Hey Brother!

 

Me and my two best friends (1m, 1f) 2013 anthem :wub:

Edited December 1, 201312 yr by PumpedUpKicks

14 (from 27) Avicii - Hey Brother [D]

 

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Chart Run: 58-xx(8 wks)-27-14 [3 wks]

 

Format: download only track

Label: Virgin Records

 

Sales: 20k+

 

Video here:

 

Biography

Cleverly using dance music blogs as the platform to launch his career, Tim Berg, aka Avicii, has since become one of the most prominent producers on the burgeoning Swedish house scene. Born in Stockholm in 1989, Berg only started making music at the age of 18, writing and remixing tracks in his bedroom and then leaking them onto various blogs. Influenced by Daft Punk and Steve Angello, his melodic house sound gained a huge following, and led to support from Tiësto, who invited him to perform a weekly residency at Privilege in Ibiza, and Pete Tong, who released first single "Manman" through his Bedroom Bedlam label. After he remixed tracks for Little Boots, Robyn, and Dizzee Rascal, Berg's first mainstream release, the Ministry of Sound instrumental "Seek Bromance," became a huge hit across Europe and later in the U.K., thanks to a vocal version featuring Amanda Wilson. In 2012 he released the song "2 Million" after reaching that number of followers on Facebook, while his single "Le7els" and its accompanying video were nominated at that year's MTV Music Video Awards. Towards the end of 2012 he released his highly-anticipated collaboration single with Nicky Romero. "I Could Be The One" was a smash hit and was featured heavily on reality TV shows and radio play across Europe. In 2013, Avicii teamed up with Ericsson and creates the first "crowdsourced" track which enabled the producer to connect to fans and promote his brand. The single "3 Million" was released to celebrate the 3 millionth fan on his Facebook page. "Le7els" was nominated for the Best Dance Recording at the 2013 Grammys but lost out to Skrillex & Sirah's "Bangarang". Ahead of his debut album #TRUE, he released the single "Wake Me Up" in June 2013. Featuring Aloe Blacc, it reached the top of the UK Charts and confidently showed off his new musical direction. ~ Jon O'Brien, Rovi / iTunes

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2010 13 Seek Bromance (As Tim Berg) -NAS-

2010 46 My Feelings For You (Avicii And Sebastien Drums) -1-

2011 04 Collide (Leona Lewis/Avicii)

2011 04 Levels -NAS-

2012 22 Silhouettes (Avicii Feat. Salem Al Fakir) -NAS-

2012 49 Superlove (Avicii Vs. Lenny Kravitz) -NAS-

2013 01 I Could Be The One (Avicii Vs. Nicky Romero) -NAS-

2013 47 X You -NAS-

2013 01 Wake Me Up -1- MILLION SELLER

2013 05 You Make Me -2-

2013 14 Hey Brother -3-

 

Discussion Thread Here

This is brilliant! Back to Wake Me Up style perfection! :wub: Hopefully coming for a high peak once the Christmas period is over!

Hey Brother isn't bad at all, the weakest of the three from this album though IMO.

Hey Brother :wub:

Avicii don't get the credit he deserves for getting country music onto the Radio 1 playlist through the back door.

 

The lead singer on this track is 46, yet Robbie Williams is too old for them...

 

 

facepalm to end all facepalms

 

Why do you think we're having this discussion? The whole point is this isn't the case.

 

I now know that. And my point is what is the reason for them being in the chart if that isn't the case?

 

And no, I haven't been following iTunes this week or that thread.

'Hey Brother' :wub: :wub:

I really loathe this.

I'm really not a fan at all of country, but Hey Brother is growing on me!

I don't think they missed it at all. They seemed to have accidentally been treated as instant grat tracks but seeing as the album was out, this counted to the chart. I doubt they're able to distinguish between what is "real" and what isn't, and they can't just disqualify it entirely...

 

In this particular case I think it'd be perfectly justifiable to disqualify them entirely. It's only for one week and it's not like they'd be very high anyway. This just opens the door for record companies to 'accidentally' get iTunes to do this for other album tracks in the future. (Not suggesting that this will become a trend though, I don't think it actually will but it's possible).

Hey Brother :wub: Top 5 hit please!

 

Nooo at 'Look Right Through' down to #15 on week 4, it's not having a good chart run at all.

I now know that. And my point is what is the reason for them being in the chart if that isn't the case?

 

And no, I haven't been following iTunes this week or that thread.

 

Because OCC have cocked up and not realised the mistake!

Avicii don't get the credit.

 

Avicii doesn't give credit, period.

13 (from 11) Lorde - Royals [D]

 

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Chart Run: 1-2-4-7-11-13 [6 wks]

 

Release date: 20-10-2013

Format: download only single

Label: Universal Music Limited

 

Sales: 200k+

 

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Biography

Employing a stylish mix of arty, confessional bedroom pop and club-ready electro-rock that has drawn comparisons to the likes of Grimes, Lana Del Rey, and Sky Ferreira, New Zealand singer/songwriter Ella Yelich-O'Connor, who goes by the stage name Lorde, became an Internet sensation at the age of 16 with the video for her debut single, "Royals," which garnered over 750,000 hits on YouTube. Her 2013 debut EP, The Love Club, hit the number one spot on both the New Zealand and Australian charts. The New Zealander continued her meteoric rise to fame in 2013 with a growing fan base and began sessions for her debut album, Pure Heroine, with producer Joel Little. - iTunes

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

2013 01 Royals -1-

In this particular case I think it'd be perfectly justifiable to disqualify them entirely. It's only for one week and it's not like they'd be very high anyway. This just opens the door for record companies to 'accidentally' get iTunes to do this for other album tracks in the future. (Not suggesting that this will become a trend though, I don't think it actually will but it's possible).

 

Tbh, I wouldn't be surprised if Simon Cowell was behind all this! :lol:

Oh now would be an appropriate time to turn off x

Just read Ethan's reason. Is that REALLY what the fuss is about?

 

It's great from a chart geek perspective anyways so I don't see why people are bothered. Well I kind of do but think it's a silly reason.

Edited December 1, 201312 yr by ★ G R I F F ★

In this particular case I think it'd be perfectly justifiable to disqualify them entirely. It's only for one week and it's not like they'd be very high anyway. This just opens the door for record companies to 'accidentally' get iTunes to do this for other album tracks in the future. (Not suggesting that this will become a trend though, I don't think it actually will but it's possible).

 

That'd be inconsistent with their previous rules though. Even though it wasn't intentional, they were still treated as instant grats and therefore are eligible to chart when the album is out. Sure, they shouldn't have been this high, but they need to be consistent with what they've said before I think.

 

Royals, no thanks. The verses aren't bad but the chorus goes right through me.

The chorus of this is starting to grate on me now. :( I still love the verses & bridge though.