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dwvanstone) wrote2025-01-23 05:06 pm
dwvanstone) wrote2025-01-23 05:06 pm
Billboard Notes: 2025-01-25
Let's talk about what debuted at #100 on this week's Hot 100: "Headlock" by Imogen Heap, from her 2005 album Speak for Yourself.
I adore Imogen Heap and am so happy and surprised to hear her here. This is her only Billboard Hot 100 song in her lengthy career. (Seek out "Hide and Seek" and "Goodnight and Go" if you haven't heard them.)
I remember that Kate Bush popped into the Hot 100 for a while in 2022 due to her song "Running Up That Hill" being featured in the TV series Stranger Things. I also remember Fleetwood Mac reappeared in the charts with "Dreams" in 2020 due to a viral TikTok video.
The Imogen Heap song is charting now due a TikTok trend of showing edited clips from the video game Mouthwashing with "Headlock" as the soundtrack. (I couldn't find any reason why the video game was associated with the song.)
It's a beautiful song. I'm so happy it's having its moment!
#100 on the older chart I'm listening to (Aug 12, 1967) is "Good Day Sunshine" by the singer Claudine Longet. It actually spent two weeks at #100 before dropping off. (A rare feat to do!) I recommend it only if you like kitschy Beatles covers.)
I adore Imogen Heap and am so happy and surprised to hear her here. This is her only Billboard Hot 100 song in her lengthy career. (Seek out "Hide and Seek" and "Goodnight and Go" if you haven't heard them.)
I remember that Kate Bush popped into the Hot 100 for a while in 2022 due to her song "Running Up That Hill" being featured in the TV series Stranger Things. I also remember Fleetwood Mac reappeared in the charts with "Dreams" in 2020 due to a viral TikTok video.
The Imogen Heap song is charting now due a TikTok trend of showing edited clips from the video game Mouthwashing with "Headlock" as the soundtrack. (I couldn't find any reason why the video game was associated with the song.)
It's a beautiful song. I'm so happy it's having its moment!
#100 on the older chart I'm listening to (Aug 12, 1967) is "Good Day Sunshine" by the singer Claudine Longet. It actually spent two weeks at #100 before dropping off. (A rare feat to do!) I recommend it only if you like kitschy Beatles covers.)