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Charts – 4 February 2022

Posted on Saturday, February 5, 2022 by Paul in Music

The Disney era continues.

1. Carolina Gaitan, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz – “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”

Three weeks. The top 4 is static, which means “Surface Pressure” by Jessica Darrow gets a second week at number 4. And “The Family Madrigal” by Stephanie Beatriz, Olga Merediz & The Cast of Encanto climbs 11-7, giving Disney three top ten hits. It’s not the first time that the top 10 has contained three songs from the same soundtrack, but you have to go back to the late 70s (Grease and Saturday Night Fever).

As for new entries… yeah, it’s quiet.

25. Central Cee – “Cold Shoulder”

Already on to his third hit single of 2022, and it’s only the start of February. In fact, if you count his appearance on “Overseas” by D-Block Europe it’s four – that song entered at 8 just before Christmas, returned to the top 10 after the festive glut, and finally reaches a new peak of number 6 this week. Central Cee’s own 2022 hits have all peaked outside the top 20, but boy there’s a lot of them.

29. Charli XCX featuring Rina Sawayama – “Beg For You”

This is the third single from the upcoming Charli XCX album, but the first to make the top 40 – in fact, single number two didn’t even make the top 100. Charli XCX has a weird place in pop music, as a once-hotly-tipped act who never really made it but somehow keeps hanging around on the fringes of actual success. It’s unlikely to be due to Rina Sawayama, a London-based Japanese singer making her first appearance on the singles chart (or the album top 40, for that matter). The chorus is an acknowledged lift from “Cry For You” by September, a number 5 hit in 2005. September is still active in her native Sweden under her real name, Petra Marklund.

32. George Ezra – “Anyone for You”

This is the lead single from his third album “Gold Rush Kid”. His last album was back in 2018, though he did release a Christmas single at the end of last year. I… quite like this, actually, though I’m struggling to put my finger on why.

And that’s your lot for new entries. This week’s climbers:

  • “Where Are You Now” by Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott climbs 7-5.
  • As already mentioned, “Overseas” by D-Block Europe featuring Central Cee climbs 8-6 for a new peak.
  • And “The Family Madrigal” climbs 11-7.
  • “Make Me Feel Good” by Belters Only featuring Jazzy climbs 13-9. It has a video (of sorts) now.
  • “Down Under” by Luude featuring Colin Day climbs 16-10.
  • “Packs and Potions” by Hazey climbs 18-15.
  • “The Motto” by Tiesto & Ava Max climbs 33-26, so maybe I wrote it off too early.
  • “Sweet Talker” by Years & Years and Galantis climbs 30-28.
  • “Pushin P” by Gunna, Future & Young Thug climbs 31-30.

There are four records dropping out of the top 40 this week (three new entries, plus “Stay” re-entering at 38 as it hovers around the number 40 point).

  • “Light Switch” by Charlie Puth falls 39-42, after a single week in the chart.
  • “Tell Me Something Good” by Ewan McVicar must have been far enough past its peak to be hit by the downweighting rule, since it falls from 29 to 69.
  • Naturally, the two Meat Loaf songs – “Bat Out Of Hell” and “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do that)” also drop out.

On the album chart:

1. Don Broco – “Amazing Things”

Their fourth album, their first number one – they’ve been steadily growing to this point. This is an interesting example of how the album chart remains dominated by records that are actually bought by their fanbase – “Amazing Things” has been available on streaming services since October, but that release earned it a single week at number 91. It’s the physical release that now sends it to number 1. The delayed physical release isn’t a marketing stunt – it was a supply chain issue, apparently.

3. Jamie Webster – “Moments”

His second album; the first one got to number 6 in 2020. He’s often classed as a folk act, but the single above isn’t particularly folk to my ears.

7. Scarlet Rebels – “See Through Blue”

Welsh rock band. It’s actually their second studio album, but their 2019 debut didn’t chart.

22. Paul Draper – “Cult Leader Tactics”

Second solo album from the lead singer of Mansun. Honestly, the single above feels like something you’d knock up as a parody.

37. Eels – “Extreme Witchcraft”

Same position as 2020’s “Earth to Dora”. That one looked like an outlier in their chart record; they normally placed in the top 20. Well, so much for that idea.

39. Saint Phnx – “Happy Place” a

It’s pronounced “Saint Phoenix”. Officially this is an EP rather than their second studio album, but it gives them their first appearance in the album top 40.

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