Monday, June 21, 2010

UK SIngles Chart, June 26, 2010

1. Shout - Shout For England feat Dizzee Rascal & James Corden
2. Wavin' Flag - K'naan

Football rules supreme on the UK singles chart for a second week, with Dizzee Rascal and James Corden's Tears for Fears/BLACKstreet remake/mashup of "Shout" and "No Diggity" leading the pack for a second week, while K'naan's football song, "Wavin' Flag," climbs a notch to #2. Most of the other sports-related songs have dropped off quite a bit, but not these two.

3. Kickstarts - Example

Example has the highest new debut of the week with "Kickstarts," which, despite having "Kick" in the title, has nothing to do with soccer. This is the third top 40 hit for the British rapper whose songs also have a serious club bent. He first hit #19 with the rather glorious "Watch the Sun Come Up," then #6 with "Won't Go Quietly," which was another hip-hop meets electro hit from earlier this year. "Kickstarts" is his most dance-influenced single yet, as well as his biggest hit.

4. All the Lovers - Kylie Minogue

Kylie has the week's second-biggest debut with "All the Lovers," the first single from her upcoming 11th album, Aphrodite. It's a typically Kylie-esque piece of frothy dance pop with dreamy synths and a thumping bass line. The single is co-produced by Kish Mauve, who were responsible for "Two Hearts," the first single from Kylie's last album, X (which also hit #4) and Stuart Price, who is having a very big summer, having produced most of Kylie's new album and all of the new Scissor Sisters set. "All the Lovers" is Kylie's 33rd top 10 hit and 26th top 5 hit. It's getting a physical release on June 28--one week before the album--but I have a feeling this is as high as the single is going to go.

8. Dancing on My Own - Robyn

Robyn's glorious new single "Dancing on My Own" debuts at #8 to become the Swedish pop singer's fourth top 10 hit, following her 1998 breakthrough, "Show Me Love," her 2007 #1 comeback, "With Every Heartbeat," and 2008 hit "Be Mine." "Dancing on My Own" is another winner, and possibly my favorite single from her yet. It's really quite good. Frankly, I'm surprised this wasn't a bigger hit.

10. Alejandro - Lady GaGa

Lady GaGa, who apparently will never be allowed to watch baseball again, scores her 6th top 10 hit with "Alejandro," the third single from The Fame Monster. This also gets a physical release on June 28, so it may go a little higher, but I'm not expecting a third #1. In the US, this is her first single that looks like it won't be a #1 at pop radio.

17. Commander - Kelly Rowland and David Guetta

The former Destiny's Child member, who saw her career get a nice boost last summer when she hit #1 on David Guetta's "When Love Takes Over," goes down the dance route again with "Commander," the first single from her third album. Oh, and this gets a physical release on...you guessed it...June 28. This I definitely think will climb higher.

30. Over the Rainbow - Glee Cast
32. Any Way You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' - Clee Cast

The Glee Cast caps off their first season with the final two top 40 we'll be be hearing from them for awhile. That makes 17 top 40 hits from them...so far.

31. Tenderoni - Kele

A nice slice of Eurodisco. It sounds a lot like "Yeah Yeah" by Bodyrox.

3 comments:

rcLoy said...

I have a feeling that that's the highest peak All The Lovers will reach too, hmm.. Hope Ahprodite can debut at #1.

BTW can I just say how much I love the UK singles chart this week, so much gem! Kylie, Example, Kelly, Robyn, Kele, Gaga and Glee. It's like they pluck it out from my playlist *1 month ago* LOL

Myfizzypop said...

poor Kylie - i wanted her to do better. I think she's dropped a bit in the midweeks, but may recover with the physical release. Overall though perhaps it will have legs a bit longer than 2 Hearts did...

Pleased G'Gack made top ten. Alejandro is most pleasing.

Cook In / Dine Out said...

rcLoy - Yes, it was pretty good this week. In contrast, the Hot 100 was so dull I didn't bother to write about it.

Paul - G'Gack? Is that a nick name for Lady GaGa?