007 Chart Commentary

Posted April 25, 201015 yr

Diana Vickers enters at #1 with Once

Diana Vickers first appeared in 2008’s X Factor which was ultimately won by a certain Alexandra Burke. Ms Vickers has however taken a bit longer to work on her music, starring in the West End play Rise& Fall of Little Voice in the interim time. This seems to have paid off as Once debuts at the very top this week, incidentally the B side Sunlight comes from the aforementioned show. Not opting for the ballad or cheesy pop route, Once is a guitar driven electro rock song complete with her unique vocal style. The question is though, will this be at the top of the chart more than once?

Chipmunk feat Esmee Denters – Until You Were Gone enters at #3

UK rapper Jahmaal Noel Fyffe scores his fifth UK top 40 hit this week as new single Until You Were Gone becomes this week’s second highest new entry. The number one for this week was widely expected to be a 2 way battle between Diana Vickers and Chipmunk, however the latter was beaten by Usher and lands at a still respectable #3. Mr Munk’s debut single was the #21 Chip Diddy Chip, he then hit #6 with Diamond Rings (featuring Emeli Sande), #1 with Oopsy Daisy (featuring Dayo Olatunji) and most recently #7 with Look For Me (featuring Talay Riley). These singles were featured on his debut album I Am Chipmunk, Until You Were Gone however is to be included in the forthcoming platinum edition.

Tina Turner – The Best reenters at #9

And now for another Facebook campaign, this time it was by Rangers football supporters to get Tina Turner’s (Simply) The Best to #1. This is timed to coincide with their SPL league win and due to the fact that Tina has never had a UK #1 single before. The song has in fact entered the top 10 at #9 so it is partially successful, having originally peaked at #5 in 1989 and being used for various sporting occasions and people over the years. Tina Turner was last seen in the UK charts in 2004 when Open Arms peaked at #25, her biggest solo hits came with 1984’s What’s Love Got To Do With It and 1985’s We Don’t Need Another Hero getting to #3. Another campaign was launched by rivals Celtic for You’ll Never Walk Alone by Gerry & The Pacemakers which is back at a somewhat lower #33.

Glee Cast – Gives You Hell enters at #14, Hello also enters at #35

For the last 2 weeks, we have not seen any Glee Cast entries into the chart due to the TV programme taking a short break. This week though, it is back and the latest episode features songs with Hell or Hello in their title. The highest of these is Gives You Hell which was originally a #18 hit for All American Rejects and that peak is actually beaten by the Glee cover. Glee Cast also chart at #35 with their cover of Lionel Richie’s #1 hit Hello, is it me you are looking for … er no I don’t think so!

3 Oh 3 – Don’t Trust Me reenters at #22

Hip hop / pop group 3 Oh 3 get another of this week’s 4 re-entries following the re-release of their debut single Don’t Trust Me. Widely seen as the band’s big breakthrough hit, but despite hitting the top 10 is Australia, New Zealand, Finland and USA, it could only make #21 here last year. Instead it was Starstrukk (with Katy Perry) which became a massive #3 hit and is still inside the top 40 after 19 weeks, 3 Oh 3 also featured on Ke$ha’s #11 hit Blah Blah Blah. After re-release this week, Don’t Trust Me can still only peak a place below the original peak … well don’t trust a re-release either!

This week’s also rans

Amongst the singles this week to miss out are Meat Loaf, Alexandra Burke, Marina & The Diamonds and Jason Derulo. The latter 3 tracks are due to be released shortly so may well climb into the top 40 within the next week or so.

AC/DC beat the modfather to #1 in the album chart

Rockers AC/DC pull off another surprise #1 album as their soundtrack to the forthcoming Iron Man 2 ilm hits #1. This is essentially a greatest hits album with other tracks added on, their last studio album also hit #1 in 2008, beating Kaiser Chiefs. So the modfather almost does it again, however Paul Weller hits #2 with his tenth studio album entitled Wake Up The Nation. Meat Loaf makes a return this week with the bizarrely titled Hang Cool Teddy Bear which enters at #4 in a top 5 with 3 new entries. Kate Nash makes a strong debut at #8 with her second album My Best Friend Is You, after her debut hit #1. Selena Gomez & The Scene hit top 20 as do 1990’s Indie band James.

Personal opinion

I am very happy to see Diana Vickers at #1 and really like her style, her voice could grate and may not be to everyone’s taste … I like it though. Usher’s OMG is growing on me too so I wouldn’t have minded it staying at #1. Until You Were Gone is probably the best Chipmunk song, due to Esmee Denters singing on it, however I still don’t like it at all. Really good to see Simply The Best back in the top 10, what a great anthem! Glee however are back and dishing out even worse covers than usual if that’s possible, even 3 Oh 3’s Don’t Trust Me Is Better and I don’t like it either. I’m a massive Paul Weller fan and am not happy to see his album beaten by AC/DC … ah well hopefully better next week!