twostepcub's music chart for September 16, 2011...

Hey folks, it's me extra late due to another trip to the hospital due to the bad spider bite, but ready to post my top tunes of the past week. This week country family trio The Band Perry take their hit to the top in it's second chart run, while Maroon5 and Christina Aguilera (pictured above) make it into the top-10. Former big hits by Luke Bryan, Andy Grammer, and Jessie J drop out, while tracks by Taylor Swift, Benny Benassi, and David Guetta makes the biggest jumps (songs moving 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 website for info, tour dates, video, and more. Countdown to Hell progressing...

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. If I Die Young - The Band Perry (3)
2. Walk - Foo Fighters (2)
3. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) - Katy Perry (1)
4. Save The World - Swedish House Mafia (4)
5. Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love) - Kylie Minogue (5)
6. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO (6)
7. Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People (7)
8. Tonight Tonight - Hot Chelle Rae (9)
9. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon5 f/Christina Aguilera (11)
10. Best Thing I Never Had - Beyonce (10)
11. Someone Like You - Adele (19)
12. The Edge Of Glory - Lady GaGa (12)
13. Super Bass - Nicki Minaj (13)
14. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall - Coldplay (8)
15. Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie - Red Hot Chili Peppers (15)
16. Good Life - OneRepublic (14)
17. Just A Kiss - Lady Antebellum (18)
18. Save Me, San Francisco - Train (16)
19. Rolling In The Deep - Adele (17)
20. So In Love - Jill Scott f/Anthony Hamilton (20)
21. Nothing - The Script (28)
22. Set Fire To The Rain - Adele (24)
23. Am I The Only One - Dierks Bentley (21)
24. Give Me Everything - Pitbull f/Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer (23)
25. You & Tequila - Kenny Chesney f/Grace Potter (25)
26. Barefoot Blue Jean Night - Jake Owen (31)
27. Long Hot Summer - Keith Urban (35)
28. Dirty Dancer - Enrique Iglesias f/Usher & Lil' Wayne (29)
29. California King Bed - Rihanna (33)
30. Freak Of Nature (Mas) - Ricky Martin (30)
31. Mr. Saxobeat - Alexandra Stan (27)
32. Faster - Matt Nathanson (32)
33. Pieces Of Me - Ledisi (36)
34. Love Done Gone - Billy Currington (34)
35. Talking To The Universe - Yoko Ono (42)
36. Knee Deep - Zac Brown Band f/Jimmy Buffett (26)
37. Not Over You - Gavin DeGraw (45)
38. All That You Are - Goo Goo Dolls (40)
39. Behind The Wheel 2011 - Depeche Mode (49)
40. Remind Me - Brad Paisley f/Carrie Underwood (41)
41. Lowlife - Theory Of A Deadman (48)
42. Up All Night - Blink-182 (46)
43. Brighter Than The Sun - Colbie Caillat (47)
44. Little Bad Girl - David Guetta f/Taio Cruz & Ludacris (56)
45. Arms - Christina Perri (37)
46. Till Death - Wynter Gordon (39)
47. Don't Wanna Go Home - Jason Derulo (43)
48. Crazy Girl - Eli Young Band (52)
49. Undivided - Blush f/Snoop Dogg (51)
50. Here For A Good Time - George Strait (50)
51. Take A Back Road - Rodney Atkins (55)
52. God Gave Me You - Blake Shelton (58)
53. Country Song - Seether (53)
54. Man Down - Rihanna (54)
55. Don't You Wanna Stay - Jason Aldean f/Kelly Clarkson (44)
56. Danza Kuduro - Don Omar f/Lucenzo (62)
57. I Wanna Go - Britney Spears (61)
58. Hey Mama - Mat Kearney (60)
59. Cinema - Benny Benassi f/Gary Go (73)
60. I Got You - Thompson Square (68)
61. She Makes Me Wanna - JLS f/Dev (65)
62. Sparks Fly - Taylor Swift (77)
63. Just Fishin' - Trace Adkins (63)
64. Lost In You - Three Days Grace (64)
65. If It's Love - Kem f/Chrisette Michele (66)
66. Right There - Nicole Scherzinger f/50 Cent (70)
67. Love Don't Run - Steve Holy (71)
68. Sail - AWOLnation (72)
69. Glad You Came - The Wanted (69)
70. Loud Music - Michelle Branch (74)
71. Let It Rain - David Nail (76)
72. Holdin' On - Dave Aude (82)
73. Baggage Claim - Miranda Lambert (83)
74. One More Drinking Song - Jerrod Niemann (84)
75. The Sound Of Winter - Bush (DEBUT)
76. Make It Stop (September's Children) - Rise Against (80)
77. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars (59)
78. I Love You This Big - Scotty McCreery (78)
79. Sunset In July - 311 (79)
80. Welcome To St. Tropez - DJ Antoine vs. Timati f/Kalenna (81)
81. Stand - Lenny Kravitz (85)
82. Not Again - Staind (88)
83. Heaven - Emeli Sande (87)
84. Elle Me Dit - Mika (89)
85. Nur Noch Kurz Die Welt Retten - Tim Bendzko (86)
86. You & I - Lady GaGa (DEBUT)
87. Life Of The Party - Charlie Wilson (91)
88. Heart Skips A Beat - Olly Murs f/Razzle Kicks (DEBUT)
89. Just Can't Get Enough - Black Eyed Peas (67)
90. French Can Can (Monsieur Sainte Nitouche) - Inna Modja (92)
91. Champagne Showers - LMFAO f/Natalia Kills (DEBUT)
92. Freak Like Me - Mayra Veronica (96)
93. Made In America - Toby Keith (93)
94. Heaven - O.A.R. (DEBUT)
95. Jealousy - Will Young (DEBUT)
96. Feels So Close - Calvin Harris (DEBUT)
97. Lighters - Bad Meets Evil f/Bruno Mars (RE-ENTRY)
98. Don't Go - Wretch 32 f/Josh Kumra (100)
99. Country Must Be Countrywide - Brantley Gilbert (99)
100. All Time Low - The Wanted (RE-ENTRY)

There are seven new songs on my list (highlighted in yellow), and here they are with a little background on the artists. I linked YouTube videos of their previous hits in orange. Here we go...

The highest debut this week is the return of post-grunge rock outfit Bush, still fronted by Gavin Rossdale and including original drummer Robin Goodridge, but with two new members. Back in the 90's the group scored ten top-10 modern rock hits, with four charttoppers - "Comedown", "Glycerine", "Swallowed", and "The Chemicals Between Us". In the last decade, Rossdale had been busier concentrating on his acting career (an excellent turn in Constantine) and family life with wife Gwen Stefani. He also released a solo album with a big adult-pop hit in "Love Remains The Same" four years ago. Now, the band is readying their first CD in a decade, and the first single here is "The Sound Of Winter". Fun Fact: in the 80s, Rossdale was in a relationship with Boy George's trans friend/recording artist Marilyn (the other one in the "Band Aid" video)...



Next up is Lady GaGa, who has been a constant prescence on my list since her debut single "Just Dance" in 2008 (BTW, where has Colby O'Donis been since then?). With all her singles she's hit the #1 position on the US pop chart only two more times so far - her JD followup "Poker Face" and last year's "Born This Way". Her fourth single from Born This Way is the Mutt Lange produced "You & I", which I feel Mother Monster channeling quite a bit of Shania Twain. And the video makes up for the simplicity of "Edge Of Glory" in it's way-over-the-top epicness.



Simon Cowell's X Factor finally debuts this week, while two of his most successful proteges debut of my chart. The first was the runner-up to the show's sixth season, being eat by the eunich-like Joe McElderry two years ago. After that Murs proved to outsell the other by quite a bit, having three UK top-40 hits, including the #1 "Please Don't Let Me Go" and the #4 "Thinking Of Me", both great songs considering. The first single from his sophomore CD features British rap duo Rizzle Kicks, who have placed a top-10 hits of their own in "Down With The Trumpets", with a song that's now his second English charttopper, "Heart Skips A Beat"...



Gordy family act LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" is still hanging in the top-10 , and is in the race to being one of the biggest hits of this year. Their followup on the radio is "Sexy And I Know It", but in the clubs, the duo is jamming with "Champagne Showers", featuring singer Natalia Kills, who can boast a top-10 club hit with "Mirrors" that also made top-10 in Germany, Austria, and Poland...



Rock band O.A.R., or "Of A Revolution", are from Rockville, Maryland, and have hit with five top-30 singles on adult pop since 2003, including the #2 Platinum single "Shattered (Turn The Car Around)" and the gold single "Love And Memories". They are back with "Heaven"...



The other Cowell act to debut this week was his first. Back when he started Pop Idol in the UK in 2002, Will Young was the winner of that first season, and since then has sold over eight million records worldwide, which proves that even 'coming out' can lead to a fruitful career (no pun intended). His first three singles were British number-one hits: the 'winner's song' "Anything Is Possible", and his covers of the Doors' "Light My Fire" and the Beatles' "The Long And Winding Road" with runner-up Gareth Gates. His second CD gave him a fourth #1 in "Leave Right Now", which was his sole (minor) hit in the US after performing on American Idol. He's back with a #1 CD and first top-5 hit in his homeland in 5 years, here's "Jealousy"...



The final new entry is by Scottish producer/singer Calvin Harris. His biggest success so far was the 2009 British charttopping single "I'm Not Alone". This year he scored a couple of UK #2 hits with "Bounce" (which falls off this week) and now the followup "Feels So Close"...



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