{"id":2428,"date":"2014-03-04T22:05:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T22:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2014-03-04T22:05:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T22:05:43","slug":"charts-2-march-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2428","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 2 March 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quiet week for new releases, coupled with a surprise number 1 that breaks a few records&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/xKkb13IU_DE\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>35. \u00a0Kid Ink featuring Chris Brown &#8211; &#8220;Show Me&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rebounding from last week&#8217;s number 75 to get a third run in the top 40. \u00a0Not sure what&#8217;s going on here. \u00a0It&#8217;s certainly hung around a while for a song that never made it above 23.<\/p>\n<p><strong>26. \u00a0Starship &#8211; &#8220;We Built This City&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K1b8AhIsSYQ?rel=0\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->It&#8217;s being <a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Mf69o9nR9RE\" target=\"_blank\">used in an advert<\/a>. \u00a0A number 1 hit in America, it only made number 12 in the UK on its release in 1985. \u00a0Their only other UK hit, &#8220;Nothing&#8217;s Gonna Stop Us Now&#8221;, made number 1 in 1987.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m tempted to say that video has not aged very well, but honestly, I doubt some of it ever looked good in the first place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Y66j_BUCBMY\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>17. \u00a0American Authors &#8211; &#8220;Best Day of My Life&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up 20 places as the British finally start paying attention to it. \u00a0Adverts make wonderful adverts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/ekPBOVgGRSA\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>16. \u00a0Ellie Goulding &#8211; &#8220;Goodness Gracious&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This has now moved 36-26-16, so it&#8217;s doing better than I feared it might. \u00a0It also finally overtakes her other two current hits, &#8220;How Long Will I Love You&#8221; (which drops to 28 this week) and &#8220;Burn&#8221; (down to 38).<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. \u00a0Paloma Faith &#8211; &#8220;Can&#8217;t Rely on You&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/imi9Smkt_cI?rel=0\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Do you need me to tell you it&#8217;s a Pharrell Williams collaboration? \u00a0This is the lead single from Faith&#8217;s upcoming third album. \u00a0She&#8217;s more of an album artist &#8211; and this is an unusually chart-friendly single release by her standards. \u00a0Her only previous top 10 hit was &#8220;Picking Up The Pieces&#8221;, which made number 7 in 2012. \u00a0She&#8217;s got a great voice, but I&#8217;m not completely convinced about it as a song.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/450p7goxZqg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>9. \u00a0John Legend &#8211; &#8220;All of Me&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unusual. \u00a0This has moved 28-29-9, and now gives him his second top 10 hit. \u00a0The first was &#8220;Ordinary People&#8221;, which made number 4 in 2012 after being performed on\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>. \u00a0This is the first time he&#8217;s been this far up the chart with a regular release.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. \u00a0Foxes &#8211; &#8220;Let Go for Tonight&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pecj5GGjQi8?rel=0\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Slow but steady career progress &#8211; after guest appearances for Zedd and Rudimental that her took her to 29 and 14, and a debut single that got to 12, Foxes now gets into the top 10. \u00a0It&#8217;s a bit School Of Florence Welch, this, isn&#8217;t it\u2026? \u00a0It&#8217;s co-written by Tom Hull, who was one of the people behind &#8220;Can&#8217;t Remember To Forget You&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. \u00a0Tiesto &#8211; &#8220;Red Lights&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CFF0mV24WCY?rel=0\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Not the subtlest video. \u00a0Tiesto is a Dutch producer, and astonishingly this is his first \u00a0top 10 in a chart career that stretches back over a decade. \u00a0(His first UK hit was <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/goeFyQ3NEys\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Urban Train&#8221;<\/a>, which just missed the top 20 in 2001.) \u00a0Or perhaps it&#8217;s not so surprising, since Tiesto has hitherto stuck doggedly to trance music, and this track marks a pretty blatant tack towards pop airplay. \u00a0It&#8217;s ironic, then, that the version being pushed on Radio 1 is actually <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/9U-e3EpNE5A\" target=\"_blank\">the drum and bass remix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The uncredited singer is co-writer Michael Zitron.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Pharrell Williams &#8211; &#8220;Happy&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y6Sxv-sUYtM?rel=0\" height=\"225\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It. \u00a0Will. \u00a0Not. \u00a0Die.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Happy&#8221; entered the chart in early December and now has a chart record of 71-30-4-2-1-2-1-1-2-3-2-3-2-1. \u00a0By returning to number 1 here, it does some remarkable things.<\/p>\n<p>First, it returns to number 1 for a third time in a single chart run. \u00a0Only two other singles have ever done that. \u00a0One is <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/FDMYMbj8_4A\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;I Believe&#8221; by Frankie Laine<\/a>, a juggernaut that topped the charts for a total of 18 weeks in 1953. \u00a0The other is the rather obscure <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/AEwkS57P4eE\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Singing the Blues&#8221; by Guy Mitchell<\/a> from 1957, though its final run was a single week where it was tied at the top. \u00a0(&#8220;Singing the Blues&#8221; also has the unique distinction of seeing its run at number 1 interrupted by another version of the same song, by Tommy Steele. \u00a0It&#8217;s quite the chart oddity.)<\/p>\n<p>Second, it returns to number 1 after a five week gap &#8211; four weeks of Clean Bandit and one of Sam Smith. \u00a0That&#8217;s\u00a0the longest interruption to a number 1 reign since 1963, when the Beatles&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/BOuu88OwdK8\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;She Loves You&#8221;<\/a> returned to the top after a seven week interruption at the hands of <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/YBhQ419K0Ls\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Do You Love Me&#8221;<\/a> by the Tremeloes and <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/OV5_LQArLa0\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;You&#8217;ll Never Walk Alone&#8221;<\/a> by Gerry &amp; The Pacemakers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 19px;\">Third, this is also the week it sold its millionth copy. \u00a0That means Pharrell Williams has been credited on three million-selling singles within a year. \u00a0That hasn&#8217;t happened since the Beatles. \u00a0In fact, the only other artist who has had three singles sell a million in the UK within any time scale is Rihanna. \u00a0And she only notched up a third when &#8220;We Found Love&#8221; finally notched up its millionth sale last July, almost two years after release.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 19px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Over on the album chart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Bad Blood&#8221; by Bastille<\/strong> spends a second week at number one, continuing to reap the benefits of the Brit Awards. \u00a0(So does &#8220;AM&#8221; by the Arctic Monkeys at 2.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Morning Phase&#8221; by Beck<\/strong> is the highest new entry at 4. \u00a0This is his first album since 2008. \u00a0Apparently it&#8217;s a companion piece to his 2002 album &#8220;Sea Change&#8221;. \u00a0The album market being an ageing one that favours ageing artists, this is actually his highest chart placing to date &#8211; the likes of &#8220;O-De-lay&#8221; and &#8220;Midnite Vultures&#8221;, from his late 90s peak, only made the lower end of the top 20. \u00a0Sample track: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/WIWbgR4vYiw\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Blue Moon&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Present Tense&#8221; by Wild Beasts<\/strong> at 10. \u00a0An indie band who were nominated for the Mercury Prize back in 2009. \u00a0Again, their highest charting album to date. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/9IIbbFIQTKI\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Wanderlust&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Thirtytwo&#8221; by Reverend and the Makers<\/strong> at 13. \u00a0Their fourth album; they&#8217;ve done okay in the album market, but we haven&#8217;t heard from them in the singles chart since 2007. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/TAj5Plq4r9o\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Only One&#8221;<\/a>. \u00a0(The video looks like something from the Chart Show Indie Chart in 1992.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;St Vincent&#8221; by St Vincent<\/strong> at 21. \u00a0Singer-songwriter who used to be in the Polyphonic Spree. \u00a0This is her fourth album but the first to chart in the UK. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/mVAxUMuhz98\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Digital Witness&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Oxymoron&#8221; 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