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November 01, 2009
UK Chart Singles 1 November 2009
Here are my short reviews of the official Top 10 Chart Singles in the UK this week. If you want to listen on Spotify - here is the link
This is my 5th week, you know the drill by now.
1. Cheryl Cole Fight For This Love non-mover | 2 weeks in chart
Quite a catchy song. I like the heavy percussion bass section in the middle (at 2:45). I'm not sure where she has found her slightly urban/London accent from.
2. Westlife What About Now new entry | 1 week in chart
New entry. Who would have thought 10 years ago, when Westlife appeared as a cheap alternative to Boyzone, that they would still be going. Not me.
However, they seem as strong as ever, and I actually quite liike some of the boy bands. This song is a good track, a ballad with great vocal performances.
3. Jay Sean Down (feat. Lil Wayne) new entry | 1 week in chart
Fairly typical dance orientated track. Someone should lock up the vocoder machine for a few years though.
4. Alexandra Burke Bad Boys (feat. Flo Rida) down 2 | 3 weeks in chart
Burke's first single since the appalling, but massively selling Hallelujah last Christmas. This is a crowd friendly disco inspired feel of a song. Flo Rida gives a short, and largely ignorable rap in the middle just to give the song a more modern feel. It's OK.
5. Michael Bublé Haven't Met You Yet up 4 | 3 weeks in chart
I'm not a huge Bublé fan, I'm not even a big fan of this song, but it's nice to see something a bit more traditional in the chart for a change. I guess this sounds a bit patronising - but the song isn't the strongest. I am suspecting the Terry Wogan and Radio 2 effect here.
6. The Black Eyed Peas Meet Me Halfway up 5 | 6 weeks in chart
Yes another chart entry for Black Eyed Peas. You might think from a first listen that this isn't much good. However, as with previous songs, after a few times, you get to quite like it. Good song.
7. Chipmunk Oopsy Daisy down 4 | 4 weeks in chart
English incoherent rapping, with metaphors based on baseball (baseball love/three strikes/home run) for some weird reason. The female vocal is OK and has grown on me, but I could do without the rap.
8. Whitney Houston Million Dollar Bill down 3 | 4 weeks in chart
Whitney has lost a lot of her trademark sound, her vocal is a lot less piercing. This is not a bad thing in my opinion, but nevertheless, without that, she is just another identikit vocalist. It sounds a bit old fashioned in a disco'ey 1970s way - a bit boring.
9. Robbie Williams Bodies down 5 | 3 weeks in chart
I don't like Robbie Williams songs in general, and this is no exception. Happily, it's falling down the charts already.
Mostly it's the lyrics on this one I dislike. From what I have made out so far, they just seem like random gibberish on a religion theme. Then it's the delivery, Robbie's odd singing/not singing verses, and sweeping chorus where he almost, but not quite, sings. Is that chorus the same as the Millennium one?
Truely terrible.
10. The Black Eyed Peas I Gotta Feeling down 3 | 21 weeks in chart
Second entry from this group in the Top 10. I've gotten to like this once more as the weeks go by - it took me a long time to get the massive "Where is the Love?" as well. This is a fun song, with a feel good lyric. Something you'd definitely want to play before going out partying.
Back next week.
Posted by se71 at November 1, 2009 08:01 PM
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