Rick Dees WT40 Special: Top 100 of 2007

[reception]

01 Fergie: Big Girls Don't Cry
Optional Extra- Daniel Powter: Bad Day
02 Daughtry: It's Not Over
03 Gwen Stefani f/Akon: The Sweet Escape
04 Nickelback: If Everyone Cared
05 Maroon 5: Makes Me Wonder
06 Snow Patrol: Chasing Cars
07 The Fray: How To Save A Life
08 Lifehouse: First Time
09 Nelly Furtado: Say It Right
10 John Mayer: Waiting On The World To Change
11 Daughtry: Home
12 Rob Thomas: Little Wonders
13 Nickelback: Far Away
14 Pink: U + Ur Hand
15 KT Tunstall: Suddenly I See
16 Avril Lavigne: Keep Holding On
17 Mat Kearney: Nothing Left To Lose
18 Blue October: Into The Ocean
19 Plain White T's: Hey There Delilah
20 Matchbox Twenty: How Far We've Come
21 Pink: Who Knew
22 Justin Timberlake: What Goes Around Comes Around
23 Goo Goo Dolls: Let Love In
24 Rob Thomas: Streetcorner Symphony
25 The Fray: Over My Head (Cable Car)
26 Carrie Underwood: Before He Cheats
27 Red Jumpsuit Apparatus: Face Down
28 The Fray: Look After You
29 Natasha Bedingfield: Unwritten
30 Colbie Caillat: Bubbly
31 Bon Jovi: (You Want To) Make A Memory
32 Beyonce: Irreplaceable
33 All-American Rejects: Move Along
34 Hinder: Better Than Me
35 John Mayer: Gravity
36 Fall Out Boy: Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
37 Avril Lavigne: When You're Gone
38 Hinder: Lips Of An Angel
39 Nickelback: Rockstar
40 Gym Class Heroes: Cupid's Chokehold
41 Nickelback: Savin' Me
42 Evanescence: Call Me When You're Sober
43 All-American Rejects: It Ends Tonight
44 John Mayer: Dreaming With A Broken Heart
45 Daughtry: Over You
46 Rihanna f/Jay-Z: Umbrella
47 Stone Sour: Through Glass
48 Five For Fighting: World
49 Robin Thicke: Lost Without You
50 Avril Lavigne: Girlfriend
51 Elliott Yamin: Wait For You
52 The Wreckers: Leave The Pieces
53 Justin Timberlake: Summer Love
54 Goo Goo Dolls: Before It's Too Late
55 Maroon 5: Wake Up Call
56 Mat Kearney: Undeniable
57 Linkin Park: What I've Done
58 Fall Out Boy: This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race
59 Timbaland f/OneRepublic: Apologize
60 My Chemical Romance: Welcome To The Black Parade
61 Rocco DeLuca & The Burden: Colorful
62 Panic! At The Disco: I Write Sins Not Tragedies
63 Nelly Furtado f/Timbaland: Promiscuous
64 Pussycat Dolls f/Snoop Dogg: Buttons
65 Pat Monahan: Her Eyes
66 Incubus: Dig
67 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Dani California
68 Corinne Bailey Rae: Put Your Records On
69 KT Tunstall: Black Horse & The Cherry Tree
70 Gnarls Barkley: Crazy
71 Fergie f/Ludacris: Glamorous
72 Akon: Don't Matter
73 Justin Timberlake: Sexyback
74 Gwen Stefani: 4 In The Morning
75 Timbaland f/Justin Timberlake & Nelly Furtado: Give It To Me
76 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Snow (Hey Oh)
77 Sean Kingston: Beautiful Girls
78 Kelly Clarkson: Never Again
79 Hellogoodbye: Here (In Your Arms)
80 Britney Spears: Gimme More
81 Amy Winehouse: Rehab
82 Finger Eleven: Paralyzer
83 Boys Like Girls: The Great Escape
84 My Chemical Romance: Teenagers
85 Timbaland f/Keri Hilson: The Way I Are
86 Goo Goo Dolls: Stay With You
87 Rihanna: Shut Up And Drive
88 Santana f/Chad Kroeger: Into The Night
89 Gym Class Heroes: Clothes Off
90 Natasha Bedingfield f/Sean Kingston: Love Like This
91 Katharine McPhee: Over It
92 Quietdrive: Time After Time
93 Christina Aguilera: Hurt
94 Justin Timberlake: Lovestoned
95 Collective Soul: Hollywood
96 Good Charlotte: I Don't Wanna Be In Love (Dance Floor Anthem)
97 Hilary Duff: With Love
98 Christina Aguilera: Candyman
99 Augustana: Boston
100 Mat Kearney: Breathe In Breathe Out

Treated as Optional Extras-
89 Gym Class Heroes: Clothes Off
76 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Snow (Hey Oh)
64 Pussycat Dolls f/Snoop Dogg: Buttons
52 The Wreckers: Leave The Pieces
38 Hinder: Lips Of An Angel
25 The Fray: Over My Head (Cable Car)
13 Nickelback: Far Away

Not on disc/skipped-
84 My Chemical Romance: Teenagers
47 Stone Sour: Through Glass
41 Nickelback: Savin' Me
28 The Fray: Look After You

[musicfanpete]

Wow! Talk about the ultimate "dartboard" chart! At least twelve of those songs didn't even make his weekly charts this year. It looks like he just airlifted a bunch of songs off the pop chart (Britney Spears, Gym Class Heroes "Clothes Off" ???).

Well, at least it isn't as stale as his year-end charts have been in previous years, though "Promiscous" was ranked very high considering this was a 2006 song. I guess he's trying to freshen things up this year. I'm looking forward to the top 50 next week!

[radiobrett]

My question is, will it be an actual show this year? I remember the Top 100 of 2005 on both the CHR & Hot AC version it was just sweepers and music with the occasional recycled bit from a previous show.

[radiobrett]

At closer look, as always is the case with the Top 100, the botom 50 always matches up right on with the CHR show. The only difference is that the songs that simply can not be played on Hot AC are usually subbed with Hot AC recurrents. Towards the top half of the chart, we should (hopefully) see a little more accuracy with the Mediabase and Casey Kasem charts.

Remember in 2004 when Bright Lights by Matchbox Twenty was number 97 and in the Top 20?

[musicfanpete]

radiobrett said:

At closer look, as always is the case with the Top 100, the botom 50 always matches up right on with the CHR show. The only difference is that the songs that simply can not be played on Hot AC are usually subbed with Hot AC recurrents. Towards the top half of the chart, we should (hopefully) see a little more accuracy with the Mediabase and Casey Kasem charts.

Remember in 2004 when Bright Lights by Matchbox Twenty was number 97 and in the Top 20?

I see. I did not realize that he just plugged in Hot AC songs into the bottom half of the pop chart to come up with this chart. I'm kind of wondering why he does this considering he has published his own original Hot AC charts for the past three years now. His patchwork year-end Hot AC chart is reminiscent to his patchwork Hot AC charts he published for years when he played only 30 songs on the Hot AC show. I'm surprised he doesn't just tabulate the year-end Hot AC chart as he does for his pop chart. Having said that though, I do like his current method for coming up with the chart better. It may be a lazy way of doing things, but at least it makes for a very unique and entertaining chart! :)

And yes, if Rick is going to plug in Hot AC recurrents, he needs to make sure they aren't going to show up in the top 20 as well! ;)

[reception]

Updated.

[radiobrett]

Wow. Big Girls at # 1. It's obvious he didn't want to record a different # 1 segment from the CHR show. I'll bet there are lots of sweeps and old segments for the parts of this show that differ quite a bit from the CHR show. Never fails to amaze me.