Are there not rules about older songs, and/or songs that had resets recently, not getting reset? Otherwise Wham would every year?

That's only for Xmas songs (allegedly) which is a ridiculous concept in itself as who decides what is and what isn't an Xmas song.

Christmas songs: increase in streams by default, peak on a specific day (Dec 25)

Halloween songs: increase in streams by default, peak on a specific day (Oct 31)

I don't get how the latter is different from the former but OCC's actions defy logic anyway so...

On 31/10/2026 at 08:23, Sour Candy said:

Christmas songs: increase in streams by default, peak on a specific day (Dec 25)

Halloween songs: increase in streams by default, peak on a specific day (Oct 31)

I don't get how the latter is different from the former but OCC's actions defy logic anyway so...

I think the only reason there's a difference is because Christmas songs dominate for a much longer period. Thriller's having a longer run than usual this year but it's still not to the degree of the Christmas takeover, so the disruption is minimal and it doesn't almost entirely wash away new music for that period either (it's literally one day that it does that for!)

A few songs could of declined because of bad weather

2 hours ago, JosephStyles said:

I think the only reason there's a difference is because Christmas songs dominate for a much longer period. Thriller's having a longer run than usual this year but it's still not to the degree of the Christmas takeover, so the disruption is minimal and it doesn't almost entirely wash away new music for that period either (it's literally one day that it does that for!)

I think that the MJ biopic also helped Thriller increase quicker than the other Halloween-related songs

DCL-1

Adéla ~ Nicole Kidman

Ashe ~ Stop the Wedding!

Ella Langley ~ Choosin' Texas

Jade ~ Angel of My Dreams

Oasis ~ Don't Look Back In Anger

P!nk ~ Just Give Me A Reason (feat. Nate Ruess)

Robyn ~ Dancing on My Own

Sienna Spiro ~ Great Expectation

Sienna Spiro ~ Die on This Hill

Taylor Swift ~ Opalite

DCL-2

Adéla ~ Ain't in LA

Bronski Beat ~ Smalltown Boy

Cloonee and Prospa ~ Good Girl (feat. Tristan Henry)

Faouzia ~ Unethical

Fontaines D.C. ~ Marianne

Kettama ~ Comes and Goes

Kolter ~ Hey Everybody

Miguel ~ Sure Thing

Olivia Rodrigo ~ Expectations (feat. Chappell Roan)

Teddy Swims ~ Mr. Know It All

TLC ~ No Scrubs

DCL-3

Alyssa Grace ~ Bloodstream

DJ Goja, Jason Derulo and Melody ~ Mi Chico

Malcolm Todd ~ Earrings

Olivia Rodrigo ~ The Cure

SCR

Andrew Gold ~ Spooky, Scary Skeletons

Bobby "Boris" Pickett ~ Monster Mash

Danny Elfman ~ This Is Halloween

Grace ~ Not Over Yet

Harry Styles ~ Sign of the Times

Jamie Miller ~ Babydoll

Kingfishr ~ The Sun Will Never Settle

Michael Jackson ~ Thriller

Noah Kahan ~ Orbiter

Noah Kahan ~ Willing and Able

Ray Parker, Jr. ~ Ghostbusters

Rihanna ~ Disturbia

Rockwell ~ Somebody's Watching Me

Sombr ~ My Body Isn't Ready

Tame Impala ~ Dracula

Taylor Swift ~ The Fate of Ophelia

Hopefully I'm actually correct with this week's DCL-3s...

hopefully we finally see the back of Earrings and Jason DeSUNO this week

what about Dracula?

7 minutes ago, Jayd0n said:

what about Dracula?

Dracula was reset and is on SCR (DCL-0)

Hpoor Halyssa Hgrace...

Bizarre to see songs that feel almost brand new - Expectations and Marianne - on the verge of hitting ACR when the chart has been drowning in 50-week borefests and endless songs from 10+ years ago constantly on SCR

Edited 4 hours ago4 hr by rio309