{"id":3890,"date":"2017-09-25T20:56:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T19:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3890"},"modified":"2017-09-25T20:56:47","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T19:56:47","slug":"charts-22-september-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3890","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 22 September 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay&#8230; so\u00a0<em>this<\/em> week I&#8217;ll make some headway on the backlog. \u00a0Really.<\/p>\n<p>But first&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Sam Smith &#8211; &#8220;Too Good At Goodbyes&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J_ub7Etch2U\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s two weeks. \u00a0Despite his numerous number ones, this is only the second time Sam Smith has managed a second week &#8211; the other was the Comic Relief re-issue of &#8220;Lay Me Down&#8221;, which was a special case. \u00a0The single now has a video, which is Very Sincere.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>4. \u00a0Post Malone featuring 21 Savage &#8211; &#8220;Rockstar&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/7wGoVu4Dady5GV0Sv4UIsx\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The lead single from his upcoming second album &#8220;Beerbongs and Bentleys&#8221;. \u00a0It&#8217;s basically stock bragging about his rockstar lifestyle, though the lyrics are at least at odds with the washed-out drifting of the actual music. \u00a0Chart-wise, this is a big step up for Post Malone: his only previous hit single was &#8220;Congratulations&#8221;, which made number 28 back in May, probably more because Quavo was on it. \u00a021 Savage is an Atlanta rapper whose debut album did pretty well in America this year, but missed the UK album top 40. \u00a0His only other track to register on the UK singles chart was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sV2t3tW_JTQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Bank Account&#8221;<\/a>, which made number 55.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Havana&#8221; by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug<\/strong> climbs 10-7, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. \u00a0Avicii featuring Rita Ora &#8211; &#8220;Lonely Together&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vQ3XgMKAgxc\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This has been climbing from the lower reaches for weeks &#8211; it&#8217;s moved 49-44-37-35-21 up to now &#8211; but the release of a video seems to have given it a kick. \u00a0Can&#8217;t say I&#8217;m wild about the video, which feels like a visual gimmick that they probably imagined having a lot more impact than it actually winds up with. \u00a0It&#8217;s now Avicii&#8217;s ninth top 10 hit, and Ora&#8217;s tenth. \u00a0Her own current single &#8220;Your Song&#8221; is a non-mover at 18.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Questions&#8221; by Chris Brown<\/strong> climbs 13-12, because that&#8217;s just the sort of world we live in. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Bestie&#8221; by Yungen featuring Yxng Bane<\/strong> is up 17-13 &#8211; it&#8217;s been glacially ascending the top 40 for eight weeks now. \u00a0\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Hurtin&#8217; Me&#8221; by Stefflon Don &amp; French Montana<\/strong> climbs 28-20.<\/p>\n<p><strong>24. \u00a0Niall Horan &#8211; &#8220;Too Much To Ask&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ljXSjIph5ZM\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His third solo single. \u00a0It&#8217;s instantly forgettable balladry. \u00a0Competent enough, but entirely bland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Silence&#8221; by Marshmello featuring Khalid<\/strong> climbs 34-29.<\/p>\n<p><strong>35. \u00a0Craig David &#8211; &#8220;Heartline&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V-_HM2bRa0E\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Even if you don&#8217;t particularly like Craig David&#8217;s singles, there&#8217;s something quite heartwarming about knowing that he&#8217;s still here, even despite a lengthy stint banished to chart purgatory. \u00a0This one is the lead single from his next album, and it&#8217;s produced by Jonas Blue, hence the tropical house influence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>39. \u00a0Xxxtentacion &#8211; &#8220;Jocelyn Flores&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FAucVNRx_mU\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I already linked to this track when XXXTentacion&#8217;s album &#8220;17&#8221; charted a couple of weeks ago; at that point it was floating at 56 as an album track. \u00a0This is his singles chart debut. \u00a0He&#8217;s on trial in a couple of weeks for domestic abuse charges (which he denies), though this doesn&#8217;t seem to have done his career much harm so far. \u00a0(See above re number 12.) \u00a0Jocelyn Flores was a friend of his who committed suicide. \u00a0The immediate source of the sample is producer Potsu re-using his own track <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bw6wugjLYU0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;I&#8217;m Closing My Eyes&#8221;<\/a>, which in turn uses a vocal sample of the enigmatic Shiloh Dynasty, who posted a string of clips to Vine and Instagram (heavily sampled in Soundcloud circles) before seemingly vanishing off the face of the earth a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Concrete &amp; Gold&#8221; by The Foo Fighters<\/strong> at 1. \u00a0Their ninth studio album and the fourth number one &#8211; strangely, none of them were the greatest hits album, which only got to 4. \u00a0Not the 1996 debut either &#8211; that got to number 3. \u00a0 No, the other Foo Fighters number one albums were 2002&#8217;s &#8220;One By One&#8221;, 2007&#8217;s &#8220;Echoes Silence Patience &amp; Grace&#8221;, and 2011&#8217;s &#8220;Wasting Light&#8221;. \u00a0The quirks of the release schedule, I guess. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TRqiFPpw2fY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Sky Is A Neighborhood&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Savage (Songs From A Broken World)&#8221; by Gary Numan<\/strong> at 2. \u00a0Sounds cheerful. \u00a0It&#8217;s a crowd-funded concept album about a post-apocalyptic world. \u00a0Despite regular releases, Numan hasn&#8217;t made the albums top 10 since 1983, so this is a bit of a surprise. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/P5E6RTDA7oc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;When the World Comes Apart&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Prophets of Rage&#8221; by Prophets of Rage<\/strong> at 6. \u00a0A supergroup comprising three members of Rage Against The Machine, two members of Public Enemy, and one from Cypress Hill. \u00a0you know what you&#8217;re getting with that, so you won&#8217;t be shocked to hear the single is called <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6ad4MH7fMLs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Unfuck The World&#8221;<\/a> and has a video directed by Michael Moore.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Process&#8221; by Sampha<\/strong> at 7. \u00a0This spent a single week on chart &#8211; also at number 7 &#8211; in February, but it re-enters now after winning the Mercury Prize. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_NSuIYwBxu4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Love Yourself &#8211; &#8216;Her'&#8221; by BTS<\/strong> at 14. \u00a0What? \u00a0K-Pop? \u00a0On the\u00a0<em>album<\/em> chart? \u00a0It&#8217;s not even officially an album &#8211; it&#8217;s a mini-album that happens to meet the chart criteria. \u00a0Single <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/X6B45sbfcI8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Best of Me&#8221;<\/a> is a collaboration with Andrew Taggart of the Chainsmokers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Favourite Pleasures&#8221; 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