Number Of The Beast Ranking Third in UK Midweeks

Posted by The Saint on January 5, 2005 @ 19:18

The UK midweek singles chart shows that Maiden has a go for the top spot, even if fans have a tendency to buy on the first day.

UK Midweeks - 04.01.2005

Singles

1 () Jailhouse Rock- Elvis Presley 2 ( 1) Against All Odds- Steve Brookstein **3 () Number Of The Beast- Iron Maiden** 4 ( 2) Do They Know It's Christmas- Band Aid 20 5 () Filthy/Gorgeous- Scissor Sisters 6 () Breathe- Erasure 7 () Object Of My Desire- Dana Rayne 8 () Cutt Off- Kasabian 9 () Get Down On It- Blue 10 () Tom Hark- Seagulls Ska

8 Comments

The Saint said:

The #9 entry will apparently be disqualified of the charts. It seems it's a rerelease too close to the first entry, but I don't get how this works.

Cheers

#5720, January 5, 2005 @ 20:01

Anonymous said:

Hey thats great thanks for the info.
Lets see where it is on sunday.

#5721, January 5, 2005 @ 20:36

Djaser said:

That's three places higher than Wildest Dreams

#5722, January 6, 2005 @ 12:42

The_7th_Son said:

> That's three places higher than Wildest Dreams

Thats because NOTB is 3 times better than WD Well.... more than 3 times in my opinion...

#5723, January 6, 2005 @ 12:56

Anonymous said:

finally
back in TOP 3
it brings to my memory golden years with singles like Can I Play.., Holy Smoke, Be Quick and others

#5724, January 6, 2005 @ 15:30

Djaser said:

> Thats because NOTB is 3 times better than WD Well.... more than 3 times in my opinion...

True but it's an old song that has been released before on a single.

#5725, January 6, 2005 @ 15:56

The Saint said:

Ok, I'm not editing the main news for I'm skeptic about the numbers, but if you believe these, a few sales on Fri/Sat could push Maiden to the top spot:

01. ELVIS PRESLEY – "Jailhouse Rock" - 29,854
02. STEVE BROOKSTEIN - "Against All Odds" - 29,101
03. IRON MAIDEN - "Number of the Beast" - 29,065
04. BAND AID - "Do They Know It's Christmas" - 28,552
05. SCISSOR SISTERS - "Filthy/Gorgeous" - 26,697
06. ERASURE - "Breathe" - 21,900
07. DANA RAYNE - "Object Of My Desire" - 18,779
08. KASABIAN - "Cutt Off" - 18,211
09. BLUE - "Get Down On It" - 17,210
10. SEAGULLS SKA - "Tom Hark" - 16,126

*Thanks to GeordieRussell of the IMBB*

#5726, January 7, 2005 @ 23:24

The Saint said:

Maiden is #4 on the Digital Singles charts of Woolworth (legal music download in the UK):

[http://www.woolworths.co.uk/wwstore/digita...section=digital](http://www.woolworths.co.uk/wwstore/digital_main.jhtml?op=singles_chart&cat=cat160294&category.section=digital)

Cheers

#5727, January 8, 2005 @ 00:01