It’s a busy week, particularly if you count all the re-entries from Eminem singles that were disqualified from the chart under the instant gratification rules last week.  (I won’t bother.)  Meanwhile, the number 1 slot changes hands for the sixth straight week.  Hmm.

39.  Awolnation – “Sail”

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If you were expecting a bunch of tracks from Lou Reed’s back catalogue, well, no.  “Perfect Day” was at 45 and “Walk on the Wild Side” at 53, for those wondering.  “Transformer” re-enters the album chart at 35, but otherwise it seems Lou Reed just isn’t the sort of artist whose death inspires downloads.  Can’t imagine that’s something he’d be losing much sleep over.

37.  M.A.D. – “Toyboy”

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So, mmm, yeah, probably not going to get to that Wolverine Max review this week after all…  With an eye on the time, though, let’s see if I can finish this off while it’s still mildly topical.

35.  Sean Paul – “Turn It Up”

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A quiet week for major new releases, but it turns out “Wrecking Ball” doesn’t have the staying power you’d expect, so… new number one ahead.  But first!

39.  Don Broco – “You Wanna Know”

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Some weeks, the Radio 1 chart show producers must look at the listing as it comes through, see an utterly predictable number 1, see an almost uninterrupted stretch of fallers from 40 through to 15, and sigh deeply.  This is one such week, with a bunch of new entries clustered at the top (but no surprise at the very top), and literally nothing happening in the lower half of the chart except for one lone new entry.

And that new entry?

24.  Ylvis – “The Fox”

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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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