Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Hot AC 8/6/11

[musicfanpete]

This week OneRepublic holds onto the top spot for the second week in a row with "Good Life". Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Andy Grammer and Train all have a good shot to unseat OneRepublic next week, but it will probably come down to a battle between Lady Gaga and Katy Perry as to whom will have the next number one song.

Maroon5 with Christina Aguilera make the biggest jump of the week with "Moves Like Jagger". Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson take an unusually large drop out of the top 10 and top 20 as their hit "Don't You Wanna Stay" plummets 13 spots from #9 to #22.

Also unusual is Pitbull and Ne-Yo dropping to #26 after just 3 weeks on the chart with "Give Me Everything". Look for this song to potentially rebound in the next week or two as it continues to slowly move up the Mediabase chart, though perhaps it may be a little too hip-hop sounding for some of Rick's affiliates right now.

New artist Foster The People has this week's highest debut at #27 with "Pumped Up Kicks". And Gavin DeGraw and Michelle Branch return to the chart after an extended absence with their latest hits, with Michelle as this week's Sure Shot with "Loud Music".

TC LC wc Artist/Title
01 01 17 OneRepublic: Good Life (2 Wks @ #1)
02 02 10 Lady Gaga: Edge Of Glory
03 03 21 Andy Grammer: Keep Your Head Up
04 05 13 Train: Save Me San Francisco
05 08 06 Katy Perry: Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
06 04 15 Bruno Mars: The Lazy Song
07 06 28 Adele: Rolling In The Deep
08 07 23 Maroon5: Never Gonna Leave This Bed
09 12 09 Coldplay: Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
10 10 20 Parachute: Something To Believe In
11 11 12 Black Eyed Peas: Just Can't Get Enough
12 18 08 Hot Chelle Rae: Tonight Tonight
13 13 10 Steven Tyler: It Feels So Good
14 17 09 Matt Nathanson: Faster
15 14 36 The Script: For The First Time
16 15 19 Katy Perry: E.T.
17 20 11 Christina Perri: Arms
18 21 07 The Band Perry: If I Die Young
19 25 03 Goo Goo Dolls: All That You Are
20 19 11 Jessie J f/B.O.B.: Price Tag
21 30 03 Maroon5 f/Christina Aguilera: Moves Like Jagger
22 09 12 Jason Aldean f/Kelly Clarkson: Don't You Wanna Stay
23 16 26 My Chemical Romance: Sing
24 22 19 Grace Potter & The Nocturnals: Paris (Ooh La La)
25 28 06 Three Days Grace: Lost In You
26 23 03 Pitbull f/Ne-Yo: Give Me Everything
27 SS 01 Foster The People: Pumped Up Kicks
28 24 14 Britney Spears: Till The World Ends
29 29 03 David Cook: The Last Goodbye
30 32 03 Mat Kearney: Hey Mama
31 26 25 Sara Bareilles: Uncharted
32 27 13 Neon Trees: Your Surrender
33 xx 01 Gavin DeGraw: Not Over You
34 33 28 Pink: Perfect
35 35 02 Colbie Caillat: Brighter Than The Sun
36 34 11 Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull: On The Floor
37 39 02 O.A.R.: Heaven
38 36 25 Cee Lo Green: Forget You!
39 37 08 Taylor Swift: The Story Of Us
40 38 31 Bruno Mars: Grenade
SS- Michelle Branch: Loud Music

Droppers-
Lady Gaga: Born This Way (from #40, 22 weeks on)
Thirty Seconds To Mars: Closer To The Edge (from #31, 20 weeks on)

Bonus Tracks-
Daughtry: Home (between #31 & #30)
Taio Cruz f/Ludacris: Break Your Heart (between #27 & #26)
Ke$ha: We R Who We R (between #22 & #21)
Usher: You Got It Bad (between #17 & #16)
Lifehouse: You & Me (between #13 & #12)
Travie McCoy f/Bruno Mars: Millioniare (between #8 & #7)

[musicfanpete]

I forgot to mention that we also have three "Perry(i)'s in a row on the countdown from #16 to #18. That may not happen again for a long time!

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Aug 6, 2011 18:06:29 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

I forgot to mention that we also have three "Perry(i)'s in a row on the countdown from #16 to #18. That may not happen again for a long time!

Not unless Steve Perry and Perry O'Farrell release more material.

[HereIsGone]

Aug 6, 2011 18:06:29 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

I forgot to mention that we also have three "Perry(i)'s in a row on the countdown from #16 to #18. That may not happen again for a long time!

That is really cool. Wouldn't have noticed it had you not mentioned it. :)

[musicfanpete]

Aug 7, 2011 1:15:49 GMT -5 HereIsGone said:

Aug 6, 2011 18:06:29 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

I forgot to mention that we also have three "Perry(i)'s in a row on the countdown from #16 to #18. That may not happen again for a long time!

That is really cool. Wouldn't have noticed it had you not mentioned it. :)

No problem. :) I enjoy looking for little bits of chart trivia like this.

This reminds me of a similiar occurance in 1984 when Billy Ocean's "Loverboy" and Teena Marie's "Lovergirl" both charted on the CHR chart at the same time. And if I recall correctly they "met" in the middle of the chart when one of the songs was on the way down and the other was on the way up. So I guess these things occur every so often. And this is timely considering Marie's untimely passing late last year.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Aug 7, 2011 11:24:44 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

Aug 7, 2011 1:15:49 GMT -5 HereIsGone said:

That is really cool. Wouldn't have noticed it had you not mentioned it. :)

No problem. :) I enjoy looking for little bits of chart trivia like this.

This reminds me of a similiar occurance in 1984 when Billy Ocean's "Loverboy" and Teena Marie's "Lovergirl" both charted on the CHR chart at the same time. And if I recall correctly they "met" in the middle of the chart when one of the songs was on the way down and the other was on the way up. So I guess these things occur every so often. And this is timely considering Marie's untimely passing late last year.

Of course, there was also the time in '88 when there were two songs called "Don't Be Cruel" on the charts at the same time (although I don't believe they ever 'met'). Ten years later, two songs called "Stop" were 37-38 on Rick's chart, by Meredith Brooks and the Spice Girls.

[musicfanpete]

Aug 7, 2011 11:26:47 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

Aug 7, 2011 11:24:44 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

No problem. :) I enjoy looking for little bits of chart trivia like this.

This reminds me of a similiar occurance in 1984 when Billy Ocean's "Loverboy" and Teena Marie's "Lovergirl" both charted on the CHR chart at the same time. And if I recall correctly they "met" in the middle of the chart when one of the songs was on the way down and the other was on the way up. So I guess these things occur every so often. And this is timely considering Marie's untimely passing late last year.

Of course, there was also the time in '88 when there were two songs called "Don't Be Cruel" on the charts at the same time (although I don't believe they ever 'met'). Ten years later, two songs called "Stop" were 37-38 on Rick's chart, by Meredith Brooks and the Spice Girls.

That's right. Bobby Brown and Cheap Trick were on the charts in 1988 with songs of the same name, the latter being a cover of the Elvis Presley hit of the same name.

I don't remember the Meredith Brooks and Spice Girls occurence, though. As a matter of fact, I don't think I ever even heard those two songs as I stopped following the CHR charts in the 90's, and they were probably very minor hits for these two artists anyway. But thanks for the trivia! I guess these types of "same name" situations occur once or twice a decade either by pure chance, or maybe purposely by the record companies.

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

Aug 7, 2011 12:11:47 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

Aug 7, 2011 11:26:47 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

Of course, there was also the time in '88 when there were two songs called "Don't Be Cruel" on the charts at the same time (although I don't believe they ever 'met'). Ten years later, two songs called "Stop" were 37-38 on Rick's chart, by Meredith Brooks and the Spice Girls.

That's right. Bobby Brown and Cheap Trick were on the charts in 1988 with songs of the same name, the latter being a cover of the Elvis Presley hit of the same name.

I don't remember the Meredith Brooks and Spice Girls occurence, though. As a matter of fact, I don't think I ever even heard those two songs as I stopped following the CHR charts in the 90's, and they were probably very minor hits for these two artists anyway. But thanks for the trivia! I guess these types of "same name" situations occur once or twice a decade either by pure chance, or maybe purposely by the record companies.

The oddity is that I heard the "Spice/Brooks" combo on the Hot AC version of the show. At the time, R-n-R only went to 30 spots for that chart, and I don't believe either "Stop" made the HAC 30. Of course, that didn't stop Rick from proclaiming Meredith as #29 that week!

On CHR, Meredith peaked at 36, the Spice Girls at 38, so you're right about those two being minor hits.

[musicfanpete]

Sorry, I've been a little busy tonight. I will get the Bonus Tracks up by tomorrow night at the latest.

[musicfanpete]

Better late than ever, the Bonus Tracks have been posted, including one by this week's in-studio guest Travie McCoy. Also, Rick included one first hour Bonus Track for a change.

[billme]

On the CHR version, Rick played 1:30 of U Got It Bad. I guess, I would call a sample not bonus track because it was extremely edited.