Official Singles Chart Top 40 on 03/12/2021

hey, its so nice to see you're also on board with addict, that song and abcdefu are all ive streamed over the weekend... lol.

i really hope one more sleep can get back into the top 40 too, i love that song to bits.

Or maybe it flopped because it was a sh*te song. 🤔

Its actually a very catchy song, and quite popular, it was a hit for Fleetwood Mac twice. And Anne Marie was faithful with her cover in terms of she didn't alter it very much. I thought it should have been number 1. But the minute the DJ on Radio 1 and Radio 2 announced please only download it, streaming won't make the children money, I more or less knew it was doomed, which it did fail because number 26 would have been concidered a flop in the old days, and not much better now.
And the fact it bombed to 97 the next week is pretty dire. The whole industry needs revamping its dead in my eyes.
The official chart is now a listeners streaming chart.

The original is a good song, but the cover is awful. 💀

Not a hope. Elton and Ed will

In a word NO. Elton and Ed will be

gotta disagree there unfortunately, it’s not that mariah, the pogues etc can’t create anything new (matter fact, mariah released a new christmas song earlier this year), it’s because people always stream the same ones every christmas therefore they keep re-entering every year.

Agree. Mariah's new festive song is awesome and Gary Barlow has released a new album of wonderful Xmas new material, but ppl seems to listen to the same songs all over again

Streaming should not make up the singles chart.

oh, you’re that kind of person. a couple peeps here might be sick and tired of explaining why streaming should be included, but i’m not - i have a field time doing so. :)

anyways, yes it should, it’s how people listen nowadays and it makes up a large percentage of the music market. if the chart was sales only, it wouldn’t be accurate - no one buys physical singles anymore unless it’s for a collection (physical albums are still popular, however).

, there’s a sales singles chart i can direct you too - go to where the different chart links are above this chart, look for “singles” (it’s the first one), click that and then click “sales” - and bam, you’ve got it! :)

I agree for so many reasons I have explained on here loads of times. Its turned the charts into a listeners chart.

Let there be a listeners chart so

Thats exactly what it is. And they have to manipulate it to keep it from being all tracks off a popular artists album.

But why would a physical chart or sales chart be inaccurate?
Once something is purchased the job is done towards chart position.
Streaming is more likely to be inaccurate especially in terms of album positioning because you only have to click play on the album on Spotify and it goes towards a higher chart position, you don't technically have to play the whole album, so this must be happening to singles aswell, someone might just click play on a single, then skip it to something else, so how is this accurate towards what people are listening to?
With a genuine sale the job is already done, even a download the jobs officially done.
Why else did the DJ's plead with listers to download the children in need single and not stream it otherwise the children won't get their money. What more evidence do you need that streaming doesn't pay the artist properly. In this case not enough clearly downloaded it as it peaked at 26 and has since bombed at 97, so this to me highlights that streaming is dominating the charts that badly that even downloads doesnt get a fair position in the official charts. For example, last year I commented about the fact on the download chart there was a song that was number 1,yet that same song was no where to be found inside the official top 100. Work that one out?

Yeah but it also means the charts are stagnant. We need fresh stuff coming into the charts, not the same old stuff for years on end!

Yeah but last year it peaked at number 1 after Christmas came and went, oh hang on the charts are such an accurate place these days isn't it?
Bit like all the Halloween related tracks entered the charts the week after Halloween, yeah lovely 🙄

Just don't put too much attention to it. It is kinda frustrating

yeah but with the exception of do they know it’s christmas, charity songs usually tank after one week. though this is also down to the christmas tsunami flooding the charts again lol

I personally think its because too many people dont actually download anymore, as streaming as superseeded even downloading. I remember when they first played it on the radio they were pleading for everyone to please download it as its the only way they get any money for the children. If that doesn't prove my point streaming doesn't make any money I don't know what does.
And backs up that it shouldn't be allowed to influence chart positions.
All the top 100 is now is a listening chart.

of course people purchase-download still! i didn’t check the itunes chart on the week it came out, but i’m pretty sure it reached number 1 there (can someone correct me if i’m wrong?). charity singles though are usually big on purchased formats rather than streaming because obviously people care more for the cause rather than the music itself.

plus, chart positions shouldn’t matter as long as enough was raised to help the cause.

this is all coming from someone who bought a silly remake of vindaloo on itunes when the euros were on to raise money for the nhs 😂

I assume you mean the Ryuichi Sakamoto version but I'll take the Watergate version bursting into the charts every Christmas too

But then people would also moan when Ed Sheeran, Kanye etc wouldve flooded the charts with their releases. Its a double edged sword really but it was made to prevent album bombs in the charts to give other releases a fighting chance. Maybe the amount of songs an artist can have should be increased from 3 to 5, for example, but not removed altogether

i remember that week in 2017 when ed flooded the entire top 20 with his album and the comments section were not happy 😂

Then buy the album. We font want 15 ed sheerin 15 adele and 15 westlife in top 50

it’s become a songs chart rather than a singles chart atp so occ could at least change the name or put singles in a seperate chart

Yes, Last Christmas and Mariah Carey shouldn't be on there unless there's an official re-release of these songs. Especially in the last week of November - and they're in the top 5!

Agree, it's true what you say. A single song is chosen by the artist or the record company to promote an album or whatever. On the other hand, non singles songs are album's cut

it’s actually a decent song (i’m surprised i like it considering i despise ed sheeran), but i hope mariah carey blocks it because i’m pretty sure we’re all sick and tired of seeing ed’s name at number 1.

as it should!! bottom 10 song of the year.

speaking of which, ima review my bottom 10 songs of 2021 and post them on the discord server very soon!

A flop

Westlife – ‘Wild Dreams’:

#1: Starlight (86/100) 🥇
#2: Alone Together (77/100)
#3: Wild Dreams (60/100) 👀
#4: Lifeline (66/100)
#5: Alive (70/100)
#6: Rewind (76/100)
#7: Do You Ever Think Of Me (79/100)
#8: My Hero (67/100)
#9: End Of Time (84/100) 🥉
#10: Magic (85/100) 🥈
#11: Always With Me (77/100)

TOTAL: 827/1100 (75.2%)

Tom Gregory – ‘Things I Can’t Say Out Loud’:

#1: Northern Lights (61/100)
#2: Lonely Heart (71/100)
#3: River (76/100) 🥇
#4: Easy On Me (74/100) 🥉
#5: Careless War (70/100)
#6: On The Day I Die (65/100)
#7: Love Come Get Me (60/100)
#8: Please (63/100)
#9: Footprints (65/100)
#10: Lord Knows (73/100)
#11: Man Still Cries (75/100) 🥈
#12: As Bad As It Seems (56/100) 👀

TOTAL: 809/1200 (67.4%)

DVBBS – ‘Sleep’:

#1: Losing Sleep [with Powfu] (73/100) 🥉
#2: Leave The World Behind [with GATTÜSO & Alida] (71/100)
#3: Do It Anyway [with Icona Pop] (51/100)
#4: Set Me Free [with Aloe Blacc] (86/100) 🥇
#5: Victory [with YBN Nahmir] (33/100) 🗑️
#6: Say It [with Gashi & Space Primates] (75/100) 🥈
#7: Zombies (37/100) 🗑️
#8: Feel Something [Interlude] (44/100) 🗑️
#9: State Of Mushroom (11/100) 👀 💀
#10: The One (63/100)
#11: Antidote (71/100)
#12: Oy [with Seysey] (15/100) 💀
#13: Forever Last [with Gomey] (60/100)
#14: Know Too Much (30/100) 🗑️
#15: Lose My Mind (57/100)

TOTAL: 777/1500 (51.8%)

James Arthur – ‘It’ll All Make Sense In The End’:

#1: Running Away (69/100)
#2: Wolves (74/100)
#3: Medicine (74/100)
#4: September (75/100)
#5: Always (63/100)
#6: Emily (76/100) 🥈
#7: Last Of The Whiskey (72/100)
#8: Never Let You Go (56/100)
#9: 4000 Miles (76/100) 🥉
#10: Ride (45/100) 👀
#11: Deja Vu (67/100)
#12: Avalanche (73/100)
#13: SOS (70/100)
#14: Take It Or Leave It (78/100) 🥇

TOTAL: 967/1400 (69.1%)

Sam Fender – ‘Seventeen Going Under’:

#1: Seventeen Going Under (96/100) 🥇
#2: Getting Started (88/100) 🥉
#3: Aye (61/100)
#4: Get You Down (74/100)
#5: Long Way Off (76/100)
#6: Spit Of You (90/100) 🥈
#7: Last To Make It Home (78/100)
#8: The Leveller (66/100)
#9: Mantra (68/100)
#10: Paradigms (70/100)
#11: The Dying Light (55/100) 👀

TOTAL: 822/1100 (74.7%)

oh me oh my that score gap between your best and worst is beautiful lmao

My favorite is Lose My Mind

Oops...I guessed you'd get a higher mark

I complety demand KYLIE: DISCO GUEST LIST EDITION😅😅😅😅

Always good to see Westlife back in action!!!

i didn’t know seventeen going under grew on you that much?!

hey, i’m not sure if you take requests but you should review “we’re all alone in this together” by dave

I probably won’t be here next Friday when the chart updates, but I’ll add it to my list of albums to cover. :)

Yeah, it could be in the Top 5 of my next personal chart! :O

That’ll definitely get added to the list. :)

What do you think I was going to score it? :)

Did you like the album overall? :)

Yeah, it was one of the most polarising albums that I’ve ever reviewed, haha. :)

Well generally, I'd give it a 7/10. It had some powerful songs but there was nothing really outstanding about it. Though it's very enjoyable :)

on one hand, it kinda to see i don’t want you get knocked off, but on the other hand cut me loose is an absolute tune lol

Not at all jealous! :P

Ur Making me hungry lol

heheheh… :P

lol!! food was gorgeous.

What did you order? :)

butterfly chicken, peri salted chips, corn, and diet coke. i got the medium spice 😋

No way! That’s almost exactly what I get whenever I go there.

I usually go one higher on the spice chart though! :P

i know you’ve seen mine, but others here haven’t so i thought i’d post them again: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b7ad65023aca311741798807790863310155f8edf80f3e595b75218e9a1c30e9.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/313ab4dd2aae9e6ae6af793d4948eec84e137bfb46de57073f69c7b4ad332be1.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/293a077433382c15658e5c71296d784d2d844bbdcd0127375135b90f19ba2506.jpg

I’ll probably do that too, and there’s a very big lead for my number 1 👀

Ooh, I'm intrigued!

Meanwhile, I ended up swapping my #1 & #2 yesterday, haha. :)

I used to be very indecisive but yeah my number 1 is definitely solidified now, it holds the record for the most weeks at number 1 on my personal chart as a hint 👀

Meanwhile, if an EDM song is #1 in my list, it'll be the sixth consecutive year that dance music has topped my chart of the year! :O

i'll do that too, I mostly listen to rap tho

I look forward to seeing it!

There have a few rap songs that I've really liked this year. :)

taste

yeah, at least there were many shining lights in this depressing year for chart music.

Mostly based.

I only have one 😩 you recommended it to me tho :)

Hey Coolo , not many of my favourite songs, but Coloratura, anyway always appreciate your good taste on music

coloratura is 10 minutes of beauty, reminds me of what pink floyd would do. i get why it didn’t chart as it’s really long and it’s an album track, but it’s still fantastic and blew me away when i heard the album.

Its magical, most of state of mind rather than a song of itself. Love it too. I hope you are really, really well my friend!!😊

‘Look At The Sky’, I presume? :P

maybe :D you've recommended some amazing songs to me :)

Aww, that’s awesome. :)

so for anyone wondering about the sudden number 2 debut on my personal charts for “addict”, i’ll explain the song and my thoughts on it: 1) it’s from the adult cartoon “hazbin hotel” which i never heard of until my friend showed me this song, and 2) it’s an edm song. surprising, huh? but edm as a genre has been growing on me a lot (i can thank one user here for that), and the beat in this song reminds me of edm you’d hear in the early 2010s, which gives it a bit of a nostalgic feel! the vocals may not be the best, but michael and chi-chi (voicing their characters angel and cherri in the music video) have such good chemistry in this song and honestly, it kinda fits in well with this type of song, especially when the lyrics are about causing chaos and being addicted to it. it’s really good! i don’t know if this would be your thing as it’s an unusual song for the genre, but i definitely recommend it. strong 8/10 from me.

It has enough momentum to be the post Christmas No 1 once all the Christmas music drops out…Also a chance for Sam Fender, best track in the top 20 imho

It’s definitely has to be up there for me too. :)

You definitely can't go wrong with Adele & festive classics. :)

Everything here is good except for Flowers (Say my name)

4 days ago I would have agreed.. now I really like it lol

1: Easy On Me (0/10)
2: abcdefu (0/10)
3: All I Want For Christmas Is You (2/10)
4: Last Christmas (0/10)
5: I Drink Wine (2/10)
6: Oh My God (-1/10)
7: Flowers (Say My Name) (10/10)
8: Seventeen Going Under (5/10)
9: Overpass Graffiti (0/10)
10: All Too Well (10/10)

BEST SONG: Flowers (Say My Name)
WORST SONG: Oh My God

PERCENT: 28% ()

true! wish one more sleep was among them tho.

nah flowers slaps. hope that song and coming for you reach number 1 in 2022

well , half of the top 10 got nothing

Coming for you is a banger :)

Same here. :/

if anyone here likes "coming for you", check out "who i smoke" by yungeen ace, spinabenz, fastmoney goon and whoppa wit da choppa (phew) - the song samples vanessa carlton's "a thousand miles" (a song i truly hate) and has similar lyrics to coming for you, but the beat and deliveries from each rapper are even harder than "coming for you"!

yeah, i f*cking despise "a thousand miles", but these 4 made such a hard song with it. strong 9/10, wish it was longer

Pleased you've discoverer it fully Piran, best track he has done so far imo

I think it’s definitely going to be in the Top 20 of my next personal chart!

I still prefer ‘Seventeen Going Under’ as a whole, but ‘Spit Of You’ is definitely growing on me quicker. :)