Personal Charts: 8/8/11 - 8/14/11

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lw tw wk pp Artist - Title
01 01 11 01 The Joy Formidable - Whirring (7 weeks at #1)
03 02 13 02 Owl City - Deer In The Headlights
05 03 11 03 TV On The Radio - Will Do
02 04 15 01 Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away
04 05 18 03 The Naked & Famous - Punching In A Dream
07 06 23 06 The Script - For The First Time
08 07 12 07 Bad Meets Evil - Fast Lane
10 08 10 08 The Cars - Sad Song
09 09 13 09 Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
06 10 15 03 A Silent Film - Driven By Their Beating Hearts
13 11 08 11 The Naked & Famous - All Of This
14 12 07 12 Two Door Cinema Club - Come Back Home
11 13 22 02 Adele - Rolling In The Deep
12 14 13 07 Chris Brown f/Benny Benassi - Beautiful People
18 15 10 15 My Chemical Romance - Bulletproof Heart
22 16 03 16 Switchfoot - Dark Horses
15 17 12 15 Martin Solveig f/Dragonette - Hello
20 18 08 18 Cee-Lo Green - Bright Lights Bigger City
17 19 11 16 LMFAO f/Lauren Bennett & GoonRock - Party Rock Anthem
23 20 05 20 10 Years - Fix Me
19 21 13 19 Hollywood Undead - Coming Back Down
16 22 15 10 Atomic Tom - Take Me Out
25 23 08 23 OneRepublic - Good Life
26 24 09 24 Foo Fighters - Arlandria
24 25 11 24 Skillet - Awake & Alive
28 26 08 26 Train - Save Me, San Francisco
29 27 06 27 Foo Fighters - Walk
21 28 15 06 Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know
33 29 05 29 Rise Against - Make It Stop (September's Children)
34 30 05 30 Paramore - Monster
27 31 28 04 Girl Talk - Steady Shock
32 32 11 32 Cake - Long Time
31 33 10 27 Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory
37 34 04 34 311 - Sunset In July
30 35 22 04 Wiz Khalifa - Roll Up
38 36 10 36 Girl Talk - Down For The Count
45 37 04 37 Maroon 5 f/Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger
35 38 14 20 Foo Fighters - Rope
42 39 14 33 Decemberists - This Is Why We Fight
43 40 06 40 The Band Perry - If I Die Young
46 41 02 41 Linkin Park - Iridescent
44 42 04 42 Sublime With Rome - Panic
DE 43 01 43 A Silent Film - Thirteen Times The Strength
36 44 17 10 Lupe Fiasco - The Show Goes On
DE 45 01 45 Afrojack f/Eva Simons - Take Over Control
DE 46 01 46 Two Door Cinema Club - Do You Want It All
DE 47 01 47 Florence & The Machine - You've Got The Love
39 48 28 01 The Naked & Famous - Young Blood
40 49 09 39 Nicki Minaj - Did It On'em
49 50 06 38 Korn f/Skrillex - Get Up

#1-10:

• The Joy Formidable reignite the discussion of whether any song can match or surpass the current "weeks at #1" record (9 for "Bring Me To Life". Next week is going to be very close between "Whirring" and "Will Do" (Owl City will most likely have to settle for a #2 peak). However, in 3 weeks I'll be seeing TJF as one of several bands at The End's "Summer Camp" show. A live "Whirring" performance is almost sure to boost the song back up to #1 from wherever it may be. So next week may determine whether or not it can tie the weeks-at-#1 record.
  
• "For The First Time" is still churning along, still bulleted in its 23rd week. I know I said otherwise a few weeks ago, but there's a shot at the top 5 for this -- and at this point, possibly a top-20 year-end slot waiting for it.

#11-20:

• It's 2006/2007 all over again!
  (1) "Bulletproof Heart" looks to have a fairly clear road to the top 10 in the next few weeks. MCR's "Sing" looked like a cinch earlier this year, but slowed pretty quickly. They haven't hit the top 10 since "Famous Last Words" in 2007.
  (2) After this "Will Do"/"Whirring" mess gets sorted out, Switchfoot are the odds-on favorite to make it back on top for the first time since "Politicians" and "Happy Is A Yuppie Word" both finished in 2006's year-end top 20.
  (3) At least MCR and Switchfoot have had hits in the past 4 years before now, though. "Fix Me" is 10 Years' first charting single at all since "Through The Iris" hit #5 in 2006 (I think; there were also a couple album tracks that made it, too), and here it is in the top 20 in just 5 weeks.
• TDCC and TNAF continue their steady rises, poised to grab their 4th and 3rd straight top-10 hits next week, respectively.

#21-40:[/b]

• Not much action here. A few of these will hit the top 20, but I don't see any of them getting to the top 10. I guess it's noteworthy to note the quirk of Cake's "Long Time" spending its 4th straight week at #32, the past 3 unbulleted.

#41-50:[/b]

• I did my roughly-every-2-months playlist refresh this past week. The first immediate beneficiary is an artist who's had a #1 hit before (surprise, surprise). "You've Got The Love" is likely to outpeak any song currently in the 21-40 range. For that matter, the A Silent Film and Two Door Cinema Club debuts are too. "TTTS" is a worthy track to continue their top-20 string; top-10 is TBD.
• But boy, look at TDCC go! They've got a fifth "single" on here with the quickness, just 6 weeks after "Come Back Home" debuted. Don't count against "Undercover Martyn" rounding things out late this year, although it would probably end any top-10 streak they might have going. By that time, I'd be hoping for a new album pretty soon, anyway.

[a Nick O!]

NICK’S TOP 40

August 10, 2011

01. 01. Avenged Sevenfold “So Far Away” [#1(15), 55w]
02. 02. Rise Against "Make It Stop (September's Children)" [#2(2), 10w]
04. 03. All That Remains "The Last Time" [#3(3t), 10w]
03. 04. Linkin Park "Iridescent" [#2(7), 38tw]
09. 05. Cage the Elephant "Around My Head" [#5, 7w]
05. 06. Lupe Fiasco featuring Trey Songz "Out of My Head" [#5, 19w]
06. 07. Paramore "Monster" [#5(3t), 9w]
08. 08. The Joy Formidable "Whirring" [#8(3), 9w]
11. 09. Red Hot Chili Peppers "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" [#9, 3w]
07. 10. Foo Fighters "Dear Rosemary" [#7, 7w]
10. 11. Beastie Boys “Long Burn the Fire” [#7(3), 13w]
14. 12. 311 "Sunset in July" [#12, 4w]
--- 13. The Lonely Island featuring Akon “I Just Had Sex” (RE-ENTRY) [#3, 8tw]
12. 14. The Naked and Famous "Young Blood" [#4, 21w]
13. 15. Beastie Boys featuring Santigold "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" [#13(3), 11w]
15. 16. Beastie Boys "Make Some Noise" [#2(2), 15w]
16. 17. Deerhunter "Desire Lines" [#16(2), 18tw]
17. 18. Beastie Boys “OK” [#14, 11w]
28. 19. Staind "Not Again" [#19, 4w]
30. 20. Wiz Khalifa featuring Too $hort "On My Level" [#20, 3w]
31. 21. Big K.R.I.T. featuring Ludacris & Bun B "Country Sh*t (Remix)" [#21, 3w]
21. 22. Middle Class Rut "Busy Bein' Born" [#21, 5w]
20. 23. My Morning Jacket "Holdin' on to Black Metal" [#20, 5tw]
--- 24. The Lonely Island “We’re Back!” (RE-ENTRY) [#2(2), 10tw]
18. 25. Beastie Boys “Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament” [#15, 11w]
19. 26. Avenged Sevenfold "Welcome to the Family" [#1(15t), 55w]
27. 27. Cold "Wicked World" [#27(2), 2w]
29. 28. blink-182 "Up All Night" [#28, 3w]
--- 29. The Lonely Island featuring Michael Bolton “Jack Sparrow” (DEBUT) [Turtleneck & Chain]
--- 30. The Lonely Island “Threw It on the Ground” (RE-ENTRY) [#18, 4tw]
--- 31. The Lonely Island “Mama” (RE-ENTRY) [#20, 3tw]
24. 32. Foster the People "Helena Beat" [#21, 5w]
25. 33. The Naked and Famous “Punching in a Dream” [#22, 5w]
22. 34. Adele "Rolling in the Deep" [#16, 13tw]
--- 35. Taking Back Sunday “Cute Without the ‘E’ (Cut from the Team)” (DEBUT) [Tell All Your Friends]
26. 36. Avenged Sevenfold “Buried Alive” [#3, 36tw]
--- 37. Manchester Orchestra “Simple Math” (DEBUT) [Simple Math]
23. 38. 30 Seconds to Mars "Night of the Hunter" [#4(2), 39tw]
33. 39. Cold “So Long June” [#33, 2w]
35. 40. Cold “American Dream” [#35, 2w]

Falling off:
Foo Fighters “I Should Have Known”
Beastie Boys “Say It”
My Morning Jacket “Victory Dance”
Volbeat "Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood"
The National "Conversation 16"
My Chemical Romance "Bulletproof Heart"
Interpol "Try It On"

The Contenders:
38. 41. My Morning Jacket “Victory Dance” [#38, 1w]
--- 42. Washed Out “Amor Fati”
--- 43. The Horrors “Still Life”
44. 44. TV on the Radio "Will Do" [#29, 5w]
39. 45. Beastie Boys “Say It” [#27, 3w]
54. 46. Jason Derülo "Don't Wanna Go Home" (46)
36. 47. The National "Conversation 16" [#1(4), 33tw]
34. 48. My Chemical Romance "Bulletproof Heart" [#4, 19w]
32. 49. Interpol "Try It On" [#19, 4w]
50. 50. Skid Row “Monkey Business” [#32, 2w]
58. 51. Coldplay "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" (45)
46. 52. Foster the People “Pumped Up Kicks” [#16, 12tw]
--- 53. Adele “Rumour Has It”
--- 54. Adele “Someone Like You”
47. 55. Skid Row "Slave to the Grind" [#30, 2w]
52. 56. Incubus "Adolescents" [#22, 6w]
--- 57. Jane’s Addiction “Irresistible Force”
--- 58. Black Lips “New Direction”
--- 59. The National “Exile, Villify”
--- 60. The Devil Wears Prada “Escape”[/color]

Nick's Notes:
#1:
This week is interesting because while both "So Far Away" and "Welcome to the Family" have the record for the most weeks on the chart among current songs, they are now also tied for the most weeks at #1. Not only that, I just realized that with The National's "Conversation 16" falling off this week, those are the only two songs left on the chart that have logged any time at #1. (And it looks like Linkin Park's "Waiting for the End" is the only other song that's even been to #1 so far this year.)

1-10:
I have no clue what the next #1 will be. It seems like "So Far Away," "Make It Stop," and "The Last Time" all have about the same amount of life left in them, and soon local radio support will dry up for "Around My Head," if it hasn't already. A shame, because that song otherwise has the most momentum of any song on the chart this week. So we'll see what happens.

11-20:
The Lonely Island songs reappear after hearing them in the car with friends two weeks ago, which stoked the inspiration to give Turtleneck & Chain a studious listen this past week. Not counting "Out of My Head," which I loved immediately as an album cut, I'm excited that, while I'm a little late on both "On My Level" and "Country Sh*t," I at least have a couple of non-crossover hip hop songs to throw my support behind.

21-30:
Surprised that "Wicked World" and "Up All Night" are having some difficulty getting started.

31-40:
"Helena Beat" and "Punching in a Dream" are far from done (I just haven't found time to play them on my iPod lately), but thus far, I've been the only one putting in work for them, since they're still too new for evident radio support. "Cute Without the 'E'" appears (yes, for the first time), inspired by Taking Back Sunday's recent cover story/oral history for Alternative Press and thus, re-evaluating Tell All Your Friends (better, but still overrated), with hopefully time to listen to my thus-far untouched copies of their subsequent albums. "Simple Math" appears because I finally opened up the album last week (due to their pending show) and have kept it in the car ever since. "So Long June" and "American Dream" only lose ground due to all The Lonely Island songs.

Contenders (41-50):
Washed Out is a new favorite of The Girl's, with "Amor Fati" being a free download recently. She may very well like the Horrors, too, but I got myself into their song, being offered as a free download this past week. Surprisingly caught "Don't Wanna Go Home" on the radio 2-3 times this past week, which was shocking, since it's currently going down in flames. Those Skid Row songs charted recently, inspired by a recent Revolver issue. They're from their second album, which I've had for 11 years but never took to nearly as much as their first disc.

Contenders (51-60):
Sadly, "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" just isn't as compelling as nearly every single they've had in the past six years or so. "New Direction" was a free download recently. The Black Lips are a favorite of The Girl's and we saw them live last week. "Exile, Villify" just had a pair of fan-outsourced videos premiere this week. Finally, I recently downloaded The Devil Wears Prada's EP from last fall on an impulse. It's the most respectable music they've made to date, boding well for their upcoming album. Thanks for reading.

[Mega248]

Eth's top 50
August 13, 2011

03 02 01 PENDULUM "Witchcraft"(#1, 1 week)[15]
02 01 02 LADY GAGA "The Edge of Glory"(#1, 1 week)[14]
05 04 03 CEE LO GREEN f/ WIZ KHALIFA "Bright Lights Bigger City"(#3)[8]
06 05 04 FOSTER THE PEOPLE "Helena Beat"(#4)[7]
01 03 05 THE NATIONAL "Conversation 16"(#1, 2 weeks)[18]
09 07 06 DURAN DURAN "All You Need is Now"(#6)[6]
04 06 07 A SILENT FILM "Driven By Their Beating Hearts"(#1, 10 weeks)[22]
10 09 08 RADIOHEAD "Lotus Flower"(#8)[10]
15 12 09 INCUBUS "Promises Promises"(#9)[10]
19 14 10 COLDPLAY "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall"(#10)[7]
07 08 11 LUPE FIASCO "The Show Goes On"(#4)[25]
13 11 12 MUMFORD & SONS "Roll Away Your Stone"(#11)[18]
08 10 13 RA RA RIOT "Too Dramatic"(#7)[20]
18 17 14 OWL CITY "Deer in the Headlights"(#14)[15]
12 13 15 CUT COPY "Need You Now"(#10)[16]
24 20 16 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE "You've Got the Love"(#16)[8]
16 16 17 LYKKE LI "Get Some"(#16)[17]
21 19 18 KAISER CHIEFS "Little Shocks"(#18)[8]
11 15 19 TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB "What You Know"(#2)[29]
25 22 20 30 SECONDS TO MARS "Night of the Hunter"(#20)[7]
22 23 21 JOY FORMIDABLE "Whirring"(#21)[11]
14 18 22 THE NAKED & FAMOUS "Young Blood"(#2)[28]
30 25 23 CAGE THE ELEPHANT "Around My Head"(#23)[10]
32 28 24 MY MORNING JACKET "Holdin' On to Black Metal"(#24)[5]
17 21 25 MATTHEW MORRISON "Summer Rain"(#9)[20]
31 29 26 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE "Bulletproof Heart"(#26)[9]
40 34 27 BEASTIE BOYS & SANTIGOLD "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win"(#27)[4]
27 26 28 PETER BJORN & JOHN "Second Chance"(#26)[9]
20 24 29 FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS "Moneygrabber"(#2)[28]
33 30 30 ADELE "Rumor Has It"(#30)[8]
35 33 31 CARS "Sad Song"(#31)[9]
23 27 32 FOSTER THE PEOPLE "Pumped Up Kicks"(#9)[30]
29 31 33 KT TUNSTALL "Fade Like a Shadow"(#29)[14]
37 36 34 DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE "You Are a Tourist"(#34)[6]
48 40 35 STEEL TRAIN "Bullet"(#35)[3]
43 39 36 STROKES "Taken for a Fool"(#36)[5]
26 32 37 BEASTIE BOYS "Make Some Noise"(#12)[18]
41 38 38 311 "Sunset in July"(#38)[7]
--- 48 39 NAKED & FAMOUS "Punching in a Dream"(#39)[2]
46 42 40 BRITNEY SPEARS "I Wanna Go"(#40)[4]
28 35 41 KANYE WEST "All of the Lights"(#5)[27]
44 44 42 TRAIN "Save Me San Francisco"(#42)[10]
36 37 43 CUT COPY "Take Me Over"(#1, 8 weeks)[31]
50 46 44 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie"(#44)[3]
--- ---- 45 LADY GAGA "You and I"(#45)[1]
34 41 46 DANGER MOUSE & DANIELE LUPI f/ JACK WHITE "Two Against One"( #17)[18]
--- --- 47 EVANESCENCE "What You Want"(#47)[1]
39 43 48 A SILENT FILM "You Will Leave a Mark"(#1, 2 weeks)[38]
--- --- 49 ADELE "Someone Like You"(#49)[1]
38 45 50 TV ON THE RADIO "Will Do"(#18)[21]


DROPPERS:[/u]

42 47 --- BRITNEY SPEARS "Till the World Ends"(#25)[15]
45 49 --- NEON TREES "Your Surrender"(#26)[13]
47 50 --- LIFEHOUSE "Falling In"(#41)[8]