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Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart from thirty years ago, as it was announced on 19th May 1996. Can George Michael make it four weeks at Number One with 'Fastlove'? Challengers this week include Sean Maguire, Moloko, Black Grape, John Alford, Pulse, Nu Colours, SWV and Scooter (yes, sadly). Check out the entire UK Top 40 Singles Chart (or as much of it was we can fin...

Hail, Lifers! Join Juliet and Ed once again as they travel back in time thirty years to count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was revealed on 12th May 1996! It was two weeks at the top for George Michael last time out, but this week there are 14 new entries vying to knock him off the top, including singles from Smashing Pumpkins, Horace Brown, JX, Underworld, Soundgarden, Lisa Moorish, Whit...

Join Juliet and Ed in their musical time machine as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced thirty years ago exactly, on 5th May 1996! This episode, there are 15 new entries we'll be checking out, including from Blur, Luniz, Klubbheads, The Bluetones, Sting, Alex Reece, a remix of S'Express and chart debuts for Busta Rhymes, Super Furry Animals and 911! All of which are loo...

Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 28th April 1996! Mark Morrison's 'Return Of The Mack' was spending its second week at the top where we left it last week, but this time there are new entries from Pet Shop Boys, Terrorvision, George Michael, 3T, Kula Shaker, Bruce Springsteen, Tony Rich Project and The Cure... plus a heavyweight bout for poten...

Travel back thirty years with Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 21st April 1996!  One of the greatest pop injustices in history is about to be committed as one of Ed's favourite songs of all time does battle with 'Return Of The Mack' at the top of the charts... and check out new singles from Babylon Zoo, Ash, Meat Loaf, Orbital, Gin Blossoms, Lisa...

Juliet and Ed travel back thirty years to count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was revealed on 14th April 1996! Where we left it last week, 'Firestarter' was enjoying a third week at the top, but there are new entries this week from Everything But The Girl, Michael Jackson, The Wannadies, Alanis Morissette, The Cranberries, Presidents of the United States of America, Nightcrawlers, Shane M...

Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 7th April 1996. As it's Easter Weekend thirty years ago, it's somewhat of a quieter chart with only seven new entries, but there are some big hitters from Suggs, 2Pac and Rage Against The Machine among them. Can any of them dislodge 'Firestarter' from the summit? Check out the entire Top 40 via our playlist: h...

Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 31st March 1996! Where we left it last time, The Prodigy's era-defining 'Firestarter' had roared straight to number one - but this week there's another 18 new entries jostling to dislodge them, including from: Pulp, Gina G, Coolio, Fugees, Ocean Colour Scene, Foo Fighters, Baby D, Kadoc, DJ Dado, Janet Jackson...

Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 24th March 1996! A stacked week of new entries, with 18 new singles vying to displace Take That from the top after three long weeks. Among them: Cast, Dubstar, Ken Doh, Mary J Blige, Wet Wet Wet, The Prodigy, PJ & Duncan and even Prince Naseem and the theme tune to the X Files! There's also the opportunity...

Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 17th March 1996. Where we left it last week, Take That's final single from their original incarnation was ensconced at Number 1 for a second week, but this time out there are 15 new entries - including singles from Madonna, Garbage, DJ Misjah & DJ Tim, Tina Turner, Shaggy and Tori Amos - looking to dislodg...

Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 10th March 1996! This week, there are new entries from Louise, The Beatles, Peter Andre, the Bunnymen side-project Electrafixion, remixes of Gary Numan and Tito Puente, a lovely re-entry from Connells and a slow-burning big hitter from a certain Mark Morrison... Check out the entire Top 40 via our Spotify play...

Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 3rd March 1996!  Last episode, the Gallagher brothers had finally unseated 'Spaceman' at the top of the charts, but this week there are 16 new entries - including new singles from Boyzone, Gat Decor, Supergrass, Lightning Seeds, Sasha & Maria, Queen, Lush, Eternal and Take That, plus a heavyweight collab b...

After FIVE weeks at number one, can anybody get rid of 'Spaceman' from the top? Join Juliet and Ed as they scope out new singles from Celine Dion, Terrorvision, Echobelly, David Bowie, Gusto, Sting, Way Out West and Oasis in the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 25th February 1996. Oh, and a god-awful new version of 'Fun, Fun, Fun' by Status Quo... Remember to hit subscribe so that yo...

Greetings all you Lifers! Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was revealed on 18th February 1996, where Babylon Zoo's 'Spaceman' was set to spend a fifth week at the summit unless one of the new singles from (deep breath) Gabrielle, Blur, Robert Miles, Alanis Morissette, Deborah Cox, Björk or Whitney Houston could dislodge it. Remember you can listen to the enti...

Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 11th February 1996! Can anybody dislodge Babylon Zoo's 'Spaceman' from Number One? It's enjoyed three weeks at the top so far, but there are new entries from Mariah Carey, Luniz, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ocean Colour Scene, Cypress Hill and (sighs) Scooter hoping to replace it. Listen to the entire chart (or as...

Greetings to all you Lifers! Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 4th February 1996! Where we left it last time, Babylon Zoo were enjoying a second week at the top with 'Spaceman', but this week there are 13 new entries looking to topple Jas Man and his band, including Smashing Pumpkins, East 17, Joan Osborne, Lighthouse Family, Gemini and BT......

Seek refuge from the horrors of 2026 by joining Juliet and Ed as they revisit the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was thirty years ago exactly, on 28th January 1996! This week, there are 14 new entries, including singles from The Bluetones, Dog Eat Dog, Lisa Moorish, Bobby Brown, QFX and Radiohead - plus possibly the two most irritating novelty house/techno records of the year at the same time! You...

Hello all you Lifers! Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was exactly thirty years ago, namely the chart from 21st January 1996. Where we left it last week, Saint George Michael had ended Michael Jackson's baffling six-week reign at Number One with a beautiful song called 'Jesus To A Child'.  This week, however, there are new entries from Ace Of Base, Chemical B...

To quote a historical figure, who will rid us of this turbulent pop singer? Michael Jackson has been top of the pops for six looong weeks by this point in 1996, but there are 15 new entries from the likes of Cast, Leftfield, Lush, George Michael, Cher, Coolio (yes, him again) and Bucketheads all vying for the top spot! Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the entire UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it...

Happy New Year all you Lifers! Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 7th January 1996. For the first chart of 1996, we have ten new entries from the likes of Gene, Baby D, Tori Amos, TLC and Shaggy, all looking to prevent Michael Jackson's 'Earth Song' from making it six weeks at the top! Follow us on social media (Facebook, Bluesky, X, Instagram)...

The music industry awakens once more following the Christmas lull, with nine new entries in the UK Top 40 Singles Chart that was announced on New Year's Eve 1995. Juliet and Ed run the rule over new singles from Green Day, Pizzaman, Dubstar, The Presidents of the United States of America and Madonna. Check out the entire chart via our Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/62te7vLgJEZjv32...

All is calm, all is bright... except for the UK Top 40 Singles Chart on Christmas Eve in 1995, where an easy listening lounge music cover of an Oasis smash is looking to knock the seemingly immovable 'Earth Song' off the top in the race for Christmas Number 1! Not a whole lot else in the charts this week... but Juliet and Ed are still here to count down the Top 40, which you can listen to here via...

Christmas is descending upon us at an alarming rate, but the avalanche of novelty nonsense is nearly behind us, fortunately! Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 17th December 1995 - eleven new entries this week, including from Corona, Queen, Levellers, L.V. and... somebody who may or may not be Frank Bruno. Listen to the entire chart (or as much...

'Tis the season for gaiety, goodwill to all men and novelty festive tat in the UK Singles Chart! Welcome to ChartLife, where Juliet and Ed will be counting down the Top 40 from the week of 10th December 1995 in its entirety, and DEAR LORD we've got some humdingers for you! New entries from Mr Blobby (yes, he made another song), the cast of Coronation St., the Childliners and Michael Barrymore (yes...

Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was on 3rd December 1995! Every new entry is explored and appraised.  This week, new entries from Michael Jackson, Skee. Lo, Eternal, Pulp and Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men (plus a raft of novelty Christmas tat) aim to dislodge the Singing Soldiers from the top after what seems like forever. You can listen to (almost all of)...