You know the drill. I've got homework to take care of, but, as always, I'll comment on everyone's countdowns within a day or two.
On THIS countdown, however, M83 is looking for a seventh straight week at the top. With the top ten becoming increasingly difficult to rank as the competition ratchets up to 11, can "Midnight City" still reign over the Red 40, or will one of its many challengers finally slay the dragon? Oh, and one of the largest debuts in Red 40 history occurs this week. I'll give you one hint: It's an artist that has already had some success on the Red 40. And no, it's not Korn. (Yet.)
Week of February 25th, 2012
40) Staind - Eyes Wide Open (12 Weeks | Peak: #22 | Last Week: #33)
39) Korn ft. Skrillex and Kill the Noise - Narcissistic Cannibal (19 Weeks | Peak: #1(5) | Last Week: #34)
38) Brian "Head" Welch - Paralyzed (16 Weeks | Peak: #7 | Last Week: #32)
37) Bruce Springsteen - We Take Care of Our Own (DEBUT)
36) Van Halen - She's the Woman (3 Weeks | Peak: #36 | Last Week: #39)
35) Rammstein - Mein Land (15 Weeks | Peak: #3(2) | Last Week: #30)
34) The Mars Volta - The Malkin Jewel (2 Weeks | Peak: #34 | Last Week: #38)
33) Skrillex ft. Sirah - Bangarang (DEBUT)
32) M.I.A. - Bad Girls (3 Weeks | Peak: #32 | Last Week: #37)
31) Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (21 Weeks | Peak: #4 | Last Week: #25)
30) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Look Around (2 Weeks | Peak: #30 | Last Week: #35)
29) Lights - Toes (17 Weeks | Peak: #1(2) | Last Week: #25)
28) Christina Perri - A Thousand Years (12 Weeks | Peak: #10 | Last Week: #24)
27) Breathe Carolina - Blackout (14 Weeks | Peak: #8 | Last Week: #23)
26) Adam Lambert - Better Than I Know Myself (6 Weeks | Peak: #26 | Last Week: #29)
25) Chevelle - Hats Off to the Bull (DEBUT)
24) Lady Gaga - Marry the Night (14 Weeks | Peak: #9 | Last Week: #20)
23) In Flames - Where the Dead Ships Dwell (21 Weeks | Peak: #3(3) | Last Week: #21)
22) Evanescence - My Heart Is Broken (19 Weeks | Peak: #2(1) | Last Week: #19)
21) Lights - Banner (3 Weeks | Peak: #21 | Last Week: #28)
20) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Monarchy of Roses (18 Weeks | Peak: #1(3) | Last Week: #16)
19) Bush - Baby Come Home (6 Weeks | Peak: #19 | Last Week: #22)
18) Foster the People - Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) (16 Weeks | Peak: #2(2) | Last Week: #15)
17) Halestorm - Love Bites (So Do I) (4 Weeks | Peak: #17 | Last Week: #27)
16) Jane's Addiction - Underground (14 Weeks | Peak: #4 | Last Week: #14)
15) Kasabian - Re-wired (15 Weeks | Peak: #4 | Last Week: #12)
14) Adele - Set Fire to the Rain (23 Weeks | Peak: #3(2) | Last Week: #10)
13) Hurt - How We End Up Alone (7 Weeks | Peak: #13 | Last Week: #17)
12) Example - Midnight Run (10 Weeks | Peak: #12 | Last Week: #13)
11) Jack White - Love Interruption (4 Weeks | Peak: #11 | Last Week: #18)
10) Foster the People - Call It What You Want (15 Weeks | Peak: #2(3) | Last Week: #7)
9) The Used - I Come Alive (6 Weeks | Peak: #8 | Last Week: #8)
8) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross ft. Karen O - Immigrant Song (10 Weeks | Peak: #5 | Last Week: #5)
7) Foxy Shazam - I Like It (5 Weeks | Peak: #7 | Last Week: #9)
6) Sleeper Agent - Get Burned (7 Weeks | Peak: #4 | Last Week: #4)
5) Childish Gambino - Heartbeat (3 Weeks | Peak: #5 | Last Week: #11)
4) Gotye ft. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know (11 Weeks | Peak: #3(2) | Last Week: #3)
3) AWOLNATION - Not Your Fault (12 Weeks | Peak: #2(2) | Last Week: #2)
2) Coldplay - Charlie Brown (5 Weeks | Peak: #2(1) | Last Week: #6)
1) M83 - Midnight City (11 Weeks | Peak: #1(7) | Last Week: #1)
Off This Week
Mastodon - Dry Bone Valley (8 Weeks | Peak: #26 | Last Week: #40)
Florence + the Machine - Shake It Out (19 Weeks | Peak: #9 | Last Week: #36)
The Black Keys - Lonely Boy (8 Weeks | Peak: #28 | Last Week: #31)
The Thank You Section!
berberocka (maybe not?
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jbstatic23
backtoback
JGibson
eteru
AshleeSimpsonFan (it might just reach the top ten!)
sumthintoxic82
Billie Joe
Delta (you may just be on to something)
potentbreakupsong
Mezik
Renzo (and now you know, and knowing is half the battle.)
Matt_woosh (It doesn't have as much variety as I want it to have. This could change, though.)
Next Week Preview
Is it possible that M83 can spend two whole months at the top of the Red 40 food chain? I can count on two hands (and perhaps only even one) the amount of songs that have been at the top of all of my weekly countdowns, so that achievement would truly be a special one. The road to an eighth week at #1, however, will be an incredibly bumpy one. Gotye, M83 and Sleeper Agent all still have bullets (I guess we'll go with that!), while Halestorm, Jack White, Foxy Shazam and Childish Gambino are all rapidly moving up the top 20. Of course, the most immediate threat to M83's #1 reign is Coldplay, who jumped to the #2 spot from outside the top five, which is something that does not happen often. Can M83 survive? Or will they finally crumble under the pressure?