Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Hot AC 12/14/13

[musicfanpete]

This week, Imagine Dragons finally snags their first number one hit with "Demons". Look for the song to probably finish the year at the top assuming Rick starts with the special countdowns next week. Passenger looks to score their first number one hit after the new year with "Let Her Go", up to #3 this week. And still don't count out OneRepublic yet.

After three minor hits, Fitz & The Tantrums finally scores their breakout hit as their latest hit "Out Of My League" leaps up 7 spots to #14. The song certainly has an 80's retro vibe to it, channeling groups like General Public (I think the lead singer wears a shirt like one the General Public singers did in their videos in the 80's, in the "Out Of My League" video. ). Hopefully we will see this song and "Sweater Weather" in the top 10 soon.

Paramore seems to be in a big hurry to leave the chart with back-to-back big drops, falling from #11 to #37 in just two weeks. Hopefully Haley's hit with Zedd, "Stay The Night" will debut on Rick's chart soon.

While we're still on the subject of the 80's, not only have songs named "Stay The Night" charted in the 80's and/or early 90's (songs by the Car's Benjamin Orr, and Chicago), Christina Perri returns to the chart this week with her latest song "Human". While nothing to do with the big hit by the Human League of the same name in 1986, she does have one of several ballads that have hit the chart in recent week's, including this week's highest debut by Colbie Caillat, with "Hold On". Wait for it....Wilson Phillips scored a number one hit with a song of the same name back in 1990! Interesting!

We also have a very retro sound Sure Shot this week by Lady Gaga and R. Kelly with "Do What You Want", a song that could've been done by Nu Shooz back in 1986 (okay, I listen to too much 80's music, I know! ). Anyway, this may be the final weekly chart of the year, but we will find out next week if Rick breaks out the Christmas tunes, followed by most likely his "hybrid" year-end chart the week after.

TW LW wc Artist/Title
01 02 13 Imagine Dragons: Demons (1 Wk @ #1)
02 01 13 Avici f/Aloe Blacc: Wake Me Up
03 04 19 Passenger: Let Her Go
04 03 23 OneRepublic: Counting Stars
05 05 10 Miley Cyrus: Wrecking Ball
06 07 10 American Authors: Best Day Of My Life
07 08 07 Katy Perry: Unconditionally
08 06 15 Lorde: Royals
09 10 06 The Fray: Love Don't Lie
10 09 30 Sara Bareilles: Brave
11 12 09 Daughtry: Waiting For Superman
12 23 08 A Great Big World: Say Something
13 15 12 The Neighbourhood: Sweater Weather
14 21 11 Fitz & The Tantrums: Out Of My League
15 14 15 Katy Perry: Roar
16 17 13 The Goo Goo Dolls: Come To Me
17 13 23 Capital Cities: Safe And Sound
18 16 14 Lady Gaga: Applause
19 19 10 John Mayer f/Katy Perry: Who You Love
20 25 08 Drake f/Majid Jordan: Hold On We're Going Home
21 11 19 Taylor Swift f/Ed Sheeran: Everything Has Changed
22 28 05 Avril Lavigne f/Chad Kroeger: Let Me Go
23 18 23 Robin Thicke f/Pharrell Williams and T.I.: Blurred Lines
24 30 04 Bastille: Pompeii
25 20 29 Anna Kendrick: Cups
26 29 07 John Newman: Love Me Again
27 26 29 Maroon5: Love Somebody
28 SS 01 Colbie Caillat: Hold On
29 27 07 Emeli Sande': My Kind Of Love
30 32 04 Gavin DeGraw: Make A Move
31 35 04 Selena Gomez: Slow Down
32 33 05 ZZ Ward: 365 Days
33 31 33 Phillip Phillips: Gone, Gone, Gone
34 37 03 Jason Derulo: Marry Me
35 34 34 Imagine Dragons: Radioactive
36 xx 01 Human: Christina Perri
37 22 22 Paramore: Still Into You
38 39 02 Justin Timberlake: TKO
39 xx 01 One Direction: Story Of My Life
40 38 13 Lana Del Rey: Summertime Sadness
SS- Lady Gaga f/R. Kelly: Do What You Want

Droppers:
Bruno Mars: Gorilla(from #40, 8 weeks on)
Justin Timberlake: Mirrors (from #36, 32 weeks on)
Pink f/Lily Allen: True Love (from #24, 20 weeks on)

Bonus Tracks:
Train: Hey, Soul Sister (between #27 & #26)
Fun. f/Janelle Monae: We Are Young (between #23 & #22)
Black Eyed Peas: Gotta Get Through This (between #17 & #16)
Lifehouse: Halfway Gone (between #13 & #12)
Carly Rae Jepsen: Call Me Maybe (between #7 & #6)
Adele: Rolling In The Deep (between #2 & #1)

[funguy10]

Where can I listen to this at?

[musicfanpete]

Dec 14, 2013 19:52:12 GMT -5 funguy10 said:

Where can I listen to this at?

At rick.com. He used to archive the shows, but now they are up just for the week. Some stations still run the show weekly as well.

[funguy10]

He sounds so much older now since the last time I've listened to him. What methodology does he use for the charts?

[johnnywest]

Dec 14, 2013 19:09:31 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

Bonus Tracks:
Black Eyed Peas: Gotta Get Through This (between #17 & #16)

Thanks for posting!

This song should have been "Boom Boom Pow."

[musicfanpete]

Dec 17, 2013 13:36:21 GMT -5 johnnywest said:

Dec 14, 2013 19:09:31 GMT -5 musicfanpete said:

Bonus Tracks:
Black Eyed Peas: Gotta Get Through This (between #17 & #16)

Thanks for posting!

This song should have been "Boom Boom Pow."

You are correct. Thanks!

[musicfanpete]

Dec 15, 2013 18:44:51 GMT -5 funguy10 said:

He sounds so much older now since the last time I've listened to him. What methodology does he use for the charts?

There really is no methodology. That's why many of us refer to his charts as "dartboard" charts.