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How well do you know the charts? Test your top 40 knowledge

Is Sam Smith really singing about a dodgy curry? Does James Bay wear a colostomy bag? Find out how much you know about the charts
  
  


  1. In Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud (this week's No 3), he sings: "And, darling, I will be loving you 'til we're 70." What's the next line?

    1. "Even if I need meals on wheels to bring me tea"

    2. "Just like that old green apple tree"

    3. "And, baby, my heart could still fall as hard at 23"

    4. "Though I'll have loved others, as you're sure to see"

  2. In Blank Space (No 6), what will Taylor Swift's long list of ex-lovers tell you?

    1. That she never gets her round in

    2. That she's insane

    3. That she frets about having hospital corners on her bed

    4. That she can't be trusted to stay faithful

  3. George Ezra's Budapest (No 18) was inspired by what?

    1. An Inter-Railing holiday

    2. Watching the film of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, which was partly filmed in the city

    3. By a visit to the Romanian capital – he forgot it was called Bucharest and got the name wrong

    4. By his memories of his grandfather, a noted goulash chef in the Hungarian capital

  4. Brits Critic Choice Winner James Bay (No 36 with Hold Back the River) is always pictured wearing what?

    1. A trademark bandana

    2. A trademark colostomy bag

    3. A trademark leather jacket

    4. A trademark hat

  5. In Hozier's Take Me to Church (No 5), how will he worship?

    1. "Like a priest at the altar of Christ"

    2. "Like a drunk at the bar of his dreams"

    3. "Like an X Factor contestant at Simon Cowell's feet"

    4. "Like a dog at the shrine of your lies"

  6. Complete the following lyrics from Sam Smith's I'm Not the Only One (No 24): "You've been unavailable/ Now sadly I know why …"

    1. "Your heart is unobtainable/ Even though Lord knows you kept mine"

    2. "You were locked in the toilet/ After eating a jalfrezi when you went out last night"

    3. "Your love is just a fantasy/ A dark and bitter lie"

    4. "You didn't keep up your payments/ And EE closed your line"

  7. The song in the current top 40 that has been in the charts the longest is Let It Go by Idina Menzel (No 34, 57 weeks). But which record is the second-longest serving on this week's rundown?

    1. Rather Be – Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne

    2. Don't – Ed Sheeran

    3. All of Me – John Legend

    4. Chandelier – Sia

  8. In All About That Bass (No 10), what is it pretty clear that Meghan Trainor ain't?

    1. "Afraid to shake that ass"

    2. "About to say sorry for my junk"

    3. "No size two"

    4. "Worried about grammatical exactitude"

  9. Steal My Girl by One Direction (No 25) features a lyrical nod to which 80s hit?

    1. The Boys of Summer – Don Henley

    2. (We Want) The Same Thing – Belinda Carlisle

    3. Best Days of our Lives – Modern Romance

    4. Brassneck – The Wedding Present

  10. Before becoming a hitmaker with Wish You Were Mine (No 2), Philip George held two part-time jobs. What were they?

    1. As a semi-professional footballer for FA Cup giant-killers Blyth Spartans and a debt collector for a payday loan company

    2. As an assistant in Next and a barman at a golf club

    3. As a hand model for catalogues and a Prince Harry lookalike

    4. As a children's magician for parties, called Georgio the Incredible, and a barista

Solutions

1:C, 2:B, 3:A, 4:D, 5:D, 6:A, 7:C, 8:C, 9:B, 10:B

Scores

  1. 0 and above.

    Bottom of this week's top 100 is Bring Me the Horizon. That's you.

  2. 3 and above.

    It's fanbase appeal only – into the top 30 and then straight out again. Consider yourself Belle & Sebastian.

  3. 5 and above.

    A good, solid, top 10 performance. In the old days this would have been enough to get you on Top of the Pops.

  4. 8 and above.

    You're in with a bullet at No 1! Consider yourself the One Direction of chart knowledge.

 

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