{"id":10856,"date":"2025-03-10T20:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=10856"},"modified":"2025-03-10T20:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:13:12","slug":"charts-7-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=10856","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 7 March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have a new number one, depending on how you define &#8220;new&#8221;. Plus! For the commenter last week who asked &#8220;what the f___ is that ketamine fuelled muppet orgy&#8221;, I explain who Zig and Zag were.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Chappell Roan &#8211; &#8220;Pink Pony Club&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GR3Liudev18?si=_Ao637rSIO7vk7er\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it&#8217;s a quiet week and that&#8217;s part of it. But this did actually grow in sales\/streams this week, and it was over 20% of &#8220;Not Like Us&#8221; at number 2. Despite 2024 being a breakout year for her, this is her first UK number 1. In fact, her Wikipedia discography only lists one previous number one anywhere in the world &#8211; &#8220;Good Luck Babe&#8221; was a number 1 in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pink Pony Club&#8221; has been out since 2020, which is why she&#8217;s so young in the video. To say that this has been a slow burner is putting it mildly. In its first week on release its sales\/streams in the UK were equivalent to selling four copies. That&#8217;s not a typo. Four. It charted for the first time last September, left the chart in November, and returned to the chart in mid January. It&#8217;s spent four weeks just climbing from number 4. The midweeks have it hanging on at number 1 for a second week by a fairly comfortable margin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15. Sleepy Hallow featuring Doechii &#8211; &#8220;Anxiety&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AkUeD0kzWaI?si=6gWe4l8icm0oVNAA\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a rapper from Brooklyn. This isn&#8217;t his first UK hit &#8211; a track called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y1xZ_kAhjMc\">&#8220;2055&#8221;<\/a> just missed the top 20 in 2021. It&#8217;s the first we&#8217;ve heard of him since then, though.<\/p>\n<p>This track also goes back a couple of years &#8211; it reached number 52 in 2023. The Doechii credit is because it samples her pre-fame, lockdown-era track &#8220;Anxiety&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4a8pHjLkkz8?si=hLPQJqCZGQlbsWlG\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>which in turn samples Gotye&#8217;s &#8220;Somebody That I Used to Know&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8UVNT4wvIGY?si=vXHClK0WUfHzORwI\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;which in turn samples&#8230; well, see for yourself&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ugMk_tpVWu8?si=nX17dPpwjrFXO1y9\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Sleepy Hallow track is here because Doechii&#8217;s track went viral on TikTok, but it isn&#8217;t actually available on streaming service. The Sleepy Hallow version is as close as you can get. Or rather, it <em>was<\/em>, because the Doechii version got a proper release this week and is at number 11 on the midweeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>30. Benson Boone &#8211; &#8220;Sorry I&#8217;m Here for Someone Else&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O7Dt2L_rAhI?si=Twai8N4bkpWU3F3b\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is a new song, so presumably it&#8217;s the lead single from his next album, though that isn&#8217;t being said outright. &#8220;Beautiful Things&#8221; is currently back up at number 4 (and set to climb), but this is an actual change of pace to a sort of 80s radio pop, and feels like it has a decent shot of climbing &#8211; the midweeks have it moving into the 20s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>36. Olivia Dean &#8211; &#8220;It Isn&#8217;t Perfect But It Might Be&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3R2jYuGxymw?si=4k-AZpk72gkKq4r-\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From the soundtrack of <em>Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy<\/em>. Olivia Dean&#8217;s album &#8220;Messy&#8221; reached number 4 in 2023, but her only previous hit single was a cover of &#8220;The Christmas Song&#8221; that reached number 19 at Christmas 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>38. Ravyn Lenae &#8211; &#8220;Love Me Not&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cswfR85D7jM?si=XSuWn60tn4Jd94vA\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Debut hit. She&#8217;s from Chicago, and this is a rather nice retro-ish thing. Apparently there&#8217;s a verion with Rex Orange County but we won&#8217;t trouble ourselves with that. She&#8217;s released two well-reviewed albums, neither of which charted in the UK. This is one of the singles from the second one. Deserves to climb.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s other climbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Ordinary&#8221; by Alex<\/strong> <strong>Warren\u00a0<\/strong>climbs 8-3, easily his biggest hit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Revolving Door&#8221; by Tate McRae<\/strong> climbs 10-9.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But there are also a slew of re-entries this week: <strong>&#8220;Nice to Meet You&#8221; by Myles Smith<\/strong> at 8 (after the Brits), <strong>&#8220;Who&#8221; by Jimin<\/strong> at number 23 (which behaves so oddly that you have to wonder what on earth is going on with it),\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Lose Control&#8221; by Teddy Swims<\/strong> (which dipped to 41 last week), <strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s OK I&#8217;m OK&#8221; by Tate McRae<\/strong> at 35 (because it swaps positions with one of her tracks from last week), and <strong>&#8220;Burning Down&#8221; by Alex Warren<\/strong>, which had also just dipped out of the chart.<\/p>\n<p>That means there are nine tracks leaving the top 40:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Sailor Song&#8221; by Gigi Perez<\/strong>, a former number 1 with 28 weeks in the top 40 (and a single week&#8217;s interruption at Christmas).<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Call Me When You Break Up&#8221; by Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco and Gracie Abrams<\/strong> after a single week at 28 &#8211; a surprise flameout.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Cry For Me&#8221; by The Weeknd<\/strong> after a four week run, peaking at 8.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Little Bit Closer&#8221; by Sam Fender<\/strong> after a single week at 24.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;ExtraL&#8221; by Jennie featuring Doechii<\/strong> after a single week at 37.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Timeless&#8221; by The Weeknd &amp; Playboi Carti<\/strong>, which has been around since October (with the usual Christmas interruption) and peaked at 7 twice, months apart.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Dirty Cash (Money Talks)&#8221; by Pawsa &amp; The Adventures of Stevie V<\/strong>, after nine weeks and a peak of 17.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s Amazing to be Young&#8221; by Fontaines DC<\/strong>, after a single week at 39.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;I Know Love&#8221; by Tate McRae<\/strong>, which gets disqualified after dropping below &#8220;It&#8217;s OK I&#8217;m OK&#8221;, after a single week at 25.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the album charts:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Sabrina Carpenter &#8211; &#8220;Short N&#8217; Sweet&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Her fourth week at number 1, following a performance at the Brit Awards last week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Architects &#8211; &#8220;The Sky The Earth and All Between&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8SoLPeFquLM?si=VKIWM-hcirvqC3_6\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their eleventh album. Their chart record is quite bizarre &#8211; they first made the album top 40 with album 6, which reached the lower end of the top 20. That remained their standard position until album 9, &#8220;For Those That Wish To Exist&#8221;, was a number 1 in 2021. And then the album after that reached&#8230; number 18. And now they&#8217;re back at number 2. Toss a coin, I guess.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. The Lathums &#8211; &#8220;Matter Does Not Define&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tzH2kSDwuiY?si=_G9eyZ1AVh5g4Xcp\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their previous two albums made number 1, so this is a slight step down. They rarely stick around long on the chart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Doves &#8211; &#8220;Constellation for the Lonely&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SDjhIMhIUz4?si=m3NkMWeOMxXgFwNF\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their second album since re-forming. The first one, 2020&#8217;s &#8220;The Universal Want&#8221;, was a number 1 (their third). Number 5 is their lowest position for a studio album since 2000&#8217;s &#8220;Lost Souls&#8221;. I can still never quite get my head around the fact that Doves started out as Sub Sub, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pRguEi3wufQ\">who sounded like this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Bradley Simpson &#8211; &#8220;The Panic Years&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4dZs2KF2-QI?si=50xvK4I5pPqB2EO9\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s the lead singer of the Vamps. This is his first solo album.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. Oasis &#8211; &#8220;Standing on the Shoulder of Giants&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-6X0rOC32AA?si=rgrvS8vWLqu5Df5l\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>25th anniversary reissue. It was number 1 on release in 2000, with a huge first week sale, though it didn&#8217;t have the staying power you might expect &#8211; it only spent three weeks in the top 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16. Lola Young &#8211; &#8220;This Wasn&#8217;t Meant for You Anyway&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Featuring &#8220;Messy&#8221;, obviously. It&#8217;s her second album, but the first one (&#8220;My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely&#8221;) missed the top 100 altogether upon release in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20. Lisa &#8211; &#8220;Alter Ego&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Her debut solo album. One of the singles charted: &#8220;Born Again&#8221;, which reached number 13. To be honest, the presence of Doja Cat and Raye on that track probably helped, because there were four other singles which missed the top 40.<\/p>\n<p>Now&#8230; Since I threw this in without context last week, and someone asked, I may as well explain what it is:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7bv_36P_f-w?si=LzRmx6w4OzFF4TkS\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Number 5 at Christmas 1994. What the hell is it, though?<\/p>\n<p>Well, they&#8217;re puppet aliens, obviously. They started in 1987 on Irish children&#8217;s TV but by the mid-90s they&#8217;d secured a slot on Channel 4&#8217;s <em>The Big Breakfast<\/em>, a zoo format breakfast show where they&#8217;d talk to presenter Chris Evans and interview celebrities. Zag is a wannabe alpha male, Zig is a simpleton. Somewhere in there, a plot thread developed about Zag becoming obsessed with ragga, which ultimately led to this record.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vuo8kD5zF5I?si=QxHrkQleoTPZHT9C\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a parody of &#8220;I Like to Move It by Reel II Real, which had been a top 5 hit earlier in the year. Except &#8220;Them Girls Them Girls&#8221; was produced by Erick Morillo, and he <em>was\u00a0<\/em>Reel II Real. What&#8217;s more, if you look past the video, the song itself is a completely deadpan parody: aside from a couple of passing mentions of Zag being an alien, the lyrics are simply a string of genre cliches which are made absurd just by having Zag deliver them with total lack of self-awareness. (&#8220;Me have a lot of loving. Me am a rich man.&#8221;) Granted, it&#8217;s a product of 90s irony, and from the standpoint of 2025 you might raise an eyebrow at the Irish guy doing a Jamaican accent, even though it <em>is <\/em>specifically a musical parody. But it&#8217;s a cleverer record than it first looks.<\/p>\n<p>The little-known B-side, which is a more conventional comedy track, gives Zig more to do, and it&#8217;s a better idea of the typical Zig and Zag routine. It absolutely delivers on its opening promise: &#8220;the sensational sound of country and ragga&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b-zjp48RXhg?si=4B5PVaKG4mLKvsU2\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a new number one, depending on how you define &#8220;new&#8221;. Plus! 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