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A disappointing week in the charts for the songs I was rooting for…..
Alt Rock Top 10 week ending 11/5:
1. Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Last week: 1 spins: 2646 last week: 2631 move: 15
2. Seether - Fake It
Last week: 5 spins 1893 last week: 1767 move: 126
3. Jimmy Eat World - Big Casino
Last week: 3 spins: 1816 last week: 1806 move: 10
4. Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
Last week: 2 spins: 1816 last week: 1847 move: -31
5. Three Days Grace - Never Too Late
Last week: 6 spins: 1767 last week: 1717 move: 50
6. Paramore - Misery Business
Last week: 4 spins: 1666 last week: 1800 move: -134
7. Serj Tankian - Empty Walls
Last week: 8 spins: 1624 last week: 1565 move: 59
8. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
Last week: 7 spins: 1581 last week: 1640 move: -59
9. White Stripes - You Don’t Know What Love Is
Last week: 9 spins: 1341 last week: 1369 move: -28
10. Chevelle - I Get It 1
Last week: 12 spins: 1209 last week: 1079 move: 130
Gah, I know that new spins of “crushcrushcrush” has led to Paramore’s drop on the charts. Damn it. And I would never have guessed that Seether would knock LP out of the #2 spot. (On a totally personal and somewhat unrelated note, my nephew can sing the chorus to “Bleed It Out”. He’s two. I cannot even begin to tell you how much that disturbs me.)
Other songs I am tracking:
12. Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
Last week: 11 spins: 1125 last week: 1122 move: 3
The buzz for this is definitely dropping off. Which is too bad, I really wanted to see this in the top 10.
15. Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles
Last week: 16 spins: 988 last week: 901 move: 87
Sneaking up the charts slowly but surely.
25. Coheed and Cambria - The Running Free
Last week: 30 spins: 556 last week: 468 move: 88
Also making an appearance on the active rock charts.
33. Feist - 1,2,3,4
Last week: 34 spins: 418 last week: 412 move: 6
This is a no brainer for the radio so I’m not sure why it’s no getting more airplay.
41. Hives - Tick, Tick, Boom
Last week: 40 spins: 258 last week: 276 move: -18
The album is out next week, so I’m sure there will be more of a push to play this.
46. VHS or Beta - Can’t Believe A Single Word.
Last week: 49 spins: 219 last week: 228 move: -9
I’ve been seeing ads for this on All Access so their label is pimping this hard.
Okay, one last radio related tidbit….Sean Ross has written another great article for the radio geeks out there. Check out his take on what you do between the records here.
