James' Blog - Chart Rewind

July 1990 reaches its climax with even the Top 10 proving that the nation had gone completely football crazy.

Songs 18-11 of the Top 40 show from July 1990.

Numbers 40-21 of the chart show broadcast in the week of England's famous World Cup semi-final against Germany in July 1990.

The moment the entire nation had been waiting for. The culmination of a chart saga which had gripped the public and prompted media attention on the charts like never before. Blur or Oasis. Who would end up at Number One?

Oh I'm such a tease. All the songs from the Top 10 from August 1995 - aside from the only two that people actually care about.

The chart of August 1995 enters the Top 20. All of this throat-clearing really until the main event, I know.

The big countdown of August 1995 continues. Here's the lower end of the Top 30.

The first ten records from the Battle Of Britpop Top 40 chart.

To mark the 20th anniversary of one of the most notorious chart battles of all time, a recap of the full Top 40 chart from August 1995 which would become known as the Battle Of Britpop. First, a short introduction to set the scene.

The raging climax to the '88 Christmas chart. And yes, it ends with Cliff. We all knew it was coming.

Top 20 time for the festive chart of 88. New Order back to back with Rick Astley. What could possibly go wrong?

Our wander through the Christmas chart of 1988 reaches the Top 30. Here lies Chris De Burgh, Tiffany but a surprisingly underrated version of a classic from Bomb The Bass.