{"id":11257,"date":"2025-07-28T20:42:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T19:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=11257"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:42:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T19:42:42","slug":"charts-25-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=11257","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 25 July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number 1 we actually weren&#8217;t expecting!<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Justin Bieber &#8211; &#8220;Daisies&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/msGuqelopMA?si=6N24_ykORFYRmw0-\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This entered at number 4 last week, and had only made it to number 2 by the midweeks. It winds up with around a 10% lead over MK.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Bieber&#8217;s first hit was back in 2010, and this is his eighth number one. Three of them came from his 2015 album &#8220;Purpose&#8221;: &#8220;What do you Mean&#8221;, &#8220;Sorry&#8221; and &#8220;Love Yourself&#8221;. The others are guest vocals on other people&#8217;s tracks: &#8220;Cold Water&#8221; by Major Lazer in 2016, &#8220;I&#8217;m the One&#8221; by DJ Khaled in 2017 (to be fair, he&#8217;s the top billed actual artist on that track), the English-language remix of &#8220;Despacito&#8221; by Luis Fonsi &amp; Daddy Yankee in 2017, and &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Care&#8221; by Ed Sheeran in 2019. So it&#8217;s been six years since his last number 1, and a decade since he had one purely under his own power.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>What that also tells you is that &#8220;Daisies&#8221; didn&#8217;t get to number 1 simply by virtue of being a Justin Bieber track &#8211; and it\u00a0<em>is<\/em> an unusually good track from him. The midweeks say it won&#8217;t get a second week, but it&#8217;s a decent enough song to have here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Alex Warren &#8211; &#8220;Eternity&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jXqf3uqLkkU?si=3BYakCHF_adezyku\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Is that a threat?<\/p>\n<p>This is the fourth single from his album\u00a0<strong>&#8220;You&#8217;ll Be Alright, Kid&#8221;<\/strong>, though there are enough oddities about that one that I&#8217;ll come back to it under teh album charts. Number 3 makes it his second-highest placing single (&#8220;Carry You Home&#8221; and &#8220;Bloodline&#8221; both got to 9). The video is&#8230; well, it&#8217;s certainly earnest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ordinary&#8221; is still in the top 10 at number 7, by the way. And if it wasn&#8217;t subject to the downweighting rule, it would still be number 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>17. Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee &amp; the KPop Demon Hunters Cast &#8211; &#8220;Soda Pop&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/983bBbJx0Mk?si=YJkoTGHkLJe6UAOb\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Because the <em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em> soundtrack album is collectively credited to Cast of KPop Demon Hunters, it&#8217;s subject to the three-song rule, even though individual tracks are credited both to their fictional bands and their real-world singers. So the\u00a0<em>other\u00a0<\/em>Saja Boys track was previously disqualified, but now overtakes &#8220;How It&#8217;s Done&#8221; to become a technical new entry at number 17. Meanwhile, &#8220;Your Idol&#8221; climbs 23-14, and &#8220;Golden&#8221; climbs 9-4 &#8211; the midweeks have it climbing to number 1, which would be quite something.<\/p>\n<p>While &#8220;Golden&#8221; is clearly a standout, it&#8217;s interesting to see two tracks from the demon boy band following it up, possibly because they hold up pretty well without the context of the film. &#8220;Soda Pop&#8221; is admittedly\u00a0more fun in that context, since it suits the bad guys to have an\u00a0<em>irritatingly<\/em> catchy track &#8211; but like &#8220;Your Idol&#8221;, part of the joke is simply that the boy band declaring their intention to consume the fans&#8217; souls barely requires any tweaking at all from the real world boy band formula.<\/p>\n<p><strong>24. Oasis &#8211; &#8220;Wonderwall&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6hzrDeceEKc?si=yHeYqeyRhL_BF2Zr\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThree song rule again: &#8220;Acquiesce&#8221; drops to fourth place and gets replaced by &#8220;Wonderwall&#8221;. Meanwhile, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Look Back in Anger&#8221; is 22, and &#8220;Live Forever&#8221; is 23. &#8220;Wonderwall&#8221; was a number 2 hit in November 1995. It was held off the top by &#8220;I Believe&#8221; \/ &#8220;Up on the Roof&#8221; by Robson &amp; Jerome, a track in no immediate danger of re-entering. The ironic easy listening version by the Mike Flowers Pops also reached number less than two months later. Ah, the 90s.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NTfZshkNZRw?si=zzUG4nuEeb9gMBNz\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Look, the 90s was a different time. A time when the Mike Flowers Pops being remixed by the Aphex Twin seemed like a good idea to all invoved&#8230; and actually was.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L0JNfql4oCA?si=WcxslYaZFq0w5k-M\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The gap between the Mike Flowers Pops and 60s easy listening is now as great as the gap between today and the Mike Flowers Pops. Let&#8217;s pause to reflect on our mortality for a moment.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of which&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>32. Black Sabbath &#8211; &#8220;Paranoid&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0qanF-91aJo?si=ZLRsfc01dWtHSWDh\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, this is here following the death of Ozzy Osbourne. The chart has this listed as a new entry because technically it&#8217;s a different release from the last time it was in the chart &#8211; people are streaming it from the album rather than buying the long-deleted single &#8211; but it was a number 4 hit on release in 1970. It also reached number 14 on reissue in 1980.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s climbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Golden&#8221; by HUNTR\/X, EJAE, Audrey Nuna Rei Ami &amp; the <em>KPop Demon Hunters <\/em>Cast<\/strong> climbs 9-4.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;No Broke Boys&#8221; by Disco Lines &amp; Tinashe<\/strong> climbs 16-12.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Your Idol&#8221; by The Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee &amp; the\u00a0<em>KPop Demon Hunters<\/em> Cast\u00a0<\/strong> climbs 23-14.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And, um, that&#8217;s it. There are two re-entries down at the very bottom &#8211; &#8220;Cops &amp; Robbers&#8221; by Samy Virji &amp; Skepta at 39, and &#8220;APT&#8221; by Ros\u00e9 &amp; Bruno Mars at 40 &#8211; which means there are six tracks leaving the top 40 this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Rock That Body&#8221; by the Black Eyed Peas<\/strong>, after five weeks floating around the 30s. It peaked at 31.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Mystical Magical&#8221; by Benson Boone<\/strong>, with a 12 week run and a peak of 13. Meanwhile, &#8220;Beautiful Things&#8221; is still at number 11 in its 74th week on the top 40.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Show Me Love&#8221; by WiztheMC \/ bees&amp;honey<\/strong>, which peaked at 3 and spent 18 weeks in the top 40. They have another single, &#8220;Take My Mind&#8221;, climbing from the lower reaches &#8211; it&#8217;s currently at 62.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Acquiesce&#8221; by Oasis<\/strong> had 2 weeks at number 17 but gets disqualified under the 3-song rule.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;How It&#8217;s Done&#8221; by HUNTR\/X<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>et al\u00a0<\/strong>had three weeks and climbed to 29 before being overtaken and getting disqualified under the same rule.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;All I Can Take&#8221; by Justin Bieber<\/strong> had a week at number 33 &#8211; it actually does get disqualified by falling behind a different album track this week, but it would have dropped out of the top 40 anyway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the album chart:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Alex Warren &#8211; &#8220;You&#8217;ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1)&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So this is a bit weird. The official line is that &#8220;You&#8217;ll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1)&#8221; was an EP that Alex Warren released in September 2024. In its original form, that record had ten songs and lasted half an hour, so it&#8217;s really more of a short album than an EP. It included &#8220;Burning Down&#8221; and &#8220;Carry You Home&#8221;, but not &#8220;Ordinary&#8221; or the singles that followed it.<\/p>\n<p>The record that&#8217;s now at number 1 is an 11-track album with the entirety of the EP attached as a second disc, actually sold under the name &#8220;You&#8217;ll Be Alright, Kid&#8221;. The OCC appear to have classed it as an expanded re-release of disc 2, however, and so it&#8217;s listed on the chart under the original name and classed as a climber from 25 to 1. The previous version of the album has been floating around the album top 40 for 17 weeks already, though it took a few months to make any headway; its previous peak was number 9 in May.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Tyler, The Creator &#8211; &#8220;Don&#8217;t Tap The Glass&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pmlqEKklWqs?si=h0FHDjnlpodlgcrr\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His previous album &#8220;Chromakopia&#8221; was a number 1, but heck, he&#8217;s going up against Alex Warren here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>22. Black Sabbath &#8211; &#8220;The Ultimate Collection&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For obvious reasons. This particular collection reached number 20 on release in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29. Jim Legxacy &#8211; &#8220;Black British Music (2025)&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wkZC8oE8R7M?si=tuLCgTSlEJrULTM1\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;X&#8221; is silent. This is being billed as a mixtape, presumably on the view that 35 minutes is on the short side for an album. He&#8217;s yet to release anything that he classes as an album, although he&#8217;s been releasing material since 2019. This is his first appearance on the chart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>32. Panic Shack &#8211; &#8220;Panic Shack&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V0EobbcWF50?si=H7UN5FNCKz7vpqyo\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cardiff indie band. It&#8217;s their first chart appearance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>38. Joe Bonamassa &#8211; &#8220;Breakthrough&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GjM-BUU7ulQ?si=D3ImLwSGa3B4MdtL\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s his 17th solo studio album. The last one missed the top 40 entirely; he last charted in 2021 when &#8220;Time CLocks&#8221; reached number 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number 1 we actually weren&#8217;t expecting! 1. Justin Bieber &#8211; &#8220;Daisies&#8221; This entered at number 4 last week, and had only made it to number 2 by the midweeks. It winds up with around a 10% lead over MK. Justin Bieber&#8217;s first hit was back in 2010, and this is his eighth number one. 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