twostepcub's music chart for December 20, 2013...






Hey gang, the weekend is here, and time to run down my top 100 tunes for the week. Bastille spends a second week on top, while Cage The Elephant (pictured above) moves up in the top ten. Songs by Lorde, Pitbull, and Lily Allen make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while former big hits from Chris Young, Paramore, Havana Brown, Zendaya, and Pink drop out....

This Week             Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Pompeii - Bastille (1)
2. Let Her Go - Passenger (3)
3. The Best Day Of My Life - American Authors (6)
4. Royals - Lorde (2)
5. Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus (5)
6. Come A Little Closer - Cage The Elephant (8)
7. Wake Me Up! - Avicii (7)
8. Counting Stars - OneRepublic (4)
9. Demons - Imagine Dragons (9)
10. Sirens - Pearl Jam (11)
11. Out Of My League - Fitz & The Tantrums (15)
12. Stay The Night - Zedd f/Hayley Williams (14)
13. Animals - Martin Garrix (13)
14. Hold On, We're Going Home - Drake f/Majid Jordan (12)
15. Sunny and 75 - Joe Nichols (17)
16. Waiting For Superman - Daughtry (20)
17. Applause - Lady Gaga (10)
18. Hurt You - Toni Braxton & Babyface (21)
19. Burn - Ellie Goulding (19)
20. Roar - Katy Perry (16)
21. Brave - Sara Bareilles (18)
22. What Now - Rihanna (22)
23. Youth - Foxes (23)
24. Don't Let Me Be Lonely - the Band Perry (34)
25. Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood (26)
26. Carolina - Parmalee (36)
27. We Were Us - Keith Urban & Miranda Lambert (29)
28. Radio - Darius Rucker (32)
29. Drunk Last Night - The Eli Young Band (33)
30. Electricity & Drums (Bad Boy) - Dave Aude f/Akon & Luciana (30)
31. Say Something - A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera (45)
32. Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke f/T.I. & Pharrell Williams (28)
33. Unconditionally - Katy Perry (43)
34. Thinking About You - Calvin Harris f/Ayah Marar (39)
35. Red - Taylor Swift (37)
36. Lights Out - Jessica Sutta (41)
37. All Night - Icona Pop (49)
38. Come With Me - Ricky Martin (46)
39. Shake - The Head and The Heart (44)
40. My Kind Of Love - Emeli Sande (40)
41. Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys (51)
42. Who You Love - John Mayer f/Katy Perry (50)
43. Sweet Annie - The Zac Brown Band (48)
44. Mine Would Be You - Blake Shelton (42)
45. Let Me Go - Avril Lavigne f/Chad Kroeger (55)
46. Everything Has Changed - Taylor Swift f/Ed Sheeran (31)
47. Friday Night - Eric Paslay (57)
48. That's My Kind Of Night - Luke Bryan (38)
49. Team - Lorde (69)
50. Feva - Ranna f/Deepa Soul (56)
51. Whatever She's Got - David Nail (59)
52. Stay - Florida Georgia Line (64)
53. Take Me Home - Cash Cash (53)
54. Love Don't Die - The Fray (61)
55. Timber - Pitbull f/Ke$ha (73)
56. Story Of My Life - One Direction (70)
57. It Goes Like This - Thomas Rhett (52)
58. Safe and Sound - Capital Cities (54)
59. Let Me Go - Gary Barlow (71)
60. Days Of Gold - Jake Owen (62)
61. Without Me - Fantasia f/Kelly Rowland & Missy Elliott (66)
62. DNA - Empire Of The Sun (63)
63. Love Me Again - John Newman (75)
64. Southern Girl - Tim McGraw (58)
65. Look Right Through - Storm Queen (65)
66. A Light That Never Comes - Linkin Park vs Steve Aoki (74)
67. Come To Me - Goo Goo Dolls (67)
68. Lola Montez - Volbeat (68)
69. Wasting All These Tears - Cassadee Pope (79)
70. Somewhere Only We Know - Lily Allen (85)
71. Jubel - Klingande (81)
72. Miss Jackson - Panic! At The Disco f/Lolo (72)
73. Lie To Me - Cole Plante f/Myon & Shane 54 with Koko Laroo (DEBUT)
74. Make A Move - Gavin DeGraw (84)
75. Another Is Waiting - The Avett Brothers (80)
76. MacArthur Park 2013 - Donna Summer (DEBUT)
77. Hey Brother - Avicii (77)
78. Chillin' It - Cole Swindell (88)
79. Slow Down - Selena Gomez (93)
80. Indestructible - Veronica Jensen (DEBUT)
81. 365 Days - ZZ Ward (91)
82. Work Bitch - Britney Spears (86)
83. Of The Night - Bastille (95)
84. Booyah - Showtek f/We Are Loud & Sonny Wilson (RE-ENTRY)
85. The Monster - Eminem f/Rihanna (90)
86. Battle Born - Five Finger Death Punch (96)
87. Marry Me - Jason Derulo (DEBUT)
88. Beg Borrow Steal - Ayah Marar (DEBUT)
89. Crystals - Dank f/jACQ (DEBUT)
90. We Own The Night - The Wanted (DEBUT)
91. Fire We Make - Alicia Keys & Maxwell (89)
92. Tired - Stone Sour (98)
93. For The Rest Of my Life - Robin Thicke (97)
94. Night Train - Jason Aldean (87)
95. Under Control - Calvin Harris & Alesso f/Hurts (DEBUT)
96. Hand On Heart - Olly Murs (DEBUT)
97. Tous Les Memes - Stromae (DEBUT)
98. Hold On - Colbie Caillat (DEBUT)
99. Drink A Beer - Luke Bryan (DEBUT)
100. Things Can Only Get Better - Cedric Gervais vs. Howard Jones (DEBUT)

There are a baker's dozen of debuts on this weeks chart (highlighted in blue), and if you click on any of the titles, you'll connect to their official website. And here they are on video, after the break...

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The top entry this week at #73 is the first for teen DJ and dance music artist Cole Plante, with his debut single "Lie To Me" with production team Myon & Shane 54 with vocals from Koko Laroo...


The late great queen of disco Donna Summer's legacy lives on, as a rework of her #1 pop hit "MacArthur Park" gets the remix treatment and is back at #76 as it tops the American dance chart...


Another dance music newcomer, Veronica Jensen, scores her first hit at #80 with "Indestructible"...



Jason Derulo's third single from his Tattoo album/EP (in the US), "Marry Me", drops in at #87...


Jordanian singer Ayah Marar, who is the featured vocalist on Calvin Harris' "Thinking About You" at #34, comes in on her own at #88 with "Beg Borrow Steal"...


Another newbie, Dank, is at #89 with the dance hit "Crystals" featuring jACQ...


British boy-band the Wanted return at #90 with "We Own The Night", the fifth song from their Word Of Mouth album to make my list...


The aforementioned Scottish DJ Calvin Harris is also in at #95 with "Under Control" with Swedish dancemaster Alesso and vocals from the British electro-pop duo Hurts...


Olly Murs' fifth single from his Right Place, Right Time album, "Hand On Heart", enters at #96...


Belgian singer/songwriter Stromae's fourth single to make my list, "Tous Les Memes", comes in at #97...


Colbie Caillat is back at #98 with the first single from her upcoming untitled fourth album, "Hold On"...


The current Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year, Luke Bryan, rides in at #99 with "Drink A Beer"...


The last entry on my chart this week at #100 is a rework of the 1985 Howard Jones song "Things Can Only Get Better" by French DJ Cedric Gervais...


That's it for this week's list....I'm also counting down my top 100 songs from this weekly chart for 2013; you can check the list so far out by clicking here.....



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