{"id":10832,"date":"2025-03-01T21:39:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T21:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=10832"},"modified":"2025-03-01T21:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T21:39:32","slug":"charts-28-february-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=10832","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 28 February 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a fairly busy week in terms of chart movement, but quite a quiet one in terms of actual listening&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H58vbez_m4E\"><strong>1. Kendrick Lamar &#8211; &#8220;Not Like Us&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two weeks, but it has the lowest chart score for a number 1 single in 70 weeks. It holds on by default more than anything else. He still has two other singles in the top 10, both with SZA: &#8220;Luther&#8221; at 6 and &#8220;All the Stars&#8221; at 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Tate McRae &#8211; &#8220;Revolving Door&#8221;<br \/>\n25. Tate McRae &#8211; &#8220;I Know Love&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rwlFWWGaZ5Y?si=p5Oz02R70g2L936K\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cVG807Biok4?si=GsjPSYp0pWUNxs7d\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Her third album <strong>&#8220;So Close To What&#8221;<\/strong> enters the album chart at number 2, which is her best position to date &#8211; her first two albums reached 7 and 5. This turns out to be a bigger deal than I&#8217;d expected in terms of the singles chart, as she maxes out her three songs, with\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Sports Car&#8221;<\/strong> returning to the top 10 and hitting a new peak of number 3. It becomes her joint highest placing single along with &#8220;You Broke Me First&#8221; (2020) and &#8220;Greedy&#8221; (2023).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The other two tracks are both release-week singles complete with their own videos. &#8220;Revolving Door&#8221; is the best actual song she&#8217;s released in a while, and the video&#8217;s not bad either, since it remembers to make use of the fact that she can dance. &#8220;I Know Love&#8221; has the Kid Laroi guesting on it, but he&#8217;s not officially given a featured artist credit as far as the chart company is concerned. The low budget video is at least a change of pace for her, and I can actually see the track sticking around on its merits. Huh, two good Tate McRae singles in a week. Didn&#8217;t see that coming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>22. Aitch &amp; Bou &#8211; &#8220;Raving in the Studio&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SanUTucEPpM?si=eWLcFx5bpvdEYVt5\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This had a fleeting visit at number 40 three weeks ago as a spillover when &#8220;A Guy Called&#8221; was a hit. It&#8217;s re-entered now because of the remix version, on which Aitch barely appears. Still, because it&#8217;s treated as an extra version of the same track, it&#8217;s technically his biggest hit since he was in the top 10 with Anne-Marie in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>24. Sam Fender &#8211; &#8220;Little Bit Closer&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5PfstrOiIX0?si=bAxKD1zaSOCLhPoX\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sam Fender also has an album out, with <strong>&#8220;People Watching&#8221;<\/strong> entering at number one. It&#8217;s his third studio album, all of which has been number 1. It&#8217;s been four years since the last album, but clearly his momentum is still there.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the pre-orders for physical editions, the first week sales are over 100K, the vast majority of which are actual sales rather than streaming. He beat Tate McRae&#8217;s total handily on vinyl alone. Somehow, he even managed to shift 128 copies on minidisc. Who&#8217;s still listening to minidiscs?<\/p>\n<p>For his other chart entries, the title track &#8220;People Watching&#8221; rebounds to number 13 (it peaked at 4 in November), and &#8220;Arm&#8217;s Length&#8221; rebounds to 17 (it peaked at 14 a month ago).<\/p>\n<p><strong>28. Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco &amp; Gracie Abrams &#8211; &#8220;Call Me When You Break Up&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cFHElRaF19s?si=F0g8K1zVQTwcBidh\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the lead single from a Gomez\/Blanco album. Selena Gomez last had a hit in 2023 &#8211; a single in 2024 missed the top 40 &#8211; but the 20s was her standard position before that. Blanco last had a hit collaborating with Justin Bieber in 2020. Gracie Abrams is apparently being classed as a featured artist on this track, despite officially getting equal billing, presumably because she&#8217;s a guest on the parent album.<\/p>\n<p><strong>36. Oasis &#8211; &#8220;Whatever&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EHfx9LXzxpw?si=LBUTut4OITcJN70K\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Look, that&#8217;s the version of the video on their official channel, okay? I know it&#8217;s in the wrong aspect ratio. Take it up with Liam. This was a number 3 hit at Christmas 1994, behind &#8220;All I Want for Christmas Is You&#8221; and &#8220;Stay Another Day&#8221;. The top 10 that year also included &#8220;Love Me For a Reason&#8221; by Boyzone, &#8220;Cotton Eye Joe&#8221; by Rednex, &#8220;Crocodile Shoes&#8221; by Jimmy Nail, and this.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7bv_36P_f-w?si=wLJoVQRVNd-w8mQb\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, &#8220;Whatever&#8221; has been given a vinyl reissue for some reason. You might have seen it being listed at number 1 in the Sunday night midweeks, but that&#8217;s because it sold entirely in pre-orders, so its whole weekly sale was credited on day 1. It&#8217;ll be gone next week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>37. Jennie featuring Doechii &#8211; &#8220;ExtraL&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eWAdpUyzCkI?si=W5nF1TxIrwq7jm-H\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You might be surprised to hear that this is the fourth top 40 hit for Jennie from Blackpink (or JENNIE, if you prefer). One of them was a guest appearance on the Weeknd&#8217;s &#8220;One of the Girls&#8221; (number 21 in 2023) and the other two got to 37 and 39. Her last single only got to number 65, though, so Doechii&#8217;s probably helping here. It&#8217;s quite good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>39. Fontaines DC &#8211; &#8220;It&#8217;s Amazing to be Young&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MjI1L0dBAVI?si=gnfTL2aHI-Tn_avF\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It must be a quiet week when Fonatines DC make the top 40 &#8211; the Dublin post-punk band are a regular presence in the lower reaches of the top 75, but they&#8217;ve never previously got higher than 52.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s climbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Pink Pony Club&#8221; by Chappell Roan<\/strong> climbs 3-2.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Sports Car&#8221; by Tate McRae<\/strong> rebounds 15-3.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Headlock&#8221; by Imogen Heap<\/strong> rebounds 39-30, which is a new peak.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The eight tracks leaving the top 40 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Lose Control&#8221; by Teddy Swims<\/strong>, which has been around for over a year aside from a few weeks&#8217; interruption over Christmas. It peaked at number 2 in June.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Who&#8221; by Jimin<\/strong>, after a seven-week re-entry which peaked at 5.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Born Again&#8221; by Lisa, Doja Cat &amp; Raye<\/strong>, after two weeks, peaking at 13.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;CRG&#8221; by Central Cee &amp; Dave<\/strong>, which lasted four weeks and peaked at 6.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;30 for 30&#8221; by SZA featuring Kendrick Lamar<\/strong>, after two weeks in the top 40 and a peak at 33.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Gimme a Hug&#8221; by Drake<\/strong>, which got a single week at number 21, so the answer is apparently &#8220;no&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Somedays&#8221; by Sonny Fodera, Jazzy &amp; D.o.D.<\/strong>, which re-entered after Christmas and peaked at 9 on this run.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;CN Tower&#8221; by PartyNextDoor &amp; Drake<\/strong>, with a single week at 22.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the album chart, <strong>&#8220;People Watching&#8221; by Sam Fender<\/strong> is number 1, and\u00a0<strong>&#8220;So Close to What&#8221; by Tate McRae<\/strong> is at 2. The only other new entry is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>31. The Murder Capital &#8211; &#8220;Blindness&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A4-D8QmpbU0?si=7ao0dQep0iMTyYqZ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Irish indie. It&#8217;s their third album; the first two made 18 and 16, so this is a big drop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a fairly busy week in terms of chart movement, but quite a quiet one in terms of actual listening&#8230; 1. Kendrick Lamar &#8211; &#8220;Not Like Us&#8221; Two weeks, but it has the lowest chart score for a number 1 single in 70 weeks. It holds on by default more than anything else. 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