Peak
80
Weeks
6
Score
236
Chart Year
2014
A music video to accompany the release of "Chocolate" was first released onto YouTube on 20 February 2013 at a total length of three minutes and forty-seven seconds.[6] It was directed by Gareth Philips.[7] It is primarily filmed in and around the Limehouse area of London, featuring Canary Wharf, the Limehouse Link and Aspen way landmarks. The group are shown riding around in a vintage 1975 Ford Consul, originally from the British television show The Sweeney
The 1975 are a British Alternative Rock band from Manchester, England. The group who all met at school comprise vocalist Matthew Healy, guitarist Adam Hann, drummer George Daniel and bassist Ross MacDonald. This dreamy guitar-laced tune is the lead single from their third EP, Music For Cars, which was released on March 4, 2013 via Dirty Hit Records. It became their first song to chart in the UK Top 20. The 1975 took their name from a book of beat poetry that Matthew Healy found in Ibiza. He explained to Somekindofawesome: "I met an artist on holiday. It sounds a bit more bohemian, idealistic than maybe it was but I met him and ended up leaving with a book that must have been treated almost like a diary by a previous owner, so when I read it there was all these mad scribblings and notes, and the person had dated it 'the 1st of June The 1975.'" The writings and the use of the word "the" in front of a year, "1975" really impacted on Healy and the band's name was born. The song finds Healy taking on the persona of a gangsta as he sings about fleeing the police in his car with a stash of weed. (Chocolate is their euphemism for marijuana.) Matt Healy explained to The Richie T Experience: "It's a love letter to the authority figures in our town – you know about small town boredom, both by the kids and by the police." This won BBC Radio 1's A List Vote, which was a 2013 poll of the station's listeners regarding the best song of the preceding five years. The 100 most played tracks on Radio 1 since 2009 were put forward for the vote, with 1975's hit tune coming out on top. The tune was closely followed by Bastilles's "Pompeii" at #2 and Fall Out Boy's "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)" at #3.
Hey now, call it a split because you know that you will Oh, you bite your friend like chocolate You say that we'll go where nobody knows With guns hidden under our petticoat No, we're never gonna quit it, no we're never gonna quit it, no Now we run, run away from the boys in the blue And my car smells like chocolate Hey now, think about what to do Think about what to say Think about how to think Pause it, play it, pause it, play it, pause it Oh, we go where nobody knows With guns hidden under our petticoat And we're never gonna quit it, no, we're never gonna quit it, no Yeah, we're dressed in black from head to toe We got guns hidden under our petticoat No, we're never gonna quit it, no, we're never gonna quit it, no Now you're never gonna quit it Now you're never gonna quit it Now you're never gonna quit it If you don't stop smokin' it That's what she said She said we're dressed in black, head to toe With guns hidden under our petticoat And we're never gonna quit it, no, we're never gonna quit it, no Hey now, we're buildin' up speed as we're approachin' the hill (Approachin' the hill, approachin' the hill) Oh, my hair smells like chocolate Hey now, you say you're gonna quit it, but you're never gonna quit it Go get it, go get it, go get it, go get it, go And play it cool Oh, you said we go where nobody knows With guns hidden under our petticoat No, we're never gonna quit it, no, we're never gonna quit it, no Yeah, we're dressed in black, from head to toe We've got guns hidden under our petticoat We're never gonna quit it, no, we're never gonna quit it, no Well, I think we better go Seriously better go Said the feds are here, you know Seriously better go Oh no, well, I think we better go Said the feds are here, you know Said Rebecca better know Seriously better go (Hey) We go where nobody knows With guns hidden under our petticoat And we're never gonna quit it, no, we're never gonna quit it, no Yeah, we're dressed in black, head to toe With guns hidden under our petticoat No, we're never gonna quit it, no, we're never gonna quit it, no (no, no) Well, I think we better go Seriously better go Said the feds are here, you know Seriously better go And well, I think we better go Said the feds are here, you know Said Rebecca better know Seriously better go
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 8, 2014 | 96 | 30 |
| 3 | Feb 22, 2014 | 91 | 35 |
| 4 | Mar 1, 2014 | 90 | 36 |
| 5 | Mar 8, 2014 | 80 | 46 |
| 6 | Mar 15, 2014 | 84 | 42 |
| 7 | Mar 22, 2014 | 100 | 26 |