{"id":3789,"date":"2017-06-04T21:41:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T20:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3789"},"modified":"2017-06-04T21:41:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T20:41:35","slug":"charts-2-june-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3789","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 2 June 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s election time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kJQP7kiw5Fk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>1. \u00a0Luis Fonsi &amp; Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber &#8211; &#8220;Despacito&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s four weeks, which &#8211; assuming you&#8217;re prepared to turn a blind eye to Justin Bieber&#8217;s bits &#8211; makes it the longest running foreign language number one ever. \u00a0The previous\u00a0record of\u00a0three weeks is\u00a0officially (i.e., in the eyes of the chart compilers)\u00a0held by <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/S77I7ZaQdVU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manhattan Transfer&#8217;s &#8220;Chanson D&#8217;Amour&#8221;<\/a>, from 1977, though that&#8217;s actually a mixture of English, French and &#8220;ra da da da da&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. \u00a0Captain Ska &#8211; &#8220;Liar Liar&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HxN1STgQXW8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now here&#8217;s something\u00a0a bit more contentious than usual.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Obviously, this is\u00a0a download campaign in connection with next week&#8217;s general election.\u00a0 Captain Ska\u00a0have been around since 2010, when\u00a0the original version of this song was released. \u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0basically an anti-austerity side project by\u00a0a group of\u00a0session musicians; other\u00a0releases include &#8220;What&#8217;s The Point of Nick Clegg&#8221; and the catchy-sounding\u00a0&#8220;US Healthcare Explained&#8221;. \u00a0Musically, it&#8217;s better than you&#8217;re probably imagining &#8211; after all, it&#8217;s the work of actual professionals who\u00a0understand the agitpop tradition &#8211;\u00a0but it&#8217;s still primarily\u00a0a badge-of-allegiance record.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, radio isn&#8217;t touching the thing. \u00a0There are rules about political balance in the run-up to elections\u00a0which make that impossible. \u00a0Back in 1997, it was seen as a very\u00a0borderline decision for\u00a0Radio 1&#8217;s top 40 to play D:Ream&#8217;s &#8220;Things Can Only Get Better&#8221;, which made number 19 on\u00a0re-issue after being used as Tony Blair&#8217;s campaign theme. \u00a0And that was a totally apolitical record which had made number 1 in its own right three years previously.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gi5j7jjhm4M\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Simpler times.<\/p>\n<p>Download campaigns have had a brutal time of it in the streaming era,\u00a0because\u00a0the charts now heavily favour records which get a lot of repeat listens on streaming services. \u00a0But &#8220;listen to it a lot on Spotify&#8221; doesn&#8217;t have anything near the instant badge-of-allegiance appeal of\u00a0buying a copy, and frankly, a lot of charity \/ campaign releases are\u00a0bought more as a\u00a0gesture of support than as a source of audio entertainment. \u00a0&#8220;Liar Liar&#8221;\u00a0hasn&#8217;t bucked that trend &#8211;\u00a0it&#8217;s here on the strength of 42,000 downloads, which would have placed it at number 2 on an all-sales chart. \u00a0Its streams are minimal\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0300,000\u00a0last week, compared to 59,000 sales and 10.6 million streams for &#8220;Desposito&#8221;. \u00a0(Yes, it has two million views on YouTube &#8211; but the Justin Bieber mix of &#8220;Despacito&#8221; has a quarter of a billion.) \u00a0It&#8217;s unusual for a record to get quite this far up the chart\u00a0with minimal streams and, to be honest, it may have just hit a lucky week in order to do so. \u00a0Still, it shows that the download campaign is still viable &#8211;\u00a0maybe not for number one, but at least to get passably high up the chart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qPTfXwPf_HM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8220;Mama&#8221; by Jonas Blue featuring William Singe<\/strong><\/a> climbs 12-8 to give Blue his third top ten hit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13. \u00a0Rita Ora &#8211; &#8220;Your Song&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i95Nlb7kiPo\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Presumably<\/em> the lead single from the next album. \u00a0Ora hasn&#8217;t actually released an album since 2012, and\u00a0all of her singles since then have failed to result\u00a0in an album. \u00a0She sued to get out of her contract with Roc Nation and that settled\u00a0last year,\u00a0since when she&#8217;s signed with Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>This is written by Ed Sheeran, because everything is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WEFJnYMz0Ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#8220;Pretty Girl&#8221; by Maggie Lindemann<\/strong><\/a> climbs 17-15;\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nBmNcLBaPUE&amp;t=66s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Slow Hands&#8221; by Niall Horan<\/a><\/strong> climbs 23-21.<\/p>\n<p><strong>27. \u00a0Little Mix &#8211; &#8220;Power&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/4BJ5T8ZZZ3UrPG7k0OVQrp\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s\u00a0an awful cover, isn&#8217;t it? \u00a0This is the fourth single from last year&#8217;s album &#8220;Glory Days&#8221; &#8211; the single version has added vocals by Stormzy, but the chart company are still running with the album credit for now. \u00a0It&#8217;s&#8230;\u00a0not their best. \u00a0The\u00a0previous single, &#8220;No More Sad Songs&#8221;, is still at number 32. \u00a0It\u00a0couldn&#8217;t get above 15, so a fourth single from the same album is pushing it.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An anniversary reissue of\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Sergeant Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Heart&#8217;s Club Band&#8221;<\/strong> is at number 1. \u00a0I think the only track from this album with an official video is <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/usNsCeOV4GM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;A Day in The Life&#8221;<\/a>, which had some outtakes cobbled together\u00a0for a 2015 compilation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Different Days&#8221; by the Charlatans<\/strong> at 4. \u00a0That&#8217;s as high as they&#8217;ve been since 2001, though the previous album also made the top 10. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2xiwZEeP1LU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Plastic Machinery&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Amazons&#8221; by the Amazons<\/strong> at 8. \u00a0They&#8217;re a rock band who were on\u00a0some of the start-of-year lists, and no, they&#8217;re not\u00a0women. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/w_Av9oYYa-I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Black Magic&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;True to Self&#8221; by Bryson Tiller<\/strong> at 11. \u00a0R&amp;B. \u00a0It&#8217;s his second album but the first to chart (the previous one got to 41). \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rfgbzlEYhIM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Somethin Tells Me&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Pearls &#8211; The Very Best of Elkie Brooks&#8221;<\/strong> at 14. \u00a0Elkie Brooks hasn&#8217;t had a\u00a0top 40 album since 1993, and a compilation released in 2007 missed the top 40. \u00a0So even allowing for the\u00a0veteran-friendly changing nature of the album chart, she&#8217;s an unexpected name. \u00a0The title references her biggest hit,\u00a0her solo debut <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MXwSMHr4Pxw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Pearl&#8217;s A Singer&#8221;<\/a>, which reached number 8 in 1977.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;3-D The Catalogue&#8221; 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