Mel's Weekly Top 20 - March 31, 2013

Here's a different take on Churchill's "Change" - a mashup cover by Miriam Carone. Check it out...



Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of March 31, 2013 - Happy Easter!

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Change (7th Week @ #1!)	Churchill	1
2	When I Was Your Man	Bruno Mars	2
3	I Will Wait	Mumford & Sons	3
4	Devil's Got a Gun	Whitehorse	5
5	Running for Cover	Ivan & Alyosha	8
6	Little Talks	Of Monsters And Men	7
7	Daylight	Maroon 5	6
8	Stubborn Love	The Lumineers	9
9	Tangled Up	Caro Emerald	11
10	Out Of My League	Fitz and The Tantrums	14
11	Heart Attack	Demi Lovato	13
12	Almost Home	Mariah Carey	15
13	Ark In A Flood	Churchill	14
14	Put the Gun Down	ZZ Ward	8
15	Because We Can	Bon Jovi	18
16	Between The Raindrops	Lifehouse	9
17	The Clock (Radio Edit)	The View	19
18	Sure Be Cool If You Did	Blake Shelton	20
19	Let Her Go	Passenger	new
20	One of Us (The Voice Performance)	Sarah Simmons	new

CHART NOTES:

"Change" by Churchill holds at #1 for another week... it's 7th. Wow! Do check out the video at the top which is a totally different take of the song.

Ivan & Alyosha move up 3 points from last week's #8 and into the top 5 at #5 with the single track "Running For Cover". Honestly, this very radio friendly song should be a big hit by now. Sadly it is not.... so far.

Fitz & the Tantrums leap frog over Demi Lovato with a 4 point jump as "Out Of My League" breaks into the top 10 at #10, up from #14. Lovato's "Heart Attack" slows down a little by moving from #13 to #11. Caro Emerald also breaks into the top 10 with "Tangled Up" as this latest single moves from #11 to #9.

Two song make their chart debut this week. The first is by an artist known as Passenger. He comes in at #19 with "Let Her Go", a bitter little ballad that has been hanging around on my iTunes since it was a free download at Amazon from last November. The 2nd debut song comes out of nowhere, and it's called "One of Us", which is a remake of the old Joan Osborne hit by a new artist on one of those TV talent shows calledThe Voice. The new singer is Sarah Simmons and her unexpected hit checks in at #20.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2013

Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

Top 10 Oldies of the Week

Mel's Top 10 Oldies
March 30, 2013.

1. Let It Be - The Beatles
2. Original Sin - INXS
3. We're On Our Way - Chris Hodge
4. Keep It In The Family - The Road Home
5. The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies
6. That's Where I Went Wrong - Poppy Family
7. Like The Weather - 10,000 Maniacs
8. Johnny One Time - Brenda Lee
9. Tell Her No - The Zombies
10. Upsetter - Grand Funk Railroad

Top 3 Albums

1. Let It Be - The Beatles
2. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
3. In My Tribe - 10,000 Maniacs

This chart is submitted weekly to Plannine's Classic Top 30 page where user charts are compiled into a weekly chart. Do you have your own list? Post it to the comments or send it in the plannine.

CHART NOTES

"Let It Be" was the second to last #1 song to chart by The Beatles. It was recorded in either 1968 or 1969 but was not released until 1970. The song held the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks in the spring of 1970. "Let It Be" is currently my most played Beatles track on iTunes. I have both the 45, LP, 3 inch single, and compact disc with the song on the original album, the "Naked" album, the red #1 compilation, Anthology 3 and The Beatles 1967-70.

The Hollies is a British invasion band out of the 1960s who achieved popularity about a year later after The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. They were prolific hit makers for a while scoring major hits with the records "Bus Stop", "Carrie Anne", "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)" and "The Air That I Breathe." The song was written by Albert Hammond and is one of my favorite all time songs by The Hollies.

Finally we got Chris Hodge here at #3 with "We're On Our Way". Chris was a one hit wonder artist who barely got this song into the Billboard Top 40 peaking at #44 in 1972. The song is about UFOs, which at the time I thought was very cool. It's available on the Apple Records compilation CD Come And Get It - The Best Of Apple Records.

Price Increase at Amazon.com

I've noticed that there are hardly any 99¢ single tracks on Amazon.com these days.... started earlier this month where most if not all of the 99¢ tracks increased in price to $1.29 each. Junk.

99¢ was the sweet spot for me as far as purchasable single downloads go.

I'm sure this price increase is not Amazon's fault. The greedy music industry is to blame for all of this.

I love music... I hate the music industry pricing and practices.

A suggested alternate: YouTube to MP3 or go back to vinyl.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - March 24, 2013.

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

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Change (6th Week @ #1!)	Churchill	1
2	When I Was Your Man	Bruno Mars	3
3	I Will Wait	Mumford & Sons	2
4	Little Talks	Of Monsters And Men	4
5	Devil's Got a Gun	Whitehorse	6
6	Daylight	Maroon 5	7
7	Running for Cover	Ivan & Alyosha	9
8	Put the Gun Down	ZZ Ward	8
9	Stubborn Love	The Lumineers	10
10	Between The Raindrops	Lifehouse	5
11	Out Of My League	Fitz and The Tantrums	11
12	Tangled Up	Caro Emerald	14
13	Heart Attack	Demi Lovato	19
14	Ark In A Flood	Churchill	15
15	Almost Home	Mariah Carey	16
16	Downtown	Lady Antebellum	12
17	Carry On	Fun	13
18	Because We Can	Bon Jovi	--
19	The Clock (Radio Edit)	The View	--
20	Sure Be Cool If You Did	Blake Shelton	--

CHART NOTES

"Change" by Churchill is my favorite song so far of 2013. It holds at #1 for a 6th week in a row. Good song. Enough said.

Demi Lovato's "Heart Attack" is the fastest moving song up the chart this week, bouncing from last week's debut of #19 to #13 this week. That's a 6 point jump.

"Harlem Shake" by Bauer fell off the chart after being on for only 1 week at #20 .

Three songs debut on the chart this week. They include the latest by Bon Jovi called "Because We Can" at #18, "The Clock" by The View at #19 and country song "Sure Be Cool If You Did" by Blake Shelton at #20.

VIDEO SHOWCASE: Current Music Videos

Mumford and Sons - I Will Wait (live)



Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks



Whitehorse - Devil's Got a Gun



Churchill - Change (original video)

Top 10 Oldies of the Week - March 23, 2013

Mel's Top 10 Oldies of the Week
March 24, 2013.

Starting this week I will start to list my weekly top 10 oldies. This is just a list of various songs that I submit to the Classic Top 30 website for compilation to their survey. The site owner Chris (Plannine) has been doing the Classic Top 30 for a number of years now. I have been sending these lists in for several years. It's fun to see where the songs I choose gets placed and more so what else is also voted into the survey for the week by other readers.

Plus Chris also has a list of top 30 albums and related videos to each week's survey. Like the Weekly Top 20 that I post here, this list will also include selected, embedded videos.

And now, the list.

Mel's Top 10 Oldies of the Week
Week of March 24, 2013.

1. Let It Be - The Beatles
2. Original Sin - INXS
3. We're On Our Way - Chris Hodge
4. Keep it in the Family - The Road Home
5. Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac
6. Goodbye - Mary Hopkin
7. That's Where I Went Wrong - Poppy Family
8. Like the Weather - 10,000 Maniacs
9. Get Off My Cloud - The Rolling Stones
10. Johnny One Time - Brenda Lee

Top 3 Albums

1. Let It Be - The Beatles
2. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
3. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

INXS - Original Sin (1982)



The Road Home - Keep It In The Family (1971)


Listen or download Keep It In The Family for free on Prostopleer

What are your favorite oldies? Send me a list of your favorite 10, or post them here by leaving a comment.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - March 17, 2013.

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

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Change (5th Week @ #1!)	Churchill	1
2	I Will Wait	Mumford & Sons	3
3	When I Was Your Man	Bruno Mars	4
4	Little Talks	Of Monsters And Men	2
5	Between The Raindrops	Lifehouse	5
6	Devil's Got a Gun	Whitehorse	9
7	Daylight	Maroon 5	6
8	Put the Gun Down	ZZ Ward	10
9	Running for Cover	Ivan & Alyosha	11
10	Stubborn Love	The Lumineers	12
11	Out Of My League	Fitz and The Tantrums	14
12	Downtown	Lady Antebellum	8
13	Carry On	Fun	7
14	Tangled Up	Caro Emerald	18
15	Ark In A Flood	Churchill	19
16	Almost Home	Mariah Carey	20
17	Need You Now (How Many Times)	Plumb	17
18	Ho Hey	The Lumineers	13
19	Heart Attack	Demi Lovato	--
20	Harlem Shake	Baauer	--

CHART NOTES

Churchill holds on to the top spot on the chart for a 5th consecutive week with their hit single, "Change". Another track from their Change EP "Ark in a Flood" moves up 4 from #19 to #15 this week. Good for Churchill.

Breaking into the top 10 this week we find Ivan and Alyosha at #9 with "Running For Cover" up from #11 followed closely by The Lumineers with "Stubbon Love" at #10, up from last week's #12.

Two new entries on the top 2 this week: Demi Lovato's latest single "Heart Attack" debuts at #19. DJ Baauer's "Harlem Shake" which has become a YouTube sensation in many incarnations, debuts at #20. "Harlem Shake" is the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. I don't think this record will go very high on this chart. Just listed it because, 1. I have it and 2. some of the videos are funny. One thing for sure... "Harlem Shake" is not as good as last year's "Gangnam Style" by Psy, which is still popular today.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2013

Daylight - Maroon 5 (2)
Carry On - Fun (3)
Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (2)

(x) = Total weeks @ #1

VIDEO SHOWCASE: Spotlight on Churchill

"Change" is my current song favorite. This collection contains some of the bands original music plus alternate versions of "Change".

Ten songs in this video mix including the following:

1. Change - the original skater video.
2. Miles - a good song from an earlier album.
3. Change - live on Jimmy Kimmel's ABC TV show.
4. Catalyst - live at "Daytrotter"
5. Change - in studio at 94.1 FM
6. Burn it Down - music video
7. Ark in a Flood - live on Jimmy Kimmel's ABC TV show.
8. Happy Sad - music video
9. Ark in a Flood
10. Change - the official music video (same as the one at the top)

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - March 10, 2013.

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

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Change (4th Week @ #1!)	Churchill	1
2	Little Talks	Of Monsters And Men	2
3	I Will Wait	Mumford & Sons	4
4	When I Was Your Man	Bruno Mars	7
5	Between The Raindrops	Lifehouse	3
6	Daylight	Maroon 5	5
7	Carry On	Fun	6
8	Downtown	Lady Antebellum	8
9	Devil's Got a Gun	Whitehorse	16
10	Put the Gun Down	ZZ Ward	12
11	Running for Cover	Ivan & Alyosha	19
12	Stubborn Love	The Lumineers	13
13	Ho Hey	The Lumineers	9
14	Out Of My League	Fitz and The Tantrums	17
15	Heartbeat	Jjamz	10
16	Closer	Tegan and Sara	11
17	Need You Now (How Many Times)	Plumb	20
18	Tangled Up	Caro Emerald	--
19	Ark In A Flood	Churchill	--
20	Almost Home	Mariah Carey	--

CHART NOTES:

Churchill holds on to the #1 spot for a 4th consecutive week with their hit "Change". The song is a hit on my chart if nowhere else. It is from the band's Change EP which also features the track "Ark In A Flood" which not so coincidentally makes its debut on the Weekly Top 20 this week at #19. So for Churchill, it's now 2 songs on the top 20.

The Lumineers are the other band with 2 songs on this week's top 20. Their current hit, "Ho Hey" which way back in November of last year, peaked at #3. The single is a worldwid smash for The Lumineers. This week the song drops from its 2013 peak of #9 (held for 2 weeks) to #13. The song has been on this chart for more than 25 weeks since its debut back in the September. This song comes off their debut album simply titled The Lumineers. And now the band's second single moves up a few points in its third week on th chart. "Stubbon Love" is this week's #12 song, moving up one from #13. Could it be another top 10 hit for The Lumineers? Time will tell.

Jumping up higher: Two song this week make big jumps on the top 20. The first one is "Running For Cover", the debut single from Ivan & Alyosha. The track now in its second week on the chart, moves a brisk 8 points up from #19 to #11 this week. Looks like a big hit in the making. The other leaper is "Devil's Got a Gun" by Whitehorse out of Canada. The country rocker moves from #16 to #9 this week.

Also in the top 10 we find ZZ Ward moving into the top 20 up from #12 and her hit "Put the Gun Down". So we got 2 gun songs in a row... this one and "Devil's Got a Gun" at #9.

Besides Churchill's debut at #19, we also have 2 other new tracks to the chart. At #18 we find Caro Emerald with a brand new single called "Tangled Up". Two points below her is Mariah Carey who enters at #20 with "Amost Home" from the film soundtrack album Oz the Great and Powerful.

VIDEO SHOWCASE:

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

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

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Change (3rd Week @ #1!)	Churchill	1
2	Little Talks	Of Monsters And Men	2
3	Between The Raindrops	Lifehouse	4
4	I Will Wait	Mumford & Sons	5
5	Daylight	Maroon 5	3
6	Carry On	Fun	6
7	When I Was Your Man	Bruno Mars	12
8	Downtown	Lady Antebellum	10
9	Ho Hey	The Lumineers	9
10	Heartbeat	Jjamz	11
11	Closer	Tegan and Sara	13
12	Put the Gun Down	ZZ Ward	14
13	Stubborn Love	The Lumineers	18
14	Tornado	Little Big Town	7
15	Mermaid	Train	8
16	Devil's Got a Gun	Whitehorse	19
17	Out Of My League	Fitz and The Tantrums	20
18	Now Is the Start	A Fine Frenzy	15
19	Running for Cover	Ivan & Alyosha	--
20	Need You Now (How Many Times)	Plumb	--

CHART NOTES:

No commentary this week. I'm not feeling well. "Change" holds at #1 for a third week.