Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Hot AC 3/26/11

[musicfanpete]

This week's "March Madness" edition of Rick's chart has Pink at the top once again with her latest hit "Perfect". Christina Perri's four week run at #2 ended this week as "Jar Of Hearts" slips to #3 while Bruno Mars takes over the #2 spot with "Grenade".

Amongst other highlights, Avril Lavigne scores her first top 10 hit in over 3 years with her latest hit, "What The Hell".

Lady Gaga's climb continues to slow down as "Born This Way" only manages to move up one spot to #13. Maybe listeners have already tired of this song's similar sound to Madonna's "Express Yourself"!

While last week's Sure Shot by Fritz & The Tantrums fails to debut this week at least for now, this week's only debut belongs to Parachute, who last charted here in 2009 with their top 20 hit "She Is Love". Their latest hit, "Something To Believe In" debuts at #34. While not a remake of the 80's Poison hit of the same name, this song definitely has an 80's retro vibe to it, and their lead singer sounds a lot like former 80's artist John Waite! It will be interesting to see how far this song climbs.

Finally, this week's Sure Shot belongs to Stone Sour with their latest hit "Hesitate". They last charted here back in late 2006 with their top 20 hit "Through Glass".

TC LC wc Artist/Title
01 01 09 Pink: Perfect (3 Wks @ #1)
02 03 12 Bruno Mars: Grenade
03 02 27 Christina Perri: Jar Of Hearts
04 04 22 Train: Marry Me
05 05 17 The Script: For The First Time
06 09 06 Cee Lo Green: Forget You!
07 07 10 Taylor Swift: Back To December
08 08 12 Linkin Park: Waiting For The End
09 06 17 Katy Perry: Firework
10 11 08 Avril Lavigne: What The Hell
11 17 09 Adele: Rolling In The Deep
12 12 11 Mumford & Sons: Little Lion Man
13 14 04 Lady Gaga: Born This Way
14 15 11 Florence & The Machine: Dog Days Are Over
15 10 19 Sick Puppies: Maybe
16 18 04 Maroon 5: Never Gonna Leave This Bed
17 16 19 Rihanna: Only Girl (In The World)
18 19 07 My Chemical Romance: Sing
19 13 31 Plain White T's: Rhythm Of Love
20 22 05 Colbie Caillat: I Do
21 25 03 Enrique Iglesias f/Pitbull: Tonight
22 26 06 Sugerland: Stuck Like Glue
23 20 36 Neon Trees: Animal
24 28 06 Sara Bareilles: Uncharted
25 24 27 Bruno Mars: Just The Way You Are
26 32 02 Andy Grammer: Keep Your Head Up
27 21 30 Taio Cruz: Dynamite
28 38 02 Lifehouse: Falling In
29 23 07 Britney Spears: Hold It Against Me
30 30 05 Far East Movement f/Ryan Tedder: Rocketeer
31 34 02 Thirty Seconds To Mars: Closer To The Edge
32 27 21 Pink: Raise Your Glass
33 31 25 Usher f/Pitbull: DJ Got Us Falling In Love
34 xx 01 Parachute: Something To Believe In
35 33 22 Ryan Star: Start A Fire
36 35 19 Nelly: Just A Dream
37 36 36 Daughtry: September
38 40 02 He Is We: Happily Ever After
39 37 31 OneRepublic: Secrets
40 39 31 Katy Perry: Teenage Dream
SS- Stone Sour: Hesitate

Dropper-
Lifehouse: All In (from #29, 36 weeks on)

Bonus Tracks-
The Fray: You Found Me (between #27 & #26)
Black Eyed Peas: I've Gotta Feeling (between #23 & #22)
Sara Barellies: Love Song (between #17 & #16)
No Doubt: Don't Speak (between #13 & #12)
Gavin DeGraw: I Don't Want To Be (between #7 & #6)
Lifehouse: Halfway Gone (between #2 & #1)

[MostInterestingManInTheWorld]

"Don't Speak" - 14 years old. Been a long time since something from '97 was played on this countdown.

And I'm glad the Parachute debut is not a cover of Poison - that was probably Brett Michaels' least interesting hit.

[musicfanpete]

Mar 26, 2011 15:43:20 GMT -5 MostInterestingManInTheWorld said:

"Don't Speak" - 14 years old. Been a long time since something from '97 was played on this countdown.

And I'm glad the Parachute debut is not a cover of Poison - that was probably Brett Michaels' least interesting hit.

Yeah, I liked "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" more myself.

This is now the second time in three weeks Rick has played a 90's song which is nice. I hope he continues this trend. However, this is the second time in a month or two he has played that Gavin DeGraw song. There's plenty of great songs from the last decade he has not played in a long time, so hopefully he keeps shaking things up.

Speaking of Bonus Tracks, the other two have been posted.

[johnnywest]

Although some may not consider it a bonus track, Rick has been leading off his countdowns lately with last week's #1, "Perfect" in this case."

[musicfanpete]

Mar 29, 2011 22:37:39 GMT -5 johnnywest said:

Although some may not consider it a bonus track, Rick has been leading off his countdowns lately with last week's #1, "Perfect" in this case."

Sorry for the delay in responding. Yeah, that's true, but I don't count it as a Bonus Track, more a "week in review" type thing.