twostepcub's music chart for August 19, 2011...

Well hello folks, what a week. Between the strike and a pending hernia operation, I'm too busy for my own damn good. Well time to stop for my top-100 tunes for the week. This week Katy Perry spends a second week at the top, while the Foo Fighters (pictured above) jump into the top-10 to match their previous ranking. Previous big hits by Lady GaGa and Pink drop off my list, while tracks by Rihanna, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Alex Gaudino make the biggest moves (jumps of 10+ places highlighted in red). Link-O-Rama is still in effect, so you can click on any of the highlighted artists names to go to their website (right-click, and you can use a new window). Next week, I'll have been sawed open...

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) - Katy Perry (1)
2. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO (2)
3. The Edge Of Glory - Lady GaGa (3)
4. Save The World - Swedish House Mafia (6)
5. Good Life - OneRepublic (5)
6. Walk - Foo Fighters (11)
7. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People (7)
8. Give Me Everything - Pitbull f/Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer (4)
9. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall - Coldplay (9)
10. Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love) - Kylie Minogue (17)
11. Rolling In The Deep - Adele (10)
12. Save Me, San Francisco - Train (14)
13. If I Die Young - The Band Perry (21)
14. Knee Deep - Zac Brown Band f/Jimmy Buffett (18)
15. Mr. Saxobeat - Alexandra Stan (13)
16. Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean f/Kelly Clarkson (8)
17. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars (12)
18. Tonight Tonight - Hot Chelle Rae (24)
19. Keep Your Head Up - Andy Grammer (23)
20. Best Thing I Never Had - Beyonce (29)
21. Country Song - Seether (16)
22. Super Bass - Nicki Minaj (26)
23. Price Tag - Jessie J f/B.o.B (15)
24. So In Love - Jill Scott f/Anthony Hamilton (25)
25. Just A Kiss - Lady Antebellum (27)
26. Country Girl (Shake It For Me) - Luke Bryan (28)
27. Tomorrow - Chris Young (19)
28. Just Can't Get Enough - Black Eyed Peas (20)
29. Am I The Only One - Dierks Bentley (32)
30. Set Fire To The Rain - Adele (31)
31. Till Death - Wynter Gordon (35)
32. You & Tequila - Kenny Chesney f/Grace Potter (36)
33. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 f/Christina Aguilera (41)
34. Never Gonna Leave This Bed - Maroon 5 (22)
35. Who Says - Selena Gomez & The Scene (30)
36. Don't Wanna Go Home - Jason Derulo (38)
37. I'm Into You - Jennifer Lopez f/Lil' Wayne (37)
38. Dirty Dancer - Enrique Iglesias f/Usher & Lil' Wayne (43)
39. What A Feeling - Alex Gaudino f/Kelly Rowland (54)
40. Freak Of Nature (Mas) - Ricky Martin (48)
41. Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers (57)
42. Where Them Girls At - David Guetta f/Flo Rida & Nicki Minaj (42)
43. Arms - Christina Perri (47)
44. Barefoot Blue Jean Night - Jake Owen (46)
45. Homeboy - Eric Church (45)
46. Pieces Of Me - Ledisi (49)
47. Dirt Road Anthem - Jason Aldean f/Ludacris (33)
48. Faster - Matt Nathanson (51)
49. You Are A Tourist - Death Cab For Cutie (34)
50. Rope - Foo Fighters (40)
51. Panic - Sublime With Rome (55)
52. Long Hot Summer - Keith Urban (66)
53. Someone Like You - Adele (RE-ENTRY)
54. Remind Me - Brad Paisley f/Carrie Underwood (58)
55. Love Done Gone - Billy Currington (56)
56. Changing - Airborne Toxic Event (50)
57. California King Bed - Rihanna (75)
58. Here For A Good Time - George Strait (64)
59. Far Away - Marsha Ambrosius (52)
60. Addiction - Medina (44)
61. I Smile - Kirk Franklin (63)
62. All That You Are - Goo Goo Dolls (77)
63. Worldwide - Roger Sanchez (68)
64. Till The World Ends - Britney Spears (59)
65. Nothing - The Script (DEBUT)
66. Crazy Girl - The Eli Young Band (70)
67. Hey Mama - Mat Kearney (69)
68. Take A Back Road - Rodney Atkins (74)
69. Just Fishin' - Trace Adkins (71)
70. Lies Of The Beautiful People - Sixx:AM (72)
71. Lost In You - Three Days Grace (73)
72. The A Team - Ed Sheeran (76)
73. Man Down - Rihanna (83)
74. Talking To The Universe - Yoko Ono (DEBUT)
75. E.T. - Katy Perry f/Kanye West (61)
76. If It Isn't Love - Kem f/Chrisette Michele (81)
77. Not Over You - Gavin DeGraw (89)
78. Glad You Came - The Wanted (82)
79. Don't Stop The Party - Black Eyed Peas (79)
80. Love Don't Run - Steve Holy (80)
81. Louder - DJ Fresh f/Sian Evans (85)
82. So Far Away - Avenged Sevenfold (86)
83. I Love You This Big - Scotty McCreery (87)
84. I Wanna Go - Britney Spears (94)
85. (It) Feels So Good - Steven Tyler (78)
86. Honey Bee - Blake Shelton (62)
87. Up All Night - Blink-182 (DEBUT)
88. Sun & Moon - Above & Beyond f/Richard Belford (88)
89. Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat (93)
90. Loud Music - Michelle Branch (100)
91. True Love - George Acosta (91)
92. I Got You - Thompson Square (DEBUT)
93. She Makes Me Wanna - JLS f/Dev (DEBUT)
94. Let It Rain - David Nail (99)
95. The Story Of Us - Taylor Swift (95)
96. Made In America - Toby Keith (96)
97. WTF - Matt Zarley (DEBUT)
98. Nur Noch Kurz Die Welt Retten - Tim Bendzko (DEBUT)
99. Undivided - Blush f/Snoop Dogg (DEBUT)
100. How To Love - Lil' Wayne (DEBUT)

This week nine new songs (highlighted in yellow) and one big re-entry come onto my list. Here they are, with a little about the artists and links (in orange) to previous videos. And away we go...

The highest debut is by Irish rock group the Script, who by now are the masters of the slow burn, with two big hits ("Breakeven" and "For The First Time") that would not go away. Their latest is off to a faster start on Adult pop radio, and it's "Nothing"...



Next up is the dancing septuagenarian Yoko Ono, who in the last eight years has scored ten top-5 dance club hits, including eight #1s like "Walking On Thin Ice" and "Give Me Something". Her 11th is a remix of a track from her 1995 CD Rising. The original version featured the band IMA, which son Sean Lennon was a member. Here's "Talking To The Universe"...



Punk-gone-pop band Blink-182 are preparing their first CD after a break of seven years. After seeing two of their songs, "All The Small Things" and "I Miss You" make #1 on the modern rock chart, they are climbing again with "Up All Night"...



Husband and wife duo Thompson Square took their first top-40 country hit all the way to #1 with "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not". As a followup, the pair channel Sonny and Cher on "I Got You"...



The British juggernaut of the X Factor is hitting the states this fall, and the UK fifth series runners-up JLS prove that even not winning can create a windfall, garnering them five #1 hits in their homeland, including "Beat Again" and "Love You More". Their latest charttopper has support from American prodigy Dev, who took supporting role on two US top-40 hits, Far East Movement's #1 smash "Like A G6" and the New Boyz' "Backseat". Together they top the British chart with "She Makes Me Wanna"...



Dance and cabaret singer Matt Zarley has charted two previous hits on the club chart with a remake of Steve Winwood's "While You See A Chance" and "Where Did You Come From". He now has his biggest hit with a track that just missed the dance top-20. It's a party track with a really cool video, here's "WTF"...



German newcomer Tim Bendzko debuts with his first homegrown hit, which loosely translates to "Only Briefly to Save The World". Any idea? It's still really cool. Here's "Nur Noch Kurz Die Welt Retten"...



Asian reality-show concoction Blush get some push from Snoop Dogg for their first club hit "Undivided"...



The final debut is by bad boy rap artist Lil' Wayne, who after one #1 US hit as a lead artist on "Lollipop", and one supporting Jay Sean on "Down", has a big hit now with his first 'singing' record, the way-autotuned "How To Love"....



And finally, coming back strong is Adele's former UK smash hit which is finally gaining traction in the States, "Somebody To Love"...



Peace out.