{"id":2576,"date":"2014-06-16T23:24:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T22:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2014-06-16T23:24:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T22:24:10","slug":"charts-15-june-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2576","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 15 June 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0World Cup is here, which means a batch of football-related singles make the chart. \u00a0Strangely, one of the isn&#8217;t really here because of the World Cup at all.\u00a0\u00a0Meawhile, at the bottom end of the chart, basically random stuff!<\/p>\n<p><strong>36. \u00a0Lil Wayne featuring Drake &#8211; &#8220;Believe Me&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The lead single from\u00a0Lil Wayne&#8217;s upcoming album &#8220;Tha Carter V&#8221;. \u00a0Strangely, it has no video yet and isn&#8217;t officially on YouTube (not that it&#8217;s hard to find unofficially). \u00a0Wayne has appeared as a guest on tons of tracks\u00a0dating back to 2005, but he&#8217;s had very little UK success in his own right; this is\u00a0only the third time one of his own singles has charted. \u00a0And one of\u00a0the other two had Bruno Mars on it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/IxxstCcJlsc\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>31. \u00a0Zedd featuring Foxes &#8211; &#8220;Clarity&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Originally a number 29 hit last spring, this has been hanging around outside the top 40 for a few weeks; I can only guess somebody&#8217;s been repromoting it in the wake of Foxes&#8217; solo album.<\/p>\n<p><strong>30. \u00a0Raleigh Ritchie &#8211; &#8220;Stronger Than Ever&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QoyMvE5g7f8?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Raleigh Ritchie is a pseudonym used by actor Jacob Anderson for his music career; he&#8217;s actually best known for playing Grey Worm in\u00a0<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>. \u00a0This track has charted because ITV is using it in trailers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29. \u00a0Pitbull featuring Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte &#8211; &#8220;We Are One (Ole Ola)&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TGtWWb9emYI?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The official single of the World Cup, brought to you by the same sort of vaguely grandiose pro-human sentiments\u00a0normally confined to the Eurovision Song Contest.\u00a0 Pitbull doesn&#8217;t really lend himself to wistful proclamations of global one-ness,\u00a0but\u00a0he&#8217;s perfectly happy to stand next to some Brazilian women in the video and take the money. \u00a0Pretty mediocre, but\u00a0it&#8217;s the official single of an entire tournament, what did you expect?<\/p>\n<p>If\u00a0this doesn&#8217;t go further &#8211; and it probably will, since it only started selling in the latter part of the week &#8211; \u00a0it&#8217;ll be Pitbull&#8217;s lowest chart placing as a lead artist since &#8220;Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)&#8221; got to number 2011 in 38. \u00a0If that doesn&#8217;t sound like so long ago, then bear in mind he&#8217;s released nine singles since then, and guested on a further eight. \u00a0The man is a veritable conveyer belt.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third consecutive Jennifer Lopez single to be a collaboration with Pitbull. \u00a0Claudia Leitte, making her first UK chart appearance, is a Brazilian pop star lending some local authenticity to the proceedings, or as much local authenticity as\u00a0a Pitbull soccer single is ever going to have.<\/p>\n<p><strong>27. \u00a0David Baddiel, Frank Skinner &amp; The Lightning Seeds &#8211; &#8220;Three Lions&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RJqimlFcJsM?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A number 1 for Euro 96 and the 1998 World Cup, and a hit\u00a0on re-issue in 2002 and 2006, this is the England football single that\u00a0actually has something going for it as a proper song. \u00a0A song about the experience of being an England fan, admittedly, but\u00a0it&#8217;s got more going on then basic rooting for the\u00a0team. \u00a0There isn&#8217;t an official England single this year. \u00a0Reportedly the plan was to release a cover\u00a0of Take That&#8217;s &#8220;Greatest Day&#8221;, which got as far as being recorded before being discreetly shelved in an act of audio mercy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>21. \u00a0Skepta featuring JME \u00a0&#8211; &#8220;That&#8217;s Not Me&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dyONbqggasY?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now, see, I actually like this, but\u00a0there&#8217;s something a bit odd about\u00a0lyrics proclaiming\u00a0the remarkable financial success engendered by your recording career (&#8220;Now I&#8217;m in a new whip counting the big stack&#8221;), on a video that looks like it&#8217;s\u00a0escaped from the <em>ITV Chart Show<\/em>\u00a0Indie chart. \u00a0Then again, maybe it&#8217;s precisely his frugal approach to production values that has made him so profitable.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s\u00a0Skepta&#8217;s seventh hit; technically his biggest was as a guest on Wiley&#8217;s number 3 hit &#8220;Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya)&#8221; in November 2012, which was the last time we heard from him. \u00a0In his own right, his biggest hit was &#8220;Rescue Me&#8221;, which got to number 14 in 2010. \u00a0JME, who also appeared on the Wiley\u00a0single, and showed up recently on &#8220;German Whip&#8221;, is Skepta&#8217;s brother.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a\u00a0remix featuring a ton of UK rappers, which <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/HOR-C3tFTjU\" target=\"_blank\">has its own video<\/a>, not that it&#8217;s much more elaborate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. \u00a0Rik Mayall &#8211; &#8220;Noble England&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oMAFme1hBH0?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rik Mayall\u00a0died on Monday. \u00a0As an actor,\u00a0you wouldn&#8217;t expect him to have left any records that could be sent into the chart by\u00a0commemorative purchases. We could very easily\u00a0have been left with people buying the Comic Relief cover version of <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/gGOU0o9K89g\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Living Doll&#8221;<\/a> that reached number 1 in 1986 (where he appeared as one of the cast of\u00a0<em>The Young Ones<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>But by a weird coincidence, Mayall also\u00a0made\u00a0an unofficial World Cup single. \u00a0Consisting of a football chant with Mayall delivering a modified Shakespeare speech over the top, it sank without trace\u00a0on its release in 2010 because, well, it&#8217;s\u00a0not particularly\u00a0good.\u00a0 But people have been reminded that it exists by\u00a0an online campaign, prompted by relentless\u00a0self-publicist\u00a0Jon Morter, who began the Rage Against The Machine campaign back in 2009 and seems to have nothing better to do with his time than to repeat the exercise annually with diminishing returns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. \u00a0Tiesto featuring\u00a0Matthew Koma &#8211; &#8220;Wasted&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AmEIemQfk34?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The soft launch of Matthew Koma&#8217;s career continues, with his third guest appearance of the year. \u00a0The first was on Hardwell&#8217;s &#8220;Dare You&#8221; in January (number 18), and the second was\u00a0on Showtek &amp; Justin Prime&#8217;s &#8220;Cannonball&#8221; in April (29). \u00a0The track continues Tiesto&#8217;s detour\u00a0from clubs into straightforward pop, and gives him his highest chart place to date, beating the number 6 peak of his previous single &#8220;Red Lights&#8221;. \u00a0For someone who had his first hit in 2001, and had never made the top 10 before this year, it&#8217;s a pretty striking\u00a0improvement in his fortunes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Ella Henderson &#8211; &#8220;Ghost&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tA8AfQaUnXM?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ella Henderson came sixth\u00a0in the 2012 series of\u00a0<em>X Factor<\/em>, but got signed anyway;\u00a0Simon Cowell is smart enough to know that the voting on his show bears very little resemblance to what can actually be sold to\u00a0music buyers in the real world. \u00a0They&#8217;ve taken some time to\u00a0prepare Henderson before releasing a debut single, so\u00a0she&#8217;s clearly a major project. \u00a0It&#8217;s a Ryan Tedder song, in the radio-friendly anthem territory that he seems to have staked out for himself.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2012 was the first year in which we were spared an\u00a0<em>X Factor<\/em> finalists charity single, this is her\u00a0chart debut. \u00a0And judging from the iTunes chart, this could be the one that finally\u00a0breaks the streak by hanging on for a second week. \u00a0Watch this space!<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart, a busy week. \u00a0Leaving aside some back catalogue re-entries that are presumably being marked down\u00a0somewhere&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;48:13&#8221; by Kasabian<\/strong> at number 1. \u00a0The name is the running time, of course. The single &#8220;eez-eh&#8221;\u00a0is at 23.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Lazaretto&#8221; by Jack White<\/strong> at 4. \u00a0His second solo album, following 2012&#8217;s &#8220;Blunderbuss&#8221; (which was a number 1). \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/qI-95cTMeLM\" target=\"_blank\">Video for the title track.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Whispers&#8221; by Passenger<\/strong> at 5. \u00a0His fifth album, and the second to chart, after\u00a0his breakthrough hit &#8220;Let\u00a0Her Go&#8221; (which was on the last album). \u00a0Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/cWKTFuAFcOY\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Scare Away the Dark&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Blue Smoke&#8221; by Dolly Parton<\/strong> at 6. \u00a0That&#8217;s surprisingly high for a Dolly Parton album; country is not a big genre in the UK, and while her previous album made the top 10,\u00a0that was unusual for her. \u00a0She did have a couple of top 10 hits back in the mid-70s (&#8220;Jolene&#8221; and &#8220;Islands in the Stream&#8221;), but for the most part she&#8217;s better known in this country than actually\u00a0<em>bought<\/em>. \u00a0Even the karaoke standard &#8220;9 to 5&#8221; only got to 47.\u00a0 Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/7-ifWeaSdrc\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Home&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Stay Gold&#8221; by First Aid Kit<\/strong> at 11. \u00a0A Swedish folk-country duo, big in their home country,\u00a0whose previous album got to number 35 here. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/DKL4X0PZz7M\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;My Silver Lining&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Great Western Valkyrie&#8221; by Rival Sons<\/strong> at 14. \u00a0An American rock band, again\u00a0previously found at the lower end of the album chart. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/umrIUDOo-aM\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Open My Eyes&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Stockholm&#8221; by Chrissie Hynde<\/strong> at 22. \u00a0Debut solo album from the Pretenders singer. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/16O3ZKJmol4\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;You or No One&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Quadrophenia &#8211; Live in London&#8221; by\u00a0The Who<\/strong> at 28. \u00a0Live album recorded last summer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Distant Satellites&#8221; by Anathema<\/strong> at 33. \u00a0Long-serving\u00a0band finally charting on their tenth studio album. \u00a0Wikipedia describes them as a prog\/gothic rock band, but <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/p1zqvdRdnow\" target=\"_blank\">the title track<\/a> actually sounds more like Radiohead in electronica mode.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Solitaire&#8221; by Charlotte Jaconelli<\/strong> at 40. \u00a0Erk. \u00a0This is\u00a0one\u00a0half of Jonathan &amp; Charlotte, the\u00a0<em>Britain&#8217;s Got Talent<\/em> alumni who had a couple of easy\u00a0listening albums go top ten. \u00a0Splitting them into two solo acts was\u00a0presumably supposed to result in two\u00a0mass market sellers; a number 40 placement suggests something has gone horrendously wrong in the calculation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0World Cup is here, which means a batch of football-related singles make the chart. \u00a0Strangely, one of the isn&#8217;t really here because of the World Cup at all.\u00a0\u00a0Meawhile, at the bottom end of the chart, basically random stuff! 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