Twostepcub's music chart for August 8, 2008....

Hey it's been a quiet week, no strike, but no settle. This week Weezer holds on to the top spot, while Coldplay (pictured above) have two songs in the top-10, with one jumping into the top-3. Boom Boom.

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Pork & Beans - Weezer (1)
2. All I See - Kylie Minogue (2)
3. Viva La Vida - Coldplay (6)
4. Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis (3)
5. Pocketful Of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield (5)
6. Take A Bow - Rihanna (8)
7. Love Remains The Same - Gavin Rossdale (7)
8. Mercy - Duffy (4)
9. Home - Blake Shelton (12)
10. If I Never See Your Face Again - Maroon5 f/Rihanna (17)
11. I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry (29)
12. Stop & Stare - OneRepublic (11)
13. In Love With A Girl - Gavin DeGraw (9)
14. All Summer Long - Kid Rock (26)
15. Gunpowder & Lead - Miranda Lambert (20)
16. Realize - Colbie Caillat (14)
17. Feels Like Tonight - Daughtry (13)
18. Damaged - Danity Kane (18)
19. Nine In The Afternoon - Panic! At The Disco (19)
20. We Weren't Crazy - Josh Gracin (24)
21. I'm Yours - Jason Mraz (23)
22. Tryin' To Stop Your Leavin' - Dierks Bentley (10)
23. Rise Above This - Seether (16)
24. Given Up - Linkin Park (27)
25. Stamp Your Feet - Donna Summer (25)
26. No Air - Jordin Sparks f/Chris Brown (15)
27. Last Name - Carrie Underwood (22)
28. Same Ol' Fucking Story - Cyndi Lauper (21)
29. I Still Miss You - Keith Anderson (35)
30. Turn It Up - Mark Picchiotti presents Basstoy (31)
31. Fall - Kimberley Locke (40)
32. Hammerhead - The Offspring (30)
33. Violet Hill - Coldplay (37)
34. Let It Die - Foo Fighters (39)
35. The Time Of My Life - David Cook (45)
36. Just Dance - Lady Gaga f/Colby O'Donis (42)
37. We Break The Dawn - Michelle Williams (57)
38. American Boy - Estelle f/Kanye West (38)
39. Where The Music Takes You - Ari Gold f/Sasha Allen (44)
40. Stand By Me - Mr. Timothy f/Inaya Day (41)
41. Give It 2 Me - Madonna (59)
42. Great DJ - Ting Tings (49)
43. All Over You - The Spill Canvas (43)
44. I Will Possess Your Heart - Death Cab For Cutie (34)
45. Every Other Weekend - Reba McEntire f/Kenny Chesney (50)
46. 4 Minutes - Madonna f/Justin Timberlake (64)
47. Handle Me - Robyn (55)
48. Bottle It Up - Sara Bareilles (52)
49. Shake It - Anane f/Mr. Vegas & Tony Touch (53)
50. It's Not My Time - 3 Doors Down (51)
51. Disco Lies - Moby (33)
52. Love Song - Sara Bareilles (36)
53. Leavin' - Jesse McCartney (32)
54. All I Want To Do - Sugarland (58)
55. Good Time - Alan Jackson (56)
56. You Look Good In My Shirt - Keith Urban (62)
57. Learning How To Bend - Gary Allan (65)
58. Do You Believe Me Now - Jimmy Wayne (72)
59. Dream Catch Me - Newton Faulkner (63)
60. New Soul - Yael Naim (48)
61. Inside The Fire - Disturbed (67)
62. Whatever It Takes - Lifehouse (60)
63. All Around Me - Flyleaf (68)
64. What's Done Is Done - Tracy Young presents Ceevox (47)
65. Better As A Memory - Kenny Chesney (61)
66. Never Would Have Made It - Marvin Sapp (69)
67. Put A Girl In It - Brooks & Dunn (71)
68. You're The Only One - Eric Benet (76)
69. Woman - Raheem Devaughn (54)
70. Should've Said No - Taylor Swift (73)
71. Don't Think I Don't Think About It - Darius Rucker (87)
72. Come On Get Higher - Matt Nathanson (80)
73. Give Peace A Chance - Yoko Ono (93)
74. Back When I Knew It All - Montgomery Gentry (70)
75. Come On Over - Jessica Simpson (89)
76. Stay Beautiful - The Last Goodnight (46)
77. The River - Noel Gourdin (79)
78. Warwick Avenue - Duffy (64)
79. Funplex - The B-52's (66)
80. Shake It - Metro Station (90)
81. Closer - Ne-Yo (DEBUT)
82. I Can't Help Myself - Bellatrax f/Sophie May (78)
83. What About Now - Daughtry (DEBUT)
84. Addicted - Saving Abel (DEBUT)
85. Shine - Anna Nalick (86)
86. Sorry - Buckcherry (81)
87. Teenage Love Affair - Alicia Keys (94)
88. Relentless - Jason Aldean (DEBUT)
89. I Can Sleep When I'm Dead - Jason Michael Carroll (92)
90. Spice Up Your Life 2008 - The Spice Girls (91)
91. Troubadour - George Strait (100)
92. All I Ever Wanted - Chuck Wicks (DEBUT)
93. Holler Back - The Lost Trailers (95)
94. That Song In My Head - Julianne Hough (99)
95. Forever - Chris Brown (97)
96. My Life - Chris "The Greek" Panaghi (96)
97. Cities In Dust - Junkie XL (DEBUT)
98. In This Life - Delta Goodrem (DEBUT)
99. Waitin' On A Woman - Brad Paisley (DEBUT)
100. When I Grow Up - Pussycat Dolls (DEBUT)

This week nine new songs enter my list, starting with the singer/songwriter Ne-Yo, nee' Shaffer Smith, who has his fourth US top-10 song with the dance track "Closer", which follows the vein that Usher left behind. It's a great distillation of Usher's "Caught Up", actually.



next, Daughtry continues to mine his/their debut album for hit singles, as the seventh track to make either the rock or pop charts comes on here. "What About Now"'s video evokes the same rocker-goes-thoughtful that Van Halen mined with "Right Now"...


Mississippi-bred rock band Saving Abel debuts with "Addicted", for those who are into the Puddle-of-Mudd thing...



Jason Aldean's third single from his second album is the churning title track, "Relentless"...



also on the country tip, post-reality-show country singer Chuck Wicks is back with a dramatically better tune than the treacly "Stealing Cinderella". Here's "All I Ever Wanted"...



The classic Siouxsie & The Banshees song "Cities In Dust" gets a dance makeover by Junkie XL...


Delta Goodrem is a star Down Under, but this Australian chanteuse is still just breaking through in the states, here with the lovely "In This Life"...



Brad Paisley resurrects an album cut from a previous release for his newest single, here's "Waitin' On A Woman"..


Finally, the Pussycat Dolls are back, with the lyrically trite but danceable nonetheless "When I Grow Up"...