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Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 29, 2012.

2012-01-30T04:00:00.002-10:00

Yep, Red Solo Cup is #1 on the Weekly Top 20!

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 29, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	3
2	Someone Like You	Adele	1
3	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	6
4	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	5
5	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	2
6	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	4
7	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	9
8	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	10
9	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	12
10	Paradise	Coldplay	8
11	A Thousand Years	Christina Perri	14
12	Everybody Talks	Neon Trees	15
13	Starlight	Matt Cardle	16
14	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	7
15	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	13
16	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	19
17	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	20
18	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	11
19	Drive By	Train	--
20	Simple Song	The Shins	--

CHART NOTES

The goofiest song on the chart has made it to the top. Yes, Toby Keith's #1 country music hit "Red Solo Cup", a silly drinking song with an equally silly video, has climbed to the top... the pinnacle of popularity. Numero uno. Number 1 for this week on Mel's Weekly Top 20. Haven't heard a drinking song this funny since Hank Williams' "There a Tear in My Beer" and Don Ho's "Tiny Bubbles". This song is up there among "99 Bottles of Beer" as one of the funniest, and most memorable of drinking songs. A CMA in Toby Keith's future? Has he already won one? I certainly don't know.

By the way... I don't drink which makes this song way out of left field for me. Huh!

Elsewhere on the chart we see Katy Perry closing in on the top with her #3 record this week, "The One That Got Away". It's the follow-up to her immensely popular "Last Friday Night (TGIF)" hit single of last year which went to #2 on the year end Top 100 for 2011.

Nickelback's rocker "When We Stand Together" breaks into the top 10 this week at #9. It moves up from last week's #12 position. Good song. Should go higher.

Two song debut this week. At #19 we find the latest by Train called "Drive By". Entering at #20 this week are The Shins with "Simple Song". Both are great and should go high on this chart.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2012

Someone Like You - Adele
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Run For Your Life - Matt Cardle

VIDEO EXTRAS

Showcase on Contemporary Country Music.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 22, 2012

2012-01-24T03:45:00.006-10:00

The Ting Tings break into the top 10 with "Hang It Up".

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 22, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Someone Like You	Adele	2
2	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	1
3	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	7
4	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	3
5	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	6
6	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	9
7	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	8
8	Paradise	Coldplay	4
9	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	10
10	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	12
11	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	5
12	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	16
13	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	14
14	A Thousand Years	Christina Perri	17
15	Everybody Talks	Neon Trees	19
16	Starlight	Matt Cardle	20
17	In The Dark	Dev	11
18	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	13
19	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	--
20	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	--

CHART NOTES

Adele has hit the #1 position with her second single "Someone Like You". This song is a late comer to the Top 20 having peaked on many charts throughout the world. It is still listed on many others and remains a best selling single track in the online world. The track is taken from Adele's album 21.

Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup", a funny, party country song moves up another 4 points from #7 to #3 this week. Could Adele's run at #1 be short lived? Check this chart next week to see where Toby Keith goes.

The Ting Tings' make it into the top 10 with their latest track. Checking in at #10 up 2 is "Hang It Up". It's video appears below. Good song.

Chart debuts this week from Asteroids Galaxy Tour and their latest "Heart Attack" at #19 (with "Major" still on at #11) and Alesha Dixon with "Doing It Our Way (Play)" at #20. Looks like these 2 tracks could be big hits on this chart.

FORMERLY @ #1

It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Run For Your Life - Matt Cardle

Chaotic Five: Classic Rock Lives in Hawaii

2012-01-22T11:30:00.010-10:00

There is hope rock still lives in the next generation. Caught a free Ala Moana Shopping Center concert featuring these pint size rockers who excel in musicianship and can belt out the classic rock tunes with the best of them. They're Chaotic Five, billed as Hawaii's youngest classic rock band.

Young they are. Most of them seem to be just around 10 years old... maybe younger. The songs they sing are decades older than they. Last night's set included covers of Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," Heart's "Barracuda," Guns n Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine", Blondie's "Call Me" and Journey's "Separate Ways" and "Anyway You Want It". Wow. They rock.

Check the video links below:

More Links:

Chaotic Five on YouTube

Chaotic Five on Facebook

Cool New Song From The Shins

2012-01-20T02:17:00.000-10:00

Press the PLAY button and listen to the new Shins single "Simple Song". Cool. Can't wait for their new album coming out in March.

Defend the Internet - Oppose SOPA and PIPA

2012-01-19T01:35:00.000-10:00

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Links:

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Mel's Weekly Top 20 - Week of January 15, 2012

2012-01-18T22:45:00.015-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 15, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	It Will Rain (2nd Week @ #1!)	Bruno Mars	1
2	Someone Like You	Adele	2
3	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	3
4	Paradise	Coldplay	4
5	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	6
6	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	8
7	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	11
8	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	10
9	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	17
10	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	13
11	In The Dark	Dev	5
12	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	14
13	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	7
14	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	15
15	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	9
16	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	18
17	A Thousand Years	Christina Perri	20
18	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	12
19	Everybody Talks	Neon Trees	--
20	Starlight	Matt Cardle	--

CHART NOTES

Bruno Mars holds the #1 spot for the 2nd week with his latest hit, "It Will Rain". I don't know if it is the perfect song for the rainy season or not, but I am sure fame and fortune is not raining on Mars' career!

Big movers of the week include Toby Keith as his hit "Red Solo Cup" moves up 4 from #11 to break into the top 10 at #7. This is one of the most funny country songs I've heard.

Another big mover is Katy Perry. Her latest single off the Teenage Dream album moves up 8 points from #17 to #9 this week. Can this go to #1 as her last hit "Last Friday Night (TGIF)"?

Two songs make their debut on the top 20. The latest from Neon Trees bows in at #19 this week. Sounds like "Everybody Talks" could be another biggie for this rock group from Utah. Debuting at #20 is "Starlight" by Matt Cardle. It's his second single to make it to the top 20. His first, "Run For Your Life" peaked at #1 in December and is still on the chart this week at #3.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 8, 2012

2012-01-11T05:00:00.001-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of January 8, 2012

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	2
2	Someone Like You	Adele	3
3	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	1
4	Paradise	Coldplay	4
5	In The Dark	Dev	5
6	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	7
7	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	8
8	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	9
9	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	6
10	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	11
11	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	17
12	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	12
13	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	14
14	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	16
15	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	15
16	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	10
17	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	19
18	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	20
19	Tainted Love	Imelda May	13
20	A Thousand Years	Christina Perri	--

CHART NOTES

Bruno Mars goes to #1 with his latest single "It Will Rain". The song moves up from #2 after spending several weeks there. Following Mars is Adele with her single "Someone Like You" which moves up one point from #3 to #2. Will she make it to #1? Her last single, "Rolling in the Deep" got only as far as #2 on the Weekly Top 20 last year. That song however dominated other charts for most of 2011.

Elsewhere on the chart most songs only got minimal upward movement, or none at all. The song that makes the most significant move up for the week is Toby Keith's novelty country tune, "Red Solo Cup", which in its 3rd week on this chart, bolts from #17 to #11. Top 10 is definite by next week. See the video below. It's funny.

The only debut song this week is by Christina Perri. It's called "A Thousand Years" and makes it at the #20 spot. Ms. Perri has enjoyed much chart success here. Her last charted single, "Jar of Hearts" got as high as #8 in 2010 and the follow-up single "Arms" did not make the top 20 last year.

Matt Cardle's "Run For Your Life" has dropped from #1 to #3. This should have been a bigger hit on other charts and U.S. radio. Unfortunately it has yet to click with U.S. audiences. Looks like the song may be on its way out.

VIDEO EXTRAS

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 1, 2012

2012-01-02T17:30:00.010-10:00

Coldplay live on BBC 1. 2011. "Paradise" currently #4.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 1, 2012.

Happy New Year. Welcome to the 2012 year of the Weekly Top 20.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Run For Your Life (3rd Week @ #1!)	Matt Cardle	1
2	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	2
3	Someone Like You	Adele	4
4	Paradise	Coldplay	3
5	In The Dark	Dev	6
6	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	5
7	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	7
8	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	8
9	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	10
10	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	9
11	Marry The Night	Lady Gaga	11
12	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	13
13	Tainted Love	Imelda May	14
14	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	16
15	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	15
16	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	17
17	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	20
18	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	12
19	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	--
20	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	--

CHART NOTES

Matt Cardle holds on to the #1 spot with "Run For Your Life" for a 3rd week in a row. Bruno Mars holds at #2 with "It Will Rain" for another week. Moving up to #3 we find Adele with "Someone Like You". Coldplay holds down the #4 song with their former #1 "Paradise," which also turned out to be the #1 song of the year on Mel's Weekly Top 20 Top 100 Hits of 2011 chart. Check it out.

Dev creeps into the top 5 with "In the Dark", up from last week's #6.

Most of the other songs on the chart notched small one or two point gains from the previous week.

The song that moves the most is "Red Solo Cup" by Toby Keith, a country song that moves from #20 to #17 this week. It's a fun song that crossed over from the country side.

Two debut songs include Katy's Perry's "The One That Got Away" at #19 while Nickelback bows in at #20 with "When We Stand Together".

What were the top hits of 2011? Click the graphic above.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - December 25, 2011

2011-12-27T16:00:00.002-10:00

This video is a bit creepy... but the song's a hit.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of December 25, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Run For Your Life (2nd Week @ #1!)	Matt Cardle	1
2	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	2
3	Paradise	Coldplay	3
4	Someone Like You	Adele	5
5	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	4
6	In The Dark	Dev	6
7	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	8
8	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	9
9	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	10
10	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	11
11	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	12
12	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	7
13	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	15
14	Tainted Love	Imelda May	16
15	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	17
16	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	19
17	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	20
18	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	13
19	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	14
20	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	--

CHART NOTES

Matt Cardle holds on to the #1 spot for a 2nd week in a row with "Run For Your Life." Fact is the top 3 records are the same this week as last week. Holding at #2 is Bruno Mars with "It Will Rain" and Coldplay at #3 with "Paradise".

Elsewhere in the top 20 most songs that moved up made only small steps up from the previous week. Songs that moved down, plummeted considerably (for a top 20 list). Those songs on a downward spiral include "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People down from #7 to #12; Rihanna's "We Found Love" down from #13 to #18 and "Mr. Saxobeat" by Alexandra Stan down from #14 to #19.

Only one song makes a debut to the top 20 this week... and this is "Red Solo Cup" by country artist Toby Keith coming in at #20. It's quite a funny song about a guy who bonds with a red plastic cup.

Former Number One Songs from 2011:

Paradise - Coldplay
Rope - Foo Fighters
Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat
Last Friday Night (TGIF) - Katy Perry
Tonight's the Kind of Night - Noah & the Whale
The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Sad Song - The Cars
Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift
Grenade - Bruno Mars
We No Speak Americano - Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup

CHECK OUT THE NEW TOP 100 HITS OF 2011 PAGE!

HOLIDAY SHOWCASE EXTRA

A few days late and maybe a dollar short, but this video and song has turned out to be my favorite Christmas song of the 2011 holiday season. The recording featuring Caro Emerald has been layered upon an old Brooke Benton track, a holiday chestnut that has been largely unheard of in my opinion. This new version brings the song up to date and hopefully develops it into a future classic.

Happy Holidays!

Mel

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - December 18, 2011.

2011-12-19T06:25:00.001-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of December 18, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	3
2	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	4
3	Paradise	Coldplay	1
4	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	2
5	Someone Like You	Adele	6
6	In The Dark	Dev	5
7	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	7
8	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	10
9	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	11
10	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	12
11	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	13
12	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	14
13	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	8
14	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	9
15	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	16
16	Tainted Love	Imelda May	19
17	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	20
18	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	15
19	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	--
20	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	--

CHART NOTES

After climbing the charts for the past 5 weeks, moving up several notches at the time, Matt Cardle breaks into the #1 slot with his chart debut single, "Run For Your Life". The song which moves up 2 spots from #3 to #1 is not a hit on American radio as far as I know. It is one of those songs that have struck a cord in places other than the U.S. so far. It is not listed on many charts except mine and a few others on personal chart boards. Matt should be an artist that gets more airplay. He's good.

Following Matt Cardle, is Hawaii born singer Bruno Mars, who also moves up 2 points from last week's #4 spot to #2 this week with his huge hit "It Will Rain". This song has already topped the iTunes and the Amazon.com sales charts. It's a good single and hopefully will be featured on his next album.

Moving into the top 5 we also find Adele, moving up a spot from #6 to #5 with her huge worldwide hit "Someone Like Me," which was a late arrival to this chart.

Obviously with the upward movement in the top 5, songs had to also move down... but not by too much this week.Coldplay has relinquished the top spot after spending 7 weeks there with their hit "Paradise". Right behind them is Zee Avi who peaked at #2 for the past 3 weeks with her still catchy "The Book of Morris Johnson" now at #4.

Two songs make their chart debut. They include Mayer Hawthorne's debut single "The Walk" at #19. It is a classic break-up song with an artistic but violent video. The clip may show up here. At number 20 we find The Ting Tings with their latest indie hit "Hang It Up". They hit the chart late last year with "Hands" and that peaked at #2. We'll see how far The Ting Tings will go with this one.

Former Number One Songs from 2011:

Paradise - Coldplay
Rope - Foo Fighters
Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat
Last Friday Night (TGIF) - Katy Perry
Tonight's the Kind of Night - Noah & the Whale
The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Sad Song - The Cars
Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift
Grenade - Bruno Mars
We No Speak Americano - Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup

VIDEO SHOWCASE: Matt Cardle

The latest single.... "Starlight"

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - December 11, 2011.

2011-12-14T07:00:00.009-10:00

Adele's "Someone Like You" has become one of the top songs of 2011.

Coldplay Holds at #1 For 7th Consecutive Week

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Paradise (7th Week @ #1!)	Coldplay	1
2	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	2
3	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	5
4	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	9
5	In The Dark	Dev	6
6	Someone Like You	Adele	8
7	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	7
8	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	3
9	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	4
10	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	13
11	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	14
12	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	15
13	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	16
14	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	17
15	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	10
16	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	20
17	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	11
18	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	12
19	Tainted Love	Imelda May	--
20	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	--

CHART NOTES

Coldplay holds on to #1 for a 7th consecutive week with their hit "Paradise". The single is the 2nd off their latest album Mylo Xyloto.

Zee Avi and "The Book of Morris Johnson" holds at #2 for a 3rd week. Matt Cardle moves up from #5 to #3 with his single "Run For Your Life".

Bruno Mars' track "It Will Rain" breaks into the top 5 at #4, moving up from last week's #9 position. Dev inches up a notch from #6 to #5 with "In the Dark".

Two tracks make their debut on the top 20 this week. They include the first ever from singer Imelda May, whose cover of the old Soft Cell hit "Tainted Love" chimes in at #19. Following her is Gavin DeGraw who debuts with the track "Sweeter" off the album of the same name at #20. His single "Not Over You" fell off this chart a week ago after peaking for a few weeks at #15.

VIDEO SHOWCASE EXTRAS

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - December 4, 2011

2011-12-04T07:30:00.002-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of December 4, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Paradise (6th Week @ #1!)	Coldplay	1
2	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	2
3	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	3
4	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	5
5	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	9
6	In The Dark	Dev	7
7	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	8
8	Someone Like You	Adele	10
9	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	19
10	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	4
11	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	12
12	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	6
13	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	15
14	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	16
15	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	17
16	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	20
17	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	--
18	Domino	Jessie J	11
19	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	13
20	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	--

CHART NOTES

Coldplay holds on to #1 for a 6th consecutive week with their hit "Paradise". The single is the 2nd off their albumMylo Xyloto, which I recently purchased and found to be very good. The album also contains their 3rd single, "Princess of China", featuring Rihanna. That track makes its debut this week at #20. So Coldplay and Rihanna have two songs in the top 20.

The other artist with 2 songs on the top 20 is Foster the People who's comeback hit "Pumped Up Kicks" rises to #7 this week from #8. "Pumped Up Kicks" spent several weeks on the chart earlier this year, peaked at #2 for a few weeks, and then dropped off. Five weeks ago it re-entered the chart and has worked its way steadily up. Also on the chart moving up from #17 to #15 is their track "Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)". That song was used recently in a Nissan car commercial... hence its new found popularity.

Rihanna is holding steady at #3 for another week with her smash hit "We Found Love". Holding at #2 for another week is Zee Avi and "The Book of Morris Johnson". Will any of these songs climb higher and into the #1 spot? Time will tell.

Big movers this week include Matt Cardle who's debut single "Run For Your Life" jumps from #9 to #5 this week.

The biggest gainer of the week is by Bruno Mars. His latest track "It Will Rain" bolts 10 points up from its debut of last week at #19 to #9 this week. Could be a real biggie for Hawaii born and raised Mars.

Two debut tracks this week include "Marry the Night" by Lady GaGa at #17 and the previously mentioned "Princess of China" by Coldplay and Rihanna at #20.

Dropoffs from the chart this week were "You And I" by Lady GaGa and "Not Over You" by Gavin DeGraw.

VIDEO SHOWCASE EXTRAS - COLDPLAY

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - November 27, 2011

2011-11-30T23:55:00.001-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of November 27, 2011

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Paradise (5th Week @ #1!)	Coldplay	1
2	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	3
3	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	4
4	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	2
5	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	6
6	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	5
7	In The Dark	Dev	10
8	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	9
9	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	13
10	Someone Like You	Adele	14
11	Domino	Jessie J	11
12	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	12
13	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	7
14	You And I	Lady Gaga	8
15	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	17
16	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	19
17	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	20
18	Not Over You	Gavin DeGraw	15
19	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	--
20	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	--

CHART NOTES

Coldplay holds on to #1 for a 5th week in a row with their smash hit "Paradise". The song joins a growing list of #1 tracks that held on to the top spot for more than 4 weeks this year. They include the Foo Fighters' "Rope",Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" and Dengue Fever's "Cement Slippers". One of these songs will become the 2011 song of the year based on chart performance and longevity at the #1 position. That chart will be compiled by the end of the year.

Alexandra Stan breaks into the top 5 with her dance oriented hit "Mr. Saxobeat". The song moves up from #6 last week to #5 this week.

New in the top 10 are Matt Cardle and his hit "Run For Your Life" up from #13 to #9 and Adele's "Someone Like You" up from #14 to #10. Both a great pop singles, Adele's being a late arrival to the top 20.

The 2 debut tracks this week are by Bruno Mars and Martin Solveig. Mars is at #19 with "It Will Rain" while Solveig debuts at #20 with "Big in Japan". We'll see how these songs do over the next few weeks.

Former Number One Songs from 2011:

Rope - Foo Fighters
Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat
Last Friday Night (TGIF) - Katy Perry
Tonight's the Kind of Night - Noah & the Whale
The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Sad Song - The Cars
Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift
Grenade - Bruno Mars
We No Speak Americano - Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup

VIDEO EXTRAS - Zee Avi

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - November 20, 2011.

2011-11-20T15:00:00.002-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of November 20, 2011

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Paradise (4th week @ #1!)	Coldplay	1
2	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	3
3	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	4
4	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	5
5	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	6
6	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	7
7	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	8
8	You And I	Lady GaGa	2
9	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	10
10	In The Dark	Dev	11
11	Domino	Jessie J	12
12	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	13
13	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	18
14	Someone Like You	Adele	19
15	Not Over You	Gavin DeGraw	15
16	Rope	Foo Fighters	9
17	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	20
18	Good Life	OneRepublic	14
19	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	--
20	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	--

CHART NOTES

Coldplay holds at the #1 spot with "Paradise" for the 4th week in a row.

In the top 5 we see incremental moves up one point each for the following songs: "Blackout" by Breathe Carolinafrom #3 to #2; "The Book of Morris Johnson" by Zee Avi up from #4 to #3; "We Found Love" by Rihanna up from #5 to #4; and "What the Water Gave Me" by Florence + the Machine up from #6 to #5.

The trend continues: Up one from #7 to #6 we find Alexandra Stan with "Mr. Saxobeat". Right behind her isCobra Starship feat. Sabi with "You Make Me Feel" up a point from #8 to #7.

Someone had to drop to accommodate these one point gains. That fell upon Lady GaGa whose "You and I" has apparently peaked at #2 for a few weeks before taking a 6 point fall this week down to #8.

Elsewhere: Big movers up this week include "Run For Your Life" by Matt Cardle up 5 from #18 to #13 and "Someone Like You" by Adele up from #19 to #14.

The two songs making a debut includes the apparent comeback hit by The Cranberries called "Show Me the Way" at #19 and Foster the People's "Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)" at #20. The latter was recently used in a Nissan Versa commercial. Foster the People also has "Pumped Up Kicks" moving up again from #10 to #9 this week.

BONUS VIDEOS

"Paradise" is still a great song that holds at #1 this week.

Caro Emerald is still enjoying great success in Europe.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - November 13, 2011

2011-11-16T06:30:00.004-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of November 13, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Paradise (3rd Week @ #1!)	Coldplay	1
2	You And I	Lady GaGa	2
3	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	3
4	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	4
5	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	6
6	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	7
7	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	8
8	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	10
9	Rope	Foo Fighters	5
10	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	13
11	In The Dark	Dev	18
12	Domino	Jessie J	15
13	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	14
14	Good Life	OneRepublic	9
15	Not Over You	Gavin DeGraw	17
16	Only Love	Anggun	12
17	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	11
18	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	--
19	Someone Like You	Adele	--
20	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	--

CHART NOTES

nteresting notes about this week's chart: Positions 1 through 4 stay exactly the same as last week. No movement up or down. This means Coldplay's "Paradise" holds on to the #1 position for a 3rd consecutive week.

Old is In: First we got Foster the Peoples' "Pumped Up Kicks" gaining 3 positions moving up from #13 to #10 this week. The song spent several weeks on the Weekly Top 20 earlier this year, peaking at #2. Will a top 5 finish be in the works the 2nd time around?

Adele's "Someone Like You" which has been a chart staple for most of this past summer only now makes its debut on the Weekly Top 20 at #19 this week. Adele's last hit "Rolling In The Deep" charted earlier this year and peaked at #2 for a few weeks.

Lastly we still have The Foo Fighters' "Rope" hanging in the top 10. The former #1 single which was a hit earlier this year for most other charts, slides from #5 to #9 this week. Definitely on its way out, but still an older song which has already made its chart run elsewhere.

New: Two other singles debut on the Top 20. They include Matt Cardle's "Run For Your Life" coming in at #18 and the latest from The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, "Major" coming in at #20. AGT had a #1 hit in 2009 with "The Golden Age".

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - November 6, 2011

2011-11-10T23:00:00.002-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of November 6, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Paradise (2nd week @ #1!)	Coldplay	1
2	You And I	Lady GaGa	2
3	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	4
4	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	5
5	Rope	Foo Fighters	3
6	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	11
7	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	7
8	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	12
9	Good Life	OneRepublic	6
10	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	13
11	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	8
12	Only Love	Anggun	9
13	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	19
14	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	16
15	Domino	Jessie J	20
16	We Owned The Night	Lady Antebellum	10
17	Not Over You	Gavin DeGraw	17
18	In The Dark	Dev	--
19	Drown	Carolina Liar	14
20	Mr. Know It All	Kelly Clarkson	15

CHART NOTES

Coldplay holds on to the #1 spot for a 2nd straight week with "Paradise". This is the 2nd single off their latest album Mylo Xyloto. They charted earlier this year with "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall." That track peaked at #2.

Speaking of number 2's, we find Lady GaGa holding at #2 for a 2nd week with her single "You And I". It has been a steady rise for this track over the weeks. Can the lady crack the #1 spot next week?

Rising in the top 10 we find "Blackout" by Breathe Carolina going up from #4 to #3, Zee Avi's "The Book of Morris Johnson" up another notch from #5 to #4 and Rihana making a 5 point jump from #11 to #6 with her latest hit, "We Found Love". Also jumping into the top 10 Alexandra Stan and her hit "Mr. Saxobeat", up from #12 to #8; and "You Make Me Feel" by Cobra Starship feat. Sabi moving up 3 from #13 to #10.

Lots of droppers this week including "Rope" by Foo Fighters going down from #3 to #5; "Good Life" byOneRepublic losing 3 from #6 to #9; "Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" by Red Hot Chili Peppers also losing 3, down from #8 to #11; Anggun's "Only Love" down from #9 to #12; and a big huge drop by Lady Antebellum as "We Owned the Night" drops from #10 to #16.

Biggest gainer? Last week's comeback record by Foster the People: "Pumped Up Kicks", a former #2 hit debut again last week at #19 -- moves up to #13 this week. Six point gain.

Jessie J.'s "Domino" gains 5 moving from its debut at #20 to #15. Newest track to debut is by Dev. It's called "In the Dark" and comes in for the first time at #18.

Former Number One Songs from 2011:

45 RPM Heaven - Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band

2011-11-05T01:00:00.006-10:00

Grand Funk Railroad's "We're An American Band" was a loud, perfect rock n roll record. It was so great that it became their first #1 hit single. In 1973 this record certainly caught my attention as top 40 radio stations picked up on this song all over the place. They had a huge following for their live arena shows and had several albums that feature many rock anthems including "I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home," and "Inside Looking Out."

Many probably felt Grand Funk Railroad sold out with this highly commercial hit. Crass commercialism at its best signified the release of "We're An American Band." Capitol, Grand Funk's label probably felt so confident that this would be their breakthrough hit, issued the 45 on clear gold vinyl. It is one of the most beautiful looking records that I have in my collection.

Prior to the release of the "We're An American Band" single, Grand Funk did hit the charts with lower scoring records such as "Footstompin' Music," "Upsetter" and "Rock n Roll Soul".

Grand Funk Railroad followed "We're An American Band" with several more hit singles. These included "Walk Like A Man," "The Locomotion" which also went to #1, "Some Kind of Wonderful," "Shining On," and "Bad Time." They disbanded a few years after "Bad Time" charted.

The band has since regrouped with a new line-up in recent years.

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AVAILABILITY: Widely available on various compilations as well as on Grand Funk Railroad's reissue of the "We're An American Band" album. CD and digital editions.

Grand Funk Railroad

"We're An American Band" b/w "Creepin'"
Produced by Todd Rundgren | Written by Don Brewer
Capitol | 3660 Stereo | Year of release: 1973

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - October 30, 2011.

2011-10-31T03:00:00.000-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of October 30, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Paradise	Coldplay	2
2	You And I	Lady GaGa	3
3	Rope	Foo Fighters	1
4	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	6
5	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	7
6	Good Life	OneRepublic	4
7	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	10
8	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	5
9	Only Love	Anggun	8
10	We Owned The Night	Lady Antebellum	11
11	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	17
12	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	16
13	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	13
14	Drown	Carolina Liar	12
15	Mr. Know It All	Kelly Clarkson	14
16	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	15
17	Not Over You	Gavin DeGraw	19
18	Walk	Foo Fighters	9
19	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	Ret
20	Domino	Jessie J	New

CHART NOTES

After 6 weeks, the Foo Fighters have relinquished their hold on #1. Coldplay climbed up from #2 to #1 this week with their latest single "Paradise". The track comes from their latest album Mylo Xyloto, released on October 21.

Following close behind Coldplay is Lady GaGa, who's latest single, "You And I" also climbs a notch to #2 this week. As a result of these 2 moves, "Rope" by the Foo Fighters have dropped from #1 to #3.

Two new entries round out the top 5. They are "Blackout" by Breathe Carolina moving up from #6 to #4. Right behind them is Zee Avi who's track "The Book of Morris Johnson" also moves up 2 going from #7 to #5.

The biggest mover going up the chart this week is Rihanna. Her track "We Found Love" moves up 6 points from #17 to #11.

Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks" returns to the chart this week making its second debut of the year at #18. The song previously charted earlier this year, peaking at #2. How high will it go this time? Their last single, "Helena Beat" just dropped off the chart after peaking at #9 a few weeks ago.

Jessie J. returns to the chat with "Domino" at #20. She hit #1 early this year with "Price Tag".

FORMER #1 SONGS OF 2011

Rope - Foo Fighters

Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat
Last Friday Night (TGIF) - Katy Perry
Tonight's the Kind of Night - Noah & the Whale
The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Sad Song - The Cars
Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift
Grenade - Bruno Mars
We No Speak Americano - Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup

The Sweet Marie - Stella's Candy Store

2011-10-30T07:15:00.004-10:00

This post commences the 45 RPM Heaven series to this blog. 45 RPM Heaven is a section on my original website that showcases select 45 RPM records. By bringing this to my blog, I hope to extend this feature and showcase more 45s that I have in my collection.

First up: The Sweet Marie - Stella's Candy Store from 1972.

Sweet Marie was a rock group that became popular in Hawaii in 1970s with their initial release entitled "Remember Mary." I know almost nothing about this group except that I really loved their 3 single hits. Sweet Marie was a heavy rockin, guitar laden combo that featured a lead singer who sounded somewhat like Jimi Hendrix. This is most apparent in their debut hit "Remember Mary," as well as on this featured 45, "Stella's Candy Store."

All of the Sweet Marie's records were issued on the Yardbird label out of Woodland Hills, California. I know nothing about this company and doubt that they exist today.

"Stella's Candy Store" was released in 1972 and received heavy airplay in Hawaii. What attracted me to this single was the fact that it was issued on colored vinyl.... clear red. It looked cool and the song was great! "Stella" made it to the top 10 of many local radio station charts, but as far as I know, was a hit only in Hawaii. The song was #1 on KPUA radio in Hilo Hawaii. I remember seeing Sweet Marie once on a local TV show performing this song. They rocked!

This single was issued on clear red vinyl and I am the happy owner of 2 copies of this 45. I think it is a most excellent record. The B-side to "Stella" is a track called "Another Feeling" and is somewhat laid back in contrast to the loud "Stella."

CD Availability: The album from which "Stella's Candy Store" and "Stuck in Paradise" was issued, became available on compact disc for a time a few years ago. It was issued on an independent label called Gear Fab Records, catalog number GF-172. "Stuck in Paradise" is the title of the album. This was Sweet Marie's 2nd album. The CD has since gone out of print. May still be able to find at used CD stores and possibly eBay. Used copies may also be available on Amazon.com.

The Sweet Marie (vinyl 45s)

"Remember Mary" b/w "Don't You Understand?"
Yarbird YDB-70-1314, Released 1970

"Stuck in Paradise" b/w "Hortense The Hippie"
Yardbird No. 8015, Released 1971

"Stella's Candy Store" b/w "Another Feeling"
Yardbird YDB-72-1321, Released 1972

YouTube Audio Link (with album graphic)

Original Post @ 45 RPM Heaven

Graphic Images: Top is the 45 rpm record of "Stella's Candy Store" in red vinyl. Below that is Sweet Marie's 2nd album, "Stuck in Paradise" on which "Stella" is featured.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - October 23, 2011

2011-10-25T04:30:00.007-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of October 23, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Rope (6th week @ #1!)	Foo Fighters	1
2	Paradise	Coldplay	3
3	You And I	Lady GaGa	4
4	Good Life	OneRepublic	2
5	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	5
6	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	7
7	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	8
8	Only Love	Anggun	6
9	Walk	Foo Fighters	10
10	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	14
11	We Owned The Night	Lady Antebellum	12
12	Drown	Carolina Liar	13
13	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	15
14	Mr. Know It All	Kelly Clarkson	16
15	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	17
16	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	18
17	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	20
18	Helena Beat	Foster the People	9
19	Not Over You	Gavin DeGraw	19
20	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	11

CHART NOTES

The Foo Fighters hold on to the #1 spot for the 6th week in a row. "Rope" is now tied with Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (TGIF)" as the only #1 song to hold the top spot for this long this year. Can "Rope" hold for a 7th week to best Katy Perry? Check back next week.

Elsewhere on the top 20, we see some or little movement and for the first time in many weeks, no new songs making a chart debut. The biggest mover is by Florence + the Machine and their latest single, "What the Water Gave Me" moving up 4 from #14 to #10 this week.

The biggest droppers this week are "Helena Beat" by Foster the People, down from #9 to #18 and "Moves Like Jagger" with Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera dropping from #11 to #20. These two songs will definitely be gone by the next chart tabulation. Both enjoyed a good chart run.

BONUS VIDEO

And now you can be Lady GaGa.... (just in time for Halloween?)

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - October 16, 2011

2011-10-21T04:00:00.003-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of October 16, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Rope (5th week @ #1!)	Foo Fighters	1
2	Good Life	OneRepublic	2
3	Paradise	Coldplay	8
4	You And I	Lady GaGa	5
5	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	3
6	Only Love	Anggun	4
7	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	7
8	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	10
9	Helena Beat	Foster the People	9
10	Walk	Foo Fighters	11
11	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	6
12	We Owned The Night	Lady Antebellum	12
13	Drown	Carolina Liar	14
14	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	18
15	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	17
16	Mr. Know It All	Kelly Clarkson	16
17	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	19
18	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	20
19	Not Over You	Gavin DeGraw	--
20	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	--

CHART NOTES

The Foo Fighters have joined a club of exclusive #1 chart phenoms. They hold the #1 spot for a 5th week in a row with their single "Rope", the first from the album Wasting Light. What puts the Foo Fighters in good company here is the fact that they belong to a growing group of artists who held the #1 spot for more than 4 weeks this year. Among the other artists who have held on to #1 for 5 weeks (or more) are Martin Solveig & Dragonette with "Hello" @ 5 weeks, Dengue Fever with "Cement Slippers" also at 5 weeks and Katy Perrywho held the top spot for 6 weeks this summer with "Last Friday Night (TGIF)."

The fact that so many artists have held on to the top spot this week has had a limiting effect on who spent time at #1 this year. We had several songs peak at #2 only to fall away in the next week. That may be the fate ofOneRepublic's "Good Life" which holds at #2 for a 2nd week.

Moving up 5 from #8 to #3 is Coldplay as their latest single "Paradise" nears the top the week their latest album Mylo Xyloto is set to be released. Will Coldplay knock the Foo Fighters out of #1? Come back next week.

Other movers this week include Zee Avi who inches up another 2 spots from #10 to #8 this week with "The Book Of Morris Johnson," a great single from her latest album Ghost. Moving up 4 points from #18 to #14 this week we find Florence + The Machine with "What the Water Gave Me."

Two songs making their debut on the top 20 include "Not Over You" by Gavin DeGraw at #19 and "We Found Love", a dance track by Rihanna at #20.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - October 9, 2011

2011-10-11T06:00:00.002-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of October 9, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Rope (4th week @ #1!)	Foo Fighters	1
2	Good Life	OneRepublic	4
3	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	3
4	Only Love	Anggun	2
5	You And I	Lady GaGa	7
6	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	5
7	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	9
8	Paradise	Coldplay	11
9	Helena Beat	Foster the People	10
10	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	12
11	Walk	Foo Fighters	14
12	We Owned The Night	Lady Antebellum	13
13	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)	Katy Perry	8
14	Drown	Carolina Liar	16
15	Brighter Than The Sun	Colbie Caillat	6
16	Mr. Know It All	Kelly Clarkson	19
17	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	20
18	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	--
19	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	--
20	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	--

CHART NOTES

Up at the very top of the chart we find that "Rope" by the Foo Fighters has once again held on to #1 for a 4th week in a row. Rock rules. Furthermore, the follow-up single "Walk" moves up 3 points from #14 to #11.

OneRepublic moves up 2 from #4 to #2 with "Good Life". Will they go to #1?

Red Hot Chili Peppers' "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" hold at #3 for another week while Lady GaGa moves up 2 with "You And I" checking in at #5.

Three songs make their chart debut: At #18 we find Florence + the Machine with "What The Water Gave Me" at #18, Fitz & the Tantrums at #19 with "Don't Gotta Work It Out" and Alexandra Stan at #20 with the dance track "Mr. Saxobeat".

BONUS VIDEOS

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - October 2, 2011

2011-10-02T09:00:00.001-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of October 2, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Rope (3rd week @ #1!)	Foo Fighters	1
2	Only Love	Anggun	2
3	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	5
4	Good Life	OneRepublic	6
5	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	3
6	Brighter Than The Sun	Colbie Caillat	4
7	You And I	Lady GaGa	13
8	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)	Katy Perry	8
9	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	11
10	Helena Beat	Foster the People	12
11	Paradise	Coldplay	15
12	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	14
13	We Owned The Night	Lady Antebellum	18
14	Walk	Foo Fighters	16
15	Young Blood	The Naked and Famous	7
16	Drown	Carolina Liar	20
17	Skyscraper	Demi Lovato	9
18	Uku	Dengue Fever	10
19	Mr. Know It All	Kelly Clarkson	--
20	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	--

CHART NOTES

Holding at #1 for a third week in the row, we find Foo Fighters there again with their smash hit "Rope" off the album Wasted Light. Also from the same album is "Walk" which moves up 2 from #16 to #14.

Two point movers in the top 5 include "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" by Red Hot Chili Peppers up from #5 to #3, "Good Life" by OneRepublic up from #6 to #4 and "Moves Like Jagger" by Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera moving down from #3 to #5. Holding at #2 for a 3rd week is Anggun and "Only Love".

Breaking into the top 10 we find Lady Gaga with her latest single "You and I" coming in at #7 up from #13. Up 2 points from #11 to #9 is "Blackout" by Breathe Carolina.

Two songs make their chart debut. They include "Mr. Know It All" by Kelly Clarkson at #19 and "You Make Me Feel" by Cobra Starship featuring Sabi at #20.

Will "Rope" hold on to #1 next week. Come back next Sunday to find out!

Former Number One Songs from 2011:

Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat
Last Friday Night (TGIF) - Katy Perry
Tonight's the Kind of Night - Noah & the Whale
The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Sad Song - The Cars
Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift

BONUS VIDEOS

Enjoy the music. Have a great week!

Mel's Weekly Top 20: September 18 and 25, 2011

2011-09-27T03:00:00.001-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of September 25, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Rope (2nd Week @ #1!)	Foo Fighters	1
2	Only Love	Anggun	2
3	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	4
4	Brighter Than The Sun	Colbie Caillat	3
5	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	7
6	Good Life	OneRepublic	10
7	Young Blood	The Naked and Famous	8
8	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)	Katy Perry	5
9	Skyscraper	Demi Lovato	9
10	Uku	Dengue Fever	6
11	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	12
12	Helena Beat	Foster the People	14
13	You And I	Lady GaGa	17
14	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	15
15	Paradise	Coldplay	20
16	Walk	Foo Fighters	16
17	Boys & Girls	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	11
18	We Owned The Night	Lady Antebellum	--
19	Hawaiian Air	Friendly Fires	13
20	Drown	Carolina Liar	--

CHART NOTES

Foo Fighters stay at #1 for a second week in a row with "Rope". I am loving their album Wasting Light which came out earlier this year. Only got hold of it about 6 weeks ago. The album has grown on me to the fact that two tracks are featured on the top 20. The other one is "Walk" which holds at #16. Another great track from that album is "Dear Rosemary" which could be a future single.

Anggun holds at #2 with her hit "Only Love" while Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera moves back up from #4 to #3 with "Moves Like Jagger". Breaking into the top 5 we find Red Hot Chili Peppers with their latest single "The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie" coming in at #5 up from #7 of last week.

OneRepublic's "Good Life" moves up 4 from #10 to #6. Will probably be in the top 5 next week.

Lady Antebellum scores another country crossover hit with their latest "We Owned the Night" making its debut at #18. It's off their latest album Own the Night that also features their last single hit "Just a Kiss". The other debut song is "Drown" by Carolina Liar coming in at #20. They hit #1 back in 2009 with "I'm Not Over".

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of September 18, 2011

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Rope	Foo Fighters	2
2	Only Love	Anggun	3
3	Brighter Than The Sun	Colbie Caillat	1
4	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	4
5	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)	Katy Perry	5
6	Uku	Dengue Fever	6
7	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	8
8	Young Blood	The Naked and Famous	9
9	Skyscraper	Demi Lovato	10
10	Good Life	OneRepublic	15
11	Boys & Girls	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	7
12	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	13
13	Hawaiian Air	Friendly Fires	14
14	Helena Beat	Foster the People	16
15	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	17
16	Walk	Foo Fighters	18
17	You And I	Lady GaGa	19
18	For The First Time	The Script	11
19	Love You Like A Love Song	Selena Gomez & The Scene	12
20	Paradise	Coldplay	--

CHART NOTES

The Foo Fighters top the chart this week with "Rope". The track which was released this past February and only showed up on my chart in August. It's taken from the Foo Fighters' latest album Wasting Light. This is probably the best rock song released this year. Great to see it at #1.

Following the Foo Fighters at #2 we find Anggun, an Indonesian born French singer whose real name is Anggun Cipta Sasmi. Her latest single "Only Love" is from her upcoming album Echoes, which may already be out in other countries. The single has been released in English, French and Indonesian languages. It's gone to #1 in Indonesia. "Only Love" moves up from #3 to #2 this week.

New to the top 10 this week is OneRepublic. Their latest single "Good Life" moves 5 points up from #15 to #10. It is taken from their 2009 album release Waking Up. They've only charted once here, going to #4 in 2009 with "All The Right Moves".

Only one song makes a debut to the chart this week. Coming in at #20 is the latest single from Coldplay. "Paradise" is the title of the track and it's the second release from their soon to be released new album Mylo Xyloto. Their last single "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" peaked at #2 for 3 weeks earlier this summer.

Former Number One Songs from 2011:

Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat
Last Friday Night (TGIF) - Katy Perry
Tonight's the Kind of Night - Noah & the Whale
The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Sad Song - The Cars
Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - September 4 & 11, 2011.

2011-09-10T09:15:00.000-10:00

Colbie Caillat - Brighter Than The Sun

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of September 11, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Brighter Than The Sun (2nd week @ #1!)	Colbie Caillat	1
2	Rope	Foo Fighters	4
3	Only Love	Anggun	5
4	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	2
5	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)	Katy Perry	3
6	Uku	Dengue Fever	7
7	Boys & Girls	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	6
8	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	10
9	Young Blood	The Naked and Famous	11
10	Skyscraper	Demi Lovato	12
11	For The First Time	The Script	8
12	Love You Like A Love Song	Selena Gomez & The Scene	9
13	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	15
14	Hawaiian Air	Friendly Fires	16
15	Good Life	OneRepublic	17
16	Helena Beat	Foster the People	18
17	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	19
18	Walk	Foo Fighters	--
19	Yoü And I	Lady GaGa	--
20	If I Die Young	The Band Perry	14

CHART NOTES

Colbie Caillat holds on to the #1 spot for a second consecutive week with her hit single "Brighter Than The Sun". It's the perfect summery kind of song as the season wanes into fall. Stills makes me feel bright and energetic.

Knocking on the pinnacle's door we find the Foo Fighters coming in there at #2 with "Rope". The single is off their latest album Wasting Light. The album has spawned two singles so far. "Rope" was released early this year but only made the chart about 4 weeks ago. The latest single "Walk" makes its debut at #18 this week. Foo Fighters score a double whammy here. Rock is not dead.

Following the Foo Fighters is Anggun who goes up 2 points from #5 of last week to #3 this week with her worldwide hit "Only Love". Great pop music from Asia... what more?

Breaking into the top 10 for the first time are The Naked and Famous with their single "Young Blood" (up from #11 to #9) and Demi Lovato at #10 with "Skyscraper". The single also moves up 2 points.

The second debut song to the chart this week is "You and I" by Lady Gaga off her latest album, Born This Way. The single checks in at #19.

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of September 4, 2011.

Zee Avi - The Book of Morris Johnson

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Brighter Than The Sun	Colbie Caillat	2
2	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	3
3	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)	Katy Perry	1
4	Rope	Foo Fighters	9
5	Only Love	Anggun	10
6	Boys & Girls	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	6
7	Uku	Dengue Fever	7
8	For The First Time	The Script	4
9	Love You Like A Love Song	Selena Gomez & The Scene	5
10	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	11
11	Young Blood	The Naked and Famous	12
12	Skyscraper	Demi Lovato	13
13	Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall	Coldplay	8
14	If I Die Young	The Band Perry	15
15	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	17
16	Hawaiian Air	Friendly Fires	18
17	Good Life	OneRepublic	20
18	Helena Beat	Foster the People	--
19	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	--
20	Party Rock Anthem	LMFAO	14

CHART NOTES

Colbie Caillat has the new #1 song of the week. It took several weeks for "Brighter Than The Sun" to reach #1. It's the second single off her album All of You. She most recently charted with the first single, "I Do". Both songs are bright and bubbly in the style that Caillat is most familiar with. Makes for great summer pop music.

Bolting into the top 5 this week we find The Foo Fighters moving up 5 points from #9 last week to #4 this week with "Rope". It's kind of a late arrival to this chart after being released earlier this year. The song has a great rock vibe to it and a cool video featuring just the band. Simple and effective.

Following the Foo Fighters this week into the top 5 is Anggun and her hit "Only Love". The song moves from #10 to #5 and is supposedly on an upcoming album to be released later this year. There are 2 versions of this song... one in English and I think the other is in Indonesian.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers finally break into the top 10 this week by moving up one point from #11 to #10 with their latest single "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie". This song came out before the release of their new album I'm With You which came out this past week.

Two songs make their chart debut. "Helena Beat" is the latest from Foster The People, an electronic dance song that follows on the success of their debut single "Pumped Up Kicks", which went to #2 on this chart. "Beat" makes its debut at #18 this week.

The other debut song is by Malaysian singer/songwriter Zee Avi. She's been around since at least 2007. Her first single, "The Book Of Morris Johnson" enters the chart at #19. You can view her video for that record above.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - August 28, 2011

2011-09-01T04:30:00.007-10:00

Better late than never....

The Foo Fighters - "Rope"

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of August 28, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) 6th Week @ #1!	Katy Perry	1
2	Brighter Than The Sun	Colbie Caillat	3
3	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	5
4	For The First Time	The Script	2
5	Love You Like A Love Song	Selena Gomez & The Scene	6
6	Boys and Girls	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	7
7	Uku	Dengue Fever	8
8	Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall	Coldplay	4
9	Rope	Foo Fighters	13
10	Only Love	Anggun	16
11	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	11
12	Young Blood	The Naked and Famous	12
13	Skyscraper	Demi Lovato	14
14	Party Rock Anthem	LMFAO	15
15	If I Die Young	The Band Perry	17
16	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Noah and the Whale	9
17	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	19
18	Hawaiian Air	Friendly Fires	20
19	The Edge Of Glory	Lady GaGa	10
20	Good Life	OneRepublic	--

CHART NOTES

Katy Perry holds on to #1 slot for the 6th week in a row! This is the longest hold at #1 so far this year. Previous record holders were Dengue Fever with "Cement Slippers" and Martin Solveig & Dragonette with "Hello", both at 5 weeks each.

The Foo Fighters move into the top 10 with their hard rock hit "Rope". That song moves from #13 to #9. Right behind them is the week's biggest gainer... Anggun's "Only Love" moves up 6 from #16 to #10. Great songs.

Only one debut song and that belongs to OneRepublic. It's called "Good Life" making its chart debut at #20.

BONUS VIDEOS

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - August 21, 2011

2011-08-24T06:30:00.002-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of August 21, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) 5th week @ #1!	Katy Perry	1
2	For The First Time	The Script	2
3	Brighter Than The Sun	Colbie Caillat	4
4	Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall	Coldplay	3
5	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	8
6	Love You Like A Love Song	Selena Gomez & The Scene	7
7	Boys & Girls	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	9
8	Uku	Dengue Fever	10
9	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Noah And The Whale	5
10	The Edge Of Glory	Lady Gaga	6
11	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	12
12	Young Blood	The Naked and Famous	14
13	Rope	Foo Fighters	18
14	Skyscraper	Demi Lovato	15
15	Party Rock Anthem	LMFAO	13
16	Only Love	Anggun	19
17	If I Die Young	The Band Perry	17
18	Deer In the Headlights	Owl City	11
19	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	--
20	Hawaiian Air	Friendly Fires	--

CHART NOTES

For the 5th consecutive week on the chart, Katy Perry holds at #1 with her latest track off the Teenage Dream album called "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)." The song apparently has a lot of staying power. Will it hold on for another week. Return to find out!

Elsewhere on the this week's top 20:

Colbie Caillat moves from #4 to #3 with "Brighter Than the Sun".

Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera breaks into the top 5 by moving up 3 points from #8 to #5 with their latest single, "Moves Like Jagger".

The two year old dance track "Boys and Girls" by Martin Solveig & Dragonette move up 2 points from #9 to #7 this week. It's a very catchy track that I missed the first time round.
Another slightly older track makes a 5 point jump from #18 to #13 this week. That track is "Rope" by the Foo Fighters. It comes off their latest album, Wasting Light. A great hard rock song if I ever heard one.

Debuts this week include "Blackout" by Breathe Carolina at #19 and "Hawaiian Air" by Friendly Fire at #20. Good luck!

Recent Number One Songs:

Tonight's the Kind of Night - Noah & the Whale
The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Sad Song - The Cars
Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - August 14, 2011

2011-08-18T12:31:00.000-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of August 14, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) 4th Week @ #1!	Katy Perry	1
2	For The First Time	The Script	4
3	Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall	Coldplay	2
4	Brighter Than The Sun	Colbie Caillat	7
5	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Noah & the Whale	3
6	The Edge Of Glory	Lady GaGa	5
7	Love You Like A Love Song	Selena Gomez & The Scene	8
8	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	10
9	Boys & Girls	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	11
10	Uku	Dengue Fever	12
11	Deer In the Headlights	Owl City	6
12	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	14
13	Party Rock Anthem	LMFAO	18
14	Young Blood	The Naked and Famous	19
15	Skyscraper	Demi Lovato	17
16	Sad Song	The Cars	9
17	If I Die Young	The Band Perry	20
18	Rope	Foo Fighters	--
19	Only Love	Anggun	--
20	Dreaming	Seapony	13

CHART NOTES

Katy Perry holds on to #1 for a 4th consecutive week with "Last Friday Night (TGIF)". The party song has held off all comers, and for me it is probably on the strength of its movie-like short video and that it is probably the best song I heard from her current album Teenage Dream.

Climbing to #2 is The Script with their late hit "For the First Time," up 2 points from #4 of last week. Could it go to #1?

New to the top 10 this week are Martin Solveig & Dragonette with their 2009 Euro-dance hit, "Boys and Girls" coming in at #9 up from #11. Following them is Dengue Fever with their latest Khmer language track, "Uku". It moves up to #10 from #12.

Songs making their debut this week include "Only Love" by Indonesian singer Anggun at #19 and "Rope" by The Foo Fighters at #18. We'll see how high these two different tracks go in the coming weeks.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - August 7, 2011.

2011-08-11T06:00:00.003-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of August 7, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) 3rd week @ #1!	Katy Perry	1
2	Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall	Coldplay	2
3	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Noah & the Whale	3
4	For The First Time	The Script	5
5	The Edge Of Glory	Lady GaGa	4
6	Deer In the Headlights	Owl City	7
7	Brighter Than The Sun	Colbie Caillat	9
8	Love You Like A Love Song	Selena Gomez & The Scene	8
9	Sad Song	The Cars	6
10	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	12
11	Boys & Girls	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	13
12	Uku	Dengue Fever	14
13	Dreaming	Seapony	15
14	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	16
15	Sorry	The Smithereens	10
16	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	11
17	Skyscraper	Demi Lovato	20
18	Party Rock Anthem	LMFAO	--
19	Young Blood	The Naked and Famous	--
20	If I Die Young	The Band Perry	--

CHART NOTES

The top 3 records on Mel's Weekly Top 20 remain the same as they have been for the past 3 weeks. For the third week in a row Katy Perry holds at #1 with "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"; Coldplay holds at #2 with "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" at #2, with Noah & the Whale holding at #3 with "Tonight's The Kind Of Night". The latter song is a former #1 record here.

Elsewhere the song making the strongest gain in the top 10 is Colbie Caillat's "Brighter Than The Sun" moving up 2 from #9 last week to #7 this week. Moving into the top 10 with a 2 point climb is "Moves Like Jagger" with Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguileria. That single moves in from #12 to #10.

There are 3 debut tracks on the Weekly Top 20. They include "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO coming in at #18. That song has been a listed at #1 on Billboard, Amazon and iTunes. Another song that has been kicking around for a while is "Young Blood" by The Naked & Famous. The group is from New Zealand and this record makes its debut after I caught their performance online at Lollapalooza this weekend. Good band. "Young Blood" was a #1 single in New Zealand. It shows up at #19 for the first time here.

Rounding out the 3 debut songs is a country track by The Band Perry. "If I Die Young" debuts at #20 this week. This song is already a big country and crossover hit.

Droppers include The Cars' "Sad Song" moving down from #6 to #9, The Smithereens' "Sorry" down from #10 to #15 and Dengue Fever down from #11 to #16 with "Cement Slippers" a former #1 song and the oldest track on the top 20. That song has been listed here since late February and held the #1 spot for 5 weeks this past spring.

Recent Number One Songs:

Tonight's the Kind of Night - Noah & the Whale
The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Sad Song - The Cars
Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - July 31, 2011.

2011-07-31T06:45:00.002-10:00

The Script moves into the Top 5 with "For the First Time".

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of July 31, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) [2nd week @ #1]	Katy Perry	1
2	Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall	Coldplay	2
3	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Noah & the Whale	3
4	The Edge Of Glory	Lady GaGa	4
5	For The First Time	The Script	6
6	Sad Song	The Cars	5
7	Deer In the Headlights	Owl City	8
8	Love You Like A Love Song	Selena Gomez & The Scene	9
9	Brighter Than The Sun	Colbie Caillat	11
10	Sorry	The Smithereens	10
11	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	7
12	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	14
13	Boys & Girls	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	15
14	Uku	Dengue Fever	17
15	Dreaming	Seapony	16
16	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	20
17	Tonight Tonight	Hot Chelle Rae	12
18	Your Surrender	Neon Trees	13
19	Back To Black	Amy Winehouse	--
20	Skyscraper	Demi Lovato	--

CHART NOTES

Katy Perry holds on to the #1 spot for the 2nd week in a row with "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)." Fact is the top 4 records have not changed position. Following Katy, we find Coldplay at #2 with "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall," Noah & the Whale at #3 with "Tonight is the Kind of Night", and Lady Gaga at #4 with "The Edge of Glory". New to the top 5 is The Script, who edge into #5 from #6 with "For the First Time".

Colbie Caillat is back in the top 10 with her latest single, "Brighter Than the Sun," up to #9 from #11. It's off her latest album All Of Me.

For the first time in months, Dengue Fever has dropped out of the top 10. Their former #1 record "Cement Slippers" actually slips 4 points, down from #7 to #11 this week. They also have the #14 song with their follow-up called "Uku" up from #17. Both tracks are from the album Cannibal Courtship, one of my favorites of 2011 so far.

Amy Winehouse makes a posthumous debut this week with her 2007 track "Back to Black". It is taken from her 2nd album of the same title. The song appears at #19 this week. The track did not make the chart when first released in 2007. Amy Winehouse had a #1 record on the Weekly Top 20 in 2007 with "Rehab", also from the same album. Amy Winehouse passed away last week at the age of 27. Cause of death is still unknown.

Making her chart debut at #20 is Demi Lovato with her track "Skyscraper".

Recent Number One Songs:

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - July 24, 2011

2011-07-25T06:00:00.003-10:00

Katy Perry's latest music video is like an 8 minute long mini movie.

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of July 24, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)	Katy Perry	3
2	Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall	Coldplay	4
3	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Noah & the Whale	1
4	The Edge Of Glory	Lady GaGa	2
5	Sad Song	The Cars	5
6	For The First Time	The Script	8
7	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	7
8	Deer In the Headlights	Owl City	9
9	Love You Like A Love Song	Selena Gomez & The Scene	13
10	Sorry	The Smithereens	11
11	Brighter Than The Sun	Colbie Caillat	14
12	Tonight Tonight	Hot Chelle Rae	6
13	Your Surrender	Neon Trees	15
14	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	19
15	Boys & Girls	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	18
16	Dreaming	Seapony	16
17	Uku	Dengue Fever	20
18	Heart Skips A Beat	Lenka	10
19	Hello (Radio Edit)	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	12
20	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	--

CHART NOTES

Katy Perry moves up 2 notches from #3 to #1 with her latest single "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". I'm not the biggest Katy Perry fan, but I have to admit this song has a kind of fun edge to it. I guess what makes it for me is the video, that comes across like a mini party movie video complete with teenage partiers, a rock band (Hanson) and a saxophone playing uncle (Kenny G.). Fact is there is quite a cast of characters in this video including Corey Feldman and Debbie Gibson, all at one time chart makers from the past. Great to see them again. Rounding out the cast is Rebecca Black, who earlier this year came out with the quickest "flash in the pan" song simply called "Friday". This song is better than that one. You can view the video at the top of this page.

Elsewhere on the top 20: Selena Gomez and the Scene move up 4 points from #13 to #9 this week with "Love You Like a Love Song" while the Red Hot Chili Peppers come in with the week's only debut song at #20 called "The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie". Otherwise the chart remains sort of predictable with songs moving up and down in steps or bounds.

VIDEO SHOWCASE

Singer Amy Winehouse Dead at 27

2011-07-23T12:00:00.002-10:00

British singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her home today. The troubled singer was known for her 1960s inspired style of jazz, R & B, soul and rock music. She had a smash hit album "Back to Black" which was released in 2006 and crossed over to the U.S. in 2007 to become a Billboard Top 10 album selling more than 2.2 million copies. Several singles from the album became chart successes including her hit "Rehab" which became a top 40 radio staple all over the world.

While some say that Winehouse may be forgotten over time, I think that she will be remembered for her short, but meteoric rise to fame, despite the troubles that she had with her personal life. Her music like that of so many other fallen stars, will live on forever. May you rest in peace Amy.

The album "Back to Black" was a Grammy Award winner for Best Pop Vocal Album for 2007.

"Rehab" went to #1 for 3 weeks in 2007 on Mel's Weekly Top 20.

This song went to #8 on Mel's Weekly Top 20 in 2007.

Listen to Amy Winehouse "Back to Black" album.
http://open.spotify.com/user/macprohawaii/playlist/17oXkP85KMquuIgsGBKEh4

More Links to Amy Winehouse

Singer Amy Winehouse Found Dead in London Home
Amy Winehouse: The newest member of 'The 27 Club'
Amy Winehouse And The Sad Story Of The 27s

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - Week of July 17, 2011.

2011-07-19T06:30:00.004-10:00

At number 1 again, is Noah and the Whale, "Tonight's the Kind of Night".

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of July 17, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Tonight's The Kind Of Night (2nd week @ #1!)	Noah and the Whale	1
2	The Edge Of Glory	Lady GaGa	2
3	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)	Katy Perry	8
4	Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall	Coldplay	6
5	Sad Song	The Cars	3
6	Tonight Tonight	Hot Chelle Rae	4
7	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	5
8	For The First Time	The Script	9
9	Deer In the Headlights	Owl City	10
10	Heart Skips A Beat	Lenka	7
11	Sorry	The Smithereens	13
12	Hello (Radio Edit)	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	12
13	Love You Like A Love Song	Selena Gomez & The Scene	15
14	Brighter Than The Sun	Colbie Caillat	16
15	Your Surrender	Neon Trees	14
16	Dreaming	Seapony	18
17	Just A Kiss	Lady Antebellum	11
18	Boys & Girls	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	20
19	Moves Like Jagger	Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera	--
20	Uku	Dengue Fever	--

CHART NOTES

Noah & the Whale hold on to the #1 spot this week with their single, "Tonight's the Kind of Night" for a second consecutive week. They're followed by Lady Gaga at #2 for a second week with "The Edge of Glory". Katy Perry moves into the top 5 gaining 5 points up from #8 of last week to #3 this week with her latest hit, "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". Rounding out the top 5 at #4 is Coldplay with "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" up 2 from #6, and The Cars "Sad Song" at #5 down 2 from #3 of last week.

The rest of the top 20 see mostly incremental changes of 1, 2 or 3 points for most songs going up, and the usual drops for some seasoned veterans.

Two songs make their chart debut. The first is by Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera. It's called "Moves Like Jagger" and makes its chart entry at #19. Debuting at #20 is the latest track off Dengue Fever's Cannibal Courtship album. It's called "Uku" coming in at #20. Dengue Fever is still in the top 10 with "Cement Slippers", a former #1 track at #7.

Last week we forgot to include The Cars' "Sad Song" in the list of #1 songs. It is corrected below.

Recent Number One Songs:

The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Sad Song - The Cars
Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig and Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift

BONUS MUSIC VIDEOS

Deep Blue Ocean by Aloha Radio, cool ukelele song.

A great oldie from 2002 by No Doubt.

"Phantom Limb" was the top song of the year in 2007 for The Shins.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - July 10, 2011

2011-07-10T06:30:00.015-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of July 10, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Noah & the Whale	2
2	The Edge Of Glory	Lady GaGa	1
3	Sad Song	The Cars	3
4	Tonight Tonight	Hot Chelle Rae	5
5	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	4
6	Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall	Coldplay	10
7	Heart Skips A Beat	Lenka	6
8	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)	Katy Perry	13
9	For The First Time	The Script	11
10	Deer In the Headlights	Owl City	12
11	Just A Kiss	Lady Antebellum	7
12	Hello (Radio Edit)	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	8
13	Sorry	The Smithereens	14
14	Your Surrender	Neon Trees	15
15	Love You Like A Love Song	Selena Gomez & The Scene	18
16	Brighter Than The Sun	Colbie Caillat	19
17	The Sound Of Sunshine	Michael Franti & Spearhead	16
18	Dreaming	Seapony	20
19	Heart in Chains	Kate Voegele	9
20	Boys & Girls	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	--

CHART NOTES

New at the top of the chart this week is Noah & the Whale with their single "Tonight's the Kind of Night". The song has been making a steady climb up this chart where it was at #2 last week before nudging past Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" to take the #1 spot. "Glory" drops one to #2 this week.

Holding at #3 is The Cars with their former #1 hit "Sad Song". Moving up to #4 is Hot Chelle Rae with "Tonight Tonight". Dengue Fever slips one from #4 to #5 with their former #1 hit "Cement Slippers."

Moving up the top 10 we see Coldplay gaining 4 positions with their newest single "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall", moving from #10 to #6. Katy Perry leaps into the top 10, moving up 5 positions from #13 to #8 with "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". Two point movers in the top 10 include The Script with "For the First Time" up from #11 to #9, and "Deer in the Headlights" up from #12 to #10 by Owl City.

Moving down the chart, we see Lady Antebellum losing 4 points going down from #7 to #11 with "Just a Kiss". They follow Martin Solveig & Dragonette down with their former #1 hit "Hello" at #12. Not to worry the Solveig/Dragonette team debut with an old song at #20 called "Boys & Girls". The track is from 2009, but is new to me having only learned and heard it starting in mid April. After 22 plays in iTunes it breaks into the Weekly Top 20. It is the only song to debut this week.

The big plunge award goes to Kate Voegele, who sputtered up the chart this past weeks with "Heart in Chains", a track off her new Gravity album. The sputtering stopped at #9 last week. The song drops 10 big points to #19 this week. Looks like a goner by next week.

Recent Number One Songs:

The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga

Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette

Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever

Price Tag - Jessie J

Down By The Water - The Decemberists

Back to December - Taylor Swift

ADDITIONAL MUSIC VIDEOS

Catching Up with Mel's Weekly Top 20

2011-07-07T23:45:00.002-10:00

This posting features the last 2 weeks of charts.

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of July 3, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	The Edge Of Glory (2nd week @ #1!)	Lady Gaga	1
2	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Noah & the Whale	3
3	Sad Song	The Cars	2
4	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	5
5	Tonight Tonight	Hot Chelle Rae	6
6	Heart Skips A Beat	Lenka	8
7	Just A Kiss	Lady Antebellum	7
8	Hello (Radio Edit)	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	4
9	Heart in Chains	Kate Voegele	10
10	Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall	Coldplay	11
11	For The First Time	The Script	12
12	Deer In the Headlights	Owl City	13
13	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)	Katy Perry	14
14	Sorry	The Smithereens	16
15	Your Surrender	Neon Trees	17
16	The Sound Of Sunshine	Michael Franti & Spearhead	18
17	Collide	Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow	9
18	Love You Like A Love Song	Selena Gomez & The Scene	--
19	Brighter Than The Sun	Colbie Caillat	--
20	Dreaming	Seapony	--

CHART NOTES

Lady Gaga holds on to the #1 spot for the 2nd week in the row with her single "The Edge of Glory." The track which features the late Clarence Clemons on saxophone is the 3rd single release off her 2011 album Born This Way.

Within the top 5 we see that Dengue Fever moves up again from #5 to #4 with their former number one single, "Cement Slippers". This is the perfect party song of the summer and reminds me a little of the B-52s. Breaking into the top 5 we see Hot Chelle Rae and their debut track "Tonight Tonight" also moving up one from #6 to #5 this week.

Lady Antebellum holds at #7 this week with their ballad "Just a Kiss". The song peaked at #6 two weeks ago. Their video for the song was recently released. A new album is expected to be out by September.

Elsewhere on the chart we see upward movements in small increments of either 1 or 2 positions all the way from #8 to #14.

Three songs make their debut this week. They include "Love You Like a Love Song" by Selena Gomez & the Scene at #18, "Brighter Than the Sun" by Colbie Caillat at #19, and "Dreaming" by Seapony at #20.

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of June 26, 2011

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	The Edge Of Glory	Lady Gaga	2
2	Sad Song	The Cars	1
3	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Noah And The Whale	4
4	Hello	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	3
5	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	5
6	Tonight Tonight	Hot Chelle Rae	7
7	Just A Kiss	Lady Antebellum	6
8	Heart Skips A Beat	Lenka	9
9	Collide	Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow	10
10	Heart in Chains	Kate Voegele	11
11	Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall	Coldplay	14
12	For The First Time	The Script	15
13	Deer In the Headlights	Owl City	18
14	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)	Katy Perry	19
15	Judas	Lady Gaga	8
16	Sorry	The Smithereens	16
17	Your Surrender	Neon Trees	20
18	The Sound Of Sunshine	Michael Franti & Spearhead	--
19	This Is Why We Fight	The Decemberists	12
20	E.T.	Katy Perry	13

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - June 19, 2011

2011-06-22T05:45:00.001-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of June 19, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Sad Song (3rd Week @ #1!)	The Cars	1
2	The Edge Of Glory	Lady GaGa	4
3	Hello (Radio Edit)	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	2
4	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Noah & the Whale	8
5	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	5
6	Just A Kiss	Lady Antebellum	6
7	Tonight Tonight	Hot Chelle Rae	9
8	Judas	Lady GaGa	3
9	Heart Skips A Beat	Lenka	11
10	Collide	Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow	12
11	Heart in Chains	Kate Voegele	13
12	This Is Why We Fight	The Decemberists	10
13	E.T.	Katy Perry	7
14	Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall	Coldplay	18
15	For The First Time	The Script	19
16	Sorry	The Smithereens	20
17	Who Says	Selena Gomez & The Scene	14
18	Deer In the Headlights	Owl City	--
19	Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)	Katy Perry	--
20	Your Surrender	Neon Trees	--

CHART NOTES

The Cars are on top again for the 3rd consecutive week with "Sad Song". It's off their latest album Move Like This.

Lady GaGa checks in at #2 with "The Edge of Glory", up from #4 of last week. New to the top 5 is Noah and the Whale, whose latest single "Tonight's the Kind of Night" moves up 4 from #8.

Not too much movement up the charts. We have 3 debut songs again. At #18 is the latest by Owl City. It's called "Deer in the Headlights". They're followed by Katy Perry at #19 with "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" and Neon Trees at #20 with "Your Surrender".

Dropping big time this week at Lady GaGa's "Judas" down from #3 to #8; Katy Perry's "E.T." down from #7 to #13 and Selena Gomez & the Scene's "Who Says" down from #14 to #17. These songs along with The Decemberists' "This is Why We Fight" (at #12) are probably on their way off the chart soon.

Recent Number One Songs:

Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - June 12, 2011.

2011-06-14T05:15:00.004-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of June 12, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Sad Song (2nd week @ #1!)	The Cars	1
2	Hello (Radio Edit)	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	2
3	Judas	Lady GaGa	4
4	The Edge Of Glory	Lady GaGa	9
5	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	3
6	Just A Kiss	Lady Antebellum	6
7	E.T.	Katy Perry	5
8	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Noah & the Whale	10
9	Tonight Tonight	Hot Chelle Rae	17
10	This Is Why We Fight	The Decemberists	11
11	Heart Skips A Beat	Lenka	15
12	Collide	Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow	14
13	Heart in Chains	Kate Voegele	15
14	Who Says	Selena Gomez & The Scene	7
15	The Lazy Song	Bruno Mars	8
16	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	12
17	Crazy Girl	Eli Young Band	13
18	Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall	Coldplay	--
19	For The First Time	The Script	--
20	Sorry	The Smithereens	--

CHART NOTES

The Cars are on top again for the 2nd week in a row with "Sad Song". It's off their latest album Move Like This.

The top 5 almost belongs to Lady GaGa this week. She has two tracks in the top 5. First at #3 is her current single, "Judas" moving up one from #4, and at #4 "The Edge of Glory" moving up from #9 last week. Both tracks are from the album Born The Way. Could #1 be in the sight of either song?

Holding in the top 5 are two former #1 records. First off Martin Solveig & Dragonette hold at #2 for a second week after dropping from #1 two weeks ago. Dengue Fever is still going strong with "Cement Slippers," though somewhat slipping from #3 to #5. Both tracks held on to the #1 spot for 5 consecutive weeks each, making both the current record holders for longest stay at the top so far this year.

There are three debut singles this week. At #18 is Coldplay and "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" which is on sale at Amazon MP3 for 69¢. At #19 is the latest track by The Script. It's called "For the First Time". The Smithereens, a stalwart rock group from the late 80s and 1990s are back on the chart with "Sorry" at #20. This track is from their latest album 2011.

Recent Number One Songs:

Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig and Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift

BONUS VIDEOS

Kate Voegele's "99 Times" went to #2 in 2009. Great song and video.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - June 5, 2011

2011-06-09T06:00:00.004-10:00

The Cars - Sad Song

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of June 5, 2011

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Sad Song	The Cars	3
2	Hello (Radio Edit)	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	1
3	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	2
4	Judas	Lady GaGa	4
5	E.T.	Katy Perry	7
6	Just A Kiss	Lady Antebellum	9
7	Who Says	Selena Gomez & The Scene	5
8	The Lazy Song	Bruno Mars	6
9	The Edge Of Glory	Lady GaGa	18
10	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Noah & the Whale	16
11	This Is Why We Fight	The Decemberists	11
12	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	8
13	Crazy Girl	Eli Young Band	14
14	Collide	Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow	15
15	Heart Skips A Beat	Lenka	17
16	Blue Skies Again	Jessica Lea Mayfield	10
17	Tonight Tonight	Hot Chelle Rae	19
18	Heart in Chains	Kate Voegele	20
19	Price Tag	Jessie J	13
20	Just Can't Get Enough	Black Eyed Peas	12

CHART NOTES

The Cars lead the pack this week with their new #1 song "Sad Song". The track was released as a single about a month and a half ago. It has made a steady track up the chart, debuting on May 1 at #18, moving up to #16, #11, #8 and #3 last week. Two points up and "Sad Song" is at #1 today. The Cars have released a new album titled Move Like This which features this song. I have yet to get it. The Cars are well known for being huge hit makers back in the late 1970s and 1980s with hits such as "Just What I Needed", "Let's Go," "Shake It Up," "Magic", "Drive", and "You Are The Girl." This is the band's first hit single since 1987.

Elsewhere on the chart there are no debut singles this week. All we got is movement and some major ones too.

Going Up: Lady GaGa and "The Edge of Glory" sprints from last week's debut at #18 to #9 this week. This is the third single taken from her just released album, Born This Way. Lady GaGa's second single off the same album "Judas" holds at #4 for a second week.

Following Ms. GaGa are Noah and the Whale, whose sceond single "Tonight's the Kind of Night" off the album Last Night on Earth, moves from #16 to #10 this week. Lady Antebellum moves up 3 points from #9 to #6 with their country crossover hit, "Just a Kiss". Lady Antebellum had 2010's song of the year with "Need You Now" that topped our Top 100 year end chart in late December.

Drops: Taking some dives are the songs "Just Can't Get Enough" by Black Eyed Peas at #20, former #1 "Price Tag" by Jessie J at #19, "Blue Skies Again" by Jessica Lea Mayfield down to #16 from last week's peak of #10 and Jennifer Lopez "On the Floor" sliding from #8 to #12 this week. Some of these songs will definitely fall off the chart by next week.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - May 29, 2011

2011-05-31T22:00:00.001-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of May 29, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Hello (5th Week @ #1!)	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	1
2	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	2
3	Sad Song	The Cars	8
4	Judas	Lady GaGa	5
5	Who Says	Selena Gomez & The Scene	3
6	The Lazy Song	Bruno Mars	7
7	E.T.	Katy Perry	9
8	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	4
9	Just A Kiss	Lady Antebellum	13
10	Blue Skies Again	Jessica Lea Mayfield	11
11	This Is Why We Fight	The Decemberists	12
12	Just Can't Get Enough	Black Eyed Peas	6
13	Price Tag	Jessie J	10
14	Crazy Girl	Eli Young Band	17
15	Collide	Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow	18
16	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Noah & the Whale	19
17	Heart Skips A Beat	Lenka	20
18	The Edge Of Glory	Lady GaGa	--
19	Tonight Tonight	Hot Chelle Rae	--
20	Heart in Chains	Kate Voegele	--

CHART NOTES

Martin Solveig & Dragonette has the #1 song again, for the 5th consecutive week in a row. Yes, "Hello" is once again on top of the charts.

Holding at #2 is Dengue Fever with "Cement Slippers". This song also held the #1 spot earlier this spring for 5 weeks in a row. It is still holding on strong in the top 5 having teetered between #2 and #3 for more than a month now. It's a great song from my favorite album so far of 2011, Cannibal Courtship.

Springing up 5 points from #8 to #3 this week are The Cars, with their comeback single "Sad Song". Not very sad for them with the original line-up and a possible chart topper here on the Weekly Top 20!

Moving up another point is Lady GaGa. "Judas" moves up from #5 to #4 this week. This is one of two songs she has on the top 20. Lady GaGa also debuts this week at #18 with her latest single, "The Edge of Glory". Both tracks are from her just issued album Born This Way.

Further down the chart we see Lady Antebellum breaking into the top 10 with their latest country crooner, "Just a Kiss". The single moves from #13 to #9 this week.

Also breaking into the top 10 is Jessica Lea Mayfield. Her indie single "Blue Skies Again" moves up a point from #11 to #10 this week. It's been a slow but steady climb for the record.

VIDEO EXTRAS

Dengue Fever "Uku"

Caro Emerald "The Other Woman"

Mel's Weekly Top 20: May 22, 2011.

2011-05-23T04:00:00.001-10:00

Dengue Fever's new video for "Cement Slippers".

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of May 22, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Hello (4th Week @ #1!)	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	1
2	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	3
3	Who Says	Selena Gomez & The Scene	5
4	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	2
5	Judas	Lady GaGa	6
6	Just Can't Get Enough	Black Eyed Peas	4
7	The Lazy Song	Bruno Mars	9
8	Sad Song	The Cars	11
9	E.T.	Katy Perry	14
10	Price Tag	Jessie J	10
11	Blue Skies Again	Jessica Lea Mayfield	12
12	This Is Why We Fight	The Decemberists	13
13	Just A Kiss	Lady Antebellum	19
14	I Do	Colbie Caillat	7
15	L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.	Noah & the Whale	8
16	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	16
17	Crazy Girl	Eli Young Band	18
18	Collide	Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow	20
19	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Noah & the Whale	--
20	Heart Skips A Beat	Lenka	--

CHART NOTES

Martin Solveig & Dragonette holds the #1 spot again for the 4th week in a row with "Hello". Dengue Fever moves back up from #3 to #2 this week with "Cement Slippers" (a former #1 song). The video for the song was recently released.

"Judas" by Lady GaGa, movies up 1 from #6 to #5 with Bruno Marsjumping up 2 points to #7 with "The Lazy Song". Jessie J holds at number 10 with "Price Tag," a former #1 song from more than 8 weeks ago. New to the top 10 is The Cars at #8 with "Sad Song" up 3 from #11 last week, and Katy Perry with "E.T." moving from #14 to #9.

Significant droppers include Black Eyed Peas and "Just Can't Get Enough" down 2 from #4 to #6; "I Do" by Colbie Caillat down from #7 to #14 and "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N." by Noah & the Whale, plunging from #8 to #15.

The good news for Noah & the Whale is that their follow-up single, "Tonight's the Kind of Night" makes its debut at #19. Also debuting is "Heart Skips a Beat" by Lenka at #20.

VIDEO SHOWCASE: Current Hits

Martin Sloveig and Dragonette hold the #1 spot for the 4th week.

The Cars are back on the chart with "Sad Song".

Lenka debuts at #20 with "Heart Skips a Beat"

Jessie J is still holding strong at #10 with "Price Tag".

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - May 15, 2011

2011-05-19T04:45:00.003-10:00

Is Bruno Mars from "The Planet of the Apes"?

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of May 15, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Hello (3rd Week @ #1!)	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	1
2	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	2
3	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	3
4	Just Can't Get Enough	Black Eyed Peas	4
5	Who Says	Selena Gomez & The Scene	6
6	Judas	Lady GaGa	8
7	I Do	Colbie Caillat	7
8	L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.	Noah & the Whale	5
9	The Lazy Song	Bruno Mars	14
10	Price Tag	Jessie J	11
11	Sad Song	The Cars	16
12	Blue Skies Again	Jessica Lea Mayfield	13
13	This Is Why We Fight	The Decemberists	15
14	E.T.	Katy Perry	19
15	Machu Picchu	The Strokes	9
16	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	10
17	Never Gonna Leave This Bed	Maroon 5	12
18	Crazy Girl	Eli Young Band	20
19	Just A Kiss	Lady Antebellum	--
20	Collide	Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow	--

CHART NOTES

Martin Solveig & Dragonette holds the #1 spot again for the 3rd week in a row with "Hello". Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull hold at the #2 spot with "On the Floor" for another week. Also holding at #3 is Dengue Fever with "Cement Slippers" (a former #1 song) and Black Eyed Peas (again) with "Just Can't Get Enough" at #4. New to the top 5 is "Who Cares" by Selena & the Scene, up from #6 to #5.

"Judas" by Lady GaGa, movies up from #8 to #6. Bruno Mars is new to the top 10 this week with "The Lazy Song" moving from #14 to #9. Jessie J moves back into the top 10 with "Price Tag" inching from #11 to #10. The song topped the charts more than 8 weeks ago.

Lady Antebellum debuts at #19 with their latest single "Just a Kiss". Kid Rock teams with Sheryl Crow for his debut single, "Collide" at #20.

VIDEO EXTRAS: THE 1980S
Some of my favorite videos from more than 20 years ago.

R.E.M. - "The One I Love" (1988)

INXS - "Original Sin" (1982)

Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (1984)

Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean" (1983)

More videos from the 1980s....

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - May 8, 2011.

2011-05-10T19:00:00.001-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of May 8, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Hello (2nd week @ #1!)	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	1
2	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	3
3	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	2
4	Just Can't Get Enough	Black Eyed Peas	4
5	L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.	Noah & the Whale	5
6	Who Says	Selena Gomez & The Scene	9
7	I Do	Colbie Caillat	8
8	Judas	Lady GaGa	12
9	Machu Picchu	The Strokes	10
10	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	6
11	Price Tag	Jessie J	7
12	Never Gonna Leave This Bed	Maroon 5	13
13	Blue Skies Again	Jessica Lea Mayfield	14
14	The Lazy Song	Bruno Mars	15
15	This Is Why We Fight	The Decemberists	17
16	Sad Song	The Cars	18
17	Who's That Chick	Rihanna	11
18	UBerlin	R.E.M.	16
19	E.T.	Katy Perry	--
20	Crazy Girl	Eli Young Band	--

CHART NOTES

Martin Solveig & Dragonette holds the #1 spot again for the 2nd week in a row with "Hello". The song has been an international dance hit since last year and is only now making it onto mainstream top 40 charts and niche ones such as this.

Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull inch their way back into the #2 spot with "On the Floor" which dropped to #3 last week.

New in the top 10 is "Judas" by Lady GaGa, moving up from #12 to #8.

Debut singles: Katy Perry returns to the chart with her first week debut "E.T." coming in at #19. The Eli Young Band checks in at #20 with their country crossover hit, "Crazy Girl" coming in at #20.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - May 1, 2011

2011-05-03T04:30:00.013-10:00

Martin Solveig and Dragonette have the #1 song this week.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of May 1, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Hello (Radio Edit)	Martin Solveig and Dragonette	7
2	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	1
3	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	2
4	Just Can't Get Enough	Black Eyed Peas	4
5	L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.	Noah & the Whale	6
6	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	3
7	Price Tag	Jessie J	5
8	I Do	Colbie Caillat	9
9	Who Says	Selena Gomez & The Scene	10
10	Machu Picchu	The Strokes	11
11	Who's That Chick	Rihanna	8
12	Judas	Lady GaGa	19
13	Never Gonna Leave This Bed	Maroon 5	15
14	Blue Skies Again	Jessica Lea Mayfield	16
15	The Lazy Song	Bruno Mars	17
16	UBerlin	R.E.M.	14
17	This Is Why We Fight	The Decemberists	20
18	Sad Song	The Cars	--
19	S&M	Rihanna	12
20	This Is The Stuff	Francesca Battistelli	13

CHART NOTES

In only 2 short weeks Martin Solveig & Dragonette's international dance track moves from #19 to #7 to this week's new #1 song. The song has been a regular mainstay of the dance chart for several months and is now a hit on this chart. The single replaces Dengue Fever's "Cement Slippers" which slip from #1 to #2 after a five week stay at the top.

Breaking into the top 5 is "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N." by Noah & the Whale, moving from #6 to #5. It's a great little song from the same people that brought you "5 Years Time" back in 2008. They took that to #1 on this chart.

Elsewhere, Lady GaGa moves from #19 to #12 with her latest, "Judas".

The only debut song this week is "Sad Song" by The Cars, a comeback single featuring most of the original line-up of the hot 1980s group. They are well known for the hits "Just What I Needed," "You Might Think," "Magic", "Shake It Up" and "You Are The Girl" from the late 1970s and 1980s. Good to see them on the chart again.

Recent Number One Songs:

Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift
Grenade - Bruno Mars

VIDEO SHOWCASE - Additional Clips

Martin Solveig and Dragonette - Boys and Girls (2009)

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - April 24, 2011

2011-04-25T22:00:00.002-10:00

Black Eyed Peas' "Just Can't Get Enough" stops at #4 this week.

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of April 24, 2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Cement Slippers (5th Week @ #1!)	Dengue Fever	1
2	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	3
3	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	2
4	Just Can't Get Enough	Black Eyed Peas	5
5	Price Tag	Jessie J	4
6	L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.	Noah & the Whale	7
7	Hello	Martin Solveig & Dragonette	19
8	Who's That Chick	Rihanna	10
9	I Do	Colbie Caillat	11
10	Who Says	Selena Gomez & The Scene	14
11	Machu Picchu	The Strokes	12
12	S&M	Rihanna	13
13	This Is The Stuff	Francesca Battistelli	6
14	UBerlin	R.E.M.	8
15	Never Gonna Leave This Bed	Maroon 5	16
16	Blue Skies Again	Jessica Lea Mayfield	17
17	The Lazy Song	Bruno Mars	20
18	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	9
19	Judas	Lady Gaga	--
20	This Is Why We Fight	The Decemberists	--

CHART NOTES

Dengue Fever holds on to the #1 position for the 5th week in a row with "Cement Slippers". It is definitely the biggest hit on my chart so far this year, yet it has hardly made a dent on anyone else's chart. No matter. The single was released as a freebie by the band in mid-February and has been on this chart since late February. The song spent most of March climbing up the chart and all of April now holding on to #1. Dengue Fever's latest album Cannibal Courtship was released on Concord/Fantasy Records this past week. In time the public and fellow chart enthusiasts will catch up with this most wonderful band.

The biggest mover this week is "Hello" by French producer and singer Martin Solveig featuring Dragnonette. The track moves from its debut spot last week of #19 to #7 this week. "Hello" is one of those European dance tracks that have been kicking around for about a half year, maybe longer. It has started to get traction on some personal and dance charts. Good song, reminds me of "Paper Planes" by M.I.A. a few years back.

Upward movement: Other songs gaining in the top 20 include "Who Says" by Selena Gomez & the Scene. The track moves from #14 to #10 this week. Several other tracks on the top 20 have moved up 2 points from their previous positions of last week. They include "Who's That Chick" by Rihanna, "I Do" by Colbie Caillat, and Bruno Mars with the "Lazy Song" actually moving up 3 points.

Two songs make their debut this week. They are "Judas" by Lady GaGa at #19 and "This is Why We Fight" by The Decemberists.

ADDITIONAL VIDEOS & MUSIC

Jessica Lea Mayfield sings "Blue Skies Again", currently #17 on the Weekly Top 20.

The Decemberists debut on the top 20 with "This is Why We Fight".

R.E.M.'s latest track "UBerlin" off their new album, Collapse Into Now.

And of course "Cement Slippers" are still #1.

Cement Slippers Still at #1

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Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of April 17, 2011

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Cement Slippers (4 weeks at #1)	Dengue Fever	1
2	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	2
3	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	4
4	Price Tag	Jessie J	3
5	Just Can't Get Enough	Black Eyed Peas	6
6	This Is The Stuff	Francesca Battistelli	5
7	L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.	Noah & the Whale	10
8	UBerlin	R.E.M.	9
9	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	7
10	Who's That Chick	Rihanna	12
11	I Do	Colbie Caillat	13
12	Machu Picchu	The Strokes	14
13	S&M	Rihanna	15
14	Who Says	Selena Gomez & The Scene	17
15	L.O.V.	Fitz & The Tantrums	8
16	Never Gonna Leave This Bed	Maroon 5	19
17	Blue Skies Again	Jessica Lea Mayfield	20
18	From a Table Away	Sunny Sweeney	11
19	Hello (Radio Edit)	Martin Solveig and Dragonette	--
20	The Lazy Song	Bruno Mars	--

CHART NOTES

Dengue Fever holds on to the #1 spot for a 4th week with "Cement Slippers". Their new album Cannibal Courtship was released out on April 19.

Foster The People holds at #2 with "Pumped Up Kicks". Jennifer Lopez and Pitbul moves up to #3. First time in the top 5 is Black Eyed Peas with their latest single, "Just Can't Get Enough."

Two debuts this week: "Hello" by Martin Solveig & Dragonette debuts at #19. It is a big dance hit. Getting a lot of plays this weekend on my iTunes. The other debut is by Bruno Mars, off his current album Doo Wops & Hooligans, it's "The Lazy Song" coming in at #20.

BONUS VIDEO

Mel's Weekly Top 20: April 10, 2011

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Fitz & the Tantrums' original version of L.O.V. from 2010.

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of April 10, 2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Cement Slippers (3rd Week @ #1!)	Dengue Fever	1
2	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	3
3	Price Tag	Jessie J	2
4	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	6
5	This Is The Stuff	Francesca Battistelli	5
6	Just Can't Get Enough	Black Eyed Peas	7
7	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	4
8	L.O.V.	Fitz & The Tantrums	9
9	UBerlin	R.E.M.	10
10	L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.	Noah & the Whale	11
11	From a Table Away	Sunny Sweeney	12
12	Who's That Chick	Rihanna	13
13	I Do	Colbie Caillat	16
14	Machu Picchu	The Strokes	17
15	S&M	Rihanna	18
16	Born This Way	Lady GaGa	8
17	Who Says	Selena Gomez & The Scene	19
18	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	15
19	Never Gonna Leave This Bed	Maroon 5	--
20	Blue Skies Again	Jessica Lea Mayfield	--

CHART NOTES

Dengue Fever holds on to the #1 spot for a 3rd week with "Cement Slippers". Their new album is coming out on April 19.

Foster The People move up one from #3 to #2 with "Pumped Up Kicks".

Jennifer Lopez and Pitbul move into the Top 5 with "On the Floor". The single moves up 2 from #6 to #4.

Two debut singles this week: "Blue Skies Again" by Jessica Lee Mayfield checks in at #20. "Never Gonna Leave This Bed" by Maroon 5 is new at #19.

Big dropper: "Born This Way" by Lady GaGa... falling from #8 to #16. Peaked a few weeks ago at #4. I'm not too crazy about this song. It's gonna be outta here soon.

BONUS VIDEO

The "John Galt Theme" from the upcoming movie, Atlas Shrugged.

Trailer for Atlast Shrugged opening nationwide April 15.

Mel's Weekly Top 20: April 3, 2011

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Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of April 3, 2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Cement Slippers (2nd Week @ #1!)	Dengue Fever	1
2	Price Tag	Jessie J	2
3	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	5
4	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	3
5	This Is The Stuff	Francesca Battistelli	7
6	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	8
7	Just Can't Get Enough	Black Eyed Peas	9
8	Born This Way	Lady GaGa	4
9	L.O.V.	Fitz & The Tantrums	12
10	UBerlin	R.E.M.	13
11	L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.	Noah & the Whale	17
12	From a Table Away	Sunny Sweeney	14
13	Who's That Chick	Rihanna	16
14	Let's Go (feat. TobyMac)	Group 1 Crew	6
15	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	10
16	I Do	Colbie Caillat	19
17	Machu Picchu	The Strokes	20
18	S&M	Rihanna	18
19	Who Says	Selena Gomez & The Scene	--
20	Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)	The Daylights	11

CHART NOTES

"Cement Slippers" by Dengue Fever is the #1 song again for the second week in a row. Foster the People breaks into the Top 5 with "Pumped Up Kicks", up 2 from #7 to #5.

Breaking into the top 10 are Fitz & the Tantrums with "L.O.V." up 3 from #12 to #9 and R.E.M. and their track "UBerlin" moving from #13 to #10. Just behind them is Noah and the Whale who make the biggest gain moving from #17 to #11 with their hit "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N." Gotta like those songs with spellings in them!

The only debut song is by Selena Gomez and the Scene. Her latest single, "Who Says" checks in for the first week on the chart at #19. Their last single, "A Year Without Rain" went all the way to #1 late last year.

Dengue Fever Tops the Chart with "Cement Slippers"

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Listen to "Cement Slipppers" by clicking on the player below:

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of March 27, 2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	2
2	Price Tag	Jessie J	1
3	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	3
4	Born This Way	Lady GaGa	4
5	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	7
6	Let's Go (feat. TobyMac)	Group 1 Crew	6
7	This Is The Stuff	Francesca Battistelli	8
8	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	9
9	Just Can't Get Enough	Black Eyed Peas	11
10	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	5
11	Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)	The Daylights	12
12	L.O.V.	Fitz & The Tantrums	13
13	UBerlin	R.E.M.	14
14	From a Table Away	Sunny Sweeney	16
15	Hands	The Ting Tings	10
16	Who's That Chick	Rihanna	17
17	L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.	Noah & the Whale	19
18	S&M	Rihanna	20
19	I Do	Colbie Caillat	--
20	Machu Picchu	The Strokes	--

CHART NOTES

Dengue Fever moves into the #1 spot with their lead off single from their forthcoming album Cannibal Courtship called "Cement Slippers". The song has been a free download off the Dengue Fever website for weeks now and precludes the April 19 release of the new album. Listening to the sample tracks off the new album has me excited about getting it on the first day out. I've become a fan of Dengue Fever since I was made aware of them late last summer. Saw them in concert on October 30, 2010. Love their music. "Cement Slippers" could be their big breakout single. Reminds me somewhat of the old "Rock Lobster" song from the B-52s.

Elsewhere on the chart: Not much upward movement in most of the songs this week. Foster the People break into the top 5 this week with their hit "Pumped Up Kicks". The song moves up 2 from #7 to #5. Most of the other songs on the top 20 make small incremental moves up by 1 or 2 notches.

Songs taking signifcant falls this week include The Decemberists' "Down By the Water" dropping from #5 to #10. This was a former #1 record. Also dropping big is "Hands" by The Ting Tings. They drop 5 from #10 to #15. The Ting Tings have been on this chart with "Hands" since the fall of 2010. Looks like this could be their last week on.

The two debut songs for the week are "I Do" by Colbie Caillat at #19 and "Machu Picchu" by The Strokes at #20.

VIDEO SHOWCASE

This week the spotlight is on Dengue Fever. Enjoy!

DENGUE FEVER - Cannibal Courtship Teaser

DENGUE FEVER - Mastadong Explanation

DENGUE FEVER - Only a Friend

DENGUE FEVER - Seeing Hands (as performed on "Later")

DENGUE FEVER LINKS

Dengue Fever Official Website

Cannibal Courtship Preview

I Caught Dengue Fever (Oct. 30, 2010)

On the Charts This Week

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Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of March 20,2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Price Tag (2nd week @ #1!)	Jessie J	1
2	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	4
3	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	2
4	Born This Way	Lady GaGa	5
5	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	3
6	Let's Go (feat. TobyMac)	Group 1 Crew	8
7	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	9
8	This Is The Stuff	Francesca Battistelli	10
9	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	11
10	Hands	The Ting Tings	6
11	Just Can't Get Enough	Black Eyed Peas	14
12	Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)	The Daylights	13
13	L.O.V.	Fitz & The Tantrums	15
14	UBerlin	R.E.M.	18
15	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	7
16	From a Table Away	Sunny Sweeney	19
17	Who's That Chick	Rihanna	20
18	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina	12
19	L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.	Noah & the Whale	--
20	S&M	Rihanna	--

CHART NOTES

Jessie J holds on to the #1 spot for the second week in a row with her big hit, "Price Tag". Dengue Fever climbs 2 points moving from #4 to #2 with their single "Cement Slippers". Lady GaGa moves up 1 point from #5 to #4 with "Born This Way".

New to the top 10 is "On the Floor" by Jennifer Lopez, up 2 points from #11 to #9. This is the first time a record by Ms. Lopez has even hit the Weekly Top 20.

Debuting this week is Noah and the Whale with their latest single "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N." coming in at #19. They hit the chart big in 2008 with "5 Years Time" taking that single to #1 for a few weeks.

Rihanna also debuts this week with a second single, "S&M" at #20. Last week she debut with "Who's That Chick" at #20 which this week moves up to 17. Kind of unusual to have an artist with 2 relatively new songs chart at the same time on the WT20.

MORE MUSIC VIDEOS

This song should be a bigger hit. Currently at #12 on the WT20.

This song grows on me. Debuts at #19 this week.

This cover version has gotten more hits than the official version from Lady GaGa.

Jessie J Tops The Charts With "Price Tag"

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Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of March 13, 2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Price Tag	Jessie J	2
2	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	3
3	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	1
4	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	7
5	Born This Way	Lady GaGa	8
6	Hands	The Ting Tings	4
7	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	5
8	Let's Go (feat. TobyMac)	Group 1 Crew	10
9	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	11
10	This Is The Stuff	Francesca Battistelli	12
11	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	18
12	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina	6
13	Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)	The Daylights	13
14	Just Can't Get Enough	Black Eyed Peas	19
15	L.O.V.	Fitz & The Tantrums	17
16	Your Song	Ellie Goulding	16
17	We R Who We R	Ke$ha	9
18	UBerlin	R.E.M.	20
19	From a Table Away	Sunny Sweeney	--
20	Who's That Chick	Rihanna	--

CHART NOTES

Jessie J, who hails from England tops this week's chart with her debut hit single, "Price Tag". The song has been steadily climbing he chart and this week, nudges in from #2 to #1. It's a great pop song with a tasteful rap thrown in by rapper B.o.B. who I have been told is known for his radio friendly hits. You can listen to this song and check the video out below.

Dengue Fever and Lady Ga Ga make new entries into the top 5 with their respective singles, "Cement Slippers" and "Born This Way", checking in at #4 and #5, up 3 points each. I really love "Cement Slippers". I'm not too cool about "Born This Way". Lady Ga Ga has made better records.

New songs making it to the top 20 this week include "From a Table Away" by new country artist Sunny Sweeney. That record checks in at #19. At number 20 is Rihanna with a dance track called "Who's That Chick".

Fastest rising song this week is Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull's single "On the Floor" moving up from #18 to #11. Certainly this song will be in the top 10 by next week. It already topped the digital singles chart at both iTunes and Amazon.com.

ADDITIONAL VIDEO CLIPS

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - March 6, 2011

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Video: "Your Song" cover by Ellie Goulding, currently #16 on the WT20.

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of March 6, 2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Down By the Water (4th Week @ #1!)	The Decemberists	1
2	Price Tag	Jessie J	3
3	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	2
4	Hands	The Ting Tings	5
5	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	6
6	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina	4
7	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	11
8	Born This Way	Lady GaGa	10
9	We R Who We R	Ke$ha	7
10	Let's Go (feat. TobyMac)	Group 1 Crew	12
11	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	13
12	This Is The Stuff	Francesca Battistelli	19
13	Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)	The Daylights	14
14	Raise Your Glass	P!nk	8
15	I Just Wanna Run	The Downtown Fiction	9
16	Your Song	Ellie Goulding	15
17	L.O.V.	Fitz & The Tantrums	20
18	On The Floor	Jennifer Lopez Feat. Pitbull	--
19	Just Can't Get Enough	Black Eyed Peas	--
20	UBerlin	R.E.M.	--

CHART NOTES

The Decemberists hold at #1 for a 4th week with their hit single, "Down By The Water". The track is taken from their latest album, The King Is Dead.

Jessie J moves up another notch from #3 to #2 with "Price Tag". The Ting Tings move back up one from #5 to #4 this week with "Hands". They peaked with this song at #2 a few weeks ago. Showing up for the first time in the Top 5, Mumford & Sons also move up one with "Little Lion Man", at #5.

Breaking into the top 10 this week are Dengue Fever at #7 with "Cement Slippers", and Group 1 Crew with "Let's Go" at #10. Just outside of the top 10 Foster the People move up 2 with "Pumped Up Kicks" at #11 while Francesca Battistelli checks in at #12 with "This is the Stuff", up from last week's debut position of #19.

The 3 new tracks showing up for the first time on the Weekly Top 20 are "On the Floor" by Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull at #18, "Just Can't Get Enough" by Black Eyed Peas at #19 and "UBerlin" by R.E.M. at #20.

BONUS VIDEO

From 1993 it's 10,000 Maniacs with Natalie Merchant singing the Bruce Springsteen cover of "Because the Night", a song that became popular in 1978 by Patti Smith.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - February 27

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Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of February 27, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Down By the Water (3rd Week @ #1!)	The Decemberists	1
2	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	3
3	Price Tag	Jessie J	5
4	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina	2
5	Hands	The Ting Tings	4
6	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	7
7	We R Who We R	Ke$ha	8
8	Raise Your Glass	P!nk	9
9	I Just Wanna Run	The Downtown Fiction	6
10	Born This Way	Lady GaGa	12
11	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	19
12	Let's Go (feat. TobyMac)	Group 1 Crew	20
13	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	16
14	Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)	The Daylights	14
15	Your Song	Ellie Goulding	15
16	Back To December	Taylor Swift	10
17	Grenade	Bruno Mars	11
18	We No Speak Americano (Original)	Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup	13
19	This Is The Stuff	Francesca Battistelli	--
20	L.O.V.	Fitz & The Tantrums	--

CHART NOTES

The Decemberists hold at #1 for a third week with their hit single, "Down By The Water". The track is taken from their latest album, The King Is Dead.

Adele moves up 1 from #3 to #2 with "Rolling in the Deep". This is the singer's first song to chart on the Weekly Top 20. Also charting for the first time is Jessie J. She leaps moves up 2 from #5 to #3 with her song "Price Tag".

Lady Ga Ga moves into the top 10 going from #12 to #10 with "Born This Way".

Dengue Fever and Group 1 Crew have the fastest moving singles on the chart. Their songs "Cement Slippers" and "Let's Go" (featuring TobyMac) move 8 points from #19 and #20 last week, to #11 and #12 this week. Both songs are certainly top 10 material.

Three former #1 songs are probably spending their last week on the chart. All moving downward, Taylor Swift's "Back to December" slides from #10 to #16; Bruno Mars tumbles from #11 to #17 with "Grenade" and Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup falls from #13 to #18 with "We No Speak Americano". All were #1 songs from earlier this year.

Two debut tracks this week: Contemporary Christian singer Francesca Battistelli checks in at #19 with "This is the Stuff" and Fitz & the Tantrums enter at #20 with a reworked version of "L.O.V."

BONUS VIDEO

Here's a live in studio performance of Nikki Yanofsky singing her #1 song "Cool My Heels". The song topped the Weekly Top 20 last year.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - February 20, 2011

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Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of February 20, 2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Down By the Water (2nd week @ #1!)	The Decemberists	1
2	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina	3
3	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	6
4	Hands	The Ting Tings	2
5	Price Tag	Jessie J	12
6	I Just Wanna Run	The Downtown Fiction	7
7	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	9
8	We R Who We R	Ke$ha	10
9	Raise Your Glass	P!nk	11
10	Back To December	Taylor Swift	4
11	Grenade	Bruno Mars	5
12	Born This Way	Lady GaGa	19
13	We No Speak Americano (Original)	Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup	8
14	Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)	The Daylights	15
15	Your Song	Ellie Goulding	16
16	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	18
17	A Year Without Rain	Selena Gomez & The Scene	13
18	The Time (Dirty Bit)	Black Eyed Peas	14
19	Cement Slippers	Dengue Fever	--
20	Let's Go (feat. TobyMac)	Group 1 Crew	--

CHART NOTES

The Decemberists hold at #1 for a second week with their hit single, "Down By The Water". The track is taken from their latest album, The King Is Dead.

The dance track "Stereo Love" from Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina climbs a spot from #3 to #2 this week. It has been a top dance track on iTunes for several weeks now. Could it go to #1?

Adele follows at #3 with "Rolling in the Deep", up 3 points from #6. This is the singer's first song to chart on the Weekly Top 20. Also charting for the first time is Jessie J. She leaps up 7 spots from last week's #12 to #5 with her song "Price Tag". I like songs about money, even if it is sort of anti-money in this case. Catchy song and video.

Lady Ga Ga climbs from #19 to #12 with her latest single, "Born This Way". The L.A. rock band Dengue Fever, which does Cambodian rock songs break into the top 20 for the first time with their new single "Cement Slippers" debuting at #19. They're followed by the Christian Alt Rock/Rap singers Group 1 Crew and their latest track "Let's Go" which debuts at #20. Group 1 Crew hit the chart a few weeks ago with their top 20 hit "Live It Up".

GROOVESHARK PLAYER - Listen to some tunes!

BONUS VIDEO

Lenka took this song to #2 on Mel's Weekly Top 20 in 2008.

Dengue Fever - Cement Slippers

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Dengue Fever is coming out with a new album. This is what the cover will look like. The first single off the album is a track called "Cement Slippers". Got a great beach vibe, fuzzy guitars and saxophone. Vocals by Chhom Nimol and guitarist Zac Holtzman are great. Reminds me somewhat of the old "Rock Lobster" song from The B52's. Give it a listen.

The new album Cannibal Courtship is coming out in April.

More Dengue Fever

Dengue Fever Official Website
Cannibal Courtship Preview
I Caught Dengue Fever (Oct. 30, 2010)

The Decemberists Hit #1

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Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of February 13, 2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	3
2	Hands	The Ting Tings	2
3	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina	5
4	Back To December	Taylor Swift	1
5	Grenade	Bruno Mars	4
6	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	9
7	I Just Wanna Run	The Downtown Fiction	7
8	We No Speak Americano (Original)	Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup	6
9	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	11
10	We R Who We R	Ke$ha	13
11	Raise Your Glass	P!nk	14
12	Price Tag	Jessie J	19
13	A Year Without Rain	Selena Gomez & The Scene	10
14	The Time (Dirty Bit)	Black Eyed Peas	8
15	Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)	The Daylights	16
16	Your Song	Ellie Goulding	17
17	All You Need Is Now	Duran Duran	12
18	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	20
19	Born This Way	Lady GaGa	--
20	Valentine	Bobby Bare Jr	--

CHART NOTES:

"Down By The Water" from the rock group The Decemberists climb to #1 this week, up 2 from #3 last week. This song has been on the chart since January 2 after being a free giveaway on iTunes during the last weeks of December. The track is from The Decemberists' newest album The King is Dead and features R.E.M.'s Peter Buck on guitar and Gillian Welch on vocal harmonies. The song represents a break from the band's British influenced style. It picks up more of a country-rock flair to the track. I hear the entire album is in this vein and await the arrival of my CD of it from Amazon.com.

The Decemberists have hit this chart before with the following singles" "O Valencia" which hit #7 in 2007 , "Valerie Plame" hit #14 in 2008 and "The Rake Song" #12 in 2009. My favorite album by the band is The Crane Wife which came out in 2006.

RECENT #1 SONGS:

Back to December - Taylor Swift
Grenade - Bruno Mars
We No Speak Americano - Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup
A Year Without Rain - Selena Gomez & the Scene

FEATURED VIDEO

THE DECEMBERISTS "Down by The Water" Live on KCRW

CLASSIC VIDEO

J. GEILS BAND "Love Stinks" (1980)

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - February 6

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Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of February 6, 2011

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Back To December (2nd week @ #1!)	Taylor Swift	1
2	Hands	The Ting Tings	3
3	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	7
4	Grenade	Bruno Mars	2
5	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina	6
6	We No Speak Americano (Original)	Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup	4
7	I Just Wanna Run	The Downtown Fiction	9
8	The Time (Dirty Bit)	Black Eyed Peas	5
9	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	13
10	A Year Without Rain	Selena Gomez & The Scene	10
11	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	12
12	All You Need Is Now	Duran Duran	14
13	We R Who We R	Ke$ha	15
14	Raise Your Glass	P!nk	16
15	Hold My Hand	Michael Jackson & Akon (Duet)	8
16	Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)	The Daylights	19
17	Your Song	Ellie Goulding	20
18	Turn It Up (feat. Usher) (Prod. by T-Minus)	Ciara	11
19	Price Tag	Jessie J	--
20	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	--

Mel's Weekly Top 20: February 1, 2011

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This video features Mia Martina with Edward Maya. Same mix as the Vika Jigulina version. Different vocals and a better video IMO.

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of January 31, 2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Back To December	Taylor Swift	2
2	Grenade	Bruno Mars	1
3	Hands	The Ting Tings	3
4	We No Speak Americano (Original)	Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup	4
5	The Time (Dirty Bit)	Black Eyed Peas	5
6	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina	9
7	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	10
8	Hold My Hand	Michael Jackson & Akon (Duet)	6
9	I Just Wanna Run	The Downtown Fiction	11
10	A Year Without Rain	Selena Gomez & The Scene	7
11	Turn It Up (feat. Usher) (Prod. by T-Minus)	Ciara	8
12	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	14
13	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	19
14	All You Need Is Now	Duran Duran	15
15	We R Who We R	Ke$ha	16
16	Raise Your Glass	P!nk	20
17	Rhythm Of Love	Plain White T's	12
18	Just The Way You Are	Bruno Mars	13
19	Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)	The Daylights	--
20	Your Song	Ellie Goulding	--

CHART NOTES

Taylor Swift, one of country music's hottest young stars, gets her first #1 hit on Mel's Weekly Top 20 with "Back to December". The song has been slowly going up the chart one position at a time over the past 2 months. Today it finally reaches the top replacing Bruno Mars' song "Grenade" the former #1 for the past 2 weeks. We'll see how long Ms. Swift holds on to to the top.

The rest of the top 5 stay unchanged with positions 3, 4, and 5 remaining the same with The Ting Tings, Yolanda B. Cool & Dcup and The Black Eyed Peas all standing strong.

The dance record by Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina called "Stereo Love" moves up 3 points from 9 to 6 with The Decemberists following close behind at #7 (up from #10) with "Down By the Water". I think both songs will be in the top 5 next week.

Biggest mover is "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele, up from #19 to #13.

Two debut songs are "Rogue Machine (Say That You Need Me)" by The Daylights and Ellie Goulding's remake of the classic Elton John hit, "Your Song" at numbers 19 and 20 respectively.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 23

2011-01-23T06:20:00.000-10:00

The Decemberists - Down By The Water

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of January 23, 2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Grenade (2nd Week @ #1!)	Bruno Mars	1
2	Back To December	Taylor Swift	3
3	Hands	The Ting Tings	4
4	We No Speak Americano (Original)	Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup	2
5	The Time (Dirty Bit)	Black Eyed Peas	6
6	Hold My Hand	Michael Jackson & Akon (Duet)	5
7	A Year Without Rain	Selena Gomez & The Scene	7
8	Turn It Up (feat. Usher) (Prod. by T-Minus)	Ciara	10
9	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Alicia	11
10	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	15
11	I Just Wanna Run	The Downtown Fiction	13
12	Rhythm Of Love	Plain White T's	8
13	Just The Way You Are	Bruno Mars	9
14	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	16
15	All You Need Is Now	Duran Duran	17
16	We R Who We R	Ke$ha	20
17	Baby Lee	Teenage Fanclub	12
18	Just A Dream	Nelly	14
19	Rolling In The Deep	Adele	--
20	Raise Your Glass	P!nk	--

CHART NOTES

Bruno Mars holds on to the #1 spot for the 2nd week in a row with "Grenade". This is his second consecutive #1 record on the Weekly Top 20. He hit the top spot late last year with "Just the Way You Are", which is still listed on this week's chart at #13, losing a few points from #9 of last week.

The Decemberists break into the top 10 with their latest single "Down By The Water", a track that sounds a lot like an R.E.M. song. Reason being is Peter Buck from that group is playing on it. It's one of my current favorites and could go higher on the charts.

Debut singles this week include "Raise Your Glass" by Pink at #20 and "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele at #19. This is Adele's first appearance on the Weekly Top 20.

BONUS VIDEO

Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic - Smooth Criminal

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 9 & 16, 2011

2011-01-16T08:45:00.005-10:00

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of January 16, 2011.

Since I did not post a chart from last week, today I post two charts. Before that, check the above video. It's Taylor Swift live on the David Letterman Show singing her big hit, "Back to December", currently #3 on Mel's Weekly Top 20.

Without further adieu, here is this week's chart:

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Grenade	Bruno Mars	2
2	We No Speak Americano (Original)	Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup	1
3	Back To December	Taylor Swift	3
4	Hands	The Ting Tings	4
5	Hold My Hand	Michael Jackson & Akon (Duet)	6
6	The Time (Dirty Bit)	Black Eyed Peas	7
7	A Year Without Rain	Selena Gomez & The Scene	5
8	Rhythm Of Love	Plain White T's	9
9	Just The Way You Are	Bruno Mars	10
10	Turn It Up (feat. Usher) (Prod. by T-Minus)	Ciara	14
11	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Alicia	16
12	Baby Lee	Teenage Fanclub	13
13	I Just Wanna Run	The Downtown Fiction	15
14	Just A Dream	Nelly	8
15	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	18
16	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	19
17	All You Need Is Now	Duran Duran	20
18	Like A G6	Far East Movement	11
19	Live It Up	Group 1 Crew	12
20	We R Who We R	Ke$ha	--

CHART NOTES

Bruno Mars hits #1 again with his latest single "Grenade". After holding at #2 for nearly 4 weeks, the track off his debut album Doo Wops and Hooligans, becomes his second consecutive #1 hit on the Weekly Top 20. Late last year he topped the chart with "Just the Way You Are" which this week, moves up a point from #10 to #9.

Fact is several older songs are holding steady or getting a slight bump. Another former #1 song moving up again is "Rhythm of Love" by Plain White T's. It moves from #9 to #8 and was a #1 record more than 2 months ago. Great to hear it is in the top 10. Taylor Swift holds at #3 for another week with her smash country hit, "Back to December", which is our featured video of the week.

Debuting on the Weekly Top 20 is Ke$ha (with a dollar sign for an "S") at #20 with her latest single "We R Who We R". It is the only debut track on the Top 20 this week.

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of January 9, 2011.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	We No Speak Americano (4th Week @ #1!)	Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup	1
2	Grenade	Bruno Mars	2
3	Back To December	Taylor Swift	3
4	Hands	The Ting Tings	5
5	A Year Without Rain	Selena Gomez & The Scene	4
6	Hold My Hand	Michael Jackson & Akon (Duet)	6
7	The Time (Dirty Bit)	Black Eyed Peas	8
8	Just A Dream	Nelly	11
9	Rhythm Of Love	Plain White T's	9
10	Just The Way You Are	Bruno Mars	10
11	Like A G6	Far East Movement	7
12	Live It Up	Group 1 Crew	13
13	Baby Lee	Teenage Fanclub	14
14	Turn It Up (feat. Usher) (Prod. by T-Minus)	Ciara	15
15	I Just Wanna Run	The Downtown Fiction	16
16	Stereo Love	Edward Maya ft. Alicia	17
17	Only Girl (In The World)	Rihanna	12
18	Down By the Water	The Decemberists	20
19	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	--
20	All You Need Is Now	Duran Duran	--

CHART NOTES - January 9

Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup hold on to the #1 spot for the 4th week in a row. Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift hold on to the #2 and #3 spots with their respective hits, "Grenade" and "Back to December." Taylor Swift's hit is the #1 country track on iTunes, while "Grenade" has topped that chart as well as Amazon.com's list of best selling MP3 single tracks.

Nelly moves up 3 from #11 to #8 with "Just a Dream". It's a single track that has been lingering for several weeks below the top 10. This week it finally breaks into the ten with a 3 point jump.

Two new singles debut this week. They are "Little Lion Man" by Mumford & Sons at #19. This song has been lingering on indie and alternative charts for weeks now and is quite a staple on some college and modern rock radio stations/streams. The 80s rock band Duran Duran is back on the chart with "All You Need is Now" which debuts at #20. The track was a freebie download from iTunes a few weeks ago.