{"id":2551,"date":"2014-05-28T23:04:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T22:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2014-05-28T23:04:30","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T22:04:30","slug":"charts-25-may-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2551","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 25 May 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s getting on in the week, better get this\u00a0one\u00a0finished while it&#8217;s still vaguely topical&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IxxstCcJlsc\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>40. \u00a0Zedd (featuring Foxes) &#8211; &#8220;Clarity&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a re-entry, having\u00a0originally\u00a0got to\u00a029 \u00a0at the start of last year, but I&#8217;m honestly not sure why it&#8217;s back. \u00a0Foxes&#8217; current single &#8220;Holding Onto Heaven&#8221; drops to 39 this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/_krlUcsyUV8\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>38. \u00a0Nicki Minaj &#8211; &#8220;Pills and Potions&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was\u00a0an unpromoted midweek release, and it&#8217;ll be climbing\u00a0once it&#8217;s had a full week on sale. \u00a0It&#8217;s the lead single from her upcoming album &#8220;The Pink Print&#8221;, and it&#8217;s a\u00a0curious choice &#8211;\u00a0largely a mid-pace piano ballad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>35. \u00a0Little Mix &#8211; &#8220;Salute&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kjpa0SMOug0?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This is officially released as a\u00a0single at the start of June, but it&#8217;s selling on downloads of the album version. \u00a0Slightly concerningly, it actually drops back to 40 in the midweeks. \u00a0It&#8217;s very, very Beyonce, though that&#8217;s\u00a0no bad thing. \u00a0(Though the bridge\u00a0is seriously heavy handed\u2026)<\/p>\n<p><strong>20. \u00a0Afrojack featuring Wrabel &#8211; &#8220;Ten Feet Tall&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bltr_Dsk5EY?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Officially, this is\u00a0billed as a lyric video.\u00a0\u00a0That&#8217;s true for the first 23 seconds,\u00a0but the rest&#8230;?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the sixth\u00a0hit for Afrojack, who technically has a number 1 to his credit thanks to a featured artist credit on Pitbull&#8217;s &#8220;Give Me Everything&#8221;. \u00a0In his own right,\u00a0his peak is number 17 with last year&#8217;s &#8220;The Spark&#8221;. \u00a0Stephen Wrabel is a songwriter from Los Angeles, getting the now familiar launch as a featured artist on someone else&#8217;s record; he&#8217;s signed to Island. \u00a0It&#8217;s a collaboration, which is to say that it&#8217;s a piano ballad that&#8217;s skipped straight to the euphoric dance remix.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/zp7NtW_hKJI\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>15. \u00a0Coldplay &#8211; &#8220;A Sky Full of Stars&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/zp7NtW_hKJI\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second single from the album &#8220;Ghost Stories&#8221;. \u00a0This has actually been out since the start of May, but\u00a0I&#8217;m assuming it was offered as a second pre-order incentive track for the album, which would have disqualified it\u00a0from the chart until the album was released. \u00a0It enters at number 1 this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. \u00a0Clean Bandit featuring Sharma Bass &#8211; &#8220;Extraordinary&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/40nFOYGVJtY?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The follow up to their number 1 &#8220;Rather Be&#8221;, which is still hanging in there at 21, and the final single before the release of their album &#8220;New Eyes&#8221;. \u00a0Bass is a 16 year old from London. \u00a0This is one of those Clean Bandit songs where you get a nagging feeling that they were hunting for ways to get the strings in, but it&#8217;s certainly a good pop song once it\u00a0hits its stride.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/rfCa82j0h_E\" target=\"_blank\"><b>3. \u00a0Fuse ODG featuring Sean Paul &#8211; &#8220;Dangerous Love&#8221;<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No video for this; considering how cheap\u00a0the video was for his previous single\u00a0&#8220;Million Pound Girl&#8221;, I&#8217;m guessing this time they decided not to bother. \u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0the third\u00a0and biggest top ten hit for the Afrobeat crossover singer. \u00a0It&#8217;s going to drop next week, but it&#8217;s still an impressive result. \u00a0Probably the best pop song\u00a0Sean Paul&#8217;s had his name on in a good few years, actually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Sam Smith &#8211; &#8220;Stay With Me&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pB-5XG-DbAA?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The seemingly endless weekly turnover of number ones\u00a0marches boldly on into record setting territory, and the midweeks suggest there is no end in sight. \u00a0Is anything\u00a0<em>ever<\/em> going to manage two consecutive weeks\u00a0again?<\/p>\n<p>This is Smith&#8217;s third number 1, following his vocal on Naughty Boy&#8217;s &#8220;La La La&#8221;, and his own &#8220;Money on my Mind&#8221;. \u00a0He always reminds me of a younger Shane McMahon, but that&#8217;s just me. \u00a0There&#8217;s a lot of soul\/gospel touches in this one, and I can see it hanging around in the top 10 for a while, even if it isn&#8217;t going to last at the top.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Ghost Stories&#8221; by Coldplay<\/strong> is predictably number 1.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;What Have We Become&#8221; by Paul Heaton &amp; Jacqui Abbott<\/strong> is at 3. \u00a0A reunion of two members of the Beautiful South. \u00a0Abbott was their second singer, the one who replaced Brianna Corrigan. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/H61cdk14mNw\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;DIY&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Definitely Maybe&#8221; by Oasis<\/strong> at 5. \u00a0This is the remastered 20th anniversary version, the one Liam Gallagher advised people not to buy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Unplugged 1991-2001: The Complete Sessions&#8221; by R.E.M.<\/strong> at 22, which is self-explanatory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;California Breed&#8221; by California Breed<\/strong> at 26. \u00a0Rock band, including\u00a0a guy who was in certain line-ups of Deep Purple and\u00a0Black Sabbath, and the drummer from Led Zeppelin&#8217;s son. \u00a0Which gives you the idea. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/qF_pm7mLqXs\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Midnight Oil&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Grace&#8221; 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