{"id":3876,"date":"2017-09-09T19:29:01","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T18:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3876"},"modified":"2017-09-09T19:29:01","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T18:29:01","slug":"charts-8-september-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3876","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 8 September 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ooookay&#8230; so I\u00a0<em>hoped<\/em> that I would start catching up on reviews last week, but, well, my hope was misplaced. \u00a0Anyway, let&#8217;s do the chart post first&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3tmd-ClpJxA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>1. \u00a0Taylor Swift &#8211; &#8220;Look What You Made Me Do&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two weeks. \u00a0It&#8217;s number one on sales, but not on streams, where Dua Lipa is back on top. \u00a0My guess is that it won&#8217;t be number one for too long, because it&#8217;s not a song so much as an event, and the event has happened now. \u00a0But we&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Mi Gente&#8221; by J Balvin &amp; Willy William<\/strong> climbs 9-5, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. \u00a0Taylor Swift &#8211; &#8220;&#8230;Ready For It?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T62maKYX9tU\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This is a midweek release (in terms of the chart week, anyway), and it&#8217;s not the\u00a0<em>official<\/em> single from the album, it&#8217;s a\u00a0<em>promotional<\/em> single. \u00a0The concept of a promotional single is downright weird these days &#8211; it used to mean a single that was only sent to radio stations instead of getting a proper release, but now it\u00a0seems to mean that it&#8217;s a single that <em>does\u00a0<\/em>get a proper release but still isn&#8217;t supposed to count as a single. \u00a0 What makes it &#8220;promotional&#8221; is the fact that it\u00a0<em>isn&#8217;t<\/em>\u00a0 promoted. \u00a0Anyway, this is more of a song than &#8220;Look What You Made Me Do&#8221; and probably a better showcase for her new direction &#8211; though it&#8217;s still no classic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Sorry Not Sorry&#8221; by Demi Lovato<\/strong> climbs 12-9, giving her a fifth top 10 hit. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Havana&#8221; by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thus<\/strong> climbs 24-11, which beats her previous peak of number 12 for &#8220;Crying in the Club&#8221;. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Rain&#8221; by The Script<\/strong> climbs 18-5, and\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Questions&#8221; by Chris Brown<\/strong> moves 19-16. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Swish Swish&#8221; by Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj<\/strong> climbs 29-22.<\/p>\n<p><strong>23. \u00a0Maroon 5 featuring SZA &#8211; &#8220;What Lovers Do&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3NmGGGlHpxQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Love?<\/p>\n<p>This is the third single from Maroon 5&#8217;s upcoming album, and it&#8217;s based loosely on last year&#8217;s top 5 hit \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WzUrUQfgTjE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Sexual&#8221; by Neiked<\/a>, which was infinitely better. \u00a0It beats the previous single &#8220;Cold&#8221; by one place, so it&#8217;s now their biggest hit since &#8220;Sugar&#8221; at the start of 2015. \u00a0American singer SZA makes her first UK top 40 appearance, though she did guest on &#8220;Consideration&#8221; by Rihanna, which made number 88 last March.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Boys&#8221; by Charli XCX\u00a0<\/strong>climbs 36-31, so it&#8217;s still alive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>32. \u00a0Jason Derulo &#8211; &#8220;If I&#8217;m Lucky&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tksqqmQ5_XY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Oh, it&#8217;s the own-brand &#8220;Thriller&#8221;. \u00a0The lyrical conceit is that things didn&#8217;t work out in this life, but maybe next time around. \u00a0So one for the Hawkman fans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Lonely Together&#8221; by Avicii featuring Rita Ora<\/strong> climbs 37-35, and\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Spirit&#8221; by J Hus<\/strong> moves 39-36.<\/p>\n<p><strong>38. \u00a0Marshmello featuring Khalid &#8211; &#8220;Silence&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tk36ovCMsU8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>First chart appearance for Marshmello, an American DJ who performs under a mask. \u00a0He used to be anonymous, and technically he still is, in the sense that there&#8217;s never been a public statement about his identity. \u00a0But it seems pretty clear that it&#8217;s Chris Comstock, who also releases music under the name &#8220;Dotcom&#8221;. \u00a0That&#8217;s been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravejungle.com\/2017\/05\/08\/marshmello-dotcom-proofs-real-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">widely rumoured for a while<\/a>, on top of which, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youredm.com\/2017\/08\/11\/marshmello-finally-steps-beyond-mask\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he&#8217;s the credited writer of this song in the ASCAP database<\/a>. \u00a0The song&#8217;s pretty good, if firmly in established EDM territory, and the lyrics at least steer clear of the standard tropes. \u00a0Khalid is teenage singer Khalid Robinson, who&#8217;s previously worked with Calvin Harris, and he&#8217;s also making his chart debut.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Freedom Child&#8221; by The Script<\/strong> debuts at number 1. \u00a0We&#8217;ve mentioned the single already.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;American Dream&#8221; by LCD Soundsystem<\/strong> is number 3. \u00a0It&#8217;s been seven years since James Murphy released an album, whether as &#8220;LCD Soundsystem&#8221; or anything else. \u00a0In the interim, aside from the occasional collaboration, he has been developing his own espresso, attempting to change the sound of the New York subway turnstiles , opening a wine bar, and remixing tennis matches from the 2014 US Open. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lqq3BtGrpU8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Tonite&#8221;.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Punishment of Luxury&#8221; by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark<\/strong> is number 3. \u00a0Blimey. \u00a0Not quite their highest ever placing &#8211; that&#8217;s the 1988 greatest hits album which reached number 2 &#8211; but joint highest for a studio album, along with 1991&#8217;s &#8220;Sugar Tax&#8221; and 1981&#8217;s &#8220;Architecture and Morality&#8221;. \u00a0In fact, OMD haven&#8217;t even made the top 10 since &#8220;Sugar Tax&#8221;. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2cU53wWb6UI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Title track.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Every Country&#8217;s Sun&#8221; by Mogwai<\/strong> at 6. \u00a0A new high for Mogwai, whose previous best was number 10 with the 2014 album &#8220;Rave Tapes&#8221;. \u00a0Mogwai have been around since 1997 but seem to have graduated into album chart mainstays. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lF4KJ-T8yAI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Party in the Dark&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Hearts That Strain&#8221; by Jake Bugg<\/strong> at 7. \u00a0His fourth album in five years, and they&#8217;ve all made the top ten. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NGyL80MHtps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;How Soon The Dawn&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Hit The Ground Running&#8221; by Newton Faulkner<\/strong> at 13. \u00a0That&#8217;s a return to normal after his last album inexplicably failed to get past 40. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tYkJSvXBMFk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Title track.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Under Cover&#8221; by Mot\u00f6rhead<\/strong> at 19. \u00a0A decent interval has passed since the death of Lemmy in 2015, so it&#8217;s time to look in the vault. \u00a0This is a collection of cover versions. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/J06yQb4lbPk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Heroes&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Bicep&#8221; by Bicep<\/strong> at 20. \u00a0Anonymous electronica, like when I was young! \u00a0They&#8217;re a duo from Belfast. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Itp_XFFjsSw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Aura&#8221;.<\/a>\u00a0 It feels like something that MTV UK would have shown on <em>120 Minutes\u00a0<\/em>fifteen years ago.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;All This Life&#8221; 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