twostepcub's music chart for April 3, 2015...

Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 tunes from the week. Walk the Moon hangs in for a third week at #1, while Ellie Goulding (pictured above) pops up three notches in the top 10. Former big hits by the New Basement Tapes, Sam Smith, Betty Who, Hozier, the Decemberists, and Mr. Probz drop off my list, while songs from Giorgio Moroder/Kylie Minogue, AWOLnation, and Sam Smith (again) make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red). Where is spring already?

This Week         Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. Shut Up And Dance - Walk The Moon (1)
2. Lampshades On Fire - Modest Mouse (4)
3. Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran (3)
4. Uptown Funk! - Mark Ronson f/Bruno Mars (2)
5. Sugar - Maroon 5 (6)
6. Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding (9)
7. I Bet My Life - Imagine Dragons (7)
8. Just Gettin' Started - Jason Aldean (10)
9. Mean To Me - Brett Eldredge (11)
10. Nobody - Kem (14)
11. Time Of Our Lives - Pitbull f/Ne-Yo (19)
12. Something New - Axwell & Ingrosso (12)
13. Make Me Wanna - Thomas Rhett (5)
14. Cigarette Daydreams - Cage The Elephant (8)
15. Outside - Calvin Harris f/Ellie Goulding (20)
16. Call My Name - Avery Sunshine (16)
17. Living For Love - Madonna (18)
18. Ghost - Ella Henderson (13)
19. Style - Taylor Swift (25)
20. Geronimo - Sheppard (24)
21. Take Me To Church - Hozier (17)
22. Lay Me Down - Sam Smith (42)
23. Stolen Dance - Milky Chance (23)
24. Ain't Worth The Whiskey - Cole Swindell (32)
25. Lips Are Movin' - Meghan Trainor (15)
26. Lonely Eyes - Chris Young (30)
27. Wrong Club - The Ting Tings (28)
28. Budapest - George Ezra (26)
29. Black Sun - Death Cab For Cutie (37)
30. I'm Gonna Get You - Dave Aude f/Jessica Sutta (40)
31. Honey, I'm Good. - Andy Grammer (43)
32. Lonely Tonight - Blake Shelton f/Ashley Monroe (27)
33. Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Mix) - Lilly Wood & The Prick (35)
34. Right Now - Mary J. Blige (22)
35. Drinking Class - Lee Brice (36)
36. Like A Cowboy - Randy Houser (21)
37. Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson (41)
38. Homegrown - The Zac Brown Band (48)
39. Congregation - Foo Fighters (51)
40. Blank Space - Taylor Swift (31)
41. Elastic Heart - Sia (53)
42. Take Your Time - Sam Hunt (52)
43. Centuries - Fall Out Boy (33)
44. Right Here, Right Now - Giorgio Moroder f/Kylie Minogue (79)
45. Homegrown Honey - Darius Rucker (45)
46. Say You Do - Dierks Bentley (50)
47. Riptide - Vance Joy (38)
48. Long Way Down - Robert Delong (58)
49. Believe - Mumford & Sons (DEBUT)
50. Jealous - Nick Jonas (34)
51. Night Changes - One Direction (61)
52. DJ Fav - Joe Bermudez f/Amanda Brigham (69)
53. Don't Wanna Fight - Alabama Shakes (65)
54. What Kind Of Man - Florence + The Machine (68)
55. Young Blood - Bea Miller (59)
56. A Guy Walks Into A Bar - Tyler Farr (66)
57. What We Ain't Got - Jake Owen (57)
58. FourFiveSeconds - Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney (70)
59. Earned It - The Weeknd (72)
60. Go All Night - Gorgon City f/Jennifer Hudson (60)
61. Raise 'Em Up - Keith Urban f/Eric Church (75)
62. Hold Back The River - James Bay (77)
63. No Good In Goodbye - The Script (73)
64. Unholy - Wolfgang Gartner (54)
65. Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf) - AWOLnation (87)
66. Stay With Me - Sam Smith (56)
67. Dearly Departed - Shakey Graves (67)
68. Crazy - Erika Jayne f/Maino (83)
69. I Lived - OneRepublic (63)
70. The Nights - Avicii (84)
71. Mess Is Mine - Vance Joy (86)
72. Smoke - A Thousand Horses (82)
73. If You Let Me Go - Salt Ashes (88)
74. Move - Jenevieve X (64)
75. Bright - Echosmith (85)
76. I See You - Luke Bryan (76)
77. Nothing Without Love - Nate Ruess (DEBUT)
78. King - Years & Years (90)
79. Talking Body - Tove Lo (DEBUT)
80. Truffle Butter - Nicki Minaj f/Drake & Lil' Wayne (100)
81. Don't It - Billy Currington (DEBUT)
82. Dangerous - Big Data f/Joywave (80)
83. Free People - Tony Moran f/Martha Wash (DEBUT)
84. Bulletproof Picasso - Train (94)
85. Real Love - Clean Bandit f/Jess Glynne (RE-ENTRY)
86. Apocalyptic - Halestorm (91)
87. Follow Me Down - The Pretty Reckless (95)
88. Beg For It - Iggy Azalea f/MO (63)
89. I Want You To Know - Zedd f/Selena Gomez (DEBUT)
90. Wherever Is Your Heart - Brandi Carlile (RE-ENTRY)
91. High - Young Rising Sons (DEBUT)
92. Really Love - D'Angelo & The Vanguard (97)
93. Cheerleader - OMI (93)
94. Sun Daze - Florida Georgia Line (74)
95. Spell - Noelia f/Timbaland & Peter Dranga (DEBUT)
96. Wild Child - Kenny Chesney f/Grace Potter (DEBUT)
97. I Don't Mind - Usher f/Juicy J (DEBUT)
98. Avenir - Louane (DEBUT)
99. GDFR - Flo Rida f/Sage The Gemini (DEBUT)
100. First Kiss - Kid Rock (DEBUT)

There are thirteen songs making their debut on the chart this week (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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Rocketing in up at just over the halfway mark at #49 is the new song from British indie-folk band Mumford & Sons with "Believe". It's from their upcoming third album Wilder Mind...

Nate Ruess, lead singer of the modern rock trio fun., comes in at #77 with his first solo hit "Nothing Without Love". He topped my list as a featured artist on Pink's "Just Give Me A Reason" in 2013...

Swedish singer/songwriter Tove Lo enters at #79 with "Talking Body", the second single from her Truth Serum album. The first, "Habits", made my top ten at the end of last year...

Country singer Billy Currington returns at #81 with his newest, "Don't It"....

Club king Tony Moran teams up with dance music legend Martha Wash for the song at #83, "Free People"...

Russo-German DJ and producer Zedd is in at #89 with "I Want You To Know" featuring vocals from Selena Gomez...

Alternative rock band Young Rising Sons, from Red Bank, New Jersey, arrive at #91 with their first hit "High"...

Puerto Rican singer Noelia pops in at #95 with her club hit "Spell" featuring Timbaland and Peter Dranga...

The third single from Kenny Chesney's The Big Revival album, "Wild Child", climbs in at #96. It features alt-rocker Grace Potter, who also had a hit with him with "You & Tequila" in 2011...

Usher is back at #97 with his stripper ode "I Don't Mind" featuring rapper Juicy J....

French singer Louane (Emera) scores her second hit on my chart after "Je Vole" as "Avenir" arrives at #98...

Pop-rapper Flo Rida rolls in at #99 with "G.F.D.R." featuring Sage the Gemini....

The final newbie of the week at #100 is Kid Rock with his "First Kiss"...

That's all for now..I'll be back tomorrow with the newest hits on the Billboard charts...