{"id":498,"date":"2010-09-19T17:00:17","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=498"},"modified":"2010-09-20T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T14:08:59","slug":"charts-29-august-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=498","title":{"rendered":"Charts – 29 August 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Still a few weeks to go before I catch up with these!<\/p>\n

The number 1 for this week was “Dynamite” by Taio Cruz.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is his second number one, following “Break Your Heart”<\/a> last year. \u00a0Unlike the many grime acts who’ve reinvented themselves as electropop acts of late, Taio Cruz has been doing this sort of music for a while; this is his ninth top 40 hit, with his chart record going back to 2006. \u00a0My personal favourite would be his breakthrough hit “Come On Girl”<\/a>, but he’s pretty consistent, and this sort of R&B\/electropop hybrid is doing very well this year. \u00a0(As an interesting comparison, by the way, here’s a live version of “Come On Girl”<\/a> which dumps most of the studio production and demonstrates that it’s a proper song.)<\/p>\n

Anyway, it’s pretty familiar territory for a number one single in 2010. \u00a0For what it’s worth, while it only lasted a week at the top, it’s held up pretty well – it’s been in the top 3 since it came out.<\/p>\n

So much for that. \u00a0The charts that week also had eight other new entries, most of which are really rather good.<\/p>\n