Official Singles Chart Top 40 on 08/9/2023

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Absolutely overwhelmed to see the best new entry at 19 on Kylie's Tension!!!! Woww! Another top 20 hit in her 5 decades career! Absolutely amazing! The song is a bop, whether you like Kylie or not

Olivia Rodrigo behaves like a 5 year old and her music's !!

my top 20 (10.9. 2023.)

1.(1) THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS ft BECK – skipping like a stone (2nd week at No.1)

2. (2) THE NATIONAL – alphabet city / space invader

3. (3) THE KILLERS – your side of town

4. (27) ARMAND VAN HELDEN – I won't stop

5. (4) BART SKILS – roll the dice (1 week at No.1)

6. (5) JESSIE WARE ft ROISIN MURPHY – freak me now

7. (11) FISHER x AATIG – take it off

8. (10) TEENAGE MUTANTS ft HEERHORST & PETER PAHN – dark clouds

9. (16) FRED AGAIN.., OBONGJAYAR – adore U

10. (7) SKI AGGU & JOOST & OTTO WAALKES – friesenjung / ft SIRI – mietfrei

11. (13) ROMY – the sea

12. (31) ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK – Bauhaus staircase

13. (33) SUNDARA KARMA – baby blue

14. (8) TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS & MOULLINEX – so alive

15. (12) JUNGLE – back on 74

16. (18) HOT CHIP ft YUNE PINKU – fire of mercy

17. (9) MAYER HAWTHORNE – the pool

18. (6) DJ KÖZE ft SOPHIA KENNEDY – wespennest (2weeks at No.1)

19. (20) LENny (IT) – running

20. (24) SAY SHE SHE – c'est si bon

..............new songs at chart (top 45)..............

32. NEW – SAMPHA – only

33. NEW – KUNGS ft SHADOW CHILD – changes

34. NEW – PURPLE DISCO MACHINE ft DUKE DUMONT & NOTHING BUT THIEVES – something on my mind

36. NEW – MIKSU/MACLOUD x MAKKO x T-LOW – ich will

38. NEW – HYBRID MINDS & VENBEE – if love could have saved you

39. NEW – MOUSSE T ft DAVIE – take it back

41. NEW – THE ROLLING STONES – angry

42. NEW – KULA SHAKER – waves

whoever gets no.1 next week will be no.1 on my birthday and i really dont want doja cats paint the town red too do it (mostly cause im christian) but it and as much as you will say it doesent and downvote this ITS MY BIRTHDAY I SHOULD GET WHATEVER NO.1 I WANT! (i mean when its your bday if u dont get the no.1 you want especially one offended you ur gonna be pretty crapped.)

I am working on my favourite 50 of the year, as is everyone else, and I can confirm that 7 of this week's Top 40 are in it. You can probably guess which.

IF THESE SONGS DIDN'T EXIST, MY LIFE WOULDN'T BE WORTH LIVING TIER:

Olivia Rodrigo - bad idea right? (did I mention GUTS is out today?)

Florence + the Machine - Dog Days Are Over

THESE SONGS DESERVE PRETTY MUCH ALL THE SUCCESS THEY GET TIER:

Olivia Rodrigo - vampire

Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red

Fred Again../Obongjayar - adore u

Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THESE SONGS PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE TIER:

Becky Hill/Chase & Status - Disconnect

Burna Boy ft. Dave - Cheat On You

Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer

Issey Cross - Bittersweet Goodbye (it's ACTUALLY good. I feel cheated)

Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - Miracle

Dua Lipa - Dance The Night

THEY SOUND GOOD ON RADIO 1 OR WHATEVER TIER:

Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Desire

Charli XCX - Speed Drive

Chase & Status ft. Every MC in Britain - Baddadan

Gunna - fookoomean (only took a million weeks, but it's slowly getting better)

EH. THAT IS ALL. TIER:

Sonny Fodera/MK - Asking

Troye Sivan - Rush (physical releases will be the death of us)

Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?

Selena Gomez - Single Soon (starting to think her comeback is a lil' deflated)

Stormzy & RAYE - The Weekend

D.O.D. - So Much In Love

Burna Boy - City Boys

ANOTR/Abel Balder - Relax My Eyes

SOMETHING IS A LITTLE OFF-PUTTING TIER:

Kylie Minogue - Tension

Dave & Central Cee - Sprinter

cassö/RAYE/D-Block Europe - Prada

Miley Cyrus - Flowers

STILL UNSURE ABOUT IF THEY DO ANYTHING FOR ME TIER:

Jazzy - Feel It

Ryan Gosling - I'm Just Ken

Oliver Anthony Music - North Men North Of Richmond

OK. THESE SONGS TIER:

Kenya Grace - Strangers

Nicki Minaj/Ice Spice - Barbie World

Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young (stop playing it Radio 1. please. for my sanity.)

BOU ft. Slay - Closer

Jazzy - Giving Me

GET THESE SONGS AS FAR AWAY FROM ME AS POSSIBLE TIER:

Jung Kook ft. Latto - Seven

Hannah Laing & RoRo - Good Love

Luke Combs - Fast Car

Nathan Dawe/Joel Corry/Ella Henderson - 0800 HEAVEN (it's on ACR now finally)

Chart Review 08/09/2023

I'M IN COLLEGE. ALSO SOME MUSIC STUFF HAPPENED.

Yep, I'm back from holiday, which means I can actually come up with a coherent review for the first time in ages, something that couldn't have been predicted 24 hours ago when the most farcical thing in awards history occured. But more on that later. (this definitely won't be a recurring joke)

On the singles chart, we may as well be counting sheep for all the static that goes on nowadays, but the No.1 spot is as fragile as the Mercury Prize. One wrong choice, and your music vision falls apart. We are also still under a spell cast by every American female we ever laid eyes on, as this O-Rod sadly can't sustain popularity for more than 7 days and falls to third position. So who's top.

well...

Doja Cat is.

That's right, people, the lady who made such huge inroads with Say So and Streets and Kiss Me More and all the other ones is the now the greatest lady to ever live. Even if her fans may not agree. Yeah, so Doja Cat doesn't have a soft spot for ALL her fans, which caused quite a furore in the Diva community. Because these things can still be triggered apparently. Naturally, in this post-XXXTENTACION and 6ix9ine world, all publicity is good publicity, which has seen the Dionne Warwick-slaughtering Paint The Town Red rocket up the table and claim her first UK chart-topper.

Obviously, this is a glorious sight and one to rejuvenate your hopes in the likes of Nicki Minaj, whose latest effort has failed to break the 40 today, although that song has something to do with Nicki NOT rapping. I assume that's her supporters' kryptonite or whatever. But it ain't gon' go dahn well in the Swift household, which is bigger than you think. Cruel Summer now moves to bridesmaid position, the kind of showing that makes you wonder why people listen to that album cut in the first place. Still, I can at least pray for a song like Kiss With A Fist by Florence + the Machine to suddenly clatter the Top 10 in 2029. Hopefully.

In other news, and Fred Again.. didn't have a great time yesterday. Mainly 'cause he didn't attend the Mercury, but there were other factors in place. These factors were not enough for everybody, including me, to discover how amazing his latest song really is. That, coupled with everybody losing their marbles over what to actually CALL the track, sees adore u give Mr. Again.. his FIRST! TOP TEN! TRACK! wow. Knowing him, his next release will be something like, uh.., Jennifer (Get Me An Ambulance), and it will only get to peak at 82. Just a presumption and all that jazz.

wait. Did I just say jazz?

Yeah, before I continue, I need to pronounce to you all that a great musical tradition has left this planet earlier this week. I know it sounds wrong, but....

A jazz act has won the Mercury Prize. My whole life is ruined.

And in other news, there's three new entries and I haven't heard any of them, which is not promising. But from what I've heard of them so far, none of them are much cop. In at 20 is the latest drum'n'bass sensation, Kenya Grace, who clearly didn't learn from the tragic disasters that venbee utilised last year, if the sounds of Strangers is anything to go by. You had one job, Kenya. ONE. JOB.

One place above her is the greatest career revival since the last one, Kylie Minogue. After the whole world stopped to observe the mesmerising popularity of Padam Padam earlier this year, the hype has reached the kind of levels where Kylie doesn't need to flog physical releases to get hits anymore. Tension is at 19, and it's fine, what do you want me to say. There's nothing special about it. Also here is Jazzy, who can at least extinguish her 1-hit wonder tag in the form of Feel It, which is AT LEAST better than her last hit. But not by much.

As for the other stuff, Griff probably could've done better with her return to the music industry, as Vertigo enters at a measly EIGHTY-FOUR. The Top 20 success of Black Hole seems a long way away now. Not only is her beaded hair lost to time, as well as her chart form, but Doja Cat is a little caught up with releasing songs to pay attention to her current success, new song Demons down at 53 this week. Then again, I don't think she'll be worrying about that TOO much.

Also here are Tion Wayne, Måneskin, Tunde (not the Lighthouse Family guy) and the iTunes-powered Paul Russell, but more importantly, JUNGLE ARE BACK! The Busy Earnin' people! And their song Back On 74 isn't awful. Praise the lord! It sounds a little like the Ezra Collective- AAAHHH I REMINDED MYSELF OF THE MERCURY AGAIN!! GET ME AN AMBULANCE, JENNIFER!! ;( 

I didn't actually lose an eye from overreacting, but the jokes don't say themselves. Anyways, bye!

(P.S. Oh yeah, and the guy from Smash Mouth died. That sucked. I remember All Star getting to No.4 in the Billboard 100 before Shrek happened and ruined their career. Also, I'm pretty sure ZWE1HVNDXR is my Wi-Fi password.)

The new king 🤴 of country music ZACH BRYAN is making waves in the UK 🇬🇧 and already at number 1 in the USA 🇺🇸 with his brilliant new single I Remember EVERYTHING 😀!

Really hope to see RUSH making the top 20 next week! Great single! Deserves more success!

Nicki minaj only at number 46 when it was at number 20 mid week! Shame 🫠 really! Great single !

Nice to see ASKING and So much 🙂 in love getting a new peak this 😍 week!

Hope to see PRADA making the Top 5 next week!

My Top 10 Songs Of The Week:

#1: Griff – Vertigo (debut)   [New No.1!] 🇬🇧 (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

#2: Taylor Swift – Long Live (Taylor’s Version) (+3) 🇺🇸

#3: Sody – Trust (+1) 🇬🇧 (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

#4: Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything (debut) 🇺🇸

#5: Taylor Swift ft Fall Out Boy – Electric Touch (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) (-4) 🇺🇸

#6: Charli Adams – How Do U Know To Love Me (debut) 🇺🇸

#7: NewJeans – Super Shy (+6) 🇰🇷

#8: Noah Kahan & Post Malone – Dial Drunk (-6) 🇺🇸

#9: Cassö, RAYE & D-Block Europe – Prada (-3) 🇬🇧 (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

#10: NOTD & Veronica Maggio – Occhi D’Amore (-7) 🇸🇪

Climbers:

#12: The Kolors – Italodisco (+10) 🇮🇹

#26: Annalisa – Mon Amour (+10) 🇮🇹

#32: Maisi ft Piri – Head (+10) 🇬🇧 (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

Debuts (below Top 10):

#13: Måneskin – Honey (Are U Coming?) 🇮🇹

#17: Nathan Evans – Driving To Nowhere 🇬🇧 (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿)

#33: Eliza Rose & The Martinez Brothers – Pleasure Peak 🇬🇧 (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) / 🇺🇸

#35: Lost Frequencies ft Tom Gregory – Dive 🇧🇪 / 🇬🇧 (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

#38: Elley Duhé & Whethan – Money On The Dash 🇺🇸

#50: Tiësto, BIA & 21 Savage – Both 🇳🇱 / 🇺🇸 / 🇺🇸🇬🇧

Re-entries:

#37: Charli Adams – Cry Over Everything 🇺🇸

Full chart on Crown Note: https://www.crownnote.com/charts/piran/pirans-top-50-186

Full chart on BuzzJack: www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=265823

Sad 😔 😟 🙁 to see Unhealthy on acr this week but happy 😊 to see that 😀 the single had a long run and made the Top 20!

Congrats to Kylie hopefully it will go top ten next week .

timberland jt nelly hasn’t made top 100 which is disappointing! 

Glad rush by troye remix deserves a top ten and Prada feat raye definitely top 5 next week. 

Can we please get over Taylor and the vampire singer the most boring singers ever ! 

Nicki deserved top 10 with her resent hit ! 

So happy 😊 😃 for Kylie! She is unstoppable! 2 Top 20 this year! And TENSION is so good!

Congrats to DOJA CAT on finally getting her first number 1 single! So well deserved 👏 

So happy 😊 😃 to see my favourite GRIFF back in the chart with her brilliant new single Vertigo but only at number 84! Disappointed 😞 

, shame that Timbaland’s ‘Keep Going Up!’ with JT and Nelly Furtado is nowhere to be seen. :/

Not a bad debut for Kylie at all though. Interested to hear the album in a couple of weeks!

Didn’t even know who Kenya Grace was up until this week… then I found out ‘Strangers’ blew up on TikTok and Instagram, so I guess it’s not really much of a surprise seeing it here after all.

Very good song though! 👌

Top 40 Rankings: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cab8869f2ceb5cb670ae61727cc76787aebe6b22f72a8908000da26cad977ae0.jpg

This is the worst singles chart I have ever seen. Artists like Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars and Olly Murs need to make a comeback

Absolutely delighted to see Griff’s new single in the chart.

‘Vertigo’s an amazing song and she really deserves the success! ❤️

Good to see Fred Again.. with his first Top 10 hit. :)

‘Adore U’ has really grown on me these past couple weeks!

RIP Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth! 🙏

So gutted to hear that he passed away only aged 56 on Monday. The band’s iconic hits around the turn of the millennium were part of so many good memories for me growing up!

I was checking through the OCC archives and can’t believe ‘All Star’ only peaked at #24 and spent nine weeks in the Top 100. Proof that you don’t necessarily need to make it big in the charts to have a powerful legacy in music.

It might be far from my favourite song of hers, but congratulations to Doja Cat on finally landing her first #1 single in the UK! 😊

Even if I don’t see ‘Cruel Summer’ going all the way to the top, I’m absolutely ecstatic that Taylor’s in the runner-up position and reaching a new peak with it.