Best Week Ever Radio: April, 2008

[Hervard]

Best Week Ever Radio - April 6, 2008

HOUR 1
Never Too Late/Three Days Grace (#13)
Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry (#3)
Stop And Stare/OneRepublic (#20)
Teardrops On My Guitar/Taylor Swift (#15)
Won't Go Home Without You/Maroon 5 (#8)
Paralyzer/Finger Eleven (#5)
Bubbly/Colbie Caillat (#11)
In Love With A Girl/Gavin DeGraw (#17)
Love Is Free/Sheryl Crow (#18)
Sorry/Buckcherry (#2)

HOUR 2
Shadow Of The Day/Linkin' Park (#7)
These Hard Times/Matchbox Twenty (#12)
Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse (#4)
No One/Alicia Keys (#9)
Love Song/Sara Bareilles (#1)
Apologize/Timbaland f/OneRepublic (#6)
Say/John Mayer (#10)
Clumsy/Fergie (#21)
Realize/Colbie Caillat (#16)

Songs in the Top 20 of the 3/28/08 R&R AC chart not played this week
#14: Over You/Daughtry
#19: Tattoo/Jordin Sparks

Personal notes from this week's show

- One premiere song this week, which is the latest by OneRepublic, this time without help by Timbaland. "Stop And Stare" enters the R&R Top 20 this week and I have a feeling we'll be hearing this song for weeks to come.

- This week's skipped songs were also passed over last week, along with two others, one of which left the chart this week ("Into The Night") and one that was brought back ("Never Too Late"). The two skipped songs this week are pretty much on their last legs on the HAC chart. "Tattoo" spends its 20th and almost definitely last week on the chart (barring a sudden resurge into the Top 15) and "Over You" is getting close to the brink of the Top 15 and could fall below and, hence, go recurrent as soon as next week.

- One song below the Top 20 played this week, "Clumsy" by Fergie, which has had sort of an on-again, off-again relationship with the show, as it has been played sporadically. Since it's nearing the 20-week mark, I don't think we'll be hearing the song on the show very much anymore - which is fine with me, because IMO, it doesn't really sound like a Hot AC hit.

- Lots of new music to watch for in ensuing weeks, as there are many songs approaching the Top 20 of the Hot AC chart. Seven songs make upward movement of at least five spots (of course, that's partially due to four songs going recurrent this week, but still).

[Hervard]

Best Week Ever Radio - April 13, 2008

HOUR 1:
Paralyzer/Finger Eleven (#5)
Apologize/Timbaland f/OneRepublic (#7)
In Love With A Girl/Gavin DeGraw (#15)
Realize/Colbie Caillat (#14)
Say/John Mayer (#9)
Never Too Late/Three Days Grace (#13)
Won't Go Home Without You/Maroon 5 (#6)
Shadow Of The Day/Linkin' Park (#8)
Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry (#2)

HOUR 2:
No One/Alicia Keys (#10)
Sorry/Buckcherry (#3)
Stop And Stare/OneRepublic (#16)
Love Is Free/Sheryl Crow (#17)
Love Song/Sara Bareilles (#1)
Hollywood's Not America/Ferras (#19)
These Hard Times/Matchbox Twenty (#11)
Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse (#4)
If I Had Eyes/Jack Johnson (#21)

Songs in the Top 20 of the 4/4/08 R&R AC chart not played this week
#12: Bubbly/Colbie Caillat
#18: Teardrops On My Guitar/Taylor Swift
#20: Clumsy/Fergie

Personal notes from this week's show

- Two premiere songs this week. The first one is this week's only new entry in the Top 20 of the corresponding Hot AC chart. It is by a new act called Ferras and the song is called "Hollywood's Not America". It is a great song and, since it made the Top 20 in just five short weeks, it should do quite well on the charts.

- The other premiere song is the only song played this week that is not yet in the Top 20. Jack Johnson's "If I Had Eyes" isn't far off, though, as he climbs two spots up to #21. With two songs in the Top 20 on the verge of going recurrent, Johnson should be able to make it next week, as there is no other fast chart action immediately below him on the chart.

- Those two songs on the verge of being yanked from the chart via the recurrent rule are two of the three songs that were passed on this week. "Teardrops On My Guitar" by Taylor Swift and "Clumsy" by Fergie are both spending their 20th weeks on the chart and are declining below number 15, so we probably won't be hearing these songs on the show anymore.

- Several songs to watch for in the near future, including the first new release by 3 Doors Down in three years. It makes the biggest jump on the Hot AC chart this week, moving 38-30. I expect the song will be played on Best Week Ever Radio within the next few weeks.

[Hervard]

Best Week Ever Radio - April 20, 2008:

HOUR 1:
Stop And Stare/OneRepublic (#16)
No One/Alicia Keys (#11)
Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse (#4)
Never Too Late/Three Days Grace (#15)
Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry (#2)
Hollywood's Not America/Ferras (#18)
These Hard Times/Matchbox Twenty (#10)
Love Song/Sara Bareilles (#1)
Won't Go Home Without You/Maroon 5 (#5)

HOUR 2:
In Love With A Girl/Gavin DeGraw (#14)
Apologize/Timbaland f/OneRepublic (#8)
If I Had Eyes/Jack Johnson (#19)
Paralyzer/Finger Eleven (#6)
Stay Beautiful/The Last Goodnight (#20)
Say/John Mayer (#7)
Realize/Colbie Caillat (#12)
Believe/The Bravery (#24)
Sorry/Buckcherry (#3)

Songs in the Top 20 of the 4/11/08 R&R AC chart not played this week:
#9: Shadow Of The Day/Linkin' Park
#13: Bubbly/Colbie Caillat
#17: Love Is Free/Sheryl Crow

Personal notes from this week's show:

- Two premiere songs this week. "Stay Beautiful" by The Last Goodnight is one of them. It, along with "If I Had Eyes" by Jack Johnson, enter the Top 20 this week as two songs are shipped off to recurrentland. I really like this song. It could be a future number one song on my Personal Top 30 chart.

- The other premiere song is also the only song on the list this week that has yet to enter the Top 20. And it is unusually far removed from the Top 20. Occasionally they'll play a song at #21 or 22, but it is unusual for a song at #24 to be included. Since the song is struggling on the charts, perhaps they wanted to give it one play. I seem to remember they did the same thing with "Glamorous" by Fergie last year.

- Like last week, they passed over "Bubbly" by Colbie Caillat. Two other songs join it this week. I believe this is the first time since November that they did not play "Shadow Of The Day" by Linkin' Park. The other song is "Love Is Free" by Sheryl Crow, which just joined the playlist last month. It loses its bullet at number 17 this week, so it definitely hasn't matched up to her popularity on the Hot AC chart several years ago.

- Songs to watch for include "See You Again" by Miley Cyrus and "It's Not My Time" by 3 Doors Down, the latter of which makes a strong 30-23 move on the chart. I wouldn't be surprised to hear the song on the show next week.

[Hervard]

Best Week Ever Radio - April 27, 2008:

HOUR 1:
In Love With A Girl/Gavin DeGraw (#13)
These Hard Times/Matchbox Twenty (#8)
Won't Go Home Without You/Maroon 5 (#5)
Shadow Of The Day/Linkin' Park (#10)
Say/John Mayer (#7)
Love Song/Sara Bareilles (#1)
Bubbly/Colbie Caillat (#15)
Paralyzer/Finger Eleven (#6)

Hour 2:
Feels Like Tonight/Daughtry (#2)
No One/Alicia Keys (#12)
It's Not My Time/Three Doors Down (#20)
Whatever It Takes/Lifehouse (#4)
Stop And Stare/OneRepublic (#14)
Sorry/Buckcherry (#3)
Hollywood's Not America/Ferras (#17)
Realize/Colbie Caillat (#11)

Songs in the Top 20 of the 4/18/08 R&R AC chart not played this week:
#9: Apologize/Timbaland f/OneRepublic
#16: Never Too Late/Three Days Grace
#18: Love Is Free/Sheryl Crow
#19: If I Had Eyes/Jack Johnson

Personal notes from this week's show:

- Wow, this is the first show in quite some time to only feature sixteen songs. Usually they have eighteen of them. However, this week was one of their "Best Of Best Week Ever" shows, recapping some of the more memorable moments of the past month. So they do more celebrity gossip on those shows which leaves less time to play music.

- One premiere song this week, and it is the song I've been plugging for the past two weeks, the latest by 3 Doors Down called "It's Not My Time". It enters the Top 20 this week at the anchor position, but I seriously doubt that it'll stop there.

- With an unusually low number of songs, it's good that they stuck to song in the Top 20 this week, as they had to eliminate four songs. Oddly enough, they played "Bubbly" by Colbie Caillat. That's probably because the song moves 13-15 on the corresponding chart and this might be its last chance to be heard on the show - until the year-ender, that is.

- Three songs are added to the "not played" roster. The first of these is a song that has been on the show steadily since mid-November, Timbaland's former number one song with OneRepublic, "Apologize". But I have a feeling we haven't heard the last of the song on the show, as I think it has a little more life left in it.

- This week's song to watch for is "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis. On an otherwise slow chart, the song blazes ahead eleven spots, from 32 to 21, making it by far the biggest move of the week. It should have absolutely no problem making the Top 20 next week and I should hope that they play it then (Heck, I'm kind of surprised they didn't play it THIS week!)