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Post by Mike on Aug 28, 2004 13:10:15 GMT -5
Here's my top summer songs for 2004:
## Artist "Song" PK (Peak is for between June and August) 20 Kimberley Locke "8th World Wonder" #7 19 Frankie J Featuring Paul Wall "On the Floor" #8 18 Nickelback "Feelin' Way Too Damn Good" #7 17 Outkast "Roses" #9 16 Alicia Keys "If I Ain't Got You" #7 15 The Roots "Don't Say Nothin' " #10 14 Black Eyed Peas "Hey Mama" #2 13 Usher "Confessions Part II" #6 12 Beyonce "Naughty Girl" #3 11 Jay-Z "99 Problems" #6 10 Avril Lavigne "My Happy Ending" #1 (2) 09 Hanson "Penny & Me" #4 08 Kevin Lyttle "Turn Me On" #4 07 Ashlee Simpson "Pieces of Me" #1 (1) 06 Yellowcard "Ocean Avenue" #4 05 Mis-teeq "Scandalous" #3 04 Avril Lavigne "Don't Tell Me" #1 (3) 03 JoJo "Leave (Get Out)" #2 02 Britney Spears "Everytime" #2 01 Switchfoot "Meant to Live" #1 (7)
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Aug 28, 2004 13:34:21 GMT -5
1. Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending (#1\5) 2. Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved (#1\3) 3. Seether f/Amy Lee - Broken (#1\1) 4. Britney Spears - Everytime (#1\4) 5. Hoobastank - The Reason (#1\4) 6. Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me (#3) 7. Nickelback - Feelin' Way Too Damn Good (#4) 8. Mis-Teeq - Scandalous (#4) 9. The Rasmus - In The Shadows (#5) 10. Ryan Cabrera - On The Way Down (#2) 11. Avril Lavigne - Don't Tell Me (#1\4) 12. Black Eyed Peas - Let's Get It Started (#5) 13. Kevin Lyttle - Turn Me On (#8) 14. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out (#6) 15. Fefe Dobson - Don't Go (Girls & Boys) (#11) 16. Sheryl Crow - Light In Your Eyes (#10) 17. Usher - Burn (#1\2) 18. Counting Crows - Accidentally In Love (#14) 19. Train - Ordinary (#8) 20. The Corrs - Summer Sunshine (#9) 21. D-12 - How Come (#14) 22. Sugababes - Hole In The Head (#7) 23. Kanye West - All Falls Down (#4) 24. Jessica Simpson - Angels (#21) 25. Nina Sky - Move Ya Body (#22) 26. Janet Jackson - All Nite (Don't Stop) (311) 27. Nelly Furtado - Força (#11) 28. Kimberly Locke - Wrong (#15) 29. Los Lonely Boys - Heaven (#21) 30. Beenie Man - Dude (#24) 31. Modest Mouse - Float On (#31) 32. Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway (#5) 33. Soul Decision - Cadillac Dress (#18) 34. Linkin Park - Breaking The Habit (#11) 35. Celine Dion - You and I (#32) 36. Lenny Kravitz - Where Are We Runnin' (#6) 37. The Calling - Our Lives (#11) 38. Mase - Welcome Back (#39) 39. Beyoncé - Naughty Girl (#3) 40. Nelly f/Jaheim - My Place (#7) 41. Anastacia - Sick and Tired (#14) 42. Britney Spears - Outrageous (#28) 43. Dashboard Confessional - Vindicated (#34) 44. Hilary & Haylie Duff - Our Lips Are Sealed (#27) 45. Sarah McLachlan - World On Fire (#8) 46. Usher - Confessions Part II (#33) 47. Alicia Keys - Diary (#41) 48. Kylie Minogue - Chocolate (#26) 49. Anastacia - Left Outside Alone (#8) 50. Shifty - Slide Along Side (#38) 51. Dido - Don't Leave Home (#8) 52. X-Quisite - Sassy Thing (#35) 53. Brandy - Talk About Our Love (#24) 54. Jessica Simpson - Take My Breath Away (#3) 55. Mario Winans f/P. Diddy & Enya - I Don't Wanna Know (#14) 56. Darren Hayes - Popular (#37) 57. Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama (#43) 58. Alanis Morissette - Everything (#12) 59. Alanis Morissette - Eight Easy Steps (#6) 60. Yellowcard - Only One (#43) 61. Leann Rimes & Ronan Keating - Last Thing On My Mind (#43) 62. Keshia Chante f/Foxy Brown - Does He Love Me (#31) 63. George Michael - Amazing (#10) 64. Sugarcult - Memory (#42) 65. JC Chasez - Build My World (#44) 66. Story Of The Year - Anthem Of Our Dying Day (#44) 67. Delta Goodrem - Born To Try (#44) 68. Hoobastank - Same Direction (#51) 69. Maroon 5 - This Love (#4) 70. Lloyd f/Ashanti - Southside (#44) 71. Hilary Duff - Fly (#9) 72. Bowling For Soup - 1985 (#15) 73. Diana DeGarmo - Don't Cry Out Loud (#46) 74. Jay-Z - 99 Problems (#44) 75. The Rasmus - First Day Of My Life (#52) 76. Blink 182 - I Miss You (#1\1) 77. Britney Spears - Toxic (#1\7) 78. Usher f/Alicia Keys & Beyoncé - My Boo (#49) 79. Sarah McLachlan - Stupid (#7) 80. Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (#52) 81. Cherie - Older Than My Years (#53) 82. Ashlee Simpson - Shadow (#22) 83. Bryan Adams - Open Road (#17) 84. Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze '04 (#51) 85. Emma Bunton - Maybe (#23) 86. Nelly Furtado - Try (#11) 87. Girls Aloud - The Show (#55) 88. Skye Sweetnam - Tangled Up In Me (#32) 89. Vanessa Carlton - White Houses (#25) 90. Jet - Cold Hard Bitch (#42) 91. Beastie Boys - Triple Trouble (#54) 92. Default - All She Wrote (#48) 93. New Found Glory - All Downhill From Here (#57) 94. Frankie J - On The Floor (#62) 95. Mis-Teeq - One Night Stand (#44) 96. The Rasmus - Guilty (#39) 97. O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei (#58) 98. Lenny Kravitz f/Jay-Z - Storm (#59) 99. Outkast - Roses (#21) 100. Lit - Looks Like They Were Right (#58)
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Post by jt25 on Aug 28, 2004 18:55:02 GMT -5
My 25 biggest summer hits:
1. Pieces Of Me, Ashlee Simpson 2. Don't Tell Me, Avril Lavigne 3. Broken, Seether feat. Amy Lee 4. Leave (Get Out), JoJo 5. My Happy Ending, Avril Lavigne 6. Angels, Jessica Simpson 7. Wrong, Kimberley Locke 8. Breakaway, Kelly Clarkson 9. U Should've Known Better, Monica 10. Scandalous, Mis-Teeq 11. How Far, Martina McBride 12. Southside, Lloyd feat. Ashanti 13. I Believe, Fantasia 14. Hole In The Head, Sugababes 15. Shadow, Ashlee Simpson 16. Dreams, Diana DeGarmo 17. She Will Be Loved, Maroon5 18. On The Way Down, Ryan Cabrera 19. Ordinary, Train 20. Maybe, Emma Bunton 21. Older Than My Years, Cherie 22. In The Shadows, The Rasmus 23. Our Lips Are Sealed, Hilary & Haylie Duff 24. I Decide, Lindsay Lohan 25. Everybody's Fool, Evanescence
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Post by MixiRox2727 on Aug 29, 2004 8:56:15 GMT -5
This is a little harder to think of. The obvious answer would be Dip It Low, but it's not as easy as you think. Kelly Clarkson, Angel and even Sugababes showed some strength as the summer draws to a close.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2004 16:23:46 GMT -5
1.Anastacia - Sick And Tired (#1 for 2 weeks) 2.LeAnn Rimes feat. Ronan Keating - Last Thing On My Mind (# 1 for 3 weeks) 3.Jeanette - Hold The Line (#2 for 2 weeks) 4.Ana Johnsson - We Are (#1 for 2 weeks) 5.Blue - Bubblin' (#2 for 2 weeks) 6.Dido - Don't Leave Home (#2) 7.Hoobastank - The Reason (#1 for 2 weeks) 8.Evanescence - Everybody's Fool (#5) 9.Bajm - Wiosna W Pary¿u (#2 for 2 weeks) 10.Nickelback - Feelin' Way Too Damn Good (#6) 11.Matchbox 20 - Downfall (#2 for 2 weeks) 12.Scorpions - She Said (#4) 13.Zed - Hard To Find Her (#2 for 2 weeks) 14.Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending (#4) 15.Avril Lavigne - Don't Tell Me (#1 for 2 weeks) 16.Seether feat. Amy Lee - Broken (#7) 17.Shania Twain - She's Not Just A Pretty Face (#3) 18.Alanis Morissette - Out Is Through (#5) 19.Marcin Rozynek - Nastêpny Bedziesz Ty (#5) 20.Sheryl Crow - Light In Your Eyes (#4)
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Post by Courage on Aug 29, 2004 17:54:44 GMT -5
Summer for my chart ends September 4th.
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Post by I Got Soul. on Aug 31, 2004 9:59:36 GMT -5
The two songs that ruled my summer were: Ashlee Simpson - Pieces Of Me (#1[5]) Avril Lavigne - My Happy Ending (#1[4])
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Post by scot on Sept 6, 2004 11:49:05 GMT -5
Here's a great article about this topic from Sean Ross, former Editor-In-Chief of Billboard's Airplay Monitor magazine.
What Was The Summer Hit Of 2004? by Sean Ross, VP of Music & Programming
As we head into Labor Day weekend, here’s a question that should be easier to answer than it is: What was the defining summer smash of 2004?
Predicting the summer’s biggest hit has become a perennial consumer press story—the closest thing America has to the U.K.’s battle for the Christmas No. 1. Last year, I read at least 5-6 different stories on the topic. Of course, last year’s summer No. 1 was a pretty obvious one. By Memorial Day, Beyonce’s “Crazy In Love” was well on its way to megahit status.
But even in a decent enough summer for hit music, there’s been no one song that fit the “summer smash” definition as perfectly as “Crazy In Love”. There’s no one perfectly timed record with the same multi-format ubiquity, and certainly no hit as thematically calculated for summer as 2002’s anthem, “Hot In Herre.” But summer hits are, for a variety of reasons, getting harder to calculate.
Maybe that’s why you’ve read fewer “summer song” stories this year. An ABCNews.com story in mid-July nailed some of the obvious candidates (Kevin Lyttle, Beyonce’s “Naughty Girl,” and Usher’s multiple hits), but also predicted that the Beastie Boys’ “Ch-Check It Out” and the Corrs’ “Summer Sunshine” would be contenders.
So was it Usher? He was certainly the artist of the summer as well as one of the few solo male stars out there. (Somebody asked me to name this generation’s male star a few weeks ago and the only ones I could come up with were Usher and Eminem.) “Confessions” and “Burn” were everywhere this summer, but they weren’t uptempo pound-the-dashboard hits, a key qualification. “Yeah!” was a dashboard pounder. But it had been a hit for six months already—same reason I disqualified “In Da Club” last year. It does, however, say a lot about the number of available hits now that the biggest record of winter is still a candidate for the biggest hit of the summer.
Hoobastank’s “The Reason”? Maroon 5’s “She Will Be Loved”? Both ballads. And “Loved” will be even bigger through the fall. Maroon’s “This Love”? It had the bounciness of a perfect summer record, but the timing wasn’t right, either.
Ashlee Simpson’s “Pieces Of Me”? It’s the record my colleagues feel like they’re hearing everywhere now, but it took much of the summer to emerge as the consensus hit that it eventually became. And it’s not quite a dashboard pounder either.
Los Lonely Boys’ “Heaven”? I’ve seen somebody make a case for it on message boards, and some people would undoubtedly argue that its loping midtempo groove is definingly summery. But we’ve established a bias toward tempo here. “Heaven,” while a record that many people were passionate about, was a hit because it didn’t sound like a radio record, at least initially.
One could make a case for Jojo’s “Leave (Get Out),” which had the tempo and the critical mass, but not Beyonce’s multiple formats. Then again, as a surprise No. 1 and the record that made it very clear that teen pop was back on Top 40, it was significant by any definition.
You could also make a case for Nina Sky’s “Move Your Body,” at least in the Northeast. And again, having finished the Neptunes’ job of putting dance music back into the R&B landcape, its significance isn’t in question either. And because it was technically reggae, nobody at Top 40 or Hip-hop/R&B radio thought to resist it (their default reaction with dance these days).
If you were in New York or Philadelphia, or listening to R&B radio anywhere else, Terror Squad’s “Lean Back” might have been your song of the summer. But that record is only making its way to the pop mainstream now for many listeners. (Then again, street records you heard everywhere in New York in the late ‘80s, such as Rob Base & DJ EZ-Rock’s “It Takes Two” or Public Enemy’s “Don’t Believe The Hype” made it on to pop radio many years later or, in P.E.’s case, not at all.)
There are certainly songs breaking through now that have the feel of a great summer hit: Ciara’s “Goodies,” Black Eyed Peas’ “Let’s Get It Started” (around for most of the summer, but likely to be bigger over the next month or two), Christina Aguilera & Missy Elliott’s “Car Wash.” (The Rose Royce original was a fall hit, too). At least breaking through at summer’s end won’t stunt their growth. I still cling stubbornly to the notion that Pink’s “Trouble” or Lenny Kravitz’ “Dig In” might have been hits if they had come out in May, instead of being used to launch fourth-quarter albums.
Then again, “Dig In” and “Trouble” have, regrettably, forced me to reconsider what a Top 40 hit is supposed to sound like. If you grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s, the anthemic, 4/4 uptempo pop/rock records were the easiest hits to predict. Now, program directors lose patience with those songs because they don’t generate the same initial excitement as rap or ballads. Only the success of Maroon 5’s “This Love” reinforces a belief that today’s 16-year-old isn’t indifferent to that sound, and that Top 40, despite its wider variety of recent musical choices, is still missing a “Semi-Charmed Life”-type of record.
Country, incidentally, has several of those records at the moment. The format is going through its best tempo stretch in a long time, thanks to current hits from Toby Keith, Sara Evans, Keith Urban, and Terri Clark. But it also has three magnet records--Big & Rich’s “Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)” and both Gretchen Wilson’s “Redneck Woman” (also a holdover from spring) and “Here For The Party”—that pretty nicely fit the anthemic, major chord pop/rock niche. And Top 40, even in country lifestyle markets, has made no effort to steal any of those songs. Big & Rich, so far, have gotten a total of four spins at Top 40. Wilson’s “Redneck,” despite its consumer press and VH1 airplay, has gotten six, while “Here For The Party,” so far, has gotten none. (Hot AC WTSS Buffalo is playing “Redneck Woman,” but even in that format it stands alone.)
So what was the No. 1 record of summer? I keep gravitating to Kevin Lyttle’s “Turn Me On.” In the absence of uptempo pop/rock hits, reggae had already become the sound of summer, and we can now expand the Caribbean category to include soca (which had already gotten some help from “Who Let The Dogs Out”). “Turn Me On” also had its summer-hit credentials firmly established, having been a breakthrough record for Canadian R&B last summer. “Turn Me On” also ended up as the No. 1 record on WBLI Long Island’s end-of-summer Top 10, which reads as follows:
1 – Kevin Lyttle, ”Turn Me On” 2 – Hoobastank, “The Reason” 3 – Usher, “Yeah” 4 – Jojo, “Leave (Get Out)” 5 – Nina Sky, “Move Your Body” 6 – Usher, “Burn” 7 – Beyonce, “Naughty Girl” 8 – Ashlee Simpson, “Pieces Of Me” 9 – Mario Winans, “I Don’t Wanna Know” 10 – Beenie Man, “Dude”
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