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Friday is here, and it's time to run down my top 100 tunes from the week. This week Sam Smith spends his ninth week at the top, while electropop duo Big Data climb up two notches in the top-10. Former big hits from Lorde, Katy Perry, Rita Ora, and Fitz & The Tantrums drop off my list, while songs from Basement Jaxx, Luke Bryan, and Weezer make the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ). Another year older, none the wiser... This Week                  Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Stay With Me - Sam Smith (1) 2. Problem - Ariana Grande (2) 3. Rude - Magic! (3) 4. A Sky Full Of Stars - Coldplay (5) 5. I Wanna Get Better - Bleachers (6) 6. Am I Wrong - Nico & Vinz (4) 7. Dangerous - Big Data f/Joywave (9) 8. Love Runs Out - OneRepublic (8) 9. Summer - Calvin Harris (7) 10. Take Me To Chu...

a-ha - " The Sun Always Shines On TV " from the album Hunting High And Low (1985) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #20 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 8 Today's Song of the Day is by the Norwegian new wave trio a-ha , who claimed a worldwide smash with the song with the innovative animated/live video " Take On Me ". For its follow-up the band released the frenetic and typically Scandinavian dark nuance of "The Sun Always Shines On TV". Written by the group's guitarist, Pal Waaktaar, the record again featured the dramatic vocals and striking good looks of lead singer Morten Harket in the video, which continues the plot from "Take On Me"... "The Sun Always Shines..." became a-ha's second and final top-40 pop hit in the U.S. in February of 1986. The record did even better in the discos, peaking at #6 on Billboard 's dance club play list (their first hit and biggest). Internationally, it was their first #1 single in Br...

James Brown - " Living In America " from the albums Rocky IV (Original Soundtrack) and Gravity (1986) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #4 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 11 Today's Song of the Day comes from the Godfather of Soul himself, the hardest-working man in show business, the late James Brown , who's legacy in the history of R&B music is quite secure, with over a hundred charting singles on the soul and pop charts in Billboard magazine, as well as a string of classic album still being used as samples today. Born in South Carolina, Brown's first appearance on the charts came back in 1956, with his ballad " Please Please Please " which climbed to #5 on the R&B chart. Two years later, he put his next big hit " Try Me " on the pop chart at #48, while the record topped the soul chart. James started the next decade with his first top-40 hit, " Think " (#33), but it wouldn't be until 1965, when his breakthrough pop hi...

It's time to head Down Under to check out the songs making the official singles chart in Australia this week, as Meghan Trainor rules for a second week with " All About That Bass "... Timmy Trumpet, a DJ and producer from Sydney, has the highest debut at #10 with "Freaks"... (Click below to see the rest of the post)

Corey Hart - " Everything In My Heart " from the album Boy In The Box (1985) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #30 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 7 Today's Song of the Day is brought to us from hunky Canadian pop singer Corey Hart , whose sophomore album Boy In The Box had given him his biggest hit, " Never Surrender ", as well as a top-30 follow-up with the title track . For the third single from the project Corey released the ballad "Everything In My Heart", a straight-up love song written by the artist and produced by Mike Chapman and Jon Astley... "Everything In My Heart" became the third top-40 pop hit from Boy In The Box in the U.S. in February of 1986, while also sneaking on to the adult contemporary radio chart in Billboard for a few weeks peaking at #39. In Corey's native country, the song became his second to climb to #1. (Click below to see the rest of the post)

I'm ready to cross the border to check out the songs making the official sales chart in Germany this week.... There's a new leader in the country, and it's from French DJ/producer David Guetta, with "Lovers On The Sun" featuring vocals from Sam Martin. It's his second time to the top of the chart in this country after "Sexy Bitch" with Akon in 2009... (Click below to see the rest of the post)

It's time to cross the Atlantic yet again to check out the latest songs to reach the official singles chart in France this week, as Lilly Wood & The Prick reign for a fifth week with " Prayer In C "... In this rather slow week, the top new entry in the top-100 doesn't come until just under the halfway mark, as Scottish DJ Hudson Mohawke comes in at #51 with "Chimes"... (Click below to see the rest of the post)