Second download only song tops UK chart

The UK has a brand new number one single making history this week. Mika takes the top spot with his song “Grace Kelly” in its second week on the chart. It has been three weeks now since the UK charts has allowed songs to chart without a physical single in the shops and Mika’a assent to the thrown makes it only the second time that a download only song has hit the top.

Just Jack moves up to take the number two spot while View jumps 11 to 3 with ‘Same Jeans’.
The highest debut this week was at number 11 with Mason charting with ‘Exceeder’ a huge club track this summer finally getting the chart success it deserves. An alternative version exists with leading vocals by Princess Superstar, but in my humble opinion, they do nothing but add a tired rap to a thumbing dance track. It’s a given that this track is a little darker and heavier than the usual three minutes of pop fluff normally landing this close to the top ten, but times are changing fast on the chart landscape.

Good, the Bad and the Queen romp in at number 20 with their second hit ‘Kingdom of Doom’. What is essentially Damon Albarn’s side project from Gorillaz, which is his side project from Blur has been gaining a lot of momentum since it released its first single ‘Herculean’ at the end of last year. The full album comes out this week and should prove to be one of the breakout albums of this year.

For weeks now I’ve been predicting the resurgence of former hits in the top 75 and finally this week two golden oldies return to the charts. ‘Eye of the Tiger’ by Survivor roars in at number 51 on the back of the new Rocky movie publicity and two slots down Jackson 5 bring ‘I want you back’, back to the countdown.

Is this a sign of things to come and will the singles chart reflect a healthy dose of old and new tracks? It is likely. Things like this are hard to predict but with songs getting tons of publicity in commercials and movie trailers, basically any song can now chart, for one week at least. Last week’s flavour of the week, Koopa, who charted despite not even holding a record deal are nowhere to be seen on this week’s chart. It’s still anyone’s guess as to where all this will go.