51. Rag n Bone Man – Skin
52. Erasure – Love You To The Sky
53. Simon Le Bon – Let’s Dance
54. The Kooks – Be Who You Are
55. The Chainsmokers – Young
56. The XX – On Hold
57. Beck – Up All Night
58. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Be Careful What You Wish For
59. Pvris – What’s Wrong
60. Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill
61. Calvin Harris – Feels
62. Niall Horan – Slow Hand
63. Rick Astley ft Foo Fighters – Never Gonna Give You Up
64. Shed Seven – Don’t Get Me Wrong
65. Depeche Mode – Heroes
66. Ryan Adams – Streets Of Philidelphia
67. The National – The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness
68. James – Sit Down (Game Of Thrones 2017 version)
69. Coldplay – Something Just Like This
70. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – The Man Who Built The Moon
71. Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus – Don’t Dream It’s Over
72. Muse – Dig Down
73. Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott – Here I Go Again
74. Ringo Starr – Give More Love
75. Rory Lavelle – When The Crazies Come Out
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THE FRIDAY FIVE – 11.8.2017
1. Liam Gallagher – For What It’s Worth
2. Calvin Harris – Feels
3. Mike Garry and Joe Duddell – St Anthony
4. Lorde – Perfect Places
5. The Horrors – Machine
First of all, an apology for there being no Friday Five last week. I was busy and didn’t get a chance to do it. As a result, I missed out on celebrating International Twins Day, which was last weekend.
So here, is a chart based on musical twins
FIVE SONGS BY ACTS FEATURING TWINS
1. Bee Gees – You Win Again
2. Doves – Black And White Town
3. Bros – When Will I Be Famous?
4. The Proclaimers – Letter From America
5. Jedward – Lipstick
Yesterday was Duran Duran Appreciation Day. It should be a Public Holiday.
FIVE SONGS BY DURAN DURAN
1. Ordinary World
2. Wild Boys
3. Hungry Like The Wolf
4. Serious
5. Reach Out For The Sunrise
THE SOUND OF 2015 : 1-25
So here we go, what you’ve been waiting for …….. The Top 25 songs of 2015. Enjoy.
1. Blossoms – Charlemagne
2. The Strypes – Get Into It
3. Chvrches – Leave A Trace
4. Muse – Revolt
5. Chemical Brothers – Go
6. Muse – Mercy
7. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Ballad Of The Mighty I
8. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do
9. Florence and the Machine – Queen Of Peace
10. Everything Everything – Spring/Sun/Winter/Dread
11. Calvin Harris ft Haim – Pray To God
12. Mumford and Sons – The Wolf
13. The 1975 – Love Me
14. Little Mix – Black Magic
15. Taylor Swift – Style
16. Mini Mansions – Death Is A Girl
17. Florence and the Machine – Ship To Wreck
18. Muse – Dead Inside
19. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats – SOB
20. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – You Know We Can’t Go Back
21. FFS – Piss Off
22. John Newman – Come And Get It
23. Everything Everything – Regret
24. Soak – Sea Creatures
25. Paul Weller – Saturn’s Pattern
So, congratulations to Blossoms. I bet they didn’t think that supporting Paul Weller and The Charlatans on tour could be topped, but it has.
If you haven’t heard the song before, here you go …..
They join an illustrious list of winners. Sadly, Bebo has wiped their archive, so I can’t link you 2006-2008.
THE SOUND OF …… PAST WINNERS
2014 Jamie T – Zombie
2013 Haim – The Wire
2012 Taylor Swift – We Are Never Getting Back Together
2011 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – AKA …. What A Life
2010 Marina and the Diamonds – Shampain
2009 Little Boots – New In Town
2008 Sons and Daughters – Darling
2007 Feist – 1,2, 3, 4
2006 Kasabian – Empire
50 YEARS OF TOP OF THE POPS : JAN 17 – JAN 23
We begin this week by celebrating the birth of a Rolling Stone called Mick, but not that one. Mick Taylor, a Stone from 1969 to 1974, here in one of their last TOTP studio appearances before they became too busy/big for the show, then too low charting.
17th January is a birthday for not 1, not 2, but 3 1980s stars. Paul Young (1956) being introduced here by Simon Le Bon.
Meanwhile, three years later (or, 1959) saw the birth of Susanna Hoffs. As a treat, here’s The Bangles performing Eternal Flame in 2001, shortly after Atomic Kitten took a cover of it to Number 1.
And finally, in 1964, Andy Rourke. You know, one of the two in The Smiths that wasn’t Johnny Marr or Morrissey.
Onto more recent times, Ricky Wilson from Kaiser Chiefs (and, um, The Voice) turns 36 this week.
While Calvin Harris turns 31 this week.
It’s a busy week for birthdays, with Tom Bailey of Thompson Twins turning 60. Here’s Mike Read introducing them by playing Harmonica.
Sir John Mills grandson is 41 this week. You may know him better as the singer from Kula Shaker.
Meanwhile, here’s Hard-Fi living for the weekend in 2005
Meanwhile, Robert Palmer would have been eligible for a bus pass this week if he was still alive. Here’s a random find of him performing with The Power Station, introduced by Harry Hill.
Nicky Wire from the Manics is 45 this week. Here they are performing Everything Must Go. Is it me, or does the drum loop slightly rip off Be My Baby?
The birthdays keep coming, Gary Barlow (1971) and Emma Bunton (1976)
Now to some would be birthdays, first Malcolm McLaren
And Michael Hutchence, who would have been 52 this week.
Sporting some dodgy gym gear in 1987
Performing ‘Taste It’
And finally, being introduced by his ex, Kylie Minogue in 1997, the year he later died.
Almost near the end of this week’s Birthday Bonanza, one last one, Andrew Roachford, or just plain Roachford.
Though, you can’t hear ‘Cuddly Toy’ without thinking about this.
And finally, we end on a sad note, as this week saw the 18th anniversary of the death of the London Boys. This song, is just fantastic.
THE FRIDAY FIVE -10.1.2014
1. Lorde – Team
2. Ellie Goulding – Goodness Gracious
3. Eminem ft Rihanna – Monster
4. Calvin Harris & Alesso ft Hurts – Under Control
5. Foxes – Let Go For Tonight
THE FRIDAY FIVE – 10.5.2013
1. Beady Eye – Second Bite Of The Apple
2. Phoenix – Entertainment
3. Editors – A Ton Of Love
4. David Bowie – The Next Day
5. B*Witched – Love And Money
So, the line-up for Radio 1’s Big Weekend, or Raydio Wan’s Bug Weekend, as it’s being hosted by Derry~Londonderry, now using a ~ instead of a /, was announced.
I’d love to get a ticket, especially for the Sunday, so if you know of any spares going, feel free to sort me out.
To get you all in the mood, here’s a chart made up of those performing
FIVE SONGS BY ACTS PERFORMING AT FRIDAY OF RADIO 1’S BIG WEEKEND
1. Calvin Harris – Acceptable In The 80s
2. Wiley – Cash In My Pocket
3. Dizee Rascal ft Calvin Harris –
4. Breaks Co-Op – The Otherside
5. Katy B – Anywhere In The World
FIVE SONGS BY ACTS PERFORMING AT SATURDAY OF RADIO 1’S BIG WEEKEND
1. Biffy Clyro – The Captain
2. Ellie Goulding – Under The Sheets
3. The Vaccines – If You Wanna
4. The 1975 – Chocolate
5. The Saturdays – Up
FIVE SONGS BY ACTS PERFORMING AT SUNDAY OF RADIO 1’S BIG WEEKEND
1. Olly Murs – Army Of Two
2. Paramore – That’s What You Get
3. Everything Everything – Photoshop Handsome
4. Haim – Don’t Save Me
5. 30 Seconds To Mars – Kings & Queens
THE SOUND OF 2012 : 51-75
51. Gym Class Heroes ft Ryan Tedder – The Fighter
52. Paloma Faith – Picking up The Pieces
53. Big Kids – Heart Sing
54. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Fallen Angel
55. Cher Lloyd – Want U Back
56. Dappy – Good Intentions
57. Matt Cardle – It’s Only Love
58. Rebecca Ferguson – Backtrack
59. Taylor Swift – Ours
60. Muse – Madness
61. The Maccabees – Pelican
62. Example – Close Enemies
63. Bloc Party – Kettling
64. Two Door Cinema Club – Sun
65. Horrible Histories – Flame
66. Marina and the Diamonds – Power and Control
67. Alex Clare – Too Close
68. Dappy ft Brian May – Rockstar
69. Eugene McGuinness – Lion
70. Rihanna – Diamonds
71. Florence and the Machine ft Calvin Harris – Spectrum
72. Black Keys – On The Ceiling
73. Owl City ft Carly Rae Jepsen – Good Time
74. Leona Lewis – Trouble
75. The Big Pink – Stay Gold
THE FRIDAY FIVE – 27.7.2012
1. Bombay Bicycle Club – Shuffle
2. Horrible Histories – Flame
3. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
4. Florence and the Machine ft Calvin Harris – Spectrum
5. Gym Class Heroes – The Fighter
It’s the Olympics!!!! Whoop!!
To be honest, my only interest is ripping the piss out of the opening ceremony.
But anyhow, I shall commemorate this by a playlist of Gold, Silver and Bronze, except there are no songs with Bronze in the title (Though, The Beautiful South did bring out a Best Of called ‘Solid Bronze’, but you’re better off buying ‘Carry On Up The Charts to be honest)
FIVE OLYMPIC THEMED SONGS
1. Prince – Gold
2. Spandau Ballet – Gold
3. Shed Seven – Going For Gold
4. David Essex – Silver Dream Machine
5. Razorlight – Golden Touch
Meanwhile, Sugababes are back, except they’re not allowed to call themselves Sugababes for legal reasons.
The original line-up has reformed, and are calling themselves Mutya Keisha Siobhan. I’m rather disappointed they didn’t call themselves Mutya Buena’s Arse Implants
So, I shall commemorate this by doing a Sugababes Top Five, even though they’ve been utter wank since 2008
FIVE SUGABABES SONGS
1. Denial
2. Soul Sound
3. Red Dress
4. Easy
5. Freak Like Me
THE FRIDAY FIVE – 13.7.2012
1. Katy Perry – Wide Awake
2. Florence and the Machine ft Calvin Harris – Spectrum
3. The Killers – Runaways
4. Josh Osho – Redemption Days
5. Gym Class Heroes ft Ryan Tedder – The Fighter
Last Sunday, ITV launched a three part series titled ‘The Nation’s Favourite Number One’ which will probably have some crap Robbie Williams or Spice Girls song as the winner.
To commemorate this (The UK Singkes chart turns 60 this year) i’m going to do a Top Five for every decade from the 60s on.
I have three editions of the Guinness Book Of British Hit Singles (1999, 2001, 2003) and read them from cover to cover, so I know which songs were and weren’t Number One off by heart.
I had to use Wikipedia for this decade, whatever it’s called. A marked departure from when I would check the charts on Ceefax on a Sunday night (It’s still on page 528, if you’re interested)
FIVE NUMBER ONES FROM THE 60s
1. Small Faces – All Or Nothing
2. Rolling Stones – Get Off My Cloud
3. Tommy Roe – Dizzy
4. The Beatles – Ticket To Ride
5. Bee Gees – I Just Gotta Get A Message To You
FIVE NUMBER ONES OF THE 70s
1. Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights
2. Tina Charles – I Love To Love
3. Blondie – Heart Of Glass
4. Sweet – Blockbuster
5. Status Quo – Down Down
FIVE NUMBER ONES OF THE 80s
1. Wham – Freedom
2. Nena – 99 Red Balloons
3. Blondie – Call Me
4. Joe Dolce – Shaddap You Face
5. The Jam – Going Underground
FIVE NUMBER ONES OF THE 90s
1. U2 – The Fly
2. Queen – Innuendo
3. Chesney Hawkes – the One And Only
4. Blur – Country House
5. Babylon Zoo – Spaceman
FIVE NUMBER ONES OF THE 00s
1. Tatu – All The Things She Said
2. Stereophonics – Dakota
3. Nelly Furtado – Maneater
4. Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love
5. Billie Piper – Day And Night
FIVE NUMBER ONES OF THE 10s
1. Owl City – Fireflies
2. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
3. Rihanna ft Calvin Harris – We Found Love
4. Gotye ft Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know
5. Diana Vickers – Once
THE SOUND OF 2011 : 81-100
So, here it is, that time of year when we look back at the year just past.
Every Thursday night between now and December 22nd, i’m going to give you the definitive list of the 100 Best Songs Of 2011. This week is 81-100
Why Thursday I hear you ask? Well, when I blogged on Bebo, Thursaday was the day I posted my Top 5 songs that week, so I might as well keep it going on WordPress, even though I now blog my Top 5 songs of the week on a Friday morning, purely because ‘The Friday Five’ sounds better than ‘The Thursday Five’
For those needing a refresher, the previous winners are
2010 Marina and the Diamonds – Shampain
2009 Little Boots – New In Town
2008 Sons and Daughters – Darling
2007 Feist – 1, 2, 3, 4
2006 Kasabien – Empire
So, who will win in 2011?
He’s 81-100
81. Adele – Set Fire To The Rain
82. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Stranded On The Wrong Beach
83. Two Door Cinema Club – Undercover Martyn
84. Ed Sheeran – Lego House
85. Beady Eye – Four Letter Word
86. Noah and the Whale – Life Is Life
87. Take That – Kidz
88. Yasmin – Finish Line
89. Noah and the Whale – Tonight’s The Kind Of Night
90. Rihanna – We Found Love
91. The Kooks – Is It Me?
92. Nikki Minaj ft Rihanna – Fly
93. Arctic Monkeys – The Hellcat Spangled Shalala
94. Talay Riley – Make You Mine
95. Calvin Harris ft Kelis – Bounce
96. Marina and the Diamonds – Radioactive
97. Rizzle Kicks – Down With The Trumpets
98. White Lies – Better Than Us
99. Hard-Fi – Good For Nothing
100. Nikki Minaj : Supperbass
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