AT20 - 10/26/03

[Hervard]

Thanks to Gil (see Uncle Kracker thread), I can now post this week's AT20. I fell asleep during the last hour (I knew I would, since I was up in Michigan last night for the Niles Haunted House, said to be one of the best in the country, but I was back in WLIT listening range (if I was ever out, LOL) by 9:00 so I could listen to the show), so I missed the Top Two, but Gil pointed out what was number one so I was able to deduce what was number two and - well, enough rambling on...

LC TC SONG/ARTIST
01 01 Drift Away/Uncle Kracker f/Dobie Gray
02 02 Unwell/Matchbox Twenty
03 03 Forever And For Always/Shania Twain
04 04 Dance With My Father/Luther Vandross
06 05 Big Yellow Taxi/Counting Crows f/Vanessa Carlton
05 06 Have You Ever Been In Love/Celine Dion
08 07 Calling All Angels/Train
07 08 The Game Of Love/Santana f/Michelle Branch
10 09 Hole In The World/The Eagles
09 10 If You're Not The One/Daniel Bedingfield
12 11 Sunrise/Simply Red
11 12 I Can Only Imagine/MercyMe
13 13 Beautiful/Christina Aguilera
14 14 Look Through My Eyes/Phil Collins
15 15 The First Cut Is The Deepest/Sheryl Crow
18 16 Fallen/Sarah McLachlan
16 17 Waiting For You/Seal
19 18 Peace Where The Heart Is/Jim Brickman f/Collin Raye
XX 19 White Flag/Dido
RE 20 Wrapped/Gloria Estefan

AT20 Extras:
Let's Stay Together/Al Green
Manic Monday/The Bangles
I'm So Excited/Pointer Sisters

Long Distance Dedications:
Forever Young/Rod Stewart (from a fan to Shirley Muldowney, a retiring drag racer)
You'll Be In My Heart/Phil Collins (from a mother who made a hard decision by letting her young teenage daughter live with her dad ("Reba", anyone?))
Man In The Mirror/Michael Jackson (from a freshman to her history teacher, who helped her become more sociable)

AT20 Archives:
2001: Never Had A Dream Come True/S Club 7
2002: Complicated/Avril Lavigne
1996: It's All Coming Back To Me Now/Celine Dion
1994: Circle Of Life/Elton John
1983: All Night Long (All Night)/Lionel Richie

Note: Since I fell asleep before the top two (I stuck a tape in at the beginning of Hour 1), I missed the story leading into the number one song. Was it about how Uncle Kracker tied the record for staying at number one the longest? If so, if someone could give me a detailed account of how the story went, that would be great.
If it was just another ho-hum story about Uncle Kracker and/or Dobie Gray, never mind. Thanks in advance.

[BillboardBoy]

You're right, it was just another standard story at #1. It something about how Uncle Kracker loves music from the past. Hopefully, it will be addressed next week.

Here are some facts from this week's show...

Droppers:
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Michael Buble
This Is The Night - Clay Aiken

• Gloria was a psychology major.
• Dido's last hit was "Thankyou," which spent 8 weeks at #1.
• Colin Raye's "powerful instrument" is his voice.
• "Waiting For You" is used to promote the last season of "Friends."
• The name "Mercy Me" came from one of the band member's grand mother.
• The Eagles have sold over 100 mil. albums worldwide. One of the Eagles celebrates his birthday this weekend (it wasn't Don or Glenn).
• Shania says she's too much of a gypsy to perform in Vegas like Celine.

Six hits by solo men.

[Hot AC Archiver]

Next in line on AT20:

- "Stand by Your Side" - Celine Dion
- "Why Don't You & I" - Santana
- "With This Ring" - Kenny Loggins

[Michael1973]

Could someone post the highlights of the Hot AC show? My local station screwed up (AGAIN!) and played hour three twice while completely omitting hour two. How intelligent do you need to be to make sure the show plays in the correct order??

[Hervard]

BillboardBoy said:

You're right, it was just another standard story at #1. It something about how Uncle Kracker loves music from the past. Hopefully, it will be addressed next week.

As said in another thread, I'm not sure whether or not the AT20 chart is determined entirely by audience impressions, but if I'm wrong, he won't be able to address it next week, because since last Sunday's update, Matchbox Twenty led the pack in audience points. Of course, maybe Casey will say something after he reads last week's top three (i.e. "Can Uncle Kracker and Dobie spend a twentieth week on top? If so, they'll break the record for the longest stay on top."). And, of course, there's the possibility of "Drift Away" returning to the top, so you never know.

[j]

Well now Shania Twain has the highest audience impression.

I don't know whether you can read much into the fact that there was no story behind the record-tying event. It really could imply either way next week.

[johnnywest]

Could someone post the highlights of the Hot AC show?

Here are the extras:

2001 - Hanging By A Moment
1993 - No Rain
1992 - I Ran (So Far Away)
1993 - What Is Love
2000 - It's My Life
2002 - Complicated
1986 - Manic Monday
1997 - How Do I Live
1998 - Iris

LDDs: Man In The Mirror, You'll Be In My Heart, Forever Young.

The #1 story was about how Carlos Santana used to play in a mariachi band.