Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 27 & February 3, 2013

Maroon 5 - Daylight (Playing for Change version)



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

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Daylight	Maroon 5	2
2	Change	Churchill	8
3	Carry On	Fun	1
4	Little Talks	Of Monsters And Men	5
5	Mermaid	Train	4
6	Now Is the Start	A Fine Frenzy	3
7	Clouds	Zach Sobiech	7
8	I Knew You Were Trouble	Taylor Swift	6
9	Tornado	Little Big Town	10
10	Two Black Cadillacs	Carrie Underwood	12
11	Between The Raindrops	Lifehouse	18
12	Ho Hey	The Lumineers	13
13	Mr. Mellow	Anuhea	14
14	Heartbeat	Jjamz	16
15	We Both Know	Colbie Caillat	17
16	Anything Could Happen	Ellie Goulding	9
17	Rock & Roll Love Affair	Prince	11
18	I Will Wait	Mumford & Sons	--
19	Where Are We Now?	David Bowie	--
20	Closer	Tegan and Sara	--

CHART NOTES

Maroon 5 scores with their 3rd number one hit from their 2012 album Overexposed as "Daylight" climbs up 1 spot from #2 to #1 this week, largely on the strength of the "Daylight (Playing For Change version)" video and song remix. I like the world sound and clips presented in the video. It gives this song a new life. Overall, "Daylight" was a good song from the time it was released. The climb up to #1 was slow as this single debut on the Weekly Top 20 on November 11, 2012 while Maroon 5's second #1 single from Overexposed, "One More Night" was still holding at #1 for the 6th week at that time. That was 10 weeks ago!

More historical notes for Maroon 5: "Payphone" was the group's first #1 single from Overxposed as it spent 4 weeks at #1 in the summer of 2012. "One More Night" spent a total of 7 non-consecutives weeks at #1 in the fall of last year. Both songs prominently placed in the Top 100 Hits of 2012 chart with "One More Night" placing at #2 for the year, and "Payphone" placing at #4. For "Daylight" this is the first week at #1. We'll see how long it lasts at the top.

Right under "Daylight" at #2 we have my most favorite current song. That would be "Change" by Churchill which has been issued on the "Change EP" that is available at both iTunes and Amazon. The song is an alternative rock fave that is building momentum especially on this chart where it bolts once again from #8 to #2. The #1 spot surely is a target for "Change", but will Maroon 5's "Daylight" keep it from slipping past? Come back next week.

The other fast moving song up the chart this week belongs to Lifehouse who had a big hit in 2001 with "Hanging By a Moment". They're back now with additional vocals by Natasha Bedingfield on their latest single "Between the Raindrops" which jumps from #18 to #11 this week after debuting two weeks ago at #20.

Speaking of debut songs -- we have 3 this week. At #18 an aging but Grammy Nominated oldie, "I Will Wait" by Mumford & Sons makes it first chart appearance on the Weekly Top 20. The song has been a mainstay in pop, rock and alternative radio for months now, but I only recently got a copy of it and true to my policy of only listing music that I own did this song manage to make it to the chart... this week... months later than all the other charts.... so what?

Bowing in at #19 we find David Bowie's latest "Where Are We Now", a somewhat contemplative and maybe a bit of a boring song when you think this is the guy that made such spectacular hits out of the songs "Fame", "Golden Years", "Let's Dance", "Modern Love" and "Blue Jean" back in the day. On this single, and many other songs that haven't made the charts, Mr. Bowie sounds... well... a bit dated.

Finally at #20 Tegan and Sara get their latest single, "Closer" charted at #20 for its first week on the chart. I think they've been on this chart before but for now I can't remember what the song was!

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

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Carry On (3rd Week @ #1!)	Fun	1
2	Daylight	Maroon 5	3
3	Now Is the Start	A Fine Frenzy	4
4	Mermaid	Train	5
5	Little Talks	Of Monsters And Men	7
6	I Knew You Were Trouble	Taylor Swift	2
7	Clouds	Zach Sobiech	8
8	Change	Churchill	17
9	Anything Could Happen	Ellie Goulding	6
10	Tornado	Little Big Town	10
11	Rock & Roll Love Affair	Prince	9
12	Two Black Cadillacs	Carrie Underwood	13
13	Ho Hey	The Lumineers	14
14	Mr. Mellow	Anuhea	16
15	Madness	Muse	15
16	Heartbeat	Jjamz	18
17	We Both Know	Colbie Caillat	19
18	Between The Raindrops	Lifehouse	20
19	Ready or Not	Bridgit Mendler	11
20	Locked Out Of Heaven	Bruno Mars	12

CHART NOTES:

Fun holds at #1 for third week with "Carry On".

The fastest moving song up the chart this week belongs to Churchill. "Change" is a song that is growing a lot on me, and this week it bolts from #17 to #8. The group also released a new video to go with this potentially huge single.

Other than that there are only incremental changes in positions within the rest of the top 20 and no new songs have made their debuts this week. Maybe next. Come back.