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I don't know if this has been done before but i've kept a Top 40 of my own since 1984. It's a Top 40 of Fav. songs, as of August 2006 I'm on my 272nd chart.

It can include any version off a song or format...It may also from time to time include non PSB records (ashamed)!

It is a monthly chart.

Any song having been at number 1 in my chart but not now gets a number of months written after the song e.g. DJ Culture 45M = 45 Months.

Some songs can & do return to the top & can add to their number of months.

You may notice all the 'M' months in the chart don't add up to 272, reason alot of No.1's from the chart are no longer in the Top 40, like my first No.1 in chart 1 was...The Floral Dance; Terry Wogan! (Come on, i was a kid then).

TOP FORTY AUGUST 2006

AUG JUL 272 CHART (RECORD 45M).

= 01 01 FUGITIVE 2M
= 02 02 AFTER ALL 1M
= 03 03 NUMB 1M
+ 04 07 RENT 19M
* 05 NEW NO TIME FOR TEARS
+ 06 08 I MADE MY EXCUSES & LFET
- 07 04 INTEGAL
- 08 05 I'M WITH STUPID 1M
- 09 06 MINIMAL
= 10 10 DJ CULTURE 45M
= 11 11 BEING BORING 2M
- 12 09 SODAM & GOMARRAH SHOW
- 13 12 LEFT TO MY OWN DEVICES 1M
- 14 13 SO HARD 7M
- 15 14 PANINARO 6M
- 16 15 LOVE COMES QUICKLY
= 17 17 INDEFINITE LEAVE TO REMAIN
- 18 16 PSYCHOLOGICAL
- 19 18 FLAMBOYANT 11M
- 20 19 YOUNG OFFENDER
- 21 20 MIRACLES 1M
- 22 21 YESTERDAY, WHEN I WAS MAD 10M
= 23 23 BEFORE 6M
= 24 24 IT'S ALRIGHT 12M
= 25 25 ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER 1M
= 26 26 WEST END GIRLS 2M
= 27 27 ALWAYS ON MY MIND 2M
= 28 28 DOMINO DANCING
= 29 29 A RED LETTER DAY 1M
= 30 30 LIBERATION
= 31 31 I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT...10M
= 32 32 HOME & DRY 1M
= 33 33 CAN YOU FORGIVE HER? 4M
= 34 34 SUBURIA
= 35 35 YOU ONLY TELL ME YOU LOVE ME...3M
= 36 36 HEART
= 37 37 GO WEST 9M
= 38 38 IT'S A SIN
= 39 39 LUNA PARK
- 40 22 IN PRIVATE

Over the years I've had, A-HA, Berlin, Ace of Base, Yello, Maimi Vice, War of the Worlds, Chris De Burgh, Ultravox, Black, Madonna, Electronic & Robin Hood reach number 1 to name but a few.

Because over the last 12 months there have been '3' PSB albums (Fundamental/ism, Battleship Potemkin) this has removed all non PSB from my chart for the first time ever. (Last non PSB song on chart was 'Mad World').

Enjoy, the chart that does'nt count!

Congratulations Phillip, you are the biggest geek in the Universe.

Not sure if geek is the appropriate word.

I would like to thank my friends and family in excepting this award.

Just to confirm my 'Geek' status i thought i'd give you my album chart as well (yes, i have one of those as well). Now that i'm on a roll...


Fav Albums

01 BEHAVIOUR
02 VERY
03 FUNDAMENTAL
04 BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
05 POPART
06 BEHAVIOUR FURTHER LISTENING 1990-1991
07 ACTUALLY
08 INTROSPECTIVE
09 PLEASE
10 ACTUALLY FURTHER LISTENING 1987-1988
11 INTROSPECTIVE FURTHER LISTENING 1988-1989
12 FUNDAMENTALISM
13 DISCO
14 ALTERNATIVE
15 PLEASE FURTHER LISTENING 1984-1986
16 DISCOGRAPHY
17 RELENTLESS
18 RESULTS
19 RELEASE
20 CLOSER TO HEAVEN
21 NIGHTLIFE
22 DISCO 3
23 DISCO 2
24 BILINGUAL

I have no more embarassing charts...promise!

I did a weekly singles Top 20 between 1998 and 2004. All PSB singles released in that period (I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more, New York city boy, Drunk, HAD, I get along, London, Miracles and Flamboyant) made #1.

If memory serves me well, Drunk was at #1 for the highest number of weeks, I don't know what you want but I can't give it any more just spent 2 weeks at #1.

I quit doing the chart in 2004 because I didn't hear enough new singles anymore to keep it interesting. Some of my friends still compile Top 20's, 30's or even 50's, but I don't know most songs in their charts.

Thank you 'Stats-Freak' for confirming there are others out there like me. Wonderful!

(I can go out again now).

Phillip wrote:Thank you 'Stats-Freak' for confirming there are others out there like me. Wonderful! (I can go out again now).

*LOL* - And I see you love DJ Culture, my 3rd favourite PSB single ever. Another display of sublime taste.

I keep a record of how many times I've listened to songs. I've done a thread called 'Fundamental playcount' somewhere but I've stopped updating it so I don't look a tw@t.

how about we all shre our IPOD play counts per tune next week!

so what made you come with this idea philip really???

Being boring wrote:I keep a record of how many times I've listened to songs. I've done a thread called 'Fundamental playcount' somewhere but I've stopped updating it so I don't look a tw@t.

Have you ever heard of www.last.fm ?
It's a website that can automatically monitor and count the mp3's you listen. Just make sure your mp3's have tags (file information).

[quote="stew"]how about we all shre our IPOD play counts per tune next week!

so what made you come with this idea philip really???[/quote]

As I say, I've given up on doing that at risk of looking like I have nothing better to do.

I have to stop writing lists!