Hervard
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Post by Hervard on Oct 6, 2008 20:30:04 GMT -5
Best Week Ever Radio - September 7, 2008
Hour 1 What About Now/Daughtry - #9 I'm Yours/Jason Mraz - #8 The Little Things/Colbie Caillat - #21 I Kissed A Girl/Katy Perry - #17 Love Remains The Same/Gavin Rossdale - #6 All Summer Long/Kid Rock - #3 Shattered (Turn The Car Around)/O.A.R. - #12 Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse - #14 Bottle It Up/Sara Bareilles - #16
Hour 2 Viva La Vida/Coldplay - #2 The Time Of My Life/David Cook - #7 Come On Get Higher/Matt Nathanson - #19 Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry - #13 Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #5 It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #1 Pocketful Of Sunshine/Natasha Bedingfield - #4 Stop And Stare/OneRepublic - #11 Shake It/Metro Station - #18 If I Never See Your Face Again/Maroon 5 f/Rihanna - #10
Songs in the Top 20 of the 8/29/08 Hot AC chart not played this week #15: In Love With A Girl/Gavin DeGraw #20: Broken/Lifehouse
Personal notes taken from this week's show
- One premiere song this week, and that was the only song played that has yet to hit the Top 20. That was Colbie Caillat's third single "The Little Things", a recent pick for "song to watch". Last week, it made a strong 30-22 move, but this week, it only manages to climb a single spot to #21. However, this is in a congested area of the chart, in which several bulletted songs are actually pushed downward, so it should move faster once it escapes this area.
- This is a rare nineteen-song show. There have been a few of those that are made entirely of songs in the Top 20, but not this one. Of the two songs skipped over, only one of them is a song on its way down the chart. That is "In Love With A Girl" by Gavin DeGraw, which falls 13-15. Looks like it could be outta there by next week.
- This week's song to watch is "So What" by Pink, which debuts on the chart at #31. And Pink is certainly no stranger to Best Week Ever Radio as her 2007 songs "U + Ur Hand" and "Who Knew" were both played on the show for many many weeks. I have a good feeling about this song.
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Post by Hervard on Oct 12, 2008 19:21:42 GMT -5
Best Week Ever Radio - September 14, 2008
Hour 1 Stop And Stare/OneRepublic - #12 It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #3 I'm Yours/Jason Mraz - #6 Bottle It Up/Sara Bareilles - #15 What About Now/Daughtry - #9 Pocketful Of Sunshine/Natasha Bedingfield - #5 If I Never See Your Face Again/Maroon 5 f/Rihanna - #10 Viva La Vida/Coldplay - #1 Love Remains The Same/Gavin Rossdale - #4
Hour 2 Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse - #14 The Little Things/Colbie Caillat - #20 Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #8 One Step At A Time/Jordin Sparks - #21 Shake It/Metro Station - #16 All Summer Long/Kid Rock - #2 The Time Of My Life/David Cook - #7 Shattered (Turn The Car Around)/O.A.R. - #11 Broken/Lifehouse - #19
Songs in the Top 20 of the 9/5/08 Hot AC chart not played this week #13: Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry #17: I Kissed A Girl/Katy Perry #18: Come On Get Higher/Matt Nathanson
Personal notes from this week's show
- One premiere song this week, the latest from Jordin Sparks. On the Hot AC chart, she moves 24-21, looking like she could enter the Top 20 as soon as next week.
- "One Step At A Time" is also the only song played that's not in the Top 20 on the Hot AC chart. This means that three songs were skipped over. I'm kind of surprised that one of those songs is "Come On Get Higher" by Matt Nathanson, since it's relatively new (to the show, anyway - the song has been on the Hot AC chart for fifteen weeks, but just recently entered the Top 20). The only song they skipped that's been on the charts for months and months is "Feels Like Tonight" by Daughtry. I guess they want to get on songs like "Stop And Stare" and "Whatever It Takes" a few last times before they go recurrent.
- This week's song to watch is "Better In Time" by Leona Lewis. It makes a healthy seven-spot move up to #28 and, hot on the heels of her recent #1 hit "Bleeding Love", this one should do well too.
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Post by Hervard on Oct 12, 2008 19:46:41 GMT -5
Best Week Ever Radio - September 21, 2008
Hour 1 Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #9 Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry - #13 If I Never See Your Face Again/Maroon 5 f/Rihanna - #11 Stop And Stare/OneRepublic - #12 All Summer Long/Kid Rock - #2 Shattered (Turn The Car Around)/O.A.R. - #10 I'm Yours/Jason Mraz - #5 Bottle It Up/Sara Bareilles - #16 Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse - #14
Hour 2 So What/Pink - #21 Love Remains The Same/Gavin Rossdale - #4 The Little Things/Colbie Caillat - #20 Broken/Lifehouse - #18 The Time Of My Life/David Cook - #8 It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #3 What About Now/Daughtry - #7 Viva La Vida - #1 Come On Get Higher/Matt Nathanson - #17
Songs in the Top 20 of the 9/12/08 Hot AC chart not played this week #6: Pocketful Of Sunshine/Natasha Bedingfield #15: Shake It/Metro Station #19: I Kissed A Girl/Katy Perry
Personal notes from this week's show
- One premiere song this week and, for the third week in a row, it's the #21 song on the Hot AC chart. This week, it's "So What" by Pink, my pick for "song to watch" just two weeks ago. I have a feeling that we'll be hearing this song on the show for many weeks (perhaps even months) to come.
- I don't remember the last time that a song well inside the Top Ten was skipped over, but it happens this week. "Pocketful Of Sunshine" is barely out of the Top Five, yet they opted to nix it this week, in favor of several other songs that are even older than it (oh well, at least it wasn't a song moving up)
- Linkin' Park debuts at #38 on the Hot AC chart with this week's song to watch, "Leave Out All The Rest". The California band was on the show for many weeks with "Shadow Of The Day" earlier this year and could repeat that success with their newest hit.
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Post by Hervard on Oct 12, 2008 20:23:21 GMT -5
Best Week Ever Radio - September 28, 2008
Hour 1 I Kissed A Girl/Katy Perry - #20 Love Remains The Same/Gavin Rossdale - #3 It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #4 Bottle It Up/Sara Bareilles - #18 Stop And Stare/OneRepublic - #12 Pocketful Of Sunshine/Natasha Bedingfield - #7 The Little Things/Colbie Caillat - #17 So What/Pink - #16 Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #10
Hour 2 If I Never See Your Face Again/Maroon 5 f/Rihanna - #11 Broken/Lifehouse - #15 What About Now/Daughtry - #6 One Step At A Time/Jordin Sparks - #19 Come On Get Higher/Matt Nathanson - #13 Viva La Vida/Coldplay - #1 I'm Yours/Jason Mraz - #5 All Summer Long/Kid Rock - #2 Shattered (Turn The Car Around)/O.A.R. - #8
Songs in the Top 20 of the 9/19/08 Hot AC chart not played this week #9: The Time Of My Life/David Cook #14: Shake It/Metro Station
Personal notes from this week's show
- No premiere songs this week, but Jordin Sparks returns to the show this week. She dropped back to #22 last week, in a congested part of the chart, but this week, she recovers nicely, moving up to #19 to enter the Top 20.
- I was kind of surprised to hear the show kick off with "I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry. That song had been skipped over for several weeks and, since it falls three spots to #20, I had pretty much written that song off, but they decided to give it one more spin before it leaves the Top 20, which looks very likely, possibly as soon as next week.
- You might notice that "Whatever It Takes" is nowhere on either list. Well, that's because, after 44 weeks, the song falls off the chart via the recurrent rule. Someone on the show must really like that song because, for one, they gave it relatively early action, playing it its third week on the AC chart (and two weeks before it hit the Top 20), and, on its way down the chart, only skipped over it twice. But that's cool, as it's a great song. As stated last month, I think we'll be hearing it again on the year-end show.
- But the older songs that are still on the chart are still getting played, as both of this week's skipped songs are relatively new, although David Cook has been on for sixteen weeks. Somehow, it doesn't seem like it's been that long. "Shake It" by Metro Station has also been on the Hot AC chart for awhile, but just recently started receiving airplay on Best Week Ever Radio. For a second week in a row, however, it was skipped over.
- This week's song to watch is "Free Fallin'" by John Mayer. His remake of Tom Petty's 1990 hit had a little trouble in its first few weeks on the chart, but this week, moves ahead four spots to #33. Given Mayer's track record on the Hot AC chart, I don't see why this one shouldn't do well in the next few weeks.
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