VH-1 Weekly Rewind - August, 2005

[Hervard]

OK, be truthful, how many of you thought I'd given up on listening to this show? ;)

Anyway, here's the August 6-7 chart:

LC TC SONG/ARTIST
15 15 We Belong Together/Mariah Carey
12 14 Since U Been Gone/Kelly Clarkson
14 13 Holiday/Green Day
11 12 American Baby/Dave Matthews Band
Flashback Track: If You Had My Love/Jennifer Lopez (1999)
08 11 Chariot/Gavin DeGraw
10 10 Better Now/Collective Soul
13 09 This Is How A Heart Breaks/Rob Thomas
On The Verge: Cool/Gwen Stefani
09 08 Behind These Hazel Eyes/Kelly Clarkson
On The Verge: Have A Nice Day/Bon Jovi
07 07 Lonely No More/Rob Thomas
Flashback Track: Sad Songs (Say So Much)/Elton John
06 06 Hollaback Girl/Gwen Stefani
05 05 You'll Think Of Me/Keith Urban
03 04 Breathe/Anna Nalick
04 03 A Lifetime/Better Than Ezra
02 02 You And Me/Lifehouse
01 01 Speed Of Sound/Coldplay

[Hervard]

Now, here's the August 13/14 chart:

LC TC SONG/ARTIST
XX 15 Get To Me/Train
XX 14 Only You/Josh Kelley
15 13 We Belong Together/Mariah Carey
11 12 Chariot/Gavin DeGraw
Flashback Track: I Want Your Sex/George Michael (1987)
07 11 Lonely No More/Rob Thomas
13 10 Holiday/Green Day
On The Verge: Stars/Switchfoot
09 09 This Is How A Heart Breaks/Rob Thomas
10 08 Better Now/Collective Soul
On The Verge: Listen To Your Heart/D.H.T.
04 07 Breathe/Anna Nalick
Flashback Track: Kiss From A Rose/Seal
08 06 Behind These Hazel Eyes/Kelly Clarkson
06 05 Hollaback Girl/Gwen Stefani
05 04 You'll Think Of Me/Keith Urban
03 03 A Lifetime/Better Than Ezra
01 02 Speed Of Sound/Coldplay
02 01 You And Me/Lifehouse

Dropped:
#12: American Baby/Dave Matthews Band
#14: Since U Been Gone/Kelly Clarkson

Well, Lifehouse returns to the top for a third time with "You And Me". This marks their fifth non-consecutive week at the top. They first arrived there in mid-June and stayed on top for two weeks, only to be ousted by the Dave Matthews Band with "American Baby". Then, after DMB spent a single week on top, Lifehouse enjoyed another pair of weeks on top before being unseated by Coldplay. They also stayed on top for two weeks and now Lifehouse return. My guess is that they'll spend another week up there and then someone else (perhaps Better Than Ezra?) will succeed them. We'll have to wait and see.
As you can see, D.H.T.'s version of "Listen To Your Heart" was one of this week's On The Verge tracks. The strange thing is, they played a slow version of the song ("Listen To Your Heart (Candlelight Mix)", perhaps?) You'd think that the Hot AC audience would prefer to hear the upbeat version of the song. Maybe now that there's a slow version, AC radio will jump on it. Sounds feasible, since many of the AC audience would remember the Roxette version, since it was a big hit on both the CHR and AC chart back in the fall of 1989.
Well, in the next few weeks, I'll be adding a "weeks on chart" column to this feature. That will be as soon as "Lonely No More" falls off the chart, since that's the last of the fifteen songs that were charting when I started taking notes on this show back in March. I'm sure that, sometime in the next few months, a song or two that was charting before March 12 will re-appear on the chart. I'll just improvise for the "weeks on chart" in that event. Or maybe we'll luck out and that won't happen. As I said, we'll have to see.

[Hervard]

LC TC SONG/ARTIST
02 01 Speed Of Sound/Coldplay
01 02 You And Me/Lifehouse
06 03 Behind These Hazel Eyes/Kelly Clarkson
04 04 You'll Think Of Me/Keith Urban
05 05 Hollaback Girl/Gwen Stefani
08 06 Better Now/Collective Soul
Flashback Track - The 90s: I Don't Want To Miss A Thing/Aerosmith
03 07 A Lifetime/Better Than Ezra
On The Verge: We/Joy Williams
09 08 This Is How A Heart Breaks/Rob Thomas
10 09 Holiday/Green Day
07 10 Breathe(2am)/Anna Nalick
On The Verge: Untitled (How Can This Happen To Me)/Simple Plan
13 11 We Belong Together/Mariah Carey
Flashback Track - the 80s: Every Breath You Take/The Police
14 12 Only You/Josh Kelley
11 13 Lonely No More/Rob Thomas
15 14 Get To Me/Train
XX 15 Cool/Gwen Stefani

Dropped:
#12: Chariot/Gavin DeGraw

Meh, average chart this week, with the biggest move being a song that moves up three spots (however, considering how high up on the chart it is, that's pretty good). Kelly Clarkson's "Behind These Hazel Eyes" could finally settle the big battle between Coldplay and Lifehouse, the former of which recaptures the top spot.
My favorite song this week is the only debut. After being "On The Verge" a few weeks back, "Cool" by Gwen Stefani debuts at 15. Ten spots higher is her other hit "Hollaback Girl". Will "Cool" suffer recurrent-itis from this song? I sure hope not.
In what has become a trend of late, Joy Williams joins Stacie Orrico and MercyMe in crossing over from Christian contemporary music to pop. Her new song "We" is On The Verge this week, along with the latest by Simple Plan, who have been here several times before.

[Hervard]

LC TC SONG/ARTIST
03 01 Behind These Hazel Eyes/Kelly Clarkson
02 02 You And Me/Lifehouse
04 03 You'll Think Of Me/Keith Urban
01 04 Speed Of Sound/Coldplay
06 05 Better Now/Collective Soul
08 06 This Is How A Heart Breaks/Rob Thomas
Flashback Track - The 90s: Unbelievable/EMF (1991)
09 07 Holiday/Green Day
On The Verge: Beverly Hills/Weezer
05 08 Hollaback Girl/Gwen Stefani
11 09 We Belong Together/Mariah Carey
On The Verge: Forever/Vertical Horizon
12 10 Only You/Josh Kelley
14 11 Get To Me/Train
Flashback Track - The 80s: Summer Of '69/Bryan Adams
15 12 Cool/Gwen Stefani
07 13 A Lifetime/Better Than Ezra
XX 14 Wordplay/Jason Mraz
13 15 Lonely No More/Rob Thomas

Dropped:
#10: Breathe (2am)/Anna Nalick :o

Well, the back and forth battle between Lifehouse and Coldplay is over. For the first time since July 4 weekend, there is a different number one song besides those two, and it is Kelly Clarkson's "Behind These Hazel Eyes". And, if my memory serves me correctly, this is her third consecutive number one song on this countdown (unless "Breakaway" didn't quite make it). And, she might be in for a long stay at the top, that is, unless "You And Me" still has enough juice left in it to return to the top, or Keith Urban is strong enough to hit #1. With the VH-1 Weekly Rewind, anything is possible.
My favorite song on here takes the biggest leap up and that, of course, is "Cool" by Gwen Stefani. And her last hit, "Hollaback Girl" seems to be affected by the success of "Cool", as it also moves three spots, but in the other direction.
The biggest drop on the chart is "A Lifetime" by Better Than Ezra. Now, since I'm way behind on checking on R&R's Hot AC charts, I have no idea how well it's doing on that but, whatever the case is, it can't be anymore ridiculous than "Let Me Go" by 3 Doors Down leaving the VH-1 chart while the song was still riding high in the top three of the R&R chart.
Starting next week, I will have a brand-new feature on the chart. Many of you may already know what it is, but if you don't, well, you'll find out next week!