3 Manics Singles in the Top 100 lowest selling Top 10 hits of the 00's

[b_man]

Just a bit of a 'pointless' fact that I saw on another site:

Top 100 lowest selling Top 10 hit's of the 00's

75. The Love Of Richard Nixon Manic Street Preachers 28,600
35. Empty Souls Manic Street Preachers 22,900
02. Autumn Song Manic Street Preachers 14,800

Autumn Song only sold 500 more copies than the Number 1 lowest selling Top 10 track from the 00's which is a song by the Backstreet Boys.

[bachelorette]

Very interesting! And also a bit sobering, I have to say. Not that I expected many people bought Armpitsong, but so few? It's time they refuse playing the song on these grounds!

[FacelessSenseOfVoid]

I bought the 7" vinyl and the CD of Autumn Shite.... I think I may have actually bought two lots, one for someone else.

[Porco]

Maybe it's better than not being in the top 100!?

It's just a sign of generally low singles sales innit? I mean, I wouldn't rate those three tracks as particularly great Manics singles at all (they'd all be in the bottom half of the table, as it were) but all they could do is sell to people still buying singles...

[Littlesue]

Interesting, any link to the full list?

[bachelorette]

Originally Posted by Porco

Maybe it's better than not being in the top 100!?

It's just a sign of generally low singles sales innit?

Yes, that's what I meant! The state of the charts in general is always a sad thing to be reminded of.
(And of course I have Armpitsong on 7". It has The Vorticists on it, after all!)

[FacelessSenseOfVoid]

I wonder how much money they lost on Autumncrap....

[Borderliner]

Hmmmm I always thought that The Love Of Richard Nixon is kinda mainstream friendly ....

[b_man]

Originally Posted by Littlesue

Interesting, any link to the full list?

From Buzzjack

100. Come Get Some Rooster 30,600
99. Grief Never Grows Old One World Project 30,600
98. Negotiate With Love Rachel Stevens 30,400
97. Moviestar The Stereophonics 30,400
96. Can't Get Enough Raghav 30,300
95. So Good Rachel Stevens 30,100
94. Black and White Town Doves 30,100
93. Fairytale Alexander Rybak 30,000
92. It Takes Scoop Fatman Scoop 29,900
91. Ultraviolet/ The Ballad Of Paul K McFly 29,800
90. Here 4 One Blazin Squad 29,800
89. Woman In Love/ I Get The Sweetest Feeling Liz McClarnon 29,700
88. I Won't Change You Sophie Ellis-Bextor 29,700
87. Out Of The Blue Delta Goodrem 29,600
86. Why Do You Love Me Garbage 29,400
85. Shine The Lovefreekz 29,400
84.Give Me A Reason Triple 8 29,400
83. Matinee Franz Ferdinand 29,300
82. Object Of My Desire Dana Rayne 29,300
81. Pain Killer Turin Brakes 29,300
80. Bunsen Burner John Otway 29,000
79. So Here We Are/ Positive Tension Bloc Party 28,900
78. That's All Right Elvis Presley 28,900
77. Blinded By The Light The Streets 28,800
76. Golden Touch Razorlight 28,700
75. The Love Of Richard Nixon Manic Street Preachers 28,600
74. Don't Think You're The First The Coral 28,400
73. Solsbury Hill Erasure 28,400
72. We Are Ana Johnsson 28,300
71. Say Cheese (Smile Please) Fast Food Rockers 28,300
70. Stand Up Tall Dizzee Rascal 28,300
69. Bohemian Rhapsody G4 28,000
68. Sunny Boogie Pimps 27,900
67. Angel Eyes Raghav 27,800
66. With You Jessica Simpson 27,800
65. Knock Out Triple 8 27,600
64. I'm With Stupid Pet Shop Boys 27,400
63. Closer Travis 27,400
62. Cradle Atomic Kitten 27,400
61. Who Says You Can't Go Home Bon Jovi 27,300
60. Kinda Love Darius 27,300
59. Satellite Of Love 2004 Lou Reed 27,300
58. Bedshaped Keane 26,800
57. You Were Right Badly Drawn Boy 26,700
56. Carnival Girl Texas 26,400
55. The Anthem Good Charlotte 26,400
54. Snake R Kelly 26,300
53. Loch Lomond Runrig & Tartan Army 26,100
52. Getaway Texas 26,000
51. 12.51 The Strokes 25,900
50. Shakespeare's (Way With) Words One True Voice 25,200
49. Strings Of Life (Stronger On My Own) Soul Central Ft Kathy Brown 24,700
48. Denial Twist White Stripes 24,700
47. It's Written In The Stars Paul Weller 24,700
46. Leaving New York R.E.M 24,700
45. Familiar Feeling Moloko 24,600
44. Cutt Off Kasabian 24,400
43. I Have Forgiven Jesus Morrissey 24,300
42. What Became Of The Likely Lads The Libertines 23,800
41. Krafty New Order 23,600
40. Miracles Pet Shop Boys 23,600
39. Solitary Man HIM 23,400
38. Delivery Babyshambles 23,400
37. Calm Down Dearest Jamie T 23,200
36. Lost For Words Ronan Keating 23,100
35. Empty Souls Manic Street Preachers 22,900
34. Albion Babyshambles 22,700
33. Do This Do That Freefaller 21,900
32. Genie In A Bottle/ Save Yourself Speedway 21,700
31. This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us British Whale 21,700
30. A Different World Iron Maiden 21,400
29. Windows In The Skies U2 21,400
28. From The Floorboards Up Paul Weller 21,400
27. Analogue (All I Want) A-Ha 21,300
26. Knights Of Cydonia Muse 21,300
25. Lord Don't Slow Me Down Oasis 20,800
24. Eddie's Song Son Of Dork 20,400
23. You're Gone Marillion 20,200
22. Breeze On By Donny Osmond 20,100
21. I Just Wanna Live Good Charlotte 20,100
20. Do You Think I'm Sexy Girls Of FHM 20,000
19. Number One Goldfrapp 19,600
18. Tumble And Fall Feeder 19,400
17. Next Best Superstar Mel C 19,100
16. Penny & Me Hanson 18,800
15. Sunrise Angel City 18,600
14. Live Twice Darius 18,500
13. Wings Of A Butterfly HIM 18,400
12. Refugees The Tears 18,300
11. Take Me Away Stonebridge 18,200
10. Born In England Twisted Ex 18,000
09. Paint Your Target Fightstar 17,300
08. Somethin' Is Going on Cliff Richard 17,200
07. Let Me Kiss You Morrissey 17,100
06. Lonely At The Top The Ordinary Boys 16,900
05. Weightless Wet Wet Wet 16,800
04. Hurry Up England- The People's Anthem Sham 69 15,100
03. Is It Just Me The Darkness 14,900
02. Autumn Song Manic Street Preachers 14,800
01. JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW- The Backstreet Boys (14,300)

[Littlesue]

cheers, is it 2000 to present day?

[hummingbird]

A-ha's analogue. Forgot that went top ten for a week

[Porco]

Originally Posted by Borderliner

Hmmmm I always thought that The Love Of Richard Nixon is kinda mainstream friendly ....

Well it was, it got to number 2! Again, it's more indicative of low singles sales generally when these were released, not just the Manics or their songs. If singles sales had been much stronger overall it wouldn't have necessarily changed the chart positions. I mean it probably would have a little bit, but there's no way to know how much or in which direction. people just used to buy more singles. I think the early 00s in particular were misleadingly low as downloads took over and weren't included in the chart numbers as soon as they should have been (April 2005!).

[hummingbird]

In my view it's worse for whatever got to number 1 that week as it didn't need to sell much to get there. Plus the rest of the chart sold less. What do you need to get to number 40? Sell a couple thousand?

[Porco]

Originally Posted by hummingbird

In my view it's worse for whatever got to number 1 that week as it didn't need to sell much to get there. Plus the rest of the chart sold less. What do you need to get to number 40? Sell a couple thousand?

Worse than what? Selling lots more? Well duh, yeah, of course. High position + high sales is better than high position + low sales.

But again again, they could only sell to who was buying, and singles sales were not great in general. So it's much better to have a high chart position than a low one… isn't it?

The fact is, if not for the Eric Prydz and Elvis Presley records that beat them (however low the sales were) they would have had two more number 1 singles. Charts have only ever been about who sold the most that week, whether it's a couple of thousand or a couple of million.

[Littlesue]

It was beating Eric Prydz in the mid weeks and then he brought out the x rated dvd with the single so all the pervs went out and brought it