MARCH 3, 2013 COMMENTARY.We have another very busy week, with seven debuts and a massive 19 songs in the newly eligible section! Despite this, the top two songs remain unchanged, with "Just Give Me A Reason" spending a third consecutive week at #1, but four songs in the top ten score new peaks, two of those entering the top ten for the first time. The first of those are Labrinth's "Beneath Your Beautiful" featuring Emeli SandΓ©, up #4 to #3, matching the peak of Emeli's "Next To Me" (down #3 to #4 this week) and "Lanterns" from Birds Of Tokyo, up #6 to #5. Funnily, both of those lost their bullets this week. The other two are "Remember When (Push Rewind)" from Chris Wallace, up four spots to #7 to become his first top ten hit, and Swedish House Mafia's "Don't You Worry Child" up six to #10 in its 16th week on the chart, their second top ten hit following "Miami 2 Ibiza" (#7, 2011-02-13).
Ellie Goulding is up 35 spots with "Figure 8", from #49 to #14. It's the eighth biggest climb ever! Here's a list of all the 30+ place climbs in my chart's history. Interestingly, most of these songs ended up having really horrible runs with no longevity. I doubt "Figure 8" will do the same though!
Largest climbs
42 places (#46 → #04 on 2011-10-16) "4 AM" - Melanie Fiona
41 places (#48 → #07 on 2011-02-06) "S&M" - Rihanna
40 places (#42 → #02 on 2010-06-10) "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)" - Muse
40 places (#47 → #07 on 2011-09-11) "Otis" - Jay-Z & Kanye West feat. Otis Redding
39 places (#49 → #10 on 2011-04-03) "Firework" - Katy Perry
38 places (#40 → #02 on 2010-09-05) "F**k You" - Cee Lo Green
36 places (#42 → #06 on 2010-08-22) "Monster" - Lady GaGa
35 places (#49 → #14 on 2010-04-11) "Solo" - Iyaz
35 places (#38 → #03 on 2010-07-25) "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love" - Usher feat. Pitbull
35 places (#39 → #04 on 2011-03-20) "Till The World Ends" - Britney Spears
35 places (#49 → #14 on 2013-03-03) "Figure 8" - Ellie Goulding
34 places (#39 → #05 on 2010-05-02) "My Chick Bad" - Ludacris feat. Nicki Minaj
34 places (#40 → #06 on 2011-03-13) "Written In The Stars" - Tinie Tempah feat. Eric Turner
33 places (#45 → #12 on 2010-06-20) "Some Of The Places I Know" - Gyroscope
33 places (#43 → #10 on 2011-02-27) "Runaway" - Kanye West feat. Pusha T
33 places (#41 → #08 on 2011-06-19) "Look At Me Now" - Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes & Lil Wayne
32 places (#42 → #10 on 2010-01-10) "Memories" - David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi
31 places (#50 → #19 on 2010-01-10) "Talk You Down" - The Script
31 places (#36 → #05 on 2010-10-17) "Alors On Danse" - Stromae feat. Kanye West
31 places (#37 → #06 on 2011-02-20) "All Of The Lights" - Kanye West feat. Rihanna
30 places (#37 → #07 on 2010-01-10) "Haven't Met You Yet" - Michael BublΓ©
30 places (#41 → #11 on 2010-01-24) "Rude Boy" - Rihanna
30 places (#36 → #06 on 2010-12-05) "Oh Santa!" - Mariah Carey
30 places (#32 → #02 on 2010-12-12) "Strip Me - Natasha Bedingfield
30 places (#31 → #01 on 2011-10-09) "Domino" - Jessie J
And since there aren't any songs from 2012 at all on there, I made a second list, which is a bit less floppy!
Largest climbs since 2012
35 places (#49 → #14 on 2013-03-03) "Figure 8" - Ellie Goulding
25 places (#43 → #18 on 2012-10-07) "Black Heart" - Stooshe
24 places (#44 → #20 on 2012-10-07) "Numb" - Usher
24 places (#42 → #18 on 2013-01-06) "Beauty And A Beat" - Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj
22 places (#32 → #10 on 2012-06-17) "Payphone" - Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa
21 places (#45 → #24 on 2013-02-03) "Gold" - Britt Nicole
21 places (#33 → #12 on 2012-07-22) "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" - P!nk
20 places (#33 → #13 on 2012-09-16) "Mercy" - Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
20 places (#39 → #19 on 2012-08-26) "She's So Mean" - Matchbox Twenty
20 places (#46 → #26 on 2012-08-05) "Nothing's Real But Love" - Rebecca Ferguson
Back to this week's chart. The highest of the seven debuts is from MKTO with "Thank You" at #35, followed by Hot Chelle Rae's "Hung Up" at #41. "Hung Up" is their third chart entry, after the double platinum smash "Tonight Tonight" (#6, 2011-06-26) and the platinum "I Like It Like That" (#11, 2011-12-11). The third entry is Olly Murs' "Army Of Two" at #44, also his third chart entry, following "Heart Skips A Beat" (#48, 2012-10-07) and "Troublemaker", which drops out this week. Despite that, "Dance With Me Tonight" is still my favorite Olly track. Debut four is from Avicii vs. Nicky Romero at #47 with "I Could Be The One". Avicii previously charted with "Collide" which was officially credited as Leona Lewis & Avicii after the lawsuit, but it wasn't changed to that until after the song had reached #1 for me. So I can't really decide if "I Could Be The One" counts as his first or second entry.
Debut five is from Zedd with "Spectrum" featuring Matthew Koma at #48, finally cracking the chart after several weeks of bubbling under. It's Zedd's first chart entry, but he previously charted as a co-producer on Justin Bieber's "Beauty And A Beat". Debut six is Flume's "Holdin On" at #49, and the final debut is Rita Ora's "Radioactive" at #50. That's Rita's third chart entry, following on from the double platinum "How We Do (Party)" (#2, 2012-05-13), and "R.I.P." (#31, 2012-12-02).
And to finish of, a bit of assorted commentary. No songs shift new certs this week. Birdy's megahit "Skinny Love" falls off this week, unfortunately falling shy of a double platinum certification. fun.'s "Some Nights" cracks 30 weeks, and "Don't Wake Me Up" hits the half-year mark. "Drinking From The Bottle" continues Calvin's top 30 streak by climbing nine spots to #29. And with "Pour It Up" falling off with just 621 points, it's her least successful chart hit ever, I believe. To its credit the chart is much stronger now than it was for some other charters of hers, though. And for one last assorted fact, Conor Maynard's two chart entries so far ("Vegas Girl" and "Turn Around") have both peaked at #36.
THE CHART.01 β
01 β 03 β 01 − "Just Give Me A Reason" β P!nk feat. Nate Ruess
02 β
02 β 11 β 01 + "Feel The Love" β Rudimental feat. John Newman β *
Platinum*
04 β
03 β 11 β 03 − "Beneath Your Beautiful" β Labrinth feat. Emeli SandΓ© β *
Platinum*
03 β
04 β 05 β 03 − "Next To Me" β Emeli SandΓ©
06 β
05 β 05 β 05 − "Lanterns" β Birds Of Tokyo
05 β
06 β 14 β 01 − "Little Talks" β Of Monsters And Men β *
2x Platinum*
11 β
07 β 06 β 07 + "Remember When (Push Rewind)" β Chris Wallace
09 β
08 β 14 β 02 + "I Love It" β Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX β *
Platinum*
10 β
09 β 06 β 02 − "DNA" β Little Mix
16 β
10 β 16 β 10 + "Don't You Worry Child" β Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin
13 β
11 β 05 β 11 + "Stompa" β Serena Ryder
07 β
12 β 10 β 07 − "Wanted" Hunter Hayes β *
Platinum*
12 β
13 β 06 β 12 − "Gold" β Britt Nicole
49 β
14 β 02 β 14 + "Figure 8" β Ellie Goulding
08 β
15 β 08 β 04 − "Set Me On Fire" β Bella Ferraro β *
Platinum*
15 β
16 β 02 β 15 − "One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)" β One Direction
20 β
17 β 03 β 17 + "Stay" β Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko
24 β
18 β 05 β 18 + "When I Was Your Man" β Bruno Mars
17 β
19 β 14 β 09 − "I Knew You Were Trouble" β Taylor Swift β *
Platinum*
19 β
20 β 05 β 19 − "F**kin' Problems" β A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar
23 β
21 β 04 β 21 + "Merry Go 'Round" β Kacey Musgraves
22 β
22 β 09 β 16 − "Shout It Out" β Reece Mastin
40 β
23 β 04 β 23 + "Hey Porsche" β Nelly
21 β
24 β 19 β 03 − "Ho Hey" β The Lumineers β *
2x Platinum*
14 β
25 β 13 β 04 − "Euphoria" β Loreen β *
Platinum*
18 β
26 β 22 β 02 − "Try" β P!nk β *
3x Platinum*
30 β
27 β 02 β 27 + "White Noise" β Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge
29 β
28 β 04 β 28 + "Turn On The Lights" β Future
38 β
29 β 05 β 29 + "Drinking From The Bottle" β Calvin Harris feat. Tinie Tempah
26 β
30 β 08 β 15 − "Same Love" β Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert
25 β
31 β 04 β 21 − "Thinkin Bout You" β Frank Ocean
28 β
32 β 30 β 01 − "Some Nights" β fun. β *
3x Platinum*
34 β
33 β 05 β 33 + "Let It Roll" β Flo Rida
31 β
34 β 06 β 25 − "Kiss You" β One Direction
00 β
35 β 01 β 35 + "Thank You" β MKTO
33 β
36 β 15 β 04 − "What You've Done To Me" β Samantha Jade β *
Platinum*
36 β
37 β 23 β 03 − "Die Young" β Ke$ha β *
3x Platinum*
32 β
38 β 26 β 01 − "Don't Wake Me Up" β Chris Brown β *
2x Platinum*
43 β
39 β 03 β 39 + "Feel This Moment" β Pitbull feat. Christina Aguilera
27 β
40 β 17 β 02 − "Tornado" β Little Big Town β *
2x Platinum*
00 β
41 β 01 β 41 + "Hung Up" β Hot Chelle Rae
50 β
42 β 02 β 42 + "The Power Of Love" β Gabrielle Aplin
37 β
43 β 17 β 02 − "Va Va Voom" β Nicki Minaj β *
2x Platinum*
00 β
44 β 01 β 44 + "Army Of Two" β Olly Murs
48 β
45 β 14 β 18 + "It's Time" β Imagine Dragons
46 β
46 β 03 β 46 + "With Ur Love" β Cher Lloyd feat. Mike Posner
00 β
47 β 01 β 47 + "I Could Be The One" β Avicii vs. Nicky Romero
00 β
48 β 01 β 48 + "Spectrum" β Zedd feat. Matthew Koma
00 β
49 β 01 β 49 + "Holdin On" β Flume
00 β
50 β 01 β 50 + "Radioactive" β Rita Ora
DROPOUTS.35 β
OUT β 19 β 29 β "Home" β Phillip Phillips
Entry date: 2012-10-14 / Peak date: 2012-11-18 / Points: 5,616
Chart run: 48 - 43 - 37 - 30 - 32 - 29 - 31 - 32 - 41 - 47 - * - 48 - 45 - 45 - 41 - 40 - 34 - 31 - 32 - 3539 β
OUT β 03 β 35 β "Pour It Up" β Rihanna
Entry date: 2013-02-10 / Peak date: 2013-02-17 / Points: 621
Chart run: 50 - 35 - 3941 β
OUT β 04 β 36 β "Turn Around" β Conor Maynard feat. Ne-Yo
Entry date: 2013-02-03 / Peak date: 2013-02-10 / Points: 870
Chart run: 50 - 36 - 36 - 4142 β
OUT β 10 β 13 β "Troublemaker" β Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida
Entry date: 2012-12-23 / Peak date: 2013-02-03 / Points: 6,907
Chart run: 47 - 41 - 36 - 26 - 15 - 14 - 13 - 15 - 27 - 4244 β
OUT β 05 β 41 β "Love Is Easy" β McFly
Entry date: 2013-01-27 / Peak date: 2013-02-17 / Points: 632
Chart run: 50 - 43 - 43 - 41 - 4445 β
OUT β 22 β 01 β "Skinny Love" β Birdy β *
Platinum*
Entry date: 2012-09-30 / Peak date: 2012-10-07 / Points: 17,439
Chart run: 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 7 - 10 - 16 - 29 - 28 - 33 - 39 - 44 - 50 - 47 - 46 - 38 - 34 - 37 - 39 - 40 - 4547 β
OUT β 15 β 22 β "Catch My Breath" β Kelly Clarkson
Entry date: 2012-11-18 / Peak date: 2012-12-16 / Points: 7,585
Chart run: 40 - 35 - 30 - 25 - 22 - 22 - 29 - 30 - 28 - 27 - 26 - 27 - 37 - 46 - 47VIDEO.NEWLY ELIGIBLE.2013-02-25: "Army Of Two" - Olly Murs
2013-02-25: "Carry On" - fun.
2013-02-25: "Mirrors" - Justin Timberlake
2013-02-27: "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)" - Fall Out Boy
2013-03-01: "Big Banana" - Havana Brown feat. R3hab & Prophet
2013-03-01: "Can't Hold Us" - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
2013-03-01: "Downtown" - Lady Antebellum
2013-03-01: "Forever Now" - Ne-Yo
2013-03-01: "Heart Attack" - Demi Lovato
2013-03-01: "Hung Up" - Hot Chelle Rae
2013-03-01: "Play Hard" - David Guetta feat. Ne-Yo & Akon
2013-03-01: "Pompeii" - Bastille
2013-03-01: "Small Bump" - Ed Sheeran
2013-03-01: "Started From The Bottom" - Drake
2013-03-01: "Thank You" - MKTO
2013-03-02: "22" - Taylor Swift
2013-03-02: "Mountain Sound" - Of Monsters And Men
2013-03-02: "Not Giving In" - Rudimental feat. John Newman & Alex Clare
2013-03-02: "We Come Running" - Youngblood Hawke
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