Official Singles Chart on 29/11/2019

My 2010 throwback review.
1. Timbaland feat. Justin Timberlake: Carry Out. This has without a doubt got to be one of my favourite songs from Spring that year. I really like listening to that song. Infact Timbaland and Justin Timberlake have actually done some really good songs to be honest but Carry Out has got to be their best one in my opinion
2. Ne-yo: Beautiful Monster. Another one of my favourite songs from 2010. This was a good song to be played in clubs and this is very different especially for a Ne-yo song. It was #1 in the UK charts in August of that year. It also has a very good video.
3. Jason Derulo: In My Head. This is a really good song from Jason Derulo. The video to it sort of reminds of Justin Timberlakes Like I Love You video. Also in the video he dances a bit like Michael Jackson although he was inspired by Michael Jackson. The only two differences about the video to In my Head and the video to Justin Timberlakes Like I love you is that In My Head is mostly filmed outside the store and the video to Justin Timberlakes Like I Love You is fimed in Various Locations. Both Videos were filmed outside the same store. As for the song itself, it is a really good song and it has really good beat to it. Perfect for nightclubs.

4.Professor Green feat. Ed Drewett: I Need You Tonight. I love this song it samples Need You Tonight by INXS and I think it is brilliant the song got to #3 in April 2010 and I can't of anything else to say about it.
5. Rihanna: Only Girl in the World: In my opinion, this has got to be one of her best songs and it was #1 single. The song has a really good beat to it and I like to head bang to it. This also the time when Rihanna had red hair.
6. Tinie Tempah: Pass Out. I love this song. I think it is really good and I do listen to it alot. It is a pure banger and Labrinth is also in the song but uncredited. the video is also quite good. It got to #1 in March 2010.

it looks like All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey will spend its 100th week this year ... Hopefully it will be the week when it will peak at #1 :) Someone agree with that ? :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHcP4MWABGY

I have just noticed that none of the Harry Potter films have a soundtrack.

Barbie Girl by Aqua was a brilliant song!

Dua Lipa deserve a #1 since she totally promote and perform on Music Awards.. TRAMPOLINE peak #52 while in U.S still climbing and closeto top 10 WTF!!! Without promotions and kinda boring song and artist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ You have now all been Rickrolled!

What has your favourite song been from 2019?

My dear secret lover: coolocelot101...thank you so much for reminding me about LIZZO!! Love you, kiss, kiss....My lovely LIZZO is still going strong in the chart and her album COZ I LOVE YOU is number 1 in the UK R'NB ALBUM CHART!! Congrats my lovely LIZZO!! coolocelot101 loves you to, he just doesn't want to admit it..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqrvm2XDvpQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nblf7Yw4jys

My thoughts and observations on the Official Singles Chart as always.
This Chart is a joke and there is some rotten junk in this weeks Chart, only the Christmas songs are good.

Hello. What can we talk about?

Anyone here uses Spotify?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65CNtap6bow. Good Tune.

Hello commenters!

Finally, no sign of Shotgun by George Ezra in the top 100.

I might do some more throwback reviews!

Anyone here uses Amazon music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eHkjPCGXKQ. Now this is a brilliant tune

Reading Frank and Richard's messages to and fro has made me laugh more than I have done in ages … genuinely thanks guys. I'm not taking the **## honestly. I think if you both got together you could be the next online comedy act.

Who is going to be our Xmas UK number 1 single this year? Any thought anyone? I do hope it will be either Mariah Carey, Wham or THE POGUES...

I was expecting LEWIS to claim this week number 1 single...next week i guess!! Am just glad ED isn't getting another number 1 single...So having TONES AND I at number 1 this week doesn't bother me much.

Why hasn't Justin Bieber been in the Charts recently. He is a great singer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNDHvFbG6-c. My new favourite song.

I am planning to be a singer in the next couple of years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0EGJacEZ0M. If anyone doesn't like this, then they have no good taste of Music!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA5wkxDyAEE Anyone still listens to this?

If you want to know what is in the proper Charts then click this link! https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-sales-chart/

Just to let people know that this is the real Jeremy Clarkson and NOT a fake account!

Congrats once again to Tones and I, she is also celebrating her 6th week at number 1 in the world and sales topping the 4 million mark.

, KSI really made it to Top 10. He's no.1 on itunes as well for past few days.

Okay!!! What's up people, Happy Black Friday. So this week's chart didn't bring anything so mind blowing but the songs are cool. The current top 10 is so awesome that really don't want any of the songs to exit.

"Own it" by Stormzy ft. Burna Boy & Ed Sheeran (#3) is actually my best entry this week. Lyrically it's the usual having a nice time with your girl and letting her own the moment. Sweet production and not a bad choice of collabs also.

"New Dior" by Digdat & D-Block Europe (#16) It's your usual rap song nothing new honestly. But that production is a vibe.

"Loyal" by partynextdoor ft. Drake (#31) isn't bad also. It has this afrobeats vibes blended with R&B which makes me want to move. Lyrically it's just about telling your girl to have a good time and assuring her that you're loyal. Second best entry by the way.

"French Kisses by ZieZie ft. Aitch (#35) is a track I didn't expect to hit the top 40 but then I'm not surprised. It had a surge in streams over the week. Well it's not so bad, it has groovy beat that goes with the chorus but the song sounds tiring honestly. For me, it'll have been better if Aitch wasn't featured. Lyrically it's nothing so big "come let me give you the French kisses, mwah". Then again, I've heard worse.

"Into the unknown" by idina menzel (#36) was completely unexpected but here it is. With this I might actually go to see Frozen 2. It's an awesome soundtrack. I love it.

"Can't fight this feeling" by Bastille is really nice but might not be holding up in the coming weeks due to shortcomings in the streaming department and that's a general problem for Bastile which is very disappointing. The song is nice but I expected something better. "No I can't fight this feeling anymore" repetitions might die on me soon but generally it's lovely.

By the way, I'm quite disappointed with the fact that "one i've been missing" by little mix (#59) and "we got love" by Sigala (#42)
didn't make the top 40. They both deserve to be hits. Especially the latter.

Dua Lipa or Selena deserve n*1.
Lover feat Shawn Mendes should be top10. It’s the real Xmas song this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfTMZcc5ss4. Who remembers this song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-KdTIi_Ek. Now this is a good song.

I review everything hot inside and bubbling just under the top 40, and we actually have quite the interesting range of tracks today - from Britain's finest hip-hop, to its not so finest, from Canadian R&B, back to the UK with an indie band, and even a soundtrack single! Without further ado, let's get started.

(NEW ENTRY) #03: STORMZY feat. ED SHEERAN and BURNA BOY - OWN IT
This is the type of track that captures me from the very first listen, which actually doesn't happen very often… let's go a bit more in depth. For as much as Stormzy is unarguably one of the biggest names in UK urban music currently, and I've always respected his music, I could never really get behind it. "Big For Your Boots", one of his biggest songs, was actually not bad, but "Vossi Bop" was mostly forgettable for me, with recent follow-ups managing to impress me, but without much longevity. This however? Oh, this is fantastic. I love the club-ier tone the production sets, very different from most of his other tracks, which might be a big factor as to why I like this so much. Stormzy and Ed still have amazing chemistry, but I need to also mention Burna Boy, whose voice is an incredible addition and fits the beat great. I think my only complaint would have to be that this is a bit too short, haha! Overall, I'm going to give this a strong 9/10, which is actually the highest score I've given to a song ever since I started doing these reviews! Who would've thought a Stormzy and Ed Sheeran song would have this honor.

Disappointing to see Tones & I beat Lewis Capaldi to #1 this week. Was really rooting for the latter considering the Spotify figures I've seen but oh well.

#3 - "Own It" - Stormzy, Ed Sheeran, Burna Boy
Not bad, I can see me "not minding" it in the future but just not now. 5/10.

#16 - "New Dior" - DigDat, D Block Europe
This song just doesn't appeal to me sadly. 2/10.

#31 - "Loyal" - PartyNextDoor, Drake
I can barely distinguish the verse and the hook because the instrumental sounds so monotonous. Not a fan. 3/10.

#35 - "French Kisses" - ZieZie, Aitch
I don't dislike it. It's a little catchy but that "mwah" just sounds weird to me. 4/10.

#36 - "Into the Unknown" - Idina Menzel, Aurora
Not as catchy as Let It Go, but maybe it needs time. I actually prefer the Panic version but this gets a 6/10.

#39 - "Can't Fight This Feeling" - Bastille
Sombre but it doesn't stick unfortunately. Still a pretty nice song though! 6/10.

I really miss the days when catchy, fun & powerful dance anthems like this would reach #1! Can we please make this a hit in the UK? It's so good...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X--xYexBdI

I think on the whole, the sales Chart is the proper Chart

I was expecting LEWIS to claim this week number 1 single...next week i guess!! Am just glad ED isn't getting another number 1 single...So having TONES AND I at number 1 this week doesn't bother me much...

My thoughts & observations on the UK charts as always…

‘Dance Monkey’ by Tones & I becomes the longest running #1 single of 2019 so far, with a ninth consecutive week on top! It racked up 9.58 million streams over the past seven days, as well as being the most downloaded track of the week.

‘Don’t Start Now’ by Dua Lipa was the most played song on British radio over the past week!

‘Dance Monkey’ also spends a seventh week in a row as the country’s most watched YouTube video, although it does decline 10.5% in views, down to 4.38 million for the tracking week!

STORMZY FT ED SHEERAN & BURNA BOY - OWN IT (#3)
While the chart run of ‘Take Me Back To London’ got me tired of the song quicker than most, I still stand by saying that the original was one of the best tracks from ‘No.6 Collaborations Project’ & a fantastic ambassador to grime music in bringing the genre’s success to other countries! Following on from that, I was looking forward to what Ed & Stormzy’s third collaboration would bring… which is unfortunately not a lot! Yeah, I dig Stormzy’s more chilled delivery on the opening hook of the song & he can ride the groove well, but his content seemed ridiculously repetitive, especially since he’s usually such a lyrical mastermind! While Ed is at least more creative with his presentation, he still feels somewhat out of place here & not as comfortable as we’ve heard from his other his this year. Factor all of that in & you barely notice that Burna Boy is even here, who harmonises with Stormzy earlier in the song, but he’s pushed so far back in the otherwise messy mix that I can hardly hear him at all! Again, I still have a lot of respect for a majority of things all three of these artists have done, but I sadly can’t put this among them. Solid 5/10 here!

DIGDAT FT D-BLOCK EUROPE - NEW DIOR (#16)
I’m not even going to talk about this one for very long, since I’ve already said the same thing about D-Block Europe six times before, you get the message! Production with absolutely no substance, minimal effort in their delivery, weak adlibs, even DigDat outshining them here! Maybe the gentle groove deep down in the song which stands out near the end is the only attraction here, because it’s very clear that the writing shows no signs of developing, especially when the first notable line (which I’m not even going to repeat) is about having $ex with girls instead of caring about them! In other words, another week, another drill debut we can dismiss almost immediately. Solid 3/10!

PARTYNEXTDOOR FT DRAKE - LOYAL (#31)
It might have been a while since many people would consider PARTYNEXTDOOR relevant, but honestly, I would’ve expected his comeback to be with none other than regular collaborator, Drake. As for this, on first listen, I actually feel this is something I could very easily warm to with time! Despite three producers working on this, the tropical-pop tone & even the auto-tuned vocals remain intact throughout the entire song, where PARTYNEXTDOOR can also vibe with Drake rather pleasantly here. I do feel that this does take a bit of time to get properly going, as well as fading out, but from the main body that we do get, I did like this a lot more than I was expecting. Obviously, my rating can change a lot this early on, but right now, strong 6/10!

Just interrupting the flow of covering new entries, it’s so awesome to see ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ back in late November! Hopefully this’ll be the year it goes all the way to #1!

ZIEZIE FT AITCH - FRENCH KISSES (#35)
I honestly didn’t know what to expect going into this one, since Aitch & ZieZie have never really captured my interest on their own, although they actually produced impressive results when they recently collaborated on ‘Buss Down’, which has only grown on me even more since I reviewed it here! As for this, no, I’m sorry, the same thing just isn’t going to happen. I mean, I actually got intrigued by the French-style introduction, but the transition to a blocky trap beat seemed incredibly turbulent, then we get ZieZie who sounds a lot more trembly than usual (at least in English, because his brief French delivery actually didn’t sound bad). Other than that, he just sounds really boring, where even Aitch sounds a bit more engaged for at least being slightly charismatic. Even then, all the content is about is trying to make out with the girl, which is probably the most predictable lyrical approach from Aitch. Overall, there was potential for this to work, but it sadly got ruined by bland performances across the board. For that, light 4/10!

IDINA MENZEL FT AURORA - INTO THE UNKNOWN (#36)
So look, for as annoyingly overplayed as ‘Let It Go’ was six years ago, it had an anthemic hook that was impossible not to sing along to! It certainly had the magic to become arguably one of the biggest Disney songs of the decade. Unfortunately, you can tell this song is trying to follow a very similar formula, which sadly fails to impress anywhere near as much! I do like the playful pianos that open the song, but the whispery, spoken vocals have never been a winning point for any of the Frozen soundtrack songs, but they’re somehow even worse here as the upper register is a lot weaker in general. There’s certainly potential when the strings & knocks kick in the second verse, since you get interesting switches of dynamic, but the hook still falls really flat for me! Also, while ‘Let It Go’ was such a defining motivational anthem, the content here is just about not venturing into unknown territory, but with the mysterious feel of the song as a whole only partly getting there! So yeah, I see the appeal, but I’m probably going to forget this even exists by next week. On that note, light 5/10!

BASTILLE FT LONDON CONTEMPORARY ORCHESTRA - CAN’T FIGHT THIS FEELING (#39)
It’s hard not to find John Lewis Christmas advert songs absolutely adorable, especially with the videos attached to them! That said, I have to review this as a song by itself, which even then is still mostly enjoyable. Dan Smith’s vocals are the centerpoint of how beautiful & sentimental this cover is, which is well accompanied with the violins courtesy of the London Contemporary Orchestra. In fact, all the string instrumentals from them capture the emotion from Dan in a very touching & stunning manner, as well as the timpani really driving the power behind this. My only nitpick would be that this cover doesn’t really allow the other members of Bastille to stand out, but that’s been a criticism I’ve always had with their music in general! Overall though, while it doesn’t beat the original for me, I do hope this can climb in the weeks building up to Christmas. Therefore, light 8/10!

On the albums chart, Coldplay continue their perfect streak, as ‘Everyday Life’ scores them their eighth #1 with the third biggest debut of 2019 so far (81,000 combined chart sales!).

The rest of the Top 5 is: ‘The Christmas Present’ by Robbie Williams (debuts at #2, 67,000 chart sales), ‘You’re In My Heart’ by Rod Stewart & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (debuts at #3), ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’ by Lewis Capaldi (stationary at #4) & ‘Back Together’ by Michael Ball & Alfie Boe (3-5).

While Robbie Williams didn’t achieve the top spot this week, he does have the fastest-selling album on cassette since ‘NOW 52’ in July 2002! All of Robbie’s solo studio albums have charted within the Top 2.

Looking ahead to next week, these songs could enter the Top 40 for the first time: ‘Heartless’ & ‘Blinding Lights’ by The Weeknd, ‘Up All Night’ by Khalid & maybe even more.

Thanks for reading everyone! I hope you all have a good weekend. :)

My latest Crown Note chart: https://crownnote.com/charts/piran-delves/pirans-top-40-157
(I’ll post my Chart Of The Year on Monday)