Saturday Song Review: "No Shame' by 5 Seconds of Summer

So I do not count myself as a 5 Seconds of Summer fan, they have songs I like like “Youngblood” and “Teeth” but I have never brought a 5 Seconds of Summer album or felt the need to, I have never really cared about them all that much however on Thursday, the band dropped the third single from their upcoming fourth album “CALM” called “No Shame” and because I didn’t have anything better to do, I decided that I would check it out, heck, if it was bad, I could quickly move on so what was “No Shame” like?

Holy shit, I do not know what to say because “No Shame” has been the song I have come back to a lot since it was released even as I checked out new releases from Niall Horan, Joji (“Run” is excellent and well worth giving a stream by the way), Human Nature ( and Anne Marie, “No Shame” was the song I kept coming back to hear again and again, there’s an addictive quality to the song that gets me every single time to the point listening to anything else felt like sheer disappointment for a good hour last night.

“No Shame” is unashamedly pop rock with a sweet guitar riff that repeats through the track and reminds me a lot of the pop rock around in the late 2000s complete with verse and bridge that builds into an explosive chorus with Luke hitting the high part of his vocal range for the chorus.

The subject matter of the song is pretty dark though, dealing with issues surrounding fame, the visceral high the band gets of being famous and obsessed fans expecting and demanding more and more which is an absolute pitfall of fame especially in the age of social media where fans are closer to their favourite bands/artists more so than ever and honestly the music video really does depict what fame must feel like to those in celebrity circles. 

I guess the one real nit-pick is the quick leap from the chorus into the second verse, would have loved a little guitar or something in between the chorus and second verse but otherwise this is a terrific pop rock song. Check it out!

My rating for "No Shame": 8.5/10

ARIA Singles Top ten/Chart Review: 3rd February. Hottest 100 hits

A bit to get through this week so let's not muck around as "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd spends a second week at  number one and really I don't see what is going to challenge it as its dominating digital sales and streaming.

"Dance Monkey" by Tones and I is only barely holding on at number two as it bleeds on streaming, digital sales is the only thing propping this song up right now and once that goes, it will fall.

The biggest story comes from Triple J's Hottest 100 with the number one on that countdown also the biggest climber of the week with former chart topper "Bad Guy" by Billie Eilish back at number three. This won't last, it's in for a hard fall next week.

Expect "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa which remained at number four this week to be a beneficiary if "Bad Guy" fall hard next week.

Sticking around way longer than I expected it to is "Godzilla" by Eminem feat. Juice WRLD which slipped two places to number five, its doing okay on streaming but those sales aren't good.

The same could be said of "The Box" by Roddy Ricch which fell one spot to six...it's a giant on streaming but those sales numbers are hindering it's progression up the chart.

"Circles" by Post Malone continues its stay in the top ten as the Hottest 100 helped it to stabilise at number seven.

Speaking of the Hottest 100, the most popular Australian track on the countdown rose from twenty four to eight this week off the back of voted in at number two, "Rushing Back" by Flume and Vera Blue, this song won't stick around in the top ten though unfortunately.

"Never Seen The Rain" by Tones and I jumped one place back to number nine. It's as consistent as "Circles" is but kind of frustrating it probably won't get higher than seven.

Finally, "Yummy" by Justin Bieber fell four places to number ten, it got a remix with US R'n'B star Summer Walker on it but even so this song looks like it might be relying on a boost from the upcoming Bieber album (Bieber released the tracklisting overnight...yikes) and hopefully should be headed for the exit after that. I want this garbage gone.

Gains

So we've already discussed the big Hottest 100 gains for "Bad Guy" and "Rushing Back" so may as well go through the rest that got boosts off the back of the Hottest 100 with "Purple Hat" by Sofi Tukker up from 40 to 23, "Highest in the Room" by Travis Scott jumping eight spots to 30 and "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee up eight to 41.

The only gains that appeared to be from the Grammys was the boost for "Old Town Road" which rose ten places to 33.while "Castles" by Freya Ridings recovered ten places from the Eminem album last week to hit 34.

The only gain that I cannot explain is "What a Man Gotta Do" by Jonas Brothers up off its debut to 24 somehow. 

Re-Entries

Two returns this week off the back of the Hottest 100 with "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys back at 40 and "Graveyard" by Halsey back at 48

Losers

The biggest loser this week was "Good News" by Mac Miller which plunged from 27 to 43 while "Hot Girl Bummer" by Blackbear hits 46 a drop of nine places, they were the only two big losers this week

Drop Outs

The drop outs are all Eminem "Music to be murdered by" album tracks and thank god they are gone.

New Entries

It's a slow week for new entries with Doja Cat's "Say So" the highest debutant at 48 while the Hottest 100 helped Aussie Mallrat get "Charlie" to enter at number 50.

So that wraps up the week. The chart will be updated at 5pm AEDT on Saturday. 

2000s Sound: 6th February

So it's a bit of a busy one week this week, let's get straight into it. "Mascara" by Killing Heidi spends a second week at number one and really its an open question of what can possibly challenge it.

Well, there's Macy Gray's "I Try" which remains stuck at number two and really not looking like snatching number one back meanwhile Len's "Steal My Sunshine" had it's momentum stalled at number three.

Alice Deejay has her biggest hit with "Better Off Alone" making a three place move to number four while Christina Aguilera is also into the top five with "What A Girl Wants" slipping up four places to five.

The Bloodhound Gang continue to experience success with "The Bad Touch" up two places to number six while S Club 7 hit up three places to number seven as they conduct an "S Club Party".

M2M took a two place plunge to number eight with "Don't Say You Love Me" while former chart topper "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 dropped five places to number nine.

Finally joining the top ten is "Absolutely Everybody" by Vanessa Amorosi hits the top ten up five places at number ten.

Gains

So the big gains were fairly limited this week with Moby's "Why Does My Heart Feel Bad for You?" jumping from 47 to 33.

Deadstar find their way into the top thirty with "Deeper Water" up nine to 29.

Re- Entries

Robbie Williams "Angels" is back at 44 for some reason (I do like that song though) while Puff Daddy and R, Kelly's collaboration "Satisfy You" is back at 47


Losers

Most of the big losers were 1999 songs that were on their way out anyway like Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You" slumping twenty places to 49 and "Everywhere You Go" by Taxiride down 16 places to 50.

Paul Johnson's "Get Get Down" drops nine places to 48 while Tina Cousins "Forever" slumped eight places to 31.

Meanwhile Madison Avenue suffered a sudden plunge from the top ten with "Don't Call Me Baby" plunging six places to 11.

New Entries

The Backstreet Boys have the highest debut this week with pop ballad "Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely" in at number 24.

R 'n' B star Brian McKnight is in at 34 with "Back At One" while US rockers Limp Bizkit in at 35 with "Re-Arranged"

Finally the Red Hot Chilli Peppers are in at 45 with "Otherside"

ARIA singles top ten/ Chart Review: 27th January: Blinded by Eminem album bomb

So this week has a couple of big stories, just as I called it last week we have a new number one and we got something of an album bomb from Eminem following the surprise release of his new album "Music to Be Murdered By" but let's start right at the very top where the big story is that after a historic 24 non consecutive weeks at number one, "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I has been dethroned from the top spot by The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" giving The Weeknd his first Australian number one single ("Starboy" and "Can't Feel My Face" only reached number two"). "Blinding Lights" ruled digital sales and has a lead on streaming.

"Dance Monkey" fell to number two as it has pretty much started bleeding on digital sales and streaming. I expect this song will keep hold of number two next week given the boost given to it on streaming courtesy of finishing high on Triple J's Hottest 100.

Now we get to the first of the Eminem album bomb with "Godzilla" feat. Juice WRLD at number three. Now I am not sure about the prospects of this song going forward because its already losing streams and it's not doing much of anything on sales so we'll have to wait and see.

The real casualty in the shifting was "Don't Stop Now" by Dua Lipa which slipped one place to number four mostly do to sales running out of steam.

However the song that has some streaming traction and looks likely to be the biggest threat to "Blinding Lights" is "The Box" by Roddy Ricch as streaming is excellent but wow, sales are not catching on at all. 

What I was pleased to see happen was the two place fall for "Yummy" by Justin Bieber as it lost sales and streaming although it's getting a remix with Summer Walker somehow. Strange how Bieber keeps wanting to polish this turd of a song. Summer Walker, you are better than this.

Then we have a gaggle of 2019 hits on their way out of the top ten slowly, the first those being "Circles" by Post Malone which dropped two places to number 7. "Roxanne" by Arizona Zervas also dropping two places to number eight and "Memories" by Maroon 5 dropping one place to nine. The sooner both "Roxanne" and "Memories" are gone the better.

Returning to the top ten this week is "Never Seen the Rain" by Tones and I which moved up one place to number ten.

Gains

The biggest gain came for "You Should be Sad" by Halsey which climbed from forty one to fifteen this week which is good news because its a good song, hopefully it sticks around however its more off the release of "Manic".

"Good News" by Mac Miller jumped from forty three to twenty seven this week also off the back of the release of his posthumous album "Circles"

Losers

Wow, we had losers right across the board this week, the biggest coming for "Highest In the Room" by Travis Scott down to 38 while "I Don't Care" by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber dropped twelve places to fifty and speaking of Bieber, "10,000 Hours" by Dan and Shay feat. Justin Bieber slumped from 30 to 42 because the song is straight outta Yawnsville.

2019 hits also took a hit with "Senorita" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabella dropping ten places to forty one, "Trampoline" by Shaed finally broke by hitting forty seven, "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X dropped nine places to forty three while "Castles" by Freya Ridings dropped from thirty five to forty four and "Lose You to Love Me" by Selena Gomez lost itself down to thirty one. 

Finally "Watermelon Sugar" by Harry Styles dropped eight places to thirty five and Lizzo's "Good as Hell" plummeted out of the top ten to eighteen.

Drop outs

Gone are 2019 hits like "Beautiful People" by Ed Sheeran and Khalid and "Piece of Your Heart" by Meduza and Goodboys...two songs I actually like but if they are taking with it "Graveyard" by Halsey (I know surprising considering you would have thought it'd get a boost off the back of the release of "Manic"), "Sorry" by Joel Corry, "No Idea" by Don Toliver. and "The Reaper" by The Chainsmokers and Amy Shark then I really can't complain too much.

The only song I feel a vague sense of disappointment seeing it gone is "Own It" by Stormzy feat. Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy...mostly because that song is pretty good and I'd have liked Stormzy to countract some the bad rap on the charts right now...

New Entries

So let's go through the rest of these Eminem new emtries given I have already mentioned "Godzilla" feat. Juice WRLD at number three so let's blow through the other four new Eminem songs to chart this week with "Those Kinda Nights" feat Ed Sheeran at twenty five, "Darkness" at thirty two, "Unaccommodating" feat. Young M.A at thirty four and "You Gon' Learn" feat. Royce Da 5'9" and White Gold at thirty six, none of these I expect to stick around.

It wasn't just Eminem though because we got "What A Man Gotta Do" by Jonas Brothers in at thirty nine and finally, "Eleven" by Khalid at forty nine.

Next week, well I expect the Eminem songs to be replaced by a bunch of songs that charted highly on Triple J's Hottest 100 and probably a boost for "Rushing Back" by Flume and Vera Blue. We'll find out at 5pm AEDT on Saturday. 

2000 Sound: 30th January: Killing Heidi take number one

This week in 2000 seems to have parallels with this week in 2020 (we'll get to this current week soon, just hold tight), we have new songs aplenty and some interesting moves up and down the chart but the biggest story of the week is that we have a new number one, yes, "I Try" by Macy Gray has been dethroned by Australian rock band Killing Heidi and their second single "Mascara". Now "Mascara" looks to have a little bit behind it unlike "I Try" so we'll have to see next week.

"I Try" slipped back to number two and is coming under threat from Len's "Steal My Sunshine" which is really starting to look like a number one in the making as it roared up two places to number three.

It pushed past "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 down two places to number four and "Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue down one to number five.

M2M remain steady at number six with "Don't SayYou Love Me" as does Alice Deejay at number seven with "Better Off Alone"

The Bloodhound Gang are continuing to make inroads into the top ten moving up two places to number eight with "The Bad Touch".

There are two songs new to the top ten this week, the first of those being "What a Girl Wants" by Christina Aguilera rising six places to number nine and finally rising four places to number ten is S Club 7 landing their second top ten hit with "S Club Party" at number ten.

Gains

The biggest gains of the week came for Enrique Iglesias with "Rhythm Divine" up from 46 to 3,7 this week off its debut while Savage Garden are up nine places to 29 with "I Knew I Loved You"

William Orbit's "Barber's Adagio for Strings" is up to 32 from 39.

Re - Entries

Just the one re-entry this week with "Are You Ready" by Jackie and BZ back at number 50.

Losers
Couple of big losers this week with Britney Spears "(You Drive Me) Crazy)" down ten to 40 while"Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica feat. Michael Kamen conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra,"Dear Lie" by TLC and "Eternal Flame" by Human Nature also fell ten places to 43, 45 and 46 respectively.

S Club 7's previous top ten hit "Bring it All Back" dropped nine places to 28 this week.

New Entries

The highest new entry of the week comes from English singer song writer with her second single "Pray" in at number 12.

Steps are in at number 21 with "Say You'll be Mine/Better the Devil You Know".. The latter song being a Kylie Minogue cover (don't get excited now, it's not that good).

Latino heartthrob Marc Anthony lands at 41 with "I Need to Know" and finally American punk rockers Blink 182  are in at 44 with "All The Small Things" (the video of that song is a hilarious piss take of the video for the Backstreet Boys hit in 1999 "I Want it that Way")

ARIA Singles top ten/ Chart Review: Monday 20th January. Tones and I's run at number one may soon be over

Last week I said there was a whiff of change in the air and honestly, this week's chart only confirms that change is in the air. "Dance Monkey" by Tones and I held on to number one for a twenty fourth week but with its sales and streaming slipping hard, it will only keep the number one for a twenty fifth week on the smell of a oily rag.

The most likely scenario is that The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" takes number one as it is strong on both sales and streaming right now and doing markedly better than those around him.

What is also vulnerable is Dua Lipa's "Don't Start now" which dropped to number three as it bled on sales and streaming this week so it's not really a shot at getting number one.

What I didn't expect was the horrific four place rise of "Yummy" by Justin Bieber but I expect this o fall off hard next week as sales have collapsed and its fallen on streaming. Good.

"Circles" by Post Malone continues to stick around remaining at number five this week due to the weakness of "Roxanne" by  Arizona Zervas which fell two places to number six.

We have a new arrival to the top ten that being the current US number one "The Box" by Roddy Ricch which rose eleven places to number seven, it's got good streaming but that's all its got right now as sales aren't matching the streaming right now much like "Roxanne" in the later half of last year.

"Memories" by Maroon 5 seems to be fading away as it dropped two places to number eight while "RIde It" by Regard slipped two places to number nine...we might see some new blood in the top ten next week.

Finally Lizzo returns to the top ten with "Good as Hell" up one place to number ten

Gains

Brockhampton's rise continues with "Sugar" up from from 37 to 21. This song pretty damn good so am glad to see it rising.

"Lose You to Love" by Selena Gomez is up six to 20 because her album "Rare" was released last week.

Strangely enough "Purple Hat" by Sofi Tukker rose eight places to 36. Why?

Losers

Halsey's "Graveyard" dropped 12 places to 50 and was the biggest loser for the week but this song will likely rebound and there's more Halsey to talk about in the new arrivals.

"Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee wilted seven places to 40 while "10,000 Hours" by Dan and Shay feat. Justin Bieber plunged six to 30.

Drop outs

So "Heartless" by The Weeknd made its exit this week as people look upon "Blinding Lights" as the superior song.

"Eastside" by Benny Blanco feat. Halsey and Khalid is taking with it "Up All Night" by Khalid, 'Yellow Hearts" by Ant Saunders and finally, "How Do You Sleep" by Sam Smith.

New Entries

So the new entries aren't all that good this week with the biggest debut coming from Future and Drake at 15 with "Life is Good" (I expect this to plunge next week)

The one new song from Selena Gomez and that album is the underwhelming title track "Rare" arrives at 23.

Halsey's new single "You Should Be Sad" is probably the best of the new entries at 41 and will get a boost next off the back of the release of the album "Manic".

Mac Miller's "Good News" in at 43, again a boost off the release of :the posthumous album "Circles" next week.

Finally, No Money Enterprise, a rap group based in Queensland, have hit the ARIA chart with "German" at 44.

That wraps the week and it remains to be seen whether or not we do get a new number one, we could get a pretty unfortunate album bomb from Eminem though so we'll see at 5pm AEDT on Saturday

2000 Sound: 23rd January: Savage Garden seek Affirmation. Len Steals Sunshine in top ten

We've got s much calmer week here as "I Try" by Macy Gray settles in for a second week at number one, its got sales on lock at the moment and looks really comfortable for a stay at number one, mostly because "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 which remained at number two is not really a threat to "I Tty" anymore as its bleeding sales.

It makes "Mascara" by Killing Heidi, which jumped two places to number three, a strong player as it is strong across the board, this will challenge for number one in the weeks ahead, it blew past "Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue down one place to number four. "Don't Call Me Baby" looks to finally be on its way out thank goodness.

A song that is becoming a surprising huge hit is "Steal My Sunshine' by Len which jumped five places to number 5 this week, this song has some momentum on its side, this will go higher.

All this meant M2M's "Don't Say You Love Me" got pushed back two places to number six this week as momentum from the Pokemon movie dries up for this song.

"Better Off Alone"  by Alice Deejay enjoys a one place rise to number seven pushing past "Will 2K" by Will Smith which dropped two places to number eight and "Waiting for Tonight" by Jennifer Lopez which slipped two places to number nine.

Finally wrapping up the top ten is Bloodhound Gang's "The Bad Touch" which climbed three to number ten as they do it like they do on the Discovery Channel.

Gains

Most of the big gains are for songs that have momentum like "What a Girl Wants" by Christina Aguilera up six to 15 and "S Club Party" by S Club 7 up six to 14.

"Everywhere You Go" by Taxiride climbed from 31 to 26, a song I wish I liked more to be quite honest.

However the biggest gain of the week came from Salt 'N' Pea with "The Brick Song Versus Gitty Up" rising ten places to 34

Re- Entry

Just the one re-entry this week and it comes from Moby with "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad" back at 42.

Losers

Ilanda's "Tasty" looks like may well be on its way out as it plunged from 37 to 50 this week while "Formula" by DJ Visage dropped nine places to 48.

Europe's "The Final Countdown 2000" is on it's final countdown on the chart as it plunged 7 places to 47.

The eternal flame on the charts is flickering for Human Nature as their pretty solid cover of  "Eternal Flame" hit 36 this week.

Britney Spears "(You Drive Me) Crazy" got taken away seven places to 23.

New Entries

Savage Garden's new single "Affirmation" is the highest charting debut this week, it enters at 22. William Orbit's "Barber's Adagio for Strings plucked its way in at number 39.

An American hardcore punk band called Amen have an ARIA singles charting song with "Lover" in at 41.

Finally Latino heartthrob Enrique Iglesias has "Rhythm Dvine" in at number 46.