AS IT IS: Nationally, it debuts at #1 and has been in and out of that position for months. On my blog, it took fourteen weeks to hit the top, but "As It Was" by Harry Styles'spends a 9th week atop the Billboard Hot 100 and ascends to the top of the SNS 100 blog chart after a long road to reach the summit. As hinted at last week, it becomes the 11th song to reach the pinnacle on both the big chart and my "little" one.
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| Harry Styles' "As It Was" remains at the top of the Hot 100 for a 9th week and attains the #1 spot on the SNS 100. |
"As It Was", aside from remaining at the top of the heap, is also atop the Hot AC list for an 8th week and remains on the alternative and Triple-A lists as well. It's the first time a song has topped both the blog and Billboard since November of last year when Adele's "Easy on Me" hit #1 here for three weeks, and ten weeks on the Hot 100.
Here is the list of all songs that have topped both lists since my blog inception in August 2010. Listed is the chart date, and the first week that the song topped each list. Songs that hit the top the same week are listened in bold.
1. Adele, "Rolling in the Deep" SNS: January 17, 2011 (1 week). Billboard: May 21, 2011 (7 weeks).
2. Adele, "Someone Like You" SNS: May 16, 2011 (2 weeks); Billboard: September 17, 2011 (5 weeks)
3. fun. featuring Janelle Monae, "We Are Young". SNS: March 19, 2012 (3 weeks); Billboard: April 28, 2012 (6 weeks).
4. Pink featuring Nate Ruess, "Just Give Me a Reason". SNS: April 27, 2013 (4 weeks); Billboard: April 27, 2013 (3 weeks).
5. Lorde, "Royals". SNS: December 1, 2013 (2 weeks); Billboard: October 12, 2013 (9 weeks).
6. Adele, "Hello". SNS: November 8, 2015 (5 weeks); Billboard: November 14, 2015 (10 weeks).
7. Ed Sheeran, "Shape of You". SNS: April 2, 2017 (4 weeks); Billboard: January 28, 2015 (12 weeks).
8. Ed Sheeran, "Perfect". SNS: February 4, 2018 (2 weeks); Billboard: December 23, 2017 (6 weeks).
9. Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, "Old Town Road". SNS: August 4, 2019 (4 weeks); Billboard: April 13, 2019 (19 weeks).
10. Adele, "Easy on Me", SNS: November 14, 2021 (3 weeks); Billboard: October 30, 2021 (10 weeks)
11. Harry Styles, "As It Was". SNS: July 10, 2022; (1 week to date); Billboard: April 16, 2022 (9 weeks to date).
"Rolling in the Deep" and "Shape of You" were both #1 songs for the year on SNS and Billboard. In addition, "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra were #1 year-end on both lists, but while that song logged 8 weeks atop the Hot 100, it peaked at #2 for a record 12 weeks here without hitting #1 on my blog chart.
Finally, this is the first Harry Styles song to do the trick. Adele leads with 4 songs, followed by Ed Sheeran with two. Nate Ruess also has two, one with his band fun. and the other as featured on Pink's song. Also notice that the first three songs on this list, topped my list before it topped Billboard. This was because I had become an Adele fan before her pop success, thus jumped on songs from her 21 album. The fun. song was an alternative hit before crossing over to the Hot 100.
TOP 20 ACTION: Aside from Styles' song at the top of Billboard, Lizzo advances to #2 on the big chart with "About Damn Time", and Kate Bush to #4 with the Stranger Things-fueled "Running Up That Hill". All three of these songs are now in my top 10, with Lizzo moving into the top 10, and Ms. Bush into the top five. Deb Browning drops to #2 with "3 More Minutes" after topping the chart the past two weeks. Finally, Styles' follow-up, "Late Night Talking", already advancing on many national charts, also debuts on John Hook's Beach Music Top 40,
But the big story continues to be "Running Up That Hill". It moves from 7 to 3 here, eclipsing the #4 position of Meg Myers' 2019 remake of the song. It continues to be present on all pertinent radio airplay lists as well. We had the opportunity to finish the 4th season of Stranger Things, which the song was frequently featured in much of the later episodes. As for the other featured songs, much of what was heard were older songs, from the 1960's and 70's and early 80's, with the latest being Journey's "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" from early 1983.
However, there was another breakout song that hit the Billboard Hot 100: "Master of Puppets" by Metallica, which landed in that chart's #40 spot this week. It was featured in the final episode when the Eddie character was playing along to it. Back in 1986, the single, the title track from the metal band's album, failed to chart even though it was released as a single in July of that year. The series has always paid attention to time period detail, and while it sounds like a continuity error (the series takes place in late March of '86), the album actually was released earlier in March, thus it would seem logical that Eddie, who is into that genre would have already bought the album.
Beach music still rules the upper chart with The Main Event and Carolina Coast Bands making headway in the top ten, and the two Deb Browning songs hanging tough. If you count Lizzo's hit (which is #29 on John Hook's Beach Music chart), there are six beach songs in the top 10, the most ever. Jerry Powell and the Carnival Band move 11 to 9 with "Merry-Go-Round."
Long distance bands are also doing well this week: Orbis Max featuring Tim Izzard grabs the Impact award with "Back of the Shelf" (22-20), while Einstein's Dad, last week's Top Debut, cop the Mover honors with a 63-41 for "White Shoulders Lace and Leather".
IZZARD BLIZZARD: Tim Izzard has claimed he works in many genres, but so far, we've just seen him in tributes to 1970's-era glam, in particular Ziggy-era David Bowie salutes. While his top five "Glam Rock Star (Tribute)" descends the list, and his current "The Night I Played Ziggy's Guitar" continues to ascend, as well as the above mentioned Orbis Max project, here he is again---as part of the duo The AZIZ Project, grabbing Top Debut honors with "Thought I Was Falling in Love". Izzard teams with French artist Jibs for this change-of-pace surprisingly funky outing. Was Izzard affected by all the Carolina beach music on my list? Regardless, this song could very well be played on those Myrtle Beach stations. While the British artist's voice still sounds like Bowie, it's now in the Thin White Duke persona rather than Ziggy Stardust. Of course, Bowie was also noted for working in many genres in his career. The intro alone could please many a shagging crowd. Tim shows his most soulful side yet. I've heard this song three times so far, and it gives me the chills. Seventies-style funk has done very well on my blog lately, and this one should put the duo on top. The song enters at #71.
Emo is another genre that seems to be making a comeback. First My Chemical Romance's reunion effort, and now the latest from Jimmy Eat World, "Something Loud". Unlike, My Chem, the band has steadily released albums during the past decade, and five songs have made my blog playlist, but falling short of the top 20. The new song lives up to its name, as well as the emo tag. While many dislike that subgenre, this band seems to embrace it. Very emotional vocal by Jim Adkins should give this Arizona band its first top 20 blog hit.
Arkells is another band that has frequented my blog list but have fallen short of the top 20. They return with "Past Life" which features Cold War Kids. Arkells are a band from Ontario Canada and have done well in their native country since 2008 with an occasional foray here. This is a standard alt-rock song with guitars and a hint of electronic thrown in. Cold War Kids enhance this track that should move well up the SNS 100.
OneRepublic is and has been a straight-ahead old-fashioned pop/rock band, not unlike say, early Maroon 5 or latter-day Train. The outfit debuts with "West Coast". With a string-filled intro, it morphs into a middle-of-the-road pop song. This is their best in a while and should definitely top their recent #74 showing of "Someday".
I was trying to figure out which beach music song to add. There were some good ones, in particular,
"Never Found a Man" by The Castaways, but many of them are not available commercially (and it's not on the band's website). I did come up with Sammy O'Banion's "When Romance Was King", a nice and easy going, relaxing song that should make some noise. It reminds you of nights at the beach, it has that kind of vibe to it.
Two songs enter the Tremors section: Teddy Swims is featured on the latest by Meghan Trainor, "Bad for Me" which is a straight current-era pop song, and King Princess, who had a top five blog hit a few years back with "1950" returning with "Change the Locks". Has possibilities.
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| Louie Louie and the Lost Hombres as they originally appeared during the early 1980's (top); and during a performance at Roselle Park's Climax Brewing Co. on July 15, 2022. |
FOUND HOMBRES: Back in August 2011, I did a blog on bands and artists that were from my hometown of Roselle Park, with mentions of Bad Attitude (featuring Tom Corea on drums), and English Creek Road). But there was two that I had left out. There was Alan Pasqua, who graduated from Roselle Park High in 1970, who was part of two bands that had national top 20 hits, and who I hope to do a blog on soon.
The other is a band called Louie Louie and the Lost Hombres. The band was headed by Lou Pinola (aka "Louie Louie"), also from Roselle Park High and graduated in 1975, the same year as Tom Corea. Pinola handled lead vocals and guitar. Also in the band was guitarist and backup vocalist Henry Seiz, and Bob Stockl on drums. Handling bass was Dave Post, and if that name sounds familiar, it's the same Dave Post (a 1972 graduate of Roselle Park High) who leads the current retro-band Swingadelic, who recently charted on my blog playlist twice. The band formed back in the early 1980's and released an album and a couple of singles back then.
This past Friday night at Roselle Park's Climax Brewing Co, featured Louie Louie and the Lost Hombres (sometimes referred to as simply The Lost Hombres), and they proved they still have the chops, 40 years later. Lou still plays frequently, sometimes with the band (I also saw them at another local bar, Frenchy's, back in November 2011), and Lou and Henry Seiz as an acoustic duo there just last year.
The band definitely rocked in that night in a three-hour set with just one break. And while the band did play several covers (including the lead song "Pipeline", along with Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine", Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl", and The Beatles' "One After 909", much of the band's repertoire were originals, most recorded back in the day. As I didn't follow the band in the 1980's, I wasn't sure of what these songs were (most likely from an EP mentioned below), but they were awesome, nonetheless.
The band originally released a self-titled EP, on the Rebel Riot label, in 1984 containing six songs, five of them originals, such as "So Hard", "See Me", and "Can't Stop That Girl", which were played Friday night, is still available in vinyl on Amazon and other sites.
I hope to do more research on the band in the future. I might even contemplate adding a song to my playlist even though it was recorded in 1984.
Then again, a 1985 song is currently #3 on my chart.
Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist
July 10, 2022 (Week ending July 16)
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This
Week |
Last
Week |
ARTIST-Title |
Weeks
on List |
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1 |
2 |
NUMBER ONE:  Album: Harry's House |
14 |
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2 |
1 |
10 |
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3 |
7 |
5 |
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4 |
5 |
7 |
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5 |
3 |
13 |
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6 |
8 |
Carolina Coast Band ft Rhonda McDaniel - The Thing About You |
4 |
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7 |
4 |
17 |
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8 |
6 |
8 |
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9 |
11 |
Jerry Powell and The Carnival Band ft. Dave Sandy - Merry-Go-Round |
9 |
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10 |
16 |
6 |
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11 |
12 |
10 |
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12 |
10 |
14 |
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13 |
13 |
8 |
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14 |
17 |
7 |
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15 |
18 |
4 |
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16 |
14 |
10 |
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17 |
9 |
13 |
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18 |
20 |
5 |
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19 |
15 |
10 |
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20 |
22 |
TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK:  ORBIS MAX featuring TIM IZZARD (Single Only) |
7 |
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21 |
23 |
12 |
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22 |
25 |
8 |
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23 |
26 |
5 |
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24 |
27 |
10 |
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25 |
35 |
3 |
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26 |
31 |
14 |
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27 |
19 |
14 |
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28 |
34 |
8 |
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29 |
24 |
13 |
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30 |
37 |
7 |
|
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31 |
21 |
16 |
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32 |
29 |
17 |
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33 |
36 |
8 |
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|
34 |
28 |
18 |
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35 |
38 |
7 |
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36 |
30 |
24 |
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37 |
43 |
6 |
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38 |
53 |
3 |
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39 |
47 |
6 |
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40 |
51 |
4 |
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41 |
63 |
MOVER OF THE WEEK:  "White Shoulders Lace and Leather" Album: Six For June (EP) |
2 |
|
42 |
42 |
9 |
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43 |
49 |
Winnetka Bowling League & The Knocks - I Like
to Hide in the Bathroom at Parties |
6 |
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44 |
50 |
5 |
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45 |
46 |
12 |
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|
46 |
32 |
13 |
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47 |
33 |
21 |
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48 |
59 |
8 |
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49 |
40 |
30 |
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50 |
39 |
9 |
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51 |
54 |
7 |
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52 |
64 |
4 |
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53 |
66 |
7 |
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54 |
68 |
Rev. Bubba D. Liverance and the Cornhole Prophets - In My '64 |
3 |
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55 |
62 |
6 |
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56 |
48 |
17 |
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57 |
56 |
13 |
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58 |
44 |
15 |
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59 |
70 |
3 |
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60 |
67 |
4 |
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61 |
72 |
3 |
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62 |
83 |
2 |
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63 |
69 |
4 |
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64 |
45 |
10 |
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65 |
41 |
12 |
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66 |
58 |
15 |
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67 |
55 |
19 |
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68 |
75 |
4 |
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69 |
84 |
2 |
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70 |
77 |
3 |
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71 |
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TOP DEBUT:  "Thought I Was Falling In Love" Album: 15 Days of Summer (EP) |
1 |
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72 |
85 |
2 |
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73 |
52 |
15 |
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74 |
60 |
18 |
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75 |
80 |
5 |
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76 |
82 |
3 |
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|
77 |
57 |
18 |
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78 |
79 |
9 |
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|
79 |
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1 |
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80 |
61 |
20 |
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81 |
81 |
4 |
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82 |
91 |
2 |
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83 |
65 |
15 |
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84 |
88 |
2 |
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85 |
76 |
11 |
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86 |
90 |
3 |
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|
87 |
78 |
13 |
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|
88 |
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1 |
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89 |
96 |
2 |
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90 |
99 |
2 |
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|
91 |
74 |
19 |
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92 |
87 |
44 |
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93 |
94 |
3 |
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|
94 |
--- |
1 |
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|
95 |
71 |
18 |
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96 |
73 |
7 |
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|
97 |
--- |
1 |
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98 |
98 |
3 |
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|
99 |
86 |
24 |
|
|
100 |
89 |
8 |
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Songs
with the greatest increase in favorite points over the prior week. ●
Songs with
25 or more plays on iTunes/iPods ▲ Songs with 50 or more plays.
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