Best Week Ever Radio - October, 2008

[Hervard]

Best Week Ever Radio - October 5, 2008

Hour 1
What About Now/Daughtry - #6
Stop And Stare/OneRepublic - #15
I'm Yours/Jason Mraz - #3
I Kissed A Girl/Katy Perry - #20
Come On Get Higher/Matt Nathanson - #14
The Time Of My Life/David Cook - #10
Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #9
Shattered (Turn The Car Around)/O.A.R. - #7
One Step At A Time/Jordin Sparks - #18

Hour 2
All Summer Long/Kid Rock - #2
The Little Things/Colbie Caillat - #17
Viva La Vida/Coldplay - #1
Broken/Lifehouse - #12
Love Remains The Same/Gavin Rossdale - #4
It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #5
So What/Pink - #16
Pocketful Of Sunshine/Natasha Bedingfield - #8

Songs in the Top 20 of the 9/26/08 Hot AC chart not played this week
#11: If I Never See Your Face Again/Maroon 5 f/Rihanna
#13: Shake it/Metro Station
#19: Better In Time/Leona Lewis

Personal notes from this week's show

- For the second week in a row, there were no premiere songs. There was one new entry in the Top 20 this week, which is Leona Lewis' "Better In Time", but they did not play it, presumably because they're not done spinning "Bleeding Love".

- What is it with "Shake It" by Metro Station? For the third week in a row, they skipped over it. Someone on the show must not like it.

- I can't believe my eyes! Last week, I chose John Mayer's "Free Fallin'" as "song to watch". It had a slow start, but recovered nicely last week, and this week, not only does it lose its bullet, but it falls back five spots to #38. I don't ever recall a John Mayer song missing the Top 30, and I'm not sure of the last one that didn't hit the Top 20.

- This week's song to watch is Sarah McLachlan's "U Want Me 2". Not sure whether or not it was written by Prince, but it debuts on the Hot AC chart this week at #39. Sarah hasn't seen much in the way of chart action in the past few years, but in the late 1990s, she was making a big splash at Hot AC radio. Could she possibly be making a comeback? We shall see.

[Hervard]

Best Week Ever Radio - October 12, 2008

Hour 1
Love Remains The Same/Gavin Rossdale - #3
Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #10
What About Now/Daughtry - #5
Broken/Lifehouse - #9
So What/Pink - #11
All Summer Long/Kid Rock - #4
The Little Things/Colbie Caillat - #16
I'm Yours/Jason Mraz - #2

Hour 2
In This Life/Delta Goodrem - #21
It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #6
Shattered (Turn The Car Around)/O.A.R. - #7
If I Never See Your Face Again/Maroon 5 f/Rihanna - #14
Come On Get Higher/Matt Nathanson - #13
Pocketful Of Sunshine/Natasha Bedingfield - #8
One Step At A Time/Jordin Sparks - #18
l For You/Secondhand Serenade - #27
Viva La Vida/Coldplay - #1

Songs in the Top 20 of the 10/3/08 Hot AC chart not played this week
#12: The Time Of My Life/David Cook
#15: Shake It/Metro Station
#17: Better In Time/Leona Lewis
#19: Rise Above This/Seether
#20: Chasing Pavements - Adele

Personal notes from this week's show

- Wow, that's quite a list of skipped songs. It's been longer than I care to remember since there were five songs in the current Top 20 that were passed over. And, oddly enough, most of them haven't been in the Top 20 for very long. The only song that has is "The Time Of My Life". All of the others have been in the Top 20 for less than two months.

- Looks like "Shake It" by Metro Station won't get many more chances to be played on the show, as it falls back to #15 on the chart, without a bullet. With a large influx of songs heading up the chart directly below it, it could fall out of the Top 20 within the next few weeks.

- Two premiere songs this week, and, strangely enough, neither of them are the two songs that enter the Top 20. Those two were among the many not played. The first new song this week is by Australian singer Delta Goodrem. The song moves 24-21 on the Hot AC chart and could enter the Top 20 next week.

- The second premiere song is possibly THE lowest charting song ever to be played on Best Week Ever Radio. Secondhand Serenade's "Fall For You" moves up to #27 on the Hot AC chart, so it's a little early to be premiering it on the show. The song has only been on the chart for three weeks, so it can't be because someone fears it won't be going much higher (as some low-charting songs sometimes make the show during their last gasp in the mid-20s).

- "Free Fallin'" by John Mayer falls out of the chart this week. Two weeks ago, that was my selection for "song to watch". Looks like that was my worst pick yet. However, over the past few weeks, I haven't had a wide array of choices, as the songs in the lower half of the Hot AC chart were by new artists and the ones that were not had already been chosen.

- I'll give a gold star to whoever can find the last Best Week Ever Radio show that wrapped up with the current number one song (and no, its previous incarnation as "VH-1 Weekly Radio Show doesn't count). I think they should do it like that more often.

- Well, my pick for song to watch this week was going to be "Fall For You" by Secondhand Serenade, but that's obviously blown out of the water. So instead, we'll go with "Let Me Be Myself" by 3 Doors Down, which debuts on the Hot AC chart at #38 this week. The band has had many big hits on the Hot AC chart and this should be no exception.

[Hervard]

Best Week Ever Radio - October 19, 2008

Hour 1
Broken/Lifehouse - #9
The Time Of My Life/David Cook - #13
Viva La Vida/Coldplay - #3
Shattered (Turn The Car Around)/O.A.R. - #6
I'm Yours/Jason Mraz - #1
One Step At A Time/Jordin Sparks - #16
Gotta Be Somebody/Nickelback - #19
Love Remains The Same/Gavin Rossdale - #2

Hour 2
Fall For You/Secondhand Serenade - #25
Pocketful Of Sunshine/Natasha Bedingfield - #10
So What/Pink - #8
It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #7
Chasing Pavements/Adele - #20
What About Now/Daughtry - #4
All Summer Long/Kid Rock - #5
Better In Time/Leona Lewis - #14
Come On Get Higher/Matt Nathanson - #11

Songs in the Top 20 of the 10/10/08 Hot AC chart not played this weekend
#12: Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis
#15: Shake It/Metro Station
#17: The Little Things/Colbie Caillat
#18: Rise Above This/Seether

Personal notes from this week's show

- This show is actually based on a station list I pulled off of www.yes.com. You see, 98.3 The Coast appears to have dropped the show and WIMS broadcasts NASCAR races and, when those occur on Sunday (which, of course, is more often than not), they tend to abitrarily run their shows. As a result, it looks as though they decided to scrap the show this weekend or perhaps they ran it on Saturday. So originally, I thought this week was a washout, but I looked at the list of station affiliates (which looks like it hasn't been updated too recently!) and found that KLZR appears to run the show at 7:00 on Sundays. In that section of the song log, there were only eight songs played and they were all current, so I'm pretty sure that it was Best Week Ever Radio. I'll do further research later on, but for now...

- A whopping THREE premiere songs this week! I don't ever remember there being that many on any givens show (Of course, they were kind of lax on playing new songs over the past two weeks - songs in the Top 20, that is). Anyway, the first new song is Nickelback's new song "Gotta Be Somebody", which makes a spectacular debut on the R&R Hot AC chart all the way up at #19. It's been longer than I care to remember that a song has debuted so high. I have a feeling that song's going to hit #1, don't you?

- Also debuting on this week's show is "Chasing Pavements", the debut song from a British-Welsh singer by the name of Adele. The song holds at #20 on the Hot AC chart, but that's a rather congested spot on the chart at the moment. I have a feeling the song will go higher as things clear out.

- The other premiere song is one that's been in the Top 20 for a few weeks, but since the artist had another song in the Top 20, they concentrated their airplay on that one. This week, as Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" drops out of the Top Ten, they decided to give that song a rest and debut "Better In Time", which steps up three places to #14.

- They must really be hung up on "Fall For You" by Secondhand Serenade. For the second week in a row, even though it's quite far from the Top 20, they played the song. With all the songs ahead of it moving up the chart, I doubt that it makes the Top 20 next week. We'll see if they still play it then.

- One of the songs they skipped over is "Rise Above This" by Seether, which they haven't played yet, and probably will not. The song is literally living on borrowed time, as it's been on the chart for 21 weeks and is below #15. The only thing that keeps it on is the fact that it's climbing and still has its bullet. If it loses its bullet, it will probably be dropped. Personally, I think a song should be allowed three weeks without a bullet before dropping the song, but hey.

- This week's song to watch is the latest by Katy Perry. The song "Hot N Cold" is the biggest mover on the Hot AC chart this week, shooting ahead ten spots to #23. We'll see if this one can equal or surpass the peak of "I Kissed A Girl", which I was surprised only got as high as #16. I guess the Hot AC audience didn't embrace that song due to its subject matter. We'll see how her second release fares.

- Hopefully, the show will be back on WIMS next weekend. If not, at least I have a station that airs the show and is available on yes.com. It's not quite the same as listening to the show, but it's something.

[Hervard]

Best Week Ever Radio - October 26, 2008

Hour 1
Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine - #10
O.A.R. - Shattered (Turn The Car Around) - #5
Pink - So What - #6
Daughtry - What About Now - #3
Coldplay - Viva La Vida - #4
3 Doors Down - It's Not My Time - #8
Secondhand Serenade - Fall For You - #21
Colbie Caillat - The Little Things - #17
Leona Lewis - Better In Time - #12

Hour 2
Seether - Rise Above This - #19
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours - #1
Adele - Chasing Pavements - #20
Katy Perry - Hot N Cold - #18
Matt Nathanson - Come On Get Higher - #11
Kid Rock - All Summer Long - #7
Nickelback - Gotta Be Somebody - #14
Lifehouse - Broken - #9
Gavin Rossdale - Love Remains The Same - #2

Songs in the Top 20 of the 10/17/08 Hot AC chart not played this week
#13: The Time Of My Life/David Cook
#15: One Step At A Time/Jordin Sparks
#16: Shake It/Metro Station

Personal notes from this week's show

- Two premiere songs this week. The first one was a song that I wasn't sure was ever going to make the show. It is the latest by Seether, "Rise Above This" and it is actually the exception to the recurrent rule. Normally, a song below #15 would not still be on the chart in its 22nd week, but it has the fact that it retains its bullet to thank for that. Anyway, I was thinking that maybe it would fall out before the show played it, but at least it gets one week on. Perhaps one or two more, as long as it keeps gaining airplay.

- The other premiere song was last week's "song to watch". Katy Perry's "Hot N Cold" is the sole new entry to the Top 20 of the matching Hot AC chart, moving 23-18. Looks like it's going to have no problem surpassing the peak of her breakout hit "I Kissed A Girl".

- You might notice that last week, "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis was at #12, yet it's not listed this week. It is not an oversight; the song does indeed fall clean off the chart this week. I guess with more stations concentrating on her new song, which is nearing the Top Ten, they've backed off her old song, causing it to lose enough points. But I have a feeling that it's right outside the Top 15 on the recurrentless chart, due to the 250+ play gap between songs #15 and #16.

- With 18 songs played and three of the songs in the R&R Top 20 on the "skip" list, that means there's one song not in the Top 20 that was played this week, and once again, it's "Fall For You" by Secondhand Serenade. At least this time, it's actually close to the Top 20, moving up to #21, instead of being quite far from the Top 20. Someone on the staff must really like the song!

- For the second week in a row, I obtained this list via Yes.com. Of the affiliates of the show listed on their site, it appears that KLZR is the only station that still airs the show. There was election talk all weekend on WIMS, so they didn't air it anytime. Another reason that I can't wait for the damn election to be over with already!

- This week's "song to watch" is "Real" by the Goo Goo Dolls. The song debuts on the Hot AC chart at #39 and, although its play gain isn't very strong, I wouldn't be surprised to see the song pick up steam, given the Goo Goo Dolls' track record at Hot AC radio.