Suedehead2’s Substitute Chart Commentary 8th Aug 2025: Chappell Roan grabs a 2nd number one.

Simon is still enjoying hols and in the charts Chappell Roan’s The Subway is her 2nd chart-topper while in albums Renee Rapp gets a first number one.

The Subway dropped and immediately headed the chart updates during the week, Chappell Roan having quite the pent-up demand since her 2024 breakthrough as material as old as 5 years filtered through to mass popularity following Good Luck Babe finally getting her that break. Notably Pink Pony Club hit the UK top spot 5 years late, making The Subway her first chart-topper with new material. The video shows her on the Subway doing a Cousin Itt impression which should be a good enough reason for anybody to stream it. This was bad news for the still-popular Golden - HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast are shoved down to 2 while the other two Demon Hunters songs both climb too, meanwhile, as the boy demons singing Soda Pop climb to 6 as Your Idol climbs to 8 for a hat trick of top 10‘s. There likely would be even more in the top 40 were it not for the 3-song-limit, send any thanks to Ed Sheeran for that. For the record, the acts on both are: Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast. If only Betty Boo could do a collab with Kevin Woo just so I can enjoy the artist credit. Featuring LaRoux, please.

Justin Beiber is down to 3 with his Daisies as Yukon climbs to a new peak of 24, and Dior slides to 4 for MK and Chrystal. Disco Lines & Tinashe are up to 5 with No Broke Boys and the other slots in the top 10 are dropping tracks Manchild at 7, Blessings at 9 and Sapphire at 10. Outside the top 10, sombr makes it 4 top 20’s as the good 12 to 12 is up 12 places to 19, and Oasis enter at 31 with Slide Away replacing last week’s 3rd-placed Oasis track re-entry Wonderwall, the first chart appearance for the track therefore gives Oasis a 28th top 40 hit 31 years since it appeared on Definitely Maybe, though it was also on B sides of big hits in the olden days when B sides could contribute to physical sales. The album is at 6 this week, 3rd of 3 for Oasis in the top 10. Lola Young’s D£aler is up one to 33 and Coldplay reach a new peak with another vintage album track, Sparks at 36.

On albums, Renee Rapp enters at 1 with BITE ME, with around 10,000 physical sales. Renee (no accents on the final “e” on my laptop, sorry Renee!) is a 25-year-old US singer-songwriter and actor, who has starred in Broadway shows and now reaches the top with her second album, Snow Angel having peaked at 7 2023. Oasis ain’t shifting from 2 and 3 with their Time Flies compilation and Morning Glory, and that leaves Alex Warren hanging in at 4 with You’ll Be Alright Kid. Or if it were an Oasis album You’ll Be Ahright ah kid. Back into the top 5 we have Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don’t Stop, which is how long I expect the (admittedly great) Hits album to be charting.

Richard Hawley returns at 16 with his classic album Coles Corner getting a new peak chart placing after inexplicably peaking at 37 first time out. Presumably it’s a 20th anniversary version and one to check out if the Mercury-nominated album is unfamiliar. Coles Corner is historically a meeting place for lovers in Sheffield. It’s not as romantic as it sounds as it’s named after a department store that has gone the way of most department stores. Thank you Amazon. Maybe someone can release an album called Amazon Parcel Pick-Up Point Near The Bingo Hall for our local equivalent. You can pick up the other half and your latest parcel for a Twofer. Not quite as romantic sounding though.

Roger Waters, he once of Pink Floyd, is back in new at 20 with a live album “Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill - Live from Prague”. Having one’s name in the title makes it sound like one is talking to oneself, which may or not be the case these days, but it is his 3rd live album to make the top 40, adding to his 58-year career including Pink Floyd albums. It’s also his 8th top 40 including studio albums going back to 1984, the last of which was a remake of Dark Side Of The Moon in 2023. New in at 31 Cian Ducrot has Little Dreaming. I’ve seen the name around a lot but Haven’t really been aware of the career - he’s an Irish Singer-songwriter who arrived via Tik Tok in 2022, and a number one album in the UK with Victory, but album 2 is a bit more modest in name and chart position. Finally, Ozzy Osbourne’s The Essential is back in at 40 to join the Black Sabbath Ultimate Collection at 36 inside the top 40.

My next epistle will be from Playa Del Ingles, late booking. Que tal, chicos! Manyana!