Kate Bush and Elbow both in the top 10. I hope the itunes chart freezes forever.

They really need to delete the fake 'Bom Bom'. It's taking up an all-important position in this competitive week towards the top end of the chart!

Elbow are still ahead with the other versions and the other one in the top 100.

BTW- RAAIIII is Emeli Best song since day one... so this one is deserved to be in the top 10!

Olympics-related songs in the top 100 (changes since the last one of these I posted):

 

[15] 3. Read All About It, Pt. III - Emeli Sandé

[5] 4. One Day Like This - Elbow

[11] 6. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) [Remix] - Kate Bush

[18] 11. Imagine - John Lennon

[27] 15. Survival - Muse

[16] 19. Caliban's Dream (feat. Dockhead Choir, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Only Men Aloud, Elizabeth Roberts, Alex Trimble, Esme Smith) - Underworld

[25] 20. White Light - George Michael

[31] 21. Wonderwall - Oasis

[33] 24. What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction

[24] 29. Scream (Radio Edit) - Dizzee Rascal

[42] 34. Dynamite (Original Mix) - Taio Cruz

[**] 36. Wish You Were Here - Ed Sheeran, Richard Jones, Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford & David Arnold

[30] 40. London - Sandy Denny & Thea Gilmore

[47] 41. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

[40] 49. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush

[73] 54. Baba O'Riley (Original Version) - The Who

[**] 56. Rule The World (Radio Edit) - Take That

[54] 57. Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden

[59] 60. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

[67] 63. Open Arms - Elbow

[**] 66. Spice Up Your Life - Spice Girls

[81] 67. Little Bird - Annie Lennox

[70] 71. Read All About It (feat. Emeli Sandé) - Professor Green

[**] 73. Rule the World - Take That

[**] 74. Always Look On the Bright Side of Life - Monty Python

[**] 75. Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim

[75] 76. Mr. Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra

[64] 77. Chariots of Fire - London Symphony Orchestra

[78] 79. Abide With Me - Emeli Sandé

[**] 81. We Will Rock You (feat. Jessie J) - Queen

[77] 84. Come Together - Arctic Monkeys

[**] 89. The Rockafeller Skank - Fatboy Slim

[**] 92. Price Tag (feat. B.o.B) - Jessie J

[**] 93. One Day Like This - Elbow, London Symphony Orchestra & Urban Voices Collective

[**] 98. Written In the Stars - Tinie Tempah

[**] 99. Always Look On the Bright Side of Life - Eric Idle

[***] 100. West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys

 

[86] xx. Harder Than You Think - Public Enemy

[91] xx. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

[99] xx. Galvanize - The Chemical Brothers

 

Key:

used in opening ceremony

used in closing ceremony

official song of the Olympics

used in Olympics montage

used in Paralympics ad

 

(I'm not including 'Next To Me' as it wasn't actually performed, but that is up to #32 per Jack's update and probably benefiting from Emeli's performances).

During my lunch break I decided to go on Kworb to see how the UK iTunes chart was looking and :o at how much it had changed from last night.

 

With all the different versions of the songs combined, it will be interesting to see how this Sunday's chart pans out.

 

Poor brave Porter Robinson though!!! :cry:

There's no problem, it's your choice but it just seems it a bit strange

 

Really? Everyone I've spoken to (or a lot of them) have all criticised the Olympics - including me. I think it's ignorant to be so shocked that someone might not watch it. Tbh I think most people who watch it only watch because they believe everyone else does and they don't want to be left out.

Poor brave Porter Robinson though!!! :cry:

 

If you took out the 4 tracks from the Olympics Closing Ceremony above Porter Robertson he would have been top 10. On a quiet week he could have mustered a top 10 hit, shame about the Olympics coverage getting in the way.

 

Read All About It pt. III is doing really well! :lol: Looking back, Emeli's peaks are going to look so weird from this era! :lol:

 

Heaven = #2

Daddy = #21

Next To Me = #2

My Kind Of Love = #17

Read All About It pt. III = #3/4/5? :lol:

 

I wonder if they'll just make that the next official single now or if they'll release something else. I do love it when Part II or IIIs chart really well though, like Alicia Keys' solo version. :wub:

If you took out the 4 tracks from the Olympics Closing Ceremony above Porter Robertson he would have been top 10. On a quiet week he could have mustered a top 10 hit, shame about the Olympics coverage getting in the way.

 

It's not a shame to be fair. Seeing Elbow going top 3 on iTunes with a three year old track has provided me with a :D moment. It's such a popular song, and it's been like an unofficial national anthem for the UK since its release.

 

Technically, 'One Day Like This' did make #1 thanks to that Comic Relief All Star Animated Band in 2009 ( :D ) but it's not the same as the genuine article.

I wonder if Emeli could get her first #1 single with her new collab with Naught Boy, Wonder. It just sounds so good. :wub: To be fair, everything she does has.

 

UK ONLY UPDATE ::: SPICE GIRLS

 

Overall

#68 - Spice Up Your Life [up 9] (148-85-77-68)

#143 - Wannabe [up 28] (381-189-171-143)

#273 - Spice Up Your Life (Stent Radio Mix) [up 8] (669-681-700-409-301-281-273)

#274 - Viva Forever [up 3] (478-294-277-274)

#329 - Who Do You Think You Are [up 43] (646-400-372-329)

#351 - Stop [up 31] (706-428-382-351)

#404 - 2 Become 1 [up 52] (668-551-456-404)

#443 - Say You'll Be There [up 108] (874-635-551-443)

#449 - Goodbye [up 64] (873-552-513-449)

#602 - Mama [up 104] (775-706-602)

#691 - Spice Up Your Life [Down 9] (904-741-682-691)

#737 - Wannabe [Down 60] (614-695-677-737)

#935 - Holler [New] (935)

#970 - Too Much [New] (970)

 

GREATEST HITS #7 + #42

SPICE #117

 

*** Bare in mind Spice has sold 3m in the UK. GH around 400,000.

Wannabe 1.2m

SYBT 950k

2 Become 1 1.1m

Mama/WDYTYA 600k

SUYL 850k

Too Much 600k

Stop 370k

Viva Forever 670k

Goodbye 850k

Holler 280k

 

so for them to be selling like this is still a huge achievement

Edited August 13, 201212 yr by missingyou

Love seeing the Spice Girls back in this thread :wub: just wish each song was much higher!

so for them to be selling like this is still a huge achievement

 

Not really, it's not exactly out of the ordinary for songs with high previous sales to re-enter that high or even much higher than that. Especially old songs.

I wonder if Emeli could get her first #1 single with her new collab with Naught Boy, Wonder. It just sounds so good. :wub: To be fair, everything she does has.

 

She already has a #1 with Professor Green. :P But yes I hope Wonder does well!

I'm not too keen on Olympics-related songs in the top 10. I wish Porter Robinson was top 10. :(

10 John Lennon/ Imagine

11 Angel/ Wonderful

 

17 George Michael/ White Light

 

Excellent to see Little Talks back up to 41 and the Olympics boosting Elbow, Kate Bush, Emeli Sande, Muse etc is brilliant. What a nice shake up.

Imagine #9

Ohmy Emeli at #3 with Read All About It :wub: :wub: What I wanted when I first heard it. :heart:

 

Happy to see Elbow, Kate Bush AND John Lennon in top 10 too :dance:

 

That is four surprise entries in the top 10 on iTunes :D