Top 40 Singles Of 2006

So it's the beginning of December, which means it's the time of year to start randomising meaningless lists of the year's events. In the next few weeks I'll be revealing my Top 40 TV Moments of 2006, my Top 10 Films, and many more. But first up, is my Top 40 Singles of 2006. Here's a look at my 2005 one to get an idea of what to expect.

40) Bananarama - Look On The Floor
39) Basement Jaxx - Oh my Gosh
38) Natasha Bedingfield - I Bruise Easily

37) The Raveonettes - Love In A Trash Can

36) Supergrass - St Petersburg

35) Supafly vs Fishbowl - Let's Get Down

34) KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See

33) Amerie - One Thing

32) Girls Aloud - Biology

31) Rooster - You're So Right For Me

30) Saint Etienne - A Good Thing

29) Maximo Park - Going Under

28) Hard-Fi - Hard To Beat

27) Garbage - Sex Is Not The Enemy

26) Rachel Stevens - So Good

25) Editors - Munich

24) Lee Ryan - Turn Your Car Around

23) Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver

22) Terri Walker - This Is My Time

21) Gwen Stefani - Cool

20) Verbalicious – Don’t Play Nice
19) Athlete – Tourist
18) Timo Maas - The First Day
17) Lil Love - Lil Love
16) Lisa Miskovsky – Lady Stardust
15) The Killers – Somebody Told Me
14) Beverley Knight – Keep This Fire Burnin
13) Daniel Bedingfield – The Way
12) Minnie Driver – Invisible Girl
11) Kelly Clarkson – Since You’ve Been Gone

10) Mattafix – Passerby
09) Mylo – In My Arms
08) Deep Dish – Say Hello
07) Editors – Bullets
06) Gemma Hayes – Happy Sad
05) Annie – Heartbeat
04) Royksopp – Only This Moment
03) Faithless feat. Estelle – Why Go
02) Morcheeba – Wonders Never Cease
01) Mew - Special

As you can see, a rather credible top ten, (Editors, Gemma Hayes, Mew) well for me anyway, a few big hits (Kelly Clarkson, Killers), some undeserved flops (Mattafix, Minnie Driver) and some rather embarrassing guilty pleasures (Bananarama, Lee Ryan.) Pretty much the same as this year then.

Anyway, in the style of the old Pepsi Chart Show, here are some facts about this year's - there are 11 females, 6 males, 23 groups; 29 British acts, 1 Brazillian, 2 Canadian, 5 American, 1 Swedish, 1 Norwegian and 1 Dutch. Six of the singles failed to reach the top 75 in the Official Charts for one reason or another, only one single reached the official #1, and only five acts that appeared in last year's chart appear in this one. So let's get started...