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Doctor Blind Chart - 27th August 2017




Italian producer Pietro Iannuzzi (aka Indian Wells) remains atop the chart with instrumental “Cascades”, the first single to be taken from forthcoming album Where The World Ends which is released on 8th September. He faces increasingly tough competition however from yet another instrumental, Four Tet's “Two Thousand And Seventeen” which rises 3 places to #2 this week. Kieran Hebden started out in post-rock babd Fridge at the end of the 1990s but rose to prominence with his solo material as Four Tet and now comfortably claims his biggest hit to-date with a good chance of going to #1 in September.

Three new songs make the top tier this week meaning there are a number of premature exits for the likes of “Second 2 None” (by Mura Masa and Christine and the Queens; down 7-12 after just 2 weeks in the Top 10) and “Don't Get Captured” (by Run The Jewels; down 10-17). Subverting gender stereotypes for new single “Boys” 25-year-old Charli XCX secures her first Top 10 hit in over 2 years by posting a 11-7 climb and is joined by fellow English singer/songwriter Jessie Ware whose new single “Midnight” leaps 14-9 to become her tenth Top 10 hit; her first - “Strangest Feeling” - got there almost 6 years ago in December 2011. Finally, New Yorkers Grizzly Bear post their third Top 10 hit with “Neighbors”; the third single from new set Painted Ruins which was released last month, it jumps 14-8 and becomes their biggest hit since “Yet Again” spent a month at number 1 almost exactly 5 years ago in September 2012.

A fairly quiet week with 7 new entries but none registering any higher than 40. The highest debut is therefore for Southend-on-Sea band The Horrors' “Something To Remember Me By” which precedes forthcoming fifth album V, which has a kind of synthpop sound reminiscent of the likes of Cut Copy and New Order. Following closely behind is another new single by Belfast electronic duo Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar (aka Bicep) - “Glue” debuts at 41. The remaining new entries are from Mogwai (“Party In The Dark” at 43), alt-J (“Deadcrush” at 45), Steven Wilson with Ninet Tayeb (“Pariah” at 46), Ardyn (“Throwing Stones” at 47) and Beck (“Dear Life” at 49)




TW - LW / Artist / “Song” / Chart Run (Wks on Chart)

01 - 01 Indian Wells “Cascades” *2 weeks at #1* // 49-35-23-14-07-03-01-01 (8 weeks)
02 - 05 Four Tet “Two Thousand And Seventeen” // 37-26-19-12-05-02 (6 weeks)
03 - 04 The National “Guilty Party” // 49-32-15-08-04-03 (6 weeks)
04 - 02 Bicep “Aura” // 37-21-13-08-05-02-02-04 (8 weeks)
05 - 03 The xx “I Dare You” // 40-25-17-08-04-02-01-01-03-05 (10 weeks)
06 - 08 The War on Drugs “Holding On” // 41-30-22-13-08-06 (6 weeks)
07 - 11 Charli XCX “Boys” // 31-18-15-11-07 (5 weeks)
08 - 14 Grizzly Bear “Neighbors” // 37-23-14-08 (4 weeks)
09 - 12 Jessie Ware “Midnight” // 42-30-20-12-09 (5 weeks)
10 - 06 Arcade Fire “Everything Now” // 35-25-16-10-05-02-01-01-02-04-06-10 (12 weeks)




11 - 15 The Killers “Run For Cover” // 40-27-15-11 (4 weeks)
12 - 07 Mura Masa ft. Christine and the Queens “Second 2 None” // 39-27-20-14-10-07-12 (7 weeks)
13 - 20 Everything Everything “Desire” // 45-33-20-13 (4 weeks)
14 - 22 Ghostpoet “Freakshow” // 42-31-22-14 (4 weeks)
15 - 09 ionnalee “Not Human” // 43-32-19-12-09-06-09-15 (8 weeks)
16 - 25 Gorillaz ft. Peven Everett “Strobelite” // 35-25-16 (3 weeks)
17 - 10 Run The Jewels “Don't Get Captured” // 50-38-29-24-16-11-10-17 (8 weeks)
18 - 24 Declan McKenna “Humongous” // 46-41-36-30-24-18 (6 weeks)
19 - 27 UNKLE ft. Liela Moss “Sunrise (Always Comes Around)” // 41-27-19 (3 weeks)
20 - 13 Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton “Fatal Gift” // 39-26-14-08-06-04-05-13-20 (9 weeks)

21 - 30 Kelela “LMK” // 38-30-21 (3 weeks)
22 - 16 The War on Drugs “Thinking of a Place” // 40-32-24-15-05-02-01-01-01-01-02-04-06-09-16-22 (16 weeks)
23 - 28 DJ Shadow ft. Danny Brown “Horror Show” // 46-37-28-23 (4 weeks)
24 - 34 LCD Soundsystem “Tonite” // 34-24 (2 weeks)
25 - 18 Broken Social Scene “Vanity Pail Kids” // 45-33-22-18-25 (5 weeks)
26 - 31 Orbital “Copenhagen” // 40-31-26 (3 weeks)
27 - 17 Rae Morris “Reborn” // 34-19-12-06-03-03-03-03-07-17-27 (11 weeks)
28 - 39 Julien Baker “Appointments” // 39-28 (2 weeks)
29 - 19 Dizzee Rascal “Wot U Gonna Do?” // 43-35-32-26-19-29 (6 weeks)
30 - 21 Carly Rae Jepsen “Cut To The Feeling” // 43-35-31-22-16-10-06-05-08-14-21-30 (12 weeks)

31 - 26 Lorde “Perfect Places” // 47-37-25-15-11-07-10-18-26-31 (10 weeks)
32 - 45 Nadine Shah “Holiday Destination” // 45-32 (2 weeks)
33 - 35 Tyler, The Creator “Who Dat Boy / 911” // 50-42-35-33 (4 weeks)
34 - 38 Dua Lipa “New Rules” // 49-38-34 (3 weeks)
35 - 42 Alvvays “Dreams Tonite” // 42-35 (2 weeks)
36 - 23 The Horrors “Machine” // 46-40-33-27-21-17-23-36 (8 weeks)
37 - 49 Confidence Man “Boyfriend (Repeat)” // 49-37 (2 weeks)
38 - 29 Feist ft. Jarvis Cocker “Century” // 38-27-19-16-13-11-16-29-38 (9 weeks)
39 - 48 Ride “Cali” // 48-39 (2 weeks)
40 - NE The Horrors “Something To Remember Me By” *Highest New Entry*

41 - NE Bicep “Glue” *New Entry*
42 - 36 Danger Mouse ft. Run The Jewels & Big Boi “Chase Me” // 44-37-28-24-19-12-09-03-05-05-10-20-29-36-42 (15 weeks)
43 - NE Mogwai “Party In The Dark” *New Entry*
44 - 32 Public Service Broadcasting “They Gave Me A Lamp” // 45-40-31-22-17-13-19-32-44 (9 weeks)
45 - NE alt-J “Deadcrush” *New Entry*
46 - NE Steven Wilson ft. Ninet Tayeb “Pariah” *New Entry*
47 - NE Ardyn “Throwing Stones” *New Entry*
48 - 37 The National “The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness” // 46-33-26-17-11-05-03-02-02-04-07-11-17-25-37-48 (16 weeks)
49 - NE Beck “Dear Life” *New Entry*
50 - 33 Zola Jesus “Exhumed” // 40-33-26-21-12-09-09-12-21-33-50 (11 weeks)


*SECOND WEEK AT NUMBER ONE* - Indian Wells “Cascades”


*HIGHEST NEW ENTRY* - The Horrors “Something To Remember Me By” at #40


*SECOND HIGHEST NEW ENTRY* - Bicep “Glue” at #41


*HIGHEST CLIMBER - UP THIRTEEN PLACES* - Nadine Shah “Holiday Destination” at #32




#01s of 2017

01-01-17 Bonobo “Kerala”
08-01-17 Bonobo “Kerala”
15-01-17 Bonobo “Kerala”
22-01-17 Run The Jewels “Legend Has It”
29-01-17 Run The Jewels “Legend Has It”
05-02-17 Sampha “(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano”
12-02-17 Sampha “(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano”
19-02-17 Sampha “(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano”
26-02-17 Sampha “(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano”
05-03-17 Young Fathers “Only God Knows”
12-03-17 Young Fathers “Only God Knows”
19-03-17 Young Fathers “Only God Knows”
26-03-17 Young Fathers “Only God Knows”
02-04-17 Sylvan Esso “Kick Jump Twist”
09-04-17 Sylvan Esso “Kick Jump Twist”
16-04-17 Lorde “Green Light”
23-04-17 Lorde “Green Light”
30-04-17 alt-J “3WW”
07-05-17 Perfume Genius “Slip Away”
14-05-17 Perfume Genius “Slip Away”
21-05-17 Danny Brown “Ain't It Funny”
28-05-17 Danny Brown “Ain't It Funny”
04-06-17 Danny Brown “Ain't It Funny”
11-06-17 LCD Soundsystem “Call The Police / American Dream”
18-06-17 LCD Soundsystem “Call The Police / American Dream”
25-06-17 The War on Drugs “Thinking Of A Place”
02-07-17 The War on Drugs “Thinking Of A Place”
09-07-17 The War on Drugs “Thinking Of A Place”
16-07-17 The War on Drugs “Thinking Of A Place”
23-07-17 Arcade Fire “Everything Now”
30-07-17 Arcade Fire “Everything Now”
06-08-17 The xx “I Dare You”
13-08-17 The xx “I Dare You”
20-08-17 Indian Wells “Cascades”
27-08-17 Indian Wells “Cascades”

This post has been edited by Doctor Blind: Aug 28 2017, 07:58 PM