{"id":2984,"date":"2015-03-25T22:34:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T22:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2015-03-25T22:34:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T22:34:25","slug":"charts-22-march-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=2984","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 22 March 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another\u00a0rather quiet week sees Sam Smith hang on uneventfully. \u00a0I know, I&#8217;m really building this one up, aren&#8217;t I? \u00a0Perhaps the most interesting announcement this week is the official confirmation that the chart is shifting to Fridays,\u00a0where Radio 1 will grudgingly accommodate it in a reduced two hour\u00a0slot. \u00a0To be honest, that&#8217;s probably for the good\u00a0of the chart show, as\u00a0three hours of statistically-determined play listing is a bit much for most people. \u00a0(Even I don&#8217;t actually listen to it live.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>38. \u00a0MNEK &#8211; &#8220;The Rhythm&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9fYeiGeuTFA?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Uzo Emenike gets hit\u00a0first hit in his own right &#8211; just &#8211; after guesting on Gorgon City&#8217;s top 5 hit &#8220;Ready For Your Love&#8221; last February. \u00a0He&#8217;s also been active for several years as a writer, in which capacity he&#8217;s had a hand in two\u00a0number one hits &#8211; &#8220;Need U&#8221; by Duke Dumont, and &#8220;Gecko (Overdrive)&#8221; by Oliver Heldens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>37. \u00a0Kygo featuring Conrad &#8211; &#8220;Firestone&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Sc-ir2UwGU?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Kygo is Kyrre G\u00f8rvell-Dahll, and this track was number 1 in his native Norway\u00a0for six weeks over Christmas, before going on to make the top 10 in most of Europe. \u00a0It&#8217;s going to climb in Britain too, and deservedly so, since\u00a0while lyrically it&#8217;s the stock\u00a0generically anthemic\u00a0stuff about lighting up the world,\u00a0it&#8217;s got a great chorus and a\u00a0decent hook. \u00a0It deserves to go further. \u00a0Conrad Sewell is an Australian singer,\u00a0but\u00a0officially he prefers to be mononymous.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube also brings up <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5ZjNgUvhb_g\" target=\"_blank\">an acoustic version which turns out to be surprisingly acceptable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>28. \u00a0Pitbull &amp; Ne-Yo &#8211; &#8220;Time Of Our Lives&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bTXJQ5ql5Fw?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This has been climbing from the lower reaches\u00a0for several weeks now as an album download, and it\u00a0was promoted as a single in the rest of the world months ago, so\u00a0landing at a measly 28 is quite bad. \u00a0The midweeks say it&#8217;s not going any further. \u00a0It&#8217;s a second-rate Pitbull single, which says it all, really.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. \u00a0Tough Love &#8211; &#8220;So Freakin&#8217; Tight&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QNsPI6V4Iec?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The highest new entry of the week, though largely by default, is a pretty strong contender for the\u00a0worst video of the year\u00a0so far. \u00a0The actual record&#8217;s\u00a0a perfectly adequate\u00a0house track, based on a sample from Jodeci&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oYwL-FzFDKQ\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Freek&#8217;N You&#8221;<\/a> (number 17 in 1995, their biggest UK hit). \u00a0Tough Love are London producers, and\u00a0they got attention in the first place\u00a0with <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5yRPusd73zw\" target=\"_blank\">a remix of\u00a0Ginuwine&#8217;s &#8220;Pony&#8221;<\/a>. \u00a0Obviously conscious that there&#8217;s a rut here, they promise to move away from samples for their next single.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lvJX7OgPYww\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>1. \u00a0Sam\u00a0Smith featuring John Legend &#8211; &#8220;Lay Me Down&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A second week at number one &#8211; the first time Smith has managed that. \u00a0The turnover of number 1 singles has been unusually slow so far this year, with only Years &amp; Years spending a single week at the top (and\u00a0if it hadn&#8217;t been for the charity release, they&#8217;d actually now be in their third week on top).<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;To Pimp a Butterfly&#8221; by\u00a0Kendrick Lamar<\/strong> at 1. \u00a0His third album &#8211; the first didn&#8217;t chart in the UK, the second (&#8220;Good Kid M.A.A.D. City&#8221;) got to 16, so\u00a0a real step up here. \u00a0The\u00a0album was released a week ahead of schedule (supposedly by mistake,\u00a0if you believe that), and\u00a0instantly set a new record for Spotify streaming. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8aShfolR6w8\" target=\"_blank\">The single &#8220;i&#8221;<\/a> got to 20 in November.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Tracker&#8221; by Mark Knopfler<\/strong> at 3. \u00a0His highest\u00a0chart placing for a solo album (though\u00a0it&#8217;s his eighth top ten album). \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/M7-cpV_H_z4\" target=\"_blank\">Official promotional short film.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Duets: Reworking the Catalogue&#8221; by Van Morrison<\/strong> at 5. \u00a0Morrison covers some of his own songs (admittedly some relatively obscure ones) in duet form. \u00a0It&#8217;s his highest position for a studio album since 2005.\u00a0 Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pRDHApDmTuI\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Real Real Gone&#8221;<\/a>, with Michael Buble.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Froot&#8221; by\u00a0Marina and the Diamonds<\/strong> at 10. \u00a0The last album &#8220;Electra Heart&#8221; got to number 1 in 2012, but things have cooled off since then, it seems. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/17UL5ks9amY\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Forget&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Vulnicura&#8221; by Bjork<\/strong> re-enters at 14 on its physical release. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MWHpoJT3qK4\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Lionsong&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Madness&#8221; by Sleeping With Sirens<\/strong>\u00a0at 26. \u00a0US rock band. \u00a0Fourth album, second to chart in this country, last one got to 36. \u00a0So, steady progress. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EnAdy_wvxMo\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Kick Me&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Strangers To Ourselves&#8221; by Modest Mouse<\/strong> at 28. \u00a0Another sign of how the decline of the album market favours older acts, as Modest Mouse\u00a0make their first\u00a0appearance on the\u00a0album top 40 with their sixth (reunion) album. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/he16ctlqAgU\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Lampshades on Fire&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another\u00a0rather quiet week sees Sam Smith hang on uneventfully. \u00a0I know, I&#8217;m really building this one up, aren&#8217;t I? \u00a0Perhaps the most interesting announcement this week is the official confirmation that the chart is shifting to Fridays,\u00a0where Radio 1 will grudgingly accommodate it in a reduced two hour\u00a0slot. \u00a0To be honest, that&#8217;s probably for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2984"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2990,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2984\/revisions\/2990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}