PopKaty Perry- E.T.
B (The idea of Katy Perry singing about sex that's so good that it's out of this world, and then calling that E.T., cracks me up.)Black Eyed Peas- Just Can’t Get Enough
CBritney Spears- Till the World Ends nh/dr
Adele- Rolling in the Deep
B- (I agree that this song isn't that much different to suddenly make her a "hot ticket." But I'm surprised that Steve likes this because I liken her to Anastacia and Joss Stone, both of whose voices he was annoyed by.)Jennifer Lopez f/ Pitbull- On the Floor
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(Inexcusable.)Kesha- Blow
C+Bruno Mars- Lazy Song
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(I'll meet a really nice girl and we'll have some really nice sex and she'll scream out wow this is great....really, Bruno Mars? After a surprisingly tolerable first single he's become pretty comfortable in the garbage can.)Tinie Tempah f/ Eric Turner- Written in the Stars
B+Rihanna- S&M
D (I guess after the Shrice Brown drama it's no surprise that she likes to get beat up, but still, this should not be here.)Jeremih f/ 50 Cent- Down On Me nh/dr
The Script- For the First Time
C-Jessie J f/ B.O.B.- Pricetag nh/dr
Pitbull f/ Ne-Yo- Give Me Everything nh/dr
Cee Lo Green- F**k You
D- (Finally, but too little too late. And not to mention we're still going to hear it on Hot AC every day for the next few years.)Pink- F**kin’ Perfect
B (Have to admit that the video is surprisingly good. However along with the video I also heard the unedited version for the first time, and really, it sounds as forced as anything ever did. Extremely disappointing because Pink is probably one of the few people who would have been able to pull it off without sounding forced.)Lupe Fiasco- The Show Goes On nh/dr
New Boyz f/ Cataracs- Back Seat
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Lady Gaga- Judas
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(Ok, I actually like the idea behind this. But this is one mess of a song and not even a hot one. For one, trying to rhyme Judas with Gaga? )Selena Gomez & The Scene- Who Says nh/dwt
Lady Gaga- Born this Way
B+Wiz Khalfia- Roll Up nh/dwt
Mike Posner f/ Lil’ Wayne- Bow Chicka Wow Wow nh/dr
Hot Chelle Rae- Tonight Tonight
C- (They're way too bland to make me take them too seriously, but really they don't deserve this. Also, I bet the DJs feel really stupid introducing Hot Chelle Rae. What a pretentious name.)Dr. Dre f/ Eminem & Skylar Grey- I Need a Doctor nh/dwt
OneRepublic- Good Life
B Martin Solveig & Dragonette- Hello
D (Sigh...I usually like dance crossovers from the EU too but not this time.)LMFAO- Party Rock Anthem nh/dr
Avril Lavigne- What the Hell
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Taylor Swift- The Story of Us
C- (But hasn't it been released at least four or five times by now?)Big Time Rush- Boyfriend nh/dr
Lady Gaga- The Edge of Glory
B+ (This could be a lot better, for instance, the sax could be accentuated, but I guess I should be happy that she's finally released a real song again.)My Chemical Romance- Sing
B+ (Semi-agree with this being reminiscent of Modest Mouse/Franz Ferdinand on pop, but this & 30STM are arguably much less weird and more pop-friendly than those.)Chris Brown- Look At Me Now nh/dwt
Nicki Minaj f/ Drake- Moment 4 Life nh/dwt
Shontelle- Say Hello to Goodbye nh/dr
Jason Derulo- Don’t Wanna Go Home nh/dr
Beyonce- Run the World
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Nicki Minaj- Super Bass nh/dwt
Kanye West- All of the Lights
BBritney Spears- Hold It Against Me
CMaroon 5- Never Gonna Leave this Bed
C+30 Seconds to Mars- Closer to the Edge
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(But it's so weird that the Hot AC stations, at least the ones around here, are only starting to play this now in a rotation higher than once every three days at 3 AM.)Enrique Iglesias f/ Usher- Dirty Dancer nh/dwt
but preemptively, WTF is this.The Ready Set- Young Forever nh/dwt
& I really hope this isn't a hot Jay-Z remakeDavid Guetta, Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj- Where Them Girls At nh/dwt
Neon Trees- Your Surrender
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Far East Movement f/ Snoop Dogg- If I Was You (OMG) nh/dr
The Band Perry- If I Die Young nh/dr
Rihanna- California King Bed nh/dwt
T-Pain f/ Chris Brown- Best Love Song nh/dwt
AlternativeFoo Fighters- Rope
B-Rise Against- Help is On the Way
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(Will help come in the form of another Rise Against song, which is apparently the only thing that will be able to make this one lose enough spins to go to recurrent? )Black Keys- Howlin’ for You
B-Foster the People- Pumped Up Kicks
B-Mumford & Sons- The Cave
C-Incubus- Adolescents
C-Death Cab For Cutie- You are a Tourist
C (How many more times can one be disappointed before the standard is officially lowered. )Airborne Toxic Event- Changing
B- (Seems a bit forced, esp. with a title like that.)Beastie Boys- Make Some Noise
DCage the Elephant- Shake Me Down
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Young the Giant- My Body
BAwolnation- Sail
DSeether- Country Song
B (Seether has become one of the most hilariously bad rock bands of recent memory, between this & Careless Whisper.)Naked & Famous- Young Blood
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(But after seeing them live, they do NOT need to do that to her voice. It's perfectly fine as is.)Linkin Park- Waiting for the End
B- (But it certainly seems like this has been on the chart for well past 40 weeks.)Sick Puppies- Riptide
D-Sublime with Rome- Panic
D-Redlight King- Old Man
B- (Agreed with Kirk. Also, it's really awkward to hear the DJs on Live 105 talking about how this samples Neil Young. You don't ever play Neil Young, you don't f**king deserve to talk about him.)My Chemical Romance- Bulletproof Heart
CDanger Mouse & Daniele Luppi f/ Jack White- Two Against One
CThree Days Grace- Lost in You
C-Linkin Park- Iridescent
B+ (But Transformers or not, they really should have gone with 'Burning in the Skies.' Oh well, maybe this will pull a 'Neutron Star Collision' (although yes, I know that song wasn't on the album and this one is) and will be just enough of a flop to make everyone forget that it was ever a single & the rightful third single will be the hit it was meant to be.)Joy Formidable- Whirring
B-Papa Roach- Burn nh/dr
but I heard Scars yesterday and now I'm intriguedPanic at the Disco- The Ballad of Mona Lisa
CStrokes- Under Cover of Darkness
B+Cake- Long Time
B+Two Door Cinema Club- What You Know
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Avenged Sevenfold- So Far Away nh/dr
Biffy Clyro- Many of Horror
B- (Not really a good choice for their crossover single, but I see why they chose it.)Lykke Li- Get Some
A-Cage the Elephant- Around My Head
FBayside- Sick Sick Sick nh/dr
Hollywood Undead- Hear Me Now
DDisturbed- Warrior nh/dr
TV On the Radio- Will Do
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(Finally, for what seems like the first time in their career, a real song from these guys!)Manchester Orchestra- April Fool
D-Sum 41- Screaming Bloody Murder
B (And that's considering I'm still unfortunately soured on them from Fat Lip. Due to this I haven't been forcing myself to pay attention to this enough times to make it grow on me. One day it could get higher though, we'll see.) Sixx A.M.- Lies of the Beautiful nh/dr
Radiohead- Lotus Flower
B- (I agree with Kirk here too, and I'm thrilled that the acclaim went down on a song of theirs that wasn't incredibly annoying to boot. I might actually be able to give this song a fair chance.) Korn f/ Skrillex- Get Up nh/dr
(What the hell is a Skrillex???)Funeral Party- Finale nh/dr
Skillet- Awake and Alive nh/dr
Company of Thieves- Death of Communication
B-My Morning Jacket- Holdin On to Black Metal
D+Middle Class Rut- Busy Bein’ Born
B (for now)Adelitas Way- Sick nh/dr
She Wants Revenge- Must Be the One nh
(because SaveAlternative is playing "Take the World." Very interested, though.)AC[/u]
Bruno Mars- Just the Way You Are
B (Well, if the trend continues this'll be the only good song he has for the forseeable future; they might as well milk it for what it's worth.)Katy Perry- Firework
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Daughtry- September
B+Train- Marry Me
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Taylor Swift- Mine
C-OneRepublic- Secrets
C-Michael Buble- Hold On
C-Christina Perri- Jar of Hearts
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Pink- Raise Your Glass
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Bon Jovi- What Do YoU Got
B- (LMAO. At least it's nice to see that a song doesn't have to spend a year on pop or hot AC in order to spend a year on AC.)Bruno Mars- Grenade
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(Easily my frontrunner for worst song of the year.)Taylor Swift- Back to December
C- (Why is this song on this chart twice?)Rihanna- Only Girl (In the World)
CMatthew Morrison- Summer Rain
B-Bob Seger- Downtown Train
B+ (Wow...a remake by an AC-only artist that actually doesn't fall under the category of 'obligatory useless AC remake.' )Richard Marx- When You Loved Me nh/dr
Kenny Chesney- Somewhere with You nh/dr
Stevie Nicks- Secret Love nh/dr
Dave Barnes- God Gave Me You nh/dr
Doobie Brothers- Far From Home nh/dr
Tim McGraw- Felt Good On My Lips nh/dr
Josh Groban- Higher Window nh/dr
(Wow, seven in a row...at least it's nice to see that AC is trying to maintain somewhat of an identity, even if these are still getting nowhere the amount of spins as Firework and Raise Your Glass... )Colbie Caillat- I Do
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Kid Rock w/ Sheryl Crow- Collide nh/dr
(This better not be a hot Howie Day remake. And LOL & at these two again. After Nelly/Kelly R, what is this...the new trend?) Lifehouse- Falling In
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Andy Grammar- Keep Your Head Up
C-Sara Bareilles- Uncharted
CParachute- Something to Believe
B (I liked them better when they were called Lifehouse...or Matchbox Twenty...or the Goo Goo Dolls...or Collective Soul...or even Duncan Sheik, I guess...)Train- Save Me San Francisco
C (This song, despite the title, is actually not horrible. But I'm surprised to see this here, now, since it was the follow-up to HSS on AAA.)Grace Potter & the Nocturnals- Paris (Ooh La La)
C+Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson- Don’t You Wanna Stay
C- (For now, but expect a tailspin if I have to hear this anymore.)He Is We
(WTF is that supposed to mean???)- Happily Ever After
Enrique Iglesias f/ Ludacris- Tonight (I’m F**king You)
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Stone Sour- Hesitate
B-Michael Franti & Spearhead- I’ll Be Waiting
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(Now we just need to get every Hot AC station in the universe to lay off 'Say Hey'...or at least stop playing it in Heavy Rotation. )3 Doors Down- Where You’re Young
B-Usher- More
CAndrew Allen- Love You Tonight
DChristina Perri- Arms
C- (for now until I decide what to do with it)Duran Duran- All You Need is Now
B+ (But @ the bottom of the barrel on Hot AC, not to mention how they're only charting at all on Hot AC...how the mighty have fallen.)Triple A[/u]
Amos Lee- Windows Are Rolled Down
BJack Johnson- From the Clouds
BMatt Nathanson- Faster
DScars On 45- Gave Me Something
B- (Agreed that this is an incredibly stupid band name. The story behind it is less than thrilling too...the DJs on KFOG have been making sure to inform us every time the song plays that he calls himself that because he's an ex-soccer player and has the 'scars' to prove it. I mean, really? & )Fitz & The Tantrums- MoneyGrabber
B+ (I would have assumed they'd be awesome live too, but after reading Nick's comment, after thinking about it, I can totally imagine him being awkward.)Paul Simon- The Afterlife
C- (I really think he needs to stop making music)Decemberists- Down by the Water
C- (Finally realized that this rips off REM's "The One I Love")Cars- Sad Song
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(Even if this gets less audience impressions than Hot AC, at least they haven't been relegated to the soccer mom format like Duranx2.)Adele- Rumour Has It nh/dr
Eddie Vedder- Longing to Belong nh/dwt
Head and the Heart- Lost In My Mind
B-Decemberists- This is Why We Fight
B+Arcade Fire- Modern Man
B-Iron and Wine- Tree by the River
B- (A bit bland to stick out above the other generic mainstream indie bands.)Ray Lamontagne & Pariah Dogs- Repo Man
B (Finally, Ray Lamontagne makes an attempt at being interesting.)David Gray- Only the Wine
B- (And after 'A Moment Changes Everything,' David Gray goes back to his streak of radio-unfriendly titles... )Augustana- Steal Your Heart
B+Bob Schneider- Let the Light In
B+Portugal. The Man- People Say
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Brett Dennen- Sydney, I’ll Come Running
D (Brett Dennen needs to go away. Seriously.)Mat Kearney- Hey Mama
F[/color] All I can say is
Florence + The Machine- You’ve Got the Love
B (Finally, something decent from F+M, but after all the premature acclaim that they got for the boring K+F & atrocious DDO perhaps this is too little too late.)