Highway Unicorn

@danG already mentioned the Katy Perry track, the George Ezra one from 2021 also re-charted in 2022-23-24 in the OCC Top 100 as well.

If Sam Fender goes top 40 with the Stones cover, it would be the first time the John Lewis advert produced a top 40 single since Bastille’s cover of "Can’t Fight This Feeling" in 2019 (#39), and only the third in the past 10 years, the aforementioned two and Elbow's "Golden Slumbers" in 2017. Granted it is the streaming era now but quiet remarkable how rarely these big and arguably one of the few monocultural moments left can’t produce hit singles anymore, given how regularly they were going not just top 40 or top 10 but number one.

Why the sudden jump back into the top 40 for both versions of “Run” (Snow Patrol & Leona)

Kinda odd for how big Babydoll (Jamie Miller’s) is, there hasn’t really been a trickle down effect on his back catalogue. His two next more popular songs have only increased by 20k daily streams on Spotify in the past four weeks. There has been a new track teased on his TikTok that’s had a decent amount of fan demand so I imagine that will probably be the next single in January after Christmas, probably followed quickly by an album.

The version that’s only 1 min 58 Seconds in length ?

Pre Halloween Update on Apple Music (songs from their main Halloween playlists experience significant and or unusual gains) #6. Thriller, Michael Jackson (+8) #18. Ghostbusters, Ray Parker Jr. (+22) #28. This Is Halloween, Nightmare Before Christmas OST (+68) #44. Somebody’s Watching Me, Rockwell (+137) #49. Blinding Lights, The Weeknd (NEW) #55. Disturbia, Rihanna (+49) #65. Bring Me to Life Evanescence (+32) #70. Superstition, Stevie Wonder (+119) #71. & #125 Bobby "Boris" Pickett - Monster Mash #74. Maneater, Nelly Furtado (NEW) #96. Andrew Gold - Spooky, Scary Skeletons (NEW) #103. Dracula, Tame Impala (+90) #107. Vampire, Olivia Rodrigo (+5) #114. Highway to Hell, AC/DC (+84) #118. Sweet Dreams, Eurythmics (+47) #156. Bad Guy, Billie Eilish (+38) #169. Time Warp, Rocky Horror OST (NEW) #174. Paint It Black, Rolling Stones (NEW) #178. Psycho Killer, Talking Heads (NEW) #183. The Hills, The Weeknd (NEW) #187. Hungry Like the Wolf, Duran Duran (NEW)

They’ve been touring The Black Parade for it’s 20th anniversary and the album was reissued this past week as well because of that.

I hope this encourages labels to use SCD as a performance / promo slot again. Even BGT only has on past contestants and musical theatre ensembles now. Ooh take me back to The halcyon days of 2010 when the guests performers on X Factor were near guaranteed a top 10 placement if not number one.

The two of them performed it on the Strictly results show.

Random fun fact, this was the first time the current UK number was performed on Strictly since 2017, when Ed Sheeran performed "Perfect" in the finale in December 2017.

Coming Up Roses (currently #59) could be top 40 this week after its music video premiere tomorrow.

Harry Styles' “Coming Up Roses” is getting a music video release tomorrow, currently #64 Apple Music #168 Spotify Expect a decent boost in the week.

Quiet odd for this album specifically, I can’t imagine there is a lot of folks still purchasing it and the only songs from the with any current trajectory (ie, 3k or more daily streams) are My Man (Streisand cover, 11k) and I Feel Pretty / Unpretty (West Side Story & TLC mashup, 3k)

"Welcome to the Black Parade" being a number one song is kinda nuts all things considered. 5 minutes long, very emo etc. Excellent song.

Between Jade and now Tate, The Victoria Secret Fashion Show had some serious impact on the music charts this year. Every artist is going to beg to be booked for the show next year.

Five new entries from four artists (3 them being actual new songs and the 4th a freshly made single with a proper video and everything). Took things like this for granted in the pre-streaming era.

Thank you, knew there was still some gentlemen I was missing. Had no idea Interplanetary Criminal was just the one person. Interesting that Jamie would still be the only the second British or Irish man to reach the summit unaccompanied this decade for their first visit.

Unless I missed someone. Jamie Miller would be only the sixth British or Irish male soloists to get their first uk number one in the 2020s, only the 2nd completely solo, and the only unaccompanied British soloist. Joel Corry (as a collab with MNEK) MNEK (as a collab with Joel Corry) Central Cee (with Dave) Hozier Sam Fender (with Olivia Dean)

Apple Music update. #1 Babydoll (=) #2 Housewife (+1) #9 Expectations (+1) #10 Lies (+2) #11 Marianne (-2) #15 Six Shot Morning (-2) #18 Nimesis (-2) #33 Lodi When (-4) #47 Robot Killed The Working Man (-7) #94 Babydoll (+5) #137 Expectations (+15)

Lana has the most random collect of top ten hits (if this does goes top ten) Video Games & Born to Die - fair enough Summertime Sadness - an EDM remix, little odd but not entirely out of the blue Don’t Call Me Angel - a weird collab for all three artists at that point in their careers, especially it being for a flop movie Snow on a Beach - a Taylor Swift album track that she is barely audible on Say Yes to Heaven - an unreleased decade old track.

correct me if I’m wrong, but if Marianne goes top ten, I think that would be Fontaines only the 2nd rock band to get their first top ten single in the entirety of the 2020s decade, following Sleep Token.

It’s funny how Element of Freedom has a half dozen hits on it but none in the same region Unthinkable in the USA Doesn’t Mean Anything in Japan, Ger, Ire, UK Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart in Brazil, Norway, Sweden, UK Put It In a Love Song in Aus, Brazil & Korea Empire State of Mind Part II in the UK

Why the Drake remix though.

Up to 90 now.

Just Give Me a Reason randomly taking off right after Pink was the instigator of the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran situation and her getting off relevantly scott free is funny.