Hot AC Chart Sans Recurrent Rules (6/3/05)

[JCMF3]

LW TW Artist - Song
01 01 Rob Thomas - Lonely No More 5 weeks @ #1
03 02 Lifehouse - You & Me
02 03 Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
04 04 Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams 10 weeks @ #1
05 05 3 Doors Down - Let Me Go
06 06 Anna Nalick - Breathe (2am)
07 07 Howie Day - Collide
08 08 Dave Matthews Band - American Baby
11 09 Gavin DeGraw - Chariot
13 10 Coldplay - Speed Of Sound
09 11 Goo Goo Dolls - Give A Little Bit 7 weeks @ #1
10 12 Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning
14 13 Killers - Mr. Brightside
15 14 Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway
12 15 Jet - Look What You've Done
15 16 Gavin DeGraw - I Don't Want To Be
17 17 U2 - Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own
18 18 Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved 12 weeks @ #1
23 19 Collective Soul - Better Now
20 20 Finger Eleven - One Thing
22 21 Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
19 22 Gwen Stefani f/ Eve - Rich Girl
25 23 Maroon 5 - This Love 13 weeks @ #1
29 24 Bowling For Soup - Almost
30 25 Better Than Ezra - A Lifetime
24 26 Hoobastank - The Reason 11 weeks @ #1
26 27 Lenny Kravitz - Lady
28 28 Los Lonely Boys - Heaven
27 29 Jesse McCartney - Beautiful Soul
31 30 John Mayer - Daughters 1 week @ #1
33 31 Backstreet Boys - Incomplete
21 32 Duran Duran - What Happens Tomorrow
32 33 Ingram Hill - Almost Perfect
** 34 Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes
35 35 3 Doors Down - Here Without You 14 weeks @ #1
** 36 Avril Lavigne - Fall To Pieces
34 37 Tim McGraw - Live Like You Were Dying
RE 38 matchbox twenty - Unwell 20 weeks @ #1
RE 39 Killers - Somebody Told Me
37 40 Santana f/ Alex Band - Why Don't You & I 9 weeks @ #1

Droppers:
Ryan Cabrera - True
Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending
Jem - 24
Ryan Cabrera - On The Way Down

Next Up:
Jason Mraz - Wordplay
Afters - Beautiful Love
Sheryl Crow - Soak Up The Sun 9 weeks @ #1
Green Day - Holiday
No Doubt - Hella Good

[JP]

Quick question:

What do [glow=black,2,300]gold[/glow] songs represent?

Are they super-recurrents? What's the rule for a song to become gold (# weeks, weeks/position, accumulated plays, etc.)? Is it a beyond-weeks/below-position rule? Does a song have to accumulate a certain number of plays throughout its lifetime? What exactly is the rule?

I noticed that "Unwell" has been on the chart for well over 2 years now, and despite recently falling off and re-entering, it still hasn't reached gold status. But then again, if I remember correctly, Train and Lifehouse didn't strike gold either until they were around that age.

By the way, JCMF3, thank you for posting these charts! I read them every week [that they're posted]!

Keep up the good work!