{"id":4552,"date":"2019-04-20T20:18:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T19:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=4552"},"modified":"2019-04-20T20:18:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T19:18:55","slug":"charts-19-april-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=4552","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 19 April 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It turns out that Lewis Capaldi is not, in fact, &#8220;going to be here forever&#8221;, whatever I may have said last week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Lil Nas X &#8211; &#8220;Old Town Road&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ho88VXJTBg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After last week&#8217;s 39-2 climb, this probably shouldn&#8217;t come as a huge surprise, but Lewis Capaldi&#8217;s seven-week run comes to an end with this rap\/country viral hit. \u00a0There&#8217;s clearly a novelty factor at work here, but you can&#8217;t really file &#8220;Old Town Road&#8221; as a novelty record in the traditional sense; it&#8217;s played fairly straight, and at most it&#8217;s a whimsical fragment, not a comedy song. \u00a0And I&#8217;ve said this before, but yes, that\u00a0<em>is<\/em> the official video. \u00a0Well, it&#8217;s a &#8220;Visualizer&#8221; &#8211; but it is indeed what you get if you go to his own YouTube channel. \u00a0Despite what some people will tell you, this doesn&#8217;t technically give Billy Ray Cyrus his first UK number one (&#8220;Achy Breaky Heart&#8221; was a number 3), because as far as the chart is concerned, he&#8217;s not on the lead version of the track, so he doesn&#8217;t get credited.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Clocking in at one minute 53, this is on the short side for a number one single. \u00a0That&#8217;s still a few seconds short of the record for the shortest number one single of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5mlt0nGyXDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which has stood at 1:35 for nearly sixty years now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Piece of Your Heart&#8221; by Meduza featuring Goodboys<\/strong>\u00a0climbs another place to 4.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. \u00a0Russ &amp; Tion Wayne &#8211; &#8220;Keisha &amp; Becky&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/egSqA6j9csw\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This entered at 19 three weeks ago and fell from there; it now vaults all the way from 30 to 7, which can only be because of the remix version above. \u00a0That matches Tion Wayne&#8217;s previous best, guesting on NSG&#8217;s &#8220;Options&#8221; earlier in the year. \u00a0And it beats the number 9 peak of Russ&#8217;s only other hit, &#8220;Gun Lean&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Here With Me&#8221; by Marshmello featuring Chvrches<\/strong> climbs 11-10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12. \u00a0Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc &#8211; &#8220;SOS&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u8tdT5pAE34\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the lead single from Avicii&#8217;s upcoming posthumous album, in which an assortment of producers and singers have been brought in to complete tracks that he hadn&#8217;t actually completed before his death a year ago. \u00a0Supposedly this track was largely completed save for the vocals, which is worth them spelling out, since it isn&#8217;t a repeat of the stadium country style that Avicii had been trading in. \u00a0Aloe Blacc hasn&#8217;t had a hit in this country since &#8220;The Man&#8221; reached number 1 in 2014. \u00a0The tune here is partially an acknowledged lift from TLC&#8217;s &#8220;No Scrubs&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13. \u00a0BTS &amp; Halsey &#8211; &#8220;Boy With Luv&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XsX3ATc3FbA\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A second hit single for the Korean boy band BTS, who reached number 21 last year with &#8220;Idol&#8221;&#8230; and then dropped straight out of the chart in week two. \u00a0The presence of Halsey (not that she has much to do) clearly marks this out as a continued bid for the Anglophone audience. \u00a0Then again, so does the disappointingly restrained music. \u00a0Still, the parent EP\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Map of the Soul &#8211; Persona&#8221; <\/strong>enters the album chart at number 1 &#8211; far beating their previous record of number 14. \u00a0But until now they&#8217;ve been a fanbase act who don&#8217;t sustain interest into a second week. \u00a0We&#8217;ll see if it&#8217;s any different this time round.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;So Am I&#8221; by Ava Max<\/strong> climbs 16-14. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;All Day &amp; Night&#8221; by Jax Jones, Martin Solveig &amp; Madison Beer<\/strong> climbs 25-22&#8230; hold on, when did that enter the chart? \u00a0Ah, I missed it last week. \u00a0Oops.<\/p>\n<p><strong>22. Jax Jones, Martin Solveig &amp; Madison Beer &#8211; &#8220;All Day &amp; Night&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p6ULvPFPLIY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There, that&#8217;s better. \u00a0This is the lead single from a collaborative album between Jax Jones and Martin Solveig (it sounds more like Jones). \u00a0The artist credit is confusing, since they seem to be calling the collaboration &#8220;Europa&#8221;, but they haven&#8217;t actually put that name on the single. \u00a0Perhaps they&#8217;re wary of what happened with Labrinth, Sia and Diplo, whose singles as &#8220;LSD&#8221; seemed to get lost despite the profile of Sia in particular. \u00a0Number 22 makes this Solveig&#8217;s biggest hit since &#8220;Intoxicated&#8221; reached the top 5 in 2015 (which isn&#8217;t saying much, since he&#8217;s only had one other UK hit single since then).<\/p>\n<p>Making her first appearance on the UK top 40, Madison Beer is an American singer who&#8217;s being groomed for an upcoming debut album with the usual raft of guest appearances. \u00a0She&#8217;s 20, but she&#8217;s been releasing singles on and off since being spotted on YouTube in 2013. \u00a0Her discography has some really odd stuff like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tvU4TMyHwdc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this brand anthem for Mattel&#8217;s &#8220;Monster High&#8221; franchise<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UOxkGD8qRB4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a track called &#8220;Pop\/Stars&#8221; which was released to promote last year&#8217;s\u00a0<em>League of Legends\u00a0<\/em>World Championship where she was providing the voice for a member of &#8220;augmented reality K-pop group K\/DA&#8221;<\/a>. \u00a0(In fact, it&#8217;s quite a good single, and sold a few copies in unexpected territories last year; it reached number 4 in Hungary.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Let Me Down Slowly&#8221; by Alec Benjamin<\/strong> climbs 36-31. \u00a0And\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Pretty Shining People&#8221; by George Ezra<\/strong> makes absurdly slow progress, finally reaching number 34 in its fourth week on the top 40. \u00a0And&#8230; oh, that&#8217;s literally it for the singles chart.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart, I&#8217;ve just mentioned BTS being at number one, so we can go straight on to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. \u00a0The Chemical Brothers &#8211; &#8220;No Geography&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mRfSM-lv55I\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They haven&#8217;t missed number one with a studio album since their debut way back in 1995, but number 4 still isn&#8217;t so bad. \u00a0They still make fantastic videos, though. \u00a0 (The other single from this album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rSYwtllbweY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Got To Keep On&#8221;<\/a>, is worth watching as well &#8211; stick with it, since it looks fairly dull at first.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. \u00a0Marty Wilde &#8211; &#8220;Dreamboats &amp; Petticoats Presents: The Very Best of Marty Wilde&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZaM1R6ICKCw\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a greatest hits album, obviously. \u00a0The rather odd title refers to the jukebox musical\u00a0<em>Dreamboats &amp; Petticoats<\/em>, which is\u00a0<em>not<\/em> a Marty Wilde musical, but\u00a0<em>does<\/em> feature&#8230; um, one of his songs. \u00a0Wilde had a string of top ten hits in the late 50s, though his singles chart career ended in 1962. \u00a0His biggest hit, reaching number two, is his version of &#8220;Teenager In Love&#8221; &#8211; the one they used in the movie. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r_GH6M7cUq4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">His daughter Kim Wilde<\/a> had a number of hits in the 80s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. \u00a0Fontaines DC &#8211; &#8220;Dogrel&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CIbaqtcU0uI\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Post-punk from Dublin. \u00a0It&#8217;s their debut album, and the reviews are excellent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. \u00a0Emma Bunton &#8211; &#8220;My Happy Place&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/68NM1axZ9XE\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Her first solo album since 2006&#8217;s &#8220;Life in Mono&#8221; (which bombed). \u00a0The single is a sixties throwback, not the first time she&#8217;s gone for that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13. \u00a0M Huncho &#8211; &#8220;Utopia&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XZrNXjmuuVA\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a masked rapper, and you may recall him as the third-listed guest rapper on the Plug&#8217;s number 38 hit &#8220;Broken Homes&#8221; back in December. \u00a0I mean, you probably don&#8217;t, but you\u00a0<em>may<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>17. \u00a0KSI &amp; Randolph &#8211; &#8220;New Age&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RSo9yBjXZjA\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a collaboration between two rappers with a YouTube following. \u00a0KSI has had hits in the past; Randolph hasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>27. \u00a0Anderson .Paak &#8211; &#8220;Ventura&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Jj83FOlBF8\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His fourth album, the first to chart in this country. \u00a0Very strong reviews, again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>30. \u00a0Band of Skulls &#8211; &#8220;Love is All You Love&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GLy2GX0vd1o\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their fifth album, and the single&#8217;s better than the band name might lead you to expect. \u00a0Their previous album missed the top 40 (just &#8211; it got to 41) so this is an improvement. \u00a0And finally&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>31. \u00a0David Bowie &#8211; &#8220;PinUps&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RmQ2OJgzkMg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Or &#8220;Pin Ups&#8221;, or &#8220;Pinups&#8221;, or &#8220;Pin-Ups&#8221; &#8211; even the official sources and the record&#8217;s own sleeve can&#8217;t agree on how it&#8217;s spelt. \u00a0It&#8217;s a picture disc reissue for Record Store Day. \u00a0This was Bowie&#8217;s 1973 covers album; &#8220;Sorrow&#8221; was the only single taken from the album. \u00a0The song was originally a hit for the Merseys in 1966, though it was first recorded as a B-side by the McCoys.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It turns out that Lewis Capaldi is not, in fact, &#8220;going to be here forever&#8221;, whatever I may have said last week. 1. \u00a0Lil Nas X &#8211; &#8220;Old Town Road&#8221; After last week&#8217;s 39-2 climb, this probably shouldn&#8217;t come as a huge surprise, but Lewis Capaldi&#8217;s seven-week run comes to an end with this rap\/country [&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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4552","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=4552"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4554,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4552\/revisions\/4554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}