Natasha Rampley returns later than usual – the editorial staff are taking the blame for that – and runs down this week’s chart for you…
It would appear that last week’s number one has nothing on dirtee discos as Dizzee Rascal’s latest song has knocked B.O.B. off the top spot this week. “Dirtee Disco” is an interesting mix. Dizzee’s rapping is great as usual but the music, although catchy, begins to just sound like pure noise by the end of the song and takes away from the song. A shame, but these things happen. My verdict; a good song, but I think B.O.B. should still be number one.
Also new in this week are N Dubz with “Dance On” taken from the Street Dance 3D movie. The song has gone straight in at a respectable number six. After a couple of disappointing singles from N Dubz this song makes up for it all. While the music is simple it ties in beautifully with the lyrics of the song. The lyrics themselves are proof of great song writing skills and are shared between all three of the group, along with a choir in the chorus which takes the song to a new level.
In the run up to the World Cup we are usually inundated with songs of World Cup’s past in the charts. This hasn’t happened yet but the official song for this year’s World Cup has entered the chart at 16 this week. K’naan and David Bisbal have teamed together for the rousing “Wavin’ Flag”. Whether it’s the frequent drumming and clapping, or the repeated hook of “now wave your flag” this song sticks. K’naan and Bisbal’s vocals are great and the blend of their voices and styles do well to represent the variety that will be present at the event, not too shabby for a World Cup song.
Closer to the bottom of the chart this week is Keri Hilson’s new single “I Like” which shuffles in at 34. The song gets off to a slow start before peaking around the minute mark for the chorus. Great, you might think, except it then dips again. The verses just don’t work for me in the way their done. To be brutally honest the slow, fragmented verses bore me and I’m not going to listen to a song just for the chorus.
Not many climbers this week but a couple of good ones. Firstly I have a confession to make. I actually like Ke$ha’s song “Your Love is my Drug”. It’s up 16 spots this week to number 18. I wasn’t sure at first but after giving it another go I can say I’ve changed my mind. Perhaps because it’s a bit more of her singing than sing-talking and the song isn’t whiney like “Blah Blah Blah”. The bit that ruins it for me is the talking at the end, it’s ridiculous and pointless.
Also climbing this week is Alicia Keys with “Empire State of Mind (part II)”, which is up eight places to 28. I do like this song, it’s nice enough. But it just doesn’t stand up to “Empire State of Mind (part I)” for me. Compared to that, this song is dull. Sorry Alicia, but it’s better with Jay-Z.
Higher up the chart and climbing seven places to sit at 10 this week is Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber with “Eenie Meenie”. I really like this song; mostly because of Sean Kingston but Justin Bieber comes up trumps on it too and sounds more like a singer than a teen-heart-throb-hit-maker. Singing with the big boys now Justin?
From riding high to falling fast this week’s fallers are many and it would seem no one is safe. My example in this is Christina Aguilera who has, for some inexplicable reason, dropped 15 places to 39 in the chart this week. I’m absolutely baffled by this as “Not Myself Tonight” is brilliant. Aguilera vocally puts so many of the new wave of singers to shame and the song is just as good, if not better, than anything they could produce. Bring on a Christina climb!
Down 10 to 22 this week is Kelis with “Acapella”. I’m glad about this as the song is just bizarre and doesn’t gel well with me. Kelis sounds whiney and her voice grates when she sings the chorus. As for the music it just sounds terrible. I can’t make it past a minute of the song without wanting to change this song to something else. Just get it out of the charts, and get it out quick!
Falling just one place and remaining in the top ten for another week is the collaboration between Aggro Santos and Kimberly Wyatt. “Candy” sits at eight this week and is just as good a song as it was when I first hear it, if not better. A song like this has one aim; to make you dance. And it achieves its aim quickly and well. It’s the mix of the music and Kimberly’s vocals on the chorus, which also serves as a hook, which does it for me.
So that’s it. Hopefully B.O.B. will be back at number one where he belongs, or Dizzee will be knocked off by a better song. As for the rest of the chart, all I want is Christina to stick around and climb back up. If I get my wish or not remains to be seen, well until next week anyway.
