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Saturday, October 22, 2022

One-Hit Wonders

One-Hit Wonders:

Top 100 Songs

I am consistently annoyed by lists of supposed one-hit wonders. Inevitably, there are acts that are definitely NOT one-hit wonders. Some of the most glaring examples I’ve seen in different articles are Survivor (“Eye of the Tiger” #1, “Burning Heart” #2, top ten hits with “The Search Is Over,” “High on You,” and “Is This Love”), Toto (“Africa” #1, “Rosanna” #2, top tens with “Hold the Line” and “I Won’t Hold You Back”), and Sugarloaf (top ten hits with “Green-Eyed Lady” and “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You”). There are also a couple of acts who certainly are best known for certain songs, but did have other hits. Aha (“Take on Me” #1, “The Sun Always Shines on TV” top 20) and The Knack (“My Sharona” #1, “Good Girls Don’t” #11) are the first two that come to mind.

It begs the question – how does one even definte a “hit”? For the purposes of this post, the focus is exclusively on the U.S. Billboard pop charts from 1890 to present. One could argue that a true one-hit wonder has only graced the Hot 100 once. However, this post will focus on acts which have only hit the top 40 once since songs lower than that arguably didn’t achieve familiarity with a general audience.

This leaves more than 2400 eligible songs with some definite surprises. Jimi Hendrix, Carl Perkins, Lou Reed (all on this list), and Dr. John (“Right Place Wrong Time”), Grateful Dead (“Touch of Grey”), Public Enemy (“Give It Up”), Roxy Music (“Love Is the Drug”), Rush (“New World Man”), The Small Faces (“Itchycoo Park”), and Frank Zappa (“Valley Girl”) only had one top 40 hit each despite the legendary status which got them inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Other acts like Beck; Oasis; and T-Rex (all on this list); along with Garth Brooks (“Lost in You”); Kate Bush “Running Up That Hill”); Emerson, Lake & Palmer (“From the Beginning”); Lefty Frizzell (“I Want to Be with You Always”); Merle Haggard (“If We Make It Through December”); Iggy Pop (“Candy”); Method Man (“I'll Be There for You / You're All I Need to Get By”); Shinedown (“Second Chance”); Weezer (“Beverly Hills”); The White Stripes (“Icky Thump”); and Warren Zevon (“Werewolves of London”) have plenty of success, but multiple chart hits on the top 40 eluded them.

Finally, there are some acts who have plenty of chart experience yet still qualify as one-hit wonders. For example, U.S.A. for Africa (“We Are the World”) and Band Aid (“Do They Know It’s Christmas?”) were one-time collaborations of multiple artists with plenty of chart experience. There are also artists like Bill Medley (“I’ve Had the Time of My Life”) who had plenty of chart experience as part of the Righteous Brothers, but had never charted as a solo act.

If a song is marked with an asterisk (*), that indicates that the song is the only top 40 hit for the lead act, but that the supporting act has other top 40 hits.

Check other lists based on charts, sales, and airplay here.

1. Mark Ronson “Uptown Funk!” (with Bruno Mars, #1, 2014) *
2. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (#1, 1990)
3. Luis Fonsi “Despacito” (with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber, 2017, #1) *
4. Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (#1, 2011)
5. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (#2, 2006)
6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower” (#20, 1968)
7. Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (#1, 1995)
8. Oasis “Wonderwall” (#8, 1995)
9. Coleman Hawkins “Body and Soul” (#13, 1940)
10. USA for Africa “We Are the World” (#1, 1985)

11. Soft Cell “Tainted Love” (#8, 1981)
12. The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony” (#12, 1997)
13. Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Come on Eileen” (#1, 1983)
14. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?” (#6, 1956)
15. Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (#1, 1977)
16. The Penguins “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)” (#8, 1954)
17. Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky” (#2, 2013)
18. Carl Perkins “Blue Suede Shoes” (#2, 1956)
19. Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth” (#7, 1966)
20. Lipps Inc. “Funkytown” (#1, 1980)

21. Frankie Goes to Hollywood “Relax” (#10, 1983)
22. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” (#16, 1972)
23. Beck “Loser” (#10, 1993)
24. Wild Cherry “Play That Funky Music” (#1, 1976)
25. The Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight” (#36, 1979)
26. Amy Winehouse “Rehab” (#9, 2006)
27. James Blunt “You’re Beautiful” (#1, 2004)
28. Band Aid “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” (#13, 1984)
29. Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun” (#1, 1974)
30. Knickerbocker Quartet “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile” (#1, 1917)

31. Daniel Powter “Bad Day” (#1, 2005)
32. Domenico Modugno “Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blue)” (#1, 1958)
33. Sir Mix-A-Lot “Baby Got Back” (#1, 1992)
34. Harry Simeone Chorale “The Little Drummer Boy” (#13, 1958)
35. Cee-Lo Green “Fuck You (aka “Forget You”)” (#2, 2010)
36. The Chords “Sh-Boom” (#5, 1954)
37. Bill Medley “I’ve Had the Time of My Life” (with Jennifer Warnes, #1, 1987) *
38. Lee Ann Womack & the Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance” (#14, 2000)
39. Big Joe Turner “Shake, Rattle and Roll” (#22, 1954)
40. Free “All Right Now” (#4, 1970)

41. Snow Patrol “Chasing Cars” (#5, 2006)
42. Magic! “Rude” (#1, 2013)
43. The Lumineers “Ho Hey” (#3, 2012)
44. Dave Brubeck Quartet “Take Five” (#25, 1959)
45. T-Rex “Get It On (Bang a Gong)” (#10, 1971)
46. Lou Bega “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of…)” (#3, 1999)
47. Walter Huston “September Song” (#12, 1939)
48. Don Azpiazu & Arturo Machin “The Peanut Vendor (El Manicero” (#1, 1930)
49. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps “Be-Bop-A-Lula” (#7, 1956)
50. Van McCoy “The Hustle” (#1, 1975)

51. Jimmy Boyd “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” (#1, 1952)
52. OMI “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)” (#1, 2014)
53. Tammy Wynette “Stand by Your Man” (#19, 1968)
54. Anton Karas “The Third Man Theme” (#1, 1950)
55. Mungo Jerry “In the Summertime” (#3, 1970)
56. Passenger “Let Her Go” (#5, 2012)
57. Carl Douglas “Kung Fu Fighting” (#1, 1974)
58. Regina Belle “A Whole New World” (with Peabo Bryson, #1, 1992) *
59. Hoobastank “The Reason” (#2, 2003)
60. M.I.A. “Paper Planes” (#4, 2007)

61. House of Pain “Jump Around” (#3, 1992)
62. Kate Bush “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” (#3, 1985)
63. The Contours “Do You Love Me” (#3, 1962)
64. Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (#6, 1997)
65. Silentó “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” (#3, 2015)
66. Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever” (#2, 1996)
67. Mott the Hoople “All the Young Dudes” (1972)
68. Hozier “Take Me to Church” (#2, 2013)
69. Devo “Whip It” (#14, 1980)
70. Bobby McFerrin “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” (#1, 1988)

71. Ed Gallagher & Al Shean “Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean” (#1, 1922)
72. Midnight Oil “Beds Are Burning” (#17, 1987)
73. Gorillaz “Feel Good Inc.” (with De La Soul, #14, 2005) *
74. Sonny James “Young Love” (#1, 1956)
75. Jeannie C. Riley “Harper Valley P.T.A.” (#1, 1968)
76. The Tornadoes “Telstar” (#1, 1962)
77. Paul Mauriat “Love Is Blue” (#1, 1967)
78. Buggles “Video Killed the Radio Star” (#40, 1981)
79. Foster the People “Pumped Up Kicks” (#3, 2010)
80. Sammi Smith “Help Me Make It Through the Night” (#8, 1971)

81. U.S. Naval Academy Band “Anchors Aweigh” (#13, 1906)
82. Everything But the Girl “Missing (Todd Terry Remix)” (#2, 1995)
83. Deee-Lite “Groove Is in the Heart” (#4, 1990)
84. Tag Team “Whoomp! (There It Is)” (#2, 1993)
85. Mahalia Jackson “Move on Up a Little Higher” (#21, 1948)
86. Bill Hayes “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” (#1, 1955)
87. Tones and I “Dance Monkey” (#4, 2019)
88. Thomas Bott “Love’s Old Sweet Song” (#1, 1892)
89. Mr. Acker Bilk “Stranger on the Shore” (#1, 1961)
90. Zager & Evans “In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)” (#1, 1969)

91. Lynn Anderson “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” (#3, 1970)
92. Walk the Moon “Shut Up and Dance” (#4, 2014)
93. Bill Snyder “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” (#3, 1950)
94. The Youngbloods “Get Together” (#5, 1967)
95. Nena “99 Red Balloons” (#2, 1983)
96. Anita Ward “Ring My Bell” (#1, 1979)
97. Thin Lizzy “The Boys Are Back in Town” (#12, 1976)
98. 24K Goldn with Iann Dior “Mood” (#1, 2020)
99. Big Four Quartet “Goodbye Dolly Gray” (#1, 1901)
100. Glass Animals “Heat Waves” (#1, 2020)

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Sunday, May 9, 2021

Adult Alternative Songs, Top 250+: 1990-2021

Adult Alternative:

Top 250+ Songs, 1990-2021

In 1996, Billboard magazine lanched the adult album alternative (AAA) chart. The radio format is a spinoff of the album-oriented radio stations focused on classic rock from the ‘60s and ‘70s. While artists like Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, and Bruce Springsteen are staples of classic rock, their current material was largely neglected by those stations. Alongside these heritage acts, AAA played mainstream-rock-oriented alternative acts like the Gin Blossoms, Goo Goo Dolls, Hootie & the Blowfish, Matchbox 20, Dave Matthews Band, and Alanis Morissette.

In 2017, the DMDB compiled a chart of the top 100 adult alternative songs based on the most weeks at #1, which has since been updated. The ranking includes all songs which spent at least 5 weeks atop the chart.

In 2020, the DMDB created a second top 100 list focused on songs from 1990 to 1996 which preceded the adult alternative chart, but which fit the format.

In 2021, in honor of the adult alternative chart’s 25th anniversary, Billboard published its list of the top 100 adult alternative songs based on chart performance. The list on this page combines those three lists, ranking the songs based on their overall Dave’s Music Database status.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

1. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” (1991)
2. Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
3. Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
4. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995)
5. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (2006)
6. U2 “One” (1992)
7. Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999)
8. Jason Mraz “I’m Yours” (2008)
9. Coldplay “Viva La Vida” (2008)
10. Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” (1998)

11. Radiohead “Creep” (1993)
12. Lorde “Royals” (2013)
13. Pearl Jam “Jeremy” (1991)
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Under the Bridge” (1991)
15. Alanis Morissette “You Oughta Know” (1995)
16. Beck “Loser” (1993)
17. Green Day “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” (2004)
18. No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (1995)
19. Eric Clapton “Tears in Heaven” (1992)
20. U2 “Beautiful Day” (2000)

21. Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (1994)
22. Oasis “Live Forever” (1994)
23. Sam Smith “Stay with Me” (2014)
24. Alanis Morissette “Ironic” (1995)
25. Coldplay “Clocks” (2002)
26. Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun” (1994)
27. Snow Patrol “Chasing Cars” (2006)
28. Sheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do” (1994)
29. The Lumineers “Ho Hey” (2012)
30. Train “Hey, Soul Sister” (2009)

31. Kings of Leon “Use Somebody” (2008)
32. Pearl Jam “Alive” (1991)
33. R.E.M. “Everybody Hurts’ (1992)
34. Bruce Springsteen “Streets of Philadelphia” (1994)
35. Silverchair “Tomorrow” (1994)
36. Train “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” (2001)
37. Oasis “Don’t Look Back in Anger” (1995)
38. Live “Lightning Crashes” (1994)
39. Stone Temple Pilots “Interstate Love Song” (1994)
40. Stone Temple Pilot “Plush” (1992)

41. Collective Soul “Shine” (1993)
42. Smashing Pumpkins “1979” (1995)
43. Green Day “Basket Case” (1994)
44. Oasis “Champagne Supernova” (1995)
45. Pearl Jam “Black” (1991)
46. Eric Clapton “Change the World” (1996)
47. Jewel “You Were Meant for Me” (1995)
48. Pearl Jam “Daughter” (1993)
49. U2 “Vertigo” (2004)
50. Green Day “Longview” (1994)

51. The Wallflowers “One Headlight” (1996)
52. Matchbox 20 “Bent” (2000)
53. Portugal, the Man “Feel It Still” (2017)
54. Pearl Jam “Better Man” (1994)
55. Weezer “Buddy Holly” (1994)
56. Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories “Stay (I Missed You)” (1994)
57. Alanis Morissette “You Learn” (1995)
58. Tracy Chapman “Give Me One Reason” (1995)
59. Smashing Pumpkins “Today” (1993)
60. Smashing Pumpkins “Disarm” (1993)

61. The Rembrandts “I’ll Be There for You” (1995)
62. Joan Osborne “One of Us” (1995)
63. Smashing Pumpkins “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” (1995)
64. Collective Soul “December” (1995)
65. Mumford & Sons “I Will Wait” (2012)
66. The Cranberries “Zombie” (1994)
67. Shawn Colvin “Sunny Came Home” (1996)
68. Sting “Fields of Gold” (1993)
69. Sarah McLachlan “Building a Mystery” (1997)
70. Green Day “When I Come Around” (1994)

71. Alanis Morissette “Head Over Feet” (1995)
72. Radiohead “Fake Plastic Trees” (1995)
73. U2 “Mysterious Ways” (1991)
74. Soul Asylum “Runaway Train” (1992)
75. Jewel “Foolish Games” (1995)
76. The Verve Pipe “The Freshmen” (1996)
77. Primitive Radio Gods “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand” (1996)
78. Goo Goo Dolls “Name” (1995)
79. The Black Keys “Lonely Boy” (2011)
80. Beck “Where It’s At” (1996)

81. Live “Selling the Drama” (1994)
82. The Black Crowes “Hard to Handle” (1990)
83. Counting Crows “Mr. Jones” (1993)
84. U2 “Night and Day” (1990)
85. The Fray “You Found Me” (2008)
86. Matchbox 20 “3 A.M.” (1996)
87. KT Tunstall “Black Horse & the Cherry Tree” (2004)
88. Lenny Kravitz “Are You Gonna Go My Way?” (1993)
89. Lorde “Team” (2013)
90. Eric Clapton “Layla” (Unplugged version, 1992)

91. John Mayer “Waiting on the World to Change” (2006)
92. Fastball “The Way” (1998)
93. U2 “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own” (2004)
94. Bonnie Raitt “Something to Talk About” (1991)
95. Phillip Phillips “Home” (2012)
96. Coldplay “Paradise” (2011)
97. Hootie & the Blowfish “Only Wanna Be with You” (1994)
98. Dave Matthews Band “Crash into Me” (1996)
99. X Ambassadors “Renegades” (2015)
100. R.E.M. “Man on the Moon” (1992)

101. Imagine Dragons “It’s Time” (2011)
102. Alanis Morissette “Hand in My Pocket” (1995)
103. Crowded House “Weather with You” (1991)
104. The Cranberries “Linger” (1993)
105. Smashing Pumpkins “Tonight Tonight” (1995)
106. Coldplay “Speed of Sound” (2005)
107. David Gray “Babylon” (1998)
108. New Radicals “You Get What You Give” (1998)
109. INXS “Suicide Blonde” (1990)
110. Sheryl Crow “Soak Up the Sun” (2002)

111. Blues Traveler “Run Around” (1994)
112. Florence + the Machine “Dog Days Are Over” (2008)
113. R.E.M. “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” (1994)
114. Spin Doctors “Two Princes” (1991)
115. Milky Chance “Stolen Dance” (2013)
116. Sting “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You” (1993)
117. Bonnie Raitt “I Can’t Make You Love Me” (1991)
118. Hootie & the Blowfish “Let Her Cry” (1994)
119. Goo Goo Dolls “Slide” (1998)
120. Bonnie Raitt “Love Sneakin’ Up on You” (1994)

121. Seal “Crazy” (1990)
122. Hootie & the Blowfish “Hold My Hand” (1994)
123. Elle King “Ex’s and Oh’s” (2014)
124. The Black Keys “Fever” (2014)
125. Jack Johnson “Upside Down” (2006)
126. R.E.M. “Drive” (1992)
127. Sting “All This Time” (1990)
128. John Mayer “No Such Thing” (2001)
129. R.E.M. “Shiny Happy People” (1991)
130. Sheryl Crow “Everyday Is a Winding Road” (1996)

131. Death Cab for Cutie “Soul Meets Body” (2005)
132. Train “Calling All Angels” (2003)
133. George Ezra “Budapest” (2013)
134. Sarah McLachlan “I Will Remember You” (1995)
135. Sting with Cheb Mami “Desert Rose” (1999)
136. U2 “Electrical Storm” (2002)
137. Sheryl Crow “If It Makes You Happy” (1996)
138. Radiohead “High and Dry” (1995)
139. Beck “Dreams” (2015)
140. John Mellencamp & Me’Shell Ndegeocello “Wild Night” (1994)

141. Eric Clapton “My Father’s Eyes” (1998)
142. U2 “Even Better Than the Real Thing” (1991)
143. U2 “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me” (1995)
144. Sheryl Crow “My Favorite Mistake” (1998)
145. The Cranberries “Dreams” (1992)
146. Collective Soul “The World I Know” (1995)
147. Paula Cole “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” (1996)
148. Melissa Etheridge “I’m the Only One” (1993)
149. The Black Keys “Lo/Hi” (2019)
150. Gin Blossoms “‘Til I Hear It from You” (1995)

151. U2 “Staring at the Sun” (1997)
152. Bruce Springsteen “Human Touch” (1992)
153. Bruce Springsteen “Secret Garden” (1995)
154. Pearl Jam “Just Breathe” (2009)
155. Hootie & the Blowfish “Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)” (1996)
156. Sheryl Crow “Strong Enough” (1993)
157. Matchbox 20 “Push” (1996)
158. Death Cab for Cutie “I Will Possess Your Heart” (2008)
159. Gin Blossoms “Follow You Down” (1996)
160. Kings of Leon “Radioactive” (2010)

161. Jewel “Who Will Save Your Soul?” (1995)
162. Beck “Up All Night” (2017)
163. U2 “You’re the Best Thing About Me” (2017)
164. Jack Johnson “Sitting, Waiting, Wishing” (2005)
165. Rag ‘n’ Bone Man “Human” (2016)
166. Coldplay “Adventure of a Lifetime” (2015)
167. Paula Cole “I Don’t Want to Wait” (1996)
168. Alice Merton “No Roots” (2016)
169. The Lumineers “Ophelia” (2016)
170. Dave Matthews Band “Stay (Wasting Time)” (1998)

171. Hootie & the Blowfish “Time” (1994)
172. Arcade Fire “Everything Now” (2017)
173. The Killers “Read My Mind” (2006)
174. Jack Johnson “If I Had Eyes” (2007)
175. R.E.M. “The Great Beyond” (1999)
176. Kings of Leon “Waste a Moment” (2016)
177. Mumford & Sons “Believe” (2015)
178. John Mellencamp “Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)” (1996)
179. Coldplay “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” (2011)
180. U2 “Window in the Skies” (2006)

181. Jack Johnson “You and Your Heart” (2010)
182. Duncan Sheik “Barely Breathing” (1996)
183. Sheryl Crow “A Change Would Do You Good” (1996)
184. Vampire Weekend “Harmony Hall” (2019)
185. Jack Johnson “Flake” (2001)
186. The Lumineers “Stubborn Love” (2012)
187. Counting Crows “Accidentally in Love” (2004)
188. The Wallflowers “6th Avenue Heartache” (1996)
189. The Black Keys “Go” (2019)
190. O.A.R. “Shattered (Turn the Car Around)” (2008)

191. Mumford & Sons “Guiding Light” (2018)
192. Counting Crows “Hanginaround” (1999)
193. Collective Soul “Run” (1999)
194. Michael Franti & Spearhead “The Sound of Sunshine” (2010)
195. Sarah McLachlan “Fallen” (2003)
196. Dave Matthews Band “Funny the Way It Is” (2009)
197. Dave Matthews Band “Where Are You Going?” (2002)
198. Blues Traveler “Most Precarious” (1997)
199. The Lumineers “Gloria” (2019)
200. Paolo Nutini “New Shoes” (2006)

201. Natalie Merchant “Kind and Generous” (1998)
202. Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “You Worry Me” (2018)
203. Beck “Uneventful Days” (2019)
204. John Mellencamp with India.Arie “Peaceful World” (2001)
205. Of Monsters and Men “Mountain Sound” (2011)
206. Dave Matthews Band “Everyday” (2001)
207. Norah Jones “Sunrise” (2004)
208. The Head and the Heart “All We Ever Knew” (2016)
209. Jack Johnson “Good People” (2005)
210. The Revivalists “Wish I Knew You” (2016)

211. R.E.M. “Supernatural Superserious” (2008)
212. Bruce Hornsby “Gonna Be Some Changes Made” (2004)
213. David Gray “The One I Love” (2005)
214. Dave Matthews Band “I Did It” (2001)
215. Sheryl Crow “Anything But Down” (1998)
216. Fitz & the Tantrums “Out of My League” (2013)
217. John Mayer “Bigger Than My Body” (2003)
218. Spoon “Hot Thoughts” (2017)
219. K.T. Tunstall “Hold On” (2007)
220. Snow Patrol “Just Say Yes” (2009)

221. John Mayer “Who Says” (2009)
222. Tracy Chapman “Telling Stories (There Is Friction in the Space Between)” (2000)
223. The Avett Brothers “Ain’t No Man” (2016)
224. The Lumineers “Life in the City” (2019)
225. David Gray “You’re the World to Me” (2007)
226. The Strokes “Bad Decisions” (2020)
227. The Head and the Heart “Lost in My Mind” (2011)
228. Snow Patrol “Crack the Shutters” (2008)
229. David Gray “Fugitive” (2009)
230. Death Cab for Cutie “You Are a Tourist” (2011)

231. White Reaper “Might Be Right” (2019)
232. One Eskimo “Kandi” (2009)
233. Death Cab for Cutie “Gold Rush” (2018)
234. Bakar “Hell N Back” (2019)
235. Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs “Beg, Steal or Borrow” (2010)
236. Family of the Year “Hero” (2012)
237. Norah Jones “Chasing Pirates” (2009)
238. Nathaniel Rateliff “And It’s Still Alright” (2020)
239. Serena Ryder “Stompa” (2013)
240. Norah Jones “Thinking About You” (2006)

241. Pete Yorn “Life on a Chain” (2001)
242. Dave Matthews Band “You and Me” (2009)
243. Leon Bridges “Bad Bad News” (2018)
244. Kings of Leon “The Bandit” (2021)
245. Ray LaMontagne “Strong Enough” (2020)
246. George Ezra “Blame It on Me” (2014)
247. Gomez “See the World” (2006)
248. Caamp “Officer of Love” (2020)
249. Snow Patrol “Shut Your Eyes” (2006)
250. John Butler Trio “Better Than” (2007)

251. Milky Chance with Jack Johnson “Don’t Let Me Down” (2020)
252. Dave Matthews Band “Oh” (2003)
253. My Morning Jacket “Feel You” (2020)
254. James Morrison “Nothing Ever Hurt Like You” (2008)

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Saturday, May 8, 2021

Adult Album Alternative (AAA): Top 100+ Songs from 1996 to 2021

Adult Alternative, 1996-2021:

Top 100+ Songs

In 1996, Billboard magazine lanched the adult album alternative (AAA) chart. The radio format is a spinoff of the album-oriented radio format rooted in music from the ‘60s and ‘70s. AAA includes some of that genre’s most noted acts (Eric Clapton, John Mellencamp, Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen), but expands to include a variety of genres generally broader than most other radio formats, encompassing alternative rock, alt country, folk, jazz, and blues.

Here are the top 100+ AAA songs based on most weeks at #1. Songs with the same number of weeks on top are ranked based on most points in Dave’s Music Database. All songs spending five or weeks on top have been included on this list.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

    16 weeks:

  1. U2 “Beautiful Day” (2000)

    15 weeks:

  2. Coldplay “Clocks” (2002)
  3. Kings of Leon “Waste a Moment” (2016)

    14 weeks:

  4. Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
  5. The Wallflowers “One Headlight” (1996)
  6. Matchbox 20 “Bent” (2000)
  7. Matchbox 20 “3 A.M.” (1996)

    13 weeks:

  8. Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
  9. Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999)
  10. Jack Johnson “Upside Down” (2006)
  11. Pearl Jam “Just Breathe” (2009)

    12 weeks:

  12. Train “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)” (2001)
  13. Beck “Dreams” (2015)
  14. Dave Matthews Band “Funny the Way It Is” (2009)

    11 weeks:

  15. Coldplay “Viva La Vida” (2008)
  16. Portugal, the Man “Feel It Still” (2017)
  17. Mumford & Sons “I Will Wait” (2012)
  18. The Lumineers “Ophelia” (2016)
  19. Jack Johnson “You and Your Heart” (2010)
  20. KT Tunstall “Hold On” (2007)

    10 weeks:

  21. Sarah McLachlan “Building a Mystery” (1997)
  22. George Ezra “Budapest” (2013)
  23. The Black Keys “Fever” (2014)
  24. Death Cab for Cutie “Soul Meets Body” (2005)
  25. Jack Johnson “If I Had Eyes” (2007)
  26. Jack Johnson “Good People” (2005)
  27. David Gray “Fugitive” (2009)

    9 weeks:

  28. U2 “Vertigo” (2004)
  29. Coldplay “Speed of Sound” (2005)
  30. Train “Calling All Angels” (2003)
  31. Hootie & the Blowfish “Old Man & Me (When I Get to Heaven)” (1996)
  32. The Black Keys “Go” (2019)
  33. Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats “You Worry Me” (2018)

    8 weeks:

  34. Lorde “Royals” (2013)
  35. Green Day “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” (2004)
  36. Snow Patrol “Chasing Cars” (2006)
  37. The Lumineers “Ho Hey” (2012)
  38. Coldplay “Paradise” (2011)
  39. Milky Chance “Stolen Dance” (2013)

  40. R.E.M. “The Great Beyond” (1999)
  41. Michael Franti & Spearhead “The Sound of Sunshine” (2010)
  42. Counting Crows “Hanginaround” (1999)
  43. The Lumineers “Stubborn Love” (2012)
  44. The Head and the Heart “All We Ever Knew” (2016)
  45. Norah Jones “Sunrise” (2004)
  46. Tracy Chapman “Telling Stories (There Is Friction in the Space Between)” (2000)
  47. Death Cab for Cutie “You Are a Tourist” (2011)
  48. Death Cab for Cutie “Gold Rush” (2018)
  49. David Gray “You’re the World to Me” (2007)
  50. Serena Ryder “Stompa” (2013)
  51. Nathaniel Rateliff “And It’s Still Alright” (2020)

    7 weeks:

  52. The Fray “You Found Me” (2008)
  53. The Black Keys “Lonely Boy” (2011)
  54. New Radicals “You Get What You Give” (1998)
  55. Sheryl Crow “Soak Up the Sun” (2002)
  56. Eric Clapton “My Father’s Eyes” (1998)
  57. U2 “Staring at the Sun” (1997)
  58. U2 “Window in the Skies” (2006)
  59. Coldplay “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” (2011)
  60. Kings of Leon “Radioactive” (2010)

  61. Dave Matthews Band “Stay (Wasting Time)” (1998)
  62. Vampire Weekend “Harmony Hall” (2019)
  63. U2 “You’re the Best Thing About Me” (2017)
  64. Dave Matthews Band “Where Are You Going?” (2002)
  65. Natalie Merchant “Kind and Generous” (1998)
  66. Dave Matthews Band “Everyday” (2001)
  67. Spoon “Hot Thoughts” (2017)
  68. Snow Patrol “Crack the Shutters” (2008)
  69. John Butler Trio “Better Than” (2007)
  70. Ray LaMontagne “Strong Enough” (2020)

    6 weeks:

  71. Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” (2006)
  72. Sam Smith “Stay with Me” (2014)
  73. Phillip Phillips “Home” (2012)
  74. John Mayer “Waiting on the World to Change” (2006)
  75. Goo Goo Dolls “Slide” (1998)
  76. John Mellencamp “Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)” (1996)
  77. Arcade Fire “Everything Now” (2017)
  78. U2 “Electrical Storm” (2002)
  79. Sheryl Crow “A Change Would Do You Good” (1996)

  80. The Killers “Read My Mind” (2006)
  81. Jack Johnson “Sitting, Waiting, Wishing” (2005)
  82. Mumford & Sons “Guiding Light” (2018)
  83. Blues Traveler “Most Precarious” (1997)
  84. Norah Jones “Chasing Pirates” (2009)
  85. David Gray “The One I Love” (2005)
  86. Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs “Beg, Steal or Borrow” (2010)
  87. Pete Yorn “Life on a Chain” (2001)
  88. Kings of Leon “The Bandit” (2021)
  89. Caamp “Officer of Love” (2020)

    5 weeks:

  90. The Verve Pipe “The Freshmen” (1996)
  91. Primitive Radio Gods “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand” (1996)
  92. U2 “Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own” (2004)
  93. Death Cab for Cutie “I Will Possess Your Heart” (2008)
  94. Coldplay “Adventure of a Lifetime” (2015)
  95. Rag ‘n’ Bone Man “Human” (2016)
  96. Gin Blossoms “Follow You Down” (1996)
  97. Mumford & Sons “Believe” (2015)
  98. Sheryl Crow “My Favorite Mistake” (1998)
  99. The Black Keys “Lo/Hi” (2019)
  100. Counting Crows “Accidentally in Love” (2004)

  101. Sarah McLachlan “Fallen” (2003)
  102. Collective Soul “Run” (1999)
  103. The Lumineers “Gloria” (2019)
  104. John Mellencamp with India.Arie “Peaceful World” (2001)
  105. R.E.M. “Supernatural Superserious” (2008)
  106. Shery Crow “Anything But Down” (1998)
  107. Dave Matthews Band “I Did It” (2001)
  108. John Mayer “Bigger Than My Body” (2003)
  109. The Avett Brothers “Ain’t No Man” (2016)
  110. Beck “Uneventful Days” (2019)

  111. Paolo Nutini “New Shoes” (2006)
  112. John Mayer “Who Says” (2009)
  113. Leon Bridges “Bad Bad News” (2019)
  114. My Morning Jacket “Feel You” (2020)
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Sunday, October 25, 2020

Australia: Top 100 Songs

First posted 10/23/2020; updated 10/25/2020.

Australia:

Top 100 Songs

This list is focused only on songs by Australian acts. It was compiled by aggregating more than 20 lists and also integrating chart data, such as songs which reached #1 in Australia, America, and the UK. Sources are at the bottom of the page.

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1. Men at Work “Down Under” (1981)
2. Midnight Oil “Beds Are Burning” (1987)
3. The Easybeats “Friday on My Mind” (1966)
4. Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
5. John Farnham “You’re the Voice” (1986)
6. Cold Chisel “Khe Sanh” (1978)
7. Hunters & Collectors “Throw Your Arms Around Me” (1984)
8. Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (1997)
9. Icehouse “Great Southern Land” (1982)
10. INXS “Never Tear Us Apart” (1987)

11. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977)
12. AC/DC “It’s a Long Way to the Top if You Wanna Rock N’ Roll” (1975)
13. INXS “Need You Tonight” (1987)
14. Daddy Cool “Eagle Rock” (1971)
15. Divinyls “I Touch Myself” (1990)
16. Rick Springfield “Jessie’s Girl” (1981)
17. Kylie Minogue “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” (2001)
18. Silverchair “Tomorrow” (1994)
19. Jimmy Barnes “Working Class Man” (1985)
20. Crowded House “Don’t Dream It’s Over” (1986)

21. Savage Garden “Truly, Madly, Deeply” (1997)
22. AC/DC “You Shook Me All Night Long” (1980)
23. Daryl Braithwaite “The Horses” (1991)
24. AC/DC “Back in Black” (1980)
25. Olivia Newton John & John Travolta “You’re the One That I Want” (1978)
26. Australian Crawl “Reckless (Don’t Be So)” (1983)
27. AC/DC “Highway to Hell” (1979)
28. Redgum “I Was Only Nineteen” (1983)
29. Tones and I “Dance Monkey” (2019)
30. Kylie Minogue “The Loco-Motion” (1987)

31. Olivia Newton-John “Physical” (1981)
32. The Church “Under the Milky Way” (1986)
33. Bee Gees “Night Fever” (1977)
34. Moving Pictures “What About Me?” (1982)
35. Goanna “Solid Rock” (1982)
36. Jet “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” (2003)
37. Yothu Yindi “Treaty” (1991)
38. Olivia Newton-John “I Honestly Love You” (1974)
39. INXS “What You Need” (1985)
40. Men at Work “Who Can It Be Now?” (1981)

41. Bee Gees “Tragedy” (1979)
42. Powderfinger “My Happiness” (2000)
43. Icehouse “Electric Blue” (1987)
44. Kylie Minogue “I Should Be So Lucky” (1987)
45. Crowded House “Better Be Home Soon” (1988)
46. AC/DC “Thunderstruck” (1990)
47. Andy Gibb “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” (1977)
48. Vance Joy “Riptide” (2013)
49. Paul Kelly “To Her Door” (1987)
50. Bee Gees “How Deep Is Your Love” (1977)

51. Russell Morris “The Real Thing” (1969)
52. Sia with Sean Paul “Cheap Thrills” (2016)
53. Little River Band “Help Is on Its Way” (1977)
54. Frank Ifield with Norrie Paramor “I Remember You” (1962)
55. Bee Gees “You Should Be Dancing” (1976)
56. Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta with Grease Cast “Summer Nights” (1978)
57. John Paul Young “Love Is in the Air” (1978)
58. Sherbet “Howzat” (1976)
59. Bee Gees “Too Much Heaven” (1979)
60. Savage Garden “I Knew I Loved You” (1999)

61. Midnight Oil “Power and the Passion” (1982)
62. Bee Gees “Jive Walkin’” (1975)
63. INXS “Original Sin” (1983)
64. Ariana Grande with Iggy Azalea “Problem” (2014)
65. Olivia Newton-John with Electric Light Orchestra “Xanadu” (1980)
66. INXS “New Sensation” (1987)
67. Pseudo Echo “Funky Town” (1986)
68. Iggy Azalea with Charli XCX “Fancy” (2014)
69. Olivia Newton-John “Magic” (1980)
70. Helen Reddy “I Am Woman” (1972)

71. Split Enz “I Got You” (1980)
72. Sia “Chandelier” (2014)
73. Olivia Newton-John “Hopelessly Devoted to You” (1978)
74. Savage Garden “I Want You” (1996)
75. The Seekers “Georgy Girl” (1966)
76. The Living End “Prisoner of Society” (1997)
77. Slim Dusty “Pub with No Beer” (1957)
78. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “Into My Arms” (1997)
79. Andy Gibb “Shadow Dancing” (1978)
80. Little River Band “Cool Change” (1979)

81. The Models “Out of Mind, Out of Sight” (1985)
82. Joe Dolce “Shaddup Your Face” (1981)
83. The Seekers “I’ll Never Find Another You” (1965)
84. 5 Seconds of Summer “Youngblood” (2018)
85. Gang Gajang “Sounds of Then (This Is Australia)” (1985)
86. Silverchair “Straight Lines” (2007)
87. Midnight Oil “Blue Sky Mine” (1990)
88. David Guetta with Sia “Titanium” (2012)
89. Sia “Elastic Heart” (2015)
90. Icehouse “Crazy” (1987)

91. Stevie Wright “Evie” (1974)
92. 5 Seconds of Summer “She Looks So Perfect” (2014)
93. The Choirboys “Run to Paradise” (1987)
94. INXS with Jimmy Barnes “Good Times” (1987)
95. The Angels “Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again” (1977)
96. Air Supply “All Out of Love” (1980)
97. Bee Gees “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” (1971)
98. INXS “Suicide Blonde” (1990)
99. The Seekers “The Carnival Is Over” (1965)
100. Olivia Newton-John “A Little More Love” (1978)

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Tuesday, December 31, 2019

The Top 100 Songs from 2010-2019

Top 100 Songs of the Decade:

2010-2019

These are the top 100 songs from 2010-2019 according to Dave’s Music Database. Rankings are figured by combining sales figures, chart data, radio airplay, video airplay, streaming figures, awards, and appearances on best-of lists.

Check out other “songs of the decade” lists here.

1. Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (2014)
2. Adele “Rolling in the Deep” (2010)
3. Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (2017)
4. Pharrell Williams “Happy” (2013)
5. Gotye with Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
6. Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (2017)
7. Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)
8. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” (2011)
9. The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (2019)
10. Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (2013)

11. Adele “Someone Like You” (2011)
12. LMFAO with Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem” (1/25/2011)
13. Taylor Swift “Shake It Off” (2014)
14. Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again” (2015)
15. Rihanna with Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (2011)
16. Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud” (2014)
17. Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect” (2017)
18. Lorde “Royals” (2013)
19. Adele “Hello” (2015)
20. Eminem with Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” (2010)

21. Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)” (2010)
22. Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera “Moves Like Jagger” (2011)
23. John Legend “All of Me” (2013)
24. The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer” (2016)
25. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop” (2012)
26. Psy “Gangnam Style” (2012)
27. Drake with Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance” (2016)
28. Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky” (2013)
29. Drake “God’s Plan” (2018)
30. Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (2016)

31. Rihanna with Drake “Work” (2016)
32. Billie Eilish “Bad Guy” (2019)
33. Katy Perry “Firework” (2010)
34. Katy Perry “Roar” (2013)
35. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper “Shallow” (2018)
36. Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” (2014)
37. Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (2017)
38. Justin Bieber “Love Yourself” (2015)
39. The Weeknd “Can’t Feel My Face” (2015)
40. Fun. with Janelle Monáe “We Are Young” (2011)

41. Taylor Swift “Blank Space” (2014)
42. Idina Menzel “Let It Go” (2013)
43. Camila Cabello with Young Thug “Havana” (2017)
44. Katy Perry with Snoop Dogg “California Gurls” (2010)
45. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Ray Dalton “Can’t Hold Us” (2011)
46. Iggy Azalea & Charli XCX “Fancy” (2014)
47. One Republic “Counting Stars” (2013)
48. Justin Bieber “Sorry” (2015)
49. Sam Smith “Stay with Me” (2014)
50. Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar” (2017)

51. Drake “Hotline Bling” (2015)
52. Avicii with Aloe Blacc “Wake Me Up!” (2013)
53. Sia with Sean Paul “Cheap Thrills” (2016)
54. Cee-Lo Green “Fuck You (aka “Forget You”)” (2010)
55. The Lumineers “Ho Hey” (2012)
56. Katy Perry with Juicy J “Dark Horse” (2013)
57. Post Malone with Swae Lee “Sunflower” (2018)
58. Bruno Mars “Locked Out of Heaven” (2012)
59. LMFAO “Sexy and I Know It” (2011)
60. Kendrick Lamar “Humble” (2017)

61. Hozier “Take Me to Church” (2013)
62. Pinkfong! “Baby Shark” (2016)
63. Imagine Dragons “Radioactive” (2012)
64. The Weeknd “The Hills” (2015)
65. Post Malone “Circles” (2019)
66. Drake “In My Feelings” (2018)
67. Passenger “Let Her Go” (2012)
68. Cardi B “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” (2017)
69. Magic! “Rude” (2013)
70. Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved” (2018)

71. Foster the People “Pumped Up Kicks” (2010)
72. Shawn Mendes with Camila Cabello “Señorita” (2019)
73. Florida Georgia Line with Nelly “Cruise” (2012)
74. Tones and I “Dance Monkey” (2019)
75. Bebe Rexha with Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be” (2017)
76. Lady Gaga “Born This Way” (2011)
77. The Weeknd with Daft Punk “Starboy” (2016)
78. Ariana Grande “Thank U, Next” (2018)
79. OMI “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)” (2014)
80. Bruno Mars “That’s What I Like” (2016)

81. Maroon 5 “Sugar” (2014)
82. Justin Bieber “What Do You Mean?” (2015)
83. Lizzo “Truth Hurts” (2017)
84. Pitbull with Ke$ha “Timber” (2013)
85. Ariana Grande “7 Rings” (2019)
86. Pitbull with Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer “Give Me Everything” (2011)
87. Rihanna “Only Girl in the World” (2010)
88. Twenty One Pilots “Stressed Out” (2015)
89. The Chainsmokers with Coldplay “Something Just Like This” (2017)
90. Lukas Graham “7 Years” (2015)

91. Miley Cyrus “Wrecking Ball” (2013)
92. Pink with Nate Ruess “Just Give Me a Reason” (2012)
93. Silentó “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” (2015)
94. Taio Cruz “Dynamite” (2010)
95. Bruno Mars “Grenade” (2010)
96. Sia “Chandelier” (2014)
97. Rihanna “Diamonds” (2012)
98. Zedd with Maren Morris & Grey “The Middle” (2018)
99. Taylor Swift “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (2012)
100. Eminem & Rihanna “The Monster” (2013)

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Monday, December 31, 2012

The Top 50 Songs of 2012

Dave’s Music Database:

Top 50 Songs of 2012

These are the top 50 songs of the year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from 39 year-end lists (see sources at bottom of page).

Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here.

    DMDB Top 1%:

  1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz “Thrift Shop”
  2. Psy “Gangnam Style”
  3. The Lumineers “Ho Hey”
  4. Bruno Mars “Locked Out of Heaven”
  5. Imagine Dragons “Radioactive”
  6. Passenger “Let Her Go”
  7. Florida Georgia Line with Nelly “Cruise”
  8. Pink with Nate Ruess “Just Give Me a Reason”
  9. Rihanna “Diamonds”

    DMDB Top 2%:

  10. Maroon 5 “One More Night”

  11. Maroon 5 with Wiz Khalifa “Payphone”
  12. Taylor Swift “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
  13. Bruno Mars “When I Was Your Man”
  14. Imagine Dragons “Demons”
  15. Taylor Swift “I Knew You Were Trouble”
  16. Adele “Skyfall”
  17. Mumford & Sons “I Will Wait”
  18. Rihanna with Mikky Ekko “Stay”

    DMDB Top 5%:

  19. Nicki Minaj “Starships”
  20. Icona Pop with Charli XCX “I Love It”

  21. Fun. “Some Nights”
  22. Flo Rida “Whistle”
  23. will.i.am. with Britney Spears “Scream & Shout”
  24. The Neighbourhood “Sweater Weather”
  25. Frank Ocean “Thinkin’ ‘Bout You”
  26. Phillip Phillips “Home”
  27. Bruno Mars “Treasure”
  28. Jason Mraz “I Won’t Give Up”
  29. Katy Perry “Wide Awake”
  30. Miguel “Adorn”

  31. Alicia Keys “Girl on Fire”
  32. Swedish House Mafiar with John Martin “Don’t You Worry Child”
  33. Lana Del Ray with Cedric Gervais “Summertime Sadness”
  34. Katy Perry “Part of Me”
  35. V.I.C. “Wobble”
  36. Capital Cities “Safe and Sound”
  37. Pink “Blow Me One Last Kiss”
  38. Muse “Madness”
  39. Train “Drive By”
  40. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Mary Lambert “Same Love”

  41. Justin Bieber “Boyfriend”
  42. Emeli Sandé “Next to Me”
  43. Taylor Swift “22”
  44. Alabama Shakes “Hold On”
  45. Disclosure with Sam Smith “Latch”
  46. Usher “Climax”
  47. The Lumineers “Stubborn Love”
  48. Kanye West with Big Sean, Pusha T, & 2 Chainz “Mercy”
  49. Kongos “Come with Me Now”
  50. Imagine Dragons “On Top of the World”

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Grammy Nominations 2013

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The nominations for the 2013 Grammy Awards were announced in conjunction with a live CBS broadcast in Nashville, Tennessee, which featured performances from Maroon 5, The Who, Fun., Hunter Hayes, The Band Perry, Dierks Bentley, and Luke Bryan. Taylor Swift and LL Cool J hosted. The Grammys will be awarded February 10, 2013. Here were the nominations for the biggest categories:

ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

  • The Black Keys El Camino
  • Fun. Some Nights
  • Mumford & Sons Babel
  • Frank Ocean Channel Orange
  • Jack White Blunderbuss

RECORD OF THE YEAR: (goes to the performers)

  • The Black Keys “Lonely Boy”
  • Kelly Clarkson “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
  • Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe “We Are Young”
  • Gotye featuring Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know”
  • Frank Ocean “Thinkin’ ‘Bout You”
  • Taylor Swift “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

Somebody That I Used to Know

SONG OF THE YEAR: (goes to the songwriters)

  • Kelly Clarkson “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
  • Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe “We Are Young”
  • Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe”
  • Miguel “Adorn”
  • Ed Sheeran “The A Team”

We Are Young

BEST NEW ARTIST:

  • Alabama Shakes
  • Fun.
  • Hunter Hayes
  • The Lumineers
  • Frank Ocean
Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons, fun., Jay-Z, and Kanye West each scored six nominations. The Black Keys landed five and member Dan Auerbach also got one as producer. Miguel and Chick Corea each nabbed five noms. Among other artists scoring more than one nomination are Kelly Clarkson (4), Taylor Swift (3), Gotye (3), Jack White (3), Bruce Springsteen (3), Hunter Hayes (3), Alabama Shakes (3), Carly Rae Jepsen (2), Maroon 5 (2), Coldplay (2), Muse (2), and the Lumineers (2).
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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Gotye spent 8th week at #1 with “Somebody That I Used to Know”

Somebody That I Used to Know

Gotye with Kimbra

Writer(s): Wally de Backer (see lyrics here)

Released: July 5, 2011

First Charted: August 15, 2011

Peak: 18 US, 16 BA, 14 DG, 13 RR, 119 AC, 16 A40, 113 AA, 112 MR, 15 UK, 16 CN, 18 AU, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 14.0 US, 1.8 UK, 17.31 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 2071.7 video, 1450.11 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

In 2012, Gotye exploded on the music scene with his multi-format #1 smash, “Somebody That I Used to Know.” However, the Belgian-Australian singer and multi-instrumentalist born Wouter (“Wally”) De Backer wasn’t a complete newbie. He’d been releasing albums for ten years as both a solo artist and as a member of the rock trio The Basics. Originally released in July 2011, “Somebody” didn’t take hold in the U.S. until six months later. In April 2012, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States; it hit #1 in 25 other countries as well, WK selling more than 10 million copies worldwide along the way. WK

Gotye wrote the mid-tempo, indie-pop ballad about his experiences with relationships. As he said, the song deals with “the memory of those different relationships and what they were and how they broke up and what’s going on in everyone’s minds.” WK Allmusic’s Jon O’Brien described it as “an oddball break-up song whose stuttering rhythms, reggae hooks, and hushed vocals sound like The Police as remixed by the XX.” AMG

It samples the 1967 instrumental “Seville” by Brazilian jazz guitarist Luiz Bonfá. He used New Zealand singer Kimbra for the female vocal on the song after a higher profile singer dropped out. The video, which has nabbed well north of 300 million views, showed a naked Gotye and Kimbra slowly being covered in a paint pattern thanks to stop motion animation. It was an MTV Video of the Year nominee. In a true sign of the video’s viral quality, it has been covered by Walk Off the Earth, featuring all five group members playing the song on one guitar. It has received 143 million hits.

About.com’s Bill Lamb said of the song, “Pop perfection does not come along often, but Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ is flawless.” WK Click Music’s Martin Davies said it is “that rare example of a track that hits you squarely between the eyes.” WK

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