twostepcub's music chart for August 17, 2018...

Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 tunes from the week. Country singer Jake Owen takes his nostalgic Mellencamping to the top spot, while British soulster Ella Mai (pictured above) leaps into the top 5. Former big hits from Donna Summer, David Lee Murphy/Kenny Chesney, and AJR/Rivers Cuomo dropped off my list, while songs from Netta, Lady Antebellum, and Death Cab For Cutie made the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red). Oh boy. Not looking forward to this.

This Week         Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses)
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1. I Was Jack (You Were Diane) - Jake Owen (2)
2. Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Backstreet Boys (4)
3. Say Amen (Saturday Night) - Panic! At The Disco (1)
4. Boo'd Up - Ella Mai (8)
5. In My Blood - Shawn Mendes (3)
6. I Like Me Better - Lauv (11)
7. No Tears Left To Cry - Ariana Grande (5)
8. Tequila - Dan + Shay (6)
9. Whatever You Want - Pink (12)
10. Girls Like You - Maroon 5 f/Cardi B (14)
11. One Kiss - Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa (7)
12. The Middle - Zedd, Maren Morris, & Grey (9)
13. Hunger - Florence + The Machine (13)
14. Mercy - Brett Young (19)
15. Life To Fix - The Record Company (20)
16. Quarter Past Midnight - Bastille (26)
17. Whatever It Takes - Imagine Dragons (15)
18. Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Own Way - U2 (22)
19. Broken - lovelytheband (18)
20. Alone - Halsey f/Big Sean & Stefflon Don (10)
21. Friends - Marshmello & Anne-Marie (21)
22. Beyond - Leon Bridges (32)
23. Solo - Clean Bandit f/Demi Lovato (23)
24. Kiss Somebody - Morgan Evans (24)
25. Sit Next To Me - Foster The People (25)
26. A Little Honey - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (29)
27. Never Be The Same - Camila Cabello (17)
28. Long As I Live - Toni Braxton (16)
29. Coming Home - Keith Urban f/Julia Michaels (39)
30. Let You Be Right - Meghan Trainor (34)
31. I'm Coming Out/Upside Down 2018 - Diana Ross (41)
32. Heaven - Kane Brown (28)
33. Younger - A Great Big World (28)
34. One Number Away - Luke Combs (30)
35. Rats - Ghost (35)
36. Ashes - Celine Dion (36)
37. Cry Pretty - Carrie Underwood (27)
38. Take Back Home Girl - Chris Lane f/Tori Kelly (42)
39. Gold Rush - Death Cab For Cutie (51)
40. Lash Out - Alice Merton (44)
41. I'm In Love With You - Tony Moran f/Jason Walker (47)
42. Life Changes - Thomas Rhett (46)
43. Shotgun - George Ezra (43)
44. Drowns The Whiskey - Jason Aldean f/Miranda Lambert (52)
45. Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin) - Dave Matthews Band (45)
46. Africa - Weezer (50)
47. Flames - David Guetta & Sia (49)
48. Have It All - Jason Mraz (48)
49. I Feel Like I'm Drowning - Two Feet (33)
50. Growing Pains - Alessia Cara (54)
51. Toy - Netta
52. Alien - Sabrina Carpenter & Jonas Blue (40)
53. Who You Are - Syn Cole f/MIO (59)
54. Leave It Smokin' - Tamia (58)
55. Bulletproof - Godsmack (55)
56. Good Old Days - Macklemore f/Kesha (56)
57. Call Me Sir - Train f/Cam & Travie McCoy (61)
58. Colors - Beck (38)
59. Get Alone - Kenny Chesney (57)
60. Mine - Bazzi (60)
61. Done For Me - Charlie Puth f/Kehlani (31)
62. If You Were Mine - Ocean Park Standoff f/Lil Yachty (62)
63. Delicate - Taylor Swift (67)
64. Love Like Yours And Mine - Peabo Bryson (64)
65. If You're Over Me - Years & Years (65)
66. The Line - Foo Fighters (70)
67. Hold On Tight - R3HAB f/Conor Maynard (68)
68. New Light - John Mayer (73)
69. Finest Hour - Cash Cash f/Abir (69)
70. Jumpsuit - twenty-one suits (77)
71. Only You - Cheat Codes & Little Mix (81)
72. Messin' With My Mind - Chris Cox & Lee Dagger f/Ollie James (79)
73. Kamikaze - Walk The Moon (75)
74. Beautifully Broken - Plumb (74)
75. Hands On Me - BURNS f/Maluma & Rae Sremmurd (76)
76. Hooked - Dylan Scott (80)
77. Heart Break - Lady Antebellum (91)
78. Rise - Jonas Blue f/Jack & Jack (83)
79. Hotel Key - Old Dominion (89)
80. I'll Be There - Jess Glynne (71)
81. Back To You - Selena Gomez (85)
82. Crazy - From Ashes To New (84)
83. Better Now - Post Malone (87)
84. I Wanna Know - NOTD f/Bea Miller (92)
85. There For You - Hilary Roberts (95)
86. Burn The House Down - AJR (94)
87. Simple - Florida Georgia Line (90)
88. In My Feelings - Drake (98)
89. Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset - Luke Bryan (93)
90. Natural - Imagine Dragons (DEBUT)
91. Uncomfortable - Halestorm (DEBUT)
92. Focus - H.E.R. (96)
93. Keep A Little Soul - Tom Petty (DEBUT)
94. Soulmate - Justin Timberlake (99)
95. Sticks And Stones - Metro & Nelly Furtado (DEBUT)
96. Move To Miami - Enrique Iglesias f/Pitbull (100)
97. Jackie Chan - Tiesto & Dzeko f/Preme & Post Malone (RE-ENTRY)
98. I'm So Alive - Dark Intensity f/Angelica Joni (DEBUT)
99. Youngblood - Five Seconds of Summer (DEBUT)
100. Accelerate - Christina Aguilera f/Ty Dolla Sign & 2 Chainz (DEBUT)

There are seven songs making their debut on my chart this week (highlighted in blue), and if you click on any of them, you'll connect to that artist's official website for more info. And here they are on video, after the break...

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The top new entry of the week belongs to modern rock titans Imagine Dragons, who enter at #90 with "Natural". It's so far a one-off single done for ESPN's college football coverage...

Halestorm, the hard rock band from central Pennsylvania, return at #91 with "Uncomfortable", which is the first single from their fourth album Vicious...

The great rock icon Tom Petty was one of the many music legends that have passed in the last twelve months, and a found nugget from his past, "Keep A Little Soul" from 1982, rises to #93. It's from his archival box set An American Treasure. It's an outtake from his album Long After Dark, my favorite of his...

Canadian pop/dance singer Nelly Furtado returns at #95 with "Sticks and Stones", a cut from her 2017 album The Ride, which has been remixed by Metro, who here gets first billing...

Dark Intensity, a remixer from California, rolls in at #98 with "I'm So Alive" featuring singer Angelica Joni...

Australian boy-band Five Seconds Of Summer pop in at #99 with their latest, "Youngblood"...

The final newbie of the week is from Christina Aguilera, who slips in at #100 with "Accelerate". The club hit features rappers Ty Dolla $ign and 2 Chainz...