Hervard
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Post by Hervard on Aug 25, 2008 20:00:46 GMT -5
Best Week Ever Radio - May 4, 2008
Hour 1 Paralyzer/Finger Eleven - #9 Won't Go Home Without You/Maroon 5 - #4 No One/Alicia Keys - #14 Never Too Late/Three Days Grace - #15 Love Song/Sara Bareilles - #1 If I Had Eyes/Jack Johnson - #19 These Hard Times/Matchbox Twenty - #7 Stop And Stare/OneRepublic - #10 Sorry/Buckcherry - #3
Hour 2 It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #18 In Love With A Girl/Gavin DeGraw - #11 Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #16 Hollywood's Not America/Ferras - #17 Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry - #2 Realize/Colbie Caillat - #8 Shadow Of The Day/Linkin' Park - #13 Say/John Mayer - #6 Whatever It Takes/Lifehose - #5
Songs in the Top 20 of the 4/25/08 chart not played this week #12: Apologize/Timbaland f/OneRepublic #20: Love Is Free/Sheryl Crow
Personal notes from this week's show
- One premiere song this week and it was the one I predicted to debut this week. On the corresponding R&R Hot AC chart, the song moves ahead from 21 to 16. The song moves into the #1 position on the CHR/Pop chart this week, and it looks like it could do the same here at Hot AC.
- Two songs skipped over this week and they are two of the four songs that they passed over last week. Both songs are fading away on the Hot AC chart. "Love Is Free" by Sheryl Crow is in its nineteenth week on the chart and has one more chance to be played on the show. We'll have to see if they give it the chance. As for "Apologize" by Timbaland featuring OneRepublic, that song will go recurrent whenever it drops below #15.
- Eighteen songs played and two songs in the Top 20 skipped over means that they stuck to only playing songs in the Top 20. There are many songs not far from the Top 20 that are moving upward, including "Stay Beautiful" by The Last Goodnight, which was given an early premiere last week. That song is right outside the Top 20 and could enter next week. I hope they play it again, because I really like that song.
- Two records to watch are songs that make decent-sized gains in the Top 30. The first is "No Air" by Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown. In its fourth week on the chart, it climbs 29-25 and has a good chance to hit the Top 20.
- The other one to watch for in the near future is "4 Minutes" by Madonna and Justin Timberlake. The song has also been on the Hot AC chart for a month and moves ahead 35-29.
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Post by Hervard on Aug 25, 2008 20:22:03 GMT -5
Best Week Ever Radio - May 11, 2008
Hour 1 Shadow Of The Day/Linkin' Park - #14 These Hard Times/Matchbox Twenty - #7 If I Had Eyes/Jack Johnson - #17 Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse - #4 In Love With A Girl/Gavin DeGraw - #10 Feels Like Tonight/Daugtry - #2 Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #12 New Soul/Yael Naim - #20 Paralyzer/Finger Eleven - #11
Hour 2 Hollywood's Not America/Ferras - #16 Won't Go Home Without You/Maroon 5 - #3 Say/John Mayer - #6 Realize/Colbie Caillat - #9 It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #15 Love Song/Sara Bareilles - #1 Stop And Stare/OneRepublic - #8 Sorry/Buckcherry - #5
Songs in the Top 20 of the 5/2/08 Hot AC chart not played this week #13: Apologize/Timbaland f/OneRepublic #18: Stay Beautiful/The Last Goodnight #19: No Air/Jordin Sparks w/Chris Brown
Personal notes from this week's show
- Only seventeen songs this week instead of the usual eighteen. Must have been more gossip than usual in this show. And, since there are three songs in the Top 20 not played, that means that, just like last week, they stuck to playing songs in the Top 20.
- One new song this week, and it's not either of the two songs I mentioned last week. It's by an Israeli-French singer by the name of Yael Naim. The song, "New Soul" is a pretty good song and on the Hot AC chart, it moves 23-20.
- As I hoped last week, "Stay Beautiful" by The Last Goodnight enters the Top 20 this week, at #18. They didn't play it this week, but hopefully, they will soon.
- The other new Top 20 entry was the Jordin Sparks/Chris Brown collaboration I mentioned last week. It makes a rather impressive 25-19 jump this week and, frankly, I'm surprised that they didn't play it. Maybe they will next week.
- I guess they're done playing "Love Is Free" by Sheryl Crow, as the song drops 20-22 in its 20th week on the Hot AC chart. Pretty safe to say it'll be shipped off to recurrentland next week.
- No new songs to watch for next week, as the ascending songs right outside the Top 20 this week are kind of iffy, as they've all been on for over two months. The closest one that's been on for less is "4 Minutes" by Madonna & Justin Timberlake, which I mentioned next week. It climbs 29-26 this week, so it could make it to the show soon.
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Post by Hervard on Aug 25, 2008 20:53:20 GMT -5
Best Week Ever Radio - May 18, 2008
Hour 1 Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #8 Love Song/Sara Bareilles - #2 It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #13 Stay Beautiful/The Last Goodnight - #19 Say/John Mayer - #7 Sorry/Buckcherry - #5 Won't Go Home Without You/Maroon 5 - #3 Feels Like Tonig/Daughtry - #1
Hour 2 Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse - #4 If I Had Eyes/Jack Johnson - #18 In Love With A Girl/Gavin DeGraw - #11 These Hard Times/Matchbox Twenty - #9 New Soul/Yael Naim - #20 Paralyzer/Finger Eleven - #12 Realize/Colbie Caillat - #10 Stop And Stare/OneRepublic - #6
Songs in the Top 20 of the 5/9/08 Hot AC chart not played this week #14: Apologize/Timbaland f/OneRepublic #15: Shadow Of The Day/Linkin' Park #16: Hollywood's Not America/Ferras #17: No Air/Jordin Sparks f/Chris Brown
Personal notes from this week's show
- Only sixteen songs this week. I'm not sure whether or not this was a "Best Of Best Week Ever Radio" show (which usually results in less songs than usual being played), since it's been over three months since the show aired and I don't remember. I guess, when they run a "Best Of" show, I should indicate it as such in my personal notes.
- For the third week in a row, they played no songs outside the Top 20. I wonder if that's some kind of a record?
- No premiere songs this week, but at least they brought back "Stay Beautiful", which is definitely one of my favorite songs of this year.
- I erroneously had Sheryl Crow's "Love Is Free" listed as 20 weeks last week, but I found that I had somehow gotten it mixed up with another song and it has actually only been on for 16 weeks. No matter; they're still not going to play it anymore on the show, as it falls 22-29, which is by far the biggest drop on the chart. But that's OK, since IMO, it's one of her weaker releases. It's a fun song when I'm in the right mood, but for the most part, I can see why it didn't do as well as many of her other hits.
- By the way, the "song to watch" feature is one I made up, not an "extra" played on the show, like they used to have "On The Verge" songs back when the show was in countdown form, which they abandoned in favor of the random play format back in September, 2006. I just threw that in one week recently as a filler, when the show had absolutely no interesting features, and then I decided to make it a weekly feature (for the most part, that is). Anyway, the song I picked out this week is "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz, which moves ahead 27-25 this week. Mraz has had a handful of hits on the Hot AC chart, including a Top Ten, his first release "The Remedy"
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Post by Hervard on Aug 25, 2008 21:41:54 GMT -5
Best Week Ever Radio
Hour 1 It's Not My Time/3 Doors Down - #12 Won't Go Home Without You/Maroon 5 -#4 Sorry/Buckcherry - #6 Mercy/Duffy - #20 Realize/Colbie Caillat - #9 Stop And Stare/OneRepublic - #7 Bleeding Love/Leona Lewis - #5 If I Had Eyes/Jack Johnson - #18 Love Song/Sara Bareilles - #2
Hour 2 New Soul/Yael Naim - #19 Stay Beautiful/The Last Goodnight - #17 Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse - #3 Paralyzer/Finger Eleven - #13 Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry - #1 No Air/Jordin Sparks w/Chris Brown - #15 Say/John Mayer - #8 Hollywood's Not America/Ferras - #16 In Love With A Girl/Gavin DeGraw - #10
Songs in the Top 20 of the 5/16/08 chart not played this week #11: These Hard Times/Matchbox Twenty #14: Apologize/Timbaland f/OneRepublic
Personal notes from this week's show
- Two premiere songs this week. They finally got around to playing "No Air" by Jordin Sparks with Chris Brown as the song climbs up two more places to #15 on the corresponding R&R Hot AC chart.
- Well, for the whole month of May, they played nothing but songs that were in the Top 20 on the corresponding charts. This week was no exception and, since there were eighteen songs played, that means two songs were passed over this week. One of those songs has not been played ever since the first week it was skipped, back in April. It's entirely possible that we've heard the last of "Apologize", as it's very close to going recurrent.
- The other skipped song was "These Hard Times" by Matchbox Twenty. Since they don't have a newer song out, we'll probably hear that song a few more times ("Apologize" is obviously omitted in favor of OneRepublic's latest release "Stop And Stare").
- Two songs to watch this week. The first of them is "Pocketful Of Sunshine" by Natasha Bedingfield, who has had several big hits on the Hot AC chart over the past few years. This song will probably be no exception.
- The other song is by newcomer Gavin Rossdale (not to be confused with Gavin DeGraw). The song is the biggest jumper on the Hot AC chart this week, moving ahead 30-24 in only its third week on the chart, so it definitely has a chance.
- A song I recently mentioned as a song to watch, "4 Minutes" by Madonna and Justin Timberlake keeps moving up, this week, climbing 24-22. It has its possibilities, too.
- Noteworthy is the fact that "Paralyzer" by Finger Eleven has been played every single week (with the exception of the two holiday specials) ever since it premiered on the show back in late September of last year. That's eight months there! I guess it's very well liked by the producers.
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