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Tim’s Top 20 Number 86

5th Apr 20195th Apr 2019Posted in Tim's Top 20Tagged 2019, Ariana Grande, Charts, Jax Jones, Little Mix, Music, Pop, Purple Disco Machine, Westlife, woman like me1 Comment

Westlife received the title of “Song of the Week” on the inaugural “Smash or Gash” review feature on this site. It now does what their previous song didn’t and that’s enter straight at number 1. Meanwhile, “Hello My Love” manages to climb in its 12th week on the chart.

Amazingly, 2 of the 3 weakest tracks, according to the reviews last week have 2 highest new entries on the chart. “Hustle” is the 2nd single from P!nk’s forthcoming album “Hurts 2 B Human” and it’s a bit of a non-event, but at the same time not offensive either (unless you have a problem with the word “fuck”, that is). Ciara’s new single was slightly downgraded in my review due to it not really going anywhere. But, I think it’s the mixture of middle-of-the-road, major key 90s-ness that has turned “Thinkin Bout You” into a bit of an earworm as the week’s gone on. I still think it will flop on the international charts though.

Further new mixes of “Body Funk” help Italian DJ Purple Disco Machine climb back into the top 3 for after a large drop from the top slot last week. A new compilation album from him arrives at the end of April.

Ariana Grande and regular collaborator Victoria Monet share the performer credit for the first time on a single on surprise release “Monopoly”, which is currently in the itunes top 10 in the UK after 3 days of release. The song doesn’t appear on her latest album “Thank U Next” and it’s unknown at this time whether it’ll appear on Ariana’s next album, which will no doubt come out by summer.

COMING SOON: On my next blog post I’ll be reviewing this week’s new song releases as well as a special review of Marina’s new digital album release of “Love”.

On next week’s TT20, will Little Mix’s “Woman Like Me” become the first track since Kesha’s “Woman” in early 2018, to score 20 weeks on the chart? It’s taken a battering on the rundown this week, with the biggest drop within the chart (down 14 places to number 20) so we’ll have to wait and see.

Also, I’ll be updating my Record Store Day picks in another blog post, as the annual event takes place in just 1 week from now.

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Tim’s Top 20 of Q1 2019

31st Mar 201931st Mar 2019Posted in Tim's Top 20Tagged 2019, Ariana Grande, Baby Spice, Charts, Dido, Emma Bunton, Gay, Gay UK, Jax Jones, Little Mix, Music, My Happy Place, Pop, pop music, Purple Disco Machine, Unperfect, Westlife, Years and YearsLeave a comment

1. WESTLIFE – HELLO MY LOVE (54 plays)
2. Little Mix- Think About Us // LM5 (40 plays)
3. Marina- Handmade Heaven // Love + Fear (38 plays)
4. Calvin Harris & Rag n Bone Man- Giant (33 plays)
5. Dido- Friends // Still On My Mind (28 plays)
6. Unperfect- Gots To Give The Girl (27 plays)
7. Jax Jones & Years and Years- Play (23 plays)
8. Adelphi Music Factory- Javelin (22 plays)
9. CamelPhat- Breathe (21 plays)
10. Avril Lavigne & Nicki Minaj- Dumb Blonde // Head Above Water (20 plays)
11. Purple Disco Machine- Body Funk (19 plays)
12. Jess Glynne- No One // Always In Between (19 plays)
13. Francis Rossi & Hannah Rickard- I Talk Too Much // We Talk Too Much (19 plays)
14. Pink- Walk Me Home // Hurts 2 B Human (18 plays)
15. Emma Bunton- Baby Please Don’t Stop // My Happy Place (17 plays)
16. Zedd & Katy Perry- 365 (15 plays)
17. Dido- Give You Up // Still On My Mind (10 plays)
18. Francis Rossi & Hannah Rickard- Maybe Tomorrow // We Talk Too Much (10 plays)
19. Ariana Grande- Break Up With Your Girlfriend // Thank U, Next (10 plays)
20. That Kid- Take It Off (10 plays)

Tim’s Top 20 Number 83

15th Mar 201917th Mar 2019Posted in Tim's Top 20Tagged 2019, Charts, Dido, Emma Bunton, Gay UK, Jax Jones, Little Mix, Music, Pop, pop music, Purple Disco Machine, Westlife, woman like me, Years and YearsLeave a comment

So, this week there are 5 new entries, 5 re-entries, 5 climbers and 5 droppers. This, of course, means there’s a brand new #1.

But, let’s begin by mentioning the influx of entries from Dido. She has the most entries on this week’s chart with 5 tracks, all taken from her 5th album “Still On My Mind”. The album is heading for a top 3 position on the UK album chart this week. This will be her best chart position for 11 years. A more comprehensive review of the collection will appear on this site very soon. But, from the dominance on this top 20, expect it to get a good report.

My new favourite, Purple Disco Machine, scores a 2nd number 1 in just 6 months with a freshly promoted track from his 2017 album “Soulmatic”. “Body Funk” was released as a remix EP and has enabled it to enter the chart right on top. It’ll be interesting to see whether its longevity on the chart will be an improvement on the last #1 he featured on- a remix of Jax Jones’ “Play”, which left TT20 just 2 weeks after also entering the chart on top position. The song has had a rebound this week, re-entering for a 3rd week on the list, at this week’s #17.

Benefitting from a neatly packaged EP of remixes on Spotify, Calvin Harris’ “Giant” climbs to its best chart position so far (#3) and, guess what, the New Purple One is one of the remixers. Bringing disco house shimmying into 2019, is this finally the end of listless dance music ruling the airwaves? Everything is crossed…

Bananarama were a pop force in the 80s and have managed to continue for a further 30 years by being a gay scene staple, with a sadly cheap sounding, kitsch pop style. Their only saving grace being a Buzz Junkies remix of a Three Degrees song from the 70s (“The Runner”). Reuniting with Siobhan Fahey in 2016 for a tour seems to have reinvigorated the 2-piece studio line-up. Following a false start with the horrendously reductive “Dance Music”, they’ve released a 2nd song from their forthcoming album. Making an effort to not be a dismissive bitch over the whole affair, “Stuff Like That”, which isn’t quite as offensive, has managed enough streams this week to enter TT20 at #20.

COMING SOON:

My review of Dido’s new album is due later in the week

New entries on TT20 are likely from Daya, Westlife and Rita Ora in the coming weeks. They are unlikely to come from Iggy Azalea.

Tim’s Top 20 Number 78

9th Feb 2019Posted in Tim's Top 20Tagged Ariana Grande, Charts, Chemical Brothers, Dido, Gay, Gay UK, Jax Jones, Little Mix, Music, Pop, Purple Disco Machine, UK, Unperfect, Years and YearsLeave a comment

So, there’s a change at the top and it’s primarily due, not to primary artist Jax Jones, or even their collaborators Years and Years, but due to the stellar remix released a week ago by, who I hope provides the sound of 2019, Purple Disco Machine. A one-man gay night who, in recent months has already provided some much-missed sparkle to the charts with his 1st number 1 on the former Tim’s Top 10 in September 2018: “Dished”, which used the top line of Man2Man’s UK top 3 gay anthem in itself “Male Stripper”. Keep your ears out for another remix of his, released on Friday 8th Feb, this time refreshing Fatboy Slim’s number 1 hit from 1999 “Praise You”.

The Sound of 2019 is trying to be the Y2K Rebooted. Along with Purple Disco Machine, coming through is another artist providing a coat of sumptuous paint to the sounds of 20 years ago, CamelPhat, who could be mistaken for being Chicane for those who missed the fuss the first time round. “Breathe”, which scores the 2nd highest new entry on the chart this week, is currently a top 10 sales hit and is on a slow but, promising trajectory up the official UK charts.

The Chemical Brothers also had massive success in the late 90s with hits like “Hey Boy, Hey Girl” and “Let Forever Be”. They return after a break from the mainstream with something a little less daring but, maybe this is for the better, with their take on commercial disco: “Got To Keep On”. Unlucky for some, they enter TT20 at #13.

Saara Aalto has rerecorded her cover of the Frozen song “Let It Go” and released it on the back of her half-sung, half-ice-skated performance on ITV’s Dancing on Ice 2 weeks ago. This is Saara’s 5th hit on the chart following her Eurovision smash “Monsters”, Xenomania-produced #1 “My Touch”, “Domino” and “Walking on Nails”. She enters the chart this time at #19.

Coming soon to Tim’s Top 20:

Ariana Grande released her 5th album “Thank U, Next” on Friday 8th Feb. Can she score a hit that’ll topple the success of “Blazed” from last year’s “Sweetener” album?

The Brit Awards are presented on 20th February. Will anyone do an Adele and shit rings round the competition with an unexpectedly perfect performance?