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

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:

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 24, 2011

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

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.

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

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

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.

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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