As predicted, fun. only managed a single week at the top – though coming after a lengthy climb, and with the single still hanging around the top 3 in the midweeks, they’ve still had an impressive run.  For a while, it looked as though the Eurovision winner was going to do it, but as is often the case, sales tailed off in the second half of the week as the contest receded into the dim and distant memory of 72 hours ago.  Instead…

1.  Rudimental (feat. John Newman) – “Feel The Love”

Rudimental are a four-piece from Hackney, and that’s pretty much all I know about them.  This is their debut single and it’s another radio-friendly drum and bass track in the vein of DJ Fresh – something that seems to be working out pretty well in 2012.  John Newman is the singer; he’s never had a hit before either.  According to the midweeks, it’s a one-week wonder and it’s going to drop pretty sharply on Sunday.  Good little song, though.

The video was shot in Philadelphia, and features the Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club, which is a real thing.

3.  Loreen – “Euphoria”

The Eurovision Song Contest winner.  It’s not number 1, but it’s the highest place for a Eurovision-associated song in years.  In fact, the winner does chart fairly often, but usually not that high.  Azerbaijan’s 2011 winner “Running Scared” by Ell & Nikki reached 61.  In 2010, “Satellite” by Lena made number 30.  “Fairytale” by Alexander Rybak from 2009 reached an unusually high 10.  And in 2006, “Hard Rock Hallelujah” by Lordi got to 25.  To find a winner that got as high as number 3, though, you have to go back to “Love Shine A Light” by Katrina & The Waves from 1997.  I believe I’m right in saying the last Eurovision winner to make number 1 in the UK was “Making Your Mind Up” by Bucks Fizz back in 1981.  (The Gina G single “Ooh Aah … Just A Little Bit” did make number 1 in 1996, but it came eighth in the contest.)

So all told, number 3 is really very good.  Don’t get your hopes up for it to stick around very long, mind you.

4.  Lawson – “When She Was Mine”

A guitar pop band from Liverpool – with the emphasis on “pop” – who’ve been touring as a support act for the likes of the Saturdays. It’s their first hit as a group; frontman Andy Brown was formerly a member of an obscure boy band called Avenue, but they never made the top 40 either. The single is forgettable but inoffensive.  The single crashes to 22 in the midweeks, which rather suggests that they’ve built up a small and devoted fan base but have yet to register with the wider world.

17.  Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band – “Sing”

This collaboration between Gary Barlow and Andrew Lloyd-Webber is, believe it or not, the official single of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. You’d figure it’d be a charity single, but I can’t see any specific mention of what’s happening to the proceeds. Perhaps it’s going towards the cost of the celebrations.

As a piece of music, it’s actually not bad. The “Commonwealth Band” is basically a bunch of musicians recorded in various Commonwealth countries; the fact that the result sounds basically like a Gary Barlow record is some sort of testimony to his creative vision, I guess. Barlow is of course the main songwriter for Take That; he had a brief solo career between 1996-1999, and his duet with Robbie Williams, “Shame”, reached number 2 in 2010.

The main jubilee celebrations were last weekend, and it looks as though a surge of English patriotism is going to send this to number 1 on Sunday.  (The Scots are a bit more muted about the whole thing, to be honest.  I’m not sure works as well as a symbol of national identity up here.)  The parent album – which only marginally qualifies as an album at all, relying on two versions of “Sing” even to pad it out to seven tracks – is already number 1 this week.

19.  Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso (feat. Ryan Tedder) – “Calling (Lose My Mind)”

Well, that’s one of the most phoned-in videos we’ve seen in quite a while, isn’t it?  Really brings to life the thrilling creative process.

Ingrosso is a member of the Swedish House Mafia, who are regular fixtures on the chart, but this is his first solo credit.  Alesso is one of the acts signed to his label.  And Ryan Tedder is the frontman of One Republic, though he previously cropped up as a guest singer on “Rocketeer” by the Far East Movement, which reached 14 last year.

33.  Alexandra Burke – “Let It Go”

Oww…..  they won’t be happy with that.  This is the second single from Burke’s upcoming album; it’s the follow-up to the number 3 hit “Elephant”; and they’ve been promoting it since mid-April.  It was number 23 in last week’s midweeks, it ends up at number 33 on the chart, and it’s nowhere to be found on the current midweeks.  She’s only missed the top ten once before, so by her standards, this is a bomb.  Airplay support has apparently been lacking, and I suspect this may be a single that’s got the dance/pop balance wrong and failed to satisfy either audience.

34.  Justin Bieber – “Die In Your Arms”

This is a promo tack – not an official single, if you choose to believe that there’s a difference – from Bieber’s upcoming album.  It was released on Tuesday for some reason, and there’ll be another one along next week.  His record company don’t seem to have officially posted it on YouTube, so I’ll leave you to track it down yourself if you want to hear it.  It’s based on a sample from “We’ve Got A Good Thing Going” by Michael Jackson, a 1972 album track.

35.  Wretch 32 (feat. Ed Sheeran) – “Hush Little Baby”

Not quite as strange a collaboration as it first seems; it’s a relatively mellow track by Wretch 32’s standards, while Ed Sheeran has always had an unlikely sideline in collaborating with UK rappers. The track’s been available on Wretch 32’s album since last September, but it’s now being promoted as a single.  It’s not going any further.