Christmas Song of the Day #25 - All I Want For Christmas is You - Mariah Carey

Christmas Song of the Day #25 - All I Want For Christmas is You - Mariah Carey

One of the most popular and successful Christmas songs ever is Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas is You". The song has been a huge hit since its release in 1994. Carey included it on her first Christmas album and it has re-appeared on another Christmas album as well as one of her compilation albums.

Surprisingly "All I Want For Christmas is You" was never released as a "single" on a 45 rpm record, CD single or cassette. It was an album track that got tons of airplay since the early days, enough for it to chart on Billboard's specialty holiday charts before a rules change (streaming) finally made it eligible to be published to the Billboard Hot 100. Between 1994 and 2019, "All I Want For Christmas is You" hit various positions on several Billboard charts. It was not until 2019 and early this year, that "All I Want For Christmas" topped the Hot 100 at #1 for the first time. It has the distinction of being the longest span between a song's initial release and hitting its peak at #1....25 years!

Last week "All I Want For Christmas is You" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 again, leaping from the #42 position the week before. Streaming and some digital sales have spiked the huge move. On this week's chart, the song slips to #2 as Taylor Swift's latest single "Willow" make its debut at #1 the first week on the chart.

"All I Want For Christmas is You" has been covered by other artists numerous times over. Some of the cover songs appear below. Have a Merry Christmas!

Cumulative Playlist

Nov. 29 - "Mary Did You Know" - Mat and Savanna Shaw
Nov. 30 - "Being Home For Christmas (2020 version)" - Ivan & Alyosha
Dec. 1 - "Take Me Home For Christmas" - Dan + Shay
Dec. 2 - "Mele Kalikimaka Medley" - Kapena
Dec. 3 - "Rockin 'Round the Christmas Tree" - Brenda Lee
Dec. 4 - "Holidays" - Meghan Trainor featuring Earth, Wind & Fire
Dec. 5 - "12 Days of Christmas" - Pentatonix
Dec. 6 - "O Come All Ye Faithful" - Mat and Savanna Shaw
Dec. 7 - "Oh Santa!" - Mariah Carey featuring Arianne Grande & Jennifer Hudson
Dec. 8 - "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" - John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band
Dec. 9 - "I Believe in Father Christmas" - U2
Dec. 10 - "Blue Christmas" - Elvis Presley
Dec. 11 - "Darling Please Come Home" - Joanne Staples
Dec. 12 - "Mary Did You Know" - One Voice Children's Choir
Dec. 13 - "Christmas Canon" - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Dec. 14 - "Little Saint Nick" - The Beach Boys
Dec. 15 - "Christmas Lu'au" - Kimi Miner and Paula Fuga - Live at Blue Planet Sound
Dec. 16 - "Lit This Year" - Florida Georgia Line
Dec. 17 - "Run Rudolph Run" - Chuck Berry
Dec. 18 - "Here This Christmas" - Gwen Stefani
Dec. 19 - "Candy Cane Lane" - Sia
Dec. 20 - "Carol of the Bells" - Libera
Dec. 21 - "O Holy Night" - Willie K
Dec. 22 - "Last Christmas" - Scott Bradless/Post Modern Jukebox
Dec. 23 - "All I Want For Christmas is You" - Mariah Carey

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Give Me Fucking Zen - Ha Ha Ha

The line chorus line in this week's highest debuting song goes like this: "Someone give me fucking Zen". So it goes with X Ambassadors latest single which will probably not get that much airplay due to the unfriendly to radio lyrics. For your viewing and listening curiosity, we present the video along with the last two charts that are posted for Mel's Current Top 20.

As of June 12, 2020.
As of June 4, 2020.

Lady Gaga and Ariana Grandé have a huge hit with "Rain on Me".

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 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.

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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 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 - 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 - December 4, 2011

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of December 4, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Paradise (6th Week @ #1!)	Coldplay	1
2	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	2
3	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	3
4	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	5
5	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	9
6	In The Dark	Dev	7
7	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	8
8	Someone Like You	Adele	10
9	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	19
10	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	4
11	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	12
12	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	6
13	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	15
14	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	16
15	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	17
16	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	20
17	Marry The Night	Lady GaGa	--
18	Domino	Jessie J	11
19	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	13
20	Princess Of China	Coldplay & Rihanna	--

CHART NOTES

Coldplay holds on to #1 for a 6th consecutive week with their hit "Paradise". The single is the 2nd off their albumMylo Xyloto, which I recently purchased and found to be very good. The album also contains their 3rd single, "Princess of China", featuring Rihanna. That track makes its debut this week at #20. So Coldplay and Rihanna have two songs in the top 20.

The other artist with 2 songs on the top 20 is Foster the People who's comeback hit "Pumped Up Kicks" rises to #7 this week from #8. "Pumped Up Kicks" spent several weeks on the chart earlier this year, peaked at #2 for a few weeks, and then dropped off. Five weeks ago it re-entered the chart and has worked its way steadily up. Also on the chart moving up from #17 to #15 is their track "Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)". That song was used recently in a Nissan car commercial... hence its new found popularity.

Rihanna is holding steady at #3 for another week with her smash hit "We Found Love". Holding at #2 for another week is Zee Avi and "The Book of Morris Johnson". Will any of these songs climb higher and into the #1 spot? Time will tell.

Big movers this week include Matt Cardle who's debut single "Run For Your Life" jumps from #9 to #5 this week.

The biggest gainer of the week is by Bruno Mars. His latest track "It Will Rain" bolts 10 points up from its debut of last week at #19 to #9 this week. Could be a real biggie for Hawaii born and raised Mars.

Two debut tracks this week include "Marry the Night" by Lady GaGa at #17 and the previously mentioned "Princess of China" by Coldplay and Rihanna at #20.

Dropoffs from the chart this week were "You And I" by Lady GaGa and "Not Over You" by Gavin DeGraw.

VIDEO SHOWCASE EXTRAS - COLDPLAY

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - November 27, 2011

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of November 27, 2011

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Paradise (5th Week @ #1!)	Coldplay	1
2	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	3
3	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	4
4	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	2
5	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	6
6	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	5
7	In The Dark	Dev	10
8	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	9
9	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	13
10	Someone Like You	Adele	14
11	Domino	Jessie J	11
12	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	12
13	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	7
14	You And I	Lady Gaga	8
15	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	17
16	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	19
17	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	20
18	Not Over You	Gavin DeGraw	15
19	It Will Rain	Bruno Mars	--
20	Big In Japan (Single Edit)	Martin Solveig ft Dragonette & Idoling	--

CHART NOTES

Coldplay holds on to #1 for a 5th week in a row with their smash hit "Paradise". The song joins a growing list of #1 tracks that held on to the top spot for more than 4 weeks this year. They include the Foo Fighters' "Rope",Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" and Dengue Fever's "Cement Slippers". One of these songs will become the 2011 song of the year based on chart performance and longevity at the #1 position. That chart will be compiled by the end of the year.

Alexandra Stan breaks into the top 5 with her dance oriented hit "Mr. Saxobeat". The song moves up from #6 last week to #5 this week.

New in the top 10 are Matt Cardle and his hit "Run For Your Life" up from #13 to #9 and Adele's "Someone Like You" up from #14 to #10. Both a great pop singles, Adele's being a late arrival to the top 20.

The 2 debut tracks this week are by Bruno Mars and Martin Solveig. Mars is at #19 with "It Will Rain" while Solveig debuts at #20 with "Big in Japan". We'll see how these songs do over the next few weeks.

Former Number One Songs from 2011:

Rope - Foo Fighters
Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat
Last Friday Night (TGIF) - Katy Perry
Tonight's the Kind of Night - Noah & the Whale
The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Sad Song - The Cars
Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift
Grenade - Bruno Mars
We No Speak Americano - Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup

VIDEO EXTRAS - Zee Avi

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - November 20, 2011.

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of November 20, 2011

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Paradise (4th week @ #1!)	Coldplay	1
2	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	3
3	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	4
4	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	5
5	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	6
6	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	7
7	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	8
8	You And I	Lady GaGa	2
9	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	10
10	In The Dark	Dev	11
11	Domino	Jessie J	12
12	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	13
13	Run For Your Life	Matt Cardle	18
14	Someone Like You	Adele	19
15	Not Over You	Gavin DeGraw	15
16	Rope	Foo Fighters	9
17	Major	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour	20
18	Good Life	OneRepublic	14
19	Show Me The Way	The Cranberries	--
20	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)	Foster The People	--

CHART NOTES

Coldplay holds at the #1 spot with "Paradise" for the 4th week in a row.

In the top 5 we see incremental moves up one point each for the following songs: "Blackout" by Breathe Carolinafrom #3 to #2; "The Book of Morris Johnson" by Zee Avi up from #4 to #3; "We Found Love" by Rihanna up from #5 to #4; and "What the Water Gave Me" by Florence + the Machine up from #6 to #5.

The trend continues: Up one from #7 to #6 we find Alexandra Stan with "Mr. Saxobeat". Right behind her isCobra Starship feat. Sabi with "You Make Me Feel" up a point from #8 to #7.

Someone had to drop to accommodate these one point gains. That fell upon Lady GaGa whose "You and I" has apparently peaked at #2 for a few weeks before taking a 6 point fall this week down to #8.

Elsewhere: Big movers up this week include "Run For Your Life" by Matt Cardle up 5 from #18 to #13 and "Someone Like You" by Adele up from #19 to #14.

The two songs making a debut includes the apparent comeback hit by The Cranberries called "Show Me the Way" at #19 and Foster the People's "Don't Stop (Color On The Walls)" at #20. The latter was recently used in a Nissan Versa commercial. Foster the People also has "Pumped Up Kicks" moving up again from #10 to #9 this week.

BONUS VIDEOS

"Paradise" is still a great song that holds at #1 this week.



Caro Emerald is still enjoying great success in Europe.

Mel's Weekly Top 20 - November 6, 2011

Mel's Weekly Top 20
Week of November 6, 2011.

This Week	Title	Artist	Last Week
1	Paradise (2nd week @ #1!)	Coldplay	1
2	You And I	Lady GaGa	2
3	Blackout	Breathe Carolina	4
4	The Book Of Morris Johnson	Zee Avi	5
5	Rope	Foo Fighters	3
6	We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)	Rihanna	11
7	What The Water Gave Me	Florence + The Machine	7
8	Mr. Saxobeat	Alexandra Stan	12
9	Good Life	OneRepublic	6
10	You Make Me Feel	Cobra Starship feat. Sabi	13
11	The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie	Red Hot Chili Peppers	8
12	Only Love	Anggun	9
13	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	19
14	Don't Gotta Work It Out	Fitz & The Tantrums	16
15	Domino	Jessie J	20
16	We Owned The Night	Lady Antebellum	10
17	Not Over You	Gavin DeGraw	17
18	In The Dark	Dev	--
19	Drown	Carolina Liar	14
20	Mr. Know It All	Kelly Clarkson	15

CHART NOTES

Coldplay holds on to the #1 spot for a 2nd straight week with "Paradise". This is the 2nd single off their latest album Mylo Xyloto. They charted earlier this year with "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall." That track peaked at #2.

Speaking of number 2's, we find Lady GaGa holding at #2 for a 2nd week with her single "You And I". It has been a steady rise for this track over the weeks. Can the lady crack the #1 spot next week?

Rising in the top 10 we find "Blackout" by Breathe Carolina going up from #4 to #3, Zee Avi's "The Book of Morris Johnson" up another notch from #5 to #4 and Rihana making a 5 point jump from #11 to #6 with her latest hit, "We Found Love". Also jumping into the top 10 Alexandra Stan and her hit "Mr. Saxobeat", up from #12 to #8; and "You Make Me Feel" by Cobra Starship feat. Sabi moving up 3 from #13 to #10.

Lots of droppers this week including "Rope" by Foo Fighters going down from #3 to #5; "Good Life" byOneRepublic losing 3 from #6 to #9; "Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" by Red Hot Chili Peppers also losing 3, down from #8 to #11; Anggun's "Only Love" down from #9 to #12; and a big huge drop by Lady Antebellum as "We Owned the Night" drops from #10 to #16.

Biggest gainer? Last week's comeback record by Foster the People: "Pumped Up Kicks", a former #2 hit debut again last week at #19 -- moves up to #13 this week. Six point gain. 

Jessie J.'s "Domino" gains 5 moving from its debut at #20 to #15. Newest track to debut is by Dev. It's called "In the Dark" and comes in for the first time at #18.

Former Number One Songs from 2011:

Rope - Foo Fighters
Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat
Last Friday Night (TGIF) - Katy Perry
Tonight's the Kind of Night - Noah & the Whale
The Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Sad Song - The Cars
Hello (Radio Edit) - Martin Solveig & Dragonette
Cement Slippers - Dengue Fever
Price Tag - Jessie J
Down By The Water - The Decemberists
Back to December - Taylor Swift
Grenade - Bruno Mars
We No Speak Americano - Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup