25 Years Since....June 1992

End of the month, time to celebrate June 1992:

Utah Saints - Something Good

The first time I heard this was on Top of the Pops. At the start where they shout "Utah Saints" I thought wasn't the group name Utah Saints not the song. It became clear when the Kate Bush sampled vocals came in which confirmed I was right, the tune was called "Something Good" and it was by Utah Saints.

Later on in life I saw the album in the sale at Virgin Megastore and bought it. I would recommend it to anyone.

Incognito - Don't You Worry Bout A thing

Another tune that reminds me of my holiday in Cornwall in 1992 (see my May feature for the other).

Seeing the video, I thought that may have actually been recorded in Newquay given the sunshine and how touristy it was. Moving to London later on in life taught me that the video was actually in Camden. You may notice that towards the end of the video they haven't got much further from the tube station in the background than they had early on in the video, but having been along that road many times I can confirm it really does take that long to get along that road.

The man playing the tambourine at the start of the video who looks a bit out of place, and rides a bike later on is actually the one man who is Incognito, also known as Bluey. Still going today, they have had many many albums and I saw them a couple of years back celebrating their 35th anniversary, was a good gig.

Londonbeat - You Bring On The Sun

Back in 1992 my sister was singing this, for some reason whilst she was singing this I asked her whether she liked "You Give Love A Bad Name" by Bon Jovi, she replied no because it's by men. I had to point out to her that this was by men too.

The high pitched singer is Jimmy Helms who had a hit in the 70s with "Gonna Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse", something I didn't know until I bought the best of Londonbeat later on in life.


Manic Street Preachers - Motorcycle Emptiness

Back in 1992 it was a bit of a rarity to see a shouty singer with short hair, but on seeing James Dean Bradfield before he started singing I still sensed he was going to be shouty.

To be honest, I forgot who this was by or what it was called pretty much instantly. The Manic Street Preachers became the band every man and his dog had heard of when band member Richie Edwards disappeared. They do have some good post Richie Edwards tunes and some very dreary Stereophonics type rubbish, but somewhere along the way I discovered this tune was by them and I remembered how much I liked it.


Messiah - Temple Of Dreams

It was that perfect combination of a dreamy sound with hardcore beats. Ok the beats may not sound so hardcore now, but back in 1992 they really did.

Top of the Pops: 29/06/2017

Here is the Top 40 Countdown

You felt it was only a matter of time before some Simon Cowell nonsense is at number one again. Well here it is, a charity record where a lot of the proceeds seemingly go to Google given it seems to be advertised at the start of pretty much every YouTube video I watch at the moment.

The highest new entry comes from DJ Khaled featuring just two other people this time. The other new entry comes from Calvin Harris and chums.

We have two eligible climbers plus a re entry from Selena Gomez which only made 35 last time, but makes 33 this time, which means we have 6 eligible records. 


Re (33) Selena Gomez - Bad Liar
New (21) Calvin Harris ft Pharrell, Katy Perry & Big Sean - Feel
⬆ (20) Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club
⬆ (11) Rita Ora - Your Song
New (3) DJ Khaled ft Rihanna & Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts
New (1) Artists For Grenfell - Bridge Over Troubled Water

Record of the Year 1980: New Musik - This World of Water

A lot of people think that New Musik had just the one hit with "Living By Numbers", but they actually had three top 40 hits, "Sanctuary" and my record of the year "This World of Water".

Like many people, the only New Musik record I knew for many years was "Living By Numbers", which is a good record itself but on discovering they had other records I decided to listen to them and found this to be the best by far.

This was early days for the electronic sound that almost defined the 80s and New Musik were very much pioneers of that and it's a shame really they aren't as well remember as acts like Gary Numan, OMD, Ultravox etc,

What probably does it for me on this record is the squeaky electronic backing vocals on the chorus, you just can't beat it.

ELO @ Wembley Stadium

It's been around a year since I bought tickets to this gig, but finally for the first time I've seen ELO and been to Wembley Stadium.

ELO are one of those bands that I've always known existed but for the majority of my life not really known too much about. It was when they started the reruns of Top of the Pops a few years ago that I started to pay attention. Basically there were several shows where I hated every record featured except the ELO one and therefore came to realise they were quite good.

In the past couple of years Jeff Lynne has gone from the Travelling Wilburys member the man on the street has never heard of to a household name popular enough to play Wembley Stadium. What's remarkable is that it's on the strength of music that's existed 40 odd years as opposed to the music he's making now. Several years ago I wrote a music quiz and one of the questions was "Who is the only Traveling Wilburys member not in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame?". That question is no longer valid, he is in there now.

Despite ELO having a new(ish) album out, only one track from this album "When I Was A Boy" was played at the gig, the rest were all songs from their heyday, though they also did "Handle With Care" by the Travelling Wilburys.

Where I was sitting up in the tiers, people sit down to the slow numbers such as "Telephone Line" and "Wild West Hero", and get up and dance to the more uplifting ones such as "Livin Thing" and "Shine A Little Love". They tended to alternate between the slow ones and the uplifting ones, and each time an uplifting one was played a few more people would be getting up.

The one which really got the crowd going the most was "Sweet Talkin Woman", but when it came to "Mr Blue Sky" there was hardly anybody sat down. This wasn't the end though, the encore was "Roll Over Beethoven".

What was quite impressive was just how similar the songs played live sounded to the recorded songs, particularly when you consider you have Cellos and Violins as well as guitars etc.

My only complaint was that they didn't play "Strange Magic", but they had plenty of other ones to compensate for that.

So a top gig and I would definitely recommend you go and see them live.

UK Singles Chart: 1980

Now we are into a new decade, the question is which acts, if any have managed a top 40 hit in the 50, 60s, 70s and 80s?

Well there are 2 so far. Elvis Presley keeps his streak of hits every year since 1956 with his 100th top 40 single "It's Only Love/Beyond the Reef". Then there is Cliff Richard who had three hits this year bringing his total to 73. Frank Sinatra and Lonnie Donegan remain in third and fourth place in terms of most hits.

There are several acts who have had hits in the 60s, 70s and 80s, but of the early 60s (1960-1964) debutants there are three. The Shadows had their final hit with "Riders In the Sky" and the Barron Knights had their final hit with "Never Mind the Presents". The third was the Rolling Stones who had hits with "Emotional Rescue" and "She's So Cold" but their chart career was far from over. We also had 1961 debutant Mike Berry return to the charts after a 17 year absence with his final hits "The Sunshine Of Your Smile" and "If I Could Only Make You Care".

The big success story of 1980 was Blondie who had three hits this year, "Atomic", "Call Me" and "The Tide Is High" which all reached number one. The latter was a move away from their New Wave sound in a reggae direction. Similarly we had the Clash do the same with "Bank Robber" and the Boomtown Rats with "Banana Republic".

This year would be the last we'd see of the Sex Pistols on the chart with their final hit "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone". We also saw the last of the Ramones with "Baby I Love You". There was still plenty of Punk music in the charts including debuts from Stiff Little Fingers with "At the Edge", Cockney Rejects with "The Greatest Cockney Rip Off" and Splodgenessabounds with "Simon Templar / Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps Please". Of those three, only Stiff Little Fingers would have a further hit beyond 1980.

We had the chart debut of Bow Wow Wow in July, who's debut "C30 C60 C90 Go" came before the debut of the band most of it's members left, Adam and the Ants, who debuted in October with "Dog Eat Dog". Adam and the Ants followed this up with two releases in December, "Ant Music" and "Young Parisians", the latter being rereleased after failing to chart a couple of years earlier.

This was arguably the most significant year for the mod revival sound the Jam had been doing the last couple of years. The Jam had two singles this year, "Going Underground/Dreams of Children" and "Start" which gave them their first two number ones. They were joined by Secret Affair who had debuted the previous year, who had a hit with "My World". Then their was the only top 40 hit for the Chords with "Maybe Tomorrow". We also had the debut of the Lambrettas with "Poison Ivy" and followed up with "D-a-a-ance". Of these, only the Jam would have hits beyond 1980.

Also having two hits this year which both got to number one was Abba with "The Winner Takes It All" and "Super Trouper", which put them into fourth place in terms of most number ones with 9, ahead of the Rolling Stones with 8 and behind Cliff Richard with 10 and Elvis and the Beatles with 17 each.

The so called death of disco in 1979 seemed to have little impact on the UK charts as there was plenty of disco music in the charts this year including the number ones "Working My Way Back To You - Forgive Me Girl" by the Detroit Spinners, "Use It Up And Wear It Out" by Odyssey and "Feels Like I'm In Love" by Kelly Marie.

Diana Ross and the Commodores would continue to have hits for Motown this year. We also had Stevie Wonder return to the charts with a couple of hits. We also saw the debut of Jermaine Jackson with "Let's Get Serious" followed up with "Burnin' Hot". Then there was the debut of Teena Marie with "Behind The Groove" and followed up with "I Need Your Lovin". Jermaine Jackson would return under a new label later on in the decade, but for Teena Marie this was it.

Having brought Synth Pop to the mainstream the previous year, Gary Numan had a solid 1980 with a further three singles, two of which reached the top 10. We had the chart debut in January of John Foxx with "Underpass" which actually was his highest positioned hit at just number 31. He followed this up with "No-One Driving" (32) and "Burning Car". He would just have one more top 40 hit the following year before his top 40 career would end.

The band John Foxx left, Ultravox, also made their chart debut with "Sleepwalk" in July which marked the return of Midge Ure in his third group in the charts. Then in December came the debut of Midge Ure's fourth group, Visage, with the single "Fade To Grey".

This was the only year we would see New Musik in the charts, after they had three hits with "Living By Numbers", "World of Water" and "Sanctuary".

We also saw the debut of OMD with "Messages" in July which was followed up with the better known "Enola Gay" in October.

The label OMD left prior to having their first hit, Factory Records, would have it's first top 40 hit in the charts this year with "Love Will Tear Us Apart", which was released shortly after the death of the Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. Joy Division would have just one more single later on in the decade, but the band itself would call it a day this year.

This was the biggest year in the charts for 2-tone music. The Specials, Madness, Selecter and The Beat all debuted the previous year and all had hits this year including the number one "The Special AKA Live EP". We also had the chart debut of Bad Manners with "Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu" and the only top 40 effort of the Bodysnatchers with "Let's Do Rock Steady".

There were several jazz funk records in the charts in 1980, the most successful of the year being "The Groove" by Rodney Franklin which reached number 7. The other records were in the lower reaches of the charts.

Although Elvis and Cliff were the only 50s acts to have a top 40 hit in 1980, the 50s was very much been kept alive by newer acts. Showaddywaddy would continue to have hits in 1980 as would Dave Edmunds with his cover of the 50s number one "Singing the Blues". Then there was Racey with their cover of "Runaround Sue".

Having debuted at the end of 1979, Matchbox would have their moment of glory in 1980 having four hits this year including the number 4 "When You Ask About Love", but would not have any further hits beyond this year. There was also the debut of Stray Cats with "Runaway Boys" in November.

The most notable debut of the 50s in the 80s was Shakin Stevens who debuted with "Hot Dog" in February and followed up with "Marie Marie" in August. As we know, he was just getting started.

It was also quite a big year for Hard Rock/Heavy Metal music. Iron Maiden made their debut in February with "Running Free" and followed up with "Sanctuary" and "Women In Uniform". There was also the debut of Saxon with "Wheels Of Steel" in March followed up with "747 (Strangers In The Night)". Whitesnake made their debut in April with "Fool For Your Loving" and Gillan would debut in October with "Gillan".

Then there were bands like AC/DC, Rainbow, Judas Priest and Motorhead who would all have hits this year which included "Ace Of Spades" by Motorhead. There was also the first post Ozzy Osbourne hit for Black Sabbath with "Neon Knights", plus the Black Sabbath debut "Paranoid" re entered the charts this year.

It wasn't just the heavier sounds putting Birmingham on the music map in 1980 though. We also saw the chart debut of UB40 with "King / Food For Thought". They would have another two hits this year which were both also double a sides.

There were no new nationalities on the charts this year, but we had the only top 40 hit from the second act from New Zealand to have a hit, Split Enz, with "I Got You". This was the group the Finn brothers were in prior to Crowded House, but its a few years yet until we see them in the charts.

Finally, we have the first of the new romantics make their chart debut, Spandau Ballet, with "To Cut A Long Story Short". No doubt I will be writing more about that in the years to come.

So in summary, 1980 does seem like the 80s has begun, but the 70s hasn't finished mainly due to the continued presence of disco music, and the 50s also seems to have returned. There is however one thing missing from 1980, rap music. Having the first two rap records in the charts in 1979 was a sign the 80s was coming, but there were no rap records in the charts in 1980. Will there be some in 1981?

Top of the Pops: 22/06/2017

Here is the Top 40 Countdown

Six weeks in and we still have the same number one. Even Justin Bieber failed to knock Justin Bieber off number one, but he does have the highest new entry at number 5 with the man who can't make a record by himself, David Guetta.

Just the one climber eligible this week which comes from Little Mix, whilst the rest of the 7 eligible records this week are new entries in the lower reaches of the chart.

New (39) Lil Uzi Vert - Xo Tour Llif3
New (38) Imagine Dragons - Thunder
New (35) Major Lazer ft Travis Scott, Camilla Cabello & Quavo - Know No Better
New (26) Sigala ft Ella Eyre - Came Here For Love
⬆ (13) Little Mix - Power
New (5) David Guetta ft Justin Bieber - 2U
(1) Luis Fonsi ft Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber - Despacito

UK Singles Chart: The 1970s

The history books tell us that the 70s was a decade where music went over the top in all aspects, from the complexity of progressive rock to the dressing up of glam rockers. Then along came punk which put an end to all of that.

The problem with the charts, particularly in the 70s, is that they only tell you part of the story. When punk took off in 1977, Genesis, Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer all had hits, it was the beginning of the single chart career of the latter two, whereas Genesis only had one hit prior to that year. Prog Rock wasn't chart music though and you could argue that it's presence in the charts was a sign of it's popularity dwindling, perhaps they started releasing singles in a bid to attract more fans.

On the whole though, I would say the 70s was a decade which started late and finished early. The first couple of years arguably seemed more 60s and 1979 seemed like the 80s had already begun.

There weren't many iconic 70s acts which had any longevity in the charts, reflected by the fact the only act to have a hit every year in the 70s was Elvis Presley, someone who started in the 50s and didn't live to see the last quarter of the decade. I remember being told when I was a kid that the biggest band around in the 70s was the Bay City Rollers, but their time at the top was between 1974-1976. 

At the same time though, you had the likes of Elton John, David Bowie, Status Quo, Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney and Queen who have all had very long chart careers. The fact they were all still having hits into this century though perhaps make them seem less 70s than the likes of T Rex etc.

No chart debutants from 1953 or 1959 would have any further hits beyond the 70s, whilst no 1955 debutant would have a hit this decade.

So to the 80s next where for the first time I can use my living memory in the latter part of the decade.

Record of the Year 1979: Judie Tzuke - Stay With Me Till Dawn

A lot of music that I listen to contains samples and I've always been intrigued as to what the sample in question sounded like originally.

One of my favourite albums of all time is Mylo's "Destroy Rock & Roll" album and on the track "Need you Tonite" he samples my record of the year for 1979.

It was through looking up what Mylo sampled that I first heard this tune, and what a tune. It is such a beautiful piece of music and is a clear winner for my record of the year.

Sadly this was the only top 40 hit for Judie Tzuke, but it is quite a standard to set and it would be difficult to see any follow ups bettering this.

Top of the Pops: 15/06/2017

Here is the Top 40 Countdown

Looking at this weeks top 40 was looking quite promising at first. After having 11 eligible records a couple of weeks ago, it looked like the same may happen again as 5 of the top 7 were eligible.

Unfortunately only 2 of the remaining 33 records were eligible which were the two new entries this week.

The five eligible records in the top 7 all appeared two weeks ago. If anything, that proves that people no longer rely on Top of the Pops to give them a boost in the charts, unless millions of people viewed the blog post and got streaming (unless my page views are completely wrong, this definitely didn't happen)


⬆ (7) Niall Horan - Slow Hands
⬆ (6) Jonas Blue ft William Singe - Mama
New (23) Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club
⬆ (5) French Montana ft Swae Lee - Unforgettable
New (22) Liam Gallagher - Wall Of Glass
⬆ (2) Ariana Grande - One Last Time
(1) Luis Fonsi ft Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber - Despacito

UK Singles Chart: 1979

Now we are into the final year of the 70s, the burning question is which acts have had a top 40 hit every year in the 70s?

Well there was just one act who managed that, Elvis Presley. He had his 99th hit this year with "It Won't Seem Like Christmas (Without You). This kept his run of a hit every year since 1956 going. The second longest streaks are Paul McCartney/Wings (which are treated as one entity by the British Hit Singles books) and Rod Stewart, both of whom managed a hit every year since 1971.

Cliff Richard returned to the charts this year with the number one "We Don't Talk Anymore". This brought his total to 70, a figure nobody else except Elvis has achieved at the time of writing. It also meant that Elvis and Cliff were the only acts to have number ones in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Still nobody else has managed more hits than Frank Sinatra and Lonnie Donegan in 3rd and 4th place.

Just one more 50s debutant managed a hit this year which was 1958 debutant Johnny Mathis who would have his final hit with the appropriately titled "Gone Gone Gone".

Making a return to the charts after a 12 year absence and just their third single was Pink Floyd who had the Christmas number one with "Another Brick In the Wall". We also had Booker T & the MGS and Herb Alpert both return after a ten year absence with "Green Onions" and "Rise" respectively.

From Motown, the Commodores would continue their presence on the charts this year with a couple of hits plus Diana Ross returned to the charts with a couple of hits. We also had the Billy Preston and Syreeta duet on "With You I'm Born Again" which would be the final top 40 hit for both artists.

We saw the start of Michael Jacksons post Motown career as a solo act having hits with "Don't Stop Till You Get Enough" and "Off the Wall"

The are three acts who could claim to have been the biggest success story of 1979. There was Blondie who's first two hits of the year, "Heart of Glass" and "Sunday Girl", were number ones, plus they had a number two with "Dreaming", though their final hit of the year "Union City Blue" would only manage number 13.

We also had the Police debut this year with "Roxanne" reaching number 12. Their follow up "Can't Stand Losing You" fared better at number two. Then came a couple of number ones with "Message In A Bottle" and "Walking on the Moon".

The final act who could stake the claim of the biggest success story was Gary Numan. He debuted this year a part of Tubeway Army with the number one "Are Friends Electric?". He then followed up with the solo record "Cars" which also reached number one. His backing group however were the same as Tubeway Army so should in theory be treated as the same entity. Then he had a number six with "Complex". Although he didn't have a number two like the Police or Blondie, he also didn't have a single that failed to reach the top 10 like both acts.

What is certain though was the Blondie were very much the success story from the new wave world. There would however be another hugely successful new wave band making their debut this year, The Pretenders. Their debut "Stop Your Sobbing" only managed 34 and their follow up "Kid" did one better at 33. Their third single, "Brass In Pocket" was released towards the end of the year and became a number one in early 1980.

The punk and new wave music still had a strong presence in the charts in 1979, with some acts making their debut this year. Arguably the most surprising debutant this year was the Damned with "Love Song" which was followed up with "Smash It Up". It's surprising as they were one of the early punk groups who have been credited with having the first punk single, one which never made the top 40, but one would think they would have debuted before 1979. Other notable acts making their debuts were the Dickies with "Banana Splits", Angelic Upstarts with "I'm An Upstart", the Ruts with "Babylon's Burning" and UK Subs with "Stranglehold".

One notable historic moment of 1979 was the death of disco music in July with many people in America burning their disco records. Despite this, disco music still had a healthy presence in the UK charts in the latter part of the year with notable records such as "Lost In Music" by Sister Sledge and "Is It Love You're After" by Rose Royce.

So with the 80s just round the corner, is their any sign the 80s are coming?

We yes very much so. I've already mentioned the debuts of the Police and Gary Numan/Tubeway Army, both acts I would associate with the 80s more than the 70s.

In March we had the debut of Motorhead with "Overkill" and the debut of Dire Straits with "Sultans of Swing". Motorhead would have a further hit in December with "Bomber", whilst Dire Straits wouldn't return until 1981.

Then one I find quite surprising, we have M debut in April with "Pop Muzik" and follow up in December with "Moonlight and Muzak". These were the only hits of M, an act I associate with the 80s but only had hits in the 70s, unless you count the 1989 re-issue of "Pop Muzik".

In July we see the beginning of 2-Tone with the Specials debuting with "Gangsters". Then in September we have Madness debut with "The Prince". October saw the debut of Selecter with "On My Radio" plus the Specials second hit "A Message To You Rudy / Nite Club". In November we had the second Madness single "One Step Beyond". Then December saw the debut of the Beat with "Tears Of A Clown / Ranking Full Stop".

Also in December we see the first rap record in the UK charts, "Rappers Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang. Then we saw the second one a week later, "Christmas Rapping" by Kurtis Blow.

So what we can say about 1979 is that the early glam rock sounds earlier on in the decade seem now to be dead and buried, the punk and disco sounds which came later are very much still alive and the 80s seem to have arrived already.

So it seems inevitable that 1980 will feel like the 80s, but will it still feel like the 70s at the same time? and what else that we associate with the 80s will arrive?

Top of the Pops: 08/06/2017

Here is the Top 40 Countdown

After last weeks high of having to pick 9 from 11, we come crashing back down this week with just 5 eligible records.

The number one is the same, it's too early to tell whether it's going to go on an Ed Sheeran type run or not. Just the one climber to its peak position which didn't feature last week, instead it featured 2 weeks ago when it was a new entry.

This leaves three new entries, the highest being one which the BBC aren't playing on the radio for political reasons, so it's possible that it wouldn't feature on Top of the Pops either. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt though, if anything because we are really lacking records this week.


New (27) Little Mix - Power
New (13) Rita Ora - Your Song
⬆ (15) Maggie Lindemann - Pretty Girl
New (4) Captain Ska - Liar Liar
(1) Luis Fonsi ft Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber - Despacito

25 Years Since....May 1992

Forgot about this when it was still May, but near enough 25 years since these tunes:

Guns N Roses - Knockin On Heavens Door

The fifth single form the "Use Your Illusion" albums and the highest charting of them all. In fact this was the highest charting of all Guns n Roses singles reaching number two.

I can't remember when I discovered this was a cover, but I'm pretty sure I wasn't aware of it being a cover at the time. What stands out about this particular live version in the video is despite it being almost 13 minutes long, include a large segment of Axl getting the audience to sing "Knock knock knockin on heavens door" after he sings it, I don't get bored at any point.

Richard Marx - Hazard

Did he or did he not kill her?

To be honest, I couldn't really give a shit. I didn't really pay too much attention to the lyrics when I first heard this, first and foremost I liked the tune. What caught my attention the most about the lyrics in the beginning was that he was singing about a river a lot.

As times gone on and I've paid more attention to the lyrics, what I take from them is not the murder mystery, but more to do with how bad it is to live in a small community full of judgemental people. As someone who comes from a village in the middle of nowhere originally, I can totally relate to that. Fortunately I went to the other extreme and moved to London.

En Vogue - My Lovin

I first heard this on the radio in the car on the way to Cornwall for a holiday. What threw me somewhat was the bit where the man say's "and now its time for a breakdown" which I thought was the radio DJ announcing the next song. Took me a while to get used to that.

The was the first single from the "Funky Divas" album which I bought several years later.


Kris Kross - Jump

One day in 1992, I was round someone's house and they asked me if I'd ever heard of Kris Kross. I said do you mean Christopher Cross? They said no, Kris Kross and put on a tape of this.

As it happened, I had heard it before but hadn't learned what it was yet. As a rule, when someone under a certain age releases a rap record it's quite dreadful. Fortunately I was just a kid myself at the time of this so it actually sounded quite good.

Metallica - Nothing Else Matters

The first time I heard this was at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert. It stood out as being very mellow by Metallica standards, which is no bad thing in my opinion.

Around a year or so later, it was very much cool at school to be listening to Metallica and I was a part of that. I did ruffle a few feathers though by saying my favourite Metallica song was "Nothing Else Matters", people would say "what? you don't prefer any of the heavier songs?". I even had one person speculate it was the only Metallica song I knew despite that for example "Enter Sandman" reached number 5 in the charts and was known by pretty much everyone.

The reality is that I'm not a big fan of Metallica and I do prefer it to the heavier ones, because generally I don't think the heavier ones are much good. But most people have one good song in them, and this is Metallica's.

Top of the Pops: 01/06/2017

Here is the Top 40 Countdown

Well I didn't see that coming. After just 5 eligible records last week and me saying normal service had been resumed, we have 11 eligible records.

So I've had to eliminate two records. The first to be eliminated is "Bon Apetit" by Katy Perry ft Migos which has re-entered the charts at 37 having previously peaked at 40, because Katy Perry has a new entry this week at number 40. I've also eliminated "Mask Off" by Future as it's now been on the charts for 8 weeks but is only at number 22.

We still have the same number one for a third week. We have a further four records which were on two weeks ago, so despite the choice there is still some repetition.

The remaining four records consist of the 3 new entries plus a re-entry of "One Last Time" by Ariana Grande which has peaked higher than it did in its original chart run a couple of years ago.


⬆ (23) Niall Horan - Slow Hands
New (40) Katy Perry ft Nicki Minaj - Swish Swish
⬆ (18) Cheat Codes - ft Demi Lovato - No Promises
New (35) Selena Gomez - Bad Liar
⬆ (12) Jonas Blue ft William Singe - Mama
Re (11) Ariana Grande - One Last Time
⬆ (8) French Montana ft Swae Lee - Unforgettable
New (3) Liam Payne ft Quavo - Strip That Down
(1) Luis Fonsi ft Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber - Despacito