Ooh LaLa Baby - Baby Dolls #1 on Mel's Current Top 20

 

Ooh LaLa Baby - Baby Dolls #1 on Mel's Current Top 20

Ooh LaLa Baby is an upbeat, flirtatious, and lighthearted party anthem by way of the Philippines featuring the dance group Baby Dolls. They have recently become very popular because of this song and the TV program they are associated with ABS-CBN TV show It's Showtime.  

Designed specifically for high-energy choreography and TikTok dance trends, its main theme revolves around having fun on the dance floor, captivating someone's attention with stylish moves, and making everyone exclaim "Oooh lala, baby!" as they watch. The track blends vibrant Tagalog pop phrasing with repetitive, infectious hooks to get people up and moving.

The song was released in March with the video only being released in late July. While the record has not exactly burned up most charts, it has spurned countless imitation and tribute, viral videos done by hundreds of groups and individuals mostly in the Philippines. Go to TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, it is likely you'll run into one of these.

Give this lighthearted fun, hit a spin. You'll easily overlook non-English, Tagalog lyrics and fall for the infectious groove.

For the Week of September 12 to 19, here are my Current Top 20.

TW	Title	Artist	LW
1	Ooh LaLa Baby	Baby Dolls	1
2	Everybody Told Me	The Linda Lindas	7
3	Still	Karol G & Bruno Mars	6
4	I'd Be Lyin'	Kelly Clarkson	5
5	Mexico Honey	Kacey Musgraves	2
6	Dracula (JENNIE Remix)	Tame Impala with Jennie	3
7	Better Than Before	Pamela.	4
8	Hate That I Made You Love Me	Ariana Grandé	8
9	Rescuer	Alex Warren	11
10	Ringing Hollow	The Rolling Stones	12
11	The Siren	Kate Voegele	14
12	Run Rabbit	Mollie Elizabeth	9
13	Come In	Paul McCartney	13
14	Bass Persuades	Miley Cyrus	17
15	CLICK	JISOO	18
16	The Government	Tom MacDonald	19
17	Net	Otyken	20
18	Magnet and Steel	Keith Urban with Little Big Town	10
19	Memo	Dasha	new
20	Petty Crimes	Molly Elizabeth	new

Baby Dolls, 2026 - Photo - Quezon City Government

New Music Friday - Pamela: Better Than Before

 

New Music Friday - Pamela: Better Than Before

Pamela. with a period are Josh and Sarah, who describe their musical vibe as sitting somewhere in the between The Marías, The Strokes, and The xx. Expect a brilliant mix of: Modern alt-pop laced with effortless harmonies, shimmering, atmospheric guitar work and playful, provocative lyricism.

Pamela blends nostalgic indie-rock textures with sleek, modern pop sensibilities. Reminds me of some 1980s and 1990s alt pop rock. 

Recommended tracks: "Better Than Before" and this live version of "Pandemonium." See the videos connected to this post.

Learn more about Pamela at their website.

It's #1 on Mel's Current Top 20.

 

Mollie Elizabeth • Run Rabbit

Gotta love this quirky indie pop hit from Mollie Elizabeth. It's been climbing up my chart for a month and made it to #1last week. The song is a growing viral hit with several people and the artist herself creating YouTube Shorts and TikToks on social media. "Run Rabbit" deserves to be a bigger hit.

Who is Mollie Elizabeth? Never heard of her until "Run Rabbit" was released in May. Gemini AI has this to say about her.

Mollie Elizabeth has been making massive waves in the alt-pop and indie scenes with her cinematic, dark-fairytale sound.  Key Details About Mollie Elizabeth

Real Name: She performs under her actual first and middle name, Mollie Elizabeth. On social media, she is also well-known by her handle, doeyedfairie.  

Where She Is From: She hails from the Cascade Range in Washington State and grew up just outside of Seattle. Her upbringing in the Pacific Northwest woods heavily inspires the atmospheric, "tiny worlds" she creates in her music.  

Age: She is 22 years old (born in 2003).

Musical Journey: She has been active professionally since 2024, meaning she has been officially releasing music for about two years. She first gained major internet traction in January 2025 with her viral debut single "Vegas Venetian", which led to her signing with Neon Gold Records. She followed that up with her debut EP, Dirty Blonde, in late 2025, before dropping her massive viral hit "Run Rabbit" in May 2026.

"Doe Eyes" from 2025.

PLAYLIST: Hawaii's Top 40 HIts

PLAYLISTS

Hawaii’s Top 40 Hits

This will be a new feature to this blog... PLAYLISTS... Embedded here from Spotify or YouTube, I will start sharing my specialized playlists here. If you have a Spotify subscription you should be able to play all of the songs in a Spotify playlist right through. It works on some browsers but not all. Try it out or link directly the Spotify the listen to the list. Subscribe to it if you like.

First up is my 1970s (with some 1960s) era music from high school days and early college that were popular tracks on local Top 40 radio stations in Hawaii such as KPOI, KKUA and on the neighbor islands, KMVI, KPUA and KHLO. These were all AM stations back in the day and they played some great regional only hits mixed in with the familiar mainline top 40 hits. 

This first list that I recently re-created from a CD that I burned years ago features some great tracks.

The cover art was used for the burned CD that I made which actually contained several different songs from what's on this list, since Spotify did not have them. Tracks like "Me Japanese Boy" by Liz Damon, "Groovin Out on Life" by The New Beats,  "Searchin'" by Cecilio and Kapono and "Remember Mary" by The Sweet Marie which are on my burned CD had to be excluded and substituted with what was/is available on Spotify.

I HAVE MORE THAN 200 PLAYLISTS ON MY SPOTIFY CHANNEL

LISTEN DIRECTLY ON SPOTIFY

Video of the Day - So Easy (To Fall in Love) by Olivia Dean

 So Easy (To Fall In Love) - Olivia Dean

Check out this video of Olivia Dean on the Graham Norton Show in the UK. This live TV performance is the latest single off her album The Art of Loving currently at #20 on Mel's Current Top 20.

Video of the Day: Ella Langley - Choosin' Texas

Starting with this post the blog is once again rebooted to feature a video of the day post from a YouTube source. The daily featured clip will come from a variety of music genres, new, old, classic, borrowed, indie, rock, country, blues and more.

First up.. ELLA LANGLEY and her current hit "Choosin' Texas" debuting this week on my Current Top 20 at #20.

Choosin’ Texas

Mel's Country 20 - July 16 and July 9

Mel’s Country 20
Country Tracks That Should Be Hits

Week of July 16, 2025. | For Chart #597

TW	Title	Artist	LW
1	Bad As I Used To Be	Chris Stapleton	3
2	Life's Been Comin' Too Fast	Blake Shelton	1
3	Backup Plan	Bailey Zimmerman & Luke Combs	2
4	She Hates Me	Dierks Bentley	4
5	If You Love Me Let Me Go	Colbie Caillat feat. Russell Dickerson	5
6	Run	Miranda Lambert	7
7	What I Want	Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae	8
8	Somewhere Over Laredo	Lainey Wilson	9
9	Big Sky	Parker McCollum	6
10	6 Months Later	Megan Moroney	11
11	2 Pair	Kane Brown	12
12	Amen	Shaboozey & Jelly Roll	10
13	Bottle Rockets (featuring Hootie & the Blowfish)	Scotty McCreery	19
14	Sheltered	The Castellows	20
15	Scornful Woman	Oliver Anthony Music	17
16	Bitter Ender	Mary Chapin Carpenter	18
17	Trailblazer (with Miranda Lambert / Lainey Wilson)	Reba McEntire	14
18	Bloodline (with Jelly Roll)	Alex Warren	NEW
19	That's My Kind of Night	Luke Bryan	13
20	Never Met Anyone Like You	Ella Langley & HARDY	NEW

Mel’s Current Top 20 | June 27, 2025.

Alex Warren teams up with Rosé with the release of this new song at #16 - "On My Mind".

Mel’s Current Top 20 |  June 27, 2025.

Hot Tracks That Should Be Hits.

TW	Title	Artist	LW
1	Ordinary	Alex Warren	1
2	undressed	sombr	5
3	Azizam	Ed Sheeran	4
4	APT.	Rosé & Bruno Mars	6
5	Messy (From F1® The Movie)	Rosé	7
6	Ripple	Good Neighbours	2
7	Mystical Magical	Benson Boone	3
8	Butterfly	Marina	13
9	More Than A Feeling	Declan J. Donovan	10
10	Old Phone	Ed Sheeran	12
11	Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride	Iam Tongi	9
12	Burning Down	Alex Warren	17
13	Sapphire	Ed Sheeran	20
14	Don't Say You Love Me	Jin	8
15	The Giver	Chappell Roan	11
16	On My Mind	Alex Warren & Rosé	NEW
17	Survive	Lewis Capaldi	NEW
18	Drive (From F1® The Movie)	Ed Sheeran	NEW
19	Somebody That I Used To Know	Fanny Lumsden	NEW
20	Zydeco Sont Pas Salés	The Rolling Stones	NEW

CHART NOTES

Alex Warren holds at #1 for a 6th straight week with "Ordinary." In addition, his latest track, a duet with BLACKPINK's Rosé, debuts on the Top 20 at #16, with a third single, "On My Own". Meanwhile, "Burning Down" moving up 5 points to #12.

"On My Own" also marks Rosé's third single in the top 20 as she is currently charting with her worldwide smash hit "APT." (@ #4) with Bruno Mars, and also on her own with "Messy" (@ #5) from the F1® The Movie soundtrack. The video for "On My Mind" appear at the top of this post.

Lewis Capaldi is back with a brand new song. "Survive" bows in at #17. An article on iHeartRadio's site states: "Following an extended hiatus from music, Lewis's new song details his urge to 'survive' after quitting the business to focus on his mental and physical health."

Ed Sheeran is an artist that now has four tracks in the Top 20. "Azizam," Sheeran's former #1 song from earlier this year moves up a spot from last week's #4 to #3. Two other tracks, "Old Phone" and "Sapphire" both move up to #10 and #13 respectively. The newest song "Drive" debuts at #18 and also comes from the soundtrack of F1® The Movie.

At #19 we find Australia's Fanny Lumsden who is covering fellow Aussie Gotye's hit "Someone That I Used to Know." The track has been percolating on the lower, unseen rungs of this Top 20 chart. Good cover.

Finally at #20, we have The Rolling Stones who are back with a new recording called "Zydeco Sont Pas Salés" which is a tribute to the Zydeco genre sung entirely in French by Mick Jagger. 

The Current Top 20 is online at Spotify - Playlist formatted in countdown mode from #20 to #1.

Mel's Country 20 | As compiled on June 25, 2025.

 Mel’s Country 20

Country Tracks That Should Be Hits | June 25, 2024.

TW	Title	Artist	LW
1	Big Sky	Parker McCollum	2
2	Backup Plan	Bailey Zimmerman & Luke Combs	3
3	She Hates Me	Dierks Bentley	1
4	Life's Been Comin' Too Fast	Blake Shelton	7
5	Amen	Shaboozey & Jelly Roll	5
6	Bad As I Used To Be	Chris Stapleton	10
7	If You Love Me Let Me Go	Colbie Caillat feat. Russell Dickerson	8
8	Trailblazer (with Miranda Lambert / Lainey Wilson)	Reba McEntire	4
9	Blink Twice	Shaboozey	6
10	Run	Miranda Lambert	11
11	What I Want	Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae	16
12	Somewhere Over Laredo	Lainey Wilson	17
13	The Giver	Chappell Roan	9
14	That's My Kind of Night	Luke Bryan	13
15	2 Pair	Kane Brown	20
16	Bell Bottoms Up	Lainey Wilson	12
17	6 Months Later	Megan Moroney	NEW
18	Texas	Blake Shelton	18
19	What's On Your Mind	The Honkytonk Wranglers	NEW
20	Better Than The Bottle	Cody Jinks	14

Mel’s AI Music 20 - As of June 24, 2025.

 

Mel’s AI Music 20 - As of June 24, 2025.

This is our 4th chart for the 4th week since this chart started. Once again we have a new song up at the #1 position. Title of this one is "Chica Mexicana" from Country Angel. 

There are three debut songs on this week's chart.

TR	Title & Virtual Artist	A.I. Creator	LR
1	Chica Mexicana	Country Angel	2
2	Hi! Hi! Hi! - I'm Zandra AI (Zandra AI)	Devil Markus	1
3	Today Came My Way (Marina Blake)	Silent Euphoria	6
4	I Hope It's Me (Dina Cassidy)	Silent Euphoria	4
5	Do You Feel Like Dancing With Me (Zandra AI)	Devil Markus	5
6	When Will We Meet Again (Linda Rayne)	Silent Euphoria	8
7	Whispers in the Wild Magical Forest (Clara AI)	Lightning Force Productions	7
8	Take A Chance (Susie Mayfield)	Silent Euphoria	3
9	Lovin' You, It's Easy	Country Angel	10
10	Love So True (Belinda Roberts)	Silent Euphoria	12
11	Surreal (YURI)	AI Talk	NEW
12	My Heart Sings For You (Shayna Thompson)	Shaydan	9
13	Be Mine (Emily Moore)	Silent Euphoria	13
14	Summer Daydream (Jojo Divine)	AI-Vinyl-Collection	16
15	Don't Kiss Me Goodbye	Country Angel	19
16	Sugar Sugar Oh-La-La (The Honey Belles)	AI-Vinyl-Collection	18
17	Please Say You'll Be Mine (Judith Daye)	AI Vinyl Collection	11
18	Marry A Robot	We R Robots	NEW
19	Stand And Rise	AEROWave	20
20	That Don't Make It Right	Country Angel	NEW

View this chart's recurring YouTube page.

Rolling list of #1 records on the AI Music 20.

June 24 - Chica Mexicana - Country Angel

June 17 - Hi! Hi! Hi! - I'm Zandra AI (Zandra AI) - Devil Markus

June 10 - Take A Chance (Susie Mayfield) - Silent Euphoria

June 3 - Please Say You'll Be Mine (Judith Daye) - AI Vinyl Collection

"Surreal:" by Yuri / AI Talk debut at #11.

"Whispers in the Wild Magical Forest" (Clara AI) - Lightning Force Productions holds at #7. Love the fantasy woman and setting.

"Sugar, Sugar Oh-La-La" is a nostalgic 60s era sounding song posted by AI Vinyl Collection and credited to the virtual girl group The Honey Belles. Song is at #16 on the chart.

Mel’s Current Top 20 - June 20, 2025.

 

Mel’s Current Top 20 - June 20, 2025.

TW	Title	Artist	LW
1	Ordinary	Alex Warren	1
2	Ripple	Good Neighbours	2
3	Mystical Magical	Benson Boone	4
4	Azizam	Ed Sheeran	3
5	undressed	sombr	9
6	APT.	Rosé & Bruno Mars	6
7	Messy (From F1® The Movie)	Rosé	8
8	Don't Say You Love Me	Jin	7
9	Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride	Iam Tongi	10
10	More Than A Feeling	Declan J. Donovan	11
11	The Giver	Chappell Roan	5
12	Old Phone	Ed Sheeran	14
13	Butterfly	Marina	16
14	Trailblazer (w/ Miranda Lambert/Lainey Wilson)	Reba McEntire	12
15	Sunshine	Iam Tongi	17
16	End of the World	Miley Cyrus	13
17	Burning Down	Alex Warren	19
18	Pretty Little Baby	Connie Francis	20
19	Catch These Fists	Wet Leg	15
20	Sapphire	Ed Sheeran	NEW

CHART NOTES

"Ordinary" by Alex Warren holds at #1 for a 5th week in a row. Halfway through the year, we've had three songs holding on to #1 for more than 4 weeks now, which doesn't leave much space for other songs to hit the top. 

Only one song debuts on the chart this week. "Sapphire" is the latest single by Ed Sheeran to chart. It's at #20 while Ed's two other tracks are posted at #12, "Old Phone" and #4 "Azizam," which is a former #1 record.

A couple more videos appear below:

Iam Tongi's "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride" from the Lilo & Stitch movie soundtrack moves up to #9 this week.

Marina's "Butterfly" moved from last week's #20 debut position to #13 this week. The track is off her new album Princess of Power.

This week's Current Top 20 can be heard on Spotify! It is presented in countdown mode, starting at #20 and counting down to #1.

Mel’s AI Music 20 - June 17, 2025.

 

Mel’s AI Music 20 - June 17, 2025.

TR	Title & Virtual Artist	A.I. Creator	LR
1	Hi! Hi! Hi! - I'm Zandra AI (Zandra AI)	Devil Markus	2
2	Chica Mexicana	Country Angel	11
3	Take A Chance (Susie Mayfield)	Silent Euphoria	1
4	I Hope It's Me (Dina Cassidy)	Silent Euphoria	5
5	Do You Feel Like Dancing With Me (Zandra AI)	Devil Markus	6
6	Today Came My Way (Marina Blake)	Silent Euphoria	NEW
7	Whispers in the Wild Magical Forest (Clara AI)	Lightning Force Productions	3
8	When Will We Meet Again (Linda Rayne)	Silent Euphoria	13
9	My Heart Sings For You (Shayna Thompson)	Shaydan	7
10	Lovin' You, It's Easy	Country Angel	12
11	Please Say You'll Be Mine (Judith Daye)	AI Vinyl Collection	4
12	Love So True (Belinda Roberts)	Silent Euphoria	16
13	Be Mine (Emily Moore)	Silent Euphoria	17
14	Time To Say Goodbye	1950s Dream Time	8
15	Catch That Wave (The Sandy Hearts)	AI Vinyl Collection	9
16	Summer Daydream (Jojo Divine)	AI-Vinyl-Collection	18
17	Signal Beyond Stars - Transmission IV (Clara AI)	Lightning Force Productions	10
18	Sugar Sugar Oh-La-La (The Honey Belles)	AI-Vinyl-Collection	19
19	Don't Kiss Me Goodbye	Country Angel	NEW
20	Stand And Rise	AEROWave	NEW

Go To Our AI Music Top 20 YouTube Page to See All of The Videos

Mel's Country 20 - June 18, 2025.

 Mel’s Country 20 - June 18, 2025.

This is the latest Country 20 chart. Starting this week, my charts will be posted to this blog weekly or on a regular basis. The charts posted here will include the following:

• Mel’s Current Top 20
• Mel’s Country 20
• Mel’s AI Music 20

Occasionally special charts and other music content will also be posted here.

MEL’S COUNTRY 20 CHART

TW	Title	Artist	LW
1	She Hates Me	Dierks Bentley	1
2	Big Sky	Parker McCollum	2
3	Backup Plan	Bailey Zimmerman & Luke Combs	4
4	Trailblazer (with Miranda Lambert / Lainey Wilson)	Reba McEntire	3
5	Amen	Shaboozey & Jelly Roll	6
6	Blink Twice	Shaboozey	5
7	Life's Been Comin' Too Fast	Blake Shelton	9
8	If You Love Me Let Me Go	Colbie Caillat feat. Russell Dickerson	10
9	The Giver	Chappell Roan	7
10	Bad As I Used To Be	Chris Stapleton	13
11	Run	Miranda Lambert	12
12	Bell Bottoms Up	Lainey Wilson	8
13	That's My Kind of Night	Luke Bryan	14
14	Better Than The Bottle	Cody Jinks	15
15	Stay Country or Die Tryin'	Blake Shelton	11
16	What I Want	Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae	16
17	Somewhere Over Laredo	Lainey Wilson	19
18	Texas	Blake Shelton	18
19	Stand	Rascal Flatts & Brandon Lake	20
20	2 Pair	Kane Brown	NEW

Mel’s A.I. Music 20

 

Mel’s A.I. Music 20

Like it or not, AI Music is probably here to stay. I am treating it as a separate genre and created this first ever chart on this site for the form. Like my regular chart, I will have a video or two to share and a link to the chart music on YouTube.

 

Top Songs of My Lifetime 1957 to Today

“Angry” the huge Rolling Stones hit from 2023.

Songs Per Year From the Start of My Life

Once again re-visiting my list of Top Songs per year of my life. I took the opportunity to revise the list once again, adding the 2023 and 2024 entry and replacing the one from 1967. The last update to this list occurred in March 2023.

It was very hard choosing just one song, per year since the start of my life. Many classic songs from every year had to be left off. Some songs you may know and recognize as classics.  Many were big Top 40 hits, with several going to #1.

Others were just #1 in my mind, but I love em to this day. So check the list out and listen to the Spotify Playlist provided at the end of the chart.

Have a great day!

Top Songs of My Lifetime

One song for each year of my life: 1957 to 2024.

Personal favorites or significant songs from my pop music history.

Updated November 25, 2024.

        Year - Title - Artist

• 1957 - Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
• 1958 - Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
• 1959 - Sweet Nothins - Brenda Lee
• 1960 - The Twist - Chubby Checker
• 1961 - Travelin' Man - Ricky Nelson
• 1962 - Soldier Boy - The Shirelles
• 1963 - Rhythm of the Rain - The Cascades
• 1964 - A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
• 1965 - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
• 1966 - I Fought the Law - Bobby Fuller Four
• 1967 - Light My Fire - The Doors
• 1968 - Hey Jude - The Beatles
• 1969 - Honky Tonk Woman - The Rolling Stones
• 1970 - Let It Be - The Beatles
• 1971 - Joy to the World - Three Dog Night
• 1972 - American  Pie - Don McLean
• 1973 - Crocodile Rock - Elton John
• 1974 - Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
• 1975 - Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John
• 1976 - Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) - Fleetwood Mac
• 1977 - Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
• 1978 - Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
• 1979 - My Sharona - The Knack
• 1980 - (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
• 1981 - The Break Up Song - Greg Kihn Band
• 1982 - I Love Rock n Roll - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
• 1983 - Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
• 1984 - When Doves Cry - Prince & the Revolution
• 1985 - Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
• 1986 - Papa Don't Preach - Madonna
• 1987 - Just Like Heaven - The Cure
• 1988 - Sweet Child o' Mine - Guns And Roses
• 1989 - Lovesong - The Cure
• 1990 - Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
• 1991 - Valerie Loves Me - Material Issue
• 1992 - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
• 1993 - Dreamlover - Mariah Carey
• 1994 - Because the Night - 10,000 Maniacs
• 1995 - Kiss From A Rose - Seal
• 1996 - Don't Speak - No Doubt
• 1997 - Tubthumping - Chumbawamba
• 1998 - The Way - Fastball
• 1999 - Maria - Blondie
• 2000 - Smooth - Santana featuring Rob Thomas
• 2001 - Island in the Sun - Weezer
• 2002 - Hella Good - No Doubt
• 2003 - Stacy's Mom - Fountains Of Wayne
• 2004 - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day
• 2005 - Love In A Trashcan - The Raveonettes
• 2006 - Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 2007 - Phantom Limb - The Shins
• 2008 - Pork and Beans - Weezer
• 2009 - I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
• 2010 - Need You Now - Lady Antebellum
• 2011 - Paradise - Coldplay
• 2012 - Drive By - Train
• 2013 - Change - Churchill
• 2014 - Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
• 2015 - Hello - Adele
• 2016 - Spirits - The Strumbellas
• 2017 - Shape of You - Ed Sheeran
• 2018 - Perfect - Ed Sheeran
• 2019 - Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
• 2020 - Living in a Ghost Town - The Rolling Stones
• 2021 - Save Your Tears (remix) - The Weeknd with Ariana Grande
• 2022 - Hurricane - Cannons
• 2023 - Angry - The Rolling Stones
• 2024 - APT. - Rosé & Bruno Mars 

Mel’s Current Top 20 Hits For This Week

Welcome to the periodic Mel's Current Top 20 Chart. This chart is updated on a weekly basis. The music can be streamed from the YouTube video link below. All charted  music show up on the Spotify link at the posting. The songs may play through on some browsers but not all. Spotify works best with a paid subscription.

Mel’s Current Top 20
This is the Most Current Chart of This Week


Note: Some of the embedded videos may not play on this site due to copyright restrictions.

The chart is updated on a weekly basis. The date of the last update to the chart appears on the chart.

SPOTIFY - Be sure to check our Spotify playlist to listen to all 20 hits.

Mel's Top 100 Hits of 2023

 

Mel’s Top 100 Hits of 2023.

The following chart was compiled from data pulled from my Current Top 20 weekly lists that are posted to M4B Charts, my website and on this blog.

"Angry" by The Rolling Stones was a surprise 2023 entry for me when it debut in early September. From that point on it was the battle of senior bands for the latter quarter of 2023. The Rolling Stones took "Angry" to #1 for 9 weeks. That was good enough to crown the Grammy nominated song as the #1 track of the year.

The Beatles followed next with their last ever song, "Now And Then" which is well known for using A.I. for removing background noise on the original John Lennon cassette recording.  

"Now And Then" became a #1 song for 5 weeks. The Rolling Stones then reclaimed the #1 spot for the last two weeks of 2023 with "Mess It Up".

Taylor Swift placed several records in the Top 100 including two #1 songs: The Grammy nominated "Anti-Hero" is #3 for the year after holding on to #1 for 5 weeks at the end of 2022 and into 2023. The song was on the chart for 25 weeks.

Swift's second #1 song of 2023 was a track called "Karma". Both songs were taken from one of three incarnations of Taylor Swift's Midnights album.

The Linda Lindas hit #1 with "Resolution/Revolution" for three weeks in late summer. 

Rapper Tom MacDonald broke out of his rap genre and greeted 2023 with an ode to his girl friend Nova Rockafeller titled "Ghost". The song is an unexpected thing of beauty that held the #1 spot on the Current Top 20 for 7 non-consecutive weeks, good enough to end up at #2 for the year.

The rest of the Top 100 follow below. 

No.	Song Title	Artist	Peak	WAP	WO
1	Angry	The Rolling Stones	1	9	16
2	Ghost	Tom MacDonald	1	7	21
3	Anti-Hero	Taylor Swift	1	5	23
4	Now And Then	The Beatles	1	5	8
5	Resolution/Revolution	The Linda Lindas	1	3	15
6	Pointless	Lewis Capaldi	1	2	16
7	When I Die	Fanny Lumsden	1	2	15
8	Wish You The Best	Lewis Capaldi	1	2	15
9	I Feel Like Dancing	Jason Mraz	1	2	14
10	Karma / Karma (featuring Ice Spice)	Taylor Swift	1	2	13
11	Flowers	Miley Cyrus	1	2	13
12	End of the World	Tom MacDonald featuring John Rich	1	2	10
13	Try That In A Small Town	Jason Aldean	1	2	10
14	Love Again	The Kid LAROI	1	2	10
15	Mess It Up	The Rolling Stones	1	2	9
16	Lux Æterna	Metallica	1	2	9
17	Heavenly Kind of State of Mind	Lewis Capaldi	1	1	14
18	Curtains	Ed Sheeran	1	1	14
19	Lost	Linkin Park	1	1	14
20	Eyes Closed	Ed Sheeran	1	1	12
21	Rich Men North of Richmond	Oliver Anthony Music	2	4	13
22	Need A Favor	Jelly Roll	2	2	16
23	Blind For Love	American Authors	2	3	14
24	Be More	Stephen Sanchez	2	2	16
25	Get Her Back	Michael Ray	1	1	9
26	I Can See You (Taylor's Version)	Taylor Swift	2	2	10
27	Atomic City	U2	2	1	12
28	I'll Be Seeing You	Iam Tongi	2	1	9
29	Houdini	Dua Lipa	2	1	4
30	Evangeline	Stephen Sanchez	3	2	13
31	Sweet Sounds of Heaven	The Rolling Stones	3	1	12
32	Bejeweled	Taylor Swift	3	1	12
33	Trustfall	P!nk	3	1	11
34	Lavendar Haze	Taylor Swift	3	1	11
35	I'm Feelin' Good (Steve Miller Band)	King Calaway	3	1	11
36	Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)	Bruce Springsteen	3	1	9
37	How I'm Feeling Now	Lewis Capaldi	3	1	9
38	Paradise (Universal Sound Version)	Stick Figure	4	4	9
39	Seasons	Bebe Rexha & Dolly Parton	3	1	8
40	Fast Car	Luke Combs	4	2	18
41	Night Owl	The Dollyrots	4	2	10
42	Vampire	Olivia Rodrigo	4	2	10
43	Thank God	Kane & Katelyn Brown	4	1	27
44	Calm Down (featuring Selena Gomez)	Rema	4	1	14
45	Bad Idea Right?	Olivia Rodrigo	4	2	8
46	Until I Found You (Em Beihold Version)	Stephen Sanchez & Em Beihold	4	1	13
47	Giddy Up!	Shania Twain	4	1	12
48	I'm Good (Blue)	David Guetta & Bebe Rexha	4	1	11
49	Billy	The Shang Hi Los	5	2	12
50	Jolene	Olivia Newton-John & Dolly Parton	4	1	7
51	No Bad Days (featuring Collett)	Macklemore	5	2	8
52	Desire	Cannons	5	1	10
53	Dirty Money	Tom MacDonald	5	1	10
54	Cruel Summer	Taylor Swift	5	1	9
55	One More Time	Blink-182	5	1	7
56	Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)	Taylor Swift	5	1	6
57	Thunder Rumbles	The Cat Empire	6	2	11
58	Why Kiki?	Iam Tongi	6	2	10
59	If the Loneliness Don't Kill Me	Whitehorse	6	1	11
60	Made You Look	Meghan Trainor	6	2	9
61	American Town	Ed Sheeran	6	1	9
62	Hey Girl / I Touch Myself	The Dollyrots	6	1	8
63	Until I Found You	Stephen Sanchez	7	2	22
64	Save Me (with Lainey Wilson)	Jelly Roll	7	1	9
65	Loving You	Cannons	8	2	13
66	Too Many Things	The Linda Lindas	7	1	8
67	Boom Boom	The Cat Empire	7	1	8
68	Dreamin' All The Time	Trevor Beid Jimenez	8	2	10
69	Silver Fish	Dengue Fever	8	1	8
70	TQG (featuring Shakira)	KAROL G	8	1	8
71	Your America	Tom MacDonald	8	1	6
72	Mother	Meghan Trainor	8	1	6
73	American Flags (with Adam Calhoun)	Tom MacDonald	8	1	5
74	Songbird (Orchestral Version)	Christine McVie	9	1	10
75	Thank God I Do	Lauren Daigle	9	1	10
76	Everyone and Everything	Ringo Starr	9	1	7
77	I Remember Everything (w/ Kacey Musgraves)	Zach Bryan	9	1	6
78	Get Him Back!	Olivia Rodrigo	9	1	6
79	Hold On	The Strumbellas	9	1	6
80	Island in the Sun (featuring American Authors)	Smallpools	10	3	9
81	Monsters	Courtney Hadwin	10	2	10
82	I Like The Rain	Tiffany	10	2	7
83	Single Soon	Selena Gomez	10	2	5
84	I Won't Back Down	The Goo Goo Dolls + O.A.R.	10	1	7
85	What's Up (featuring Linda Perry)	Dolly Parton	10	1	7
86	Pepper	Panic at the Disco	10	1	6
87	Padam Padam	Kylie Minogue	10	1	6
88	The American Dream is Killing Me	Green Day	10	1	6
89	Groovy Christmas	The Linda Lindas	10	1	5
90	Catalonia (Live at the Sydney Opera House)	Vance Joy	11	2	5
91	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	Brenda Lee	10	1	2
92	The News	Paramore	11	1	8
93	Save Me The Trouble	Dan + Shay	11	1	6
94	Your Side of Town	The Killers	11	1	6
95	Gonna Be You	Dolly Parton, Belinda Carlisle, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan, Debbie Harry	11	1	5
96	Better Days (from Trolls Band Together)	*NSYNC	11	1	4
97	That Girl Don't Live Here	Courtney Hadwin	12	2	7
98	74-'75 (2023 Remaster)	The Connells	12	2	6
99	Let It Be (with Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr)	Dolly Parton	12	2	6
100	Life Goes On	Ed Sheeran & Luke Combs	12	1	6

WAP = Weeks at Peak | WO = Total Weeks on Chart

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The Mel’s Top 100 of 2023 Hits on Spotify

Best of 2023: A #1 Song 65 Years After Release

 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree Went to #1

I'm happy that BRENDA LEE made it to #1 with her 65 year old holiday hit, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree". The song came out in 1958 and has shown up on every Billboard Hot 100 chart since Christmas music was regularly listed during the holiday season. 

The song also charted on the 1960 and 1961 Hot 100s. "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" has never been a number one record until the Billboard Hot 100 was released on December 5, 2023. 

UPDATE: Billboard announced that "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" will top the Hot 100 for a second week in a row! Congratulations Brenda Lee (December 11).

With that accomplishment, Brenda Lee became the oldest person to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, eclipsing a record Louis Armstrong had since 1964's "Hello Dolly" when he was 64. Today (December 11) Brenda Lee turned 79.

In 1960 she had two #1 songs... "I'm Sorry" and "I Want To Be Wanted" both ballads in a lush, country crooning style. Most of her early records were produced by Owen Bradley, who also produced country music records for Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn.

My favorite Brenda Lee song is "Sweet Nothins'" a rock n roll track reached #4 on the Hot 100 in 1959. That track along with "I'm Sorry" and several others appeared on her great 1960 album release, Brenda Lee. We had that record in our family's collection since the 1960s. The whispering intro of "ah ha honey, alright..." grabbed it for me on "Sweet Nothins'".

This year a new video was produced for "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" which appears in the link below (YouTube). She also sang the song at the Grand Ole' Opry on December 2023 telecast shown on NBC TV.

Best of 2023: The Beatles Now And Then

 

The Last Song by The Beatles

"Now And Then", the song recorded by The Beatles was released on November 2. The song written by John Lennon was given to Paul McCartney by Yoko Ono, John's widow in 1994 along with the songs "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love".

In 1994 George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney worked on the three songs releasing two of them on the Anthology I and Anthology II albums that came out in 1995 and 1996. "Now And Then" laid on the back burner for more than 25 years due to technical reasons. You can learn more about "Now And Then" by watching the short video documentary below:

"Now And Then" made its debut on my Current Top 20 chart at #3 on November 3. By the next week it jumped to #1, replacing "Angry" by The Rolling Stones at that position. "Now And Then" has been the #1 song on my Current Top 20 for the four weeks now. The latest chart as of December 1 is shown below.

"Now And Then" is one of my favorite songs of 2023 and we'll see where it ends up in my end of the year Top 100 for 2023.