Billboard's Top 3 Songs in Blog Top 10; Kate Bush has blog #1 (SNS week of 7/24/2022)

 This is a very quick blog since I spent the last four days up in the Berkshires of Massachusetts meeting up with other geocachers, so I just wanted to get out at least the chart for this past week.  On my next blog I want to tackle two subjects:  The controversy surrounding ticket prices for Bruce Springsteen's 2023 tour; and the nominations for the Carolina Beach Music Awards.  Also, I added only three new songs this week.

I did want to mention that Lizzo's "About Damn Time" dethroned Harry Styles' "As It Was" on Billboard's Hot 100, with the latter dropping to #2.   More significant was Kate Bush's Stranger Things-revived "Running Up That Hill" which advanced to #3 on the big chart.

This week on the SNS 100, "Running Up That Hill" rises to #1, dropping Harry Styles to #2, with Lizzo advancing to #6.   I can't remember the last time that the top 3 Billboard songs were also in my top 10 the same week.   I do remember back in late March of 2012 that three of Billboard's top 10 were also in my top 10.  In the March 24, 2012 issue, "We Are Young" by fun. featuring Janelle Monae was #1, followed by Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger" at #2; while "Somebody that I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra was at #5, enroute to #1.  On my chart dated March 12, of that year, the songs were respectively #3 (en route to #1), #8 and #2.    That's about the closest we've gotten to agreement over the 12 years I've done this.

But my blog isn't going all pop.   Aside from those three songs, the only other Hot 100 songs on my blog playlist this week are Styles' follow-up "Late Night Talking" (#9 BB, Mover of the Week #51 SNS); Halsey's "So Good" (#62 BB, #27 SNS); and Sia's "Unstoppable" (#78 BB, #18 SNS).   Beach Music still accounts for half the top 10 (six if you count Lizzo which is on John Hook's Beach Music Top 40 survey).  The Black Keys' "It Ain't Over" is the Top 20 Impact of the Week (22-17).

Again, due to this running late, I only added three new songs.   The Top Debut goes to New Jersey reggae artist King Tappa, with "Are You Feeling It", at #73.   The song is in the style of recent reggae blog hits by Pepper and Iration.  A steady reggae beat keeps this one moving, and is the artist's, born Kurt Prince, best song since the Top 10 "No Drama" two years ago.

David F. Porfirio, coming off the #3 song "Dreamscape", takes a different tact with his follow-up, "Hathor".   It is a more exotic song, which combines his familiar guitar work with Indian instruments such as the sitar.  From the new Hathor the Movie in which Porfirio provided the soundtrack.  A unique work that should propel the Queens instrumentalist back up the chart. 

Finally, Curtis Harding, coming off a #1 blog hit with "I Won't Let You Down", follows it with a song from the TV series Arcane League of Legends, 'Our Love", which features Jazmine Sullivan.   The soul artist continues in that style, a little more up-tempo than the last one.  This has more of a Temptations, "My Girl" vibe and is still palatable.   Ms. Sullivan adds a lot of vibes to this one as well.  

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist

July 24, 2022 (week ending July 30)

This Week	Last Week	ARTIST-Title	Weeks on List
1	2	NUMBER ONE: KATE BUSH "Running Up That Hill" Album: Hounds of Love / Stranger Things: Music from the Nettflix Original Series, Season 4.	7
2	1	Harry Styles - As It Was	16
3	3	Carolina Coast Band ft Rhonda McDaniel - The Thing About You	6
4	5	Main Event Band ft Sharon Woodruff - Poor Side of Town	9
5	4	Deb Browning - 3 More Minutes	12
6	8	Lizzo - About Damn Time	8
7	7	My Morning Jacket - In Color	15
8	9	Fitz and the Tantrums - Sway	6
9	6	Deb Browning and  Six Piece Suits - Take Me By The Hand●	19
10	10	Jerry Powell and The Carnival Band  ft. Dave Sandy - Merry-Go-Round	11
11	13	Maneskin - Supermodel	9
12	14	Foals - 2am	7
13	16	Vance Joy - Clarity	14
14	15	Orbis Max with Tim Izzard - Back of the Shelf	9
15	12	Lesa Hudson - Breathless	12
16	20	Main Event Band ft Sharon Woodruff - Hello Stranger	10
17	22	TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK: THE BLACK KEYS "It Ain't Over" Album: Dropout Boogie	5
18	23	Sia - Unstoppable	12
19	11	My Chemical Romance - The Foundations of Decay	10
20	21	Panic! At the Disco  - Viva las Vengeance	7
21	25	Rick Strickland - Sandy	8
22	27	Einstein's Dad - White Shoulders Lace and Leather	4
23	29	St. Paul and the Broken Bones - Minotaur	6
24	18	The War On Drugs - Change	12
25	17	Curtis Harding - I Won't Let You Down	16
26	19	Terri Gore - Summer's Gonna Last	10
27	31	Halsey - So Good	5
28	38	The AZIZ Project - Thought I Was Falling In Love	3
29	26	Joy Again - What Lovers Do	16
30	30	Ava Max - Maybe You're the Problem	10
31	24	Lesa Hudson - Sunny Days	15
32	32	Sharon Van Etten  - Mistakes	9
33	34	The Tonez - Me and My Music	8
34	35	Winnetka Bowling League & The Knocks - I Like to Hide in the Bathroom at Parties	8
35	36	Wayne Free - Tequila On Ice	7
36	33	Mitski - Love Me More	9
37	55	Jimmy Eat World  -Something Loud	3
38	28	Rick Strickland - Dream Come True	12
39	44	Eavesdrop - Now You Know	14
40	49	O.A.R. - In the Clouds	4
41	43	The Interrupters - In the Mirror	10
42	45	Metric - All Comes Crashing	6
43	48	Rev. Bubba D. Liverance and the Cornhole Prophets - In My '64	5
44	50	Tim Izzard - The Night I Played Ziggy's Guitar	5
45	57	Florence + the Machine  - Free	4
46	37	Tim Izzard - Glam Rock Star (Tribute)	16
47	52	Salt Luvs Pepper ft David Cornelius - Lovin' Arms	9
48	39	Train - AM Gold●	19
49	53	The Regrettes - Barely On My Mind	5
50	54	Cat5 Band - Want You In My Life	6
51	73	MOVER OF THE WEEK: HARRY STYLES "Late Night Talking" Album: Harry's House	2
52	59	Gary Lowder and Smokin' Hot - Any Other Love	4
53	40	LP - Angels●	26
54	56	Phoenix - Alpha Zulu	6
55	47	The Black Keys - Wild Child●	20
56	60	Post Malone ft Fleet Foxes - Love/Hate Letter to Alcohol	6
57	58	Christina Taylor - Till the Wheels Fall Off	8
58	41	R. Mark Black- Let Me Make Love To You	10
59	65	Chicago - If This is Goodbye	5
60	42	Lady Gaga - Hold My Hand	11
61	62	Beach House - Superstar	5
62	46	beabadoobee - Talk	15
63	69	Red Hot Chili Peppers - These Are the Ways	4
64	68	Teddy Swims ft Thomas Rhett - Broke	5
65	51	Don Dixon  ft Dip Ferrell and the True Tones - Young Love	18
66	70	The Doobie Brothers - Easy	7
67	72	Maggie Rogers - Want Want	4
68	76	Arkells ft. Cold War Kids - Past Life	3
69	78	Walk the Moon - Giants	4
70	84	Isn't It Always - Rock Star	2
71	71	Sam Hunt - 23	11
72	61	Donna Missal - (To Me) Your Face Is Love	32
73	---	TOP DEBUT KING TAPPA "Are You Feeling It?" Album: 9 to 5	1
74	83	Young the Giant - Wake Up	4
75	77	Lucius ft Brandi Carlile and Sheryl Crow - Dance Around it	6
76	89	Sammy O'Banion - When Romance Was King	3
77	92	The Beths - Silence Is Golden	2
78	94	Alice Merton - Same Team	2
79	63	The Palms - Fire	15
80	86	OneRepublic - West Coast	3
81	66	Huntergirl - Red Bird	9
82	67	Nick Waterhouse - Place Names	15
83	98	Diana Ross ft Tame Impala - Turn Up the Sunshine	2
84	64	Zac Brown Band - Old Love Song	23
85	---	David F. Porfirio - Hathor	1
86	97	Brandi Carlile - You and Me on the Rock	2
87	---	Curtis Harding ft Jazmine Sullivan - Our Love	1
88	96	Brown the Couscous - Knock You Out	2
89	82	David F. Porfirio - Dreamscape	21
90	101	Carolina Blue Dots - I'm In Love With You	1
91	80	Deb Browning - Dancin'	20
92	74	Florence + The Machine- My Love●	19
93	93	Deb Browning - Stop Messin' With My Man●	46
94	75	Anna Lavigne -  Lavender Days	17
95	88	Cat5 Band -  Drive	11
96	100	King Princess - Change the Locks	2
97	91	The Offspring - Behind Your Walls	13
98	102	Meghan Trainor ft. Teddy Swims - Bad For Me	1
99	79	Caamp - Believe	17
100	81	Hegazy - Do You Want Me Now	14

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.