September 26, 2025Sep 26 Two K-pop tracks played back to back now... (I bet 39 was played as the number jingle for Strategy as an error!)
September 26, 2025Sep 26 One of the only Kpop Demon Hunters songs I like, so much better than the AI slop sounding Golden
September 26, 2025Sep 26 Author 37 | | 63rd weekRAYE and 070 ShakeEscapism.3rd / 4th single from My 21st Century BluesReleased: 12th October 2022Label: RAYEChart StatisticsNE (01/12/2022) | 31-6-2-3-6-13-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-10-12-14-15-14-18-17-19-30-26-30-40-43-51-51-62-71-69-66-70-68-72-79-83-68-78-65-76-80-87-82-69-59-54-50-51-57-59-63-78-91-xRE (11/01/2024) | 58-80-xRE (08/02/2024) | 97-xRE (14/03/2024) | 13-21-24-36-96-xRE (02/10/2025) | 37Sales: 1,800,000+Certification: 3x PlatinumStatus: Standard Chart Ratio03 Sales01 Audio Streaming03 Video StreamingVideoBiographyWhen RAYE speaks of her music, she doesn’t just talk of songs but of “stories”. And the South London singer-songwriter (born Rachel Agatha Keen in 1997) has quite the knack for writing them. Nominated for the Songwriter of the Year Ivor Novello Award in 2022, RAYE first broke through in 2014 with her star-signalling self-released debut EP, Welcome to the Winter, followed by the Stormzy-featuring Second EP two years later. A stream of singles and collaborations, including with Stefflon Don, Mr Eazi and Jax Jones, hinted at an artist who could shape-shift between musical spheres—and excel wherever she landed. But despite such successes (her name has also featured on the credits of songs by artists such as Beyoncé, Ellie Goulding, Little Mix and John Legend), RAYE felt trapped behind the scenes. In 2021—just months after the release of her chart-topping dance-pop anthem “BED” alongside Joel Corry and David Guetta—the singer-songwriter wrote on social media that she hadn’t been “allowed” to release her debut album and that she was “sick of being slept on” by her label, an allegation that sent shockwaves through the music industry. And it was then that RAYE returned to those stories, as she came to work on her long-awaited 2023 debut LP, My 21st Century Blues, as an independent artist. On it, she explores being a young woman in music and the trauma of sexual assault and substance abuse, but also the things any woman RAYE’s age might be moved to write about: climate change, relationships ending, falling in love with someone new. “This is about me telling the stories I want to tell, in the order I want to tell them, through the sonic landscape I want to tell them,” RAYE told Apple Music at the time of the album’s release. My 21st Century Blues, she added, wasn’t made with mainstream success in mind, yet that’s exactly what it brought. After the confronting “Hard Out Here.” and the made-for-repeat-listening “Black Mascara.”, she unleashed “Escapism.” featuring 070 Shake, a viral hit on both sides of the Atlantic and the biggest song of RAYE’s up to that point. It signalled, without doubt, that her time had come. “It is just the most beautiful validation,” said RAYE. “To know that you’re right to back yourself when you feel conviction and you feel passionately about something. I made this [album] battling and figuring out freedom, and I’m so excited for the artist I get to become. This has set the tone for me.” - Apple MusicTop 100 Chart HistoryRAYE2016 15 By Your Side (Jonas Blue feat. RAYE)2016 03 You Don't Know Me (Jax Jones feat. RAYE) MILLIONAIRE2017 65 The Line -NAS-2017 15 Decline (RAYE & Mr Eazi) -1-2018 26 Check (Kojo Funds feat. RAYE)2018 41 Cigarette (RAYE, Mabel & Stefflon Don) -2-2018 66 Friends -NAS-2019 41 Stay (Don't Go Away) (David Guetta feat. RAYE)2019 55 Love Me Again -1-2020 21 Tequila (Jax Jones & Martin Solveig present Europa with RAYE)2020 06 Secrets (Regard & RAYE)2021 37 Regardless (RAYE & Rudimental) -2-2021 03 BED (Joel Corry, RAYE & David Guetta) MILLIONAIRE2021 14 Ferrari Horses (D-Block Europe & RAYE)2021 64 Call On Me -NAS-2021 50 I Don't Want You (Riton & RAYE)2021 50 Money Calling (Da Beatfreakz feat. Russ Millions, RAYE & wewantwraiths)2022 67 Waterfall (Disclosure & RAYE)2022 01 Escapism. (RAYE & 070 Shake) -1- MILLIONAIRE2023 69 Ice Cream Man. -AT-2023 35 Flip A Switch. -2-2023 23 The Weekend (Stormzy & RAYE)2023 02 Prada (cassö, RAYE & D-Block Europe) MILLIONAIRE2024 33 Worth It. -3-2024 22 Genesis. -NAS-2024 38 Moi (Central Cee & RAYE)2024 52 Oscar Winning Tears. -4-2025 13 Born Again (LISA feat. Doja Cat & RAYE)2025 34 Suzanne (Mark Ronson & RAYE)1 x #1 | 4 x Top 5 | 5 x Top 10 | 9 x Top 20 | 18 x Top 40 | 29 x Top 100070 Shake2022 01 Escapism. (RAYE & 070 Shake) MILLIONAIRE1 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 1 x Top 10 | 1 x Top 20 | 1 x Top 40 | 1 x Top 100Social Media RAYE 070 Shake
September 26, 2025Sep 26 Oh wow, welcome back 'Escapism.'!This is one of the very best #1s of the 2020s for me so far. That storytelling and production will never tire on me.
September 26, 2025Sep 26 Not "the first time since May 2023" as this was reset following last year's Brits!
September 26, 2025Sep 26 So we continue with a re-entry for a former number one from the very first week of January 2023 (the 6th, to be precise).. that week at number one was the only time that the breakdown section (including the "4/4 kick drum pounding in my head" section) was played on the song.
September 26, 2025Sep 26 dear lord at escapism being allowed another resethave the OCC rules just been thrown out the window altogether now?
September 26, 2025Sep 26 Just now, danG said:dear lord at escapism being allowed another resethave the OCC rules just been thrown out the window altogether now?It's not 3 years old yet is it? Could've easily got a 25% increase
September 26, 2025Sep 26 Just now, danG said:dear lord at escapism being allowed another resethave the OCC rules just been thrown out the window altogether now?wait my bad this song is just on the cusp of being under 3 years old
September 26, 2025Sep 26 Just now, danG said:dear lord at escapism being allowed another resethave the OCC rules just been thrown out the window altogether now?I think it's less than 3 years old though (just), whether it did the 25% for an automatic reset is another question.
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