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    " Round & Round " was a big club hit for the British dance-rock band New Order. Appearing on their album Technique , the song was written and produced by the group (Bernard Summer, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris), and remixed by Ben Grosse and Kevin Saunderson. On Billboard magazine's Dance Club Play chart, the single spent a week at #1 in 1989. It also hit #64 on the pop Hot 100, #6 on the Alternative Rock radio chart, and #21 on the British Singles chart.      

    Friday is here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. Harry Styles remains at #1 for a fourth week, while Aussie singer/songwriter Vance Joy (pictured above) climbs a notch in the top ten. Songs from Old Dominion, Elton John/Britney Spears, and Lizzo make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ), while former big hits from Elton John/Dua Lipa, Kane Brown, Latto, and Justin Bieber drop off my chart. And under the list everything is Spotify playlisted for 5 1/2 hours of the biggest in pop, rock, R&B, country, and dance music. Half a banana!   This Week                 Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Late Night Talking - Harry Styles (1) 2. Sunroof - Nicky Youre & dazy (2) 3. The Kind Of Love We Make - Luke Combs (3) 4. About Damn Time...

    " Pop " - *NSYNC from the album Celebrity (2001) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #19 (three weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 7   Today's song comes from the vocal "boy-band" group *NSYNC , whose third studio album No Strings Attached became one of the largest-selling albums in American music history, selling over two million copies in its first week and eleven million overall. The set spun off three top ten pop hits with " Bye Bye Bye ", " This I Promise You ", and the #1 single " It's Gonna Be Me ".  At the close of 2000, the quintet released a one-off holiday song, " I Don't Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You " for their label's Platinum Christmas collection, which went to #24 on Billboard magazine's Adult Contemporary (or "easy listening") radio chart.   In the summer of 2001, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Chris Kirkpatrick, Lance Bass, and Joey Fatone returned with what would end up being ...

    "Just That Type Of Girl" was a club and urban radio hit for the R&B trio Madame X. Appearing on their debut (and only) album Madame X , the song was produced by Bernadette Cooper of the group Klymaxx, who wrote the track with Cornelius Mims and John Bokowski. The song was featured in the Whoopi Goldberg movie Fatal Beauty . On Billboard magazine's Dance Club Play chart, the single peaked at #7 in 1987, while reaching #4 on their R&B Singles chart.    (Click below to see the rest of the post)

    " I'm Already There " - Lonestar from the album I'm Already There (2001) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #24 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 11   Today's song comes from the country music group Lonestar , whose third album Lonely Grill had brought them squarely into the mainstream, placing four singles on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 all-genre chart between 1999 and 2000 with " Tell Her ", " What About Now ", " Smile ", and the song that took them all the way to #1 on the pop chart, " Amazed ".  Later in 2000 they released a holiday album, This Christmas Time , which rose to #95 on Billboard 200 sales tally and #11 on the Country Albums list, and four of its tracks got enough airplay to make the Country chart with " Little Drummer Boy " doing the best with four weeks on the list with a high of #46. At the beginning of the summer of the following year, Lonestar returned with their next regular studio album, I...

    "Imagination" was a club hit for Denise Languirand, who records under the alias "Lady D". Released as a stand-alone single, the song was written by her husband Pascal of the group Trans-X, who co-produced the track with Ali Lexa. On Billboard magazine's Dance Club Play chart, the single peaked at #25 in 1988.      

    " There You'll Be " - Faith Hill from the album Pearl Harbor (Original Soundtrack) (2001) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #10 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 9   Today's song comes from country music star Faith Hill , whose fourth studio album Breathe had scored three hits in the top-40 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 chart, with " If My Heart Had Wings ", " The Way You Love Me ", and " Breathe ", with the latter becoming the biggest "pop" hit in the trade bible for 2000. However that massive mainstream success created a bit of resentment in Nashville, for some reason (ahem, the patriarchy ), even though her husband Tim McGraw had a lot of pop success without consequences (at least for awhile). Her next move probably didn't help much - a Diane Warrren-written power-ballad for the Ben Affleck movie Pearl Harbor in the spring of 2001. "There You'll Be", produced by Trevor Horn (of Yes and the Buggles) and By...

    " Drive " - Incubus from the album Make Yourself (1999) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #9 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 23   Today's song comes from the rock band Incubus , who came together in the suburbs of Los Angeles as schoolmates. Lead singer Brendan Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, drummer Jose Pasillas, and bass player Alex Katunich started out as a funk rock band in the vein of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. After an EP (extended play single) release Let Me Tell You About Root Beer , the group put out  their debut full-length album Fungus Amongus independently in 1995, with their first music video " Take Me To Your Leader ". With the buzz generated from those two sets, Incubus was signed to Immortal Records in the Sony Distribution arm. Adding DJ/turntablist Gavin "DJ Lyfe" Koppell, they released a second EP, Enjoy Incubus , with mostly re-recorded versions of Fungus songs with DJ Lyfe scratching on top, in the beginning of 1997, as they ope...

    " I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On) " was a club hit for singer/songwriter/producer Kashif. Appearing on debut album Kashif , the song was written by the artist, who co-produced the track with Morrie Brown. On Billboard magazine's Dance/Disco Top-80 chart, the single peaked at #28 in 1983, while making it to #5 on their R&B Singles list.       

    " Yellow " - Coldplay from the album Parachutes (2000) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #48   This week's "robbed hit" comes from the British modern rock band Coldplay , who came together in the late 1990's in London, shuffling through a myriad of band names before settling with Coldplay after completing the lineup of lead singer/guitarist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, bass player Guy Berryman, and drummer Will Champion. The group released their first EP Safety on their own before being distributed by the indie label Fierce Panda. A single from the short set, " Brothers & Sisters ", popped on to the British Singles Chart for a week at #92 in 1999. After a successful stint at the Glastonbury music festival, Coldplay was signed to Parlophone Records, where they initially released a second EP, Blue Room , which contained an early version of a song, " Don't Panic ", that would appear on their first full-length album Parac...

    " My Baby " - Lil' Romeo from the album Lil' Romeo (2001) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 10   Today's song comes from rapper Romeo Miller , who originally recorded under the name Lil' Romeo. The son of Percy "Master P" Miller, the head of the No Limit Records franchise, and Sonya C, a rapper in Master P's supergroup TRU. Naturally, with them along with uncles Silkk The Shocker and C-Murder, Romeo entered the rap game, and did it quite young, brought on No Limit sub-label Soulja at an absurdly young age, and releasing his debut album Lil' Romeo when he was just eleven. The lead single from the record was "My Baby", which his dad must've paid bank to get the sample of the Jackson Five's "I Want You Back" to use as a backdrop (the songwriting credits only include the writers of that song). The lyrics have the usual boasting, with Romeo dropping names of his famous relatives, before ...

    " Let Me Blow Ya Mind " - Eve featuring Gwen Stefani from the album Scorpion (2001) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #2 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 28   Today's song comes from rapper Eve (Jeffries), whose debut album Let There Be Eve... had scored a trio of top-40 crossover hits on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 in 1999 through 2000 with " What Ya Want ", " Gotta Man ", and " Love Is Blind ".  She also was featured on Missy Elliott's top ten pop hit from the beginning of 2000 " Hot Boyz ". A second label compilation from her Ruff Ryders label, Ryde or Die Vol 2 , came out in the summer of that year, and contained Eve's collaboration with Jadakiss, " Got It All ", which went to #27 on Billboard 's R&B Singles chart and #88 on the Hot 100.  In the spring of 2001, Eve returned with her own sophomore effort, Scorpion . The lead single from the set was the declarative " Who's That Girl ". Wh...

    "The Mexican" was a big from hit for DJ/remixer/producer John "Jellybean" Benitez. Appearing on his debut album Wotupski!?! , the record was a remake of the club hit by the Bombers from 1978, which in itself was a cover of a rock song from the British rock band Babe Ruth written by Alan Shacklock from 1972. Jellybean's version featured vocals from Jenny Haan. On Billboard magazine's Dance/Disco Top-80, the single spent a week at #1 in 1984,       

"     " What It Feels Like For A Girl " - Madonna from the album Music (2000) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #23 (three weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 4   Today's song is from Madonna , whose eighth studio album Music had already spun off two big hits with the #1 " Music " and the follow-up " Don't Tell Me ", which made the top five on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 in the beginning of 2001. The third single pulled from the set was "What It Feels Like For A Girl". Written by Madonna with producer Guy Sigsworth and David Torn, the song continues that album's experimentation of combining electronic elements to acoustic instrumentation in a dance-pop setting. The lyrics tackle the misogynistic belittling of feminine characteristics, and doesn't pull any punches from the get-go, with a sampled speech from actress Charlotte Gainsbourg saying it's ok for a young girl to be a "tomboy", "But for a boy to look like a gi...

    Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. Harry Styles reigns for a third week, while country ginger Cole Swindell (pictured above) climbs a pair of notches in the top ten. Former big hits from Ed Sheeran/Lil Baby, Imagine Dragons, Ozzy Osbourne/Jeff Beck, Dylan Scott, Charlie Wilson, and the Band CAMINO drop off my chart, while songs from the Black Keys, Lizzo, and Tyler Hubbard make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ). And under the list everything is Spotify playlisted for 5 1/2 hours of the biggest in pop, rock, R&B, country, and dance music. Welcome to autumn!  This Week            Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Late Night Talking - Harry Styles (1) 2. Sunroof - Nicky Youre & dazy (2) 3. The Kind Of Love...