Duke Dumont feat A*M*E – Need U (100%) stays at #1

Staying at #1 for a second week and comfortably ahead of the competition again is Need U (100%) by Duke Dumont feat A*M*E. This is the year’s 9th different #1 so far, with Bingo Players – Get Up (Rattle), Will.i.am / Britney Spears – Scream & Shout and Justin Timberlake – Mirrors being the other 3 tracks to have spent longer than a single week … JT staying for 3. This means again that Pink and Nate Reuss spend a 5th week in the top 3 with Just Give Me A Reason, now the biggest selling single from her current album The Truth About Love.

 

Wizard Of Oz Cast – Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead enters at #2

Now for a surprise hit that probably nobody saw coming, until Monday of this week! Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died on Monday of this week, with mixed and often extreme reactions being seen throughout the nation. Several years ago, detractors of Mrs Thatcher had launched a Facebook campaign to get the track Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead to #1 on the week of her death, as a sort of protest to her policies and their effects. As a result, this 1939 Wizard Of Oz track has appeared in the top 40 for the very first time. The track is only 51 seconds in length and curiously credits Judy Garland in some places, despite her not singing on the track. There was much controversy over whether the BBC should play the song, it was decided to play a newsbeat report which features a 5 second clip. There is also a track from punk group Notsensibles entitled I’m In Love With Margaret Thatcher which charted at #37.

 

Nina Nesbitt – Stay Out enters at #21

18 year old Edinburgh based singer songwriter Nina Nesbitt (no relation to Rab C Nesbitt!) debuts at #21 with new single Stay Out. Nina started her music career by writing and recording songs in her bedroom, with several videos being posted via YouTube. In the last few years, Nina has supported Ed Sheeran and Example on tour, and embarked on her very own tour. She released 3 EPs last year but none of them charted in the UK top 100. However Stay Out becomes her first UK top 40 single this week, just missing the top 20 and debuting at #21.

 

Paramore - Still Into You enters at #26

US rock band Paramore were first formed in 2004 then released 3 singles the following year, none of which charted. However Misery Business was their first chart hit in the UK, making #17 as it did in 2007. However it wasn’t until 2009 that the band made the top 40 again, that was with their highest charter to date Ignorance. That made #14 and was followed by flop single Brick By Boring Brick then The Only Exception, which got to #31. Monster made #21 in 2011, taken from the Transformers soundtrack. Earlier this year the band’s new single Now made #39, taken from their 4th album Paramore. Now they debut at #26 with the second single from that album Still Into You, after a Graham Norton Show performance.

 

AlunaGeorge - Attracting Flies enters at #30

London electronic music duo AlunaGeorge make their top 40 debut in their own right this week as Attracting Flies debuts at #30, after spending a few weeks in the lower reaches. Consisting of Aluna Francis (vocals) and George Reid (production), the duo scored a huge #2 hit this year featuring on Disclosure’s White Noise. AlunaGeorge finished second in the BBC Sound Of 2013 poll and have been tipped for big things in the coming year. The duo released their debut single last year, Your Drums Your Love made #50. Both tracks are from their forthcoming debut album Body Music, due for release later on this year.

 

Nicki Minaj feat Lil Wayne - High School enters at #31

Trinidad born US rapper and singer Onika Tanya Maraj makes her return to the top 40 this week as Nicki Minaj, High School is a new entry at #31. Nicki first came on the scene in this country as featured artist on Will.i.am’s 2010 #11 hit Check It Out. After 2 #71 hits, #22 hit Moment 4 Life became her first proper top 40 hit in the UK. That was followed by Girls Fall Like Dominoes in 2011, which made #24 and sampled Domino by Big Pink. She then had a proper big hit with Superbass, peaking at #8 that same year, followed by #16 hit Fly with Rihanna. Last year she scored a huge #2 hit with Starships, followed by the #8 peaking Pound The Alarm. She has since had a few smaller hits, including #20 Va Va Voom and now a #31 entry with the track High School.

 

Paramore top the albums chart this week

US rock band Paramore debut at #1 with their 4th album entitled Paramore, this follows up 2010’s Brand New Eyes which also hit #1. Justin Timberlake thus drops to #2, ahead of Pink climbing to #3, Emeli Sande climbing to #4 and Imagine Dragons slipping to #5. 24 year old London based singer songwriter James Blake debuts at #8 with second album Overgrown. Rock band Stone Sour debut at #11 with part 2 of their House Of Gold & Bones album set. 1980’s band Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark’s new album English Electric comes in at #12, their highest placing since 1991’s Sugar Tax. Other new entries come from The Knife, Sarah Brightman, Kurt Vile and Madeline Peyroux.

 

Opinion

I am happy to see Duke Dumont lead the singles chart again this week, as I really like Need U (100%). Much as it is amusing to see Judy Garland and the Wizard Of Oz Cast get a top 5 hit in 2013, I think it is in very bad taste regardless of opinions of Thatcher and her government. I love that Nina Nesbitt track and am glad to see it almost make top 20 this week. I do not like any of Nicki Minaj’s “songs” to date and High School is certainly no exception … Lil Wayne makes it worse if that is possible. I haven’t liked much of Paramore’s past work with The Only Exception being just that so far, I do like Still Into You though. I love that new AlunaGeorge track and also quite like Disclosure's White Noise (on which they appear), they certainly have potential. Great to see Fade by Jakwob/Maidai back in the charts, hope it can climb more in the coming weeks.

Edited April 14, 201312 yr by loudjamesbond

Wizard Of Oz Cast – Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead enters at #2

Now for a surprise hit that probably nobody saw coming, until Monday of this week! Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died on Monday of this week, with mixed and often extreme reactions being seen throughout the nation. Several years ago, detractors of Mrs Thatcher had launched a Facebook campaign to get the track Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead to #1 on the week of her death, as a sort of protest to her policies and their effects. As a result, this 1939 Wizard Of Oz track has appeared in the top 40 for the very first time. The track is only 51 seconds in length and curiously credits Judy Garland in some places, despite her not singing on the track. There was much controversy over whether the BBC should play the song, it was decided to play a newsbeat report which features a 5 second clip. There is also a track from punk group Notsensibles entitled I’m In Love With Margaret Thatcher which charted at #37. Another cover of Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead by Ella Fitzgerald and another Thatcher protest song by Elvis Costello (Tramp The Dirt Down) can be found in this week’s top 100.

 

 

I can't see those two tracks you mention at the end in the offficial Top 100

I can't see those two tracks you mention at the end in the offficial Top 100

Oops I forgot to remove that bit, when I realised they hadn't made the top 100. :)