1 Michael Andrews & Gary Jules - Mad World *2nd Week at No.1*
The surprise Xmas hit, and taken from the soundtrack of 2001's sleeper
movie success,
Donnie Darko
This is a cover of the Tears For Fears single, and excellently haunting it is
too. Glad to see it came to the fore after being picked up on by radio stations
playing it rather than the likes of Pop Idol force-feeding their tripe down
our throats.
This is the 52nd single in a row to go straight into the Top 40 at No.1 :
1. Aaliyah - More Than a Woman
2. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (R)
3. Enrique Iglesias - Hero
4. Westlife - World of Our Own
5. Will Young - Anything is Possible/Evergreen
6. Gareth Gates - Unchained Melody
7. Oasis - The Hindu Times
8. Sugababes - Freak Like Me
9. Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss
10. Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes
11. Liberty X - Just a Little
12. Eminem - Without Me
13. Will Young - Light My Fire
14. Elvis - A Little Less Conversation (remix)
15. Gareth Gates - Anyone of Us
16. Darius - Colourblind
17. Sugababes - Round Round
18. Blazin Squad - Crossroads
19. Atomic Kitten - The Tide is High
20. Pink - Just Like a Pill
21. Will & Gareth - The Long and Winding Road/Suspicious Minds
22. Las Ketchup - The Ketchup Song
23. Nelly - Dilemma
24. DJ Sammy - Heaven
25. Westlife - Unbreakable
26. Christina Aguilera - Dirrty
27. Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not the One
28. Eminem - Lose Yourself
29. Blue & Elton John - Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
30. Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground
31. David Sneddon - Stop Living The Lie
32. t.A.T.u - All The Things She Said
33. Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
34. Gareth Gates and the Kumars - Spirit in the Sky
35. Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham - Make Luv
36. Busted - You Said No
37. Tomcraft - Loneliness
38. R Kelly - Ignition Remix
39. Evanescence - Bring Me To Life
40. Beyonce - Crazy in Love
41. Daniel Bedingfield - Never Gonna Leave Your Side
Alistair Griffin - Bring It On/A Lover's Prayer
Craig David - You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til The Well Runs Dry)
DMX featuring Swizz Beatz - Get It On The Floor
Jaydee - Plastic Dreams
Ocean Colour Scene - Golden Gate Bridge
Partyboys - Build Me Up Buttercup
S Club 8 - Don’t Tell Me You’re Sorry
Sophie Ellis-Bextor - I Won't Change You
Victoria Beckham - Let Your Head Go/This Groove
January 5th:
4tune 500 - Dancing In The Dark
Basement Jaxx featuring Lisa Kekaula - Good Luck
Boogie Pimps - Somebody To Love
Flip & Fill featuring Junior - Irish Blue
Kelis - Milkshake
Kujay Da Da - Young Hearts
Matt Darey featuring Marcella Woods - Voice Of An Angel
Michelle - All This Time
Motorcycle - As The Rush Comes
Peaches featuring Iggy Pop - Kick It
REM - Animal
Scott Brown - I Would Stay
Sean Paul featuring Sasha - I'm Still In Love With You
So Solid Crew - So Grimy
Stacie Orrico - I Promise
January 12th:
2-Play featuring Raghav & Jucxi - So Confused
Air - Cherry Blossom Girl
Amy Studt - All I Wanna Do
Amy Winehouse - Take The Box
Beyoncé - Me, Myself And I
Damien Rice - Volcano
David Kitt - Me & My Love When Doves Cry
Fight Club featuring Laurent Conrad - Spread Love
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Grandaddy - I'm On Standby/Stray Dog And The Chocolate Shake
HIM - Funeral Of Hearts
Jimmy Edgar - Access Rhythm
Liberty X - Everybody Cries
Lil' John featuring East Side Boyz - Get Low
Lowgold - Same Way
Metallica - The Unnamed Feeling EP
NG3 - Holler
Paul Jackson & Steve Smith - Push (Far From Here)
POD - Will You
Richard X featuring Javine - You Used To
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Mister Mental
The Strokes - Reptilia
Zutons - Pressure Point
January 19th:
2Pac featuring Notorious BIG - Runnin' (Dying To Live)
Bikini Atoll - Desolation Highway/Then Amplify
Easyworld - 'Til The Day (That I Die)
Finley Quaye - Something To Say
Freeland - Supernatural Thing
Jaimeson featuring Angel Blu & CK - Take Control
JC Chasez featuring Dirt McGirt - Some Girls
Junior Jack - Da Hype
Maroon 5 - Harder To Breathe
Minus - Angel In Disguise
Mr On vs. Jungle Brothers - Breathe Don't Stop
P Diddy featuring Lenny Kravitz - Show Me Your Soul
Pink - God Is A DJ
Primero - White Flag/Naked In The Rain
Razorlight - Stumble And Fall
Ryan Adams - So Alive
Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb
Si Begg - Buss
Suferosa - Neon Commando
Tali - Blazin'
Tatjana - Santa Maria
Tender Trap - ¿Cómo Te Llamas? (Tell Me Your Name)
The Bandits - The Warning
The Delays - Long Time Coming
The Offspring - Hit That
Tube & Berger featuring Chrissie Hynde - Straight Ahead
January 26th:
Beats For Beginners - When Robots Attack
Belle & Sebastian - I'm A Cuckoo
Brand Violet - Head
C & C Music Factory - Sweat
Celebrity Squares - King For A Day
Clea - Stuck In The Middle
Courtney Love - Mono
Eberg - Plastic Lions
Emma - I'll Be There
Five For Fighting - 100 Years
Hundred Reasons - What You Get
Incubus - Megalomaniac
Joss Stone - Fell In Love With A Boy
Kelly Llorenna - This Time I Know It's For Real
LMC vs. U2 - Take Me To The Clouds Above
Lostprophets - Last Train Home
Modey Lemon - Predator
Simple Kid - Truck On
Snow Patrol - Run
Stylus Junkies vs. UB40 - Food For Thought
The Mars Volta - Roulette Dares
The Veils - The Wild Son
Tim Deluxe - Mundaya
Vinny Peculiar - Replica Shirt
Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon
Voodoo Child - Baby Monkey
Young Punx - Got Your Number
February 2nd:
Alarm - 45rpm
Blazin' Squad - Here 4 One
Blueskins - Change My Mind
Calvin Richardson - I've Got To Move
Ferry Corsten - Rock Your Body Rock
Fiery Furnances - Tropical Iceland
Funeral For A Friend - Escape Artists Never Die
Hilary Duff - Why Not?
Longview - Still
Luther Vandross - Dance With My Father
Norah Jones - Sunrise
Obie Trice - The Set-Up (You Don't Know)
Sia - Breath Me
Span - Papa
Special D - Come With Me
Summer Matthews - Little Miss Perfect
The Distillers - Hunger
Triple Eight - You And I
February 9th:
Armin Van Buuren - Blue Fear/Burned With Desire
Blink-182 - I Miss You
Darren Hayes - TBA
Deepest Blue - Give It Away
Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Man Bites Dog
Fatman Scoop featuring The Crooklyn Clan - It Takes Two
Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom
John Mayer - Bigger Than My Body
Liars - There's Always Room On The Broom
Outkast - The Way You Move
Speedway - Can't Turn Back
Stands - Here She Comes Again
Stereophonics - Movie Star
February 16th:
1000 Things - Food Chain
Alex Parks - Cry
Busted - Who's David?
Chingy featuring Ludacris & Snoop Dogg - Holidae Inn
Jamelia - Thank You
Junior Senior - Coconuts
Louise - TBA
Mya - Fallen
Stellastarr* - My Coco
The Stills - Lola Stars And Stripes
February 23rd:
Airbiscuit - Lately
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Six Barrel Shotgun
Britney Spears - Toxic
Despina Vandi - Gia
Eastern Lane - Saffron
Lemar - Another Day
Space - Suburban Rock 'N' Roll
The Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get Retarded
The Vines - Ride
Westlife - Obvious
March 1st:
DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide
Gomez - Catch Me Up
Kelly Osbourne - Come Dig Me Out
Kylie Minogue - Red Blooded Woman
Nelly Furtado - TBA
Starsailor - Four To The Floor
The Shins - So Say I
March 8th:
Delta Goodrem - Predictable
George Michael - Amazing
Pet Shop Boys - Flamboyant
As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B
37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
Since Jan 2011: Intel Quad Core Dell XPS 8100, i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80Ghz, 8Gb RAM, nVidia GeForce GTS 240, Windows 7
Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP
Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP
Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE
Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
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