Mel's Weekly Top 20 - April 22, 2012

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

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Somebody That I Used To Know (2nd week @ #1!)	Gotye	1
2	Drive By	Train	2
3	We Are Young (ft. Janelle Monae)	Fun	3
4	Part of Me	Katy Perry	5
5	Glad You Came	The Wanted	6
6	Tonight Is The Night	Outasight	7
7	Call Me Maybe	Carly Rae Jepsen	9
8	Amazing	Matt Cardle	4
9	Rumour Has It	Adele	13
10	Easy Come Easy Go (Radio Edit)	Great Lake Swimmers	12
11	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	8
12	Happy Pills	Norah Jones	14
13	Starships	Nicki Minaj	15
14	Give Me All Your Luvin'	Madonna	10
15	Dancin' Away With My Heart	Lady Antebellum	18
16	One Life	James Morrison	19
17	Love Bites (So Do I)	Halestorm	20
18	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey	11
19	Payphone	Maroon 5	--
20	Only the Horses	Scissor Sisters	--

CHART NOTES:

Gotye's hit "Somebody I Used to Know" holds the #1 spot for a second consecutive week. The top 3 songs have not changed positions. Train holds at #2 with "Drive By" and Fun holds at #3 with "We Are Young".

The biggest mover up the chart is Adele whose latest track "Rumour Has It" climbs from #13 to #9 this week. It's the third single of hers to chart into the top 10.

The Great Lake Swimmers also break into the top 10 with their song "Easy Come Easy Go". up 2 from #12 of last week.

Two songs make their chart debut this week: "Payphone" the latest by Maroon 5 enters at #19 -- Scissor Sisters enter the chart at #20 with their new single, "Only the Horses".

Big droppers of the week include Lana Del Ray whose "Born to Die" has apparently peaked at #11. This week the track plunges down to #18. Also dropping out of the top 10 are Madonna with "Give Me All Your Luvin'" dropping from #10 to #14 and Asteroids Galaxy Tour down from #8 to #11 with "Heart Attack".

Songs That Went to #1 in 2012

Drive By - Train
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith
Someone Like You - Adele
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Run For Your Life - Matt Cardle

This is My Jam - Check it Out!

Watching You Watch Him by Eric Hutchinson

Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye

Love In A Trashcan by The Raveonettes

Love Bites [So Do I] by Halestorm

Drive By by Train

Easy Come Easy Go - Radio Edit by Great Lake Swimmers

Back It Up by Caro Emerald

Simple Song by The Shins

Hang It Up by The Ting Tings

Drive By by Train

Heart Attack by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

She Walks In So Many Ways by The Jayhawks

Red Solo Cup by Toby Keith

Sorry by The Smithereens

Uku by Dengue Fever

The Walk by Mayer Hawthorne

Dream My Darling by Lynda Kay

Paradise by Coldplay

Tainted Love by Imelda May

You're All I Want For Christmas by Caro Emerald

Hawaii Radio & Television Guide Jams

Forever More / Here is Happiness by Tokyo Happy Coats

Show Biz Kids by Steely Dan

Valleri by The Monkees

Remember Mary by The Sweet Marie

Clap For The Wolfman by Guess Who

Radio, Radio by Elvis Costello

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - April 15, 2012

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

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye featuring Kimbra	2
2	Drive By	Train	1
3	We Are Young (ft. Janelle Monae)	Fun	4
4	Amazing	Matt Cardle	5
5	Part of Me	Katy Perry	6
6	Glad You Came	The Wanted	9
7	Tonight Is The Night	Outasight	8
8	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	3
9	Call Me Maybe	Carly Rae Jepsen	10
10	Give Me All Your Luvin'	Madonna	7
11	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey	11
12	Easy Come Easy Go (Radio Edit)	Great Lake Swimmers	12
13	Rumour Has It	Adele	13
14	Happy Pills	Norah Jones	16
15	Starships	Nicki Minaj	17
16	Simple Song	The Shins	14
17	Dance With Me Tonight	Olly Murs	15
18	Dancin' Away With My Heart	Lady Antebellum	--
19	One Life	James Morrison	--
20	Love Bites (So Do I)	Halestorm	--

CHART NOTES

Gotye's hit "Somebody I Used to Know" that has been bouncing around on many charts in the past 6 to 8 months finally breaks the hold Train had on the top spot and becomes the newest track to hit #1 on the Weekly Top 20. This song has an interesting video that also features Kimbra. See that one on the top of this post.

And yes, after 7 weeks of holding the #1 spot, Train slips to #2 this week with "Drive By".

Rounding out the top 3 we find Katy Perry at #5 with "Part of Me," Matt Cardle at #4 with "Amazing" and Fun at #3 with "We Are Young". All songs made a one point move up the chart.

Three songs make their chart debut. They are "Dancing Away With My Heart" a country crossover hit by Lady Antebellum at #18, "One Life" by James Morrison at #19 and "Love Bites (So Do I)" by rockers Halestorm at #20.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2012

Drive By - Train
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith
Someone Like You - Adele
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Run For Your Life - Matt Cardle

Recently Featured on This is My Jam

Love In A Trashcan by The Raveonettes

Love Bites [So Do I] by Halestorm

Drive By by Train

Easy Come Easy Go - Radio Edit by Great Lake Swimmers

Back It Up by Caro Emerald

Simple Song by The Shins

Hang It Up by The Ting Tings

Drive By by Train

Heart Attack by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

She Walks In So Many Ways by The Jayhawks

Red Solo Cup by Toby Keith

Sorry by The Smithereens

Uku by Dengue Fever

The Walk by Mayer Hawthorne

Dream My Darling by Lynda Kay

Paradise by Coldplay

Tainted Love by Imelda May

You're All I Want For Christmas by Caro Emerald

Classic Rock Again by Chaotic Five

I was lucky enough to catch another free performance by Chaotic Five at the Ala Moana Center last night (April 14). Chaotic Five is billed as Hawaii's "youngest classic rock group" and for good reason. All of the songs they sing predate their own existence by at least 15 to 20 years, many songs much older.

Chaotic Five consists of five school aged kids less than 15 years old each. The group is fronted by female lead singers Chloe Salacup with lead guitarist Kalliyan Davis filling in from time to time. Rounding out the group are drummer Ethan Salacup, bass guitarist Caramon Ramos and Raistlin Ramos on keyboards and rhythm guitar.

The classic rock repertoire include covers of Queen, Judas Priest, Bon Jovi, Journey, Metallica, Blondie, Heart and more. The female singers give the songs a slightly different twist with all of the instrumentation, original and authentic to the way we remember the songs from the records.

Chaotic Five have played at a number of venues around Oahu including the Michael W. Perry  and Larry Price radio show on KSSK and interviews on Oldies 107.9 FM radio with Ed Kanoi. They have also been showcased in a series of youth rock concerts held at the Hard Rock Cafe.

The band maintains a Facebook website at:
https://www.facebook.com/ChaoticFive

Video Streams are hosted on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/KalliyanD

More Photos:

All photographs by Mel
Flickr Photo Chaotic Five Set
http://www.flickr.com/photos/macprohawaii/sets/72157629824607933/

Slideshow on Flickr (130 images)
http://www.flickr.com//photos/macprohawaii/sets/72157629824607933/show/

Video: Living on a Prayer - Ala Moana Center 4-14-2012



Article in MidWeek: The Cradle Will Rock (March 14, 2012)

Previous Blog Entry: Classic Rock Lives in Hawaii

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - April 8, 2012

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of April 8, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Drive By (7th Week @ #1!)	Train	1
2	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye	2
3	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	3
4	We Are Young (ft. Janelle Mon‡e)	Fun	5
5	Amazing	Matt Cardle	6
6	Part of Me	Katy Perry	8
7	Give Me All Your Luvin'	Madonna	4
8	Tonight Is The Night	Outasight	11
9	Glad You Came	The Wanted	16
10	Call Me Maybe	Carly Rae Jepsen	17
11	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey	14
12	Easy Come Easy Go (Radio Edit)	Great Lake Swimmers	15
13	Rumour Has It	Adele	19
14	Simple Song	The Shins	7
15	Dance With Me Tonight	Olly Murs	9
16	Happy Pills	Norah Jones	18
17	Starships	Nicki Minaj	20
18	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	12
19	These Times	SafetySuit	10
20	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	13

CHART NOTES

Train locks on to the #1 spot again for a 7th consecutive week with "Drive By". We've gone without a new #1 song for almost 2 months. This song ties last year's most long stay at #1.... Late last fall Coldplay held on to #1 for 7 straight weeks with "Paradise". That song turned out to be the #1 song of the year on the year end Top 100 of 2011. Can Train accomplish the same feat for 2012?

Holding patterns: At #2 we find Gotye and Kimbra with "Somebody That I Used to Know," now there for the 2nd week in a row. At #3 we see The Asteroids Galaxy Tour and "Heart Attack" for a 2nd consecutive week. The song has compiled at least 4 non-consecutive weeks at the #3 position. Can it go any higher or is it doomed to be a #3 hit forever?

Be sure to check out Katy Perry's latest hit and video above. "Part of Me" moves up 2 from #8 to #6 this week.

Movers: Making some significant headway up the chart we find the following songs: "Glad You Came" by The Wanted moves up from #16 to #9 this week, a 7 point jump. Also jumping up 7 points is Carly Rae Jepsen's single "Call Me Maybe" moving from #17 to #10. Making a 6 point jump from #19 to #13 is Adele and her single "Rumour Has It".

There are no debut songs on the chart. Several songs are headed on a downward spiral and are likely to depart the top 20 by next week. Among them are "Hang It Up" by the Ting Tings at #18, "These Times" by SafetySuitat #19 and "Do It Our Way" by Alesha Dixon. All had good chart runs and should be listed in the year end chart for 2012 come this December.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - April 1, 2012.

Train recorded live on WPLJ FM.


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

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Drive By (6th Week @ #1!)	Train	1
2	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye	3
3	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	4
4	Give Me All Your Luvin'	Madonna	2
5	We Are Young (ft. Janelle Mon‡e)	Fun	5
6	Amazing	Matt Cardle	7
7	Simple Song	The Shins	6
8	Part of Me	Katy Perry	9
9	Dance With Me Tonight	Olly Murs	8
10	These Times	SafetySuit	11
11	Tonight Is The Night	Outasight	13
12	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	12
13	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	10
14	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey	15
15	Easy Come Easy Go (Radio Edit)	Great Lake Swimmers	16
16	Glad You Came	The Wanted	18
17	Call Me Maybe	Carly Rae Jepsen	19
18	Happy Pills	Norah Jones	20
19	Rumour Has It	Adele	--
20	Starships	Nicki Minaj	--

CHART NOTES

Train holds on to the #1 spot for a 6th consecutive week with their latest hit "Drive By". Gotye's "Somebody I Used To Know" moves up a point from #3 to #2. The track features singer Kimbra near the end. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour move up one point from #4 to #3 with "Heart Attack". The song slid a point last week. I guessMadonna's slip this week made up for that. She is at #4 with "Give Me All Your Luvin'" which until last week, held the #2 spot for 4 weeks in a row. Rounding out the top 5 we find Fun and their single, "We Are Young" holding at #5 for a second week.

Elsewhere on the top 20, we find incremental moves throughout the chart, either up or down by the week's popular songs.

Two debut tracks this week include Adele's latest single "Rumour Has It" at #19 while Nicki Minaj enters with her dance/rap hit "Starships" at #20. How high these songs go is anyone's guess.

VIDEO EXTRA

Check this out, The Brad Cash Band covering Train's "Drive By".