First of all, yet again, I won't be able to comment on your countdowns until tomorrow at the earliest. Just know that I will by no later than Monday, and you can hold me to that.
Okay, this week's Red 40 sees last week's new top 3 battle it out for #1 supremacy. Can Gotye or AWOLNATION take #1, or did M83 hold on and break the record for most weeks at the top of the Red 40? Oh, and make sure to keep an eye on the bottom half of the top 10 and the area right below the top ten. One of the areas features a couple of future #1 contenders, and the other area features a song that just made the biggest move up the countdown in Red 40's young history. Oh yeah.
Week of February 18th, 2012
40) Mastodon - Dry Bone Valley (8 Weeks | Peak: #26 | Last Week: #35)
39) Van Halen - She's the Woman (2 Weeks | Peak: #39 | Last Week: #39)
38) The Mars Volta - The Malkin Jewel (DEBUT)
37) M.I.A. - Bad Girls (2 Weeks | Peak: #37 | Last Week: #40)
36) Florence + the Machine - Shake It Out (19 Weeks | Peak: #9 | Last Week: #32)
35) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Look Around (DEBUT)
34) Korn ft. Skrillex and Kill the Noise - Narcissistic Cannibal (18 Weeks | Peak: #1(5) | Last Week: #30)
33) Staind - Eyes Wide Open (11 Weeks | Peak: #22 | Last Week: #29)
32) Brian "Head" Welch - Paralyzed (15 Weeks | Peak: #7 | Last Week: #25)
31) The Black Keys - Lonely Boy (8 Weeks | Peak: #28 | Last Week: #28)
30) Rammstein - Mein Land (14 Weeks | Peak: #3(2) | Last Week: #26)
29) Adam Lambert - Better Than I Know Myself (5 Weeks | Peak: #29 | Last Week: #31)
28) Lights - Banner (2 Weeks | Peak: #28 | Last Week: #34)
27) Halestorm - Love Bites (So Do I) (3 Weeks | Peak: #27 | Last Week: #33)
26) Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (20 Weeks | Peak: #4 | Last Week: #21)
25) Lights - Toes (16 Weeks | Peak: #1(2) | Last Week: #22)
24) Christina Perri - A Thousand Years (11 Weeks | Peak: #10 | Last Week: #19)
23) Breathe Carolina - Blackout (13 Weeks | Peak: #8 | Last Week: #20)
22) Bush - Baby Come Home (5 Weeks | Peak: #22 | Last Week: #27)
21) In Flames - Where the Dead Ships Dwell (20 Weeks | Peak: #3(3) | Last Week: #18)
20) Lady Gaga - Marry the Night (13 Weeks | Peak: #9 | Last Week: #16)
19) Evanescence - My Heart Is Broken (18 Weeks | Peak: #2(1) | Last Week: #17)
18) Jack White - Love Interruption (3 Weeks | Peak: #18 | Last Week: #24)
17) Hurt - How We End Up Alone (6 Weeks | Peak: #17 | Last Week: #25)
16) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Monarchy of Roses (17 Weeks | Peak: #1(3) | Last Week: #13)
15) Foster the People - Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) (15 Weeks | Peak: #2(2) | Last Week: #14)
14) Jane's Addiction - Underground (13 Weeks | Peak: #4 | Last Week: #10)
13) Example - Midnight Run (9 Weeks | Peak: #13 | Last Week: #15)
12) Kasabian - Re-wired (14 Weeks | Peak: #4 | Last Week: #8)
11) Childish Gambino - Heartbeat (2 Weeks | Peak: #11 | Last Week: #36)
10) Adele - Set Fire to the Rain (22 Weeks | Peak: #3(2) | Last Week: #6)
9) Foxy Shazam - I Like It (4 Weeks | Peak: #9 | Last Week: #12)
8) The Used - I Come Alive (5 Weeks | Peak: #8 | Last Week: #9)
7) Foster the People - Call It What You Want (14 Weeks | Peak: #2(3) | Last Week: #4)
6) Coldplay - Charlie Brown (4 Weeks | Peak: #6 | Last Week: #11)
5) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross ft. Karen O - Immigrant Song (9 Weeks | Peak: #5 | Last Week: #7)
4) Sleeper Agent - Get Burned (6 Weeks | Peak: #4 | Last Week: #5)
3) Gotye ft. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know (10 Weeks | Peak: #3(2) | Last Week: #3)
2) AWOLNATION - Not Your Fault (11 Weeks | Peak: #2(2) | Last Week: #2)
1) M83 - Midnight City (10 Weeks | Peak: #1(6) | Last Week: #1)
Off This Week
Chevelle - Face to the Floor (19 Weeks | Peak: #5 | Last Week: #38)
Civil Twilight - Fire Escape (3 Weeks | Peak: #35 | Last Week: #37)
The Thank You Section!
Brandon (hopefully they move up next week! I have a feeling they will.
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JGibson
karlo_98
Billie Joe (well, I think the top 4 is still worthy of a cheer, right?
)
THERihFan
potentbreakupsong (I wonder how many bananas I will get this week...
)
Delta (maybe not this week, but next week?)
Bubbles x (I will, don't worry)
jbstatic23
Matt_woosh
Renzo (Renzo comes alive!)
DrogoBrush (maybe next week.
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blackheart (sorry about that, but I think it will return!)
lovesong
jomarr
Razzle
Nimrod. (and they might own for a couple more weeks yet!)
Next Week Preview
M83 has done something that not even Korn was able to do, and now, they set their sights on a seventh week at the top. But man, the competition has gotten even TOUGHER than it was last week. In addition to the gnawing-at-M83's-heels Gotye and AWOLNATION, Sleeper Agent, the three-headed monster of Trent, Atticus and Karen, and Coldplay have also all entered the fray. And that's before you get into The Used, Foxy Shazam, and the owner of the biggest jump in Red 40 history, Childish Gambino. Can M83 hope to survive even one more week against such terrible odds? Find out next week!