twostepcub's music chart for October 18, 2013...

Hey gang, it's Friday again, and time to run down my top 100 tunes for the week. This week Lorde reigns with "Royals" for week number two, while Lady GaGa (pictured above) moves up in the top-10. Former big hits by Jack Johnson, Justin Timberlake, and Luke Bryan drop off my list, while songs by Kaskade, Havana Brown, and Joe Nichols make some of the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red). Back to work, DC!

This Week         Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Royals - Lorde (1)
2. True Love - Pink f/Lily Allen (2)
3. Wake Me Up! - Avicii (3)
4. Brave - Sara Bareilles (4)
5. Out Of My League - Fitz & The Tantrums (6)
6. Applause - Lady GaGa (8)
7. Safe And Sound - Capital Cities (7)
8. Summertime Sadness - Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais (5)
9. Redneck Crazy - Tyler Farr (11)
10. That's My Kind Of Night - Luke Bryan (14)
11. Demons - Imagine Dragons (9)
12. Bruises - Train f/Ashley Monroe (12)
13. Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke f/T.I. & Pharrell Williams (10)
14. Let Her Go - Passenger (16)
15. Counting Stars - OneRepublic (18)
16. Roar - Katy Perry (22)
17. Everything Has Changed - Taylor Swift f/Ed Sheeran (17)
18. Cups (When I'm Gone) - Anna Kendrick (13)
19. Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood (19)
20. Pompeii - Bastille (28)
21. Hey Girl - Billy Currington (25)
22. Supersoaker - Kings Of Leon (24)
23. Live For The Night - Krewella (29)
24. Radioactive - Imagine Dragons (20)
25. Point At You - Justin Moore (15)
26. Clarity - Zedd f/Foxes (26)
27. Aw Naw - Chris Young (31)
28. Ways To Go - Grouplove (33)
29. Night Train - Jason Aldean (37)
30. Love Somebody - Maroon 5 (30)
31. Treasure - Bruno Mars (21)
32. I Need Your Love - Calvin Harris f/Ellie Goulding (32)
33. Vocal - Pet Shop Boys (23)
34. Skirt - Kylie Minogue (34)
35. Round Here - Florida Georgia Line (35)
36. Best I Ever Had - Gavin DeGraw (40)
37. All Over The Road - Easton Corbin (27)
38. Parking Lot Party - Lee Brice (42)
39. It Goes Like This - Thomas Rhett (43)
40. Burn - Ellie Goulding (45)
41. Atmosphere - Kaskade (53)
42. Runnin' Outta Moonlight - Randy Houser (38)
43. Little Bit Of Everything - Keith Urban (39)
44. Take Me - Tiesto f/Kyler England (44)
45. Slow Down - Selena Gomez (46)
46. Hail To The King - Avenged Sevenfold (48)
47. Turn The Night Up - Enrique Iglesias (49)
48. Walking On Thin Ice 2013 - Yoko Ono (50)
49. Weapon - Cazzette (51)
50. Same Love - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Mary Lambert (41)
51. 365 Days - ZZ Ward (56)
52. Replay - Zendaya (58)
53. Flashing Lights - Havana Brown (63)
54. Still Into You - Paramore (59)
55. This Is What It Feels Like - Armin van Buuren f/Trevor Guthrie (47)
56. Sunny and 75 - Joe Nichols (66)
57. Get Lucky - Daft Punk f/Pharrell Williams (36)
58. Hold On, We're Going Home - Drake f/Majid Jordan (68)
59. Age Ain't A Number - Jaheim (60)
60. It's You - Duck Sauce (61)
61. Mine Would Be You - Blake Shelton (64)
62. Beneath Your Beautiful - Labrinth f/Emeli Sande (62)
63. Don't Ya - Brett Eldredge (55)
64. Could It Be - Charlie Worsham (67)
65. The One - Tamar Braxton (65)
66. Red - Taylor Swift (71)
67. Southern Girl - Tim McGraw (75)
68. Lose Yourself To Dance - Daft Punk f/Pharrell Williams (78)
69. Exotic - Priyanka f/Pitbull (69)
70. Fire We Make - Alicia Keys & Maxwell (70)
71. Animals - Martin Garrix (76)
72. A Couple Of Forevers - Chrisette Michele (74)
73. Scream For Love - Natali Yura (73)
74. Can't Help - Parachute (79)
75. Come A Little Closer - Cage The Elephant (80)
76. Elephant - Tame Impala (81)
77. Formidable - Stromae (77)
78. Outta My Head - Craig Morgan (85)
79. Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus (87)
80. Talk Dirty - Jason Derulo f/2 Chains (88)
81. Work - Iggy Azalea (83)
82. There's No Going Back - Sick Puppies (82)
83. Unbelievers - Vampire Weekend (93)
84. It's My Party - Jessie J (84)
85. Never Gonna Happen - Colette Carr (90)
86. Atlas - Coldplay (DEBUT)
87. Misery Loves My Company - Three Days Grace (91)
88. The Best Day Of My Life - American Authors (DEBUT)
89. You Make Me - Avicii (89)
90. We Were Us - Keith Urban f/Miranda Lambert (DEBUT)
91. Come To Me - Goo Goo Dolls (96)
92. Cheating - John Newman (DEBUT)
93. Take Me Home - Cash Cash (98)
94. I'm Alive (Life Sounds Like) - Michael Franti & Spearhead (95)
95. Holy Grail - Jay Z f/Justin Timberlake (97)
96. Young & Beautiful - Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais (DEBUT)
97. The Fox - Ylvis (DEBUT)
98. Bonfire Heart - James Blunt (DEBUT)
99. Can't Hold Us - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis f/Ray Dalton (RE-ENTRY)
100. Wild Child - Brett Dennen (DEBUT)

There are eight debuts on my chart this week (highlighted in blue), and if you click on any of them, you'll be connected to their official website. And here they are as well on video, after the jump...

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The top entry of the week is by the British alternative rock group Coldplay, with their contribution to the soundtrack of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack, "Atlas", at #86....

My vote for most adorable music video of the year so far goes to the band at #88 with their first hit single, "The Best Day Of My Life". You have to watch until the end.

While Keith Urban drops out of the top-40 with his "Little Bit Of Everything", his follow-up, a duet with Miranda Lambert called "We Were Us", arrives at #90...

My pick for the next British singer to break through to America should be John Newman, and his second single "Cheating" comes in at #92...

Emo-fashion singer Lana Del Rey follows up her top-5 hit "Summertime Sadness" with another track that's just received the Cedric Gervais remix treatment, "Young And Beautiful" from the Baz Luhrmann Great Gatsby movie adaptation, at #96...

 Well, even though Billboard's crazy hype soured me a little, the genius behind Norwegian comic duo Ylvis' awesome EDM send-up "The Fox" still makes it on my list at #97...

James Blunt is back at #98 with his "Bonfire Heart". He topped my chart back in 2005 with "You're Beautiful"...

The final entry of the week at #100 is singer/songwriter Brett Dennen with his first to make my list, "Wild Child"...

That's it for now...I'll be back tomorrow with another Song of the Day and my five-part 'chart sweeps' of the songs making the grade on Billboard... Cheers!