Mel’s Current Top 20
June 26, 2022: CHART NOTES
Two big movers leap 10 points in their second week. The first is "Catalonia" by Vance Joy, up from #19 to #9. Right behind him is the revival track of "Running Up That Hill," from Kate Bush, also up ten from #20 last week to #10 this week.
Right behind them is Envy of None with "Never Say I Love You" which was #18 last week and now #11 this week.
Two debut songs: "Break My Soul," the latest from Beyoncé is at #19. The lyric video for that is below. The showcase video this week is from Demi Lovato. It's her rock track "Skin of My Teeth, " first week on at #20.
THE CURRENT TOP 20 CHART
| TW | Song Title | Artist | LW |
| 1 | Hurricane | Cannons | 1 |
| 2 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals | 3 |
| 3 | My Love | Florence + The Machine | 4 |
| 4 | Hold My Hand | Lady Gaga | 2 |
| 5 | Bones | Imagine Dragons | 5 |
| 6 | Out of Time | The Weeknd | 7 |
| 7 | This Hell | Rina Sawayama | 10 |
| 8 | Enemy | Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. | 6 |
| 9 | Catalonia | Vance Joy | 19 |
| 10 | Running Up That Hill | Kate Bush | 20 |
| 11 | Never Say I Love You | Envy of None | 18 |
| 12 | 2Step | Ed Sheeran | 8 |
| 13 | No One Dies From Love | Tove Lo | 15 |
| 14 | Jiggle Jiggle | Duke & Jones & | 12 |
| 15 | One Life | Ed Sheeran | 17 |
| 16 | About Damn Time | Lizzo | 9 |
| 17 | When You're Gone | Shawn Mendes | 11 |
| 18 | Western Wind | Carly Rae Jepsen | 13 |
| 19 | Break My Soul | Beyonce | new |
| 20 | Skin of My Teeth | Demi Lovato | new |
For Beyoncé, we only have the lyric video for her chart debut.
Significant Songs You Don't Care About
As of June 16, 2022.
| TW | Song Title | Artist | LW |
| 1 | Hurricane | Cannons | 1 |
| 2 | Hold My Hand | Lady Gaga | 2 |
| 3 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals | 4 |
| 4 | My Love | Florence + The Machine | 6 |
| 5 | Bones | Imagine Dragons | 5 |
| 6 | Enemy | Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. | 3 |
| 7 | Out of Time | The Weeknd | 8 |
| 8 | 2Step | Ed Sheeran | 9 |
| 9 | About Damn Time | Lizzo | 7 |
| 10 | This Hell | Rina Sawayama | 13 |
| 11 | When You're Gone | Shawn Mendes | 11 |
| 12 | Jiggle Jiggle | Duke & Jones & Louis Theroux | 14 |
| 13 | Western Wind | Carly Rae Jepsen | 12 |
| 14 | Strange | Miranda Lambert | 15 |
| 15 | No One Dies From Love | Tove Lo | 16 |
| 16 | As It Was | Harry Styles | 10 |
| 17 | One Life | Ed Sheeran | 19 |
| 18 | Never Say I Love You | Envy of None | 20 |
| 19 | Catalonia | Vance Joy | new |
| 20 | Running Up That Hill | Kate Bush | new |
CHART NOTES
Cannons hold at #1 for a second week with "Hurricane," a track from their album Fever Dream. Lady Gaga's former #1 hit "Hold My Hand" from the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack album holds at #2 this week.
As stated at the top of this post Rina Sawayama released a new video to her current hit "This Hell, " which moves up this chart from #13 to #10.
One of my favorite new songs this week is "Catalonia" by Vance Joy making its debut at #19.
Our second debut song is more than 30 years old. The Netflix TV series Stranger Things which I have never watched is responsible for the revival of this great oldie from Kate Bush... "Running Up That Hill" makes a very late debut to this chart just like the revival of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" back in 2020. "Running Up That Hill" originally came out in 1985. Wow!
I am all for old songs making a chart comeback when new audiences discover them.
Mel’s Current Top 20
Significant Songs You Don't Care About
This is last week's chart....
As of June 9, 2022.
| TW | Song Title | Artist | LW |
| 1 | Hurricane | Cannons | 3 |
| 2 | Hold My Hand | Lady Gaga | 1 |
| 3 | Enemy | Imagine Dragons x J.I.D. | 2 |
| 4 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals | 5 |
| 5 | Bones | Imagine Dragons | 4 |
| 6 | My Love | Florence + The Machine | 7 |
| 7 | About Damn Time | Lizzo | 6 |
| 8 | Out of Time | The Weeknd | 9 |
| 9 | 2Step | Ed Sheeran | 10 |
| 10 | As It Was | Harry Styles | 8 |
| 11 | When You're Gone | Shawn Mendes | 13 |
| 12 | Western Wind | Carly Rae Jepsen | 12 |
| 13 | This Hell | Rina Sawayama | 15 |
| 14 | Jiggle Jiggle | Duke & Jones & Louis Theroux | 16 |
| 15 | Strange | Miranda Lambert | 17 |
| 16 | No One Dies From Love | Tove Lo | 19 |
| 17 | Zick Zack | Rammstein | 11 |
| 18 | Bloodrush | The Amazons | 18 |
| 19 | One Life | Ed Sheeran | new |
| 20 | Never Say I Love You | Envy of None | new |
The Hawaii Island Music Report #1 - June 1, 1991.
Radio Free Hawaii was a Honolulu/ Oahu based radio station broadcasting on KDEO 102.7FM through a time brokerage agreement with then station owner Robert Loew and operated by "Sheriff" Norm Winter who also owned Jelly's Books and Music at the time. The station was in operation from 1991 to 1997 with a brief hiatus and format change for a few months in late 1994.
The core of the radio station's programming came in from weekly votes sent in by the listeners. The votes were compiled and a playlist was presented every Saturday morning during the station's run through most of the 1990s. It assured that the station would present a very eclectic mix of music ranging from rock, pop, alternative, metal to hip hop, oldies, reggae, country, Hawaiian, and even classical.
During the countdown show, the "Song Discovery of the Week" would be recognized. The most hated song of the week would also be "sledgehammered off the air forever" by Sheriff Norm Winter.
If you like this, I will occasionally be posting some of the Radio Free Hawaii charts as well as a corresponding Spotify playlist.
The following chart, video and Spotify link is the first of several that we will be presenting on this blog. Enjoy!
| 1. | I Wanna Sex You Up | Color Me Badd |
| 2. | Never Gonna Let You Down | Surface |
| 3. | Unbelievable | E.M.F. |
| 4. | Fuck the Police | N.W.A. |
| 5. | Iesha | Another Bad Creation |
| 6. | Do You Want Me | Salt N Pepa |
| 7. | More Than Words | Extreme |
| 8. | Hard To Find | Star Williams |
| 9. | Masese | Kapena |
| 10. | Right Here Right Now | Jesus Jones |
| 11. | One | Metallica |
| 12. | Talkin' Blues | Bob Marley & The Wailers |
| 13. | Baby Baby | Amy Grant |
| 14. | Lover's Moon | Butch Helemano |
| 15. | Burn Baby Burn | 2 Black 2 Strong |
| 16. | I'll Be Waiting | The Tamlins |
| 17. | Kailua Kona | Ho'Aikane |
| 18. | Stop | Jane's Addiction |
| 19. | Jane Says | Jane's Addiction |
| 20. | Fade To Black | Metallica |
| 21. | Strange Love (live) | Depeche Mode |
| 22. | Close To Me (remix) | The Cure |
| 23. | Been Caught Stealing | Jane's Addiction |
| 24. | Promise Me | Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 25. | Losing My Religion | R.E.M. |
| 26. | Dead Skin Mask | Slayer |
| 27. | I Like The Way | Hi Five |
| 28. | Hanger 18 | Megadeath |
| 29. | Thieves | Ministry |
| 30. | Written All Over Your Face | Rude Boys |
| 31. | Bad Boys | Inner Circle |
| 32. | Man In The Box | Alice in Chains |
| 33. | Ready to Go | Broken Silence |
| 34. | Playground | Another Bad Creation |
| 35. | Crushed | Cocteau Twins |
| 36. | There She Goes | The La's |
