Yet Another Year In Pop: 20

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

The Peas finally nab their 2nd number one, Eminem and Shontelle scrape into the top 40. Plus, what do you get when a duck attempts re-entry? Geddit? RE-ENTRY.

[Poll #1402250]

Lower reaches watch: this week's bizarre re-entry is Dizzee Rascal's Fix Up Look Sharp at #78. Any ideas?

Comments

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Dizzee = on Jonathon Ross the other week, and at some Radio One festival in Swindon is all I can think of.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think it must be on the back of the Swindon gig. A few other acts at the festival have benefited from higher chart placings this week, I notice. "Fix Up" was the download of choice as "Bonkers" wasn't available to buy until this week. Number 1 with a bullet next Sunday, methinks.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I thought 'Fix Up Look Sharp' just benefited from the 'Bonkers' promo campaign putting Dizzee generally back into people's minds, and this being the song they associate w/him - often when an act releases an album I'll suddenly want to listen to their back catalogue out of nowhere.

[koganbot]

Yes - when a new album is released by a star, her older albums rise on the charts too, as do, now in the download era, some of the older singles. E.g., Taylor Swift's "Teardrops On My Guitar" has risen to 51 in the U.K. singles chart.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

"Teardrops" seems to be the 'official next single' here though - Radio 2 has playlisted it anyway. It may be my imagination, but it sounds to me like it's been re-recorded with extra guitars to make it 'more rock' and 'less country'. If I'm right, I don't think the new, heavier version does the song many favours.

[koganbot]

Well, back in early '07 (we're talking about a song from an album that came out in '06, by the way), when the song was crossing over, they made a new mix that got airplay on Radio Disney that added guitars and that double-tracked some vocals, to make it more pop. This may be the version Radio 2 is using now. If so, I agree, the song doesn't benefit from these encumbrances. But the verses are still beautifully sung.