AT10 - November 6, 2004

[Hervard]

LC TC SONG/ARTIST
01 01 Heaven/Los Lonely Boys
03 02 100 Years/Five For Fighting
02 03 This Love/Maroon 5
04 04 White Flag/Dido
08 05 You'll Think Of Me/Keith Urban
05 06 Ain't No Mountain High Enough/Michael McDonald
09 07 In My Daughter's Eyes/Martina McBride
07 08 Love's Divine/Seal
06 09 This One's For The Girls/Martina McBride
10 10 Don't Let Him Steal Your Heart Away/Phil Collins

AT10 Extras:
I Don't Want To Miss A Thing/Aerosmith
Roll With It/Steve Winwood
Somebody's Baby/Jackson Browne

Long Distance Dedication:
The Reason/Hoobastank

AT10 Archives:
1968: Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay/Otis Redding
1976: Baby I Love Your Way/Peter Frampton
1977: Swaying To The Music (Slow Dancing)/Johnny Rivers
1978: Reminiscing/Little River Band
1981: Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic/The Police
1981: I Love You/Climax Blues Band
1981: Take It On The Run/REO Speedwagon
1982: The One You Love/Glenn Frey
1984: Oh Sherry/Steve Perry
1984: I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues/Elton John
1994: Hotel California (Live)/The Eagles
2001: Standing Still/Jewel

AT10 Spotlight (Country crossover artists)
This Kiss/Faith Hill
When She Cries/Restless Heart
I Hope You Dance/Lee Ann Womack
Can't Fight The Moonlight/LeAnn Rimes'
I'm Already There/Lonestar
Bring On The Rain/Jo Dee Messina
From This Moment On/Shania Twain

Only seven spotlight songs, probably because that's all there have been in the past (but they could have spotlighted a few ones from the 1980s, since country music crossed over onto the pop chart in the early half of the decade.  Maybe they're saving that for the next time they use this spotlight theme)
Looks like Martina McBride could fall off the AT10 chart naturally, since "This One's For The Girls" falls down to #9.  Of course, it probably won't happen within the next few weeks, especially next week, since "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" will be shipped off to recurrentland then.  Plus, Dido could fall go recurrent on the R&R chart anytime, since she's been on for over a year.  All she needs to do is to fall out of the top five and she's history.  Anyway, it looks like whoever predicted Martina's new song "In My Daughter's Eyes" to suffer recurrent-itis from TOFTG may have been wrong, since that song is on its way up, moving 9-7.
Most other weeks that would be the biggest jump of the week, but a few spots above her is the song that takes that title this week.  Keith Urban's song "You'll Think Of Me" moves ahead from 8 to 5.  Looks like that could be the next number one song after "Heaven", since the songs in between it are pretty much done, although Five For Fighting is regaining a little bit.  Besides, they've all been to number one.  YTOM will be the next NEW number one song after "Heaven" - if it makes it, but I have a feeling it will. 
Pretty good selection of AT10 Archive songs, with at least one song from each decade.  Peter Frampton's "Baby I Love Your Way" is featured for the second time this year, but the first time (this past summer, I believe), they played the studio version of the song.  This week, it was the live version.  And they sure liked 1981 (which seems weird for Premiere, given the AT40 Flashback situation two years back), since they played three songs from that year.  Three good songs, I might add.  And they played the entire version of "Take It On The Run".  Most AC stations that play that song cut out most of the guitar solo.  Too hard-rock sounding, I guess.
Two live songswere featured this week.  The aforementioned Peter Frampton song and the Eagles' "Hotel California".  I was glad Casey mentioned that the song was from 1994, or I would have had to guesstimate the year (I probably would have said 1994), since the song's not really from any year.  It's an album cut from "Hell Freezes Over" that several AC stations that I listen to play instead of the original version from 1977.  Probably because the live version isn't quite as long.  In the original version, the guitar solo at the end lasts and lasts.  But it's still a great song.  So is the live version.
Only one Long Distance Dedication this week.  Whatever...
Well, I'll be back next week with the AT10 lowdown.  What will be the spotlight that week?  I'm thinking that one they'll use in the near future is songs about friendship ("That's What Friends Are For", "You've Got A Friend", "I'll Be There For You"... you catch my drift, right?)

EDIT: I just realized something. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" should have dropped off the chart this week, since on the corresponding R&R chart, it went recurrent. Looks like AT10 might have gotten a new recurrent rule, just like AT40.

[Topay]

I actually got to listen to this one and was pleased (as a country fan) to hear this spotlight, as well as 2 Country Top 5's by Martina McBride and a Country #1 by Keith Urban (Casey mentioned that YTOM reached #1 on the Country Chart) on the countdown.  He also mentioned that Phil Vassar's "In a Real Love" was at the top of the Country chart (he often mentions the top of the country chart on AT20 but I rarely get to listen to AT10). 

Other #1s he mentioned (right before Maroon5) were Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" [Pop], U2's "Vertigo" [Alternative], and Rod Stewart's "Stardust..." [Album].

[Arson]

I agree they should have spotlighted some country cross-overs from the 80's.

There was also Carolyn Dawn Johnson's "Complicated" from a few years back, though that didn't get very high up the chart. I guess Martina McBride had enough songs in the Top 10 not to play some of her older hits.

[BillboardBoy]

Other #1s he mentioned (right before Maroon5) were Kelly Clarkson's "Breakaway" [Pop], U2's "Vertigo" [Alternative], and Rod Stewart's "Stardust..." [Album].

Casey usually mentions "tops of the other charts" before going into #2 or #3. Ever since R&R added "Hits' Album Chart" to their magazine a couple years ago, Casey's been mentioning the #1 album as well. And the nice thing is, he mixes them up every week, but #1 Pop and #1 Album seem to be consistant. He varies up Rock, Alternative, Country and, occasionally, Jazz.

[BillboardBoy]

One more thing: When "Dance With My Father" by Luther Vandross was in the Top 20 last year, he mentioned that it was #1 on the Urban AC chart.