{"id":4621,"date":"2019-07-05T22:51:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T21:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=4621"},"modified":"2019-07-05T22:51:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T21:51:33","slug":"charts-5-july-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=4621","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 5 July 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the annual post-Glastonbury chart, and as is often the case, it&#8217;s rather quiet, because everyone&#8217;s been off in a field instead of promoting their records (and everyone who does want to promote a record is being drowned out by the people in the field). \u00a0So we can run through this quite quickly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Ed Sheeran &amp; Justin Bieber &#8211; &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Care&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Eight weeks, and it&#8217;s now joined by&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. \u00a0Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid &#8211; &#8220;Beautiful People&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mj0XInqZMHY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->With &#8220;Cross Me&#8221; at number 6, Ed Sheeran now has the maximum three singles in the top ten &#8211; and the parent album isn&#8217;t even out yet. \u00a0This is just the third trailer single. \u00a0Well, Ed Sheeran is the artist who prompted the three-song rule in the first place. \u00a0&#8220;Beautiful People&#8221; is one of those songs where a very rich and successful person assures us that he feels terribly out of place surrounded by other rich and successful people, thus making him Still Relatable. \u00a0It&#8217;s pleasant enough if that doesn&#8217;t grate on you. \u00a0Note that Justin Bieber gets equal billing but Khalid only gets a &#8220;featuring.&#8221; \u00a0I wonder how much negotiation was expended on that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Crown&#8221; by Stormzy<\/strong> climbs 5-4, and the top 10 is finally starting to free up a bit:\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Mad Love&#8221; by Mabel<\/strong> climbs 13-8, for her third top ten hit;\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Wish You Well&#8221; by Sigala &amp; Becky Hill<\/strong> climbs 11-9. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Ladbroke Grove&#8221; by AJ Tracey<\/strong> climbs 21-16. \u00a0That&#8217;s now his biggest hit as a lead artist, though he had a top ten hit in the spring as a guest for Steel Banglez. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;3 Nights&#8221; by Dominic Fike<\/strong> climbs 26-20. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Strike A Pose&#8221; by Young T &amp; Bugsey featuring Aitch<\/strong> climbs 27-22. \u00a0<strong>&#8220;Summer Days&#8221; by Martin Garrix featuring Macklemore &amp; Patrick Stump\u00a0<\/strong>climbs 33-26. \u00a0Told you it was quiet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29. \u00a0Chris Brown featuring Justin Bieber &amp; Ink &#8211; &#8220;Don&#8217;t Check On Me&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_EAZkeldmWI\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Yes, a second Justin Bieber song. \u00a0And indeed a second Chris Brown single, since &#8220;No Guidance&#8221; is up at number 12. \u00a0This is a cherry-picked track from his album\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Indigo&#8221;<\/strong>, which enters the album chart at 7, presumably on the strength of the big name guest star. \u00a0It&#8217;s an uncharacteristic track, based simply on an acoustic guitar loop. \u00a0Making her first appearance on the chart, Ink is apparently the lead singer of a band called Vintage Nation. \u00a0If you type &#8220;Vintage Nation&#8221; into Safari, the top suggestion is the Wikipedia entry for the Duke of Edinburgh.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Indigo&#8221; is Brown&#8217;s seventh top ten album, assuming you count his 2015 collaboration with Tyga.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Find U Again&#8221; by Mark Ronson featuring Camila Cabello<\/strong> climbs 37-31, and we round off the week in singles with&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>36. \u00a0Kygo &amp; Whitney Houston &#8211; &#8220;Higher Love&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dTYOkcRH220\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Exactly what it sounds like: Kygo remixing Whitney Houston&#8217;s cover version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k9olaIio3l8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Winwood&#8217;s &#8220;Higher Love&#8221; (number 13 in 1986)<\/a>. \u00a0Houston&#8217;s version was recorded for her third album in 1990 but didn&#8217;t make the cut, except as a bonus track in Japan &#8211; so it&#8217;s not unreleased, just very obscure. \u00a0The original record doesn&#8217;t seem to be easily available, but YouTube has a version from her 1990 live tour, and if that arrangement is anything to go by, Kygo has probably improved it.<\/p>\n<p>This is Whitney Houston&#8217;s first chart appearance since her death in 2012, which arguably shows an uncommon degree of restraint in trawling her archives.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Kylie Minogue &#8211; &#8220;Step Back In Time &#8211; The Definitive Kylie Minogue&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WSFDCmmsqEI\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Greatest hits album, obviously &#8211; plus, she was headlining Glastonbury. \u00a0I could go with one of the really obvious tracks, but let&#8217;s have 1994&#8217;s &#8220;Confide In Me.&#8221; \u00a0It&#8217;s really good.<\/p>\n<p>Now, if 42 tracks of Kylie Minogue seems excessive, bear in mind she&#8217;s been at this for over thirty years now, and 42 tracks doesn&#8217;t even cover all of her top 40 hits. \u00a0I know, I know&#8230; which of her 51 top 40 singles didn&#8217;t make the cut? \u00a0You might assume it&#8217;d be the B-list Stock Aitken &amp; Waterman stuff, but no&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Into the Blue&#8221; (number 12 in 2014, and a well received song, so who knows)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Higher&#8221; (a Taio Cruz single where she guested in 2011)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Better Than Today&#8221; (number 32 in 2010)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Santa Baby&#8221; (evidently considered a novelty release, but it eventually got to number 38)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Giving You Up&#8221; (a top ten hit in 2005, but it was the bonus track on an earlier greatest hits album so maybe she doesn&#8217;t rate it much)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Chocolate&#8221; (number 6 in 2004, and seems weird to exclude it)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Did it Again&#8221; (number 14 in 1997)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Some Kind of Bliss&#8221; (number 22 in 1997 &#8211; this is the peak of her Indie Kylie phase, with a song co-written by the Manic Street Preachers)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Where is the Feeling?&#8221; (number 16 in 1995, but an international flop)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Finer Feelings&#8221; (number 11 in 1992 &#8211; she missed it off an earlier greatest hits album too)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;If You Were With Me Now&#8221; (a largely forgotten duet with Keith Washington that reached number 4 in 1991)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Word is Out&#8221; (number 16 in 1991)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So that&#8217;s 39 actual top 40 Kylie Minogue hits. \u00a0The other three tracks on the album are &#8220;New York City&#8221; (the obligatory new track), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iqtzMue6Izw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Your Disco Needs You&#8221;<\/a> (which is fabulous, but was only released as a single overseas) and &#8220;Stop Me From Falling&#8221; (a single from last year&#8217;s album that reached number 52).<\/p>\n<p>As for the other headliners, the Killers see their greatest hits album re-enter at number 6 (with &#8220;Hot Fuss&#8221; at 39), while Stormzy&#8217;s &#8220;Gang Signs &amp; Prayer&#8221; re-enters at 14. \u00a0Dave&#8217;s &#8220;Psychodrama&#8221; reappears at 27, too. \u00a0Oh, and the Cure&#8217;s greatest hits is at 19.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. \u00a0The Black Keys &#8211; &#8220;Let&#8217;s Rock&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TCYsY5B8hcQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Their third consecutive top ten album, after a five year gap. \u00a0The video&#8217;s fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>Number 7 is Chris Brown, but I&#8217;ve covered that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. \u00a0Hank Marvin &#8211; &#8220;Gold&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SHmPgbJUtwo\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a Hank Marvin compilation that doesn&#8217;t have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RB91ayDlQLE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Apache&#8221;<\/a> on it. \u00a0Huh. \u00a0Marvin&#8217;s had a lengthy solo career of mostly-midtable instrumental albums &#8211; he started back in 1969 and this is only the fifth week he&#8217;s spent in the albums top 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>33. \u00a0K-Trap &#8211; &#8220;No Magic&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d4nEDZUMUQI\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Follow-up to last year&#8217;s number 37 album. \u00a0So not much change there. \u00a0The video for this track sees him discarding the mask he&#8217;s worn up to this point.<\/p>\n<p><strong>40. \u00a0Original Cast Recording &#8211; &#8220;Yesterday&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nnumx-LN-EQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From the film, obviously. \u00a0This debuted outside the top 40 last week, so it&#8217;s climbing &#8211; not something you see often on the album chart. \u00a0You&#8217;d have thought the audience for this was pretty much limited to people who really, really want a moment of the movie, though, since the Beatles do in fact exist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the annual post-Glastonbury chart, and as is often the case, it&#8217;s rather quiet, because everyone&#8217;s been off in a field instead of promoting their records (and everyone who does want to promote a record is being drowned out by the people in the field). \u00a0So we can run through this quite quickly&#8230; 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