Sunday, January 25, 2009

UK Singles Chart, 1/31/2009

1. Just Dance - Lady GaGa Featuring Colby O'Donis

Britain continues to be gaga over Lady Gaga, keeping her "Just Dance" at the singles chart summit for a third week. Could this be her last? She has a very serious challenge in Lily Allen's return single "The Fear," out in stores tomorrow.

3. Take Me Back - Tinchy Stryder Featuring Taio Cruz

The biggest mover within the top 40 is Tinchy Stryder's "Take Me Back," up 36 spots to #3. It straddles dance pop and hip-hop in a way that seems very hot at the moment. It's not too disimilar from this week's #2 single, Kid Cudi & Crookers' "Day 'N' Nite." With a little more Euro flair, T.I. could sound like this.

9. Sober - Pink

Another big mover on the chart this week is Pink, who rises 27 spots to #9 with "Sober," becoming her 14th UK top 10 hit. It follows up #1 single "So What." Dare I say that only #9 for this single is bit disappointing? As such, it's the lowest Pink has ever charted with an album's second single (If you count "Trouble" as the second single from Try This after the Charlie's Angels 2 release "Feel Good Time").

10. Heartless - Kanye West

Slowly but surely "Heartless" has been inching up the chart from #14 to #11 and now finally #10, making it Kanye West's 12th top 10 single (counting his featured appearances on other's works). Here's a rundown of his previous 11 top 10 hits:

Through the Wire #9
Slow Jamz (Twista) #3
All Falls Down #10
Talk About Our Love (Brandy) #6
Diamonds From Sierra Leone #8
Gold Digger #2
Touch the Sky #6
Stronger #1
American Boy (Estelle) #1
Homecoming #9
Love Lockdown #8

13. Breathe Slow - Alesha Dixon

Alesha Dixon's new single "Breathe Slow" looks ready to break into the top 10 well ahead of its Feb. 9 single release. It's up 10 notches this week.

20. Ulysses - Franz Ferdinand

British indie pop band Franz Ferdinand returns to the chart with the first single from their new album Tonight, out tomorrow. It's been two a half years since the band last had a single on the charts, having taken a significant break between their new album and their last, You Could Have It So Much Better. Sadly, their return doesn't seem very triumphant so far, as "Ulysses" limps into the chart at #20, a raher poor showing for the group. While the single is no "Take Me Out" or "Do You Want To," I'd have thought they'd have at least been good for the lower half of the top 10. Surely the album will do, but this signals a certain amount of disinterest in the band's return. Perhaps they were gone too long?

28. One Step at a Time - Jordin Sparks

Jordin Sparks is up 10 spots this week to #28 with her third UK single, following up "Tattoo," which hit #24. This single was released in the US last summer (and it was a big hit), so it doesn't excite me much at this point. It's no "No Air" for sure.

34. To Lose My Life - White Lies

The UK's newest indie rock band may have the country's #1 album this week, but its single just hasn't taken off, rising one place to #34. It's probably the album's best shot at a hit single too, so this is disappointing.

5 comments:

John said...

I'm really surprised by the showing of "Ulysses", but I think you've nailed the reason why. The Alesha Dixon has grown on me a bit.

Myfizzypop said...

Hmm, I really hope the lovely Lily storms to the top of the singles charts next week. Not only is The Fear quite brilliant, but the b-sides are pretty bonza too :) And I think second singles are increasingly hard to market in the UK (especially when the album has done well - look at Girls Aloud, and the last albums by Scissor Sisters, Keane, Maroon 5, Killers, etc) so prehpas Pink at number 9 is not too bad. I think the third single will do better! Pink is like a cat with 9 lives - just when you think her chart success is limited she springs right back with massive hits.

Jason is still doing well on the album chart, though I'm Yours doesn't seem to have quite the same appeal in the UK singles charts as it does the rest of the world.

VIVA ALESHA! How exciting that the song is doing so very well :) It's the British No Air.

J.Mensah said...

sorry about being off-topic but i bought "Fever" and "Music" off iTunes and I can seriously understand why you love them so much "fever" (The song) is AMAZING!

Chris Baker said...

Hello.

Cook In / Dine Out said...

John - Me too (to both). I wasn't as crazy about AD's new single as I was about her last, which I liked instantly.

Paul - I love "The Fear." I think it's the year's first great single. A real knockout.

J.Mensah - Those are two of my absolute favorite albums. Enjoy!

Chris - Hello to you too bucko.