Checking the Charts
Top 10 on the alt rock charts for the week ending 9/2:
1 Foo Fighters - The Pretender
last week: 1 spins: 2189 last week: 2347 move: -158
2. Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
last week: 2 spins: 1964 last week: 2054 move: -90
3. Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
last week: 3 spins: 1856 last week: 2004 move: -148
4. Three Days Grace - Never Too Late
last week: 4 spins: 1818 last week: 1912 move: -94
5. White Stripes - Icky Thump
last week: 5 spins: 1645 last week: 1879 move: -234
6. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
last week: 7 spins: 1319 last week: 1371 move: -52
7. Linkin Park - What I’ve Done
last week: 6 spins: 1283 last week: 1517 move: -234
8. Paramore - Misery Business
last week: 10 spins: 1252 last week: 1162 move: 90
9. Incubus - Oil And Water
last week: 8 spins: 1230 last week: 1304 move: -74
10. Flyleaf - All Around Me
last week: 9 spins: 1132 last week: 1129 move: 3
Check out how well Paramore is doing. I’m pretty happy about that. Muse is looking good too. No surprises at the top, I think the Foos can fight off (haha) LP for a few weeks.
On my watchlist:
12. Silverchair - Straight Lines
last week: 13 spins: 1057 last week: 1045 move: 12
In the top 10 sooner than later.
20. Against Me! - Thrash Unreal
last week: 22 spins: 698 last week: 665 move: 33
Against Me! breaks the top 20. Awesome.
31. Jimmy Eat World - Big Casino
last week: 765 spins: 442 last week: 1 move: 441
This song is great. Butch Vig is having a great year as a producer. (He also produced the new Against Me! if you didn’t know.)
33. White Stripes - You Don’t Know What Love Is
last week: 41 spins: 423 last week: 352 move: 71
Yeah, I’m ready for this on the radio.
35. Silversun Pickups - Well Thought Out Twinkles
last week: 35 spins: 414 last week: 423 move: -9
This is flat on the charts, but I still see stations adding it. We’ll have to see how it shakes out. Could be a slow burner like “Lazy Eye” was.
38. Smashing Pumpkins - That’s The Way (My Love Is)
last week: 39 spins: 372 last week: 385 move: -13
To me, this was an instant Pumpkins classic. I’m seeing lots of heads nod in agreement. (BTW, did you see that Trent totally talked smack about Billy last week? I want a claymation Celebrity Death Match between the two. Trent would so kick Billy’s whiny ass. Ha. Don’t get me wrong, I still love Billy. But I love Trent more.)
43. Hot Hot Heat - Let Me In
last week: 42 spins: 308 last week: 351 move: -43
This doesn’t officially impact radio until next week. We’ll see if it gets a push then.
45. Angels and Airwaves -Everything’s Magic
last week: 129 spins: 286 last week: 36 move: 250
Ack. I don’t mind the AVA so much. But I don’t want to hear Tom DeLonge on my radio 24/7. Unfortch I know that is exactly what KBZT is gonna do with this song. Sigh.
