Highway Unicorn

Wonder if this will get a reset soon. Probably if it goes charts high enough for a top ten placement with other songs on ACR above it.

Not me thinking this was the Little Mix song

Oohft, minus 40 is rough.

Especially She & Him, that is a song that 11 people knew existed four weeks ago.

The label has to specifically request a remixed artist be credited and most just don’t see the point. I’m not even sure the last time it happened? I think maybe Kendrick Lamar on Bad Blood a full decade ago? Billy Ray Cyrus and Selena Gomez notably never credited for Old Town Road and Calm Down despite their versions being the most consumed during the entire chart runs.

I’ve followed her musical journey ever since this but still so odd to think in retrospect that Raye had a smash hit 9 years ago. Like this was peaking at the same time as Little Mix’s touch and Shape of You.

The way Katseye's fans have reacted to Internet Girl you would think they released the ‘Checky Song (Touch My Bum)’. They absolutely detest it and think their label is forcing them to put out the worst songs ever as a money laundering scheme. I love it, it’s so 2000s club coded with a perfect blend of hyperpop.

Makes literally no sense. She better be reset next week.

Funfact: Raye is only the seventh British woman (or women led group) to have multiple UK number ones in the streaming era (July 2014 onwards), chronologically following: • Cheryl (‘Crazy Stupid Love’, ‘I Don’t Care’) • Jess Glynn (‘Rather Me’, ‘My Love’, ‘Hold My Hand’, ‘Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself’, ‘These Days’, ‘I’ll Be There’ • Little Mix (‘Black Magic’, ‘Shout Out to My Ex’, ‘Sweet Melody’) • Dua Lipa (‘New Rules’, ‘One Kiss’, ‘Cold Heart’, ‘Dance the Night’) • Ellie Goulding (‘Love Me Like You Do’, ‘River’, ‘Miracle’) • Adele (‘Hello’, ‘Easy on Me’) • Raye (‘Escapism’, ‘Where Is My Husband?’)

Midnight Sun is a new entry at #91

Ooh they played the Zara remix

Absolutely wild that Man I Need is not only the only song here with only 1 week at number one on OCC, but the only one with less than 6 weeks period.

Was at a karaoke pub on the 30th (most patrons around 22-35 in age) and some of the biggest reactions were local British songs - Love Machine, Scandalous, The Boy Does Nothing, World of Our Own. Alongside international hits by brits (Smalltown Boy, Babooshka, Stay [Shakespeares Sister], Bulletproof [La Roux].

Has the new Doechii / SZA starting appearing anywhere yet?

A literal plot line of season five being that one of the characters is sick of hearing the song, sends me.

12 Hour Update: #52 Lush Life #104 Stateside + Zara Larsson

This post just made me realise that none of Dave’s #1s are from his own mainline albums. The male Dua Lipa.

I know it’s been a perennial favourite hovering around the Spotify #100-#200 range for years now but I wonder if the recent Netflix documentary on Puff Daddy and the sampling controversy around it helped reignited interest in the song.

Might be completely off with what exactly is on ACR or not but I think this was the top 40 should look like based one day or Spotify data with OCC rules, with no Christmas songs. ACR streams in brackets 15 112 Dave, Tems – Raindance (feat. Tems) 295,418 29 147 Olivia Dean – So Easy (To Fall In Love) 226,016 32 137 EsDeeKid, Rico Ace – Phantom 208,842 04 95 Olivia Dean – Man I Need 404,959 (202,479) 37 163 Zara Larsson – Lush Life 185,099 44 155 EsDeeKid – Century 169,536 48 162 Djo – End of Beginning 166,458 54 175 Sam Fender, Olivia Dean – Rein Me In (with Olivia Dean) 155,459 60 192 SIENNA SPIRO – Die On This Hill 150,886 17 120 RAYE – WHERE IS MY HUSBAND! 289,033 (148,516) 64 187 EsDeeKid – 4 Raws 141,112 19 121 Taylor Swift – The Fate of Ophelia 279,590 (139,795) 22 114 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, KPop Demon Hunters Cast – Golden 267,791 (133,896) 73 RE HAVEN., Kaitlin Aragon – I Run 127,461 78 RE Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 118,756 80 196 Diana Ross – Upside Down 117,583 82 RE Tyla – CHANEL 115,776 83 RE Olivia Dean – Let Alone The One You Love 115,570 101 RE She & Him – I Thought I Saw Your Face Today 106,445 31 151 Alex Warren – Ordinary 209,086 (104,543) 109 NE Sabrina Carpenter – Such A Funny Way 101,055 121 RE Tiffany – I Think We're Alone Now 92,263 125 RE KATSEYE – Gabriela 90,982 38 166 Olivia Dean – Nice To Each Other 179,454 (89,727) 132 RE Tate McRae – TIT FOR TAT 88,273 47 173 Disco Lines, Tinashe – No Broke Boys 166,641 (88,320.5) 141 RE Kehlani – Folded 84,239 156 RE Addison Rae – Fame is a Gun 80,988 50 181 sombr – back to friends 158,361 (79,180.5) 53 191 sombr – 12 to 12 156,179 (78,089.5) 55 170 The Killers – Mr. Brightside 155,091 (77,545.5) 176 RE SIENNA SPIRO – You Stole The Show 75,689 61 171 The Police – Every Breath You Take 149,570 (74,875) 65 182 Fleetwood Mac – Dreams - 2004 Remaster 136,919 (68,459.5) 70 RE Sabrina Carpenter – Manchild 127,626 (63,813) 72 RE The Goo Goo Dolls – Iris 127,545 (63,772.5) 77 RE Ravyn Lenae – Love Me Not 119,097 (59,548.5) 81 RE Chappell Roan – Pink Pony Club 116,326 (58,163) 87 RE Fleetwood Mac – Everywhere - 2017 Remaster 111,887 (55,943.5) 88 RE Taylor Swift – Opalite 111,025 (55,512.5)

Love that "Too Lost in You" by the Sugababes is just considered a Christmas song now, first ever Apple Music appearance at #194.

The Kelly Clarkson duet version of 'DJ Play a Christmas Song' is new on the Apple Music charts at #200, the original is at #74, could a top 40 entry be possible considering the song is still unaffected by ACR ?

'Stateside + Zara Larson' new on Apple Music at #196 and the combined track re-enters #88 last Friday on OCC. Given that both PinkPantheress and Zara are teasing a music video, good bet on this being the first new hit of the 2026, kinda similar to how the Ice Spice remix boosted 'Boy’s a Liar' in 2023.

the Goddess of Pop strikes again.

One of my favourite Christmas songs. I believe the 2nd song from the Wicked original Broadway cast album to be certified in the UK

I think just because it’s the most generic out of Gaga’s early hits (it was literally convinced during writing sessions for The Pussycat Dolls 2nd album) so it doesn’t really “feel” like Gaga the way the other big hits of that era do. I don’t think she is even performing it on her current tour?