Tuesday, June 3, 2008

The Only One chart updates

Canada - debuted at #2, now #1.
Italy - #8 on the singles chart.
Austria - #1 on the Sound Portal chart.
Australia - off the chart now.
(Thanks Simon, Luigi, Pat and Jo)

Also, The Only One is now available on Rhapsody.
(Thanks ChristianZ)
Posted by Craig at 2:12 AM

12 comments:

  1. revoltJune 3, 2008 at 6:00 AM

    So, the song that has been the most lambasted of all the new ones actually has chart potential... Who would have guessed? It actually sounds more like a middle-of-the-road B-side to me. Even though it´s kind of nice, I have to admit that.

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  2. AnonymousJune 3, 2008 at 6:36 AM

    #1 in Canada?!? I haven't heard it even a mention of it on ANY radio station here! What the...???

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  3. hynreckandjoeJune 3, 2008 at 7:53 AM

    It's because they don't release singles anymore in Canada. There are 4 names on that chart...
    Not too hard to top, but still nice I guess.
    You'll see it in future liner notes in Dream 13 Special Extended Edition in 2013, how The Cure was back on top! #1 in Canada woohoo!!

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  4. revoltJune 3, 2008 at 8:58 AM

    "It's because they don't release singles anymore in Canada. There are 4 names on that chart..."

    Heh... well, that certainly puts things in a slightly different perspective. I hope that, all in all, The Cure don't actually lose money in the process?

    I always remember that New Order extended single, "Blue Monday", which supposedly was the most successful 12" of all times, sales-wise, but that apparently caused the group to lose money. Production costs were too high, it seems...

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  5. hynreckandjoeJune 3, 2008 at 9:59 AM

    yea...
    Even though I don't listen to the radio at all, I follow the charts from time to time out of curiosity/habit...
    I've never even glimpse The Only One, unfortunately. Anyway the web is where it's at.
    Reminds me of a Beck song.

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  6. RandyJune 3, 2008 at 10:46 AM

    the stuff that's on the charts in america is WAY better than the cure. we have rihanna, jordan sparks, danity kane, and ray j and yung berg doing their version of 'sexy can i'

    ...

    /disgusted sarcasm.

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  7. hynreckandjoeJune 3, 2008 at 10:51 AM

    *Was scared for a moment*

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  8. AnonymousJune 3, 2008 at 2:14 PM

    One thing that baffles me is how such garbage keeps ending up in the Top 40. Sure, there's some genuinely good stuff, but much of it, well, isn't.

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  9. hynreckandjoeJune 3, 2008 at 3:31 PM

    Actually I find lots of stuff baffling in everyday life but, yea, that's one of them.

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  10. Clockwise CatJune 3, 2008 at 5:33 PM

    That's very strange that it's so popular. No, wait, no it's not. It sounds like a tepid reheating of anything between 87-92, therefore the dorky masses with eat it up. Mediocrity thrives!

    I tells ya, EOTW was WORLDS better.

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  11. ChristianZJune 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM

    I got "The Only One" on iTunes on my home computer but at work I listen to it on Rhapsody. Despite all my listens to it on Rhapsody since its release it never showed up on The Cure's most popular track listing here until Craig mentioned it and now it's #1. Wonder if there's a correlation.

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  12. revoltJune 4, 2008 at 4:34 AM

    For the record, I would like to state that I like one of Rihanna's most popular songs... that UM-BAH-REH-LLA ditty. I think it´s better than "The Only One".

    There, I said it.

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