Now this is where we confront the first impact of the Hottest 100 because the Hottest 100 number one "Heat Waves' by Glass Animals surged up nine places to number two on the back of massive sales and streaming off the back of the Triple J countdown...I just wish the song was good.
The same could be said for The Kid Laroi's "Without You" which fell one place to number three thanks to the monster streaming by Glass Animals. In fact "Mood" by 24k Goldn and Iann Dior at number four and "Levitating" by Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby at number five also fell one place thanks to the rise of "Heat Waves"
A song that has the potential to rise even further is "Fly Away" by Tones and I which rose two places to number six, this song is doing incredibly on sales and on Apple Music...just needs to improve on Spotify and it might well challenge "Drivers License" in a few weeks.
Steady at number seven is "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry and MNEK, mostly because streaming hasn't completely moved on from this song yet.
We have a new entry at number eight and yes it's another impact courtesy of the Hottest 100 with Perth band Spacey Jane landing at number eight with "Booster Seat"...I'll have more on this song's quality later but it isn't built to stick aroudn unfortunately, it's mostly here due to the impact of the Hottest 100 on streaming and sales with the sales already evaporating.
This means that "So Done" by The Kid Laroi could leap forward if streaming stays strong...needs sales to get on board properly though.
Finally the big victim of all the shuffling is "Anyone" by Justin Bieber which fell six places to number ten.
Gains
So let's deal with the Hottest 100 correlated gains with there being a thirteen place jump to 18 for "WAP" by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion", a four place gain to 16 for "Therefore I Am" by Billie Eilish.
In gains not related to the Hottest 100, "Streets" by Doja Cat looks to be a hit in the making as it rose 19 places to 27 while HVME's awful remix of "Goosebumps" by Travis Scott climbed seven spots to 22.
Re Entries
Both returns are off the back of appearances on the Hottest 100 with Flume's "The Difference" with Toro y Moi back at 23 and Hilltop Hoods "I'm Good" back at number 50.
Losers
Our losers are mostly all songs that suffered hard especially "Prisoner" by Miley Cyrus feat. Dua Lipa which plunged fourteen to 36, "Take You Dancing" by Jason Derulo which fell eight places to 33 and "Willow" by Taylor Swift" down nine to 28.
The same can also be said for "Monster" by Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber which tumbled nine spots to number 45.
Others are just 2020 songs that are on their way out like "Midnight Sky" by Miley Cyrus which dropped six places to 41, "Savage Love" by Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo down six to 44, "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa down six to 49, "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles down seven spots to 35 and "What You Know About Love" by the late Pop Smoke down six to 32.
CJ's "Whoopty" tumbled six spots to 24 while "Afterglow" by Ed Sheeran slipped five to 19 while "34+35" by Ariana Grande lost traction to fall six places to number 11
Drop Outs
Well I am not all that upset about our drop outs this week, mostly because they are 2020 leftovers or utter trash. In the former category is "Some Say" by Nea and "Dancing in the Moonlight" by Jubel feat. Neimy depart after respectable runs.
In the latter, "Put Your Records on" by Ritt Momney and "Love Not War (The Tampa Beat)" by Jason DeRulo and Nuka also take their exits. Good riddance.
New Entries
Two new entries this week and they are both Australian...(the Rosalia and Billie Eilish collab didn't show up in the top 50), starting with...
39. "Get on the Beers" by Mashd n Kutcher feat. Dan Andrews
So this showed up on the chart this week thanks to ranking fairly high on the Hottest 100 but it even before that it had been a trending track on Spotify for a good couple of months. For those who don't know, Mashd n Kutcher are a dance and electronic duo who have previously charted on the Australian singles chart with "Do It Now" in 2014 and "My Sunshine" in 2018 xo these guys aren't newbies to the ARIA top 50.
"Get on the Beers" is inspired by Melbourne's COVID lockdown in the middle of last year and a speech made by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews warning Victorians that "it was not appropriate to have all your mates around to your house" and get on the beers" due to the pubs being shut.
This just seems the sort of laconic Aussie thing that would happen on the ARIA singles chart during the pandemic, I love what Mashd n Kutcher have done here, the music matches Daniel Andrews speech perfectly...this is good fun...check it out!
8. "Booster Seat" by Spacey Jane
So to explain this one, Spacey Jane are an indie rock garage band hailing from Perth with "Booster Seat" being their first song to hit the ARIA singles chart from their album released last year called "Sunlight" so how is the song.
Honestly I like it! The harmonies and that swirling guitar riff help to bring home the lyrics about feelings of depression and anxiety taking control away from you by using the metaphor of a child traveling in a car in a booster seat and that child relying on loved ones restraining him in the seat. Throw in that great hook and I honestly hope this sticks around even if I get the feeling it won't. Great song!
No worst of the week this week as both songs are pretty good but best of the week is going to Spacey Jane for "Booster Seat".
So that wraps up our week here. I'm not sure what's going to happen next week so we'll have to find out on Saturday at 5pm AEDT.
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