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Monday, January 30, 2012

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.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Chaotic Five: Classic Rock Lives in Hawaii

There is hope rock still lives in the next generation. Caught a free Ala Moana Shopping Center concert featuring these pint size rockers who excel in musicianship and can belt out the classic rock tunes with the best of them. They're Chaotic Five, billed as Hawaii's youngest classic rock band.

Young they are. Most of them seem to be just around 10 years old... maybe younger. The songs they sing are decades older than they. Last night's set included covers of Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," Heart's "Barracuda," Guns n Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine", Blondie's "Call Me" and Journey's "Separate Ways" and "Anyway You Want It". Wow. They rock.

Check the video links below:

More Links:

Chaotic Five on YouTube

Chaotic Five on Facebook