Swift, F.O.B. lead Hot 100; SNS 100 Respectively, WBL Top Debut (SNS week of 10/22/2023)

 A late blog, so this will be brief, as I had spent seven days down in Florida visiting friends and getting back to the normal swing of things.

First up, Taylor Swift's "Cruel Summer", which toiled in the top five for months but never able to hit the top, finally does so, thanks to a couple of remixes.     There seems to be a big hype regarding Ms. Swift these days, what with her appearance at a recent Jets/Chiefs game, as her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, plays for the Kansas City team.     Of course, her "Eras" tour headlined many arenas and stadiums, which included MetLife Stadium, where the Jets play.   On the SNS 100, the song, which peaked at #4 a few months ago, rebounds 40-31.

Meanwhile, over on my chart, it's Fall Out Boy's "We Didn't Start the Fire" holding at #1 for a fourth week.  That's the longest reign at #1 for a non-Carolina beach music song since "Dance the Last Goodbye" by Anna Lavigne also tallied four weeks at #1 in late 2021 and early 2022.    It lengthens its lead over SZA's "Snooze", which holds at #2 for a third straight week.   Black Pumas, Starbuck and Record Company round out a very competitive top five.  Lainey Wilson inches into the top 10 with "Watermelon Moonshine".  Two alt/Triple-A acts, The National and The Revivalists, enter the top 20 with the Impact-winning "Eucalyptus" and "Good Old Days", respectively. 

Everybody Loves An Outlaw's "I See Red" grabs the Mover of the Week honor with a 58-38 move, while last week's Top Debut, "I Think It Was Over" also moves big (49-29).

Winnetka Bowling League as the Top Debut this week with "Breakfast For Dinner", entering at #60.

DEBUTS: Leading the adds at #60 is the latest from Winnetka Bowling League, "Breakfast For Dinner".  It's been a short while since we last heard from Matthew Koma and company, and it's for the better, as the band's last few singles fell short of the mark.   But the new one, which just features the band, is a return to the up-tempo sound of songs like "Kombucha", but with a decidedly Emo type of feel, along the lines of a Bowling For Soup or early Weezer.   It should return them to the upper reaches of the SNS 100.

Next is British singer Barns Courtney with "Young In America".    Courtney has had a few mid charters on SNS, plus a #12 song, "Fire" in 2016.   This one has emotion and rocks rather hard in an alt-rock sort of way.    One of his best to date.

Bakar has had much blog success, and his latest is "Alive".   A rather eclectic delivery on this one but is always moving.  Grouplove follows the mid-charting "Hello" with "Cheese", this is another alt-rock gem with Christian Zucconi's vocals in rare form.    Band hasn't had a big song---blog or otherwise since 2012's "Tongue Tied", but has consistently made the SNS 100 since then.   

Turning to the Carolina coast, Sylvia Johns Ritchie is an accomplished beach music singer, but it seems she works best when part of a duet.    That is certainly the case as she teams with The Holiday Band's Mike Taylor for "Goin' Down Swingin'".   This is a great boogie song, with a soulful flair, about getting out on a Friday night and having a great time.   A carefree song is already a hit on beach music charts should make good inroads here. 

Gary Lowder and Smokin' Hot are coming off a top ten blog hit with "Picture of You", currently at #14, but I go back to a 2015 recording of "Sitting In the Park" for a blog follow-up.    This is a cover of Billy Stewart's classic from 1965 which I've been playing a lot lately, and this version holds up very well to the original.  The keyboard solo in the middle part of the song is bone chilling.  As was the case with the Christina Cooper Black and Carolina Blue Dots, I've been going back a few years to unearth some gems that I may have missed coming from the Grand Strand.    

Rounding out the debuts are Royel Otis' "Sofa King".  The band scratched the chart this past summer with "Oysters In My Pocket", but the new one is vastly better.   It sort of has a Grouplove feel to it, and has alt-rock instrumentation and credibility and should perform better than the previous entry.

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist

October 22, 2023

This Week	Last Week	ARTIST-Title	Weeks on List
1	1	NUMBER ONE: FALL OUT BOY "We Didn't Start The Fire"● Album: So much (for) Stardust (Deluxe Edition) (4 Weeks at #1)	9
2	2	SZA - Snooze	14
3	4	Black Pumas - More Than A Love Song	7
4	5	Starbuck - On the Sand	8
5	3	The Record Company - Talk To Me●	13
6	7	Pepper - Get Me Ready	9
7	6	Thee Sacred Souls - Running Away	12
8	9	Michael McMeel with Marlisa Kay Small- I'll Be Around	10
9	8	Iration - Daytrippin'●	17
10	12	Lainey Wilson - Watermelon Moonshine	13
11	14	Deer Tick - Forgiving Ties●	8
12	15	The Rolling Stones - Angry	5
13	18	Charlotte Sessions - Should I Be The Man	7
14	10	Gary Lowder and Smokin' Hot ft. Bridger Warlick - Picture of You	12
15	19	Cannons - Desire	7
16	13	Say She She - Astral Plane●	12
17	16	Rivermist - Right Place Right Time	9
18	21	TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK: THE NATIONAL "Eucalyptus" Album: First Two Pages of Frankenstein	8
19	17	Jim Quick and Coastline - Eight Four Three●	11
20	23	The Revivalists - Good Old Days	10
21	11	The Tonez - Caught Up	22
22	20	King Tappa - One Day	9
23	27	Carolina Blue Dots - Under The Moonlight▲	3
24	26	Phillip Phillips -- Dancing With Your Shadows	11
25	30	Christina Cooper Black - I Miss You Babe	4
26	29	Doja Cat - Paint the Town Red	6
27	33	Beabadoobee - The Way Things Go	5
28	22	Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire	15
29	49	Orbis Max - I Think It Was Over	2
30	31	Cold War Kids - Run Away With Me	8
31	40	Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer●	16
32	42	The Beaches - Blame Brett	5
33	41	Momma - Bang Bang	7
34	32	Loverboy - Release	15
35	24	Lesa Hudson - Count On Me	19
36	36	James Hunter Six - Heartbreak	6
37	35	Rev. Bubba D. Liverance and the Cornhole Prophets - Edisto	9
38	58	MOVER OF THE WEEK: EVERYBODY LOVES AN OUTLAW "I See Red" (Single Only)	2
39	28	Orbis Max with Lisa Mychols ft. Ed Ryan - R U OK	29
40	34	Queens of the Stone Age - Paper Machete	10
41	51	Maneskin - Honey (Are U Coming?)	5
42	25	Sir Prize and the Twomorrow Knightz - Automatic Satin Circus	16
43	38	Marlisa Kay Small and Jerry Thomas West - Love Really Hurts Without You●	24
44	39	Middle Kids - Highlands	8
45	53	The Killers - Your Side of Town	4
46	50	Daisy Jones and the Six - Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)	6
47	44	Jason Aldean - Try That In A Small Town●	13
48	48	Wilco - Evicted	6
49	62	Blonde Redhead - Snowman	3
50	37	Colorjoy - Apathy▲	12
51	43	Say She She - Reeling	21
52	54	The Wheelgunners - Girls Alright	6
53	45	Kesha - Only Love Can Save Us Now▲²	18
54	46	Deb Browning - Think I Found Forever▲	31
55	55	Local Natives ft. Suki Waterhouse -NYE	6
56	71	Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right?	3
57	47	Jerry Powell - One More Summer Night	25
58	66	Zach Bryan ft. Kasey Musgraves - I Remember Everything	7
59	70	The Sand Band - I'll Come Running Back To You	5
60	---	TOP DEBUT: WINNETKA BOWLING LEAGUE " Breakfast For Dinner" (Single Only)	1
61	52	Luke Combs - Fast Car	17
62	76	Colony House - Cannonballers	3
63	88	The Front Bottoms - Emotional	2
64	72	Noah Kahan - Dial Drunk	7
65	73	Devon Gilfillian - Love You Anyway	4
66	79	The Joy Formidable - Cut Your Face	4
67	65	Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young	7
68	89	Sir Prize and the Twomorrow Knightz - Arthurian Rhapsody	2
69	60	Hozier - Francesca●	16
70	82	The Holiday Band - Drowning In the Sea of Love	2
71	56	Oliver Anthony Music - Rich Men North of Richmond	9
72	61	Say She She - Don't You Dare Stop▲	21
73	57	Thundercat and Tame Impala - No More Lies	8
74	87	Grace Potter - Good Time	15
75	64	Orbis Max - Selling The Van	6
76	68	The Faithful Brothers - Dance My Hurt Away	15
77	84	Bleachers - Modern Girl	3
78	67	Cat5 Band - What's Love Got To Do With You	18
79	69	Nick Waterhouse - Hide and Seek	14
80	63	Metric - Just the Once	10
81	78	Chris Stapleton - White Horse	6
82	59	Roger Smith - Baby Boomers	16
83	99	City and Colour - Underground	2
84	75	The Main Event Band ft. Sharon Woodruff - Love Makes The World Go Round	25
85	96	Gus Dapperton - Horizons	2
86	---	Barns Courtney - Young In America	1
87	92	Latewaves - Italian Smokes	3
88	91	Selena Gomez - Single Soon	3
89	95	John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band - Send A Little Message To You	2
90	---	Bakar - Alive	1
91	74	Pollyanna - Good For You●	17
92	---	Grouplove - Cheese	1
93	86	Say She She - In My Head●	33
94	100	Blink-182 - One More Time	2
95	---	Gary Lowder and Smokin' Hot - Sitting In the Park	1
96	---	Sylvia Johns Ritchie and Mike Taylor - Goin' Down Swingin'	1
97	102	Royal Blood - Pull Me Through	1
98	81	Dacey - If We Never Try	3
99	94	Polyanna - Judas	5
100	---	Royel Otis - Sofa King	1

Tremors:

101. Death Cab For Cutie, "An Arrow In the Wall"

102. Big Thief, "Vampire Empire"

Tremors: Songs which have steady or increasing points but not enough to chart on the SNS 100.

▲Song garnered most plays on Spotify, for the  month, with a superscript following the symbol if most played for multiple months ● Song among top 5 most plays on Spotify.  Awards given during the last blog of each month.  To qualify, the song must be currently or have peaked in the top 40.

Songs on the SNS 100 are included on the following public Spotify playlists

 

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves Top 40:  Contains songs in positions 1-40 on the SNS 100

Scenes Up and Coming:  Songs below #40 that are moving up the chart.

Scenes Recurrents: Songs which have dropped below the top 40 but are still on the SNS 100