So this week might just be the busiest for awhile, we got a slew of new rntries to the chart and some big moves but all of that happened outside our top ten...sigh...let's deal with the incredibly uniteresting top ten because still at number one is "Heatwaves" by Glass Animals thanks to streaming which is the only thing holding this song up right now.
The exact same can be said for "Stay" by The Kid Laroi feat. Justin Bieber which remained at number two, it's continuing to refuse to go away on streaming unfortunately.
Rebounding one place to number three is "Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)" by Elton John and Dua Lipa which has sales and streaming plus some Youtube because of course it did...I am so tired of this song.
It pushed past "Bad Habits" by Ed Sheeran which slipped to number four because it's not got any sales but it does have streaming and a little Youtube but that's about it.
Steady at number five is "abcdefu" by Gayle with whatecver streaming it has left, it's still good on sales. Also steady is "Where Are You Now" by Lost Frequenicies feat. Calum Scott at number six mostly because it seems like while sales are doing well, its stalled on streaming and Youtube isn't giving the song much assistance.
Ed Sheeran's second song in the top ten, "Shivers" mioved up one place to number seven thanks to a streaming push which is odd but it did push back "We Don't Talk About Bruno" by The Cast of Encanto back to number eight (nobody talks about how increasingly annoying this song has become) mostly because the big push for it on streaming hasn't come and I get the feeling people are moving on from Encanto as it is.
"Industry Baby" by Lil Nas X feat. Jack Harlow moved up one place to number nine but that might be because "That's What I Want" by Lil Nas X lost hard this week on streaming and as a result slipped to number ten.
Gains
There's not a lot in the way of gains here but "Numb Little Bug" by Em Beihold rose three places to number 33 while "Light Switch" by Charlie Puth rebounded five places to number 34 but that's about it.
Losers
Well because we got quite a lot of new entries this week, there were plenty of losers with the biggest being "Pushin' P" by Gunna and Future feat. Young Thug, "Missing Piece" by Vance Joy slumped eleven places to 41.
"The Family Madrigal" by The Cast of Encanto fell nine places to 50 while "Happier Thna Ever" by Billie Eilish tumbled eight to 45, "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac slipped six to 44 and most sadly, "Edamame" by bbno$ fell nine to 43.
"One Right Now" by Post Malone and The Weeknd slid seven places to 42 while "To The Moon" by Jnr Choi slipped seven to 39.
The underwhelming "Say Nothing" by Flume feat. MAY-A collapsed nine places to 37 while "She's All I Wanna Be" by Tate McRae slumped nine to 32.
Drop Outs
So the big ones this week are "Drivers License" by Olivia Rodrigo, "Need to Know" by Doja Cat (good) and "On My Knees" by Rufus Du Sol
Also gone are the short lived "Oh My God" by Adele and "The Joker and The Queen" by Ed Sheeran feat Taylor Swift.
Taking their exits as well are "We Run The Night" by Havana Brown and "All For Us" by Labrinth and Zendaya
New Entries
So after a heap of slow weeks to start the year, we have SEVEN new entries, let's start with..
48. "Infinity" by Jaymes Young
So we're starting with this first timer...an American singer/songwriter who has toured with Vance Joy with this song being his first to hit the ARIA singles chart and well, it's not all that good apart from the vocal production sounding like complete ass, Jaymes Young sounding like he cannot pronounce the word 'infinity' to save himself and the song is the done to death cliche of loving another person forever over this hollow sounding beat...yeah I ain't a fan of this...NEXT!
35. "Starlight" by Dave
Okay so next up is UK rapper Dave, this being his latest single that debuted at number one in the UK and I got to be honest here but I'm not feeling this at all especially that sample which sounds closer to a cat yowling in the middle of the night and when the content is mostly bragging about women and his lifestyle in London...yeah I think I'll move on because I don't see this sticking around.
31. "Middle of the Night" by Elley Duhey
Okay so this is something of a surprise, you might remember Elley Duhey for her 2017 song "Happy Now" that she recorded with Zedd and was a pretty good song that peaked at number 27 in Australia, well in 2022, she's returned on her own with a new single and well, I'll give the song credit as it really does sound like it's in the middle of the night and there's enough atmosphere to make the song sound kind of spooky even if I don't think it works well with Elley Duhey's voice which is very similar to that of Ellie Goulding either way it's probably well worth checking out.
29. "Freaky Deaky" by Tyga and Doja Cat
Did anyone really want this? Well they did given it wound up on the charts this week so we've got Tyga and Doja Cat together here and for one thing, Doja Cat actually works well on the song and probably should have been her song alone because she works nicely over that guitar although I do have to ask why they included the snaps overt the latter part of Doja's hook but it's some of the cringeworthy bars from Tuga "Body like December, ass like summer time" and "Let me slide it in, Wayne Gretzky"...geezus. It's not completely cringe but this could have been a really great Doja Cat song...as it is? It's okay but it's not anything I'll come back to.
27. "Following The Sun" by SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka
Alright so this is a song that was released in 2020b and up until now has only charted in Germany, Austria and New Zealand so now that it looks like being a hit in Australia, how is the song? You know, I actually think this is pretty good! It's a warm summer song with guitars that are bright and really feel warm with Neeka bringing a somewhat blissed out summer tone with her vocals. It's definitely a song to get lost in the hear of summer too and as a result, I actually like this more than I thought I would. Check it out it.
21. "I'm Tired" by Labrinth and Zendaya
Our second song connected with the TV show "Euphoria" in as many weeks so I am hoping this one is better than last week's effort...welll sadly this song kind of falls into the oppsite end of the spectrum of being a slow somewhat limp ballad that really isn't all that interesting and doesn't match any of the teenage angst of the actual show not to mention, I am not convinced that Labrinth and Zendaya have all that much chemistry on the song so yeah I ain't feeling this one
19. "Bam Bam" by Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran
I was pretty disappointed that "Don't Go Yet" wasn't a hit in 2021, it was one of Camila's better songs since "Havana" and kind of deserved to be absolutely huge but regardless here's the latest single from "Familia" bringing along a feature from Ed Sheeran for added appeal (even if I think Ed Sheeran's appeal is waning a bit right now) and well, it turns out that this song is really good! It's got a really solid latin pop flavour that's consistent through out the song and finally Camila's got some production that supports her more limited delivery to the poujt she really sounds good here. The song may allude to her relationship break up with fellow singer Shawn Mendes but regardless I enjoyed this song a lot even if Ed does feel kind of superfluous on the song.
"Bam Bam" is also the best of the week with honourable mention going to "Following the Sun" by SUPER-Hi feat. Neeka.
As for the worst, well that falls out easily with "Infinity" by James Young getting that with dishnourable mention going to "I'm Tired" by Labrinth and Zendaya.
Next week..should see that collab between Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa enter along with good knows what else when the chart updates at 5pm AEDST on Friday.
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