HUNTR/X, Jay Vons Maintain Hot 100, SNS Top Positions; Rhonda Top Debut (SNS week of 9/21/2025)

A quiet week here.  Not too much happening as we're still unpacking, ordering new furniture, and hoping for the day I can get out there, watch several of the bands I've been following for a while.  I was going to finally blog about the nominees for the annual Carolina Beach Music Awards, announced a while back, which will be presented in November....however, I can't link to the site, which isn't found!   Am I blocked from it, or is it just down?  That's a kick in the pants!!  So much for that.   I have computed my "Song of the Summer" listings but first will be preparing a video montage of the top 20 and hopefully will blog about that next week.    

So I will move on to the Billboard Hot 100, which is more of the same, that is HUNTR/X's "Golden", now in its sixth week at the top, followed closely by Billboard's Song of the Summer this year, Alex Warren's "Ordinary" at #2.  Sabrina Carpenter's "Manchild" holds at #3, and Morgan Wallen featuring Tate McRae's "What I Want" at #4.  And Teddy Swims' "Lose Control" refuses to go away as it moves back into the top 10 in week 109.   And just so you know, "Die With a Smile" is still #11 in week 57, "A Bar Song" #15 in week 75, and "Beautiful Things" #16 in week 86.   Enough already!!! Contrast that with my SNS 100, where The Cure's "A Fragile Thing", down to #97 after reaching my top 10, at 29 weeks, is my oldest song on the list.    

Turning to SNS, The Jay Vons' "My Mama (She Was Right)" holds at the top for a second week.   Inching up to #2 are The Tams, with "My True Love".   If it is able to move up to the top, it would be the fourth act that was established in the 1960's, in SNS history to hit the top.  The others?   Santana, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.  The band first charted in 1962 with the #60 "Untie Me", with their biggest being 1964's "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am", #9 in 1964.  

Steve Cheek's "Beach Walkin'", a former #1, moves to #3, while Arctic Monkeys' "505" going 10-4.  The Black Keys' "No Rain No Flowers", moving up again to #5.    The lone new entry in the top 10 is Role Model's "Sally When the Wine Runs Out", the current Triple-A #1 (16-10).   

North Tower, which had the Top Debut two weeks ago, the Mover of the Week last week, now score the Impact Award with "Pretty Lady", a cover of a song by Canadian band Lighthouse from 1973, moving 27-12. 

This week's Impact award (highest entry in the top 20) is North Tower's "Pretty Lady", 27-12 in only its third week.  Balu Brigada and Too Much Sylvia also enter the top 20.   Once again, we have a tie for Mover of the Week, the second time in three weeks.   MT Jones' "Why I Cry" (67-39) and Pepper Creek's "Carolina Tans" (80-46).  

DEBUTS:  The top three debuts this week are all beach music songs by women.  Rhonda McDaniel follows up her blog #1 "Sad Girl" with "Little Black Dress", also from her dynamite album Reaching For the Top.  Several stations are playing different cuts, but I am going with "Little Black Dress".  The ever-versatile Ms. McDaniel has a tougher sound here, with a production that reminds me a bit of the Spencer Davis Group's, "I'm A Man', sort of.      Rhonda's voice has always been dynamite, and here she's a bit Tina Turner-esque.   This is an all-around tough song, and quite the tour-de-force.    Another winner for her.  It enters at #80.

Close behind is the blog debut for Jennifer James, "Carolina's Home".  It has the traditional bouncy beat for shagging, and of course it's about the Strand area.    It's because someone visiting the area, but who wants to stay.   "I'm calling this home", she sings.    Hmmm.....sounds like something I'm doing!   Ms. James is part of We Got the Beat Band, which I will have to find out more about.   But this up-tempo, good-timey song should do very well for her.  She enters at #83.

The third in the trio is "Thank You", by Monica D. Murphy.   I had been holding on to this one for a bit.  I'm not sure how long this has been out (there was a recent post in the "Women in Beach Music" page which was originally from January, but it's new to me).   It is from the Tribute to The General compilation, "The General" being General Johnson from the vintage group Chairmen of the Board.    Ms. Murphy shines with a very soulful outing.  This is vintage, classic beach music, and she does a wonderful job with it.  It debuts at #85. 

A blast from the blog past as The Temper Trap, which had an early SNS hit with the #4 "Fader" back in 2010, returns with "Lucky Dimes".  This is an alt-rock tour de force, a lot going on here.  This is the band's first release in nine years; Its last time out, 2016's "Need Your Love" reached #55 that year.   Flock of Dimes, which is actually Jenn Wasner, debuts with "Long After Midnight".   Firmly in the singer-songwriter lane with a dash of country and alt-folk, she has a very pleasant voice.   The song is palatable enough to be a hit on my chart.   It enters at #94.

Another from the early years on my chart, Neko Case, returns with "Wreck".   This is another winner for her, with great instrumentation, and her voice is in rare form.  A bit more polished than prior efforts, it's a pleasure nonetheless to listen to her.    "Bad Luck" hit #1 for her back in 2018, this one has a chance to equal it.   A plea not to be afraid of her love, it enters in the #95 position.

Finally, we look to the top of the Indie charts to find a band called The Peppermint Kicks, with "Little Doll (Piccola Pupa)".    Indie rock heaven with a nice, raw, sound combining 90's alt rock with 60's garage.    These guys do rock.

Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist

September 21, 2025

This Week	Last Week	ARTIST-Title	Weeks on List
1	1	NUMBER ONE: THE JAY VONS "My Mama (She Was Right)" Album: The Word (2 Weeks at #1)	7
2	3	The Tams - My True Love	10
3	2	Steve Cheek - Beach Walkin'	14
4	10	Arctic Monkeys - 505	7
5	6	The Black Keys - No Rain, No Flowers●	13
6	8	Barry Walsh - Suddenly June	14
7	4	Rhonda McDaniel - Sad Girl	13
8	5	Anna Lavigne - Night Dreams	11
9	7	Rivermist - Lady of the Island	13
10	16	Role Model - Sally When the Wine Runs Out	7
11	12	Real Estate - Pink Sky	8
12	27	TOP 20 IMPACT OF THE WEEK: NORTH TOWER "Pretty Lady" (Single Release)	3
13	9	Thee Sacred Souls - We Don't Have To Be Alone	12
14	13	Bradley Denniston - HER	6
15	20	Chappell Roan - The Subway	5
16	11	Jalen Ngonda - Just As Long As We're Together	11
17	18	Nadia Shutkofski - Slow It Down	12
18	14	The Tonez and Sylvia Johns Ritchie - Ladies Man	15
19	28	Balu Brigada - What Do We Ever Really Know	6
20	23	Too Much Sylvia - A Jukebox Playin' 45's	15
21	22	Alex Warren - Ordinary	18
22	24	The Pozers - Ease Off My Heart	9
23	15	Fitz and the Tantrums - Man on the Moon	14
24	26	Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild	11
25	17	Juliet Callahan - Running Lights	10
26	31	The Tonez - This Love Is Real	9
27	36	Angela Resignalo - Carolina Kiss	5
28	45	Ruth Morayniss - All I Need	4
29	32	SOMBR - Back to Friends	9
30	21	My Morning Jacket - Everyday Magic	11
31	29	Jerry Powell - Dance With Me●	19
32	37	Orbis Max and Tim Izzard - Further Down the Line	7
33	19	Suki Waterhouse - Dream Woman	15
34	41	Say She She - Under the Sun	5
35	25	The Streetwalkin' Cheetahs - Long Haul	16
36	43	Starbuck - Jim's Café	5
37	39	Turnstile - Never Enough	6
38	42	Whiskey-Chitto Ramblers - Truth Is	8
39	67	CO-MOVER OF THE WEEK: MT JONES "Why I Cry" (Single Release)	2
40	30	Pepper Creek - Salty Southern Saturday Night	17
41	40	Royel Otis - Moody	14
42	35	Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club	15
43	48	Moon Soul - Call	7
44	49	Sonny Russell and Cannonball Joe - Carolina Sunshine Is Calling Me	8
45	50	The Cynz -Can't Help Thinking About Me	4
46	80	CO-MOVER OF THE WEEK: PEPPER CREEK "Carolina Tans" (Single Release)	2
47	34	Wednesday  - Elderberry Wine	10
48	33	Starbuck - Ocean Drive Nights	11
49	47	Ruth Morayniss - Easy Does It	10
50	63	HUNTR/X - Golden	4
51	57	Kathleen Turner Overdrive - Love At the End of the Line	6
52	58	Los Staitjackets - Spinout	4
53	38	Lola Young - One Thing	10
54	53	Lord Huron - Nothing I Need	12
55	44	Rick Strickland and Lesa Hudson - All Because Of You●	18
56	60	Tame Impala - End of Summer	5
57	68	Barry Duke and Sharon Woodruff - Sometimes Love Is Not Enough	3
58	54	The Jay Vons - Days Undone●	23
59	76	David F. Porfirio - The Things I See	3
60	77	St. Paul and the Broken Bones - Sushi and Coca-Cola	3
61	73	Craig Woodlard - Pretty Women Everywhere	4
62	52	The Mac Daddy's Band - Seaside in the Sand●	21
63	65	Wayne Free - I Love Kissin' You	6
64	46	Jade Bird - Dreams	16
65	85	Florence + the Machine - Everybody Scream	2
66	56	Michael Nau - No Quit▲	24
67	51	Orbis Max-  Nowhereland	11
68	84	Margo Price - Don't Let the Bastards Get You Down	3
69	55	Deb Browning - Does Your Baby Got Your Back●	19
70	82	pMad - Celestial	5
71	75	Kelly Clarkson - Where Have You Been	16
72	79	Portugal. The Man and Lucius - Silver Spoons	5
73	90	Orbis Max - Use To Be	2
74	88	Carla Geneve - Better Believe It	2
75	59	Lainey Wilson - Somewhere Over Laredo	12
76	89	Yellowcard - Better Days	3
77	93	Alabama Shakes - Another Life	2
78	86	Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom	4
79	87	Dropkick Murphys - Who'll Stand With Us	4
80	70	Deb Browning and Michael Fite - I Never Wanted To	26
81	---	TOP DEBUT: RHONDA MCDANIEL "Little Black Dress" Album: Reaching For the Top	1
82	95	All Time Low - The Weather	2
83	---	Jennifer James - Carolina's Home	1
84	78	Ashley Clark and Matthew Simon Clark - Liberty●	24
85	---	Monica D. Murphy - Thank You	1
86	61	Tennis - At the Wedding	8
87	64	The Tonez - Flip Flops	23
88	66	The Black Keys - Babygirl	13
89	---	The Temper Trap - Lucky Dimes	1
90	62	Morgan Wallen ft Tate McRae - What I Want	12
91	71	Djo - Basic Being Basic	7
92	83	Northern Tracks - Moving Towards	7
93	91	Ariel Pink - With You Every Night	4
94	---	Flock of Dimes - Long After Midnight	1
95	---	Neko Case - Wreck	1
96	72	Polyanna - Gravedigger	9
97	74	The Cure- A Fragile Thing●	29
98	---	The Peppermint Kicks - Little Doll (Picolla Pupa)	1
99	69	KALEO -Bloodline	10
100	81	Hannah Jadagu - My Love	8

Murmurs:

Orbis Max - If I Still Believe In Love At All

Lissie - America

Sublime - Ensenada

Mt. Joy - Lucy

Brandi Carlile - Returning to Myself

The Lumineers - Asshole

The Beaches - Can I Call You

The Six Piece Suits - He Doesn't Have a Clue

Murmurs: Songs which are in the queue for future adds onto the Scenes ‘n’ Soundwaves 100 Playlist.

 

Songs with the greatest increase in favorite points over the prior week

 

●Songs garnering 25 plays on Spotify (“Scrobbles”) according to Last.Fm (effective October 2024)  ▲ Songs garnering 50 plays.

 

 

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 From 41-100 that are moving up the chart that have not reached the top 40

Scenes Down and Going:  Song formerly in the top 40 that are descending but still on the SNS 100.

Scenes Recurrents: Songs which had been in the top 20 and/or songs on the chart 25 weeks or more, that have dropped off the SNS 100.