twostepcub's music chart for February 1, 2013...

 

Hey gang, the end of the work week is here, and it's time for my top-100 tunes for the week. This time out Bruno Mars spends a fourth week on top, while siblings the Band Perry (pictured above) move right under the top-10. Former big hits by Alex Clare, Dave Aude, and Matchbox Twenty drop off my chart, while tracks by Spandau Ballet, Kerli, and Imagine Dragons make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red). Who is running this shitshow, anyway?

This Week               Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars (1)
2. Try - Pink (2)
3. Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia f/John Martin (3)
4. Sweet Nothing - Calvin Harris f/Florence Welch (4)
5. Madness - Muse (6)
6. Little Black Submarines - The Black Keys (8)
7. Adorn - Miguel (5)
8. The A Team - Ed Sheeran (10)
9. Ho Hey - The Lumineers (7)
10. Home - Phillip Phillips (11)
11. Better Dig Two - The Band Perry (17)
12. Little Talks - Of Monsters And Men (12)
13. I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons (13)
14. Troublemaker - Olly Murs (16)
15. Southern Comfort Zone - Brad Paisley (15)
16. Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) - Ne-Yo (9)
17. Catch My Breath - Kelly Clarkson (19)
18. Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Wanz (28)
19. Some Nights - fun (14)
20. Goodbye In Her Eyes - The Zac Brown Band (20)
21. How Country Feels - Randy Houser (25)
22. Skyfall - Adele (18)
23. Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys (27)
24. It's Time - Imagine Dragons (24)
25. Diamonds - Rihanna (21)
26. One More Night - Maroon 5 (22)
27. I Cry - Flo Rida (31)
28. Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) - Gary Allan (35)
29. Tornado - Little Big Town (37)
30. Beneath Your Beautiful - Labrinth f/Emeli Sande (30)
31. Daylight - Maroon 5 (39)
32. Anything Could Happen - Ellie Goulding (32)
33. Take A Walk - Passion Pit (23)
34. Chalk Outline - Three Days Grace (29)
35. Been Away Too Long - Soundgarden (40)
36. Overjoyed - Matchbox Twenty (38)
37. Gangnam Style - PSY (33)
38. Stubborn Love - The Lumineers (42)
39. Til My Last Day - Justin Moore (26)
40. Feel Again - OneRepublic (36)
41. Mountain Sound - Of Monsters And Men (53)
42. Radioactive - Imagine Dragons (56)
43. Candy - Robbie Williams (41)
44. Finally Found You - Enrique Iglesias f/Sammy Adams (34)
45. Trojans - Atlas Genius (49)
46. I Knew You Were Trouble - Taylor Swift (48)
47. Superlove - Avicii vs. Lenny Kravitz (47)
48. Two Black Cadillacs - Carrie Underwood (58)
49. Wanted - Hunter Hayes (51)
50. Thinkin Bout You - Frank Ocean (50)
51. Die Young - Ke$ha (46)
52. Begin Again - Taylor Swift (52)
53. The Only Way I Know - Jason Aldean f/Luke Bryan & Eric Church (55)
54. Lately - Anita Baker (44)
55. Carry On - fun (67)
56. I Found You - The Wanted (68)
57. Tip It On Back - Dierks Bentley (61)
58. Every Day - Eric Prydz (59)
59. Don't Stop The Party - Pitbull f/TJR (69)
60. The Lucky One - Kerli (76)
61. Somebody's Heartbreak - Hunter Hayes (65)
62. Between The Raindrops - Lifehouse f/Natasha Bedingfield (64)
63. Beam Me Up (Kill-Mode) - Cazzette (63)
64. Big Banana - Havana Brown f/R3hab (66)
65. Lessons In Love (All Day, All Night) - Neon Trees f/Kaskade (73)
66. Gold 2012 - Spandau Ballet (84)
67. Beauty And A Beat - Justin Bieber f/Nicki Minaj (71)
68. Gold - Neon Hitch f/Tyga (70)
69. Clarity - Zedd (DEBUT)
70. Only Love - Ben Howard (72)
71. We Are Young - Vassy (85)
72. Impossible - James Arthur (79)
73. You & I - Avant f/Keke Wyatt (77)
74. Merry Go 'Round - Kacey Musgraves (78)
75. Dancing In My Head - Eric Turner vs. Avicii (75)
76. Hall Of Fame - The Script f/will.i.am (74)
77. Crying On A Suitcase - Casey James (81)
78. One Of Those Nights - Tim McGraw (82)
79. Mermaid - Train (83)
80. Soldier - Gavin DeGraw (80)
81. Change - Churchill (87)
82. My Love Is All I Have - Charlie Wilson (86)
83. Leaving - Pet Shop Boys (DEBUT)
84. Beer Money - Kip Moore (62)
85. Stars - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals (90)
86. 93 Million Miles - Jason Mraz (91)
87. Come Along - Vicci Martinez f/Cee-Lo Green (89)
88. Let There Be Cowgirls - Chris Cagle (92)
89. El Cerrito Place - Kenny Chesney (57)
90. Enemies - Shinedown (93)
91. Stay - Rihanna f/Mikky Ekko (95)
92. The Pit - Silversun Pickups (94)
93. If I Didn't Have You - Thompson Square (DEBUT)
94. Scream & Shout - will.i.am f/Britney Spears (96)
95. Beer With Jesus - Thomas Rhett (97)
96. Hero - Family Of The Year (DEBUT)
97. Louder - DJ Fresh f/Sian Evans (RE-ENTRY)
98. Because We Can - Bon Jovi (DEBUT)
99. Absolute Zero - Stone Sour (DEBUT)
100. Drinking From The Bottle  - Calvin Harris f/Tinie Tempah (DEBUT)

There are seven new songs (highlighted in blue) and one re-entry on my list, and here they are, along with a little about the artist after the break...


The top entry at #69 is by Russian-born DJ Anton Zaslavski, who now calls Germany his home and records under the moniker of Zedd, with his second dance hit "Clarity". The first, "Spectrum", made my top-100 of the year last year, and since then he's also co-written and produced the latest Justin Bieber song, "Beauty And A Beat"..

Arriving at #83 is the Pet Shop Boys with their latest, "Leaving" the second single after "Winning" to make my list from their latest (and awesome) album Elysium...

Husband and wife duo Thompson Square twostep in at #93 with the first track from their upcoming sophomore album, "If I Didn't Have You".

Indie-folk outfit Family Of The Year are now based in L.A., but their members hail from all over like Florida and Wales. They score their first hit with "Hero" at #96..

New Jersey's own Bon Jovi come in at #98 with their first single to make my chart since 2010's "What Have You Got", "Because We Can". Which Billboard magazine apparently doesn't consider a "rock" song. From Bon Jovi. Yeah. Ugh.

Slipknot side-project Stone Sour debut at #99 with their latest, "Absolute Zero". They were also last on here in 2010 with "Say You'll Haunt Me".

The last new song at #100 is by Scottish DJ/producer Calvin Harris with British rapper Tinie Tempah on "Drinking From The Bottle", the sixth single from his latest (and recommended) album 18 Months to make my chart.

The one re-entry, British DJ Fresh and Sian Evans' "Louder" at #97, is notable in that is was on my list way back in the summer of 2011, when it was a #1 single in the UK. It's finally crossed over to American shores...

That's it for tonight...I'll be back tomorrow with another Song of the Day, Candletime, and my five-part "chart sweeps" of the latest songs making their way on to the Billboard singles charts. Have a great night!