007 Chart Commentary - 28th April 2013

Daft Punk - Get Lucky climbs to #1

French dance/electronic duo Daft Punk get their very first UK number one single this week as Get Lucky rises to #1, from #3 where it entered last week after only 2 days of sales. The duo's previous biggest hit was 2000's One More Time, which hit #2 behind Can't Fight The Moonlight by Leanne Rimes. Get Lucky features US record producer Pharrell Williams and former Chic singer Nile Rodgers. The track has the highest weekly sales for a #1 single this year so far of 155k, beating the Saturdays previous record. This means that last week's chart topper from Rudimental drops to #2 and Will I Am / Justin Bieber drop to #3.

Calvin Harris feat Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love climbs to #4

Dumfries born singer songwriter and producer Calvin Harris gets an 8th top 5 hit from his current album 18 Months, as I Need Your Love rises to #4. This sets the record for the most consecutive top 5 hits from a studio album. Bounce (feat Kelis), Feel So Close, Let's Go (feat Neyo) and We'll Be Coming Back (feat Example) peaked at #2, Sweet Nothing (feat Florence) was #1 and Drinking From The Bottle (feat Tinie Tempah) made #5. Calvin is also featured on Rihanna's million selling #1 We Found Love which is also included on the album. I Need Your Love is also a joint 2nd biggest hit for Ellie Goulding, along with her chart debut Starry Eyed. Ellie's biggest hit thus remains her huge #2 cover of Elton John's Your Song, having featured in a John Lewis advert.

Loveable Rogues – What A Night enters at #9

English hip hop trio Loveable Rouges make their debut this week at #xx with What A Night. The group were first formed last year and reached the final of Britain’s Got Talent. The boys have also supported Olly Murs on his recent tour and are working on their debut album. They are currently signed to Simon Cowell’s record label Syco.

Passenger – Let Her Go enters at #11

UK singer songwriter Mike Rosenberg gets a debut top 40 hit, under the name of Passenger, as Let Her Go comes in at #11. Rosenberg started as a member of rock group Passenger, who released 1 album and then split due to personal differences, he assumes the name of the group now. Let Her Go has already been a huge #1 hit in Australia, Austria, Germany, Ireland and many other countries. After supporting Jools Holland and Ed Sheeran, Passenger debuts at #11 in the UK with Let Her Go.

David Guetta feat Neyo & Akon - Play Hard re-enters at #21

French producer David Guetta re-enters just outside the top 20, as album track Play Hard is released properly as a single in the UK. Play Hard takes a sample from Alice Deejay's huge #2 hit Better Off Alone, and also features Neyo and Akon on vocals. The track first charted last year when his album was re-released under the name of Nothing But The Beat 2.0 and the track was "cherry picked". It got to #22 before dropping away, it is now back just 1 place higher but with every likelihood of becoming Mr Guetta's 14th top 10 hit as lead artist.

Carly Rae Jepsen - Tonight I'm Getting Over You enters at #35

Canadian singer gets a 3rd top 40 hit this week as latest single Tonight I'm Getting Over You comes in at #35. Carly first came to prominence in a big way as Call Me Maybe hit #1 last year, staying there for 4 weeks and going on to sell well over a million. The follow up single This Kiss unfortunately missed the top 100, however she had a Good Time as her duet with Owl City made #5. Tonight I'm Getting Over You was first released 2 months ago but only now makes the top 40, entering as it does at #35.

Amelia Lily – Party Over enters at #40

X-Factor contestant Amelia Lily only just scores her third UK top 40 hit this week as new single Party Over comes in at #40. She debuted at #2 last year with You Bring Me Joy, which followed up earlier this year with #11 hit Shut Up (And Give Me Whatever You Got). In comparison to her debut #2 hit, this could certainly be seen as a bit of an underperformance, the track has also been reduced to 59p. All three singles are taken from Amelia’s forthcoming debut album due for release later this year. The party does indeed appear to be over for Amelia, unless she can turn around her chart fortunes.

Michael Buble keeps the #1 album

Last week Canadian singer Michael Buble got the year's fastest selling album with To Be Loved, that stays on top for a second week. Frank Turner debuts at #2 to achive his highest placing album to date as new album Tape Deck Heart beats his previous best of #12 with England Keep My Bones. Will I Am debuts at #3 with his album #willpower, featuring hit singles This Is Love, Scream & Shout, and #thatpower but curiously not his #3 smash with JLo and Mick Jagger THE (The Hardest Ever). There are other new albums debuting from Phoenix, Passenger and Snoop Lion (Snoop Dogg turned reggae).

Opinion

Whilst not a huge fan of Daft Punk, I actually quite like Get Lucky and am glad to see it rise to #1 this week on such big sales. I love I Need Your Love and am glad to see it do so well. Not keen on Can't Hold Us by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, better than that Thrift Shop monstrosity though! Not keen on Loveable Rogues either, on the other hand I love Passenger's Let Her Go. David Guetta & co's Play Hard, Nicky Romero's Like Home and Amelia Lily's Party Over are all pretty unremarkable to me. Pity that Blue missed out with their come back single Hurt Lovers though.