{"id":2724,"date":"2014-09-16T22:29:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T21:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2724"},"modified":"2014-09-16T22:29:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-16T21:29:50","slug":"charts-14-september-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2724","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 14 September 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quiet week. \u00a0(In the chart. \u00a0Not generally.)<\/p>\n<p>And for no particular reason,\u00a0let&#8217;s pause to ask ourselves how each of these tracks did on the Scottish chart. \u00a0How different are we, really?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/-2U0Ivkn2Ds\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>26. \u00a0A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera &#8211; &#8220;Say Something&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally released in March, when it made number 4. \u00a0Why is it back? \u00a0Why, because\u00a0<em>X Factor<\/em> is back on the air, and &#8220;Say Something&#8221; is thoroughly suited for use in\u00a0<em>X Factor<\/em>. \u00a0And so\u00a0<em>X Factor<\/em> is duly hammering it. \u00a0It showed up in the midweeks for the previous chart, but vanished by Sunday; this time it shows a bit more staying power.<\/p>\n<p>Scottish chart position: n\/a. \u00a0Yes,\u00a0Scotland is less likely to buy\u00a0<em>X Factor<\/em> backing music. \u00a0We&#8217;re off to a good start, Scotland!<\/p>\n<p><strong>22. \u00a0Fall Out Boy &#8211; &#8220;Centuries&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sCbS-TLEoRA?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The lead single from Fall Out Boy&#8217;s upcoming sixth album. \u00a0It&#8217;s a good little stomper. \u00a0There&#8217;s apparently a proper video to come, but for the moment, instead of the traditional lyric video, the band have released the thing above, which was supposedly made using Hyperlapse &#8211; an app that lets you make time-lapse videos for Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Fall Out\u00a0Boy normally get their lead singles into the top ten, but this was a midweek release, for whatever reason.<\/p>\n<p>The song lifts the hook of &#8220;Tom&#8217;s Diner&#8221; by Suzanne Vega &#8211;\u00a0originally released in 1987, but best known for the 1990 remix by DNA that reached number 2.<\/p>\n<p>Scottish chart position: 12. \u00a0The Scots like their\u00a0pop-rock anthems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. \u00a0Chris Brown featuring Usher and Rick Ross &#8211; &#8220;New Flame&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HwctEiWLe84?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I still can&#8217;t quite get my head around the fact that Chris Brown still has a career.<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0it\u00a0lumbers unfathomably onwards. \u00a0And this is his highest chart place since &#8220;Don&#8217;t Wake Me Up&#8221; got to number 2 in 2012 (assuming it lands higher than 10 on Sunday). \u00a0It does admittedly have Usher on it,\u00a0who&#8217;s had a slightly better chart record in the last couple of years and probably\u00a0ranks as the\u00a0most sellable name on the record. \u00a0Rapper Rick Ross gets his first UK singles chart credit, though\u00a0his last couple of albums did well, making 8 and 11 respectively. \u00a0He&#8217;s surprisingly under the radar\u00a0in this country, for somebody who&#8217;s had five number 1 albums in his home country.<\/p>\n<p>Position on the Scottish chart: 23! \u00a0I&#8217;d love to claim that this reflects fervent Scottish disapproval of Chris Brown, but to be honest,\u00a0I think it&#8217;s more a general lack of interest in the genre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. \u00a05 Seconds of Summer &#8211; &#8220;Amnesia&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think I may have said last week that this didn&#8217;t seem set to leap up the charts. \u00a0Oops. \u00a0It&#8217;s up 31 places.<\/p>\n<p>Position on the Scottish chart: 5.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. \u00a0Ten Walls &#8211; &#8220;Walking With Elephants&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tuMgJrFoAFY?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s one of the best videos we&#8217;ve had in ages. \u00a0The record\u00a0doesn&#8217;t give the director much to work with, and I&#8217;m slightly surprised the label threw quite that much money at\u00a0a fairly straightforward dance track, but it&#8217;s a really well\u00a0put together abstract oddity.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Walls\u00a0used to be an anonymous pseudonym, but it now seems to be official (as opposed to an open secret) that it&#8217;s Mario Basanov, a deep house producer from Lithuania. \u00a0I&#8217;m\u00a0<em>pretty<\/em> sure that makes this the biggest hit for a Lithuanian artist in the UK chart,\u00a0and I&#8217;m sure everyone was keeping track of that record avidly.<\/p>\n<p>Position on the Scottish chart: 8.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Calvin Harris featuring John Newman &#8211; &#8220;Blame&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ACl8s_tBzE?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is\u00a0the follow-up to &#8220;Summer&#8221;, which was number 1 for a week in May (and to be fair, after sliding out of the top 10 quite fast, hung around in the top 20 for some time). \u00a0Both are from Harris&#8217; upcoming fourth album. \u00a0It&#8217;s his seventh\u00a0UK number 1, following &#8220;Summer&#8221;, &#8220;Under Control&#8221;, &#8220;Sweet\u00a0Nothing&#8221;, &#8220;I&#8217;m Not Alone&#8221;, and his guest credits on Rihanna&#8217;s &#8220;We Found Love&#8221; and Dizzee Rascal&#8217;s &#8220;Dance Wiv Me&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Newman gets his third number 1, following his own &#8220;Love Me Again&#8221; last year, and Rudimental&#8217;s &#8220;Feel the Love&#8221; in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s already down to number 4 on iTunes, so it&#8217;s clearly not sticking around.<\/p>\n<p>Position on the Scottish chart: 1. \u00a0Calvin\u00a0Harris is Scottish, after all.<\/p>\n<p>Other tracks which entered the Scottish top 40 but not the UK one:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/POtv2wjoIHQ\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;Angel in Blue Jeans&#8221; by Train<\/strong><\/a> at 24. \u00a0This lands at 58 on the UK chart, so Train really are a lot more popular in Scotland, it seems. \u00a0Their biggest UK hit is &#8220;Drive By&#8221; (number 6 in 2012).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/WoCSeIY0xdo\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;Iron Sky&#8221; by Paolo Nutini<\/strong><\/a> at 25. \u00a0Climbing from 31, actually, but it&#8217;s\u00a0stalled at 42 on the main chart, so\u00a0I may as well mention it. \u00a0He&#8217;s Scottish,\u00a0of course. \u00a0There&#8217;s a\u00a0rather pretentious &#8220;short film&#8221; video about a dystopia where everyone has migraines.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/tTRO4B0ld7M\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;C.U.B.A.&#8221; by Calvin Harris<\/strong><\/a> at 30. \u00a0A promotional single aimed more at the hardcore dance audience.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/L8IwBlgxyss\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;Caledonia&#8221; by Dougie Maclean<\/strong><\/a> at 33. \u00a0For fairly obvious reasons. \u00a0Arguably\u00a0better known in\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/4lNWDmfnUsY\" target=\"_blank\">Frankie Miller cover<\/a> that was used in a Tennants advert in\u00a01991 (and, as I recall, topped the Scottish singles chart for weeks without ever troubling the UK top 40). \u00a0This is the original, though.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/MYSVMgRr6pw\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&#8220;Take Me To Church&#8221; by Hozier<\/strong><\/a> at 40. \u00a0Number 49 on the UK chart, so not a massive discrepancy. \u00a0He&#8217;s an Irish alt-soul type of guy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over on the album chart\u2026 oh lord, this is busy.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;In The Lonely Hour&#8221; by Sam Smith<\/strong> remains at number 1 for a second week.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar&#8221; by Robert Plant<\/strong>\u00a0is the highest new entry at 2. \u00a0He&#8217;s never had a number 1 album in his solo career, but this is the third time he&#8217;s got to\u00a0number 2 (the others were &#8220;Pictures at Eleven&#8221; in 1982, and &#8220;Raising Sand&#8221; with Alison Krauss in 2007). \u00a0Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/W3h7KdJKEIM\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Rainbow&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Ryan Adams&#8221; by Ryan Adams<\/strong> at 6. \u00a0A\u00a0self-titled album, a mere 13 years into his career. \u00a0His highest chart place to date. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/802vbfZe9io\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Gimme Something Good&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;El Pintor&#8221; by Interpol<\/strong> at 9. \u00a0Anagrams! \u00a0Their third top ten album, though they haven&#8217;t been on the singles top 40 since 2007. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/-u6DvRyyKGU\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;All the Rage Back Home&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Live at the Rainbow &#8217;74&#8221; by Queen<\/strong> at 11. \u00a0A new Queen live album. \u00a0Quite why they&#8217;re releasing a forty-year old recording now, I don&#8217;t know.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Listen&#8221; by the Kooks<\/strong> at 16. \u00a0Their lowest position to date, on album 4. \u00a0The singles\u00a0&#8220;Down&#8221; and &#8220;Around Town&#8221; both scraped the bottom end of the top 40 earlier in the year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;A\u00a0New House&#8221; by Deacon Blue<\/strong> at 17. \u00a0Similar placement to their last two albums. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/nN0TYswAjGA\" target=\"_blank\">Title track<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Goddess&#8221; by BANKS<\/strong>\u00a0at 20. \u00a0Debut album by Jillian Banks, a songwriter from California. \u00a0\u00a0Single: &#8220;Beggin For Thread&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Smokey &amp; Friends&#8221; by Smokey Robinson<\/strong> at 21. \u00a0Duets album, obviously. \u00a0Incredibly, the OCC website tells me that this is only the second Smokey Robinson studio album to chart in the UK\u00a0(though he&#8217;s also charted with two compilations and a Marvin Gaye collaboration).<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Souled Out&#8221; by Jhene Aiko<\/strong> at 23. \u00a0Another debut album by a Californian songwriter. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/00bumpN0Mhw\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Pressure&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;No Going Back&#8221; by Stiff Little Fingers<\/strong> at 28. \u00a0Yes, the Belfast punk band. \u00a0Yes, they&#8217;ve made a new album after 31 years. \u00a0They appear to have no YouTube presence, but then they\u00a0<em>are<\/em>\u00a0punk dinosaurs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Frantic Four&#8217;s Final Fling&#8221; by Status Quo<\/strong> at 34. \u00a0A live album. \u00a0Later in the year, we can look forward to their acoustic album &#8220;Aquostic&#8221;. \u00a0I&#8217;m not making this up.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;M.A.D.&#8221;<\/strong><strong> by M.A.D.<\/strong> at 36. \u00a0The appallingly under budgeted boy band who I gawp at every time they chart. \u00a0This surely has to mark the death knell of the project?<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Physical World&#8221; by Death From Above 1979<\/strong> at 37. \u00a0Their second album, after a 10 year gap that included a five-year break-up. \u00a0They chart for the first time! \u00a0Single: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/wqBYHrw9_ys\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Trainwreck 1979&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Best of Paul Carrack&#8221;<\/strong> at 39. \u00a0Originally the\u00a0singer in mid-70s band Ace, Carrack&#8217;s solo career has not previously\u00a0trouble the albums top 40, though he&#8217;s occasionally scraped the bottom end of the singles chart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quiet week. \u00a0(In the chart. \u00a0Not generally.) And for no particular reason,\u00a0let&#8217;s pause to ask ourselves how each of these tracks did on the Scottish chart. \u00a0How different are we, really? 26. \u00a0A Great Big World featuring Christina Aguilera &#8211; &#8220;Say Something&#8221; Originally released in March, when it made number 4. \u00a0Why is it back? 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