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    " A Time For Us " was a club hit for countertenor pop-opera singer Barratt Waugh. Appearing on his  album I Love You Goodbye , the song is a cover of the "Theme to Romeo And Juliet " written by Nino Rota and made popular by Henry Mancini in 1969. On Billboard magazine's Dance Club Play chart, the promo single peaked at #15 in 2001.      

    " Ashes By Now " - Lee Ann Womack from the album I Hope You Dance (2000) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #45 (two weeks)   This week's "robbed hit" comes from country music singer Lee Ann Womack , who landed her signature song " I Hope You Dance " in the top-20 of Billboard magazine's pop Hot 100 chart in February of 2001. At the same time that Grammy-nominated song was reaching mainstream stations, country radio had already moved on to the next single, "Ashes By Now". That track was a cover of an urban country hit for singer/songwriter Rodney Crowell, which went to #37 on the pop chart and #78 on the country chart in 1980. Crowell wrote the song and produced it with Craig Leon. Womack's version, produced by Mark Wright, updated the production for the new millennium, and her voice better conveys the pained resentment in the lyrics as she sings about a man who continuously does her dirty over and over, and how she should be done for fro...

    " It's Over Now " - 112 from the album Part III (2001) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #6 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 8   Today's song comes from the R&B vocal group 112 (One Twelve) , whose second album Room 112 in 1998 spun off a pair of top-20 pop crossover hits with " Love Me " and " Anywhere ". The latter featured rapper Lil' Zane, who brought the group on as a featured artist on his top-40 hit " Callin' Me " in the autumn of 2000. The following year 112 returned with their third effort Part III. The lead single from the record was "It's Over Now",written by bandmates Quinnes "Q" Parker, Daron Jones, Marvin "Slim" Scandrick, and Mike Keith sampling the synth-bassline from the hip-hop classic " White Lines (Don't Do It) " by Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five giving MC Melvin Glover and record exec Sylvia Robinson writing credit. In the song leads Scandrick and J...

    " But For The Grace Of God " - Keith Urban from the album Keith Urban (1999) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #37 (three weeks) Weeks in the Top-40: 3   Today's song comes from singer/songwriter/guitarist Keith Urban , who was born in New Zealand but grew up in Australia. Playing guitar since he was a teen, Keith eventually signed with EMI Records, where he released his self-titled debut album in 1991. The album didn't get much notice, though a track from it, the new wave-ish " Only You ", c ame a notch from reaching the Australian singles chart .  Urban then relocated to Nashville, writing songs for bigger artists and playing in the studio. Later in the 90's, he formed a band called the Ranch with bass player Jerry Flowers and drummer Peter Clarke, releasing Keith Urban In The Ranch on Capitol Records in 1997. Two songs from the record made Billboard magazine's Country Singles chart, with " Walkin' The Country " making it to #50. With t...

    " Around The World (La La La La La) " - ATC (A Touch Of Class) from the album Planet Pop (2000) Billboard Hot 100 peak: #28 (one week) Weeks in the Top-40: 6   Today's song comes from the Eurodance act A Touch Of Class, who released music in America initially under the abbreviation ATC . Instead of being assembled by a production team, Australian Sarah Egglestone, New Zealander Joey Murray, British singer Tracey Packham, and Italian Livio Salvi met as castmates on a production of the music Cats in Germany. Signed to Republic Records in the U.S. and King Size label on BMG internationally, the foursome released their debut single "Around The World (La La La La La)" in the spring of 2000 in Europe. The record was a remake of a Russian pop song from the duo Hands Up!, written by that act's Sergey Zhukov and Alekshy Potekhin using an anonymous female singer, which was released in 1998... With producer Alex Christensen, who wrote new English lyrics with Pet...

    " Montana " was a club hit for the Nashville-based electropop group Venus Hum. Appearing on their album Big Beautiful Sky , the song was written and produced by the band. On Billboard magazine's Dance Club Play chart, the single peaked at #6 in 2003.    (Click below to see the rest of the post)

    Friday's here, and it's time to run down my top 100 "hit" tunes from the previous week. Lizzo holds tight for a tenth week at #1, while Harry Styles (pictured above) climbs into the top five. Songs from Cole Swindell, Halsey, and Ozzy Osbourne/Jeff Beck make some of the biggest jumps (moves of 10+ places highlighted in red ), while former big hits from Weezer, SZA, Cole Swindell/Lainey Wilson, BoyWithUke, and Shawn Mendes drop off my chart. And under the list everything is Spotify playlisted for the biggest in pop, rock, R&B, country, and dance music. 54? GDI!   This Week            Song/Artist (last week's position in parentheses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. About Damn Time - Lizzo (1) 2. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush (2) 3. Break My Soul - Beyonce (3) 4. Late Night Talking - Harry Styles (6) 5. As It Was - Harry Styles (5) 6. Numb Lit...