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.