Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Hot AC 8/28/10

[musicfanpete]

A slightly more active week on the charts this week, with another brand new number one song along with three debuts.

Train returns to the top spot with their latest, "If It's Love", giving John Mayer and Taylor Swift just one week at the top with "Half Of My Heart".

There are three new entries this week by Plain White T's, Katy Perry and OneRepublic, the later artist replacing themselves with their newest hit "Secrets" with a rare #40 debut. There is also a four way tie for the week's biggest mover with songs by Daughtry, Neon Trees, Paramore and Enrique Iglesias all jumping 5 spots.

Finally Taio Cruz occupies this week's Sure Shot spot with "Dynamite", a song that seems to be a bit more AC friendly than his last hit "Break Your Heart".

TC LC wc Artist/Title
01 02 17 Train: If It's Love (1 Wk @ #1)
02 01 16 John Mayer f/Taylor Swift: Half Of My Heart
03 04 15 Rob Thomas: Mockingbird
04 05 05 Maroon 5: Misery
05 03 12 Katy Perry f/Snoop Dogg: California Gurls
06 07 11 Sara Bareilles: King Of Anything
07 08 17 Pink: Glitter In The Air
08 06 20 Nickelback: This Afternoon
09 12 08 Goo Goo Dolls: Home
10 09 26 Colbie Caillat: I Never Told You
11 10 46 The Script: Breakeven
12 17 06 Daughtry: September
13 15 07 La Roux: Bulletproof
14 14 11 Lady Gaga: Alejandro
15 16 07 Lifehouse: All In
16 13 30 Lady Antebellum: Need You Now
17 11 20 Ryan Star: Breathe
18 23 05 Neon Trees: Animal
19 18 13 Ke$ha: Your Love Is My Drug
20 25 03 Paramore: The Only Exception
21 21 11 Kris Allen f/Pat Monahan: The Truth
22 26 04 Mike Posner: Cooler Than Me
23 19 30 Adam Lambert: Whataya Want From Me
24 20 16 Angel Taylor: Like You Do
25 29 04 Lady Antebellum: I Run To You
26 27 05 The Dirty Heads: Lay Me Down
27 22 19 Jason Derulo: In My Head
28 24 22 Kelly Clarkson: All I Ever Wanted
29 28 13 Taio Cruz f/Ludacris: Break Your Heart
30 33 04 Shontelle: Impossible
31 36 03 Enrique Iglesias f/Pitbull: I Like It
32 30 24 Lady Gaga f/Beyonce: Telephone
33 35 06 Days Difference: Speakers
34 31 41 Michael Buble: Haven't Met You Yet
35 SS 01 Plain White T's: Rhythm Of Love
36 32 15 B.O.B & Bruno Mars: Nothing On You
37 xx 01 Katy Perry: Teenage Dream
38 34 38 Daughtry: Life After You
39 38 49 Train: Hey, Soul Sister
40 xx 01 OneRepublic: Secrets
SS- Taio Cruz: Dynamite

Droppers-
Jack Johnson: You And Your Heart (from #40, 7 weeks on)
OneRepublic: All The Right Moves (from #39, 42 weeks on)
Uncle Kracker f/Kid Rock: Good To Be Me (from #37, 1 week on)

Bonus Tracks-
Kings Of Leon: Use Somebody (between #23 & #22)
The Killers: Mr. Brightside (between #13 & #12)
Beyonce: Halo (between #7 & #6)

[johnnywest]

Thank you for posting! "Secrets" becomes the first song to debut at #40 since "Speakers" about a month ago.

[daveman]

Pete, when was the last time a song dropped off after only 1 week? I seem to recall it happening to Madonna about a year ago but that may just be my imagination..

[musicfanpete]

Aug 28, 2010 15:12:22 GMT -5 johnnywest said:

Thank you for posting! "Secrets" becomes the first song to debut at #40 since "Speakers" about a month ago.

No problem. "Secrets" may be the first #40 debut in a month, but already the third #40 debut this year. Not bad considering we did not even see one #40 debut since the middle of 2007!

[musicfanpete]

Aug 28, 2010 19:52:41 GMT -5 daveman said:

Pete, when was the last time a song dropped off after only 1 week? I seem to recall it happening to Madonna about a year ago but that may just be my imagination..

You are correct about Madonna only lasting one week last year, but she was not the last artist to drop off after just one week. Christina Aguilera lasted just one week earlier this year with "Not Myself Tonight", the week of May 29th. Madonna's "Celebration" showed up the week of September 12th, 2009, and promptly fell off a week later.

Interesting that these "one week wonders" seem to be occurring to established artists as Uncle Kracker has had several big hits on this chart as well.

[musicfanpete]

The chart is updated to include this week's Bonus Tracks.

I was listening online and thought that they added a fourth Bonus Track between songs' #11 & #10, but then realized that the online version of the show skipped over the first four songs of the top ten. Don't know if that glitch was on their end or mine, but the Beyonce Bonus Track was definitely played between songs' #7 & #6.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Aug 29, 2010 13:20:24 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

The chart is updated to include this week's Bonus Tracks.

I was listening online and thought that they added a fourth Bonus Track between songs' #11 & #10, but then realized that the online version of the show skipped over the first four songs of the top ten. Don't know if that glitch was on their end or mine, but the Beyonce Bonus Track was definitely played between songs' #7 & #6.

I listened to the portion you're referencing, and they skipped 10-7 for me as well. Don't hold your breath waiting for this to be fixed.

[Top 40 Tracker]

I listen to the CHR version and Rick keeps making mistakes. He said that we were on our way to a new number one, that Use Somebody spent 11 weeks at number one last year and was number one this time last year, then played Halo and said that song was number one this time last year. I think they are getting the two versions confused. This seems to happen every week. By the way, Love the way you lie spends a second week at number one on a week where we were heading towards a brand new #1.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Aug 29, 2010 16:07:43 GMT -5 Top 40 Tracker said:

I listen to the CHR version and Rick keeps making mistakes. He said that we were on our way to a new number one, that Use Somebody spent 11 weeks at number one last year and was number one this time last year, then played Halo and said that song was number one this time last year. I think they are getting the two versions confused. This seems to happen every week. By the way, Love the way you lie spends a second week at number one on a week where we were heading towards a brand new #1.

Well, you are listening to the Hot AC version. Apart from Halo not making #1 in this format, and possibly the Kings of Leon timing, those statements are correct. Which for Rick, being right about 50% of the time would be a good week.

[Michael1973]

Rick also commented, when introducing Hey Soul Sister, that Train "just might" have two top ten hits this year. Given that If It's Love has been in the top 10 for over a month, I suspect he meant to say "Train just might have two #1 hits this year."

[musicfanpete]

Aug 30, 2010 10:21:02 GMT -5 Michael1973 said:

Rick also commented, when introducing Hey Soul Sister, that Train "just might" have two top ten hits this year. Given that If It's Love has been in the top 10 for over a month, I suspect he meant to say "Train just might have two #1 hits this year."

Perhaps he meant that Train just might have two year end top ten hits this year. Who knows. But I will gladly trade a few of his gaffes for his chart which remains very interesting to look at.

Notice too that we have already seen 12 number one hits this year compared to 8 all of last year. Combine that with more songs charting, and it seems like his chart is moving faster than ever this year. This is what makes his chart more "old-school" than AT40, and therefore makes it more entertaining to watch.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Also, "If It's Love" hasn't gone Top 10 CHR yet. From Rick's historical record, that would make more sense.

[musicfanpete]

Aug 31, 2010 23:26:25 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

Also, "If It's Love" hasn't gone Top 10 CHR yet. From Rick's historical record, that would make more sense.

That would make sense. But again, considering how bad he and/or his fact checkers are, this is no shock that there remains so much confusion between the two versions of his show.

[Top 40 Tracker]

Casey Kasem would never allow the many mistakes Dees makes each week on his show. If I were the producer of the WTF countdown, I would ensure the facts were accurately announced on the show.

Geez, how much does his writing staff get paid?

[musicfanpete]

Sept 1, 2010 14:17:35 GMT -5 Top 40 Tracker said:

Casey Kasem would never allow the many mistakes Dees makes each week on his show. If I were the producer of the WTF countdown, I would ensure the facts were accurately announced on the show.

Geez, how much does his writing staff get paid?

You know, the "WTF" countdown has an interesting ring to it. Because that's what I say when I hear some of these goof-ups on his show!

[daveman]

Sept 1, 2010 14:17:35 GMT -5 Top 40 Tracker said:

Geez, how much does his writing staff get paid?

Hour 1 Part 4: Apparently they get $100 if they can name more than 2 songs in a 20 song medley...which none of them could manage. I don't think that part was scripted, pretty sure they really are that dense.

Oh and add another screw up to the list...seems 26 and 25 are mixed up despite the listing on Rick's website. "I Run To You" was played at 26, an acoustic "Lay Me Down" at 25, followed by "Like You Do" which apparently went "up" to 24.