This week was surprising in more ways than one mostly because we got a new number one that I absolutely wasn't expecting nor saw coming and while we did get some impact from Ed Sheeran's album, it was incredibly muted with only a couple of songs managing to chart this week so he definitely doesn't have the overwhelming presence on the chart that he did with "Divide" back in 2017 although I would argue "Equals" is a much better album than "Divide" however let's get to the top ten because the new number one is one of the big stories of the week.
Riding massive digital sales momentum "Cold Heart (PNAU remix)" by Elton John and Dua Lipa took the number one spot and I guess it surprised me because it's streaming while good isn't the strongest and kind of forgot that it's an absolute titan on digital sales. It's Elton John's sixth number one and he surpasses Sir Paul McCartney as the oldest artist to have a number one hit in Australia while for Dua Lipa, it's her first number one and given my feelings about "Cold Heart" (see my worst hit songs list in January sometime), I'm disappointed it's this that gave her her first number one in Australia rather than the excellent songs on "Future Nostalgia" but anyway...
"Shivers" by Ed Sheeran rose off gains from the album release to rise three places to number two. All this saw last week's number one "Easy On Me" by Adele slip back to number three despite being the leader on streaming this week!
Then we have former chart topper "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran hold steady at number four and another former chart topper "Stay" by The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber take a welcome to place slide to number five.
"Heatwaves" by Glass Animals and "Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow remained steady at six and seven respectively.
A new entry at number eight and the first of the three new Ed Sheeran entries from "Equals" with "Overpass Graffiti" riding solid streaming and sales to debut in the top ten, we'll talk about this song's quality a little later.
Lil Nas X's second song inside the top ten "That's What I Want" got a one place boost to number nine.
Finally, breaking into the top ten is "Meet Me At Our Spot" by The Anxiety thanks to streaming. Guess people really like this one...
Gains
The lone biggest gain of the week belongs to "Acapulco" by Jason Derulo which rose nine spots to 35 and looks like it has got traction going forwards. Folks, we do not need to be making Jason Derulo's stupidest song to date a hit!
Re Entries
So there's two returns this week with one being "Mr Brightside" by The Killers back at number 50 while the album release saw the wonderful "Visiting Hours" by Ed Sheeran return at 29 (I really want "Visiting Hours" to make the year end at this point, there's still time)
Losers
Okay so the losers this week saw "Fair Trade" by Drake feat. Travis Scott slip nine to 48 while "Way 2 Sexy" feat. Future and Young Thug fell into a puddle down six to 39 and "Knife Talk" feat. 21 Savage and Project Pat slipped seven to 33...I actually expect the latter to rebound thanks to attention from the video.
"Money" by Lisa is going broke down nine to 46 while "Little Bit of Love" by Tom Grennan skidded ten places to 42 (I'm so god damn tired of this song so kind of glad to see it on the way out).
Finally, "Take My Breath" by The Weeknd down eight to 38.
Drop Outs
So I am not that unhappy with the exits this week, two of them being "Someone Like You" and "Rolling in the Deep" both by Adele.
Also I do think "Get Into It (Yuh)" by Doja Cat will return next week (It's got a video coming) along with "Alone with You" by Arz and "Obsessed with You" by Central Cee.
The only song that likely won't return is "On My Knees" by Rufus Du Sol.
New Entries
We only have four new entries this week so let's start with...
43. "Tides" by Ed Sheeran
So the first of three Ed Sheeran songs we'll discuss is the one rock leaning song that appears on every Ed Sheeran album and yeah, this is one of my favourite songs on "=". Ed makes me wish he would just cut that god damn rock album already, I would care if it was a pastiche to late 80s U2 where the guitars just go nuts like they do in the intro on "Tides", a song about the birth of Ed's daughter and how his life has changed since becoming a dad, it's a thoughtful and introspective rock song reflecting on the arrival of his little girl into the world. Definitely check this one out if you are keen on hearing the new Ed Sheeran album in any compacity.
31. "First Times" by Ed Sheeran
There's a lot of introspection and reflection on this album and this track is no different as Sheeran sings about the many things he did for the first time when he became an adult over a gentle acoustic guitar, things like achieving his dream of performing in front of 80,000 at Wembley Stadium and meeting the girl of his dreams and the moments he has had with her, yeah it's a slightly corny and dorky song but I'm not really above a gentle acoustic ballad with strings from Ed Sheeran. It's fine.
20. "Better Days" by Neiked & Mae Muller feat. Polo G
Oh so the person behind the ephemerally annoying "Sexual" back in 2016 returns bringing English singer songwriter Mae Muller and well known American rapper Polo G with him for a song that seems set to be a hit well into next year and well, I'm pretty indifferent on this one mostly because Mae Muller's vocals are ones that can be easily ignored, she's only a slight upgrade on the basically forgotten Bebe Rexha or hell, most of the other disposable female singers that have come and gone in recent years, sure Polo G is pretty good here but I'm not sure this is a song that's got much replay value for me.
8. "Overpass Graffiti" by Ed Sheeran
The latest single from "=" for Ed Sheeran and you know, I actually really like this one! Yeah, it's a song where Ed sings about a break up that he just can't let go of or forget about it to the point where it lingers in his mind akin to the graffiti seen on the overpass, there's a warmth and sincerity that even with the cooler instrumentation and the percussion that slightly louder than what it should be but the song reminds a lot of the mid to late 80s pop ballads, it's got this good driving rhythm that I really really like so yeah, definitely one to check out.
"Overpass Graffiti" also earns the best of the week, all the Ed songs that charted are really good...some of the hate Ed cops is serious tall poppy syndrome nonsense.
Worst of the week is going to "Better Days" by Neiked and Mae Muller feat. Polo G, it's not that bad but when Ed's songs stand out just that little more...I'm sorry.
Next week...wow, this week's New Music Friday was loaded...likely Travis Scott, that new collab between Post Malone and The Weeknd plus hopefully some Silk Sonic, if we are that lucky but we'll find out when the chart updates at 5pm on Friday
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