Love that we are looking at a chart battle for the first time in a while. Rooting for Shakira, as unlikely she will have another chance. Also not convinced this is Sam’s last chance to get that extra week at #1. Ariana is certainly not guaranteed to bag it next week.

Utterly bizarre to do this in the dying hours of Thursday when it was there very easily for the taking all week, guess the label got yesterday's figures in and panicked. As I said earlier in the week though, no way they were going to sit back and do nothing, just odd it took this long.

It's a shame for me because I agree that Dai Dai is unlikely to get another chance, the World Cup is becoming more of a memory each day. It's done very well to hold up as it has but I can't see it doing so for ages.

2 minutes ago, GTH said:

Love that we are looking at a chart battle for the first time in a while. Rooting for Shakira, as unlikely she will have another chance. Also not convinced this is Sam’s last chance to get that extra week at #1. Ariana is certainly not guaranteed to bag it next week.

It 100% won’t be his last chance sadly. It will be Shakira’s though. I don’t know how yall can root for anything to get a 19th week at #1 over Shakira getting her first #1 in 19 years and probably last

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35 minutes ago, No Sleeep said:

Would also add Diana Ross. Diana (1980) was the biggest album of her career, and then from a UK perspective she got her biggest hit 6 years later with Chain Reaction after a few flop eras. I do think this proves it is harder for artists to maintain a repeak though, which makes Kylie’s the most impressive imo, the 00s was her strongest decade by far.

In terms of re-peaks, I'd probably say Take That had the most impressive in the UK that I can think of. They really did sustain that second era for a long time. Kylie did fantastically well also though.

3 minutes ago, dandy* said:

In terms of re-peaks, I'd probably say Take That had the most impressive in the UK that I can think of. They really did sustain that second era for a long time. Kylie did fantastically well also though.

They did, but I don’t think they ever really flopped in the first place did they? They just broke up

For me personally the number one going to a song by two homegrown British artists who rose to prominence organically (one of those being an artist I've been aware of since before their mainstream breakthrough) which is breaking a record, showing it is still possible for new British artists to make it in an industry where the odds are becoming more and more stacked against them, and igniting conversation in people who don't follow the charts as closely, is more appealing than Dai Dai getting it as much as I enjoyed this year's World Cup and respect Shakira.

5 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

For me personally the number one going to a song by two homegrown British artists who rose to prominence organically (one of those being an artist I've been aware of since before their mainstream breakthrough) which is breaking a record, showing it is still possible for new British artists to make it in an industry where the odds are becoming more and more stacked against them, and igniting conversation in people who don't follow the charts as closely, is more appealing than Dai Dai getting it as much as I enjoyed this year's World Cup and respect Shakira.

I think they’ve already done that x also don’t see why nationality is relevant. 19 weeks is a joke

Going to? They already have it though for 18 weeks now, they can move over for a couple of weeks

Would personally love if either of the #1 contenders could be a song that's better than a 6/10 but hey ho.

10 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

Utterly bizarre to do this in the dying hours of Thursday when it was there very easily for the taking all week, guess the label got yesterday's figures in and panicked. As I said earlier in the week though, no way they were going to sit back and do nothing, just odd it took this long.

It's a shame for me because I agree that Dai Dai is unlikely to get another chance, the World Cup is becoming more of a memory each day. It's done very well to hold up as it has but I can't see it doing so for ages.

I agree with you. I think it's a mixture of "let's see how long it could stay atop without stepping in" vs. "oh! we're battling with another song, so we need to do something now" during the week.

Between "Rein Me In" and "Dai Dai", I also think that this is the last chance of the latter, so Sam's team wants to secure this one in case of new future releases from the following weeks and songs which are climbing on DSPs. I guess "petal" seems the most logical contender for next week, but it's also too early to see how Ariana's team will do in terms of the single, especially in the UK.

I wouldnt be suprised if Dai Dai makes a reappearance at the next world cup as well like Waka Waka

Just now, 777666jason said:

I wouldnt be suprised if Dai Dai makes a reappearance at the next world cup as well like Waka Waka

It’s obviously never going to be a #1 contender again though

5 minutes ago, No Sleeep said:

I think they’ve already done that x also don’t see why nationality is relevant. 19 weeks is a joke

And 19 weeks is also a NEW CHART RECORD doesn't really matter whether you think its a joke or not its history

But as i said earlier im happy with either outcome

 

1 minute ago, No Sleeep said:

It’s obviously never going to be a #1 contender again though

You can predict the future ? Can you tell me next weeks lottery numbers please

Noone thought all i want for christmas , last christmas or even Running Up That Hill would ever get to number 1 look at them now

Yeah if I knew for sure Ariana wasn't going to threaten for the top and there was 100% another chance for Sam to get a 19th week I'd be rooting for Dai Dai this week! And best believe if RMI does get a 19th I'll start rooting against it if it doesn't go ACR ASAP - hold me to that ♥️

1 minute ago, 777666jason said:

You can predict the future ? Can you tell me next weeks lottery numbers please

Noone thought all i want for christmas , last christmas or even Running Up That Hill would ever get to number 1 look at them now

Seriously lol? Those songs are one in a million. If Dai Dai misses out this week the minuscule chance that it could somehow become a perennial classic and return to #1 every World Cup isn’t… Isn’t exactly the same as Rein Me In inevitably climbing back to #1 the next week is it.

19 minutes ago, gasman449 said:

For me personally the number one going to a song by two homegrown British artists who rose to prominence organically (one of those being an artist I've been aware of since before their mainstream breakthrough) which is breaking a record, showing it is still possible for new British artists to make it in an industry where the odds are becoming more and more stacked against them, and igniting conversation in people who don't follow the charts as closely, is more appealing than Dai Dai getting it as much as I enjoyed this year's World Cup and respect Shakira.

Great post

It's obviously very unlikely Dai Dai will get to #1 in years to come. I'm way more of a fan of Dai Dai than Rein Me In so I've downloaded a few versions of the former, beating the all-time record is far less exciting to me than Shakira getting her first #1 single in 19 years.

2 minutes ago, No Sleeep said:

Seriously lol? Those songs are one in a million. If Dai Dai misses out this week the minuscule chance that it could somehow become a perennial classic and return to #1 every World Cup isn’t… Isn’t exactly the same as Rein Me In inevitably climbing back to #1 the next week is it.

Shakira is also holding consistently on streaming theres no proof to say its not going to hover around for a while anyway

Shakira does also have 'Dare (La La La)'

I'm sure she'll come up with another World Cup song in the future - heck, we might even have enough for an album one day!

I never really knew that they could score like this

They make a man wanna speak Spanish

Oh baby when you pass like that

You make a woman go mad