April 17th - April 23rd, 2009
When was the last time Britney Spears hit #1, but only stayed there for a week? You'd have to go 10 years back to when her debut single,
Baby One More Time spent a sole week at the pinnacle, and now
If U Seek Amy surrenders the crown to none other than
Franz Ferdinand after just one week.
No You Girls is their first #1 and by far their biggest hit to date on the chart, eclipsing the #2 peak of
Ulysses from earlier this year. Hot on their Glasgow heels is
Lady GaGa who skips 2 spots to #2, and
Kings of Leon, who ride the dirty south
Revelry up to #3 and will be a serious contender for #1 after this upcoming Tuesday's concert in T.O.
U2 are the only band making strides towards the top 5, as
Black Eyed Peas score their 6th top 10 hit. Their biggest charting single was
Don't Phunk With My Heart, which spent 2 weeks at #1.
Silversun Pickups and
Seether continue to make impressive strides with their phenomenal tunes, while
Metric is far and away with the greatest gainer this week. If I could assign spin bullets to tracks,
Gimme Sympathy would be at +1200. The track is ace.
Three high-profile debuts this week. The biggest comes from
Incubus who have previously scored two top 5 hits in
Dig and the late-blooming
Love Hurts. Next up is
The Killers with their third single from "Day & Age". It took me a while to warm up to
A Dustland Fairytale being a single, but truly, it is one of the best tracks musically from the album, even if it isn't the most immediately catchy. And last but not least is
Eminem with
We Made You. Marshall Mathers has not charted since
Sing For The Moment which peaked at #13, and has not had a "true" hit since
The Real Slim Shady, which managed to hit #4. I do really like this new one, but we'll see how long it lasts.
RECOMMENDED SONG OF THE WEEK:
Green Day - Know Your Enemy
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01 No You Girls By Franz Ferdinand (10 wks)(New #1)
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02 LoveGame By Lady GaGa (7 wks)(#2)
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03 Revelry By Kings Of Leon (7 wks)(#3)
01 04 If U Seek Amy By Britney Spears (8 wks)(#1[1])
02 05 Blame It (On The Alcohol) By Jamie Foxx f/ T-Pain (10 wks)(#1[3])
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06 Magnificent By U2 (5 wks)(#6)
07 07 My Life Would Suck Without You By Kelly Clarkson (13 wks)(#1[2])
10 08 Zero By Yeah Yeah Yeahs (7 wks)(#8)
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09 Panic Switch By Silversun Pickups (4 wks)(#9)
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10 Boom Boom Pow By Black Eyed Peas (6 wks)(#10)
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11 Love Sex Magic By Ciara f/ Justin Timberlake (5 wks)(#11)
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12 Careless Whisper By Seether (5 wks)(#12)
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13 Not Fair By Lily Allen (6 wks)(#13)
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14 Gimme Sympathy By Metric (2 wks)(#14)
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15 Come On Get Higher By Matt Nathanson (4 wks)(#15)
06 16 The Man Who Can't Be Moved By The Script (12 wks)(#2)
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17 Breakeven By The Script (3 wks)(#17)
09 18 Use Somebody By Kings Of Leon (23 wks)(#1[1])
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19 Aint No Rest For The Wicked By Cage The Elephant (3 wks)(#19)
11 20 Life In Technicolor II By Coldplay (12 wks)(#4)
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21 I Do Not Hook Up By Kelly Clarkson (2 wks)(#21)
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22 I've Got Friends By Manchester Orchestra (3 wks)(#22)
19 23 Kids By MGMT (17 wks)(#4)
28 24 Day 'N Nite By Kid Cudi (Crookers Remix) (8 wks)(#18)
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25 Black Heart Inertia By Incubus
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26 A Dustland Fairytale By The Killers
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27 We Made You By Eminem
24 28 Dead End Countdown By The New Cities (4 wks)(#24)
17 29 Beautiful By Akon f/ Colby O'Donis & Kardinal Offishall (11 wks)(#7)
22 30 The Fear By Lily Allen (16 wks)(#1[1])
Fall Offs
The Killers - Spaceman (18 wks)(#1[4])
Kanye West f/ Lil' Wayne - See You In My Knightmares (10 wks)(#7)
Theory Of A Deadman - Not Meant To Be (8 wks)(#12)
New & Active
Green Day - Know Your Enemy
311 - Hey You
No Doubt - Stand & Deliver
Pete Bjorn & John - Nothing To Worry About
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
The Fray - Never Say Never
Kanye West f/ Mr. Hudson - Paranoid
Ne Yo - Part Of The List
Going For Adds
Dead Weather - Hang You From Heavens
Dave Matthews Band - Funny The Way It Is
Rancid - Last One To Die
Vertical Horizon - Save Me From Myself
10 Years - Actions & Motives
Enjoy.
Nevertheless, still great. Debuts by Eminem and Incubus and leaps by Silversun Pickups and Franz Ferdinand are always swell.
