Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Murder on the Dancefloor

[Devil]

If you put on my bingo card that 2024 would start with our SOPH nabbing a smash hit I would’ve called you a liar.

This is exploding in such a weird but totally acceptable way and I am completely here for it getting a renaissance and finally becoming the US hit it never was

 

[dUb]

 

[Suedehead]

I can’t begin to say how PLEASING this all is

Justice for SEB

 

[lolly]

#7 UK
#75 USA
#159 Global

1.106m total streams

 

[Kratz]

Are we expecting midweeks today? It must have a shot at top ten.

 

[Sheena]

I am more excited about this than I have been about any chart development in MANY A MOON.

I wonder if they'll send it to radio in the US and actually try for a hit there? I mean, it appears to be SHOOTING up.

 

[straightorbroken]

2024 peaking so soon

 

[VoR]

Midweek #27

 

[Jark]

so her streaming ratio hasn't been reset?

 

[lolly]

Midweek #27

Do we know if they are applying ACR or SCR?

 

[Devil]

I’d assume that’s ACR?

I know other old songs have been reset on the Friday that hadn’t been in the midweeks so still might get reset before the chart?

 

[Sheena]

God, why are record companies so STUPID?

 

[lolly]

God, why are record companies so STUPID?

Apparently it SHOULD be automatic. And yes, like @Devil says, other songs have been reset during the week, so fingers crossed.

 

[Suedehead]

Release some 7" and 12"s now please to

Spoiler

fit the Saltburn scene!

 

[Suedehead]

In fact the new artwork should be THAT Saltburn scene

 

[Lucille]

The artwork should specifically be Barry Keoghan’s ARSE.

 

[Suedehead]

Truly between MAY DECEMBER and Saltburn the Christmas gay gods really spoiled us this year.

 

[lolly]

 

[lolly]

#7 UK
#93 USA
#130 Global

 

[Kala]

Oh fuck off. Anyone 35-50 knows her as a proper pop star. No one under 50 would refer to her as the daughter of Janet Ellis. No one.

 

[Jark]

can you EVER LIGHTEN UP?

 

[COB]

I used to refer to her as Janet Ellis's daughter when she first came out, I didn't really know who Janet Ellis WAS but it was in all the papers and magazines so I would say it anyway

 

[COB]

We all love a FUN FACT!

 

[Ellie]

Definitely “Janet Ellis’ daughter” at the time of theaudience and Groovejet, but beyond that no. It’s like calling Jamie Lee Curtis “Tony Curtis’ daughter”. Yeah, not since around the early 80s.

 

[octophone]

Janet Ellis is a key figure in my life. No joke. Jigsaw was my favourite TV programme and I loved it as soon as it started (1979). I remember watching an episode of what must have been the first series because we hadn't moved house yet and I remember thinking that I wanted to be just like her when I grew up. A thought that was almost immediately followed up with "uh oh..."

 

[octophone]

We all love a FUN FACT!

Did you know that it was Prince who wrote "Nothing Compares 2 U"?

 

[RJN]

Did you know that it was Prince who wrote "Nothing Compares 2 U"?

No that was Dolly Parton

 

[Kratz]

No that was Dolly Parton

I thought it was Kimberley Walsh?

 

[VoR]

Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Official biggest songs revealed

After initially finding fame as lead vocalist in indie outfit Theaudience back in 1996, Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s enjoyed a glittering career that’s seen her triumph in an infamous chart battle against Victoria Beckham, tour the world and invite us all into her kitchen for a disco.

www.officialcharts.com

What a random list!

 

[Shoat]

Groovejet hasn't really had the same "sales" bump in the streaming era as a lot of its contemporaries. Which is odd as I assumed it was considered an absolute dance classic.

 

[VoR]

I do think it being absent from Spotify for so long has really hurt it. Fragma’s Toca’s Miracle has a similar issue.

 

[Jark]

the title scream unleashed

 

[straightorbroken]

Oh fuck off. No one under 38 screams Jark. No one.

 

[Pipo]

That list! How on Earth are Young Blood and Heartbreak BIGGER than I Won't Change You?

 

[octophone]

Groovejet hasn't really had the same "sales" bump in the streaming era as a lot of its contemporaries. Which is odd as I assumed it was considered an absolute dance classic.

The Spotify thing is correct of course, but I also think it hasn't aged so well. Which is fine - it wasn't designed to.

 

[Shoat]

That list! How on Earth are Young Blood and Heartbreak BIGGER than I Won't Change You?

I Won't Change You charted when single sales are the absolute PITS, just before they started counting downloads. Despite hitting the top 10, it didn't even clear 30k that year

Heartbreak cleared over 110k in 2009 alone, when numbers were much healthier

 

[dmlaw]

If all the Saltburn fans hear the lyrics to 'I Won't Change You' it could re-kill her career before it even gets started.

 

[Shoat]

Oh I don't know, the lyrics have a certain DES'REE charm to them

 

[Shoat]

I do think it being absent from Spotify for so long has really hurt it. Fragma’s Toca’s Miracle has a similar issue.

Tell me Sophie hadn't been pulling a COCO STAR on us?

 

[Pipo]

I Won't Change You charted when single sales are the absolute PITS, just before they started counting downloads. Despite hitting the top 10, it didn't even clear 30k that year

Heartbreak cleared over 110k in 2009 alone, when numbers were much healthier

Silly me. I thought they were sorted out by chart position. I clearly remember Won't Change You going top 10, I see Heartbreak reached #13 and Young Blood #34!

Not so Fun Fact: I see there was a second Beckham vs. Sophie chart battle with I Won't Change You being released during the same week This Groove/Let Your Head Go; Sophie wen in at #9 and Posh went in at #3