This Week’s Charts
Our weekly check of the alt rock charts for the week ending 8/20.
Top 10:
1. Foo Fighters - The Pretender
last week: 3 spins: 2212 last week: 2026 move: 186
2. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
last week: 1 spins: 2100 last week:2183 move: -83
3. White Stripes - Icky Thump
last week: 2 spins: 1946 last week: 2115 move:-169
4. Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
last week: 5 spins: 1924 last week: 1801 move: 123
5. Three Days Grace - Never Too Late
last week: 4 spins: 1893 last week: 1885 move: 8
6. Linkin Park - What I’ve Done
last week: 6 spins: 1575 last week: 1596 move: -21
7. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
last week: 11 spins: 1290 last week: 1226 move: 64
8. Incubus - Oil And Water
last week: 14 spins: 1204 last week: 1135 move: 69
9. Sick Puppies - All The Same
last week: 12 spins: 1204 last week: 1182 move: 22
10. The Almost - Say This Sooner
last week: 9 spins: 1123 last week: 1241 move: -118
Not surprised that the Foos hit number one already. Let’s see how long they can hold off the machine that is Linkin Park. Nice to see Muse breaking the top 10 again as well.
Watch list:
16. Paramore - Misery Business
last week: 19 spins: 1004 last week: 884 move: 120
They had a strong run on Warped - that’s a ton of new spins.
17. Silverchair - Straight Lines
last week: 18 spins: 987 last week: 915 move: 72
Moving up the charts consistently each week.
25. Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
last week: 29 spins: 593 last week: 507 move: 86
There’s no question that this will move up the charts even more.
35. Atreyu - Becoming The Bull
last week: 42 spins: 396 last week: 321 move: 75
Their previous work has never been radio friendly. Lots of radio programmers liking this.
38. Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles
last week: 39 spins: 379 last week: 360 move: 19
This entered the charts about the same time as the Against Me! single and is climbing much more slowly.
40. Hot Hot Heat - Let Me In
last week: 43 spins: 363 last week: 313 move: 50
This is poised to make a good run.
42. Smashing Pumpkins - That’s The Way (My Love Is)
last week: 50 spins: 307 last week: 235 move: 72
I think this is a much better song than Tarantula - it’s gonna do well on the charts.
43. White Stripes - You Don’t Know What Love Is
last week: 46 spins: 294 last week: 260 move: 34
Good choice for the second single.
