twostepcub's New Music Roundup 1/14/23...
It's time for my weekly new music roundup, where I feature my choices of the songs making the various radio charts in Billboard magazine, as well as on the charts in the United Kingdom.
"Bloody Mary" - Lady Gaga
from the album Born This Way (2011)
Billboard Hot 100 debut: #68
The Netflix series Wednesday is the latest "it" show to affect listening habits, but while the show featured the song "Goo Goo Muck" by the Cramps from 1981, causing speculation that the song would experience a viral revival like Stranger Things did to Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill", TikTok users had another thing in mind as they recreated the dance to this 12-year-old track from Lady Gaga, which has since found a new home on radio. This made (rightfully) overshadow her dismal ballad from Top Gun: Maverick.
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from the single (2022)
Billboard Hot 100 debut: #69
A song that's already reached the top 20 on the country radio chart (as well as making my personal chart), this affable drinking song breaks through the post Christmas song logjam to make a big mark on the big chart. This would make a great country two-step dance song.
"Here With Me" - d4vd
from the single (2022)
Billboard Hot 100 debut: #88
Social media presence David Burke, aka d4vd, evoked comparisons to Steve Lacy with his first hit "Romantic Homicide", but this one is more like Stephen Sanchez's "Until I Found You" with its throwback to the pop crooners of the early 1960s.
from the album Beatopia (2022)
Billboard Rock & Alternative Airplay debut: #48
Meanwhile, this song from indie-pop singer Beatrice Laus brings memories of the lite samba movement of that decade, albeit moved up in tempo but still as alluring.
from the album Into The Blue (2022)
Billboard Rock & Alternative Airplay debut: #49
L.A. duo brings back trip-hop with this dreamy ode to weekend that places Indian sounds back onto rock radio.
from the album Subject To Change (2022)
Billboard Country Airplay debut: #59
Man, do I miss the fiddle on contemporary country radio, and this female bonding anthem puts it right up in the spotlight where it belongs, with an easy going delivery of the lyrics that make this a great little respite for the winter.
from the single (2022)
Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs debut: #47
Fans of the late Peter Rauhofer and his Club 69 label may like this deep tribal house jam from Chicago DJ Summit.
"Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher" - Revival, Kathy Brown, and the Geo Gospel Choir
from the single (2022)
British Singles Airplay debut: #13
A collective brought together by the record company featuring Brown, who had a few great house music hits in the early 1990's, put a new spin on the Jackie Wilson classic.
"Awakening" - LeAnn Rimes
from the album god's work (2022)
British Singles Airplay debut: #19
Rimes' current "religious" album has produced the most beautiful music she's released in a while, and this soaring ballad has her voice and message in fine form.
"Super Magic" - Louise
from the album Greatest Hits (2023)
British Singles Airplay debut: #22
Louise Redknapp, who was in the British "girl-group" Eternal before going solo and scoring nine top ten hits in her native Britain, makes a comeback with this bop that will invariably be compared to Kylie Minogue in a good way.
from the single (2022)
British Singles Airplay debut: #25
Olly Alexander's Years & Years covers the 90s club classic for the Target department store chain, and finally lands on British radio. A fun, if not really necessary remake.
from the single (2022)
British Singles Airplay debut: #34
The young man who brought us last year's bright and shiny summer tune "Sunroof" is back with an equally bouncy pop ditty. It's twee and it's majorly Autotuned, but it gets me moving every time. And a freaking CAT VIDEO.
"Cardboard Box" - FLO
from the EP The Lead (2022)
British Singles Airplay debut: #36
This London trio has their first radio hit with the immediate earworm "put all your shit in a cardboard box" that ripe for TikTok picking. The harmonies between them is very nice.
from the album Marry Me (2022)
British Singles Airplay debut: #39
The third offering from Olly's new album is an infectious slice of neo-disco that will be a cool car playlist add.
from the album High Drama (2023)
British Singles Sales debut: #32
Taking a break from fronting Queen, Lambert goes back to his American Idol roots with a new album of cover songs, including this stompy take on the Footloose classic.
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