Chart round-up: time to punch yourself in the face
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Rounding up the charts! Eating custard tarts!
Hello, Monday. How dare you creep up on me like this, particularly when I've just started beating my PS2 at Pro Evolution Soccer 6 on the hardest mode. A pox on your new week-based annoyances.
Of course, for all of its faults, Monday at DiS means another charty round-up of the most sexual order. So, without further ado, let's see what's kicking.
After a heated battle during the week, confusingly popular waste-of-semen Mika lit up the top spot with his 'Grace Kelly' single - notably on downloads alone. Following him closely to his rear, Just Jack puts 'Starz in their Eyes' and fails his English GCSE with a basic spelling error.
Thankfully something resembling decent comes in the shape of The View at three, Jamie T at nine and, still only on download, Klaxons climb two places to 14. 'Golden Skans' is available in real shops from today.
Further down we find Chris Moyles's tip of the week, Billie (Piper), with her eight-year-old single 'Honey to the Bee' re-entering at 17. This week the big guy is pushing for a karaoke version of something or other to do the same. This is what it's like now, folks: Billie is selling more downloads than Guillemots, who chart with 'Annie Let's Not Wait' at 27.
There is splendid news on the horizon however: My Chemical Romance are at both 37 and 38 with their 'Welcome to the Black Parade' and 'Famous Last Words'.
To be honest, I don't want to talk about anything else now, beyond this week's number 200. Yes indeedy, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is on its way up and it can't come to save us soon enough.
Britain, DiS salutes you. This week, make sure you pick up new albums by The Shins, Yndi Halda and Field Music, plus ace singles from Errors, Infants, Sky Larkin and Kristin Hersh.
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yes, i thought that
well done colin
onfusingly popular waste-of-semen Mika
ha ha ha ha ha
kerching!
.......
the shins?
Is that out this week? Could only find the single.
this mika bastard
what the shitting tits is that all about?
He's a fucking prick thats what.
As is Chris Moyles !
that is the best new swear word combo
i shall use what the shitting tits is that all about.. forever
nice work....
mika makes me puke but i think i hate just jack more with all that cod raping about pop singers and pubs called the dog and duck .... mixed with shitty ibiza house funk guitar
Wahey!
Bo Rhap's on its way back up!! Genius!
Chris Moyles is still on the karaoke version of Dennis Watermans "I could be so good for you" (or more commonly known as the theme from Minder) i think. That, Kenny Loggins- Footloose and Huey Lewis and The News - The Power of Love
Both Huey Lewis and Kenny Loggins gets my vote! Bring back the 80s cheese!!
The Shins album is out next Monday
And I'm getting confused about Yndi Halda as I've seen three different release dates mentioned (today, Feb 5th, Feb 19th)
I love Mika.
That is all.
oh my god
mika NEEDS TO DIE.
that is all.
I think I'm
the only person that hasn't heard that Mika song yet.
Long may it continue...
Does anyone else think
these new chart rules will be changed again soon? Its currently a mockery.
But surely the argument is...
the charts only exist as a list of the 40 biggest selling songs in any given weeks so therefore all songs should count? Surely the chart's job isn't necessariyl to be good, just to document the basic fact of which songs sell the most.
So I can't see the logic for a rule change.
What I do think, however, is that the charts will soon settle down as the novelty wears off and people stop finding trying to get 8 year old singles to chart to be an amusing thing to do.
ungghh
mika is irritating but his song is way, way better than same jeans (i presume thats whats at 3)
New Chart Rules are a refreshing change
There's bound to be tw*ts like Moyles and his sad listeners who follow him like sheep, but the novelty will soon wear off. It worries me that people will pay money to download cr*p old songs just because a fat radio 1 DJ tells them to!
Personally I'm finding the new rules to be a breath of fresh air - it's much more exciting to see songs gradually climbing the chart as they grow in popularity - eg. the Klaxons.


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