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The Amazing Chart: Best Friends

February 13th, 2012

Every Sunday evening, Charlie Ashcroft counts down the Amazing Chart across the UK’s national DAB network on Amazing Radio. Here he is to give us the very latest lowdown on the last week’s movers and shakers from amazingtunes.com

Hello! Hot on the heels of the single being released here in the UK, Friend Crush by Friends has topped the Amazing Chart. The band have enjoyed some sell-out gigs in Manchester and London over the past seven days and will be making a return trip to UK shores in May to get their festival season started with an appearance at The Great Escape.

Their rise to the top means that Swiss Lips have fallen a place with U Got The Power, joined in the Top 3 this week by Oslo’s finest, Team Me. Slightly further down, Londoners The Ghosts and We Have Band have both entered the Top 5 for the very first time, while Devin and Howler are also on the up with maiden entries into the Top 10.

In the realm of New Entries, Lianne La Havas scores her second consecutive Amazing Chart hit with Forget having landed at Number 13, while Errors and Vanbot have made their chart bows inside the Top 20 with Pleasure Palaces and Make Me, Break Me respectively.

Click here to see the Amazing Chart Top 40 in full. Catch Friends in conversation with Georgie Rogers on Amazing Breakfast on Wednesday morning. Then find out if they can make it two weeks at Number 1 by tuning in to Amazing Radio on Sunday from 5pm!


Every Sunday evening, Charlie Ashcroft counts down the Amazing Chart across the UK’s national DAB network on Amazing Radio. Here he is to give us the very latest lowdown on the last week’s movers and shakers from amazingtunes.com

Hello! Our first Amazing Chart round-up for February sees us reflecting on another week of success for Manchester band Swiss Lips, who’ve stayed on top of our rundown for a second consecutive Sunday with their uber-catchy hit U Got The Power.

They’ve managed to hold on to the top spot in the face of some stiff competition this time around, with New York’s Friends rocketing to Number 2 on the eve of the UK release of Friend Crush, proving to be the biggest climbers inside the Top 20 as well as the Mancunian chart toppers’ closest competitors in the past seven days.

Climbing up to Number 2 this week: Friends

Jethro Fox remains in contention in the leading pack after over a month in the rundown, while The Collectable Few and Sharon van Etten have both continued their upward momentum to move into the Top 5 for the very first time. Slightly further behind, Team MeThe Ghosts and We Have Band have carried on making inroads inside our Top 10.

In terms of brand new entries inside the Top 20, Southend band Hoodlums have the highest of the lot with recent single Dark Horses landing at Number 12, while we also welcome Amazing Radio favourites Devin and Howler to the fold, both looking likely to climb further up the chart as the UK snow begins to thaw.

Click here to see the Amazing Chart Top 40 in full. Then find out if Swiss Lips can make it three weeks at Number 1 by tuning in to Amazing Radio on Sunday from 5pm!


Every Sunday evening, Charlie Ashcroft counts down the Amazing Chart across the UK’s national DAB network on Amazing Radio. Here he is to give us the very latest lowdown on the last week’s movers and shakers from amazingtunes.com

Arguably one of the catchiest songs in rotation on Amazing Radio at the moment, our new Number 1 is an upbeat, memorable track which channels the spirit of MGMT and Passion Pit alongside an appreciation for an undeniable pop hook.

Congratulations to Manchester band Swiss Lips, who’ve risen four places with their track U Got The Power to claim the crown from Jethro Fox this week, fresh from signing their first ever record deal!

We’ve also had some hefty climbs in the Top 10 this week from Bear Driver, The Collectable Few and Sharon van Etten, while Norwegians Team Me also climb to their highest position yet with the wonderfully-named taster from their To The Treetops! album called With My Hands Covering Both Of My Eyes I Am Too Scared To Have A Look At You Now.

“What about New Entries?” I hear you cry. Well, in terms of brand new arrivals inside the Top 20, we’ve got three of them this week. The highest comes from Friends at Number 13 with Friend Crush, a few notches ahead of a couple of recent singles from Dry The River and We Have Band to complete our rundown.

Click here to see the Amazing Chart Top 40 in full. Then find out if Swiss Lips can make it two weeks at Number 1 by tuning in to Amazing Radio on Sunday from 5pm!


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