January 7, 2003
By Roger Nead
WAKE ME UP WHEN SOMETHING INTERESTING HAPPENS:
Kind of a ho-hum start to the new year on the pop charts. EMINEM holds down the top spot on the Pop Singles Chart for a 10th week, forcing us to wait longer for the first #1 of 2003. Of the past 10 years, the year’s first #1 happened in January, five times. So chances are 50/50 that Slim’s “Lose Yourself,” will end its reign in the next two weeks.
THE DIXIE CHICKS reach the Top 10 with a second consecutive single this week, as “Landslide” peaks at #10. It’s the first Top hit written by STEVIE NICKS in almost 20 years. The last was “Stand Back” which reached #5, back in August of ’83.
THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 CHARTS:
U.S. Singles Chart:
1) Lose Yourself by EMINEM
2) Work It by MISSY “MISDEMEANOR” ELLIOTT
3) Air Force Ones by NELLY Featuring KYJUAN, ALI & MURPHY LEE
4) ’03 Bonnie & Clyde by JAY-Z Featuring BEYONCE KNOWLES
5) Bump, Bump, Bump by B2K & P. DIDDY
6) Jenny From The Block by JENNIFER LOPEZ Featuring JADAKISS & STYLES
7) Beautiful by CHRISTINA AGUILERA
8) Don’t Mess With My Man by NIVEA Featuring BRIAN & BRANDON CASEY
9) The Game Of Love by SANTANA Featuring MICHELLE BRANCH
10) Landslide by THE DIXIE CHICKS
Album Chart:
1) 8 MILE - SOUNDTRACK
2) Up! by SHANIA TWAIN
3) Let Go by AVRIL LAVIGNE
4) Home by THE DIXIE CHICKS
5) This Is Me...Then by JENNIFER LOPEZ
6) Justified by JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
7) Come Away With Me by NORAH JONES
8) Stripped by CHRISTINA AGUILERA
9) Tim McGraw & The Dancehall Doctors by TIM McGRAW
10) I Care 4 U by AALIYAH
Modern Rock Tracks:
1) All My Life by FOO FIGHTERS
2) Always by SALIVA
3) No One Knows by QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
4) The Red by CHEVELLE
5) When I’m Gone by 3 DOORS DOWN
6) You Know You’re Right by NIRVANA
7) Fine Again by SEETHER
8) Honestly by ZWAN
9) Still Waiting by SUM 41
10) She Hates Me by PUDDLE OF MUDD
Top Rap Tracks:
1) Work It by MISSY “MISDEMEANOR” ELLIOTT
2) Air Force Ones by NELLY Featuring KYJUAN, ALI & MURPHY LEE
3) ’03 Bonnie & Clyde by JAY-Z Featuring BEYONCE KNOWLES
4) Lose Yourself by EMINEM
5) Thugz Mansion by 2PAC
6) Mesmerize by JA RULE Featuring ASHANTI
7) When The Last Time by CLIPSE
8) Satisfaction by EVE
9) Gimme The Light by SEAN PAUL
10) Wanksta by 50 CENT
My Own Personal Top 10 Chart:
1) Swing Swing by THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS
2) Brand New Love by DEADSY
3) Punk Rock Princess by SOMETHING CORPORATE
4) Friendly Ghost by EELS
5) Letters To You by FINCH
6) Don’t Believe It All by TREBLE CHARGER
7) I Want To Hear You Sad by THE EARLY NOVEMBER
8) The Last Goodbye by ATOMIC KITTEN
9) Silver Lining by BEULAH
10) Talking To Myself by COUSTEAU
ROCK & ROLL TRIVIA QUESTIONS:
Test your rock IQ and answer my questions!
LAST WEEK’S ANSWER: “This Top 5 Country hit from the 80s, is performed by a group who hit the Top 5 on the pop chart in the 60s, and the song’s title is the same as a popular children’s film from the ‘70s, and it was from the soundtrack to a sequel to one of the ‘70s’ biggest movies.” What is it? ANSWER: The song I was looking for was called “Charlotte’s Web,” it was performed by THE STATLER BROTHERS, who reached #4 on the Hot 100, in 1966 with “Flowers On The Wall.” “Charlotte’s Web” reached #5 on the Country Chart, in 1980, and was featured on the soundtrack to “SMOKEY & THE BANDIT 2.”
THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:
The writer of this #1 hit from the 70s wanted to make a Broadway musical out of the song, but instead, it inspired two feature films. What song is it?
“MAJOR” TRIVIA QUIZ:
Okay, kids! These questions all surround musical majors:
1) This German pop artist had a hit in ’83 about a Major whose final words were: “Give my wife my love.” ....then nothing more! ANSWER: PETER SCHILLING’S “Major Tom (Coming Home)” hit #14, in 1983.
2) This cheesy movie Major, and the former SNL actor who played him are mentioned by name in Biggie Small’s #2 hit, from 1995 “One More Chance.” ANSWER: THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. rapped about MAJOR PAYNE, and Damon Wayans, on this hit.
3) This musical “Major” was once a member of THE DELFONICS. ANSWER: MAJOR HARRIS went solo in 1975, and hit the top ten with “Love Won’t Let Me Wait.”
4) This R&B “Major’s” biggest hit, was called “Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um.” ANSWER: MAJOR LANCE also hit the top ten with “The Monkey Time,” in 1963.
5) This British pop band took a song about Majors, and some of their military superiors to #104, in 1981. ANSWER: XTC’S “Generals & Majors” hit #32 in the U.K.
6) Major Tony Crease led this band to #11 U.S., and #1 U.K. in 1972, with the biggest pop hit to use a bagpipe as the lead instrument. ANSWER: Major Crease led THE PIPES AND DRUMS AND THE MILITARY BAND OF THE ROYAL SCOTS DRAGOON GUARDS, who did probably the most famous instrumental version of the 1840’s classic “Amazing Grace.”
7) On this #7 pop hit from 1974, PAUL McCARTNEY thought the Major was a lady suffragette. ANSWER: The second top ten hit from WING’S 1973 album “Band On The Run,” was about Paul’s dog, and was called: “Jet.”
8) DAVID BOWIE’S Major Tom, from his 1969 hit “Space Oddity” was feeling very still, although he was more than this many miles above the earth. ANSWER: Major Tom was floating in his “tin can” past 100,000 miles.
YOU KNOW MY NAME (LOOK UP MY NUMBER):
Answer these questions about pop hits with numbers! (Extra credit if you know what my headline refers to!)
1) “One” was a big hit for THREE DOG NIGHT, in 1969. But, a year earlier, “One” was a lonely number, for the songs writer, whose single version didn’t even make the chart! Who was the writer of “One?”
2) Numbers make up 4 of the 8 characters in the title of the CHICAGO song, that the group took into the top 50 two different times! What song is it?
3) What time are the young girls coming to the canyon, in a top 20 hit from 1967?
4) Before they counted down “10-9-8” on the pop charts in 1984, FACE TO FACE supplied the vocal backing for a fictional band in what Walter Hill film?
5) What is the age of RICK JAMES’ “almost jail-bait” girlfriend, on his final Top 40 hit?
6) The only Hot 100 hit from CITYBOY, is made up of the last four digits of a phone number. What are they?
7) According to WILSON PICKETT, dialing what phone number will you reach “Soulsville, U.S.A.?
8) The “Theme From The Threepenny Opera,” is better known as what classic pop hit?
9) This Top 40 hit from 1966, could just as easily be called “14.” What is it?
10) Who might answer, if you call 867-5309?
CLASSIC POP CHARTS:
Here’s the Top 50 singles in the U.S.A., 19 years ago this week! (Just think, if we had some sort of poopshoot radio station, you could listen to this list, not just read it!)
BILLBOARD'S TOP FIFTY SINGLES JANUARY 7, 1984
1 SAY, SAY, SAY - PAUL McCARTNEY & MICHAEL JACKSON
2 SAY IT ISN'T SO - DARYL HALL & JOHN OATES
3 UNION OF THE SNAKE - DURAN DURAN
4 OWNER OF A LONELY HEART - YES
5 TWIST OF FATE - OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
6 TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP - THE ROMANTICS
7 BREAK MY STRIDE - MATTHEW WILDER
8 I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES - ELTON JOHN
9 UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT - THE ROLLING STONES
10 ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT) - LIONEL RICHIE
11 UPTOWN GIRL - BILLY JOEL
12 LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD - PAT BENATAR
13 KARMA CHAMELEON - CULTURE CLUB
14 MAJOR TOM (COMING HOME) - PETER SCHILLING
15 RUNNING WITH THE NIGHT - LIONEL RICHIE
16 CHURCH OF THE POISON MIND - CULTURE CLUB
17 JOANNA - KOOL & THE GANG
18 READ 'EM AND WEEP - BARRY MANILOW
19 SYNCHRONICITY II - THE POLICE
20 CUM ON FEEL THE NOIZE - QUIET RIOT
21 THE CURLY SHUFFLE - JUMP 'N THE SADDLE
22 THAT'S ALL - GENESIS
23 IF I'D BEEN THE ONE - 38 SPECIAL
24 I STILL CAN'T GET OVER LOVING YOU - RAY PARKER JR
25 TIME WILL REVEAL - DeBARGE
26 PINK HOUSES - JOHN COUGAR MELLENCAMP
27 HOLIDAY - MADONNA
28 WHY ME? - IRENE CARA
29 ISLANDS IN THE STREAM - KENNY ROGERS & DOLLY PARTON
30 THINK OF LAURA - CHRISTOPHER CROSS
31 STAY WITH ME TONIGHT - JEFFREY OSBORNE
32 GOLD - SPANDAU BALLET
33 THE SIGN OF FIRE - THE FIXX
34 SO BAD - PAUL McCARTNEY
35 IN A BIG COUNTRY - BIG COUNTRY
36 BABY I LIED - DEBORAH ALLEN
37 MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - THE PRETENDERS
38 LET THE MUSIC PLAY - SHANNON
39 AN INNOCENT MAN - BILLY JOEL
40 IN THE MOOD - ROBERT PLANT
41 REMEMBER THE NIGHTS - THE MOTELS
42 SEND ME AN ANGEL - REAL LIFE
43 NIGHTBIRD - STEVIE NICKS
44 WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT - NAKED EYES
45 YAH MO B THERE - JAMES INGRAM & MICHAEL McDONALD
46 EBONY EYES - RICK JAMES & SMOKEY ROBINSON
47 THE DREAM - IRENE CARA
48 TAKE ME BACK - BONNIE TYLER
49 AIN'T NOBODY - RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN
50 99 LUFTBALLONS - NENA
TOP 10 POP SINGLES OF 2002:
Incase you missed my column last week, here’s a recap of the year-end Top 10 charts for 2002!
10) “Blurry” by PUDDLE OF MUDD
09) “U Got It Bad” by USHER
08) “What’s Luv?” by FAT JOE Featuring ASHANTI
07) “In The End” by LINKIN PARK
06) “A Thousand Miles” by VANESSA CARLTON
05) “Wherever You Will Go” by THE CALLING
04) “Dilemma” by NELLY Featuring KELLY ROWLAND
03) “Hot In Herre” by NELLY
02) “Foolish” by ASHANTI
01) “How You Remind Me” by NICKELBACK
TOP 10 POP ALBUMS OF 2002:
10) “Word Of Mouf” by LUDACRIS
09) “Now 8” – VARIOUS ARTISTS
08) “Britney” by BRITNEY SPEARS
07) “Silver Side Up” by NICKELBACK
06) “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” – SOUNDTRACK
05) “[Hybrid Theory]” by LINKIN PARK
04) “Missundaztood” by PINK
03) “Nellyville” by NELLY
02) “Weathered” by CREED
01) “The Eminem Show” by EMINEM
TOP 10 MODERN ROCK TRACKS OF 2002:
10) “Youth Of The Nation” by P.O.D.
09) “Aerials” by SYSTEM OF A DOWN
08) “Wasting My Time” by DEFAULT
07) “Running Away” by HOOBASTANK
06) “For You” by STAIND
05) “Crawling In The Dark” by HOOBASTANK
04) “By The Way” by RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
03) “The Middle” by JIMMY EAT WORLD
02) “In The End” by LINKIN PARK
01) “Blurry” by PUDDLE OF MUDD
TOP 10 RAP SINGLES OF 2002:
10) “Move B***h” by LUDACRIS Featuring MYSTIKAL & INFAMOUS 2.0
09) “Gangsta Lovin’” by EVE Featuring ALICIA KEYS
08) “I Need A Girl (Part One)” by P. DIDDY Featuring USHER & LOON
07) “Nothin’” by N.O.R.E.
06) “Oh Boy” by CAM’RON Featuring JUELZ SANTANA
05) “I Need A Girl (Part Two)” by P. DIDDY & GINUWINE
04) “What’s Luv?” by FAT JOE Featuring ASHANTI
03) “Dilemma” by NELLY Featuring KELLY ROWLAND
02) “Always On Time” by JA RULE Featuring ASHANTI
01) “Hot In Herre” by NELLY
MY PERSONAL TOP 10 SONGS OF 2002: The chart that matters most!
10) “The Whole World” by OUTKAST
09) “Perfect Silence” by SCAPEGOAT WAX
08) “Can’t Wake Up” by TREBLE CHARGER
07) “Beautiful You” by CARLY HENNESSY
06) “I Woke Up In A Car” by SOMETHING CORPORATE
05) “You Are” by ATOMIC KITTEN
04) “Enemy” by EVE 6
03) “I Want To Save You” by SOMETHING CORPORATE
02) “Do You Realize?” by THE FLAMING LIPS
01) “Ideal Waste Of Time” by TREBLE CHARGER
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