the chart is fifty per cent wack

the uk top 40: it used to be real. then it was somewhat less real. then i forgot to check for ages. so i wanted to decide scientifically how real the chart is at the moment, and to introduce a special yuletide hardline approach to realness, which will also apply to presents.

deep dish - flashdance: real
kelis - millionaire: real
beastie boys - open letter to nyc: fake
joss stone - right to be wrong: fake
khia - my neck my back (lick it): fake
paul holt - fifty grand for christmas: fake
blue - curtain falls: real
ash - renegade cavalcade: fake
shania twain - party for two: real
the corrs - long night: fake
brian wilson - good vibrations: fake
mcfly - room on the 4rd floor: real
mousse t - right about now: fake
maroon 5 - sunday morning: fake
michael gray - the weekend: real
jamelia - dj/stop: real
usher - confessions II/my boo: real
eric prydz - call on me: fake
u2 - vertigo: fake
babyshambles - killamangiro: real
geri - ride it: real
jay-z/linkin park - numb/encore: real
jojo - baby it's you: real
christina aguilera - car wash: fake
brian mcfadden - irish son: fake
3rd wish - obsession (si es amor): real
eminem - just lose it: real
uniting nations - out of touch: real
snoop dogg - drop it like it's hot: real
nelly - tilt ya head back: fake
gwen stefani - what you waiting for: real
natasha bedingfield - unwritten: fake
robbie williams - misunderstood: fake
green day - boulevard of broken dreams: real
lemar - if there's any justice: real
girls aloud - i'll stand by you: fake
destiny's child - lose my breath: fake
ice cube - you can do it: fake
kylie minogue - i believe in you: real
band aid 20 - do they know it's xmas: fake

wack.