Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Hot AC 8/7/10

[musicfanpete]

Rick has his chart up a bit earlier this week, so here it is. Another fairly active week is upon us, with one song taking an "old school" drop, while another song takes the fast track into the top 10.

In just its second week on the chart, "Misery" by Maroon 5 vaults 11 spots to #10. I don't know offhand when the last time a song hit the top 10 in just its second week, but it's been awhile for sure. Also Daughtry seems to be in a hurry to leave the chart for a change as "Life After You" plummets 15 spots to #30 after several weeks of a very slow descent. Not all is bad for him though as his latest hit "September" makes a sizable jump up to #23 this week.

Also, it looks like Lady Gaga will fall just short of her third top 10 hit here as "Alejandro" drops from #11 to #13.

Finally, look for Paramore to score their first Hot AC hit next week as their latest hit "The Only Exception" occupies this week's Sure Shot spot.

TC LC wc Artist/Title
01 01 09 Katy Perry f/Snoop Dogg: California Gurls (3 Wks @ #1)
02 02 13 John Mayer f/Taylor Swift: Half Of My Heart
03 04 14 Train: If It's Love
04 03 17 Nickelback: This Afternoon
05 08 12 Rob Thomas: Mockingbird
06 05 23 Colbie Caillat: I Never Told You
07 06 43 The Script: Breakeven
08 09 08 Sara Bareilles: King Of Anything
09 10 14 Pink: Glitter In The Air
10 21 02 Maroon 5: Misery
11 07 27 Lady Antebellum: Need You Now
12 12 17 Ryan Star: Breathe
13 11 08 Lady Gaga: Alejandro
14 14 13 Angel Taylor: Like You Do
15 16 10 Ke$ha: Your Love Is My Drug
16 13 27 Adam Lambert: Whataya Want From Me
17 22 05 Goo Goo Dolls: Home
18 17 16 Jason Derulo: In My Head
19 19 04 Lifehouse: All In
20 18 19 Kelly Clarkson: All I Ever Wanted
21 20 10 Taio Cruz f/Ludacris: Break Your Heart
22 27 04 La Roux: Bulletproof
23 30 03 Daughtry: September
24 23 21 Lady Gaga f/Beyonce: Telephone
25 26 08 Kris Allen f/Pat Monahan: The Truth
26 24 38 Michael Buble: Haven't Met You Yet
27 25 11 One EskimO: Kandi
28 28 13 B.O.B & Bruno Mars: Nothing On You
29 32 05 Jack Johnson: You And Your Heart
30 15 35 Daughtry: Life After You
31 34 02 The Dirty Heads: Lay Me Down
32 37 02 Neon Trees: Animal
33 29 28 Orianthi: According To You
34 xx 01 Lady Antebellum: I Run To You
35 31 40 OneRepublic: All The Right Moves
36 xx 01 Mike Posner: Cooler Than Me
37 35 46 Train: Hey, Soul Sister
38 39 03 Days Difference: Speakers
39 SS 01 Shontelle: Impossible
40 33 39 Kris Allen: Live Like We're Dying
SS- Paramore: The Only Exception

Droppers-
Taylor Swift: Today Was A Fairytale (from #40, 21 weeks on)
Muse: Uprising (from #38, 26 weeks on)
VV Brown: Shark In The Water (from #36, 14 weeks on)

Bonus Tracks-
Jordin Sparks: Battlefield (between #23 & #22)
Alicia Keys: No One (between #13 & #12)
Black Eyed Peas: Boom Boom Pow (between #7 & #6)

[johnnywest]

Thank you for posting, as always!!

[musicfanpete]

Aug 7, 2010 9:44:37 GMT -5 johnnywest said:

Thank you for posting, as always!!

Not a problem. :) I always enjoy Rick's charts as they actually move a lot faster and are sometimes unpredictable. But that's how the charts of old back in the 80's and 90's were too.

Now did I hear wrong as I was listening to some of his show online yesterday, or did Rick call Hayley Williams, Hayley Mills?! Hey Rick, did you ever hear of a redo?!

Well, he does make up for this gaffe with some great Bonus Tracks this week which I just updated. You got "Battlefield" and "Boom Boom Pow" which are already "forgotten" songs just about six months after they charted! But those are the kinds of Bonus Tracks I like.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Now I'll have to look up who Hayley Mills is, if that person exists.
And that's what bugs me most about the show, the obvious laziness when it comes to what really should be easy research. It's as if it just doesn't matter. And as a music chart fan, that just royally pisses me off.

[musicfanpete]

Aug 9, 2010 7:52:39 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

Now I'll have to look up who Hayley Mills is, if that person exists.
And that's what bugs me most about the show, the obvious laziness when it comes to what really should be easy research. It's as if it just doesn't matter. And as a music chart fan, that just royally pisses me off.

I looked her up on Wikipedia. According to Wikipedia, she is a British actress best known for starring in some Disney movies as a teenager in the 60's. She's not very well know besides that, just various tv guest roles on tv series and made-for-tv movies from the 70's through now, along with probably a few BBC produced movies as well.

I also briefly confused her with Alley Mills, formerly on The Wonder Years. Either way, a fact that should have been double checked by Rick's staff before making the show public. And even more aggrevating, Rick should know who Hayley Williams is considering she has had several big hits on the CHR chart already!

Hopefully Rick gets his facts straight fast since this song will likely be around on the Hot AC chart for a long run! But again I put up with the occasional gaffes considering this chart is much better than that "other" Hot AC chart.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

True - on that "other Hot AC Chart", the conversation would have been "I just checked Hayley Williams' Twitter account and she says her favorite color is blue."

[musicfanpete]

Aug 9, 2010 22:22:51 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

True - on that "other Hot AC Chart", the conversation would have been "I just checked Hayley Williams' Twitter account and she says her favorite color is blue."

LMAO!!! Boy isn't that the truth!

At least Rick gives some decent background information on the artists he plays. We can be thankful for that. :)