The Great Jock n Roll Single

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

Post-Chart Analysis from Dave in the Stats Bunker:

A busy week but a steady one as our Top 6 all stay put. Big movers are The Rezillos and Roddy Frame’s debut solo single both making an assault on the higher parts of the chart. Another good week for the city of Donday as both AWB and Club Country go higher. That and of course the continuing No 1.

The Bandits are back again. One week here one week out, one week here one week out. Bit like the managers office at Tynecastle, but tuneful and tasteful.

Where the hell did "Upside Down" come from? This time last week it was a footnote, this week it’s our highest new entry and our highest ever debutant since we went to a Top 75. This is because I said in my Top 10 that no one really knew it at the time, isn’t it?

We’re doing a huge chart next week so keep them coming. I really need to know what you think is the best single ever. I want to do you and the girl in 2a that had the triplets.

(Dave, 17 December 2006) NEW CHART: SUNDAY 24 DEC 2006
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