Rick Dees #1 Hits of the past 4 years 1/5/08

[reception]

Justin Timberlake: Summer Love
Pink: U + Ur Hand
Gym Class Heroes: Cupid's Chokehold
Daughtry: It's Not Over
Beyonce: Irreplaceable
Avril Lavigne: Girlfriend
Fergie: Big Girls Don't Cry
Nickelback: If Everyone Cared
Pink: Who Knew
Justin Timberlake: My Love
Hour Four^^^^
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Nelly Furtado f/Timbaland: Promiscuous
Pussycat Dolls f/Snoop Dogg: Buttons
Mary J. Blige: Be Without You
Shakira f/Wyclef Jean: Hips Don't Lie
Ne-Yo: So Sick
Justin Timberlake: SexyBack
Natasha Bedingfield: Unwritten
KT Tunstall: Black Horse & The Cherry Tree
Daniel Powter: Bad Day
Pussycat Dolls: Stickwitu
Hour Three^^^
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Mariah Carey: We Belong Together
Kelly Clarkson: Because Of You
Nelly f/Tim McGraw: Over And Over
Pussycat Dolls: Don't Cha
Frankie J: Obsession (No Es Amor)
Gwen Stefani: Hollaback Girl
Green Day: Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Mariah Carey: Shake It Off
Nickelback: Photograph
Kelly Clarkson: Behind These Hazel Eyes
Hour Two^^
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Maroon 5: She Will Be Loved
Outkast: Hey Ya
JoJo: Leave (Get Out)
Britney Spears: Toxic
Nickelback: Someday
Hoobastank: The Reason
Kelly Clarkson: Breakaway
Jessica Simpson: With You
Maroon 5: This Love
Outkast: The Way You Move
Hour One^

[Hot AC Archiver]

I really wish Rick would spend more time on his Hot AC shows instead of using the CHR ones for HAC specials. Many of these songs did not even chart on HAC, let alone make #1. Stop being lazy Rick and either make a separate special or do a regular countdown.

[radiobrett]

Yeah, this show is pretty bad. I assume it is the exact same show as the CHR show. Rick's specials are fine for CHR, but come on, this is ridiculous! Even the Hot AC year end Top 100's are bogus.

This is another one of those shows where if I was a Hot AC PD running this show I would give serious consideration on whether or not to keep running the show.

[reception]

Optional Extras-
1. 3 Doors Down: Here Without You
2. D.H.T.: Listen To Your Heart
3. JoJo: Too Little Too Late
4. Nelly Furtado: Say It Right

[Arson]

Not to mention, what a snorefest. I'm sick to death of almost all of these overplayed songs, plus the order had no rhyme or reason.

Most of these songs are played on the HAC station I was listening to, but it was a Canadian HAC.

[Hervard]

Jan 5, 2008 10:29:52 GMT -5 radiobrett said:

Yeah, this show is pretty bad. I assume it is the exact same show as the CHR show. Rick's specials are fine for CHR, but come on, this is ridiculous! Even the Hot AC year end Top 100's are bogus.

I can't believe I missed this first time around!

Actually, this is one of those CHR shows with Hot AC thrown in, hence the inclusion of "Black Horse & The Cherry Tree" and "Bad Day", neither of which were on the CHR version of the show (they replaced "Run It" by Chris Brown and "Temperature" by Sean Paul, respectively.) Also, "If Everyone Cared" by Nickelback was put in place of "The Way I Are" by Timbaland and "It's Not Over" by Daughtry replaced "Umbrella" by Rihanna featuring Jay-Z. Here is a link to the CHR version of the show, for easier comparison.

I agree; Rick should put a little more work into the Hot AC version of the show instead of taking the CHR chart and poking holes in it. While it's true that the turnover rate at #1 on the HAC chart is slower than the CHR/Pop chart, he could still use songs that peaked in the Top Five to replace the songs that didn't even hit the Hot AC chart (or if they did, they made the lower reaches).