{"id":9558,"date":"2023-11-04T18:03:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T18:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9558"},"modified":"2023-11-04T22:55:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T22:55:24","slug":"charts-3-november-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9558","title":{"rendered":"Charts &#8211; 3 November 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For two weeks, Kenya Grace&#8217;s &#8220;Strangers&#8221; has held off c\u00e4sso&#8217;s &#8220;Prada&#8221; by a tiny margin. This week, &#8220;Strangers&#8221; drops to number 4. Is it finally c\u00e4sso&#8217;s time? No, of course it isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Taylor Swift &#8211; &#8220;Is It Over Now (Taylor&#8217;s Version)&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yF4ulRTCn44\">2. Taylor Swift &#8211; &#8220;Now That We Don&#8217;t Talk (Taylor&#8217;s Version)&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qrxsceexTBw\"><strong>5. Taylor Swift &#8211; &#8220;&#8216;Slut!&#8217; (Taylor&#8217;s Version)&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tNxUxm3-658?si=W1gvgJ7CMmnmfPfJ\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The maximum three songs from\u00a0<strong>&#8220;1989 (Taylor&#8217;s Version)&#8221;<\/strong>, which enters the album chart as her 11th number 1. These three are all previously unreleased &#8220;vault&#8221; songs, which understandably get the most attention from her fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d say these songs have placed in reverse order of interest? &#8220;Is It Over Now&#8221; is very much what you&#8217;d expect from a song that didn&#8217;t make the cut for a Taylor Swift album, and what sort of lyric is &#8220;Oh Lord, I think about jumping \/ Off of very tall somethings&#8221;? &#8220;Now That We Don&#8217;t Talk&#8221; is a rather better break-up song, and &#8220;&#8216;Slut!'&#8221; appears to be a song about the reaction from her famous boyfriend&#8217;s fans.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Nobody is mad enough to release major singles against a Taylor Swift album, and so the rest of our new entries are mostly tracks that people have presumably found on their Hallowe&#8217;en streaming playlists. Most of them are the usual suspects, but we start with a surprise new entry:<\/p>\n<p><strong>14. Danny Elfman &#8211; &#8220;This Is Halloween&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZVuToMilP0A?si=csSMapUHpCB0V4Yg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is a song from the soundtrack of the 1993 film <em>The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/em>. It&#8217;s never previously registered on the top 100, and you have to assume that it&#8217;s simply found its way onto the Hallowe&#8217;en playlists of enough streaming services to pick up some traction. It&#8217;s far enough ahead of everything else that it can&#8217;t\u00a0<em>just<\/em> be here for that reason, but it&#8217;s a truly odd new entry even in the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the only hit single for Danny Elfman, although his 1989 score for the\u00a0<em>Batman<\/em> movie did make number 45 on the album charts. He was also a member of Oingo Boingo, best known for &#8220;Weird Science&#8221;, but that wasn&#8217;t a hit in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20. Michael Jackson &#8211; &#8220;Thriller&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4V90AmXnguw?si=lkeR5_uTAmqmJ7AW\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rather more predictably, here&#8217;s &#8220;Thriller&#8221;. The Hallowe&#8217;en streaming does seem to have been a bigger thing this year, since last year this only got to number 41 &#8211; perhaps it&#8217;s to do with where Hallowe&#8217;en fell in the week. Despite its iconic status, &#8220;Thriller&#8221; only reached number 10 on its release in 1983.<\/p>\n<p><strong>21. Ray Parker Jr &#8211; &#8220;Ghostbusters&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fe93CLbHjxQ?si=xKqJARfHk1w71pry\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Look, Hallowe&#8217;en is not like Christmas. The options are more limited. This spent three weeks at number 2 in 1984, stuck behind Stevie Wonder&#8217;s &#8220;I Just Called To Say I Love You&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29. Bobby &#8220;Boris&#8221; Pickett &#8211; &#8220;Monster Mash&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tsPdVsIXqzU?si=f5EsYPZUQf2rpqLy\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This scraped to 38 last year, but its UK peak was in 1973 when it got to number 3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>38. Wheatus &#8211; &#8220;Teenage Dirtbag&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FC3y9llDXuM?si=OeUCJihPMRlMNlGq\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Apparently it&#8217;s having one of its periodic resurgences on TikTok. It spent two weeks at number 2 in 2001, held off by&#8230; um, &#8220;Whole Again&#8221; by Atomic Kitten, which feels like a judgment on the part of the British public that hasn&#8217;t aged brilliantly. While &#8220;Teenage Dirtbag&#8221; had some success in the early days of digital as a perennial download, it hasn&#8217;t been in the top 40 since 2012.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s climbers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;DNA (Loving You)&#8221; by Billy Gillies featuring Hannah Boleyn<\/strong> climbs 13-12.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Rich Baby Daddy&#8221; by Drake featuring Sexyy Red &amp; SZA<\/strong> climbs 17-15, so it is indeed more than just an album track doing well on first release.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Liquor &amp; Cigarettes&#8221; by Chase &amp; Status and Hedex featuring ArrDee<\/strong> climbs 20-18.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Agora Hills&#8221; by Doja Cat<\/strong> climbs 28-26<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Me &amp; U&#8221; by Tems <\/strong>climbs 36-34.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leaving the chart this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Cruel Summer&#8221; by Taylor Swift<\/strong> was number 3 last week but gets disqualified under the 3-song rule.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;City Boys&#8221; by Burna Boy<\/strong> peaked at number 14 but lasted 9 weeks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Can&#8217;t Play Myself (A Tribute to Amy)&#8221; by Skepta<\/strong> peaked at 28 and lasted two weeks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Anti-Hero&#8221; by Taylor Swift<\/strong> was number 35 last week and again gets disqualified, though it would probably have left the top 40 anyway.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Rush&#8221; by Troye Sivan<\/strong> only got to 15 but stuck around for an impressive 15 weeks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;What I Was Made For&#8221;<\/strong> <strong>by Billie Eilish<\/strong> was a one-week number 1 and also lasted 15 weeks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Calm Down&#8221; by Rema<\/strong> continues to oscillate around the number 40 mark.<\/li>\n<li><strong>&#8220;Used To Be Young&#8221; by Miley Cyrus<\/strong> peaked at 12 but lasted a respectably 9 weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The longest-running track on the top 40 is still &#8220;Dance The Night&#8221; by Dua Lipa, currently at 35, and with a 23-week run.<\/p>\n<p>On the album chart,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;1989 (Taylor&#8217;s Version)&#8221; by Taylor Swift\u00a0<\/strong>is number 1, and we&#8217;ve covered that. The rest of the chart is busy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. OMD &#8211; &#8220;Bauhaus Staircase&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EFpIz0RQU9c?si=dTktlC-zgWqJp4lP\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Oh, that&#8217;s a nice looking video. This is OMD&#8217;s 14th album. its predecessor reached number 4 in 2017, but number 2 is their highest position since their greatest hits album in 1988.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Duran Duran &#8211; &#8220;Danse Macabre&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BpWrSTBP5rg?si=0NitJSyGg7lB3ohz\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a Halloween album. Really, it is. Duran Duran have made a Halloween album. You might think that sounds like a side project, but it lands only one place below 2021&#8217;s &#8220;Future Past&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. James Blunt &#8211; &#8220;Who We Used To Be&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b6U3xeYqdKQ?si=RbdUfQbw1jIQ1JBT\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That is not what I expected from a James Blunt single. I mean, it&#8217;s five years too late, but nice try, James. His last studio album, in 2019, got to number 3. He maintains a clean sweep of top 10 places with his albums.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Casisdead &#8211; &#8220;Famous Last Words&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J4MQtDCUIQ8?si=eoXlmjMCHnJeZd84\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This guy&#8217;s been around for a decade or more but he&#8217;s never actually released an album before. There was a rumour at one point that he was one of the people behind geriatric rappers Pete &amp; Bas, who are a whole rabbit hole of their own. He probably wasn&#8217;t, though. Good single.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Alfie Boe &#8211; &#8220;Open Arms &#8211; The Symphonic Songbook&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DlRI1QioHlE?si=j07GuH18c-YCBLdY\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Exactly what the title suggests &#8211; yes, that&#8217;s an operatic version of U2&#8217;s &#8220;Run&#8221; in the video above. He and Michael Ball have had a string of very successful pop-classical albums, and this gets the same position as his last solo album from 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong>23. Simple Minds &#8211; &#8220;New Gold Dream &#8211; Live From Paisley Abbey&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hrj9Q4EWhJU?si=GZlTYuocfU4uz1o_\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Paisley Abbey? Since when is that a live music venue? Well, it&#8217;s not &#8211; this is simply an audio release of an audience-free performance of their 1982 album (which reached number 3 on release) that they filmed for Sky Arts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>25. Brent Faiyaz &#8211; &#8220;Larger Than Life&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aNRY4QEW6Vs?si=-oMmAMuC8p_HqTGF\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s album &#8220;Wasteland&#8221; got to number 6. This is officially a mixtape rather than a full album, so decide for yourself if that explains the difference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29. Billy Bragg &#8211; &#8220;The Roaring Forty 1983-2023&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VwP-5ac51Dw?si=H5hrvJLAYKRhWfsA\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Career retrospective.<\/p>\n<p><strong>31. Fizz &#8211; &#8220;The Secret to Life&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8mUAoa2T7zI?si=PWdb6wKTk_COaNvd\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Indie supergroup, at a fairly low level of supergroup. Adorably, the Official Charts website has got them confused with The Fizz, which is one of the splinter versions of Bucks Fizz, and a very different band.<\/p>\n<p><strong>33. Gaslight Anthem &#8211; &#8220;History Books&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gyUgfrCegOs?si=8C6k3zUgfQ_fvKLL\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Reunion album, to a very muted commercial reception. Their previous album, 2014&#8217;s &#8220;Get Hurt&#8221;, reached number 4.<\/p>\n<p><strong>39. Daniel O&#8217;Donnell &#8211; &#8220;How Lucky I Must Be&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IXUkwv_EsTk?si=QiZxLLvX7FeqAqhR\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Irish MOR veteran with his 49th top 75 album. Understandably, Daniel O&#8217;Donnell does not generally trouble himself with making videos for his singles. This is a terrible shame, because last year he released this Halloween themed video for two of his Elvis covers. It&#8217;s&#8230; well, see for yourself.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fBHmItLJ3JI?si=YJ8inU-Ty5lh-Hni\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For two weeks, Kenya Grace&#8217;s &#8220;Strangers&#8221; has held off c\u00e4sso&#8217;s &#8220;Prada&#8221; by a tiny margin. This week, &#8220;Strangers&#8221; drops to number 4. Is it finally c\u00e4sso&#8217;s time? No, of course it isn&#8217;t. 1. Taylor Swift &#8211; &#8220;Is It Over Now (Taylor&#8217;s Version)&#8221; 2. Taylor Swift &#8211; &#8220;Now That We Don&#8217;t Talk (Taylor&#8217;s Version)&#8221; 5. 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