iTunes Weekly Thread

for discussion of the iTunes singles chart

See also

- Kworb Top 200 (updated regularly) (click)

- iTunes Album Chart Discussion

- International iTunes Chart Threads (click)

- Spotify and Apple Music Chart Thread

New Releases

courtesy of ManicKangaroo

Alex Adair - No One Like You

Alexis Strum -Swim [Monday 12th May]

Armin van Buuren & BLR — Bach To The Future

Avril Lavigne feat Simple Plan - Young & Dumb

Calum Hood - Call Me When You Know Better

Calvin Harris feat Clementine Douglas – Blessings

David Archuleta - Can I Call You

David Guetta & Hypaton vs Europe - The Final Countdown 2025

Deaf Havana - Lawn Tennis

Duke Dumont - Your Loving [GRAT]

Elbow - Sober

Ella Eyre feat Jay Prince - High On The Internet

Fitz & The Tantrums - Man On The Moon

Friction & Basslayerz – Shoot

Garbage - Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty [GRAT]

Halsey & Amy Lee - Hand That Feeds

Hardwell - Lift Off

Hot Since 82 feat Kuuda - Alive

Joe Stone feat Aloma Steele — Donna Summer Nights

Keiino – Unstoppable

Kid Cudi - Neverland

Loren Allred – Clown

Marcus & Martinus - Endless Summer

Mark Ambor - Who Knows

Miley Cyrus - More To Lose [GRAT]

Moon Boots & Lyric Jones - Sunshine

Morgan Wallen – Superman [GRAT]

Moses Sumney & Hayley Williams - I Like It I Like It

Orbital & Confidence Man – Re-lush

Patrick Topping & Camden Cox - Walk On Air

Paul Russell feat Saweetie - That Girl

Picture This - A Thousand Times

Rose – Messy

Royel Otis – Moody

Shouse — Sunrise

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Taste

Take That - Hanging Onto Your Love (Howard Donald 2025 Remix) [GRAT]

Tiësto, Odd Mob & Goodboys - Won’t Be Possible

Tim Minchin - The Song Of The Masochist [GRAT]

Tom Grennan - Full Attention [GRAT]

Tommy Farrow – Breathless

Tujamo x Dizzee Rascal - Fader

Tyla – Bliss

The Vintage Explosion - You Can't Hurt Me Anymore

5. Tom Grennan - Full Attention

38. ROSÉ - Messy

51. Deaf Havana - Lawn Tennis

97. Cammy Barnes - Whiskey Roll (GBX & Outforce Remix)

99. Stormzy - SORRY RACH!

114. Stormzy - Hold Me Down

153. Take That - Hanging onto Your Love (Howard Donald 2025 Remix)

2. Morgan Wallen - Superman

4. Miley Cyrus - More to Lose

5. Freya Ridings - Lost Without You

8. Tom Grennan - Full Attention

26. Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again

32. ROSÉ - Messy

34. Garbage - Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty

61. Cammy Barnes - Whiskey Roll (GBX & Outforce Remix)

62. Hot Milk - Insubordinate Ingerland

96. Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings

102. Turin Brakes - Old Habits

161. Halsey, Amy Lee & Evanescence - Hand That Feeds (From the Film Ballerina)

186. Sons Of Sunday - Pray Mama

@ManicKangaroo The issue I have with you labelling some releases as "GRAT" is that they end up on the Radio 1 playlist, have an official music video and/or go on to "become" an official single push, so surely the age of instant grats is irrelevant by this point no?

4 hours ago, awardinary said:

@ManicKangaroo The issue I have with you labelling some releases as "GRAT" is that they end up on the Radio 1 playlist, have an official music video and/or go on to "become" an official single push, so surely the age of instant grats is irrelevant by this point no?

Agreed I thought grat was obsolete and they are essentially Promo singles unless upgraded

3. Morgan Wallen - Superman

4. Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings

6. Miley Cyrus - More to Lose

9. Tom Grennan - Full Attention

16. Cammy Barnes - Whiskey Roll (GBX & Outforce Remix)

22. ROSÉ - Messy

23. Avril Lavigne - Young & Dumb (feat. Simple Plan)

30. Halsey, Amy Lee & Evanescence - Hand That Feeds (From the Film Ballerina)

33. Garbage - Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty

53. Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke - The Spirit

59. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Taste

88. Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert & Lainey Wilson - Trailblazer

93. Hot Milk - Insubordinate Ingerland

108. Three Days Grace - Apologies

131. Orbital & Confidence Man - Re-lush

132. Hanley and the Baird - Melissa Fairfeather

156. Turin Brakes - Old Habits

159. Jackson Wang - BUCK (feat. Diljit Dosanjh)

198. Tyla - Bliss

9 hours ago, awardinary said:

@ManicKangaroo The issue I have with you labelling some releases as "GRAT" is that they end up on the Radio 1 playlist, have an official music video and/or go on to "become" an official single push, so surely the age of instant grats is irrelevant by this point no?

The only reason that songs are marked as GRAT is because they are not available as a "Single" version and if you pre-order the album you will receive that track for free thus reducing its potential "sales" as these do not count. Obviously this meant more when downloading was the dominant factor.

Im.not sure what the issue is and why removing the GRAT tag would change anything

To me, and I guess only me, it screams "not an official single" whereas it in fact is a single, and it may go on to get its own "Single" release with artwork later on as part of an edit/remix. I guess whenever I see the word "GRAT" next to a new release in your list it somehow devalues it or makes it seem like it's a less significant release compared with the others?

Admittedly I never stopped to consider how these tracks downloads do not count as pure sales, not that it makes much difference to chart performance anyway in 2025.

If a Grat track goes on to get a "Single " release then it will be included on the schedule

Given the nature of the charts these days, whether it's a GRAT or a single or a promo single they're all able to chart anyway so it doesn't make any difference in the long term.

2. Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings

17. Cammy Barnes - Whiskey Roll (GBX & Outforce Remix)

23. Avril Lavigne - Young & Dumb (feat. Simple Plan)

24. ROSÉ - Messy

29. Halsey, Amy Lee & Evanescence - Hand That Feeds (From the Film Ballerina)

30. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Taste

77. Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert & Lainey Wilson - Trailblazer

78. Ilan Sherman - Champions Again 2025 (Leeds United)

80. Elbow - Sober

85. Orbital & Confidence Man - Re-lush

122. Tyla - Bliss

131. Hanley and the Baird - Melissa Fairfeather

149. Jackson Wang - BUCK (feat. Diljit Dosanjh)

168. Harrisen Larner-Main - Runaway

186. Sleep Token - Gethsemane

187. Sleep Token - Past Self

199. David Archuleta - Can I Call You

4 hours ago, ManicKangaroo said:

The only reason that songs are marked as GRAT is because they are not available as a "Single" version and if you pre-order the album you will receive that track for free thus reducing its potential "sales" as these do not count. Obviously this meant more when downloading was the dominant factor.

Im.not sure what the issue is and why removing the GRAT tag would change anything

OK so I get that but I'm curious as to what the benefit is in including it in your release schedule? Not saying it shouldn't be there but I'm just wondering what it adds for our purposes?

To differentiate between single releases and album tracks

Tom Grennan does have a seperate single release for ‘Full Attention’.

1. Calvin Harris & Clementine Douglas - Blessings

14. Cammy Barnes - Whiskey Roll (GBX & Outforce Remix)

18. Avril Lavigne - Young & Dumb (feat. Simple Plan)

20. Levi Heron - The Glen (Levi Heron Edit)

21. Halsey, Amy Lee & Evanescence - Hand That Feeds (From the Film Ballerina)

24+89. Ilan Sherman - Champions Again 2025 (Leeds United)

30. Remember Monday - What The Hell Just Happened?

65. Elbow - Sober

68. Reba McEntire, Miranda Lambert & Lainey Wilson - Trailblazer

77. Take That - Hanging onto Your Love (Howard Donald 2025 Remix)

102. Three Days Grace - Apologies

117. Sleep Token - Dangerous

147. Sleep Token - Even In Arcadia

153. The Vintage Explosion - You Can't Hurt Me Anymore

171. Sleep Token - Gethsemane

187. Sleep Token - Provider

192. Sleep Token - Look To Windward

5 minutes ago, darrens94 said:

Tom Grennan does have a seperate single release for ‘Full Attention’.

He does Indeed, thanks

1 hour ago, ManicKangaroo said:

To differentiate between single releases and album tracks

OK thanks I think I get it now!

3 hours ago, ManicKangaroo said:

To differentiate between single releases and album tracks

Even though you understand some album tracks get sent to radio and so are upgraded from a promotional single to an official single.

Is that not what happened earlier in the year with IT Girl by JADE?

IT girl was never an album track as there is no album pre-order yet

29 minutes ago, awardinary said:

Even though you understand some album tracks get sent to radio and so are upgraded from a promotional single to an official single.

Is that not what happened earlier in the year with IT Girl by JADE?

The only reason for marking it as GRAT is to show it's from an album Pre-order, it makes no difference whether it's being sent to radio or not (how would I even know that information?)

7 minutes ago, ManicKangaroo said:

The only reason for marking it as GRAT is to show it's from an album Pre-order, it makes no difference whether it's being sent to radio or not (how would I even know that information?)

Right ok, but you did say previously that the reason you mark is as a GRAT was to differentiate between an album track and a single, so the point I'm simply making here is that not all album tracks are in fact "album tracks" so labelling them as a GRAT by default is not strictly accurate as they can be changed at any point to become an official single which happens quite often these days if something takes off and goes viral. Not only that, some album tracks have official music videos accompanying them which would suggest more than just an album track (potentially).