I'm kind of astounded Fifth Harmony actually have a shot at #1. :o

^

 

And Kid Ink also having a shot at #1 alongside them.

 

 

In general, having a #1 automatically moves you into a different league for several reasons - at least in the UK.

It's not just the UK - in Australia where almost everything is OA/OS, you still see Australian pop acts heavily pushed to #1 when it's within reach. For example this year, Grace (sister of Conrad Sewell of 'Firestone' fame) with her 'You Don't Own Me' cover was thrown on an advert, flew into the iTunes top 10, and after 3-4 weeks for airplay to catch up reached the official #1, then was brought to full price and the ad seemingly stopped airing. The same is being done with Conrad himself at the moment (with his single 'Start Again', aka I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-'Stay With Me'), and it's how The Veronicas and Justice Crew were helped to #1 last year, and many others to top 5/10/20 peaks and/or certified gold (a lot easier than in the UK). The US used to be similar until it became basically impossible in the last few years, with remixes in 2011 ('S&M', 'Last Friday Night' with a discount on top, unsuccessfully 'Till The World Ends'), holdbacks until 2008-2009 or so ('Touch My Body', 'Love In This Club', 'Makes Me Wonder', 'Right Round'), or discounts/conveniently timed promo wherever possible. OA/OS will eventually be the norm but if a label feels they can achieve a #1, they're always going to try.

148. Harry Shotta - Animal

 

This song has broken the World Record for most words in a song, he spat a total of 1771 lyrics :o

 

Previous record holder was Rap God, so pretty impressive going!

The Sugerhill Gang - Rapper's Delight has 2980 words so it doesn't quite beat the record :lol: Although that has the advantage of being 15 minutes long.

128. Fifth Harmony Feat Kid Ink - Worth It [i've just noticed that the release date has been pushed back again! It was due out on the 21st, It's now being released 5th July]

Conor and Fifth Harmony being released on the same day? Feels like I died and went to heaven.

 

I hope Worth It can get to #1 :wub: Such a tune and aside from G.R.L no girl group since Little Mix has had as much potential as them.

The Sugerhill Gang - Rapper's Delight has 2980 words so it doesn't quite beat the record :lol: Although that has the advantage of being 15 minutes long.

 

Apparently it was measured by Words Per Second. So, Harry Shotta wins as his song is only 6 minutes long!

 

pre-order update

 

42. Are You With Me - Lost Frequencies (21st June)

58. Not Letting Go (feat. Jess Glynne) - Tinie Tempah (21st June)

67. Black Magic - Little Mix (10th July)

106. Worth It (feat. Kid Ink) - Fifth Harmony (5th July)

114. Five More Hours - Deorro & Chris Brown (14th June)

131. House Every Weekend (Radio Edit) - David Zowie (5th July)

143. I Don't Like It, I Love It (feat. Robin Thicke & Verdine White) - Flo Rida (21st June)

158. Waiting for Love - Avicii (10th July)

173. Poison - Rita Ora (28th June)

183. Freak of the Week (feat. Jeremih) - Krept & Konan (28th June)

191. Show Me Love (feat. Kimberly Anne) - Sam Feldt (5th July)

221. Pretty Girls - Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea (14th June)

297. The Giver (Reprise) - Duke Dumont (21st June)

299. Baby Love - Petite Meller (5th July)

384. Kiss Me Quick - Nathan Sykes (28th June)

475. Come and Get It - John Newman (17th July)

639. Get Stupid - Aston Merrygold (17th July)

900. The Way We Are - Alesha Dixon (21st June)

977. Phenomenal (From "Southpaw") - Eminem (17th July)

 

1055. Ain't Nobody (Loves Me Better) [feat. Jasmine Thompson] - Felix Jaehn (28th August)

1197. Real Joy - Fono (14th June)

1203. Love Me So - Stereo Kicks (21st June)

1218. This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like a Motherf****r - Maroon 5 (24th July)

1392. Fight Song - Rachel Platten (10th July)

1484. Honey, I'm Good - Andy Grammer (17th July)

Edited June 11, 201510 yr by jase.

pre-order update

 

42. Are You With Me - Lost Frequencies (21st June)

58. Not Letting Go (feat. Jess Glynne) - Tinie Tempah (21st June)

One of these needs to release this Sunday imo, with Jason's sales being very low for a #1 it would be such a missed opportunity when both could be #1s.

 

aside, if Are You With Me does get to #1, would it be the shortest song ever to do so? (I imagine there's some 2 minute record from the 60s that did it though as songs were much shorter back then, but at 2:18 it must be up there)

Jeremih and DJ Mustard heading for their first #1 :cheer:

 

In reality, top 10 would be brilliant :wub:

Wouldn't it be a little late to move a song up from that date to Sunday?

Nah. Leona was moved forward by 3 weeks with only 3 days notice.

One of these needs to release this Sunday imo, with Jason's sales being very low for a #1 it would be such a missed opportunity when both could be #1s.

 

aside, if Are You With Me does get to #1, would it be the shortest song ever to do so? (I imagine there's some 2 minute record from the 60s that did it though as songs were much shorter back then, but at 2:18 it must be up there)

Almost all songs from the 50's and early-mid 60's were around 2 minutes in length. The shortest #1 I can remember is "Surrender" by Elvis Presley; which is 1:52.

Edited June 11, 201510 yr by n4yr

Wouldn't it be a little late to move a song up from that date to Sunday?

 

Yes if we were talking physical stocks such as CD singles or 7" vinyl but digital downloads can be released at any time quite easily.

 

aside, if Are You With Me does get to #1, would it be the shortest song ever to do so? (I imagine there's some 2 minute record from the 60s that did it though as songs were much shorter back then, but at 2:18 it must be up there)

 

Adam Faith's “What Do You Want?” is just 1 minute 38 seconds long, although recently the “We No Speak Americano” 2010 chart topper had a hilariously short 2:10 radio edit.

Edited June 11, 201510 yr by Doctor Blind

Conor and Fifth Harmony being released on the same day? Feels like I died and went to heaven.

 

One has a shot of #1 and the other will probably miss the top 40.. :mellow:

One has a shot of #1 and the other will probably miss the top 40.. :mellow:

I think he means that he loves both, not that they'll compete with each other.

One of these needs to release this Sunday imo, with Jason's sales being very low for a #1 it would be such a missed opportunity when both could be #1s.

 

aside, if Are You With Me does get to #1, would it be the shortest song ever to do so? (I imagine there's some 2 minute record from the 60s that did it though as songs were much shorter back then, but at 2:18 it must be up there)

 

THIS!!! SO THIS!

the other will probably miss the top 40.. :mellow:

Oh like Tulisa did? :mellow:

It wasn't a #1 but I remember that Atomic Kitten song that got to #3 being 1:32 or 1:31 or something :lol:

 

 

Edit: Oh Wiki says 2:09, never mind

It wasn't a #1 but I remember that Atomic Kitten song that got to #3 being 1:32 or 1:31 or something :lol:

 

Someone Like Me is 2:06, it got to #8 as a double a-side with Right Now 2004 :heehee: I presume that's the one you mean? The next shortest is 2:52 with See Ya which got to #6 ~