twostepcub's music chart for May 17, 2013...

Hey gang, it's Friday, and time for my top 100 tunes from the week. This week Pink and fun. singer Nate Ruess take over the top spot, while Miranda Lambert (pictured above) gets her drunk ass on in the top-10. Songs by Daft Punk, Passion Pit, and Calvin Harris make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red), while former big hits by Avant, Pink, and Hunter Hayes drop out of the chart. Idol who?

This Week              Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Just Give Me A Reason - Pink f/Nate Ruess (2)
2. Next To Me - Emeli Sande (1)
3. Mirrors - Justin Timberlake (5)
4. Radioactive - Imagine Dragons (3)
5. When I Was Your Man - Bruno Mars (4)
6. Carry On - fun. (6)
7. Troublemaker - Olly Murs f/Flo Rida (9)
8. Lego House - Ed Sheeran (11)
9. Mama's Broken Heart - Miranda Lambert (13)
10. Clarity - Zedd (8)
11. Thrift Shop - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Wanz (7)
12. Closer - Tegan & Sara (16)
13. Lover Of The Light - Mumford & Sons (10)
14. Can't Hold Us - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Ray Dalton (18)
15. Mountain Sound - Of Monsters And Men (12)
16. Stubborn Love - The Lumineers (14)
17. Daylight - Maroon 5 (17)
18. If I Didn't Have You - Thompson Square (20)
19. Heaven - Depeche Mode (19)
20  Downtown - Lady Antebellum (21)
21. Alive - Krewella (25)
22. Hero - Family Of The Year (15)
23. Sweet Nothing - Calvin Harris f/Florence Welch (23)
24. It's A Beautiful Day - Michael Buble (30)
25. Pirate Flag - Kenny Chesney (29)
26. Gone, Gone, Gone - Phillip Phillips (36)
27. Stay - Rihanna f/Mikky Ekko (31)
28. I Could Be The One - Avicii vs. Nicky Romero (26)
29. Madness - Muse (27)
30. I Need Your Love - Calvin Harris f/Ellie Goulding (45)
31. Panic Station - Muse (41)
32. I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons (32)
33. Get Your Shine On - Florida Georgia Line (37)
34. 1994 - Jason Aldean (34)
35. Love And War - Tamar Braxton (39)
36. Beam Me Up (Kill-Mode) - Cazzette (22)
37. Safe And Sound - Capital Cities (47)
38. Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker (42)
39. Demons - Imagine Dragons (44)
40. Feel This Moment - Pitbull f/Christina Aguilera (40)
41. Acid Rain - Alexis Jordan (48)
42. I Love It - Icona Pop f/Charli XCX (52)
43. Hold Me - Yoko Ono f/Dave Aude (35)
44. Trojans - Atlas Genius (24)
45. Catch My Breath - Kelly Clarkson (33)
46. I Can Take It From There - Chris Young (28)
47. Come Along - Vicci Martinez f/Cee-Lo Green (49)
48. More Than Miles - Brantley Gilbert (50)
49. Stompa - Serena Ryder (54)
50. Let There Be Love - Christina Aguilera (57)
51. Ho Hey - The Lumineers (43)
52. Get Lucky - Daft Punk f/Pharrell Williams (92)
53. DONE. - The Band Perry (58)
54. I Drive Your Truck - Lee Brice (38)
55. Adorn - Miguel (51)
56. Up In The Air - 30 Seconds From Mars (60)
57. Give It All We Got Tonight - George Strait (61)
58. Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia f/John Martin (46)
59. Suit & Tie - Justin Timberlake f/Jay-Z (59)
60. If I Lose Myself - OneRepublic (64)
61. Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars (53)
62. Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood (74)
63. Red Hands - Walk Off The Earth (67)
64. Carried Away - Passion Pit (80)
65. My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark - Fall Out Boy (79)
66. Like Jesus Does - Eric Church (70)
67. Beat This Summer - Brad Paisley (75)
68. My Love Is All I Have - Charlie Wilson (62)
69. 22 - Taylor Swift (73)
70. Glowing - Nikki Williams (85)
71. Sure Be Cool If You Did - Blake Shelton (66)
72. Heart Attack - Demi Lovato (76)
73. Ready To Love - Katrina (77)
74. Highway Don't Care - Tim McGraw f/Taylor Swift & Keith Urban (84)
75. Fly Away - Guinevere (87)
76. Let Her Go - Passenger (68)
77. We Come Running - Youngblood Hawke (78)
78. Anywhere With You - Jake Owen (88)
79. Rebel Beat - Goo Goo Dolls (81)
80. This Is Our Love - Sophi (DEBUT)
81. I Knew You Were Trouble - Taylor Swift (71)
82. What About Us - The Saturdays (82)
83. Need U (100%) - Duke Dumont f/AME (89)
84. People Like Us - Kelly Clarkson (98)
85. Play Hard - David Guetta f/Ne-Yo & Akon (DEBUT)
86. By Crooked Steps - Soundgarden (94)
87. The High Road - Three Days Grace (91)
88. Jump Right In - The Zac Brown Band (DEBUT)
89. Shake That - Gimm+Icky (93)
90. Out of My League - Fitz & The Tantrums (DEBUT)
91. Crash My Party - Luke Bryan (DEBUT)
92. Here's To Never Growing Up - Avril Lavigne (DEBUT)
93. Best Of Me - Anthony Hamilton (DEBUT)
94. Boys 'Round Here - Blake Shelton & Friends f/Pistol Annies (99)
95. Waiting All Night - Rudimental (95)
96. Lose To Win - Fantasia (DEBUT)
97. Restless Heart - Matt Hires (DEBUT)
98. Vilify - Device (DEBUT)
99. Hey Porsche - Nelly (DEBUT)
100. #thatPOWER - will.i.am f/Justin Bieber (100)

There are eleven new songs on my list this week (highlighted in blue), and if you click on them you'll go to their offiical website for more info, tours, etc. And here they are, after the break...(WOOSH!)...


The top entry at #80 is Miami newcomer Sophi (Alvarez), who is in with her first top-10 club hit "This Is Our Love"....

French uber-DJ David Guetta is back with the eighth song from his expended Nothing But The Beat album to make my chart. "Play Hard" at #85 features R&B singers Ne-Yo and Akon and a music video apparently aimed to replicate the "everything and the kitchen sink" quality of PSY's "Gangnam Style"...

The third single from country jam act the Zac Brown Band's third album Uncaged, "Jump Right In", jumps in at #88...

Indie-soul group Fitz & The Tantrums arrive at #90 with "Out Of My League". Their excellent first album is on sale for five bucks at Amazon...

Country singer and Entertainer Of The Year winner Luke Bryan returns at #91 with "Crash My Party"...

28-year-old Avril Lavigne is back at #92 with "Here's To Never Growing Up", co-written with creepy fiance Chad Kroeger (who's 38) of Nickelback (along with three other people....really? really?). Seriously, I don't think Avril could sing a Radiohead song off the top of her head to save her life.

Neo-soul singer Anthony Hamilton pops in at #93 with "Best Of Me". His duet with Jill Scott, "So In Love", made my year-end top-100 two years ago..

As American Idol crowns another victor tonight (hell if I know who's running), third-season winner and current basket case Fantasia comes in at #96 with her latest, "Lose To Win" (referring to her mind, perhaps?)...

Tampa native Matt Hires gets his first hit on my chart with "Restless Heart" at #97. It was my "pop pick of the week" a few back..

Heavy metal "supergroup" Device, led by Disturbed frontman David Draiman, torches in at #98 with "Vilify", their debut single and new #1 mainstream rock hit..(NSFW)

The final entry at #99 is St. Louis rapper Nelly with his automotive comeback "Hey Porsche"...

That's it for tonight.. thanks for stopping by, and I'll be back tomorrow with another Song of the Day and my five-part "chart sweeps" of the new music reaching Billboard magazine's singles charts. Good night!