Six new entries, two re-entries (well, it’s X Factor season), and a bit of a surprise at the top.

33.  Two Door Cinema Club – “Changing of the Seasons”

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A quiet week for new releases, and it’s X Factor audition season – it must be re-entry time…

37.  The Kings of Leon – “Supersoaker”

Originally got to number 32 in July when it was released as the lead single from “Mechanical Bull”.  The album enters at number 1 this week, and this is the track being played in the TV adverts, so it’s the one being cherrypicked.  It’s got a video now, too!

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We have a new number one – and it’s not very good!

39.  Jason Derulo – “The Other Side”

Re-entry, as a spillover effect from the promotion of the new single, which we’ll be coming to.  Originally a number 2 hit in June.

38.  Chvrches – “The Mother We Share”

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Not much going on in terms of new releases, which means lots of stuff is climbing instead…

40.  Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin – “Don’t You Worry Child”

A number 1 at the tail end of last year.  I’m guessing that it’s back because somebody covered it in an X Factor audition.

34.  Chris Brown featuring Nicki Minaj – “Love More”

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This week: Katy Perry releases her big single, and everybody else steers well clear.

39.  Starship – “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now”

It’s being used in an advert for… you know, I’ve seen it several times, and I still can’t remember what for.  Google says it’s Talk Talk.

“Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” was a number 1 hit back in 1987, and started off life as the theme to Mannequin.  Perhaps surprisingly, this is its first chart appearance in the download era.  Starship were a spin-off that emerged from the break-up of Jefferson Starship, the name reflecting the fact that (unlike Jefferson Starship) they didn’t feature any former members of Jefferson Airplane.  They had one other hit in the UK, “We Built This City”, which reached number 12 in 1985.

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So is the parade of huge-selling number ones over, or are we just in a lull for now?  Probably a lull…

40.  Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx – “Gold Digger”

This charted on the strength of a late surge of sales after it cropped up on an X Factor audition show on Saturday 31 August.  So yes, it’s that time again.  Originally a number 2 hit in 2005.

39.  Bastille – “Things We Lost In The Fire”

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The great thing about these posts is that you can write them in small bits.

And then completely forget to actually post them until the end of the week.

30.  OneRepublic – “Counting Stars”

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Another new number one, and yet again it’s selling comfortably over the 100K mark, as the trend towards high-selling number one singles continues.

Five new entries this week.  Let’s dash through them.

35.  Le Youth – “C O O L”

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First up, the announcement you’ve all been waiting for – yes, the baby is finally here!

And he’s already showing a heavy comics influence – he came out on Wednesday, he was late, and the original creative team aren’t getting any money out of him.

We shall now celebrate his arrival in the traditional way – with a column I wrote on Monday but didn’t get around to posting until now.

39. AlunaGeorge – “You Know You Like It”

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Dead week, pretty much.  And judging from iTunes, next week’s going to be pretty dead too.  So brace yourself for a long run at the top for Avicii…

32.  Lana Del Rey – “Summertime Sadness”

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