{"id":3907,"date":"2017-10-07T20:03:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T19:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3907"},"modified":"2017-10-07T20:03:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T19:03:15","slug":"charts-6-october-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3907","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 6 October 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not a huge amount going on, but there&#8217;s still a bit to talk about&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \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>Such as a new number one! \u00a0&#8220;Rockstar&#8221; has moved 5-2-1. \u00a0It&#8217;s also been number one in Australia, Canada and several European countries, so the world is in the mood for a sense of vaguely washed-out shellshock, I guess. \u00a0That&#8217;s 2017 for you.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Post Malone has three tracks on this week&#8217;s top 40, with his debut hit &#8220;Congratulations&#8221; still hanging around at number 33, and another new entry right at the bottom end, which we&#8217;ll get to. \u00a0His guest 21 Savage technically joins the list of one-hit wonders &#8211; a number one hit and nothing else &#8211; though it doesn&#8217;t really count if you&#8217;re just a featured artist, does it?<\/p>\n<p>Below that, there&#8217;s the usual run of climbers. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Havana&#8221; by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug<\/strong> moves 4-3. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Lonely Together&#8221; by Avicii featuring Rita Ora<\/strong> climbs 8-5; so it&#8217;s now Avicii&#8217;s biggest hit since &#8220;You Make Me&#8221; back in 2013, and Ora&#8217;s biggest since &#8220;Poison&#8221; in 2015. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;1-800-273-8255&#8221; by Logic featuring Alessia Cara &amp; Khalid<\/strong> moves 12-9. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Bestie&#8221; by Yungen featuring Yxng Bane<\/strong> finally makes the top 10 after an excruciatingly slow run: 38-41-30-24-21-18-20-19-17-13-13-10. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Hurtin&#8217; Me&#8221; by Stefflon Don &amp; French Montana<\/strong> moves 14-11, which overtakes &#8220;Instruction&#8221; to become Don&#8217;s biggest hit. \u00a0Well, bigger. \u00a0She&#8217;s only had two.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15. \u00a0Chris &amp; Kem &#8211; &#8220;Little Bit Leave It&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2spUxnYdQXE\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Just what the world needs &#8211; a single by two contestants from\u00a0<em>Love Island<\/em>, the ITV2 show in which people go to an island looking for <del>a mayfly tabloid career<\/del> love. The track promotes their spin-off show,\u00a0<em>Chris &amp; Kem: Straight Outta Love Island<\/em>, a two-parter in which they performed their very own rap track at Ministry of Sound. \u00a0Apparently the track is\u00a0based (very loosely) on something they did on the main show along with fellow contestant Marcel Somerville, who knows about this stuff because used to be in Blazin&#8217; Squad. \u00a0Given all that, the record is better than you might expect &#8211; which is to say, it&#8217;s not exactly good, but it&#8217;s not a completely phoned-in novelty cash-in either.<\/p>\n<p>It was a midweek release and it&#8217;s here overwhelmingly on sales &#8211; increasingly a sign that your audience is either older, or coming from people who don&#8217;t normally pay much attention to music. \u00a0On a pure sales chart it would be number 3 &#8211; but that&#8217;s on the strength of a mere 12,000 sales, which is as good an illustration as any of why the chart is making the shift to a streaming world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Perfect&#8221; by Ed Sheeran<\/strong> rebounds from 34 to 19 now that it&#8217;s officially a single. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Silence&#8221; by Marshmello featuring Khalid<\/strong> is up from 26 to 20. \u00a0And\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Finders Keepers&#8221; by Mabel featuring Kojo Funds<\/strong> jumps 29-21. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Man&#8217;s Not Hot&#8221; by Big Shaq<\/strong> is up 30-23, which is unusual staying power for a viral comedy hit. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Bodak Yellow&#8221; by Cardi B<\/strong> jumps 37-24. \u00a0And finally we hit another new entry&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>38. \u00a0Khalid &#8211; &#8220;Young Dumb &amp; Broke&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IPfJnp1guPc\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the same Khalid who&#8217;s already at number 9 on Logic&#8217;s &#8220;1-800-273-8255&#8221; and at number 20 on Marshmello&#8217;s &#8220;Silence&#8221;, but this is his first hit under his own power. \u00a0It&#8217;s had some middling success internationally, though it did make number one in New Zealand. \u00a0I&#8217;m surprised it hasn&#8217;t done better, it&#8217;s pretty good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>40. \u00a0Post Malone &#8211; &#8220;I Fall Apart&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/2mdxJLJHzFmiiYdTZ8JcyH\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is an album track from last year, re-entering after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XQTA4dwlwgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a video of a live performance<\/a> went modestly viral. \u00a0They&#8217;re going to stick it out as a proper single because, well, why not? \u00a0It gives him the unusual distinction being number 1 and number 40 at the same time, which I&#8217;m sure has happened before, but I&#8217;m not going to try and figure out when.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart, it&#8217;s a much more busy week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Now&#8221; by Shania Twain<\/strong> at number 1. \u00a0This is only her second number one, the other being &#8220;Come On Over&#8221; back in 1998. \u00a0She hasn&#8217;t even released an album since 2004. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zmg9tVaMVd4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Swingin&#8217; With My Eyes Closed&#8221;<\/a>. \u00a0(It doesn&#8217;t start well, but it was growing on me by the end.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Visions of a Life&#8221; by Wolf Alice<\/strong> at 2. \u00a0Their second album winds up in the same place as the first, thought it was close. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/etn4P80K5WU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Beautifully Unconventional&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Live at Pompeii&#8221; by David Gilmour<\/strong> at 3. \u00a0Exactly what it sounds like &#8211; David Gilmour doing a live show in the Pompeii Amphitheatre. \u00a0Supposedly it&#8217;s the first show with an actual public audience at that venue since 79AD. \u00a0(Pink Floyd made a film there in 1971, but without an audience.) \u00a0 Sample track: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DnPQNOq8x2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Run Like Hell&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Tell Me You Love Me&#8221; by Demi Lovato<\/strong> at 5. \u00a0That&#8217;s her highest position for an album (just). \u00a0The single &#8220;Sorry Not Sorry&#8221; is at number 28 this week.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Younger Now&#8221; by Miley Cyrus<\/strong> at 8. \u00a0 Miley Cyrus&#8217; last album, &#8220;Bangerz&#8221;, went to number 1 in 2013, but the imperial phase may have passed for her. \u00a0The lead single &#8220;Malibu&#8221; got to number 11, but title track <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-LX2kpeyp80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Younger Now&#8221;<\/a> stalled at 54.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Scream&#8221; by Michael Jackson<\/strong> at 9. \u00a0This is, supposedly, a Hallowe&#8217;en-themed Michael Jackson compilation. \u00a0Really. \u00a0It&#8217;s got &#8220;Scream&#8221;, and &#8220;Torture&#8221;, and &#8220;Ghosts&#8221;, and, er, &#8220;Dirty Diana&#8221;. \u00a0The only &#8220;original&#8221; track is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aXfokSKZ0QA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this mash-up<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Best of Feeder&#8221;<\/strong> at number 10. \u00a0Self-explanatory, really. \u00a0Let&#8217;s go for <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/51crQGT8cxs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Come Back Around&#8221; from 2002<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Road Songs For Lovers&#8221; by Chris Rea<\/strong> at number 11. \u00a0It&#8217;s been five years since his last album, and this is his highest position for a studio album since 1998. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JW6M3MEgDKY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Last Train&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Piano&#8221; by Benny Andersson<\/strong> at number 12. \u00a0So It&#8217;s Come To This: Benny from Abba releases a pop classical piano album, with covers of his own material and a few new instrumentals. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rC4hgWQHH-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Thank You For The Music&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;A New Career in a New Town &#8211; 1977-1982&#8221; by David Bowie<\/strong> at 19. \u00a0An 11-CD compilation of Bowie&#8217;s Berlin period. \u00a0The Bowie estate have put the video for <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yjCM_X3xpRM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Be My Wife&#8221;<\/a> on YouTube, so let&#8217;s go with that.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Desire&#8221; by Hurts<\/strong> at 21. \u00a0The synthpop duo&#8217;s fourth album, and diminishing returns are apparent &#8211; the albums reached 4, 9, 12 and 21, in that order. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PP2G3dm_fsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Ready To Go&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Happy Accidents&#8221; by Jamie Lawson<\/strong> at 23. \u00a0His previous album got to number 1 on the strength of the hit single &#8220;Wasn&#8217;t Expecting That&#8221;, but he&#8217;s never really followed that up. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/u-wOyNiQtUg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Can&#8217;t See Straight&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Girl From The North Country&#8221; by the Original London Cast<\/strong> at 28. \u00a0<em>Girl From The North Country<\/em> is a play featuring the songs of Bob Dylan, a play, not a jukebox musical, a play. \u00a0Alright? 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