{"id":11092,"date":"2025-05-23T22:44:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=11092"},"modified":"2025-05-23T22:44:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:44:40","slug":"charts-23-may-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=11092","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 23 May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s going to be here forever, isn&#8217;t he?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u2ah9tWTkmk\"><strong>1. Alex Warren &#8211; &#8220;Ordinary&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s ten weeks.\u00a0In itself, ten weeks isn&#8217;t so unusual for a major hit We had a 9-week number 1 from Sabrina Carpenter last year, and 2023 saw two tracks spend ten weeks at number 1 &#8211; &#8220;Flowers&#8221; by Miley Cyrus and &#8220;Sprinter&#8221; by Dave and Central Cee. In 2022, Harry Styles did it with &#8220;As It Was&#8221;. But &#8220;Ordinary&#8221; is still nearly 70% ahead of Ravyn Lenae at number 2. If it makes eleven weeks &#8211; which seems likely &#8211; then to match that, you have to go back to &#8220;Bad Habits&#8221; by Ed Sheeran in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Skye Newman &#8211; &#8220;Family Matters&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0mPbZPDUpLg?si=pj-uL0iV1QIclPbW\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Oh, this is quite good, isn&#8217;t it? Skye Newman&#8217;s first hit &#8220;Hairdresser&#8221; entered at number 30 two weeks ago, and it seems to get some spillover attention from this hit &#8211; it climbs 29-16 this week, giving her two tracks in the top 20.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>25. Lola Young &#8211; &#8220;One Thing&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bV9SOv_Y61s?si=9F4bxuh66IrJ-QYm\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lola Young wasn&#8217;t <em>technically<\/em> on the one-hit wonders list after her number 1 &#8220;Messy&#8221;, because she was belatedly given a featured artist credit on &#8220;Like Him&#8221; by Tyler, The Creator. But this is her real second hit single. I&#8217;m not immediately sold on it, but &#8220;Messy&#8221; took a while to grow on me as well. It also has a video that&#8217;s trying its utmost to overshadow the song.<\/p>\n<p><strong>31. Remember Monday &#8211; &#8220;What The Hell Just Happened&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-hu6R3ZnOdY?si=8AZBt0u4pILoCu_F\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, which didn&#8217;t do brilliantly. It came 19th in the final and got nothing in the public vote. It&#8217;s a slightly mystifying choice of entry. It&#8217;s full of tempo changes and slows down for the chorus.\u00a0This isn&#8217;t a particularly great year in terms of Eurovision entries, as you can possibly tell from the fact that we&#8217;ve reached number 31 before having to mention it &#8211; though there are two more of these to come.<\/p>\n<p>Israel walked the phone vote in many European countries thanks to an extremely loyal political vote (over in the real world, their song doesn&#8217;t make the top 100) and did well enough in the jury vote that the contest came very close to having a major political headache next year. But a big part of that is the failure of anything else to really break from the pack. The actual winner of the contest, JJ&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-ieSTNpxvio\">&#8220;Wasted Love&#8221;<\/a>, is down at number 53, and while it&#8217;s not a bad record at all, it also feels rather similar to last year&#8217;s Nemo track.<\/p>\n<p><strong>32. Morgan Wallen &amp; Tate McRae &#8211; &#8220;What I Want&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hNrwlzBeFN8?si=KjshPfZh1b4RWCuB\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is a track from his album <strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m the Problem&#8221;<\/strong>, which enters the album chart at number 1. It&#8217;s his fourth album, and until now he hasn&#8217;t got above number 40. It&#8217;s 37 tracks long and runs to nearly two hours. Perhaps the special edition will require you to set aside a week.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Tate McRae is now a big enough name for her guest appearances on album tracks to get some release-week notice, though this track is also being pushed as a promotional single. She still has &#8220;Revolving Door&#8221; at 17 and &#8220;Sports Car&#8221; at 37.<\/p>\n<p><strong>34. Abor &amp; Tynna &#8211; &#8220;Baller&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ETZ96rSw25g?si=crH-utFD9EooKdT9\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the German entry (though the duo are actually Austrian &#8211; Eurovision is like that). It came 15th overall and didn&#8217;t do much better in the public vote, so at first glance it&#8217;s a surprisingly one to make the top 40. But it <em>is<\/em> a track that doesn&#8217;t seem out of place in the regular chart, aside from the fact that it&#8217;s in German.<\/p>\n<p><strong>40. Tommy Cash &#8211; &#8220;Espresso Macchiato&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5MS_Fczs_98?si=1ze7HqWbVWFClNsx\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Estonian entry. This came third, though, so it&#8217;s as close as we had to a breakout novelty track this year. It&#8217;s worth saying that Cash isn&#8217;t purely a novelty act &#8211; his output also includes relatively normal tracks like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3OGMrZKIjKU\">&#8220;Winaloto&#8221;<\/a>, which went modestly viral a few years back and has over 9 million views on YouTube.\u00a0 Then again, he&#8217;s also a bit of a controversy-baiter. I mean&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0A6RjXgAO_c\">this speaks for itself, really<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t normally mention tracks buried down in the lower reaches, but I can&#8217;t resist pointing out that Rihanna released her first new single since 2022 this week, and it entered at number 72. You might be wondering how a new Rihanna single could <em>possibly<\/em> do that badly. Well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_MQnZgH0ZmQ?si=DePjVAMyAlC-OKsS\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;that&#8217;s how. You&#8217;ve got to admire the hustle, though. She got <em>paid<\/em> for that.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s climbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Undressed&#8221; by Sombr<\/strong> climbs 5-4.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Blessings&#8221; by Calvin Harris &amp; Clementine Douglas<\/strong> climbs 8-7.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Shake it to the Max (Fly)&#8221; by Moliy &amp; Silent Addy<\/strong> climbs 15-14.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Hairdresser&#8221; by Skye Newman<\/strong> climbs 29-16, easily this week&#8217;s biggest climber.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Party 4 U&#8221; by Charli XCX\u00a0<\/strong>climbs 28-19.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The six tracks leaving the top 40 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;That&#8217;s So True&#8221; by Gracie Abrams<\/strong>, which has been with us since October and spent eight weeks at number 1.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Borderline&#8221; by Ely Oaks &amp; LAVINIA<\/strong>, after a single week at number 35.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Caramel&#8221;, &#8220;Even in Arcadia&#8221; and &#8220;Look to Windward&#8221;\u00a0 by Sleep Token<\/strong>, all getting a single week in the 30s on the back of their album release.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Giver&#8221; by Chappell Roan<\/strong>, after ten weeks and peaking at number 2. It held up decently well until the downweighting rule hit, but it&#8217;s not in the league of her bigger hits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the album chart, <strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m the Problem&#8221; by Morgan Wallen<\/strong> is number 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. The Sherlocks &#8211; &#8220;Everything Must Make Sense&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GKbTKAL7P4o?si=-A84x-CDATikJC1a\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Trad indie, and quite good at it. It&#8217;s their fourth studio album and matches its predecessor as their highest placing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Peter Doherty &#8211; &#8220;Felt Better Alive&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tm9ciuv_fyU?si=yFW0FBfBerP5Vdz3\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His fifth solo album, and easily the highest placing. His previous best was his 2009 solo debut &#8220;Grace \/ Wastelands&#8221;, which got to 17.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Dire Straits &#8211; &#8220;Brothers in Arms&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kd9TlGDZGkI?si=nUP-Ea2ZNUW6dI9N\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>40th anniversary reissue. It spent 14 weeks at number 1 in 1985-6. It&#8217;s also the one with &#8220;Money for Nothing&#8221; on it, with the rudimentary CGI video, but the lyrics on that track, um, haven&#8217;t aged well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20. Avicii &#8211; &#8220;Forever&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V6Iiuz_3rsE?si=IZRzGVX7taMGfwGm\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a compilation with a couple of previously unreleased tracks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>33. Bury Tomorrow &#8211; &#8220;Will You Haunt Me With That Same Patience&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3RsBnczyTrI?si=aLU6c7Tu67ZfbVLo\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Metalcore. They had a top 10 album in 2020 but two albums since then have landed in the mid-30s, which is where they were placing in the mid-2010s &#8211; so they seem to have returned to their level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s going to be here forever, isn&#8217;t he? 1. Alex Warren &#8211; &#8220;Ordinary&#8221; That&#8217;s ten weeks.\u00a0In itself, ten weeks isn&#8217;t so unusual for a major hit We had a 9-week number 1 from Sabrina Carpenter last year, and 2023 saw two tracks spend ten weeks at number 1 &#8211; &#8220;Flowers&#8221; by Miley Cyrus and &#8220;Sprinter&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11093,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11092\/revisions\/11093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}