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Home and Dry wrote:How can it only be 29 in germany?? Home and dry was a top 10 there

The Germans loved Nightlife much more than any other nation in Europe...that's the reason why Home and Dry was a bigger hit there on the strength of first thing coming after Nightlife...

It has to be mentioned that Radio Regenbogen is a german radio station, not, as stated above, a danish one. I don't want to play the wiseacre but I'm proud to see I'm with stupid being number one on a german chart (in contrast to the official one... )

cheers...

Germany: As for the german chart success, it's not that easy and the music industry has changed quite a lot in recent years. With Home & dry, the video made quite a fuss over here and was played on the 'cool' shows, hence the single made an impact in the first week (No 12) and dissappeared quickly. With I'm with stupid, I have not even heard that it was played on german TV. And also, believe me, I have never heard I'm with stupid on radio so far. The problem here is the federal radio system. Here in saxony NO station has it playlisted - afaik. In other parts however it can be heard quite frequently. Also the first TV appearance was one week after release. So actually I don't think too many were aware of the single by May 8th. If it will rise chartwise is still questionable, as PSB-singles have seldom surpassed their entry-position. (last one was New York city boy)

Still for the album I feel positive, media coverage in general is quite good and the album makes a much different impact!

UK Download Charts

24. (NEW) I'M WITH STUPID (by Pet Shop Boys) 1 wk
Act: 20/05/2006 - 1/0/0,*24*
Rec: 20/05/2006 - *24* (1 wk)

From Charts Analysis:

8. (NEW) I'M WITH STUPID (By Pet Shop Boys ) 1 Wk
Other Charts : The UK Albums Chart : 149, The UK Airplay Chart : 12, The UK Download Singles Chart : 24
20.05.2006 1 Wk Peak : 8 I'm With Stupid

Chart History Pet Shop Boys
16.11.1985 16 Wks Peak : 1 West End Girls
08.03.1986 9 Wks Peak : 19 Love Comes Quickly
31.05.1986 8 Wks Peak : 11 Opportunities
04.10.1986 9 Wks Peak : 8 Suburbia
27.06.1987 11 Wks Peak : 1 It's A Sin
24.10.1987 10 Wks Peak : 8 Rent
12.12.1987 13 Wks Peak : 1 Always On My Mind
02.04.1988 10 Wks Peak : 1 Heart
24.09.1988 11 Wks Peak : 7 Domino Dancing
26.11.1988 8 Wks Peak : 4 Left To My Own Devices
08.07.1989 8 Wks Peak : 5 It's Alright
06.10.1990 6 Wks Peak : 4 So Hard
24.11.1990 8 Wks Peak : 20 Being Boring
23.03.1991 8 Wks Peak : 4 Where The Streets Have No Name / Can't Take My Eyes Off You/How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
08.06.1991 1 Wk Peak : 110 Where The Streets Have No Name
08.06.1991 5 Wks Peak : 12 Jealousy
26.10.1991 5 Wks Peak : 13 DJ Culture
21.12.1991 4 Wks Peak : 24 Was It Worth It?
12.06.1993 8 Wks Peak : 7 Can You Forgive Her?
18.09.1993 16 Wks Peak : 2 Go West
11.12.1993 8 Wks Peak : 13 I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
12.02.1994 1 Wk Peak : 118 I Wouldn't Normally Do This (Remixes)
16.04.1994 5 Wks Peak : 14 Liberation
10.09.1994 5 Wks Peak : 13 Yesterday When I Was Mad
12.11.1994 3 Wks Peak : 150 Yesterday, When I Was Mad
05.08.1995 14 Wks Peak : 15 Paninaro
02.09.1995 2 Wks Peak : 89 Paninaro (4th Format)
04.05.1996 14 Wks Peak : 7 Before
24.08.1996 14 Wks Peak : 8 Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
23.11.1996 7 Wks Peak : 14 Single Bilingual
11.01.1997 5 Wks Peak : 86 Single
29.03.1997 9 Wks Peak : 9 A Red Letter Day
05.07.1997 13 Wks Peak : 9 Somewhere
31.07.1999 11 Wks Peak : 15 I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Anymore
09.10.1999 9 Wks Peak : 14 New York City Boy
15.01.2000 8 Wks Peak : 8 You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
30.03.2002 13 Wks Peak : 14 Home And Dry
27.07.2002 4 Wks Peak : 18 I Get Along
16.11.2002 3 Wks Peak : 118 London (Import)
29.11.2003 15 Wks Peak : 10 Miracles
10.04.2004 4 Wks Peak : 12 Flamboyant
20.05.2006 1 Wk Peak : 8 I'm With Stupid

149. (196) DISCOGRAPHY (By Pet Shop Boys ) 94 Wks
Other Charts : The UK Airplay Chart : 12, The UK Download Singles Chart : 24, The UK Singles Chart : 8
16.11.1991 18 Wks Peak : 3 Discography
3-5-12-14-19-22-19-16-13-19-25-26-32-35-45-37-63-62-->18 Wks
29.05.1993 3 Wks Peak : 71 Discography (Re-Entry 1)
71-85-88-->3 Wks
30.04.1994 7 Wks Peak : 32 Discography (Re-Entry 2)
39-39-32-52-64-92-96-->7 Wks
22.04.1995 6 Wks Peak : 105 Discography (Re-Entry 3)
146-117-124-124-105-144-->6 Wks
29.07.1995 4 Wks Peak : 113 Discography (Re-Entry 4)
113-120-124-129-->4 Wks
13.04.1996 5 Wks Peak : 100 Discography (Re-Entry 5)
141-100-107-113-133-->5 Wks
28.09.1996 1 Wk Peak : 142 Discography (Re-Entry 6)
15.03.1997 8 Wks Peak : 97 Discography (Re-Entry 7)
124-97-112-130-135-174-179-179-->8 Wks
18.04.1998 2 Wks Peak : 173 Discography (Re-Entry
195-173-->2 Wks
10.10.1998 4 Wks Peak : 66 Discography (Re-Entry 9)
74-66-118-165-->4 Wks
09.10.1999 4 Wks Peak : 65 Discography (Re-Entry 10)
65-68-96-156-->4 Wks
01.09.2001 10 Wks Peak : 50 Discography (Re-Entry 11)
159-125-100-96-133-120-50-66-102-130-->10 Wks
19.03.2005 10 Wks Peak : 80 Discography (Re-Entry 12)
168-169-84-80-103-119-83-104-119-187-->10 Wks
02.07.2005 3 Wks Peak : 140 Discography (Re-Entry 13)
157-140-166-->3 Wks
25.02.2006 2 Wks Peak : 177 Discography (Re-Entry 14)
190-177-->2 Wks
01.04.2006 5 Wks Peak : 95 Discography (Re-Entry 15)
134-95-124-136-160-->5 Wks
13.05.2006 2 Wks Peak : 149 Discography (Re-Entry 16)
196-149-->2 Wks

Physical Sales Chart UK

5. (NEW) I'M WITH STUPID (By Pet Shop Boys ) 1 Wk
Other Charts : The UK Albums Chart : 149, The UK Airplay Chart : 12, The UK Download Singles Chart : 24, The UK Singles Chart : 8
20.05.2006 1 Wk Peak : 5 I'm With Stupid

Chart History Pet Shop Boys
20.05.2006 1 Wk Peak : 5 I'm With Stupid

That list omits DJ Culturemix which peaked at #40

29.11.2003 15 Wks Peak : 10 Miracles

Was 'Miracles' really in the chart that long? Is that the Top 200?

I didn't realise 'Discography' had made so many re-appearances in the chart? (I know its available for pennies these days)
Any idea what the current UK sales are?

kimphilby wrote:

29.11.2003 15 Wks Peak : 10 Miracles

Was 'Miracles' really in the chart that long? Is that the Top 200?

I didn't realise 'Discography' had made so many re-appearances in the chart? (I know its available for pennies these days)
Any idea what the current UK sales are?

Quite possibly due to the time of year of issue. Probably hang around in the 200 owing to Xmas etc.

Amazing to see Discography back in the UK Album Top 200. It's the ultimate proof of PopArt being a commercial disaster. And it makes me wonder: is this album deleted already? Why does Discography sell instead of PopArt ??

Also: I wish to know the source of the #46 chart result in Holland. I haven't found this information anywhere. The official website for the Single sales Top 100 still mentions the chart for week 19.

Until I see proof, I don't believe the #46 result, for the simple reason that PSB singles have hardly been available in the Netherlands.

Yeah, it made no sense to me why Discography wasn't deleted outright when PopArt was released. Discography still sells beacuse it's got most of the hits the general public want to buy, and it's a single CD not a double, therefore cheaper. It's always in BOGOFs and special offers these days too which keeps it ticking over.

If they'd deleted it and left punters with the superior PopArt many more people may have realised that they didn't stop having hits after 'Go West'!

New updates

PSB are now number 10 at http://www.lt24online.com.ar/top20.htm

by the way, vote for them as many times as you wish here : http://www.lt24online.com.ar/vota.htm

I also just found the correct chart postion in NL. It's indeed #64. Mind you: this is the position in the singles sales Top 100. That chart is not broadcasted on the radio. Radio broadcasts the 'Mega Top 50', a chart in which airplay is also counted. Needless to say PSB are not in it. As usual, PSB are almost completely ignored in the Netherlands.

Before these last two weeks seemed that PSB were going to seel more albums than Zero 7 but this last two weeks the situation has changed in the pre-orders and this last week is reflected, as I expected, in the Futurecharts.


http://www.futurechart.co.uk