No fanfare, no buildup, none of that silly stuff...we get straight to business here. However, I have a couple of things to get to before we get to the actual latest Red 40:
1) I plan on commenting on many of your countdowns tomorrow. Tomorrow is the most free day that I have had in a LONG time, so I figure that I'll have plenty of time to do the whole commenting thing.
2) Here's a list of the top threes since the last update!
12/17/11:
3) In Flames - Where the Dead Ships Dwell
2) Lights - Toes
1) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Monarchy of Roses (One Week at #1)
12/24/11:
3) In Flames - Where the Dead Ships Dwell
2) Foster the People - Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)
1) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Monarchy of Roses (Two Weeks at #1)
12/31/11:
3) In Flames - Where the Dead Ships Dwell (Three Weeks at #3, most ever)
2) Foster the People - Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)
1) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Monarchy of Roses (Three Weeks at #1)
1/7/12:
3) Foster the People - Call It What You Want
2) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Monarchy of Roses
1) M83 - Midnight City (One Week at #1)
1/21/12 (skipped a week due to being burnt out, imagine that):
3) Adele - Set Fire to the Rain
2) Foster the People - Call It What You Want
1) M83 - Midnight City (Two Weeks at #1)
1/28/12:
3) Adele - Set Fire to the Rain
2) Foster the People - Call It What You Want
1) M83 - Midnight City (Three Weeks at #1)
2/4/12:
3) AWOLNATION - Not Your Fault
2) Foster the People - Call It What You Want (Three Weeks at #2, a new record?)
1) M83 - Midnight City (Four Weeks at #1)
Okay, with all of that having been said...HERE COMES THE 40!
Week of February 11th, 201240) M.I.A. - Bad Girls (DEBUT)
39) Van Halen - She's the Woman (DEBUT)
38) Chevelle - Face to the Floor (19 Weeks | Peak: #5 | Last Week: #31)
37) Civil Twilight - Fire Escape (3 Weeks | Peak: #35 | Last Week: #35)
36) Childish Gambino - Heartbeat (DEBUT)
35) Mastodon - Dry Bone Valley (7 Weeks | Peak: #26 | Last Week: #28)
34) Lights - Banner (DEBUT)
33) Halestorm - Love Bites (So Do I) (2 Weeks | Peak: #33 | Last Week: #38)
32) Florence + the Machine - Shake It Out (18 Weeks | Peak: #9 | Last Week: #28)
31) Adam Lambert - Better Than I Know Myself (4 Weeks | Peak: #31 | Last Week: #34)
30) Korn ft. Skrillex and Kill the Noise - Narcissistic Cannibal (17 Weeks | Peak: #1(5) | Last Week: #27)
29) Staind - Eyes Wide Open (10 Weeks | Peak: #22 | Last Week: #26)
28) The Black Keys - Lonely Boy (7 Weeks | Peak: #28 | Last Week: #30)
27) Bush - Baby Come Home (4 Weeks | Peak: #27 | Last Week: #32)
26) Rammstein - Mein Land (13 Weeks | Peak: #3(2) | Last Week: #24)
25) Brian "Head" Welch - Paralyzed (14 Weeks | Peak: #7 | Last Week: #23)
24) Jack White - Love Interruption (2 Weeks | Peak: #24 | Last Week: #33)
23) Hurt - How We End Up Alone (5 Weeks | Peak: #23 | Last Week: #25)
22) Lights - Toes (15 Weeks | Peak: #1(2) | Last Week: #20)
21) Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (19 Weeks | Peak: #4 | Last Week: #19)
20) Breathe Carolina - Blackout (12 Weeks | Peak: #8 | Last Week: #16)
19) Christina Perri - A Thousand Years (10 Weeks | Peak: #10 | Last Week: #13)
18) In Flames - Where the Dead Ships Dwell (19 Weeks | Peak: #3(3) | Last Week: #14)
17) Evanescence - My Heart Is Broken (17 Weeks | Peak: #2(1) | Last Week: #15)
16) Lady Gaga - Marry the Night (12 Weeks | Peak: #9 | Last Week: #10)
15) Example - Midnight Run (8 Weeks | Peak: #15 | Last Week: #18)
14) Foster the People - Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) (14 Weeks | Peak: #2(2) | Last Week: #12)
13) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Monarchy of Roses (16 Weeks | Peak: #1(3) | Last Week: #9)
12) Foxy Shazam - I Like It (3 Weeks | Peak: #12 | Last Week: #22)
11) Coldplay - Charlie Brown (3 Weeks | Peak: #11 | Last Week: #21)
10) Jane's Addiction - Underground (12 Weeks | Peak: #4 | Last Week: #7)
9) The Used - I Come Alive (4 Weeks | Peak: #9 | Last Week: #17)
8) Kasabian - Re-wired (13 Weeks | Peak: #4 | Last Week: #6)
7) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross ft. Karen O - Immigrant Song (8 Weeks | Peak: #7 | Last Week: #11)
6) Adele - Set Fire to the Rain (21 Weeks | Peak: #3(2) | Last Week: #4)
5) Sleeper Agent - Get Burned (5 Weeks | Peak: #5 | Last Week: #8)
4) Foster the People - Call It What You Want (13 Weeks | Peak: #2(3) | Last Week: #2)
3) Gotye ft. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know (9 Weeks | Peak: #3(1) | Last Week: #5)
2) AWOLNATION - Not Your Fault (10 Weeks | Peak: #2(1) | Last Week: #3)
1) M83 - Midnight City (9 Weeks | Peak: #1(5) | Last Week: #1)
Off This Week
Thrice - Promises (LW: #40 | Peak: #7 | WK: 21)
Shinedown - Bully (LW: #39 | Peak: #33 | WK: 4)
Coldplay - Paradise (LW: #37 | Peak: #1(1) | WK: 20)
Ladytron - Mirage (LW: #36 | Peak: #22 | WK: 10
The Thank You Section!
Sunderland 4ever
berberocka
DrogoBrush
JGibson
AshleeSimpsonFan
jbstatic23
Razzle
Billie Joe
THERihFan
Matt_woosh
backtoback
potentbreakupsong
Nimrod.
Renzo
(Traditional thank yous will return next week!)
Next Week Preview
With the Red 40 finally back, we can also look forward to next week's Red 40! HOORAY! M83 will look to become the longest reigning #1 in the young history of the Red 40 next week, but a litany of contenders loom. Can anyone stop the French pop mastermind, or will the skyline of "Midnight City" loom large again? Oh, and keep an eye out on the two songs that are just below the top ten. They could be poised to make a rather HUGE impact next week. Stay tuned.
Foster The People top 10 
and Example still there 
are you going to debut Midnight Run? 
Lights 
