{"id":2141,"date":"2013-09-06T18:04:57","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T17:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2013-09-06T18:04:57","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T17:04:57","slug":"charts-1-september-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2141","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 1 September 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So is the parade of huge-selling number ones over, or are we just in a lull for now? \u00a0Probably a lull&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/6vwNcNOTVzY\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>40. \u00a0Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx &#8211; &#8220;Gold Digger&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This charted on the strength of a late surge of sales after it cropped up on an\u00a0<em>X Factor\u00a0<\/em>audition show on Saturday 31 August. \u00a0So yes, it&#8217;s that time again. \u00a0Originally a number 2 hit in 2005.<\/p>\n<p><strong>39. \u00a0Bastille &#8211; &#8220;Things We Lost In The Fire&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MGR4U7W1dZU?rel=0\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->What do you mean, &#8220;Florence + The Machine&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Bastille made number 2 with their previous single &#8220;Pompeii&#8221;, but this doesn&#8217;t look set to repeat that &#8211; it&#8217;s been climbing from the lower reaches for a few weeks, and it&#8217;s currently at 37 on iTunes. \u00a0Perfectly nice record, though.<\/p>\n<p><strong>34. \u00a0The 1975 &#8211; &#8220;Sex&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UKIhXi-yiw8?rel=0\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This song has been released as the lead track of an EP almost a year ago, but for whatever reason the album version is being released as a single again. \u00a0Don&#8217;t ask me. \u00a0The 1975&#8217;s big hit was &#8220;Chocolate&#8221;, which peaked at 19 but hung around the chart for ages earlier this year; follow-up &#8220;The City&#8221; only made 30, and this isn&#8217;t going to stick around either. \u00a0To be honest, most of the good bits about this track were on &#8220;Chocolate&#8221; anyway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>25. \u00a0Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lews featuring Mary Lambert &#8211; &#8220;Same Love&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hlVBg7_08n0?rel=0\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Um, okay. \u00a0This is a track from their album &#8220;The Heist&#8221; which was first promoted as a single last year. \u00a0It&#8217;s his gay rights and equality song, and it&#8217;s very earnest. \u00a0It wasn&#8217;t in the midweeks, so there&#8217;s been a sudden surge of sales in it for some reason. \u00a0Possibly because it won the 2013 MTV Music Award for (no really, this is a regular category) Best Music Video With A Message.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can&#8217;t Hold Us&#8221; is still hanging around at 35, giving the duo two hits on this week&#8217;s chart. \u00a0Seattle songwriter Mary Lambert gets her first UK hit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14. \u00a0Shane Filan &#8211; &#8220;Everything To Me&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YUQY5ZtiTWY?rel=0\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Shane Filan was a member of Westlife, the dreary Irish boy band balladeers who dominated the charts in 1999-2001, despite mainly releasing records that made you yearn for the edgy confrontationalism of Boyzone. \u00a0It&#8217;ll be gone next week.<\/p>\n<p>According to his manager Louis Walsh, Shane Filan is\u00a0<em>meant<\/em> to be targetting the Michael Buble market, so a brief appearance in the top 40 will be a nice bonus as far as he&#8217;s concerned. \u00a0And the record&#8217;s okay, if I&#8217;m being honest.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s the second Westlife member to have a solo hit, following Brian McFadden, who had a number 1 in 2004 with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ipMPJ42vyYs\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Real To Me&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. \u00a0Rizzle Kicks &#8211; &#8220;Lost Generation&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iL51Tsh6Sdg?rel=0\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The lead single from their second album &#8220;Roaring 20s&#8221; follows in the steps of the brass-driven tracks from the first one. \u00a0There&#8217;s quite a bit of moaning about pop culture on here, though they were surely overdoing it when they claimed that they&#8217;d had to get the lawyers to approve the lyrics about Jeremy Kyle and John Terry. \u00a0Leaving aside their appearance on Olly Murs&#8217; &#8220;Heart Skips A Beat&#8221;, this is their second-biggest hit &#8211; the biggest is &#8220;Mama Do The Hump&#8221;, which made number 2 at the tail end of 2011.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/CGyEd0aKWZE\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>1. \u00a0Ellie Goulding &#8211; &#8220;Burn&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3rd week at the top. \u00a0Looks like this is going to be it, though.<\/p>\n<p>Album chart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Hail to the King&#8221; by Avenged Sevenfold<\/strong> at 1. \u00a0No, seriously. \u00a0They&#8217;ve made the top 10 once before, but this is still a bit of a surprise. \u00a0It&#8217;s partly a reflection of how few albums you need to sell to make number 1 these days &#8211; increasingly, you can do it with a sufficiently dedicated fanbase. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/DelhLppPSxY\" target=\"_blank\">Video for the title track.<\/a>\u00a0 Now, that said&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Hotel Cabana&#8221; by Naughty Boy<\/strong> at 2. \u00a0So Avenged Sevenfold <em>did<\/em> beat a fairly major release to top the chart. \u00a0Naughty Boy&#8217;s had a respectable track record on the singles chart, with both &#8220;Lifted&#8221; and &#8220;La La La&#8221; still in the top 40.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Another Self-Portrait, 1969-1971&#8221; by Bob Dylan<\/strong> at 5. \u00a0A well-reviewed collection of unreleased tracks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action&#8221; by Franz Ferdinand<\/strong> at 6. \u00a0Their fourth album, the lowest chart place to date, and the first not to spawn any hit singles (though that&#8217;s hardly unique for guitar bands this far into their career). \u00a0Lead single: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/RqTsUtQLRFk\" target=\"_blank\">Right Action&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Studio Zoo&#8221; by Newton Faulkner<\/strong> at 10. \u00a0His fourth album. \u00a0Two of the others made number 1 and the other got to number 3, so&#8230; \u00a0The gimmick here was that he streamed the entire recording of the album, for any fans with\u00a0<em>loads <\/em>of time to spare. \u00a0Lead single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/HdMvOzp7NXI\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Losing Ground&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;One and All&#8221; by Fishermen&#8217;s Friends<\/strong> at 29. \u00a0They do sea shanties. \u00a0They had a top 10 album in 2010. \u00a0Lead single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/nBAbseEfYi8\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Mary Anne&#8221;<\/a>. \u00a0The video is indeed a bunch of middle aged guys singing a sea shanty.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Rieu Royale&#8221; by Andre Rieu<\/strong> at 40. \u00a0Pop-classical violinist. \u00a0He&#8217;s had top 5 albums before, but this one (commemorating the recent coronation of a new Dutch monarch) is admittedly of limited international appeal even to the Classic FM crowd.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So is the parade of huge-selling number ones over, or are we just in a lull for now? \u00a0Probably a lull&#8230; 40. \u00a0Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx &#8211; &#8220;Gold Digger&#8221; This charted on the strength of a late surge of sales after it cropped up on an\u00a0X Factor\u00a0audition show on Saturday 31 August. \u00a0So yes, [&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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141","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=2141"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2162,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions\/2162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}