After I watch Christmas classic four Christmases on channel 4, I will try and start a bit of day 4

 

 

Day 4 is looking back at 5 of my favourite ever albums (rockferry, it's not me it's you, loud, born to die, speak now) and my favourite song ever which I am listening to right now. Any guesses? :)

 

And thanks for commenting Reindeer Froot, I'll reply to it a bit later :)

Happy Valley was a real UK TV highlight for me this year. It had me gripped and on the edge of my seat throughout! I'm interested where they go for the second series.

 

This series of Homeland has really excited me again after I started becoming bored of it last year. They've brought it back to its peak with all the suspense and twists.

Thanks Reindeer Froot :wub:

Definitely agree about Happy Valley being a UK TV highlight, I nearly decided not to watch it but I decided to see the 1st episode and I so agree about it being so gripping. Can't wait for the 2nd series :wub:

I swear I am like one of the only people who have never been bored by Homeland but this series is definitely better than the last one :)

 

ALBUM SPOTLIGHT 1: LANA DEL REY- BORN TO DIE

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11 Born To Die

10 Off To The Races

11 Blue Jeans

11 Video Games [Album Highlight]

10 Diet Mountain Dew

11 National Anthem

09 Dark Paradise

10 Radio

08 Carmen

09 Million Dollar Man

10 Summertime Sadness

10 This Is What Makes Us Girls

10 Without You

09 Lolita

11 Lucky Ones

 

Average Rating: 10.00

 

This is arguably one of the best debut albums of all time and is definitely one of my favourites ever. Born To Die is a haunting and beautiful album opener and Blue Jeans remains one of her best ever songs with that chorus and the 3rd verse in particular being incredibly stunning. It is always nice to hear Diet Mountain Dew while Off To The Races, Dark Paradise, Radio, Million Dollar Man, This Is What Makes Us Girls, Without You and Lolita are all great tracks. Despite being the weakest track on the album, Carmen is still really good and is an 8/10. Summertime Sadness is also amazing however the remix is better as it gives the song more life and makes the song really fantastic and refreshing. And while it is on the Paradise EP, Gods And Monsters is absolutely superb and one of her best ever songs, it is so beautiful :wub: This album flows perfectly and it deserves all the massive critical acclaim it gets

 

TOP 3 SONG HIGHLIGHTS

3. Lucky Ones

How this was only ever a deluxe album track is beyond me as it so deserves a place on the standard edition. This is definitely one of her most beautiful songs as her voice is stunning on it and the lyrics are amazing

 

2. National Anthem

'Money is the anthem of success, So before we go out, what's your address?' National Anthem contains some of my favourite lyrics ever and the song works so so well and is catchy, amazing and fantastic

 

1. Video Games

And Lana's debut single remains her best ever song and one of my favourite 10 songs of all time. Video Games is just a stunning debut and is so beautiful, amazing, fantastic and a spectacular spectacle which I just adore so much :wub:

 

What are your favourite songs from Born To Die?

 

The next album spotlight will be It's Not Me It's You

Edited December 20, 201410 yr by Ultraviolence1989

ALBUM SPOTLIGHT 2: LILY ALLEN- IT'S NOT ME, IT'S YOU

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11 Everyone's At It

11 The Fear

11 Not Fair

11 22

08 I Could Say

09 Back To The Start

08 Never Gonna Happen

11 f*** You

11 Who'd Have Known

08 Chinese

10 Him

11 He Wasn't There

 

Average Rating: 10.00

 

Lily's 2nd album is her best and is an absolute delight [and so is that amazing title :wub:]. Back To The Start, I Could Say, Never Gonna Happen, Chinese and Him are all very good songs. He Wasn't There is a stunning album ender and is a really nice track while Who'd Have Known is a great song and the lyrics are amazing. Everyone's At It and f*** You both would have made amazing singles as the latter is so fun and hilarious and the former is really catchy and a stunning album opener. However my favourite 3 tracks from this album have to be the 3 singles :wub:

 

TOP 3 SONG HIGHLIGHTS

3. 22

The lyrics, the beat, the song, the catchiness, the laidbackness. Gosh I adore this song so so much :wub:

 

2. Not Fair

The lyrics again are once amazing as Lily sings over this catchy beat on one of her best ever songs

 

1. The Fear

3 Simple Words For This Song: ULTIMATE POP CLASSIC :wub: :wub: :wub:

 

What are your favourite songs from It's Not Me, It's You?

 

The next album spotlight will be tomorrow but please remember to check out my Weekly Christmas Chart which will be up in an hour :) Olly/Demi v Taylor v Taylor v Lana are competing in a very big battle

haven't seen most of those as I don't watch a lot of TV but The 100 is brilliant :heart: very Hunger Games-like but different enough to make it not seem like a total ripoff which I love.

haha 22 is one of the songs that really made me love an artist and in this case it was lily allen. the lyrics are fantastic and it's so easy to listen to. love it! the fear is obviously amazing as well

haven't seen most of those as I don't watch a lot of TV but The 100 is brilliant :heart: very Hunger Games-like but different enough to make it not seem like a total ripoff which I love.

Thanks Dan :wub:

Glad to see another fan of The 100, so excited for the second series :wub:

 

haha 22 is one of the songs that really made me love an artist and in this case it was lily allen. the lyrics are fantastic and it's so easy to listen to. love it! the fear is obviously amazing as well

Thanks Jsanta :wub:

The Fear made me adore Lily but I definitely agree with your comments for 22, it is so amazing :wub:

 

The other 3 albums will be up after The Apprentice Final. Also there will be no Christmas tree today, any guesses for the album cover title in Chirstmas Tree for Day 3 :)

ALBUM SPOTLIGHT 3: DUFFY- ROCKFERRY

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11 Rockferry

11 Warwick Avenue

09 Serious

11 Stepping Stone

09 Syrup & Honey

08 Hanging on Too Long

11 Mercy

09 Delayed Devotion

10 I'm Scared

11 Distant Dreamer

 

11 Rain On Your Parade

 

Average Rating: 10.00

 

This was the first ever album I fell in love with. Distant Dreamer is an absolutely stunning song, Rain On Your Parade is a great tune and Rockferry is a fantastic album opener :wub:

 

TOP 3 SONG HIGHLIGHTS

3. Stepping Stone

2. Warwick Avenue- The video and the song is just so beautiful

1. Mercy- One of the best songs of all time. Just absolutely amazing :wub:

 

What are your favourite songs from Rockferry?

 

 

 

 

 

ALBUM SPOTLIGHT 4: RIHANNA- LOUD

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11 S&M

11 What's My Name? (featuring Drake)

09 Cheers (Drink to That)

07 Fading

11 Only Girl (in the World)

11 California King Bed

10 Man Down

09 Raining Men (featuring Nicki Minaj)

08 Complicated

07 Skin

11 Love the Way You Lie (Part II)" (featuring Eminem)

 

 

Average Rating: ? :)

 

Rihanna's best album, this flows so perfectly and contains many spectacular tracks such as the beautiful and criminally underrated California King Bed and the very catchy What's My Name

 

TOP 3 SONG HIGHLIGHTS

3. Only Girl [in The World]- Perfect lead single as this is so infectious and I love the lyrics

2. S&M- This song is so catchy and I love listening to it

1. Love The Way You Lie Part 2- The original is one of the best ever rap songs and is superb but part 2 takes it to another level and Rihanna's haunting vocals over stunning lyrics and a beautiful instrumental makes this one of the best ever album tracks to never ever be a single :wub:

 

What are your favourite songs from Loud?

 

Speak Now is coming up and then Day 4 is done :)

 

ALBUM SPOTLIGHT 5: TAYLOR SWIFT- SPEAK NOW

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11 Mine

11 Sparks Fly

10 Back to December

11 Speak Now

10 Dear John

11 Mean

11 The Story of Us

10 Never Grow Up

11 Enchanted

11 Better Than Revenge

03 Innocent

11 Haunted

10 Last Kiss

10 Long Live

 

 

Average Rating: 10.0714

Average Rating Without Innocent: 10.615

 

This has probably turned into my favourite ever and is an absolute masterpiece by Queen Taylor Swift :wub: Sparks Fly and Speak Now are both stunning tracks while Back To December and Dear John are so so beautiful. There seems to be a lot of pairs for me on this album based on comparable relatedness and another one is Last Kiss and Long Live which both took a long time to grow but both are really really great now. Never Grow Up also took some time to grow and is a fantastic track. Haunted is haunting and stunning while Mean + The Story Of Us are both stunning. The former has one of her best messages and I adore the lyrics and they are so inspirational and The Story Of Us is a cracking pop track and I love the next chapter parts. It is a shame that this album includes her weakest song ever, the pretty terrible Innocent [however I Wish You Would could get close to joining it as I can't warm to that track at all]. It's just a bad song with pretty awful lyrics. Thank god this is like the only song in Taylor's career like that :phew: And The Rest Are All FANTASTIC :wub:

 

TOP 3 SONG HIGHLIGHTS

3. Better Than Revenge- This $l*t Shaming song is just an absolute joy to listen to and it is so catchy and addictive, the instruments are amazing, Taylor's vocals are stunning and I love the lyrics

2. Enchanted- One of the most beautiful songs ever and this song is just so enchanting to listen to

1. Mine- Taylor's best song ever for me is the 1st track and lead single from Speak Now which is Mine. This is just the perfect perfect song with stunning lyrics, vocals, instrumental, video and everything else about this song is perfect. This is definitely mine favourite song from the album ;wub:

 

What are your favourite songs from Speak Now?

And Thanks For Reading These :) :)

Edited December 21, 201410 yr by Ultraviolence1989

Rockferry highlights: Rockferry, Mercy, Warwick Avenue, Stepping Stone, Syrup & Honey

Loud highlights: What's My Name, Only Girl, Cheers (Drink To That), Man Down

Speak Now highlights: Back To December, Better Than Revenge, Mine, Sparks Fly

 

I agree with you about Innocent! But surprised at the 11 for The Story Of Us, I'm not a fan of that either :o But I'd still probably call it her best album!

Ooh I own both Loud and Rockferry. Distant Dreamer and Delayed Devotion were great as was Syrup and Honey. Stepping Stone really deserved better than #21in the charts :( I guess it was released as the 4th single so understandable I guess.

Ooh, 'Rockferry'. Definitely one of my favourite albums of 2008! My favourite track from it is probably Distant Dreamer. So many great songs though. Shame it all went wrong for her a couple of years later.

oh wow yes loud is absolutely fantastic. i'd give 'cheers' a 10 too because it's amazing. i think talk that talk may be her best album for me but this would be a teeeny bit behind. s&m is so catchy i agree, so happy it was so big because i was worried it'd be too saucy :P :lol: man down is incredible too :heart:

Rockferry highlights: Rockferry, Mercy, Warwick Avenue, Stepping Stone, Syrup & Honey

Loud highlights: What's My Name, Only Girl, Cheers (Drink To That), Man Down

Speak Now highlights: Back To December, Better Than Revenge, Mine, Sparks Fly

 

I agree with you about Innocent! But surprised at the 11 for The Story Of Us, I'm not a fan of that either :o But I'd still probably call it her best album!

Thanks For Commenting Riser :wub:

I definitely agree with a lot of those highlights and yay for someone else who doesn't like innocent :cheer: The Story Of Us was part of the original holy trinity [Mine/Mean/The Story Of Us] that got me into the album so I always have a special place for it and also because it is a great pop track which is why it gets an 11 :wub: I also still think it's her best album but 1989 is also amazing. It would probably be Speak Now > 1989 >> Red >>>> Fearless >>> Taylor Swift for me :)

 

Ooh I own both Loud and Rockferry. Distant Dreamer and Delayed Devotion were great as was Syrup and Honey. Stepping Stone really deserved better than #21in the charts :( I guess it was released as the 4th single so understandable I guess.

Thanks For Commenting Rob :wub:

Yay that you own those 2 stunning albums and Stepping Stone definitely deserved a lot better than that peak [20 places higher is what it deserved] as it is stunning :wub:

 

Ooh, 'Rockferry'. Definitely one of my favourite albums of 2008! My favourite track from it is probably Distant Dreamer. So many great songs though. Shame it all went wrong for her a couple of years later.

Thanks For Commenting Jay :wub:

Rockferry was probably my favourite album of 2008 and great to see that you love it :wub: Distant Dreamer is definitely up there with the best, it is so beautiful. The 2nd album probably doesn't deserve as much hate as it gets but it is just an average album that pales significantly in comparision to Rockferry, but I wish she still had success.

 

oh wow yes loud is absolutely fantastic. i'd give 'cheers' a 10 too because it's amazing. i think talk that talk may be her best album for me but this would be a teeeny bit behind. s&m is so catchy i agree, so happy it was so big because i was worried it'd be too saucy :P :lol: man down is incredible too :heart:

Thanks For Commenting Jsanta :wub:

Yay for another lover for Loud, Cheers is good but not 10 worthy for me as there is something about it that annoys me. Talk That Talk is probably her 2nd or 3rd weakest album for me, I just don't like it bar We Found Love. I am glad S&M was a hit as it is such an amazing song and man down is also really nice :wub:

 

Day 5 will be up soon with the final 10 album sales that missed the top 40. Any predictions for who lands in that zone? [and if you get a prediction right, you win Day 4 or Day 5 :)]

 

Albums Sales- Will be probably 42-51

 

Kiesza + Nicki Minaj are not in the top 40 biggest selling albums [Kiesza will probably sneak in though] but neither have finished their chart runs and sales so they won't be revealed till next week

 

Eurovision 2014 Contest- Various Artists 180,000 2-X

Welcome To The Jungle- Neon Jungle 172,270 4-6-9-X

Butterfly Effect- Ashely Roberts- 158,800 2-6-8-10-X

1000 Forms Of Fear- Sia 155,340 3-8-8-6-X

The Common Linnets- The Common Linnets 136,370 [8-7-X[x25]-7]-X

Big Fat Lie- Nicole Scherzinger 124,720 3-10-10

The Lauren Platt Collection- Lauren Platt 121,660 3-X

The London Sessions- Mary J Blige 121,460 [3-7]-X

Evita 2014 Cast Recording- Evita Cast 106,630 3-7-10-X

 

5 of these peaked at #3 so lets start by looking at those 4. The Lauren Platt Collection had fantastic first week sales but that was it as it fell out of the chart the next week, the show I only found ok because of the music- Evita- is also another gold selling album peaking at 3, Nicole's quite weak new collection bar the amazing Your Love also lands here and Mary J Blige latest collections scores her biggest album hit here in Ultraviolenceland in years. A shock for me was Sia's stunning 1000 Forms Of Fear missing the top 40 biggest selling albums :o The Eurovision Contest compilation also features here along with Eurovision runners up The Common Linnets with their stunning self titled debut album which only peaked at #7 but went gold. One of Cameron's requested albums did end up outside the top 40 in the end in the form of Butterfly Effect by Ashley Roberts, a quite strong album that peaked at #2. Neon Jungle's first [and sadly very likely last album] sold 172,270 off the back of quite big hit Louder- by far their biggest hit in my charts. The Top 40 Albums will start next weekend as the final sales week is compiled on Sunday AM at around 00:30 :)

 

Any Albums Top 10 or even 40 Predictions?

lauren was definitely one of my faves from this series, she has a lovely voice, such a shame it continued to crack...

 

sias album is stunning too, what an absolute voice *-* hope big girls cry gets a uk push

 

common linnets eurovision performance was stunning too, really sold the song too

lauren was definitely one of my faves from this series, she has a lovely voice, such a shame it continued to crack...

 

sias album is stunning too, what an absolute voice *-* hope big girls cry gets a uk push

 

common linnets eurovision performance was stunning too, really sold the song too

Thanks Jsanta :wub:

Lauren was my favourite and she deserved to win :(

I sadly think nothing else will be pushed from 1000 forms of fear now :(

That Eurovision performance was so amazing :wub:

 

Day 6 will be up later, I have said what it is somewhere on the site but do you know what it is? :)

DAY 6- MY TOP 100 [Well 96] MOST STREAMED SONGS ON SPOTFITY THIS YEAR.

Here are my top 100 streamed songs of 2014. There is only 96 songs as one particular artist removed all of her catalogue from Spotify [i wonder who???]. Anyway my personal top 30 was shown in a list form and there are 4 Taylor songs in my top 30 and 4 somewhere between 31-100 which I don’t know what songs :lol: .I'd Guess this countdown was tracked until November/ Very Early December as I am shocked songs like you ruin me and champion missed out. Also 2014 songs + Frozen songs are highlighted in bold. Hope you enjoy reading this list and please comment on what you like or even your own lists :wub:

 

1. Let It Go- Idina Menzel [Also 3 & 7]- Yes Queen Idina let alone making it to 1 manages to sneak 3 positions in my top 7

2. For The First Time In Forever- Kristen Bell Ft Idina Menzel- This seems to be the only Frozen track here without 2 versions

3. Let It Go- Idina Menzel

4. Mirrors- Natalia Kills

5. Me Party- Amy Adams Ft Miss Piggy

6. Children Of The Universe- Molly- I would have never predicted this would have been my biggest streamed 2014 song :o

7. Let It Go- Idina Menzel

8. Don’t Put Dirt On My Grave Just Yet- Hayden Panettiere- Streamed this a lot so no surprise to see this amazing track high

9. As Long As I Got You- Lily Allen

10. Maneater- Nelly Furtado

11. The Fear- Lily Allen

12. Fancy- Iggy Azalea Ft Charli XCX

13. Ghost- Ella Henderson- Would have been at least top 5 if I hadn't bought the song on my phone

14. Only Love Can Hurt Like This- Paloma Faith

15. 4Ever- The Veronicas

16. You Belong With Me- Taylor Swift Highest Taylor track

17. Crying For No Reason- Katy B

18. Rumour- Chloe Howl

19. New York- Paloma Faith

20. West Coast- Lana Del Rey

21. Shake It Off- Taylor Swift- And with only 1 month of streaming, Taylor still manages a place just outside the top 20

22. Human- Christina Perri

23. And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going- Jennifer Hudson

24. All About That Bass- Meghan Trainor- I thought this was dead certain for my top 10 :o

25. Red- Taylor Swift

26. Can’t Rely On You- Paloma Faith

27. Budapest- George Ezra

28. If I Die Young- The Band Perry- I know this isn't a 2014 song but this only charted for me this year

29. Mine [uS Version]- Taylor Swift

30. Do You Want To Build A Snowman- Kristen Bell

31. Black Roses- Clare Bowen

32. New Slang- The Shins

33. Love Is An Open Door- Kristen Bell

34. Womanizer- Britney Spears

35. Can’t Remember To Forget You- Shakira Ft Rihanna

36. Changing- Sigma Ft Paloma Faith

37. Hot N Cold- Katy Perry

38. Timber- Pitbull Ft Kesha- Listening To This Now, Just Saying :)

39. Seasons Of Love- Rent Cast

40. Toxic- Britney Spears

41. Learning To Fly- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

42. For The First Time In Forever [Reprise]- Kristen Bell Ft Idina Menzel

43. My Heart Will Go On- Celine Dion

44. I Kissed A Girl- Katy Perry

45. Do You Want To Build A Snowman- Kristen Bell [Also 30]

46. Superstar- Jamelia

47. 22- Lily Allen

48. Battlefield- Lea Michele

49. Miracle- Cascada

50. Love Song- Sara Bariellas

51. Your Love- Nicole Scherzinger

52. I Want It All- Ashely Tisdale Still remains one of the best High School Musical songs

53. Calm After The Storm- The Common Linnets

54. Love Is An Open Door- Kristen Bell [Also 33]

55. 9 To 5- Dolly Parton Classic

56. Walking On Sunshine- Katrina And The Waves

57. It’s All Over- Jennifer Hudson/Beyonce/Jamie Foxx/Hairspray Cast

58. Beautiful- Christina Aguilera

59. If I Go- Ella Eyre

60. Nasty- Pixie Lott

61. Move- Jennifer Hudson/Beyonce/Anika Noni Rose That Dreamgirls domination from 61-63 and 57 and 23

62. Listen- Beyonce

63. One Night Only- Jennifer Hudson

64. Holding Onto Heaven- Foxes- One For Nelly Here

65. Chandelier- Sia

66. Eez-Eh- Kasabian

67. I Will Never Let You Down- Rita Ora

68. If I Could Change Your Mind- Haim

69. Defying Gravity- Kristen Chenoweth Ft Idina Menzel

70. I Wanna Go- Britney Spears

71. Stone Cold Sober- Paloma Faith

72. 22 [Acoustic]- Lily Allen

73. Reach- S Club 7

74. Until You Were Gone- Chipmunk Ft Esmee Denters

75. Home- Leah McFall Ft Will.I.Am

76. Since U Been Gone- Kelly Clarkson

77. Do-Wah-Do- Kate Nash

78. Love Story- Taylor Swift A Taylor song that hasn't appeared to be deleted from spotfiy pops up here :o

79. Piece Of Me- Britney Spears

80. Rather Be- Clean Bandit Ft Jess Glynne

81. 3- Britney Spears

82. Waterloo- ABBA

83. Not Fair- Lily Allen

84. I Dreamed A Dream- Anne Hathaway

85. Torn- Natalie Imbruglia

86. Womanzier- Britney Spears [Also 34] Surprise double appearance for this 6 year old track, a lot appearing from Britney after I went on a Britney Binge during Tyler's amazing least favourite game

87. Battlefield- Jordin Sparks Still Stunning. Probably the only song here that has the song title appearing twice but different artists [the other version is Lea Michele]

88. Hideaway- Kiesza

89. Sk8er Boi- Avril Lavigne

90. Young And Beautiful- Lana Del Rey

91. Baby One More Time- Britney Spears

92. Eye Of The Tiger- Survivor

93. For The First Time In Forever [Reprise]- Kristen Bell Ft Idina Menzel [Also 42]

94. Who Wants To Live Forever- We Will Rock You Cast

95. Who Knew- Pink Pink's Best Song

96. Cruel To Be Kind- The Band From 10 Things I Hate About You And a song from one of the best movies ever just sneaks in

 

Personal Chart #1's Not On Here: Blank Space, Big Eyes [Neither On Spotify], I Don't Care [Not Surprised, Didn't Stream This Much], California [Not Surprised, listened on version bought on phone and not spotify], Crazy Stupid Love [shocked this isn't here], Giant In My Heart [see CSL comment], Let Me Down Gently [No surprise here judging by the chart run], Up [This wasn't even out I think by the time this list was done], Problem [biggest shock this isn't here, I thought it would be top 50]

 

TOP 25 MOST LISTENED TO SONGS ON MY PHONE

 

I also think I have found the plays totals for my phone. It is quite hard to know if they are 100% correct as I sometimes listen to half the song and usually finish the song a few seconds early so I don't know if it impacts the total :) And :o Shake It Off winning by over 100 plays

 

1. Shake It Off- Taylor Swift No Surprise Here 144

2. Happy- Lauren Platt 41

3. Ghost- Ella Henderson 26

4. California- Amelia Lily 23

5. You Can't Stop The Beat- Hairspray Cast 23

6. Ugly Heart- G.R.L 15

7. Children Of The Universe- Molly 12

8. Let It Go- Lauren Platt 11

9. Without Love- Hairspray Cast 10

10. Run And Tell That- Hairspray Cast 9

11. Home- Leah McFall Ft Will.I.Am 9

12. Your Love- Nicole Scherzinger 9

13. How Long Will I Love You- Ellie Goulding 8

14. Human- Christina Perri 7

15. The Nicest Kids In Town- Hairspray Cast 7

16. Hard Out Here- Lily Allen 7

17. All About That Bass- Meghan Trainor Surprsingly Low here also :o 7

18. What A Feeling- Lauren Platt 6

19. Somewhere Only We Know- Lily Allen 6

20. Ladies Choice- Hairspray Cast 6

21. Riptide- Emma Stevens 5

22. Only Teardrops- Emmelie De Forest 5

23. West Coast- Lana Del Rey 5

24. I'll Be There- Lauren Platt 5

25. Sirens- Cher Lloyd 4

Edited December 23, 201410 yr by Ultraviolence1989

May I ask why LIG is 3 positions? I haven't finished setting up my Spotify so I wouldn't know :lol:

May I ask why LIG is 3 positions? I haven't finished setting up my Spotify so I wouldn't know :lol:

3 versions :)

 

Version at #1 is single English version, #3 is deluxe album version, #7 is normal album version :)

 

3 versions :)

 

Version at #1 is single English version, #3 is deluxe album version, #7 is normal album version :)

 

Ah so you listen to the album there you got as well not just the single :arrr: