Issue 109 - Chartwatch

May 2015 !
Issue 109!
CW 109 Featuring:!
Decade 2005-14!
UK 1st Quarter 2015!
Biggest Lennon,
McCartney covers!
France Singles 2014!
Biggest Songs in the
UK Singles Chart!
Sam Smith: Chuffed to make the cover of
Chartwatch (possibly)!
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CHARTWATCH 109
CHARTWATCH, Issue 109 (May 2015)
ISSN 0262-9577
CONTENTS
Decade 2005-2014
UK 1st Quarter 2015
Highest Scoring Lennon and McCartney Songs In The
Album Chart
3
6
Review: OCC Web Site
France Singles 2014
Biggest Songs In The UK Singles Chart 1952-2014
Collectacharts
8
9
10
11
13
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THE CHARTWATCH UK SALES-RELATED POINTS SYSTEM
Position:
1
Singles 11
62
Singles 01
94
Singles 91- 50
Albums 11 38
Albums 01 63
Albums 91- 50
Comps 01
48
Comps 91
15
Singles 52-90 75
Albums 67-90 23
EPs 66-67
8
Albums 66-67 16
EPs 59-66
19
Albums 58-66 12
2
40
65
39
30
50
46
39
9
59
18
6
12
9
9
Position:
38-40
Singles 11
5
Singles 01
5
Singles 915
Albums 11
5
Albums 01
4
Albums 915
Singles 52-90 7
Albums 67-90 3
3
30
42
29
25
32
38
25
6
44
15
5
11
8
8
4
26
34
25
21
26
34
20
5
38
13
5
9
7
7
41-42
5/4
4
4
5
4
4
7
3
5
23
31
23
18
22
31
17
4
34
11
4
8
6
6
6
21
27
21
17
19
28
15
4
31
10
3
7
5
5
7
19
24
19
15
17
26
13
3
28
9
3
7
5
5
8
18
20
17
13
16
24
12
3
26
8
3
6
4
4
9
17
19
16
12
14
22
11
2
24
7
3
6
4
4
43-46 47
48-52
4
42x4/3x3
4
4
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
6
6
5
3
2
2
10
16
17
15
11
14
21
11
2
23
6
2
5
3
3
11
15
16
14
10
13
20
10
1
22
6
12
14
15
13
10
13
19
10
1
21
6
13
13
13
12
9
12
18
9
1
20
6
14
13
13
12
9
11
17
9
1
19
5
15
12
12
11
9
11
16
8
1
18
5
16
12
12
11
8
10
15
8
1
17
5
17
11
11
10
8
10
14
8
1
16
5
18
11
11
10
8
9
13
7
1
15
5
19
10
9
9
8
8
11
6
1
14
5
5
3
3
5
3
3
5
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
53-57
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
2
58-59
3
2
2
3
2
2
4
1
60
61-68
3 3/7x2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
4
3
1
1
69-75
2
1
1
3
1
1
2
1
20 21
10 9
9 9
9 9
7 7
8 8
11 10
6
1
14 13
4 4
3
2
2
3
76-100
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
22 23-24
9
9/8
8
8
8
8
7
7
8
7
10
9
25-27 28 29-30 31-33 34-37
8/8/7
7
7
6 6/6/5/5
8
7
6
6
5
7
7
6
6
5
6
6
6
5
5
6
6
6
5
4
8
7
7
6
5
13
4
12
4
11
4
10
4
10
4
9
3
8
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
CHARTWATCH 109
3
Decade 2005-2014
Rihanna seems to have gone into a decline over the last couple of years which will eventually lead to her replacement at the
top of this list. With the exception of 2008, she released a new album every year from 2005 to 2012, a remarkably high rate
of work for a modern pop star, but it's now 2015 and we are still waiting for her 8th studio album. This is reflected in her
dropping out of the annual top 30 acts for the first time since 2005 in 2014 and the speed of her inevitable decline will very
much depend on how well her new material fares in 2015. Early indications are not good but she has always managed to pull
a big hit out of her hat and may do so again. Lady Gaga is already well into her decline and so the question starts to arise
who will be the next big thing. Obvious candidates are Ed Sheeran or Sam Smith, although any eventual successor will have
to wait quite a few years and maintain a high level of success. Adele is the second biggest act over the last five years after
Rihanna and may take on a transitional role at some point. Whether she can dominate will depend on her being more
productive than she has been so far.
Top Acts 2005-2014
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
1
2
3
4
9
6
8
16
7
14
13
11
5
61
12
10
15
17
18
23
19
21
20
29
24
33
54
26
38
37
52
32
34
30
42
45
36
44
46
22
57
35
43
44
45
46
47
48
25
43
91
65
63
40
Rihanna
Lady Gaga
Take That
Adele
Katy Perry
Beyoncé
David Guetta
Calvin Harris
Eminem
Coldplay
Bruno Mars
Kings Of Leon
Black Eyed Peas
Ed Sheeran
Justin Timberlake
Kanye West
Pink
Akon
Amy Winehouse
Michael Bublé
Jay-Z
Leona Lewis
Timbaland
James Blunt
Flo Rida
Chris Brown
Ellie Goulding
Ne-Yo
Tinie Tempah
Olly Murs
One Direction
Emeli Sande
Michael Jackson
Killers
Will.I.Am
Jessie J
Lily Allen
The Script
Arctic Monkeys
Snow Patrol
Paolo Nutini
Florence and the
Machine
Robbie Williams
Madonna
Pharrell Williams
Pitbull
Nicki Minaj
Sugababes
15619
8250
7205
6924
6796
6620
6583
6111
5970
5851
5795
5578
5549
5532
5488
5469
5047
4878
4555
4554
4544
4418
4399
4319
4262
4172
4156
4114
4073
4033
4032
3934
3918
3902
3867
3822
3807
3775
3769
3679
3634
3608
2005
69
103
11
5
21
81
33
6
97
105
1
119
20
56
117
-
2006
12
10
21
112
38
86
29
15
60
12
51
100
89
117
103
28
71
42
85
27
82
18
11
1
40
-
2007
5
3
16
152
60
137
46
6
19
72
8
1
47
11
7
2
40
62
32
179
41
22
17
55
-
2008
2
13
18
12
41
33
8
4
24
11
28
64
14
59
147
3
9
127
30
7
17
56
36
55
21
52
-
2009
23
1
14
47
5
10
19
27
105
4
2
49
11
25
9
38
24
32
142
17
161
43
3
33
134
6
54
92
73
20
34
2010
1
2
24
86
3
28
10
4
11
30
13
118
83
144
12
59
133
40
160
37
21
67
7
43
76
26
93
33
120
20
9
2011
2
5
22
1
11
17
6
12
43
20
3
70
33
10
38
47
31
29
104
166
44
7
39
37
8
14
49
59
151
4
91
100
91
126
50
2012
2
98
5
29
73
3
19
11
25
7
32
41
107
81
30
161
6
26
85
33
36
13
12
1
84
23
9
22
177
113
10
2013
13
62
81
27
126
34
7
20
172
3
95
46
5
82
9
104
23
29
152
88
107
140
4
99
50
12
1
8
129
14
43
53
54
30
162
2014
87
140
71
18
25
30
9
49
15
54
136
1
85
109
72
53
8
33
38
11
167
40
144
50
36
94
44
29
19
-
3488
3324
3294
3278
3242
3190
18
25
109
17
44
22
177
45
13
10
43
46
72
69
96
41
120
36
125
186
195
9
15
-
54
116
69
4
-
40
2
69
132
-
155
3
24
31
-
4
CHARTWATCH 109
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
27
31
49
51
47
62
48
84
56
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
67
59
55
60
280
53
80
64
66
68
72
28
141
117
39
74
75
78
118
85
41
73
82
83
103
70
87
81
89
77
104
93
94
101
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
109
109
112
Maroon 5
Girls Aloud
Pussycat Dolls
Duffy
Dizzee Rascal
Kaiser Chiefs
Nelly Furtado
Taylor Swift
Cast Of High School
Musical
Cheryl Cole
JLS
Alicia Keys
James Morrison
Sam Smith
Westlife
Jason Derulo
Mika
Kelly Clarkson
Mumford & Sons
Shakira
Usher
Paloma Faith
Avicii
Scissor Sisters
Taio Cruz
Plan B
Glee Cast
One Republic
Oasis
Britney Spears
50 Cent
Justin Bieber
Saturdays
Kesha
Christina Aguilera
Kasabian
Elvis Presley
Scouting For Girls
Razorlight
Mark Ronson
Example
Drake
Foo Fighters
58
96
92
97
50
99
98
130
71
100
105
112
106
107
108
86
90
109
121
95
128
McFly
Snoop Dogg
Gorillaz
Mariah Carey
Keane
Pixie Lott
Kooks
Lana Del Rey
Green Day
Cascada
Nickelback
T.I.
Alexandra Burke
Peter Kay
The Wanted
Kylie Minogue
Gwen Stefani
B.O.B.
Labrinth
Rod Stewart
Lil Wayne
3129
3124
3118
3093
3075
3006
3004
3002
2997
98
46
9
8
-
34
9
55
8
36
35
29
140
14
10
9
19
47
1
32
83
153
20
59
35
63
15
44
39
89
23
131
152
-
25
-
8
151
154
35
-
142
47
17
-
64
95
16
-
2937
2919
2877
2810
2805
2790
2743
2706
2643
2597
2595
2557
2555
2486
2421
2405
2401
2348
2343
2316
2312
2310
2276
2273
2240
2236
2235
2226
2112
2073
2058
2016
2014
2013
15
19
110
26
16
122
7
196
60
2
48
49
25
33
39
4
6
74
168
30
54
5
-
99
50
30
4
132
25
79
63
111
88
39
85
137
45
71
64
12
51
66
67
77
144
45
40
60
29
62
25
83
191
16
142
54
144
26
18
50
16
89
114
117
52
154
83
120
30
193
173
56
87
22
37
36
151
16
19
6
128
15
25
170
14
80
98
28
8
5
84
17
43
27
145
118
34
85
46
55
154
181
21
65
165
50
109
61
73
179
105
53
54
26
94
89
64
78
82
36
105
16
32
40
50
80
130
168
136
43
38
58
28
76
171
114
46
146
34
183
95
165
56
52
145
150
37
33
21
120
6
38
49
171
56
67
131
121
140
178
39
-
54
2
35
137
171
5
14
20
132
47
108
74
92
175
175
132
1984
1980
1940
1937
1930
1903
1895
1890
1873
1860
1858
1838
1812
1811
1806
1794
1792
1786
1786
1786
1761
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
113
179
102
69
114
120
76
88
185
110
119
145
139
122
116
125
168
411
124
126
153
N-Dubz
Bastille
Muse
Will Young
Tinchy Stryder
Enrique Iglesias
U2
Nelly
John Newman
Stereophonics
LMFAO
Miley Cyrus
Rudimental
Shayne Ward
Jennifer Lopez
Rizzle Kicks
Rita Ora
John Legend
Sean Paul
Jack Johnson
Elbow
1749
1735
1720
1714
1683
1682
1680
1648
1647
1645
1640
1634
1624
1590
1571
1565
1541
1533
1528
1490
1488
CHARTWATCH 109
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
161
163
127
129
131
132
169
137
142
189
144
79
142
192
146
155
148
149
3973
150
151
162
155
3094
163
158
180
167
176
181
181
193
Basshunter
Tony Christie
Gnarls Barkley
Cee Lo Green
Sia
Linkin Park
Fall Out Boy
Little Mix
La Roux
Katie Melua
Chipmunk
Passenger
Kelly Rowland
Chase & Status
Biffy Clyro
KT Tunstall
Jess Glynne
The Ting Tings
Keri Hilson
Nicole Scherzinger
The Feeling
George Ezra
Busta Rhymes
Elton John
Bruce Springsteen
Bon Jovi
Daft Punk
Macklemore
Ryan Lewis
Neil Diamond
1478
1458
1441
1439
1422
1411
1382
1359
1343
1338
1323
1316
1310
1297
1286
1285
1282
1275
1269
1253
1223
1216
1203
1197
1191
1184
1181
1173
1173
1165
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
179
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
190
192
193
5
183
115
165
159
229
266
152
219
173
169
171
200
258
174
175
1633
177
178
172
199
207
197
184
186
187
208
188
254
793
194
Professor Green
Avril Lavigne
Amy MacDonald
Abba
Jake Bugg
Imagine Dragons
Prodigy
Disclosure
My Chemical Romance
Wyclef Jean
Swedish House Mafia
Andre Rieu
Gary Barlow
Kate Nash
Fun
Clean Bandit
Sean Kingston
Ciara
Wiley
DJ Fresh
Wiz Khalifa
Robin Thicke
Fratellis
Gotye
Colby O'Donis
Christina Perri
Hoosiers
Katy B
Iggy Azalea
Susan Boyle
1161
1148
1145
1141
1139
1136
1132
1127
1111
1109
1106
1104
1103
1093
1088
1085
1085
1083
1082
1077
1075
1066
1041
1034
1030
1021
1019
1019
1016
1004
Acts Dropping Below 1,000 Pts in 2014
The longest standing act to drop out of the lists this year was P.Diddy, who's been pretty quiet of late. Guns 'n'
Roses first reached 1,000 pts in 1991 but their recent spell in the lists has been a short-lived revival.
Act
P. Diddy
Ludacris
Il Divo
Faithless
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Lemar
Franz Ferdinand
2014
995
982
964
954
952
770
753
2013
1434
1432
1236
1159
1383
1192
1353
1st 1,000
1999
2007
2008
2004
2002
2005
2005
Kelis
Ronan Keating
Guns'n'Roses*
Natasha Bedingfield
Eric Prydz
Joss Stone
Streets
Anastacia
672
629
551
504
480
392
342
151
1767
1430
1143
1302
1188
1215
1562
1404
2004
2001
2011
2007
2008
2005
2004
2002
Guns'n' Roses first reached 1,000 pts in 1991
Acts That Could Drop Below 1,000 Pts in 2015
Unlike last year, when most of those predicted for the drop suffered it, this list contains some acts, for example
The Prodigy and Mariah Carey, have realistic prospects of survival.
Mariah Carey
Prodigy
Peter Kay
Green Day
Pts Needed
24
79
100
135
Katie Melua
Gwen Stefani
Elvis Presley
KT Tunstall
Elton John
164
178
275
394
401
Busta Rhymes
Gorillaz
Ciara
Tony Christie
405
414
470
931
Weighted Lists
Unsurprisingly, Ed Sheeran emerges from these lists as the man most likely to, although Sam Smith sits
strongly at 2nd in the 3-year list and is doing well in 2015.
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10-Year Weighted
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
1
2
3
4
6
7
5
20
8
14
11
9
10
12
Rihanna
Lady Gaga
Ed Sheeran
Adele
David Guetta
Katy Perry
Calvin Harris
Bruno Mars
One Direction
Beyoncé
Ellie Goulding
Olly Murs
Eminem
Emeli Sande
Coldplay
Take That
Jessie J
Tinie Tempah
Pharrell
(Williams)
Pink
5-Year Weighted
16086
8983
8918
8610
8280
8253
8009
8006
6426
6409
6261
5856
5826
5824
5650
5559
5494
5437
5197
5173
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
14
1
8
3
9
2
12
4
-
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
7
5
10
11
19
13
15
-
Ed Sheeran
Rihanna
One Direction
Bruno Mars
Calvin Harris
Adele
Ellie Goulding
David Guetta
Sam Smith
Pharrell
(Williams)
Katy Perry
Emeli Sande
Olly Murs
Jessie J
Avicii
Nicki Minaj
Tinie Tempah
Taylor Swift
Will.I.Am
Paloma Faith
3-Year Weighted
14259
13722
10123
10039
9928
9133
9104
8969
8829
8715
8394
8242
8030
7404
6759
6440
6360
6339
6205
6113
1
2
3
11
15
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
5
6
10
17
1
18
2
3
7
8
16
12
-
Ed Sheeran
Sam Smith
Pharrell
Williams
One Direction
Calvin Harris
Ellie Goulding
Avicii
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Emeli Sande
Paloma Faith
Bruno Mars
Olly Murs
David Guetta
Katy Perry
Bastille
Will.I.Am
Jess Glynne
Coldplay
George Ezra
17208
12722
11933
11867
10903
10477
8618
8097
8015
7985
7738
7685
7500
7367
7205
6850
6742
6410
6112
6075
State Of The Acts At The Beginning Of 2015
Bruno Mars and Ed Sheeran look like likely top ten entrants next year, especially as both have started 2015
strongly. Eminem and Coldplay are the big losers, Eminem needing probably 1,000 pts in 2015 to regain a top
ten position, and Coldplay 4-500 more. Both look unlikely.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
11
14
Rihanna
Lady Gaga
Take That
Adele
Katy Perry
Beyoncé
David Guetta
Calvin Harris
Bruno Mars
Ed Sheeran
15331
8250
7019
6924
6796
6612
6579
6111
5795
5532
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
12
15
17
9
16
13
19
10
-
Kings Of Leon
Justin Timberlake
Pink
Eminem
Kanye West
Black Eyed Peas
Amy Winehouse
Coldplay
Leona Lewis
Timbaland
5525
5261
5047
4994
4897
4766
4555
4541
4418
4399
UK 1st Quarter 2015
The top two acts in the first quarter of the year were enjoying continuing success from 2014. Sam Smith and Ed Sheeran
swapped places and Sam Smith seems to be man of the moment but Ed Sheeran is still the one with the big points total an
looking like a serious long-term challenger to Rihanna. Indeed all the acts at the very top were hang-overs from 2014. The
first in the list to have made a significant impact with new material is Ellie Goulding, whose Love Me Like You Do was a big
No.1 and came from the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack, which has had a big impact in the early year. In reality, though,
we're still waiting for 2015 to take off and the first big question is whether Sam Smith can hold on and go one better than in
2014 or if someone else will take over as the year progresses.
Top 50 Acts, 1st Quarter 2015
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Sam Smith
Ed Sheeran
Mark Ronson
Hozier
Ellie Goulding
Bruno Mars
Taylor Swift
George Ezra
Meghan Trainor
921
871
591
547
486
483
449
448
419
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Sia
The Weeknd
Olly Murs
Kanye West
Paui McCartney
James Bay
John Legend
Jess Glynne
Maroon 5
378
370
365
299
298
297
292
281
276
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Calvin Harris
Rihanna
Years & Years
David Guetta
Philip George
Clean Bandit
Paloma Faith
Imagine Dragons
Chris Brown
267
263
222
221
212
211
209
197
179
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29
30
31
33
34
35
One Direction
Demi Lovato
Avicii
Diplo
Tyga
Ella Henderson
Royal Blood
Emeli Sande
179
176
170
161
161
157
148
147
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
7
Ariana Grande
Alesso feat Tove Lo
Fall Out Boy
Noel Gallagher's High
Flying Birds
Take That
Kelly Clarkson
Nicki Minaj
DJ Fresh feat Ella Eyre
140
132
129
126
124
122
117
113
44
45
46
48
50
Karen Harding
Madonna
Charli XCX
Drake
Kodaline
Gregory Porter
Paolo Nutini
110
103
100
100
96
96
93
Top 25 Singles, 1st Quarter 2015
Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars's Uptown Funk dominated the singles chart in the early part of 2015, spending the first four
weeks at No.1 and the rest of the quarter in the top ten. Take Me To Church peaked at No.2 but also spent the whole quarter
in the top ten. Love Me Like You Do was also a four week No.1. The fourth single in this list is particularly interesting.
Although only a No.3 it spent 9wks in the top ten. Interestingly it features Kanye West and Paul McCartney and give
McCartney since the late 1980swhen he was featured on Ferry Cross The Mersey, the charity single for the Hillsborough
Disaster Fund (20 May 89, 7 wks, HP 1 (3 wks), 238 pts). His last solo top ten hit was Once Upon A Long Ago in 1987 (29
Nov 87, 7 wks, HP 10, 72 pts). McCartney seems to have struck up a songwriting relationship with Kanye and has said it is
a lot like writing with John Lennon. It'll be interesting to see if that takes off long term.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson feat Bruno Mars
Take Me To Church - Hozier
Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
Fourfive Seconds - Rihanna/Kanye
West/McCartney
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Hold Back The River - James Bay
Wish You Were Mine - Philip George
King - Years & Years
Earned It - The Weeknd
Up - Olly Murs feat Demi Lovato
The Nights - Avicii
Lips Are Movin - Meghan Trainor
475
378
377
248
215
214
212
198
183
176
169
162
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Sugar - Maroon 5
Lay Me Down - Sam Smith feat John Legend
Elastic Heart - Sia/The Weeknd/Diplo
Heroes (We Could Be) - Alesso feat Tove Lo
Hold My Hand - Jess Glynne
Like I Can - Sam Smith
Blank Space - Taylor Swift
Ayo - Chris Brown & Tyga
Gravity - DJ Fresh feat Ella Eyre
Say Something - Karen Harding
Chandelier - Sia
All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor
Budapest - George Ezra
160
158
155
132
124
123
121
114
113
110
105
104
102
Top 25 Albums, 1st Quarter 2015
Again the beginning of 2015 was very much an overflow from 2014 with the top three albums being the same. The biggest
new album of the quarter was Meghan Trainor's TITLE although it was only No.1 for a week. Another major mover was
Sia's 1000 FORMS OF FEAR - Sia is now becoming established as a major act.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith
X - Ed Sheeran
Wanted On Voyage - George Ezra
1989 - Taylor Swift
Hozier - Hozier
Title - Meghan Trainor
A Perfect Contradiction - Paloma Faith
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
Never Been Better - Olly Murs
1000 Forms Of Fear - Sia
Uptown Special - Mark Ronson
Chapter One - Ella Henderson
American Beauty/American Psycho - Fall Out
Boy
Liquid Spirit - Gregory Porter
385
347
256
195
169
145
141
140
119
118
116
102
100
96
15
16
17
18
20
22
24
25
Chasing Yesterday - Noel Gallagher's High
Flying Birds
Caustic Love - Paolo Nutini
If You're Reading This You're Too Late Drake
V - Maroon 5
III - Take That
Motion - Calvin Harris
Smoke & Mirrors - Imagine Dragons
The Balcony - Catfish & The Bottlemen
Four - One Direction
+ - Ed Sheeran
Chaos And The Calm - James Bay
Stay Gold - First Aid Kit
95
93
84
83
83
82
82
78
78
74
68
68
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Highest Scoring Lennon
and McCartney Covers
in the Album Chart
This list is another eye-opener. When the Beatles were at their height, it was common practice to raid their LPs for
hit singles – covered by other acts, of course. During the Sixties, it was not usual to release many album tracks as
singles, and from late 1965 until 1969, no Beatles single was an album track. But Beatles songs became standards
and were recorded by hundreds – thousands in the cases of Yesterday and Michelle – of other acts through the
years. Many were themselves album tracks rather than singles, so which were the most successful album tracks
written by John Lennon and/or Paul McCartney but were recorded by acts other than the Beatles, Wings, or the
writers themselves?
In order that I can amalgamate points for the same track from all the albums it appears on (that includes the
original studio album, a greatest hits album or a various artists album), I have divided the total points scored by the
album by the number of tracks on that album. Only integer scores are used (because I don’t want fractions of
points) and so only albums that have more points than tracks are included. Also only albums from the fullprice/artist album charts have been used.
The table below shows tracks ranked by total scores (Pts); the number of albums that includes the track (LPs); the
album with the highest score (biggest LP) with the score in brackets; and the written where LM = Lennon &
McCartney, L = John Lennon and M = Paul McCartney.
Rnk
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
=
14
=
16
17
18
=
=
21
22
=
24
25
=
=
28
=
Title – Act
Ticket To Ride – Carpenters
Girlfriend – Michael Jackson
Yesterday – Frank Sinatra
Help – Tina Turner
Live And Let Die – Guns’n’Roses
Fame – David Bowie
Jealous Guy – Roxy Music
With A Little Help From My Friends – Wet
Wet Wet
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds – Elton
John
We Can Work It Out – Stevie Wonder
Yesterday – Michael Bolton
Come Together – Michael Jackson
Pts
173
121
102
95
87
79
70
55
LPs
7
2
5
2
2
9
24
8
By
LM
M
LM
LM
M
L
L
LM
4
6
Biggest LP
Singles 1969-1973 (150)
Off The Wall (121)
My Way (43)
Private Dancer (95)
Greatest Hits (62)
ChangesOneBowie (25)
Street Life – 20 Great Hits (27)
End Of Part One (Their Greatest Hits)
(41)
Greatest Hits Vol. II (18), Very Best Of
Elton John (18)
Motown Chartbusters Volume 6 (23)
Timeless (The Classics) (34)
HiStory: Past, Present And Future,
Book 1
Something (15)
Greatest Hits Collection (22)
45
4
35
34
29
4
1
1
Fool On The Hill – Shirley Bassey
Help! – Bananarama &
LaNaNeeNeeNooNoo
Mine For Me – Rod Stewart
Step Inside Love – Cilla Black
In My Life – Rod Stewart
The Long And Winding Road – Barbara
Dickson
With A Little Help From My Friends –
Barbara Dickson
Helter Skelter – U2
With A Little Help From My Friends – Joe
Cocker
You Won’t See Me – Bryan Ferry
When I’m Sixty-Four – Neil Reid
The Long And Winding Road – Will
Young
Yesterday – Eva Cassidy
I Saw Him Standing There – Tiffany
I Wanna Be Your Man – Rolling Stones
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club
Band – Jimi Hendrix
Two Of Us – Boney M
29
28
28
27
25
24
2
6
2
1
Smiler (21)
Pure Gold – various (11)
Every Beat Of My Heart (14)
All For A Song (24)
M
LM
LM
LM
24
1
All For A Song (24)
LM
24
23
1
14
Rattle And Hum (24)
Legend – The Essential Collection (11)
LM
LM
19
19
18
1
1
2
These Foolish Things (19)
Neil Reid (19)
From Now On (18)
LM
LM
LM
17
17
17
14
2
3
6
1
American Tune (17)
Tiffany (14)
Rolled Gold (9)
Hendrix In The West (14)
LM
LM
LM
LM
14
1
Oceans Of Fantasy (14)
LM
LM
LM
LM
LM
LM
LM
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=
31
=
33
34
I Am The Walrus – Oasis
I’m The Greatest – Ringo Starr
Six O’Clock – Ringo Starr
Got To Get You Into My Life – Cliff
Bennett
In My Life – Bette Midler
It's For You - Cilla Black
Eleanor Rigby - Cleo Laine & John
Williams
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - England Football
Squad
And I Love Her - Julio Iglesias
Revolution - Thompson Twins
World Without Love - Peter & Gordon
14
13
13
11
2
2
2
11
10
1
9
9
3
1
8
1
8
8
8
1
2
8
9
Masterplan (14)
Ringo (13)
Ringo (13)
Jukebox Jive – various (4), Sixties Mix
(4)
Experience The Divine – Greatest Hits
(10)
Best Of Cilla Black (7)
Best Friends (9)
LM
L
M
LM
Worldbeaters Sing The Worldbeaters
(8)
Starry Night
Here's To Future Days (7)
Heatbeat – various (4)
LM
LM
LM
LM
LM
LM
LM
The track that has appeared on most albums is Roxy Music’s cover of Jealous Guy, which was itself additionally a
no.1 single. The track from the album with the biggest score is the Carpenters’ version of Ticket To Ride, which
was included on the Carpenters’ Singles 1969-1973 album; this was also a single. The highest scoring track not to
have also been a single is Yesterday by Michael Bolton.
However, the biggest lesson I’ve learned from compiling this list is how hard it is for songwriters to earn from
album tracks. The scoring method I’ve used mirrors the way that songwriting royalties must be distributed
amongst all the songwriters who contributed to an album. Divide the amount by the number of tracks, then divide
each by the number of songwriters. If even Lennon and McCartney could only amass 34 tracks that score ten or
points, then most songwriters are going to earn little from album sales. Which explains why having a hit single is
so important. It also explains why a songwriting team tended to write all the songs on a studio album, and why
groups try to write their own songs.
Review: OCC Website
The Official Charts Company has taken the bold step and published all of the UK singles and albums charts (since
the British Phonographic Industry began its own compilations of record sales in 1960 via Record Retailer and then
Music Week) online. To a subscriber of Music Week, the charts are freely available: I’m not sure about the rest of
the general public. The charts can be found at http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/ (singles),
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/
(artist
albums),
and
http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/official-compilations-chart/ (compilation albums).
Not only do you get each individual chart, but by clicking on a plus symbol at the right of each record, you also get
details of record label and number, and the full chart run. So in a stroke, the OCC has made our Collectacharts
redundant – and numerous other websites that were offering this information illegally (in the view of the OCC).
The biggest surprise is that the compilation album chart has been a Top 100 since 12 Apr 1997 (week 14), when
only a Top 20 had been published in Music Week and previously only a Top 40 on the OCC website. Very
recently, with a redesign of their chart pages, Music Week has reduced its compilation album chart to a Top 10,
even though the OCC website publishes a Top 100. If the artist and compilation charts are the same length, then
we at Chartwatch are underestimating sales of compilation albums, because in our sales-related scoring system,
compilation album points are 2/5 of artist album points, reflecting what we thought to be the difference in chart
lengths. The OCC website also shows that the compilation album chart became a Top 50 on 6 Feb 1994.
We were aware that Top 100 singles and artist album charts had started in 1994, published only in Charts Plus,
now these positions are also available on the OCC website from 6 Feb 1994 onwards. We may have to recalculate
artist scores for 1994. The OCC website has also shown that our album charts for 1975, sourced from the Record
Mirror Top 50, were an early attempt to separate out artist and compilation (and budget) albums, but without
publishing a separate compilation albums chart. The OCC website has the Music Week Top 60s, which began on
29 Jun 1975, and the extra ten positions were (mostly) occupied by compilation albums. Again, we will have to
recalculate artist scores for 1975, because big-selling budget compilation albums by the likes of Elvis Presley and
Perry Como were omitted from the Record Mirror charts.
The OCC website is not without flaws, especially concerning compilation album charts. There are two long
stretches where the same chart is repeated week after week: 21 Apr 2002-24 Jan 2004 and 16 Jan – 15 Oct 2005.
There were no discontinuities in these charts, because Music Week continued to publish Top 20s during these
periods. Expanding a record’s details to show the chartrun could be handled more effectively, perhaps by opening
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another window, because the extra text on screen causes what is visible to shift. This is a serious problem with
albums with very long chartruns, and when the user chooses not to show the extra text, all that is visible is the
bottom of the page. The positions within a chart run are each shown as a cell of a table, which makes them
wasteful of space. Converting the table to a string separated by dashes (as we do in Collectacharts) is a spacesaving alternative. Each chart is dated by a range from its compilation date on the Sunday to the following
Saturday, but the URL for each chart is the Sunday date, not the Saturday date which has been the standard since
the days of the Guinness Book of Hit Singles. But the biggest complaint is the adverts, which can occupy a whole
screen and which are inserted within a chart. They also take a very long time to load. There is an option for
subscribers to ditch the ads, but I can’t get it to work.
France Singles 2014
by
Michel
Nicolas
Top 25 Acts
Rnk
Act
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Pharrell Williams
Black M
Sia
David Guetta
Lilly Wood & The Prick
Indila
Milky Chance
Coldplay
Stromae
Kendji Girac
Avicii
Disclosure
Maitre Gims
Most hits: Black M (11)
Hits
Wks
Pts
Rnk
Act
3
11
2
6
1
2
1
3
5
5
4
3
7
63
100
50
66
30
48
35
57
62
49
58
49
47
2105
1878
1780
1649
1607
1504
1130
1053
936
833
828
784
776
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Tove Lo
Daft Punk
Soprano
Jason Derulo
Clean Bandit
Calvin Harris
London Grammar
John Legend
Magic System
Calogero
The Avener
Cris Cab
Hits
Wks
Pts
1
3
7
4
1
3
2
1
2
3
1
1
23
44
39
42
26
46
32
37
30
39
16
28
776
710
697
654
614
602
599
581
558
515
509
497
Most weeks on chart: Black M (100)
Top Singles
Rnk
Title – Act
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Happy – Pharrell Williams
Chandelier - Sia
Prayer In C – Lilly Wood & The Prick
Stolen Dance – Milky Chance
Sur Ma Route – Black M
Derniere Danse - Indila
A Sky Full Of Stars - Coldplay
Habbits – Tove Lo
Dangerous – David Guetta
Waves – Mr Probz
You And Me - Disclosure
Rather Be – Clean Bandit
Washing My Good Years – London Grammar
All Of Me – John Legend
We Never Felt So Good – Michael Jackson & Justin Timberlake
Zombie – Maitre Gims
Magic In The Air – Magic System
Fade Out Lines – The Avener
Liar Liar – Cris Cab
Black Pearl - Rebel
Wiggle – Jason Derulo
Lovers On The Sun – David Guetta
Andalouse – Kendji Girac
Budapest – George Ezra
Un Jour Au Mauvais Endroit - Calogero
HP
For
Wks
Pts
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
3
2
2
2
4
2
3
3
3
5
3
4
5
3
4
4
19
3
15
3
4
9
53
34
30
35
35
33
34
23
12
27
36
26
31
37
26
22
25
16
28
23
22
24
18
23
32
2029
1622
1607
1130
992
983
789
776
759
636
630
614
593
581
554
539
521
509
497
489
485
459
449
446
428
5
5
2
2
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11
Most weeks at no.1: Happy – Pharrell Williams (19)
Most weeks in the charts: Happy – Pharrell Williams (53)
Highest new entries: OKLM – Booba (1); Dangerous – David Guetta (1)
Number Ones
Date
Title – Act
28 Dec Happy – Pharrell Williams
10 May Stolen Dance – Milky Chance
31 May OKLM – Booba
7 Jun
Sur Ma Route – Black M
5 Jul
Chandelier – Sia
12 Jul
Prayer In C – Lilly Wood & The Prick
Total hits: 344, Total acts: 208
Wks
Date
Title – Act
Wks
19
3
1
4
1
13
11 Oct
18 Oct
1 Nov
15 Nov
20 Dec
Dangerous – David Guetta
Prayer In C – Lilly wood & The Prick
Chandelier – Sia
Dangerous – David Guetta
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson
1
2
2
5
2
Biggest Songs in the UK
Singles Chart 1952-2014
This list turned out to be more difficult than I imagined. The problem is determining what constitutes the same song. Songs
change titles – often a phrase in brackets is added if another song with the same title becomes popular (e.g. Only The Lonely
(Know The Way I Feel)), but then cover versions omit the phrase in brackets or change it slightly; sometimes a song written
for a female vocalist is recorded by a male vocalist and a slight adjustment of the title is required (e.g. Then He Kissed Me
becomes Then I Kissed Her) or vice versa; sometimes a song is used in a campaign of some sort and the title again subtly
changed (e.g. Everybody Wants To Rule The World becomes Everybody Wants To Run The World); sometimes a different
title is used and the words are altered more (e.g. Every Breathe You Take becomes I’ll Be Missing You). Sometimes the title
changes just to give it street cred (e.g. Can’t Buy Me Love becomes (Money Can’t) Buy Me Love). For a computer, a change
in a single character means the title is different, so although I’ve used software to help generate this list, knowledge of how
song titles can change helps. Let me know if I’ve forgotten something. Usually, if the songwriters are the same and the title
is similar, then I’ve considered them to be the same song. However, songwriters also change over time. Successful
litigation may mean another name is added to the list of writers, or a change of words can also result in adding writers.
There are also cases where lyrics are added to an instrumental (e.g. Stranger On The Shore), or the lyrics are translated into
a different language (e.g. The Last Waltz becomes La Derniere Valse). There are also lots of songs with the same title
(Jealousy, I Love You, Angel) and I’ve had to check songwriters on discogs.com or Wikipedia for singles that were minor
hits. In all these cases, I’ve used my judgment about how to handle the situation.
Another big headache is how to deal with rap versions of songs and sampling. Take a song such as Chip Taylor’s Angel Of
The Morning (a hit for P. P. Arnold (no.29, 1968), Merrilee Rush (no.55, 1968), Mary Mason (no.27, 1977) and Juice
Newton (no.43, 1981)) which became Angel when recorded by Shaggy & Rayvon (no.1, 2001). Shaggy’s version also
sampled The Joker by the Steve Miller Band, which meant more songwriters were added, for both songs and for the rap
lyrics. Fortunately, the 474 points falls short of this list, but in other cases, I’ve not accredited samples.
This is a list of the most popular songs, not the most successful. You may not realise, but the writers of a B-side earn as
much as the writers of an A-side. If you think about it, they both sell the same (or did before the days of downloads). This
has always been a source of resentment for writers of the A-side – which is the side played on the radio and the track the
public wants to buy – and over the years a number of tricks have been employed to make the B-side unlistenable. These
have included instrumental versions of the A-side, fast jazz tracks (a trick Phil Spector employed), and spoken word (a
Jonathan King track). But the best solution was the double A-side, and several of these feature in the list below, with each
side listed separately and given full points. During the 1980s, 12” singles became popular, and often featured more than two
tracks, but 7” versions were also available. So the simple rule that scores should be halved with each side of the single
awarded the same points doesn’t necessarily work. To make things even more confusing, there are also EPs that have
charted, and tracks that are medleys of songs. I’ve excluded all Eps from this list, and only included medleys that combined
no more than two songs. Even then, some medleys (e.g. One Direction’s One Way Or Another – Teenage Kicks and Bronski
Beat’s I Feel Love – Johnny Remember Me) hardly feature more than a few lines of one of the songs! So a list of the most
successful songs can’t be complete until I know all the B-sides of hit singles. Songs are scored using the 2010 Chartwatch
sales-related points system.
Rnk
Pts
Song
Writers
Hit versions
1
2765
Unchained Melody
Alex North, Hy
Zaret
2
2343
I Believe
Ervin Drake, Jimmy
Shirl, Irvin Graham,
Al Hibbler (2, 1955), Jimmy Young (1, 1955), Les Baxter
(10, 1955), Liberace (20, 1955), Jimmy Young (43, 1964),
Righteous Brothers (1, 1965), Jim McCluskey (60, 1976),
Leo Sayer (54, 1986), Robson Green & Jerome Flynn (1*,
1995), Gareth Gates (1, 2002), Shayne Ward (2, 2006)
Frankie Laine (1, 1953), David Whitfield (33, 1953),
David Whitfield (49, 1960), Bachelors (2, 1964), Robson
12
CHARTWATCH 109
Al Stillman
Hugo Peretti, Luigi
Creatore, George
Weiss
3
1411
Can’t Help Falling In
Love
4
1353
5
6
1327
1324
Do They Know It’s
Christmas?
Love Is All Around
Secret Love
7
1275
Limelight/Eternally1
8
1219
Cherry Pink And Apple
Blossom White
9
1207
Answer Me
10
1192
Bohemian Rhapsody
11
1152
(Everything I Do) I Do
It For You
12
1111
My Way
13
1094
This Ole House
14
1085
Young Love
15
1065
Rock Around The Clock
16
1050
Relax
17
1047
Spirit In The Sky
18
1046
Amazing Grace
19
1034
Living Doll
20
1031
21
1007
All I Have To Do Is
Dream
Without You
22
999
I Will Always Love You
23
989
Sting [=Gordon
Sumner]
24
25
988
974
Every Breathe You
Take/I’ll Be Missing
You
Happy
Singing The Blues
26
970
You’re The One That I
Want
John Farrar
Bob Geldof, Midge
Ure
Reginald Presley
Sammy Fain, Paul
Francis Webster
Charles Chaplin
(+1Geoffrey
Parsons, John
Turner)
Mack David,
Jacques Larue,
Louiguy
Carl Sigman, Fred
Rouch, Gerhard
Winkler
Freddie Mercury
Bryan Adams,
Robert John ‘Mutt’
Lange, Michael
Kamen
Jacques Ravaux,
Claude Francois,
Gilles Thibout, Paul
Anka
Stuart Hamblen
Carole Joyner, Ric
Cartey
Jimmy De Knight
[=Jimmy Myers],
Max Freedman
Peter Gill, Holly
Johnson, Mark
O’Toole
Norman Greenbaum
traditional, John
Newton [lyrics]
Lionel Bart
Boudleaux Bryant
Peter Ham, Tony
Evans
Dolly Parton
Pharrell L. Williams
Melvin Endsley
Green & Jerome Flynn (1*, 1995)
Elvis Presley (1*, 1962), Andy Williams (3, 1970),
Stylistics (4, 1976), Slim Whitman (b, 1982), Techno
Twins (b, 1982), Lick The Tins (42, 1986), UB40 (1,
1993), Russell Watson (69, 2006)
Band Aid (1, 1984), Band Aid II (1, 1989), Band Aid 20
(1, 2004), Band Aid 30 (1, 2014)
Troggs (5, 1967), Wet Wet Wet (1, 1994)
Doris Day (1, 1954), Kathy Kirby (4, 1964), Billy Stewart
(59, 1966), Daniel O’Donnell & Mary Duff (28, 1995)
Frank Chacksfield (2, 1953), Ron Goodwin (3, 1953),
Jimmy Young (9, 1953)
Perez ‘Prez’ Prado & His Orchestra (1, 1955), Eddie
Calvert (1, 1955), Modern Romance (15, 1982)
David Whitfield (1, 1953), Frankie Laine (1, 1953),
Barbara Dickson (9, 1976)
Queen (1, 1975 & 1*, 1991), Frank Sidebottom (97, 1985),
Bad News (44, 1987), Rolf Harris (50, 1996), Braids (21,
1996), G4 (9, 2005), Queen & The Muppets (32, 2009),
Glee Cast (67, 2010)
Bryan Adams (1, 1991), Q & Tony Jackson (47, 1994)
Frank Sinatra (5, 1969), Dorothy Squires (25, 1970), Elvis
Presley (9, 1977), Sex Pistols (7, 1978), Shane MacGowan
(29, 1996)
Rosemary Clooney (1, 1954), Billy Anthony (4, 1954),
Shakin’ Stevens (1, 1981)
Tab Hunter (1, 1957), Sonny James (11, 1957), Donny
Osmond (1, 1973)
Bill Haley & His Comets (1, 1955), Telex (34, 1979)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1, 1983), Judge Dread (76,
1984), Captain Sensible (79, 1984)
Norman Greenbaum (1, 1970), Cheaters (b, 1982), Doctor
& The Medics (1, 1986), Gareth Gates ft The Kumars (1,
2003)
Judy Collins (5, 1970), Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band
(1, 1972)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows (1, 1959), Cliff Richard, The
Young Ones & Hank Marvin (1, 1986)
Everly Brothers (1, 1958), Bobbie Gentry & Glen
Campbell (3, 1969), Phil Everly & Cliff Richard (12, 1994)
Nilsson (1, 1972), Mariah Carey (1, 1994)
Whitney Houston (1, 1992), Sarah Washington (12, 1993),
Rik Waller (6, 2002), Leah McFall (43, 2013)
Police (1, 1983), Puff Daddy ft Faith Evans (1, 1997)
Pharrell Williams (1, 2013)
Guy Mitchell (1, 1956), Tommy Steele (1, 1956), Dave
Edmunds (28, 1980), Daniel O’Donnell (23, 1994), Cliff
Richard & The Shadows (40, 2009)
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (1, 1978), Hylda
Baker & Arthur Mullard (22, 1978), Craig McLachlan &
Debbie Gibson (13, 1993), Julia Stone (72, 2012)
COLLECTACHARTS
Sources: NME singles charts Nov 1952 - Mar 1960; Music Week/Record Mirror singles charts Mar 1960 - 2013; Melody Maker EP charts 1959 - Mar 1960; Record Retailer EP charts Mar 1960 - 1967; Melody Maker LP charts 1958 - Mar 1960;
Record Retailer/Music Week/Record Mirror/Sounds LP charts Mar 1960 - 2013; Record Retailer budget/bargain LP charts 1969-1970; Music Week mid-price LP charts 1992 onwards. LP titles are in capitals. Positions from budget/bargain LP
charts are in italics. Mid-Price album charts from 1992 onwards are fortnightly. Scoring according to Chartwatch sales-related points system (see inside front cover) plus breakers. Dates in brackets are entry dates to breakers for singles that didn't
chart. 'xx' indicates a record was not in that week's chart but re-entered. ‘/’ indicates a chart run extends from one chart year to the next. Re-entries are considered to be part of one chart run if they have been out of the chart for five weeks or less. re
= re-entry, ri = re-issue, rr = re-recording; dig = digital chart, 2004; mlp = mid-price album, blp = budget price album. Up to date to 24 April 2015.
Shop Assistants
I Don't Wanna Be Friends With You
Shop Assistants
Mike Shorey
Baby1
1
with Fabolous
11 Oct 86
29 Nov 86
2 Apr 05
77-92
100
3
2
1
Under The Moon Of Love
30 Oct 76
SHOWADDYWADDY'S GREATEST HITS
18 Dec 76
41-61-68
8
8
When
5 Mar 77
You Got What It Takes
23 Jul 77
Dancin' Party
5 Nov 77
RED STAR
26 Nov 77
SHOWADDYWADDY'S GREATEST HITS
21 Jan 78 52
I Wonder Why
18 Mar 78 51-25-14-5-2-3-3-7-15-29-50-71
A Little Bit Of Soap
24 Jun 78 72-25-11-8-5-7-7-14-28-41-61-75
Pretty Little Angel Eyes
4 Nov 78 28-16-7-5-6-14-14-29-34-39/48-72
GREATEST HITS 1976-1978
2 Dec 78 61-17-4-2-1-1/4-4-13-15-20-32-40-63-60-52-xx-xx-xx-xx-72
Remember Then
31 Mar 79 70-35-27-17-17-23-32-52
Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller
28 Jul 79 50-31-29-17-15-17-21-36-60
CREPES & DRAPES
10 Nov 79 75-37-40-19-8-8-16-16-15/16-45-63-48-64
A Night At Daddy Gee's
10 Nov 79 69-48-39-42-59
Why Do Lovers Break Each Others' Hearts
27 Sep 80 62-47-41-36-24-22-23-28-37-65
BRIGHT LIGHTS
20 Dec 80 54-33-32/33-37-54-59-49
Blue Moon
29 Nov 80 50-35-32-32-34-30/32-46-70
Multiplication
13 Jun 81 60-39-42-51
THE VERY BEST OF SHOWADDYWADDY
7 Nov 81 76-34-38-33-42-42-56-43-54-83/81
Footsteps
21 Nov 81 76-71-38-35-38-31-34-35/47-59
Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp-A-Bomp-A-Bomp)
28 Aug 82 73-49-37-38-43-67
THE BEST STEPS TO HEAVEN
5 Dec 87 90
HEY ROCK'N'ROLL - THE VERY BEST OF SHOWADDYWADDY
27 Nov 04 56-71-xx-71-72
Howard Shore (Toronto, Canada orchestra leader)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (OST)
5 Jan 02 73/37-25-15-10-11-18-25-29-29-39-51-69-75
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (OST)
11 Jan 03 61-43-32-28-39-60-60-62-73
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (OST)
27 Dec 03 66-67/44-34-34-37-43-52-66-68-xx-72
THE HOBBIT - AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (OST)
22 Dec 12 61
THE HOBBIT - DESOLATION OF SMAUG – OST
21 Dec 13 69
THE HOBBIT - BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
20 Dec 14 71
Shortie versus Black Legend (Italy, dance production duo with singer Elroy Powell)
Somebody
4 Aug 01 37-66
Shout For England (UK, unofficial anthem for the England Football Team for the 2010 World Cup)
Shout1
12 Jun 10 1-1-3-15-40-62
1
with Dizzee Rascal & James Corden
Shout Out Louds (Stockholm, Sweden; indie pop quintet)
The Comeback
24 Sep 05 63
Please Please Please
4 Mar 06 53
Showaddywaddy (Leicester, UK, Rock & Roll revivalists from the New Faces television talent show)
Hey Rock And Roll
18 May 74 44-23-6-3-2-3-4-5-11-16-22-34-43-46
Rock'n'Roll Lady
17 Aug 74 32-22-19-15-18-16-29-36-44
SHOWADDYWADDY
30 Nov 74 12-13-17-16-17-15/22-18-31-24-30-32-24-36-34-49-45
Hey Mr Christmas
30 Nov 74 46-33-31-23-17-13/27-41
SHOWADDYWADDY {re}
14 Jun 75 47-xx-57-xx-46
Sweet Music
22 Feb 75 44-30-19-18-14-16-19-27-42
Three Steps To Heaven
17 May 75 50-13-3-3-2-3-3-7-12-25-38
STEP TWO
5 Jul 75 30-7-7-9-11-16-20-21-40-29-34-43-34-35-38-47-59
Heartbeat
6 Sep 75 29-13-7-7-7-16-23
Heavenly
15 Nov 75 46-34-35-35-42-46
Trocadero
15 May 76 58-60-49-32-36
TROCADERO
22 May 76 41-57-xx-57
184
116
31
33
2
1
1
7
7
249
249
5
2
3
4155
340
110
54
90
5
113
327
56
143
43
30
5
51-36-19-3-2-1-1-1-2-2-2/4-12-11-24-34
633
15-10-4-7/5-8-7-7-16-22-38-32-34-35-26-21-27-22-23-34-2931-45-xx-xx-48
50-19-6-4-4-3-4-6-18-31-35
50-15-9-3-2-3-4-12-16-33
41-17-8-4-6-4-7-12-13-15/26
31-26-20-32-31-32-28/40-37-53
96
271
279
254
27
Showdown (USA, studio group assembled by Meco Monardo)
Keep Doin' It
17 Dec 77 41-42-49
Show Of Hands (UK, roots and folk duo)
WAKE THE UNION
27 Oct 12
73
Showstoppers (USA, soul quartet including Solomon Burke’s brothers Laddie and Alec)
Ain't Nothing But A House Party
9 Mar 68 57-38-29-20-16-16-14-11-13-16-16-16-23-32-36-45
Shake Your Mini
10 Aug 68 59-57-58-56
Eeny Meeny
16 Nov 68 50-34-33-35-38-48-50
Ain't Nothing But A House Party {ri} 30 Jan 71 43-44-33-43-36
Showstoppers '81
The Disco Sound Of Music
24 Oct 81
b
2
278
190
189
93
78
99
38
24
82
12
65
23
10
59
30
1
6
19
19
1
1
314
216
16
47
35
1
1
Showtek (Holland; electrodance duo Sjoerd Janssen and Wouter Janssen)
179
Booyah1
2 Nov 13 5-11-16-19-24-36-52-66/58-51-58
93
2
Bad
19 Apr 14 22-32-36-35-37-43-42-57-64-70-73-57-53-58-57-57-48-44-4252-53-59-68
79
Cannonball (Earthquake) 3
26 Apr 14 29-71
7
1
2
3
with We Are Loud & Wilson; with David Guetta & Vassy; with Justin Prime & Matthew
Shyheim (=Shyeim Franklin; Staten Island, New York, USA, rapper)
This Iz Real
8 Jun 96 61
2
2
Shystie (=Chanelle Scott Calica; Hackney, London, UK, rapper)
One Wish
17 Jul 04 40-71
Make It Easy
2 Oct 04 59
8
6
2
Shriekback (UK rock trio)
Lined Up
Lined Up {ri}/My Spine
Hand On My Heart
JAM SCIENCE
Nemesis
Fish Below The Ice
Sia (=Sia Furler; Adelaide, Australia singer-songwriter)
2176
Taken For Granted
3 Jun 00 10-18-26-43-58
38
1, 2
Destiny
18 Aug 01 30-46-55
13
Distractions1
30 Mar 02 45
4
Breathe Me
1 May 04 71
1
Somersault1
29 May 04 56
3
WE ARE BORN
2 Oct 10 74
1
Titanium3
20 Aug 11 16-31-53
21
Titanium3 {re}
14 Jan 12 61-8-3-2-1-2-4-5-7-8-6-7-8-7-11-19-19-15-21-26-32-39-39-4339-31-30-35-36-43-50-56-xx-59-56-57-69-63-61-48-56-57-3948-63-75
644
Wild Ones4
4 Feb 12 5-5-6-5-4-4-4-5-8-7-8-10-18-17-24-30-39-40-44-50-34-24-2426-42-54-66
424
She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) 3
22 Sep 12 14-11-8-8-11-12-14-18-32-44-49-66-74
140
Titanium3 {re}
12 Jan 13 47-60
6
Titanium3 {re}
23 Mar 13 47-38-37-66
16
3
Titanium {re}
6 Jul 13 71-xx-58-59-61-65
9
Titanium3 {re}
21 Sep 13 60-74
3
7
Elastic Heart
12 Oct 13 79
2
5
Beautiful Pain
16 Nov 13 67
2
6
Battle Cry
29 Mar 14 70
1
Chandelier
12 Jul 14 6-9-11-16-18-14-20-21-22-25-30-29-30-30-35-36-34-28-22-3337-40-21-38-31-29/24-22-19-22-25-25-24-22-20-27-30-30-3229-32-35
341
1000 FORMS OF FEAR
19 Jul 14 11-35-70-xx-xx-60
28
5
Guts Over Fear
25 Oct 14 10-27-43-63
30
1000 FORMS OF FEAR {re}
8 Nov 14 30-33
13
1000 FORMS OF FEAR {re}
10 Jan 15 72-15-15-25-15-13-11-12-16-16-19-22-24-5-6-7
259
7
Elastic Heart {ri}
17 Jan 15 61-13-11-11-12-12-11-14-19-21-22-23-10-15-20
177
1
with Zero 7; 2 with Sophie; 3 with David Guetta; 4 with Flo-rida; 5 with Eminem; 6 with Angel Haze; 7 with The
Weeknd/Diplo
19 Mar 83
13 Aug 83
21 Jul 84
11 Aug 84
1 Jun 85
21 Sep 85
Michael Shrieve (drummer with Santana)
THROUGH THE FIRE1
19 May 84
1
with Sammy Hagar, Schon, Aaronson
Shrink (Holland, dance production trio)
Nervous Breakdown
10 Oct 98
Are You Ready To Party
19 Aug 00
89-98
87-91-78-83-85
81-67-52-60-58-85
85
94
95-88
92
42-69
39-66
Shut Up & Dance (Stoke Newington, London, Acid House duo Philip Johnson and Carl Hyman)
£20 To Get In
21 Apr 90 64-60-56-84
Lamborghini
28 Jul 90 55-65
Derek Went Mad
2 Feb 91 81-89
Autobiography Of A Crackhead/The Green Man
8 Feb 92 43-56
Raving I'm Raving1
30 May 92 2-15
DEATH IS NOT THE END
27 Jun 92 38-42
The Art Of Moving Butts
15 Aug 92 69
Save It 'Til The Mourning After
1 Apr 95 25-37-48
I Love U2
8 Jul 95 68
1
2
with Peter Bouncer; with Richie Davies & Professor T
Shy (Birmingham, UK, rock quintet)
Girl
Break Down The Walls
EXCESS ALL AREAS
Give It All You've Got
Money
19 Apr 80
14 Mar 87
11 Apr 87
21 Oct 89
20 Jan 90
61-60-73
80-93
74-84
85-96
95
29
2
5
18
1
1
2
1
1
12
5
7
102
12
7
2
7
50
6
1
15
2
15
8
2
2
2
1
Shy FX (=Andre Williams; UK dance producer)
133
Original Nuttah1
1 Oct 94 39-41-71
10
Bambaata 2012
20 Mar 99 60
2
2
Shake Ur Body
6 Apr 02 7-13-18-20-22-31-38-47-66-75-57
86
3
Don't Wanna Know
23 Nov 02 19-34-43-58
20
Wolf
28 Dec 02 60
2
4
Feelin' U
7 Jun 03 34-60
7
5
Everyday/Feelings Don't Rush
21 Jan 06 75
1
6
Light Up (The World)
28 Jan 12 50
3
7
Cloud 9
2 Nov 13 62
2
1
2
3
4
5
with UK Apachi; with T Power & Di; with T-Power, Di & Skibadee; with T-Power & Kele Le Roc; with T
6
7
Power & Top Cat; with Yasmin & Ms Dynamite; with Ms Dynamite
Siam Siam
Something Ain't Right
1
with D. C. Lee
13 Oct 90
83-86-98
Frank Sidebottom (=Chris Sievey; Timperley, Manchester, UK; former member of the Freshies)
Popular Medley/Bohemian Rhapsody 31 Aug 85 97
Oh Blimey It's Christmas
28 Dec 85 87
Guess Who's Been On Match Of The Day
10 Jul 10 66
Labi Siffre (Bayswater, London, UK, singer-songwriter)
THE SINGER AND THE SONG
17 Jul 71 47
It Must Be Love
27 Nov 71 42-27-17-16-15-13-14/19-23-31-33-40
Crying Laughing Loving Lying
25 Mar 72 33-23-20-11-13-15-18-43-45
Crying Laughing Loving Lying {re} 21 Oct 72 46
Watch Me
29 Jul 72 43-33-32-29-32-42
3
3
4
1
1
2
589
2
159
122
6
50
CRYING LAUGHING LOVING LYING
7 Oct 72
(Something Inside) So Strong
28 Mar 87
Nothing's Gonna Change
14 Nov 87
Listen To The Voices
1 Oct 88
46
78-65-46-31-18-16-7-4-4-9-15-26-45-67
95-68-52-59-73
87-81
2
217
14
2
Bunny Sigler (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; songwriter and record producer for Philadelphia International Records)
9
Let The Good Times Roll/Girl Don't Let Me Wait
6 Mar 76 53-51
9
Sigma (Leeds, Yorkshire, UK)
Nobody To Love
19 Apr 14
Changing1
27 Sep 14
Higher2
4 Apr 15
1
with Paloma Faith; 2 with Labrinth
Signal 1 & Signal 2
Standing Together
3 Jun 06
790
1-2-3-4-5-7-11-18-19-24-26-31-31-32-33-39-42-45-49-54-5461-61-65-71-74
395
1-2-4-8-7-8-11-15-19-27-42-45-46-42-53/33-32-37-36-45-4752-57-55-62-67-73
364
12-25-34-46
31
67-67
Signum (Holland, dance production duo Pascal Minnaard and Ronald Hagen)
What Ya Got 4 Me
28 Nov 98 70
Coming On Strong1
31 Jul 99 66
What Ya Got 4 Me {re}
9 Feb 02 35-48-74
1
Coming On Strong {re}
29 Jun 02 50
1
with Scott Mac
4
4
15
1
2
9
3
Sigue Sigue Sputnik (London, UK, New Wave sextet formed by ex-Generation X guitarist Tony James)
Love Missile F1-11
1 Mar 86 7-3-3-10-17-31-41-57-68-xx-xx-98-xx-xx-xx-xx-99
21st Century Boy
7 Jun 86 22-20-31-46-68-xx-80
FLAUNT IT
9 Aug 86 10-14-28-47-74-99
Success
19 Nov 88 31-31-54
Dancerama
25 Mar 89 78-50-65
DRESS FOR EXCESS
15 Apr 89 53
Albinoni Vs Star Wars
20 May 89 75-85
273
180
46
12
22
9
2
2
Sigur Ros (Reykjavik, Iceland, rock quartet)
AGAETIS BYRJUN
26 Aug 00 52
()
9 Nov 02 49
( ) {re}
24 May 03 72
TAKK
24 Sep 05 16-50
Hoppipolla
10 Dec 05 35
Hoppipolla {re}
8 Apr 06 75-57-65-56-44-24-26-36-51-70
TAKK {re}
15 Apr 06 66-61-57-50-42-35-40-54-66
HVARF/HEIM
17 Nov 07 23-51
MED SUD I EYRUM VID SPILUM ENDALAUST
5 Jul 08 5-20-32-60-64
INNI
19 Nov 11 45
VALTARI
9 Jun 12 8-48
KVEIKUR
29 Jun 13 9-45
216
2
3
1
18
5
37
29
12
52
4
27
26
Sil (Holland, dance production duo Olav Basoski and DJ Ziki; Ziki is also a member of Chocolate Puma and Goodmen)
2
Windows '98
11 Apr 98 58
2
Silencers (London, new wave quartet formed by former members of Fingerprintz)
I See Red
20 Feb 88 93
Painted Moon
18 Jun 88 77-67-57-57-73
Answer Me
5 Nov 88 89-92
The Real McCoy
21 Jan 89 81-87
Scottish Rain
27 May 89 71-72-94
DANCE TO THE HOLY MAN
23 Mar 91 39-61
I Can Feel It
15 May 93 62
SECONDS OF PLEASURE
5 Jun 93 52
Silent Running (Belfast, UK; new wave quintet)
When The 12th Of Never Comes
20 Aug 83
Young Hearts
7 Jul 84
No Faith Is Blind
28 Sep 85
88-83
92-97
97-85
29
1
13
2
2
3
4
2
2
6
2
2
2
Silent Underdog (=Paul Hardcastle; London, UK dance producer)
Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag
2 Feb 85 89-78-73-78
4
4
Silhouettes
Hot Licks
3
3
15 Aug 81
b-b-b
Silicone Soul (Glasgow, UK; dance production duo Graeme Reddie and Craig Morrison)
Right On!
6 Oct 01 15-22-27-46-xx-xx-xx-68
33
33
Silje (=Silje Nergaard; Norway, pop singer)
Tell Me Where You're Going
14 Apr 90
Tell Me Where You're Going {re}
1 Dec 90
Fall
21 Jul 90
Tell Me Where You're Going
12 Jan 91
95-91-89-85
82-78-64-63-66-60
79-89
55-66-80
27
4
15
2
6
Silk (Atlanta, Georgia, USA; soul sextet)
Freak Me
24 Apr 93
Girl U For Me
5 Jun 93
Baby It's You
9 Oct 93
Freak Me {ri}
26 Feb 94
74-49-46-55-67
67-68
44-49
72
25
13
4
7
1
J. M. Silk (Chicagio, USA; house duo Steve "Silk" Hurley and Keith Nunnally)
I Can't Turn Around
25 Oct 86 65-62-73
Let The Music Take Control
7 Mar 87 57-47-62
She's So Far Away
27 Jun 87 80-84
22
7
13
2
Silkie (Hull, UK; folk-rock quartet)
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away 25 Sep 65
53
53
45-33-30-28-28-34
Silsoe (=Rod Argent; former keyboards player with Argent and also known as Rodriguez Argentina)
Aztec Gold (The Official ITV Theme For The World Cup)
14 Jun 86 88-51-48-50-73
Lucie Silvas (Kingston upon Thames, UK, pop singer)
It's Too Late
17 Jun 00 62
What You're Made Of
16 Oct 04 7-11-17-28-39-44-58
17
17
384
2
69
BREATHE IN
BREATHE IN {re}
23 Oct 04
22 Jan 05
Breathe In
The Game Is Won
BREATHE IN {re}
Don't Look Back
THE SAME SIDE
29 Jan 05
14 May 05
23 Jul 05
6 Aug 05
24 Mar 07
John Silver (Germany; dance DJ)
Come On Over
25 Jan 03
11-25-43-58
59-16-11-11-16-17-16-20-31-43-56-65-55-51-48-35-22-2538-49-64
6-12-15-17-31-52-62
38-52
63-50-41-50-59-63
34-49
62
35-52
Silver Bullet (UK, duo Richard Brown and DJ Mo)
20 Seconds To Comply
9 Dec 89 41-35-26-25-18/11-17-25-43-59
Bring Forth The Guillotine
3 Mar 90 54-45-48-50-70
Undercover Anarchist
13 Apr 91 35-33-44-71
BRING DOWN THE WALLS NO LIMIT SQUAD RETURNS
4 May 91 38-59
Silver Bullet Band (Bob Seger’s backing band)
Bring Forth The Guillotine
2 Sep 89
Silverchair (Newcastle, Australia, Rock trio)
Pure Massacre
29 Jul 95
Tomorrow
9 Sep 95
FROGSTOMP
23 Sep 95
FREAK SHOW
15 Feb 97
Freak
5 Apr 97
Abuse Me
19 Jul 97
NEON BALLROOM
27 Mar 99
Ana's Song
15 May 99
70-81-77-81
71
59-74
49
38-74
34-57
40-66
29-73
45
Silver City (UK, pop duo Greg Fenton and Simon Bradshaw)
Love Infinity
30 Oct 93 62
34
169
76
8
16
8
2
8
8
152
111
21
16
4
4
4
34
1
3
2
4
8
7
5
4
2
2
Silver Convention (Munich, Germany; Europop trio formed by producer Michael Kunze and writer Silvester Levay)
398
Save Me
5 Apr 75 50-44-46-35-30-30-34
53
Fly Robin Fly
15 Nov 75 45-31-28-28-33-34-42-49
64
Get Up And Boogie
20 Mar 76 57-52-45-26-21-10-9-7-8-12-19-25-33
195
Tiger Baby/No No Joe
19 Jun 76 48-46-41-43
24
Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Love
22 Jan 77 57-47-28-25-30-37-44
55
Telegram
9 Apr 77 57
4
SILVER CONVENTION: GREATEST HITS
18 Jun 77 34-55-59
3
Silverfish (London, UK, quartet)
ORGAN FAN
27 Jun 92
65
1
1
Silver Ring Choir
BALLADS AND TRADITIONAL SONGS {mlp}
10 May 69 16-16
10
Dooley Silverspoon (Lancaster, South Carolina, USA, pop singer)
Let Me Be The No.1
31 Jan 76 48-44-49
16
16
10
Silver Sun (Darlington, UK; rock quartet)
Lava
2 Nov 96
Last Day
22 Feb 97
Golden Skin
3 May 97
SILVER SUN
24 May 97
Julia
5 Jul 97
Lava
18 Oct 97
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
20 Jun 98
I'll See You Around
26 Sep 98
NEO WAVE
17 Oct 98
54
48
32-57
30
51
35-66
20-33-41-73
26-52
74
Tim Simenon (London; founder of Bomb The Bass)
Love So True
2 Feb 91 84
Harry Simeone Chorale (USA, choir formed by Harry Simeone)
Little Drummer Boy
14 Feb 59 22-13-13-16-18-21-24
Onward Christian Soldiers
24 Dec 60 35-xx-38
Golden Hits Of The Harry Simeone Chorale EP
9 Dec 61 20-20-16-14-8
Onward Christian Soldiers {re}
23 Dec 61 43-36-41
Golden Hits Of The Harry Simeone Chorale EP {re}
13 Jan 62 11
Golden Hits Of The Harry Simeone Chorale EP {re}
29 Dec 62 13-18
Onward Christian Soldiers {re}
22 Dec 62 44-38
Simian (Manchester, UK; electric rock quartet)
La Breeze
14 Jun 03
We Are Your Friends1
15 Jul 06
1
with Justice
55
20-30-34-39-47-56-72-69-65-73
60
3
3
9
4
3
7
20
10
1
1
1
246
110
15
53
21
13
21
13
40
3
37
Simian Mobile Disco (London, UK; dance duo James Ford and Jas Shaw who were former members of Simian)
ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE
30 Jun 07 59
Audacity Of Huge
15 Aug 09 60
TEMPORARY PLEASURE
29 Aug 09 39
UNPATTERNS
26 May 12 74
10
Similou (Gothenberg, Sweden; electronic music duo)
All This Love
5 Aug 06 49-20-21-33-47-69
32
32
Gene Simmons (USA, former lead singer with Kiss)
Radioactive
27 Jan 79 57-41-49-63
19
19
Simon (=Simon Pearson; dance producer)
Free At Last
31 Mar 01
36-58
2
2
5
1
7
7
CHARTWATCH 109
17
Rnk
Pts
Song
Writers
Hit versions
27
965
She Loves You
Beatles (1, 1963), Ted Chippington (77, 1986)
28
29
959
956
Cara Mia
It’s Only Make Believe
John Winston Lennon, Paul
James McCartney
Lee Lange, Tulio Trapani
Conway Twitty, Jack Nance
30
947
Oh Mein Papa
31
941
Umbrella
32
920
It’s All In The Game
33
915
Mary’s Boy Child
34
897
Mack The Knife
(Theme From The
Threepenny Opera)
Kurt Weill, Bertholt Brecht, Mark
Blitzstein
35
879
Sex On Fire
36
875
You Got The
Love/You Got The
Dirtee Love
37
38
868
867
Baby Come Back
Give Me Your Word
Matthew Followill, Caleb
Followill, Jared Followill, Nathan
Followill
John Bellamy, Arnecia Michelle
Harris, Anthony B. Stephens
(+Maxwell, Dylan Kwabena
Mills)
Edmund Grant
Irving Taylor, George Wyle
39
865
Sugar Sugar
Jeff Barry, Andy Kim
40
851
Stranger In Paradise
George Forrest, George Wright
41
844
Only You (And You
Alone)
Buck Ram, Ande Rand
42
837
Rose Marie
43
836
44
833
45
831
What Do You Want To
Make Those Eyes At
Me For
Memories Are Made
Of This
Green Door
Rudolf Friml, Otto Harbach,
Oscar Hammerstein II
Joseph McCarthy, Jimmy
Monaco, Howard Johnson
46
818
47
Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner,
Paul Burhard
Christopher ‘Tricky’ Stewart,
Terius ‘The-Dream’ Nash,
Harrell, Jay-Z [=Shawn C. Carter]
Charles Gates Dawes, Carl
Sigman
Jester Hairston
Terry Gilkyson, Frank Miller,
Richard Dehr
Marvin Moore, Bob Davie
Wally De Backer, Bonfa
815
Somebody That I Used
To Know
When I Fall In Love
48
813
Axel F
Harold Faltermeyer
49
810
50
=
52
806
806
801
Release Me (And Let
Me Love Again)
Diana
Think Twice
Wake Me Up
Eddie Miller, W. S. Stevenson
[=Dub Williams], Bob Harris
Paul Anka
Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield
Tim Bergling, Arash Pournouri,
Aloe Blacc, Michael Einziger
53
799
With A Little Help
From My Friends
John Winston Lennon, Paul
James McCartney
Edward Heyman, Victor Young
David Whitfield (1, 1954)
Conway Twitty (1, 1958), Billy Fury (10,
1964), Glen Campbell (4, 1970), Child (10,
1978)
Eddie Calvert (1, 1953), Eddie Fisher (9, 1954)
Rihanna ft Jay-Z (1, 2007), Manic Street
Preachers (47, 2008)
Tommy Edwards (1, 1958), Cliff Richard (2,
1963), Four Tops (5, 1970), Carmel (81, 1987)
Harry Belafonte (1, 1957), Nina & Frederick
(26, 1959), Boney M (1, 1978)
Dick Hyman Trio (9, 1956), Billy Vaughn (12,
1956), Louis Armstrong (8, 1956), Bobby
Darin (1, 1959), Ella Fitzgerald (19, 1960),
King Kurt (55, 1984)
Kings Of Leon (1, 2008)
Source ft Candi Staton (3, 1986), Solitaire (63,
2005), Florence & The Machine (5, 2009),
Florence & The Machine ft Dizzee Rascal (2+,
2010)
Equals (1, 1968), Pato Banton (1, 1994)
Tennessee Ernie Ford (1, 1955), Billy Fury
(27, 1966)
Archies (1, 1969), Sakkarin (12, 1971), Duke
Baysee (30, 1994)
Tony Bennett (1, 1955), Tony Martin (6,
1955), Four Aces (6, 1955), Eddie Calvert (14,
1955), Bing Crosby (17, 1955), Don Cornell
(19, 1955)
Hilltoppers (3, 1956), Platters (5, 1956), Mark
Wynter (38, 1964), Jeff Collins (40, 1972),
Ringo Starr (28, 1974), Child (33, 1979), John
Alford (9, 1996)
Slim Whitman (1, 1955)
Emile Ford & The Checkmates (1, 1959),
Shakin’ Stevens (5, 1987)
Dean Martin (1, 1956), Dave King (5, 1956),
Drifters (57, 1966), Val Doonican (11, 1967)
Jim Lowe (8, 1956), Frankie Vaughan (2,
1956), Glen Mason (24, 1956), Wynder K.
Frog (54, 1967), Shakin’ Stevens (1, 1981)
Gotye ft Kimbra (1, 2012), Walk Off The
Earth (80, 2012), Glee Cast (48, 2012)
Nat ‘King’ Cole (2, 1957), Donny Osmond (4,
1973), Rick Astley (2, 1987)
Harold Faltermeyer (2, 1985), Clock (7, 1995),
Spacecorn (74, 2001), Crazy Frog (1, 2005)
Engelbert Humperdinck (1, 1967), Mike
Flowers Pops (39, 1996)
Paul Anka (1, 1957)
Celine Dion (1, 1994)
Spark Productions (26, 2013), Avicii (1, 2013),
Red Hot Chilli Pipers (54, 2014), Aloe Blacc
(69, 2014), Gareth Malone’s All Star Choir (1,
2014)
Young Idea (10, 1967), Joe Brown (32, 1967),
Joe Cocker (1, 1968), Wet Wet Wet (1, 1988),
18
CHARTWATCH 109
=
799
I Gotta Feeling
Will.i.am [=William James
Adams Jr], Allan Pineda, Jaime
Gomez, Stacy Ferguson, David
Guetta, Frederic Riesterer
Robert Marcucci, Peter De
Angelis
Acker Bilk, Robert Mellin
55
798
Why
56
797
Stranger On The Shore
57
791
58
59
60
788
786
784
Brown Girl In The
Ring
Hips Don’t Lie
Candle In The Wind
Empire State Of
Mind/Empire State Of
Mind (Part II)
61
62
63
780
778
775
Rivers Of Babylon
Someone Like You
Three Lions
64
771
Tragedy
65
768
You’ll Never Walk
Alone
66
763
67
760
(Is This The Way To)
Amarillo
It’s Now Or Never
=
760
I Remember You
69
756
When
Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold,
Eduardo di Capua
Victor Schertzinger, Johnny
Mercer
Paul Evans, Jack Reardon
70
750
True Love
Cole Porter
71
72
749
748
Fairytale Of New York
We Found Love
73
746
74
745
Lion Sleeps
Tonight/Wimoweh
What A Wonderful
World
Shane MacGowan, Jerri Finer
Adam Richard Wiles [=Calvin
Harris]
traditional
75
743
Poker Face
76
739
77
736
Little Things Mean A
Lot
Blurred Lines
78
735
Who’s Sorry Now
79
733
Here In My Heart
80
727
Light My Fire
=
727
Killing Me Softly With
Frank Farian, George Reyam,
Brent Dowe, Trevor McNaughton
Shakira Mebarak, Wyclef Jean
Elton John, Bernie Taupin
Alicia Keys [=Alicia J. AugelloCook], Shux [=Alexander
Shuckburgh], Jay-Z [=Shawn C.
Carter], Jane't Sewell-Ulepic,
Angela Hunte, Bert Keyes, Sylvia
Robinson
traditional, Frank Farian [arr.]
Adele Adkins, Dan Wilson
Ian Broudie, David Baddiel,
Frank Skinner
Barry Alan Gibb, Robin Hugh
Gibb, Maurice Ernest Gibb
Richard Rodgers, Oscar
Hammerstein II
Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield
George David Weiss, George
Douglas [=Bob Thiele]
Lady GaGa [=Stefani Joanne
Angelina Germanotta], RedOne
[=Nadir Khayat]
Carl Stutz, Edith Lindeman
Pharrell L. Williams, Robin
Thicke
Bert Kalmer, Harry Ruby, Ted
Snyder
Bill Borrelli, Lou Levinson, Pat
Genaro
John Densmore, Robert Krieger,
Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison
Norman Gimbel, Charles Fox
Sam & Mark (1, 2004)
Black Eyed Peas (1, 2009)
Anthony Newley (1, 1960), Frankie Avalon
(20, 1960), Donny Osmond (3, 1972)
Acker Bilk (2, 1961), Andy Williams (30,
1962), Roger Whittaker (95, 1983)
Boney M (1*, 1978)
Shakira ft Wyclef Jean (1, 2006)
Elton John (11, 1974; 5, 1988; 1*, 1997)
Jay-Z ft Alicia Keys (2, 2009), Alicia Keys (4,
2009), Glee Cast (35, 2011)
Boney M (1*, 1978)
Adele (1, 2011)
Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds (1, 1996
& 1, 1998)
Bee Gees (1, 1979), Steps (1*, 1998)
Gerry & The Pacemakers (1, 1963), Elvis
Presley (44, 1968), Crowd (1, 1985), Luciano
Pavarotti, Placido Domingo & José Carreras
with Mehta (35, 1998)
Tony Christie (1, 1971), Santa (30, 2005)
Elvis Presley (1, 1960)
Frank Ifield (1, 1962)
Kalin Twins (1, 1958), Showaddywaddy (3,
1977)
Bing Crosby & Grace Kelly (4, 1956), Terry
Lightfoot & His New Orleans Jazzmen (33,
1961), Richard Chamberlain (30, 1963),
Shakin’ Stevens (23, 1988), Elton John & Kiki
Dee (2, 1993)
Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl (2, 1987)
Rihanna ft Calvin Harris (1, 2011), Cover Girl
(54, 2011)
Tokens (11, 1961), Karl Denver (4, 1962),
Dave Newman (34, 1972), Tight Fit (1, 1982)
Louis Armstrong (1, 1968), Nick Cave &
Shane MacGowan (72, 1992), Cliff Richard
(11, 2001), Eva Cassidy & Katie Melua (1,
2007)
Lady GaGa (1, 2009), Glee Cast (27, 2010)
Kitty Kallen (1, 1954), Alma Cogan (11 1954),
Dana (92, 1985)
Robin Thicke ft Ti & Pharrell (1, 2013)
Johnny Ray (17, 1956), Connie Francis (1,
1958)
Al Martino (1, 1952)
Doors (7, 1967), Jose Feliciano (6, 1968),
Amii Stewart (5, 1979), Mike Flowers Pops
(39, 1996), UB40 (63, 2000), Will Young (1,
2002)
Roberta Flack (6, 1973), Fugees (1, 1996),
CHARTWATCH 109
His Song
Two Tribes
=
727
Peter Gill, Holly Johnson, Mark
O’Toole
Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
83
723
=
723
Whatever Will Be,
Will Be (Que Sera
Sera)
Somethin’ Stupid
85
86
87
88
722
720
719
718
Side Saddle
All Shook Up
Hey! Baby
Softly, Softly
89
717
=
717
The Last Waltz/La
Derniere Valse
I Feel Love
91
716
Moves Like Jagger
92
714
The Power Of Love
93
710
Party Rock Anthem
94
706
Magic Moments
95
705
Don’t Cry For Me
Argentina
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
96
704
In The Summertime
97
703
98
701
Green, Green Grass Of
Home
You’re Beautiful
99
696
I’ll Be Home
100
694
Rhythm Is A Dancer
101
102
693
692
=
104
692
688
All Of Me
Why Do Fools Fall In
Love
Uptown Girl
I Got You Babe
Ray Dorset (+Orville Burrell,
Robert Livingston)
Curly Putnam Jr, Jimmie Crane,
Al Jacobs
Sacha Skarbek, Amanda Ghost,
James Blunt
Stan Lewis, Ferdinand
Washington
Benito Benites, John Garrett III,
Thea Austin, Darron Butler
Toby Gad, John Stephens
Frankie Lymon, George Goldner
=
=
688
688
Summer Nights
Don’t Stop Believin’
107
687
Valerie
108
684
=
684
Just Walkin’ In The
Rain
Imagine
=
684
I Will Survive
Carson C. Parks
Trevor Stanford
Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
Margaret Cobb, Bruce Channel
Pierre Dudan, Mark Paul, Paddy
Roberts
Les Reed, Barry Mason
Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte,
Donna Summer
Adam Levine, Benny Blanco
[=Benjamin Levin], Ammar
Malik, Shellback [=Johan Karl
Schuster]
Gunther Mende, Candy de Rouge,
Jennifer Rush, Susan Applegate
Stefan Kendal Gordy, Skyler
Gordy, Jamahl Listenbee, Peter
Schroeder
Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Billy Joel
Sonny Bono
Warren Casey, Jimmy Jacobs
Jonathan Cain, Steve Perry, Neal
Schon
Sean Payne, David McCabe, Abi
Harding, Boyan Chowdhury,
Russell Pritchard
Johnny Brag, Robert Riley
John Winston Lennon
Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren
19
Leah McFall (36, 2013)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1, 1984)
Doris Day (1, 1956), Hermes House Band (53,
2002)
Frank & Nancy Sinatra (1, 1967), Ali & Kibibi
Campbell (30, 1995), Robbie Williams &
Nicole Kidman (1, 2001)
Russ Conway (1, 1959)
Elvis Presley (1, 1957), Billy Joel (27, 1992)
Bruce Channel (2, 1962), DJ Ötzi (1, 2001)
Ruby Murray (1, 1955), Equals (48, 1968)
Engelbert Humperdinck (1, 1967), Mireille
Mathieu (26, 1967)
Donna Summer (1, 1977 & 8, 1995), Bronski
Beat & Marc Almond (3*, 1985), Fax Yourself
& Carrie Ann (86, 1990), Messiah & Precious
Wilson (19, 1992), Vanessa-Mae (41, 1997)
Maroon 5 ft Christina Aguilera (2, 2011)
Jennifer Rush (1, 1985), Celine Dion (4,
1994), Fits Of Gloom ft Lizzy Mack (49,
1994)
LMFAO ft Lauren Bennett & GoonRock (1,
2011)
Perry Como (1*, 1958), Ronnie Hilton (22,
1958)
Julie Covington (1, 1976), Shadows (5, 1978),
Sinead O’Connor (53, 1992), Madonna (3,
1996), Mike Flowers Pops (30, 1996), Glee
Cast (67, 2011)
Mungo Jerry (1, 1970), Shaggy & Rayvon (5+,
1995)
Tom Jones (1, 1966), Elvis Presley (29, 1975),
Katherine Jenkins (62, 2006)
James Blunt (1, 2005)
Pat Boone (1, 1956)
Snap! (1, 1992)
John Legend (2, 2014)
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers (1, 1956),
Alma Cogan (22, 1956), Diana Ross (4, 1981)
Billy Joel (1, 1983), Westlife (1, 2001)
Sonny & Cher (1, 1965), UB40 & Chrissie
Hynde (1, 1985), Cher with Beavis & Butthead (35, 1994), Avid Merrion, Davina
McCall & Patsy Kensit (5, 2004)
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (1, 1978)
Journey (6, 1982), Glee Cast (2, 2009)
Zutons (9, 2006), Mark Ronson ft Amy
Winehouse (2, 2007)
Johnny Ray (1, 1956)
John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (1,
1975), Randy Crawford (60, 1982), Glee Cast
(57, 2010)
Gloria Gaynor (1, 1979), Billie Jo Spears (47,
1979), Diana Ross (14, 1996), Chantay Savage
20
CHARTWATCH 109
=
112
684
683
Bleeding Love
Rather Be
Ryan Tedder, Jesse McCartney
James Napier, Jack Patterson,
Marshall
Paul James McCartney, Denny
Laine
Siobhan Fahey, Marcella Detroit
[=Marcy Levy], Guiot
Theodore F. Morse, Edward
Madden
Josh Ramsay, Carly Rae Jepsen,
Tavish Crowe
113
682
Mull Of Kintyre
=
682
Stay
115
681
Two Little Boys
=
681
Call Me Maybe
117
679
The White Cliffs Of
Dover
Nat Burton, Walter Kent
=
679
Wooden Heart
=
120
679
678
121
122
676
675
Wonderful Land
Three Coins In The
Fountain
Tears
The Loco-Motion
Berthold Kaempfert, Kay
Twomey, Fred Wise, Ben
Wiseman [=Ben Weisman]
Jerry Lordan
Sammy Cahn, Jules Styne
123
674
Wonder Of You
Baker Knight
124
673
Around The World
Victor Young, Harold Adamson
=
673
You Belong To Me
126
127
672
671
Counting Stars
Wayward Wind
Chilton Price, Pee Wee King,
Redd Stewart
Ryan Tedder
Stan Lebowsky, Herb Newman
=
671
Whiter Shade Of Pale
Keith Reid, Gary Brooker
=
671
Johnny Remember Me
Geoffrey Goddard
130
670
It’s Almost Tomorrow
Gene Adkinson, Wade Buff
=
670
You’ve Lost That
Lovin’ Feelin’
Phil Spector, Barry Mann,
Cynthia Weil
132
668
Happy Wanderer
133
665
Eternal Flame
134
663
Believe
135
662
I Only Want To Be
With You
Friedrich Wilhelm Moller,
Antonia Ridge
Susanna Hoffs, William
Steinberg, Thomas Kelly
Brian Thomas Higgins, Paul
Barry, Steve Torch, Gray,
McLennan, Timothy Powell
Mike Hawker, Ivor Raymonde
136
137
=
139
660
655
655
653
Such A Night
Hold My Hand
Tie A Yellow Ribbon
Let's Twist Again
Lincoln Chase
Richard Meyers, Jack Lawrence
Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown
Kal Mann, Dave Appell
=
653
From Me To You
141
652
Get Lucky
John Winston Lennon, Paul
James McCartney
Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel
de Homem-Christo, Pharrell L.
Frank Capano, Billy Uhr
Gerry Goffin, Carole King
(12, 1996), Cake (29, 1997), Leah McFall (8,
2013)
Leona Lewis (1, 2007)
Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne (1, 2014)
Wings (1, 1977)
Shakespear’s Sister (1, 1992)
Rolf Harris (1, 1969), Splodgenessabounds
(26, 1980), Fron Male Voice Choir (57, 2008)
Carly Rae Jepsen (1, 2012), Carly Rae Jepsen
Tribute Team (49, 2012), Hit Masters (72,
2012)
Acker Bilk (30, 1960), Righteous Brothers (21,
1966), Robson Green & Jerome Flynn (1*,
1995)
Elvis Presley (1, 1961)
Shadows (1, 1962)
Frank Sinatra (1, 1954), Four Aces (5, 1954)
Ken Dodd (1, 1965)
Little Eva (2, 1962), Vernons Girls (47, 1962),
Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin (70, 1986),
Kylie Minogue (2, 1988)
Ronnie Hilton (22, 1959), Ray Peterson (23,
1959), Elvis Presley (1, 1970)
Ronnie Hilton (4, 1957), Bing Crosby (5,
1957), Gracie Fields (8, 1957), Mantovani (20,
1957)
Jo Stafford (1, 1952), Matchbox (15, 1980)
OneRepublic (1, 2013)
Jimmy Young (27, 1956), Tex Ritter (8, 1956),
Gogi Grant (9, 1956), Frank Ifield (1, 1963)
Procol Harum (1, 1967), Munich Machine (42,
1978), Ochi Brown (81, 1983), Annie Lennox
(16, 1995)
John Leyton (1, 1961), Meteors (66, 1983),
Bronski Beat & Marc Almond (3*, 1985),
Phantom Chords (80, 1990)
Dreamweavers (1, 1956), Mark Wynter (12,
1963)
Righteous Brothers (1, 1965), Cilla Black (2,
1965), Telly Savalas 947, 1975), Daryl Hall &
John Oates (55, 1980)
Obernkirchen Children’s Choir (2, 1954),
Stargazers (12, 1954)
Bangles (1, 1989), Atomic Kitten (1, 2001)
Cher (1, 1998)
Dusty Springfield (4, 1963), Bay City Rollers
(4, 1976), Tourists (4, 1979), Samantha Fox
(16, 1989)
Johnny Ray (1, 1954), Elvis Presley (13, 1964)
Don Cornell (1, 1954)
Dawn (1, 1973)
Chubby Checker (2, 1961), John Asher (14,
1975)
Beatles (1, 1963), Jonathon Morris (80, 1989)
Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers
(1, 2013)
CHARTWATCH 109
Williams, Nile Rodgers
Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach
142
651
Smoke Gets In Your
Eyes
143
650
Woman In Love
Frank Loesser
144
649
Please Don’t Go
145
648
146
647
I’d Do Anything For
Love (But I Won’t Do
That)
Crazy
Harry Wayne Casey, Richard
Finch
Jim Steinman
147
644
Sailing
148
642
Get Back
149
641
Mercy
150
=
639
639
=
639
A Fool Such As I
I Need Your Love
Tonight
Don’t Leave Me This
Way
=
639
Tainted Love
Ed Cobb
154
637
Dizzy
Tommy Roe, Freddy Weller
155
635
156
634
When The Going Gets
Tough, The Tough Get
Going
Reet Petite
Wayne Braithwaite, Barry J.
Eastmond, Robert John ‘Mutt’
Lange, Billy Ocean
Tyran Carlo, Berry Gordy Jr
=
634
Rudy Clark
=
=
634
634
It’s In His Kiss/The
Shoop Shoop Song
My Sweet Lord
Young Girl
=
634
Neville Holder, James Lee
161
632
Merry Xmas
Everybody
Twist And Shout
162
632
Stevie Wonder
163
164
165
=
=
631
628
623
623
623
168
=
170
621
621
620
I Just Called To Say I
Love You
Hound Dog
Albatross
Carolina Moon
Stupid Cupid
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s
My Brother
Telstar
The Young Ones
Wannabe
=
620
Use Somebody
Thomas Callaway, Brian Burton,
Gian Franco Reverberi, Gian
Piero Reverberi
Gavin Sutherland
John Winston Lennon, Paul
James McCartney
Stephen Andrew Booker, Aimee
Ann Duffy
Bill Trader
Sid Wayne, Bix Reichner
Kenneth Gamble, Leon A. Huff
George Harrison
Jerry Fuller
Phil Medley, Bert Berns [as Bert
Russell]
Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Peter Green
Joe Burke, Benny Davis
Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield
Bobby Russell, Bobby Scott
Joe Meek
Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett
Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown,
Melanie Chisholm, Geri
Halliwell, Victoria Beckham,
Richard Stannard, Matt Rowe
Matthew Followill, Caleb
21
Platters (1, 1959), Blue Haze (32, 1972),
Bryan Ferry (17, 1974), John Alford (13,
1996)
Frankie Laine (1, 1956), Four Aces (19, 1956),
Ronnie Hilton (30, 1956)
KC & The Sunshine Band (3, 1979), KWS (1,
1992), Double You? (41, 1992)
Meat Loaf (1, 1993)
Gnarls Barkley (1, 2006)
Rod Stewart (1, 1975), Ships Company &
Marine Band of HMS Ark Royal (57, 1977),
Rock Against Repatriation (89, 1990)
Beatles (1, 1969), Rod Stewart (11, 1976)
Duffy (1, 2008)
Elvis Presley (1*, 1959)
Elvis Presley (1*, 1959)
Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes (5, 1977),
Thelma Houston (13, 1977), Communards (1,
1986)
Soft Cell (1, 1981), Dave Phillips & The Hot
Rod Gang (98, 1983), Impedance (54, 1989),
Icon (51, 1996), Marilyn Manson (5, 2002),
Richard Grey (52, 2007)
Tommy Roe (1, 1969), Vic Reeves & the
Wonder Stuff (1, 1991)
Billy Ocean (1, 1986), Boyzone (1, 1999)
Jackie Wilson (1, 1957), Darts (51, 1979),
Pinky & Perky (47, 1993)
Betty Everett (34, 1968), Linda Lewis (6,
1975), Cher (1, 1991)
George Harrison (1, 1971)
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (1, 1968),
Precious Few (53, 1968), Joe Longthorne (61,
1994), Darren Day (42, 1994), Glee Cast (62,
2010)
Slade (1, 1973), Metal Gurus (55, 1990), Tony
Christie (49, 2005)
Isley Brothers (42, 1963), Brian Poole & The
Tremeloes (4, 1963), Who (87, 1984),
Salt’n’Pepa (4, 1998), Chaka Demus & Pliers,
Jack Radics & Taxi Gang (1, 1993), Beatles
(48, 2010)
Stevie Wonder (1, 1984)
Elvis Presley (2, 1956)
Fleetwood Mac (1, 1968)
Connie Francis (1*, 1958)
Connie Francis (1*, 1958)
Hollies (1, 1969), Bill Medley (25, 1988),
Justice Collective (1, 2012)
Tornados (1, 1962), Shadows (b, 1981)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows (1, 1962)
Spice Girls (1, 1996)
Kings Of Leon (2, 2008), Pixie Lott (41,
22
CHARTWATCH 109
Followill, Jared Followill, Nathan
Followill
John Merchant, Jodi Marr, Mika
[=Michael Holbroo Penniman],
Dan Warner
Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger,
Ryan Peake, Adair
Katy Perry [=Katheryn Elizabeth
Hudson], Lukasz Gottwald, Max
Martin, Dennis
George Michael
=
620
Grace Kelly
173
619
Rockstar
=
619
I Kissed A Girl
175
617
Last Christmas
176
616
177
612
It Doesn’t Matter
Anymore
Patience
=
612
Chasing Cars
179
611
American Pie
180
607
Everlasting Love
James ‘Buzz’ Cason, Mac
Gayden
181
606
Just Dance
182
=
605
605
Dream Lover
Rock-A-Hula Baby
=
=
605
605
Distant Drums
Titanium
186
187
=
604
603
603
Moulin Rouge
Cathy’s Clown
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep
Cheep
Lady GaGa [=Stefani Joanne
Angelina Germanotta], Aliaune
Abou Thiam, RedOne [=Nadir
Khayat]
Bobby Darin
Fred Wise, Dolores Fuller, Ben
Wiseman [=Ben Weisman]
Cindy Walker
David Guetta, Giorgio H.
Tuinfort, Nick Van De Wall, Sia
Kate Furler
Georges Auric, William Engvick
Don Everly, Phil Everly
Claudio Fabi, Harold Stott
189
602
Rule The World
190
599
Everything I Own
=
599
192
597
All I Want For
Christmas Is You
Pretend
=
597
Three Steps To Heaven
194
596
Ride On Time
195
595
196
594
Love Letters In The
Sand
Heartbreak Hotel
=
594
Puppy Love
Dan Hartman, Mirko Limoni,
Daniel Davoli, Valerio Semplici
J. Fred Coots, Charles Kenny,
Nick Kenny
Mae Boren Axton, Elvis Presley,
Tommy Durden
Paul Anka
198
592
The Story Of My Life
Burt Bacharach, Hal David
Paul Anka
Gary Barlow, Howard Donald,
Jason Orange, Mark Owen, John
Shanks
Gary Lightbody, Nathan
Connolly, Simpson, Johnny
Quinn, Wilson
Don McLean
Gary Barlow, Howard Donald,
Jason Orange, Mark Anthony
Owen
David Gates
Walter Afanasieff, Mariah Carey
Cliff Parman, Frank Levere, Lou
Douglas
Eddie Cochran
2009), Ultrabeat (100, 2009)
Mika (1, 2007)
Nickelback (2, 2007)
Katy Perry (1, 2008), Nicki Bliss (50, 2008)
Wham! (2, 1984), Whigfield (21, 1996), Alien
Voices ft The Three Degrees (54, 1998), Crazy
Frog (16, 2006), Cast Of The Only Way Is
Essex (33, 2011), Ariana Grande (92, 2013)
Buddy Holly (1, 1959)
Take That (1, 2006)
Snow Patrol (6, 2006)
Don McLean (2, 1972), Just Luis (31, 1995),
Chupito (54, 1995), Madonna (1, 2000)
Robert Knight (19, 1968), Love Affair (1,
1968), Rex Smith & Rachel Sweet (35, 1981),
Sandra (45, 1987), Worlds Apart (20, 1993),
Gloria Estefan (19, 1995), Cast From Casualty
(5, 1998), Jamie Cullum (10, 2004)
Lady GaGa ft Colby O’Donis (1, 2009)
Bobby Darin (1, 1959), Dana (b, 1982)
Elvis Presley (1*, 1962)
Jim Reeves (1, 1966)
David Guetta ft Sia (1, 2011), Jahmene
Douglas (94, 2013)
Mantovani (1, 1953)
Everly Brothers (1, 1960)
Middle Of The Road (1, 1971), Mac & Katie
Kissoon (41, 1971), Michael Courtney (64,
2002)
Take That (2, 2007)
Bread (32, 1972), Ken Boothe (1, 1974),
Crystal Gayle (93, 1983), Boy George (1,
1987)
Mariah Carey (2, 1994)
Nat ‘King’ Cole (2, 1953), Alvin Stardust (4,
1981)
Eddie Cochran (1, 1960), Showaddywaddy (2,
1975)
Black Box (1, 1989)
Pat Boone (2, 1957), Vince Hill (23, 1967)
Elvis Presley (2, 1956), Stan Freburg (24,
1956), Dread Zeppelin (83, 1990)
Paul Anka (33, 1960), Donny Osmond (1,
1972), S Club Juniors (6, 2002)
Michael Holliday (1, 1958), Gary Miller (14,
1958), Dave King (20, 1958), Alma Cogan
CHARTWATCH 109
=
200
592
591
Jailhouse Rock
Volare (Nel Blu
Dipinto Di Blu)
Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Franco Migliacci, Domengo
Modugno, Mitchell Parish
=
591
Those Were The Days
Gene Raskin
202
590
Apache
Jerry Lordan
203
204
589
587
Let Her Go
Mambo Italiano
Mike Rosenberg
Bob Merrill
=
206
=
208
587
585
585
584
209
583
=
583
Gangnam Style
Good Luck Charm
Thinking Out Loud
How Deep Is Your
Love
Don’t Go Breaking My
Heart
Take My Breath Away
Park Jae-Sang, Yoo Gun-hyung
Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold
Ed Sheeran, Wadge
Barry Alan Gibb, Robin Hugh
Gibb, Maurice Ernest Gibb
Elton John, Bernie Taupin [=Ann
Orson, Cart Blanche]
Giorgio Moroder, Tom Whitlock
211
=
582
582
Maggie May
Bright Eyes
Rod Stewart, Martin Quittenton
Mike Batt
213
=
581
581
Look At That Girl
Your Song
Bob Merrill
Elton John, Bernie Taupin
215
580
Elton John, Bernie Taupin
216
=
578
578
Something About The
Way You Look
Tonight
Wanted
Help!
218
219
576
574
I See The Moon
Garden Of Eden
Meredith Wilson
Dennise Norwood
=
574
Love The Way You
Lie
221
573
222
571
She Wears Red
Feathers
I Know Him So Well
Eminem [=Marshall Mathers III],
Alexander Grant, Holly
Hafferman
Bob Merrill
223
569
Because You’re Mine
Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn
=
569
Sealed With A Kiss
Peter Udell, Gary Gel
=
569
Sweets For My Sweet
=
569
Je T'Aime (Moi Non
Plus)/Fair Affair2
Jerome ‘Doc’ Pomus, Mort
Shuman
Serge Gainsbourg (1+David Croft,
Jeremy Lloyd) (2+Misty Oldland)
=
=
569
569
Knock Three Times
Price Tag
229
568
Runaway
=
568
We Are Young
John Fulton, Lois Steele
John Winston Lennon, Paul
James McCartney
Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus,
Tim Rice
Irwin Levine, L. Russell Brown
Jessica Ellen Cornish, Lukasz
Gottwald, Claude Kelly, Bobby
Ray Simmons Jr, Devlin
Charles Westover [=Del
Shannon], Max Crook
Nate Ruess, Jeffrey Bhasker, Jack
Antonoff, Andrew Dost
23
(25, 1958)
Elvis Presley (1, 1958)
Dean Martin (2, 1958), Domenico Modugno
(10, 1958), Marino Marini (13, 1958), Charlie
Drake (28, 1958), Bobby Rydell (22, 1960),
Gipsy Kings (86, 1989)
Mary Hopkin (1, 1968), Sandie Shaw (51,
1968)
Shadows (1, 1960), Bert Weedon (24, 1960),
Sugarhill Gang (b, 1982)
Passenger (2, 2013)
Rosemary Clooney (1, 1954), Dean Martin
(14, 1955), Shaft (12, 2000)
Psy (1, 2012)
Elvis Presley (1, 1962)
Ed Sheeran (1, 2014)
Bee Gees (3, 1977), Portrait (41, 1995), Take
That (1, 1996)
Elton John & Kiki Dee (1, 1976), Elton John
& RuPaul (7, 1994), Glee Cast (79, 2011)
Berlin (1, 1986), Soda Club ft Hannah Alethea
(16, 2002)
Rod Stewart (1*, 1971)
Art Garfunkel (1, 1979), Stephen Gately (3,
2000)
Guy Mitchell (1, 1953)
Elton John (7, 1971), Billy Paul (37, 1977),
Rod Stewart (41, 1992), Elton John &
Alessandro Safina (4, 2002), Ellie Goulding
(2, 2010)
Elton John (1*, 1997)
Al Martino (4, 1954), Perry Como (4, 1954)
Beatles (1, 1965), Tina Turner (40, 1984),
Bananarama & LaNaNeeNeeNooNoo (3,
1989)
Stargazers (1, 1954)
Frankie Vaughan (1, 1957), Gary Miller (14,
1957), Dick James (18, 1957), Joe Valino (23,
1957)
Eminem ft Rihanna (2, 2010)
Guy Mitchell (1, 1953)
Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson (1, 1984),
Steps (5, 2001), Peter Kay & Susan Boyle (11,
2011)
Mario Lanza (3, 1952), Nat ‘King’ Cole (7,
1952)
Brian Hyland (3, 1962), Jason Donovan (1,
1989)
Searchers (1, 1963), Tina Charles (26, 1977),
C. J. Lewis (3, 1994)
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg (1, 1969),
Judge Dread (9, 1975), Vicious Pink
Phenomena (84, 1983), Rene & Yvette1 (57,
1986), Misty Oldland2 (49, 1994)
Dawn (1, 1971)
Jessie J ft B.o.B (1, 2011)
Del Shannon (1, 1961)
Glee Cast (56, 2011), Fun ft Janelle Monae (1,
2012), Rainbow Mix (54, 2012), We Are
24
CHARTWATCH 109
231
567
Waves
Dennis Princewell Stehr,
Rahmouni
Bob Nolan
Slim Willett
232
=
566
566
234
565
Cool Water
Don’t Let The Stars
Get In Your Eyes
Always On My Mind
235
564
Bad Romance
236
563
No Other Love
237
562
I’m A Believer
238
561
Toni Wine, Carole Bayer Sager
=
561
A Groovy Kind Of
Love
Bridge Over Troubled
Water
=
561
Now You’re Gone
241
560
=
560
243
558
On The Street Where
You Live
I Don’t Want To Talk
About It
Travellin’ Light
Jonas Altberg [=Basshunter],
Nabuurs
Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
=
558
Dancing Queen
245
557
=
557
Long Haired Lover
From Liverpool
Mysterious Girl
=
557
Barbie Girl
248
=
=
556
556
556
Hoots Mon
Reason To Believe
All Right Now
Peter André, Oliver Jacobs, P.
Jacobs, Glen Goldsmith, Bobala
Soren Rasted, Claus Norreen,
Renè Dif, Lene Grawford
Nystrøm
Harry Robinson
Tim Hardin
Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers
251
556
Mad World
Roland Orzabal
252
555
Reach Out I’ll Be
There
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier,
Eddie Holland
=
555
Where Is The Love?
=
555
255
256
553
552
I Don’t Feel Like
Dancin’
Lovesick Blues
Just The Way You Are
(Amazing)
257
551
=
551
Save Your Kisses For
Me
4 Minutes
259
550
Only Sixteen
=
550
261
548
There Goes My
Everything
Especially For You
Will.i.am [=William James
Adams Jr], Allan Pineda, Jaime
Gomez, Justin Timberlake,
Michael Fratantuno, George
Pajon Jr, Printz Board
Jason Sellards, Scott Hoffman,
Elton John
Irving Mills, Clifford Friend
Bruno Mars [=Peter Hernandez],
Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine,
Khari Cain, Khalil Walton
Tony Hiller, Martin Lee, Lee
Sheridan
Justin Timberlake, Timothy Z.
Mosley, Danja [=Nathaniel Hills],
Madonna Louise Ciccone
Lou Adler, Herb Alpert, Sam
Cooke [as Barbara Campbell]
Dallas Frazier
Wayne Thompson, Mark James,
John Christopher
Lady GaGa [=Stefani Joanne
Angelina Germanotta], RedOne
[=Nadir Khayat]
Richard Rodgers, Oscar
Hammerstein II
Neil Diamond
Paul Simon
Danny Whitten
Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett
Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus,
Stig Anderson
Joe Young
Michael Stock, Matthew James
Young Singers (78, 2012)
Mr Probz (1, 2014)
Frankie Laine (2, 1955)
Perry Como (1, 1953)
Elvis Presley (9, 1972 & 59, 1985), Willie
Nelson (49, 1982), Pet Shop Boys (1, 1987)
Lady Gaga (1, 2009), Glee Cast (41, 2010)
Ronnie Hilton (1, 1956), Edmund Hockridge
(24, 1956), Johnston Brothers (22, 1956)
Monkees (1, 1967), Robert Wyatt (29, 1974),
EMF, Reeves & Mortimer (3, 1995)
Mindbenders (2, 1966), Phil Collins (1, 1988)
Simon & Garfunkel (1, 1970), Linda Clifford
(28, 1979), PJB ft Hannah & Her Sisters (21,
1991)
Basshunter ft DJ Mental Theo (1, 2008)
Vic Damone (1, 1958), David Whitfield (16,
1958)
Rod Stewart (1*, 1977), Everything But The
Girl (3, 1988)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows (1, 1959), Andy
Fairweather Low (59, 1976)
ABBA (1, 1976), Abbacadabra (57, 1992)
Little Jimmy Osmond (1, 1972)
Peter André & Bubbler Ranx (1, 1995)
Aqua (1, 1997), Samanda (26, 2007)
Lord Rockingham’s XI (1, 1958)
Rod Stewart (1*, 1971)
Free (2, 1970), Pepsi & Shirlie (50, 1987),
Lemonescent (37, 2004)
Tears For Fears (3, 1982), Michael Andrews ft
Gary Jules (1, 2003)
Four Tops (1, 1966), Merrilee Rush (51,
1969), Gloria Gaynor (14, 1975), Michael
Bolton (37, 1993)
Black Eyed Peas (1, 2003)
Scissor Sisters (1, 2006)
Frank Ifield (1, 1962)
Bruno Mars (1, 2010)
Brotherhood Of Man (1, 1976)
Madonna ft Justin Timberlake & Timbaland
(1, 2008), Glee Cast (42, 2010)
Craig Douglas (1, 1959), Sam Cooke (23,
1959), Al Saxon (24, 1959)
Engelbert Humperdinck (2, 1967), Elvis
Presley (6, 1971)
Kylie Minogue & Jason Donovan (1, 1988),
CHARTWATCH 109
Aitken, Peter Alan Waterman
traditional
262
546
Banana Boat Song
=
=
546
546
You Don’t Know
Call On Me
265
=
544
544
As I Love You
I Want You Back
=
544
You Are Not Alone
268
542
=
270
542
541
House Of The Rising
Sun
I Hear You Knocking
Dance Wiv Me
271
540
This Is My Song
=
540
Give Me Everything
273
539
The Great Pretender
=
539
Hey Jude
=
539
American Boy
276
538
You Can’t Hurry Love
277
536
Blue Moon
278
535
Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway
=
535
Something’s Gotten
Hold Of My Heart
Band Of Gold
=
535
Way I Are
281
534
=
534
I Want To Hold Your
Hand
Dancing In The Street
Keri Hilson, Balewa Mohammed,
Candice Nelson, Danja
[=Nathaniel Hills], Timothy Z.
Mosley, John Maultsby
John Winston Lennon, Paul
James McCartney
William Stevenson, Marvin Gaye
283
532
Oh Boy
=
532
=
=
=
288
=
532
532
532
531
531
=
=
292
531
531
529
Are You Lonesome
Tonight?
I Love You Because
Earth Song
Pompeii
Please Don’t Tease
You To Me Are
Everything
Mississippi
Don’t Cha
We Can Work It Out
=
529
Baker Street
=
529
Roar
Mike Hawker, John Schroeder
Eric Prydz, Steve Winwood,
Jennings
Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
Freddie Perren, Alphonso Mizell,
Berry Gordy Jr, Deke Richards
Robert Kelly
traditional
David Bartholomew, Pearl King
Dylan Kwabena Mills, Adam
Richard Wiles [=Calvin Harris],
Nicholas Donald Detnon, Tyrone
E. Paul
Charles Chaplin
Pitbull [=Armando Christian
Pérez], Van De Wall, Ne-Yo
[=Shaffer Chimere Smith]
Buck Ram
John Winston Lennon, Paul
James McCartney
Josh Lopez, Caleb Speir, Keith
Harris, Will.i.am [=William
James Adams Jr], Estelle Swaray,
Kanye Omari West, John
Stephens
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier,
Eddie Holland
Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Ronald Dunbar, Edith Wayne
Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman,
Sonny West
Roy Turk, Lou Handman
Leon Payne
Michael Jackson
Dan Smith
Bruce Welch, Peter Chester
Ken Gold, Michael Denne
Werner Theunissen
Thomas Callaway, Trevor Smith
John Winston Lennon, Paul
James McCartney
Gerry Rafferty
Katy Perry [=Katheryn Elizabeth
Hudson], Lukasz Gottwald, Max
25
Denise & Johnny (3, 1998)
Harry Belafonte (2, 1957), Shirley Bassey (8,
1957), Tarriers (15, 1957)
Helen Shapiro (1, 1961)
Eric Prydz (1, 2004)
Shirley Bassey (1, 1958)
Jackson 5 (2, 1970), Bananarama (5, 1988),
Cleopatra (4, 1998)
Michael Jackson (1, 1995), X Factor Finalists
2009 (1, 2009)
Animals (1, 1964), Frijid Pink (4, 1970), Rage
(41, 1993)
Dave Edmunds (1, 1970)
Dizzee Rascal, Calvin Harris & Chrome (1,
2008)
Petula Clark (1, 1967), Harry Secombe (2,
1967)
Pitbull ft Nayer, Afrojack & Ne-Yo (1, 2011)
Platters (5, 1956), Jimmy Parkinson (9, 1956),
Freddie Mercury (4, 1987)
Beatles (1, 1968), Wilson Pickett (16, 1969)
Estelle ft Kanye West (1, 2008)
Supremes (3, 1966), Phil Collins (1, 1982)
Elvis Presley (9, 1956), Marcels (1, 1961),
Showaddywaddy (30, 1980), John Alford (9*,
1996)
Gene Pitney (5, 1967), Marc Almond & Gene
Pitney (1, 1989)
Freda Payne (1, 1970), Sylvester (67, 1983),
Bonnie Tyler (81, 1986)
Timbaland ft DOE & Keri Hilson (1, 2007)
Beatles (1, 1963), Glee Cast (74, 2011)
Martha & The Vandellas (4, 1964), David
Bowie & Mick Jagger (1, 1985)
Crickets (3, 1957), Mud (1, 1975), Fabulous
Baker Boys (34, 1997)
Elvis Presley (1, 1961 & 25, 1982)
Al Martino (48, 1963), Jim Reeves (5, 1964)
Michael Jackson (1, 1995)
Bastille (2, 2013)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows (1, 1960)
Real Thing (1, 1976), Sonia (13, 1991), Sean
Maguire (16, 1995)
Pussycat (1, 1976), Jonathan King (55, 1976)
Pussycat Dolls ft Busta Rhymes (1, 2005)
Beatles (1, 1965), Stevie Wonder (27, 1971),
Four Seasons (34, 1976), Paradise (81, 1984)
Gerry Rafferty (3, 1978), Undercover (2,
1992),
Katy Perry (1, 2013)
26
CHARTWATCH 109
Martin, McKee, Henry Russell
Walter
Ella Henderson, Ryan Tedder,
Noel Zancanella
Ivey Jr, Sanders, Doug Rasheed,
Stevie Wonder
Gerry Goffin, Carole King
=
529
Ghost
296
528
Gangsta’s Paradise
297
527
Up On The Roof
=
527
Love Me For A Reason
299
526
=
526
I’d Like To Teach The
World To Sing
YMCA
=
526
Karma Chameleon
=
526
Killer
303
525
Zambezi
=
525
No Limit
305
523
Lily The Pink
306
522
=
=
522
522
The Good, The Bad
And The Ugly
Hot Love
Whole Again
=
310
522
520
The A Team
Let Me Go, Lover
Marc Bolan
Stuart Kershaw, Andy
McCluskey, Bill Padley, Jim
Godfrey
Ed Sheeran
Jennie Lou Carson
=
312
=
520
518
518
Black & Gold
Swedish Rhapsody
Crying In The Chapel
Jesse Rogg, Samuel Falson
Hugo Alfven
Artie Glenn
=
518
Bye Bye Baby
Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio
315
=
=
318
515
515
515
514
Gambling Man
Putting On The Style
Truly Madly Deeply
Never Ever
319
320
511
510
Finger Of Suspicion
Yes Tonight, Josephine
=
322
510
509
Heartbeat
Poor People Of Paris
=
509
Tom Dooley
=
509
Wonderwall
Woody Guthrie, Lonnie Donegan
traditional, Norman Cazden
Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones
Sean Mather, Shaznay Lewis,
Robert Jazayeri
Al Lewis, Phil Mann
Winfield Scott, Dorothy
Goodman
Jackie James
Jack Lawrence, Marguerite
Monnot, Rene Rouzaud
traditional, Alan Lomax, Frank
Warner, John Lomax
Noel Thomas Gallagher
=
509
Stay With Me
326
508
=
508
As Long As He Needs
Me
Total Eclipse Of The
Heart
328
507
Hung Up
Johnny Bristol, Wade Brown,
David Jones
Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway,
William Backer, Roquel Davis
Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo,
Victor Willis
George O’Dowd, Jonathan Moss,
Michael Craig, Roy Hay, Philip
Pickett
Adamski [=Adam Tinsley],
Henry Samuel [=Seal]
Nico Carsten, Anton De Waal,
Bob Hilliard
Phil Wilde, Jean Paul de Coster,
Raymond L. Slijngaard, Anita
Dels
Roger McGough, Mike McGear,
John Gorman
Ennio Morricone
Sam Smith, James Napier,
William Phillips
Lionel Bart
Jim Steinman
Stuart Price, Madonna Louise
Ella Henderson (1, 2014)
Coolio ft LV (1, 1995), LV (24, 1996)
Kenny Lynch (10, 1962), Julie Grant (33,
1963), Robson Green & Jerome Flynn (1*,
1995)
Osmonds (1, 1974), Boyzone (2, 1994)
New Seekers (1, 1971), No Way Sis (27,
1996), Demi Holborn (27, 2002)
Village People (1, 1978)
Culture Club (1, 1983)
Adamski (1, 1990), ATB (4, 2000)
Lou Busch (2, 1956), Eddie Calvert (13,
1956), Piranhas (17, 1982)
2 Unlimited (1, 1993)
Scaffold (1, 1968)
Hugo Montenegro (1, 1968)
T. Rex (1, 1971)
Atomic Kitten (1, 2001)
Ed Sheeran (3, 2011)
Teresa Brewer (9, 1955), Joan Weber (16,
1955), Dean Martin (3, 1955), Ruby Murray
(5, 1955), Kathy Kirby (10, 1964)
Sam Sparro (2, 2008)
Mantovani (2, 1953), Ray Martin (4, 1953)
Lee Lawrence (8, 1953), Elvis Presley (1,
1965)
Symbols (44, 1967), Bay City Rollers (1,
1975)
Lonnie Donegan (1*, 1957)
Lonnie Donegan (1*, 1957)
Savage Garden (4, 1998), Cascada (4, 2006)
All Saints (1, 1997)
Dickie Valentine (1, 1954)
Johnny Ray (1, 1957), Jets (25, 1981)
Steps (1*, 1998)
Winifred Atwell (1, 1956)
Lonnie Donegan (3, 1958), Kingston Trio (5,
1958)
Oasis (2, 1995), Mike Flowers Pops (2, 1995),
De-Code ft Beverli Skeete (69, 1996), Ryan
Adams (27, 2004)
Sam Smith (1, 2014)
Shirley Bassey (2, 1960)
Bonnie Tyler (1, 1983), Nicki French (5,
1994), Jan Wayne (28, 2003), Glee Cast (9,
2010)
Madonna (1, 2005)
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Ciccone, Benny Andersson, Bjorn
Ulvaeus
Cat Stevens
329
506
=
506
The First Cut Is The
Deepest
I’m Your Man
=
506
About You Now
332
=
=
335
=
505
505
505
503
503
The Next Time
Bachelor Boy
Honky Tonk Women
Rock And Roll Waltz
Paper Roses
=
=
503
503
Herbie Flowers, Kenneth Pickett
Peter Cunnah, Jamie Petrie
339
=
501
501
Grandad
Things Can Only Get
Better
Outside Of Heaven
Cumberland Gap
=
=
501
501
What Do You Want
Don’t You Want Me
=
501
Saturday Night
=
501
Low
345
500
Deck Of Cards
Les Vandyke
Philip Oakey, Jo Callis, Adrian
Wright
Alfredo Larry Pignagnoli, Davide
Riva
Flo Rida [=Tramar Dillard], TPain [=Faheem Najm]
T. Texas Tyler
=
500
=
500
Walkin’ Back To
Happiness
Black Is Black
=
500
Bad Day
George Michael
Catherine Roseann Dennis,
Lukasz Gottwald
Buddy Kaye, Philip Springer
Bruce Welch, Cliff Richard
Mick Jagger, Keith Richard
Rock And Roll Waltz
Fred Spielman, Janice Torre
Sammy Gallop, Chester Conn
traditional
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P. P. Arnold (18, 1967), Rod Stewart (1*,
1977), Sheryl Crow (37, 2003)
Wham! (1, 1985), Lisa Moorish ft George
Michael (24, 1995), Shane Richie (2, 2003)
Sugababes (1, 2007)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows (1*, 1962)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows (1*, 1962)
Rolling Stones (1, 1969), Pogues (56, 1992)
Kay Starr (1, 1956)
Anita Bryant (24, 1960), Maureen Evans (40,
1960), Kaye Sisters (7, 1960), Marie Osmond
(2, 1973)
Clive Dunn (1, 1970)
D:Ream (1, 1993)
Eddie Fisher (1, 1953)
Vipers (10, 1957), Lonnie Donegan (1, 1957),
Shakin’ Pyramids & Lonnie Donegan (b,
1981)
Adam Faith (1, 1959)
Human League (1, 1981), Farm (18, 1992),
Glee Cast (47, 2011)
Whigfield (1, 1994), Sindy (70, 1996)
Flo Rida ft T-Pain (2, 2008)
Mike Hawker, John Schroeder
Wink Martindale (5, 1959), Max Bygraves
(13, 1973)
Helen Shapiro (1, 1961)
Steve Wadey, Tony Hayes,
Michael Grainger
Daniel Powter
Los Bravos (2, 1966), La Belle Epoque (2,
1977)
Daniel Powter (2, 2005)
One might imagine that the number of first recordings of songs per year would be more or less the same each year, with a
slight decline because recent songs will not have been re-recorded. However, the following graph shows a much more
interesting distribution. The year in which most songs were first recorded is 1956 (22 songs), and no songs at all from 1980,
1999, 2000 and 2002.
Although the graph does show a decline from the Fifties, it is a much sharper drop than expected, and with unusual peaks in
the 21st century. The recent peaks may relate to the way we buy music these days: downloads are always available, so there
is no rush to buy before the shops run out of stock (as there had been before 2004), so singles hang around the charts longer.
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Similarly, increasing chart length may be responsible for the peaks in 1962, the late Seventies and the mid-Eighties. The
troughs are harder to explain: they seems to coincide with the most hectic periods in popular music when sales were high
(1963-1965, Merseybeat;, 1972-1975, Glitter and GlamRock; 1980-1982, New Wave; 1987-1994, Scallydelic and BritPop,
1999-2004, who knows?).
The graph also shows the distribution of the 151 remakes (i.e. excluding competing cover versions) of 500-point songs that
reached the Top 10. As expected, there were few remakes in the earlier years because remakes, if any, would most likely
have been of songs from before 1952. Since 1963, the number of remakes increased, but fluctuated wildly. The years with
most remakes are 1994 and 1995 (eight each) and the years since 1962 with no remakes are 1966, 1967, 1980, 1983, 1984,
1990, 2008 and 2011. Surprisingly, 1980 was not the source of any 500-point hits nor of any Top 10 remakes of 500-point
songs. The lines on the graph are remarkably similar between 1972 and 1982.
Two songs have been no.1 four times: Unchained Melody (no.1 in the table) and Do They Know It’s Christmas? (no.4). The
most successful song not to be no.1 is The Theme From ‘Limelight’ (no.7), which reached no.2; this is also highest placed
song that owes its place on the table because of competing cover versions only. The most successful song to have originally
been an album track is With A Little Help From My Friends (no.53), which was a track from the Beatles Sgt Pepper album
(1967).
Of the 349 songs that have scored 500 or more points, 131 (or 26%) have been hits only once. The most successful song of
which is Happy (by Pharrell Williams, no.24): because this is a hit from 2013, it hasn’t been around long enough to accrue
many hit versions. The second most successful song only to have been a hit once is Cara Mia (no.28), which hasn’t been a
hit since David Whitfield’s version in 1954.
It is surprisingly difficult to out-perform (in chart terms) an original big hit. It is possible if the cover is competing directly
with the original, and there are 19 songs in the table that owe their places to only competing cover versions. Although this
was mainly a feature of the Fifties and Sixties, the lure of making a fast buck hasn’t quite died out, and recently cover
versions of All About That Bass were released when Meghan Trainor’s version was not available as a physical release. The
cover by Power Music Workout reached no.13, but the version by Meghan Tonjes faltered at no.70. The most recent song
with competing cover versions to exceed 500 points though is Call Me Maybe (no. 115). There are 43 remakes that charted
higher than the original hits, with the most successful being Wet Wet Wet’s remake of Love Is All Around (no.5) which was
no.1 for 15 weeks. There are 34 other remakes that reached no.1 and outperformed the original. Of these, only eleven are
by acts charting for the first time: Amazing Grace – Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band (no.18), Axel F – Crazy Frog
(no.48), Hey! Baby – DJ !tzi (no.87), Don't Stop Believin' – Glee Cast (no.104), The White Cliffs Of Dover – Robson &
Jerome (no.117), Please Don’t Go – KWS (no.144), Everything I Own - Ken Boothe (no.190), Puppy Love - Donny
Osmond (no.196), Mad World – Michael Andrews & Gary Jules (no.251), Blue Moon – Marcels (no.277) and Paper Roses Marie Osmond (no.335). Amazing Grace, The White Cliffs Of Dover and Blue Moon because the songs predate 1952. Take
note all you hopeful X Factor contestants.
There are 90 songwriters who have more than one song in the list. In addition, there are eight songs described as
“traditional”. The top songwriters are as follows.
9
5
4
3
John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Elton John
Paul Anka, Bernie Taupin, Lukasz Gottwald
Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Bob Merrill, Mike Hawker, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Will.i.am,
RedOne, Lady GaGa, Ryan Tedder, Pharrell L. Williams
Don't Miss Issue 110!
The next issue of CW will be issue 110 and should be out in July or August. We are trying to bring the frequencies of CW
up to four per year, which has always been our aim although we've often missed the target. 2014 was particularly bad for
that and we believe we owe it to our readers to be more consistent. Remember that you can download a number of back
issues for free from www.chartwatch.co.uk. We are also working on how to increase the number of back issues available
online.
We are already well on our way to putting issue 110 together. A major article in it will be Eurovision 2015 and our 1942
analysis but we welcome contributions from our readers so please send any articles to Neil at [email protected].