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... plus a reissued golden oldie from Etta James that starred on a certain steamy Diet Coke ad.

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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 can check out the entire Top 40 (or as much of it as we can find!) via our Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7gM1Br4g1CGU2Ja1OB2QbC

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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 Brothers, 3T, Goldbug, Meat Loaf, Shed Seven and Skunk Anansie, all aiming for the top spot. Oh, and a certain song from a Levi's ad...

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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 was announced on 14th January 1996!

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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!

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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.

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A very happy 1996 (and 2026) to all you Lifers!

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 our Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0vGic7316I8C9jvFD62XiO

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Merry Christmas to all you Lifers - and thank you for your support!

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 of it as we could find!) here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Z4KR7sy2lTuh6VhTVmqYK?si=79jdhOkISCaXUb1YNyxCQA

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'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, really).

Slightly more credible attempts at the Xmas Number One come from Pearl Jam, Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson, the Outhere Brothers, Juliet's best mate Suggs and the much-vaunted return of The Beatles.

You can check out (most of) the Top 40 via our Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Fq3sv4NAkRMqRsSLkmoUx?si=dEpgTcJKSheLOtDj3IpQXA

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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) the UK Top 40 Singles Chart from this week 30 years ago here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6Kh7B6mE1uN0kblGckjf6u?si=Wajn0mtATTO9-Dsz-RyKmA

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Cheers to all you Lifers!