{"id":3942,"date":"2017-11-18T20:06:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T20:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3942"},"modified":"2017-11-18T20:06:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-18T20:06:35","slug":"charts-17-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3942","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 17 November 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nice quiet week. \u00a0We start with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BQ0mxQXmLsk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>1. \u00a0Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug &#8211; &#8220;Havana&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three weeks at number one, and there&#8217;s not much more to say about that. \u00a0If you&#8217;re into statistical quirks, you might be interested to note that it&#8217;s not number one on the pure sales chart, or on the pure streaming chart; but what it does have is a balance between both sources. \u00a0 The streaming number one is &#8220;Rock Star&#8221;, and the sales number one is\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Anywhere&#8221; by Rita Ora<\/strong>, which climbs 5-2 to become her biggest hit since &#8220;I Will Never Let You Down&#8221; reached number 1 in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. \u00a0Eminem featuring Beyonce &#8211; &#8220;Walk On Water&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n1WpP7iowLc\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This is the lead single from his ninth solo album &#8220;Revival&#8221;, and if it wasn&#8217;t for the big name guest star, it would be a surprising choice, since it&#8217;s basically five minutes of Eminem rapping over a piano.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I walk on water but I ain&#8217;t no Jesus \/ I walk on water, but only when it freezes&#8221;. \u00a0Yes, it&#8217;s another of those songs about how very successful and famous people are in fact also human and have feelings and stuff. \u00a0By the last verse, he&#8217;s moved on to acknowledging that his imperial phase is over and people don&#8217;t actually care as much as they used to &#8211; which is at least a new topic for Eminem, and the elephant in the room for somebody whose stock in trade has often been talking about his own iconic status. \u00a0Ironically, he hasn&#8217;t been this high up the chart since &#8220;The Monster&#8221; reached number 1 in 2013. \u00a0For that matter, it&#8217;s the highest position that Beyonce has reached since 2015, when her guest shot on Naughty Boy&#8217;s &#8220;Runnin&#8217; (Lose It All)&#8221; reached 4.<\/p>\n<p>Below that, we have a nice string of uneventful climbers. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Man&#8217;s Not Hot&#8221; by Big Shaq\u00a0<\/strong>climbs 11-8 to enter the top 10 &#8211; impressive for a slow-burn novelty hit. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Blinded By Your Grace &#8211; Part 2&#8221; by Stormzy featuring MNEK<\/strong> jumps 22-12. \u00a0And \u00a0<strong>&#8220;I Miss You&#8221; by Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels<\/strong> climbs 23-14, so it&#8217;s gaining momentum after an unexpectedly slow start.<\/p>\n<p><strong>17. \u00a0MK &#8211; &#8220;17&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OaFavPu3o0c\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Climbing 25-20, but it&#8217;s got a video now. \u00a0That&#8217;s Lisbon in the video, apparently. \u00a0I like the Italian house piano on this, it&#8217;s a nice change from the deluge of tropical house we&#8217;ve had this year. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Let You Down&#8221; by NF<\/strong> climbs 24-23, and\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Gucci Gang&#8221; by Lil Pump<\/strong> climbs 38-27. \u00a0And&#8230; it&#8217;s that time of year again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29. \u00a0Elbow &#8211; &#8220;Golden Slumbers&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jw1Y-zhQURU\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the soundtrack for the John Lewis Christmas advert, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Lewis_Christmas_advert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">modern British tradition<\/a> in which a winsome cover version and a sentimental video remind us that John Lewis department stores are a beloved British institution. \u00a0Seriously, this is a thing now. \u00a0It&#8217;s a Beatles cover, of course &#8211; the original is from &#8220;Abbey Road&#8221;, and it&#8217;s ideally suited for John Lewis advert purposes, because it was only ninety-two seconds long to begin with. \u00a0Elbow haven&#8217;t had a hit single since 2008, when &#8220;One Day Like This&#8221; reached number 4; none of their other singles ever got past 19. \u00a0There have been four Elbow albums since 2008, but none of them produced any hits. \u00a0John Lewis soundtrack covers aren&#8217;t\u00a0<em>guaranteed<\/em> to chart; last year&#8217;s single was <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BCoZOAn_98A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vaults&#8217; version of &#8220;One Day I&#8217;ll Fly Away&#8221;<\/a>, and that only got to 53. \u00a0But they usually do respectably.<\/p>\n<p>And there&#8217;s nothing of any significance below 30. \u00a0On the album chart&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Reputation&#8221; by Taylor Swift<\/strong> at 1. \u00a0Well, no surprise there. \u00a0It&#8217;s her third number one album. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wIft-t-MQuE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Ready For It&#8221;<\/a> is at 35 this week, and surprisingly it&#8217;s the only Swift track in the top 40 singles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Diamonds&#8221; by Elton John<\/strong> is 5. \u00a0It&#8217;s a greatest hits box set, basically &#8211; nearly four hours of Elton John, but the official theme is his collaboration with Bernie Taupin, which allows them to leave off &#8220;Candle in the Wind&#8221;. \u00a0Let&#8217;s have the ultra-80s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tg-Q-Acv4qs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Nikita&#8221;<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Instant Pleasures&#8221; by Shed Seven<\/strong> at 8. \u00a0Their first album since 2001, though they&#8217;ve been playing shows on and off for ten years. \u00a0This is pretty typical of where their albums used to place back in the day. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ysgmBIbzr_k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Room In My House&#8221;<\/a>. \u00a0(The video confirms that Shed Seven are definitely twenty years older than they used to be.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;When You&#8217;re Smiling&#8221; by Bradley Walsh<\/strong> at 11. \u00a0Another entry in the singing quiz host subgenre, and the follow-up to last year&#8217;s &#8220;Chasing Dreams&#8221; (which got to 10). \u00a0I can&#8217;t seem to find anything promoting this on YouTube, which is fair enough really, given the target audience, so <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/2EpZUUVK0fIdN4T9JdxArk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here&#8217;s the Spotify link<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Rule the World &#8211; The Greatest Hits&#8221; by Tears for Fears<\/strong> at 12. \u00a0Not to be confused with &#8220;Tears Roll Down &#8211; Greatest Hits 82-92&#8221;. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aGCdLKXNF3w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Everybody Wants To Rule The World&#8221;<\/a> was indeed their biggest hit, reaching number 2 in 1985.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Stronger Thru The Years&#8221; by Cliff Richard<\/strong> at 14. \u00a0His sixty-third top 40 album, in a career running without interruption since 1959. \u00a0This is a compilation, billed as &#8220;2 CDs featuring timeless songs of love and reflection&#8221;. \u00a0It&#8217;s mostly from the early part of his career, but it&#8217;s got <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IgomTOOgl8M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Devil Woman&#8221;<\/a>, so let&#8217;s have that.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Jupiter Calling&#8221; by The Corrs<\/strong> at 15. \u00a0Their second album since reforming a couple of years ago, and their lowest position for a new studio album (though only by one place). \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tyFBRNnbEnQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Butter Flutter&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Standards&#8221; by Seal<\/strong> at 17. \u00a0It&#8217;s Seal singing standards. \u00a0This is in the range of where his recent albums have placed. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tyFBRNnbEnQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Luck Be A Lady&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Synthesis&#8221; by Evanescence<\/strong> at 23. \u00a0Well, it&#8217;s a change from the Christmas releases, at least, Evanescence haven&#8217;t had a hit album since their self-titled release in 2011. \u00a0This is supposed to be semi-orchestral new arrangements of their back catalogue material. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nOWkNKOiJMc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Hi-Lo&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Kidz Bop 2018&#8221; by Kidz Bop Kids<\/strong> at 28. \u00a0Follow-up to &#8220;Kidz Bop&#8221;, which made number 7 in April. \u00a0This is the UK expansion of the weird US Minipops covers brand. \u00a0Song choices range from the natural to the mystifying; Ed Sheeran&#8217;s &#8220;Castle on the Hill&#8221; is a nostalgic reminiscence about being fifteen, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T8RjLROwECk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here it is anyway<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nice quiet week. \u00a0We start with&#8230; 1. \u00a0Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug &#8211; &#8220;Havana&#8221; Three weeks at number one, and there&#8217;s not much more to say about that. \u00a0If you&#8217;re into statistical quirks, you might be interested to note that it&#8217;s not number one on the pure sales chart, or on the pure streaming chart; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3942"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3946,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3942\/revisions\/3946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}