Fall Out Boy Continues at the Top Spot; Orbis Max Top Debut (SNS weeks of 10/8 and 10/15/2023)

 This is one of my patented "double issues" encompassing the weeks of October 8 and 15.  It will be brief.

SNS 100: Fall Out Boy's remake of Billy Joel's 1989 Hot 100 #1 song, "We Didn't Start The Fire" holds off charges from SZA's "Snooze" (#2) and The Record Company's "Talk To Me" (#3), to hold for a third week at the top of my chart.     The song, which updates the lyrics of Joel's original to events from 1989 to the present, is also #5 on the alternative airplay chart and is on the Hot AC listing as well.    As it is a rock song, it's not currently on the Hot 100, although it did make a brief appearance a few weeks ago at #94, but it is a fixture on several airplay formats.

I had mentioned a couple weeks ago that this is the fourth remake of a former hit this year, and that it never happened before in the 12+ years of this blog.    But I forgot Maneskin's cover of the Top 20 Four Seasons hit from 1967, "Beggin'", which spent a couple weeks at the top two years ago.

Black Pumas' "More Than A Love Song", currently #1 on the Triple-A chart jumps 8-4, and Starbuck's "On the Sand", which debuts this month on the Beach Music Smokin' 45 Chart, advances 7-5.

For the first time, both reggae bands that originated from Hawaii, and now based on the West Coast, are in the top ten at the same time.  Pepper's "Get Me Ready" moves 11-7, while Iration's "Daytrippin'", a former #1 here and in the top 30 on the alternative chart, drops 5-8.  Reggae gets a third entry into the top 20 as King Tappa inches 21-20 with "One Day".   Beach music songs "I'll Be Around" with Michael McMeel and Marlisa Kay Small, and Gary Lowder and Smokin' Hot's "Picture of Your" round out the top 10.

In the second ten, aside from King Tappa, we have the Impact award "Angry" by The Rolling Stones (22-14), "Should I Be the Man" from hometown singer Charlotte Sessions (23-18), and "Desire" by Cannons (27-19).   

Further down, there is a big move by Carolina Blue Dots' "Under the Moonlight", last week's Top Debut, moving 71-27. 

DEBUTS: Several new entries this week, led by the latest from Orbis Max, "I Think It Was Over".   Culled from their just released, self-titled album, this cool, heart-wrenching ballad will rival their "R U OK".   A little more rock-oriented than that song, and sung solely by Dw Dunphy, the keyboard backing supplements Dunphy's voice to a "T".    The online band should score another big blog hit here.  It debuts at #49, the highest debut on the chart in quite a while.

Another strong debut is a song that came out in 2017, but thanks to a cool cover by a contestant on The Voice, it jumps on the list at #58.  "I See Red" had an awesome version by Nini Iris a couple weeks ago on the singing competition show.    Last year, the song was also performed on another such show, America's Got Talent, by Kristen Cruz.     However, it's the original version by the Everybody Loves An Outlaw, which is comprised by the duo of Bonnie and Taylor Sims.    This is the ultimate blues ballad which is one of the genres that is straight up my wheelhouse.     The vocal is belted out with so much passion, and is somewhat reminiscent of Brittany Howard (who, incidentally, has a new song coming out).     

The Holiday Band is coming off their beach hit and top 40 blog hit "Happy Music" with "Drowning In the Sea of Love", a fresh take on Joe Simon's 1971 R&B and pop smash.    Very soulful and a new dimension is added to the original.   The Front Bottoms have had two song that just scratched the SNS 100, but "Emotional" has already topped them both at # 88 debut.   This is a cool, alt-rock throwback to the early 1990's, complete with fuzzy guitars and angst.    Should make inroads.

Sir Prize and the Twomorrow Knightz reached #12 with "Automatic Satin Circus".  The "band" created by Tim Izzard and Gregory Dobbins, is an ode to Saturday morning cartoon "groups" in the late 60's early 70's mixed in with glam rock of that era as well.    A new single, "Arthurian Rhapsody" takes that concept one step further.   This one tackles that bubblegum Saturday morning sound with a bunch of sound effects, spoken word and sung passages, with sort of a medieval self-promotion to form one very unique song.   Interesting, indeed.

John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band follow their top 20 blog and beach hit "Day In the Sun" with "Send a Little Message To You".   Think "Da Do Ron Ron" crossed with "Spirit In the Sky" done Jersey Shore style.   

Rounding out the debuts are the blog debut from Gus Dapperton, "Horizons".  Dapperton's real name is Brendan Patrick Rice and he hails from Warwick NY.   A nice, middle-of-the-road rock ballad here.  Finally another stage name, City and Color (actually Dallas Green) enters with "Underground".   It's the third entry on my blog chart for Green; the first two, "Lover Come Back" (2015), and "Wasted Love" (2016), both hit top 10.   Another nice, heartfelt mid-tempo and could click as well.

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist

October 8 and 15, 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 (3 weeks at #1)	8
2	2	SZA - Snooze	13
3	3	The Record Company - Talk To Me	12
4	8	Black Pumas - More Than A Love Song	6
5	7	Starbuck - On the Sand	7
6	4	Thee Sacred Souls - Running Away	11
7	11	Pepper - Get Me Ready	8
8	5	Iration - Daytrippin'●	16
9	9	Michael McMeel with Marlisa Kay Small- I'll Be Around	9
10	12	Gary Lowder and Smokin' Hot ft. Bridger Warlick - Picture of You	11
11	6	The Tonez - Caught Up	21
12	14	Lainey Wilson - Watermelon Moonshine	12
13	10	Say She She - Astral Plane●	11
14	18	Deer Tick - Forgiving Ties	7
15	22	TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK: THE ROLLING STONES "Angry" Album: Hackney Diamonds	4
16	16	Rivermist - Right Place Right Time	8
17	17	Jim Quick and Coastline - Eight Four Three●	10
18	23	Charlotte Sessions - Should I Be The Man	6
19	27	Cannons - Desire	6
20	21	King Tappa - One Day	8
21	26	The National - Eucalyptus	7
22	19	Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire	14
23	28	The Revivalists - Good Old Days	9
24	15	Lesa Hudson - Count On Me	18
25	13	Sir Prize and the Twomorrow Knightz - Automatic Satin Circus	15
26	31	Phillip Phillips -- Dancing With Your Shadows	10
27	71	MOVER OF THE WEEK: CAROLINA BLUE DOTS "Under The Moonlight" Album: Those Summer Days	2
28	24	Orbis Max with Lisa Mychols ft. Ed Ryan - R U OK	28
29	43	Doja Cat - Paint the Town Red	5
30	47	Christina Cooper Black - I Miss You Babe	3
31	36	Cold War Kids - Run Away With Me	7
32	42	Loverboy - Release	14
33	53	Beabadoobee - The Way Things Go	4
34	38	Queens of the Stone Age - Paper Machete	9
35	35	Rev. Bubba D. Liverance and the Cornhole Prophets - Edisto	8
36	44	James Hunter Six - Heartbreak	5
37	20	Colorjoy - Apathy▲	11
38	29	Marlisa Kay Small and Jerry Thomas West - Love Really Hurts Without You●	23
39	37	Middle Kids - Highlands	7
40	25	Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer●	15
41	49	Momma - Bang Bang	6
42	51	The Beaches - Blame Brett	4
43	33	Say She She - Reeling	20
44	40	Jason Aldean - Try That In A Small Town●	12
45	30	Kesha - Only Love Can Save Us Now▲²	17
46	34	Deb Browning - Think I Found Forever▲	30
47	32	Jerry Powell - One More Summer Night	24
48	57	Wilco - Evicted	5
49	---	TOP DEBUT: ORBIS MAX "I Think It Was Over" Album: Orbis Max	1
50	66	Daisy Jones and the Six - Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)	5
51	63	Maneskin - Honey (Are U Coming?)	4
52	41	Luke Combs - Fast Car	16
53	70	The Killers - Your Side of Town	3
54	60	The Wheelgunners - Girls Alright	5
55	64	Local Natives ft. Suki Waterhouse -NYE	5
56	45	Oliver Anthony Music - Rich Men North of Richmond	8
57	54	Thundercat and Tame Impala - No More Lies	7
58	---	Everybody Loves An Outlaw - I See Red	1
59	39	Roger Smith - Baby Boomers	15
60	50	Hozier - Francesca●	15
61	52	Say She She - Don't You Dare Stop▲	20
62	80	Blonde Redhead - Snowman	2
63	46	Metric - Just the Once	9
64	68	Orbis Max - Selling The Van	5
65	56	Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young	6
66	67	Zach Bryan ft. Kasey Musgraves - I Remember Everything	6
67	48	Cat5 Band - What's Love Got To Do With You	17
68	55	The Faithful Brothers - Dance My Hurt Away	14
69	62	Nick Waterhouse - Hide and Seek	13
70	77	The Sand Band - I'll Come Running Back To You	4
71	89	Olivia Rodrigo - Bad Idea Right?	2
72	72	Noah Kahan - Dial Drunk	6
73	79	Devon Gilfillian - Love You Anyway	3
74	58	Pollyanna - Good For You●	16
75	69	The Main Event Band ft. Sharon Woodruff - Love Makes The World Go Round	24
76	93	Colony House - Cannonballers	2
77	59	Too Much Sylvia - It Still Is	20
78	76	Chris Stapleton - White Horse	5
79	84	The Joy Formidable - Cut Your Face	3
80	61	Juliet Callahan - Heal	9
81	87	Dacey - If We Never Try	2
82	---	The Holiday Band - Drowning In the Sea of Love	1
83	65	John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band - Day In the Sun	19
84	97	Bleachers - Modern Girl	2
85	74	Orbis Max - The North	11
86	82	Say She She - In My Head●	32
87	85	Grace Potter - Good Time	14
88	---	The Front Bottoms - Emotional	1
89	---	Sir Prize and the Twomorrow Knightz - Arthurian Rhapsody	1
90	73	The Regrettes - Dancing On My Own	6
91	96	Selena Gomez - Single Soon	2
92	100	Latewaves - Italian Smokes	2
93	75	LP - One Like You	15
94	83	Polyanna - Judas	4
95	---	John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band - Send A Little Message To You	1
96	---	Gus Dapperton - Horizons	1
97	78	Morgan Wallen - Last Night	26
98	86	boygenius - Cool About It	3
99	---	City and Colour - Underground	1
100	101	Blink-182 - One More Time	1

Tremors:

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

102. Royal Blood, "Pull Me Through"

103. Big Thief, "Vampire Empire"

104. Ariel Pink, "I Wanna Be A Girl"

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