{"id":2569,"date":"2014-06-14T00:11:21","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T23:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2569"},"modified":"2014-06-14T00:11:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T23:11:21","slug":"charts-8-june-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2569","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 8 June 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Running horribly behind schedule again, so we&#8217;ll probably keep this one quick&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>37. \u00a0R3hab, NERVO &amp; Ummet Ozcan &#8211; &#8220;Revolution&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TWwIztjs29Y?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Nothing like subtlety in your video openings, is there? \u00a0R3hab is a Dutch DJ who&#8217;s been remixing bigger names for years; this is his first UK hit in his own right. \u00a0NERVO are Australian twins\u00a0making their second chart appearance &#8211;\u00a0the first was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6agp_W-rqgQ\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Like Home&#8221;<\/a>, a\u00a0collaboration with Nicky Romero that got to number 33 last May. \u00a0They&#8217;ve done higher profile work as songwriters, most notably David Guetta&#8217;s &#8220;When Love Takes Over&#8221;. \u00a0Ummet Ozcan is another Dutch producer,\u00a0whose Wikipedia entry is transparently\u00a0a work of Dutch fandom. \u00a0(&#8220;His releases may mostly be found in the highest region of the Beatport charts.&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>25. \u00a0Wilkinson\u00a0featuring Tom Cane &#8211; &#8220;Half Light&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zrX5zrPoZoM?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A second hit for producer Mark Wilkinson, who has imaginatively christened himself &#8220;Wilkinson&#8221; for recording purposes. \u00a0I suppose it&#8217;s better than &#8220;Mark&#8221;. \u00a0The first was &#8220;Afterglow&#8221;, which got to number 8\u00a0last year. \u00a0A previous follow-up, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HWdYThgjDmU\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Too Close&#8221;<\/a>, missed the top 40 in March. \u00a0The track has been\u00a0available on an album for months,\u00a0but the single promotion has evidently helped it out.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Cane also picks up a second hit\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0he\u00a0was the guest singer on &#8220;Through the Night&#8221; by Drumsound &amp; Bassline Smith, which peaked at 34 two years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Kjpa0SMOug0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>24. \u00a0Little Mix &#8211; &#8220;Salute&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Climbing 16 places, and looking set to repeat it next week. \u00a0Nice to see it picking up some speed after a slow start.<\/p>\n<p><strong>22. \u00a0Kasabian &#8211; &#8220;eez-eh&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ST6nEvIEY4s?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From the &#8220;wow, are they still going&#8221; file. \u00a0Kasabian\u00a0debuted back in 2004, and their biggest hit\u00a0came in 2009 when &#8220;Fire&#8221; got to number 3. \u00a0In fact, this is their highest chart place since then. \u00a0It&#8217;s an synth pop track, which is a surprising change of direction for them, and unusually\u00a0the midweeks have it holding steady.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20. \u00a0Lethal Bizzle featuring Cheri Voncelle &#8211; &#8220;The Drop&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xk2JrVkCojw?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Seventh hit for Lethal Bizzle, who has still yet to make the top ten. \u00a0That won&#8217;t be changing here, as this is gone in the midweeks. \u00a0Sounds to me like it&#8217;s trying to be a crossover radio hit, in which case number 20 ought to be a disappointment. \u00a0First hit for Cheri Voncelle, who&#8217;s got videos of her own on YouTube <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/M_2MhkeN0LA\" target=\"_blank\">going back three years<\/a>\u00a0under the name &#8220;Cherri V&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16. \u00a0The Neon Brotherhood &#8211; &#8220;Hope Ain&#8217;t a Bad Thing&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a grass roots charity single commemorating the death of teenage cancer campaigner Stephen Sutton. \u00a0(The artist credit refers to\u00a0Neon Sound Studios, where it was recorded.) \u00a0It isn&#8217;t available on YouTube, since it&#8217;s a charity release and all,\u00a0but\u00a0it&#8217;s an unusually rough around the edges recording to wind up in the top 40 &#8211; something that\u00a0feels\u00a0quite appropriate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hiP14ED28CA\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>9. \u00a0Jason Derulo featuring Snoop Dogg &#8211; &#8220;Wiggle&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Climbing 10, astonishingly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=450p7goxZqg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>5. \u00a0John Legend &#8211; &#8220;All of Me&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We haven&#8217;t mentioned this in a while, but the fact that it&#8217;s just kind of hanging around shouldn&#8217;t lead us to overlook the fact that it&#8217;s been hanging around\u00a0<em>forever<\/em> &#8211; it&#8217;s\u00a0now in its 15th week inside the top 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Ed Sheeran &#8211; &#8220;Sing&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tlYcUqEPN58?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s entry in the endless parade of one-week number 1s. \u00a0This is a collaboration with Pharrell Williams,\u00a0of all people, and at first glance\u00a0it&#8217;s Pharrell&#8217;s style\u00a0that predominates here once you look past the acoustic guitar. \u00a0Not that that&#8217;s any sort of problem. \u00a0But\u00a0Sheeran used to make records a lot closer to this territory &#8211;\u00a0his second single\u00a0was\u00a0&#8220;You Need Me, I Don&#8217;t Need You&#8221;, pointing to an avenue that got quietly dropped from his single releases.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZXvzzTICvJs?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is his first number 1, his previous peak being number 3 for his debut &#8220;The A Team&#8221; in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>On the albums chart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;In the Lonely Hour&#8221; by Sam Smith<\/strong> spends a second week at number 1. \u00a0Remember when singles got to spend second weeks at number 1?<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;New Eyes&#8221; by Clean Bandit<\/strong>, their debut album and\u00a0collection of stuff that came out over the last few years, at a respectable 3.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;More Modern Classics&#8221; by Paul Weller<\/strong> at 6. \u00a0A greatest hits compilation (and, obviously enough, the follow-up to 1986&#8217;s &#8220;Modern Classics&#8221;).<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Led Zeppelin&#8221; by Led Zeppelin<\/strong> at 7. \u00a0Reissue time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Hank&#8221; by Hank Marvin<\/strong> at 8. \u00a0His 15th solo album. \u00a0Remarkably he has not previously used the name simply &#8220;Hank&#8221;, despite having worked his way through &#8220;Hank Marvin&#8221;, &#8220;Hank Plays Cliff&#8221;, &#8220;Hank Plays Holly&#8221; 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