April 16, 2016

^^^Expect Sia's Cheap Thrills to be top 10 before long

R1 SINGLES CHART - 16-22 April 2016

01 01 I TOOK A PILL IN IBIZA Mike Posner ****
02 04 CHEAP THRILLS Sia ft Sean Paul
03 02 WORK FROM HOME Fifth Harmony ft Ty Dolla Sign
04 03 7 YEARS Lukas Graham *****
05 05 LUSH LIFE Zara Larsson
06 08 GIRLS LIKE Tinie Tempah ft Zara Larsson
07 11 FADED Alan Walker
08 06 WORK Rihanna ft Drake
09 07 FAST CAR Jonas Blue ft Dakota
10 13 LIGHT IT UP Major Lazer ft Nyla

11 17 CAKE BY THE OCEAN DNCE
12 15 STRESSED OUT Twenty One Pilots
13 09 PILLOWTALK Zayn *
14 20 HANDS TO MYSELF Selena Gomez
15 14 LOVE YOURSELF Justin Bieber ******
16 16 HYMN FOR THE WEEKEND Coldplay ft Beyonce
17 10 SAY YOU DO Sigala ft Imani + DJ Fresh
18 12 STITCHES Shawn Mendes **
19 18 ME, MYSELF & I G-Eazy ft Bebe Rexha
20 19 NOTHING LIKE THIS Blonde ft Craig David

21 -- ONE DANCE Drake ft Wizkid + Kyla
22 21 SORRY Justin Bieber **
23 30 NO Meghan Trainor
24 25 DANGEROUS WOMAN Ariana Grande
25 22 SECRET LOVE SONG Little Mix ft Jason Derulo
26 26 ROSES Chainsmokers ft Rozes
27 23 ALL MY FRIENDS Snakehips ft Tinashe + Chance The Rapper
28 24 WHEN WE WERE YOUNG Adele
29 27 WHAT DO YOU MEAN? Justin Bieber *****
30 -- I FOUND A GIRL The Vamps ft Omi

31 28 ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME Coldplay
32 29 ONE CALL AWAY Charlie Puth
33 -- FAMOUS KanYe West
34 33 NEVER FORGET YOU MNEK ft Zara Larsson
35 32 HISTORY One Direction
36 -- NO MONEY Galantis
37 34 WHEN THE BASSLINE DROPS Craig David x Big Narstie
38 31 GET UGLY Jason Derulo
39 37 THE GIRL IS MINE 99 Souls ft Brandy + Destiny's Child
40 38 LIKE I WOULD Zayn

-- 35 ARMY Ellie Goulding
-- 36 THE SOUND The 1975
-- 39 HELLO Adele ***
-- 40 BANG MY HEAD David Guetta ft Sia + Fetty Wap

Adric wrote:^^^Expect Sia's Cheap Thrills to be top 10 before long ....   I really like that song too! Fun video, fun music and deserving of #1.

I admit I'm weakening towards it, which is just as well as it ticks so many naffness boxes to maybe be #1 next time. But don't start me on the whole Image Manipulation crap with Sia.

My concern right now is with '7 Years'. I really hope that one starts spiraling downwards and out asap. I can't remember the last time I disliked a song so much. To me, that has to be the most underwhelming, over-rated, overplayed piece of elevator music I've ever heard lol.

You must be a bigger cynic even than me I like its wistful "Video Games" sound, and its "mildly naff but at least you don't need a law degree to understand it" lyrical sentiment. And I think their other material is more ordinary. And it's nice to be reminded that European pop doesn't have to have a thumping dance beat and no more intention than to party (not that a thumping dance beat etc is necessarily a bad thing).