{"id":3933,"date":"2017-11-14T22:26:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T22:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3933"},"modified":"2017-11-14T22:26:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T22:26:59","slug":"charts-10-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3933","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 10 November 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In which three tracks from the same rather dull album all make the top 40, and I am relieved that the rules don&#8217;t allow any more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug &#8211; &#8220;Havana&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pz95u3UVpaM\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So low-budget vertical videos primarily intended for Spotify playlists are going to be a thing, then? \u00a0Okay, though YouTube isn&#8217;t best suited to handle them. \u00a0Can&#8217;t really complain, since I thought the main video was pretty bloated. \u00a0As a visual, I prefer this one. \u00a0Anyhow, Cabello gets her second week at number one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Too Good at Goodbyes&#8221; by Sam Smith<\/strong> (a former number one) rebounds from 7 to 3 on release of the parent album, and\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Anywhere&#8221; by Rita Ora<\/strong> climbs 11-5. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Man&#8217;s Not Hot&#8221; by Big Shaw<\/strong> jumps 20-11 in its seventh week on chart, as the official video seems to have reinvigorated it. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Wolves&#8221; by Selena Gomez &amp; Marshmello<\/strong> edges up a spot to number 15, and <b>Khalid&#8217;s &#8220;Young Dumb &amp; Broke&#8221;<\/b> moves 19-17.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>18. \u00a0Dave featuring MoStack &#8211; &#8220;No Words&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3jtl1fTccqs\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yes, &#8220;Dave&#8221;. \u00a0Yes, that is his real name. \u00a0Sometimes he goes by Santan Dave, but often he&#8217;s just Dave. \u00a0He&#8217;s a rapper &#8211; though he&#8217;s actually mostly singing on this track &#8211; and this is a single from his EP &#8220;No Words&#8221; (which is actually seven tracks and 35 minutes, making it an album for chart purposes &#8211; it&#8217;s number 13 on the album charts). \u00a0It&#8217;s a self-released track and it&#8217;s a pleasantly relaxed affair. \u00a0Another track from the same EP, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2nO7YG8CFXSZOpvxSFUzgJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>&#8220;How I Met My Ex&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>, registers in its own right down at 32.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Bedroom Floor&#8221; by Liam Payne<\/strong> edges up 22-21, and\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Blinded By Your Grace &#8211; Part 2&#8221; by Stormzy featuring MNEK<\/strong> jumps 40-22, which is a bit closer to what you&#8217;d have expected based on the promotion. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;I Miss You&#8221; by Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels<\/strong> climbs 28-23 on its second week out, which is fine by modern standards generally, but an unusually slow start by Clean Bandit&#8217;s own standards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>26. \u00a0Sam Smith &#8211; &#8220;Pray&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dU72UuhrYzU\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As I already mentioned, his album is out this week. \u00a0This track spent a couple of weeks at 39 as a promotional single last month, but it&#8217;s now coming back to life as an album track. \u00a0And&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>27. \u00a0Sam Smith &#8211; &#8220;One Last Song&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wJg46BS2ziY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;there&#8217;s another Sam Smith album track just below it. \u00a0Three songs is the maximum under current chart rules, so it&#8217;s entirely possible that other album tracks would otherwise have been somewhere further down the chart. \u00a0This one feels like retro pastiche, but it&#8217;s still the most listenable of the three.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29. \u00a0Taylor Swift &#8211; &#8220;Call It What You Want&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V54CEElTF_U\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One last promotional single before the album release. \u00a0I am of the very narrow age range which looks at that title and momentarily wonders if it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oVtf9tg9fxQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a Credit To The Nation cover<\/a>. \u00a0(It isn&#8217;t.) \u00a0Good mainstream pop, and I imagine it&#8217;ll be back in a while with a proper singles push.<\/p>\n<p><strong>31. \u00a0N.E.R.D. &amp; Rihanna &#8211; &#8220;Lemon&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L_u97PqWX6g\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>N.E.R.D. &#8211; or N*E*R*D, as it used to be punctuated &#8211; were last on the top 40 in 2004, though obviously Pharrell Williams has been around as a solo act since then. \u00a0This is their first single in seven years, and it&#8217;s the lead from a new album. \u00a0Unusually, Rihanna is rapping on this instead of singing. \u00a0Turns out she&#8217;s quite good at that too.<\/p>\n<p><b>38. \u00a0Lil Pump &#8211; &#8220;Gucci Gang&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4LfJnj66HVQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another rapper who started out on Soundcloud now showing up on the singles chart. \u00a0&#8220;Gucci Gang&#8221; is him and his mates. \u00a0As the Genius annotations explain, &#8220;On &#8216;Gucci Gang&#8217;, Lil Pump raps about money, drugs, jewelery and high end clothing &#8211; all recurring topics in Pump&#8217;s music.&#8221; \u00a0He&#8217;s a very repetitive fellow, it seems. \u00a0This made the top 10 in America.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Thrill of it All&#8221; by Sam Smith<\/strong> &#8211; not a title I would have associated with Sam Smith, but okay &#8211; enters at number 1. \u00a0That&#8217;s hardly surprising given that his debut album &#8220;In the Lonely Hour&#8221; was a juggernaut, spending eight weeks at number 1 and seventy-six in the top 10. \u00a0The sales skew heavily to CDs, which is interesting. \u00a0The first album climbs back to 15.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;A Love So Beautiful&#8221; by Roy Orbison &amp; The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra<\/strong> is number 2 &#8211; another of these &#8220;stick an orchestral backing on a dead bloke&#8217;s vocals&#8221; albums that seem to be helping to fund some of Britain&#8217;s major orchestras. \u00a0Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oRL24HNzKTc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Pretty Woman&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Sheridan&#8221; by Sheridan Smith<\/strong> is 9. \u00a0That&#8217;s the actress who&#8217;s been doing increasing musical work since her well-received starring role in a Cilla Black biopic a few years back. \u00a0Sample: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rA1LO1Zih-M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Anyone Who Had A Heart&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Ultimate&#8221; by Bryan Adams<\/strong> at 11, which is naturally a greatest hits album. \u00a0We all know what his biggest UK hit single was, but let&#8217;s go with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eFjjO_lhf9c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Summer of &#8217;69&#8221;<\/a> instead.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Red Pill Blues&#8221; by Maroon 5<\/strong> at 12. \u00a0That&#8217;s actually low for a Maroon 5 studio album; they&#8217;ve never missed the top 10 before. \u00a0The single <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5Wiio4KoGe8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;What Lovers Do&#8221;<\/a> reached number 12 a few weeks back.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Game Over&#8221; by Dave<\/strong> is number 13, and we&#8217;ve covered that.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;One Voice &#8211; Believe&#8221; by Aled Jones<\/strong>\u00a0at 17. \u00a0Bizarre-sounding project in which Aled Jones duets with recordings of himself as a choirboy and &#8211; on this track &#8211; his son. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CKvTPzJFf3M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Lord Is My Shepherd&#8221;<\/a> has a video, which is quite something.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Trouble No More &#8211; The Bootleg Series 13&#8221; by Bob Dylan\u00a0<\/strong>at 21. \u00a0Live recordings, demos and so forth from 1979-1981, when Dylan was in his Christian phase. \u00a0Sample track: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oerPhBas2ko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;When You Gonna Wake Up&#8221;<\/a>, from a live show in Oslo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Kids in Love&#8221; 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