Fresh Music Top 40 for January 26, 2008

Boys Like Girls is #1 for second week
For the week ending Saturday January 26, 2008

TW= this week's position
LW= last week
Δ= change
PP= peak position
WC= weeks on the chart

TW LW Δ PP WC Artist - Title (weeks at top spot)
01 02 +01 01 08 Boys Like Girls - Hero/Heroine (2 weeks at #1)
02 02 N C 01 09 Chris Brown - With You (2 weeks at #1)
03 03 N C 01 08 Lifehouse - Whatever It Takes (3 weeks at #1)
04 12 +08 04 04 Janet Jackson - Feedback
05 07 +02 05 02 Cobra Starship - The City Is At War
06 10 +04 06 04 Jon McLaughlin - So Close
07 DEBUT 07 01 Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown - No Air
08 04 -04 01 25 Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You (1 week at #1)
09 09 N C 01 14 I Nine - Seven Days Of Lonely (1 week at #1)
10 24 +14 10 02 The Cab - I'll Run
11 13 +02 05 27 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
12 05 -07 03 09 John Mayer - Say
13 08 -05 08 03 Paramore - Let The Flames Begin
14 06 -08 05 05 Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
15 16 +01 15 03 Sean Kingston - Take You There
16 11 -05 03 09 OneRepublic - Stop and Stare
17 15 -02 11 06 Paramore - Crushcrushcrush
18 39 +21 18 02 Buckcherry - Sorry
19 21 +02 19 05 Jordin Sparks - Tattoo
20 14 -06 14 03 Kelly Rowland feat. Travis McCoy - Daylight
21 17 -04 16 07 Linkin Park - Shadow Of The Day
22 18 -04 13 05 Good Charlotte - Dance Floor Anthem
23 20 -03 20 04 Jack Johnson - If I Had Eye
24 22 -02 14 07 NLT - She Said, I Said
25 19 -06 11 04 Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine
26 27 +01 01 20 Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You (1 week at #1)
27 23 -04 08 14 Mat Kearney - Breathe In Breathe Out
28 26 -02 21 05 Nelly Furtado - In God's Hands
29 25 -04 16 06 David Guetta feat. Chris Willis - Love Is Gone
30 36 +06 30 02 Avril Lavigne - Runaway
31 31 N C 22 05 Rihanna - Rehab
32 28 -04 14 10 Alicia Keys - Like You'll Never See Me Again
33 29 -04 12 05 Ashlee Simpson - Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)
34 32 -02 07 17 Pink - Who Knew
35 34 -01 01 27 Matt Nathanson - Car Crash (1 week at #1)
36 45 +09 36 02 Kate Nash - Merry Happy
37 DEBUT 37 01 Josh Kelley - Unfair
38 33 -05 13 22 Fergie - Clumsy
39 30 -09 16 04 Nicole Scherzinger - Puakenikeni
40 35 -05 01 32 Jon McLaughlin - Beautiful Disaster(3 weeks at #1)

Bubbline Under:41 to 45
41 35 -06 01 17 OneRepublic - Apologize (1 week at #1)
42 DEBUT 42 01 Wyclef Jean feat. Akon & Lil Jon - Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)
43 41 -02 16 16 Matt White - Best Days
44 42 -02 03 19 Motion City Soundtrack - Broken Heart
45 DEBUT 45 01 Rooney - I Should've Been After You

Falling Off
Fergie - Finally
Hot Hot Heat - Let Me In
Cartel - No Subject (Come With Me)

**Retired!**
Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry: After 31 weeks since the inaugural chart, one week at #1, and proclaimed the fourth best song of 2007, Fergie's fourth single off her debut The Dutchess finally retires.

Biggest Debut
Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown - No Air (debut at #7)

Biggest Jump
Buckcherry - Sorry (#18, up 39 spots from #21 last week)

Biggest Decline
Finger Eleven - Paralyzer (#14, down 8 spots from #6 last week)

Friss Zene
The Starting Line - Island
Jimmy Eat World - Always Be
Lenny Kravitz - I'll Be Waiting

Fresh Music Top 40 - January 12, 2008

Friss Zene Top 40
For the week ending Saturday January 12, 2008

TW= this week's position
LW= last week
Δ= change
PP= peak position
WC= weeks on the chart

TW LW Δ PP WC Artist - Title (weeks at top spot)
01 15 +14 01 06 Boys Like Girls - Hero/Heroine (1 week at #1)
02 02 N C 01 07 Chris Brown - With You (1 week at #1)
03 01 -02 01 06 Lifehouse - Whatever It Takes (3 weeks at #1)
04 04 N C 03 07 John Mayer - Say
05 10 +05 05 03 Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
06 06 N C 01 12 I Nine - Seven Days Of Lonely (1 week at #1)
07 03 -04 03 07 OneRepublic - Stop and Stare
08 05 -03 01 23 Maroon 5 - Won't Go Home Without You (1 week at #1)
09 DEBUT 09 01 Paramore - Let The Flames Begin
10 14 +04 13 03 Good Charlotte - Dance Floor Anthem
11 16 +05 11 04 Paramore - Crushcrushcrush
12 08 -04 08 12 Mat Kearney - Breathe In Breathe Out
13 11 -02 11 02 Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful of Sunshine
14 DEBUT 14 01 Kelly Rowland feat. Travis McCoy - Daylight
15 32 +17 15 02 Janet Jackson - Feedback
16 14 -02 06 05 Linkin Park - Shadow Of The Day
17 19 +02 16 02 Nicole Scherzinger - Puakenikeni
18 09 -09 01 18 Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo - Hate That I Love You (1 week at #1)
19 07 -12 07 15 Pink - Who Knew
20 36 +16 20 02 Jon McLaughlin - So Close
21 12 -09 01 15 OneRepublic - Apologize (1 week at #1)
22 23 +01 21 03 Rihanna - Rehab
23 18 -05 12 03 Ashlee Simpson - Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)
24 DEBUT 24 01 Sean Kingston - Take You There
25 17 -08 13 20 Fergie - Clumsy
26 27 +01 14 08 Alicia Keys - Like You'll Never See Me Again
27 24 -03 14 05 NLT - She Said, I Said
28 44 +16 05 25 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
29 21 -08 21 03 Nelly Furtado - In God's Hands
30 20 -10 16 04 David Guetta feat. Chris Willis - Love Is Gone
31 43 +12 31 02 Jack Johnson - If I Had Eyes
32 31 -01 10 10 Hot Hot Heat - Let Me In
33 22 -11 08 11 Mary J. Blige - Just Fine
34 40 +06 34 02 Fergie - Finally
35 35 N C 16 14 Matt White - Best Days
36 25 -11 03 17 Motion City Soundtrack - Broken Heart
37 DEBUT 37 01 Maroon 5 - Goodnight Goodnight
38 30 -08 01 25 Matt Nathanson - Car Crash (1 week at #1)
39 38 -01 01 16 The Last Goodnight - Pictures of You (1 week at #1)
40 42 +02 18 16 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

Bubbling Under: 41 to 45
41 26 -15 01 30 Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry (1 week at #1)
42 41 -01 21 15 Cartel - No Subject (Come With Me)
43 29 -14 01 20 Fall Out Boy - I'm Like A Laywer...(Me & You) (1 week at #1)
44 33 -11 01 30 Jon McLaughlin - Beautiful Disaster(3 weeks at #1)
45 45 N C 01 18 Alicia Keys - No One (1 week at #1)

Falling Off & Retired
Lifehouse - First Time: 29 weeks - peak at #5

Biggest Debut
Paramore - Let The Flames Begin (debut at #9)

Biggest Jump
Janet Jackson - Feedback (#15, up 17 spots from #32 last week)

Biggest Decline
Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry (#41, down 15 spots from #26 last week)

Friss Zene
Keith Urban - Everybody
Rogue Wave - Lake Michigan
Buckcherry - Sorry
Rooney - I Should've Been After You

Thanks For The Memories: Top 77 of 2007!

Before I conclude 2007, it has become a tradition of mine to post my top songs of the year. You may disagree with a few choices, and even downright question my taste in music. But the following choices reflect my favorites in top 40, r&b, rock, and popular music. I love discovering newly released music and sharing what's fresh with whoever comes on here to read and for the past five months, you had a taste of what i've been listening to via my weekly charts (which i probably will transfer over to an outside blog from myspace in the upcoming year). Now here are my favorite 77 songs of 07! The songs marked with "*" may have not reached their peak yet, so they have the potential of charting in 2008. Enjoy!

But first, close but no cigar: Colbie Caillat - "Bubbly", Faber Drive - "Tongue Tied", Justin Timberlake "What Goes Around Comes Around", Lil Mama - "Lip Gloss"

The Top 77 of 2007 by Ray V.

77: Because Of You - Ne-Yo
76: Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy
75: Stop Me - Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather
74: Breathe In Breathe Out* - Mat Kearney
73: Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now - Joss Stone feat. Common
72: The Way I Are - Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson and D.O.E.
71: Never Again - Kelly Clarkson

70: Salamat - Yeng Constantino
69: Better - Regina Spektor
68: Dreaming With A Broken Heart - John Mayer
67: Rehab - Amy Winehouse
66: What I've Done - Linkin Park
65: Can U Believe - Robin Thicke
64: 1234 - Feist
63: About You Now - Sugababes
62: Give It To Me - Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake
61: Pressure Suit - Aqualung

60: Wonderful World - James Morrison
59: Lose It - Cartel
58: Say OK - Vanessa Hudgens
57: When Did Your Heart Go Missing - Rooney
56: The Good Life - Kanye West feat. T-Pain
55: With You* - Chris Brown
54: No U Hang Up - Shayne Ward
53: Colorful - Rocco DeLuca and the Burden
52: Love Today - Mika
51: Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's

50: Say This Sooner - The Almost
49: Who Knew*- P!nk
48: Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
47: Time Won't Let Me Go - The Bravery
46: The Sweet Escape (Konvict Remix) - Gwen Stefani feat. Akon
45: Nolita Fairytale - Vanessa Carlton
44: Everything - Michael Buble
43: All Good Things (Come To An End) - Nelly Furtado
42: Light Up The Sky - Yellowcard
41: Human* - Jon McLaughlin

40: Real Girl - Mutya Buena
39: I'm Like A Lawyer... (Me & You) - Fall Out Boy
38: When You're Gone - Avril Lavigne
37: Whatever It Takes* - Lifehouse
36: Big Casino - Jimmy Eat World
35: Glamorous - Fergie
34: LoveStoned - Justin Timberlake
33: Gone* - Matt Nathanson
32: No One - Alicia Keys
31: Home - Daughtry

30: Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
29: Pictures Of You - The Last Goodnight
28: Don't Stop The Music* - Rihanna
27: Love Song*- Sara Bareilles
26: Lost Without U - Robin Thicke
25: When It Was Me - Paula DeAnda
24: Clothes Off! - Gym Class Hereoes feat. Patrick Stump
23: Heaven On Earth* - Britney Spears
22: Hate That I Love You - Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo
21: Seven Days Of Lonely* - I Nine

20: Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne
"Hey hey, you you. I want to be your girlfriend" should become the new high school cheerleading chant for the 21st century.

19: Cupid's Chokehold - Gym Class Heroes feat. Patrick Stump
GCH frontman Travis McKoy is confident and not cocky in his ode to being hit by the love arrow in this hybrid hip-hop/rock song.

18: Patience - Take That
Rebanded as a Brit man band, Patience was all over the UK and Europe during the winter months. Citibank Hungary loves the tune, because the song was played during two separate visits to the bank!

17: Apologize - OneRepublic feat. Timbaland
Although Timbaland enhanced the song with some of his signature beats and ehs, it is Ryan Tedder's voice that carries the weight of its success.

16: The Shake (Awful Feeling) -My American Heart
Take one part Fil-Am and one part emo and it's outcome would sound something like this. The Shake was the first single off their album Hiding Inside The Horrible Weather.

15: Say It Right - Nelly Furtado
Rounding out last year's countdown at number 50, its steady success as a worldwide club and radio hit lasted well through the first quarter of the year. Thanks again to the aid of super-producer Timbaland, Furtado gained her second number one in the US.

14: Dig - Incubus
The mesmerizing guitar riff throughout the song and refreshing lyrics that boast of friendship dig the song out of what could have been a trite ode to a lover. Fortunately this is Incubus and they can never do wrong.

13: Broken Heart - Motion City Soundtrack
The first single off of the band's third album, Even If It Kills Me, has a great, catchy and cheerful chorus with a depressing subject matter of love lost. The video is seals its appeal, with an average joe dressed in a human heart costume.

12: Grace Kelly - Mika
This song was the biggest download in the UK this year and it was no surprise that it got massive airplay all across Europe during my study abroad. Singing with a flamboyant style reminiscent of a certain Queen frontman mentioned in the lyrics, masking the fun is his musical identity crisis.

11: First Time - Lifehouse
Even if you've never heard of Lifehouse, you may have heard this song on those Dodge commercials. The Jason Wade-led band who created uber-hits like "Hanging By The Moment" breaks through with a more refined singnature sound. The song hits a high with its steady beat, sonic riffs, and catchy chorus. As for its simple meaning, Wade sings of feeling like being in love for the first time.

10: So Small - Carrie Underwood
This American Idol winner just keeps churning hit after hit. After a successful debut over a year ago, So Small doesn't tinker with the effective and successful formula of the inspirational and heart-wrenching country ballad. Here, Underwood comes to the realization that certain things in life are petty.

09: Thnks Fr Th Mmrs - Fall Out Boy
Thnks t Fll t By, y cn d tw thngs: wrte txt msgs wtht th vwls nd brk p wth yr sshle byfrnd r btch grlfrnd wtht tlkng t thm! Wldn't tht b th grtst thng n th wrld?!

08: Car Crash - Matt Nathanson
One of my personal favorite musicians released his much-awaited album since 2003's Beneath These Fireworks with 2007's Some Mad Hope. Car Crash goes back to classic Nathanson rock territory. The single is an amazing sonic rush of Nathanson's comforting vocals, chill riffs, and steady drumming. The message is awesome too: wanting to live life and to be 'hit' by the next best thing.

07: Misery Business - Paramore
It's hard to imagine that Hayley Williams, the sole female of this punk band is barely 17-years-old. With her soaring and confident vocals, she commands your attention just like a seasoned pro. And it doesn't hurt that this type of song inspires the belief that you could sing from the top of your lungs...and pull the pads out of the mean girl's bra too.

06: You Give Me Something - James Morrison
What attracts me most to this song is Brit-born Morrison's soulfull and raspy voice. Add a guitar, a violin, and pleas for a relationship to work out and what you get is a dream-like, modern-day serenade. The most refreshing thing about him is his incredible live performance. Stripped down with only a guitar and sincere vocals, he can evoke the rawest of emotions.

5: The Great Escape - Boys Like Girls
Arguably one of the songs that have defined my summer of 2007, the emo-rock Boston-based frontman Martin Johnson's booming vocals and rush of guitars form a rallying call for youths to have fun and live with a carefree spirit. The second single off of their self-titled debut is certainly a song that you can't help but sing along to. I can't wait to see more of BLG in the upcoming year.

4: Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie
Who knew Fergie could sing a song without spelling? Following the huge success of the midtempo jam by Beyonce, Fergie's own "Irreplaceable" has lyrics that sound downright juvenile ("I'll be your best friend and you'll be my Valentine") but she somehow makes it work. What also sold the song was its video which featured a faux-tatted Milo Ventimiglia, Fergie dropping panties (into a laundry basket), and talk about jacks and Uno cards, which although incomprehensible is at the same time a bit playful and flirty. And of course, that and an unavoidable and catchy tempo will stick in your head, even if you don't exactly know the words. By August, BGDC became her third number one single, cementing her solo debut The Dutchess, which has spawned five top five hits in the US.

3: Won't Go Home Without You * - Maroon 5
It is a wonder that frontman Adam Levine's voice can sound both uninspiring and evocative in this song. Not an easy thing to pull off, but in the second-coming of "She Will Be Loved", Levine pleads for a love that has gone astray with sheer aplomb. The constant riff, reminiscent of The Police's "Every Breathe You Take", and the haunting vocal help to make this song one of my favorites this past year.

2: Beautiful Disaster - Jon McLaughlin
This Indiana-born singer-songwriter is an emotional tour-de-force with this piano rock ballad about an insecure teenager who fails to see her beauty and self-worth beyond the flaws. Initially featured in the film Georgia Rule, McLaughlin's lilting voice sings: "She prays one day she'll find someone to need her". With an earnest, heartbreaking, and honest delivery, the end product is intense, lush, and beautiful.

1: UMBRELLA - Rihanna
With its inescapable global domination and provocative video, Umbrella truly was the defining song of 2007. Arguably the reigning song of the summer, its message and delivery is anything but sunshine and cheer. Rihanna vocals are intriguingly cold and her hypnotic echoes of "ella ella eh eh eh" are haunting, if not the ire of many now. When she reaches the bridge, her words turn to comfort. The subject matter becomes clearer as she confidently affirms to her lover or friend that she will offer her unconditional support even through the stormiest of times. And alas! - The brilliance of the metaphorical umbrella, protecting against the emotional rain. Brilliant hit! After releasing several top ten hits since 2005, Umbrella has become the most successful and definitely the best song to date for the Barbadian songstress. Plus you certainly couldn't avoid it anywhere, with covers by Mandy Moore, Marie Digby, Scott Simons, and remixes with Lil Mama and Chris Brown – all marks of a truly great pop song.

So, what do you think?! Do you agree with my choices? Comments are appreciated!

Let's see what 2008 brings to the world of music...including exciting changes in store. Starting next week, the Earworm Top 40 blog will become the Friss Zene!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

07.28.07

Ray's Earworm Top 40
For the week ending Saturday July 28, 2007

TW= this week's position
LW= last week
Δ= change
PP= peak position
WC= weeks on the chart
(#1) = weeks at top spot

TW LW Δ PP WC Artist - Title (#1)

01 10 +09 01 06 Boys Like Girls - The Great Escape (1 week at #1)
02 07 +05 01 06 Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry (1 week at #1)
03 08 +05 03 06 Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah
04 31 +27 04 02 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls
05 DEBUT 05 01 Matt Nathanson - Gone
06 01 -05 01 06 Gym Class Heroes feat. Patrick Stump - Clothes Off! (1 week at #1)
07 02 -05 02 03 My American Heart - The Shake (Awful Feeling)
08 11 +03 08 06 Lifehouse - First Time
09 06 -03 02 06 Jon McLaughlin - Beautiful Disaster
10 16 +06 10 02 Fabolous feat. Rihanna - First Time
11 DEBUT 11 01 Paramore - Misery Business
12 DEBUT 12 01 Matt Nathanson - Car Crash
13 05 -08 05 06 The Almost - Say This Sooner
14 09 -05 06 04 Kat DeLuna feat. Elephant Man - Whine Up
15 04 -11 01 06 Yellowcard - Light Up The Sky (1 week at #1)
16 03 -13 03 05 Rooney - When Did Your Heart Go Missing
17 13 -04 03 06 Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
18 15 -03 15 06 Cartel - Lose It
19 40 +21 27 06 Michael Bublé - Everything
20 20 NC 20 02 Sara Bareilles - Love Song
21 12 -09 01 06 Rihanna - Umbrella (1 week at #1)
22 19 -03 01 06 Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone (1 week at #1)
23 26 +03 23 02 Aqualung - Pressure Suit
24 18 -06 18 03 Paula DeAnda feat. Bow Wow - Easy
25 17 -08 13 05 Timbaland feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E. - The Way I Are
26 27 +01 08 06 Kelly Clarkson - Sober
27 14 -13 14 04 Relient K - The Best Thing
28 DEBUT 28 01 Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music
29 23 -06 23 03 Hilary Duff - Stranger
30 22 -08 22 04 Kelly Clarkson - Can I Have A Kiss
31 24 -07 06 06 Gwen Stefani - 4 in the Morning
32 30 -02 30 03 Nelly Furtado - Do It
33 36 +03 08 06 The Bravery - Time Won't Let Me Go
34 28 -06 20 06 Rihanna - Shut Up And Drive
35 43 +08 31 06 Elliott Yamin - Wait For You
36 DEBUT 36 01 Paolo Nutini - Last Request
37 35 -02 17 05 Vanessa Hudgens - Say OK
38 21 -17 21 04 Bon Jovi - (You Want To) Make A Memory
39 DEBUT 39 01 Little Big Town - A Little More You
40 32 -08 09 03 Gym Class Heroes feat. Patrick Stump - Cupid's Chokehold

Bubbling Under: 41 to 45
41 37 -04 14 05 JC Chasez - You Ruined Me
42 39 -03 13 06 Paula DeAnda - When It Was Me
43 44 +01 43 02 +44 - 155
44 41 -03 02 06 Daughtry - Home
45 DEBUT 45 02 Maroon 5 - Wake Up Call

Falling Off (peak in bold)
Bon Thugz N Harmony feat. Akon - I Tried - 1 week: / / / / 42
Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder - 5 weeks: 3 16 28 34 45
Rocco DeLuca and the Burden - Colorful - 5 weeks: 24 11 15 20 25
Justin Timberlake - Summer Love - 4 weeks: 23 37 x 18 29
Fergie feat. Ludacris - Glamorous - 4 weeks: / 30 35 25 33
James Morrison - Wonderful World - 5 weeks: 7 22 21 28 38
Saving Jane - One Girl Revolution - 2 weeks: / / / 31 34

Biggest Debut
Matt Nathanson - Gone (debut at #5)

Biggest Jump
Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls (#4, up 27 spots from #31 last week)

Biggest Decline
Bon Jovi - (You Want To) Make A Memory (#38, down 17 spots from #21 last week)

Upcoming Songs On The Bubble
Matt Nathanson - Detroit Waves
The Fray - All At Once
Mark Ronson feat. Daniel Merriweather - Stop Me