{"id":12131,"date":"2026-07-04T16:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T15:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=12131"},"modified":"2026-07-04T16:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T15:17:08","slug":"charts-3-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=12131","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 3 July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re almost at the point where this has stopped being boring and started being interesting again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3triLkS0nq4\"><strong>1. Sam Fender &amp; Olivia Dean &#8211; &#8220;Rein Me In&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s 15 weeks at number 1, and it remains miles ahead of the number 2 single. Fifteen weeks is enough to tie with Drake&#8217;s &#8220;One Dance&#8221; and Wet Wet Wet&#8217;s &#8220;Love Is All Around&#8221;. There are only two tracks left to beat. Bryan Adams&#8217; &#8220;(Everything I Do) I Do It For You&#8221; lasted 16 weeks in 1991, and &#8220;Rein Me In&#8221; only needs one more week to match that. The all-time record is 18 weeks, set by Frankie Laine&#8217;s &#8220;I Believe&#8221; in 1953. That could happen, but &#8220;Rein Me In&#8221; did drop in streams this week and it\u00a0<em>could<\/em> yet get hit by downweighting before making it to 18 weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>27. Sombr &#8211; &#8220;My Body Isn&#8217;t Ready&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ofywN3NgGqY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The third single from his upcoming album. The first one was &#8220;Homewrecker&#8221;, which peaked at number 4 and is still in the top 30 after 21 weeks. The second was &#8220;Potential&#8221;, which entered at number 31 and dropped out of the top 40 after a fortnight. I&#8217;m not immediately sold on this one as a single, but we&#8217;ll see if it does better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>31. Hugel, Imael Angel &amp; Ultra Nat\u00e9 &#8211; &#8220;Movin&#8217; To The Sun&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dScPWds_mZI\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This has been climbing from the lower reaches for a couple of weeks, and quite fast at that. Hugel is a French DJ, getting his first hit in this country. Imael Angel is puzzling &#8211; a house producer who seems to be primarily a reiki practitioner. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xK4VqjAdpTw\">This would appear to be her.<\/a> At any rate, it&#8217;s her first hit too.<\/p>\n<p>Ultra Nat\u00e9 is best remembered in this country for &#8220;Free&#8221;, which reached number 4 in 1997, though she did have another top 10 hit and a few other tracks made the top 40 in the following years. She was last in the top 40 in 2005, guesting on Stonebridge&#8217;s &#8220;Freak On&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JgRBkjgXHro?si=gtNkisr72lTtXJtE\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Her contribution to this track is an original vocal, not a sample credit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>39. Gracie Abrams &#8211; &#8220;Look At My Life&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2YSnCqHXMGY?si=UTUmOTVkTXjmDNC5\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the second single from her upcoming album; the first was &#8220;Hit the Wall&#8221;, which entered at number 18 and promptly crashed to number 32 in its second week, departing the top 40 entirely three weeks later. To be fair, it&#8217;s continued to hang around outside the top 40 and it sits at 41 this week. This one is maybe a bit stronger in terms of having an actual chorus, but I think I preferred &#8220;Hit the Wall&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>40. Aitch &#8211; &#8220;RMB (Ring My Bell)&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3uUHZlEBQ6A?si=hST6pYmc0P_oPPId\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This just missed the top 40 on release two weeks ago. Aitch last had a hit in February 2025 when &#8220;A Guy Called&#8221; made number 25, but this is him back to phoning it in, honestly. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AvEcIeWhjyU\">The original of &#8220;Ring My Bell&#8221;<\/a> was a number 1 in 1979 for Anita Ward, a pure one-hit wonder in this country.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s climbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Free Your Mind&#8221; by Prospa &amp; Cloonee<\/strong> climbs 12-10, given them both their first top 10 hit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Material Lover&#8221; by Sienna Spiro<\/strong> climbs 15-14.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Earrings&#8221; by Malcolm Todd<\/strong> climbs 17-16.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Dai Dai&#8221; by Shakira &amp; Burna Boy<\/strong> climbs 19-18.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Aperture&#8221; by Harry Styles<\/strong>, which re-entered at 25 two weeks ago, rebounds from 27 to 22.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Self Aware&#8221; by Temper City<\/strong> climbs 29-28.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Wonderwall&#8221; by Oasis<\/strong> climbs 33-32.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The four tracks leaving the top 40 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;So Easy (To Fall In Love)&#8221; by Olivia Dean<\/strong>, which re-entered at 39 two weeks ago. Obviously, she still has a number 1, plus &#8220;Man I Need&#8221; at number 11.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)&#8221; by Shakira featuring Freshlyground<\/strong>, which re-entered at 37 two weeks ago. The current single &#8220;Dai Dai&#8221; is at 18.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Iconic By Mistake&#8221; by Le Sserafim, Illit &amp; Katseye<\/strong>, which entered at 22 two weeks ago.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Go&#8221; by the Chemical Brothers<\/strong>, with an eight-week run that peaked at number 4.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the album chart&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Muse &#8211; &#8220;The Wow Signal&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XVvLRbR4Pa0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their tenth studio album and their eighth consecutive number 1. It&#8217;s overwhelmingly here on first week physical sales.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4dMMzdVo4s4\"><strong>6. The Pretty Reckless &#8211; &#8220;Dear God&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The videos for this album are all age-restricted, so I can&#8217;t embed them. It&#8217;s their fifth album, and matches the position of its predecessor from 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>39. Metallica &#8211; &#8220;ReLoad&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RDN4awrpPQQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Deluxe reissue of the 1997 album, which reached number 4.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re almost at the point where this has stopped being boring and started being interesting again. 1. Sam Fender &amp; Olivia Dean &#8211; &#8220;Rein Me In&#8221; That&#8217;s 15 weeks at number 1, and it remains miles ahead of the number 2 single. 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