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Official Singles Chart Top 40 on 10/12/2021

10 December 2021 - 16 December 2021

The Official UK Top 40 chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company, based on official sales of sales of downloads, CD, vinyl, audio streams and video streams. The Top 40 is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV, the full Top 100 is published exclusively on OfficialCharts.com. View the biggest songs of 2023.

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40) Enemy – Imagine Dragons (0/10)
39) The Christmas song – Olivia Dean (0/10)
38) I hate U – SZA (9/10)
37) Better days – Dermot Kennedy (9/10)
36) Sleigh ride – Ronnettes (2/10)
35) War is over – John Lennon (-1/10)
34) I Wish – Joel Curry (3/10)
33) I wish it could be Christmas everyday (0/10)
32) Jingle bell rock – Bobby Helms (1/10)
31) One more sleep – Leona Lewis (7/10)

30) Tell me something good – Ewan McVikar (0/10)
29) Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney (5/10)
28) Shivers – Ed Sheeran (4/10)
27) Driving home for Christmas – Chris Rea (2/10)
26) Come on home for Christmas – George Ezra (0/10)
25) I wish it could it could be Christmas everyday – Slave (0/10)
24) All too well – Taylor Swift (10/10)
23) Oh my God – Adele (2/10)
22) Cold Heart – Elton John (2/10)
21) Do it to it – Acraze (0/10)

20) It’s the most wonderful time of the year – Andy Williams (0/10)
19) Santa tell me – Ariana Grade (7/10)
18) I drink wine – Adele (0/10)
17) Underneath the tree – Kelly Clarkson (5/10)
16) Step into Christmas – Elton John (4/10)
15) Seventeen going under – Sam Fender (9/10)
14) Do they know its Christmas – Band Aids (3/10)
13) Overpass Graffiti – Ed Sheeran (2/10)
12) Coming for you – SwitchOTR (8/10)
11) Overseas – D Block Europe (9/10)

10) Rocking around the Christmas tree – Brenda Lee (0/10)
9) Its beginning to look a lot like – Michael Buble (0/10)
8) Flowers – Arrdee (9/10)
7) Fairytale of New York – Pogues (9/10)
6) Merry Christmas everyone – Shaking Steven (4/10)
5) Abcdefu – Gayle (9/10)
4) All I want for Christmas is you – Mariah Carey (8/10)
3) Last Christmas – Wham (10/10)
2) Easy on me – Adele (2/10)
1) Merry Christmas – Elton John (1/10)

Total = 154/400 (38.5%)

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Michael Seager

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Rip Michael Nesmith, not only a 'monkee' but a great songwriter too. Different Drum as sung by Linda Ronstadt (Stone Poneys) is musical heaven.

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Damián

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Woww...I guess 75% of the songs this week are Christmas songs!! Isn't it too much??
How could it happened that ABBA's Little Things only debuted at 61??? I hope it could be top ten

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Anthony Rogers

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Don't understand why Bad Habits has dropped out.

Please before anyone says 3 song rule......
Merry Christmas is not on the album and is also a different artist listing ( Ed Sheeran/Elton John ).!
The three song rule only applies to any 3 tracks off one album any week.
Also , it doesn't really work unless they apply it to every artist. Anyone else noticed Justin Bieber with his 4 chart positions this week.

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Nope, the 3 song rule is only 3 per artist across EVERY album, not 3 songs per album.

Otherwise, we would’ve seen a lot more Adele songs recently, as a lot of them were high on streaming when Easy On Me was announced/released.

Also, with songs with two lead artists, OCC credits the first one listed as the main artist, which is why it counts for Ed Sheeran (Ed Sheeran with Elton John) and not for Justin Bieber (The Kid LAROI with Justin Bieber).

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Ed Derek Bo

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Kinda randon how Sia's Snowman became viral, I prefer

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Rob Parkinson

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Yeah me too and also 'Santa's coming for us' hasn't charted yet this year which has been the most popular one since her Xmas album was released

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Someone, anyone please knock Adele off No 1

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Mrsliver

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Alien Blues is a strange song

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Kevin Mcquaid

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Would love to see fairy tale of new York be at #1 too

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Emma

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Ed and Elton's song is not that great, but their entertaining video propelled the song to the top of the chart.

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Snd the pogues and Kirsty nrver no 1 and Lad baby going for 4. Taste in music indeed

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CJtheDJ

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Top 40 excluding Christmas songs!
1 Easy On Me (=)
2 abcdefu (=)
3 Flowers (Say My Name) (+2) [New Peak]
4 Oversees (+6) [New Peak]
5 Coming For You (+5) [New Peak]
6 Overpass Grafitti (+1)
7 Seventeen Going Under (-1)
8 I Drink Wine (-5)
9 Do It To It (+3) [New Peak]
10 Cold Heart (+3)
11 Oh My God (-7)
12 All Too Well (Taylor's Version) (-4)
13 Shivers (-2)
14 Tell Me Something Good (=)
15 I Wish (+3) [New Peak]
16 Better Days (Dermot) (+4)
17 I Hate U (New)
18 Enemy (+4) [New Peak]
19 Make You Smile (New)
20 Alone With You (+1) [New Peak]
21 Ghost (+3) [New Peak]
22 Smokin' Out The Window (-3)
23 Stay (+3)
24 Heat Waves (+3)
25 Drive (-2)
26 Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah) (-1)
27 No Competition (+2)
28 Where Are You Now (+4) [New Peak]
29 Wandered To LA (New)
30 Who You Are (Return) [New Peak]
31 Money Calling (+6) [New Peak]
32 One Right Now (-4)
33 Good 4 U (Return)
34 SAD GURLZ LUV MONEY (-4)
35 Better Days (NEIKED) (-4)
36 INDUSTRY BABY (=)
37 Woman (Return)
38 My Heart Goes (La Di Da) (-5)
39 Obsessed With You (-5)
40 Meet Me At Our Spot (-24)

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Stuff lad baby. Imagine no Greg Lake in chart. Who is buying or streaming or whatever

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Kenny

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Shame John Springate's 'A Song for Christmas' doesn't get any airplay as that would easily make it into the top 20.

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Michael Jenkins

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Hopefully Santa tell me passes it’s last year peak of 11.

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Anthony Rogers

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47 Christmas songs and still no Greg Lake ! I'm flabbergasted 😢

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Michael Jenkins

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I am happy that SZA debuted with such a good song. I love that Santa can´t yoiu hear me is climbing, that song is insanely catchy.

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CJtheDJ

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I was never into SZA as an artist, but I Hate U is so good!

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Michael Jenkins

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Me either outside her hit songs..never saw the appeal but this song is so good.

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Conor

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shame christmas tree farm didn't make the top 40, but at least its got a new peak and All Too Well stayed in the top 30 which is great!

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rayever

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I can’t be asked to do a traffic light review this week (the next one will probably be once all the Christmas songs drop out) but unfortunately gingerbrED gets a 3rd number one of the year, great 😐

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CJtheDJ

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And he'll be getting his 4th of the year 2 weeks from now when Ladbaby tops

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rayever

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I won’t mind that because of what it does for charity lol

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CJtheDJ

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Well Ed and Elton's song is also for charity, so at least there's a lot of funds being raised this christmas!

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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my personal top 10 this week:

1. abcdefu - gayle (+1)
2. all i want for christmas is you - mariah carey (-1)
3. one more sleep - leona lewis (+3)
4. addict - silva hound ft michael kovach & chi-chi (-2)
5. feel good inc - gorillaz (=)
6. smokin out the window - silk sonic (+1)
7. christmas caller - beach bunny (NEW)
8. obsessed with you - central cee (-5)
9. fairytale of new york - the pogues ft kirsty maccoll (+1)
10. coming for you - switchotr ft a1 x j1 (+2)

full top 40 can be found here (replace the asterisks with full stops): https://open*spotify*com/playlist/50K8H2BSZq0TQOxDIFoh2t?si=a94hp7cLRt-zVIGfryJvcw

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CJtheDJ

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You already know my takes on both 1 and 10 but the rest are great

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rayever

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My Top 10 this weeks:
10) The Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York (RE)
9) Adele - Oh My God (+34)
8) Joel Corry ft Mabel - I Wish (-1)
7) Becky Hill ft Topic - My Heart Goes (La Di Da) (+1)
6) Joel Corry x RAYE x David Guetta - BED (-3)
5) RAYE - Call On Me (-3)
4) Riton & RAYE - I Don’t Want You (-3)
3) Acraze ft Cherish - Do It To It (+2)
2) Doja Cat ft The Weeknd - You Right (Extended) (+2)
1) Doja Cat - Woman (+26) (due to music video)

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Piran

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Here are all the albums that I’m going to be scoring below very shortly:

- ‘Breathe’ by Felix Jaehn
- ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’ by Dave
- ‘The Lockdown Sessions’ by Elton John
- ‘Churches’ by LP
- ‘Life By Misadventure’ by Rag’n’Bone Man

I hope you all enjoy reading them. :)

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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the lockdown sessions has gorillaz on it 😻😻😻

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Piran

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Shockingly, I think it was my lowest rated track on the album, but it's still decent. :)

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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tbf it’s the second weakest on song machine (behind the lost chord) imo, but i still really like it.

every track on song machine is great though, especially momentary bliss, valley of the pagans and aries 😻

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Piran

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Felix Jaehn – ‘Breathe’:

#1: Close Your Eyes [with VIZE ft Miss Li] (67/100)
#2: I Got A Feeling [with Robin Schulz ft Georgia Ku] (71/100)
#3: Old Me (85/100) 🥇
#4: Happy [with Miksu/Macloud ft FOURTY & Leland] (56/100) 👀
#5: Somebody You Like (78/100)
#6: Automatic [ft Jon Eyden] (74/100)
#7: No Therapy [ft Bryn Christopher & NEA] (80/100)
#8: Heard About Me [with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike & NEA] (84/100) 🥉
#9: One More Time [ft Robin Schulz & Alida] (83/100)
#10: So Close [with NOTD ft Georgia Ku & Capitain Cuts] (76/100)
#11: Without You [with Mike Williams ft Jordan Shaw] (82/100)
#12: Thank You (Not So Bad) [with VIZE] (84/100)
#13: All The Lies [with Alok & The Vamps] (75/100)
#14: Some Say [with NEA] (84/100) 🥈

TOTAL: 1079/1400 (77.1%)

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Piran

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Dave – ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’:

#1: We’re All Alone (72/100)
#2: Verdansk (74/100)
#3: Clash [ft Stormzy] (66/100)
#4: In The Fire (80/100) 🥉
#5: Three Rivers (82/100) 🥈
#6: System [ft Wizkid] (68/100)
#7: Lazarus [ft Boj] (65/100)
#8: Law Of Attraction [ft Snoh Aalegra] (74/100)
#9: Both Sides Of A Smile [ft James Blake] (46/100) 👀
#10: Twenty To One (60/100)
#11: Heart Attack (89/100) 🥇
#12: Survivor’s Guilt (71/100)

TOTAL: 847/1200 (70.6%)

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Piran

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Elton John – ‘The Lockdown Sessions’:

#1: Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) [with Dua Lipa] (93/100) 🥇
#2: Always Love You [with Young Thug & Nicki Minaj] (64/100)
#3: Learn To Fly [with Surfaces] (78/100)
#4: After All [with Charlie Puth] (82/100) 🥉
#5: Chosen Family [with Rina Sawayama] (77/100)
#6: The Pink Phantom [with Gorillaz ft 6LACK] (63/100) 👀
#7: It’s A Sin (Global Reach Mix) [with Years & Years] (76/100)
#8: Nothing Else Matters [with Miley Cyrus ft Watt, Yo-Yo Ma, Robert Trujillo & Chad Smith] (75/100)
#9: Orbit [with SG Lewis] (73/100)
#10: Simple Things [with Brandi Carlisle] (70/100)
#11: Beauty In The Bones [with Jimmie Allen] (85/100) 🥈
#12: One Of Me [with Lil Nas X] (68/100)
#13: E-Ticket [with Eddie Vedder] (70/100)
#14: Finish Line [with Stevie Wonder] (73/100)
#15: Stolen Car [with Stevie Nicks] (75/100)
#16: I’m Not Gonna Miss You [with Glen Campbell] (65/100)

TOTAL: 1187/1600 (74.2%)

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Piran

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LP – ‘Churches’:

#1: When We Touch (41/100) 👀 🗑️
#2: Goodbye (57/100)
#3: Everybody’s Falling In Love (68/100)
#4: The One That You Love (61/100)
#5: Rainbow (74/100) 🥇
#6: One Last Time (67/100)
#7: My Body (68/100)
#8: Angels (72/100) 🥉
#9: How Low Can You Go (74/100) 🥈
#10: Yes (63/100)
#11: Conversation (60/100)
#12: Safe Here (66/100)
#13: Can’t Let You Leave (59/100)
#14: Churches (63/100)
#15: Poem (71/100)

TOTAL: 964/1500 (64.3%)

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Piran

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Rag’n’Bone Man – ‘Life By Misadventure’:

#1: Fireflies (55/100) 👀
#2: Breath In Me (59/100)
#3: Fall In Love Again (66/100)
#4: Talking To Myself (73/100)
#5: Anywhere Away From Here [with P!NK] (76/100) 🥈
#6: Alone (65/100)
#7: Crossfire (74/100) 🥉
#8: All You Ever Wanted (80/100) 🥇
#9: Changing Of The Guard (68/100)
#10: Somewhere Along The Way (72/100)
#11: Time Will Only Tell (71/100)
#12: Lightyears (70/100)
#13: Party’s Over (67/100)
#14: Old Habits (66/100)
#15: Anywhere Away From Here [Solo Version] (73/100)

TOTAL: 1035/1500 (69.0%) 😏

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Piran

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My scores for all of the albums are up now (including one that you requested last Friday). :)

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CJtheDJ

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The scoring gets me every time!

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Piran

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I promise it wasn’t deliberate, haha. :)

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CJtheDJ

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Was the scoring 'All You Ever Wanted'?

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Piran

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It was! I don’t think I was ‘Alone’ in that either, haha. :)

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Not Both Sides Of A Smile slander. 😔

Anyway:

1: We’re All Alone (8/10)
2: Verdansk (7/10)
3: Clash (5/10)
4: In The Fire (10/10)
5: Three Rivers (9/10)
6: System (10/10)
7: Lazarus (5/10)
8: Law Of Attraction (5/10)
9: Both Sides Of A Smile (10/10)
10: Twenty To One (3/10)
11: Heart Attack (10/10)
12: Survivor’s Guilt (10/10)

AVERAGE: 7.6
SCORE: 7/10

BEST SONG: Both Sides Of A Smile
WORST SONG: Twenty To One

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Can I put a request for next week? That being Charli XCX - Pop 2. :)

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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pleased you like this album! heart attack getting the medal was well-deserved, that song moved me. here are my rankings:

dave - “we’re all alone in this together”
1. we’re all alone - 81/100
2. verdansk - 84/100
3. clash - 78/100
4. in the fire - 90/100
5. three rivers - 83/100
6. system - 81/100
7. lazarus - 80/100
8. law of attraction - 79/100
9. both sides of a smile - 93/100 🥉
10. twenty to one - 77/100 👀
11. heart attack - 100/100 🥇
12. survivors guilt - 93/100 🥈

total: 84.91%

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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unlock it is a tune :)))

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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why is there two anywhere away from here’s 😂

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Piran

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Because one is a duet with P!NK & the other is a solo version. :)

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Piran

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Yeah, ‘Heart Attack’ was definitely a massive standout on the album for me because of how emotionally deep & culturally important the lyrics were!

Oh, yeah, the delivery was absolutely incredible too.

Thanks for the recommendation! :D

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Piran

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Absolutely. :)

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Piran

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Awesome to see perfect scores for ‘In The Fire’ & ‘Heart Attack’. :)

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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just looked the tracklist up on spotify and yeah, the solo is right at the end of the album lol. thanks for informing me!

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Piran

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No problem! I wasn’t even aware of it myself before I checked out the album, haha. :)

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Piran

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For as much as I’m really looking forward to hopefully a much better Christmas than last year, I also can’t wait for the first chart of the New Year when there’ll be like 75 re-entries! 😂

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Damián

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Hahaha....yep...me too

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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top 10 rankings:
1. merry christmas - 4/10
2. easy on me - 8/10
3. last christmas - 10/10
4. all i want for christmas is you - 11/10
5. abcdefu - 10/10
6. merry christmas everyone - 7/10
7. fairytale of new york - 10/10
8. flowers (say my name) - 8/10
9. it’s beginning to look a lot like christmas - 5/10
10. rockin around the christmas tree - 9/10
best: all i want for christmas is you
worst: merry christmas

82%

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1: Merry Christmas (0/10)
2: Easy On Me (0/10)
3: Last Christmas (0/10)
4: All I Want For Christmas Is You (3/10)
5: abcdefu (0/10)
6: Merry Christmas Everyone (-1/10)
7: Fairytale Of New York (10/10)
8: Flowers (Say My Name) (10/10)
9: It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (0/10)
10: Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (0/10)

BEST SONG: Flowers (Say My Name)
WORST SONG: Merry Christmas Everyone
PERCENT: 22%

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Piran

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Not something I do here very often, but ahead of me revealing my Top 100 singles of the year on Sunday, here are my Top 10 songs of the past week. :)

#1: Joel Corry ft Mabel – I Wish (+4) [New No.1!]
#2: Taylor Swift – Message In A Bottle (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) (-1)
#3: Sam Fender – Spit Of You (debut)
#4: Taylor Swift – All Too Well (Taylor’s Version) (-2)
#5: Shane Codd – It Ain’t Right (-1)
#6: Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under (+16)
#7: The Anxiety, Willow & Tyler Cole – Meet Me At Our Spot (-4)
#8: Swedish House Mafia & The Weeknd – Moth To A Flame (+1)
#9: Jasmine Thompson & Calum Scott – Love Is Just A Word (+7)
#10: Sigrid – Home To You (This Christmas) (=)

Full chart: https://crownnote.c*m/charts/piran/pirans-top-50-19
(replace the * with an “o”)

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rayever

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omg I wish 😻

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Nigel Coleman

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Spit Of You is brilliant, shame it only reached No 41.
Streaming for you.

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Piran

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Hopefully it'll get there after the New Year. :)

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Piran

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I know you'd be particularly happy with the new #1 being a fellow EDM lover, haha. :)

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Conor

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i reckon it will get at least top 40, and i hope seventen going under goes top 5 too!

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rayever

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yeah I like pretty much all of Joel corry’s songs tbh 💀 I’m assuming I wish got to number 1 because of the Christmas version then?

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CJtheDJ

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9th is obviously the highlight for me but the whole Top 10 is great, especially with Mabel getting her 1st number 1 for you!

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Piran

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We have you entirely to thank for #9, haha. :)

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Piran

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Sam Fender really deserves it. :)

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Piran

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Yeah, along with a massive number of scrobbles thanks to the radio, haha. :)

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rayever

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ah I counted both versions separately on my chart so the Christmas one debuted at 49 and the original dropped to 8

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CJtheDJ

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Do your chart however you want to do it. Girl boss lol

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Piran

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Yeah, I combined them on mine!

Are you on Crown Note too? It’d also be cool to add you on Discord later too. :)

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CJtheDJ

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Hey everyone! Most of you probably know me already from Discord but for anyone who doesn't know me here's a small intro. My name is Callum but CJ is also a name I'd accept. I'm 16 and from the north of England. My favourite genres are EDM and Pop, but my favourite songs tend to be on the slower side like 'Outnumbered' by Dermot Kennedy, 'Take Me Home' by Jess Glynne or even my current #1 song 'Love Is Just A Word' by Jasmine Thompson & Calum Scott. I'm so excited to meeting you all here!

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Piran

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Hey! So happy to finally see you here. :)

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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hello cj! nice to see you here

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CJtheDJ

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Thanks! It's so great to finally join in!

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rayever

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about time 👀

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rayever

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also this is Jade btw lol

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CJtheDJ

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Thanks! It's been a long time coming and I only decided to join on Wednesday.

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David N'jama

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You've never been down here before??

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CJtheDJ

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Surprisingly not, but I'm here now.

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CJtheDJ

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Ah that explains it lol, you joined this before i did sadly

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Piran

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Honestly, you've been an incredible asset to our community on Discord for the past few months! I think you'll fit right in on here. :)

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Anthony Rogers

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It's about time 🙂

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Uhm, who on earth are you? Is this Derry’s alt account?

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CJtheDJ

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No, this is Derry's boyfriend!

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Disgusting, you should break up with him NOW.

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CJtheDJ

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Never! We were made for each other

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Then why’s he with me then? 💀

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CJtheDJ

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We're talking about different Derrys, mine is asian irish boy

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Nope, that’s who I’m talking about.

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CJtheDJ

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Blocklisted

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🧡 oliviasnoodles 🍜

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lol you two are making me die of laughter

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Damián

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Welcome to the gang!

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Piran

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While I know it won’t happen this year, I’d absolutely love to see ‘Fairytale Of New York’ finally hit #1 for the first time like ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ & ‘Last Christmas’ both did last year. :)

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Rob Parkinson

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It is crazy a few years ago it used to be a battle between the pogues and Mariah with the Pogues often starting higher with Mariah overtaking towards Xmas. It seems to have faded some in more recent years and Wham has suddenly become the biggest hit now!

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Piran

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Yeah, ‘Last Christmas’ seems to be performing better every year, haha.

It even broke the weekly streaming record in 2019 at the time! :O

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Piran

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Honestly, I feel like Ed could record a song of literally just him snoring at this point & his fans would still find a way to get it to #1!

In all seriousness, the song itself is fine & the fact that it’s raised so much money for two incredible charities is a massive win, but let’s be honest, while ‘Merry Christmas’ has that undeniable sweetness behind it, it’s also far too conventional for a festive single to make me want to revisit it in the years ahead.

I’ll personally be much happier if ‘Step Into Christmas’ can reappear in the Top 10 for Elton later this month! 😍