{"id":3110,"date":"2015-07-18T20:17:32","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T19:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3110"},"modified":"2015-07-18T20:17:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T19:17:32","slug":"charts-17-july-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3110","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 17 July 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the compilers were hoping for some exciting, memorable weeks to\u00a0liven up the\u00a0first few charts after the shift to Fridays,\u00a0it seems they&#8217;re going to be disappointed. \u00a0This is one of the deadest charts I&#8217;ve ever seen outside the Christmas-New Year break. \u00a0How dead? \u00a0Try this for the\u00a0<em>lowest<\/em> new entry&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. \u00a0Avicii &#8211; &#8220;Waiting for Love&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cHHLHGNpCSA?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->It&#8217;s Avicii, you know what you&#8217;re getting. \u00a0This\u00a0one is\u00a0actually a collaboration with Martin Garrix, not\u00a0that the difference is particularly noticeable. \u00a0The\u00a0singer on this one (uncredited, as always with Avicii) is Simon Aldred of Cherry Ghost. \u00a0You might remember their version of &#8220;People Help the People&#8221;, which was a minor hit in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>That video doesn&#8217;t\u00a0work at all, does it? \u00a0Apparently the idea is that she&#8217;s left him, but it sure comes across more as if she&#8217;s been abducted or something, which makes the rest of it feel decidedly odd. \u00a0For the gimmick-lovers out there, YouTube also has a\u00a0&#8220;360 degree&#8221; video for it,\u00a0the idea being that you can control the camera. \u00a0What this actually means in practice is a camera sitting in the middle of a fairly ordinary dance routine, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=edcJ_JNeyhg\" target=\"_blank\">watch it here if you want<\/a>. \u00a0File it under &#8220;proof of concept&#8221; if you&#8217;re feeling charitable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. \u00a0Sam Feldt featuring Kimberly Anne &#8211; &#8220;Show Me Love&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AoHd5ShDvA0?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yes, another cover of <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ps2Jc28tQrw\" target=\"_blank\">the Robin\u00a0S track<\/a> &#8211; a top ten hit in 1993 and 1997, and it just missed the top 10 in <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EPFWtWb9w1Q\" target=\"_blank\">a cover by Steve Angello and Laidback Luke<\/a> (featuring Robin S herself)\u00a0in 2009. \u00a0This one dumps the original house backing and, I guess, focusses more on the song. \u00a0On its own terms it&#8217;s fine, but it&#8217;s inviting comparison with a classic, you know?<\/p>\n<p>Sam Feldt is a Dutch DJ. \u00a0Kimberly Anne is a singer from London, and this version apparently stems in part from her covering &#8220;Show Me Love&#8221; in acoustic sets.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IsNG_BGqTPs?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Little Mix &#8211; &#8220;Black Magic&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MkElfR_NPBI?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Little Mix started\u00a0life in the 2011 series of\u00a0<em>X Factor<\/em>, where they were\u00a0one of the obligatory bands formed out of\u00a0offcut auditionees who had entered for the singles categories. \u00a0This was a staple of the show&#8217;s imperial phase,\u00a0with the judges &#8220;spontaneously&#8221; deciding every year to encourage a group of B-listers to form a band.<\/p>\n<p>By all appearances, the actual reason for doing this,\u00a0at least in the early series, was that the format required\u00a0them to find a bunch of groups to put on live TV, and finding passable groups is a hell of a lot harder than finding passable solo acts &#8211; there are fewer of them to start with, and\u00a0presumably they&#8217;re also more likely to follow a more conventional career path if they&#8217;re organised enough to form a band in the first place. \u00a0So the function of these bands &#8211; especially the girl\u00a0bands &#8211; was to get eliminated in the first couple of weeks while the viewers were getting to know the people who\u00a0<em>actually\u00a0<\/em>mattered.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere along the line this seems to have changed, with Little Mix and One Direction. \u00a0Perhaps it finally dawned on somebody that putting together a bunch of solo auditionees is how most manufactured boy and girl bands are\u00a0formed anyway. \u00a0Perhaps they just got lucky. \u00a0Of course, Little Mix haven&#8217;t achieved anything approaching the international success of One Direction &#8211; in fact, they pretty much sell in Britain and Ireland, with some\u00a0modest popularity in Australasia &#8211; but they have at least joined the ranks of <em>X Factor<\/em> alumni who have to be counted as\u00a0graduating from the show to genuine\u00a0success in their own right.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Black Magic&#8221; is the\u00a0lead single from their third album, and their third number one. \u00a0Their first was\u00a0their winners single, a rote cover of &#8220;Cannonball&#8221; which sounds nothing like anything else they&#8217;ve ever made and which they&#8217;d probably prefer to forget; the second was their first proper single, &#8220;Wings&#8221;. \u00a0So &#8220;Black Magic&#8221; returns them to the top for the first\u00a0time in three years. \u00a0From the looks of it,\u00a0there&#8217;s also a course correction at play here. \u00a0The previous album &#8211; the one that\u00a0kept them in the top ten but didn&#8217;t give them any number ones &#8211; saw them trying to be a vaguely grown-up\u00a0R&amp;B act. \u00a0Singles\u00a0like <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RwD4eJGxPc4\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Move&#8221;<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Kjpa0SMOug0\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Salute&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0are decent enough songs but\u00a0put them heavily in the shadow of American acts that were obviously the template.<\/p>\n<p>This time it&#8217;s 80s-style pop &#8211; but, y&#8217;know, for the kids. \u00a0No\u00a0showing off the harmony vocals. \u00a0A video\u00a0that looks as if it&#8217;s designed for those Saturday morning kids shows that don&#8217;t exist any more. \u00a0And there&#8217;s probably more of a gap in the market for that. \u00a0They do it pretty well, too. \u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0got a\u00a0good chorus, it&#8217;s blithely unserious. \u00a0It&#8217;s a bit of a chameleonic change of\u00a0approach, but probably the smart\u00a0thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The album chart is dead too:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Communion&#8221; by Years &amp; Years<\/strong> at 1. \u00a0Another triumph for the end of year Ones To Watch lists. \u00a0&#8220;Shine&#8221; drops to 2 this week.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Reflection&#8221; by Fifth Harmony<\/strong> at 18. \u00a0The single &#8220;Worth It&#8221; drops to 10.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Way Back Up&#8221; by Prides<\/strong> at 24. \u00a0Debut album from Glasgow synthpop trio. \u00a0Not been much else of note this week, so let&#8217;s finish with their track &#8220;Messiah&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5AEkrBYotss?rel=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the compilers were hoping for some exciting, memorable weeks to\u00a0liven up the\u00a0first few charts after the shift to Fridays,\u00a0it seems they&#8217;re going to be disappointed. \u00a0This is one of the deadest charts I&#8217;ve ever seen outside the Christmas-New Year break. \u00a0How dead? \u00a0Try this for the\u00a0lowest new entry&#8230; 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