@markymark2007: "Top 40 Midweeks
Singles
01 Sugababes - About You Now
02 Elvis Presley - A Big Hunk O' Love
03 Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grande - Let Me Think About It
Top 5
Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Top 15
The Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr A
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (D)
Top 20
Aly & AJ - Potential Break Up Song
Top 30
Mika - Happy Ending (D)
Biffy Clyro Machines
Dave Gahan - Kingdom
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
Freemasons feat. Bailey Tzuke - Ininvited (D)
Top 40
Hives - Tick Tick Boom
Kanye West feat. T.Pain (D)
Chico - Curvy Cola Bottle Body
Rosin Murphy - Let Me Know
Samanda - Barbie Girl
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Albums
01 Sugababes
02 Jack Penate
03 Bruce Springsteen
Top 10
Eric Clapton
Ali Campbell
Top 15
Mark Ronson
Top 30
Afterbridge
Aled Jones
Michael Buble
Top 40
Stevie Wonder
LeAnn Rimes
Thanks to Mikey @ Buzzjack "
    @extremespamrice: ""Mark" <email_address> wrote in message 
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No surprise there.
Just a little one.
Sure to end up at least one place higher by Sun.
Might also be able to climb slightly.
Why is this bloody climbing again?
Slightly underwhelming start.
Ouch!
Number 28, apparently.
The sound of a bubble bursting?
Well, they'll beat the Sheilas...
Zero surprise there.
Bit of a surprise, but apparently there are a lot of guest stars.
Alterbridge.
Re-issue.
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: ""Paul Hyett" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Unless the Ronson/Winehouse team beat it.
But less of one than they had last time.
They mean it, maaan!
Not a lot of people, by the looks of it.
4, maybe?
The bloke who used to be - and possibly still is - lead singer of UB40. 
There was a single last week, which did approximately nothing.
Typo for Alter Bridge (or maybe AlterBridge, I've seen different versions) 
who are essentially awful US God-rockers Creed with a different lead singer.
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: ""Paul Hyett" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Apparently R &W are already at 3 (from Monday's 5) so I wouldn't rule them 
out.
I think in most cases that's very difficult to say, and complicated by other 
questions: whether the band is still extant, whether the member is still in 
there, what sort of thing they're doing, etc...
However, in the case of Depeche Mode we get a hint from the fact the Martin 
L Gore's solo records haven't been hits on the same scale as Gahan's, and 
nor have Recoil. Of course, Vince Clarke has had more post-Mode success than 
any of them, but I don't really think you can count him.
Not as rare as you might think - I reckon they've played it more this decade 
than they did in the Seventies.
Somebody posted the full TUesday mids at CHC, and she was indeed 5 then. 
Eric Clapton has gone 6-2 on the latest ones.
I like some of the early stuff, though not deeply. Although I heard 'If It 
Happens Again' a couple of days ago and enjoyed it. OTOH, stuff like 'Rat In 
Mi Kitchen' is so bad it's good.
It is pretty bad, although I think it may only be their second-worst Number 
One.
I don't think Amazon even use the Royal Mail much nowadays, but I suppose it 
has knock-on effects on the other carriers. My Bob Dylan album came from 
Home Delivery Network.
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: ""Paul Hyett" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Or it may just not be that popular on CD.
It wouldn't be, except that the first single from his previous solo album 
('Dirty Sticky Floors') was a Number 18 hit, and probably Top 10 on midweek. 
Admittedly, that was pre-downloads.
Under normal circumstances, that would be the case. It's possible that the 
campaign thing might tip the balance slightly in its favour, though.
I knew full well who he was, but I didn't think there'd be that much call 
for him now without a hit.
Can't be worse than Michael Ball's version.
Or possibly just that song.
    Chris "
    @ngrobbieuk: "<quote>
Richard Branson confessed that it hadn't reached #1 and that he'd seen 
the figures but they took advantage of the publicity that was generated.
There were some rumours that the sampled shops chosen that week 9which 
was about 250 shops back then) were the more conventional record shops 
who weren't stocking the single. Normally the shops were chosen at 
random from a pool of about 400 to 450 shops. It's possible that may be 
the case.
Rod Stewart had a 5th week at #1 with a relatively poor selling single, 
but then again the Pistols track itself was never a massive seller at 
the time, mainly because many shops didn't stock it.
The track reached #1 on the NME chart but they used more independent (as 
in not part of a chain) shops who were more likely to stock the single.
It's getting heavy advertising on TV which will boost sales.
Robbie"
    @extremespamrice: ""Paul Hyett" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Right, but the point is that some singles - even big ones - only sell tiny 
amounts physically because they appeal almost exclusively to downloaders.
No, but you'll have to trust me on this one.
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: ""Paul Hyett" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Obviously, but perhaps more through luck than judgement they've got a good 
release date chosen.
Some people would say it always was.
I was going to discuss this in a bit more detail at the weekend, but the 
short answer is no.
Oh, and a non-sequitor on the singles - The Killers have just announced that 
they're releasing a new download tomorrow, so (assuming it includes the UK) 
that's liable to be somewhere in the chart by Sunday.
But that's sort of the point isn't it? Because there's no new material 
(AFAIK there isn't on the British version) there's no need for his fans to 
rush out and buy it at the first minute. And whilst it's true that his most 
recent records have tended to sell to something of a cult audience, I don't 
think that's been true all along - of course the whole point of a Greatest 
Hits album is that it collates the famous tracks that the casual buyers 
want.
Besides, I think his autobiography is being serialised somewhere.
I was thinking of '(I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You' [as they seem to 
have called it] - I'd forgotten that 'I Got You Babe' was a UB40 single, but 
it's not quite that bad anyway.
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: ""Paul Hyett" <email_address> wrote in
Thursday Update - apologies if it shows up twice:
01 Sugababes - About You Now 26.5k
02 Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grande - Let Me Think About It 11.2k
03 Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie (D) 9.8
Top 10
The Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr. A
Elvis Presley - Big Hunk O' Love
Top 15
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (D)
Top 20
Mika - Happy Ending (D)
Top 30
Aly & AJ - Potential Break Up Song
Freemasons feat. Bailey Tzuke - Uninvited (D)
Biffy Clyro - Machines
Akon - Sorry Blame It On Me (D)
Roisin Murphy - Let Me Know
Top 40
Samanda - Barbie Girl
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
Dave Gahan - Kingdom
The Hives - Tick Tick Boom
One Republic - Apologize (D)
Kanye West feat. T. Pain - Good Life (D)
Top 50
Wombats
Chico
top 60
Michael Buble
Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Top 70
Gwen Stefani
Top 80
Rihanna feat Ne-Yo
Michael Buble - Home/Song For You
Top 90
Underworld
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Albums
01 Sugababes 30.7k
02 Eric Clapton 19.1k
03 Bruce Springsteen
Top 5
Jack Penate
Top 10
Ali Campbell
Top 15
Michael Buble
Mark Ronson
Top 20
Aled Jones
Top 30
Stevie Wonder
Feist
Top 40
Alter Bridge
LeAnn Rimes
Top 60
Colbie Caillat
Top 70
Beirut
John Fogarty
Top 75
Robert Wyatt
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: ""Paul Hyett" <email_address> wrote in message 
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The Hoosiers, apparently.
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: ""Paul Hyett" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Which doesn't look like very good news for the album.
This may be because you've already heard ELO.
Not yet anyway.
Bald bloke, used to be in Genesis. Remember? ;-)
Apparently there is a different single version - but people aren't 
downloading that (yet).
Well, it was very kind to give her a normal surname as well, but wouldn't 
she have preferred a first name?
If you listen to the lyrics, not much.
abigailpotter@example.net. Probably a bit Eighties for R1.
Possibly not, given the struggle it had to make the abigailpotter@example.net. Maybe a 
long-runner in the extended chart though.
Almost, but don't forget that the track credited to One Republic there is 
the forthcoming Timbaland single.
Artistically, I presume you mean?
That and I think he might be over here anyway. I wonder what that other 
entry for him is?
No, I don't think Energy 52 are still around.
No, and that doesn't really flatter them, although I suppose they're still 
safe.
Rumour has it that Radiohead have sold a lot more than this, although those 
wouldn't necessarily be eligible sales anyway.
Ohh yes.
Either that or a big second/third single.
Or neither, obviously.
It's an American bloke, actually.
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: ""Paul Hyett" <email_address> wrote in message 
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*Cough* not yet.
And obviously, in practice, I'd have to be more than 30 or 31 years old to 
remember it with any validity.
Well, the former part of that is obviously true, although I'm not old enough 
to know whether it's genuinely true that there was more esteem for the 
monarchy then or whether it was just about a reluctance to be publically 
disrespectful.
It's there already?
I didn't think this was necessarily much more Reed-esque than a lot of their 
other stuff, although I suppose that's not what you imply.
Same sort of thing though. I'm guessing it won't be Number One.
Probably a couple of weeks at least - the fans will presumably all know 
within days, so the question may be how more casual listeners take to it. At 
least it's a month ahead of the album.
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: ""Paul Hyett" <email_address> wrote in message 
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The Hoosiers seem to owe all their musical ideas to them!
Like I said, people seem to be downloading the album version anyway, so I'm 
as confused as you.
More like whiney R&B.
Yes, but that's the forthcoming list, which was possibly compiled with sight 
of the early mids.
She was B-listed when the record actually came out.
Possibly more a pastiche, but that's what I thought when I heard it.
Er, it's not a rap record. It's a really awful ballad.
The good news is that enough people have probably bought the Timbaland album 
to put it out of the running for Number One.
Commercially - although I assumed you didn't as it's kind of early. I 
haven't heard it yet.
That makes sense then, although not in terms of the Westlife thing. I 
thought it could have been another version of 'Home'.
This is what I meant - they're not part of the OCC's orbit, but even if 
those sales were being counted they wouldn't all be valid because of the 
pricing, and because they may not be keeping track of who's in the UK.
So much for that then.
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: ""Paul Hyett" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Obviously, I have to bow to your first-hand knowledge on this point.
But I don't think I totally buy this one, since they were obviously already 
controversial before then.
Well yeah. I was just slightly surprised.
I should possibly clarify that this isn't a "proper" new Killers album, just 
a collection of B-sides and other supposedly rare tracks.
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: ""Paul Hyett" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Well, they have a musical idea: Memorise the Out OF The Blue Album In Its 
Entirety.
I know, but I wanted to put a positive gloss on it.
If true, it would seem to diminish the chance of further hits.
And although it wasn't what I meant, I don't normally think it is a good 
thing for all the songs on an album to sound the same.
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: ""Paul Hyett" <email_address> wrote in message 
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She is one of many people to record songs of that title, but the Electric 
Light Orchestra's double album (Top 20 earlier this year) is what I had in 
mind.
Yeah, but it's not by a rapper - it's produced by somebody who does some 
rapping occasionally. I don't see you disowning Madonna.
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: "news:No4$<email_address>
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I realise that, of course, I'm just saying that there was a bit more to it - 
and obviously the whole thing was milked for all it was worth.
When I say that I can't fully understand what the fuss was about, I don't 
mean that it's completely opaque to me, or that I've never heard of any 
reason for it v- just that I didn't live in those times and I can't really 
feel about it the way people did then. The same goes for 'Heartbreak Hotel' 
or 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'.
It's actually called Sawdust, which isn't far off. I think their excuse is 
that a lot of this hasn't been available in the US before.
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: ""Paul Hyett" <email_address> wrote in message 
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Not to be excessively political or anything, but I don't think any party can 
claim a monoply on that.
Anyway, I mention it because the Killers are obviously an American act with 
a lot of fans in America, so they presumably came up with the idea for the 
benefit of those people, and given that they were going to release it 
anyway, they might as well put it out elsewhere in the world so that 
everyone can get everything.
    Chris "
    @extremespamrice: "news:<email_address>
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It was in 2003 (on the track 'American Life') but I can see why you'd 
repress the memory even if you did hear it.
    Chris "
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