It will face strong competition from the song rush released to mark England reaching the World Cup semi-final. The NHS song will lose out due to the extra surge for the World Cup song when England reach the final.

 

Meanwhile, on planet Earth...

 

It's also the same week as the anti-Trump campaign.

And the same day that a vinyl picture disc of The Beatles Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby is released to mark 50 years since the film of the same name.

Could Beatles songs be no. 1 and no. 2?

https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-relea...galong-live-itv

 

There will be a 90-minute documentary on ITV following the recording, along with a live performance.

 

One of the producers of the single is Timbaland. :o

Chris Martin will probably show up, Robbie Williams too

 

I am a bt sick of hearing this covered though tbh, it was only last year we were shoved this in our face

 

 

"Shove in our face"

 

It only has 45,000 views. Bit of an exaggeration.

All the a listers are being pulled out of the woodwork for this - Rick Astley tweeted that he was involved :lol:

Still certain this won't go to #1. They're obviously trying very hard and pushing it loads, but there's going to be so much competition by July (Drake, Cheat Codes + Little Mix, Rudimental + Anne-Marie), and it will do well on downloads but not enough at all on streams.

 

If it does end up getting the top spot though, it will be the worst #1 of the year for me. Not getting behind this charity single at all, the song they're covering been done to death and it all just feels a bit desperate tbh

To be fair, it is a desperate situation the NHS is in with trying to raise funds.

Why do people have objections to this? The proceeds from this song will benefit us and our families, it doesn't all just boil down to it preventing your fave from reaching #1 etc

I still wouldn’t count this out of being #1 - downloads could be absolutely huge to outstrip streaming especially as they are likely to get a lot of media coverage.

 

Also it’s not like years ago where they would need 300,000 to secure the top spot and with the right media backing and the general public’s mood regarding NHS 100,000 paid for sales is easily achievable - who knows they may even wheel out a CD single to the supermarkets etc., which again would help in the streaming battle.

The proceeds from this song will benefit us and our families, it doesn't all just boil down to it preventing your fave from reaching #1 etc

It's a great cause, but it's hard to really support or be that excited about it as it's a song that's been covered to death. They could've at least written something new! This won't be remembered in a few years time, while stuff like Band Aid has gone down in history.

 

Also, a charity single really doesn't need a 90 minute long TV special (and attempt to break a world record!) for it to be popular, it would do very well just by itself. It really does feel a bit overkill to me :lol:

Edited June 22, 20187 yr by Tedward

Also, a charity single really doesn't need a 90 minute long TV special (and attempt to break a world record!) for it to be popular, it would do very well just by itself. It really does feel a bit overkill to me :lol:

Even so, every little helps! If the TV show gives the song more sales, that means more money to help our health service and that's not a bad thing!

 

Yeah this clearly isn't going to #1 looking at Drakes numbers

Yeah this clearly isn't going to #1 looking at Drakes numbers

To be fair, with the names I’ve seen for this song so far (Kym Marsh, Kimberley Walsh, Beverley Knight, Gabrielle, Tony Hadley, Blue and Nile Rogers) I’m not sure it was ever in with a chance.

 

If it had Ed Sheeran, Stormzy, Jess Glynne, Dua Lipa, Little Mix etc then maybe it would have fared better in 2018

I really can't see that happening. This NHS single is going to sell at least 100k which will be more than enough to outsell whatever Drake single we get next.

 

The NHS single is unlikely to have much streaming, and the is pretty much a prerequisite for chart success nowadays. It might have a respectable 1st week peak, but then drop like a stone.

It all depends on its selling power. Of course it'll do poorly on streaming but it could get to number one with just 60k downloads which seems doable considering the tv show that'll be pushing the single.

I don't think it's ever worth underestimating singles like this, yes you can keep saying that it won't get any streaming, but look at the Lewisham Choir and Artists for Grenfell, it's strengths lie elsewhere and they could be enough to do it if just for a week. I wouldn't be at all surprised with a 1-9-45-OUT style run at all. Buying a song to support a cause is not (and likely never will be) dead in the water. Ofc. this does also depend on how much media coverage it gets as that was crucial for the other two and perhaps why the Friends of Jo Cox single failed.

Most people I know only have Spotify now and can't be bothered to buy individual tracks- and while they might stream the track once, I don't think most will return to it. Also- the TV special is actually going to be broadcast 2 days before the single is actually out- so you won't have people instantly downloading after it's been on! I'm not sure the single will be added to any Spotify playlists either

Edited July 1, 20187 yr by Tedward

I thought Artists For Grenfell was on Hot Hits though? Whether it was or not, it certainly got quite high in the Spotify chart.

It depends if their label is smart enough to pay for a spot on there- NHS Choir was on 'Emubands' for Bridge Over You. IIRC, Artists For Grenfell was Syco

It depends if their label is smart enough to pay for a spot on there- NHS Choir was on 'Emubands' for Bridge Over You. IIRC, Artists For Grenfell was Syco

https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week27/b...-singalong-live

 

I'm not sure what label it is, but Timbaland is producing.