Mel's Weekly Top 20 - April 15, 2012

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of April 15, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye featuring Kimbra	2
2	Drive By	Train	1
3	We Are Young (ft. Janelle Monae)	Fun	4
4	Amazing	Matt Cardle	5
5	Part of Me	Katy Perry	6
6	Glad You Came	The Wanted	9
7	Tonight Is The Night	Outasight	8
8	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	3
9	Call Me Maybe	Carly Rae Jepsen	10
10	Give Me All Your Luvin'	Madonna	7
11	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey	11
12	Easy Come Easy Go (Radio Edit)	Great Lake Swimmers	12
13	Rumour Has It	Adele	13
14	Happy Pills	Norah Jones	16
15	Starships	Nicki Minaj	17
16	Simple Song	The Shins	14
17	Dance With Me Tonight	Olly Murs	15
18	Dancin' Away With My Heart	Lady Antebellum	--
19	One Life	James Morrison	--
20	Love Bites (So Do I)	Halestorm	--

CHART NOTES

Gotye's hit "Somebody I Used to Know" that has been bouncing around on many charts in the past 6 to 8 months finally breaks the hold Train had on the top spot and becomes the newest track to hit #1 on the Weekly Top 20. This song has an interesting video that also features Kimbra. See that one on the top of this post.

And yes, after 7 weeks of holding the #1 spot, Train slips to #2 this week with "Drive By".

Rounding out the top 3 we find Katy Perry at #5 with "Part of Me," Matt Cardle at #4 with "Amazing" and Fun at #3 with "We Are Young". All songs made a one point move up the chart.

Three songs make their chart debut. They are "Dancing Away With My Heart" a country crossover hit by Lady Antebellum at #18, "One Life" by James Morrison at #19 and "Love Bites (So Do I)" by rockers Halestorm at #20.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2012

Drive By - Train
The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith
Someone Like You - Adele
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Run For Your Life - Matt Cardle

Recently Featured on This is My Jam

Love In A Trashcan by The Raveonettes

Love Bites [So Do I] by Halestorm

Drive By by Train

Easy Come Easy Go - Radio Edit by Great Lake Swimmers

Back It Up by Caro Emerald

Simple Song by The Shins

Hang It Up by The Ting Tings

Drive By by Train

Heart Attack by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

She Walks In So Many Ways by The Jayhawks

Red Solo Cup by Toby Keith

Sorry by The Smithereens

Uku by Dengue Fever

The Walk by Mayer Hawthorne

Dream My Darling by Lynda Kay

Paradise by Coldplay

Tainted Love by Imelda May

You're All I Want For Christmas by Caro Emerald

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - April 8, 2012

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of April 8, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Drive By (7th Week @ #1!)	Train	1
2	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye	2
3	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	3
4	We Are Young (ft. Janelle Mon‡e)	Fun	5
5	Amazing	Matt Cardle	6
6	Part of Me	Katy Perry	8
7	Give Me All Your Luvin'	Madonna	4
8	Tonight Is The Night	Outasight	11
9	Glad You Came	The Wanted	16
10	Call Me Maybe	Carly Rae Jepsen	17
11	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey	14
12	Easy Come Easy Go (Radio Edit)	Great Lake Swimmers	15
13	Rumour Has It	Adele	19
14	Simple Song	The Shins	7
15	Dance With Me Tonight	Olly Murs	9
16	Happy Pills	Norah Jones	18
17	Starships	Nicki Minaj	20
18	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	12
19	These Times	SafetySuit	10
20	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	13

CHART NOTES

Train locks on to the #1 spot again for a 7th consecutive week with "Drive By". We've gone without a new #1 song for almost 2 months. This song ties last year's most long stay at #1.... Late last fall Coldplay held on to #1 for 7 straight weeks with "Paradise". That song turned out to be the #1 song of the year on the year end Top 100 of 2011. Can Train accomplish the same feat for 2012?

Holding patterns: At #2 we find Gotye and Kimbra with "Somebody That I Used to Know," now there for the 2nd week in a row. At #3 we see The Asteroids Galaxy Tour and "Heart Attack" for a 2nd consecutive week. The song has compiled at least 4 non-consecutive weeks at the #3 position. Can it go any higher or is it doomed to be a #3 hit forever?

Be sure to check out Katy Perry's latest hit and video above. "Part of Me" moves up 2 from #8 to #6 this week.

Movers: Making some significant headway up the chart we find the following songs: "Glad You Came" by The Wanted moves up from #16 to #9 this week, a 7 point jump. Also jumping up 7 points is Carly Rae Jepsen's single "Call Me Maybe" moving from #17 to #10. Making a 6 point jump from #19 to #13 is Adele and her single "Rumour Has It".

There are no debut songs on the chart. Several songs are headed on a downward spiral and are likely to depart the top 20 by next week. Among them are "Hang It Up" by the Ting Tings at #18, "These Times" by SafetySuitat #19 and "Do It Our Way" by Alesha Dixon. All had good chart runs and should be listed in the year end chart for 2012 come this December.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - April 1, 2012.

Train recorded live on WPLJ FM.


Mel's Weekly Top 20 Week of April 1, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Drive By (6th Week @ #1!)	Train	1
2	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye	3
3	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	4
4	Give Me All Your Luvin'	Madonna	2
5	We Are Young (ft. Janelle Mon‡e)	Fun	5
6	Amazing	Matt Cardle	7
7	Simple Song	The Shins	6
8	Part of Me	Katy Perry	9
9	Dance With Me Tonight	Olly Murs	8
10	These Times	SafetySuit	11
11	Tonight Is The Night	Outasight	13
12	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	12
13	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	10
14	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey	15
15	Easy Come Easy Go (Radio Edit)	Great Lake Swimmers	16
16	Glad You Came	The Wanted	18
17	Call Me Maybe	Carly Rae Jepsen	19
18	Happy Pills	Norah Jones	20
19	Rumour Has It	Adele	--
20	Starships	Nicki Minaj	--

CHART NOTES

Train holds on to the #1 spot for a 6th consecutive week with their latest hit "Drive By". Gotye's "Somebody I Used To Know" moves up a point from #3 to #2. The track features singer Kimbra near the end. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour move up one point from #4 to #3 with "Heart Attack". The song slid a point last week. I guessMadonna's slip this week made up for that. She is at #4 with "Give Me All Your Luvin'" which until last week, held the #2 spot for 4 weeks in a row. Rounding out the top 5 we find Fun and their single, "We Are Young" holding at #5 for a second week.

Elsewhere on the top 20, we find incremental moves throughout the chart, either up or down by the week's popular songs.

Two debut tracks this week include Adele's latest single "Rumour Has It" at #19 while Nicki Minaj enters with her dance/rap hit "Starships" at #20. How high these songs go is anyone's guess.

VIDEO EXTRA

Check this out, The Brad Cash Band covering Train's "Drive By".

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - March 25, 2012.

"Drive By" from Train is the #1 record of the week... again!

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of March 25, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Drive By (5th Week @ #1!)	Train	1
2	Give Me All Your Luvin'	Madonna	2
3	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye	4
4	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	3
5	We Are Young (ft. Janelle Monae)	Fun	6
6	Simple Song	The Shins	5
7	Amazing	Matt Cardle	8
8	Dance With Me Tonight	Olly Murs	9
9	Part of Me	Katy Perry	13
10	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	10
11	These Times	SafetySuit	12
12	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	7
13	Tonight Is The Night	Outasight	15
14	Deep Sleep	Nabiha	14
15	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey	19
16	Easy Come Easy Go (Radio Edit)	Great Lake Swimmers	20
17	Charlie Brown	Coldplay	11
18	Glad You Came	The Wanted	--
19	Call Me Maybe	Carly Rae Jepsen	--
20	Happy Pills	Norah Jones	--

CHART NOTES

Train holds on to the #1 spot for a 5th consecutive week with their latest hit "Drive By". Madonna holds at #2 for a 4th consecutive week with "Give Me All Your Luvin'".

Gotye's "Somebody I Used To Know" moves up a point from #4 to #3. The track features singer Kimbra near the end.

Katy Perry breaks into the top 10 at #9 with her latest track "Part of Me". The song moves up from #13 last week. Meanwhile her last #1 hit "The One That Got Away" dropped off the top 20. It was at the top 6 weeks ago.

Other drops on the chart include "Hang It Up" by The Ting Tings, falling from #7 last week to #12 this week.Coldplay has apparently peaked at #11 with "Charlie Brown" the latest single off their current album Mylo Xyloto. This week Charlie's at #17.

Alesha Dixon holds for a 2nd week at #10 this week with her Weight Watchers promoted track and video, "Do It Our Way (Play)".

Three songs debut at #18, #19 and #20. Check the chart above.

VIDEO SHOWCASE: TRAIN

Train has had a string of hits since 1998. This week they're at #1 on the Weekly Top 20.

Hey Soul Sister



Drops of Jupiter



Calling All Angels



Cab



When I Look To the Sky

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - March 18, 2012

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of March 18, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Drive By (4th week @ #1!)	Train	1
2	Give Me All Your Luvin'	Madonna	2
3	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	4
4	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye	6
5	Simple Song	The Shins	5
6	We Are Young (ft. Janelle Mon‡e)	Fun	7
7	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	3
8	Amazing	Matt Cardle	10
9	Dance With Me Tonight	Olly Murs	11
10	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	12
11	Charlie Brown	Coldplay	13
12	These Times	SafetySuit	17
13	Part of Me	Katy Perry	18
14	Deep Sleep	Nabiha	16
15	Tonight Is The Night	Outasight	20
16	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	8
17	Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)	Kelly Clarkson	9
18	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	14
19	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey	--
20	Easy Come Easy Go (Radio Edit)	Great Lake Swimmers	--

CHART NOTES

Train holds on to the #1 spot for a 4th consecutive week with their latest hit "Drive By". Madonna holds at #2 for a 3rd consecutive week with "Give Me All Your Luvin'".

Breaking into the top 10 we find Olly Murs at #9 with "Dance The Night Away" while Alesha Dixon moves up to #10 with her Weightwatchers promotional song and video "Do It Our Way (Play)". Both songs make 2 point moves into the top 10.

Quick movers below the top 10 we find SafetySuit at #12 with "These Times" up 5 from #17 of last week. Following them is Katy Perry with her latest, "Part of Me" moving up 5 from #18 to #13 this week. Just a few notches behind we find Outasight movin up 5 from #20 last week to #15 and their hit "Tonight is the Night". It would be safe to say that all 3 tracks are headed for top 10 land.

Droppers this week include Katy Perry's former #1 record "The One That Got Away" plunging from #8 last week to #16 this week. Another plunger is Kelly Clarkson whose hit "Stronger" peaked at #9 last week. This week it fell to #17. Looks like the outs for both of these as well as Nickelback's "When We Stand Together" at #18.

Two songs make their debut. Check out the chart above.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2012

• The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
• Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith
• Someone Like You - Adele
• It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
• Run For Your Life - Matt Cardle

This is My Jam

The following are songs that have posted to the "This is My Jam" website. I've been on it since December 2011. It is a new social music service.

• Easy Come, Easy Go (Radio Edit) by Great Lake Swimmers
• Simple Song by The Shins
• Hang It Up by The Ting Tings
• Drive By by Train
• Heart Attack by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
• She Walks In So Many Ways by The Jayhawks
• Red Solo Cup by Toby Keith
• Sorry by The Smithereens
• Uku by Dengue Fever
• The Walk by Mayer Hawthorne
• Dream My Darling by Lynda Kay
• Paradise by Coldplay
• Tainted Love by Imelda May
• You're All I Want For Christmas by Caro Emerald

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - March 11, 2012.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of March 11, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Drive By (3rd Week @ #1!)	Train	1
2	Give Me All Your Luvin'	Madonna	2
3	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	3
4	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	4
5	Simple Song	The Shins	6
6	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye	9
7	We Are Young (ft. Janelle Monae)	Fun	11
8	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	5
9	Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)	Kelly Clarkson	10
10	Amazing	Matt Cardle	16
11	Dance With Me Tonight	Olly Murs	13
12	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	12
13	Charlie Brown	Coldplay	15
14	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	7
15	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	8
16	Deep Sleep	Nabiha	18
17	These Times	SafetySuit	20
18	Part of Me	Katy Perry	--
19	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	14
20	Tonight Is The Night	Outasight	--

CHART NOTES

Train holds on to the #1 spot for a 3rd consecutive week with their latest hit "Drive By".

The top 4 stays exactly the same as last week with positions #2, #3 and #4 holding the same with Madonna, The Ting Tings and Asteroids Galaxy Tour maintaining their status quo. The new entry into the top 5 is The Shins and their latest "Simple Song".

In an amzing leap, Matt Cardle moves up 6 points to claim the #10 spot with his single, "Amazing". Wow!

Two debuts this week... Katy Perry is at #18 with "Part of Me". Her recent #1 single "The One That Got Away" is still in the top 10 at #8 this week.

The other debut is "Tonight is the Night" by Outasight at #20. It's their first single to chart here. Don't know much about the artist, but the song is decent enough to be listed.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2012

The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith
Someone Like You - Adele
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Run For Your Life - Matt Cardle

VIDEO EXTRA

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - March 4, 2012.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of March 4, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Drive By (2nd week @ #1!)	Train	1
2	Give Me All Your Luvin'	Madonna	4
3	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	3
4	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	5
5	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	2
6	Simple Song	The Shins	9
7	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	6
8	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	7
9	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye	12
10	Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)	Kelly Clarkson	11
11	We Are Young (ft. Janelle Monae)	Fun	18
12	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	14
13	Dance With Me Tonight	Olly Murs	16
14	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	8
15	Charlie Brown	Coldplay	17
16	Amazing	Matt Cardle	19
17	Starlight	Matt Cardle	10
18	Deep Sleep	Nabiha	20
19	Everybody Talks	Neon Trees	13
20	These Times	SafetySuit	--

CHART NOTES

The question of the week is will Madonna be taking the #1 spot next week with her hit "Give Me All Your Luvin'"? The record has sprung into the top 5 fairly quickly going from its debut position of #20 three weeks ago to #9, to last week's #4 and this week at #2. The other question s whether or not Train can hold on to #1 for a 3rd week next week? Train is currently at #1 for the second week in a row with their latest hit "Drive By". Care to venture an answer? Email me!

Elsewhere on the top 20 we see some movement in the lower rungs of the chart. Gotye breaks into the top 10 with "Somebody I used to Know" moving up from #12 to #9. Kelly Clarkson finally makes it into the top 10 at #10 with "Stronger". She hasn't been all that successful on this chart. We'll see if this song will have any further upward movement.

Speaking of upward: Fun springs from #18 of last week to #11 this week with their single "We Are Young". Matt Cardle moves up from #19 to #16 this week with his latest, "Amazing". Meanwhile his second hit to make it to this top 20 falls from #10 to #17. That would be "Starlight". Kind of an abbreviated run for this song. Sorry.

Only one debut this week and that goes to Safetysuit. They check in at #20 with "These Times".

Toby Keith's former #1 record "Red Solo Cup" is on the wane and may be out of here by next week. His record drops from #8 to #14. Was a good run considering the track went to #1 and made its debut on the last week of 2011. "Cup" is still a fun song and hilarious video.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2012

The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith
Someone Like You - Adele
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Run For Your Life - Matt Cardle

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - February 26, 2012

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of February 26, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Drive By	Train	3
2	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	1
3	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	5
4	Give Me All Your Luvin'	Madonna	9
5	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	7
6	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	2
7	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	4
8	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	6
9	Simple Song	The Shins	11
10	Starlight	Matt Cardle	10
11	Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)	Kelly Clarkson	12
12	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye	15
13	Everybody Talks	Neon Trees	13
14	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	14
15	A Thousand Years	Christina Perri	8
16	Dance With Me Tonight	Olly Murs	19
17	Charlie Brown	Coldplay	20
18	We Are Young (ft. Janelle Mon‡e)	Fun	--
19	Amazing	Matt Cardle	--
20	Deep Sleep	Nabiha	--

CHART NOTES

Train cruises to the top of the chart with their latest hit "Drive By". They last hit the chart with the #1 record "Hey Soul Sister" in 2010.

Madonna takes residence in the top 5 at #4 with her latest "Give Me All Your Luvin'" featuring rappers M.I.A.and Nicki Minaj. The song was featured in this year's Super Bowl halftime show. The track is from her upcoming album MDNA.

Matt Cardle stalls at #10 with "Starlight". His last single, "Run For Your Life" peaked at #1 during the last week of 2011 and the first week of 2012. It just fell off the chart, and is now replaced with his latest single, "Amazing" coming in for the first week at #19.

Also debuting on the chart is Fun, and their track "We Are Young" at #18. The song hit #1 on both Amazon and iTunes charts.

The other debut song this week at #20 is "Deep Sleep" by Nabiha. And that folks, is a quick synopsis of the Weekly Top 20 for this week.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2012

The One That Got Away - Katy Perry
Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith
Someone Like You - Adele
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Run For Your Life - Matt Cardle

VIDEO SHOWCASE EXTRAS

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - February 19, 2012.

A week late and maybe a dollar short.... here's this week's soon to be last week's chart....



Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of February 19, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	The One That Got Away (2nd week @ #1!)	Katy Perry	1
2	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	2
3	Drive By	Train	6
4	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	4
5	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	5
6	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	3
7	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	9
8	A Thousand Years	Christina Perri	8
9	Give Me All Your Luvin'	Madonna	20
10	Starlight	Matt Cardle	11
11	Simple Song	The Shins	13
12	Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)	Kelly Clarkson	16
13	Everybody Talks	Neon Trees	14
14	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	15
15	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye	18
16	Someone Like You	Adele	7
17	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	10
18	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	12
19	Dance With Me Tonight	Olly Murs	Ret
20	Charlie Brown	Coldplay	New

CHART NOTES

Katy Perry holds on to the #1 spot for a second consecutive week with her single, "The One That Got Away". Check out the music video at the top. The song is the latest top 10 hit from her album Teenage Dream. Katy Perry had the 2nd most highest rated song on Mel's Weekly Top 20 Top 100 Hits of 2011 chart with "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". That record stayed at #1 for 6 weeks.

Holding at #2 for a 2nd week is Nickelback and their latest single "When We Stand Together."

The song at #3 has grown on me quite fast. It's "Drive By" from Train, their latest single. The video is cool... gotta love the cars and of course the woman is pretty too. "Drive By" cruises up from #6 to #3 this week.

Biggest mover in the top 20 is definitely by Madonna. She makes a huge leap by moving from her debut spot at #20 of last week to #9 this week with "Give Me All Your Luvin'". She is joined on this single by contemporaries Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.

Way down at #19 we see one of the odd debut songs... Olly Murs' "Dance With Me Tonight" makes its second debut on the top 20 at #19 this week. The song fell off the chart last week after debuting at #20 two weeks ago. So far it has spent 2 weeks on the chart, and has made its debut twice, though this week it is marked as a "return". We'll see if this song can push some forward momentum.

Falling off from the chart this week is Coldplay's "Paradise". The song spent an incredible 22 weeks on the Weekly Top 20, peaking at #1 for 7 weeks late last year, making it the longest lived #1 track for 2011 and putting it on the top of the chart, numero uno for the Top 100 Hits of 2011. Now Coldplay is back with their latest single off the album Mylo Xyloto. This time their track "Charlie Brown" makes its chart debut at #20. It's the latest of 4 singles to be released from that album.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - February 12, 2012.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of February 12, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	2
2	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	4
3	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	1
4	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	6
5	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	7
6	Drive By	Train	11
7	Someone Like You	Adele	3
8	A Thousand Years	Christina Perri	10
9	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	14
10	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	5
11	Starlight	Matt Cardle	13
12	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	8
13	Simple Song	The Shins	17
14	Everybody Talks	Neon Trees	15
15	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	16
16	Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)	Kelly Clarkson	18
17	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	9
18	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye	19
19	Paradise	Coldplay	12
20	Give Me All Your Luvin'	Madonna	--

CHART NOTES

Katy Perry bumps Toby Keith out of the number 1 slot with her latest single "The One That Got Away" off theTeenage Dream album. Record's been out for nearly 2 years and it is still yielding top 10, much less #1 hits. Wow.

Moving up from #4 to #2 is Nickelback. Their latest single "When We Stand Togehter" could be a contender for #1. Not too far behind Nickelback we find Train, who have moved 5 points up from #11 to #6 this week with "Drive By". Will be interesting to see where these songs go.

Inbetween them we find some venerable top 10 hits including Mayer Hawthorne's broken hearted drama, "The Walk" moving up from #6 to #4, The Ting Tings up from #7 to #5 with "Hang It Up." And yes, "Red Solo Cup" is still in the top 5 at #3 after holding on to #1 for 2 weeks.

Breaking into the Top 10 we find Asteroids Galaxy Tour with their latest, "Heart Attack" up from #14 to #9 this week.

The only debut song comes from Madonna who had a successful but not without controversy, half time show at the recently completed Super Bowl football game. There she added "Give Me All Your Luvin'" (debuting at #20) into her mix of danceable top 40 tunes.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2012

Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith

Someone Like You - Adele
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Run For Your Life - Matt Cardle

VIDEO SHOWCASE - Love Stinks

See the video one post below.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - February 5, 2012

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of February 5, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Red Solo Cup (2nd week @ #1!)	Toby Keith	1
2	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	3
3	Someone Like You	Adele	2
4	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	9
5	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	4
6	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	7
7	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	8
8	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	6
9	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	5
10	A Thousand Years	Christina Perri	11
11	Drive By	Train	19
12	Paradise	Coldplay	10
13	Starlight	Matt Cardle	13
14	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	16
15	Everybody Talks	Neon Trees	12
16	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	17
17	Simple Song	The Shins	20
18	Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)	Kelly Clarkson	--
19	Somebody That I Used To Know	Gotye	--
20	Dance With Me Tonight	Olly Murs	--

CHART NOTES

Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup", the goofiest country song of recent years, holds for the 2nd week at #1. Right behind Keith is Katy Perry, whose lastest single, "The One That Got Away" inches up from #3 to #2 this week. Top of the charts next week? Maybe.

A big break into the top 5 is Nickelback, whose latest rock anthem "When We Stand Together" bolts from #9 of last week to #4 this week.

That is still not the biggest rising song of the week. Honors for that feat goes to Train and their latest single "Drive By". That song climbs from its debut spot of #19 last week to #11 this week.

Three songs make their chart debuts: At #18 we find Kelly Clarkson returning in fine form with her latest "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", Gotye at #19 with "Somebody I Used to Know" and Olly Murs at #20 with "Dance With Me Tonight".

We have 4 former #1 songs still on the chart, all of them dropping.... Dropping from #2 to #3 is Adele and "Someone Like You" which held the top spot for only 1 week two weeks ago. This week it drops 1 from #2 to #3. At #8 we find Matt Cardle with "Run For Your Life," followed by Bruno Mars "It Will Rain" at #9. Dropping out of the top 10 after many weeks there (including 7 at #1) is Coldplay with their huge hit "Paradise". It moves 2 points down from #10 last week to #12 this week. Matt Cardle and Coldplay have new singles waiting in the wings to replace these veteran hits.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2012

Someone Like You - Adele
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Run For Your Life - Matt Cardle

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 29, 2012.

Yep, Red Solo Cup is #1 on the Weekly Top 20!

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 29, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	3
2	Someone Like You	Adele	1
3	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	6
4	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	5
5	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	2
6	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	4
7	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	9
8	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	10
9	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	12
10	Paradise	Coldplay	8
11	A Thousand Years	Christina Perri	14
12	Everybody Talks	Neon Trees	15
13	Starlight	Matt Cardle	16
14	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	7
15	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	13
16	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	19
17	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	20
18	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	11
19	Drive By	Train	--
20	Simple Song	The Shins	--

CHART NOTES

The goofiest song on the chart has made it to the top. Yes, Toby Keith's #1 country music hit "Red Solo Cup", a silly drinking song with an equally silly video, has climbed to the top... the pinnacle of popularity. Numero uno. Number 1 for this week on Mel's Weekly Top 20. Haven't heard a drinking song this funny since Hank Williams' "There a Tear in My Beer" and Don Ho's "Tiny Bubbles". This song is up there among "99 Bottles of Beer" as one of the funniest, and most memorable of drinking songs. A CMA in Toby Keith's future? Has he already won one? I certainly don't know.

By the way... I don't drink which makes this song way out of left field for me. Huh!

Elsewhere on the chart we see Katy Perry closing in on the top with her #3 record this week, "The One That Got Away". It's the follow-up to her immensely popular "Last Friday Night (TGIF)" hit single of last year which went to #2 on the year end Top 100 for 2011.

Nickelback's rocker "When We Stand Together" breaks into the top 10 this week at #9. It moves up from last week's #12 position. Good song. Should go higher.

Two song debut this week. At #19 we find the latest by Train called "Drive By". Entering at #20 this week are The Shins with "Simple Song". Both are great and should go high on this chart.

Songs That Went to #1 in 2012

Someone Like You - Adele
It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Run For Your Life - Matt Cardle

VIDEO EXTRAS

Showcase on Contemporary Country Music.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 22, 2012

The Ting Tings break into the top 10 with "Hang It Up".

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 22, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Someone Like You	Adele	2
2	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	1
3	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	7
4	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	3
5	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	6
6	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	9
7	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	8
8	Paradise	Coldplay	4
9	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	10
10	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	12
11	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	5
12	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	16
13	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	14
14	A Thousand Years	Christina Perri	17
15	Everybody Talks	Neon Trees	19
16	Starlight	Matt Cardle	20
17	In The Dark	Dev	11
18	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	13
19	Heart Attack	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	--
20	Do It Our Way (Play)	Alesha Dixon	--

CHART NOTES

Adele has hit the #1 position with her second single "Someone Like You". This song is a late comer to the Top 20 having peaked on many charts throughout the world. It is still listed on many others and remains a best selling single track in the online world. The track is taken from Adele's album 21.

Toby Keith's "Red Solo Cup", a funny, party country song moves up another 4 points from #7 to #3 this week. Could Adele's run at #1 be short lived? Check this chart next week to see where Toby Keith goes.

The Ting Tings' make it into the top 10 with their latest track. Checking in at #10 up 2 is "Hang It Up". It's video appears below. Good song.

Chart debuts this week from Asteroids Galaxy Tour and their latest "Heart Attack" at #19 (with "Major" still on at #11) and Alesha Dixon with "Doing It Our Way (Play)" at #20. Looks like these 2 tracks could be big hits on this chart.

FORMERLY @ #1

It Will Rain - Bruno Mars
Run For Your Life - Matt Cardle

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - Week of January 15, 2012

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 15, 2012.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	It Will Rain (2nd Week @ #1!)	Bruno Mars	1
2	Someone Like You	Adele	2
3	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	3
4	Paradise	Coldplay	4
5	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	6
6	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	8
7	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	11
8	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	10
9	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	17
10	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	13
11	In The Dark	Dev	5
12	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	14
13	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	7
14	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	15
15	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	9
16	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	18
17	A Thousand Years	Christina Perri	20
18	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	12
19	Everybody Talks	Neon Trees	--
20	Starlight	Matt Cardle	--

CHART NOTES

Bruno Mars holds the #1 spot for the 2nd week with his latest hit, "It Will Rain". I don't know if it is the perfect song for the rainy season or not, but I am sure fame and fortune is not raining on Mars' career!

Big movers of the week include Toby Keith as his hit "Red Solo Cup" moves up 4 from #11 to break into the top 10 at #7. This is one of the most funny country songs I've heard.

Another big mover is Katy Perry. Her latest single off the Teenage Dream album moves up 8 points from #17 to #9 this week. Can this go to #1 as her last hit "Last Friday Night (TGIF)"?

Two songs make their debut on the top 20. The latest from Neon Trees bows in at #19 this week. Sounds like "Everybody Talks" could be another biggie for this rock group from Utah. Debuting at #20 is "Starlight" by Matt Cardle. It's his second single to make it to the top 20. His first, "Run For Your Life" peaked at #1 in December and is still on the chart this week at #3.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 8, 2012

Mel's Weekly Top 20

Week of January 8, 2012

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	2
2	Someone Like You	Adele	3
3	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	1
4	Paradise	Coldplay	4
5	In The Dark	Dev	5
6	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	7
7	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	8
8	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	9
9	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	6
10	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	11
11	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	17
12	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	12
13	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	14
14	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	16
15	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	15
16	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	10
17	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	19
18	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	20
19	Tainted Love	Imelda May	13
20	A Thousand Years	Christina Perri	--

CHART NOTES

Bruno Mars goes to #1 with his latest single "It Will Rain". The song moves up from #2 after spending several weeks there. Following Mars is Adele with her single "Someone Like You" which moves up one point from #3 to #2. Will she make it to #1? Her last single, "Rolling in the Deep" got only as far as #2 on the Weekly Top 20 last year. That song however dominated other charts for most of 2011.

Elsewhere on the chart most songs only got minimal upward movement, or none at all. The song that makes the most significant move up for the week is Toby Keith's novelty country tune, "Red Solo Cup", which in its 3rd week on this chart, bolts from #17 to #11. Top 10 is definite by next week. See the video below. It's funny.

The only debut song this week is by Christina Perri. It's called "A Thousand Years" and makes it at the #20 spot. Ms. Perri has enjoyed much chart success here. Her last charted single, "Jar of Hearts" got as high as #8 in 2010 and the follow-up single "Arms" did not make the top 20 last year.

Matt Cardle's "Run For Your Life" has dropped from #1 to #3. This should have been a bigger hit on other charts and U.S. radio. Unfortunately it has yet to click with U.S. audiences. Looks like the song may be on its way out.

VIDEO EXTRAS

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - January 1, 2012

Coldplay live on BBC 1. 2011. "Paradise" currently #4.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of January 1, 2012.

Happy New Year. Welcome to the 2012 year of the Weekly Top 20.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Run For Your Life (3rd Week @ #1!)	Matt Cardle	1
2	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	2
3	Someone Like You	Adele	4
4	Paradise	Coldplay	3
5	In The Dark	Dev	6
6	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	5
7	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	7
8	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	8
9	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	10
10	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	9
11	Marry The Night	Lady Gaga	11
12	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	13
13	Tainted Love	Imelda May	14
14	The Walk	Mayer Hawthorne	16
15	Sweeter	Gavin DeGraw	15
16	Hang It Up	The Ting Tings	17
17	Red Solo Cup	Toby Keith	20
18	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	12
19	The One That Got Away	Katy Perry	--
20	When We Stand Together	Nickelback	--

CHART NOTES

Matt Cardle holds on to the #1 spot with "Run For Your Life" for a 3rd week in a row. Bruno Mars holds at #2 with "It Will Rain" for another week. Moving up to #3 we find Adele with "Someone Like You". Coldplay holds down the #4 song with their former #1 "Paradise," which also turned out to be the #1 song of the year on Mel's Weekly Top 20 Top 100 Hits of 2011 chart. Check it out.

Dev creeps into the top 5 with "In the Dark", up from last week's #6.

Most of the other songs on the chart notched small one or two point gains from the previous week.

The song that moves the most is "Red Solo Cup" by Toby Keith, a country song that moves from #20 to #17 this week. It's a fun song that crossed over from the country side.

Two debut songs include Katy's Perry's "The One That Got Away" at #19 while Nickelback bows in at #20 with "When We Stand Together".

What were the top hits of 2011? Click the graphic above.