{"id":3948,"date":"2017-11-29T21:38:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T21:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3948"},"modified":"2017-11-29T21:38:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T21:38:58","slug":"charts-24-november-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3948","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 24 November 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I suspect we&#8217;re now in the pre-Christmas phase where not much happens &#8211; a bit too early for anyone hoping to score in the Christmas period, a bit too late for anyone hoping to get in a regular promotional campaign before the festive break.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug &#8211; &#8220;Havana&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Four weeks, and still leading by a comfortable margin. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Silence&#8221; by Marshmello featuring Khalid<\/strong> is up 5-3, and\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Perfect&#8221; by Ed Sheeran<\/strong> finally makes it back to number 4 &#8211; its peak from back in March, when it was charting as an album track. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Man&#8217;s Not Hot&#8221; by Big Shaq<\/strong> moves 8-6, and\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Blinded By Your Grace &#8211; Part 2&#8221; by Stormzy featuring MNEK<\/strong> jumps 12-7. \u00a0Not quite his highest chart position, but it&#8217;s getting close.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. \u00a0Selena Gomez &amp; Marshmello &#8211; &#8220;Wolves&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cH4E_t3m3xM\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->We&#8217;ve had the &#8220;visualiser&#8221;, we&#8217;ve had the smartphone video, and now here&#8217;s the actual video &#8211; four weeks into the chart run, and lifting the track 17-9. \u00a0That video is basically three and a half minutes of Selena Gomez writhing in the vicinity of an underlit swimming pool. \u00a0It&#8217;s the sort of visually distinctive video that looks vaguely promising until you realise it&#8217;s not actually going anywhere, and also that those hard surfaces are surely a poor choice of writhing venue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I Miss You&#8221; by Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels<\/strong> climbs 14-11, and\u00a0<strong>&#8220;17&#8221; by MK<\/strong> moves 20-16. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Let You Down&#8221; by NF<\/strong> moves 19-23.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29. \u00a0Katie Melua &#8211; &#8220;Fields of Gold&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hPvFxbnPr1Q\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the charity single for the annual BBC &#8220;Children in Need&#8221; telethon. \u00a0&#8220;Fields of Gold&#8221; was originally a Sting song &#8211; his version reached number 16 in 1993 &#8211; but it&#8217;s being used here partially as a tribute to broadcaster Terry Wogan, who presented the show for over 30 years until his death in 2016. \u00a0He was a big fan of this song, although more in the form of the cover by the late\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9UVjjcOUJLE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eva Cassidy<\/a>. \u00a0As it happens, Katie Melua had her only number 1 back in 2007 in a posthumously assembled duet with Cassidy on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cFoXcO8llNI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;What a Wonderful World&#8221;<\/a>, another charity release for the Red Cross. \u00a0If you&#8217;re going to pay tribute to Terry Wogan then it&#8217;s certainly a better choice than any of his own novelty records &#8211; the notorious one for British people of a certain age is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T3Y4HufJ1oE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Floral Dance&#8221;<\/a>, which reached number 21 in 1978, and got wheeled out on clip shows for years after.<\/p>\n<p>Very much an MOR album act these days, Katie Melua hasn&#8217;t been a regular feature on the singles chart in years. \u00a0She did have some hit singles at the start of her career, though, the biggest being the slightly weird factoid-themed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eHQG6-DojVw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Nine Million Bicycles&#8221;<\/a>, which got to number 5 in 2005.<\/p>\n<p><strong>31. \u00a0Jason Derulo featuring French Montana &#8211; &#8220;Tip Toe&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ObIQ0s02UHg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ah, the &#8220;models in bikinis on a hired yacht&#8221; video &#8211; all the imagination we&#8217;ve come to expect from Jason Derulo. \u00a0Features the lyric &#8220;the way you move your spine is alarming&#8221;, which I&#8217;m not sure is sexy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>34. \u00a0Mariah Carey &#8211; &#8220;All I Want for Christmas is You&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yXQViqx6GMY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Really? \u00a0In November? \u00a0I&#8217;m very disappointed, Britain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>35. \u00a0David Guetta &amp; Afrojack featuring Charli XCX &amp; French Montana &#8211; &#8220;Dirty Sexy Money&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kkdLiA9J6LQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Guetta&#8217;s imperial phase is behind us now but he still pops up from time to time. \u00a0I guess this could go further but it strikes me as pretty tedious. \u00a0As a guest star, French Montana isn&#8217;t caught by the three-track cap, and so he gets to appear at 31, 32, 35 and 39 on this week&#8217;s chart (with Derulo, Stefflon Don, this track, and his own &#8220;Unforgettable&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p><strong>38. \u00a0Not3s &#8211; &#8220;My Lover&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X9RnnZf6zHQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>London rap. \u00a0This is pleasant enough, but there&#8217;s not much to say about it.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Architect&#8221; by Paloma Faith<\/strong> is number 1. \u00a0Her fourth album and her first number 1 &#8211; though she&#8217;s spent five previous weeks at number 2, so she&#8217;s been unlucky. \u00a0This is her political album. \u00a0The single &#8220;Crybaby&#8221; reached number 36 in September.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Our Generation&#8221; by Tokio Myers<\/strong> is 4. \u00a0A pianist who won\u00a0<em>Britain&#8217;s Got Talent<\/em>. \u00a0He&#8217;s kind of a pop-classical crossover artist in the Vanessa Mae mould with added epic finales. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vDEcQ19aoHk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Angel&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Low in High School&#8221; by Morrissey<\/strong> is 5. \u00a0Morrissey is a bit out of fashion these days, his political views being shall we say out of alignment with the consensus of his traditional fans, but he can still consistently get a studio album into the top 10. \u00a0Single: &#8220;I Wish You Lonely&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Wembley or Bust&#8221; by Jeff Lynne&#8217;s ELO<\/strong> is 9. \u00a0Live album. \u00a0Apparently the band name isn&#8217;t for legal reasons but simply reflects a desire to stress that it really is a version of ELO featuring Jeff Lynne. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XKElk9zTB04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Telephone Line&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Book of Souls &#8211; Live Chapter&#8221; by Iron Maiden<\/strong> is 17. \u00a0Self-explanatory live album. \u00a0Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uYDBO1Dhvis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Number of the Beast&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Songs From The Stage&#8221; by Leading Ladies<\/strong> at 19. \u00a0That&#8217;s Beverley Knight, Amber Riley and Cassidy Janson doing standards. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=50Y74sUc6xY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Will You Love Me Tomorrow&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Twelve Tales of Christmas&#8221; by Tom Chaplin<\/strong> at 21. \u00a0Because somebody is apparently perceived to have demanded it, a Christmas covers album by the lead singer of Keane. \u00a0Single: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E3HI-TfNkHA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;2000 Miles&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Greatest Hits &#8211; God&#8217;s Favourite Band&#8221; by Green Day<\/strong> at 22. \u00a0If you say so. \u00a0Here&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NUTGr5t3MoY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Basket Case&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Full House &#8211; The Very Best of Madness&#8221;<\/strong> at 23. \u00a0Another Madness compilation? \u00a0Well, they&#8217;re all good. \u00a0Let&#8217;s have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s359OsWRBLM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Cardiac Arrest&#8221;<\/a>, that one&#8217;s underrated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;As You See Me Now&#8221; by Jools Holland &amp; Jos\u00e9 Feliciano<\/strong> at 24. \u00a0Jos\u00e9 Feliciano wrote &#8220;Feliz Navidad&#8221; &#8211; and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1lEV7zBokUcs61itiibn9f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here it is again<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Take a Look At Me Now &#8211; Complete&#8221; by Phil Collins<\/strong> at 26. \u00a0It&#8217;s a box set CD collection, for those who didn&#8217;t buy the vinyl version last year. \u00a0To be fair, at under twenty quid, it&#8217;s actually pretty good value if you shun streaming services and particularly want eight Phil Collins albums. \u00a0Let&#8217;s do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YkADj0TPrJA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;In The Air Tonight&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Everyday Is Christmas&#8221; by Sia<\/strong> at 39. \u00a0So I see. \u00a0Did I mention it&#8217;s November? \u00a0Anyway, this is a Sia Christmas album. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JPp-oLkQPQQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Title track.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I suspect we&#8217;re now in the pre-Christmas phase where not much happens &#8211; 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