If you are new to the thread, or not new, it might help to have a rundown. Every Sunday at midday, I record the current iTunes top 200 and the weekly Spotify chart, and sort together the highest songs on both of them (giving Spotify the edge on ties because it's honestly far more relevant). As that is usually less than 100 songs and this is 100 songs, I fill the rest of the slots with the oldest songs on the Spotify chart left over after that. The Bubbling Under chart lists the top 20 songs on the Spotify chart closest to joining the main list.
It's a new year for the chart but unlike last time, we're not representing a vague sea-change as it's just a return to what we've been used to for the past several months. Maneskin hold on at #1 by a wide margin. CKay climbs to #2 with "love nwantiti (ah ah ah)" though it'll be difficult to get much higher for a while. The big news of this week for whatever reason is Elton John. Perhaps choose to be cynical that someone's managed to type up a sync as this is the best chance he has of getting to #1 on the ARIA Chart in the near future. Anyway though the last 4 years has been an endless cashing in on his legacy, somehow this week is seeing the best performances ever for a lot of these songs. "Tiny Dancer", "Crocodile Rock", "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and "Sacrifice" score new peaks. The other news is that Anastacia won The Masked Singer, which I'm going to pretend I know how that works. Via that she has her first ever appearances on the chart with "I'm Outta Love" and "Left Outside Alone", which are the only debuts on the entire chart this week. Elsewhere there are slight new peaks for Billie Eilish & SAINt JHN.
This week I'm introducing a change to the Bubbling Under chart which I decided on months ago but chose the new thread to be the time I bring it out. This is somewhat to save me some effort on specifics and also to make positions more meaningful. Evidently the past year and a half has shown that the oddity of songs appearing on the Spotify chart but that not being enough to make this main chart, to the point that there's almost always an example of it. Perhaps it will start to consume more and more of the chart, and if so we'd have a lot of songs ordered by their age that are at a point where it doesn't actually matter. What really matters is how close they are to the chart. So all of this is a long way to say that I'm taking the dates off of songs that are eligible via their age and now ordering them based on how high they are on the chart. Incidentally this doesn't change the chart at all this week but now you know. The biggest news of the week is the arrival of MCR's "Teenagers" which is having a little bit of a run on Spotify, or was, it might be dipping out quickly. Nonetheless, it got very close to the chart this week, leaping past Mac Miller. ScHoolboy Q also returns with "Collard Greens". Our stalwart old song "Ophelia" has dropped out again.
iTunes songs: 50 Spotify songs: 50
1
1
17
1
Måneskin
Beggin'
2
4
3
2
CKay
love nwantiti (ah ah ah)
3
RE
66
3
Elton John
Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)
4
NE
1
4
Anastacia
I'm Outta Love
5
RE
70
5
Elton John
Tiny Dancer
6
RE
24
5
Elton John
Your Song
7
3
152
1
Fleetwood Mac
Dreams
8
NE
1
8
Anastacia
Left Outside Alone
9
16
4
4
Brooks & Dunn
Neon Moon
10
9
218
2
The Killers
Mr. Brightside
11
RE
34
2
Elton John
I'm Still Standing
12
10
18
1
Masked Wolf
Astronaut In The Ocean
13
7
7
3
Sam Smith
Like I Can
14
33
138
2
Ed Sheeran
Perfect
15
17
2
15
Billie Eilish
Bored
16
12
55
1
Lewis Capaldi
Someone You Loved
17
RE
5
6
George Michael & Elton John
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
18
RE
51
9
Timmy Trumpet & Savage
Freaks
19
74
210
1
Disturbed
The Sound Of Silence
20
5
8
5
Mariah Carey
Fantasy
21
21
285
1
Vance Joy
Riptide
22
RE
8
22
Elton John
Crocodile Rock
23
14
10
6
Ellie Goulding
Still Falling For You
24
23
155
6
James Arthur
Say You Won't Let Go
25
18
139
2
Imagine Dragons
Believer
26
6
32
3
Ruelle
I Get To Love You
27
31
60
13
J. Cole
No Role Modelz
28
32
59
3
Post Malone & Swae Lee
Sunflower
29
37
42
28
MKTO
Classic
30
RE
14
7
Lil Nas X (feat Billy Ray Cyrus)
Old Town Road (Remix)
31
RE
6
31
Elton John & Kiki Dee
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
32
28
6
21
Post Malone
Circles
33
20
70
2
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Shallow
34
34
22
4
Tones And I
Dance Monkey
35
40
48
10
The Neighbourhood
Sweater Weather
36
RE
11
5
Celine Dion
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
37
68
12
2
Justin Wellington (feat Small Jam)
Iko Iko (My Bestie)
38
36
9
10
Steve Lacy
Dark Red
39
RE
2
39
Elton John
Sacrifice
40
RE
72
5
Flo Rida (feat T-Pain)
Low
41
RE
47
3
Adele
Skyfall
42
RE
31
5
Xavier Rudd
Follow The Sun
43
47
9
28
J. Cole (feat Amber Coffman & Cults)
She Knows
44
38
12
16
Shouse
Love Tonight
45
RE
8
32
Elton John
Candle In The Wind
46
43
89
3
Dean Lewis
Be Alright
47
48
234
6
Cold Chisel
Khe Sanh
48
39
175
5
Miley Cyrus
Party In The U.S.A.
49
49
126
1
5 Seconds Of Summer
Youngblood
50
51
167
1
Calum Scott
Dancing On My Own
51
15
199
1
Chris Stapleton
Tennessee Whiskey
52
41
95
10
Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
53
53
116
14
Fleetwood Mac
Go Your Own Way
54
62
32
26
Kings Of Leon
Sex On Fire
55
52
33
2
Powderfinger
My Happiness
56
55
124
1
Billie Eilish & Khalid
lovely
57
71
136
6
Journey
Don't Stop Believin'
58
57
20
13
Surf Curse
Freaks
59
RE
51
16
Adele
Hello
60
50
86
8
OneRepublic
Counting Stars
61
RE
118
3
Queen
Don't Stop Me Now
62
60
129
40
Train
Hey, Soul Sister
63
58
48
21
Nelly Furtado (feat Timbaland)
Promiscuous
64
RE
231
2
AC/DC
Thunderstruck
65
RE
151
7
AC/DC
Highway To Hell
66
59
174
1
Avicii
Wake Me Up
67
56
10
5
Sia
Unstoppable
68
85
210
9
Bryan Adams
Summer Of '69
69
61
33
1
BANNERS
Someone To You
70
72
4
70
SAINt JHN
Roses (IMANBEK Remix)
71
83
48
4
The Goo Goo Dolls
Iris
72
80
52
3
Coldplay
Yellow
73
29
56
3
Icehouse
Great Southern Land
74
97
25
4
Billie Eilish
bad guy
75
RE
28
3
Lady Gaga
Always Remember Us This Way
76
75
105
20
Eminem
The Real Slim Shady
77
RE
21
14
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
78
RE
6
37
Tina Turner
Proud Mary
79
RE
91
9
Neil Diamond
Sweet Caroline
80
69
153
2
WALK THE MOON
Shut Up and Dance
81
25
37
11
Stevie Wonder
Happy Birthday
82
77
253
5
Oasis
Wonderwall
83
87
157
2
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat Ray Dalton)
Can't Hold Us
84
RE
2
2
Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Hello
85
79
137
4
Ed Sheeran
Shape Of You
86
86
32
19
Choirboys
Run To Paradise
87
98
104
6
Foster The People
Pumped Up Kicks
88
RE
50
42
Van Morrison
Brown Eyed Girl
89
RE
62
19
Bruno Mars
Count On Me
90
92
95
32
The Chainsmokers (feat Halsey)
Closer
91
13
32
8
Earth, Wind & Fire
September
92
RE
108
1
Adele
Someone Like You
93
66
11
52
Taylor Swift
Wildest Dreams
94
RE
9
1
Adele
Make You Feel My Love
95
95
133
15
XXXTENTACION
Jocelyn Flores
96
91
138
1
Juice WRLD
Lucid Dreams
97
RE
21
13
Dave Dobbyn & Herbs
Slice Of Heaven
98
RE
207
2
Darius Rucker
Wagon Wheel
99
82
175
3
Taylor Swift
Shake It Off
100
90
274
1
John Legend
All Of Me
-
2
5
2
Kina Grannis
Can't Help Falling In Love
-
8
57
1
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
Islands In The Stream
-
11
210
7
Metallica
Nothing Else Matters
-
19
38
1
Birds of Tokyo
Lanterns
-
22
107
4
The Script (feat will.i.am)
Hall Of Fame
-
24
262
1
Christina Perri
A Thousand Years
-
26
2
22
Brandi Carlile
That Wasn't Me
-
27
142
9
Rachel Platten
Fight Song
-
30
39
1
Chris Isaak
Wicked Game
-
35
63
8
Gotye (feat Kimbra)
Somebody That I Used To Know
-
42
19
27
Tears For Fears
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
-
44
51
5
50 Cent
In Da Club
-
45
25
9
Calum Scott
You Are The Reason
-
46
7
2
The Script
Superheroes
-
54
286
1
Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
-
63
11
2
The Verve
Bitter Sweet Symphony
-
64
183
1
Toto
Africa
-
65
11
3
Goanna
Solid Rock
-
67
1
67
World Party
Ship of Fools
-
70
9
43
Killing Heidi
Weir
-
73
6
13
Lady Gaga
Born This Way
-
76
119
4
John Farnham
You're The Voice
-
78
34
11
Coolio (feat L.V.)
Gangsta's Paradise
-
81
2
69
Macy Gray
I Try
-
84
11
11
Tina Turner
The Best
-
88
11
36
Juice Newton
Angel of the Morning
-
89
90
3
Hilltop Hoods
The Nosebleed Section
-
93
94
12
The White Stripes
Seven Nation Army
-
94
60
4
Rage Against The Machine
Killing In The Name
-
96
69
1
The Cranberries
Zombie
-
99
21
3
The Cranberries
Dreams
-
100
109
8
Anne-Marie
2002
Bubbling Under
1
NE
1
1
My Chemical Romance
Teenagers
2
1
4
1
Mac Miller
The Spins
3
RE
2
2
ScHoolboy Q (feat Kendrick Lamar)
Collard Greens
4
3
32
3
Dua Lipa
Don't Start Now (31/10/2019)
5
4
29
4
Harry Styles
Watermelon Sugar (16/11/2019)
6
5
28
5
Lewis Capaldi
Before You Go (19/11/2019)
7
6
26
6
The Weeknd
Blinding Lights (29/11/2019)
8
7
13
7
Harry Styles
Adore You (06/12/2019)
9
8
20
8
Harry Styles
Falling (13/12/2019)
10
9
18
9
Eminem (feat Juice WRLD)
Godzilla (17/01/2020)
11
10
2
10
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...And To Those I Love, Thanks For Sticking Around (14/02/2020)
It's yet another week at #1 for Maneskin, but really that's a misnomer because this is really Queen week. I don't really know why but I'm guessing something was on TV on Saturday night, and it's extremely overcompensating for the diminishing returns on Queen's last boost from 3 years ago, which has seen many of these songs absent from the chart for well over a year. Unsurprisingly it's difficult for Queen songs to hit new peaks but "Who Wants To Live Forever" has done just that. Getting a better result out of this though is Adam Lambert, who sees a big new peak for "Whataya Want From Me" at #2, and further debuts for "Ghost Town" and "If I Had You". This week is also pre-emptive Adele week whose return was already making major waves on Spotify before it even happened, so this is just an early start. "Hello" manages a slight new peak, as does "When We Were Young", which is actually her 2nd highest song on Spotify at the moment so expect a big jump next week. Shouse have been making big enough waves on iTunes to drag the original version up to a slight new peak this week. Elsewhere, a good week for James Arthur gives a debut for "Falling Like The Stars", while The Rolling Stones surprisingly get another debut this year with "Brown Sugar". "Lucid Dreams" has been on the chart every single week since I started counting Spotify but this week it drops off for the first time, having seen a downward trend for quite some time.
Unlike last week, the new rules actually do change the Bubbling Under chart as there's a new #1 from Adele. "Love In The Dark" was very close to debuting this week but will almost certainly get there next week. It brings us to 4 already eligible songs and Dua Lipa stuck at #5 2 weeks away from certainly debuting. "Adore You" drops out yet again.
iTunes songs: 54 Spotify songs: 46
1
1
18
1
Måneskin
Beggin'
2
RE
8
2
Adam Lambert
Whataya Want From Me
3
2
4
2
CKay
love nwantiti (ah ah ah)
4
RE
287
1
Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
5
RE
103
3
Queen
We Are The Champions
6
RE
74
4
Queen
Another One Bites The Dust
7
RE
47
2
Queen
Radio Ga Ga
8
RE
241
2
Queen
We Will Rock You
9
61
119
3
Queen
Don't Stop Me Now
10
7
153
1
Fleetwood Mac
Dreams
11
RE
37
4
Queen
I Want To Break Free
12
59
52
12
Adele
Hello
13
44
13
13
Shouse
Love Tonight
14
10
219
2
The Killers
Mr. Brightside
15
14
139
2
Ed Sheeran
Perfect
16
15
3
15
Billie Eilish
Bored
17
9
5
4
Brooks & Dunn
Neon Moon
18
12
19
1
Masked Wolf
Astronaut In The Ocean
19
13
8
3
Sam Smith
Like I Can
20
16
56
1
Lewis Capaldi
Someone You Loved
21
RE
20
10
Queen
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
22
NE
1
22
Adam Lambert
Ghost Town
23
RE
48
3
Queen
Somebody To Love
24
RE
5
24
Queen
Who Wants To Live Forever
25
21
286
1
Vance Joy
Riptide
26
24
156
6
James Arthur
Say You Won't Let Go
27
RE
43
5
Queen & David Bowie
Under Pressure
28
NE
1
28
James Arthur
Falling Like The Stars
29
29
43
28
MKTO
Classic
30
27
61
13
J. Cole
No Role Modelz
31
41
48
3
Adele
Skyfall
32
RE
15
11
Queen
Love Of My Life
33
RE
236
1
Daryl Braithwaite
The Horses
34
33
71
2
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Shallow
35
35
49
10
The Neighbourhood
Sweater Weather
36
34
23
4
Tones And I
Dance Monkey
37
28
60
3
Post Malone & Swae Lee
Sunflower
38
25
140
2
Imagine Dragons
Believer
39
RE
140
1
Adele
Rolling In The Deep
40
32
7
21
Post Malone
Circles
41
20
9
5
Mariah Carey
Fantasy
42
RE
4
42
Adele
When We Were Young
43
38
10
10
Steve Lacy
Dark Red
44
46
90
3
Dean Lewis
Be Alright
45
47
235
6
Cold Chisel
Khe Sanh
46
RE
226
3
Metallica
Enter Sandman
47
50
168
1
Calum Scott
Dancing On My Own
48
RE
3
45
Birdy
People Help The People
49
51
200
1
Chris Stapleton
Tennessee Whiskey
50
43
10
28
J. Cole (feat Amber Coffman & Cults)
She Knows
51
RE
24
5
Radiohead
Creep
52
48
176
5
Miley Cyrus
Party In The U.S.A.
53
26
33
3
Ruelle
I Get To Love You
54
56
125
1
Billie Eilish & Khalid
lovely
55
3
67
3
Elton John
Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)
56
NE
1
56
The Rolling Stones
Brown Sugar
57
49
127
1
5 Seconds Of Summer
Youngblood
58
55
34
2
Powderfinger
My Happiness
59
52
96
10
Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
60
23
11
6
Ellie Goulding
Still Falling For You
61
92
109
1
Adele
Someone Like You
62
RE
9
28
Randy Newman
You've Got A Friend In Me
63
67
11
5
Sia
Unstoppable
64
54
33
26
Kings Of Leon
Sex On Fire
65
5
71
5
Elton John
Tiny Dancer
66
63
49
21
Nelly Furtado (feat Timbaland)
Promiscuous
67
60
87
8
OneRepublic
Counting Stars
68
57
137
6
Journey
Don't Stop Believin'
69
62
130
40
Train
Hey, Soul Sister
70
69
34
1
BANNERS
Someone To You
71
RE
263
1
Christina Perri
A Thousand Years
72
RE
39
1
Birds of Tokyo
Lanterns
73
RE
211
1
Disturbed
The Sound Of Silence
74
RE
33
3
Boney M.
Rasputin
75
53
117
14
Fleetwood Mac
Go Your Own Way
76
RE
58
1
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
Islands In The Stream
77
82
254
5
Oasis
Wonderwall
78
66
175
1
Avicii
Wake Me Up
79
RE
22
9
Pascal Letoublon
Friendships
80
72
53
3
Coldplay
Yellow
81
76
106
20
Eminem
The Real Slim Shady
82
70
5
70
SAINt JHN
Roses (IMANBEK Remix)
83
71
49
4
The Goo Goo Dolls
Iris
84
RE
16
5
Adele
Rumour Has It
85
80
154
2
WALK THE MOON
Shut Up and Dance
86
RE
178
1
Mark Ronson (feat Bruno Mars)
Uptown Funk
87
83
158
2
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat Ray Dalton)
Can't Hold Us
88
NE
1
88
Adam Lambert
If I Had You
89
RE
211
7
Metallica
Nothing Else Matters
90
RE
226
1
Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud
91
64
232
2
AC/DC
Thunderstruck
92
85
138
4
Ed Sheeran
Shape Of You
93
RE
22
3
The Cranberries
Dreams
94
58
21
13
Surf Curse
Freaks
95
RE
35
11
Coolio (feat L.V.)
Gangsta's Paradise
96
68
211
9
Bryan Adams
Summer Of '69
97
RE
15
11
Queen
Fat Bottomed Girls
98
RE
2
98
Maroon 5
Memories
99
4
2
4
Anastacia
I'm Outta Love
100
90
96
32
The Chainsmokers (feat Halsey)
Closer
-
6
24
5
Elton John
Your Song
-
8
1
8
Anastacia
Left Outside Alone
-
11
34
2
Elton John
I'm Still Standing
-
17
5
6
George Michael & Elton John
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
-
18
51
9
Timmy Trumpet & Savage
Freaks
-
19
210
1
Disturbed
The Sound Of Silence
-
22
8
22
Elton John
Crocodile Rock
-
30
14
7
Lil Nas X (feat Billy Ray Cyrus)
Old Town Road (Remix)
-
31
6
31
Elton John & Kiki Dee
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
-
36
11
5
Celine Dion
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
-
37
12
2
Justin Wellington (feat Small Jam)
Iko Iko (My Bestie)
-
39
2
39
Elton John
Sacrifice
-
40
72
5
Flo Rida (feat T-Pain)
Low
-
42
31
5
Xavier Rudd
Follow The Sun
-
45
8
32
Elton John
Candle In The Wind
-
65
151
7
AC/DC
Highway To Hell
-
73
56
3
Icehouse
Great Southern Land
-
74
25
4
Billie Eilish
bad guy
-
75
28
3
Lady Gaga
Always Remember Us This Way
-
77
21
14
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
-
78
6
37
Tina Turner
Proud Mary
-
79
91
9
Neil Diamond
Sweet Caroline
-
81
37
11
Stevie Wonder
Happy Birthday
-
84
2
2
Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Hello
-
86
32
19
Choirboys
Run To Paradise
-
87
104
6
Foster The People
Pumped Up Kicks
-
88
50
42
Van Morrison
Brown Eyed Girl
-
89
62
19
Bruno Mars
Count On Me
-
91
32
8
Earth, Wind & Fire
September
-
93
11
52
Taylor Swift
Wildest Dreams
-
94
9
1
Adele
Make You Feel My Love
-
95
133
15
XXXTENTACION
Jocelyn Flores
-
96
138
1
Juice WRLD
Lucid Dreams
-
97
21
13
Dave Dobbyn & Herbs
Slice Of Heaven
-
98
207
2
Darius Rucker
Wagon Wheel
-
99
175
3
Taylor Swift
Shake It Off
-
100
274
1
John Legend
All Of Me
Bubbling Under
1
NE
1
1
Adele
Love In The Dark
2
1
2
1
My Chemical Romance
Teenagers
3
2
5
1
Mac Miller
The Spins
4
3
3
2
ScHoolboy Q (feat Kendrick Lamar)
Collard Greens
5
4
33
3
Dua Lipa
Don't Start Now (31/10/2019)
6
5
30
4
Harry Styles
Watermelon Sugar (16/11/2019)
7
6
29
5
Lewis Capaldi
Before You Go (19/11/2019)
8
7
27
6
The Weeknd
Blinding Lights (29/11/2019)
9
9
21
8
Harry Styles
Falling (13/12/2019)
10
10
19
9
Eminem (feat Juice WRLD)
Godzilla (17/01/2020)
11
11
3
10
$uicideboy$
...And To Those I Love, Thanks For Sticking Around (14/02/2020)
We might be nearing the end of Maneskin's reign but they still have a very healthy lead. In other news, Adele released a new single and on attempting to stream that, people instead also streamed all her other songs. Though the ARIA Chart would have you fooled, "When We Were Young" was the biggest beneficiary and climbs up to #3. Aside from regulars, we're now seeing first time entries for other "25" material. "Love In The Dark", "Send My Love (To Your New Lover)" and "All I Ask" make their debuts. Also of note this week is a big new peak for Yazoo, while MKTO take their recent upswing to full force with "Classic" at #5, and there's also a new peak for John Farnham with "That's Freedom", and most notably, Maroon 5 are up to #96 with "Memories".
I've done it again and made a huge blunder. This time it was excluding Giveon's "Heartbreak Anniversary", which should have entered the Bubbling Under chart months ago. I've adjusted those months of charts on my spreadsheet so there'll be some odd stats going forward and some songs that are debuting again. Otherwise on this chart, Adele is promoted, Harry Styles falls out again and $uicideboy$ make a sharp exit. Taking their place we have yet another quite old song as indie band The Walters have the latest TikTok crossover with "I Love You So". They've just barely scraped onto the chart though so they might not last long, and incidentally, Giveon has quite a decline this week and will need a Spotify Wrapped or something to save him.
iTunes songs: 49 Spotify songs: 51
1
1
19
1
Måneskin
Beggin'
2
3
5
2
CKay
love nwantiti (ah ah ah)
3
42
5
3
Adele
When We Were Young
4
RE
3
4
Yazoo
Only You
5
29
44
5
MKTO
Classic
6
61
110
1
Adele
Someone Like You
7
14
220
2
The Killers
Mr. Brightside
8
13
14
8
Shouse
Love Tonight
9
10
154
1
Fleetwood Mac
Dreams
10
15
140
2
Ed Sheeran
Perfect
11
49
201
1
Chris Stapleton
Tennessee Whiskey
12
39
141
1
Adele
Rolling In The Deep
13
73
212
1
Disturbed
The Sound Of Silence
14
RE
3
14
John Farnham
That's Freedom
15
NE
1
15
Adele
Love In The Dark
16
16
4
15
Billie Eilish
Bored
17
18
20
1
Masked Wolf
Astronaut In The Ocean
18
19
9
3
Sam Smith
Like I Can
19
20
57
1
Lewis Capaldi
Someone You Loved
20
36
24
4
Tones And I
Dance Monkey
21
96
212
9
Bryan Adams
Summer Of '69
22
65
72
5
Elton John
Tiny Dancer
23
RE
62
2
Adele
Set Fire To The Rain
24
12
53
12
Adele
Hello
25
34
72
2
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Shallow
26
RE
16
1
Marconi Union
Weightless
27
25
287
1
Vance Joy
Riptide
28
41
10
5
Mariah Carey
Fantasy
29
26
157
6
James Arthur
Say You Won't Let Go
30
RE
120
4
John Farnham
You're The Voice
31
NE
1
31
Adele
Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
32
30
62
13
J. Cole
No Role Modelz
33
91
233
2
AC/DC
Thunderstruck
34
RE
36
11
The Beatles
Here Comes The Sun
35
RE
5
8
Adele
Chasing Pavements
36
37
61
3
Post Malone & Swae Lee
Sunflower
37
RE
7
13
Lady Gaga
Born This Way
38
35
50
10
The Neighbourhood
Sweater Weather
39
RE
57
3
Icehouse
Great Southern Land
40
RE
10
1
Adele
Make You Feel My Love
41
RE
29
3
Lady Gaga
Always Remember Us This Way
42
60
12
6
Ellie Goulding
Still Falling For You
43
RE
38
11
Stevie Wonder
Happy Birthday
44
40
8
21
Post Malone
Circles
45
47
169
1
Calum Scott
Dancing On My Own
46
50
11
28
J. Cole (feat Amber Coffman & Cults)
She Knows
47
52
177
5
Miley Cyrus
Party In The U.S.A.
48
RE
85
6
Steve Earle
Copperhead Road
49
44
91
3
Dean Lewis
Be Alright
50
38
141
2
Imagine Dragons
Believer
51
RE
49
2
Shania Twain
Man! I Feel Like A Woman!
52
63
12
5
Sia
Unstoppable
53
45
236
6
Cold Chisel
Khe Sanh
54
57
128
1
5 Seconds Of Summer
Youngblood
55
54
126
1
Billie Eilish & Khalid
lovely
56
RE
64
8
Gotye (feat Kimbra)
Somebody That I Used To Know
57
RE
28
14
Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble
This Is Me
58
43
11
10
Steve Lacy
Dark Red
59
RE
48
1
Daddy Cool
Eagle Rock
60
RE
26
4
Billie Eilish
bad guy
61
RE
92
9
Neil Diamond
Sweet Caroline
62
58
35
2
Powderfinger
My Happiness
63
RE
197
1
Guns N' Roses
Sweet Child O' Mine
64
66
50
21
Nelly Furtado (feat Timbaland)
Promiscuous
65
59
97
10
Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
66
79
23
9
Pascal Letoublon
Friendships
67
67
88
8
OneRepublic
Counting Stars
68
64
34
26
Kings Of Leon
Sex On Fire
69
71
264
1
Christina Perri
A Thousand Years
70
69
131
40
Train
Hey, Soul Sister
71
33
237
1
Daryl Braithwaite
The Horses
72
80
54
3
Coldplay
Yellow
73
RE
95
12
The White Stripes
Seven Nation Army
74
75
118
14
Fleetwood Mac
Go Your Own Way
75
70
35
1
BANNERS
Someone To You
76
RE
29
2
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Under The Bridge
77
RE
122
1
Evanescence
Bring Me To Life
78
RE
153
8
Whitney Houston
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
79
78
176
1
Avicii
Wake Me Up
80
68
138
6
Journey
Don't Stop Believin'
81
RE
36
4
Led Zeppelin
Stairway To Heaven
82
81
107
20
Eminem
The Real Slim Shady
83
RE
184
1
Toto
Africa
84
NE
1
84
Adele
All I Ask
85
77
255
5
Oasis
Wonderwall
86
RE
252
1
Kenny Rogers
The Gambler
87
82
6
70
SAINt JHN
Roses (IMANBEK Remix)
88
95
36
11
Coolio (feat L.V.)
Gangsta's Paradise
89
RE
66
1
Phil Collins
In The Air Tonight
90
85
155
2
WALK THE MOON
Shut Up and Dance
91
RE
35
2
Elton John
I'm Still Standing
92
87
159
2
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat Ray Dalton)
Can't Hold Us
93
RE
13
2
Justin Wellington (feat Small Jam)
Iko Iko (My Bestie)
94
RE
8
61
Noah Cyrus
July
95
83
50
4
The Goo Goo Dolls
Iris
96
98
3
96
Maroon 5
Memories
97
RE
120
1
Eminem
Without Me
98
92
139
4
Ed Sheeran
Shape Of You
99
90
227
1
Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud
100
RE
275
1
John Legend
All Of Me
-
2
8
2
Adam Lambert
Whataya Want From Me
-
4
287
1
Queen
Bohemian Rhapsody
-
5
103
3
Queen
We Are The Champions
-
6
74
4
Queen
Another One Bites The Dust
-
7
47
2
Queen
Radio Ga Ga
-
8
241
2
Queen
We Will Rock You
-
9
119
3
Queen
Don't Stop Me Now
-
11
37
4
Queen
I Want To Break Free
-
17
5
4
Brooks & Dunn
Neon Moon
-
21
20
10
Queen
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
-
22
1
22
Adam Lambert
Ghost Town
-
23
48
3
Queen
Somebody To Love
-
24
5
24
Queen
Who Wants To Live Forever
-
27
43
5
Queen & David Bowie
Under Pressure
-
28
1
28
James Arthur
Falling Like The Stars
-
31
48
3
Adele
Skyfall
-
32
15
11
Queen
Love Of My Life
-
46
226
3
Metallica
Enter Sandman
-
48
3
45
Birdy
People Help The People
-
51
24
5
Radiohead
Creep
-
53
33
3
Ruelle
I Get To Love You
-
55
67
3
Elton John
Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)
-
56
1
56
The Rolling Stones
Brown Sugar
-
62
9
28
Randy Newman
You've Got A Friend In Me
-
72
39
1
Birds of Tokyo
Lanterns
-
74
33
3
Boney M.
Rasputin
-
76
58
1
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
Islands In The Stream
-
84
16
5
Adele
Rumour Has It
-
86
178
1
Mark Ronson (feat Bruno Mars)
Uptown Funk
-
88
1
88
Adam Lambert
If I Had You
-
89
211
7
Metallica
Nothing Else Matters
-
93
22
3
The Cranberries
Dreams
-
94
21
13
Surf Curse
Freaks
-
97
15
11
Queen
Fat Bottomed Girls
-
99
2
4
Anastacia
I'm Outta Love
-
100
96
32
The Chainsmokers (feat Halsey)
Closer
Bubbling Under
1
2
3
1
My Chemical Romance
Teenagers
2
3
6
1
Mac Miller
The Spins
3
NE
1
3
The Walters
I Love You So
4
4
4
2
ScHoolboy Q (feat Kendrick Lamar)
Collard Greens
5
5
34
3
Dua Lipa
Don't Start Now (31/10/2019)
6
6
31
4
Harry Styles
Watermelon Sugar (16/11/2019)
7
7
30
5
Lewis Capaldi
Before You Go (19/11/2019)
8
8
28
6
The Weeknd
Blinding Lights (29/11/2019)
9
10
20
9
Eminem (feat Juice WRLD)
Godzilla (17/01/2020)
10
12
20
10
Giveon
Heartbreak Anniversary (21/02/2020)
11
13
8
11
THE ANXIETY
Meet Me At Our Spot (13/03/2020)
12
14
9
12
Dua Lipa
Love Again (27/03/2020)
13
15
15
13
Tate McRae
you broke me first (17/04/2020)
14
16
15
14
DaBaby
ROCKSTAR (feat Roddy Ricch) (17/04/2020)
15
17
14
15
Polo G
Martin & Gina (15/05/2020)
16
18
9
16
Spacey Jane
Booster Seat (12/06/2020)
17
19
7
17
Glass Animals
Heat Waves (29/06/2020)
18
20
7
18
Joel Corry (feat MNEK)
Head & Heart (03/07/2020)
19
RE
4
19
Pop Smoke
What You Know Bout Love (03/07/2020)
20
RE
3
20
Juice WRLD & Marshmello
Come & Go (09/07/2020)
+
1
1
1
Adele
Love In The Dark
-
9
21
8
Harry Styles
Falling
-
11
3
10
$uicideboy$
...And To Those I Love, Thanks For Sticking Around
Maneskin now have the equal second longest reigning #1 of all time at 17 weeks. The dates work out well for "Monster Mash" which makes the top 3 for the 3rd time. "Thriller" would be higher if not for being split between two versions so exactly that they were right next to each other on iTunes. There is a slight new peak for "This Is Halloween" though, and oddly enough, Rockwell has never charted until now. Otherwise there's a seemingly more timely airing of the 2nd "Mamma Mia" movie, with an overall better result than when it happened around this time last year. Dua Lipa gets promoted from the Bubbling Under release, as do The Walters. Gesaffelstein makes a mockery of the whole system purely by having "Lost In The Fire" disappear from the charts for 2 years just to return to make it into the chart ahead of so many other hits of its time.
On the Bubbling Under chart, "Collard Greens" and "Godzilla" are out again. As a result, we can return to somewhat regular programming from this thread before I mucked it up, because "Mood" and "WAP" are both back in the chart. We get to vault forward all the way to the end of September though, because joining the thread is Internet Money's "Lemonade" and Tiesto's "The Business".
Maneskin take their tied 2nd to outright 2nd for most weeks at #1, which may as well be #1 because Mariah Carey accumulating weeks at the top is so inevitable as to be unremarkable and oh here she is this week. Noteworthy this week is a particularly slow iTunes week in part because the chart was surprisingly loaded in new ABBA and new RUFUS DU SOL songs which pushed the bar far lower than it's been in recent weeks. It's good news for recent debut "Don't Start Now" which gets a big jump up the chart out of this convenience. Don McLean returns to a new peak for "American Pie", as do ABBA with "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!". Gesaffelstein continues to climb with "Lost In The Fire" and this slow week finally breaks Maroon 5 out of their late '90s rut. There's only one debut this week and it comes from Mis-Teeq's "Scandalous".
My Chemical Romance finish their dance on the Bubbling Under chart it seems, where Ed Sheeran's entire album has caused a minor ripple but nothing else has been knocked out. Mac Miller doesn't look to be lasting much longer either, and Giveon has taken significant drops which will require a Spotify Wrapped effect to salvage probably. In what can only be considered an indictment on glacial music promotion deals, getting pushed into the chart this week is the remix of "Levitating" (not that remix, the other one), which at the time of writing is still being promoted on the big Spotify playlists that have been promoting it since it was released 13 months ago, where no amount of DaBaby being cancelled could possibly get in the way of Warner and Spotify's back room deals.
Maneskin hold at the #1 spot. It's fair to say that their weeks are numbers, I just haven't figured out yet how much longer they'll last. CKay has declined for 4 weeks in a row so the competition won't come from him. It won't come from The Killers either who are just waiting for this whole thing to blow over and not be replaced by a new yet-to-blow over thing and perhaps finally take the #1 spot. No it'll like be Mariah Carey for the rest of the year once it's decided, as "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is actually higher than it was this time last year. Shouse have had some close weeks and especially some weeks in which I thought they got a new peak but realised I was missing a song, but now "Love Tonight" is finally at #6, lo and behold. It's obviously been a good news week for Britney liberation and seemingly in celebration, "Stronger" debuts in the top 10. It edges out a return from Sam Smith with "Writing's On The Wall", which of course is in the wake of "No Time To Die" finally coming out in theatres here, just 6 months too early to allow Billie Eilish to make an impact here where she'd be in the top 10, and Adele is just behind Sam at #12 with "Skyfall". I haven't seen "No Time To Die" yet so I can't make any comment on it, but I have seen every other Bond movie and what would I be if I didn't make an overly long comment about my opinions on the Bond franchise. Brace yourselves.
"Dr. No" is a quaint start to the series that has some cutemoments even if the stakes aren't quite there and the villain doesn't make much of a presence. "From Russia With Love" picks things up with some fun set pieces and henchmen although it does have an unnecessarily long mud wrestling sequence that seems to exist for fan service. The helicopter scene is very silly too. "Goldfinger" is where the series finally finds its footing in terms of motifs, but also has an entertaining rapport between Bond & the title villain with some iconic cinema moments. "Thunderball" is the Pokemon Gen 3 of Bond in that there is too much water, but it has a great opening scene. "Casino Royale" [1967] is just a strange look into '60s absurdist humour, which along with the numerous filming issues, comes together as so bad it's good. "You Only Live Twice" is very entertaining although it does have a really terrible premise of Sean Connery in yellowface which is so lightly applied I don't know if they should've bothered. "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" is actually a really engaging with some great sequences although George Lazenby is clearly the worst Bond and does none of the heavy lifting. "Diamonds Are Forever" is definitely Connery phoning it in but I love the silly action sequences while dril & his companion are great henchmen, and of course who could deny Shirley Bassey's classic theme. "Live and Let Die"'s idea to make all of the villains black is a weird move that doesn't age well, but I do think it's a strong cast of characters. "The Man With The Golden Gun" is practically saved by Christopher Lee who is too good for the movie although his demise is somewhat of a let down. "The Spy Who Loved Me" gets big points for introducing Jaws and it's a generally solid affair. "Moonraker" is the epitome of absurdly silly Roger Moore era films and I totally understand that people hate it but I had too much fun with it. "For Your Eyes Only" might be the most forgettable film in the franchise, I can never even remember what happens in it, and reading a plot summary sometimes makes me question if I ever did see it. "Never Say Never Again" is the "Thunderball" remake nobody asked for. "Octopussy" is more silly Moore and I think the title character doesn't really earn that designation but it has a fun climax. "A View To A Kill" is Christopher Walken rolling in the insanity and I'm all for it. "The Living Daylights" has a milkman who throws milk grenades, what more could you want? "Licence To Kill" has to be the most brutal Bond film in terms of the manner in which many characters are killed off. "GoldenEye" has great villains and action sequences but is also weirdly paced. "Tomorrow Never Dies" is fine but unremarkable. I kind of zoned out and stopped paying attention to "The World Is Not Enough" after Desmond Llewelyn exits the scene for his last portrayal of Q. "Die Another Day" is the modern "Moonraker" in that it's just so remarkably dumb but it's fun if you roll with it. "Casino Royale" [2006] has an amazing opener and stays pretty solid throughout. "Quantum of Solace" is unremarkable and there's not even anything bad that I can think of to complain about, it's just there. "Skyfall" is a really strong character-driven story that makes really good use of staple 'otherwise kind of just there' characters in M and Moneypenny. It might actually be my favourite Bond movie. "Spectre" is largely let down just because the ending is such sequel bait that you don't get a satisfying conclusion to the story arc until I assume "No Time To Die". Honestly the whole franchise is just dumb thrill rides and it's kind of charming that it's turned that into one of the longest running, most profitable film franchises of all time.
Another thing to note this week is that due to the excess of Taylor Swift songs on the iTunes chart, the iTunes chart is very bare in terms of entries this week which just means that the chart dips down to a number that is quite low down the chart for recent standards but still quite high compared to a year or even just 6 months ago. Gesaffelstein, The Walters & Maroon 5 benefit from this with new peaks. Bread get their 2nd ever entry, about a year after their first. Anthony Callea marks off another track in #1 hit bingo, and the only other debut is Taylor Swift's "Enchanted" which is just oddly rising of its own volition with no relation to the new "Red" release. Another significant moment on this week's chart is that with "Bohemian Rhapsody" dropping out, "Riptide" takes the title now for the longest charting song ever, and given its seemingly never ending residence on the Spotify chart, it's hard to see anything overtaking it since that would require it falling out of the chart at some point.
It's a gap week on the Bubbling Under chart as Ed Sheeran's entries drop off and aren't replaced yet until Taylor Swift & Silk Sonic wreak havoc. Benefitting from this are "Falling" and "Godzilla" which return to the chart, getting fairly close to their due dates. "Watermelon Sugar" and "Before You Go" will manage that next week and will certainly be charting high enough to get in. It's not a great week for "WAP" which takes a hefty decline in contrast with most songs here climbing a little bit up the chart, so it might be at risk of exiting soon.
Last week's chart veered heavily to Spotify, this week the pendulum has swung the other direction. The main reason being that now Taylor Swift is taking up real estate on the Spotify chart, and Adele hasn't got so many tracks to do the same on the iTunes chart this week. Actually she's brought her catalogue up in general. Doesn't stop Maneskin from being #1 though one might expect they've only got a week left in them at best. Soaring up is last week's debut from Bread which now sits at #2. Adele's biggest benefactor is "Hello", which seems much more popular on iTunes than Spotify, and hits a new peak of #4. She also hits a new high for "Water Under The Bridge", a brief 1 week charter that just barely snuck in years ago. Back on the Spotify front, it's a noteworthy week as we have not one but two notables hitting their 2nd birthday. First is "Watermelon Sugar" which has basically never left the top 100 since it's release including that period when it wasn't even being promoted as a promo single or a single single. It just refuses to drift away, and one would assume it's in for a new peak when things settle down, even if that takes a couple of months. The other is "Before You Go" which while a fair bit lower is also relatively stable, sometimes making slight ground on the bizarre possibility that it could one day overtake "Someone You Loved", which we can now watch unfold via this chart should it come to pass. There's also a new peak for FISHER and a debut for former bubbler Crazy Town.
With Taylor Swift occupying a significant portion of the chart this week, we were always going to have casualties. Namely The Spins, Falling, Godzilla & Heartbreak Anniversary. She'll be freeing up those spots over the coming weeks but most of them are just being replaced by Adele this week so there might not be much room to get back in for a while. In addition to the promotions, this means a lot of vacancies just opened up on this chart, as we jump over to almost less than a year ago in November 2020. This means an entry for the original WITHOUT YOU which is admittedly being knee-capped a little like all remix-ies do on this chart but I still foresee a long tenure to come. Less certain for its future we have Wiz Khalifa's "The Thrill", a decade old unofficial track that finally got a proper release last year and ever since March of this year has been relentlessly promoted by Spotify Australia for reasons completely unknown. More than 8 months later it still has a slot on Hot Hits Australia though one must speculate that the moment that's gone, the song will probably vanish into the ether as a time capsule of 2021 charts (except ARIA of course). In other remix-ie news, The Weeknd is strangely back with "Save Your Tears" perhaps en route to overtake the remix, while Taylor Swift also gets a somewhat belated debut with "exile", which has returned to the top 200 for the first time in quite a while this week.
When I suggested that Maneskin's reign would be ending soon, I did not anticipate that it would come at the hands of Bread, whose "Everything I Own" is probably on an ad but I haven't watched any TV commercials from the past month so I couldn't confirm it. They just barely take the top spot but that's all it takes. The entire top 10 this week is actually from the iTunes chart. Notably on those grounds, we have a new peak for Joni Mitchell, while Norah Jones also gets her first top 10 from what I would have thought is a lesser known cut from "Come Away With Me". Shane Smith & the Saints makes a debut appearance in "All I See Is You". Due to this leading pack, most of last week's chart is slightly down and there's not much else in the way of new peaks, just Eva Cassidy returning to new heights with "Songbird", while The Pointer Sisters chart for the first time with "Jump (For My Love)".
Forgive me for not correctly updating the peaks column last week. This week we have our newest addition to the stakes of random 2010s indie rock track getting love on TikTok and by extension Spotify. This week's beneficiaries are The Rare Occasions, whose "Notion" takes the top spot for now. With the chart ready to swallow all attempts from newcomers, they might not have much of a chance to get through unless they have some strong long term popularity. They bump off "Blinding Lights" in its last week on the chart, while behind it is another return for Harry Styles' "Falling", which is getting mighty close to take off. "exile"'s return proves short lived, while it might also be close to curtains for "WAP" which just barely hangs on this week.
It's that time of the year where this chart becomes very boring for several months or at least it feels like that. We do however get a noteworthy arrival this week as yes, "Blinding Lights" is now 2 years old and it lands right in the top 10, likely gunning for a higher peak at the start of 2022. If you think it looks a bit unusual that Wham! are only just entering the chart this week, you'd be right! The main reason is that last week its two split versions on the iTunes chart were both just shy of the chart and combined it'd be a lot higher. Elsewhere this week, Adele's entries are in chaos as they're largely down on Spotify but iTunes offers chaos which means "Water Under The Bridge" gets a new peak as well as being her highest song this week. Britney Spears also gets a surprise early entry and new peak for "My Only Wish". For other debuts this week, it's a lucky week for the relatively recently eligible "Pump It Up" by Endor, while "Obsession" by The Cairos soundalike "Notion" by The Rare Occasions is able to break through before getting swamped out next week by Spotify Wrapped.
Despite Spotify Wrapped typically helping the biggest hits of the year gone by, Mac Miller's "The Spins" has managed to be caught up in that fervour, suggesting that maybe it's been bubbling under for a while this year. In any case, it's back to the top of the chart here. "Falling" also falls out for what is its last week of chart ineligibility, so otherwise we'll be waiting a few months before the next automatic promotion on this chart. Early beneficiaries of Spotify Wrapped are Ariana Grande & The Kid LAROI, whose songs *just* left the top 200 before their chance to chart, and now do so.
Usual business at the top etc etc. Brenda Lee is charting higher than usual as she's no longer split on Spotify, so she could get a new peak this year. This past week Michael Nesmith passed away. 2 years ago was when Peter Tork passed away and not to get too into dumb details of timing, but The Monkees have a better showing this time around on the chart, with "Daydream Believer" hitting the top 10 and "Last Train To Clarksville" actually charting this time. Michael Nesmith also gets a solo entry as well as Stone Poneys' cover of his song "Different Drum". The highest new entry this week comes from Todd Rundgren, who seems to be benefitting from Sex And The City to get in with "Hello It's Me". On the more youthful side we have Jaymes Young who's big on TikTok with "Infinity", same goes for Vundabar's "Alien Blues". The TikTok lottery also hits for Olly Murs who charts for the first time ever with "Dance With Me Tonight". Then we have the vague effect of Spotify Wrapped in which it's now been over 2 years since "Hot Pink" was released so "Streets" is in fact eligible for this chart, riding on the back of being a hit at the start of the year. We also now have two different types of gravy on the chart as there's a live version with Neil Finn.
Spotify Wrapped continues on the Bubbling Under chart, so Giveon is back in. A funnier beneficiary is Flume who similarly is only in the chart due to big streams at the start of the year but only got those streams because of the 2020 Hottest 100, so it's really thanks to the people who listened to it in 2020, still rippling through 21 months later.
So this week on the ARIA Chart, Wham! managed to overtake Michael Buble but they just narrowly don't manage it on this chart. There is some intrigue however this week as there are actual new peaks along the line. Namely Bobby Helms who seems to be having a particularly strong year on the chart, but also Jose Feliciano, Eartha Kitt & Ariana Grande (not that one). Also in Christmas news, Jonas Brothers have just this year become eligible with "Like It's Christmas" which makes it through this week after just missing out last week. Jaymes Young is getting pushed like it's a new hit single so he could go higher next year but he does manage a new peak this week as well as a new entry lower down, one which is only narrowly eligible. In other TikTok news we have the unlikely sounding hit of "Pope Is A Rockstar" giving SALES their first entry, and also Meghan Trainor getting the *inhales deeply* TITLE TRACK TO "TITLE", "TITLE", which has been viral there and also just got a video put on up YouTube this week.
There's a clear out of last week's top 3 on the Bubbling Under chart this week, so THE ANXIETY take their first week of a likely maximum 12 at the top of the chart. Expect a big clear out of this chart for the next 2 weeks and thus potentially the jarring sight of seeing Olivia Rodrigo on it already. Of those barely hanging on songs, "SO DONE" had a very harsh drop from last week's boost which dips it back behind "positions", allowing The Kid LAROI to occupy back to back slots as "WITHOUT YOU" returns to fill the gap.
Reminder that this is not the last week of this, next week's chart will look very similar too except that the iTunes only Christmas songs will vanish. Once again Bobby Helms & Jose Feliciano get new peaks. "Step Into Christmas" had a slow start this year but it vaults to an immediate new peak, as does Kylie's "Santa Baby" in a big way. Queen, Paul McCartney & Gwen Stefani also get new peaks. Bigly notable this week is the arrival of Wizzard who have somehow never charted before but have had a huge showing on streaming this year for their UK smash "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday". I don't believe it to be a Christmas song but Lindsay Buckingham arrives with "Holiday Road", which Wikipedia at least informs me is both a holiday song and a song about roads. In a twist, Jaymes Young gets a new peak with "Happiest Year" which overtakes "Infinity". This week is also the first time since becoming fully eligible that "Youngblood" has dropped out of the chart.
Chaos reigns in the Bubbling Under chart. Well, Chaos and snowmen, because via the classic loophole, Ella Fitzgerald wins this year's lottery of songs that have not made the main chart yet but did appear on the Spotify chart. Nonetheless we have songs flying off the chart that probably won't be back until 2 weeks from now. As such we enter the world of 2021, where it's possible we won't get a chance to see these songs again for a while. HVME win the unlucky award of being released on the same day as "Friday" but being the lower of the two.
Christmas etc. For the notable details with that, Brenda Lee is a new peak, Jose is a new peak, Queen is a new peak, Kylie Minogue is a new peak, Paul McCartney is a new peak etc. Jaymes Young has vaulted up very high on the iTunes chart and is a good shot at #1 next week if he can maintain it. I'm late and lazy and can't be bothered typing more.
People listen to Baby, It's Cold Outside in current year minus one.
The rises for Shouse, Tina Arena and The Motels' "Total Control" are likely the result of being featured on the ABC's New Year's Eve concert. The new entry for "Addicted To Love" is almost certainly the result of an ad campaign for a reality/trash TV show that I will refuse to name.
54-58 are all new peaks. It seems quite rare to have 5 in a row, especially that low on the chart. Last edited:
It is a mistake to say that the charts go back to normal after Christmas. In part because normal suggests movement that can be parsed correctly and also in part because New Year's also throws a spanner into the works. With Hottest 100 season approaching, I posit that the charts don't go back to normal until mid-late February. Anyway it was an interesting week where it looked for a while we might see history made as The Killers' perennial "Mr. Brightside" looked likely to finally top the chart. Unlucky for them, a vault to the top for Lulu just narrowly stopped them, while likely Maneskin will jump back ahead of them for a little longer. Maybe one day though. This time is also good for all recent debuts to finally get peaks befitting of their popularity. So "Blinding Lights" jumps up to #5, "Watermelon Sugar" to #10 and "Don't Start Now" is up to #11. SAINt JHN is a beneficiary of New Year's with "Roses" taking a big jump into the top 40. New Year's tends to stick to the same songs over and over again so there's not much room for new entries. In fact the one we do have from the Spotify chart had to be vacated from the chart on that day, but now Kid Cudi's "Pursuit Of Happiness" finally gets its place. Just above it is another Spotify hit although it's charting via iTunes at the moment, as Edison Lighthouse have struck TikTok gold with their oldie hit "Love Grows". Holder of terrible opinions, Van Morrison also debuts with one of his songs.
The Bubbling Under chart was arguably more arduous to put together than the main chart, and in fact with how close Kid Cudi cut it, I couldn't really complete it until I knew whether or not he'd be on it. He's not though so Mac Miller returns to #1, with a somewhat surprising return for Flume just behind as the next to become eligible track. The returns are largely what you'd expect although "Come & Go" hasn't quite managed to make it back yet, maybe next week. I also should report that I mucked up last week and didn't spot "Martin & Gina" still on the chart, so pretend it was there last week like I'm doing now.
With thanks to The Weeknd we are unable to have the sole 'normal week' of January next week where everything's calmed down and the Hottest 100 hasn't Hottest 100ed. Or maybe he's just easing us in as all the Spotify stuff tries to hit their equilibrium after the New Year's stuff goes away. It didn't especially affect the top end except for allowing Joni Mitchell a slightly higher new peak. We did end up with a close affair at the top though, and winning out is The Ronettes, who were on the chart not long ago with "Sleigh Ride". Now they're here under less pleasant circumstances as Ronnie Spector passed away this past week. Perhaps surprisingly, "Be My Baby" had never charted before but now it's straight in at #1 alongside a lower debut for "Baby I Love You". This is also unlucky for Bon Jovi who were so close to securing a first ever #1 peak for "Livin' On A Prayer", which incidentally has its sales split between two versions. It is a new peak though in its 165th week on the chart, previously getting as high as #4. Harry Styles also climbs slightly with "Watermelon Sugar" to #9. Jaymes Young has seemingly swapped the pecking order again and now it's all power towards "Infinity" up to #11. Lewis Capaldi also has a big jump to shave a few spots off the peak for "Before You Go", Edison Lighthouse and Kid Cudi gain from their debuts last week. There's an odd bunch of debuts also this week. First is Kate Rusby's "Who Will Sing Me Lullabies", which was used in After Life, alongside Aaron Espe's "Back To The Beginning" for the same reason. But we're not done there because 10cc also debut "The Things We Do For Love" from it, although this one at least previously made the Bubbling Under chart. I got to make myself feel old when I questioned whether Hilltop Hoods' "Leave Me Lonely" was eligible for this chart but indeed it was released in 2018 which makes it between 3 & 4 years old. The Neighbourhood have another viral hit with "Softcore" while I learnt a while ago that TikTok is into Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" so I want to attribute it to that. Oh and I have to shout out Mac Miller's "The Spins" which has finally promoted itself after and endless run down the bottom of the ladder.
Speaking of unusual TikTok occasions, we have a new Bubbling Under #1 thanks to Ruth B. sneaking into the chart this week. It's "Dandelions" which is actually from the same album as "Lost Boy" which you either remember well or never knew existed but either way both songs have done quite impressive numbers. Not that it's high enough anyway but Eminem sneaks back into the chart with "Godzilla" which was 1 day away from being fully eligible. DaBaby's "ROCKSTAR" drops out of the chart the same week Post Malone's "rockstar" re-entered the Spotify chart (not high enough to make it here), question everything.
Never mind "Leave Me Lonely", I'm shocked that "Youngblood" has been in the Catalogue chart for 138 weeks. Even taking into account that it didn't have to be 2 years old for a while there, those are remarkably consistent numbers.
"Dancing On My Own", "Perfect", "Someone You Loved", "Say You Won't Let Go", "Lucid Dreams" and possibly "Wagon Wheel" are the only ones I can see with similar numbers in such a small timeframe, and those first four are basically permanent fixtures.
The catalogue chart always seems more interesting than the main chart to me, so thanks for keeping the updates coming!
The common throughline often there is that good streaming numbers lets a song be stable on the chart and really rack up the weeks, compared to songs that I feel like I see on the iTunes chart week after week that just don't come close because they spend so much time off the chart as well.
That said, the fact that the bar for entry is getting higher and higher means that it's harder for songs to sustain these numbers, some of the above mentioned have actually gotten close to an equilibrium point below the top 100, maybe it'll happen this year?
Here's how Youngblood has progressed, where it feels like it's always stable but it has gradually paced its way down. https://i.imgur.com/cHW4AyV.png
For the second week in a row, this week's #1 is hoisted by sad news. On the weekend we learned of Meat Loaf's passing, and we get here what you'd probably expect even if the order probably isn't immediately obvious. Meat Loaf had previously only charted with two tracks, "Paradise By The Dashboard Light", and "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)". I'm not sure where the latter originally drew its sales from as a 10+ minute album cut that can't be purchased, but at the moment it's represented by a live version and also a version from a hits compilation. In any case, the #1 slot goes to "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth", which previously made the Bubbling Under chart. About a third of all of the iTunes entries this week are from Meat Loaf. So he has altered what would otherwise be a rather different week in which I suspect Tame Impala would take the top spot with "Elephant", for the same reason they originally charted with it last year, The Wiggles. If you were to take both of them out of the picture, then it'd be an uncertain battle between Bon Jovi and Frank Ocean, the latter of which gets a new top 10 peak this week. But either way, the Hottest 100 has the interesting side effect where the iTunes chart is stuffed with songs that by triple j's own rules when they adhere to them, cannot be eligible for this list, hence if not for Meat Loaf, we'd potentially struggle to get much over 25. Elsewhere this week, Paloma Faith nearly gets a new peak with her TikTok revived "Only Love Can Hurt Like This", while The Neighbourhood do in fact climb to a new peak off last week's debut. Same goes for Mac Miller lower down. Ruth B. gets into the chart a lot faster than him with "Dandelion", which takes advantage of the slow week as it would not chart on most other weeks from where it is. Also debuting this week is Wig Wam, whose 2010 song "Do Ya Wanna Taste It?" is the theme to new series Peacemaker.
Relatively slow Bubbling Under chart this week with Ruth B. getting promoted and Pop Smoke re-entering the chart. You might notice some changes in the numbers as more errors have been made and "WAP", and in fact "What You Know Bout Love" have been erroneously charting, the current chart reflects accurate information I hope this time.
iTunes songs: 34 Spotify songs: 66
1
NE
1
1
Meat Loaf
You Took The Worlds Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
2
NE
1
2
Meat Loaf
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
3
NE
1
3
Meat Loaf
Bat Out Of Hell
4
RE
3
4
Meat Loaf
Paradise By The Dashboard Light
5
NE
1
5
Meat Loaf
I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) [Live]
After some assorted appearances over the years, Paloma Faith has finally gone all the way to #1 with "Only Love Can Hurt Like This". In doing so she prevents Meat Loaf from replacing himself at #1 as "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" holds the #2 spot. Making a big impression on the top 5 this week are things which mean I have to talk about Joe Rogan here. Neil Young & Joni Mitchell have taken their music off Spotify in protest and as a result "Heart of Gold" hits a big new peak at #3 and "Both Sides Now" is back up to #5, although that was already charting well lately so who knows, maybe it's a coincidence, and the reaction is really driving people do download "Big Yellow Taxi", which had never charted before in any version. Speaking of taxis, Taxiride's "Get Set" is being used in a tourism campaign for Melbourne and it gives the band their first ever entry. In new music, Charlie Puth has a new hit and now "One Call Away" hits a new peak, while Darren Hayes also released a new single and it's selling a little better than a lot of Savage Garden songs, of which "I Want You" is a debut. Wig Wam & The Walters climb to new peaks, and lastly we have a debut for Yung Lean, whose "Ginseng Strip 2002" has gone viral recently.
Once again we have a replacement at the #1 position. "Godzilla" drops back out and instead we have the slightly older "All For Us", as Euphoria has been very much a big deal lately. The song will very likely rise up to debut next week, but if there hypothetically were an elaborate bracket that had decided to cut things off this week, it would be tragically too late for Labrinth & Zendaya. Pop Smoke also drops out, where it's likely both of these dropouts are influenced by the Hottest 100 & invasion day festivities, so they may return next week.
iTunes songs: 48 Spotify songs: 52
1
14
8
1
Paloma Faith
Only Love Can Hurt Like This
2
2
2
2
Meat Loaf
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
3
RE
3
3
Neil Young
Heart Of Gold
4
1
2
1
Meat Loaf
You Took The Worlds Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
5
24
7
3
Joni Mitchell
Both Sides Now
6
3
2
3
Meat Loaf
Bat Out Of Hell
7
12
234
2
The Killers
Mr. Brightside
8
5
2
5
Meat Loaf
I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) [Live]
9
11
33
1
Måneskin
Beggin'
10
9
12
9
Frank Ocean
Lost
11
4
4
4
Meat Loaf
Paradise By The Dashboard Light
12
80
154
2
Ed Sheeran
Perfect
13
15
168
1
Fleetwood Mac
Dreams
14
16
167
2
Bon Jovi
Livin' On A Prayer
15
13
9
5
The Weeknd
Blinding Lights
16
37
250
6
Cold Chisel
Khe Sanh
17
17
75
3
Post Malone & Swae Lee
Sunflower
18
20
11
9
Harry Styles
Watermelon Sugar
19
21
8
11
Jaymes Young
Infinity
20
25
301
1
Vance Joy
Riptide
21
RE
11
21
Charlie Puth
One Call Away
22
22
71
1
Lewis Capaldi
Someone You Loved
23
42
38
4
Tones And I
Dance Monkey
24
33
49
2
Powderfinger
My Happiness
25
78
154
2
Imagine Dragons
Believer
26
68
38
19
Choirboys
Run To Paradise
27
32
20
5
Celine Dion
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
28
26
63
10
The Neighbourhood
Sweater Weather
29
49
9
29
The Walters
I Love You So
30
38
85
2
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Shallow
31
RE
31
3
Lady Gaga
Always Remember Us This Way
32
RE
4
32
Savage Garden
To The Moon And Back
33
NE
1
33
Taxiride
Get Set
34
RE
47
1
Men At Work
Down Under
35
RE
22
3
Cher
Believe
36
36
131
1
Eminem
Without Me
37
35
57
5
MKTO
Classic
38
31
190
5
Miley Cyrus
Party In The U.S.A.
39
53
2
39
Wig Wam
Do Ya Wanna Taste It
40
30
170
6
James Arthur
Say You Won't Let Go
41
29
13
11
Dua Lipa
Don't Start Now
42
7
5
3
Tame Impala
Elephant
43
NE
1
43
Joni Mitchell
Big Yellow Taxi
44
27
3
27
The Neighbourhood
Softcore
45
40
75
13
J. Cole
No Role Modelz
46
RE
83
8
INXS
Never Tear Us Apart
47
28
10
16
Gesaffelstein (feat The Weeknd)
Lost In The Fire
48
43
116
20
Eminem
The Real Slim Shady
49
RE
243
1
Daryl Braithwaite
The Horses
50
39
19
2
CKay
love nwantiti (ah ah ah)
51
RE
74
5
Flo Rida (feat T-Pain)
Low
52
RE
34
3
Cher
If I Could Turn Back Time
53
RE
212
1
Chris Stapleton
Tennessee Whiskey
54
RE
170
6
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Over The Rainbow
55
46
34
1
Masked Wolf
Astronaut In The Ocean
56
RE
7
12
Australian Crawl
The Boys Light Up
57
RE
38
3
Ruelle
I Get To Love You
58
45
21
21
Post Malone
Circles
59
RE
11
13
Savage Garden
Truly, Madly, Deeply
60
50
23
10
Steve Lacy
Dark Red
61
RE
125
1
Cold Chisel
Flame Trees
62
48
140
1
5 Seconds Of Summer
Youngblood
63
56
150
6
Journey
Don't Stop Believin'
64
RE
88
6
Steve Earle
Copperhead Road
65
RE
71
1
The Cranberries
Zombie
66
57
3
57
Mac Miller
The Spins
67
RE
16
9
GANGgajang
Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia)
68
RE
127
3
Queen
Don't Stop Me Now
69
RE
5
33
Foreigner
I Want To Know What Love Is
70
RE
49
1
Daddy Cool
Eagle Rock
71
RE
12
3
Goanna
Solid Rock
72
47
10
38
Lewis Capaldi
Before You Go
73
NE
1
73
Savage Garden
I Want You
74
52
103
3
Dean Lewis
Be Alright
75
RE
201
1
Guns N' Roses
Sweet Child O' Mine
76
62
62
21
Nelly Furtado (feat Timbaland)
Promiscuous
77
54
163
2
WALK THE MOON
Shut Up and Dance
78
67
46
26
Kings Of Leon
Sex On Fire
79
RE
7
20
Hunters & Collectors
Holy Grail
80
NE
1
80
Yung Lean
Ginseng Strip 2002
81
51
99
8
OneRepublic
Counting Stars
82
84
218
9
Bryan Adams
Summer Of '69
83
RE
134
2
Wiz Khalifa (feat Charlie Puth)
See You Again
84
59
141
40
Train
Hey, Soul Sister
85
RE
223
1
Disturbed
The Sound Of Silence
86
64
130
14
Fleetwood Mac
Go Your Own Way
87
RE
76
2
Coldplay
A Sky Full Of Stars
88
RE
117
2
Ginuwine
Pony
89
58
109
10
Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
90
RE
19
1
Powderfinger
These Days
91
44
62
3
Icehouse
Great Southern Land
92
RE
123
4
John Farnham
You're The Voice
93
60
184
1
Avicii
Wake Me Up
94
RE
94
5
AC/DC
It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)
Initially it seemed like "Lost" was on a very brief rise that just happened to coincide with a very busy chart, meaning that it didn't really get its peak properly represented here. A week later this no longer appears to be the case as the track is back and stronger than ever, able to grab what feels like a relatively free week at the top. It's thus unlucky for Meat Loaf as "Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad" is #2 for a 3rd week in a row. It's also yet another week where the chart marks the passing of an artist. This time it's Glenn Wheatley of The Masters Apprentices, whose best known "Because I Love You" enters in the top 5. In addition to this, he also served as John Farnham's manager and he has 3 songs on the chart today, including only the 2nd ever appearance for "Burn For You". Speaking of second appearances, Van Morrison, Ruth B. & Sia return for new peaks, while Yung Lean storms up the chart with "Ginseng Strip 2002". We'll also accept a 3rd time appearance for Hinder, who now have a big new peak for "Lips Of An Angel", while Mac Miller & Kid Cudi's 4th weeks with "The Spins" and "Pursuit Of Happiness" result in a new peak as well. The relative veteran here in more ways than one is Norman Greenbaum who shaves off 10 places from the previous peak of "Spirit In The Sky" to #19. The Walters also continue their rise with "I Love You So". Otherwise this week it's big for Euphoria which means it's big for Labrinth who scores 2 debuts. JAY-Z also sneaks onto the chart with "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" for the first time, in response to it being on an ad at the moment.
The #1 circus on the Bubbling Under chart continues as we have another replacement. With Labrinth being promoted, in his place we have Chase Atlantic's "Swim", which will be hoping to do the same thing itself next week. As anticipated, Eminem & Pop Smoke return to the chart, while it seems "Love Again" has finally run its course out. Flume is still looking reasonably strong to make the first 2020s song into the chart. The rest of the field aren't really showing weakness as of yet.
iTunes songs: 47 Spotify songs: 53
1
10
13
1
Frank Ocean
Lost
2
2
3
2
Meat Loaf
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
3
9
34
1
Måneskin
Beggin'
4
14
168
2
Bon Jovi
Livin' On A Prayer
5
NE
1
5
The Masters Apprentices
Because I Love You
6
92
124
4
John Farnham
You're The Voice
7
7
235
2
The Killers
Mr. Brightside
8
RE
15
5
Sia
Unstoppable
9
4
3
1
Meat Loaf
You Took The Worlds Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
10
13
169
1
Fleetwood Mac
Dreams
11
15
10
5
The Weeknd
Blinding Lights
12
RE
3
12
Hinder
Lips Of An Angel
13
11
5
4
Meat Loaf
Paradise By The Dashboard Light
14
19
9
11
Jaymes Young
Infinity
15
17
76
3
Post Malone & Swae Lee
Sunflower
16
12
155
2
Ed Sheeran
Perfect
17
18
12
9
Harry Styles
Watermelon Sugar
18
22
72
1
Lewis Capaldi
Someone You Loved
19
RE
12
19
Norman Greenbaum
Spirit In The Sky
20
20
302
1
Vance Joy
Riptide
21
5
8
3
Joni Mitchell
Both Sides Now
22
80
2
22
Yung Lean
Ginseng Strip 2002
23
29
10
23
The Walters
I Love You So
24
28
64
10
The Neighbourhood
Sweater Weather
25
30
86
2
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Shallow
26
45
76
13
J. Cole
No Role Modelz
27
RE
2
27
Van Morrison
Days Like This
28
RE
270
1
Christina Perri
A Thousand Years
29
44
4
27
The Neighbourhood
Softcore
30
36
132
1
Eminem
Without Me
31
40
171
6
James Arthur
Say You Won't Let Go
32
RE
2
32
Sia
Alive
33
RE
4
14
John Farnham
That's Freedom
34
37
58
5
MKTO
Classic
35
NE
1
35
Labrinth & Zendaya
All For Us
36
8
3
5
Meat Loaf
I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) [Live]
37
16
251
6
Cold Chisel
Khe Sanh
38
RE
30
4
Billie Eilish
bad guy
39
31
32
3
Lady Gaga
Always Remember Us This Way
40
6
3
3
Meat Loaf
Bat Out Of Hell
41
41
14
11
Dua Lipa
Don't Start Now
42
RE
98
9
Neil Diamond
Sweet Caroline
43
24
50
2
Powderfinger
My Happiness
44
38
191
5
Miley Cyrus
Party In The U.S.A.
45
48
117
20
Eminem
The Real Slim Shady
46
23
39
4
Tones And I
Dance Monkey
47
RE
263
1
Eminem
Lose Yourself
48
50
20
2
CKay
love nwantiti (ah ah ah)
49
67
17
9
GANGgajang
Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia)
50
1
9
1
Paloma Faith
Only Love Can Hurt Like This
51
RE
12
9
Ed Sheeran
Supermarket Flowers
52
58
22
21
Post Malone
Circles
53
47
11
16
Gesaffelstein (feat The Weeknd)
Lost In The Fire
54
74
104
3
Dean Lewis
Be Alright
55
60
24
10
Steve Lacy
Dark Red
56
66
4
56
Mac Miller
The Spins
57
72
11
38
Lewis Capaldi
Before You Go
58
RE
3
18
Kilotile
Cry To Me
59
NE
1
59
Labrinth
Formula
60
76
63
21
Nelly Furtado (feat Timbaland)
Promiscuous
61
46
84
8
INXS
Never Tear Us Apart
62
RE
173
5
AC/DC
You Shook Me All Night Long
63
97
4
55
Neil Young
Old Man
64
RE
39
11
Coolio (feat L.V.)
Gangsta's Paradise
65
62
141
1
5 Seconds Of Summer
Youngblood
66
RE
32
12
Fleetwood Mac
Everywhere
67
RE
22
13
Dave Dobbyn & Herbs
Slice Of Heaven
68
RE
19
9
Dominic Fike
3 Nights
69
RE
214
2
Darius Rucker
Wagon Wheel
70
RE
43
9
Luke Combs
Beautiful Crazy
71
77
164
2
WALK THE MOON
Shut Up and Dance
72
84
142
40
Train
Hey, Soul Sister
73
57
39
3
Ruelle
I Get To Love You
74
RE
4
74
Kid Cudi (feat MGMT & Ratatat)
Pursuit Of Happiness
75
RE
14
14
Bon Jovi
It's My Life
76
63
151
6
Journey
Don't Stop Believin'
77
55
35
1
Masked Wolf
Astronaut In The Ocean
78
96
8
9
Empire Of The Sun
Walking On A Dream
79
RE
2
79
Ruth B.
Dandelions
80
RE
64
4
Adele
Hello
81
81
100
8
OneRepublic
Counting Stars
82
RE
53
3
Adele
Skyfall
83
21
12
21
Charlie Puth
One Call Away
84
RE
181
1
Calum Scott
Dancing On My Own
85
34
48
1
Men At Work
Down Under
86
78
47
26
Kings Of Leon
Sex On Fire
87
RE
57
3
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
(I've Had) The Time Of My Life
88
26
39
19
Choirboys
Run To Paradise
89
91
63
3
Icehouse
Great Southern Land
90
RE
283
1
John Legend
All Of Me
91
RE
40
8
Bruce Springsteen
I'm On Fire
92
86
131
14
Fleetwood Mac
Go Your Own Way
93
RE
2
19
U2
Beautiful Day
94
93
185
1
Avicii
Wake Me Up
95
RE
2
12
John Farnham
Burn For You
96
RE
46
21
The Notorious B.I.G.
Hypnotize
97
RE
151
1
Adele
Rolling In The Deep
98
RE
2
87
The Rare Occasions
Notion
99
NE
1
99
JAY-Z (feat Beyonce Knowles)
03 Bonnie & Clyde
100
89
110
10
Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
-
3
3
3
Neil Young
Heart Of Gold
-
25
154
2
Imagine Dragons
Believer
-
27
20
5
Celine Dion
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
-
32
4
32
Savage Garden
To The Moon And Back
-
33
1
33
Taxiride
Get Set
-
35
22
3
Cher
Believe
-
39
2
39
Wig Wam
Do Ya Wanna Taste It
-
42
5
3
Tame Impala
Elephant
-
43
1
43
Joni Mitchell
Big Yellow Taxi
-
49
243
1
Daryl Braithwaite
The Horses
-
51
74
5
Flo Rida (feat T-Pain)
Low
-
52
34
3
Cher
If I Could Turn Back Time
-
53
212
1
Chris Stapleton
Tennessee Whiskey
-
54
170
6
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Over The Rainbow
-
56
7
12
Australian Crawl
The Boys Light Up
-
59
11
13
Savage Garden
Truly, Madly, Deeply
-
61
125
1
Cold Chisel
Flame Trees
-
64
88
6
Steve Earle
Copperhead Road
-
65
71
1
The Cranberries
Zombie
-
68
127
3
Queen
Don't Stop Me Now
-
69
5
33
Foreigner
I Want To Know What Love Is
-
70
49
1
Daddy Cool
Eagle Rock
-
71
12
3
Goanna
Solid Rock
-
73
1
73
Savage Garden
I Want You
-
75
201
1
Guns N' Roses
Sweet Child O' Mine
-
79
7
20
Hunters & Collectors
Holy Grail
-
82
218
9
Bryan Adams
Summer Of '69
-
83
134
2
Wiz Khalifa (feat Charlie Puth)
See You Again
-
85
223
1
Disturbed
The Sound Of Silence
-
87
76
2
Coldplay
A Sky Full Of Stars
-
88
117
2
Ginuwine
Pony
-
90
19
1
Powderfinger
These Days
-
94
94
5
AC/DC
It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)
For once I have a very good reason for not posting this chart sooner. Well, 'good reason' is questionable. Anyway, I made another dumb mistake in not realising that Julia Michaels' song "What A Time" came out in 2019. That is something of a problem because this is a song that spent quite some time in the Spotify Chart in 2021. Almost the entirety of this should've translated over to this chart. So I spent much of Monday correcting this. You can see this newly translated information on this week's chart because the song is currently climbing back up. 30 weeks on the chart also means 30 weeks not on the chart for other songs. All of this data has been adjusted for this new chart so that will explain the discrepancies from last week. Several of these weeks were taken off "All Of Me", "Wonderwall" and "2002".
Anyway Sia gets to #1. The song is on a Samsung ad. It's one of those misleading weeks because "Lost" climbed a lot this week but drops down to #2. Charlie Puth vaults into the top 10 for the first time with "One Call Away", while Norman Greenbaum modestly jumps. Van Morrison climbs a fair bit closer, as do Labrinth & The Walters. Incidentally, Labrinth keeps adding more entries. Eric Clapton gets the real lion's share this week though. Given that there was an alt-right grift in the top 10 at the time I got this, it might not be for good reason. The Rare Occasions have the biggest jump of the week, and speaking of TikTok hits I have dramatic news that I wish I wrote down last week so I can gain less vague clout, because I definitely thought it was possible. Elley Duhe debuts with her song "MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT" which may or may not have been ghost written by Owl Eyes, and which you might recall was released right at the start of 2020, making it the first ever 2020s song to make this chart. Commiserations for Flume & THE ANXIETY who were mere weeks away from doing the same, or perhaps Eminem if his Super Bowl performance boosted "Godzilla" enough. Also debuting this week is Chase Atlantic's "Swim".
Which means that yet again the #1 spot is a revolving door on the Bubbling Under chart. Taking it is Labrinth's "Still Don't Know My Name", which actually did chart in Australia for a solid month in 2020, where it was just old enough to sneak into the Bubbling Under chart back then. A year and a half later it's old enough to enter at #1. It may be able to climb into the chart properly but it doesn't look strong enough yet.
iTunes songs: 48 Spotify songs: 52
1
8
16
1
Sia
Unstoppable
2
1
14
1
Frank Ocean
Lost
3
7
236
2
The Killers
Mr. Brightside
4
10
170
1
Fleetwood Mac
Dreams
5
84
13
5
Charlie Puth
One Call Away
6
3
35
1
Måneskin
Beggin'
7
11
11
5
The Weeknd
Blinding Lights
8
19
13
8
Norman Greenbaum
Spirit In The Sky
9
16
156
2
Ed Sheeran
Perfect
10
25
87
2
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Shallow
11
14
10
11
Jaymes Young
Infinity
12
27
3
12
Van Morrison
Days Like This
13
18
73
1
Lewis Capaldi
Someone You Loved
14
15
77
3
Post Malone & Swae Lee
Sunflower
15
26
77
13
J. Cole
No Role Modelz
16
35
2
16
Labrinth & Zendaya
All For Us
17
20
303
1
Vance Joy
Riptide
18
23
11
18
The Walters
I Love You So
19
46
40
4
Tones And I
Dance Monkey
20
17
13
9
Harry Styles
Watermelon Sugar
21
NE
1
21
Eric Clapton
Tears In Heaven
22
24
65
10
The Neighbourhood
Sweater Weather
23
RE
213
1
Chris Stapleton
Tennessee Whiskey
24
22
3
22
Yung Lean
Ginseng Strip 2002
25
30
133
1
Eminem
Without Me
26
90
64
3
Icehouse
Great Southern Land
27
39
33
3
Lady Gaga
Always Remember Us This Way
28
73
40
3
Ruelle
I Get To Love You
29
31
172
6
James Arthur
Say You Won't Let Go
30
29
5
27
The Neighbourhood
Softcore
31
NE
1
31
Eric Clapton
My Father's Eyes
32
34
58
5
MKTO
Classic
33
RE
3
33
Wig Wam
Do Ya Wanna Taste It
34
59
2
34
Labrinth
Formula
35
NE
1
35
Labrinth
Forever
36
RE
52
5
50 Cent
In Da Club
37
41
15
11
Dua Lipa
Don't Start Now
38
45
117
20
Eminem
The Real Slim Shady
39
RE
21
5
Celine Dion
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
40
37
252
6
Cold Chisel
Khe Sanh
41
99
3
41
The Rare Occasions
Notion
42
RE
234
1
Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud
43
RE
77
2
Coldplay
A Sky Full Of Stars
44
6
125
4
John Farnham
You're The Voice
45
44
192
5
Miley Cyrus
Party In The U.S.A.
46
93
132
14
Fleetwood Mac
Go Your Own Way
47
43
51
2
Powderfinger
My Happiness
48
RE
155
2
Imagine Dragons
Believer
49
NE
1
49
Eric Clapton
Cocaine
50
RE
202
1
Guns N' Roses
Sweet Child O' Mine
51
78
36
1
Masked Wolf
Astronaut In The Ocean
52
48
21
2
CKay
love nwantiti (ah ah ah)
53
NE
1
53
Elley Duhe
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
54
56
5
54
Mac Miller
The Spins
55
80
3
55
Ruth B.
Dandelions
56
75
30
10
Julia Michaels (feat Niall Horan)
What A Time
57
52
23
21
Post Malone
Circles
58
RE
168
4
David Guetta (feat Sia)
Titanium
59
RE
143
9
Rachel Platten
Fight Song
60
54
105
3
Dean Lewis
Be Alright
61
RE
18
2
Dragon
April Sun In Cuba
62
55
25
10
Steve Lacy
Dark Red
63
RE
188
1
Toto
Africa
64
RE
13
18
Bruno Mars
Grenade
65
57
12
38
Lewis Capaldi
Before You Go
66
21
9
3
Joni Mitchell
Both Sides Now
67
2
4
2
Meat Loaf
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
68
68
20
9
Dominic Fike
3 Nights
69
RE
103
7
John Denver
Take Me Home, Country Roads
70
60
64
21
Nelly Furtado (feat Timbaland)
Promiscuous
71
53
12
16
Gesaffelstein (feat The Weeknd)
Lost In The Fire
72
77
150
6
Journey
Don't Stop Believin'
73
65
142
1
5 Seconds Of Summer
Youngblood
74
79
9
9
Empire Of The Sun
Walking On A Dream
75
97
47
21
The Notorious B.I.G.
Hypnotize
76
RE
135
2
Wiz Khalifa (feat Charlie Puth)
See You Again
77
47
264
1
Eminem
Lose Yourself
78
72
143
40
Train
Hey, Soul Sister
79
86
49
1
Men At Work
Down Under
80
71
164
2
WALK THE MOON
Shut Up and Dance
81
RE
24
7
Amy Shark
I Said Hi
82
NE
1
81
Chase Atlantic
Swim
83
RE
35
3
Cher
If I Could Turn Back Time
84
82
101
8
OneRepublic
Counting Stars
85
RE
11
1
Ben E. King
Stand By Me
86
RE
13
6
Ellie Goulding
Still Falling For You
87
74
5
74
Kid Cudi (feat MGMT & Ratatat)
Pursuit Of Happiness
88
63
5
55
Neil Young
Old Man
89
85
182
1
Calum Scott
Dancing On My Own
90
RE
259
1
Kenny Rogers
The Gambler
91
64
40
11
Coolio (feat L.V.)
Gangsta's Paradise
92
87
48
26
Kings Of Leon
Sex On Fire
93
RE
77
8
Imagine Dragons
Thunder
94
RE
219
9
Bryan Adams
Summer Of '69
95
RE
132
1
Billie Eilish & Khalid
lovely
96
RE
73
32
Eminem (feat Nate Dogg)
'Till I Collapse
97
9
4
1
Meat Loaf
You Took The Worlds Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
98
91
282
1
John Legend
All Of Me
99
RE
41
11
Stevie Wonder
Happy Birthday
100
RE
147
1
Juice WRLD
Lucid Dreams
-
4
168
2
Bon Jovi
Livin' On A Prayer
-
5
1
5
The Masters Apprentices
Because I Love You
-
12
3
12
Hinder
Lips Of An Angel
-
13
5
4
Meat Loaf
Paradise By The Dashboard Light
-
28
270
1
Christina Perri
A Thousand Years
-
32
2
32
Sia
Alive
-
33
4
14
John Farnham
That's Freedom
-
36
3
5
Meat Loaf
I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) [Live]
Monday morning boosts are typically not very lucrative for this chart unless they hold up for a very long time. You could say that's somewhat the case this week although the drifting time has changed things up a little bit. Ever since the Super Bowl there's been a big impact on the chart that for quite a while looked like it would net the #1 spot for "Still D.R.E.", but somewhere along the line, "The Next Episode" overtook it giving Dr. Dre his first lead artist credited #1. "The Next Episode" was a fairly big hit on this chart in its first year though it had never made the top 10 before. "Still D.R.E." merely logged around the lower parts of the chart so it's a big new peak. They both narrowly hold up against Sia who was close to landing a second week at #1. Mary J. Blige as a result also scores her first ever lead artist entry with "Family Affair", previously appearing alongside George Michael on "As". Eminem is also a big beneficiary. "Without Me" has already been pacing up and keeps that momentum, but notably "The Real Slim Shady" scores a slight new peak in its 118th week, while "Godzilla" does indeed sneak into the main chart. Labrinth's entries continue to be chaotic but he scores some new peaks this week, as well as a debut for "When I R.I.P.". "Forever" actually enters the Spotify Chart this week but drops out on the iTunes chart, also the case for Elley Duhe although she was high enough to hold on. Wig Wam jump to another new peak alongside slight climbs for Ruth B., and Kid Cudi. Dire Straits return to the chart higher than ever with "Money For Nothing". Mike + The Mechanics are new to the chart although "The Living Years" made the Bubbling Under chart before. They're charting instead with "All I Need Is A Miracle". Not new to the chart is Juice Newton, who spent a decent while hanging around with "Angel Of The Morning", but now her other top 10 hit "Queen Of Hearts" enters the fold.
The traditional revolving door #1 is on hold this week, though Labrinth did climb a little bit closer to the main chart. Instead we swap out the #2 spot as Eminem completes his residency and is replaced by the curious windfall of Tame Impala's "Eventually", which just barely snuck into the Spotify Chart this week but doesn't look like it's going to be sticking around. Pop Smoke is also back out of the chart, possibly for good but you never really know.
iTunes songs: 46 Spotify songs: 54
1
RE
38
1
Dr. Dre (feat Snoop Dogg)
The Next Episode
2
RE
4
2
Dr. Dre (feat Snoop Dogg)
Still D.R.E.
3
1
17
1
Sia
Unstoppable
4
2
15
1
Frank Ocean
Lost
5
RE
43
2
2Pac (feat Dr. Dre)
California Love
6
NE
1
6
Mary J. Blige
Family Affair
7
77
265
1
Eminem
Lose Yourself
8
36
53
5
50 Cent
In Da Club
9
3
237
2
The Killers
Mr. Brightside
10
6
36
1
Måneskin
Beggin'
11
4
171
1
Fleetwood Mac
Dreams
12
7
12
5
The Weeknd
Blinding Lights
13
25
134
1
Eminem
Without Me
14
33
4
14
Wig Wam
Do Ya Wanna Taste It
15
16
3
15
Labrinth & Zendaya
All For Us
16
38
118
16
Eminem
The Real Slim Shady
17
27
34
3
Lady Gaga
Always Remember Us This Way
18
15
78
13
J. Cole
No Role Modelz
19
10
88
2
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Shallow
20
13
74
1
Lewis Capaldi
Someone You Loved
21
17
304
1
Vance Joy
Riptide
22
11
11
11
Jaymes Young
Infinity
23
18
12
18
The Walters
I Love You So
24
14
78
3
Post Malone & Swae Lee
Sunflower
25
RE
245
2
AC/DC
Thunderstruck
26
26
65
3
Icehouse
Great Southern Land
27
20
14
9
Harry Styles
Watermelon Sugar
28
22
66
10
The Neighbourhood
Sweater Weather
29
34
3
29
Labrinth
Formula
30
RE
10
30
Dire Straits
Money For Nothing
31
RE
215
2
Darius Rucker
Wagon Wheel
32
NE
1
32
Labrinth
Mount Everest
33
12
4
12
Van Morrison
Days Like This
34
29
173
6
James Arthur
Say You Won't Let Go
35
RE
216
7
Metallica
Nothing Else Matters
36
68
21
9
Dominic Fike
3 Nights
37
RE
40
11
The Beatles
Here Comes The Sun
38
30
6
27
The Neighbourhood
Softcore
39
32
59
5
MKTO
Classic
40
RE
20
7
2Pac
Changes
41
NE
1
41
Mike + The Mechanics
All I Need Is A Miracle
42
41
4
41
The Rare Occasions
Notion
43
28
41
3
Ruelle
I Get To Love You
44
96
74
32
Eminem (feat Nate Dogg)
'Till I Collapse
45
55
4
45
Ruth B.
Dandelions
46
37
16
11
Dua Lipa
Don't Start Now
47
24
4
22
Yung Lean
Ginseng Strip 2002
48
RE
107
18
Eminem (feat Rihanna)
Love The Way You Lie
49
45
193
5
Miley Cyrus
Party In The U.S.A.
50
RE
75
5
Flo Rida (feat T-Pain)
Low
51
RE
174
5
AC/DC
You Shook Me All Night Long
52
40
253
6
Cold Chisel
Khe Sanh
53
RE
41
8
Bruce Springsteen
I'm On Fire
54
48
156
2
Imagine Dragons
Believer
55
RE
52
11
Daryl Hall & John Oates
You Make My Dreams
56
75
48
21
The Notorious B.I.G.
Hypnotize
57
47
52
2
Powderfinger
My Happiness
58
54
6
54
Mac Miller
The Spins
59
62
26
10
Steve Lacy
Dark Red
60
19
41
4
Tones And I
Dance Monkey
61
56
31
10
Julia Michaels (feat Niall Horan)
What A Time
62
42
235
1
Ed Sheeran
Thinking Out Loud
63
70
65
21
Nelly Furtado (feat Timbaland)
Promiscuous
64
RE
66
19
Bruno Mars
Count On Me
65
57
24
21
Post Malone
Circles
66
RE
141
1
Tracy Chapman
Fast Car
67
60
106
3
Dean Lewis
Be Alright
68
9
157
2
Ed Sheeran
Perfect
69
RE
42
10
Ed Sheeran
Castle On The Hill
70
RE
229
3
Metallica
Enter Sandman
71
RE
157
7
AC/DC
Highway To Hell
72
87
6
72
Kid Cudi (feat MGMT & Ratatat)
Pursuit Of Happiness
73
61
19
2
Dragon
April Sun In Cuba
74
65
13
38
Lewis Capaldi
Before You Go
75
93
78
8
Imagine Dragons
Thunder
76
98
283
1
John Legend
All Of Me
77
RE
15
25
Calum Scott & Leona Lewis
You Are The Reason
78
RE
5
36
Brett Young
In Case You Didn't Know
79
72
151
6
Journey
Don't Stop Believin'
80
RE
7
2
Kina Grannis
Can't Help Falling In Love
81
NE
1
81
Juice Newton
Queen of Hearts
82
92
49
26
Kings Of Leon
Sex On Fire
83
RE
28
6
Shouse
Love Tonight
84
73
143
1
5 Seconds Of Summer
Youngblood
85
74
10
9
Empire Of The Sun
Walking On A Dream
86
78
144
40
Train
Hey, Soul Sister
87
89
183
1
Calum Scott
Dancing On My Own
88
53
2
53
Elley Duhe
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
89
84
102
8
OneRepublic
Counting Stars
90
80
165
2
WALK THE MOON
Shut Up and Dance
91
NE
1
91
Labrinth
When I R.I.P.
92
71
13
16
Gesaffelstein (feat The Weeknd)
Lost In The Fire
93
76
136
2
Wiz Khalifa (feat Charlie Puth)
See You Again
94
46
133
14
Fleetwood Mac
Go Your Own Way
95
RE
244
1
Daryl Braithwaite
The Horses
96
RE
75
13
Jay-Z & Kanye West
Ni**as In Paris
97
43
78
2
Coldplay
A Sky Full Of Stars
98
NE
1
98
Eminem (feat Juice WRLD)
Godzilla
99
RE
41
5
Lady A
Need You Now
100
RE
166
2
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat Ray Dalton)
Can't Hold Us
-
5
13
5
Charlie Puth
One Call Away
-
8
13
8
Norman Greenbaum
Spirit In The Sky
-
21
1
21
Eric Clapton
Tears In Heaven
-
23
213
1
Chris Stapleton
Tennessee Whiskey
-
31
1
31
Eric Clapton
My Father's Eyes
-
35
1
35
Labrinth
Forever
-
39
21
5
Celine Dion
It's All Coming Back To Me Now
-
44
125
4
John Farnham
You're The Voice
-
49
1
49
Eric Clapton
Cocaine
-
50
202
1
Guns N' Roses
Sweet Child O' Mine
-
51
36
1
Masked Wolf
Astronaut In The Ocean
-
52
21
2
CKay
love nwantiti (ah ah ah)
-
58
168
4
David Guetta (feat Sia)
Titanium
-
59
143
9
Rachel Platten
Fight Song
-
63
188
1
Toto
Africa
-
64
13
18
Bruno Mars
Grenade
-
66
9
3
Joni Mitchell
Both Sides Now
-
67
4
2
Meat Loaf
Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
-
69
103
7
John Denver
Take Me Home, Country Roads
-
79
49
1
Men At Work
Down Under
-
81
24
7
Amy Shark
I Said Hi
-
82
1
81
Chase Atlantic
Swim
-
83
35
3
Cher
If I Could Turn Back Time
-
85
11
1
Ben E. King
Stand By Me
-
86
13
6
Ellie Goulding
Still Falling For You
-
88
5
55
Neil Young
Old Man
-
90
259
1
Kenny Rogers
The Gambler
-
91
40
11
Coolio (feat L.V.)
Gangsta's Paradise
-
94
219
9
Bryan Adams
Summer Of '69
-
95
132
1
Billie Eilish & Khalid
lovely
-
97
4
1
Meat Loaf
You Took The Worlds Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night)
Tides are favourable for Sia this week. Remains to be seen how long she rides this wave out but it's comfortably nestled in the iTunes top 10 at the moment. The top 10 is mostly usual suspects but I will shout out "Without Me" which has not been seen in the top 10 in over 5 years now. A lot of Euphoria tracks are slipping down but "Mount Everest" bucks the trend (possibly thanks to sneaking into the Spotify top 50) and gets a big jump to #12 this week. Elley Duhe continues to climb with "MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT" which with a Hot Hits Australia add today means it's certainly vaulting further up. Ruth B. & Kid Cudi continue their slight climbs, while Eminem has new peaks for returning "Stan" and last week's debut "Godzilla". It's not a new peak but I will note the return of Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" with lead singer and found Gary Brooker's passing this past week. Speaking of big '60s hits, Love Affair's cover of "Everlasting Love" debuts. Australia Decides was just on and Norway's KEiiNO performed "Spirit In The Sky" (not a cover) there, which finished 6th in Eurovision 2019. This week it debuts. What might also surprise you is that Madonna only has two entries ever on this chart, "Like A Prayer" and "Santa Baby". This week she adds a 3rd as I believe TikTok is quite fond of "Material Girl". Nelly Furtado has gotten a lot of success lately with "Promiscuous", and now it's joined by "Say It Right".
I've been waiting for this moment for months, but as you may know, "505" has always been a fan favourite from Arctic Monkeys 2nd album. In fact it's been occupying the US & UK Spotify charts for quite some time, but strangely Australia despite being a big Arctic Monkeys market has only just now gotten the memo (one imagines it's been hovering close but not quite to the chart prior). It heads up a big week of eligible but not high enough entries. Labrinth climbs a little higher again, Tame Impala miraculously hold on again, and in the middle, we have a first time Spotify entry for OutKast's "Ms. Jackson". It's actually spent over 3 weeks on the chart but usually never enough to actually make the final weekly chart. It's a re-entry because it previously spent 2 weeks on the chart years ago before I integrated Spotify. It also looks set to climb this week so it could potentially get onto the chart.
Slight decline this week for Sia though she's still reasonably comfortable at the top. "Lost" is starting to slip a little so maybe she'll have a bigger safety net next week. On the other hand, Elley Duhe is climbing fast as well and could pose a threat as "MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT" vaults into the top 10 with lots of room to grow. Coldplay have a bumper week which is headed off by "The Scientist" getting a new peak at #3. Vanessa Amorosi also does the same with "Absolutely Everybody". Labrinth climbs into the top 10 with "Mount Everest", which I believe to be egregiously missing from the ARIA Chart this week given that it got more streams than his song that did make the top 50 this week. Vanessa Amorosi is in the top 10 due to performing at Mardi Gras. This is also the case, minus the top 10 bit for Wafia, who makes her first ever appearance with "I'm Good" at #11. Furthermore, Darren Hayes performed many Savage Garden tracks of which "Affirmation" gets the best treatment landing in the top 10. Among various re-entries is a debut for "The Animal Song" and a new peak for "I Want You". "Nevermind" finally gets a 3rd entry onto the chart and no, it's not "Lithium", but it's "Something In The Way" which is being heard in The Batman. This was a busy week on the Spotify chart with a lot of songs climbing on there not emulating it over here and the threshold for making this chart higher than ever (outside of Christmas weeks). We do get a slight new peak for Labrinth's "When I R.I.P.", while XXXTENTACION makes a debut for "Revenge" which has picked up steam recently.
Minor correction to note: 4 weeks ago I omitted Josh Turner's "Your Man" from the chart. He didn't quite return this week but when he does, his stats will be updated, you may notice however Juice WRLD's "Lucid Dreams" has lost a week on its tally.
It's a fairly hectic week. We do not have a new #1 per say, rather Sheppard are just returning to the top spot in Birds of Tokyo fashion of 'They performed at an event'. This time around it was the Australian Flood Relief concert, which is all over this week's chart, and it's responsible for not only Sheppard's "Let Me Down Easy" returning, but also Gang Of Youths'. Jon Stevens performed and brought both the original "Take Me Back" and his acoustic version to new peaks. Missy Higgins has brought the original version of "Total Control" very high up the chart, while Vanessa Amorosi has a new peak in the top 10 for "Shine". Kate Miller-Heidke also has a new peak with "Caught In The Crowd", as does John Williamson (not with "Caught In The Crowd", but "True Blue"). Outside of this, Kilotile returns to a big new peak with "Cry To Me", also bringing back Solomon Burke and I'm not sure it ever registered to me that they're the same song. New movie The Adam Project brings Pete Townshend into the top 10 with "Let My Love Open The Door", which is his first ever entry, even The Who have never charted before. A new viral hit appears to be AnnenMayKantereit's cover of "Tom's Diner" from a couple years ago, which is also vaulting up the Spotify chart so it might stick around. Finally debuting this week is THE ANXIETY whose "Meet Me At Our Spot" is now old enough, though tragically it was removed from Hot Hits Australia a week ago and would otherwise be a lot higher. Similar pain for Flume who was high enough to enter the chart last week with "The Difference" but now it looks like the ship has sailed. The Spencer Davis Group get their first entry, as does local country singer Tom Curtain, who I assume is friends with George Cauldron. Nelly Furtado also gets a new peak with "Say It Right".
Something I didn't mention before is that this week's chart, with its big iTunes influx is the highest non-Christmas cut off we've ever had, and in fact it's higher than a lot of Christmas cut offs as well. This is particularly unlucky for Arctic Monkeys who had a great week with "505". They'll probably make it for real next week though. It's also a rough week for SZA & Internet Money who are hanging on by a thread, though shout out to "Lemonade" because I can't imagine many people expected it to still be charting 18 months later. The Weeknd is merely #5 this week but he will very safely enter the chart next week, while the remix of "Save Your Tears" could soon replace it on the Bubbling Under chart too.
It was a big week last week for the song "Cry To Me", but that's even more true this week, as Kilotile's version goes to #1. This is an easy sweep as it's very high on iTunes so it'll be interesting to see how it maintains. A big competitor is also the inexplicable cover of "Tom's Diner" which is vaulting up both charts and hits #3 this week. Nirvana take a big climb with a full week of intrigue around "Something In The Way" getting it to #4. Jaymes Young finally cracks the top 10 with "Infinity" and Vanessa Amorosi is in the top 10 for a 3rd week and swaps her entry again to do so. TikTok nets some new peaks for Ruth B. & Tom Odell, while Eminem seems to get lucky on a slow iTunes week to get "Godzilla" to a new peak. It's an almost all 2010s affair on the debuts, lead by Kevin Gates who finally gets his first entry ("Big Gangsta" came very close) with "Thinking With My Dick". No doubt courting a similar audience is Oh Wonder who also make their first appearance with "All We Do". The Weeknd has hit the big list as it's now been 2 years since "After Hours" came out and the original version of "Save Your Tears" is still very popular. Behind him we have Regard getting in with "Ride It", one of the longest running songs on the Bubbling Under chart to not get in before this. Lastly is Ed Sheeran's "Dive", which for those not keeping count is now the 6th song on "÷" to make this chart. "Galway Girl" came close to debuting about a year ago, and on an unrelated note, "Perfect Duet" was close this week.
It's a very busy week on the Bubbling Under chart. The Weeknd has ascended, while Labrinth, Flume, Internet Money & SZA have all dropped out. Arctic Monkeys have gotten even closer to charting so maybe next week will be their ticket. Filling in the blanks, I first have an amendment to make in that I left off Kanye West's "Bound 2" last week. Both this week and last week it has just barely scraped onto the chart so I don't expect it to stick. Also doing that this week is Timbaland's "The Way I Are", which last appeared on the Bubbling Under chart in 2018, but now returns with a new peak. So filling in those gaps, Riton re-enters for real this time, and also we have new arrivals from Joel Corry, Justin Bieber & Lil Nas X. "BED" is inexplicably still on Hot Hits Australia so the moment they pull the plug we'll probably never have to think about it again, and it's hard to imagine "Peaches" running the home stretch. "MONTERO" might be one to watch though it's had a rough few weeks lately. To note with our current cohort, it was a rough week for "Booster Seat" and "you broke me first", which both are now very close to slipping below the #100 cut off.
It's a much closer week but Kilotile manages to hold the top spot. They've considerably dropped on iTunes in the past 2 days though so it probably won't stay there. In doing so they keep Foo Fighters from hitting the top spot following the death of Taylor Hawkins. I remember seeing on Saturday night that "My Hero" was the highest song on iTunes but come Sunday afternoon, "Best Of You" overtook it, so both get new top 3 peaks. "Times Like These" also gets into the top 10 for the first time while "Everlong" in both versions gets new peaks. Most of these actually charted recently due to their tour here, and the only proper debut comes from "Wheels" at #28, just behind a new peak for "The Pretender". James Bay hits the top 10 with "Let It Go", which now matches the peak set by "Hold Back The River" at #9. Other singer-songwriters Tom Odell & XXXTENTACION also score slight new peaks. The actual highest debut this week comes from Pharrell Williams, who is doing big numbers with a song from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack that isn't "Happy". "Just A Cloud Away" adds to the pile of songs being represented here but ARIA haven't caught it yet. Speaking of TikTok hits, WILLOW had a run last year with "Wait A Minute!", but it's now shot back into prominence and re-enters with a new peak, ahead of "Meet Me At Our Spot" to score another hit, like father like daughter. Seemingly thanks to House of Gucci is the bingo lottery collaboration of Tracy Chapman & Pavarotti. Finally debuting is Arctic Monkeys' 2007 track "505", hey ARIA if you're reading this somehow, start tracking this one.
That new entry leaves a vacancy at the top of the Bubbling Under chart, which OutKast take for the first time with "Ms. Jackson". "Bound 2" also narrowly drops out to assure new peaks across the board. Spacey Jane have taken what I said last week to heart and vaulted up the Spotify chart this week. On the other hand, Timbaland just barely holds on the chart this week, and Joel Corry is not having a good week either. Entering for the first time we've got Olivia Rodrigo's 3rd single "deja vu", which is seemingly timely as her tracks have been climbing back up lately. I'm very skeptical it'll hold on for long enough to chart, unlike Doja Cat's "Kiss Me More" which is an immovable object, only behind "Heat Waves" & "Following The Sun" from this chart.
iTunes songs: 42 Spotify songs: 58
1
1
8
1
Kilotile
Cry To Me
2
RE
10
2
Foo Fighters
Best Of You
3
RE
7
3
Foo Fighters
My Hero
4
3
3
3
AnnenMayKantereit & Giant Rooks
Tom's Diner
5
5
7
5
Elley Duhe
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
6
RE
10
6
Foo Fighters
Times Like These
7
RE
9
5
Foo Fighters
Learn To Fly
8
6
20
1
Frank Ocean
Lost
9
RE
30
9
James Bay
Let It Go
10
4
4
4
Nirvana
Something In The Way
11
7
242
2
The Killers
Mr. Brightside
12
2
22
1
Sia
Unstoppable
13
RE
4
13
Foo Fighters
Everlong
14
8
16
8
Jaymes Young
Infinity
15
11
17
5
The Weeknd
Blinding Lights
16
34
39
3
Lady Gaga
Always Remember Us This Way
17
12
139
1
Eminem
Without Me
18
16
83
13
J. Cole
No Role Modelz
19
RE
159
2
Imagine Dragons
Believer
20
10
6
9
Labrinth
Mount Everest
21
14
176
1
Fleetwood Mac
Dreams
22
RE
5
22
Foo Fighters
The Pretender
23
18
309
1
Vance Joy
Riptide
24
20
71
10
The Neighbourhood
Sweater Weather
25
NE
1
25
Pharrell Williams
Just A Cloud Away
26
92
217
1
Chris Stapleton
Tennessee Whiskey
27
22
123
16
Eminem
The Real Slim Shady
28
NE
1
28
Foo Fighters
Wheels
29
28
83
3
Post Malone & Swae Lee
Sunflower
30
24
79
1
Lewis Capaldi
Someone You Loved
31
37
11
31
Tom Odell
Another Love
32
29
9
29
Ruth B.
Dandelions
33
33
270
1
Eminem
Lose Yourself
34
26
17
19
The Walters
I Love You So
35
31
9
2
Dr. Dre (feat Snoop Dogg)
Still D.R.E.
36
81
46
4
Tones And I
Dance Monkey
37
35
19
9
Harry Styles
Watermelon Sugar
38
43
4
38
XXXTENTACION
Revenge
39
15
11
8
Solomon Burke
Cry To Me
40
39
178
6
James Arthur
Say You Won't Let Go
41
41
41
1
Måneskin
Beggin'
42
44
11
27
The Neighbourhood
Softcore
43
RE
14
43
WILLOW
Wait A Minute!
44
RE
46
2
Sheppard
Geronimo
45
56
198
5
Miley Cyrus
Party In The U.S.A.
46
21
275
1
Christina Perri
A Thousand Years
47
50
58
5
50 Cent
In Da Club
48
13
162
2
Ed Sheeran
Perfect
49
58
54
4
The Goo Goo Dolls
Iris
50
48
3
48
THE ANXIETY
Meet Me At Our Spot
51
45
21
11
Dua Lipa
Don't Start Now
52
55
53
21
The Notorious B.I.G.
Hypnotize
53
53
80
13
Jay-Z & Kanye West
Ni**as In Paris
54
74
29
21
Post Malone
Circles
55
82
93
2
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Shallow
56
46
9
42
The Rare Occasions
Notion
57
RE
231
3
Metallica
Enter Sandman
58
30
8
15
Labrinth & Zendaya
All For Us
59
RE
217
7
Metallica
Nothing Else Matters
60
63
31
10
Steve Lacy
Dark Red
61
52
249
2
Queen
We Will Rock You
62
RE
248
2
AC/DC
Thunderstruck
63
61
64
5
MKTO
Classic
64
RE
58
1
Linkin Park
In The End
65
54
112
10
Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
66
77
154
6
Journey
Don't Stop Believin'
67
85
106
8
OneRepublic
Counting Stars
68
RE
2
68
Foo Fighters
Everlong (Acoustic Version)
69
64
258
6
Cold Chisel
Khe Sanh
70
RE
203
1
Guns N' Roses
Sweet Child O' Mine
71
71
79
32
Eminem (feat Nate Dogg)
'Till I Collapse
72
NE
1
72
Tracy Chapman, Jose Molina, Orchestra Sinfonica Italiana & Luciano Pavarotti
Correction corner: 2 weeks ago I left off Pete Townshead and "Let My Love Open the Door" which climbed to #6 from #9 and then narrowly fell out of the top 100 last week. 1 week ago I left out Oh Wonder who should have dropped to #86 and have fallen out this week. All numbers this week reflect those corrections.
I believe it was on Wednesday night that Shane Warne's state funeral aired on TV and it made a massive impact on the iTunes chart then. So much so that 4 days later when I compiled this, Noiseworks still lead the pack. "Take Me Back" was in the chart not long ago with a peak of #3 but now it hits the top spot. "No Lies" previously made the Bubbling Under chart but finally makes the proper chart. Also benefitting from the proceedings is "Angels" by Robbie Williams which picks up a big new peak. Also making big entries at that time were "Summer Of '69" which narrowly misses a new peak, and "Thinking Out Loud" which scores its best week in about a year. On the modern side of things, this prevents "Tom's Diner" from reaching the top spot though it'll be tough to miss next week, while Elley Duhe also gets a little higher though it has to be said has a low peak for a song that's spent 4 weeks in the Spotify top 20 now. J. Cole narrowly misses a new peak for "No Role Modelz" but also could get there next week with his current momentum. For Foo Fighters, "Everlong" has had by far the best showing on the Spotify chart which helps it hold up a fair bit better than most of their other entries, which will probably carry through next week. Gabrielle has a new peak for "Out Of Reach" which last charted about 2 years ago. In the world of oldies, Van Morrison has a debut with "Someone Like You", no it's not that song, and Frank Sinatra finally has a chart entry that isn't "Let It Snow!", as "My Way" breaks from its prior Bubbling Under shackles. Our last debut is a rare effect of the Academy Awards' Best Original Song award, which was won by "No Time To Die", which due to COVID-19 ended up coming out a long time before the movie of the same name, which apparently means it was still eligible to win the award when it was 2 years old.
In the world of blowing up on TikTok, enter "Cool For The Summer", which is doing big numbers around the world though Australia is a little lax on it comparatively, so it's not close to the main chart. Maroon 5 have also snuck back into the chart recently with "Payphone" which I assume has always just been hanging a little below it. It hasn't charted here in 4 years where under the old system it did reach the top of the Bubbling Under chart. In the world of movers and shakers, Timbaland & OutKast are still not in a safe place on here, while Joel Corry has had another very bad week, "Head & Heart" just collapsed halfway into the week and has set itself on that new equilibrium, so it's gonna be hit hard again this week, while "BED" is not looking safe at all. Spacey Jane continue to bounce around aimlessly but this week they dropped a lot, as did "Friday", "WITHOUT YOU" and "The Business" which all dropped below the top 100 threshold this week. Tate McRae is probably safe for landing in 2 weeks but maybe she's just coasting off her new single release as she's very low on today's chart.
It was a very close one but Kilotile managed to claw back to #1. Unless something comes along unexpectedly this week though it's "Tom's Diner"'s top spot for the taking. Elley Duhe is still very close but not quite there behind them though, which does finally result in a new peak of #3. Also in the world of new top 10 peaks, J. Cole has taken advantage of a slow week to get across the line with "No Role Modelz", which admittedly has been performing better lately but it's a fairly drastic jump all things considered. INXS is not a new peak. Neither is Ruth B. or XXXTENTACION, but Tom Odell & Eminem are. The Weeknd & Arctic Monkeys also take advantage of the situation to climb to new peaks when they otherwise wouldn't. The highest debut is Downstait's "Kingdom" thanks to its use in WrestleMania 2022, while the other general big news is Harry Styles' return vaulting his material back up. "Watermelon Sugar" doesn't get a new peak yet but "Adore You" and "Falling" finally make debuts. I also want to shout out at the bottom of the chart the return of Talking Heads' "Psycho Killer" which previously appeared on the 4th chart and this 335 week gap between appearances is certainly a new record. Less notable is the return of Drake's "One Dance" but I want to shout it out because it's been hanging out on the Spotify chart almost all year unable to be acknowledged on this chart until now.
On the Bubbling Under chart, there's a bit of shift around which sees Timbaland reach #1 for the first time. Demi Lovato has fallen out of the chart, which OutKast & Maroon 5 are also close to doing. Joining them is another Harry Styles entry in "Golden". In the world of ever shifting entries, "you broke me first" has a pretty bad week that puts it at risk of not debuting next week, while Spacey Jane collapse again, perhaps rebounding next week with a new single out. Also "Heat Waves" is no longer at #1 after 6 weeks of squatting but I think it'll still end up debuting in the long run. What does chart this week is "Leave The Door Open", no doubt thanks to the GRAMMYs and to a lesser extent Heardle.
Persistence pays off. After barely missing out for a few weeks, "Tom's Diner" has instead barely reached #1, sitting at the same spot on iTunes as Sia but getting priority as is the rule. Take notes The Killers. "As It Was" has been out for a decent while now but oddly enough only now does "Sign Of The Times" manage to return to the chart (notably wasn't in the Spotify returns) via iTunes, and quite high for a new peak of #8. He keeps WILLOW out of the top 10 who keeps getting new peaks with "Wait A Minute!" that I forget to mention. There's only one new peak on the whole chart actually this week and it's Rick Astley who seems to be benefitting from belated April tomfoolery with "Never Gonna Give You Up". It's also a very quiet week on the front that there's only one debut, coming from The Saints with Chris Bailey having passed away this past week. I believe a few days prior to this they'd have been high enough to reach #1 with both "Just Like Fire Would" and also "(I'm) Stranded" which sadly just missed the chart in the end. It's a quite high cut off this week which results in some sudden moves, notably The Walters plunging all the way out of the chart from #36 after months of consistency, which it looks like they won't return from. R.I.P. the TikTok indie bubble.
Under odd circumstances we have a new Bubbling Under #1 from Tate McRae. This would otherwise be the week that she'd be promoting herself to the main chart, but "you broke me first" just couldn't keep itself high enough to this point so it's instead now just the highest eligible song that hasn't charted. It's had some up and down weeks though so it may well still get there in the end. Other eligibles from OutKast & Harry Styles drop out which would normally be reason to shove every song up a little bit but instead we have something different. I didn't mention earlier the most notable chart story of the past week which is Jack Harlow's #1 debut, which normally wouldn't affect the chart in a noticeable way as it's above the #1 spot on both charts. However, you might have noticed when it came out that the Spotify chart was flooded by Jack Harlow songs which as a rule have managed to stick the landing somewhat except that they're all below this week's chart. That means he has 4 debuts this week, including the 2+ year old "WHATS POPPIN" and "I WANNA SEE SOME ASS", and the not far off "Tyler Herro" and "Already Best Friends". I expect they'll all vacate pretty quickly and maybe return if his album does well next week.
Harry really is all over the place this week - Sign of the Times returns to the top 10, Watermelon Sugar holds its' exact position while Adore You and Falling (and Golden) drop out entirely.
It's that funny time of the year where chaos erupts multiple times a week on the iTunes chart because The Voice is on. As per usual, these airings are not particularly well timed for this chart but sometimes they're able to maintain it for long enough, and that's just what happened for Kaylee Bell. You may be aware of her for her music over the past few years (I rate "Be With You"), but the first song I ever heard from her is "Keith", a song absolutely loaded to the brim with references and reverence for Keith Urban, who just so happens to be a judge on The Voice, and she just happens to be a contestant. She had everyone turn around for it but Jessica Mauboy stopped Keith from getting her. The Voice contributes to a decent few songs this week, including debuts for "If The World Was Ending" and "This Town", as well as the big re-entry for "Falling" by Harry Styles, although that was going to re-enter otherwise since Harry stock is high again. Unrelated to this is James Bay vaulting to a new peak of #2 with "Let It Go", while Loren Allred's "Never Enough" also hits the top 10, though in that case "This Is Me" was performed on The Voice so maybe that counts. Elley Duhe is quite unlucky as she's now overtaken "Tom's Diner" but isn't high enough to get to the top spot, which The Voice might make difficult work of in the next few weeks. Proving that "Falling" wasn't a fluke, "Adore You" also returns with a big new peak, and "Watermelon Sugar" creeps up to an ever-so-slight new peak of #8. The only other new peak comes from Tom Odell's "Another Love". Elsewhere in debuts that can be described as at least slightly random inclusions for the artists, with Backstreet Boys debuting "Larger Than Life", and Run-D.M.C. getting "It's Tricky" in, their first non-Christmas entry.
The Bubbling Under chart is effectively just reverting back last week's chaos with all of Jack Harlow's entries dropping out. Harry Styles jumps back in with a new peak for "Golden" but otherwise everything is just sliding back up to fill in the gaps. It's a bad week for The Kid LAROI, Riton & Polo G who all drop below the charting threshold this week. Joel Corry also has another bad week with "BED" reaching its lowest position yet of #179.
^Loren Allred's re-entry is due to her being a contestant on the latest season of Britain's Got Talent, which I assume first aired this past week in Australia.
Also worth noting that This Town is right next to This City.
It's not The Voice but when Ronan strikes I always assume it's something on TV. This is the first time that he's gotten to #1 though, narrowly beating Elley Duhe who also gets a new peak of #2. What The Voice is responsible for is "Never Let Me Go" being a first time top 10 entry for Florence + The Machine. WILLOW also reaches the top 10 with "Wait A Minute!" and Harry Styles has a slight new peak for "Watermelon Sugar". His main action is with his other tracks though, as "Adore You" also jumps up and "Golden" vaults considerably to debut. Even "Kiwi" was somewhat close to the chart. The biggest impact this week though seems to be the SBS special on the 1980s which has vaulted a lot of absolute bangers that somehow never charted before, including Eurythmics, Visage, Ultravox & Robert Palmer. 10cc aren't '80s but they do get a new peak for "I'm Not In Love". In assorted others, we have Tate McRae also jumping back up with "you broke me first" to get onto the main chart for the first time, an improbably entry for Robbie Williams and thanks to inclusion on the Netflix series Ozark, Nas's excellent "N.Y. State Of Mind".
The notable happenings this week are the aforementioned promotions of Harry Styles & Tate McRae. Timbaland & Maroon 5 are also moving up but still quite a way away. One to watch if it takes off is Cat Burns' "Go", the original version quite close to being 2 years old already and that's the one that's charting here. Tiësto has had some bad weeks with "The Business" lately so he'll probably struggle to hold on another 4 months, otherwise it's a relatively calm week.
It's an annual tradition. I have no idea what exactly spurs it on or if it's just a case of 'well there's no more likely time of the year to buy it' but when Mother's Day rolls around, people without fail flock to "Mom" by Meghan Trainor. It has charted 5 years in a row and 4 times now it's landed at #1. It was quite close this time around though, with WILLOW vaulting up on streaming to take "Wait A Minute!" to #2 this week, while Kaylee Bell is seeing surprisingly strong longevity with "Keith", gonna look weird if she doesn't finish strongly on The Voice. Speaking of The Voice, the annual tradition of performing "Bruises" is back and bigger than ever, well not really because last year it gifted the song an additional 2 months on this chart through streaming, whereas this time it dropped out after 2 days. We'll see if it can last the distance on iTunes to finally hit 100 weeks though, but also it's not the main story because they did a whole plethora of Capaldi this week. "Before You Go" faired the best and gets a big new peak in the top 5, "Someone You Loved" would probably be up there too if it weren't split between so many versions. Also courtesy of The Voice, Luke Combs gets yet another entry. It seems that his 2nd album songs don't pop up anywhere near as often as his 1st, but after 6 months of eligibility, "Even Though I'm Leaving" gets in. The Voice also brings "July" to a new peak. Alongside regular Mother's Day entries, Anne-Marie has a new one in (I assume it's not dedicated to Scarlett Johansson) that just became eligible this year. I'm not certain why Everlast is making his first solo appearance here, but Panic! At The Disco have caught the TikTok wave with a 2016 track.
On the Bubbling Under chart, it's relatively calm. Cat Burns drops back out and doesn't seem to have the momentum to get back in. It has been a very bad week for Joel Corry because Hot Hits Australia in the space of a week removed both of his songs, which seems to have hurt "Head & Heart" by association. In any case, this should be "BED"'s last week on here. Riton, Tiesto & Spacey Jane also had bad weeks and probably don't have optimistic futures given how many albums are hitting the chart soon. This is also probably bad news for Polo G, whose "Martin & Gina" becomes eligible next week, being high enough to chart this week but possibly not next week. He does have "RAPSTAR" debuting but that's currently even lower so he probably needs a new big hit to spur interest back in them.
Also since it's on my mind right now, I just noticed I'd been leaving out "Ghost" from the bubbling under chart which was of course released on the same day as "Peaches" so it would be just above it every week. This'll be fixed on the next chart but it means "RAPSTAR" has not yet entered debuted and "Kiss Me More" only just did this week.
It's largely because of Eurovision but it's a slow week at the top of the iTunes chart which allows the Spotify cohort to rise up higher than usual. It's weird to think that narrowly top 20 is a 'weak' #1 when a couple of years ago, narrowly top 40 was a near guaranteed #1. Nonetheless, WILLOW gets to the top with "Wait A Minute!". Furthermore, J. Cole sneaks into the top 5 with "No Role Modelz", which is interestingly competiting quite closely with "Mr. Brightside" as the highest perpetual charter. Much like the Hottest 100, Eurovision can't really make a clear visible impact on this chart because it largely impacts music that's too new for this chart. All we really have is a re-entry from "Beggin'" since Maneskin did perform on the night. It would be fun to imagine that B*Witched represented Ireland but actually it's thanks to Netflix's "Senior Year" that "C'est La Vie" returns to the chart, a former #100 peaker is now a #11 peaker, yay? Ruth B., Panic! At The Disco, Arctic Monkeys and even Drake notch up new peaks. Jennifer Rush enters with "The Power Of Love", which means that we've now had 5 versions of the 3 songs by that name chart. Hopefully a Huey Lewis cover comes along to give us a double clean sweep. For our other assorted debuts, we have Polo G reaching the 2 year mark for "Martin & Gina", while A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie gets his second ever entry thanks to a big streaming boon for "Drowning". We've also got All Saints picking up a second entry with "Pure Shores".
Busy release weeks have been sweeping the chart clear, which looks to continue in the coming weeks but for now we've already got quite a clear out. There are new peaks effectively across the board, including "Bound 2" which has returned to the chart after some near misses recently. Polo G debuts for real this time with "RAPSTAR", and is joined by the surprisingly long lasting "2055", and less surprising "Save Your Tears" V2 + "good 4 u". "Peaches" & "Head & Heart" have also taken pretty hefty declines this week.
This week's Netflix series I've just heard about is "A Perfect Pairing". If that has any significance to you, I'm happy for you, it's relevant this week because it has pushed Edward Shape & The Magnetic Zeros to #1 for the first time. Otherwise there's not too much to note in the top 10. Harry Styles is not a new peak this week but maybe he can do better next time. Luke Combs narrowly misses the top 10 with "When It Rains It Pours". The biggest new arrivals this week come back to back from Vangelis who passed away this week. Lower down are debuts for Suki Waterhouse's new streaming hit, and bizarrely, "Comedown" by Bush which is their first ever entry. Let's just say Dubya was in the news this last week otherwise I don't know a good reason why this is here. Taylor Swift also arrives with an I BELIEVE MISSING FROM THE ARIA CHART WINK WINK "Don't Blame Me" from "reputation". There's just one new peak this week and it's for A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie who manages to fight the tide on Spotify to climb a little with "Drowning", good luck doing it again next week. It's also worth noting that J. Cole's "Wet Dreamz" is back via the Spotify chart after a long time on the chart but not quite high enough, while having already charted so it couldn't be acknowledged on Bubbling Under (a la Drake). There's also a very rare appearance for "In My Life" by The Beatles which last appeared 6 years ago almost to the week.
Kanye West has been seeing favourable trends lately ("Ni**as In Paris" has had some of the best gains this past week though it's not obvious from looking at this chart), and subsequently, "Bound 2" leaps over its competition to get to #1 for the first time on the Bubbling Under chart. It's still quite far away from the main chart. In general there was a big clear out this week though the only relevant casualty is "RAPSTAR". It's replaced by "traitor" meaning that Olivia Rodrigo now has 4 songs in the bottom half of the chart. Having a rough time this week is mostly everything, but "Peaches" could be out of the chart next week if it repeats this situation.
A few days ago on Twitter I saw a tweet that asked what's the best Kate Bush song but you're not allowed to say "Wuthering Heights", "Running Up That Hill" or "Babooshka". On an unrelated note, those 3 songs were in the iTunes top 200 today ("Babooshka" doesn't quite make this chart), thanks to Stranger Things! After "Wuthering Heights" didn't quite get there, Kate Bush now has a #1 on this chart! She fends off tough competition from Kenny Loggins too, thanks to the new Top Gun movie, "Danger Zone" rockets up to #2, while Edward Shape & The Magnetic Zeros have a pretty good follow up week at #3. Further with Top Gun we also have "Top Gun Anthem" and "Mighty Wings" from the original soundtrack, while "Take My Breath Away" has a big jump to a new peak. It's a big week for Dragons here, not only are there 3 Imagine Dragons songs here, but Dragon pick up their 3rd ever entry with "Still In Love With You", alongside their usual two entries which are also here. The only other new peaks are Taylor Swift moving up from last week's debut for "Don't Blame Me", a big jump for Ruth B.'s "Dandelions", while Drake & J. Cole also move up with their low charters. A few months ago we had Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd's collaboration, now we've got them again with one of their tracks from "My Dear Melancholy,", "I Was Never There".
Surprising to me despite the release of Harry Styles' new album, the trend is mostly up this week, which brings "Bound 2" quite a bit closer to the chart although I still can't imagine it debuting at this rate. It's also a good week for The Weeknd on this chart as one of the more popular cuts from "Starboy" lately, "Die For You" makes its first appearance here.
General housekeeping: I put Kilotile on the chart twice last week. The second one (at #60) should be Solomon Burke who incidentally had the same WI as Kilotile last week.
Anyway, Kate Bush is obviously #1 this week. She was nearly #1 on both charts so unless "As It Was" is somehow actually really old, there's no question. This time around she's had more time to accumulate fanfare so she has 3 songs in the top 5. "Babooshka" hasn't charted since 2016 and now has a much tidier peak to show for it. She also brings along Placebo's version at #11 which is their 2nd ever chart entry. Furthermore, Musical Youth are also entering for the first time thanks to Stranger Things. Top Gun fever is still riding high so Berlin are in the top 10 now. Due to the Diamond Jubilee festivities, we have Diana Ross and Duran Duran entering. TikTok provides us a debut for The Beatnuts, and I imagine Declan McKenna as well. I choose to believe that the current in-drama with Liam Payne is responsible for One Direction's debut for "Night Changes" although it could be that funny dream I had last night.
There's a shuffle going on at the top of the Bubbling Under chart. The Weeknd takes the top spot with "Die For You" while our set of already eligibles goes up to an impressive 5, as Childish Gambino's "Me And Your Mama" has made a curious resurgence, ahead of "Redbone" even. The Kid LAROI's recent touring also brings "SO DONE" back in. "Peaches" looked to be in trouble but it makes a decent jump this week and now "Head & Heart" is getting shakier. "Payphone" also does not have a great week, but hey, there'll be Harry Styles songs falling down the chart eventually for a parachute.
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