A kung fu fighter in a disco

Ah September. The sun is back (Back! BACK!) in earnest and we can look ahead to the Autumn release schedule after a somewhat disappointing Summer in terms of chart-friendly bangers and anthems (sure threre's been a few but look at the leaderboard below and you'll notice the dearth so far). Anyway, time to review August's collection of top 40 hits:




2006 leaderboard to date:
1. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy ( 28 : 87.5)
2. Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man ( 26 : 76.5)
3. Nelly Furtado - Maneater ( 26 : 96.3)
4. Lily Allen - Smile ( 24 : 66.7)
5. Rihanna - S.O.S. ( 24 : 77.4)
6. Pipettes - Pull Shapes ( 23 : 65.7)
7. Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends ( 22 : 62.9)
8. Sugababes - Red Dress ( 19 : 79.2)
9. Gnarls Barkley - Smiley Faces ( 18 : 52.9)
10. The Go Team - Ladyflash ( 18 : 75)

Results of last week's Top 40 Singles of June poll:

1. Nelly Furtado - Maneater (26)
2. Lordi - Hard Rock Hallelujah (16)
3. Shakira ft. Wyclef - Hips Don't Lie (12)
4. T.I. - Why You Wanna (11)
5. The Automatic - Monster (11)
6. The Futureheads - Skip To The End (10)
7. Paul Oakenfold - Faster Kill Pussycat (10)
8. Dannii Minogue - So Under Pressure (10)
9. Sugababes - Follow Me Home (9)
10. Matt Willis - Up All Night (7)

2006 leaderboard:

1. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (28)
2. Nelly Furtado - Maneater (26)
3. Rihanna - S.O.S. (24)
4. Sugababes - Red Dress (19)
5. The Go Team - Ladyflash (18)
6. Belle & Sebastian - Funny Little Frog (17)
7. Girls Aloud - Whole Lotta History (17)
8. The Pet Shop Boys - I'm With Stupid (16)
9. Hot Chip - Boy From School (16)
10. Goldfrapp - Ride A White Horse (16)

When the time is right (i.e. no other polls going on) I'll do the Best Non-Top 40 Songs Of 2006 poll as touted a few weeks back featuring the nominations provided by people in the comments box for the June Top 40 poll.

Well predictably Rihanna was beaten off in the end by crazy old Gnarls Barkley and his three more ticks. 'Crazy' got more ticks (27) than any other Top 40 single this year and 87.1% vote share, making it the most popular chart hit of the year among Poptimist members. Who says we're not in touch with Joe Still-Buys-CDs / £50 Mang?

And so now to cast your minds back...way back...to those heady days of May 2006...


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March - a bumper month for Top 40 hits with quite a few great ones but even more appalling ones. Go do.

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