
53 --- ---- 1971 11 ONE WAY WIND Cats
54 --- ---- 1971 12 SACRAMENTO Middle of the Road
55 --- ---- 1971 13 UN BANC, UN ARBRE, UNE RUE Severine
56 --- ---- 1971 14 THE SUN HAS GOT HIS HAT ON Nemo (Jonathan King)
57 --- ---- 1973 14 SING Carpenters
58 --- ---- 1974 15 I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU Abba
59 --- ---- 1974 16 SKY HIGH Jigsaw

60 --- ---- 1972 08 BROTHER CCS
61 --- ---- 1970 09 MATCH OF THE DAY Offside
62 --- ---- 1970 10 THE WATERMILL ["The Secret Garden"] LM Society Orchestra / Ruth Scott
63 --- ---- 1972 09 HER FATHER DIDN'T LIKE ME ANYWAY Finbar and Eddie Furey
64 --- ---- 1972 10 THEME FROM "UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS" Sovereign Collection
65 --- ---- 1973 15 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO YOU [".....The Likely Lads"] Highly Likely
66 --- ---- 1970 11 FATHER AND SON Cat Stevens
67 --- ---- 1971 15 AMERICAN PIE Don Maclean
68 --- ---- 1971 16 MORNING HAS BROKEN Cat Stevens
69 --- ---- 1972 11 BIG SIX Judge Dread
70 --- ---- 1972 12 POPCORN Anarchic System
71 --- ---- 1973 16 MAGIC ROUNDABOUT Jasper Carrott
72 --- ---- 1974 17 Y VIVA ESPANA Sylvia
73 --- ---- 1973 17 AND YOU SMILED Matt Monro
74 --- ---- 1974 18 IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING Prague Symphony Orchestra
75 --- ---- 1973 18 COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow

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by **Benny** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:18 pm

13 09 05 1973 05 SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks
15 19 05 1974 05 PORQUE TE VAS Jeanette
18 23 04 1973 06 RING RING Abba
19 31 05 1974 08 WATERLOO Abba
21 30 03 1971 05 WITHOUT YOU Nilsson ##
22 34 03 1971 06 HOW DO YOU DO Mouth and MacNeal
23 38 03 1970 01 CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP Middle Of The Road
24 38 03 1971 07 SOLEY SOLEY Middle of the Road
25 38 03 1973 07 CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John
26 47 01 1972 03 NESSUN DORMA Luciano Pavarotti
32 --- ---- 1973 09 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Dolly Parton
37 --- ---- 1974 12 BYE BYE BABY Bay City Rollers
40 --- ---- 1970 04 IN THE SUMMERTIME Mungo Jerry
44 --- ---- 1972 07 POPCORN Hot Butter
49 --- ---- 1970 06 ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson
52 --- ---- 1971 10 IMAGINE John Lennon
53 --- ---- 1971 11 ONE WAY WIND Cats
58 --- ---- 1974 15 I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU Abba
59 --- ---- 1974 16 SKY HIGH Jigsaw
64 --- ---- 1972 10 THEME FROM "UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS" Sovereign Collection
66 --- ---- 1970 11 FATHER AND SON Cat Stevens
67 --- ---- 1971 15 AMERICAN PIE Don Maclean
68 --- ---- 1971 16 MORNING HAS BROKEN Cat Stevens
75 --- ---- 1973 18 COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow

Great great 70s classics!

Interesting to see Abba's "I've Been Waiting For You", as far as I know it was only released as a single in Australia and New Zealand (though it was the B-side to "So Long" in Europe)

by **Blondini** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:09 am

Michael Holm's Tears Don't Lie (English translation - a US top 60 hit in English) was just mentioned in TOTP thread!. Never knew that tune had so many incarnations!

Nice early Clannad. Woo Benny Hill, Jacks, ABBA, Nilsson, "Chirpy", Pav, Mungo, Dragoon Guards, Wizzard, Mixtures, Lennon, Judge Dread.

1989: T Vamp is awesome (i was gutted it never went top 5)!! Twinkle: i came across (not literally!!) a rather rude video for that recently here (you have to certify you're 18 to watch it) i would imagine people looking for the sixties artist and finding that might get more than they bargained for. Apparently, the vid was broadcast on European TV uncut all the time!!

What a shame we can't see your Bumm Bumm! :lol:

I like Minnelli, Kirsty, Lambada (Carioca version is a bit more "pure", i think NH before!) - complicated history behind THAT tune and it's numerous incarnations, too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambada_%28song%29, McLaren, Madonna, Erasure, Belinda, Seeds, Reynolds Girls.

Didn't know that U2 cover existed, never mind being a Dutch hit (b-side of All I Want Is You that got flipped over there)! It's OK but hardly essential U2.

by **CZB** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:14 pm

Benny wrote:23 38 03 1970 01 CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP Middle Of The Road
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Great great 70s classics!

I hadn't ever split the "pre-chart" tracks into individual years prior to preparing these recent postings, so it came as a slight surprise that, with a monthly number 38 peak, this was actually my number one of 1970 !

Benny wrote:Interesting to see Abba's "I've Been Waiting For You", as far as I know it was only released as a single in Australia and New Zealand (though it was the B-side to "So Long" in Europe)

I'm not at all sure how I discovered that one - it might have been as an album track. It was one of many songs from continental Europe that became hits in Ireland for Gina, Dale Haze and the Champions - but their version doesn't seem to be on YouTube.

Blondini wrote:Michael Holm's Tears Don't Lie (English translation - a US top 60 hit in English) was just mentioned in TOTP thread!. Never knew that tune had so many incarnations!

I liked the later ones a lot - both Mark'Oh "Tears Don't Lie" and Gigi [D'Agostino] and Molly "Soleado" went to number one in my chart. While there wasn't much widespread interest in the latter, the former was very big in Europe, and even briefly charted in the UK.

Blondini wrote: Twinkle: i came across (not literally!!) a rather rude video for that recently here (you have to certify you're 18 to watch it) i would imagine people looking for the sixties artist and finding that might get more than they bargained for. Apparently, the vid was broadcast on European TV uncut all the time!!

That's probably the video that was frequently on Lifestyle Satellite Jukebox, as I mentioned in the introduction, which could be seen in the UK for at least a few months - maybe longer? It used to be on YouTube too, but they appear to have decided that it's no longer suitable for a wider audience. I've never been able to find out from which country the artists/single originated - does anybody know?!

Blondini wrote:Didn't know that U2 cover existed, never mind being a Dutch hit (b-side of All I Want Is You that got flipped over there)! It's OK but hardly essential U2.

Yes - I heard that one in the Dutch charts back at the time (I was working then, but recording Tros-Radio and Radio Veronica using timer-switches). It had a seven-week run in their top forty (26-17-12-10-15-22-38) but I have only very rarely heard it on the radio since then. "Everlasting Love" is the only U2 single I have ever liked!!!

Meanwhile, a week and a half ago, I wrote:There's also a good chance that "I Follow Rivers" could enter the Dutch top forty in the next week or two.

That turned out to be one of my better recent predictions.....it's new at 23 there this week. I suspect it will be somewhat higher than this in my chart next month!

by **Tiger** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:43 pm

CZB wrote:13 09 05 1973 05 SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks
18 23 04 1973 06 RING RING Abba

19 31 05 1974 08 WATERLOO Abba
23 38 03 1970 01 CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP Middle Of The Road
24 38 03 1971 07 SOLEY SOLEY Middle of the Road
25 38 03 1973 07 CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John
26 47 01 1972 03 NESSUN DORMA Luciano Pavarotti
32 --- ---- 1973 09 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Dolly Parton
33 --- ---- 1970 02 ALL KINDS OF EVERYTHING Dana
35 --- ---- 1973 10 DU BIST DA / TU TE RECONNAITRAS Anne Marie David
36 --- ---- 1973 11 ERES TU / TOUCH THE WIND Mocedades
37 --- ---- 1974 12 BYE BYE BABY Bay City Rollers

39 --- ---- 1974 13 LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY Dolly Parton
40 --- ---- 1970 04 IN THE SUMMERTIME Mungo Jerry
42 --- ---- 1972 06 BEN Michael Jackson
44 --- ---- 1972 07 POPCORN Hot Butter
52 --- ---- 1971 10 IMAGINE John Lennon
55 --- ---- 1971 13 UN BANC, UN ARBRE, UNE RUE Severine

66 --- ---- 1970 11 FATHER AND SON Cat Stevens
67 --- ---- 1971 15 AMERICAN PIE Don Maclean
68 --- ---- 1971 16 MORNING HAS BROKEN Cat Stevens
75 --- ---- 1973 18 COULD IT BE MAGIC Barry Manilow

Some gerat ones there

by **Belpop** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:44 pm

Cool those 70's charts.

I would highly recommend Cat Stevens "Tea for the Tillerman" hybrid sacd. It's a 2011 (november) re-isssue by Analogue Productions (US niche-label). Incredible soundquality.

Available at e.g. ebay and jpc.de.

More info here: http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/75490 ... tereo_SACD

Analogue Productions also re-issued Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" which is imo better than the normal 2011 cd-remaster. The artwork is impeccable, must have for Pink Floyd-fans.

If you still want more, they also re-released the Creedence Clearwater Revival backcatalogue on hybrid sacd.

Next year The Doors are announced!

by **Blondini** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:03 pm

Twinkle were Dutch (or the record was, at least). http://www.discogs.com/Twinkle-Hello/release/2429067

by **francisplaiy** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:56 pm

CZB wrote:
CZB' S TOP 75 OF 1970 - 1974 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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01 03 13 1973 01 THIOS CHOIS NA TRA DOMH Clannad
02 01 10 1972 01 COME WHAT MAY / APRES TOI / DANN KAMST DU Vicky Leandros
06 10 13 1974 03 MUSIC BOX DANCER Frank Mills
09 07 07 1973 03 AFTER THE GOLDRUSH Prelude
11 09 07 1973 04 THE ENTERTAINER Marvin Hamlisch ##
12 09 06 1974 04 THEO, WIR FAHR'N NACH LODZ Vicky Leandros
13 09 05 1973 05 SEASONS IN THE SUN Terry Jacks
14 04 05 1971 03 POUR UN FLIRT Michel Delpech
15 19 05 1974 05 PORQUE TE VAS Jeanette
18 23 04 1973 06 RING RING Abba
19 31 05 1974 08 WATERLOO Abba
20 15 04 1971 04 CAVATINA John Williams
21 30 03 1971 05 WITHOUT YOU Nilsson ##
22 34 03 1971 06 HOW DO YOU DO Mouth and MacNeal
23 38 03 1970 01 CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP Middle Of The Road
24 38 03 1971 07 SOLEY SOLEY Middle of the Road
25 38 03 1973 07 CANDLE IN THE WIND Elton John
29 --- ---- 1972 04 EYE LEVEL ["Van Der Valk"] Simon Park Orchestra
31 --- ---- 1974 11 LOVE IS ALL Roger Glover
32 --- ---- 1973 09 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Dolly Parton
33 --- ---- 1970 02 ALL KINDS OF EVERYTHING Dana
34 --- ---- 1970 03 GIMME DAT DING Pipkins
35 --- ---- 1973 10 DU BIST DA / TU TE RECONNAITRAS Anne Marie David
36 --- ---- 1973 11 ERES TU / TOUCH THE WIND Mocedades
37 --- ---- 1974 12 BYE BYE BABY Bay City Rollers
40 --- ---- 1970 04 IN THE SUMMERTIME Mungo Jerry
42 --- ---- 1972 06 BEN Michael Jackson
44 --- ---- 1972 07 POPCORN Hot Butter
49 --- ---- 1970 06 ROSE GARDEN Lynn Anderson
52 --- ---- 1971 10 IMAGINE John Lennon
53 --- ---- 1971 11 ONE WAY WIND Cats
54 --- ---- 1971 12 SACRAMENTO Middle of the Road
57 --- ---- 1973 14 SING Carpenters
58 --- ---- 1974 15 I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU Abba
59 --- ---- 1974 16 SKY HIGH Jigsaw
66 --- ---- 1970 11 FATHER AND SON Cat Stevens
67 --- ---- 1971 15 AMERICAN PIE Don Maclean
68 --- ---- 1971 16 MORNING HAS BROKEN Cat Stevens
69 --- ---- 1972 11 BIG SIX Judge Dread
70 --- ---- 1972 12 POPCORN Anarchic System
72 --- ---- 1974 17 Y VIVA ESPANA Sylvia

A lot of classics here.
The #15 is a real beauty.
Cat Stevens and John Lennon
had great hits those years...

by **CZB** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:07 pm

Blondini wrote:Twinkle were Dutch (or the record was, at least). http://www.discogs.com/Twinkle-Hello/release/2429067

You could be on to something there.....although digging a little further into www.discogs.com reveals that the CNR record label, having been founded shortly after World War II (!) later expanded from the Netherlands to various other European countries.

I wondered if it might have still focussed on Dutch acts only - as I couldn't think of any singles I had on that label that weren't by artists from Holland - but, from the (no doubt very incomplete) list that Discogs has of releases from the same numerical sequence, there are quite a few acts from other countries that were clearly just handled by CNR in the Netherlands:

145.084 Suzanne Michaels - With Love (7") 1984
145.120 Ragazza - Oh Salvatore (7") 1984
145.144 Russ Abbot - Atmosphere (7") 1985
145 166 Opus - Fly High / Positive (7") 1984
145.184 Arrow - Long Time (7") 1984
145.188 Dingetje De Man Van Het Journaal (Goeienavond) (7") 1985
145.210 Sophia George - Girlie Girlie (7") 1986
145.239 Lanzalotti - Guilty (7") 1986
145.249 2 Belgen - Energy (7") 1986
145.251 Pasadena Dream Band - Zandvoort (7") 1986
145.288 Dutch Rhythm Steel And Show Band - Bananen (7") 1986
145.311 Judy Boucher - Can't Be With You Tonight (7") 1987
145.381 Els Telder - Takin' The Chances / Goodbye My Love (7") 1988
145.441-7 Blonde On Blonde - Sail Away (7") 1988
145.466-7 Roland & Bluesworkshop - I'll Give All I've Got (7") 1989
145.470-7 W.W. Band - Meissie Ik Ben Een Zeehond (7") 1988
145.530-7 Derek & The Dirt - Oh By The Way (7") 1989
145.634-5 Viola Wills - I Think I'm Falling In Love (12") 1990
145-642-7 Walter Capiau - Happy Birthday (7") 1990
145.725-7 Ad Swart - 'T Is Over (7") 1990
145.465-7 Skyblasters - From Now On / Make Me Feel So Hot (7") 1988
145.532-7 Twinkle - Hello (7") 1989
145.634-3 Viola Wills - I Think I'm Falling In Love (CD) 1990
146.023-7 Ad Swart - Hou Jij Zoveel Van Mij Als Ik Van Jou (7") 1991

However, further details of the Twinkle single there reveal that its writer was Hans van Hemert - and there is a vast list of other songs that he wrote, pretty much exclusively for Dutch artists.

Additionally, if, as I suspect, this was the only release of "Hello" - not just a Dutch release of a single that originated elsewhere (and it's certainly the one I have, and I'm not aware of any others) it does indeed seem very likely that Twinkle were Dutch singers.

It's a little surprising, though, that the single reached neither the sales-only chart (at that time, the Nationale Hitparade} nor even the Tipparade in the Netherlands - whereas it was a top thirty hit in Belgium.....

by **CZB** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 12:01 am

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ HAPPY NEW YEAR ! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

New year, new page, new chart.....and yet another new nomber one!

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CZB'S TOP FORTY ---------------- Month 389 ----------------- JANUARY 2012
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01 02 02 VIDEO GAMES Lana Del Rey ##
02 29 02 JUST SO Agnes Obel [Rapid Riser]
03 15 02 I FOLLOW RIVERS Lykke Li
04 05 04 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia
05 03 03 WITHOUT YOU David Guetta featuring Usher
06 07 04 YOU AND I Lady GaGa
07 08 04 BIG BAD WOLF Duck Sauce
08 04 04 I WANNA GO Britney Spears
09 10 04 PLAGE Crystal Fighters
10 ---- 01 BLUE JEANS Lana Del Rey [Highest New Entry]

11 01 05 COLLIDE / FADE INTO DARKNESS / PENGUIN {Leona Lewis and) Avicii ##
12 14 04 THE OTHER WOMAN Caro Emerald
13 06 04 GUTES NITZWERK Paul Kalkbrenner
14 11 06 JAR OF HEARTS Christina Perri ##
15 ---- 01 BEFORE Barbara Dex ##
16 09 05 GET BACK (ASAP) Alexandra Stan
17 20 03 CINEMA Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go
18 34 02 AGAIN AND AGAIN Basto!
19 ---- 01 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye featuring Kimbra
20 12 07 THE EDGE OF GLORY Lady GaGa

21 26 03 CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND Robyn
22 18 08 SYNRISE Goose
23 22 05 JOLI GARCON Lolita
24 13 05 KOKO Sander Van Doorn
25 21 07 READY 2 GO Martin Solveig featuring Kele
26 17 07 DROWNING Armin Van Buuren featuring Laura V
27 19 04 HERE WITH ME Lasgo ##
28 23 11 CHASING DREAMS Sebastian Cruz featuring Miryel [Longest Laster] ##
29 40 02 LOVE LOVE Amy MacDonald
30 27 09 ANGER NEVER DIES Hooverphonic

31 16 03 LOCA PEOPLE (LA GENTE ESTA MUY LOCA) Sak Noel [Fastest Faller] ##
32 31 10 THE NIGHT BEFORE Hooverphonic
33 24 07 OGNI TANTO Gianna Nannini
34 33 06 QUE VEUX-TU Yelle
35 25 08 JUDAS Lady GaGa
36 28 08 RIVERSIDE Agnes Obel
37 32 10 DISARM YOURSELF Dash Berlin featuring Emma Hewitt
38 30 09 MR SAXOBEAT Alexandra Stan
39 35 10 GREGORY'S THEME Basto! ##
40 ---- 01 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry
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TOP 40 BREAKERS:
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01 [ 00 ] EPIC Sandro Silva and Quintino [Chartbuster] ##
02 [ 06 ] UNCHARTED Sara Bareilles
03 [ 05 ] THE FACE OF THE PLANET Subs
04 [ 10 ] PARADISE Coldplay
05 [ 38 ] THE WORLD IS GONNA END TONIGHT School Is Cool
06 [ 08 ] FRIDAY Rebecca Black
07 [ 09 ] GIVE ME EVERYTHING Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
08 [ 11 ] I LOVE U SO Cassius
09 [ 13 ] LOVE KILLS Robyn
10 [ 00 ] HEARTBROKEN Hooverphonic

11 [ 12 ] NO ONE MAKES IT ON HER OWN Roxette
12 [ 16 ] BORN THIS WAY Lady GaGa
13 [ 28 ] MARRY THE NIGHT Lady GaGa
14 [ 15 ] ONE TWO THREE Hooverphonic
15 [ 17 ] 45 Stars On 45
16 [ 18 ] EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL Coldplay
17 [ 20 ] PAPI Jennifer Lopez
18 [ 19 ] WORDS Goose
19 [ 21 ] WHAT A FEELING Alex Gaudino featuring Kelly Rowland
20 [ 35 ] GABRIEL Joe Goddard featuring Valentina

21 [ 22 ] LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS Moby
22 [ 23 ] WE FOUND LOVE Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
23 [ 24 ] WIR SIND AM LEBEN Rosenstolz
24 [ 25 ] TUNG! Deniz Koyu
25 [ 26 ] ALLIGATOR SKY Owl City featuring Shawn Chrystopher
26 [ 27 ] NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE David Guetta featuring Jennifer Hudson
27 [ 40 ] SHAKE Little Boots
28 [ 29 ] BOUNCE Calvin Harris featuring Kelis
29 [ 31 ] GOOD GIRL Alexis Jordan
30 [ 34 ] GONNA GET OVER YOU Sara Bareilles

31 [ 39 ] BLOOD, TEARS AND GOLD Hurts
32 [ 33 ] HELLO Baseballs
33 [ 00 ] JE VEUX Zaz
34 [ 00 ] PUMPED UP KICKS Foster the People
35 [ 00 ] FAIRYALE OF NEW YORK The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl
36 [ 00 ] IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY Ice MC
37 [ 00 ] DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS Band Aid
38 [ 00 ] WHO'D HAVE KNOWN Lily Allen
39 [ 00 ] MARMOR, STEIN UND EISEN BRICHT Ludwig Hirsch
40 [ 00 ] EU CRED Malina Olinescu
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Number one seven years ago: THE SOUND OF LOVE Anaconda
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Number one seventeen years ago: OOH YES I DO Luv'
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Number one twenty-seven years ago: NEVER ENDING STORY Limahl / Beth Anderson
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After reaching number one for the first time last month, Leona Lewis and Avicii are among twenty-four fallers this time, diving ten places back to their number eleven entry position - leaving three of December’s new entries in a closely-contested battle to become my 190th chart-topper. In the end, Sweden’s Lykke Li finishes in third place, climbing from number 15 with the recent Belgian number one “I Follow Rivers”, while Denmark’s Agnes Obel improves by one place on her peak with “Riverside”, as “Just So” is this month’s Rapid Riser, racing up from 29 to number two. And last month’s number two ascends one place to the top for New Yorker Lana Del Rey - “Video Games”. Two former number ones by David Guetta complete the top five - “Without You” slides to five, while “Titanium” moves back up to four - and among eight other climbers, there’s someone else who had a number one recently, and is now doing well with the follow-up. Basto’s “Again And Again” moves up sixteen places to number 18. His chart-topping “Gregory’s Theme” hangs on in for a tenth month, down four notches at 39 - but the preceding Chartbuster from Sebastian Cruz and Miryel, is now the longest laster. “Chasing Dreams”, one of my favourite tracks of the past year, falls five at 28. A rather less successful Chartbuster was “Loca People” - Sak Noel failed to improve on his number 15 debut, and it’s now the fastest faller, plummeting fifteen places to number 31. Hopefully Barbara Dex isn’t about to similarly disappoint - December’s Chartbuster “Before” is in at 15 this month, four places above one of the biggest-selling singles of the past year in Belgium and Holland. Gotye featuring Kimbra crash in at 19 with “Somebody That I Used To Know”. Also making her chart debut is Katy Perry - “The One That Got Away” sneaks in at 40. But, thirty places higher, the most impressive of this month’s four new entries is a second hit for Lana Del Rey. The other track of her “Video Games” single, “Blue Jeans” comes straight in at number ten. Could she replace herself at number one in the months ahead?

Six former breakers reappear this month, for a variety of reasons. Firstly, it’s the festive season, and I’ve been hearing a lot of former Christmas hits by Band Aid, Ice MC and the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - although perhaps “Do They Know It’s Christmas”, “It’s Christmas Day” and “Fairytale Of New York” aren’t necessarily the most likely to race back into the top forty in the months ahead! But what about Lily Allen’s album track from a couple of years ago, “Who’d Have Known”? That has made its way into the UK top ten in the last few weeks, albeit almost smothered under all kinds of sh-omething. Thirdly, and most tragically, the suicides of two performers have been reported in recent weeks. Both Malina Olinescu of Romania and Ludwig Hirsch of Austria sadly chose to end their lives - in virtually identical ways - aged 37 and 65 respectively. Their best works, “Eu Cred” and “Marmor, Stein Und Eisen Bricht”, are back in the breakers. In a poor month for new releases, only four tracks arrive there for the first time - and the majority are not exactly “new” recordings. “Heartbroken” is the fourth single from Hooverphonic’s 2010 album, and already looks more likely than the third one, “One Two Three”, to give them a trio of hits in next month’s top forty. “Je Veux” also comes from a 2010 album - by Zaz, 31-year-old French jazz singer Isabelle Geffroy - and has enjoyed a frequent, or almost continuous, presence in various European charts ever since its release. And, although the album containing “Pumped Up Kicks” wasn’t released until more recently, that track by Foster The People also dates back to 2010 - but could still be on the way to my top forty in 2012! However, the Chartbuster, guaranteed to enter in February, is by someone born in 1981. He is “one of Holland's most promising new talents”, who is “known for his broad, energetic sound that is so perfectly combined with a musical depth acquired by his years of piano study.” - according to his website. Well, he must be doing something right - as his single has just become only the eleventh purely instrumental number one in forty-seven years in his homeland, and the first for almost five years. My Record of the Month for January 2012 is Sandro Silva and Quintino, with “Epic”.

by **jszmiles** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 12:45 am

fantastic #1 :wink:

by **Blondini** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:33 am

No Caro Christmas song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngNk6gKe ... ure=relmfu

by **Benny** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 9:41 am

03 15 02 I FOLLOW RIVERS Lykke Li
04 05 04 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia
05 03 03 WITHOUT YOU David Guetta featuring Usher
08 04 04 I WANNA GO Britney Spears
11 01 05 COLLIDE / FADE INTO DARKNESS / PENGUIN {Leona Lewis and) Avicii ##
12 14 04 THE OTHER WOMAN Caro Emerald
14 11 06 JAR OF HEARTS Christina Perri ##
19 ---- 01 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye featuring Kimbra
35 25 08 JUDAS Lady GaGa
40 ---- 01 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry

Happy New Year 8-)

Great new entries by Gotye and Katy Perry :wink:

by **Belpop** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:28 am

Nice!

I really love Agnes Obel's music.

Try also Ane Brun and Siri Nilsen.

Nice chart as usual.

by **Tiger** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 10:28 pm

CZB wrote:01 02 02 VIDEO GAMES Lana Del Rey ##
03 15 02 I FOLLOW RIVERS Lykke Li
04 05 04 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia
05 03 03 WITHOUT YOU David Guetta featuring Usher
06 07 04 YOU AND I Lady GaGa
08 04 04 I WANNA GO Britney Spears
09 10 04 PLAGE Crystal Fighters
10 ---- 01 BLUE JEANS Lana Del Rey [Highest New Entry]

11 01 05 COLLIDE / FADE INTO DARKNESS / PENGUIN {Leona Lewis and) Avicii ##
14 11 06 JAR OF HEARTS Christina Perri ##
16 09 05 GET BACK (ASAP) Alexandra Stan
20 12 07 THE EDGE OF GLORY Lady GaGa

29 40 02 LOVE LOVE Amy MacDonald

35 25 08 JUDAS Lady GaGa
38 30 09 MR SAXOBEAT Alexandra Stan
40 ---- 01 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry
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TOP 40 BREAKERS:
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02 [ 06 ] UNCHARTED Sara Bareilles
04 [ 10 ] PARADISE Coldplay
07 [ 09 ] GIVE ME EVERYTHING Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer

12 [ 16 ] BORN THIS WAY Lady GaGa
13 [ 28 ] MARRY THE NIGHT Lady GaGa
16 [ 18 ] EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL Coldplay
17 [ 20 ] PAPI Jennifer Lopez
20 [ 35 ] GABRIEL Joe Goddard featuring Valentina

25 [ 26 ] ALLIGATOR SKY Owl City featuring Shawn Chrystopher
30 [ 34 ] GONNA GET OVER YOU Sara Bareilles

34 [ 00 ] PUMPED UP KICKS Foster the People
38 [ 00 ] WHO'D HAVE KNOWN Lily Allen
40 [ 00 ] EU CRED Malina Olinescu

That is an awesome Eurovision song

Oh no

All around great chart to end the year

by **francisplaiy** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:46 pm

CZB wrote:
New year, new page, new chart.....and yet another new nomber one!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CZB'S TOP FORTY ---------------- Month 389 ----------------- JANUARY 2012
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01 02 02 VIDEO GAMES Lana Del Rey ##
02 29 02 JUST SO Agnes Obel [Rapid Riser]
03 15 02 I FOLLOW RIVERS Lykke Li
10 ---- 01 BLUE JEANS Lana Del Rey [Highest New Entry]
15 ---- 01 BEFORE Barbara Dex ##
19 ---- 01 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye featuring Kimbra
40 ---- 01 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TOP 40 BREAKERS:
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01 [ 00 ] EPIC Sandro Silva and Quintino [Chartbuster] ##

Lana Del Rey twice in your Top10,great.
Gotye on the start of a good chartrun i hope.

by **CZB** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:16 am

Thanks for all the comments!

Blondini wrote:No Caro Christmas song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngNk6gKe ... ure=relmfu

I hadn't heard (of) that.....it hasn't reached the top forty even in the Netherlands. On first listen, pleasant enough, but I can't say that it instantly grabs me like some of her other hits.

I can think of a couple of duets between the living and the dead that have reached the breakers, but I don't believe any have ever got into my top forty.....

francisplaiy wrote:19 ---- 01 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye featuring Kimbra

Gotye on the start of a good chartrun i hope.

Not many tracks have entered my chart at number nineteen - the last ten, the earliest going back several years, have generally gone on to do well. often reaching a high peak:

ONLY IF I - Kate Ryan 19 04 04 04 04 10 13 17 25 27 31
THE SONGS THAT WE SING - Charlotte Gainsbourg 19 10 07 05 05 05 05 09 19 33
RUN - Milk Inc. 19 04 04 04 04 04 06 10 15 22 34
LOST - Roger Sanchez 19 08 07 06 03 06 09 17 30
VOYAGE VOYAGE - Kate Ryan 19 14 11 09 08 09 18 23 25 26 36
SAMSON - Regina Spektor 19 14 11 12 21 31 37 39
BUBBLY - Colbie Caillat 19 14 12 22 28 39
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD - Axwell featuring Bob Sinclar 19 17 15 21 29
A HAPPY PLACE - Katie Melua 19 03 03 08 08 09 22 37 39
IN LOVE FOR A WHILE - Anna Rossinelli 19 14 13 27 28 38

So Gotye looks more than likely to climb quite a bit higher, and could probably remain in my top forty until at least the summer!

by **CZB** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:30 pm

I wrote:However, the Chartbuster, guaranteed to enter in February, is by someone born in 1981.

And that's the year which, half-way through the month, is now revisited. It was one of the first I previously covered here - but rather less fully - almost two years ago. Then, I just prepared a "top 81 of '81".....and only sixty-seven of those were anywhere on YouTube! However, I have now expanded it so that, like every other year from 1978 to 2009 (except, for reasons already explained, 2004) it is a top hundred. And, while quite a few of my selections might fall somewhere along the scale between "obscure" and "unlikely to have ever been heard of by almost anybody outside Ireland") an incredible ninety-three out of a hundred are now available there!

To complete the usual six-hour journey back through time today, I was able to find - well, fairly close - approximations for the Bards at 8 and 73, Brendan Shine at 29 and the Tweets at 36 ......but there didn't really seem to be anything sufficiently like the tracks from the Fureys at 23, Brendan Shine at 31, and Gali Atari and Menny Berger at 50. So I have instead included quite a few links to extended versions, rather than some of the more well-known radio edits. Why was that particularly easy for 1981? Well, as is probably quite well-remembered by those who were listening to music back then, it seemed to be the international year of......the medley!

No fewer than twelve medleys have made it into my top hundred of the year - several of which seem to be surrounding Toni Basil at 63 - but, in my defence, there really were many more than this appearing in the UK charts, from top to bottom, in 1981. And only one features in my top ten - which regular participants and readers of the thirty-years-ago Retro thread will recognise. Otherwise, the chart is somewhat dominated by UK and Ireland hits, because those were the only charts I was regularly tuning in to, as a 16-17 year old, while studying for "O" and "A" levels at school. But there are several continental hits I discovered later - and my top. track of the year is one of those!

Here, then, are all my favourites from thirty-one years ago.

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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CZB'S TOP 100 OF 1981 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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01 01 07 MAMMA TOLD ME Fantastique
02 01 14 WHEN YOU WERE SWEET SIXTEEN The Furey Brothers and Davey Arthur
03 01 10 A SONG FOR LIBERTY Nana Mouskouri
04 07 16 DON'T FLY TOO HIGH, MY LITTLE BIRD Nicole
05 01 10 THERE'S A GUY WORKS DOWN THE CHIP SHOP Kirsty MacColl
06 08 21 CHRISTMAS ON 45 Holly and the Ivy's
07 03 07 SONS AND DAUGHTERS Kerri and Mick
08 02 09 THE LITTLE SHIRT MY MOTHER MADE FOR ME Bards [ this version by Hugo Duncan ]
09 02 07 MAID OF ORLEANS Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
10 02 12 HOROSCOPES Sheeba
11 11 09 MAGGIE (SO FAR SO GOOD) B.A. Robertson
12 02 10 LABELLED WITH LOVE Squeeze
13 13 17 JAPANESE BOY Aneka
14 01 10 CAN CAN Bad Manners
15 11 15 THE STAR SPANGLED MOLLY (MY IRISH MOLLY-O) De Danann

16 04 08 TEARS ON THE TELEPHONE Glen Curtin and Debbie
17 09 07 DER ALTE MANN UND DAS MEER Nicole
18 23 13 THE OLD CALAHAN BZN
19 03 08 JOHNNY BLUE Lena Valaitis
20 05 08 CAMBODIA Kim Wilde
21 01 05 IN FOR A PENNY Arabesque
22 04 09 IT'S MY PARTY Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin
23 08 09 BEER BEER BEER The Furey Brothers and Davey Arthur
24 06 06 AURORA Nova
25 12 07 MAGGIE De Danann
26 06 04 ROSE OF CASTLEREA Brendan Shine
27 05 04 SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE Soft Cell
28 05 09 BIRDIE SONG (BIRDIE DANCE) Tweets
29 22 05 A PLACE IN THE CHOIR Brendan Shine [ this version by Makem and Clancy ]
30 14 05 JOAN OF ARC Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
31 06 07 I BELIEVE IN MARRIAGE Brendan Shine
32 26 09 ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE Monty Python
33 03 06 CAPSTICK COMES HOME Tony Capstick/Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band

34 05 05 STARS ON 45 VOLUME II (MORE STARS) Stars on 45
35 10 04 SHOUT! SHOUT! KNOCK YOURSELF OUT! Rocky Sharpe and the Replays
36 05 05 LET'S ALL SING LIKE THE BIRDIES SING Tweets [ this version from an old 78... ]
37 05 06 I WANT TO BE FREE Toyah
38 13 06 SEVEN TEARS Goombay Dance Band
39 06 07 HOOKED ON CLASSICS Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
40 10 05 GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY Bow Wow Wow
41 18 11 STREETS OF NEW YORK The Wolfe Tones
42 16 04 THEN HE KISSED ME/BE MY BABY Rachel Sweet
43 06 07 (SI SI) JE SUIS UN ROCK STAR Bill Wyman
44 09 03 D-DAYS Hazel O'Connor
45 08 05 HOKEY COKEY The Snowmen
46 13 05 MAKING YOUR MIND UP Bucks Fizz
47 07 04 YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY Shakin' Stevens
48 10 06 MORE AND MORE Joe Dolan
49 14 08 UPSIDE DOWN Vanessa
50 26 03 IT'S NEVER TOO LATE Gali Atari and Menny Berger

51 06 05 HOOKED ON A CAN CAN Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
52 09 02 SILENT NIGHT / STILLE NACHT BZN
53 11 03 THE SWORDS OF A THOUSAND MEN Ten Pole Tudor
54 10 04 STARS ON 45 Stars On 45
55 24 03 BETTE DAVIS' EYES Kim Carnes
56 30 03 JAPANESE BOY Andrea Jurgens
57 37 04 CHANSON D'AMOUR BZN
58 13 03 THE THIRD MAN The Shadows
59 16 03 DRUNKEN SAILOR Gina, Dale Haze and the Champions
60 12 05 CARRIBEAN DISCO SHOW Lobo
61 15 04 STARS OVER 45 Chas and Dave
62 17 03 PLATINUM POP This Year's Blonde
63 20 04 MICKEY Toni Basil
64 15 03 AIN'T NO STOPPING (DISCO MIX 81) Enigma
65 15 03 GHOST TOWN The Specials
66 18 05 GIVE ME BACK MY LOVE Gina, Dale Haze and the Champions

67 14 04 HANDS UP (GIVE ME YOUR HEART) Ottowan
68 36 03 SOUVENIR Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
69 20 06 DOOGEENS Brendan Shine
70 21 03 THE BLACKSMITH Foster and Allen
71 20 03 STARS ON 45 (VOLUME III) Stars On 45
72 20 03 WUNDERBAR Ten Pole Tudor
73 34 05 PLANXTY MAGUIRE Bards [ this version from Germany ]
74 24 03 BOTTLER ON CB Brendan Grace
75 28 01 CHARIOTS OF FIRE (TITLES) Vangelis
76 36 02 ADIOS AMIGO Raffaella Carra
77 38 02 IT'S YOU, IT'S YOU, IT'S YOU Joe Dolan
78 48 01 THEME FROM "BERGERAC" George Fenton
79 ---- ---- VLIEG NOOIT TE HOOG Bonnie St Clair
80 ---- ---- TAINTED LOVE Soft Cell
81 ---- ---- I'LL FIND MY WAY HOME Jon and Vangelis
82 ---- ---- DON'T YOU WANT ME Human League
83 ---- ---- KIDS IN AMERICA Kim Wilde

84 ---- ---- IT'S A MYSTERY Toyah
85 ---- ---- GOLDEN BROWN Stranglers
86 ---- ---- WORDY RAPPINGHOOD Tom Tom Club
87 ---- ---- DROWNING IN BERLIN Mobiles
88 ---- ---- THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE Bucks Fizz
89 ---- ---- ONE OF US Abba
90 ---- ---- HOW 'BOUT US Champaign
91 ---- ---- I WANNA BE A WINNER Brown Sauce
92 ---- ---- IT MUST BE LOVE Madness
93 ---- ---- JOHNNY LOVES JENNY Chilly
94 ---- ---- TALL STORY TELLER Arabesque
95 ---- ---- SUPA DUPA Not The Nine O'Clock News
96 ---- ---- THEME FROM "HILL STREET BLUES" Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton
97 ---- ---- I LIKE TRUCKING Not The Nine O'Clock News
98 ---- ---- MARVIN Marvin The Paranoid Android
99 ---- ---- TOM BAKER Human League
100 -- ---- CHRISTMAS WAS A FRIEND OF MINE Fay Lovsky

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by **Benny** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:49 pm

09 02 07 MAID OF ORLEANS Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
13 13 17 JAPANESE BOY Aneka
20 05 08 CAMBODIA Kim Wilde
22 04 09 IT'S MY PARTY Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin
27 05 04 SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE Soft Cell
30 14 05 JOAN OF ARC Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
32 26 09 ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE Monty Python
34 05 05 STARS ON 45 VOLUME II (MORE STARS) Stars on 45
39 06 07 HOOKED ON CLASSICS Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
46 13 05 MAKING YOUR MIND UP Bucks Fizz
47 07 04 YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY Shakin' Stevens
54 10 04 STARS ON 45 Stars On 45
55 24 03 BETTE DAVIS' EYES Kim Carnes
63 20 04 MICKEY Toni Basil
67 14 04 HANDS UP (GIVE ME YOUR HEART) Ottowan
68 36 03 SOUVENIR Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
71 20 03 STARS ON 45 (VOLUME III) Stars On 45
75 28 01 CHARIOTS OF FIRE (TITLES) Vangelis
80 ---- ---- TAINTED LOVE Soft Cell
82 ---- ---- DON'T YOU WANT ME Human League
83 ---- ---- KIDS IN AMERICA Kim Wilde
85 ---- ---- GOLDEN BROWN Stranglers
88 ---- ---- THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE Bucks Fizz
89 ---- ---- ONE OF US Abba

Great classics by OMD, Kim Wilde, Soft Cell and many others. It was the time of "medley-mania" with Stars on 45 and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra :wink:

.

by **Tiger** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:56 am

CZB wrote:09 02 07 MAID OF ORLEANS Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
13 13 17 JAPANESE BOY Aneka
20 05 08 CAMBODIA Kim Wilde
30 14 05 JOAN OF ARC Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
32 26 09 ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE Monty Python
34 05 05 STARS ON 45 VOLUME II (MORE STARS) Stars on 45
44 09 03 D-DAYS Hazel O'Connor
55 24 03 BETTE DAVIS' EYES Kim Carnes
68 36 03 SOUVENIR Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
80 ---- ---- TAINTED LOVE Soft Cell
81 ---- ---- I'LL FIND MY WAY HOME Jon and Vangelis
82 ---- ---- DON'T YOU WANT ME Human League
83 ---- ---- KIDS IN AMERICA Kim Wilde
88 ---- ---- THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE Bucks Fizz
89 ---- ---- ONE OF US Abba

Woooo ABBA

Also Aneka

by **francisplaiy** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:45 pm

CZB wrote:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CZB'S TOP 100 OF 1981 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

01 01 07 MAMMA TOLD ME Fantastique
09 02 07 MAID OF ORLEANS Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
10 02 12 HOROSCOPES Sheeba

12 02 10 LABELLED WITH LOVE Squeeze
13 13 17 JAPANESE BOY Aneka
19 03 08 JOHNNY BLUE Lena Valaitis
20 05 08 CAMBODIA Kim Wilde

21 01 05 IN FOR A PENNY Arabesque
22 04 09 IT'S MY PARTY Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin
24 06 06 AURORA Nova
27 05 04 SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE Soft Cell
30 14 05 JOAN OF ARC Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

34 05 05 STARS ON 45 VOLUME II (MORE STARS) Stars on 45
35 10 04 SHOUT! SHOUT! KNOCK YOURSELF OUT! Rocky Sharpe and the Replays
37 05 06 I WANT TO BE FREE Toyah
40 10 05 GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY Bow Wow Wow

46 13 05 MAKING YOUR MIND UP Bucks Fizz
47 07 04 YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY Shakin' Stevens
49 14 08 UPSIDE DOWN Vanessa

53 11 03 THE SWORDS OF A THOUSAND MEN Ten Pole Tudor
54 10 04 STARS ON 45 Stars On 45
55 24 03 BETTE DAVIS' EYES Kim Carnes

65 15 03 GHOST TOWN The Specials
67 14 04 HANDS UP (GIVE ME YOUR HEART) Ottowan
68 36 03 SOUVENIR Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

71 20 03 STARS ON 45 (VOLUME III) Stars On 45
72 20 03 WUNDERBAR Ten Pole Tudor
75 28 01 CHARIOTS OF FIRE (TITLES) Vangelis
80 ---- ---- TAINTED LOVE Soft Cell

81 ---- ---- I'LL FIND MY WAY HOME Jon and Vangelis
82 ---- ---- DON'T YOU WANT ME Human League
83 ---- ---- KIDS IN AMERICA Kim Wilde
84 ---- ---- IT'S A MYSTERY Toyah
85 ---- ---- GOLDEN BROWN Stranglers
86 ---- ---- WORDY RAPPINGHOOD Tom Tom Club
88 ---- ---- THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE Bucks Fizz
89 ---- ---- ONE OF US Abba
90 ---- ---- HOW 'BOUT US Champaign

A lot of brilliant tracks here.
1981 a fantastic year in music history.
OMD 'Souvenir' a real beauty.

by **Blondini** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:52 pm

05 01 10 THERE'S A GUY WORKS DOWN THE CHIP SHOP Kirsty MacColl
07 03 07 SONS AND DAUGHTERS Kerri and Mick :oops:

(i used to watch it with my mum!)
09 02 07 MAID OF ORLEANS Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
12 02 10 LABELLED WITH LOVE Squeeze
13 13 17 JAPANESE BOY Aneka
20 05 08 CAMBODIA Kim Wilde
27 05 04 SAY HELLO WAVE GOODBYE Soft Cell
30 14 05 JOAN OF ARC Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
32 26 09 ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE Monty Python
33 03 06 CAPSTICK COMES HOME Tony Capstick/Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band
37 05 06 I WANT TO BE FREE Toyah
38 13 06 SEVEN TEARS Goombay Dance Band
40 10 05 GO WILD IN THE COUNTRY Bow Wow Wow
43 06 07 (SI SI) JE SUIS UN ROCK STAR Bill Wyman
Did you ever hear Dolly Rockers take on that - Je Suis Un Dolly?

44 09 03 D-DAYS Hazel O'Connor
46 13 05 MAKING YOUR MIND UP Bucks Fizz
47 07 04 YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY Shakin' Stevens
53 11 03 THE SWORDS OF A THOUSAND MEN Ten Pole Tudor
54 10 04 STARS ON 45 Stars On 45
55 24 03 BETTE DAVIS' EYES Kim Carnes
62 17 03 PLATINUM POP This Year's Blonde
63 20 04 MICKEY Toni Basil
65 15 03 GHOST TOWN The Specials
67 14 04 HANDS UP (GIVE ME YOUR HEART) Ottowan
68 36 03 SOUVENIR Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
72 20 03 WUNDERBAR Ten Pole Tudor
75 28 01 CHARIOTS OF FIRE (TITLES) Vangelis
78 48 01 THEME FROM "BERGERAC" George Fenton
80 ---- ---- TAINTED LOVE Soft Cell
81 ---- ---- I'LL FIND MY WAY HOME Jon and Vangelis
82 ---- ---- DON'T YOU WANT ME Human League
83 ---- ---- KIDS IN AMERICA Kim Wilde

84 ---- ---- IT'S A MYSTERY Toyah
85 ---- ---- GOLDEN BROWN Stranglers
86 ---- ---- WORDY RAPPINGHOOD Tom Tom Club
87 ---- ---- DROWNING IN BERLIN Mobiles
88 ---- ---- THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE Bucks Fizz
89 ---- ---- ONE OF US Abba
91 ---- ---- I WANNA BE A WINNER Brown Sauce
92 ---- ---- IT MUST BE LOVE Madness
95 ---- ---- SUPA DUPA Not The Nine O'Clock News
^This was a single? I know they charted some albums.

96 ---- ---- THEME FROM "HILL STREET BLUES" Mike Post featuring Larry Carlton
98 ---- ---- MARVIN Marvin The Paranoid Android
99 ---- ---- TOM BAKER Human League
^B-side of Boys and Girls. 8-)

by **CZB** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:40 pm

Thanks for the comments!

Blondini wrote:99 ---- ---- TOM BAKER Human League
^B-side of Boys and Girls.

Indeed - although I doubt I would even recognise "Boys and Girls" if I heard it on the radio. It wasn't even a top forty hit - even though I'm sure many "Doctor Who" fans, like myself, would have bought it for that B-side.

Blondini wrote:95 ---- ---- SUPA DUPA Not The Nine O'Clock News
^This was a single? I know they charted some albums.

Yes - this, and "I Like Trucking", two places lower at 97, were two sides of the same 7" single, illustrated here:

http://www.45cat.com/record/resl102&recordcomment=52050

Seeing the note there that it was "only" performed by Pamela Stephenson puzzled me briefly. However, on reflection, she is indeed the only one that can really be heard (on more than one set of vocals?), with the others just miming for comic effect.

I couldn't remember whether the single version was longer than what was in the television episode (and on all of the available YouTube links!) - but my files record that it runs to 2m08s, so there's not much more - probably just a longer fade-out. I'm fairly sure that, pleasingly, there was no added audience laughter.....

by **toni_pest** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:57 pm

Love to see Lana on top and all the Gaga tracks in the top 40. Great chart

by **CZB** » Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:00 am

It's time for the new chart - including the revelation of one of probably the most easy-to-guess Chartbusters ever.....

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CZB'S TOP FORTY --------------- Month 390 --------------- FEBRUARY 2012
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01 02 03 JUST SO Agnes Obel
02 03 03 I FOLLOW RIVERS Lykke Li
03 01 03 VIDEO GAMES Lana Del Rey ##
04 10 02 BLUE JEANS Lana Del Rey
05 19 02 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye featuring Kimbra
06 04 05 TITANIUM David Guetta featuring Sia
07 05 04 WITHOUT YOU David Guetta featuring Usher
08 06 05 YOU AND I Lady GaGa
09 07 05 BIG BAD WOLF Duck Sauce
10 09 05 PLAGE Crystal Fighters

11 15 02 BEFORE Barbara Dex ##
12 18 03 AGAIN AND AGAIN Basto!
13 12 05 THE OTHER WOMAN Caro Emerald
14 ---- 01 EPIC Sandro Silva and Quintino [Highest New Entry] ##
15 08 05 I WANNA GO Britney Spears
16 40 02 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry [Rapid Riser]
17 ---- 01 THE WORLD IS GONNA END TONIGHT School Is Cool
18 11 06 COLLIDE / FADE INTO DARKNESS / PENGUIN {Leona Lewis and) Avicii ##
19 14 07 JAR OF HEARTS Christina Perri ##
20 17 04 CINEMA Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go

21 ---- 01 HEARTBROKEN Hooverphonic
22 13 05 GUTES NITZWERK Paul Kalkbrenner
23 21 04 CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND Robyn
24 16 06 GET BACK (ASAP) Alexandra Stan
25 29 03 LOVE LOVE Amy MacDonald
26 22 09 SYNRISE Goose
27 20 08 THE EDGE OF GLORY Lady GaGa
28 23 06 JOLI GARCON Lolita
29 28 12 CHASING DREAMS Sebastian Cruz featuring Miryel [Longest Laster] ##
30 24 06 KOKO Sander Van Doorn

31 26 08 DROWNING Armin Van Buuren featuring Laura V
32 30 10 ANGER NEVER DIES Hooverphonic
33 32 11 THE NIGHT BEFORE Hooverphonic
34 25 08 READY 2 GO Martin Solveig featuring Kele
35 33 08 OGNI TANTO Gianna Nannini
36 ---- 01 PARADISE Coldplay
37 27 05 HERE WITH ME Lasgo [Fastest Faller] ##
38 31 04 LOCA PEOPLE (LA GENTE ESTA MUY LOCA) Sak Noel ##
39 34 07 QUE VEUX-TU Yelle
40 ---- 01 MARRY THE NIGHT Lady GaGa
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TOP 40 BREAKERS:
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01 [ 00 ] BORN TO DIE Lana Del Rey [Chartbuster] ##
02 [ 02 ] UNCHARTED Sara Bareilles
03 [ 03 ] THE FACE OF THE PLANET Subs
04 [ 06 ] FRIDAY Rebecca Black
05 [ 08 ] I LOVE U SO Cassius
06 [ 09 ] LOVE KILLS Robyn
07 [ 07 ] GIVE ME EVERYTHING Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer
08 [ 12 ] BORN THIS WAY Lady GaGa
09 [ 20 ] GABRIEL Joe Goddard featuring Valentina
10 [ 11 ] NO ONE MAKES IT ON HER OWN Roxette

11 [ 14 ] ONE TWO THREE Hooverphonic
12 [ 00 ] YODEL IN THE CANYON OF LOVE Do Re Mi featuring Kerry
13 [ 16 ] EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL Coldplay
14 [ 15 ] 45 Stars On 45
15 [ 17 ] PAPI Jennifer Lopez
16 [ 18 ] WORDS Goose
17 [ 19 ] WHAT A FEELING Alex Gaudino featuring Kelly Rowland
18 [ 34 ] PUMPED UP KICKS Foster the People
19 [ 22 ] WE FOUND LOVE Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
20 [ 27 ] SHAKE Little Boots

21 [ 21 ] LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS Moby
22 [ 25 ] ALLIGATOR SKY Owl City featuring Shawn Chrystopher
23 [ 23 ] WIR SIND AM LEBEN Rosenstolz
24 [ 24 ] TUNG! Deniz Koyu
25 [ 33 ] JE VEUX Zaz
26 [ 26 ] NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE David Guetta featuring Jennifer Hudson
27 [ 28 ] BOUNCE Calvin Harris featuring Kelis
28 [ 29 ] GOOD GIRL Alexis Jordan
29 [ 30 ] GONNA GET OVER YOU Sara Bareilles
30 [ 31 ] BLOOD, TEARS AND GOLD Hurts

31 [ 32 ] HELLO Baseballs
32 [ 39 ] MARMOR, STEIN UND EISEN BRICHT Ludwig Hirsch
33 [ 38 ] WHO'D HAVE KNOWN Lily Allen
34 [ 40 ] EU CRED Malina Olinescu
35 [ 00 ] YOUTOPIA Armin Van Buuren featuring Adam Young
36 [ 00 ] LEVELS Avicii
37 [ 00 ] LOVE YOU LIKE A LOVE SONG Selena Gomez and the Scene
38 [ 00 ] COLOURS Emma Hewitt
39 [ 00 ] ROCK WITH YOU Bob Sinclar featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor
40 [ 00 ] BIG IN JAPAN Martin Solveig and Dragonette
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Number one six years ago: UNDER THE WEATHER KT Tunstall
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Number one sixteen years ago: I KISS YOUR LIPS Tokyo Ghetto Pussy
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Number one twenty-six years ago: ONLY LOVE Nana Mouskouri
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After entering at number two in December and climbing to number one in January, Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games” now falls to number three - and my 191st chart-topper is a track which, although it appears on the 2010 album “Philharmonics”, was originally released as a single in 2009! “Just So” was then more enigmatically credited only to “Obel” - but it’s Agnes Obel, now 30 years old, who rises to the top. Several Scandinavian artists have reached my number one over the years, however, and 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”, as were Los Umbrellos a few years later with “No Tengo Dinero”. Only seven other hits move up this time - Lykke Li takes the runner-up position with “I Follow Rivers”, Basto! advances a further six places to number 12 with “Again And Again”, and Amy MacDonald is up four at 25 with “Love Love”, all in their third month.....while there are healthy climbs for all four of last month‘s newcomers. Lana Del Rey’s first two hits are now side by side in the top five, as “Blue Jeans” ascends six places to number four - while Gotye and Kimbra are just behind her, with “Somebody That I Used To Know” racing up fourteen places from last month’s number 19. The former Chartbuster from Barbara Dex, “Before”, advances four places to 11, while this month’s Rapid Riser is Katy Perry. “The One That Got Away” just sneaked in at number 40 last time, but now zooms up twenty-four places to number 16. The highest of five new entries is last month’s Chartbuster, the recent Dutch number one by Sandro Silva and Quintino. “Epic” is straight in at number 14 - but just three places below that is another chart debut, for young Belgians School Is Cool, and “The World Is Gonna End Tonight”. Coldplay get a third hit with their recent UK number one “Paradise” - new at 36, it has some way to go if it is to match their top five successes with “In My Place” and “Viva La Vida” - while both Hooverphonic and Lady GaGa now have three hits in my top forty at the same time, all from their latest albums. From “The Night Before”, “Heartbroken” arrives at 21, joining the title track and “Anger Never Dies” for the Belgian group - and, from “Born This Way”, “Marry The Night” enters at 40, some way below “You And I” and “The Edge Of Glory” for the New Yorker. Among twenty-seven tracks moving down this month, the longest laster and fastest faller are both former Chartbusters - “Chasing Dreams” by Sebastian Cruz featuring Miryel and “Here With Me” by Lasgo, at 29 and 37 respectively.

I was so shocked and saddened to hear of the recent death, at the age of 37, of Kerry McGregor - who, despite being significantly paralysed since a teenager, had a successful career in acting and music, and became well-known to a wide audience by reaching the final stages of the third series of “X Factor”. Her quirky song “Yodel In The Canyon Of Love” (don’t ask what it means.....) was nearly chosen to represent the UK in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest, despite being written and recorded a couple of years earlier, credited to Eden Fizz. My number one at the beginning of 1998, it now returns to the top 40 breakers - in which there are also seven brand new potential hits. All of these are by acts who have impressed me before - although some are now in interesting new collaborations! - and the only one who hasn’t reached the top forty is Selena Gomez. Together with her band the Scene, she nearly got there with “Naturally”, and might now succeed with “Love You Like A Love Song”. Adam Young has had two top ten hits - “Fireflies” and “Vanilla Twilight”, as Owl City - and now teams up with Armin Van Buuren, looking for a seventh top twenty success with “Youtopia”. One of his previous chart entries was with Sophie Ellis-Bextor, who now joins Bob Sinclar on, er..... “Rock With You”. This could give that Frenchman a sixth hit - while another is looking for a third with “Big In Japan”. Martin Solveig, with Dragonette, was at number one at this time last year with “Hello” - while Avicii has been there more recently, with “Penguin” and its vocal variations. He could soon follow that up with “Levels” - and another former chart-topper is Emma Hewitt. “Colours” doesn’t involve Dash Berlin, on whose number one with “Waiting” she sung, but it could give her another hit. And the lady who is guaranteed a third simultaneous hit next month - and it wouldn’t be surprising if they were all at the top end - used to be known as Lizzy Grant, but is now famous under a quite different name. Even in rest homes around the world, the elderly are probably asking each other, “Who is this ‘Danny La Rue’ woman....?” I received her new LP yesterday - the CD and download version of which is expected to top the UK album chart this week - and the title track, and current single, is the new Chartbuster. My Record of the Month for February 2012 is Lana Del Rey - “Born To Die”.