Chart Attack – J. Williams Wants To Rule The World. World Not That Keen.
OK. Joke’s over. At some point ‘enjoying a novelty hit’ becomes ‘being irritated by the world’s inability to produce something better’. That point was last week. And exasperation with the world’s charts is exacerbated by the rest of the top four remaining locked to their positions. you know things are bad when you’re considering getting excited about Snoop Dogg’s abysmal ‘Sweat’ displacing Avalanche City’s ‘Love Love Love’ in the top five, right?
Are we fundamentally f***ed? What’s going on in the rest of the world?
Same shit, different positions, largely. The S&M remix is atop the billboard charts, and fully 80% of their top ten has been through ours at some point. Excitingly the second highest new entry (after Lady Gaga, which doesn’t count) is the new Kelly Rowland.
That would be ‘Motivation’ feat Lil Wayne. Worth getting excited about?
Maybe. Its slow burning drama definitely beats out that weird Bey single. I guess I just like how intensely sexual Rowland’s become. I always had her pegged as the square one out of D Child.
How about the permanently bonkers UK chart?
Ministry of Sound have a guy named Wretch 32 at number two. Pretty into that, but it’s charting so high on the back of a big, rude bassline from the Stone Roses ‘Fool’s Gold’ – that doesn’t get you no extra spins down here.
New entries in our chart?
All below 25. There’s an awesome new Avril fakepunk single, and Bruno Mars song called ‘Marry You’ which I’m not going to demean myself by listening to. But the most terrifying thing is J. Williams vommy cover of ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’, which might be the most redundant song ever made. Oh well. At least you didn’t pay for it… oh that’s right! NZ On Air stumped up $50k for this lovely artwork. Good fucking times.
Chart Attack will be featured in next week’s Groove Guide, out Wednesday. GG is a free, weekly streetzine and you can pick it up from a number of spots around the country or simply visit grooveguide.co.nz for daily updates.
Are you SERIOUS? $50,000 for that artwork at the top of the post?
Seriously? Can you maybe reply-comment back please – because if this is for real then, um, I don’t know, but I want to tell people about it so more of them can be incredulous….because that is SHOCKING.
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Alana
mate did u miss the lens flare? also he is in space, space ain’t cheap.
In the same way you pay $50k for a car then talk about how shitty the wheels are.
$50k car.
The song is a cover, its 50k for the song.
$50k cars cover
That is so gross that the artwork cost $50k… have you got any more info about this kind of stuff? Insane.
come on that cover is worth the $50k, look at how gangsta he looks on top of the world like that, rocking the crucifix and everything. Those aviator shades must cost at least $10k, i love it
COVER COST $50k OMG
Wait, this is the corner. I’ll just wait a week for a retraction or clarification to be printed. If not, I reserve this space for outrage.
$50k cower
Idiots read this blog
And some smart people. And then there’s also some people in between- I call them ‘Smardiots.’
I was refering to the album as an ‘artwork’/'work of art’, failed attempt at being ironic… Sorry for any confusion. Though the single sleeve would look beautiful at A0 size on my wall. I guess the point I was trying to make was that ‘Want To Rule The World’ would definitely be in the running for the worst song to have ever come out of this country. I really need to get off the horse, I know, but seriously, how is that song helping us understand our culture and feel better about being NZers more? It’s a fucking disaster.
$50k cover-up!
I like how they photoshopped the fuck out of everything on that cover – everything except the reflection in his aviators. Isn’t it funny how deep space looks like some corridor at Warner Music.
ha, too right petra.