{"id":811,"date":"2011-05-02T18:52:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T17:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=811"},"modified":"2011-05-02T18:52:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T17:52:13","slug":"charts-1-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=811","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 1 May 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After last week&#8217;s deluge of new entries, it&#8217;s a relatively quiet week this time round. \u00a0Lots of climbers, not much in the way of new songs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KQ6zr6kCPj8\" target=\"_blank\">LMFAO&#8217;s &#8220;Party Rock Anthem&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/strong> stays at number 1 for a third week, making it the second single of the year to do so. \u00a0The biggest challenge comes from <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fLexgOxsZu0\" target=\"_blank\">Bruno Mars&#8217; &#8220;The Lazy Song&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, which climbs from 15 to 2 in its second week. \u00a0But as of right now, LMFAO are still number 1 on iTunes (with no new releases anywhere in sight), so they could well manage a fourth week to match Adele. \u00a0Also climbing in the top ten, albeit only by one place, are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e2oRqyn7ToQ\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Brown<\/a> at 4, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KnEXrbAQyIo\" target=\"_blank\">Snoop Dogg<\/a> at 5 and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t5Sd5c4o9UM\" target=\"_blank\">Katy Perry<\/a> at 6.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s highest new entry is <strong><em>&#8220;Guilt&#8221; by Nero<\/em><\/strong> at number 8, which is another dubstep crossover record. \u00a0This is at the more commercial end of the spectrum, given the radio-friendly vocal &#8211; many purists apparently prefer their dubstep completely instrumental, I hear &#8211; but it&#8217;s a great piece of production, with the slow build to a ridiculously overpowered bassline about a minute in.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"349\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/K_2Z32qCYBg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/K_2Z32qCYBg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Admittedly, the pole-dancing video is a case of having your cake and eating it &#8211; though it&#8217;s rather nicely done in the last thirty seconds or so as it starts distorting her body.<\/p>\n<p>Nero are a London duo, Daniel Stephens and Joe Ray, and this is their second hit, following <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/bE47er6qnqg\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Me and You&#8221;<\/a> (number 15 in January &#8211; you&#8217;ll gather from these two videos that Nero are quite keen on their 80s retro). \u00a0They&#8217;re signed to Chase &amp; Status&#8217; MTA label, which is no surprise considering the obvious influence.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chase &amp; Status<\/em><\/strong> themselves have a new entry at 38 this week with their new single <strong><em>&#8220;Time&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0 It&#8217;s the fourth single from the current album, and it&#8217;s actually charting on album track downloads in advance of this week&#8217;s full release. \u00a0It&#8217;s the usual slow-build-to-epic formula that Chase &amp; Status like to use on their singles, but they do it very well. \u00a0The video is essentially a promotional film for the domestic violence charity Refuge, although as far as I can see, the single itself is not a charity release.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"349\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/lWP9VvkeTmA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/lWP9VvkeTmA?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Judging purely as a music video, I don&#8217;t think this works.  Obviously it has the best of intentions, and it does try to bring in an extra dimension near the end, but it&#8217;s very much an exercise in stock characters.<\/p>\n<p>Also this week, we have two new entries for the <strong><em>Glee Cast<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6Y1D0v1uunU\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Loser Like Me&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/strong> at 27, and <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u7qHYuVDIYY\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Get It Right&#8221;<\/a><\/em><\/strong> at 31. \u00a0Unusually for Glee, these are both original songs. \u00a0That&#8217;s &#8220;original&#8221; in the sense of &#8220;not a cover version&#8221;, just to be clear. \u00a0They&#8217;re not original in any other sense of the word. \u00a0And at number 34, <strong><em>&#8220;Dirty Talk&#8221; by Wynter Gordon<\/em><\/strong>, which has been out in America for months and is now being belatedly promoted in the UK. \u00a0It&#8217;s a house track which is pretty much what you&#8217;re probably imagining, only slightly better.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"349\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/r4XjmDqG48A?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/r4XjmDqG48A?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Other significant climbers further down the chart: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=syCPQH4UQRY\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Run The World (Girls)&#8221;<\/a> by Beyonce is up to 11, Aloe Blacc&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iR6oYX1D-0w\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;I Need A Dollar&#8221;<\/a> to 15, Jessie J&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aSZVYZTze74\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Nobody&#8217;s Perfect&#8221;<\/a> to 18, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aNzCDt2eidg\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Skinny Love&#8221;<\/a> by Birdy to 19 (finally making the top 20 in its eighth week out), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VLGbfEf7o7c\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Give Me Everything&#8221;<\/a> by Pitbull to 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After last week&#8217;s deluge of new entries, it&#8217;s a relatively quiet week this time round. \u00a0Lots of climbers, not much in the way of new songs. 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