The Top 100 Hits of 2013

TOP VIDEO HITS OF 2013



FLASHBACK FRIDAY: THE TOP 100 HITS OF 2013

We take a last look at 2013 with this mega chart of 100 top hits as compiled from the performance from the last 52 weeks of Mel's Weekly Top 20 music charts.

Rank	Title	Artist	Peak Pos	TAP	Total Weeks
1	Get Lucky (Radio Edit)	Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams	1	8	26
2	Change	Churchill	1	7	21
3	Roar	Katy Perry	1	4	18
4	Royals	Lorde	1	4	12
5	Carry On	Fun	1	3	20
6	Tangled Up	Caro Emerald	1	3	17
7	Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell]	Robin Thicke	1	3	16
8	Treasure	Bruno Mars	1	3	11
9	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	1	3	10
10	Daylight	Maroon 5	1	2	23
11	Wake Me Up	Avicii	1	2	19
12	Waves	Blondfire	1	2	19
13	When I Was Your Man	Bruno Mars	1	2	17
14	Safe and Sound	Capital Cities	1	2	16
15	Anything Could Happen	Ellie Goulding	1	2	15
16	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	1	2	11
17	Little Talks	Of Monsters And Men	2	4	25
18	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	2	3	7
19	Burn	Ellie Goulding	2	2	12
20	Summertime Sadness (Alternative Radio Mix)	Lana Del Rey	2	2	12
21	Best Song Ever	One Direction	2	2	9
22	I Knew You Were Trouble	Taylor Swift	2	2	8
23	I Will Wait	Mumford & Sons	2	1	12
24	Running for Cover	Ivan & Alyosha	3	4	13
25	Just Give Me A Reason	P!nk featuring Nate Ruess	3	3	10
26	22	Taylor Swift	3	2	11
27	Sweeter Than Fiction	Taylor Swift	3	2	9
28	Now Is the Start	A Fine Frenzy	3	1	18
29	Home Again	Elton John	3	1	14
30	Locked Out Of Heaven	Bruno Mars	3	1	13
31	Between The Raindrops	Lifehouse	3	1	11
32	Wagon Wheel	Darius Rucker	3	1	11
33	Come & Get It	Selena Gomez	4	2	13
34	Pompeii	Bastille	4	2	12
35	Devil's Got a Gun	Whitehorse	4	2	9
36	Mermaid	Train	4	1	16
37	Sad Angel	Fleetwood Mac	4	1	12
38	Wasting All These Tears	Cassadee Pope	4	1	12
39	Almost Home	Mariah Carey	4	1	11
40	Because We Can	Bon Jovi	4	1	10
41	Love Me Again	John Newman	4	1	9
42	Let Her Go	Passenger	5	2	14
43	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	5	2	14
44	Brave	Sara Bareilles	5	2	10
45	Applause	Lady Gaga	5	1	11
46	Liquid Lunch	Caro Emerald	5	1	10
47	Hero	Family of the Year	6	2	14
48	There Will Come A Time	Noah & The Whale	6	1	10
49	Boomerang	Barenaked Ladies	6	1	9
50	Underneath the Tree	Kelly Clarkson	6	1	2
51	Out Of My League	Fitz and The Tantrums	7	3	15
52	Tornado	Little Big Town	7	2	10
53	Clouds	Zach Sobiech	7	2	8
54	Sail	AWOLNATION	7	1	10
55	Get To Me	Lady Antebellum	7	1	9
56	Everything Has Changed	Taylor Swift Feat. Ed Sheeran	7	1	7
57	Rock & Roll Love Affair	Prince	7	1	6
58	That's My Kind Of Night	Luke Bryan	7	1	4
59	Little Games	The Colourist	8	2	12
60	Put the Gun Down	ZZ Ward	8	2	8
61	Why Am I the One	Fun	8	2	8
62	Downtown	Lady Antebellum	8	2	7
63	Diamonds	Rihanna	8	1	13
64	See You Again	Carrie Underwood	8	1	9
65	Stubborn Love	The Lumineers	8	1	7
66	Ho Hey	The Lumineers	9	2	28
67	The Wire	HAIM	9	2	9
68	New	Paul McCartney	9	2	8
69	One Day (Radio Edit)	Caro Emerald	9	2	7
70	Heart Attack	Demi Lovato	9	1	8
71	That's My Jam (feat. Owl City)	Relient K	9	1	8
72	Callin' Me When I'm Lonely	Sheryl Crow	9	1	7
73	Two Black Cadillacs	Carrie Underwood	9	1	7
74	Just Another Girl	The Killers	9	1	6
75	Atlas	Coldplay	10	2	7
76	Heartbeat	Jjamz	10	1	11
77	State Of Grace	Taylor Swift	10	1	9
78	The Clock (Radio Edit)	The View	10	1	8
79	The War Within	Churchill	10	1	8
80	Bad Blood	Bastille	10	1	7
81	Big Blue Wave	Hey Ocean!	10	1	6
82	Lose Yourself To Dance	Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams	10	1	6
83	Light of Christmas (feat. tobyMac)	Owl City	10	1	5
84	Ready or Not	Bridgit Mendler	11	2	5
85	Ark In A Flood	Churchill	11	1	11
86	Love Somebody	Maroon 5	11	1	11
87	There's No Going Back	Sick Puppies	11	1	7
88	What About Now	Bon Jovi	11	1	7
89	Christmas In The Sand	Colbie Caillat	11	1	6
90	Closer	Tegan and Sara	11	1	6
91	Easy	Sheryl Crow	12	2	6
92	Gentleman	Psy	12	1	6
93	Compass	Lady Antebellum	13	2	6
94	The Mother We Share	Chvrches	13	1	8
95	I Got You	Jack Johnson	13	1	6
96	Mr. Mellow	Anuhea	13	1	6
97	We Both Know	Colbie Caillat	13	1	6
98	Cups (Pitch Perfect's "When I'm Gone")	Anna Kendrick	13	1	4
99	We Can't Stop	Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox	14	2	5
100	The Monster (feat. Rihanna)	Eminem	14	1	5

You can also visit the official TOP 100 OF 2013 hits page.

CHART NOTES

Rank - The numercial rank on this chart.
Peak Position = Highest position song held on Top 20
TAP = Length of stay at peak position = "total weeks at peak"
TW = Total weeks spent on Mel's Weekly Top 20

Some songs are listed in both the 2012 chart as well as the 2013 chart since their chart runs ran from the end of one year and into the next.

SONGS THAT WENT TO #1 IN 2013

The Walker - Fitz & the Tantrums (3)
The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) - Ylvis (2)
Royals - Lorde (4)
Wake Me Up - Avicii (2)
Safe and Sound - Capital Cities (2)
Roar - Katy Perry (4)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (2)
Treasure - Bruno Mars (3)
Waves - Blondfire (2)
Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell] - Robin Thicke (3)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (6)
Tangled Up - Caro Emerald (3)
When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (2)
Change - Churchill (7)
Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

The Last Mel's Weekly Top 20 of 2013

Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree



Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of December 22, 2013.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	The Walker (3rd Week @ #1!)	Fitz & The Tantrums	1
2	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	2
3	Sweeter Than Fiction	Taylor Swift	3
4	Royals	Lorde	4
5	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	5
6	Underneath the Tree	Kelly Clarkson	12
7	That's My Kind Of Night	Luke Bryan	10
8	Roar	Katy Perry	6
9	Wake Me Up	Avicii	8
10	Light of Christmas (feat. tobyMac)	Owl City	11
11	Sail	AWOLNATION	7
12	Just Another Girl	The Killers	9
13	Compass	Lady Antebellum	13
14	Slow Down	Selena Gomez	15
15	Harlem	New Politics	18
16	Hold On	Colbie Caillat	19
17	I Love You	Said the Whale	20
18	The Monster (feat. Rihanna)	Eminem	14
19	Who You Love (feat. Katy Perry)	John Mayer	new
20	Shake	The Head And The Heart	new

CHART NOTES

Fitz & the Tantrums hold on to #1 for a third week with "The Walker" off their latest album More Than A Dream. Katy Perry continues for a 3rd week at #2 with "Unconditionally".

Kelly Clarkson makes a big 6 point jump from #12 to #6 with her latest track, the new yuletide standard "Underneath the Tree". In celebration of the holiday, her music video for this song is at the top of this page.

Luke Bryan is also pushing up to #7 this week with the country rocker "That's My Kind of Night" up 3 from #10.

Two songs make their chart debut: "Who You Love" featuring Katy Perry by John Mayer debuts at #19. "Shake" an alternative indie track comes in at #20 from The Head and The Heart. Looks like some good songs leading us into 2014.

Speaking of which... this will be the last posted weekly chart of 2013. The next chart will be posted on January 1, 2014 as we begin a new year. Hope you all have a Happy Holiday Season. Be kind to each other. Aloha! Mel

Songs That Went to #1 in 2013

Which one of these songs went to #1 for 2013? Click here to find out.

The Walker - Fitz & the Tantrums (3)
The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) - Ylvis (2)
Royals - Lorde (4)
Wake Me Up - Avicii (2)
Safe and Sound - Capital Cities (2)
Roar - Katy Perry (4)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (2)
Treasure - Bruno Mars (3)
Waves - Blondfire (2)
Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell] - Robin Thicke (3)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (6)
Tangled Up - Caro Emerald (3)
When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (2)
Change - Churchill (7)
Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

This week's video showcase tracks:

Fitz & the Tantrums - The Walker



Katy Perry - Unconditionally



Luke Bryan - That's My Kind of Night



Owl City featuring tobyMac - Light of Christmas

Flashback Friday: Top 20 Classic Christmas Tracks

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Top 20 Classic Christmas Tracks

This week's Friday Flashback I offer a chart of my current favorite Classic Christmas tracks. There are a few videos with this. Enjoy.

Rank	Title	Artist	Year
1	Happy Xmas (War is Over)	John Lennon	1971
2	Merry Christmas Darling	The Carpenters	1977
3	The Christmas Song	Nat King Cole	1961
4	Winter Wonderland	Eurythmics	1987
5	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)	U2	1987
6	Jingle Bell Rock	Daryl Hall & John Oates	1983
7	Christmas In The Sand	Colbie Caillat	2012
8	You're All I Want For Christmas	Caro Emerald & Brook Benton	2011
9	A Holly Jolly Christmas	Burl Ives	1965
10	Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree	Brenda Lee	1959
11	All I Want For Christmas Is You	Mariah Carey	1993
12	Feliz Navidad	José Feliciano	1970
13	Santa Baby	Madonna	1987
14	Please Come Home for Christmas	The Eagles	1978
15	Dominick the Donkey	Lou Monte	1960
16	Last Christmas (Single Version)	Wham!	1984
17	Step Into Christmas	Elton John	1973
18	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	Rebecca St. James	2005
19	Oíche Chiún (Silent Night)	Enya	2001
20	Christmas Canon	Trans-Siberian Orchestra	1998

MORE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS TRACKS

Please note that all tracks are subject to unannounced removal at a future date. Some tracks require direct viewing at YouTube.com.

Mel's Weekly Top 20: Christmas Coming Soon.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of December 15, 2013.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	The Walker (2nd Week @ #1!)	Fitz & The Tantrums	1
2	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	2
3	"Sweeter Than Fiction (From ""One Chance"" Soundtrack)"	Taylor Swift	5
4	Royals	Lorde	4
5	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	3
6	Roar	Katy Perry	6
7	Sail	AWOLNATION	8
8	Wake Me Up	Avicii	7
9	Just Another Girl	The Killers	11
10	That's My Kind Of Night	Luke Bryan	12
11	Light of Christmas (feat. tobyMac)	Owl City	14
12	Underneath the Tree	Kelly Clarkson	--
13	Compass	Lady Antebellum	13
14	The Monster (feat. Rihanna)	Eminem	15
15	Slow Down	Selena Gomez	17
16	Callin' Me When I'm Lonely	Sheryl Crow	9
17	Bad Blood	Bastille	10
18	Harlem	New Politics	18
19	Hold On	Colbie Caillat	20
20	I Love You	Said the Whale	--

CHART NOTES

Fitz & the Tantrums hold on to #1 for a second week with "The Walker" off their latest album More Than A Dream.

Katy Perry reamins at #2 with "Unconditionally". The track is from the album Prism. Can this be her next #1 song? I thought so last week. But so far, not. Perry also holds at #6 with her last #1 hit, "Roar" which is still hot today.

The Killers move into the top 10 at #9 this week with their latest "Just Another Girl" jumping up from last week's #11 spot. Also moving into the top 10 is the latest country hit by Luke Bryan called "That's My Kind of Night" up to #10 from last week's #12.

Two songs make their chart debut. Bulleting into the #12 spot from out of nowhere we find Kelly Clarkson and just released yuletide single "Underneath the Tree". It's the highest debut for any Christmas song ever on this chart. Will she crack the top 10 in time for the holidays?

The second chart debut song is "I Love You", an alternative rock track by a band called Said the Whale which enters the chart at #20. This song has been simmering on my iTunes ever since I found it back in October. Now it is in the top 20.

Coming soon... the Top 100 Hits of 2013.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2013

The Walker - Fitz & the Tantrums (2)
The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) - Ylvis (2)
Royals - Lorde (4)
Wake Me Up - Avicii (2)
Safe and Sound - Capital Cities (2)
Roar - Katy Perry (4)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (2)
Treasure - Bruno Mars (3)
Waves - Blondfire (2)
Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell] - Robin Thicke (3)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (6)
Tangled Up - Caro Emerald (3)
When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (2)
Change - Churchill (7)
Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Flashback Friday: All I Want For Christmas....

FLASHBACK FRIDAY on Mel's Internet Universe Music Blog

You've heard it many times during the holiday season for almost 20 years. "All I Want For Christmas is You" was released on Mariah Carey's 4th studio album in 1994. Since then the song has become a perennial holiday classic. It has been covered by many artists over the years with the original by Mariah remaining the best. Click on the music video.  Enjoy!

The Walker Makes It to #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of December 8, 2013.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	2
2	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	4
3	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	1
4	Royals	Lorde	3
5	Sweeter Than Fiction (From "One Chance" Soundtrack)	Taylor Swift	7
6	Roar	Katy Perry	6
7	Wake Me Up	Avicii	5
8	Sail	AWOLNATION	9
9	Callin' Me When I'm Lonely	Sheryl Crow	10
10	Bad Blood	Bastille	11
11	Just Another Girl	The Killers	13
12	That's My Kind Of Night	Luke Bryan	19
13	Compass	Lady Antebellum	15
14	Light of Christmas (feat. tobyMac)	Owl City	16
15	The Monster (feat. Rihanna)	Eminem	17
16	Little Games	The Colourist	8
17	Slow Down	Selena Gomez	18
18	Harlem	New Politics	20
19	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	12
20	Hold On	Colbie Caillat	new

CHART NOTES

Fitz & the Tantrums top the chart this week with their track "The Walker" from the album More Than A Dream. I've been playing this track on my iPods and iTunes ever since it was released this past May. It's great to see it top the chart this week (moving up from #2). This song should be getting wider airplay on Top 40 / AC / Alternative Rock radio the world over... unfortunately, so far as I know, it's not. Perhaps next year.

Katy Perry inches closer to #1 with her latest single "Unconditionally". From the album Prism, the track moves from #4 to #2 this week. Could she push to number one next week. Come back and find out.

Only one new song makes a debut on the Weekly Top 20. That is "Hold On" by Colbie Caillat coming in at #20.

Coming soon... the Top 100 Hits of 2013.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2013

The Walker - Fitz & the Tantrums (1)
The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) - Ylvis (2)
Royals - Lorde (4)
Wake Me Up - Avicii (2)
Safe and Sound - Capital Cities (2)
Roar - Katy Perry (4)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (2)
Treasure - Bruno Mars (3)
Waves - Blondfire (2)
Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell] - Robin Thicke (3)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (6)
Tangled Up - Caro Emerald (3)
When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (2)
Change - Churchill (7)
Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

CHRISTMAS VIDEO SHOWCASE
Some of Today's Top Holiday Tracks

Flashback Friday: ¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?

FLASHBACK FRIDAY on Mel's Internet Universe Music Blog

We zoom back to 1959 and this Christmas novelty song sung by 12-year old Augie Rios. My only memory of this song was when it was performed in a holiday skit with my sister Esther being the "Mamasita" during an elementary school presentation when she was in about the 2nd or 3rd grade. She was cute and memorable.

About the record itself, from the Wikipedia it reads:

Dnde Est Santa Claus? (Spanish for Where is Santa Claus?) is a novelty Christmas song. 12-year-old Augie Rios had a hit with the song in 1959 which featured the Mark Jeffrey Orchestra.[1] The 45 record single was backed with the song "Ol' Fatso (I Don't Care Who You Are Old Fatso, Get Those Reindeer Off My Roof)."

Written by George Scheck, Rod Parker, and Al Greiner, and copyrighted in 1958, the copyright was renewed and is owned by Ragtime Music. The song "Dnde Est Santa Claus?" has now been immortalized in a toy called "Animated & Musical Singing Puppy", made in Hong Kong, China, and distributed in the U.S. in 2011. The song was originally released on MGM Records' Metro label. It can now be found on various YouTube videos.

Below is one of the most touching YouTube videos made with this song. Read the caption below the video screen for more information:



"On April 21st 2007 my son Jason and My wife Elizabeth lost their lives in a car fire. Although she was able to free herself she was unable to free my unconscious son. As a result they both perished that day. Thank you to all of you who have enjoyed this video of our little boy who even after death continues to make me so very proud. Thank you for making my little Christmas miracle part of your lives. God Bless You All."

The video has been online for a number of years now.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - The Fox Holds @ #1!

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of December 1, 2013.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	1
2	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	2
3	Royals	Lorde	3
4	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	6
5	Wake Me Up	Avicii	4
6	Roar	Katy Perry	5
7	Sweeter Than Fiction	Taylor Swift	8
8	Little Games	The Colourist	10
9	Sail	AWOLNATION	11
10	Callin' Me When I'm Lonely	Sheryl Crow	12
11	Bad Blood	Bastille	13
12	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	7
13	Just Another Girl	The Killers	16
14	One Day (Radio Edit)	Caro Emerald	9
15	Compass	Lady Antebellum	17
16	Light of Christmas (feat. tobyMac)	Owl City	19
17	The Monster (feat. Rihanna)	Eminem	20
18	Slow Down	Selena Gomez	new
19	That's My Kind Of Night	Luke Bryan	new
20	Harlem	New Politics	new

CHART NOTES

Ylvis holds on to the #1 spot for the 2nd week with "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say)". It's the biggest non-sensical song of the year. The top 3 stays the same as last week with "The Walker" by Fitz and the Tantrums holding at #2 and Lorde holding at #3 with "Royals". Katy Perry moves into the top 5 at #4 with "Unconditionally" up from #6 of last week. Her #1 hit "Roar" moves down to #6 from #5 of last week.

The Colourist' "Little Games" moves up 2 to #8 from #10. The song was at #8 about 3 weeks ago. Now it is back in its previously peaked position. Will it go any higher?

Awolnation is a late comer to this chart and their hit "Sail" finally makes it to the top 10 moving up 2 from last week's #11 to #9 this week. Sheryl Crow also moves into the top 10 at #10 with her latest, "Callin' Me When I'm Lonely" up from #12.

Three tracks make their chart debut: Selena Gomez is another late arrival to the chart as her hit "Slow Down" debuts at #18. Country star Luke Bryan debuts with his first WT20 track at #19 - " That's My Kind of Night" which has topped iTunes chart in recent days.... Finally at #20 we find New Politics and their track "Harlem". We'll see how high these debut tracks go in the coming weeks and most likely into the new year.

Which reminds me... I am now compiling the Top 100 Hits of 2013 and that will be posted before year's end.

Flashback Friday: Steely Dan - Black Friday

FLASHBACK FRIDAY on Mel's Internet Universe Music Blog

Well this is the song for the day. "Black Friday" by Steely Dan. Appropriate song for today since it kicks off the official start of the holiday season with of all things, Black Friday Sales.

Black Friday is a traditional shoppers holiday that comes on the day after Thanksgiving for consumers and retailers all over the United States. Thousands of people flock to the malls, stores and online destinations in their first attempts to meet the oncoming Christmas Day deadline of December 25. Bargains galore lead shoppers to the malls only to find that the advertised deals are long gone to the people who came earlier than you. What the stores love is that you stay and buy higher priced items. Yes!

Do you fall into that trap? I don't. I avoid the malls and stores on Black Friday. I rather stay home and eat leftover Thanksgiving turkey and listen to some great music by Steely Dan. I will do that today.

"Black Friday" was issued as a single on ABC Records in 1975. It made it to the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at #37. The track is off the album Katy Lied, the 4th for the group.

Ylvis Not Elvis Tops the Chart This Week

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of November 24, 2013.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	2
2	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	4
3	Royals	Lorde	1
4	Wake Me Up	Avicii	3
5	Roar	Katy Perry	5
6	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	13
7	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	6
8	Sweeter Than Fiction	Taylor Swift	10
9	One Day (Radio Edit)	Caro Emerald	9
10	Little Games	The Colourist	11
11	Sail	AWOLNATION	12
12	Callin' Me When I'm Lonely	Sheryl Crow	14
13	Bad Blood	Bastille	16
14	Safe and Sound	Capital Cities	7
15	Summertime Sadness (Alternative Radio Mix)	Lana Del Rey	8
16	Just Another Girl	The Killers	19
17	Compass	Lady Antebellum	20
18	New	Paul McCartney	15
19	Light of Christmas (feat. tobyMac)	Owl City	new
20	The Monster (feat. Rihanna)	Eminem	new

CHART NOTES

I suspect that there is some deeper meaning to the story and lyrics in our #1 song this week. Ylvis' "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" has a great beat, good music and well... some nonsensical, supposedly animal noises lyrics. More than half the song have non-sensical lyrics. Not a first in the annals of pop music, but nevertheless here with us in 2013. You can view the lyrics and video in the clip included on this page. The song took several weeks to get to the #1 spot. Last week it was #2.

Ylvis replaces Lorde who had the #1 song for the past 4 weeks. "Royals" drops 2 to #3 this week.

Entering into the #2 position up from #4 of last week is Fitz & the Tantrums. Their latest track is called "The Walker". The song has been on high rotation in my iTunes ever since I got their album More Than A Dream back in May. To me this is one of the best Fitz & the Tantrum songs to date. Hopefully it gets wider airplay in the future.

Katy Perry zooms into the top 10 this week with her latest single "Unconditionally". The track enters at #6 up from #13 of last week. It is right behind her current, former #1 hit "Roar" which sits at #5. Both from her album Prism.

New entries to the top 20 this week include Owl City's holiday track "Light of Christmas" which also feature TobyMac at #19. At #20 we find rapper Eminem entring at #20. This is the first time that Eminem appears on this chart since 2000's "The Real Slim Shady". I am not an Eminem fan, hence most of his songs have been ignored over the years. The only reason this one is listed is because Rihanna shares vocals and some melody on this.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2013

The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) - Ylvis (1)
Royals - Lorde (4)
Wake Me Up - Avicii (2)
Safe and Sound - Capital Cities (2)
Roar - Katy Perry (4)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (2)
Treasure - Bruno Mars (3)
Waves - Blondfire (2)
Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell] - Robin Thicke (3)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (6)
Tangled Up - Caro Emerald (3)
When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (2)
Change - Churchill (7)
Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Flashback Friday - The Marmalade Cover of The Beatles' "Ob La Di, Ob La Da"

FLASHBACK FRIDAY on Mel's Internet Universe Music Blog

Most people in the United States have not heard much about the band The Marmalade even though they had 2 hit singles in the U.S. Their most well known track is "Reflections of My Life" which hit the top 40 in 1969 and peaked at #10.

After that the band did not enjoy much chart success until 1976 when another single made it to the Hot 100. That song was "Falling Apart at the Seams" which peaked at #49.

Despite not being too popular in America, The Marmalade did enjoy a long string of hit singles in the U.K. One of their most well known there is this cover of The Beatles classic "Ob La Di, Ob La Da" which in 1968 went all the way to #1 on the British charts. This is a good cover which should have become a hit in the U.S.

The song missed the mark in the U.S., but now through the wonder of YouTube, you can now listen to and watch The Marmalade cover this top hit song.

Lorde on Top of the Charts for Week #4

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of November 17, 2013.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Royals (4th Week @ #1!)	Lorde	1
2	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	3
3	Wake Me Up	Avicii	2
4	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	8
5	Roar	Katy Perry	4
6	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	5
7	Safe and Sound	Capital Cities	6
8	Summertime Sadness (Alternative Radio Mix)	Lana Del Rey	7
9	One Day (Radio Edit)	Caro Emerald	10
10	Sweeter Than Fiction	Taylor Swift	14
11	Little Games	The Colourist	11
12	Sail	AWOLNATION	12
13	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	18
14	Callin' Me When I'm Lonely	Sheryl Crow	16
15	New	Paul McCartney	9
16	Bad Blood	Bastille	17
17	I Got You	Jack Johnson	13
18	The Mother We Share	CHVRCHES	15
19	Just Another Girl	The Killers	--
20	Compass	Lady Antebellum	--

CHART NOTES

"Royals", the smash hit single by Lorde holds on to #1 for a 4th consecutive week on the Weekly Top 20. We find Ylvis moving up to #2 wit their single, "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)". At #4 we find Fitz & the Tantrums with what is now their biggest hit on the Weekly Top 40 and "The Walker". The single off their album More Than Just A Dream bounces from #8 to #4 this week.

Taylor Swift breaks into the top 10 this week with her latest single "Sweeter Than Fiction" up 4 from #14 to #10.

Two songs make their chart debut this week. They are "Just Another Girl" by The Killers at #19 off their greatest hits compilation album, and country music's Lady Antebellum with their new single "Compass" at #20.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2013

Royals - Lorde (4)
Wake Me Up - Avicii (2)
Safe and Sound - Capital Cities (2)
Roar - Katy Perry (4)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (2)
Treasure - Bruno Mars (3)
Waves - Blondfire (2)
Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell] - Robin Thicke (3)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (6)
Tangled Up - Caro Emerald (3)
When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (2)
Change - Churchill (7)
Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

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Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of November 10, 2013.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Royals (3rd Week @ #1!)	Lorde	1
2	Wake Me Up	Avicii	2
3	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	4
4	Roar	Katy Perry	3
5	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	5
6	Safe and Sound	Capital Cities	7
7	Summertime Sadness (Alternative Radio Mix)	Lana Del Rey	6
8	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	10
9	New	Paul McCartney	9
10	One Day (Radio Edit)	Caro Emerald	11
11	Little Games	The Colourist	8
12	Sail	AWOLNATION	12
13	I Got You	Jack Johnson	15
14	Sweeter Than Fiction	Taylor Swift	18
15	The Mother We Share	Chvrches	17
16	Callin' Me When I'm Lonely	Sheryl Crow	19
17	Bad Blood	Bastille	20
18	Unconditionally	Katy Perry	--
19	Home Again	Elton John	14
20	That's My Jam (feat. Owl City)	Relient K	13

CHART NOTES

Lorde holds at #1 with "Royals" for the 3rd week in a row. Fitz & the Tantrums moves up 2 from #10 to #8 with "The Walker". Caro Emerald breaks into the top 10 at #10 with "One Day". Katy Perry debuts with the only new song at #18 with her latest single "Unconditionally". Her former #1 hit, "Roar" is still on the chart at #4. Both tracks are from her album Prism.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - November 3, 2013.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of November 3, 2013.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Royals (2nd week @ #1!)	Lorde	1
2	Wake Me Up	Avicii	2
3	Roar	Katy Perry	3
4	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	7
5	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	6
6	Summertime Sadness	Lana Del Rey	4
7	Safe and Sound	Capital Cities	5
8	Little Games	The Colourist	11
9	New	Paul McCartney	12
10	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	15
11	One Day (Radio Edit)	Caro Emerald	13
12	Sail	AWOLNATION	14
13	That's My Jam (feat. Owl City)	Relient K	9
14	Home Again	Elton John	10
15	I Got You	Jack Johnson	16
16	Applause	Lady Gaga	8
17	The Mother We Share	Chvrches	17
18	Sweeter Than Fiction	Taylor Swift	20
19	Callin' Me When I'm Lonely	Sheryl Crow	new
20	Bad Blood	Bastille	new

Happy Halloween!

I found this cool new video from The Rosebuds. The track is called "Where the Freaks Hang Out". Good song for a one day holiday. Check it out.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - Lorde on Top with Royals

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of October 27, 2013.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Royals	Lorde	3
2	Wake Me Up	Avicii	1
3	Roar	Katy Perry	4
4	Summertime Sadness (Alternative Radio Mix)	Lana Del Rey	2
5	Safe and Sound	Capital Cities	5
6	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	7
7	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	15
8	Applause	Lady Gaga	6
9	That's My Jam (feat. Owl City)	Relient K	11
10	Home Again	Elton John	8
11	Little Games	The Colourist	12
12	New	Paul McCartney	14
13	One Day (Radio Edit)	Caro Emerald	17
14	Sail	AWOLNATION	19
15	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	20
16	I Got You	Jack Johnson	16
17	The Mother We Share	Chvrches	13
18	The Wire	HAIM	9
19	Atlas	Coldplay	10
20	Sweeter Than Fiction	Taylor Swift	--

CHART NOTES

Lorde scores a #1 hit with her single "Royals". The song has been a fast mover up the chart, taking only 4 weeks to reach the top. Good!

Another fast mover is "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" by Ylvis. The song leaps from #15 to #7 this week. Also breaking into the top 10 we find Relient K with Owl City and their underrated track, "That's My Jam" moving up 2 from #11 to #9.

Taylor Swift has the only new entry to the chart this week. She comes in at #20 with "Sweeter Than Fiction" off the soundtrack for the movie One Chance.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2013

Wake Me Up - Avicii (2)
Safe and Sound - Capital Cities (2)
Roar - Katy Perry (4)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (2)
Treasure - Bruno Mars (3)
Waves - Blondfire (2)
Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell] - Robin Thicke (3)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (6)
Tangled Up - Caro Emerald (3)
When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (2)
Change - Churchill (7)
Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - October 20, 2013.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of October 20, 2013.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Wake Me Up (2nd Week @ #1!)	Avicii	1
2	Summertime Sadness (Alternative Radio Mix)	Lana Del Rey	2
3	Royals	Lorde	7
4	Roar	Katy Perry	4
5	Safe and Sound	Capital Cities	3
6	Applause	Lady Gaga	5
7	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	8
8	Home Again	Elton John	6
9	The Wire	HAIM	9
10	Atlas	Coldplay	10
11	That's My Jam (feat. Owl City)	Relient K	12
12	Little Games	The Colourist	13
13	The Mother We Share	Chvrches	15
14	New	Paul McCartney	16
15	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	18
16	I Got You	Jack Johnson	19
17	One Day (Radio Edit)	Caro Emerald	20
18	Get Lucky (Radio Edit)	Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams	11
19	Sail	AWOLNATION	new
20	The Walker	Fitz & The Tantrums	new

CHART NOTES

What's on the charts this week? Well for starters Avicii holds on to #1 for a 2nd week with the hit "Wake Me Up". Lana Del Rey holds at #2 for a 2nd week with "Summertime Sadness". Moving into the top 5 we find Lorde and her hit "Royals". In only 3 short weeks the record has gone from #19 to #7 and now to #3. Is number one the next stop?

The entire top 10 contains the same songs as last week except that they are in a slightly different order.

Two songs make their chart debut. A very latecomer to this chart we find AWOLNATION and their smash hit "Sail" making its debut at #19. This is one of those tracks that I did not care for much when I first got it way back in September of 2011. The song just sat in my iTunes for months until I found it, like only today after seeing it listed on several charts elsewhere. I thought, hmm... maybe I ought to buy the track but before I buy I ought to see if I have it. Low and behold there it was... in my library not assigned to any playlist. I must have bought it then and totally forgot about it. Anyway, AWOLNATION's "Sail" is at #19 this week. We'll see how far it goes in the coming weeks.

The other debut song is not even an official single as far as I know. The track is titled "The Walker". It's by Fitz and Tantrums. The track has been high on my rotation list ever since I got Fitz and the Tantrums' latest album More Than Just a Dream. One day while I was watching TV I caught this ad for Laughing Cow Light Creamy Swiss cheese wedges. In that 30 second spot, they use "The Walker". I guess that made me decide to include this track on the Weekly Top 20 at #20. It is a good track and should get more airplay all ove the world. Great song from Fitz & the Tantrums.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2013

Safe and Sound - Capital Cities (2)
Roar - Katy Perry (4)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (2)
Treasure - Bruno Mars (3)
Waves - Blondfire (2)
Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell] - Robin Thicke (3)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (6)
Tangled Up - Caro Emerald (3)
When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (2)
Change - Churchill (7)
Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Wake Me Up - It's the Weekly Top 20!

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of October 13, 2013.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Wake Me Up	Avicii	2
2	Summertime Sadness (Alternative Radio Mix)	Lana Del Rey	3
3	Safe and Sound	Capital Cities	1
4	Roar	Katy Perry	4
5	Applause	Lady Gaga	6
6	Home Again	Elton John	5
7	Royals	Lorde	19
8	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	7
9	The Wire	HAIM	10
10	Atlas	Coldplay	11
11	Get Lucky (Radio Edit)	Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams	9
12	That's My Jam (feat. Owl City)	Relient K	13
13	Little Games	The Colourist	14
14	There Will Come A Time	Noah & The Whale	8
15	The Mother We Share	Chvrches	15
16	New	Paul McCartney	20
17	Burn	Ellie Goulding	12
18	The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)	Ylvis	--
19	I Got You	Jack Johnson	--
20	One Day (Radio Edit)	Caro Emerald	--

CHART NOTES

We have a new single at #1. Avicii peaks at the top. moving up one from #2 with "Wake Me Up" a song that mixes a number of styles to create a rather unique sounding folk-rock-dance mix. Good song. Following Avicii is Lana Del Rey and her latest single "Summertime Sadness" inching up from #3 to #2.

Capital Cities slip 2 from last week's #1 to #3 with "Safe and Sound". Katy Perry holds strong at #4 with "Roar" for a second week in a row. The song was at #1 a few weeks ago where it stayed for 4 weeks.

Wrapping up the top 5 we find Lady Gaga just getting in there from #6 to #5 with her latest single "Applause".

New to the top 10 are the following: "Royal" by Lordes zooms up from #19 to #7; "The Wire" comes in at #9 for HAIM; Coldplay's latest moves to #10 from last week's #11. That one is called "Atlas".

New to the Weekly Top 20 are 3 debut tracks. At #18 we got "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" by Ylvis; entering at #19 is Jack Johnson with his latest acoustic based track called "I Got You". Caro Emerald is back with another retro sounding single called "One Day" at #20.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - Safe and Sound for Capital Cities at #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of October 6, 2013.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Safe and Sound (2nd Week @ #1!)	Capital Cities	1
2	Wake Me Up	Avicii	4
3	Summertime Sadness (Alternative Radio Mix)	Lana Del Rey	5
4	Roar	Katy Perry	2
5	Home Again	Elton John	3
6	Applause	Lady Gaga	7
7	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	10
8	There Will Come A Time	Noah & The Whale	6
9	Get Lucky (Radio Edit)	Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams	8
10	The Wire	HAIM	11
11	Atlas	Coldplay	12
12	Burn	Ellie Goulding	9
13	That's My Jam (feat. Owl City)	Relient K	17
14	Little Games	The Colourist	18
15	The Mother We Share	Chvrches	19
16	Come With Me	Ricky Martin	15
17	Lose Yourself To Dance	Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams	13
18	We Can't Stop	Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox	14
19	Royals	Lorde	--
20	New	Paul McCartney	--

CHART NOTES For October 6, 2013

Capital Cities remain "Safe and Sound" for the 2nd week in a row at #1 with their debut single... "Safe and Sound"!

Knocking on the door to #1 we find Avicii at #2 with "Wake Me Up" and Lana Del Rey at #3 with "Summertime Sadness". Both songs move up 2 points from their respective positions of #4 and #5 from last week.

Only one song moves into the top 10 this week. We find HAIM at #10 up from #11 with their debut single "The Wire". The track was pushed as a free iTunes download a few weeks ago. It is good to see some of those free iTunes tracks become hits. Several hit it big over the years including "Bulletproof" by La Roux in 2009, "Change" by Churchill and "Pompeii" by Bastille from earlier this year.

New tracks making their chart entries include "Royals" by Lorde at #19. This song is already a big hit on many other charts. Paul McCartney's latest entitled "New" also debuts on the Weekly Top 20 at #20.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2013

Safe and Sound - Capital Cities (2)
Roar - Katy Perry (4)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (2)
Treasure - Bruno Mars (3)
Waves - Blondfire (2)
Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell] - Robin Thicke (3)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (6)
Tangled Up - Caro Emerald (3)
When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (2)
Change - Churchill (7)
Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

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Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of September 29, 2013.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Safe and Sound	Capital Cities	2
2	Roar	Katy Perry	1
3	Home Again	Elton John	4
4	Wake Me Up	Avicii	6
5	Summertime Sadness (Alternative Radio Mix)	Lana Del Rey	9
6	There Will Come A Time	Noah & The Whale	7
7	Applause	Lady Gaga	8
8	Get Lucky (Radio Edit)	Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams	5
9	Burn	Ellie Goulding	3
10	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	12
11	The Wire	HAIM	13
12	Atlas	Coldplay	15
13	Lose Yourself To Dance	Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams	11
14	We Can't Stop	Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox	14
15	Come With Me	Ricky Martin	17
16	Liquid Lunch	Caro Emerald	10
17	That's My Jam (feat. Owl City)	Relient K	19
18	Little Games	The Colourist	20
19	The Mother We Share	Chvrches	--
20	Got a Feeling	Los Waves	--

CHART NOTES

Capital Cities bumps Katy Perry's "Roar" out of the #1 slot with their single "Safe and Sound". The track is a latecomer to the Weekly Top 20 and has spent several weeks on the chart before peaking with this edition at #1. Good for them. "Roar" slips one to #2.

Elton John probably has one of his biggest hits (at least for this chart) so far this century with "Home Again" moving up another point to #3. It is quite like his earlier work from the 1970s where his vocals and keyboards are front and center. His new album The Diving Board just came out this week.

New in the top 5 are Avicii with their hit "Wake Me Up" at #4 up from #6, and Lana Del Ray's "Summertime Sadness" at #5 up from #9.

Song debuts of the week: "The Mother We Share" by Chvrches at #19 and "Got a Feeling" by Los Waves at #20. We'll see how high these new entries go in the coming weeks.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - September 22, 2013.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of September 22, 2013.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Roar (4th Week @ #1!)	Katy Perry	1
2	Safe and Sound	Capital Cities	3
3	Burn	Ellie Goulding	2
4	Home Again	Elton John	5
5	Get Lucky (Radio Edit)	Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams	4
6	Wake Me Up	Avicii	7
7	There Will Come A Time	Noah & The Whale	8
8	Applause	Lady Gaga	9
9	Summertime Sadness (Alternative Radio Mix)	Lana Del Rey	11
10	Liquid Lunch	Caro Emerald	6
11	Lose Yourself To Dance	Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams	10
12	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	12
13	The Wire	HAIM	13
14	We Can't Stop	Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox	16
15	Atlas	Coldplay	19
16	Brave	Sara Bareilles	15
17	Come With Me	Ricky Martin	20
18	Best Song Ever	One Direction	14
19	That's My Jam (feat. Owl City)	Relient K	--
20	Little Games	The Colourist	--

CHART NOTES

Katy Perry keeps her single "Roar" on top of the chart for a 4th consecutive week. Capital Cities bumps up 1 position to take the #2 spot with "Safe and Sound". Elton John moves up again from #5 to #4 with his latest, "Home Again". His music video appears at the top of this post.

Lana Del Ray's "Summertime Sadness (Alternative Radio Mix)" moves into the top 10 from #11 to #9. This is her first top 1o hit in the WT 20. Up to now I have not been too big a fan of Del Ray's music. This one kind of breaks it out of the "boring" area for me. I like this mix.

New this week is "This is My Jam" by Relient K featuring Owl City at #19. The song is a tribute to past hits and artists from the 1990s. It reminds me somewhat of the Train album track "This'll Be My Year" which should have been released as a single. The other debut song on this week's chart if "Little Games" by The Colourist at #20.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2013

Roar - Katy Perry (4)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (2)
Treasure - Bruno Mars (3)
Waves - Blondfire (2)
Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell] - Robin Thicke (3)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (6)
Tangled Up - Caro Emerald (3)
When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (2)
Change - Churchill (7)
Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - September 15, 2013.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of September 15, 2013.

This Week	Tiitle	Artist	Last Week
1	Roar (3rd Week @ #1!)	Katy Perry	1
2	Burn	Ellie Goulding	2
3	Safe and Sound	Capital Cities	4
4	Get Lucky (Radio Edit)	Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams	3
5	Home Again	Elton John	6
6	Liquid Lunch	Caro Emerald	5
7	Wake Me Up	Avicii	7
8	There Will Come A Time	Noah & The Whale	10
9	Applause	Lady Gaga	11
10	Lose Yourself To Dance	Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams	13
11	Summertime Sadness (Alternative Radio Mix)	Lana Del Rey	18
12	Things We Lost In the Fire	Bastille	19
13	The Wire	HAIM	15
14	Best Song Ever	One Direction	8
15	Brave	Sara Bareilles	9
16	We Can't Stop	Scott Bradlee & Postmodern Jukebox	20
17	Everything Has Changed	Taylor Swift Feat. Ed Sheeran	12
18	Waves	Blondfire	14
19	Atlas	Coldplay	--
20	Come With Me	Ricky Martin	--

CHART NOTES

"Roar" by Katy Perry holds the #1 spot for a 3rd consecutive week. Ellie Goulding's "Burn" holds at #2 for a second week. Will she go to #1 and replace Katy at the top? Find out next week.

Elton John lands his first top 5 hit in decades. "Home Again" from his forthcoming album The Diving Board moves up from #6 of last week to #5 this week. This is his most "classic era" sounding song in years, and prominently features Sir Elton on piano and vocals.

The fastest 2 rising songs this week belong to Lana Del Ray and her remix of "Summertime Sadness" moving up from #18 to #11 and Bastille's "Things We Lost in the Fire" up from #19 to #12. Both songs made their chart debut last week.

Speaking of debuts we find "Atlas" by Coldplay checking in at #19. The single is taken from the soundtrack album to The Hunger Games II which is expected in theaters later this year. At #20 we find the latest by Ricky Martin and "Come With Me" another in a long line of dance oriented pop hits. Martin is best known for his #1 hit of 1999, "Livin' la Vida Loca".

Songs That Went to #1 in 2013

Roar - Katy Perry (3)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (2)
Treasure - Bruno Mars (3)
Waves - Blondfire (2)
Blurred Lines [feat. T.I., Pharrell] - Robin Thicke (3)
Get Lucky - Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (6)
Tangled Up - Caro Emerald (3)
When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (2)
Change - Churchill (7)
Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Fight For the Future - Time to Stop SOPA - Again

Once again our digital rights are in jeopardy. From the Fight for the Future site:

Hey,

Here’s an update on the new SOPA proposal. More than 30,000 people have already signed our petition to stop the new SOPA before it spreads. We need to get to 50,000 signatures before we deliver it to Obama next week. Only you can make that happen. Forward this email to everyone you know, and use the buttons to share:

         

Thanks to you, and tens of thousands of others who have already taken action, we’re hearing from our friends in DC that this latest attempt at internet censorship isn’t gaining a lot of traction.

But there are powerful interests who are spending millions of lobbying dollars to get SOPA-like legislation back on the table. We need to send a clear message to Obama *right now* that SOPA is not even an option to be discussed. 
You can also share on Tumblr or Google+. Keep in touch with us. With the help of people like you we’ve been winning campaigns left and right to defend our basic rights and keep the Internet free. From CISPA to NSA surveillance to broken copyright laws, we’re fighting round the clock for your digital freedoms

Glad to have you on the team,

-Tiffiniy Cheng and Evan Greer

Fight for the Future