Official Singles Chart Top 40 on 05/11/2021

Yess Joel Corry and Mabel enter so high in the top 25

Drive climbs again

I absolutely laughed my head off that Ed Sheeran has 2,3 and 4 but not number 1

Terrible all round, just dreadful. But at least the Ginger Hobbit isn't hogging the entire top 20 like he did last time.

Not even a top 100 entry for the new Kylie single Kiss Of Life, featuring Jessie Ware. The song and the vid are fire but it seems Kylie won't have a top 40 anymore 😔

The Halloween related songs should have hit the charts last friday, not 5 days after the event has come and gone. Streaming has a lot to answer for. This happened almost a year ago when Wham Last Christmas made it to number 1 for the first time but Christmas had already past. Its all pretty messed up really.

Just proves how messed up the charts are, the Halloween songs hit the charts after the event 🎃

Becky Missing out again :(

Don’t think I’ve seen a chart run as baffling as woman’s in awhile, it just won’t move!

Not a fan of either of the rap new entries in the top 20, D-Block Europe's new track is kinda boring - imo their best track is Ferrari Horses. And the one with the avicii sample was awful, had to mute the radio :0

Meet Me At Our Spot reaching the top 10 is great! I 100% prefer the live version but yeah, glad they did it!

Although Happier Than Ever went on ACR, I'm glad its still in the top 40!

I'm glad Better Days reached the top 40, such a banger! Mae Muller is so underrated and she needs more recognition!!!

Happy Friday guys! How are we feeling about the chart? Glad adele stayed at #1, but I personally don't mind Overpass Graffiti,out of the 3 Ed songs in the chart, Its the best. Also not surprised it didn't reach #1. I Don't think anyone was expecting it tbh.

my personal top 10 this week:
10) Ewan McVicar - Tell Me Something Good (+10)
9) Griff - One Night (-2)
8) Joel Corry x RAYE x David Guetta - BED (=)
7) Riton & RAYE - I Don't Want You (+2)
6) Sigala ft Rita Ora - You For Me (=)
5) Joel Corry & Jax Jones ft Charli XCX & Saweetie - OUT OUT (-2)
4) Elton John ft Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) (=)
3) Becky Hill ft Topic - My Heart Goes (La Di Da) (-1)
2) Ella Henderson x House Gospel Choir x Just Kiddin - Risk It All (+3)
1) Joel Corry ft Mabel - I Wish (NEW)

Do It To It & Tell It To My Heart debuting. Another EDM win 😌😌

Why on Earth did Peru debut on the UK chart ??. This is another afrobeat song overplayed in my country 🙄🙄

Becky Hill denied a top 10 and Remember dropping out of the Top 40 sums up my opinion :(

Traffic Light Review:
Very Bad:
1) OUT OUT will be going on ACR next week thanks to Obsessed With You climbing up to 8 since the update. Need I say more?

🔴 Negative:
1) Cold Heart down to 5!
2) Bad Habits returns off ACR. This needs to leave.
3) Another D Block Europe song? I like Ferrari Horses from them but their others are pretty bad, this one included.
4) How Will I Know dropped out
5) Head & Heart cant decide whether it wants to go up or go down.
6) My Heart Goes robbed of the Top 10, again.

🍊 Mixed (my mum has an android, dont ask):
1) Coming For You. It's okay but the sample is not put to use that well imo.

💚 Positive:
1) Goodbye reached a new peak
2) I Wish debuting
3) Easy on Me gets a 3rd week at number 1
4) Meet Me At Our Spot top 10
5) Life Goes On out of the top 40
6) Better Days climbing into the top 40
7) Dance Monkey has dropped out AGAIN
8) Thriller is back! I haven't appreciated this song as much as it should be, it's really good.
9) You Right is back at last
10) You & I FINALLY debuted

my personal top 10 of the week:

1. easy on me - adele (=) (3rd week at number 1)
2. feel good inc - gorillaz (=)
3. red light green light - digga d (=)
4. sandman - a$ap rocky (NEW)
5. all i want for christmas is you - mariah carey (RE)
6. one more sleep - leona lewis (RE)
7. dopamine - purple disco machine ft eyelar (=)
8. christmas (baby please come home) - darlene love (RE)
9. love nwantiti (ah ah ah) - ckay (-1)
10. gravity - brent faiyaz ft tyler the creator (-1)

lower down in my top 40, more christmas music re-enters, coming for you by switchotr & a1 x j1 debuts, and drivers license is still sticking around (would be nearing top 20 without xmas)

okay screw it I'm posting it now but I hope I dont get told off

You & I finally debuted omg

hey everyone I'm not going to post my traffic light review just yet as I dont have my phone on me rn (I'm using my mums old one lol) it should be coming at around 8pm if anyone can stick around. anyways hope you all had a good week, and have a great bonfire night

Ghost (1/10)
Better days (10/10)
I wish (0/10)
Coming for you (10/10)
No competition (7/10)
Overpass graffiti (6/10)

WEEKLY CHART REVIEW (05/11/2021 – 11/11/2021)

🤬 (Really Negative)

1) RANT ALERT: ‘Coming For You’ broke into the chart throughout the tracking week! Yeah, for as much as some things about the chart have been too good for the positive section of my reviews since I brought them back, I unfortunately need to bring in a segment that’s too bad to even put among this week’s negatives. To describe why I detest this song as much as I do, I think it’s best for me to mention in advance that the song it samples, ‘The Nights’ by Avicii, is my favourite song from one of the most inspirational DJs of all-time! Not only does it have empowering vocals, but it’s also got groovy verses, an uplifting drop & motivational lyrics that got me through a time that was absolute in my personal life; it’s a straight 10/10, no question! With this, I’m just shocked that SwitchOTR & A1 x J1 even got the greenlight to use Avicii’s sample on this. For one, the vocals on the hook are pitched way too high to the point where it sounds like somebody on helium, but outside of that, A1 x J1’s flow sounds so lazy, blocky & off-beat, also not helping by the fact that the lyrics are about going out to literally murder your haters & competition, when the whole idea of the original recording was a father inspiring his child to go out & make the most of life! The interpolation is just outright offensive to me & even when they’re not ripping that off, it’s forgettable, bland & completely one-dimensional! I was disappointed when Central Cee didn’t give PinkPantheress a credited feature on ‘Just For Me’, sure, but at least ‘Obsessed With You’ somewhat intrigues the listener into the song it plucks its ideas from me. Now, I don’t think for one minute either artist in question here intended to degrade Avicii by putting this out for one minute, but unfortunately, this is also a song neither him nor his fans would like to hear, myself included! I might’ve shocked or even angered some of you earlier this year when I said that ‘Don’t Play’ was the worst song to be released this year, but honestly, it might now have serious competition, because this is beyond tragic. Skip this trash!

🔴 (Negative)

1) ‘Bad Habits’ got an ACR reset! I know I’m not as fed up with Ed as much as most of this forum are, but I’d have at least have liked to see some more album tracks here rather than overplayed hits of his that have been out since June (again, I don't think this is precisely a bad song, I'm just tired of it).

2) ‘My Heart Goes [La Di Da]’ missed the Top 10 yet again! Judging by how fast it’s stalled out & the number of weeks that it’s been on the chart for, I’m expecting a serious knock for this soon sadly.

3) ‘No Competition’ among the new entries! Yeah, not really got a lot to say about this one, given it’s the same generic formula we’ve seen D-Block Europe already use when they first hit the UK charts. The biggest is, as it usually It from this collective, way too much autotune on Young Adz’s vocals, which isn’t a good sign when he aims for an upper register & has most of the song to himself! Sure, the skittering drill beat has a bit of a chilled tone to it & Dirtbike LB can at least ride his flow better, but the best D-Block Europe songs are those are a lot more melodic like ‘UFO’ or ‘Ferrari Horses’ & I can unfortunately say that this while this is far from their worst thanks to one half of the group putting on a passable permission, this is definitely not up there with the two aforementioned hits. In other words, it’ll be forgotten about in record time!

4) ‘Tell It To My Heart’ is way lower than I hoped it would’ve been! Yeah, it’s the same MEDUZA that we’re all used to hearing, but man, Hozier’s vocals stand out incredibly here. He’s criminally underrated!

🟠 (Mixed)

1) ‘Overpass Graffiti’ is the highest debut of the week! Honestly, I feel like I’m just repeating myself when it comes to reviewing Ed Sheeran songs at this point, because I could nearly copy my commentary on ‘Bad Habits’ or ‘Shivers’, paste it right here, change a few words & most of the points would still apply for this album track which has already been confirmed as the next commercial single, even getting an official video for it. I will say that this song does at least feel a bit more dynamic & less acoustic than most of the other tracks on ‘=’ & I also think that there’s better mixing here too, especially in some of the layering of the instrumentation! That being said, for as much passion as I can hear coming from Ed here, I’m not sure his vocals hit the level of brightness that he was hoping for, especially when the whole song are about him getting over a previous break-up, but understanding that the ex in question will always be a part of his life & it’s shaped who he is as a person to this day. I’m not sure if I entirely agree with comparing a past relationship to drawings often in rough places & usually with explicit content either, also ‘Stop The Rain’ & ‘2Step’ both would’ve blown this out of the park in terms of quality, but it’s still okay, I guess! It probably won’t overstay it’s welcome in the charts in the same way that this past two singles have & are still doing to the point of boredom, so yeah, I’m fine with it being here.

2) ‘Ghost’ entered the Top 40! Despite the name, this actually isn’t here because of Halloween. It’s actually the sixth single that Justin’s pushing from ‘Justice’, specifically the deluxe version of it! What amazed me here is how much is going on in it. Sure, JB’s delivery about the pain of moving on from a loved one is okay, but I think his emotion is highlighted a lot more in the production! The drum & bass rollicking makes this a lot more up-tempo than you would otherwise expect, while the EDM-heavy synths & programmed drums only add to the intensity of it. That being said, were either of those features entirely necessary? Sure, we know from ‘Purpose’ that JB should continue to make more hits like this, but I think in the case of ‘Ghost’, it would be better if he just kept the folky acoustic guitar, since the content is a lot more suited towards an acoustic sound! Overall, it’s not bad, but I can see a lot of places where this could’ve sounded much better.

3) ‘Happier Than Ever’ hitting ACR! It’s one of my favourite Billie songs, so it’s sad to see it go, but it had a better chart run than I think anybody expected.

4) The three songs per artist rule! Yeah, I’m normally really against this, but I don’t mind seeing it as much for albums on this scale, other the chart probably would all be about one name who I think has been mentioned enough here, haha.

5) ‘=’ inevitably debuted at #1 on the albums chart with the biggest opening week of the year so far (until three weeks from now at least!). There were about four tracks from it that I added to my weekly playlist, but yeah, for the most part, too many of the tracks sound similar to each other on this. As expected, it’s my least favourite album of Ed’s to date!

🟢 (Positive)

1) ‘Easy On Me’ held onto #1 despite the figures all week saying that it would fall today! It’s a lot more vulnerable than I would’ve expected on its third week in the chart, but at least it matched ‘Hello’s run at the top.

2) ‘Meet Me At Our Spot’ finally entered the Top 10! I’m so happy to see the momentum continuing for this.

3) Some Halloween songs held up way better than I was expecting! Not only did it allow some classic artists including MJ to return to the chart, but last weekend was probably one of the best Halloweens I had, so it’s awesome to see the biggest chart impact that’s on the annual tradition too.

4) ‘I Wish’ debuted in a decently high position! As far as the new dance hits go this week, there seems to be a trend of the guest singers outshining the producers. The production is very much standard Joel Corry with the thumping beat & sleek piano keys that shower the hook, but honestly, Mabel is the real star of the show here! Her bombastic vocals remind me of a voice that could be on a club hit from the 90’s, while the whistling that accompanies it lifts the mood even further! Funnily enough though, the content actually comes the point of view of heartbreak, where you regret leaving an ex & you try effortlessly to show them that you’ve changed your mind, allowing you to become a new person. I’m not sure I can put this among his best hits given how many ideas he’s just taken from songs he’s charted with over the past three years, but Mabel sounds more confident with every song she puts out & she really elevates this! Good song overall.

5) ‘Better Days’ climbed into the Top 40 this week, but it’s even higher than predicted in the updates predicted it over the past few weeks! Now, you might remember NEIKED from ‘$exual’ a few years back, which was admittedly a guilty pleasure of mine, but I have absolutely no shame in saying that I absolutely love this. The glittery synthesisers, the pulsing beats & the radiant horns are all good production features to add to a bop that also has a very optimistic message behind it! I do feel that Mae Muller’s singing can feel a little too saccharine at places, especially on the pre-chorus & the hook does fall a little flat for me, but she absolutely shines in the verses & Polo G is slowly becoming one of my favourite rappers in the mainstream right now. Seriously, he can fit so many grooves so well that it’s actually making me more curious to check out more of his solo music! We might be in winter now, but this is the energy that we need in the charts going forward. Hopefully this is just the beginning for it!

6) ‘Life Goes On’ dropped out of the Top 40! I’m definitely not going to miss seeing this so high up in the charts.

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so happy to see adele beat the ginger busker!

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LMAOOOOOOOO ED COULDNT BEAT ADELE THE ABSOLUTE CLOWN 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

New to this chat, but Im from NewYork and obsessed with music charts all over the world, especially UK. Anywho, What will it take for becky hill to reach top 10 with my heart goes?! Such a bop! Congrats to willow tho!

Oh Christmas!

‘Meet Me At Our Spot’ is officially a Top 10 hit!

Absolutely chuffed about this. :)

Hey! Was Bad Habits given an ACR reset this week

‘Ghostbusters’ & ‘Ghost’ right next to each other! 👻

Hey everyone! Did you all have a nice week? :)

Enjoy the fireworks tonight! 🎆