The Great Jock n Roll Single

Jocknroll · Last edited by Jocknroll on Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:15 pm; edited 1 time in total

THE CURRENT TOP 75 (@ Sunday 26 November 2006) (last week in brackets)
1 (1) The Associates—Party Fears Two (1982)
2 (2) Aztec Camera—Oblivious (1983)
3 (4) Franz Ferdinand—Take Me Out (2004)
4 (3) The Skids—Into The Valley (1979)
5 (5) The Blue Nile—Tinseltown In The Rain (1984)
6 (6) Big Country—In A Big Country (1983)
7 (8) Cocteau Twins—Pearly Dewdrops Drops (1984)
8 (11) Edwyn Collins—A Girl Like You (1994)
9 (10) Orange Juice—Rip It Up (1983)*
10 (7) Jesus and Mary Chain—Never Understand (1985)
11 (17) The Waterboys—Whole of the Moon (1985)
12 (9) Deacon Blue—Dignity (1987)
13 (16) Trashcan Sinatras—Obscurity Knocks (1990)
14 (22) The Proclaimers— I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) (1988)
15 (18) Gerry Rafferty—Baker Street (1978)
16 (12) Altered Images—Don’t Talk To Me About Love (1983)
17 (13) Big Country—Fields of Fire (400 Miles) (1983)
18 (19) Danny Wilson—Mary’s Prayer (1987)
19 (14) The Proclaimers—Letter from America (1987)
20 (15) Del Amitri—Nothing Ever Happens (1990)
21 (27) Hipsway—The Honeythief (1986)
22 (46) This Mortal Coil—Song To The Siren (1983)
23 (23) Texas—I Don’t Want A Lover (1989)
24 (20) Teenage Fanclub—Sparky’s Dream (1995)
25 (24) Stealers Wheel—Stuck In The Middle With You (1972)
26 (21) Simple Minds—Waterfront (1983)
27 (40) Camera Obscura—Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken (2006)
28 (33) Wet Wet Wet—Love Is All Around (1994)
29 (28) Strawberry Switchblade—Since Yesterday (1984)
30 (30) The Rezillos—Top of the Pops (1978)
31 (25) Orange Juice—Falling and Laughing (1980)
32 (26) Orange Juice—Felicity (1982)*
33 (32) Jesus and Mary Chain—Just Like Honey (1985)
34 (39) Belle and Sebastian—Lazy Line Painter Jane (1997)
35 (41) Primal Scream—Loaded (1990)
36 (34) Lloyd Cole and the Commotions—Perfect Skin (1984)
37 (29) Arab Strap—The First Big Weekend (1996)
38 (31) Orange Juice—Blue Boy (1980)
39 (38) Teenage Fanclub—Everything Flows (1990)
40 (35) Goodbye Mr Mackenzie—The Rattler (1986)
41 (62) Deacon Blue—Real Gone Kid (1988)
42 (45) Jesus and Mary Chain—Some Candy Talking (1986)
43 (36) The Proclaimers—Sunshine On Leith (1988)
44 (48) Idlewild—American English (2002)
45 (37) The Associates—Club Country (1982)
46 (50) Simple Minds—I Travel (1980)
47 (59) Sons and Daughters—Johnny Cash (2004)
48 (60) Hue and Cry—Looking for Linda (1989)*
49 (42) Primal Scream—Movin’ On Up (1992)
50 (52) Eddi Reader—Patience of Angels (1994)
51 (43) Average White Band—Pick Up The Pieces (1974)
52 (44) Roddy Frame—Reason For Living (1998)
53 (47) Aztec Camera—Walk Out To Winter (1983)
54 (54) Camera Obscura—Eighties Fan (2001)*
55 (56) Bay City Rollers—Bye Bye Baby (1975)
56 (49) Horse—Careful (1990)
57 (51) Hue and Cry—Labour of Love (1986)
58 (63) Aztec Camera—Somewhere In My Heart (1988)*
59 (64) The Vaselines—Son Of A Gun (1987)
60 (53) Friends Again—State of Art (1983)
61 (65) Travis—Why Does It Always Rain On Me? (1999)
62 (67) Jesus and Mary Chain—You Trip Me Up (1985)
63 (55) Del Amitri—Always The Last To Know (1992)
64 (57) Fire Engines—Candyskin (1981)
65 (-) Big Country—Chance (1983)
66 (RE) Sensational Alex Harvey Band—Delilah (1975)
67 (58) Simple Minds—Don’t You (Forget About Me) (1985)
68 (RE) The Fire Engines—Get Up and Use Me (1980)
69 (-) Altered Images—Happy Birthday (1981)
70 (-) Lloyd Cole and the Commotions—Lost Weekend (1985)
71 (61) The Big Dish—Miss America (1991)
72 (RE) Shop Assistants—Safety Net (1986)
73 (66) Love and Money—Winter (1991)
74 (-) Primal Scream—All Fall Down (1985)
75 (71) Love and Money—Jocelyn Square (1989)

* Available earlier on different format

Post-Chart Analysis from Dave in the Stats Bunker:

Franz Ferdinand are creeping up place by place, week by week, and now have Aztec Camera in their sights. Elsewhere, Edwyn solo finally catches up with and passes Edwyn with Orange Juice. Good progress from The Proclaimers and The Waterboys but the real stars are the Cocteau Twin-heavy edition of This Mortal Coil, who have moved up 24 big Jock ‘n’ Roll places to number 22. good weeks also for Camera Obscura and Deacon Blue.

Interesting new entries as another Big Country single from the same album as the other two comes in as does the debut Primal Scream 45 and Alex Harvey makes a sensational comeback at last with Delilah. My, my. Oh, and the Wets are at an all-time high.

A lot of Aberfeldy votes in this week but that’s okay, I don’t reckon there’s a conspiracy. A conspiracy would’ve been organised enough to vote for the same song, wouldn’t it? Definitely not a conspiracy then!
Oh and The Cat’s been walking around Jock ‘n’ Roll HQ purring as someone else has finally voted for The Close Lobsters. Unfortunately, it’s for a different single.

Keep the votes coming in folks. This is the most exciting game in town. Shite; that was lacrosse!

(Dave, 26 November 2006) NEW CHART: SUNDAY 3 DEC 2006
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the vinyl villain · Level 42 Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 46

Dave

Want some more work? I've a few suggestions.

How about doing that thing they have on the Charts page in Q Magazine.....the one that says how many weeks in total the songs have been on the charts??

And could you expand it to a Top 100 or 200 or whatever it takes to get more Friends Again singles included???

Oh and one final question. I've already voted....but having listened to hundreds of songs on the i-pod while on holiday, I want to vote again. How about asking old voters to add numbers 11-20 and new voters to go for a Top 20????

Go on......you know you want to. Think of all those extra stats!!!!

Statsbunker · Site Admin 2 Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 68

Nah

I'm all statted out for the night. Shocked

Now ask me tomorrow when I've had two cups of the black medicine and I might just warm to that idea Idea