Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Hot AC 11/17/12

[musicfanpete]

It's a great week for American Idol winners as Phillip Phillips scores his first number one hit with "Home". In the meantime, the first American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson has this week's biggest jumper with "Catch My Breath", up from #39 to #29 (she also has the biggest jumper on the AT40 Hot AC chart this week, albeit with a much older song!). Otherwise, not a whole lot of movement on the chart this week, outside of Adele, as she jumps up 4 spots to #19 with the theme from the new James Bond film "Skyfall".

I've noticed a more "retro" feel to the chart lately, with a lot of 80's sounding songs cropping up in recent weeks. First Goyte's "Somebody That I Used To Know" hit number one earlier this year, a song with a lot of Police/Peter Gabriel influences. This week we have Bruno Mars with "Locked Out Of Heaven", which sounds like a "mash-up" of several old Police hits. And see if anyone can pick up the 80's influence after listening to the songs by Lifehouse/Natasha Bedingfield, Pink, Rihanna and Kelly Clarkson's latest hits here. They all could pass for songs that charted about 25 years ago.

TC LC wc Artist/Title
01 02 21 Phillip Phillips: Home (1 Wk @ #1)
02 01 19 Fun.: Some Nights
03 03 13 Taylor Swift: We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
04 04 17 Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen: Good Time
05 05 20 Alex Clare: Too Close
06 07 10 OneRepublic: Feel Again
07 06 15 Maroon5: One More Night
08 09 28 Ed Sheeran: The A Team
09 10 10 The Script f/will.i.am: Hall Of Fame
10 11 14 Of Monsters And Men: Little Talks
11 08 19 Pink: Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
12 13 11 Andy Grammer: Miss Me
13 14 05 Bruno Mars: Locked Out Of Heaven
14 12 22 Train: 50 Ways To Say Goodbye
15 16 10 Imagine Dragons: It's Time
16 17 05 Ke$ha: Die Young
17 18 09 Tristin Prettyman: My Oh My
18 15 18 Linkin Park: Burn It Down
19 23 04 Adele: Skyfall
20 19 22 Matchbox Twenty: She's So Mean
21 22 10 Aerosmith: What Could Have Been Love
22 21 30 Neon Trees: Everybody Talks
23 20 11 Green Day: Oh Love
24 24 08 Flo Rida: Whistle
25 26 09 Hedley: Kiss You Inside Out
26 27 07 Daughtry: Start Of Something Good
27 25 24 Katy Perry: Wide Awake
28 29 06 The Lumineers: Ho Hey
29 39 02 Kelly Clarkson: Catch My Breath
30 31 04 Mumford & Sons: I Will Wait
31 28 44 Ellie Goulding: Lights
32 33 05 Justin Bieber f/Big Sean: As Long As You Love Me
33 35 03 Rihanna: Diamonds
34 30 07 Ryan Star: Stay Awhile
35 32 23 Kelly Clarkson: Dark Side
36 37 03 Lifehouse f/Natasha Bedingfield: Between The Raindrops
37 34 12 David Guetta f/Sia: Titanium
38 SS 01 Pink: Try
39 38 29 Carly Rae Jepsen: Call Me Maybe
40 40 28 Maroon5: Payphone
SS- Chris Brown: Don't Wake Me Up

Dropper:
Cher Lloyd: Want U Back (from #36, 12 weeks on)

Bonus Tracks:
Enrique Iglesias f/Pitbull: I Like It (between #27 & #26)
Mike Posner: Cooler Than Me (between #23 & #22)
Justin Timberlake: Cry Me A River (between #13 & #12)
Lady Gaga: The Edge Of Glory (between #7 & #6)
Bruno Mars: Grenade (between #2 & #1)

[musicfanpete]

I modified last week's chart to include last week's Bonus Tracks for anyone who is interested. :)