The new chart is in slow turnover mode, with several favourites hanging on while others wait their turns to advance. There’s a new #1 and two new entries. Be sure to check out all of the songs!
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It’s one of the most fun songs out there, featuring samples from The Clash and Todd Terry, and some obvious Daft Punk inspiration (think Stardust’s “Music Sounds Better With You”), so British dance producers WH0 obtain their second #1 with “Rock The Party”. It follows last year’s chart topper “What You Need” with Swedish House Mafia’s Steve Angello. WH0 are pretty prolific and undoubtedly will have lots more coming this year for your party playlists.
“Rock The Party” bumps Benson Boone’s first #1 “To Love Someone” down to #2, but charging up right behind is his worldwide Top 10 “Beautiful Things” (above), the Fastest Riser on the chart which soars 15-3. I’m sure radio has been taken aback by the song’s massive success and have been waiting to test it out their audiences, so it has crept into the US Top 40, but I’m confident it will arrive on more radio stations within the month. As readers of this blog know from the last three years, Benson Boone is no fluke. Comparisons are being made to Olivia Rodrigo’s success in 2021, and they are pretty accurate.
I’ve already mentioned Todd Terry, with his song “Weekend” being sampled in new #1 “Rock The Party”, but the house master himself is back in the Top 5 now with “What You Do” (7-4), his dance rework of Gene Chandler’s 60’s soul song “You Can’t Hurt Me No More”, which looks like it may stick around for a while.
Nero’s futuristic-sounding “Truth” (above) climbs 9-7, and the UK trio are wasting no time with their comeback by releasing the follow up single, the more radio-friendly “Blame You”, which you can check out below.
Great Good Fine OK reach the Top 10 for a third time with “Blame”, which rises 13-9, and they are three-for-three! The Tiësto remix of “Let You Go” with The Chainsmokers previously reached #2, while their collaboration with St. Lucia, “Something To Believe In”, got to #4.
There’s not a whole lot of huge upward movement on the chart below the Top 10, but The Knocks and Sofi Tukker are headed towards another Top 10 entry with “One on One”, which moves up 19-13.
Keiynan’s “Sit Down” is one track that you should give some attention to. Its infectious appeal kicks in around the second or third listen and by then, you can’t get enough. The Aussie multi-talent’s track from his second album The Heart Defence Mixtape climbs 21-16.
NYC electronic dance duo Years of War have lots more music up their sleeves, but for now we can continue to enjoy the sweeping future bass of their emotional, melodic track “Used To Be”, which moves up 24-19.
The remaining three songs from the last chart are held back a bit by songs that I’m still enjoying higher above but still make good moves.
I do want to mention that Australia’s VASSY has released an independent album called Supreme, which includes the title track, an electronic empowerment anthem (which you can listen to above). Her latest dance single “Off Switch” (above), which is not on the album, climbs 26-21. It’s immediately followed by Bright Light Bright Light’s fun delight “You Want My…” (27-22, below) and Sam Dickinson’s powerful take on Donna Summer’s “Hot Stuff” (29-24, also below).
The Highest Entry on the chart at #25 is the new 80’s fest by Conan Gray called “Lonely Dancers” (below). It’s a brilliant song, albeit a little on the familiar side to lovers of 80’s synth pop – the melody isn’t exactly the same as “The Safety Dance” by Men Without Hats, but it’s darn close, and the anthemic inspiration is similar. It’s produced and co-written by Max Martin and Ilya Salmanzadeh, who have a lengthy list of smashes, including Ariana Grande’s recent “Yes, And?”, and a penchant for focusing on catchy melodies. It’s from Conan’s upcoming album From Heaven.
The second new entry is by Endless Summer, the dance music project from Jonas Blue and Sam Feldt, taking a cue with a name for their project as Deadmau5 and Kaskade did with Kx5. Providing a beautiful showcase for American singer Sadie Rose Van, relatively new but already becoming a go-to vocalist having appeared on recent songs by Matoma and Sistek, “Rest Of My Life” arrives at #28 and is an irresistible dance bop.
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