{"id":3587,"date":"2016-11-06T20:54:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T20:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3587"},"modified":"2016-11-06T20:54:22","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T20:54:22","slug":"charts-4-november-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3587","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 4 November 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so. \u00a0I\u00a0<em>was<\/em> going to try and get the long overdue\u00a0<em>Deadpool v. Gambit<\/em> review done this week, but to be honest, I want to write that one when I&#8217;m in a more suitable mood for\u00a0being\u00a0positive about a happy little story. \u00a0And\u00a0doing it this way round means the chart post\u00a0won&#8217;t immediately shove the\u00a0<em>DvG<\/em> review down the page. \u00a0So.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bFDzhKdrN9M\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>1. \u00a0Little Mix &#8211; &#8220;Shout Out To My Ex&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Third week, so it&#8217;s now their joint longest-running number 1, matching last year&#8217;s &#8220;Black Magic&#8221;. \u00a0Unusually, this is number one in sales but\u00a0<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span><\/em> in streams\u00a0(on the streaming-only chart, it\u00a0slips to number 2, leaving James Arthur&#8217;s &#8220;Say You Won&#8217;t Let Go&#8221; to retake the top spot). \u00a0That&#8217;s unusual, because it&#8217;s\u00a0tended to be the sales that flare out first.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/papuvlVeZg8\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>3. \u00a0Clean Bandit &#8211; &#8220;Rockabye&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up four places\u00a0in its second week. \u00a0That makes it their biggest hit\u00a0since 2014&#8217;s &#8220;Real Love&#8221; (defining &#8220;biggest&#8221; as &#8220;got highest&#8221;, if that wasn&#8217;t clear).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UqyT8IEBkvY\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>6. \u00a0Bruno Mars &#8211; &#8220;24K Magic&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This entered at number 9 three weeks\u00a0ago, and\u00a0slid\u00a0first to 10, then to 11, before rebounding after he performed it\u00a0on the\u00a0<em>X Factor<\/em> results song. \u00a0So that show still\u00a0has some impact, apparently. \u00a0But it&#8217;s declining &#8211; the phenomenon of covered songs entering the charts\u00a0on download sales has long since vanished, and the Saturday night shows\u00a0a little over half the audience of\u00a0<em>Strictly Come Dancing<\/em> on BBC1. \u00a0It&#8217;s going to be on the schedule for a while yet, but\u00a0its peak years are\u00a0receding into the distance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2Vr6FETnu1h4ZoeU0f5XOS\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>10. \u00a0Drake &#8211; &#8220;Fake Love&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Climbing from last week&#8217;s 37, where it\u00a0entered after a midweek release. \u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0now his eighth top ten hit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ANS9sSJA9Yc\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>11. \u00a0Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar &#8211; &#8220;Don&#8217;t Wanna Know&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Entered at 16 a couple of weeks back and slipped marginally before climbing again. \u00a0It&#8217;s still pretty\u00a0forgettable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8gz9NsNH96Q\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>18. \u00a0Galantis &amp; Hook N Sling &#8211; &#8220;Love On Me&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This has moved 37-27-18, so the momentum is there to go further. \u00a0Deservedly so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20. \u00a0Louisa Johnson &#8211; &#8220;So Good&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/svhGUlB9V5U\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Highest new\u00a0entry! \u00a0This is the second\u00a0solo single from last year&#8217;s\u00a0<em>X Factor<\/em> winner, who suffered the indignity of seeing her winner&#8217;s release enter at number 9, thanks to the combined effect of a midweek\u00a0download release, a delayed physical release, and\u00a0a lack of streaming; there&#8217;s no streaming equivalent to the commemorative purchases that used to drive winners&#8217; singles to the top. \u00a0She was sensibly relaunched\u00a0in June with a guest appearance on Clean Bandit&#8217;s single &#8220;Tears&#8221;, and now\u00a0we get to see how the House of Cowell proposes to package her going forward. \u00a0And\u00a0the single is perfectly decent &#8211;\u00a0she can sing, and there&#8217;s a nice enough swagger to this. \u00a0Number 20 is not a bad entry point in 2016, so she&#8217;s still in the game. \u00a0The question is where she goes from here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>21. \u00a0Jonas Blue featuring Raye &#8211; &#8220;By Your Side&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H_IfNMP50lw\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jonas Blue got to number 2 with both of his previous singles (&#8220;Perfect Strangers&#8221; and\u00a0a thoroughly unnecessary cover of &#8220;Fast Car&#8221;), so he&#8217;s got a decent shot of going further with this. \u00a0Evidently suspicious of the value of videos, or just\u00a0eager to drive people to the chart-registering streaming services,\u00a0this\u00a0only has a 76 second preview available on YouTube\u00a0(which cuts off just as it gets going),\u00a0but <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1D3ODoXHBLpdxolZRHWV1j\" target=\"_blank\">you can\u00a0hear the whole thing on Spotify<\/a>. \u00a0Raye is a teenage singer getting a soft launch on this track;\u00a0she put out a rather more interesting single called <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cSQF416kUVc\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;I, U, Us&#8221;<\/a> in August and presumably we can expect her to be pushed for the Sound of 2017 lists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>32. \u00a0Kideko &amp; George Kwali featuring Nadia Rose &amp; Sweetie Irie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U61Mye7h3bA\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dance! \u00a0This is\u00a0good, actually. \u00a0So, who are these guys? \u00a0Kideko and Kwali are producers;\u00a0it\u00a0was originally an instrumental,\u00a0but Ministry of Sound have\u00a0slapped a vocal on it, as is their wont. \u00a0It works, mind you. \u00a0Nadia Rose\u00a0is making her first chart appearance, but she got a MOBO award this year for her\u00a0video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ns_0zp00UQk\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;SKWOD&#8221;<\/a>, which is indeed a solid piece\u00a0of work. \u00a0Sweetie Irie\u00a0is a London reggae veteran; his only previous credited chart\u00a0appearance was\u00a0in 2001 when\u00a0&#8220;Who&#8221;, a collaboration with Ed Case,\u00a0got to number 29.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart, greatest hits collections abound.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Back From The Edge&#8221; by James Arthur<\/strong> at 1. \u00a0His first number 1 album; the self-titled debut from 2013 only got to number 2. \u00a0The single <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0yW7w8F2TVA\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Say You Won&#8217;t Let Go&#8221;<\/a> remains at number 2 after eight weeks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Mapping The Rendezvous&#8221; by The Courteeners<\/strong> at 4. \u00a0Their fifth album, all of which have placed between numbers 3 and 6. \u00a0They stopped having hit singles with album number 2 back in 2010. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_mPFOVyS25k\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;No One Will Ever Replace Us&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Can&#8217;t Touch Us Now&#8221; by Madness<\/strong> at 5. \u00a0Another new\u00a0album from the re-formed version of the band. \u00a0This is their highest position since &#8220;The Liberty of Norton Folgate&#8221; in 2009. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0NKNGKNBYs0\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Mr Apples&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Sleep No More&#8221; by Jack Savoretti<\/strong> at 6. \u00a0Vaguely folky FM rock. \u00a0It&#8217;s his fourth\u00a0album but only the second to chart,\u00a0improving by one place on\u00a0last year&#8217;s effort. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BEQFG__Mn4c\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;When We Were Lovers&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Upon A Different Shore&#8221; by Alexander Armstrong<\/strong> at 8. \u00a0You might not think there&#8217;d be a huge audience for MOR operatic covers by the\u00a0presenter of <em>Pointless<\/em>, but he does have an audience from doing shows on Classic FM too.\u00a0 Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5UmjVgaZYd0\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Without A Song&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Ultimate Collection&#8221; by Roy Orbison<\/strong> at 11. \u00a0The latest of many, many greatest hits compilations. \u00a0I imagine it has <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lvR1YgT7QYs\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;You Got It&#8221;<\/a> on it.\u00a0 It should.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;I Have A Dream&#8221; by Daniel O&#8217;Donnell<\/strong> at 12. \u00a0Classic songs from the 70s, interpreted in the way that only Daniel O&#8217;Donnell can. \u00a0If you&#8217;re unfamiliar with the Daniel O&#8217;Donnell experience,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bMXIWVPcQoQ\" target=\"_blank\">here&#8217;s the advert.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Stage&#8221; by Avenged Sevenfold<\/strong> at 13. \u00a0Yes, of\u00a0<em>course<\/em> that&#8217;s right next to Daniel O&#8217;Donnell. \u00a0Their previous album got to number 1, so this is a bit disappointing. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fBYVlFXsEME\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#8217;s the title track.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Remnants&#8221; by Leann Rimes<\/strong> at 15. \u00a0Interesting. \u00a0Rimes hasn&#8217;t had a hit in\u00a0the UK &#8211; even on the album chart &#8211; since 2007. \u00a0This is her first album\u00a0with a new label (Sony), so apparently some promotion has helped out. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UESEeRLzilU\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;How To Kiss A Boy&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Ultimate Collection&#8221; by Black Sabbath<\/strong> at 20. \u00a0Greatest hits. \u00a0Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hkXHsK4AQPs\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Paranoid&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Best Of David Gray&#8221;<\/strong> at 30. \u00a0He hasn&#8217;t had a hit single in over a decade but he still puts out an album every few years, and they tend to do okay. \u00a0The market for a greatest hits album is apparently more limited. \u00a0Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6zN4_7hq77g\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;This Year&#8217;s Love&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Dreamland&#8221; by Mic Righteous<\/strong> at 34. \u00a0UK rap, unusually doing better on the album chart than the singles. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PHUPPWESWaM\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Kids&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Lady Wood&#8221; by Tove Lo<\/strong> at 40. \u00a0Tove Lo\u00a0<em>has<\/em> had a hit single this year, but only as a guest on a Nick Jonas\u00a0track; the actual single from this album, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XsFneCExrCQ\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Cool Girl&#8221;<\/a>, stalled at 46.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so. \u00a0I\u00a0was going to try and get the long overdue\u00a0Deadpool v. 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