{"id":753,"date":"2011-03-07T21:04:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T21:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=753"},"modified":"2011-03-07T21:04:48","modified_gmt":"2011-03-07T21:04:48","slug":"charts-6-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=753","title":{"rendered":"Charts – 6 March 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

This won’t take long.<\/p>\n

You might remember that a few weeks ago, some of the major UK record labels announced their new “on air, on sale” policy, where records would be made available to download as soon as they were released to radio. \u00a0There was some speculation that this might result in records slowly climbing from the bottom of the charts. \u00a0And what happened? \u00a0A string of records went straight in at number 1 with no prior promotion.<\/p>\n

But things seem to be changing. \u00a0Once again, the top end of the chart is eerily becalmed. \u00a0There are only four new entries on this week’s chart, none of which make the top 20. \u00a0This is about as quiet as the charts get.<\/p>\n

“Someone Like You” by Adele<\/em><\/strong> is number one, for the third week. \u00a0And to judge from the iTunes chart, it’s got a decent shot of holding on for a fourth.<\/p>\n

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The highest new entry, way down at 22, is “Rope” by the Foo Fighters<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0There’s no official video for this yet (though if you’d like to see a shakycam version of them playing it live, admittedly with half decent sound quality, then\u00a0YouTube will oblige<\/a>). \u00a0 This is the lead single from their seventh album and, well, you know what to expect, and you’re pretty much right. \u00a0It’s a good song; it’s not going to surprise anyone; and it’s their 21st hit single. \u00a0Coincidentally, the last one (“Wheels”<\/a>, in 2009) also peaked at 22. \u00a0Their biggest UK hit is actually “Best of You”<\/a>, which reached number 4 in 2005 and also hung around a good long while.<\/p>\n

Next up, “Fighting Fire” by Breakage featuring Jess Mills<\/em><\/strong>, at number 34. \u00a0This is another single from that hazily defined dubstep-spawned genre which has produced a few decent singles this year. \u00a0“Fighting Fire” isn’t a stand-out of its type, but it’s perfectly okay. \u00a0Breakage is a Londoner called James Boyle; Jess Mills used to be the singer for His Girl Friday and is now a solo artist. \u00a0Debut single for both.<\/p>\n

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Number 35 is “Black and Yellow” by Hype Squad<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0No video for this, and it’s entirely absent from YouTube. \u00a0It’s a cover version of the Wiz Khalifa song<\/a>, which has never charted in the UK. \u00a0(Black and yellow being the colours of Pittsburgh sports teams, apparently.) \u00a0The Hype Squad, as far as I can make out, are one of those factory cover version acts that take advantage of over-extended pre-release hype, and it’s unusual to see them in the top 40. \u00a0Oddly, according to iTunes, the original has been available in the UK since last September, though a further version was released on Friday, presumably in a panicked response to the sales of this single.<\/p>\n

And the only other new entry of the week is “Who You Are” by Jessie J<\/em><\/strong> at number 40. \u00a0That’s a track from her debut album, which came out last week. \u00a0It’s not an official single, and it’s a very emotion-by-numbers lyric, but it does crop up in some oddball promotional videos on her YouTube channel, which might explain it being singled out for downloads. \u00a0For example, here she is singing it in a New York subway station.<\/p>\n

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And that’s it for new entries. \u00a0Told you it was quiet.<\/p>\n

Among this week’s climbers:<\/p>\n

“Born This Way” by Lady Gaga is back up to number 4 after dropping to 8 last week, presumably because the video’s now out. \u00a0If you haven’t seen it… well, it’s as ridiculous as you’d expect. \u00a0I’m not quite sure it works; the song is a pretty direct disco stomper, and the video is either dripping in irony, or stark raving mad, neither of which altogether fits. \u00a0Hmm.<\/p>\n

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“C’Mon” by Tiesto, Diplo & Busta Rhymes<\/a> vaults 23 places to number 13, which is basically because they released the version with Busta Rhymes on it – it charted last week on the strength of the instrumental original. \u00a0“I Need a Doctor” by Dr Dre<\/a>, which has been around for over a month, climbs 9 places to a new peak of 15 – I assume that’s because he too has finally got around to making a video for it. \u00a0And \u00a0Avril Lavigne’s “What The Hell”<\/a>, which has now been out for seven weeks, also reaches a new peak of 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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