AT20 - 11/02/03

[j]

Casey just said that #1 this week is by a man who has his grandmother to thank for his multi-platinum success. I guess that means Uncle Kracker has the AT20 #1 record all to himself at 20 weeks.

2 new entries: Santana/Alex Band & Celine Dion's 5th hit this year.

LC TC SONG/ARTIST

02 01 Unwell/Matchbox Twenty
01 02 Drift Away/Uncle Kracker f/Dobie Gray
03 03 Forever And For Always/Shania Twain

04 ?? Dance With My Father/Luther Vandross
07 ?? Calling All Angels/Train
05 ?? Big Yellow Taxi/Counting Crows f/Vanessa Carlton

06 07 Have You Ever Been In Love/Celine Dion
12 08 I Can Only Imagine/MercyMe

09 ?? Hole In The World/The Eagles
11 ?? Sunrise/Simply Red
10 ?? If You're Not The One/Daniel Bedingfield

14 12 Look Through My Eyes/Phil Collins
13 13 Beautiful/Christina Aguilera
19 14 White Flag/Dido
15 15 The First Cut Is The Deepest/Sheryl Crow
16 16 Fallen/Sarah McLachlan
17 17 Waiting For You/Seal
-- 18 Why Don't You & I?/Santana f/Alex Band
18 19 Peace Where The Heart Is/Jim Brickman f/Collin Raye
-- 20 Stand By Your Side/Celine Dion

Falling off:
20 Wrapped/Gloria Estefan
08 The Game Of Love/Santana f/Michelle Branch

Extras
It's Too Late/Carole King

LDD
1. I Wanna Love You Forever/Jessica Simpson (High school boyfriend of 4 years who was going to take her to Disneyland died in a car crash recently)
2. Because You Loved Me/Celine Dion (To mother)

[Arson]

Thank you for posting this. :)

It's interesting that "Why Don't You And I" is charting even though it's not even Top 30 on R&R's AC chart.

Will Kenny Loggins not make it on AT20 with "With This Ring"?

I wonder if Josh Groban and Clay Aiken will debut next week as per R&R chart. Michael Bolton still isn't on AT20 yet.

[BillboardBoy]

Other extras include:

1986 - Next Time I Fall
1995 - Only Wanna Be With You
1974 - Cat's In The Cradle
1982 - Tainted Love
1998 - This Kiss
1978 - She's Always A Woman
1991 - Live For Loving You

10 foreign acts

• #1 30 years ago this week - Paper Roses - Marie Osmond

• #1 25 years ago this week - Ready To Take A Chance Again - Barry Manilow

• Jim Brickman can play the flute, trumpet and clarinet.

• Seal is from Paddington, England, and used to be into fashion design and architecture.

• Mick Hucknall was on "I Love the '80s - Strikes Back."

• Mike Shuzer (sp.) of MercyMe is an animal lover.

• A story about Gabriel the Angel going into "Calling All Angels."

• Luther is 52.

• Casey read the lyrics going into "Forever And For Always" and said it was her highest charting hit in 5 years.

#1 Pop - Here Without You
#1 Rock - So Far Away
#1 Alternative - Weak & Powerless - A Perfect Circle
#1 Album - Measure of a Man - Clay Aiken

[Hervard]

Now here's everything all together:

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

Droppers:
From #8: The Game Of Love/Santana f/Michelle Branch
From #20: Wrapped/Gloria Estefan

AT20 Extras:
It's Too Late/Carole King
Forever For You/Daryl Hall & John Oates
Tainted Love/Soft Cell

Long Distance Dedications:
I Wanna Love You Forever/Jessica Simpson
Kiss Me/Sixpence None The Richer
Because You Loved Me/Celine Dion

AT20 Archives:
1991: Live For Loving You/Gloria Estefan
1986: The Next Time I Fall/Peter Cetera w/Amy Grant
1974: Cat's In The Cradle/Harry Chapin
1998: This Kiss/Faith Hill
1978: She's Always A Woman/Billy Joel

I was a little disappointed that Uncle Kracker couldn't hold on and break the record, so Casey could tell the story about that (of course, since he told a regular story about the artist last week when the record was tied, who knows what he would have done). Also, there is the possibility that Uncle Kracker could return, but I wouldn't count on it.

With Santana/Branch's "Game Of Love" being removed, that means 2003 will be the first year this decade not containing a song that spent the whole year on the chart. Could this mean the A/C charts are beginning to move a little faster?? NAH!

I wonder, could this be the first time that Casey played two AT20 Archive songs from the 1970's? Also, this is the first time this year (that I know of) that he flashed back to the first year of the A/C chart (1974). Last year, he did it at least once, the weekend of April 13, when he played "TSOP" by MFSB. Next year, if he does it, he'll say "30 years ago this week..." Wow, it's been nearly 30 years since I was two? Where does the time go?

Anotehr rarity - all three songs were the same on all three countdowns. When was the last time that happened?

For the first time in quite awhile, the biggest jumper was more than four spots. "White Flag" by Dido moves 19-14. Could she repeat the success of "Thankyou?" We'll have to see. Also, MercyMe makes a rather decent move, from 12 to 8.

I have a feeling that most songs in the Top Ten this week, along with song 13, will be on the year end chart, which I'm guessing will be featured on the weekend of December 27. It'll probably be a one part show, like last year, since undoubtedly, stations will be playing Christmas music. Or maybe they'll surprise us and air a two-part special on the weekends of 12/27/03 and 1/3/04, but I wouldn't get my hopes up too high.

Well, I think that just about covers everything.

[j]

ulij20 said:

For the first time in quite awhile, the biggest jumper was more than four spots. "White Flag" by Dido moves 19-14. Could she repeat the success of "Thankyou?"

I seriously doubt it, considering "Thankyou" is still #17 on the chart that ignores recurrent rules.

[johnnywest]

Anotehr rarity - all three songs were the same on all three countdowns. When was the last time that happened?

You mean LDD's, right? Yeah, it has been MONTHS since they were all the same.

[jond7699]

Thank god for Matchbox Twenty. I am so glad they were able to break Uncle Krakers streak. That song is so lame I have no clue how it got to number one for so long. Long live "Unwell"

[Hot AC Archiver]

Next in Line:

"Bewitched, Bothered,..." - Rod Stewart
"Invisible" - Clay Aiken
"I'm a Believer" - Smash Mouth

[Hervard]

at40fantoo said:

Next in Line:

"I'm a Believer" - Smash Mouth

WHAT???!!!

[Matt4319]

"I'm a Believer" somehow has 2.649 million (at least) AC audience, judging from the format leaders on Mediabase. The number was boosted greatly by the song's 7 spins on New York's WLTW.

[jond7699]

at40fantoo said:

Next in Line:

"Bewitched, Bothered,..." - Rod Stewart
"Invisible" - Clay Aiken
"I'm a Believer" - Smash Mouth

I can't believe that "I'm A Believer" is next in line. What has happend to the AC chart ?

[Hervard]

I'm A Believer should be a Gold single at this point. It charted sooner than "Superman (It's Not Easy)" and that song was moved to Gold status, just weeks after it went recurrent.

[BillboardBoy]

I'm A Believer should be a Gold single at this point. It charted sooner than "Superman (It's Not Easy)" and that song was moved to Gold status, just weeks after it went recurrent.

I'm guessing that if a song is going to be officially "gold," which appears to be the next step down from "recurrent," then it would have to have been in the top 30 for 20 weeks and then be removed because of the recurrent rule. Just a theory.