{"id":1099,"date":"2011-10-19T22:02:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T21:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2011-10-19T22:02:46","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T21:02:46","slug":"charts-16-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=1099","title":{"rendered":"Charts – 16 October 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

At long, long last, the weekly turnover of number one singles comes to an end, as Rihanna’s “We Found Love”<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0stays at the top for a second week – the first record to do so since “Glad You Came” by the Wanted<\/a> in July.<\/p>\n

Instead, this week’s highest new entry comes in at 3 – “Stereo Hearts” by Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This equals the peak of their 2007 (or 2006, if you’re American) breakthrough single “Cupid’s Chokehold”<\/a>. \u00a0You know,\u00a0the one that sampled Supertramp. \u00a0They had three top ten hits from that album, and they haven’t released anything since, though\u00a0frontman Travie McCoy also had a number 3 hit last year with “Billionaire”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Adam Levine is the lead singer of Maroon 5, for those of you struggling to place the name – their single “Moves Like Jagger”<\/a> is still at number 2. \u00a0As for “Stereo Hearts”, it’s a bit bland and radio-polished for my tastes, but I can’t deny it’s got a great chorus. \u00a0Beyond that, there’s not really much to be said about it.<\/p>\n

But the fact that I’ve just been writing about Rihanna and the Gym Class Heroes must be a source of great disappointment to last year’s\u00a0X Factor<\/em>\u00a0winner Matt Cardle<\/strong>, whose first “proper” single “Run For Your Life”<\/strong>\u00a0sputters onto the chart at number 6 – and drops to 19 in the midweeks. \u00a0Technically, Cardle’s first hit was his Christmas number 1 “When We Collide”<\/a>, but the coronation singles always do well. \u00a0The real question is how he does with a regular release.<\/p>\n

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It’s not like they haven’t tried. \u00a0He’s been promoting this pretty heavily, he played it on the first X Factor<\/em>\u00a0live show, and it’s written by new X Factor<\/em>\u00a0judge Gary Barlow, who’s still racking up hits with Take That. \u00a0Unlike some previous winners, who’ve been greeted with a contractual-obligation burial, I think this slab of Coldplay-lite is Simon Cowell’s idea of trying.<\/p>\n

But number 6! \u00a0As happenstance would have it, that’s exactly the same place McElderry’s single “Ambitions” landed – and his career was promptly taken out back and shot, albeit that he’s subsequently managed to relaunch himself as a pop-classical crossover act. \u00a0Cardle had better hope the album does better. \u00a0It’s currently at number 2 on the midweeks, so all is not lost.<\/p>\n

The start of the X Factor<\/em>\u00a0live shows naturally results in a burst of chart activity, helped by the decision to do a load of current hits on the first show. \u00a0So – and I’ll link here to the X Factor <\/em>versions –\u00a0Christina Perri’s “Jar of Hearts”<\/a>, now 15 weeks out, leaps back to its previous peak of number 4.\u00a0 Ed Sheeran’s “A Team”<\/a> is back up to 9. \u00a0“Super Bass” by Nicki Minaj<\/a> re-enters at 21. \u00a0And, intriguingly, “Best Thing I Never Had” by Beyonce<\/a> re-enters at 27. \u00a0That’s an interesting one because it was performed by Craig Colton on the second<\/em>\u00a0live show, suggesting that it made the chart on the strength of only a few hours of sales on the Saturday night. \u00a0\u00a0The midweeks have it climbing to 22.<\/p>\n

Away from the reality shows, but perhaps not that far away, Charlene Soraia’s tea-advertising cover version<\/a> of “Wherever You Will Go” climbs from 20 to 7, while the Calling’s original version<\/a> re-enters at 25. \u00a0And for no apparent reason that I can discern, there are re-entries at 28 for Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night”<\/a>, at 36 for David Guetta’s “Little Bad Girl”<\/a>, and at 38 for Kanye West’s “Power”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Way down at the bottom end of the chart, there are three actual new entries for new records. \u00a0Number 30 is “Lego House” by Ed Sheeran<\/strong>\u00a0(whose previous two singles are both still on the chart), no doubt helped by a bunch of remixes. \u00a0Unusually, the official video is a live acoustic version on a canal.<\/p>\n

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Number 37 is “Crush on You” by Nero<\/strong>, the fifth single from their album, and diminishing returns are clearly setting in. \u00a0It’s essentially a distorted cover version of the Jets’ 1987 single<\/a> – and while it’s not Nero’s strongest single, the video is pleasingly deranged.<\/p>\n

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And at number 40, “Pass At Me” by Timbaland featuring Pitbull<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Video pitch: “Arses. \u00a0Also, product placement.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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