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BuzzJack Music Forum _ UK Charts _ NHS 70th anniversary charity single
Posted by: danG 31st May 2018, 10:28 AM
NHS Choir coming for another number one guys. *_*
Who else do we think will appear on the song then? I can see big British names like Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Sam Smith, Rita Ora, Stormzy etc. alongside the vintage acts (Paul McCartney already confirmed)
A host of the biggest names in music along with NHS staff, including former Official Christmas Number 1 victors The Lewisham and Greenwhich NHS Choir, will release a cover of Beatles classic With A Little Help From My Friends on July 6.
Sir Paul McCartney leant his support to the project after receiving a heartfelt letter from the NHS staff who are leading the campaign, while BRIT Award-winning, Grammy-nominated Jon Cohen and British-based Kat Aylwin are producing the track.
Joe Blunden, an NHS communications professional who conceived the project, said: “I see how hard NHS staff work every day, and wanted to create something that would show them all just how appreciated they are. Having the support of Sir Paul McCartney is absolutely incredible, and we will be recruiting artists from across the last seven decades to help us celebrate everything that is great about our health system.”
Children’s doctor Katie Rogerson, is also leading the charge on the release, hinted at an array of high-profile contributors: “We don’t want to give too much away until nearer the release of the song on July 6, but we have a host of huge names who are itching to get into the recording studio. We will also be involving staff, volunteers and patients from across the UK, so this really will be a song for everyone.”
Katie along with NHS Choir leader and children’s community physiotherapist, Caroline Smith, were instrumental in landing the Official Christmas Number 1 in 2015 with A Bridge Over You, narrowly beating Justin Bieber after he tweeted his support to the cause.
“It is so exciting to be working on a project that celebrates the NHS," Caroline said. "We can’t wait to record with other NHS Trust choirs, and it is amazing so many high profile musicians want to get involved.”
All proceeds from the single will go to NHS Charities Together, a group of more than 100 NHS charities that have come together to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS and raise awareness of the work that NHS charities do to support the NHS. More information can be found on their Facebook page.
http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/nhs-staff-team-up-with-paul-mccartney-for-band-aid-style-charity-single-to-mark-nhss-70th-birthday__23049/
Posted by: Queef of Peace 31st May 2018, 10:31 AM
Pfft this is for people feeling guilty about electing the Tories
The best charity for the NHS is to not vote Tory - it's very simple!! They are privatising it and selling it to Trump after Brexit!!
Posted by: Dexton 31st May 2018, 11:18 AM
Chris Martin will probably show up, Robbie Williams too
I am a bt sick of hearing this covered though tbh, it was only last year we were shoved this in our face
Posted by: Tedward 31st May 2018, 12:21 PM
I am 100% certain that Drake will block them from going to #1 (his album will be massive) and piss a lot of people off in the process
Posted by: Jade 31st May 2018, 12:31 PM
If this goes to #1 then that would be the fourth incarnation of 'With A Little Help From My Friends' to become a chart-topper in the United Kingdom, which would match 'Unchained Melody' 
Posted by: ___∆___ 31st May 2018, 01:01 PM
Seriously great cause but I wish they had chosen anything but yet another cover of that song! 
Posted by: ElectroBoy 31st May 2018, 01:08 PM
I'm sure if all the artists who would be involved donated a shitload it would be far more than any charity single that is put out
Posted by: danG 31st May 2018, 01:28 PM
I really can't see that happening. This NHS single is going to sell at least 100k which will be more than enough to outsell whatever Drake single we get next.
Posted by: Cqmerqn 31st May 2018, 02:22 PM
I work for the NHS, and no doubt this will be all I hear for the next few weeks
Posted by: 777666jason 31st May 2018, 02:56 PM
Erm his new one isn’t exactly smashing records so maybe not
Posted by: ebae 31st May 2018, 02:58 PM
Are they that depserate for funding?
Posted by: fiesta 31st May 2018, 03:10 PM
I agree. How to save a life by the Fray or wires by Atlete wouldve been better
Posted by: Bré 31st May 2018, 05:01 PM
Wow, this is exactly what we need in the charts right now!
I'm not particularly convinced it'll go straight to #1 (it doesn't have the push of being for Christmas #1 like the last NHS Choir song, nor is it immediately following a horrendous tragedy like Grenfell) but I guess it wouldn't be surprising if it does either. At least it might break the record for falling from #1 again 
Posted by: mdh 31st May 2018, 06:55 PM
Yes?? I don't get what your point is here - how can you make this into a bad thing when it's benefitting us [unless you voted Tory in which case I won't enquire further
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Posted by: -SCOTT- 31st May 2018, 07:09 PM
It’s not 2005 so I’m not certain this will sell well
Posted by: Suedehead2 31st May 2018, 07:12 PM
It will face strong competition from the song rush released to mark England reaching the World Cup semi-final. The NHS song will lose out due to the extra surge for the World Cup song when England reach the final.
Meanwhile, on planet Earth...
Posted by: Popchartfreak 31st May 2018, 07:20 PM
I also wish they had chosen another song. There's The Beatles version, and there's the definitive Joe Cocker version, and there's every other version sounding weedy. A rousing version of an unusual song would be better.
I know loads of worthy obscure brilliant songs with social commentary:
Save The Country (Laura Nyro)
There's a new Dianne Warren song from a movie (Andra Day & Common) that could pass muster.
The fab non-big-hit charity track Youve Got A Friend (Big Fun & Sonia) or the famous Carole King song
Posted by: Tedward 31st May 2018, 09:18 PM
I'm Upset hasn't been given a proper push, and sounds like an album track anyway. Considering the fact that Nice For What is still doing extremely well on streams, and that it will get a massive boost from album streams when Scorpion is released, it's very likely it will go to #1 again. I won't be surprised at if all 3 tracks that are eligible to chart end up in the Top 5.
Posted by: Liаm 31st May 2018, 09:20 PM
If you had any awareness of the world you'd know the answer is certainly yes
Posted by: danG 31st May 2018, 09:34 PM
I'm not particularly convinced it'll go straight to #1 (it doesn't have the push of being for Christmas #1 like the last NHS Choir song, nor is it immediately following a horrendous tragedy like Grenfell) but I guess it wouldn't be surprising if it does either. At least it might break the record for falling from #1 again
It depends on how much publicity it will have. With it being for the benefit of the NHS, and with Paul McCartney involvement, I think it's likely to get a fair bit of that. Enough to at least make #1 even if it doesn't get amazing sales.
Posted by: paulgilb 31st May 2018, 10:16 PM
Meanwhile, on planet Earth...
It's also the same week as the anti-Trump campaign.
Posted by: ben08 1st June 2018, 01:28 PM
And the same day that a vinyl picture disc of The Beatles Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby is released to mark 50 years since the film of the same name.
Could Beatles songs be no. 1 and no. 2?
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 15th June 2018, 08:42 PM
https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/nhs-gets-little-help-its-friends-big-nhs-singalong-live-itv
There will be a 90-minute documentary on ITV following the recording, along with a live performance.
One of the producers of the single is Timbaland. 
Posted by: TomJ1991 15th June 2018, 08:48 PM
I am a bt sick of hearing this covered though tbh, it was only last year we were shoved this in our face
"Shove in our face"
It only has 45,000 views. Bit of an exaggeration.
Posted by: ___∆___ 16th June 2018, 04:08 PM
All the a listers are being pulled out of the woodwork for this - Rick Astley tweeted that he was involved
Posted by: Tedward 22nd June 2018, 12:19 AM
Still certain this won't go to #1. They're obviously trying very hard and pushing it loads, but there's going to be so much competition by July (Drake, Cheat Codes + Little Mix, Rudimental + Anne-Marie), and it will do well on downloads but not enough at all on streams.
If it does end up getting the top spot though, it will be the worst #1 of the year for me. Not getting behind this charity single at all, the song they're covering been done to death and it all just feels a bit desperate tbh
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 22nd June 2018, 11:04 AM
To be fair, it is a desperate situation the NHS is in with trying to raise funds.
Posted by: mdh 22nd June 2018, 11:20 AM
Why do people have objections to this? The proceeds from this song will benefit us and our families, it doesn't all just boil down to it preventing your fave from reaching #1 etc
Posted by: ___∆___ 22nd June 2018, 12:35 PM
I still wouldn’t count this out of being #1 - downloads could be absolutely huge to outstrip streaming especially as they are likely to get a lot of media coverage.
Also it’s not like years ago where they would need 300,000 to secure the top spot and with the right media backing and the general public’s mood regarding NHS 100,000 paid for sales is easily achievable - who knows they may even wheel out a CD single to the supermarkets etc., which again would help in the streaming battle.
Posted by: Tedward 22nd June 2018, 04:07 PM
It's a great cause, but it's hard to really support or be that excited about it as it's a song that's been covered to death. They could've at least written something new! This won't be remembered in a few years time, while stuff like Band Aid has gone down in history.
Also, a charity single really doesn't need a 90 minute long TV special (and attempt to break a world record!) for it to be popular, it would do very well just by itself. It really does feel a bit overkill to me
Posted by: mdh 22nd June 2018, 04:24 PM
Posted by: Tedward 30th June 2018, 11:59 AM
Yeah this clearly isn't going to #1 looking at Drakes numbers
Posted by: -SCOTT- 30th June 2018, 06:11 PM
To be fair, with the names I’ve seen for this song so far (Kym Marsh, Kimberley Walsh, Beverley Knight, Gabrielle, Tony Hadley, Blue and Nile Rogers) I’m not sure it was ever in with a chance.
If it had Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Jess Glynne, Dua Lipa, Little Mix etc then maybe it would have fared better in 2018
Posted by: vidcapper 1st July 2018, 10:37 AM
The NHS single is unlikely to have much streaming, and the is pretty much a prerequisite for chart success nowadays. It might have a respectable 1st week peak, but then drop like a stone.
Posted by: danG 1st July 2018, 11:21 AM
It all depends on its selling power. Of course it'll do poorly on streaming but it could get to number one with just 60k downloads which seems doable considering the tv show that'll be pushing the single.
Posted by: Chez Wombat 1st July 2018, 12:34 PM
I don't think it's ever worth underestimating singles like this, yes you can keep saying that it won't get any streaming, but look at the Lewisham Choir and Artists for Grenfell, it's strengths lie elsewhere and they could be enough to do it if just for a week. I wouldn't be at all surprised with a 1-9-45-OUT style run at all. Buying a song to support a cause is not (and likely never will be) dead in the water. Ofc. this does also depend on how much media coverage it gets as that was crucial for the other two and perhaps why the Friends of Jo Cox single failed.
Posted by: Tedward 1st July 2018, 12:37 PM
Most people I know only have Spotify now and can't be bothered to buy individual tracks- and while they might stream the track once, I don't think most will return to it. Also- the TV special is actually going to be broadcast 2 days before the single is actually out- so you won't have people instantly downloading after it's been on! I'm not sure the single will be added to any Spotify playlists either
Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 1st July 2018, 12:42 PM
I thought Artists For Grenfell was on Hot Hits though? Whether it was or not, it certainly got quite high in the Spotify chart.
Posted by: Tedward 1st July 2018, 12:49 PM
It depends if their label is smart enough to pay for a spot on there- NHS Choir was on 'Emubands' for Bridge Over You. IIRC, Artists For Grenfell was Syco
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 1st July 2018, 12:56 PM
https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week27/big-nhs-singalong-live
I'm not sure what label it is, but Timbaland is producing.
Posted by: Tedward 3rd July 2018, 04:19 PM
TV special tomorrow, but still not seen that much promo and buzz about it?
Posted by: Tedward 4th July 2018, 09:09 PM
Anyone actually watch the "singalong" then? Barely any talk of it online
Posted by: Tedward 4th July 2018, 11:40 PM
They didn't even break the world record
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/news/a860957/the-big-nhs-singalong-live-breaks-a-world-record-as-viewers/
Posted by: Tedward 5th July 2018, 03:24 PM
http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/nhs-charity-single-staff-target-second-number-1-single-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends-the-all-star-lineup-unveiled__23322/
Full artist lineup here.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 5th July 2018, 03:24 PM
What an odd line-up!
Good Louisa finally get another top 40?
Posted by: Tedward 5th July 2018, 03:38 PM
Good Louisa finally get another top 40?
Odd lineup indeed. Really surprised at how few recent artists they've gotten on there. Tbh by this point I'm thinking this won't even make the Top 10
Posted by: Dexton 5th July 2018, 04:36 PM
Alexandra Burke
Ali Campbell and Astro from UB40
Aston Merrygold
Beverley Knight
Blue
Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook, Simon Hanson from Squeeze
Coleen Nolan
Danny Jones
Dennis Greaves, Mark Feltham and Ben Willis from Nine Below Zero
Engelbert Humperdinck
Gabrielle
Gary Stringer from Reef
Guy Garvey
HRVY
Jack and Tim, Britain’s Got Talent
Louisa Johnson
Marina and the Diamonds
Mark King
Myleene Klass
Nile Rodgers
Rick Astley
Seal
Tom Smith from Editors
Tony Hadley
Una Healy
What on earth is that Part of me really hopes they all recorded it at the same time meaning they were all in the same room together, but that's unlikely
Posted by: Bré 5th July 2018, 04:38 PM
This to flop for that reason alone pls
Posted by: Tedward 5th July 2018, 04:50 PM
HRVY is probably the most currently popular singer (with young people) they have on there, and that definitely says something
Posted by: Eleni Foureira 5th July 2018, 05:10 PM
Coleen Nolan!!!!!
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 5th July 2018, 06:59 PM
I'd like to think I have my finger on the pulse generally, but I have absolutely no idea who that is.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 5th July 2018, 07:02 PM
I only know him because he hosted Friday Download about 5 years ago.
Posted by: 777666jason 5th July 2018, 07:34 PM
It will be the first time the majority of these even go top 40 in years
Posted by: The Hit Parade 5th July 2018, 08:43 PM
Or ever for the members of Nine Below Zero (although Mark Feltham does a lot of session work so he must have played harmonica on quite a few hits).
Posted by: danG 5th July 2018, 09:24 PM
Clearly going for the older market with some of those names, as well as anyone else who isn't too big to be too busy to record something. Can't really see it going #1 now.
Posted by: Tedward 5th July 2018, 11:23 PM
https://open.spotify.com/album/5AORzgmnC4UXkJcaPJ0jGE
Not on any Spotify playlists at the moment, not even New Music Friday
It's okay but really do wish they could've done something different and written a new song for this
Posted by: Dexton 6th July 2018, 02:27 AM
Why have they slowed down the song so much? I get the original is only 2:46 but this feels a bit dreary
Louisa & Marina sound really good though. HVRY holding the lyrics on a piece of paper with his parts highlighted is so stupid though 
Posted by: Bré 6th July 2018, 02:53 AM
Everything about HRVY makes me irrationally angry.
Posted by: John-James 6th July 2018, 08:32 AM
Wait Marina is on this!? LMAO! Girl what are you doing...
Posted by: Bjork 6th July 2018, 08:45 AM
it's a nice little version, very soul, the highlight is clearly Beverly Knight
Posted by: Tedward 6th July 2018, 04:47 PM
I'm looking at their Twitter right now and they're not even posting a link to stream it? Didn't think it would get many streams, but this could genuinely not even go Top 200 on Spotify lol
Posted by: The Hit Parade 6th July 2018, 10:35 PM
I assumed that was what everyone did for these records?
I suppose it suggests they used the real recording footage instead of faking it for the video though.
Posted by: GTH 7th July 2018, 11:22 AM
Well unless this does huge numbers on CD singles, looks like it is going to bomb hard
Posted by: Tedward 7th July 2018, 12:08 PM
Do they even have a CD single? Haven't seen anything about one
Posted by: ManicKangaroo 8th July 2018, 01:28 AM
There is definitely no physical release
Posted by: Eric_Blob 8th July 2018, 02:05 AM
I watched one of his videos a while ago (because I saw one of his songs in the top 100 and I thought judging by the artist name that it was going to a dance DJ or something, the song wasn't what I expected
).His video was set in an American high school.
And now I see him doing a charity single for the NHS, so he must be British. Yet he's pretending to be American in his music videos? This decade's Natasha Bedingfield I guess.
Posted by: Tedward 8th July 2018, 02:05 AM
Down to #18 on iTunes now, virtually nothing on streams, and not even YouTube views are saving it. This is doing hilariously bad...
Also, speaking of the video: the entire comment section is just made up of either Marina or HRVY fans not even any support for the NHS there!
Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 8th July 2018, 06:08 PM
They should probably pretend this didn't happen and record a new one with artists that might make people buy it 
Posted by: danG 8th July 2018, 06:28 PM
I think the lesson here is charity singles simply don't sell well in this day and age except for ones that have current big names and are for tragedies i.e. Grenfell. Not to mention the complete lack of streams they get.
Posted by: Eleni Foureira 8th July 2018, 06:48 PM
The Grenfell track did quite well on streaming IIRC?
Posted by: danG 8th July 2018, 06:50 PM
Yes that one did but most of them like the NHS one get barely any!
Posted by: Bré 8th July 2018, 06:57 PM
This was just incredibly halfarsed really, I'm not sure what they were going for. Did they not even attempt to get any more current names on it?
It's clearly not impossible for charity singles to still shift big numbers, as the Grenfell single showed, but that's now the exception rather than the rule. It's a dying concept.
Posted by: Tedward 8th July 2018, 07:56 PM
Well the difference was with Grenfell, it was actually put on some Spotify playlists like Hot Hits. NHS Voices has had no Spotify promo whatsoever, isn't even on one playlist. Think this is a case of them being a bit out of touch tbh
Posted by: Tedward 8th July 2018, 10:38 PM
If Louis Tomlinson is backing the NHS, why isn't he a part of the charity single?
https://twitter.com/NHSVoices/status/1016020941879631874
Posted by: 777666jason 8th July 2018, 11:22 PM
It's a shame it's flopping because for a charity single it doesn't sound half bad
Posted by: Tedward 10th July 2018, 07:03 PM
They're genuinely asking George Ezra to tell everyone to buy and stream their song, just because he did the same for Three Lions pretty damn desperate
https://twitter.com/NHSVoices/status/1016361528898048001
Posted by: ___∆___ 10th July 2018, 10:36 PM
Not getting the glee from some people that this is flopping? Yes it’s a shite cover version with z listers, yes they are desperate and yes media should be supporting it more.
It has no big backing, no campaign to get people behind it (Race for Christmas #1, tragedy etc.,) but its a more than worthy cause that deserves to sell on the fact it’s helping the NHS alone.
Rather than gloat at the fact it’s flopping stream the song instead and contribute to its hopefully profits.
Posted by: Jack 11th July 2018, 12:25 PM
I agree! I find it kind of weird and cold that people are taking glee in a song for charity flopping - it's for a good cause and any more money to that cause should be celebrated.
Posted by: Tedward 11th July 2018, 02:39 PM
I liked that Band Aid single for Ebola victims from a few years back, but there was a fair bit of criticism about it IIRC
Posted by: Dexton 11th July 2018, 02:51 PM
They should've got George Ezra to sing on it, then he'd be obligated to support it
Posted by: Tombo 11th July 2018, 05:47 PM
This is not a very good cover tbh
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