twostepcub's music chart for August 2, 2013...

Hey gang, Friday's here, and time to check out my top-100 tunes for the week. Robin Thicke hangs on to #1 for a third week, while Walk Off The Earth (pictured above) jumps into the top-10. Former big hits by Emeli Sande, David Guetta, NERVO, Bruno Mars, and Florida Georgia Line drop off my chart, while songs by DJ Escape, Lorde, and Brett Eldredge make the biggest leaps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red). I can say TGIF at last!

This Week               Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke f/T.I. & Pharrell Williams (1)
2. Safe And Sound - Capital Cities (2)
3. Brave - Sara Bareilles(3)
4. DONE. - The Band Perry (4)
5. Get Lucky - Daft Punk f/Pharrell Williams (5)
6. Treasure - Bruno Mars (8)
7. My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark - Fall Out Boy (7)
8. Mirrors - Justin Timberlake (6)
9. Red Hands - Walk Off The Earth (11)
10. I Need Your Love - Calvin Harris f/Ellie Goulding (12)
11. I Love It - Icona Pop f/Charli XCX (9)
12. Can't Hold Us - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Ray Dalton (10)
13. Radioactive - Imagine Dragons (13)
14. Demons - Imagine Dragons (16)
15. Love Somebody - Maroon 5 (17)
16. Just Give Me A Reason - Pink f/Nate Ruess (14)
17. People Like Us - Kelly Clarkson (15)
18. Out of My League - Fitz & The Tantrums (20)
19. Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood (19)
20. San Francisco - The Mowgli's (21)
21. Runnin' Outta Moonlight - Randy Houser (29)
22. Crash My Party - Luke Bryan (22)
23. Cruise - Florida Georgia Line f/Nelly (27)
24. This Is What It Feels Like - Armin van Buuren f/Trevor Guthrie (28)
25. Gone, Gone, Gone - Phillip Phillips (23)
26. Stompa - Serena Ryder (18)
27. See You Again - Carrie Underwood (31)
28. Jump Right In - Zac Brown Band (32)
29. I'm Alive - Michael Franti & Spearhead (39)
30. Come & Get It - Selena Gomez (37)
31. Harlem - New Politics (36)
32. Cups (When I'm Gone) - Anna Kendrick (42)
33. Mountain Sound - Of Monsters And Men (33)
34. Fire We Make - Alicia Keys & Maxwell (40)
35. This Is My Goodbye - Antoine Clamaran (35)
36. Heartbeat - Tony Moran f/Deborah Cooper (26)
37. All Over The Road - Easton Corbin (45)
38. I Want Crazy - Hunter Hayes (44)
39. Heart Attack - Demi Lovato (25)
40. Live It Up - Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull (47)
41. Clarity - Zedd f/Foxes (41)
42. Reload - Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash f/John Martin (46)
43. Stay - Rihanna f/Mikky Ekko (38)
44. Beat This Summer - Brad Paisley (34)
45. Bruises - Train f/Ashley Monroe (49)
46. Hey Pretty Girl - Kip Moore (50)
47. More Than Miles - Brantley Gilbert (30)
48. Bullet - Rokelle f/Dave Aude (54)
49. Don't Ya - Brett Eldredge (63)
50. Body Party - Ciara (62)
51. Should've Gone To Bed - Plain White T's (51)
52. Alive - Empire Of The Sun (64)
53. Again - Jessica Sutta (53)
54. Recovery - Frank Turner (57)
55. Little Bit Of Everything - Keith Urban (55)
56. U B The Bass - Luciana (56)
57. It's Not Over - Chaka Khan (59)
58. It's A Beautiful Day - Michael Buble (58)
59. Point At You - Justin Moore (61)
60. Dear Darlin' - Olly Murs (48)
61. Same Love - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Mary Lambert (71)
62. Our Song - Matchbox Twenty (66)
63. Make Some Noise - DJ Escape & Inaya Day (83)
64. Came Back Haunted - Nine Inch Nails (68)
65. Anywhere With You - Jake Owen (43)
66. Goodbye Town - Lady Antebellum (76)
67. True Love - Pink f/Lily Allen (DEBUT)
68. Trenches - Pop Evil (72)
69. Stone - Alice In Chains (69)
70. Easy - Mat Zo & Porter Robinson (70)
71. La La La - Naughty Boy f/Sam Smith (75)
72. Royals - Lorde (90)
73. Summertime Sadness - Lana Del Rey (81)
74. Walks Like Rihanna - The Wanted (74)
75. The Other Side - Jason Derulo (87)
76. Wake Me Up! - Avicii (DEBUT)
77. Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker (73)
78. I Got You - Jack Johnson (82)
79. We Can't Stop - Miley Cyrus (84)
80. Adorn - Miguel (80)
81. Age Ain't A Factor - Jaheim (86)
82. Highway Don't Care - Tim McGraw f/Taylor Swift & Keith Urban (77)
83. Counting Stars - OneRepublic (89)
84. Everything Has Changed - Taylor Swift f/Ed Sheeran (88)
85. Hey Girl - Billy Currington (DEBUT)
86. Love Me Again - John Newman (91)
87. Let's Just Dance - D'Manti (DEBUT)
88. A Couple Of Forevers - Chrisette Michele (DEBUT)
89. Here's To Never Growing Up - Avril Lavigne (65)
90. Best I Ever Had - Gavin DeGraw (DEBUT)
91. If So - Atlas Genius (96)
92. Brokenhearted - Lawson f/B.o.B (93)
93. Redneck Crazy - Tyler Farr (95)
94. Lift Me Up - Five Finger Death Punch f/Rob Halford (DEBUT)
95. Papaoutai - Stromae (99)
96. Power Trip - J. Cole f/Miguel (98)
97. I'd Rather Have A Love - Joe (DEBUT)
98. Bang Bang - will.i.am (100)
99. Good 4 It - wallpaper (DEBUT)
100. Whatever - Cro (DEBUT)

This week's chart has ten debuts (highlighted in blue), and if you click on any of them you'll connect to their official website. And here they are on video, after the break...

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The top debut of the week at #67 is the fourth single (and second collaboration) from Pink's The Truth About Love album (the other one, "Just Give Me A Reason", falls to #16). "True Love" features English songstress Lily Allen, who has been on my list before with songs like "Smile" and "Fuck You"....

Swedish DJ/producer Avicii's Etta James-sampling "Levels" made my year-end top-20 last year; he's back at #76 with the folkish-tinged "Wake Me Up" featuring Californian singer Aloe Blacc on vocals...

Billy Currington represents the country end of the music spectrum as he enters at #85 with "Hey Girl"...

Las Vegas native D'Manti pops in at #87 with her second hit on my chart after "Tonight", "Let's Just Dance", which is also climbing the Billboard dance club charts...

 Soul singer Chrisette Michele comes in at #88 with "A Couple Of Forevers". It's her first to make my chart...

Singer and "dancer with the stars" Gavin DeGraw returns at #90 with his new single "Best I Ever Had". His "Not Over You" made my yearend best chart in both 2011 and 2012...Is it me, or does this sound like he cribbed a Train track?

Hard rock band Five Finger Death Punch team up with metal icon (and out singer) Rob Halford at #94 with their #1 rock hit "Lit Me Up"...

Neo-soul singer Joe is in at #97 with his latest, "I'd Rather Have A Love". He hasn't made my chart since 2000's "Stutter"...

San Franciscan alt-hiphop act wallpaper debuts at #99 with "Good 4 It"...

The final entry of the week is German rapper Cro, who normally dons a panda mask when performing. He's slinking in at #100 with "Whatever", his third single from his debut album Raop to make my chart (it's one of the few all-German CDs available readily here)...

That does it for my top tunes....I'll be back tomorrow with another Song of the Day and my five-part "chart sweep" sampling the songs making the American music charts...see you there!