the charts are stagnating again.

Shit, it appears you are right Marcello. Although I was only 4 in '74 so have no real time memory of the record being in the charts. I was convinced that I'd heard it was a chart topper. Ashes To Ashes can stay then.

Actually, no, replace it with Sugar Sugar or I Heard It Through The Grapevine.

(nme news :)

The track - by duo Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse - is now the most successful single released in Britain in over a decade, beating Tony Christie's '(Is This The Way To) Amarillo' which clocked-up seven weeks at number one last year.

Wet Wet Wet's chart topper 'Love Is All Around' is now ahead of Gnarls Barkley in recent chart history with its 15 weeks at number one in 1994.

http://www.nme.com/news/gnarls-barkley/23123

Amber and Alice were kinda 'unbothered' about it. So, the kids are alright.

why is christina milian not going to no 1?

Death to those who have a mortgage.

-- The Lex (alex.macpherso...), May 22nd, 2006.

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cause it's nowhere near as good as everyone on here is saying it is.

Come on! Milian for No 1!

it's going to be number one i reckon. SONG X!

sould still be their biggest hit i say. ROCKS was a 7.

tooting basement? that's not real is it?

Rhiannaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6899896.stm

make it stop!

make it stop!

why??

"Umbrella" gets actively worse and worse. At this point, I never want to hear it again, especially the fuxxing Chris Brown version.

^ this is how i'm starting to feel about 'buy u a drank'

this happened to me last year with "irreplaceable." song makes me want to crash my car.

nah, 'umbrella' is about as deserving a song as i can imagine for this kind of mammoth chart run. not remotely bored of it either.

I don't hear it that often to get irritated by it. I like it well enough.

It's more "IS THERE NOTHING ELSE?" for me.

Foo Fighters in "vereh old track makes top forty" shokka!

It somehow quietly relieves me to realise I am so out of the loop Ive never heard ANY of these songs (except for "crazy").

i would get tired of it if it weren't for that dynamite jay-z intro.

Kate Nash got jipped. Who else is next??

It somehow quietly relieves me to realise I am so out of the loop Ive never heard ANY of these songs (except for "crazy").

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Freak Like Me is Richard X using the Sugababes to do a legitimate version of his Girls On Top mash-up We Don't Give A Damn About Our Friends - Gary Numan was fine with being sampled for the backing, but Adina Howard refused to clear her vocals, so whoever was in the 'Babes that week just covers the song. It's a very good pop record, probably technically a lot more polished than the mash-up but not as immediate.

Hung Up was huge here, amazed you've not heard this - #49 for the year in 2005 and #38 for 2006. Prominent ABBA sample, co-written and produced by JLC, possibly Madonna's best single ever.

Push The Button is a wilfully inoffensive Sugababes single, musically circular.

I dunno which Christina Milian song they're talking about, may not have heard it.

Hey Ya was ludicrously huge, here's a zillion ILX threads that mention it. Outkast's biggest single ever, off the Andre 3000 half of their split solo quadruple album. Breaks brain to conceive of you never hearing it.

S.O.S. is a big Rihanna single that samples the Soft Cell cover of Tainted Love, you might love or hate it for that.

Da Funk it's impossible you haven't heard. Daft Punk's first international single, flogged on JJJ ten years ago, dog with a boombox in the video, c'mon.

Where Is The Love is a terrible attempt at soulful relevance by Black Eyed Peas.Justin Timberlake sings on it but wouldn't appear in the video. Avoid.

A Little Less Conversation - chart-bothering remix of little-known Elvis song used in Ocean's movie.

You're Beautiful - allegedly ubiquitous post Coldplay/David Gray snorecrooner by James Blunt. I only saw it on chart TV rundowns though. Terrible.

X is by Xzibit, one of the less completely forgettable singles by Rove's non-pal. Not your thing I imagine, but thumbs up from here.

When Doves Cry though is by Prince and his gothiest hit ever. It is completely inconceivable to me that you haven't heard it, but you should check it out now anyway, pretend it's 1984, you'll love it.

Crazy In Love is a huge hit by Beyonce with a splendid guest verse by Jay-Z, built on a 70s soul/funk sample produced by Rich Harrison. It is excellent, you should check it out.

1 Thing is an even better hit by Amerie built on a 70s soul/funk sample produced by Rich Harrison. Still not your thing but so great I hope you would love it anyway.

Ignition (Remix). I bought the album to hear it because of this thread. The combination of the two on the album is one of the greatest musical events of the century. You'd probably hate it. But read the thread.

I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor is young person's energetic rock music by the Arctic Monkeys. It is not shit, unlike most everything else that fits that description on JJJ's playlists last year, but you're not missing anything.

Love Is All Around was a Wet Wet Wet cover of a Troggs song from some early-90s romcom, maybe Four Weddings and a Funeral. Tedious.

Everything I Do I Do It For You was by Bryan Adams and from some other movie a couple of years before. It's very awful

Buy U A Drank is typical of T-Pain's work, an R&B singer who uses Autotune as a stylistic effect rather than to correct minor errors, but all the time, as part of his style, unlike Cher's Believe. His material is generally slightly tongue-in-cheek, self-mocking sleazy loverman stuff. Fun but utterly disposable, but he's utterly aware of the latter himself. The title tells the story.

Irreplaceable is a rather good break-up-but-I'm-strong-and-moving-on-despite-it-all song performed by Beyonce and written by Ne-Yo. Has a great hook, and a remix with a verse by Ghostface. Give it a listen, you might appreciate right about nowish.

I skipped Dr C's list because I really really assumed you must have too.

great rundown, energy flash!

Yes, bloody impressive, amost swaggartian.

indeed

"I dunno which Christina Milian song they're talking about, may not have heard it."

the godhead 'dip it low', prolly.

Okay if Rihanna was to just go on and on and break Bryan Adams' record, would anyone outside ILM, Popjustice and the BBC Entertainment site actually notice?

i don't think the long run is a sign of stagnation. it felt more stagnant when there were 52 no. 1s a year.

i would get tired of it if it weren't for that dynamite jay-z intro.

waaht - way to praise the weakest link in the chain. it's so pointless.

nah it seemed pointless at first but it's so important and integral to the song's greatness. he's like a town crier sent out in advance to ready everyone for the impending splendour of the song. plus, gives one time to get to the dancefloor innit.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sarcasm

xpost

hahahahahaha

no lex, it's shit. the song is brilliant, but fucking hell jay almost ruins it.

can't believe Fergie is number 2 with THIRD single from last year's album

he's like a town crier sent out in advance to ready everyone for the impending splendour of the song.

he is doing the job of a radio dj.