Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Hot AC 9/18/10

[musicfanpete]

After a couple of active weeks, Rick's chart slows down this week with just one debuting song and relatively little movement throughout the chart. Train holds onto the number one spot for the fourth week in a row with "If It's Love", while newcomer Miranda Cosgrove debuts at #39 with "Kissin' You". Train also hits the one year mark on the chart with their previous number one single "Hey, Soul Sister", while The Script's "Breakeven" is rapidly approaching that mark while still in the top 20.

Taylor Swift has a good week this week as her latest hit "Mine" is this week's biggest jumper, while "Half Of My Heart", her former #1 song with John Mayer rebounds up one spot to #3. Conversely, last week's biggest mover, "Cooler Than Me" by Mike Posner stalls out at #11 this week. His song is one of twelve songs on the chart that hold steady from last week.

Finally we have a great Sure Shot this week as Christina Perri occupies that spot with her debut single "Jar Of Hearts". She would become the second family member to chart this year as Christina is the younger sister of former Shinedown guitarist Nick Perri.

TC LC wc Artist/Title
01 01 20 Train: If It's Love (4 Wks @ #1)
02 02 08 Maroon 5: Misery
03 04 19 John Mayer f/Taylor Swift: Half Of My Heart
04 03 18 Rob Thomas: Mockingbird
05 06 14 Sara Bareilles: King Of Anything
06 05 15 Katy Perry f/Snoop Dogg: California Gurls
07 08 11 Goo Goo Dolls: Home
08 09 06 Paramore: The Only Exception
09 10 09 Daughtry: September
10 07 20 Pink: Glitter In The Air
11 11 07 Mike Posner: Cooler Than Me
12 14 08 Neon Trees: Animal
13 13 10 Lifehouse: All In
14 12 29 Colbie Caillat: I Never Told You
15 15 10 La Roux: Bulletproof
16 16 49 The Script: Breakeven
17 20 04 Katy Perry: Teenage Dream
18 18 14 Kris Allen f/Pat Monahan: The Truth
19 19 07 Lady Antebellum: I Run To You
20 17 14 Lady Gaga: Alejandro
21 22 06 Enrique Iglesias f/Pitbull: I Like It
22 23 08 The Dirty Heads: Lay Me Down
23 25 04 Plain White T's: Rhythm Of Love
24 28 03 Adam Lambert: If I Had You
25 26 04 OneRepublic: Secrets
26 24 23 Ryan Star: Breathe
27 21 16 Ke$ha: Your Love Is My Drug
28 33 02 Taylor Swift: Mine
29 27 33 Lady Antebellum: Need You Now
30 30 09 Days Difference: Speakers
31 31 03 Taio Cruz: Dynamite
32 35 03 Brandon Flowers: Crossfire
33 32 07 Shontelle: Impossible
34 36 02 Five For Fighting: Slice
35 34 22 Jason Derulo: In My Head
36 29 19 Angel Taylor: Like You Do
37 39 02 Michael Franti & Spearhead: The Sound Of Sunshine
38 38 18 B.O.B & Bruno Mars: Nothing On You
39 xx 01 Miranda Cosgrove: Kissin' You
40 40 52 Train: Hey, Soul Sister
SS- Christina Perri: Jar Of Hearts

Dropper-
Adam Lambert: Whataya Want From Me (from #37, 32 weeks on)

Bonus Tracks-
The Fray: Over My Head (Cable Car) (between #23 & #22)
Gwen Stefani: The Sweet Escape (between #13 & #12)
Five For Fighting: Chances (between #8 & #7)

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

If I heard correctly, next week's chart will be on one hit wonders. He says something after #25 about the top five one hit wonders of the 00's... I'll have to double check.

EDIT: I've been fooled again... apparently there's a "One Hit Wonder Day". I was hoping for an update of the special Rick did way back in 1987. Oh well.

[musicfanpete]

Sept 18, 2010 14:40:39 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

If I heard correctly, next week's chart will be on one hit wonders. He says something after #25 about the top five one hit wonders of the 00's... I'll have to double check.

EDIT: I've been fooled again... apparently there's a "One Hit Wonder Day". I was hoping for an update of the special Rick did way back in 1987. Oh well.

Oh good. I was going to say why would he air another countdown special at the end of September. He should air this one hit wonder countdown the first week of January when they are on their three week end of year break.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

By the way, this is the third week in a row where the final extra was played after #8, as part of the 'guest interview'.

[musicfanpete]

Sept 18, 2010 19:22:32 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

By the way, this is the third week in a row where the final extra was played after #8, as part of the 'guest interview'.

Yes, and he claimed that that final extra was a former number one hit. Now it's one thing to claim that "Chances" was a number one hit on one chart but not the other, but funny I don't remember this coming anywhere near close to number one on any chart!

Also, one other error I caught was Rick stating that Ryan Star's song "Breathe" moved up two spots, while it actually went down two spots. Again, where are the fact checkers on his staff??

I did update the chart to include this week's Bonus Tracks, and also caught his talk on National One Hit Wonders Day next week. Since he won't be having a special one hit wonder countdown in the near future, here are his top five one hit wonders of this past decade as mentioned by Rick this week:

1 Daniel Powter: Bad Day
2 TATU: All The Things She Said
3 Crazytown: Butterfly
4 Eiffel 65: Blue (Da Ba Dee)
5 Blu Cantrell: Hit Em Up Style

Now whether one agrees with this list or not, I think most would agree that aside from "Bad Day", these would make for some GREAT Bonus Tracks!

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Whether a song is going up or down is a distinction that Rick has had trouble with over the years. No, it doesn't make any sense.

Of course, technically speaking, TATU and Eiffel 65 had second hits on WT40, and I want to say Blu showed up someplace as well. But for a Rick list, this is relatively accurate.

And yeah, "Chances" may have been somebody's personal #1, but even that I find doubtful. Decent song, but nothing spectacular.

[johnnywest]

Sept 19, 2010 20:47:32 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

Of course, technically speaking, TATU and Eiffel 65 had second hits on WT40, and I want to say Blu showed up someplace as well. But for a Rick list, this is relatively accurate.

Yes, those songs were "Not Gonna Get Us," "Move Your Body" and "Breathe."

[musicfanpete]

Sept 22, 2010 12:17:58 GMT -5 johnnywest said:

Sept 19, 2010 20:47:32 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

Of course, technically speaking, TATU and Eiffel 65 had second hits on WT40, and I want to say Blu showed up someplace as well. But for a Rick list, this is relatively accurate.

Yes, those songs were "Not Gonna Get Us," "Move Your Body" and "Breathe."

Thanks for posting johnny! I don't think I even heard of these songs, so calling them one hit wonders probably still applies.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Sept 22, 2010 17:56:39 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

Sept 22, 2010 12:17:58 GMT -5 johnnywest said:

Yes, those songs were "Not Gonna Get Us," "Move Your Body" and "Breathe."

Thanks for posting johnny! I don't think I even heard of these songs, so calling them one hit wonders probably still applies.

You can Youtube them in your spare time, but as I recall, the Eiffel 65 and T.A.T.U. second hits were very much like their first.