twostepcub's music chart of the week for March 8, 2013...

Hey gang, it's time to close this Friday with my top 100 tunes for the past week, as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis spend a second week on top, while Vegas boys Imagine Dragons (pictured above) move into the top-10. Songs by Avicii, Bruno Mars, and Mayra Veronica make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while former big hits by Pitbull, the Zac Brown Band, Adele, and Ke$ha drop out. Head gasket? Ain't nobody got time for dat!

This Week              Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Wanz (1)
2. Try - Pink (3)
3. Better Dig Two - The Band Perry (4)
4. Sweet Nothing - Calvin Harris f/Florence Welch (2)
5. Troublemaker - Olly Murs f/Flo Rida (7)
6. Tornado - Little Big Town (10)
7. Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia f/John Martin (5)
8. Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars (6)
9. Catch My Breath - Kelly Clarkson (9)
10. Radioactive - Imagine Dragons (12)
11. Madness - Muse (8)
12. Carry On - fun (20)
13. Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys (13)
14. Daylight - Maroon 5 (16)
15. Mountain Sound - Of Monsters And Men (17)
16. Two Black Cadillacs - Carrie Underwood (18)
17. Ho Hey - The Lumineers (14)
18. Little Black Submarines - The Black Keys (11)
19. Stubborn Love - The Lumineers (21)
20. Trojans - Atlas Genius (23)
21. Adorn - Miguel (19)
22. I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons (22)
23. Overjoyed - Matchbox Twenty (25)
24. Lover Of The Light - Mumford & Sons (28)
25. Clarity - Zedd (27)
26. Flavor - Tori Amos (34)
27. Southern Comfort Zone - Brad Paisley (15)
28. Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) - Gary Allan (24)
29. The Lucky Ones - Kerli (29)
30. Little Talks - Of Monsters And Men (26)
31. I Knew You Were Trouble - Taylor Swift (31)
32. Wanted - Hunter Hayes (32)
33. It's Time - Imagine Dragons (30)
34. Somebody's Heartbreak - Hunter Hayes (38)
35. We Are Young - Vassy (39)
36. Change - Churchill (36)
37. How Country Feels - Randy Houser (33)
38. Tip It On Back - Dierks Bentley (40)
39. When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (61)
40. Home - Phillip Phillips (35)
41. You & I - Avant f/Keke Wyatt (48)
42. Begin Again - Taylor Swift (44)
43. Take A Walk - Passion Pit (43)
44. Mermaid - Train (51)
45. Leaving - Pet Shop Boys (45)
46. Lessons In Love (All Day, All Night) - Neon Trees f/Kaskade (46)
47. Diamonds - Rihanna (41)
48. Merry Go 'Round - Kacey Musgraves (54)
49. My Love Is All I Have - Charlie Wilson (52)
50. I Found You - The Wanted (50)
51. Clown - Emeli Sande (53)
52. I Could Be The One - Avicii vs Nicky Romero (76)
53. Va Va Voom - Nicki Minaj (63)
54. One Of Those Nights - Tim McGraw (62)
55. Crying On A Suitcase - Casey James (55)
56. Beauty And A Beat - Justin Bieber f/Nicki Minaj (56)
57. Sorry - Ciara (57)
58. Hero - Family Of The Year (64)
59. Beam Me Up (Kill-Mode) - Cazzettte (59)
60. Impossible - James Arthur (60)
61. Sure Be Cool If You Did - Blake Shelton (65)
62. The Only Way I Know - Jason Aldean f/Luke Bryan & Eric Church (58)
63. Next To Me - Emeli Sande (71)
64. I Drive Your Truck - Lee Brice (72)
65. Stay - Rihanna (70)
66. Days Turn Into Nights - Delerium (67)
67. Come Along - Vicci Martinez f/Cee-Lo Green (69)
68. Beneath Your Beautiful - Labrinth f/Emeli Sande (66)
69. Because We Can - Bon Jovi (73)
70. Tears Of Joy - Faith Evans (78)
71. If I Didn't Have You - Thompson Square (75)
72. Downtown - Lady Antebellum (86)
73. Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake f/Jay-Z (77)
74. Hollow - Alice In Chains (84)
75. Rum & Raybans - Sean Kingston f/Cher Lloyd (82)
76. The Pit - Silversun Pickups (80)
77. Alone Together - Daley f/Marsha Ambrosius (85)
78. Stand Up - All That Remains (79)
79. Ay Mama Mia - Mayra Veronica (99)
80. Learn To Love Again - Lawson (81)
81. I Can Take It From There - Chris Young (91)
82. Oh Mama Hey - Chris Cox + DJ Frankie f/Crystal Waters (DEBUT)
83. Alive - Krewella (93)
84. Turn Around - Conor Maynard f/Ne-Yo (88)
85. Put The Gun Down - ZZ Ward (89)
86. C'mon - Ke$ha (100)
87. One And Only - Cherry Cherry Boom Boom (87)
88. Everybody's Beautiful - Miasha (DEBUT)
89. Tempest - The Deftones (DEBUT)
90. Scream & Shout - will.i.am f/Britney Spears (90)
91. Rest Of My Life - Ludacris f/David Guetta & Usher (DEBUT)
92. White Noise - Disclosure f/AlunaGeorge (92)
93. Just A Fool - Christina Aguilera f/Blake Shelton (97)
94. Drinking From the Bottle - Calvin Harris f/Tinie Tempah (RE-ENTRY)
95. Harlem Shake - Baauer (DEBUT)
96. Heaven - Depeche Mode (DEBUT)
97. Hall Of Fame - The Script f/will.i.am (RE-ENTRY)
98. If I Lose Myself - OneRepublic (DEBUT)
99. Pirate Flag - Kenny Chesney (DEBUT)
100. Rebel Beat - The Goo Goo Dolls (DEBUT)

There are nine debuting song on my list (highlighted in blue), and here they are, with a little about the artist...

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The top entry at #82 is the collaboration between Nevada DJ/producer Chris Cox (formerly half of remixing legends Thunderpuss), DJ Frankie, and danceclub veteran Crystal Waters with "Oh Mama Hey"...

Another dance act, singer Miasha, climbs on at #88 with her top-5 club hit "Everybody's Beautiful"...

One rung below that is the alt-metal band the Deftones with their top-3 rock hit "Tempest"...

Prolific rapper Ludacris takes a detour to the dancefloor with the David Guetta-assisted "Rest Of My Life" featuring Usher on the chorus at #91..

And at #95...is....yeah, that song. Lord. I'm crazy. Just here.

Popping in at #96 is the return of new-wave kings Depeche Mode, with "Heaven"....

Denver pop/rock group OneRepublic are back at #98 with "If I Lose Myself"..

Kenny Chesney sails in at #99 with the promo single for his next album, "Pirate Flag"..

...and the final debut of the week at #100 is the punk-band-gone-soft, the Goo Goo Dolls, with "Rebel Beat"...

That does it for tonight...I'll be back tomorrow with another Song of the Day, candletime, and my five-part "chart sweeps" of the newest songs making it to Billboard magazine. Take it easy, and thank you for dropping by....What's your favorite new song of the week?