twostepcub's music chart for March 9, 2012....

Hey folks, sorry I've been away for a couple weeks, but I'm finally back and catching up, and here's my top 100 tunes for the week. This week Australian/Belgian singer Gotye reaches my #1 slot, while the current US #1 pop hit by fun. jumps up 47 places on my list (jumps of 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. Now where's that damn clock?

This Week Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye f/Kimbra (3)
2. Domino - Jessie J (4)
3. Set Fire To The Rain - Adele (1)
4. Levels - Avicii (2)
5. Lonely Boy - Black Keys (5)
6. These Days - Foo Fighters (6)
7. Shake It Out - Florence + The Machine (8)
8. Turn Me On - David Guetta f/Nicki Minaj (12)
9. Not Over You - Gavin DeGraw (7)
10. Titanium - David Guetta f/Sia (15)
11. Love You Like A Love Song - Selena Gomez & The Scene (9)
12. Paradise - Coldplay (10)
13. Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) - Kelly Clarkson (21)
14. I Won't Give Up - Jason Mraz (26)
15. We Found Love - Rihanna f/Calvin Harris (11)
16. The One That Got Away - Katy Perry (14)
17. Good Feeling - Flo Rida (13)
18. Heartbeat - The Fray (18)
19. It Will Rain - Bruno Mars (19)
20. Face To The Floor - Chevelle (20)
21. Cough Syrup - Young The Giant (16)
22. Drive By - Train (34)
23. Antidote - Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party (33)
24. We Are Young - fun. (71)
25. All Your Life - The Band Perry (17)
26. You - Chris Young (22)
27. Sexy & I Know It - LMFAO (23)
28. Called Out In The Dark - Snow Patrol (30)
29. Hangover - Taio Cruz f/Flo Rida (24)
30. Reality - Kenny Chesney (32)
31. Love After War - Robin Thicke (35)
32. I'm Gonna Love You Through It - Martina McBride (36)
33. Love On Top - Beyonce (41)
34. Ours - Taylor Swift (39)
35. Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith (27)
36. A Thousand Years - Christina Perri (38)
37. Dance With Me Tonight - Olly Murs (29)
38. Dance On - Blush (44)
39. Don't Stop (Color On The Walls) - Foster The People (49)
40. You Gonna Fly - Keith Urban (42)
41. Hotel Nacional - Gloria Estefan (25)
42. Without You - David Guetta f/Usher (28)
43. Alone With You - Jake Owen (48)
44. We Run The Night - Havana Brown f/Pitbull (52)
45. You Da One - Rihanna (47)
46. Be With You - Erasure (50)
47. Fool For You - Cee-Lo Green f/Melanie Fiona or Philip Bailey (43)
48. Mr. Know It All - Kelly Clarkson (31)
49. Marry The Night - Lady GaGa (37)
50. Home - Dierks Bentley (54)
51. Run - Matt Nathanson f/Sugarland (55)
52. Ai Se Eu Te Pego - Michel Telo (56)
53. Walk - Foo Fighters (53)
54. Bully - Shinedown (62)
55. Love's Gonna Make It Alright - George Strait (59)
56. Fine By Me - Andy Grammer (61)
57. I Like It Like That - Hot Chelle Rae f/New Boyz (57)
58. Not Your Fault - AWOLnation (64)
59. The Walk - Mayer Hawthorne (60)
60. Give Me All Your Luvin' - Madonna f/Nicki Minaj & MIA (75)
61. Drifting - Plumb f/Dan Haseltine (66)
62. Stay - Tyrese (58)
63. Tonight Is The Night - Outasight (81)
64. Dancing Away With My Heart - Lady Antebellum (70)
65. Video Games - Lana Del Rey (45)
66. Crawling Back To You - Daughtry (40)
67. Je L'aime A Mourir - Shakira (71)
68. Naughty Naughty - Porcelain Black (68)
69. Waiting On You - Ultra Nate & Michelle Williams (69)
70. Drink On It - Blake Shelton (74)
71. International Love - Pitbull f/Chris Brown (73)
72. Lullaby - Nickelback (77)
73. Feel So Close - Calvin Harris (78)
74. Banjo - Rascal Flatts (82)
75. Next To Me - Emeli Sande (79)
76. I Don't Want This Night To End - Luke Bryan (46)
77. Shave It - Zedd (85)
78. Part Of Me - Katy Perry (DEBUT)
79. Woo - Anthony Hamilton (83)
80. Dedication To My Ex (Miss That) - Lloyd f/Andre3000 & Lil Wayne (65)
81. Moves Like Jagger - Maroon5 f/Christina Aguilera (76)
82. Over You - Miranda Lambert (87)
83. Wild Ones - Flo Rida f/Sia (84)
84. A Woman Like You - Lee Brice (88)
85. Satellite - Rise Against (95)
86. The Sound Of Winter - Bush (51)
87. Surrender - Paul Oakenfold (DEBUT)
88. Better Than I Used To Be - Tim McGraw (92)
89. Alone Again - Alyssa Reid f/Jump Smokers (93)
90. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston (90)
91. Where I Come From - Montgomery Gentry (91)
92. Hey Hey Hey (Pop Another Bottle) - Laurent Wery f/Swiftkid & Dev (DEBUT)
93. Twilight - Cover Drive (94)
94. The Motto - Drake (96)
95. The Trouble With Girls - Scotty McCreery (97)
96. Hot Right Now - DJ Fresh f/Rita Ora (DEBUT)
97. No Hurry - The Zac Brown Band (DEBUT)
98. Bad - The Cab (99)
99. Stereo Hearts - Gym Class Heroes f/Adam Levine (89)
100. Rolling In The Deep - Adele (RE-ENTRY)

There are just five new songs on this week's list (highlighted in yellow), and here they are, along with a little about the artists, with links to their previous hits in orange. And awayyyy we go...

This week's highest debut belongs to pop star and recent divorcee Katy Perry, who previewed this track on the Grammy Awards a couple weeks back. It then debuted at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, and is tacked onto the expanded version of her Teenage Dream album, which brought her five other charttoppers like "California Gurls" and "E.T.". Here's "Part Of Me"...



British DJ Paul Oakenfold is now 48 years old, but is still going strong with a career that includes six UK top-10 singles under various monikers (such as his biggest, Elementfour's #4 hit "Big Brother Theme")as well as an American dance #1 hit with "Faster Kill Pussycat" with the late Brittany Murphy. He's back with a track featuring singer J Hart on "Surrender"...



Next up is another DJ, this time Belgian Laurent Wery, with his first international hit featuring rapper Swift K.I.D. and singer Dev, who was last on my list with her own "In The Dark". Here's "Hey Hey Hey (Pop Another Bottle)"...



and for the hat trick here's another DJ, DJ Fresh from England, who follows up his first UK #1, "Louder", with his second, featuring vocals from British/Albanian singer Rita Ora on "Hot Right Now"...



The final entry on this week's chart comes from alt-country jammers the Zac Brown Band, who look to extend their seven charttopping streak on the US country chart (including classics like "Colder Weather" and "Free") with "No Hurry"...



Spring forward, my friends!