COSMIC TOP 20
Feeling spaced out? This Top 20 will leave you star-struck. Our Cosmic Top 20 is calculated by highest chart positions of songs containing the names of planets in our solar system. Unsurprisingly, Uranus didn’t make the chart.

DRINKING TOP 40
We don’t in any way encourage drinking, but for those of you who have made the informed decision to drink some alcohol in moderation, here are the Top 40 tunes to booze along to, ranked in order of highest chart positions.

POSTHUMOUS CHART TOPPERS
When a star is cut down in his or her prime, it always leads to a reappraisal of their work. It’s a natural time to reflect on an artist’s impact on music and their place in your record collection, with certain songs being given a new poignancy after the death of the performer. In fact, for Eddie Cochran, Jackie Wilson, Buddy Holly, Jim Reeves, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and Aaliyah, the hits listed below represent their only solo No.1s. George Harrison’s ‘My Sweet Lord’ is the only previous No.1 to return to the top after a star’s death.

TOP 10 ACTS WITHOUT A No.1
The following acts all have the unhappy distinction of having spent an age on the chart without ever taking up residence at the top spot. Nat “King” Cole could, perhaps, have felt the most aggrieved. Three times during his 248 weeks on chart he made No.2, but never the top spot. Acts which have never had a No.1, listed in order of weeks the act has spent on chart, followed by their best performing single based on chart weeks:

NAMES AIN’T NOTHING BUT A NUMBER
One Love, It Takes Two, Three Lions… Numbers have always played a part in pop. So, donning the anoraks, we’ve come up with two top 10-type Top 10s, made up of the biggest song featuring each number from one to 10 in the title, and same again for band names.