{"id":230753,"date":"2026-01-10T10:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T10:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/230753\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T10:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T10:49:09","slug":"djo-aka-joe-keery-lands-number-one-single-in-the-uk-with-end-of-beginnings-after-stranger-things-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/230753\/","title":{"rendered":"Djo \u2013 aka Joe Keery \u2013 lands Number One single in the UK with ‘End Of Beginnings’ after ‘Stranger Things’ finale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Djo<\/a>\u2018s viral hit \u2018End Of Beginnings\u2019 has topped the UK charts two years after it first appeared in the chart thanks to the finale of Stranger Things<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Joe Keery\u2019s best known song was released in 2022 but gained popularity after featuring in a viral TikTok trend. Users posted travel videos set to the song, using the lyrics \u2018And when I\u2019m back in Chicago, I feel it\/Another version of me, I was in it\/I wave goodbye to the end of beginning.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018End Of Beginnings\u2019 first entered the UK chart in February 2024 and peaked at Number Four the following month. It\u2019s since spent 28 weeks inside the Top 100, but only reached the top as a result of the\u00a0Stranger Things\u00a0season finale even though the song wasn\u2019t featured in the episode.<\/p>\n

\u2018End Of Beginnings\u2019 took the top spot from RAYE<\/a>\u2018s \u2018Where The Hell Is My Husband?\u2019, which then fell to Number Three.<\/p>\n

In an interview with NME <\/a>about the song last year, Keery said: \u201cI\u2019m not trying to live in the past. I have new memories that I\u2019m linking to [Chicago]. I\u2019m not 27 anymore. That\u2019s a part of me, maybe, but not the whole part.\u201d<\/p>\n

The full UK Singles Chart Top 5 is:<\/p>\n

Djo \u2013 \u2018End Of Beginnings\u2019
\nTaylor Swift \u2013 \u2018The Fate Of Ophelia\u2019\u00a0
\nRAYE \u2013 \u2018Where The Hell Is My Husband?\u2019\u00a0
\nDave and Tems \u2013 \u2018Raindance\u2019\u00a0
\nOlivia Dean \u2013 \u2018So Easy (To Fall In Love)\u2019<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Stranger Things\u00a0finale has influenced the rest of the chart as well. Prince<\/a>\u2018s hit \u2018Purple Rain\u2019, which soundtracks the climax of the show\u2019s final battle, has re-entered the chart at Number 12, while Kate Bush<\/a>\u2018s \u2018Running Up That Hill\u2019 is at Number 14.<\/p>\n

Other songs used in the show to chart this week include The Police<\/a>\u2018s \u2018Every Breath You Take\u2019, which achieved its highest chart placing in 43 years at Number 17, and Fleetwood Mac<\/a>\u2018s \u2018Landslide\u2019 which makes its chart debut after 41 years at Number 20. Also charting are Diana Ross<\/a>\u2018 \u2018Upside Down\u2019 (26), Tiffany<\/a>\u2018s \u2018I Think We\u2019re Alone Now\u2019 (27), David Bowie<\/a>\u2018s \u2018Heroes\u2019, used in the show\u2019s final credits and coinciding with the 10th anniversary of his death (34) and The Clash<\/a>\u2018s \u2018Should I Stay Or Should I Go\u2019 (40).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Olivia Dean has remained at the top of the UK Album Chart for the second week running and the fourth overall with\u00a0The Art of Loving<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The full UK Albums Chart Top 5 is:<\/p>\n

Olivia Dean \u2013\u00a0The Art of Loving\u00a0
\nSabrina Carpenter \u2013\u00a0Man\u2019s Best Friend\u00a0
\nFleetwood Mac \u2013 50 Years \u2013 Don\u2019t Stop\u00a0
\nTaylor Swift \u2013\u00a0The Life Of A Showgirl\u00a0
\nThe Weeknd \u2013\u00a0The Highlights\u00a0<\/p>\n

In other news, Keery called out President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0for defending ICE after an officer fatally shot a US citizen.<\/a><\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram Stories, Keery shared a photo of Trump\u2019s Truth Social post in which he the victim Renee Nicole Good \u201ca professional agitator\u201d, and wrote over the top: \u201cZero human decency. Stop this man\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Djo\u2018s viral hit \u2018End Of Beginnings\u2019 has topped the UK charts two years after it first appeared in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,131,46,409],"class_list":{"0":"post-230753","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-indie","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}