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The Star CHART of 2022 (Year 35)
110 JoJi – Glimpse Of Us
109 Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits
108 Rihanna – Lift Me Up
107 Meghan Trainor – Made You Look
106 Miley Cyrus – Like a Prayer (Live)
105 Digga D & Still Brickin’ – Pump 101
104 Squid Kids – Red Light, Green Light
103 Joel Corry - History
102 UK Craigie – Growth
101 Game Of Thrones – Season 5 – High Sparrow Theme
100 Lizzo – 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)
Lizzo's 2nd single in 2022.
99 Tion Wayne feat. La Roux – IFTK covers La Roux's 2009 hit "In For The Kill".
98 UK Craigie feat. Paul Patience - Misfits A song about how none of us are truly "normal".
97 Sonic Origins – Sonic 3 – Launch Base Act 2 A new version of the level theme from the 1994 game was featured in the 2022 retro package of Sonic classics called "Sonic Origins".
96 James Hype – Ferrari
95 Cat Burns feat. Sam Smith – go
94 Gayle - abc A song about an angry ex who now has contempt for her ex boyfriend. The radio friendly edit drops the f word.
93 Stormzy - Firebabe
92 Ed Sheeran – 2Step
91 Power Dance Anthems M People Mashups Blending "Moving On Up" with Pianoman's "Blurred".
90 The Coral – Dreaming Of You (2002) played in The Brit Awards The Best Of The Compilations 1989-2018 Cream Radio Show.
89 Joel Corry feat. Mabel – I Wish
88 Disney’s Encanto – The Family Madrigal
87 Power Dance Anthems 1991-1993 2 Unlimited Megamix Mashup
86 Anne-Marie & Aitch – Psycho
85 Wham! – Last Christmas (1984) It Again reached UK No.1 in December 2022, like Mariah Carey it first did this in December 2021.
84 ACRAZE & Cherish – Do It To It a sample of music from the soundtrack from "Squid Game".
83 Dennis Edwards – Don’t Look any Further M People covered this song in 1993.
82 Power Dance Anthems Mashup - Get Off My Man Because Supermodels Are Absolutely Fabulous Fusing Rupaul's "Supermodel (You Better Work) from 1993 with the Absolutely Fabulous single put together (not in name) by the Pet Shop Boys in 1994.
81 Power Dance Anthems The Shamen Mashups Fusing many of their big hits and forgotten favourites such as "Make it Mine" from 1990.
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80 Burna Boy – Last Last
79 Mark Miller – It’s Still Rock & Roll To Me (Live at Bromborough Folk Club)
78 Hazey - Packs & Potions Hazey is a Liverpool rapper who has put together these dope lyrics. The music video was filmed by the Anfield stadium of Liverpool Football Club.
77 Ed Sheeran - Shivers (2021) Still in the chart from last year, when it reached #47, it was huge on the UK chart however reaching no.15 of the year with 3 weeks at UK No.1 in September 2021.
76 The Sidemen - Christmas Drillings Reached #3 on the UK chart, a savage take in drill music of the dire situation in 2022 in the UK so called "cost of living crisis" the lyrics going so far as to name the rogue energy companies involved.
75 Sam Ryder – SPACE MAN This is the song that was the UK Eurovision Song Contest Entry in 2022.
74 Sonic Origins – Menu Theme The opening theme to the new retro Sonic game released in Summer 2022 which gave players on the Playstation 4, Playstation 5, the latest Xbox consoles & Nintendo Switch the chance to play all the 90s Sega Mega Drive Sonic classics including Sonic 3 & Knuckles for the first time in over 10 years, the opening theme is another entry in classic Sonic music.
73 Pet Shop Boys – Can We Forgive Her (1993) Played on the UK Top 100 of 1993, then lots of people who hadn't heard of the Pet Shop Boys 1993 hit downloaded it from the data centres across the Homelands.
72 UK Craigie feat. Matt Lees - Someday References and laments the situation in the UK with the cost of living crisis etc, it is off UK Craigie's new 2022 album "Keep The Faith".
71 Lewis Capaldi - Pointless Lewis Capaldi released a limited edition physical CD single which was enough to gain him 1 week as the UK no.1 in January 2023, it then slid down to 12 the following week.
70 Bart Simpson Does The Kenan & Kel Mashup (2021)
Fuses the acapella of "Do The Bartman" over the Kenan & Kel theme.
69 Mark Miller – Happy (Live at Bromborough Folk Club) A folk rock live cover of Pharrell Williams "Happy" performed in the Merebrook for Bromborough Folk Club.
68 UB40 – Higher Ground (1993)
Played on the UK Top 100 of 1993, then lots of people who hadn't heard of this UB40 1993 hit downloaded it from the data centres across the Homelands. This was the follow up single to "I Can't Help (Fallin' In Love With You) which was a massive UK No.1 success for the reggae group from Birmingham.
67 D-Block Europe feat. Central Cee - Overseas
66 Game Of Thrones – Main Theme (2011)
Re-emerged due to being used again as the main theme to the prequel series set 200 years before the events in "Game Of Thrones", "House Of the Dragon", the first season premiered August 2022 on Sky Atlantic (also Real ONE in Homelands)
65 Disney’s Encanto – We Don’t Talk About Bruno
This song made the UK No.1 for 7 weeks between January & March 2022, the lead song from the Disney musical animation about a family with magical powers from Columbia.
64 The Lovin’ Spoonful – Daydream (1965) Emerged on chart after being played on an episode of Brassic - Series 4 (shown on Sky Showcase in 2022), it is about the petty crimes of a group of young lads from a Lancashire town (fictional Hawley) and their love lives etc, a former writer of "Shameless" is behind the series. on Real ONE/Real Comedy & Real It's Grim Up North in the Homelands.
63 Elton John & Ed Sheeran – Merry Christmas (2021)
Sure to become a modern classic, this new Christmas song was used also for the LadBaby parody last year and even also featured Elton John & Ed Sheeran.
62 Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You (1994) It Again reached UK No.1 in 2022, after doing so for the first time in December 2021, it originally reached no.4 in the UK Chart in December 1994.
It is now huge every Christmas and again in 2022 reached No.1 in the UK in December.
61 Camilla Cabello & Ed Sheeran – Bam Bam
60 LadBaby feat. Martin Lewis – Food Aid This rough parody of "Do They Know It's Christmas" from Band Aid gave Mark & Roxanne Hoyle now their 5th UK Christmas No. 1 consecutively, in the following week it then fell to #85 in the New Year chart. A Facebook campaign was set up to try and prevent their 5th no.1, and other songs such as The Sidemens'"Christmas Drillings" & "F The Tories" also vied to take the UK Christmas No.1 from LadBaby. The song references the situation for the poor in the UK in relying on foodbanks and the energy prices crisis, it even features a small segment of the mainstream media financial adviser Martin Lewis (ITV presenter, owner of moneysavingexpert website) singing.
59 Shut Up & Dance feat. Peter Bouncer – Raving I’m Raving (1992)
A rare rave single from 1992 which sampled Mark Cohen's "Walking In Memphis" which was withdrawn from sale after just around 500 copies due to the sample not being cleared. A copy was found and added to the "Power Dance Anthems" playlist and also added in chartsound, it was then played on the radio in the Homelands hence making the chart! Shut Up & Dance also released "Save It 'Til The Mourning After" which sampled the Duran Duran hit "Save a Prayer" in 1995.
58 Disney’s Encanto – Surface Pressure
The highest in our countdown from the Disney musical animation about a family with magical powers from Columbia. In the UK Chart "We Don't Talk About Bruno" scored 7 weeks at number 1 in early 2022.
57 Central Cee - Doja
56 Aitch & Ed Sheeran – My G
55 Mark Miller & Old’s’Cool – Sweeney Todd & Ms Lovett About the supposedly fictional story of Sweeney Todd the barber who had a relationship with the murderous Ms Lovett in Victorian era London, the song is about how he would get unsuspecting people trapped from his barbers shop and they would end up cannabelised in pies, it's a pretty jolly song about the dark subject. Liverpool's Mark Miller & Old's'cool released his "Cool as Folk" EP during 2022.
54 Drake - Massive The Canadian rapper returned with another new album (Honestly, Nevermind) in 2022 with this as the lead single.
53 BenzZ – Je M’Appelle samples "Destination Calabria" from 2008.
52 Raye feat. 070 Shake – Escapism Recently made no.1 in January 2023, would have reached no. 1 in December in the UK chart were it not for christmas songs.
51 UK National Anthem – God Save The Queen Emerged after the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96 who had served for the previous 70 years (since 1952) as the monarch of the UK, this is the British national anthem.
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50 Stormzy – Hide & Seek A hit during Summer 2022.
49 Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds – It’s Coming Home For Christmas Although it failed to even make the UK Top 100 it was somewhat of a hit here, another reworking of the most famous football song of all time "Three Lions" that was associated with the Qatar World Cup that had to be played in December due to the heat in the Middle East, the lyrics reference that and more and put in so called "woke" rebukes to some of the songs classic lyrics.
48 Clean Bandit feat. Whitney Houston – How Will I Know (2021) A reworking the 1987 Whitney Houston song is the last known Clean Bandit hit for now, it only made no. 92 in the UK chart in late 2021.
47 Schak feat. Kim English – Movin’ All Around Only a minor hit in the UK chart, Schak have done flash mobs across the UK and this features a sample of a song Kim English sung on back in 2001 (HLY 14)
46 Mark Miller – Bitumen Blues An original song which tells the story of the working man.
Liverpool's Mark Miller & Old's'cool released his "Cool as Folk" EP during 2022.
45 Livin’ Joy – Where Can I Find Love (1997) (The Battersbys vs Curly Coronation Street 1997) Played by the Coronation Street Battersby sisters and annoyed Curly Watts through the wall in Summer 1997. Featured in a Cream radio show which played the dance songs etc they annoyed their neighbours with when they first crash landed onto Coronation Street in June 1997.
44 Mark Miller & Old’s’cool – Childe Of Hale about the legend of the “Childe of Hale” a real life giant from the village of Halewood south of Liverpool in the 17th Century.
Liverpool's Mark Miller & Old's'cool released his "Cool as Folk" EP during 2022.
INTERVIEW - UK Craigie
43 UK Craigie – Oldham (2021) An ode to the Greater Manchester town the rapper grew up in, released in autumn 2021 off the album "Ghosts In Time".
42 David Guetta x Becky Hill x Ella Henderson – Crazy What Love Can Do
41 Adele – Easy On Me (2021) It was no.2 in last year's chart. The big hit from her new "30" album.
40 Harry Styles – Music for a Sushi Restaurant It was the 3rd single from “Harrys Home”
39 Calvin Harris, Young Thug & Dua Lipa – Potion Dua Lipa's only major song this year.
38 Belters Only & Jazzy – Make Me Feel Good
37 Dave – Starlight It samples Frank Sinatra's “Fly Me To The Moon” made popular again after featuring in the dystopian Netflix 2021 drama "Squid Game".
INTERVIEW - Marti Fisher at New Brighton Pride
36 Marcus Maison feat. Marti Fisher – No More Lies (2020) Produced in Wallasey on the Wirral, with Wallasey's Marti Fisher on vocals. Cream got an interview with her at the first ever "New Brighton Pride" in 2022.
35 Diplo & Miguel – Don’t Forget My Love
34 Silk – I Can’t Stop Turning You On (1979) (used as the basis for LF System – Afraid To Feel), Silk are a Funk/Soul group from New York.
33 Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) (2021) Number 3 in last year's chart,It cleverly reworks samples from the Elton John songs “Sacrifice”, “Rocket Man”, “Where’s The Shoorah” & “Kiss The Bride". It was put together as part of "The Lockdown Sessions" in 2020 by Australian producers PNAU.
32 Kelly Clarkson – Underneath The Tree (2013) A christmas hit that is now becoming as popular as some of the other big classics that first emerged in 2013.
31 David Guetta & Bebe Rexha – I’m Good (Blue) Based on Eiffel 65's "Blue Da Ba Dee" from 1999.
30 Luude feat. Colin Hay – Down Under based on Men At Work – Down Under from 1983.
29 Lewis Capaldi – Forget Me The first single off his 2nd album "Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent" fwhich was his first to be released after his debut album "Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent". 3 years ago.
28 Sam Smith & Kim Petras – Unholy The first trans person to make UK No.1.
27 Ed Sheeran – Overpass Graffiti It was the 5th single from his ”=” album released in 2021.
26 Nathan Dawe feat. Ella Henderson - 21 Reasons It Samples “Destination Calabria”
25 Aitch & Ashanti – Baby Aitch is a Manchester rapper.
24 Beyoncé – BREAK MY SOUL It was her first UK Top 10 hit since 2013.
23 Jack Harlow – First Class It samples Fergie’s "Glamorous" from 2007.
22 OneRepublic – I Ain’t Worried (featured in the 2022 film "Top Gun: Maverick")
21 Power Dance Anthems Mega Mashup - Adamski’s Killer is a Rhythm Dancer A fusion of Adamski – Killer (1990) with Snap! – Rhythm is a Dancer (1992).
20 Power Dance Anthems Mega Mashup - Snap!’s The Power’s Gonna Make You Sweat mashup of Snap! – The Power (1990) & C&C Music Factory – Gonna Make You Sweat (1990).
19 Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (1985) The song became prominent again after playing in the 4th season of Netflix's Stranger Things which was released during 2022. The song originally reached no.3 in August 1985 however was a UK No.1 for 3 weeks between June-July.
18 Bru-C – No Excuses The highest that a drum & bass song has reached in the UK Chart and also the Star Chart, it also features drill. Bru-C is from Nottingham.
17 Power Dance Anthems Mega Mashup - Robin S vs Haddaway – So What Is Love It is the 1993 dance hit Robin S – Show Me Love meeting Haddaway – What Is Love also from 1993.
16 George Ezra – Green Green Grass His first new song off his first new album in 3 years.
15 Sam Fender – Seventeen Going Under He is from North East England.
14 Glass Animals – Heat Waves (2020) It first hit the chart in October 2020. Glass Waves are an indie band from Oxford.
13 Taylor Swift – Anti Hero It is off her new 2022 album “Midnights” (up from 29 in the Star Chart Of The Year taken at Christmas)
12 Power Dance Anthems Mega Mashup - Seal No Limits Mr Vain’s a Dancer fusing Adamski feat. Seal – Killer, (1990) Culture Beat – Mr Vain, (1993) Snap! – Rhythm is a Dancer (1992) & 2 Unlimited – No Limit (1993).
11 Power Dance Anthems Mega Mashup - Spaced Out and Pumped Up Megamix Mashup Fusing The Prodigy – Out Of Space (1992), Technotronic – Pump Up The Jam (1989), Underworld – Born Slippy (1996) & M People – Moving on Up (1993).
10 The Kid LAROI feat. Justin Bieber – STAY (2021)This was first a chart hit of Summer 2021 but became more popular in the Homelands during 2022.
09 Power Dance Anthems Mega Mashup - Robin S Show Me Love ’97 vs Freed From Desire Mashup The highest Power Dance Anthems Mega Mashup to chart this year, premiered at "Club Xperience" in Manworth.
08 Harry Styles – As It Was This is the UK No. 1 of 2022, it had 10 weeks as Number 1 in the UK Chart from April to June, it was the lead single off Harry Styles' new album "Harry's Home".
07 Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal – B.O.T.A (Baddest Of Them All) Her debut single after finding exposure on "Soundcloud".
06 Latto feat. DJ Khaled & Mariah Carey - Big Energy One version featured Mariah Carey, features a sample taken from Tom Tom Club "Genius Of Love" which was a very minor hit in 1981.
05 Ed Sheeran & Fireboy DML – Peru (2021) First emerged November 2021, it has been a slow burn hit.
04 Harry Styles – Late Night Talking The 2nd single off “Harrys Home”, which was less of a chart hit in the UK chart than it was for us in the Homelands.
03 Elton John & Britney Spears – Hold Me Closer It samples Elton John's “Tiny Dancer” from 1972. It was featured in a Power Dance Anthems mashup with Eliza Rose - B.O.T.A.
02 Lizzo – About Damn Time Sort of a comeback single after 3 years (after "Juice" & "Good As Hell" despite how high profile Lizzo has been, it was followed up by “2 Be Loved (I’m Ready”
01 LF System – Afraid To Feel It is based on Silk’s “I Just Can’t Stop Turning You On” from 1979 which has also as a result made The Star Chart of The Year itself. It has no constant beats per minute, it speeds up and slows down. It is the first hit for LF System who are house music producers from Glasgow.
The Summer Star Chart of 2022 So Far..
50 ACRAZE & Cherish – Do It To It
49 Joel Corry feat. Mabel – I Wish
48 Disney’s Encanto – We Don’t Talk About Bruno
47 1991-1993 2 Unlimited Megamix Mashup
46 Livin’ Joy – Where Can I Find Love (The Battersbys vs Curly Coronation Street 1997)
45 Elton John & Dua Lipa – Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)
44 Squid Kids – Red Light, Green Light
43 The Shamen Mashups
42 Disney’s Encanto – Surface Pressure
41 NEW Mark Miller – It’s Still Rock & Roll To Me (live at Bromborough Folk Club)
40 UK Craigie – Oldham
39 Sonic Origins – Menu Theme
38 Game Of Thrones – Main Theme
37 NEW Mark Miller & Old’s’Cool – Sweeney Todd & Ms Lovett
36 Get Off My Man Because Supermodels Are Absolutely Fabulous Mashup
35 Clean Bandit feat. Whitney Houston – How Will I Know
34 NEW Mark Miller & Old’s’cool– Childe Of Hale
33 UB40 – Higher Ground
32 NEW Elton John & Britney Spears – Hold Me Closer
31 NEW Eliza Rose – B.O.T.A
30 Pet Shop Boys – Can We Forgive Her
29 BenzZ – Je M’Appelle
28 Dave - Starlight
27 Luude feat. Colin Hay – Down Under
26 David Guetta x Becky Hill x Ella Henderson – Crazy What Love Can Do
25 Ed Sheeran & Fireboy DML - Peru
24 NEW Mark Miller – Bitumen Blues
23 Glass Animals – Heat Waves
22 Bart Simpson Does The Kenan & Kel Mashup
21 The Kid LAROI feat. Justin Bieber - STAY
20 Harry Styles – Late Night Talking
19 Ed Sheeran – Overpass Graffiti
18 Diplo & Miguel – Don’t Forget My Love
17 Jack Harlow – First Class
16 Nathan Dawe feat. Ella Henderson - 21 Reasons
15 Beyoncé – Break My Soul
14 NEW Marcus Maison feat. Marti Fisher – No More Lies
13 Adamski’s Killer is a Rhythm Dancer Mashup
12 Silk – I Can’t Stop Turning You On (1979) (used as basis for LF System – Afraid To Feel)
11 Snap!’s The Power’s Gonna Make You Sweat Mashup
10 Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
09 Robin S Show Me Love ’97 vs Freed From Desire Mashup
08 Robin S vs Haddaway – So What Is Love Mashup
07 George Ezra – Green Green Grass
06 Spaced Out and Pumped Up Megamix Mashup
05 Harry Styles – As It Was
04 Seal No Limits Mr Vain’s a Dancer Mashup
03 Latto - Big Energy
02 Lizzo – About Damn Time
01 LF System – Afraid To Feel
The Star Chart is carried on Saturdays 3pm-6pm and on Sundays 5pm-8pm on some stations.
Northia & The Wilds
The Southern North
Cream Manworth (Saturdays 3-6pm)
Power Manworth (Sundays 5-8pm)
Power Outer Belt (Sundays 5-8pm)
Power Northern Heartlands (Sundays 5-8pm)
Delight FM (Dallington, Langley)
Spirit (Ashmouth)
City Radio (Ashbank)
Island (Finvysys)
The Mid-Counties
Star Beats (Starbrook)
The Heartlands
Heartland
Heritage (Daleshead)
The Northern South
2RR (Porgin, Castle)
Castle (Sundays 5-8pm)
Westria
Western (Windy Westria, Table Westria, Windy Westria, Aber Falls, Lower Westria)
The Midhearts
The Lowlands/Lower West
Temperaland
Tropicaland
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