The Great Jock n Roll Single

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THE CURRENT TOP 75 (@ Sunday 21 January 2007)
1 (1) The Associates—Party Fears Two
2 (2) The Skids—Into The Valley
3 (3) Aztec Camera—Oblivious
4 (5) Blue Nile—Tinseltown In The Rain
5 (4) Big Country—In A Big Country
6 (6) Franz Ferdinand—Take Me Out
7 (8) Orange Juice—Rip It Up
8 (7) Cocteau Twins—Pearly Dewdrops Drops
9 (10) The Waterboys—Whole Of The Moon
10 (9) Edwyn Collins—Girl Like You
11 (12) Deacon Blue—Dignity
12 (11) Gerry Rafferty—Baker Street
13 (16) Big Country—Fields Of Fire (400 Miles)
14 (13) Trashcan Sinatras—Obscurity Knocks
15 (14) The Proclaimers—I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
16 (17) Danny Wilson—Mary's Prayer
17 (15) Jesus And Mary Chain—Never Understand
18 (23) Simple Minds—Waterfront
19 (22) The Proclaimers—Letter From America
20 (18) Altered Images—Don't Talk To Me About Love
21 (19) Stealer's Wheel—Stuck In The Middle With You
22 (26) Hipsway—Honeythief
23 (21) The Rezillos—Top Of The Pops
24 (20) This Mortal Coil—Song To The Siren
25 (24) Primal Scream—Loaded
26 (25) Del Amitri—Nothing Ever Happens
27 (27) Lloyd Cole And The Commotions—Perfect Skin
28 (32) Wet Wet Wet—Love Is All Around
29 (33) Texas—I Don't Want A Lover
30 (28) Teenage Fanclub—Everything Flows
31 (37) Jesus And Mary Chain—Just Like Honey
32 (34) Teenage Fanclub—Sparky’s Dream
33 (30) Orange Juice—Felicity
34 (36) Goodbye Mr Mckenzie—The Rattler
35 (31) The Proclaimers—Sunshine On Leith
36 (36) The Associates—Club Country
37 (35) Belle & Sebastian—Lazy Line Painter Jane
38 (40) Orange Juice—Falling And Laughing
39 (41) Arab Strap—The First Big Weekend
40 (38) Simple Minds—I Travel
41 (42) Roddy Frame—Reason For Living
42 (39) Strawberry Switchblade—Since Yesterday
43 (43) Friends Again—State Of Art
44 (52) Aztec Camera—Walk Out To Winter
45 (50) Travis—Why Does It Always Rain On Me?
46 (55) Idlewild—American English
47 (47) Orange Juice—Blue Boy
48 (44) Simple Minds—Don't You (Forget About Me)
49 (48) Camera Obscura—Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
50 (49) Big Dish—Miss America
51 (46) Deacon Blue—Real Gone Kid
52 (45) Aztec Camera—Somewhere In My Heart
53 (64) Eddi Reader—Patience Of Angels
54 (51) Jesus And Mary Chain—Some Candy Talking
55 (56) Fire Engines—Get Up And Use Me
56 (57) Average White Band—Pick Up The Pieces
57 (53) Strawberry Switchblade—Trees And Flowers
58 (54) Love And Money—Winter
59 (61) Altered Images—Happy Birthday
60 (71) Hue And Cry—Labour Of Love
61 (60) Bay City Rollers—Bye Bye Baby
62 (58) The Vaselines—Son Of A Gun
63 (59) Jesus And Mary Chain—Upside Down
64 (63) Hue And Cry—Looking For Linda
65 (62) Sons & Daughters—Johnny Cash
66 (75) Marti Pellow—Close To You
67 (66) Fire Engines—Candyskin
68 (68) Camera Obscura—Eighties Fan
69 (65) Sensational Alex Harvey Band—Boston Tea Party
70 (RE) Sensational Alex Harvey Band—Delilah (live)
71 (69) Primal Scream—Movin’ On Up
72 (70) Shop Assistants—Safety Net
73 (67) Josef K—Sorry For Laughing
74 (-) H²0—Dream To Sleep
75 (RE) Fiction Factory— Feels Like Heaven

Right, first things first. On this Monday (22nd January) it will be 10 years
since Billy McKenzie died. Do yourself a favour and put Party Fears Two on that day. LOUD. The song is still number one in our chart, the only song to hold the same position since we started.

Elsewhere, a lot of shuffling this week with no massive leaps and The Blue Nile retake the number 4 spot. Loads of votes for songs in the higher reaches of the chart this week and whilst the most votes this week were for Dignity, the fact that a lot of the songs around it polled strongly too means it only moves up one space. Equally, we have to feel sorry for the Trashcans: they equal their most votes in a week figure but still drop a place!

Better week for another Reader as Eddi jumps 11 big places as do the Kane brothers at number 60. Biggest move in the Top 30 is Ra Minds.

Only new entry is H²O’s long overdue debut in our chart. Frank O’Hare from the band popped into virtual HQ this week; he voted for himself, we told him that as the song got to number 17 he was our biggest pop star voter yet (chartwise that is, there’s been some 6 footers in here of late) and he went away chuffed. So when is that second album coming out Frank?

Oh and Debbie. What have you done? Marti Pellow is up to 66 this week. This is your doing Debbie. It’s all your fault and I hope you’re pleased. Come to think of it you probably are!

It’s not my fault see the boss

(Dave, 21 January 2007)
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