| Top 10 Songs (Personal Points) | Top 10 Songs (Popular Points) |
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1. Def Leppard "Promises" 2. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Scar Tissue" 3. Buckcherry "Lit Up" 4. Pearl Jam "Last Kiss" 5. Oleander "Why I'm Here" 6. Alice In Chains "Get Born Again" 7. Sammy Hagar "Mas Tequila" 8. The Black Crowes "Go Faster" 9. Tonic "You Wanted More" 10. Lit "My Own Worst Enemy" |
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Scar Tissue" 2. Def Leppard "Promises" 3. Lenny Kravitz "American Woman" 4. Alice In Chains "Get Born Again" 5. Buckcherry "Lit Up" 6. Pearl Jam "Last Kiss" 7. Oleander "Why I'm Here" 8. Lit "My Own Worst Enemy" 9. Tonic "You Wanted More" 10. Kid Rock "Bawitdaba" |
1. The Pretenders "Human"
SURE SHOTS TIP LIST
Bubbling under the 50. Most likely to make a chart impact.
Many people say Pretenders' vocalist Chrissie Hynde is one of the best singers around and I agree, this song is warm, fresh and still rocking.
2. Portable "Help Yourself"
Somewhat hooky, I don't hear anything that sets itself apart from anything else but we'll see...
3. Buckcherry "Check Your Head"
Scheduled as their next single, it's dramatically less upbeat than "Lit Up" but it's a great new band, definitely like the track.
4. Silverchair "Ana's Song (Open Fire)"
For some reason, this is doing very well. I hear the hook, but it's just so depressing. Another one to wait on...
5. Staind "Mudshovel"
They went gold with the dark "Just Go", this one's a little tougher but I like it.
1. Limp Bizkit "Nookie"
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Overplayed, overrated, overhyped. Least likely to make chart impact.
4 weeks at #1. Anyone thought about the fact that the same kids who like this song are the ones who were singing along to "Pretty Fly"? Our latest of many MTV generation paradoxes.
2. Will Smith "Wild Wild West"
Don't people find him annoying by now? Will Smith is so tired.
3. Orgy "Stitches"
Same old, same old crap, really should not be overplayed like this.
4. Sheryl Crow "Sweet Child O' Mine"
I've been forgetting to list this for a while. She ruined it. Her delivery of the song is so bland and boring and how could you get rid of all the riffs that made "Sweet Child Of Mine" what it is?
5. Jordan Knight "Give It To You"
I really don't see any difference between this crap and "Nookie".
| NUMBER ONE |
"Promises" logs a fourth week at #1 despite a slip in popular points, which is made up for in personal points, resulting in its 7th consecutive bulleted week. This bullet might not be present next week, but its reign at #1 shall not be ended. It's too far ahead of the #2 title, "Scar Tissue". However, a group of strong contenders are coming up and may just take over #1 in upcoming weeks. The first of which is Tonic's "You Wanted More", which moves into the Top 10 on its second week. It is also featured in the movie American Pie, which will be released soon and will give this song a healthy boost. There's also Megadeth's latest which takes an amazing leap up to #11 on its second week. The track is set to crack into the Top 5 next week. It's a great track with a cool vibe going about it, even though it's missing Megadeth's trademark screaming guitars. There's also new singles from Collective Soul and Scorpions set to crack into the Top 10 soon enough.
| NEW ENTRIES |
With last week's onslaught of debuts, we're down to two low-charting debuts this week. Both were bubbling under titles. The highest, coming in at #44, is Drain STH's "Enter My Mind", a great new track from the Swedish all-female metal group, which is currently one of the acts on Ozzfest. The track is not doing too hot on radio, compared to other Ozzfest acts such as Godsmack but hey, it's doing something. The other debut is something way different from "Enter My Mind". It's perhaps blues rocker Jonny Lang's poppiest single to date. The riffs aren't the focus on this track like in "Still Rainin'" (a former Top 5), but nonetheless, it's a better track than predecessor "Wander This World". Watch for these two new singles to make their move up the chart in upcoming weeks.
| THE LONGEVITY CHECK |
The Black Crowes' "Kickin' My Heart Around" anchors the chart on its 34th week while Godsmack's "Whatever" tumbles to #45 on its 33rd week. This could be the last week for the longest running titles in chart history.
| GOLD & PLATINUM |
PLATINUM -
GOLD -
Pearl Jam - "Last Kiss"
Godsmack - "Keep Away"
Indigenous - "Now That You're Gone"Pearl Jam and Godsmack score their second gold hits. Indigenous is probably the lowest peaking single to go gold.
| ROCK SPOTLIGHT |
No big new headlining releases this week on rock radio, while less known bands like New American Shame experience boosts in adds and airplay. The Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Scar Tissue" is now the third single on Billboard to top Modern and Mainstream Rock charts simultaneously in the past year.