{"id":11521,"date":"2025-11-09T13:12:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T13:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=11521"},"modified":"2025-11-09T13:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T13:12:29","slug":"charts-7-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=11521","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 7 November 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Um&#8230; happy Hallowe&#8217;en?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yebNIHKAC4A&amp;list=RDyebNIHKAC4A&amp;start_radio=1\"><strong>1. HUNTR\/X &#8211; &#8220;Golden&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ten weeks at number 1, albeit spread over a total of fifteen weeks. It&#8217;s still a little short of Alex Warren&#8217;s &#8220;Ordinary&#8221;, which had a total of 13 weeks earlier in the year. Its lead over Taylor Swift is very tight (just under 3%) so I wouldn&#8217;t be entirely shocked if they swap places again. The top four are all non-movers, so we&#8217;re much in need of something new to break up the logjam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>17. Ray Parker Jr &#8211; &#8220;Ghostbusters&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fe93CLbHjxQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday, and so this chart covers Hallowe&#8217;en. Hallowe&#8217;en has a rather intermittent impact on the chart &#8211; we had a similar influx in 2023, but it wasn&#8217;t in evidence last year. This may be a side effect of continued meddling with the rules about when a record comes off ACR (downweighting) as a result of a week-on-week sales increase. Christmas tracks are excluded from those rules, but as I understand it, Hallowe&#8217;en tracks are not, and so&#8230; well, you&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ghostbusters&#8221; spend three weeks at number 2 in 1984 &#8211; it was held off number 1 by Stevie Wonder&#8217;s &#8220;I Just Called To Say I Love You&#8221;. Ray Parker Jr isn&#8217;t quite a one-hit wonder in the UK, as he also reached number 13 with &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Think That Man Should Sleep Alone&#8221; in 1987. =<\/p>\n<p><strong>19. Rockwell &#8211; &#8220;Somebody&#8217;s Watching<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Me&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7YvAYIJSSZY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Not a Hallowe&#8217;en song at all &#8211; it peaked at number 6 in March 1984 &#8211; but it&#8217;s vaguely creepy, and apparently that will do. &#8220;Somebody&#8217;s Watching Me&#8221; was Rockwell&#8217;s only hit in the UK, no doubt boosted by the uncredited vocal from Michael Jackson. Releasing a follow-up single called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p4-h420Ze6s&amp;list=RDp4-h420Ze6s&amp;start_radio=1\">&#8220;Obscene Phone Caller&#8221;<\/a> probably wasn&#8217;t the smartest move either.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20. Bobby Boris Pickett &#8211; &#8220;Monster Mash&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vNuVifA7DSU\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the current artist credit used by the charts &#8211; it used to be &#8220;Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers&#8221;. This was an American number 1 in 1962, but it didn&#8217;t chart in the UK until 1973, when it reached number 3. Obviously, Pickett never had another hit single. He died in 2007 at the age of 69.<\/p>\n<p><strong>22. Olivia Dean &#8211; &#8220;A Couple Minutes&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lrS1LC2cu-U\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Although this track does have a lyric video, its presence as a new entry is simply an artefact of the three-song rule &#8211; it replaces &#8220;Nice to Each Other&#8221; as her third-best selling track, and so emerges from disqualification to take that song&#8217;s place. That track was number 22 last week, so in a way this is more of a non-mover than a new entry. Her other two singles are both in the top 10: her former number 1 &#8220;Man I Need&#8221; is back up to 5, and &#8220;So Easy (To Fall in Love)&#8221; returns to its peak position of 6.<\/p>\n<p><strong>30. Andrew Gold &#8211; &#8220;Spooky Scary Skeletons&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k4NAzGcJkU4\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This hasn&#8217;t charted in the UK before, so it counts as a new entry, despite dating from a Hallowe&#8217;en album that Gold released in 1996. The track is often associated with the 1929 Disney short &#8220;The Skeleton Dance&#8221;, after Disney themselves used it as a soundtrack on a 1998 VHS release.<\/p>\n<p>Gold himself isn&#8217;t very well known in the UK, but some of his other work is well known. He had have a couple of hits in the late 1970s &#8211; &#8220;Lonely Boy&#8221;, which reached number 11, and &#8220;Never Let Her Slip Away&#8221;, which got to number 5. A dance version reached number 5 for Undercover in 1992.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YitRwdUj_Mw\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gold was also a member of Wax, who had a number 12 hit in 1987 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1isRH9E9WAE&amp;list=RD1isRH9E9WAE&amp;start_radio=1\">&#8220;Bridge to Your Heart&#8221;<\/a>. And he wrote &#8220;Thank You For Being a Friend&#8221;, the theme to <em>The Golden Girls<\/em>. He died of heart failure in 2011, aged 59.<\/p>\n<p><strong>31. Danny Elfman &#8211; &#8220;This Is Halloween&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZVuToMilP0A\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This reached number 14 two years ago, and it remains the only top 40 single to be credited to Danny Elfman.<\/p>\n<p><strong>40. EsDeeKid &#8211; &#8220;Century&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/StwmlDe6vE4\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Finally, a second hit for EsDeeKid to join &#8220;Phantom&#8221;, currently at 28.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s climbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Pussy Palace&#8221;, &#8220;West End Girl&#8221; and &#8220;Madeline&#8221; by Lily Allen <\/strong>climbs 12-8, 17-15, and 19-16 respectively. We&#8217;re used to seeing three album tracks chart in release week, but it&#8217;s not normal for them all to climb. The parent album\u00a0climbs 4-2, overtaking Taylor Swift.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Thriller&#8221; by Michael Jackson<\/strong> climbs 33-9, for the obvious reason. This is a new peak &#8211; for all the hype around its video, &#8220;Thriller&#8221; only reached number 10 in the UK in 1983 (probably because it was the final single from the album of the same name, so a lot of people owned it already by that point).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The seven tracks leaving the top 40 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Nice to Each Other&#8221; by Olivia Dean<\/strong>, which reached number 4, lasted 22 weeks, and would still be around if it hadn&#8217;t been for the three song rule.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Pink Pony Club&#8221; by Chappell Roan<\/strong>, after a 43-week chart run that included two weeks at number 1.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;History&#8221; by Dave &amp; James Blake<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Chapter 16&#8221; by Dave &amp; Kano<\/strong>, which were album track new entries at 9 and 11 respectively last week. The lead single &#8220;Raindance&#8221; is still in the top 10, at number 7. Otherwise this is a precipitious drop.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Love Me Not&#8221; by Ravyn Lenae<\/strong> had a 35 week run which included four weeks at number 2.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Make Me Feel&#8221; by Oskar med K<\/strong> got to number 29 and lasted five weeks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Talk To You&#8221; by Sam Fender featuring Elton John<\/strong> entered at 20 and only lasted two weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the album chart:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Florence &amp; The Machine &#8211; &#8220;Everybody Scream&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/03iBgkXb1EE\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their\/her sixth album &#8211; I&#8217;m never terribly sure whether they&#8217;re officially a band or just Florence Welch plus collaborators. It&#8217;s also their fifth number one (the other one got to number 2 because they released it opposite Drake at his peak).<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Cat Burns &#8211; &#8220;How to be Human&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5iDqNAuPF0o\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Second album, placing slightly higher than its predecessor. She had a number 2 hit single with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r-go07SLxlU&amp;list=RDr-go07SLxlU&amp;start_radio=1\">&#8220;Go&#8221;<\/a> in 2022 but seems to be firmly an albums act now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. The Charlatans &#8211; &#8220;We Are Love&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DbbNtvNa7g8?si=f_ujs3adBErf5Egu\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is their fourteenth studio album; the last one was in 2017 and reached number 4.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12. Radiohead &#8211; &#8220;Hail to the Thief &#8211; Live Recordings (2003-2009)&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FxlYPR8MEvY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a collection of live performances of tracks from their 2003 number 1 album &#8220;Hail to the Thief&#8221;. Apparently the band aren&#8217;t massively fond of that album as released, and part of the point here is to release versions of the songs with a bit more punch to them. (Stick with the video above to the second half and you&#8217;ll see what they mean.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>14. The Rock Orchestra &#8211; &#8220;Classics &#8211; Vol 1&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/93KwWH13-fA\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Debut album. The Rock Orchestra is more of an established live show on the theatre circuit than an actual band &#8211; they played the Edinburgh Playhouse earlier this year, and that&#8217;s a touring musicals venue. They do orchestral covers of rock classics, although the result is rather less Classic FM than you might think (they used to do a pretty decent version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q1wJ1U_0JEA&amp;list=RDQ1wJ1U_0JEA&amp;start_radio=1\">&#8220;Chop Suey&#8221;<\/a>, though it&#8217;s not on this album).<\/p>\n<p><strong>19. Tyler, The Creator &#8211; &#8220;Chromakopia&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deluxe reissue. It reached number 1 on release last year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20. Bob Dylan &#8211; &#8220;Through the Open Window &#8211; The Bootleg Series Volume 18&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1wepyDQAoNw\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yet another of Dylan&#8217;s unreleased rarities compilations, but then there&#8217;s evidently interest in them, so why not? The version of this album on streaming services has a modest 42 tracks, but the true enthusiast is invited to shell out for a box set of 139.<\/p>\n<p><strong>31. Luvcat &#8211; &#8220;Vicious Delicious&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WcZ2vRTJHyc\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Debut album. She&#8217;s a songwriter from Liverpool, and the track above is rather good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>34. The Who &#8211; &#8220;Who Are You&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PNbBDrceCy8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Deluxe reissue of their 1978 album, which got to number 6 at the time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>35. KT Tunstall &#8211; &#8220;Eye to the Telescope&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4n85TsR48cY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And finally, a 20th anniversary deluxe reissue for KT Tunstall&#8217;s debut album. It reached number 3 on release and hung around the top 40 for over a year. That&#8217;s a previously unreleased alternate video for &#8220;Suddenly I See&#8221; above, commissioned by Virgin America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Um&#8230; happy Hallowe&#8217;en? 1. HUNTR\/X &#8211; &#8220;Golden&#8221;\u00a0 Ten weeks at number 1, albeit spread over a total of fifteen weeks. It&#8217;s still a little short of Alex Warren&#8217;s &#8220;Ordinary&#8221;, which had a total of 13 weeks earlier in the year. Its lead over Taylor Swift is very tight (just under 3%) so I wouldn&#8217;t be [&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-11521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11521","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=11521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11523,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11521\/revisions\/11523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}