PJ & Duncan – Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble is a re-entry at #1

Now for what is probably one of the biggest surprise number ones of the year, Ant & Dec claim their first chart topper with a 19 year old track. Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnely first came to our attention in Byker Grove, then they launched a pop career in 1993. Under the pseudonym of PJ & Duncan, their first single Tonight I’m Free made #62 then Why Me? got them to #27. However their first top 10 hit came in 1994 when Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble peaked at #9. 11 further top 20 hits followed, each peaking between 10 and 16 (4 of which were credited as Ant & Dec). Then in 2002, the pair made #3 with the World Cup theme We’re On The Ball. In its original run, Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble only sold just over 160,000 copies, but has become very well known over the years. Last Saturday, Ant & Dec performed the track on their Saturday Night Takeaway show. This, online campaigns and the proceeds going to Childline have resulted in the track hitting the top, 19 years on.

 

Pink feat Nate Ruess – Just Give Me A Reason climbs to #2

Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble lead the race for most of the week, and was indeed 11k ahead on Friday’s midweeks. However, Just Give Me A Reason by Pink and Nate from Fun. put in a last minute fight, leading iTunes since Thursday. This was enough for the track to climb to #2, outpeaking the preceeding 2 singles (Blow Me (One Last Kiss) #3 and Try #8). Pink has done that before with a third single release as 2002’s #1 Just Like A Pill outdid the previous 2 (#2 Get The Party Started and #6 Don’t Let Me Get Me). Her only other #1 single to date, So What came 5 years ago.

 

Charlie Brown – On My Way enters at #7

26 year old South London based singer songwriter Charlie Brown gets a new entry at #7 this week with On My Own. The singer has been supporting Dappy on tour and has written songs for the likes of Jay Sean and The Script. Charlie released his debut single Dependency last year, but now gets his first chart hit with On My Own. He is also set to release his debut album proper later on this year.

 

Nelly goes up to #9 and Pitbull / Christina Aguilera rise to #11

2 US rappers climb to a new peak with their latest singles – Nelly with Hey Porsche and Pitbull feat Christina Aguilera with Feel This Moment. 38 year old US rapper Nelly gets his 11th top 10 hit as lead artist with Hey Porsche, it makes #9 this week. Pitbull also rises up the charts this week with the Christina Aguilera featuring Feel This Moment, to #11. This is Pit’s 6th top 20 hit as lead credit and Christina’s 21st top 20 in total.

 

Calvin Harris feat Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love enters at #25

Dumfries born singer songwriter and producer Calvin Harris gets another UK top 40 hit this week as he teams up with Ellie Goulding for I Need Your Love, entering at #25. Calvin debuted in 2007 with #10 hit Acceptable In The 80s, and has had 9 further top 10 hits since including #1s I’m Not Alone and Sweet Nothing (feat Florence Welch). Calvin is featured artist on another 2 #1s - Dizzee Rascal’s Dance Wiv Me and Rihanna’s We Found Love. I Need Your Love is now the 7th single release from his massive selling 18 Months album.

 

Fall Out Boy - The Phoenix enters at #36

US pop/punk band Fall Out Boy first formed in 2001 and scored their first hit in 2008, as Sugar We’re Going Down made #8. A second #8 hit Dance Dance followed, then came #38 single entitled A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me. 2007 saw the group score their biggest hit to date with This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race, which peaked at #2. Thnks Fr Th Mmrs (the vowels are meant to be removed!) made #12 then a few smaller hits followed, including their #21 cover of Michael Jackson’s Beat It. Earlier this year, they got their second top 5 hit with comeback single My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark which hit #5. Now The Phoenix debuts at #36, as the second single from their forthcoming album Save Rock & Roll.

 

Re-entries from Dizzee Rascal, Blackstreet and Rihanna

As often happens when a new Now… album is released, there are several songs reentering at the bottom end of the top 40. Back at #40 is Dizzee Rascal with his #10 peaking track Bassline Junkie, taken from his DirteeTV.com mixtape. Rihanna’s #1 hit Diamonds is back at #35, also after a 1 week absence from the top 40. US hip hop group Blackstreet scored 4 UK top 10 hits between 1996 and 1998, the highest peaking was #6 Don’t Leave Me. Perhaps the best known one is No Diggity, which features rapper Dr Dre and returns to the top 40 at #38. The track has been discounted on iTunes and also appears in Pitch Perfect, hence its return.

 

Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience remains the #1 album

Justin Timberlake stays for a second week at #1 on the album chart. English trio Depeche Mode make a return this week at #2 with their 13th studio album Delta Machine, and their 13th to make the top 10 since their 1981 debut. The band have a total of 35 top 20 singles to date, with none peaking higher than #4. Another machine enters at #10, this is the Comedown Machine which is the by The Strokes. Their fifth studio album is indeed a comedown with regards to chart positions, as the first 4 made the top 3! Other new entries this week come from Eric Clapton, Simple Minds, Peace, Joe Bonamassa, Lil Wayne and Iron Maiden.

 

Opinion

I think Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble is rubbish but actually quite entertaining to see Ant & Dec get a #1 … it’s so bad it’s good really! I’d much have preferred Pink/Nate to get #1 as I love that song so much, ah well! I quite like that Charlie Brown song On My Way and think that he has good potential. Not keen on Nelly’s song or the Pitbull/Christina piece of rubbish. I do really like Calvin Harris / Ellie Goulding’s I Need Your Love, far better than that Drinking From The Bottle tripe. I quite like No Diggity and am glad to see it back, even if the rap parts make it slightly worse. I'm not a Fall Out Boy fan and don't care much for the new single, I did half like ...Arms Race though. Rihanna's Diamonds is quite welcome in the charts but Dizzee can go away with his Bassline Junkie nonsense!

Edited March 31, 201312 yr by loudjamesbond

With a degree of uncertainty about the number one, a couple late re-entries and a late album chart, I'm quite glad I wasn't doing a commentary this week :lol:

 

I too think the PJ & Duncan song is rubbish but it is rather funny to see it at number one.

With a degree of uncertainty about the number one, a couple late re-entries and a late album chart, I'm quite glad I wasn't doing a commentary this week :lol:

 

I too think the PJ & Duncan song is rubbish but it is rather funny to see it at number one.

 

Yeh you picked the right week not to do yours! :lol: Hope you enjoyed seeing Suede.

Suede were, of course, excellent :wub: