Justine Bennett "Heavy Feeling" @ #10

It is not too often that I celebrate a song that has so far peaked at #10. This one is worth mentioning and listening to by Justine Bennett. It's called "Heavy Feeling" and is out now on the Authentic Music label. Check out the song by clicking on the graphic above.

Mel's Weekly Top 20

For the week of June 20, 2010 | Website

This Week	Song Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Animal (2nd week @ #1!)	Neon Trees	1
2	Cool My Heels	Nikki Yanofsky	3
3	A Stitch In Time	Smashing Pumpkins	2
4	Pray For You	Jaron and The Long Road to Love	5
5	Every Subway Car	Barenaked Ladies	6
6	Break Your Heart	Taio Cruz	4
7	California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)	Katy Perry	11
8	Back It Up	Caro Emerald	10
9	Alejandro	Lady GaGa	9
10	Heavy Feeling	Justine Bennett	13
11	Fortunate Family Tree	AM	12
12	Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)	Shakira	19
13	Colors	April Smith and the Great Picture Show	14
14	I Never Told You	Colbie Caillat	7
15	Just Breathe	Pearl Jam	15
16	Rude Boy	Rihanna	8
17	I'm A Believer	Weezer	18
18	Bulletproof	La Roux	ret
19	A Night Like This	Caro Emerald	new
20	You Run Away	Barenaked Ladies	16

CHART NOTES:

Neon Trees hold the #1 spot for the second week in a row with "Animal". The video sold me on this song when I saw it about 5 weeks ago on YouTube. It's still great today.

Nikki Yanofsky's "Cool My Heels" moves up a point from #3 to #2. Could be coming in at number 1 next week I think... "Pray For You" by Jaron and The Long Road to Love also moves up a point from #5 to #4, with Barenaked Ladies following behind, up from #6 to #5 with "Every Subway Car".

Hot risers this week are Katy Perry with Snoop Dog and their hit "California Gurls" up 4 points going from #11 to #7. The song is #1 on several charts. Also hot is Shakira moving from #19 to #12 with the "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)" theme song to the ongoing World Cup Football (Soccer) games taking place in South Africa.

Caro Emerald is going back up not once but twice. Her former #1 song which sagged two weeks ago at #12 moved up to #10 last week and this week is back at #8. Meanwhile her second single "A Night Like This" makes its debut at #19.

La Roux returns to the Weekly Top 20 with a song that topped this chart last fall. "Bulletproof" is getting listed on a lot of charts these days and garnering a fair share of airplay, enough to have it re-chart here at #18. The song was last charted on December 27, 2009. It was #1 for a few weeks in November 2009.

Neon Trees New At #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20 | Week of June 13, 2010.
Chart posted on June 14, 2010.

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This Week	Song Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Animal	Neon Trees	2
2	A Stitch In Time	Smashing Pumpkins	1
3	Cool My Heels	Nikki Yanofsky	9
4	Break Your Heart	Taio Cruz	3
5	Pray For You	Jaron and The Long Road to Love	6
6	Every Subway Car	Barenaked Ladies	7
7	I Never Told You	Colbie Caillat	4
8	Rude Boy	Rihanna	5
9	Alejandro	Lady GaGa	8
10	Back It Up	Caro Emerald	12
11	California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)	Katy Perry	19
12	Fortunate Family Tree	AM	13
13	Heavy Feeling	Justine Bennett	16
14	Colors	April Smith and the Great Picture Show	14
15	Just Breathe	Pearl Jam	17
16	You and Your Heart	Jack Johnson	10
17	You Run Away	Barenaked Ladies	11
18	I'm A Believer	Weezer	20
19	Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)	Shakira	--
20	Naturally	Selena Gomez and The Scene	16

CHART NOTES:

Neon Trees tops the chart at #1 with "Animal". The song moves up from #2 of last week. Made its climb in 4 weeks. We got a hit here!

Coming up strong at #3 is Nikki Yanofsky and her hit "Cool My Heels", a contemporary sounding jazz piece off her debut album. The song moves from #9 to #3. Quite a jump.

Also jumping high is Katy Perry. Her hit which is number 1 on numerous charts around the world, moves from last week's #19 spot to #11 this week. Way to go for "California Gurls".

One of my favorite songs from this year has got to be Caro Emerald's "Back It Up." The track went to #1 a few weeks ago on the Weekly Top 20. Two weeks ago it was at #8 and last week dropped to #12. This week the catchy song moves back up to #10. She has issued a new video for the track.

Another song that dropped last week and went back up this week is "Pray For You" by Jaron and The Long Road to Love. The song was at #6 last week, moves back up to #5 this week.

Debuting at #19 this week is Shakira with the African flavored "Waka Waka", which is the theme song for the World Cup Soccer playoffs.

Mel's Top 10 Oldies of the Week

This is one of the better Paul McCartney concert video clips I've seen.

Mel's Top 10 Oldies

Week of June 11, 2010

1. Hawaii Five-0 - The Ventures
2. I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four
3. Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers
4. Day Tripper - The Beatles
5. Sueno - The Young Rascals
6. Roundabout - Yes
7. The Watusi - The Orlons
8. Take This Job & Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
9. Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful
10. Let's Live For Today - The Grass Roots

TOP 3 ALBUMS

1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
2. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
3. Hotel California - The Eagles

As submitted to Plannine's Classic Top 30 website.

Smashing Pumpkins Hit #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of June 6, 2010 | Website

This Week	Song Title	Artist	Last Week
1	A Stitch In Time	Smashing Pumpkins	2
2	Animal	Neon Trees	7
3	Break Your Heart	Taio Cruz	1
4	I Never Told You	Colbie Caillat	3
5	Rude Boy	Rihanna	6
6	Pray For You	Jaron and The Long Road to Love	4
7	Every Subway Car	Barenaked Ladies	9
8	Alejandro	Lady GaGa	5
9	Cool My Heels	Nikki Yanofsky	13
10	You and Your Heart	Jack Johnson	11
11	You Run Away	Barenaked Ladies	12
12	Back It Up	Caro Emerald	8
13	Fortunate Family Tree	AM	14
14	Colors	April Smith and the Great Picture Show	15
15	Naturally	Selena Gomez and The Scene	17
16	Heavy Feeling	Justine Bennett	18
17	Just Breathe	Pearl Jam	20
18	Stole My Heart	Little & Ashley	10
19	California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)	Katy Perry	--
20	I'm A Believer	Weezer	--

CHART NOTES:

Smashing Pumpkins tops the chart this week with "A Stitch in Time," a downloadable track that is not officially released on any of their albums. The track is from an upcoming album that was supposed to be released this spring. Nevertheless the track has steadily climbed over the past weeks to finally put it into #1. Up from #2 last week "A Stitch is Time" replaces Taio Cruz's "Break My Heart" which falls to #3.

At #2 for the 4th week on the chart is "Animal" by Neon Trees. This group looks like they had fun making their music video (see below) for their debut single. The track moved up from #7 last week. Looks like a number one record in the making.

Katy Perry makes her 2010 chart debut with her neweest single "California Gurls" at #19. The track has already topped the charts on iTunes and I think even Amazon. It's a good pop record but I would not call it great. We'll see how it does on the Weekly Top 20. Also debuting is Weezer with their remake of the old Monkees hit, "I'm a Believer". The track debuts at #20 this week. It's from the Shrek 4 movie soundtrack. The group Smash Mouth did a similar remake for Shrek 2 back in 2001.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - May 30, 2010

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of May 30,2010 | Website

This Week	Song Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Break Your Heart (2nd Week @ #1!)	Taio Cruz	1
2	A Stitch In Time	Smashing Pumpkins	2
3	I Never Told You	Colbie Caillat	3
4	Pray For You	Jaron and The Long Road to Love	5
5	Alejandro	Lady GaGa	4
6	Rude Boy	Rihanna	7
7	Animal	Neon Trees	13
8	Back It Up	Caro Emerald	6
9	Every Subway Car	Barenaked Ladies	9
10	Stole My Heart	Little & Ashley	8
11	You and Your Heart	Jack Johnson	11
12	You Run Away	Barenaked Ladies	12
13	Cool My Heels	Nikki Yanofsky	19
14	Fortunate Family Tree	AM	14
15	Colors	April Smith and the Great Picture Show	15
16	We Are a Lighthouse	The Rocketboys	16
17	Naturally	Selena Gomez and The Scene	17
18	Heavy Feeling	Justine Bennett	20
19	American Honey	Lady Antebellum	10
20	Just Breathe	Pearl Jam	--

CHART NOTES:

Taio Cruz has holds on to the #1 spot for the 2nd week with "Break Your Heart," Smashing Pumpkins hold to #2 with "A Stitch in Time" and Colbie Caillat holds to #3 with "I Never Told You".

Neon Trees break into the top 10 with "Animal". The track is in its third week on the weekly top 20 and has moved from its debut spot of #20 to #13 last week, and this week it's at #7.

Most of the other songs on the top 20 have either held their positions or moved up or down a few points. Only one debut this week, and that is at #20 for Pearl Jam and their track "Just Breathe." The song is a latecomer to the Weekly Top 20 as it has been around since the 4th quarter of 2009.