twostepcub's music chart for May 9, 2009...

Hey folks, since I was working/taking Mom out for Mother's Day, I have to catch up and post my tunes for the week. This week Lady GaGa spends a fourth week at the top, while the Fray (pictured above) hangs on in the top-10. The biggest jumps are by Depeche Mode, Seether, and U2, while former big hits by Pearl Jam, Taylor Swift, Brandy, David Cook, and Nicki Richards drop off. Link-O-Rama is back, so you can click on the name of any artist highlighted to go to their website (rightclick to go to another window). Grass is cut, thank God!

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Poker Face - Lady GaGa (1)
2. The Fear - Lily Allen (2)
3. Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon (3)
4. My Life Would Suck Without You - Kelly Clarkson (4)
5. Not Meant To Be - Theory Of A Deadman (5)
6. Sober - Pink (6)
7. Love Story - Taylor Swift (7)
8. You Found Me - The Fray (8)
9. There Goes My Baby - Charlie Wilson (11)
10. Here Comes Goodbye - Rascal Flatts (12)
11. Gives You Hell - All-American Rejects (10)
12. 1,2,3,4 - Plain White T's (14)
13. Lucky - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat (13)
14. Second Chance - Shinedown (17)
15. Spaceman - The Killers (15)
16. Takin' Back My Love - Enrique Iglesias f/Ciara (22)
17. Love Is The Look - Kristine W. (19)
18. I Told You So - Carrie Underwood f/Randy Travis (18)
19. Just Dance - Lady GaGa f/Colby O'Donis (9)
20. Soulmate - Natasha Bedingfield (21)
21. The Man Who Can't Be Moved - The Script (23)
22. Gotta Be Somebody - Nickelback (16)
23. Love Story - Nadia Ali (27)
24. Nothin' To Die For - Tim McGraw (28)
25. T.O.N.Y. - Solange (39)
26. Kristy, Are You Doin' OK? - The Offspring (32)
27. Thinking Of You - Katy Perry (35)
28. Broken Strings - James Morrison f/Nelly Furtado (24)
29. Don't Think I Can't Love You - Jake Owen (29)
30. I Will - Jimmy Wayne (26)
31. I Run To You - Lady Antebellum (38)
32. The Climb - Miley Cyrus (46)
33. Halo - Beyonce (49)
34. Audience Of One - Rise Against (42)
35. Feel Your Love - Kim Sozzi (37)
36. Wrong - Depeche Mode (76)
37. Feel Good Drag - Anberlin (50)
38. Show Me What I'm Looking For - Carolina Liar (43)
39. In The Night - Jimmy D. Robinson f/Ceevox (33)
40. If This Isn't Love - Jennifer Hudson (48)
41. If Today Was Your Last Day - Nickelback (56)
42. Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce (30)
43. Lifeline - Papa Roach (53)
44. Boom - Anjulie (66)
45. God In Me - Mary Mary (45)
46. Then - Brad Paisley (64)
47. This Town - O.A.R. (55)
48. Careless Whisper - Seether (85)
49. Love, Save The Empty - Erin McCarley (59)
50. Rock & Roll - Eric Hutchinson (52)
51. Circus - Britney Spears (40)
52. Not Falling Apart - Maroon5 (36)
53. Candle (Sick & Tired) - White Tie Affair (32)
54. So Close, So Far - Hoobastank (54)
55. It Won't Be Like This For Long - Darius Rucker (31)
56. I Will Be - Leona Lewis (44)
57. Imagination - Jes (41)
58. Day N Nite - Kid Cudi vs. Crookers (62)
59. Chocolate High - India.Arie f/Musiq Soulchild (73)
60. Here I Stand - Usher (47)
61. Diva - Beyonce (51)
62. Faxing Berlin - Deadmau5 (78)
63. Magnificent - U2 (87)
64. Sideways - Dierks Bentley (75)
65. Right Round - Flo Rida (65)
66. Ecstasy - Dianne Wesley (83)
67. Cool - Anthony Hamilton f/David Banner (68)
68. Kiss A Girl - Keith Urban (81)
69. Dead And Gone - T.I. f/Justin Timberlake (72)
70. It Happens - Sugarland (74)
71. Jai Ho - AR Rahman f/Nicole Scherzinger (71)
72. Marry For Money - Trace Adkins (77)
73. Beautiful U R - Deborah Cox (DEBUT)
74. Always The Love Songs - The Eli Young Band (79)
75. Closer To Love - Mat Kearney (97)
76. Wanna Be A DJ - AmberRose Marie (70)
77. Know Your Enemy - Green Day (DEBUT)
78. sobeautiful - Musiq Soulchild (88)
79. She's Country - Jason Aldean (80)
80. It's America - Rodney Atkins (84)
81. Love Sets You Free - Charlie f/Pablito Drum (95)
82. Come Back To Me - Utada (DEBUT)
83. Panic Switch - Silversun Pickups (DEBUT)
84. Bottle Pop - Pussycat Dolls f/Snoop Dogg (94)
85. Dirt Room - Blue October (89)
86. Shuttin' Detroit Down - John Rich (86)
87. Out Last Night - Kenny Chesney (96)
88. Ayo Technology - Milow (90)
89. I'm Not Alone - Calvin Harris (99)
90. One In Every Crowd - Montgomery Gentry (92)
91. I Want Your Sex - Jipsta (93)
92. In For The Kill - La Roux (DEBUT)
93. Whatever It Is - Zac Brown Band (DEBUT)
94. Bounce - MSTRKRFT f/Nore (98)
95. Ca M'enerve - Helmut Fritz (DEBUT)
96. Sissy's Song - Alan Jackson (DEBUT)
97. Mind Bounce - Speakerboxx f/Freedom Williams (DEBUT)
98. Come Back To Me - David Cook (DEBUT)
99. Stay - Safetysuit (DEBUT)
100. Boom Boom Pow - Black Eyed Peas (DEBUT)

This week there are twelve new songs on my chart, starting with the highest, by dance/R&B singer Deborah Cox. She's originally from Toronto, Canada, and for a while she's had the longest stay at #1 on the R&B chart, 14 weeks, for the classic "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here". She's also racked up 10 #1 Dance Club hits, and her latest may follow that path. Here's "Beautiful U R"....

Next is my pick for the week, by American punk band Green Day. Their long-awaited followup to Grammy winner American Idiot drops this week, and the first single is "Know Your Enemy".

Know Your Enemy @ Yahoo! Video

Up now is Japanese-American (Hikaru) Utada, who has been a major success in Japan and the Far East, and five years ago had a #1 dance hit in the US with "Devil Inside". This time she rocks the dancefloors again with the song "Come Back To Me", and here's the official slower version video..

Utada Hikaru - Come Back To Me @ Yahoo! Video

Los Angeles band Silversun Pickups land on my chart with "Panic Switch", a manic rocker about insanity...

I had featured British electronic duo La Roux previously on a Distant Shores Songs post, and now Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid reach my big chart with the early 80's channeling "In For The Kill", which is a big hit in the UK.

Now for the country band that brought you "Chicken Fried", here's the more traditional "Whatever It Is"...with their live version from the House Of Blues in New Orleans (which Sugarbear and I passed by)..

Another DSS song is by French artist Helmut Fritz, produced by dance mixers Discobitch, with "Ca M'enerve", translated roughly to "It Annoys Me". It's the biggest selling download in France right now...

And 180 degrees from that song is Alan Jackson's heartfelt ballad to a passed loved one "Sissy's Song"..

Sissy's Song @ Yahoo! Video

Next up is someone I haven't heard from in a long time. Freedom Williams. Yes, "Gonna Make You Sweat" C&C Factory Freedom Williams. This time supporting NYC trio Speakerbox with "Mind Bounce".