{"id":9305,"date":"2023-08-05T17:24:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T16:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9305"},"modified":"2023-08-05T17:24:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T16:24:29","slug":"charts-4-august-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9305","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 4 August 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not even Barbie can shift this. Well, not yet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pSY3i5XHHXo\"><strong>1. Dave &amp; Central Cee &#8211; &#8220;Sprinter&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s nine weeks &#8211; it needs one more week to match Miley Cyrus&#8217;s &#8220;Flowers&#8221; from earlier in the year. It&#8217;s\u00a0<em>not<\/em> due to get hit by the downweighting rule last week because it isn&#8217;t far enough past its peak yet, so it&#8217;s got a decent chance of getting there. It&#8217;s not a track I would have predicted having this much sustained popularity, but there you go. Central Cee has another track out this week too, but we&#8217;ll get to that later.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s holding off three\u00a0<em>Barbie<\/em> tracks &#8211; Billie Eilish at 2, Dua Lipa at 3 and Nicki Minaj &amp; Ice Spice at 4, with Charli XCX also entering the top 10 at number 9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Travis Scott featuring Drake &#8211; &#8220;Meltdown&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U-l4ya3ejko\"><strong>13. Travis Scott featuring Playboi Carti &#8211; &#8220;Fein&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N20q-391r48\"><strong>21. Travis Scott &#8211; &#8220;Hyaena&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pz6P2vCF6tg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the maximum three tracks from Travis Scott&#8217;s fourth album <strong>&#8220;Utopia&#8221;<\/strong>. It&#8217;s his first UK number 1 album, but since the chart positions for the previous three were 22, 19 and 3, it&#8217;s not a huge surprise. He&#8217;s not a consistent singles act in the UK, despite having a few big hits to his credit (his peak was number 2 in 2019 with &#8220;Highest in the Room&#8221;). The lead single for this album was &#8220;K-Pop&#8221;, which got to number 24 last week, and gets immediately shouldered aside by these tracks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Meltdown&#8221; has the obvious advantage of a Drake appearance &#8211; Scott&#8217;s biggest UK hit was guesting on a Drake track in 2021, in fact. But Drake guests on a\u00a0<em>lot<\/em> of things, and they don&#8217;t always chart. In fact, he&#8217;s on three tracks himself this week, the others being J Hus&#8217;s &#8220;Who Told You&#8221; (hanging on at 16) and his freestyle with Central Cee (which, again, we&#8217;ll get to).<\/p>\n<p>Besides, &#8220;Meltdown&#8221; is only two places about &#8220;Fein&#8221;, and Playboi Carti\u00a0<em>certainly<\/em> isn&#8217;t a big singles draw &#8211; he&#8217;s only had three previous top 40 appearances in this country, all guesting on a record by a bigger name. &#8220;Hyaena&#8221; is the opening track, which never hurts &#8211; but it&#8217;s also the most interesting of the three by some distance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18. Calvin Harris &amp; Sam Smith &#8211; &#8220;Desire&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vmIzboUvYRs\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Retro trance. These two had a number 1 hit together back in 2018 with &#8220;Promises.&#8221; Harris is following up his 8-week number 1 &#8220;Miracle&#8221;, which was in a similar retro-dance vein; it&#8217;s currently at number 32. Sam Smith&#8217;s recent chart record is patchy. He&#8217;s released a further three singles since his number 1 &#8220;Unholy&#8221; last year, two of which missed the top 40 entirely &#8211; the other was &#8220;I&#8217;m Not Here to Make Friends&#8221;, which got to number 23, and had Calvin Harris as a guest. He&#8217;s also got a track on the <em>Barbie<\/em> album, currently languishing at number 69.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IzPQ_jA00bk\"><strong>24. Post Malone &#8211; &#8220;Chemical&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was the lead single from his album\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Austin&#8221;<\/strong>, and it already reached number 11 in April. The vocal processing is especially intolerable on this one. It&#8217;s back on the strength of the album, which enters at number 3. That matches the position of his previous studio album from 2022; the two albums before that both got to number 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>26. Drake &amp; Central Cee &#8211; &#8220;On the Radar Freestyle&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cfX1QlfxTBI\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Exactly what it sounds like. &#8220;On the Radar&#8221; is a New York radio show, and this was recorded while Drake was in town for his tour. I like the way Drake goes to have a nice sit down as soon as his part is finished.<\/p>\n<p><strong>30. Sinead O&#8217;Connor &#8211; &#8220;Nothing Compares 2 U&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0-EF60neguk\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Originally a number 1 hit for four weeks in 1990, this re-enters following the expected surge of streaming in the days following her death. Sinead O&#8217;Connor is the sort of artist where it&#8217;s very obvious indeed what track people will gravitate to in this situation. She had a total of eight top 40 hits, mostly in the 90s, but this is the one that sticks in the public memory over a decade after her singles career ended. The other seven are a surprisingly diverse set:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gf_RHVjPrHY\">&#8220;Mandinka&#8221;<\/a>, her second single, was a number 17 hit in 1988. It&#8217;s late 80s indie pop and it&#8217;s great.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yhfATC9baPo\">&#8220;The Emperor&#8217;s New Clothes&#8221;<\/a> was the follow-up to &#8220;Nothing Compares 2 U&#8221; and got to number 31. It&#8217;s another indie track and not as memorable.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4fQJgNW-lfE\">&#8220;Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home&#8221;<\/a> reached number 18 in 1992. It&#8217;s a stage-musical style cover of Loretta Lynn&#8217;s &#8220;Success&#8221;, and deserves to be better remembered.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MXyGEw8lHG8\">&#8220;Thank You For Hearing Me&#8221;<\/a> reached number 13 in 1994. It&#8217;s&#8230; a modern hymn, I guess, with production by Bomb The Bass. Maybe a bit simplistic, but compelling in its own way.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_q7307IWwr4\">&#8220;Haunted&#8221;<\/a> was a duet with Shane MacGowan, which reached number 30 in 1995. She sounds great on it. He sounds absolutely dreadful. They don&#8217;t sound like they belong on the same record. This was a cover of a 1986 Pogues track, recorded for the soundtrack of the Sandra Bullock romantic comedy <em>Two If By Sea<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Gospel Oak EP&#8221; reached number 28 in 1997; the lead track is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8F4_r1al3YM\">&#8220;This is to Mother You&#8221;<\/a>. It&#8217;s another gentle acoustic number.<\/li>\n<li>Her token late-career hit is a guest appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TywudAMw_7A\">&#8220;Illegal Attacks&#8221; by Ian Brown<\/a>, an unsubtle anti-war song which reached number 16 in 2007 as the lead single from his 5th album.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>31. Chase &amp; Status and Bou featuring IRAH, Flowdan, Trigga and Takura &#8211; &#8220;Baddadan&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-AIWNRj_eM0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Anyone else you want to credit there, lads?<\/p>\n<p>Chase &amp; Status already have another hit with Becky Hill on &#8220;Disconnect&#8221;, which climbs to number 15 this week. Considering it&#8217;s been years since they were last in the chart, that&#8217;s quite a reversal. Bou gets a second hit to join &#8220;Closer&#8221;, currently at number 33. Flowdan previously appeared on Skrillex&#8217;s &#8220;Rumble&#8221;, which got to number 19 in January. The others are first-timers.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s climbers have something of a theme:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;What Was I Made For&#8221; by Billie Eilish<\/strong> climbs 3-2. She does have a one-week number 1 to her credit, the Bond theme &#8220;No Time To Die&#8221; from 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Dance the Night (From\u00a0<em>Barbie The Album<\/em>)&#8221; by Dua Lipa<\/strong> climbs 4-3.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Barbie World (From\u00a0<em>Barbie The Album<\/em>)&#8221; by Nicki Minaj &amp; Ice Spice featuring Aqua<\/strong> climbs 5-4.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Speed Drive (From\u00a0<em>Barbie The Album<\/em>)&#8221; by Charli XCX<\/strong> climbs 19-9. She hasn&#8217;t been in the top 10 since she guested on a Joel Corry\/Jax Jones since in 2021, and she hasn&#8217;t been here with one of her own songs since way back in 2015 with &#8220;Doing It&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m Just Ken (From\u00a0<em>Barbie The Album<\/em>)&#8221; by Ryan Gosling<\/strong> climbs 25-14.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Disconnect&#8221; by Becky Hill and Chase &amp; Status<\/strong> climbs 17-15.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Pink (From\u00a0<em>Barbie The Album<\/em>)&#8221; by Lizzo<\/strong> climbs 39-27.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are eight tracks leaving the top 40 this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Flowers&#8221; by Miley Cyrus<\/strong> was a 10-week number 1 earlier in the year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Barbie Girl&#8221; by Aqua<\/strong> couldn&#8217;t ride the movie to anything more than a single week at number 40.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Dial Drunk&#8221; by Noah Kahan<\/strong> only got a single week at 32.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Daylight&#8221; by David Kushner<\/strong> had the misfortune of spending five weeks stuck at number 2 behind &#8220;Miracle&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;UK Rap&#8221; by Dave &amp; Central Cee<\/strong> got eight weeks, peaking at 13, which isn&#8217;t bad for a non-lead track on an EP.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Love Like This&#8221; by Zayn<\/strong> only got a single week at number 36.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Baby Don&#8217;t Hurt Me&#8221; by David Guetta, Anne-Marie &amp; Coi Leray<\/strong> peaked at 13 but hung around for four months.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;K-Pop&#8221; by Travis Scott<\/strong> got a single week at number 24, but since it was elbowed aside by three higher-placing album tracks, it might have managed another week if it hadn&#8217;t been disqualified by the three song rule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Flowers&#8221;\u00a0<em>was<\/em> the longest-running hit in the top 40. With it gone, the new record holder is &#8220;Miracle&#8221; by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding, with a total of 21 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Utopia&#8221; by Travis Scott<\/strong> is number 1, but we&#8217;ve covered that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Anne-Marie &#8211; &#8220;Unhealthy&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think of Anne-Marie as an albums artist, but her 2018 debut &#8220;Speak Your Mind&#8221; reached number 3, and 2021&#8217;s &#8220;Therapy&#8221; got to number 2. And both hung around for somewhat respectable periods, too. The title track is currently at number 22 on the singles chart.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Post Malone &#8211; &#8220;Austin&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Again, we&#8217;ve had the current single above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Dexys Midnight Runners &#8211; &#8220;The Feminine Divine&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/922nkmdaKSk\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the first album of original songs under the Dexys Midnight Runners name since 2012, though they released a covers album in 2016. It&#8217;s their highest album chart position since 1982, when &#8220;Too-Rye-Ay&#8221; got to number 2. And no, there isn&#8217;t an apostrophe in the band name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>39. The Rolling Stones &#8211; &#8220;Forty Licks&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/COqFP9reE4Y\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Finally, the Rolling Stones&#8217; 2002 career retrospective gets a low re-entry thanks to a vinyl reissue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not even Barbie can shift this. Well, not yet. 1. Dave &amp; Central Cee &#8211; &#8220;Sprinter&#8221; That&#8217;s nine weeks &#8211; it needs one more week to match Miley Cyrus&#8217;s &#8220;Flowers&#8221; from earlier in the year. 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