{"id":4203,"date":"2018-07-14T20:58:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T19:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=4203"},"modified":"2018-07-14T21:58:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T20:58:38","slug":"charts-14-july-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=4203","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 14 July 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this is unfortunate timing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0David Baddiel, Frank Skinner &amp; The Lightning Seeds &#8211; &#8220;Three Lions&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RJqimlFcJsM\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>England&#8217;s favourite football song soars to number one on the strength of the team&#8217;s sterling performance in the World Cup! \u00a0The semifinal, and peak of English excitement, was almost perfectly timed to coincide with the end of the chart week. \u00a0And&#8230; they lost. \u00a0So &#8220;Three Lions&#8221; arrives at number one just in time for the mood to be over. \u00a0Ah well.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This really isn&#8217;t supposed to be possible under the current chart rules, since they give less weight to the streams of records that have been out for ten weeks and have clearly peaked. \u00a0And &#8220;Three Lions&#8221; peaked in&#8230; well, in 1996. \u00a0There are rules to hit the reset button on album tracks that get promoted to single status, but those aren&#8217;t in play here. \u00a0So &#8220;Three Lions&#8221; gets to be number one even with that handicap.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s now been number one four times &#8211; twice in 1996 (five weeks apart, so it kind of does count), once in the updated version in 1998, and now again in 2018. \u00a0And even by this fairly generous definition of what counts as being number one four times, the list of songs which qualify is extremely short: &#8220;Three Lions&#8221;, &#8220;Do They Know It&#8217;s Christmas&#8221;, &#8220;Unchained Melody&#8221;, and, er, &#8220;Singing the Blues&#8221;, which makes the list because it was one of those odd records that traded the number one spot in competing versions back in the fifties.<\/p>\n<p>You could argue that 1996 should only count as a single number one, since it was just the one release. \u00a0And you could argue that the 1998 version is a different record. \u00a0But that still leaves &#8220;Three Lions&#8221; as one of the handful of records to be number one twice, in the exact same version. \u00a0The others are &#8220;Bohemian Rhapsody&#8221;, &#8220;My Sweet Lord&#8221;, and three of the Elvis Presley singles that were re-issued in 2005.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. \u00a0Drake &#8211; &#8220;In My Feelings&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0bAkKNCQfWkexHFn7fIKns\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Technically this week&#8217;s highest new entry, but it&#8217;s an artefact of the chart rules. \u00a0As you must know by now &#8211; I&#8217;ve mentioned it often enough &#8211; the chart rules only allow three tracks by the same artist. \u00a0So if your album would otherwise have swamped the chart, the charts only list the top three. \u00a0Last week, we had &#8220;Don&#8217;t Matter To Me&#8221; at 2, &#8220;Nonstop&#8221; at 4, and &#8220;Emotionless&#8221; at 5. \u00a0This week &#8220;In My Feelings&#8221; overtakes all three&#8230; so it registers as a new entry, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Matter&#8221; drops to 5, &#8220;Nonstop&#8221; drops to 15, and &#8220;Emotionless&#8221; simply vanishes. \u00a0This has happened further down the chart with tracks from the\u00a0<em>Greatest Showman<\/em> album (which is treated as a single artist in order to qualify it for the artists album chart, as opposed to compilation chart purgatory), but it&#8217;s the first time we&#8217;ve seen it happen this high up.<\/p>\n<p>The parent album spends a second week at number 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>25. \u00a0Green Day &#8211; &#8220;American Idiot&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ee_uujKuJMI\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if you&#8217;ve heard, but Donald Trump is in town. \u00a0This is a download campaign, and it must have done pretty well to get this high up the chart in the streaming era, but this stuff just doesn&#8217;t work in the post-download era. \u00a0&#8220;Three Lions&#8221; isn&#8217;t number one because of a download campaign, it&#8217;s number one because people are actually listening to it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;American Idiot&#8221; originally reached number 3 in 2004. \u00a0It&#8217;s not their highest placed UK single; technically, that would be their charity collaboration with U2, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PD_0fqvT32g&amp;frags=pl%2Cwn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;The Saints Are Coming&#8221;<\/a>, which got to number 2 in 2006.<\/p>\n<p><strong>38. \u00a0Ziezie &#8211; &#8220;Fine Girl&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/As1pRzoKmJ8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The highest\u00a0<em>proper<\/em> new entry of the week, all the way down here. \u00a0It&#8217;s his first hit, and it&#8217;s another track from the\u00a0<em>Love Island Pool Party\u00a0<\/em>compilation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>39. \u00a0Au\/Ra &amp; Camelphat &#8211; &#8220;Panic Room&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ro51SuLyh8A\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Strangely, the only video for this on YouTube is the rather claustrophobic original mix, by Spanish singer Au\/Ra. \u00a0The version actually being pushed in the UK, and given lead status on the chart, is the remix by Camelphat, who you might remember from last year&#8217;s number 17 hit &#8220;Cola&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s climbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Rise&#8221; by Jonas Blue featuring Jack &amp; Jack<\/strong> has climbed 31-17-12-11-7, giving Jonas Blue his fourth top ten hit.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Girls Like You&#8221; by Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B<\/strong> climbs 10-8.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Jackie Chan&#8221; by Tiesto &amp; Dzeko featuring Preme &amp; Post Malone<\/strong> climbs 17-12.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;First Time&#8221; by M-22 featuring Medina<\/strong> reaches a new peak of 22, after hovering between 24 and 31 for the last seven weeks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Only You&#8221; by Cheat Codes &amp; Little Mix<\/strong> climbs to 28 in its third week out, after dropping to 40 last time. \u00a0That&#8217;ll calm some nerves.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Ring Ring&#8221; by Jax Jones &amp; Mabel featuring Rich the Kid<\/strong> climbs 36-29.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the album chart,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Scorpion&#8221; by Drake\u00a0<\/strong>is still number 1, and\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Palo Santo&#8221; by Years &amp; Years<\/strong> is the highest new entry at 3. \u00a0The single &#8220;If You&#8217;re Over Me&#8221; is at 6 this week. \u00a0The previous album &#8220;Communion&#8221; managed two weeks at number one, but the competition is stiff right now. \u00a0(Last time, they were facing off against Ed Sheeran&#8217;s &#8220;x&#8221;, which had been out for more than a year by that time, plus a new album by Tame Impala.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. \u00a0Tom Grennan &#8211; &#8220;Lighting Matches&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G6q7hP3LeL0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a singer-songwriter from London, being pushed by the likes of Radio X. \u00a0This is his debut album, and the promotional stunt was to set a world record for doing the most gigs in twelve hours. (Ten.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>17. \u00a0<em>Mamma Mia<\/em> motion picture cast recording<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bu9YxTb6gf8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And in a very quiet week for new entries, we also have this &#8211; presumably helped by the promotion for the upcoming sequel film. \u00a0It <em>is\u00a0<\/em>technically\u00a0a new entry, because when the album first came out, it was classed as a compilation and wasn&#8217;t eligible for the chart. \u00a0The rules have changed since then (hello,\u00a0<em>Greatest Showman<\/em>) to treat cast recordings as artist albums. \u00a0If you haven&#8217;t heard Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Streep&#8217;s take on &#8220;S.O.S.&#8221; before, it&#8217;s&#8230; \u00a0it&#8217;s certainly something. \u00a0Give it a play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this is unfortunate timing. 1. \u00a0David Baddiel, Frank Skinner &amp; The Lightning Seeds &#8211; &#8220;Three Lions&#8221; England&#8217;s favourite football song soars to number one on the strength of the team&#8217;s sterling performance in the World Cup! \u00a0The semifinal, and peak of English excitement, was almost perfectly timed to coincide with the end of the [&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-4203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203","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=4203"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4207,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203\/revisions\/4207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}