twostepcub's music chart for March 16, 2012...

Hey everyone, it's time for my weekly rundown of my top 100 tunes for this past week. This week Gotye and Kimbra spend a second week at the top, while British singer/songwriter Jessie J (pictured above) holds on to the runner-up spot. Former big hits by Cee-Lo Green, Lady GaGa, Daughtry, Maroon5, and Adele drop off my list, while tracks by Katy Perry, Calvin Harris, and Outasight make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red). Link-O-Rama is still in effect, so you can click on any of the highlighted artist names to go to their official website for more info, tour dates, videos, and more.....

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye f/Kimbra (1)
2. Domino - Jessie J (2)
3. Set Fire To The Rain - Adele (3)
4. Turn Me On - David Guetta f/Nicki Minaj (8)
5. Lonely Boy - The Black Keys (5)
6. Levels - Avicii (4)
7. Shake It Out - Florence + The Machine (7)
8. These Days - Foo Fighters (6)
9. Titanium - David Guetta f/Sia (10)
10. I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz (14)
11. Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson (13)
12. We Are Young - fun. (24)
13. Not Over You - Gavin DeGraw (9)
14. Paradise - Coldplay (12)
15. Love You Like A Love Song - Selena Gomez & The Scene (11)
16. Drive By - Train (22)
17. We Found Love - Rihanna f/Calvin Harris (15)
18. The One That Got Away - Katy Perry (16)
19. It Will Rain - Bruno Mars (19)
20. Face To The Floor - Chevelle (20)
21. Good Feeling - Flo Rida (17)
22. Antidote - Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party (23)
23. Love On Top - Beyonce (33)
24. Called Out In The Dark - Snow Patrol (28)
25. Cough Syrup - Young The Giant (21)
26. Heartbeat - The Fray (18)
27. Sexy & I Know It - LMFAO (27)
28. Ours - Taylor Swift (34)
29. Don't Stop (Color On The Walls) - Foster The People (39)
30. Reality - Kenny Chesney (30)
31. Love After War - Robin Thicke (31)
32. I'm Gonna Love You Through It - Martina McBride (32)
33. Alone With You - Jake Owen (43)
34. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri (36)
35. Hangover - Taio Cruz f/Flo Rida (29)
36. You - Chris Young (26)
37. Dance On - Blush (38)
38. We Run The Night - Havana Brown f/Pitbull (44)
39. All Your Life - The Band Perry (25)
40. You Gonna Fly - Keith Urban (40)
41. Dance With Me Tonight - Olly Murs (37)
42. Be With You - Erasure (46)
43. Bully - Shinedown (54)
44. Ai Se Eu Te Pego - Michel Telo (52)
45. You Da One - Rihanna (45)
46. Run - Matt Nathanson f/Sugarland (51)
47. Home - Dierks Bentley (50)
48. Part Of Me - Katy Perry (78)
49. Tonight Is The Night - Outasight (63)
50. Not Your Fault - AWOLnation (58)
51. Glad You Came - The Wanted (RE-ENTRY)
52. Fine By Me - Andy Grammer (56)
53. Feel So Close - Calvin Harris (73)
54. Give Me All Your Luvin' - Madonna f/Nicki Minaj & MIA (60)
55. Love's Gonna Make It Alright - George Strait (55)
56. Dancing Away With My Heart - Lady Antebellum (64)
57. I Like It Like That - Hot Chelle Rae f/New Boyz (57)
58. The Walk - Mayer Hawthorne (59)
59. Walk - Foo Fighters (53)
60. Drifting - Plumb f/Dan Haseltine (61)
61. International Love - Pitbull f/Chris Brown (71)
62. Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith (35)
63. Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson (48)
64. Banjo - Rascal Flatts (74)
65. Next To Me - Emeli Sande (75)
66. Drink On It - Blake Shelton (70)
67. Je L'aime A Mourir - Shakira (67)
68. Lullaby - Nickelback (72)
69. Stay - Tyrese (62)
70. A Woman Like You - Lee Brice (84)
71. Woo - Anthony Hamilton (79)
72. Without You - David Guetta f/Usher (42)
73. Surrender - Paul Oakenfold (87)
74. F U Betta - Neon Hitch (DEBUT)
75. Shave It - Zedd (77)
76. Hotel Nacional - Gloria Estefan (41)
77. Satellite - Rise Against (85)
78. Over You - Miranda Lambert (82)
79. Wild Ones - Flo Rida f/Sia (83)
80. Don't Fuck With My Money - Penguin Prison (DEBUT)
81. Naughty Naughty - Porcelain Black (68)
82. Thank You - Estelle (DEBUT)
83. No Hurry - Zac Brown Band (97)
84. Better Than I Used To Be - Tim McGraw (88)
85. Better Than I Know Myself - Adam Lambert (DEBUT)
86. Hot Right Now - DJ Fresh f/Rita Ora (96)
87. Where I Come From - Montgomery Gentry (91)
88. Tongue Tied - Grouplove (DEBUT)
89. Alone Again - Alyssa Reid f/Jump Smokers (89)
90. Hey Hey Hey (Pop Another Bottle) - Laurent Wery f/Swiftkid & Dev (92)
91. The Sound Of Winter - Bush (86)
92. She Doesn't Mind - Sean Paul (RE-ENTRY)
93. The Trouble With Girls - Scotty McCreery (95)
94. I Know - Irma (DEBUT)
95. Test Drive - Jin Akanishi f/Jason Derulo (DEBUT)
96. I Don't Want This Night To End - Luke Bryan (76)
97. Heart On Fire - Scars On 45 (RE-ENTRY)
98. Do You Like What You Do - Ivy Quainoo (DEBUT)
99. Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes f/Adam Levine (99)
100. Got My Country On - Chris Cagle (DEBUT)

There are nine debuting songs on my chart this week (highlighted in yellow), as well as three re-entries. Here are the new songs, along with a little about the artists with their previous video hits linked in orange....

It's a potty-mouth chart this week, with the two highest debuts sporting the F-word. The first is by singer Neon Hitch (yes, that's her real name) from England. On pop radio, she can be heard supporting Gym Class Heroes on their top-20 hit "Ass Back Home". For her solo debut, she takes profanity to the top of the dance chart with "F U Betta"...



..and a few spots below that is the debut from one-man act Penguin Prison, who has remixed a few hits before his current hipster-dance record, "Don't Fuck With My Money", with a clip shot appropriately at Occupy Wall Street..



British R&B singer Estelle had one of my favorite jams of 2008 with the slick "American Boy". She's had trouble following up that international smash, but finally scrapes onto the bottom of the US Hot 100 with a top-5 Adult R&B hit called "Thank You"...



American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert previews his sophomore CD Trespassing with a song hoping to be his fourth top-40 hit, like his top-10 smash "What Do You Want From Me". Here's "Better Than I Know Myself"...



The next song got a lot of exposure appearing on Apple's iPod Touch commercials, and now has broken through at alternative rock radio, making their second hit there after debut "Colours" made the top-20. Grouplove met at an commune on the Greek island of Crete, and includes the son of prog-rock Yes' Travor Rabin. Here's "Tongue Tied"...



Irma (Pany) hails from Douala, the largest city in the central African nation of Cameroon, home to over 2 million people. She now resides in France, where she gained a YouTube fan following performing cover songs. Irma now claims her first recording hit with the #2 French single "I Know"....



Jin Akanishi was the singer in the Japanese group KAT-TUN, and seeks to carry over his immense popularity there to American shores, with his first US dance hit featuring Jason Derulo on "Test Drive"...



...and leaving Japan for Germany, where the initial winner of that country's version of The Voice releases her first hit single. Born to parents from the west African nation of Ghana, Ivy Quainoo made #2 on the German charts with "Do You Like What You See"...



The final debut is by singer Chris Cagle, who topped the country charts in 2001 with "I Breathe In, I Breathe Out". In 2008, "What Kinda Gone" made the top 3, and since then Chris has found a home at Bigger Picture records (pun relating to his weight not intended). Here's his newest top-30 hit "Got My Country On"...



and as a bonus, here's the clip for a song that re-enters my list after a stint last year when it topped the British charts. Now the Wanted are a bonified crossover, hitting the top-5 here with "Glad You Came"...



Now spring, Spring!