Thursday, 9 April 2015

Top of the Pops, 9th April 2015

The resurgent TOTP is spoiling its viewers with special exclusive performances. In the absence of Demi, Olly Murs duets with none other than Tove Lo. In the absence of Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson backs up the living legend that is Dappy. In the presence of two top 40 climbers, Sia gives an arty mashup of them both. And friend of the show Ed Sheeran invites remix pals Rudimental to perform Bloodstream with him, so we get that guy in the hat going 'Yeah, yeah' over it.

Jess Glynne is still number 1.

Debuts: None.

Tove Lo - Heroes (We Could Be)

Up 4 to number 39

Olly Murs ft. Tove Lo - Up

Up 3 to number 28

Maroon 5 - Sugar

Up 2 to number 7

Dappy - Beautiful Me

Highest New Entry - In at number 19

Mark Ronson ft. Dappy - Uptown Funk

Up 3 to number 5

Sia - Elastic Heart / Chandelier

Up 13 to number 10 / Up 3 to number 29

Ed Sheeran vs Rudimental - Bloodstream

High Climber - Up 24 to number 2

Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy

Thursday, 2 April 2015

Top of the Pops, 2nd April 2015

Top of the Pops is even more varied than usual this week. We've got house, grime, reggae, Major Lazer's reggae-bhangra thing, and drum and bass. We also bring you slowies from Olly Murs and friend of the show Ed Sheeran, who performs next to a camp fire, encircled by a swaying audience. Lovely.

Debuts: Major Lazer, MO, KSI, P Money, OMI.

Kygo ft. Conrad - Firestone

High Climber - Up 15 to number 22

Major Lazer ft. MO - Lean On

In at number 48

KSI ft. P Money - Lamborghini

In at number 30

Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

Up 1 to number 19

OMI - Cheerleader

Up 14 to number 47

Sigma ft. Labrinth - Higher

In at number 12

Olly Murs - Seasons

In at number 41

Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Thursday, 26 March 2015

Top of the Pops, 26th March 2015

A bit of TOTP musical chairs this week produces some special one-offs. Bruno Mars is out of town so Mark Ronson calls on Olly Murs AND Maroon 5's Adam Levine to bring their song and dance man talents to Uptown Funk. Murs in turn recruits Sam Smith for the Lovato role on Up, before returning the favour to do justice to John Legend's lines on still-number-one Lay Me Down.

We also see James Bay scale a new chart peak, and a trio of dance hits rounds out the show.

Debut: Tough Love.

Maroon 5 - Sugar

Up 1 to number 10

Mark Ronson ft. Olly Murs and Adam Levine - Uptown Funk

Up 1 to number 8

James Bay - Hold Back The River

High Climber - Up 6 to number 4

Tough Love - So Freakin' Tight

Highest New Entry - In at number 11

Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops Out

Up 2 to number 12

Philip George - Wish You Were Mine

Up 1 to number 25

Olly Murs ft. Sam Smith - Up

Up 1 to number 24

Sam Smith ft. Olly Murs - Lay Me Down

Second week at number 1

PRESENTER: Heidi Range

Thursday, 19 March 2015

Top of the Pops, 19th March 2015

The chart is looking very 90s this week, with patches of new entries and even fewer climbers than last week. This means that we have to look into the lower reaches for our guest performers, with the interesting result that there are three rock-ish acts featured for the first time in a long time. Including Muse, if you can believe it.

It's not all guitars and shrieking, though - there are also fresh faces from the worlds of dance and grime, a bit of Flo Rida, and the haha-larious Sam Smith and John Legend at number 1.

Debuts: Sage the Gemini, Kygo, Conrad, Stormzy

Flo Rida ft. Sage the Gemini - GFDR

In at number 3

The Vaccines - Handsome

In at number 74

Kygo ft. Conrad - Firestone

Up 11 to number 53

Stormzy - Know Me From

In at number 49

Muse - Psycho

In at number 65

Mumford and Sons - Believe

In at number 20

John Legend - All of Me

Long Runner - Up 3 to number 40 after 58 weeks

Sam Smith ft. John Legend - Lay Me Down

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: James Masterton

Thursday, 12 March 2015

Top of the Pops, 12th March 2015

Tons of new entries this week and not many climbers in the upper reaches, so we have room for a presumable future hit from Calvin Harris and Haim and a once again resurgent Imagine Dragons, among other varied delights.

Queen Taylor favours us with a visit, but she can't go on for too long because Kanye West is also here and he has two current hits to fit in. Anyway the week belongs to Years and Years as King receives its coronation.

Debuts: Alex Adair, Marlon Roudette.

Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better

In at number 13

Marlon Roudette - When The Beat Drops Out

In at number 7

Imagine Dragons - Demons

High Climber - Up 27 to number 33

Calvin Harris ft. Haim - Pray to God

Up 11 to number 46

Lilly Wood - Prayer in C

Up 2 to number 50

Taylor Swift - Style

Up 6 to number 22

Kanye West - All Day / FourFiveSeconds

In at number 18 / Up 2 to number 3

Years and Years - King

Straight in at number 1

PRESENTER: Kimberley Walsh

Thursday, 5 March 2015

Top of the Pops, 5 March 2015

The Brit Awards effect is muted this year: Smith (high) and Ezra (husky) are both on, but they seem to be on most weeks. Instead, dance music is taking the middle placings by storm and the highest honours go to Princess Ellie and Dame Kelly Clarkson.

Debuts: Kelly Clarkson, Disciples, Axwell.

Kelly Clarkson - Heartbeat Song

Highest New Entry - In at number 7

Disciples - They Don't Know

In at number 24

David Guetta ft. Emeli Sande - What I Did For Love

High Climber - Up 14 to number 6

Karen Harding - Say Something

Up 2 to number 16

Axwell and Ingrosso - Something New

In at number 22

George Ezra - Budapest

Long Runner - Up 12 to number 18 after 39 weeks

Sam Smith - Lay Me Down

Back in at number 15

Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do

Fourth week at number 1

PRESENTER: JB Gill

Thursday, 26 February 2015

Top of the Pops, 26th February 2015

Three shades of cinema tie-ins this week as Ellie Goulding continues to tie up the number 1 slot, while fellow bondage-beneficiary The Weeknd has two charting songs from the soundtrack of the moment. Most other appearances are reprises of previously featured songs, but note that all the artists do take the time to visit the studio again - there are no repeated performances on this show, folks.

Our new entry comes from sometime presenter Marvin Humes's Luvbug, and the most special performance is once again down to Olly Murs: with Demi Lovato out of the country, he recruits Princess Ellie to help out for an exclusive one-off duet.

Debuts: None

Alesso ft. Tove Lo - Heroes (We Could Be)

Up 2 to number 19

The Weeknd - Earned It / Where You Belong

Up 6 to number 4 / In at number 64

Avicii - The Nights

Up 1 to number 8

James Bay - Hold Back The River

Up 4 to number 13

Maroon 5 - Sugar

Up 4 to number 7

LuvBug - Revive (Say Something)

Highest New Entry - In at number 17

Olly Murs with Ellie Goulding - Up

Up 2 to number 16

Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do

Third week at number 1

PRESENTER: Duffy