{"id":532,"date":"2010-10-05T23:02:35","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T22:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=532"},"modified":"2010-10-05T22:13:14","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T21:13:14","slug":"charts-3-october-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=532","title":{"rendered":"Charts – 3 October 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right – this time I really, really will<\/em> bring things up to date!<\/p>\n

This week’s number 1 is “Written in the Stars” by Tinie Tempah<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0It’s on EMI, so the YouTube video isn’t embeddable, but hey, hop over there if you want to see the man himself standing on a rooftop in New York looking moody. \u00a0Or, if it works in your jurisdiction, here’s the Daily Motion version, which is also uploaded by EMI and is embeddable, because they can’t make up their bloody minds.<\/p>\n

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While we’ve had a huge turnover of number one singles this year, “Written in the Stars” is one of the top sellers, shifting 115K in its first week.<\/p>\n

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In a year when plenty of people who used to be underground grime acts have made an unabashed bid for mainstream commercial success, Tinie Tempah has been one of the most successful; this is his third single, and his second number one following “Pass Out.” <\/a> His other single, “Frisky”<\/a>, got to 2. \u00a0Now, my concern about that single was that it sounded suspiciously close to a remake of “Pass Out”, so it’s good to see that this one isn’t. \u00a0It’s also not as distinctive as his earlier singles – it’s got one of those formula anthem choruses and the production’s a bit over polished if you ask me – but at least he’s demonstrating some range.<\/p>\n

Eric Turner is the guy singing on the chorus, he’s never had a hit before, and I’ve never heard of him. \u00a0Google reveals that he’s the lead singer of a Swedish band called Street Fighting Man, and he used to be a maths teacher. \u00a0(Here’s their 2008 single “Raise It”<\/a>, if you’re interested.)<\/p>\n

Number 3 is “Let the Sun Shine” by Labrinth<\/a><\/strong> – a writer\/producer who worked on both of the previous Tinie Tempah singles, and now releases his own single. \u00a0The scheduling is no doubt deliberate. \u00a0It’s a nice little feelgood production job let down by a weak chorus. \u00a0Unusually, Labrinth is signed to Simon Cowell’s label despite having no connection with any sort of reality TV show. That’s not snark, by the way. \u00a0Cowell almost never signs people who aren’t connected with his TV shows. \u00a0According to Wikipedia, Labrinth is the first one in six years.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which, The X Factor<\/em> strikes again, as “Make You Feel My Love” by Adele<\/a><\/strong> re-enters at number 4. \u00a0This Bob Dylan cover from 2008 already charted a month ago when it reached number 24 on the strength of an audition performance, but it dropped out of the top 75 pretty quickly. \u00a0Thanks to extensive use in the “boot camp” shows, it’s back, giving Adele her second-biggest hit (after the number 2 debut “Chasing Pavements”), despite the fact she hasn’t actually released a single in two years. \u00a0There will be more of this sort of thing over the coming weeks as the X Factor <\/em>live finals begin.<\/p>\n

Other new entries this week:<\/p>\n