Surprised to see Calvin still #1, maybe he can hold it all week a la Pixie. Example overtaking is probably still more likely though.

Bounce will deffo be a non number 1 - both The A Team and CTWYKM (though the latter has a week's advantage) will hang around a lot longer. Bounce will plummet down the chart extremely fast, tbh I wasn't expecting top 5 anyway!

I don't think Bounce will fall that quickly to be honest - no quicker than We R Who We R at least! But then I don't think it'll be #1 either. Could be a repeat of Champion minus getting to #1 on iTunes. Everyone thought Champion would absolutely plummet but it's actually had a very good chart run and I think it's Chipmunk's highest selling single (or if it's not it probably will be before long).

 

Not suggesting Bounce will outsell I'm Not Alone of course. But I think it could actually be a decent sized hit.

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I don't think 'Bounce' will do too badly in the chart but Example deserves the top spot more than him as he's clearly got more longevity. WRWWR was the last 'non-number one' so let's keep it that way :P

I don't think 'Bounce' will do too badly in the chart but Example deserves the top spot more than him as he's clearly got more longevity. WRWWR was the last 'non-number one' so let's keep it that way :P

 

I wouldn't call WRWWR a non-#1 to be honest, it's definitely at least bordering on a non-#1 but its chart run isn't that disastrous...

 

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So I'd go as far as to say the last non-#1 was 'Heroes' (ignoring its high first-week sales)

I wouldn't call WRWWR a non-#1 to be honest, it's definitely at least bordering on a non-#1 but its chart run isn't that disastrous...

 

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So I'd go as far as to say the last non-#1 was 'Heroes' (ignoring its high first-week sales)

 

In my books a 'non-number one' is any song that gets to number one that only spends 8 or less weeks in the chart, unless they have massive first week sales (e.g. Rage Against The Machine (2009), Matt Cardle, Helping Haiti etc.) But this is probably not the proper definition, as it would make both Roll Deep chart toppers non-number ones when clearly only one of them (GL) was

In my books a 'non-number one' is any song that gets to number one that only spends 8 or less weeks in the chart, unless they have massive first week sales (e.g. Rage Against The Machine (2009), Matt Cardle, Helping Haiti etc.) But this is probably not the proper definition, as it would make both Roll Deep chart toppers non-number ones when clearly only one of them (GL) was

 

There is no 'proper definition', it's entirely subjective :P I personally think WRWWR was just about big enough to warrant being #1

A "Non number-one" is a song that peaks at two or lower. Any other definition is pointless.

A "Non number-one" is a song that peaks at two or lower. Any other definition is pointless.

 

Exactly what fchd said..^

I perhaps wouldn't call it a non number 1 but any song that spends 9 or less weeks in the top 40 can be classed as an under-performance for a number 1, and in most cases, it will be forgotten

A "Non number-one" is a song that peaks at two or lower. Any other definition is pointless.

 

That's its literal definition, yes. But that's clearly not what we're talking about.

 

Then again, people complain about any term you use to describe #1s that were smaller hits than most other #1s / some lower peaking songs.

I perhaps wouldn't call it a non number 1 but any song that spends 9 or less weeks in the top 40 can be classed as an under-performance for a number 1, and in most cases, it will be forgotten

 

Going by that definition though, nearly every #1 by a British artist from last year, except like, Pass Out, Written in the Stars and Dynamite (lol) will be "forgotten". Which may be true, but it's kind of sad.

Going by that definition though, nearly every #1 by a British artist from last year, except like, Pass Out, Written in the Stars and Dynamite (lol) will be "forgotten". Which may be true, but it's kind of sad.

 

All Time Low (Definitely more than 9) and This Ain't A Love Song (9 weeks, ok) may be borderline [/pedant]

 

Not that they're going to be remembered really. Those three are probably the only ones that may be remembered.

 

(And then we go into the argument about what's going to be remembered etc.)

All Time Low (Definitely more than 9) and This Ain't A Love Song (9 weeks, ok) may be borderline [/pedant]

 

Not that they're going to be remembered really. Those three are probably the only ones that may be remembered.

 

(And then we go into the argument about what's going to be remembered etc.)

 

:lol:

 

On a personal level, Good Times will certainly be very remembered by me, because it's the song we blasted out all Friday afternoon at school for a few months.

 

But it is kind of sad that last year all the British #1s were out of the chart 2 months later, and it'll be all the American ones that are remembered.

 

The only non-#1 from a US artist was probably Beautiful Monster. Yet there were like 10 non-#1s from UK artists. :(

 

I also noticed, I think every single song that climbed to #1 in 2009 and 2010 was by a US artist, except for, the aptly titled The Climb. :lol: Although I do have the feeling that I missed some.

:lol:

 

On a personal level, Good Times will certainly be very remembered by me, because it's the song we blasted out all Friday afternoon at school for a few months.

 

But it is kind of sad that last year all the British #1s were out of the chart 2 months later, and it'll be all the American ones that are remembered.

 

The only non-#1 from a US artist was probably Beautiful Monster. Yet there were like 10 non-#1s from UK artists. :(

 

I also noticed, I think every single song that climbed to #1 in 2009 and 2010 was by a US artist, except for, the aptly titled The Climb. :lol: Although I do have the feeling that I missed some.

 

The Aussies Yolanda Be Cool for one :D

The Aussies Yolanda Be Cool for one :D

 

Okay, I should've said non-British. :lol: But yeah, I might count all the songs that climbed to #1 (there'll only be like 5 of them since everything was frontloaded back then :lol:) and see if any other British ones did.

Just Dance

Poker Face

Boom Boom Pow

I Gotta Feeling

Meet Me Halfway

Bad Romance

The Climb

Fireflies

Telephone

OMG

Gettin' Over You

Airplanes

We No Speak Americano

Club Can't Handle Me

Just the Way You Are

Only Girl

The Time

 

Okay, that's a few more climbs to #1 than I thought considering this was before on air, on sale!!! :o Also, When Love Takes Over and Sexy Chick might've climbed there, but I can't remember their chart runs for certain.

 

But yeah. One British song managed to (and it decreased in sales anyway). Of course, I'm sure that's just coincidence. :lol: The BEPs and Lady Gaga both climbed to #1 with all 4 of their #1s though, which is impressive (although BBP debuted there, but it also climbed back there on its 4th week in the chart).

I hope something, anything can prevent 'Bounce' from being #1 on Sunday. It truly is a non-entity of a song.

I hope something, anything can prevent 'Bounce' from being #1 on Sunday. It truly is a non-entity of a song.

 

I agree, it's not a patch on some of his other stuff. It just sounds lazy to me and I don't really know how he gets away with it - cos if you listen to it, it's basically the same riff repeating throughout the ENTIRE song (apart from a few seconds in the middle of the song). If that's not lazy I don't know what is.

Going by that definition though, nearly every #1 by a British artist from last year, except like, Pass Out, Written in the Stars and Dynamite (lol) will be "forgotten". Which may be true, but it's kind of sad.

 

its unfortunate but true :( although some actually did get decent sales despite plummeting down the charts, like Promise This