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Twostepcub's music chart for April 27, 2024...

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  Saturday's here, and it's time to run down my top "hit" tunes from the previous week. Beyonce reigns supreme for a fifth week, while Ariana Grande (pictured above) leaps into the top five. Former big hits from SZA, Morgan Wallen, Kane Brown, and Cody Johnson drop off my list, while songs from Hozier, Maggie Rogers, and Lainey Wilson make some of the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ). And under the chart everything is Spotify playlisted for 5 1/2 hours of the biggest in pop, rock, R&B, country, and dance music.  This Week                  Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Texas Hold 'Em - Beyonce (1) 2. Lose Control - Teddy Swims (2) 3. Neon Pill - Cage The Elephant (3) 4. We Can't Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) - Ariana Grande (8) 5. Dilemma - Green Day (5) 6. The Glass - Foo Fighters (7) 7. Good Peop
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Songoftheday 4/26/24 - So what am I not supposed to have an opinion? Should I keep quiet just because I'm a woman?

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    " Can't Hold Us Down " - Christina Aguilera featuring Lil' Kim from the album Stripped (2002) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #12 (three weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 15   Today's song comes from Christina Aguilera , whose Stripped album stumbled at the start with the stiffed first single " Dirrty " but rebounded greatly with the Grammy-winning " Beautiful " and the feisty " Fighter ". The fourth single from the record paired her up with the rapper she shared a #1 hit with on " Lady Marmalade ", Lil' Kim .  Kim had also seen a resurgence when the second second from her La Bella Mafia album, " Magic Stick ", hit #2 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 in the summer of 2003. "Can't Hold Us Down", written by the pair with Matt Morris and produce Scott Storch, The lyrics are all about female empowerment with both Christina and Kim comparing how women are treated versus men when doing the same things in l
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Songoftheday 4/25/24 - Becky was a beauty from South Alabama, her daddy had a heart like a nine pound hammer...

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    " What Was I Thinkin' " - Dierks Bentley from the album Dierks Bentley (2003) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #22 (two weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 10   Today's song comes from country music singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley , who despite the genre he pursued a music career, had an "un-redneck" upbringing, from fairly well-to-do parents in his birthplace of Arizona (fun fact: his real first name is Fred) to his prep-school stint in New Jersey (down the road from my own high school nonetheless). He eventually graduated college in Nashville, and was signed to Capitol Nashville Records. His self-titled debut album came out in the summer of 2003, preceded by the single "What Was I Thinkin'". Written by Bentley with Brett Beavers and Deric Ruttan. the uptempo number is a comic look at a man risking the wrath of a father to date a pretty woman. And she's instigating him into getting into all sorts of trouble. The production pits the raucous pacing w
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Songoftheday 4/24/24 - Realize that I can never win sometimes feel like I have failed, inside where do I begin my mind is laughing at me...

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    " Did My Time " - Korn from the album Take a Look in the Mirror (2003) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #38 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 1   Today's song comes from the band Korn, who came together in the early 1990s in Bakersfield California.  Three of the original members was in another local group called L.A.P.D. - bassist Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, guitarist James "Munky" Shaffer, and drummer David Silveria. They brought in lead singer Jonathan Davis and guitarist Brian "Head" Welch to form the new group, and moved to southern California. There they played local gigs and released a demo album Niedermeyer's Mind , before getting discovered by a rep from Immortal Records, which was an affiliate of Epic.  With that major-label backing, the group released their debut album Korn in 1994, which spent over a year on the Billboard 200 sales tally with a high of #72, going on to sell over two million copies. The first single from the record,
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Songoftheday 4/23/24 - I Know this chick named Nicole they call her bougie, didn't want to shop nowhere but Gucci...

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    " Let's Get Down " - Bow Wow featuring Baby from the album Unleashed (2003) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #14 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 9   Today's song comes from rapper and actor Shad Moss, who had gone under the alias of " Lil' Bow Wow " when he broke through on the music scene with his debut album Beware Of Dog , which placed four singles on Billboard magazine's R&B Singles chart, with two of them crossing over to the top-40 on the Hot 100 in 2000-2001 with " Bounce With Me " and " Bow Wow (That's My Name) ". Later in 2001 he returned with his sophomore effort on Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Records, Doggy Bag , which sold over a million copies and peaked at #11 on the Billboard 200 sales tally and #2 on the R&B Albums list. However, radio was much cooler to him, with both its singles being modrest hits - the bigger of the two, " Take Ya Home ", stopped at #21 on the R&B Singles chart and st
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Robbed hit of the week 4/22/24 - Simple Plan's "Addicted"...

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    " Addicted " - Simple Plan from the album No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls (2002) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #45     This week's 'robbed hit' comes from the Canadian pop-punk band Simple Plan , whose breakthrough hit in America, " I'd Do Anything ", had stopped right under the halfway mark on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart in the spring of 2003. The next single from their debut album No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls was "Addicted", written by the band with producer Arnold Lanni. The lyrics have lead single Pierre Bouvier bitter over a breakup with him lamenting " I can't pretend I don't care when you don't think about me, do you think I deserve this?". There's no rehashing on what caused the split, though he beats himself up for being "a dick" though he "tried to make you happy". It's a deep wallow in anger through his nasal snarl that I can relate to that pervades the track th
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Songoftheday 4/22/24 - To who may need to know that's her on the floor, sliding down the pole wanted her for sure...

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    " Thoia Thoing " - R. Kelly from the album The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1 (2003) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #13 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 14   Today's song comes from singer/songwriter/producer/convicted sexual felon R. Kelly, whose album Chocolate Factory had spun off a pair of top-40 crossover hits on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 with " Ignition (Remix) " and " Snake ".  A couple more tracks from the album got enough unsolicited urban radio airplay to make Billboard 's R&B Singles chart, with " I'll Never Leave " spending 31 weeks on the list with a high or #29 (while also bubbling under the Hot 100 at #103), and " Forever " taking 17 weeks on the chart peaking at #71. Also, a non-album charity single, " Soldier's Heart ", made it to #80 on the Hot 100 and #84 on the R&B Singles chart. However, this benevolent measure was like putting lipstick on a pig, as the initial repercussion
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