This week, we have a new #1. This cover of Steve Winwood's 1986 classic "Higher Love", originally recorded by the late Whitney Houston in 1990 for a rare Japanese release of her "I'm Your Baby Tonight" album, and newly remixed by Norwegian EDM DJ Kygo, the first chart-topper for both artists. In Whitney's case, it caps off over 20 years of waiting for her first #1 since "When You Believe" peaked at #7 on my first chart back in 1999. This makes her the second artist, following the Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan, to top my chart posthumously; she did this earlier in the year with two #1's from their final album "In The End".
Don't call them angels: new Charlie's Angels theme enters in the top 5
When a collaboration between three of the biggest female artists around, Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey, was announced as the lead single from the new "Charlie's Angels" soundtrack, I was intrigued. Sure enough, it didn't disappoint, and "Don't Call Me Angel" is this week's highest new entry all the way up at #5. It is already Lana's highest chart placing though several singles from the "Born To Die" and related eras made my top 30, Miley's third top 5 and Ariana's 10th top 5.
Louis gives One Direction members at least one top 10 hit each
After narrowly missing the top 10 with "Miss You" and "Two Of Us", Louis Tomlinson leaps 22-6 with his latest, the Oasis-esque "Kill My Mind". This puts him in the same company as his One Direction bandmates, as now all five have reached my top 10 at least once. Only Harry and Niall have multiple top 10 hits so far, with three each, and in each case one #1. Will Louis become the third One Direction member to reach #1?
It's never too late: O-Town and Springsteen end lengthy top 10 droughts
The last time O-Town was in the top 10 was August 26, 2001 with "All Or Nothing", and the last time Bruce Springsteen was top 10 was October 6, 2002 with "The Rising". This week, after 18 and 17 years respectively, both dramatically different artists have finally returned to the top 10, with "Off" and "I'll Stand By You" respectively.
Movers and shakers: 21-40 edition
Steve Aoki's collaboration with the Backstreet Boys, "Let It Be Me", rises 36-22, the first Post Malone song I've liked enough to chart, "Circles", rises 35-24, BBMak's follow-up to their former #1 "Bullet Train", "So Far Away", is right above it moving 31-27, and Incubus's return, the indie anthem "Into The summer", rises 46-31.
Nostalgia always wins: Through the decades (The 90's Edition)
Hootie & the Blowfish return for the first time in thirteen years as "Rollin'" rolls onto the chart at #32. It's their comeback single following a successful country music career for lead singer Darius Rucker. Texas trio Fastball enters at #50 with "The Girl You Pretended To Be", their first appearance since 2017's top 10 hit "I Will Never Let You Down", and Mandy Moore makes a comeback after mostly doing acting with "When I Wasn't Watching" at #53. Also debuting are Usher, lending vocals to the DJ Black Coffee, and Third Eye Blind.
Nostalgia always wins: Through the decades (The 80's Edition)
Who else is back? Well, the chart has been Rickrolled as Rick Astley lands at #63 with "Every One Of Us". New songs by Simply Red and the Pet Shop Boys, joined by Years & Years, also debut.
Nostalgia always wins: Through the decades (The 60's-70's Edition)
We've gone back this far... why not go back even further? Proving a great song has no age limit, icons of classic rock Ringo Starr (age 79) and The Who (Roger Daltrey is 75) both debut with the lead singles from their forthcoming albums. As a further connection, Ringo's son, Zak Starkey, has been the touring drummer for The Who since 1996!
Okay, so there are some younger artists in there too...
Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt's latest, "Black & Blue", lands at #55 and hopes to carry on her recent hit streak which has included two top 10's. Meghan Trainor takes her "Genetics" to #90, up and coming Canadian singer Ryland James debuts at #91 and, surprisingly, Halsey enters at #92 with "Graveyard"! This is her first appearance in over two years, as I have hated much of her stuff in this time.
R.I.P. Eddie Money and Ric Ocasek
The classic rock world was recently saddened by the loss of two of its greatest names. Last Friday, Eddie Money passed away at age 70, followed by The Cars' lead singer Ric Ocasek on Sunday at age 75. While both artists had their prime in the 70's and 80's, before my chart's era, both did see some success in my chart's era. Ric Ocasek did lead vocals on The Cars' reunion single "Sad Song", which made my top 20 in 2011, while Eddie Money hit #17 earlier this year with his first new single in over a decade, "Brand New Day". Additionally, Tim McGraw is currently charting with a cover of The Cars' biggest hit, "Drive". I will always remember the contributions both of these fine men did to music, and may they rock on in rock and roll heaven.
Freaky Fly Bry's Top 100 - September 22, 2019
| TW | LW | 2W | Title | Artist | Peak | Weeks on | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Higher Love | Kygo feat. Whitney Houston |  | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 16 | Teeth | 5 Seconds Of Summer |  | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | 4 | 8 | Lover | Taylor Swift |  | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Can't Help Me Now | Rob Thomas | | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | NEW | - | Don't Call Me Angel | Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey | | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | 22 | 51 | Kill My Mind | Louis Tomlinson |  | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | I'll Be Back Someday | Tegan & Sara |  | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | 11 | 23 | Off | O-Town | | 8 | 4 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | You Need To Calm Down | Taylor Swift | | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | 21 | 55 | I'll Stand By You | Bruce Springsteen | | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 8 | 4 | Blow | Ed Sheeran, Chris Stapleton & Bruno Mars | | 1 | 11 |
| 12 | 7 | 7 | Only Human | Jonas Brothers | | 7 | 9 |
| 13 | 9 | 9 | If I Don't | Hayley Orrantia | | 9 | 12 |
| 14 | 10 | 6 | Never There | Sum 41 | | 6 | 14 |
| 15 | 12 | 12 | Sun Shines Gray | Steve Perry | | 12 | 8 |
| 16 | 13 | 10 | What If I Never Get Over You | Lady Antebellum | | 1 | 18 |
| 17 | 14 | 11 | (I'm Gonna) Love Me Again | Elton John & Taron Egerton | | 1 | 18 |
| 18 | 15 | 13 | Lie To Me | Laura Marano | | 13 | 13 |
| 19 | 16 | 17 | OMG | Gryffin feat. Carly Rae Jepsen | | 16 | 7 |
| 20 | 17 | 22 | Tonight | Alice Chater | | 17 | 7 |
| 21 | 25 | 32 | Dynamite | Westlife |  | 21 | 8 |
| 22 | 36 | - | Let It Be Me | Steve Aoki & Backstreet Boys | | 22 | 2 |
| 23 | 18 | 15 | All The Queen's Horses | Shakespear's Sister | | 3 | 17 |
| 24 | 35 | 56 | Circles | Post Malone | | 24 | 3 |
| 25 | 19 | 14 | All The Time | Zara Larsson |  | 11 | 12 |
| 26 | 20 | 18 | Small Talk | Katy Perry | | 18 | 7 |
| 27 | 31 | 37 | So Far Away | BBMak | | 27 | 5 |
| 28 | 23 | 19 | Bullet Train | BBMak | | 1 | 20 |
| 29 | 24 | 21 | Too Much | Carly Rae Jepsen | | 6 | 18 |
| 30 | 39 | 54 | Torn | Ava Max | | 30 | 4 |
| 31 | 46 | 77 | Into The Summer | Incubus | | 31 | 4 |
| 32 | NEW | - | Rollin' | Hootie & the Blowfish | | 32 | 1 |
| 33 | 40 | 50 | Harlequin Romance | Courage My Love | | 33 | 5 |
| 34 | 38 | 41 | Never Too Late | Elton John | | 34 | 10 |
| 35 | 37 | 44 | 2 Become 1 | Emma Bunton feat. Robbie Williams | | 35 | 9 |
| 36 | 29 | 27 | When The Night Moves | Tyler Hilton feat. Kate Voegele | | 1 | 35 |
| 37 | 28 | 25 | Mary | Teenage Wrist | | 7 | 19 |
| 38 | 30 | 28 | Wake Me When It's Over | The Cranberries | | 1 | 27 |
| 39 | 26 | 20 | The Way I Feel | Keane | | 7 | 15 |
| 40 | 41 | 46 | Summer | Londonbeat | | 40 | 8 |
| 41 | 42 | 43 | Both Sides Now | Belinda Carlisle | | 41 | 8 |
| 42 | 27 | 31 | Tell Me When It's Over | Sheryl Crow feat. Chris Stapleton | | 27 | 6 |
| 43 | 48 | 53 | Queen Of The Night | Hey Violet | | 43 | 6 |
| 44 | 49 | 52 | Indestructible | Goo Goo Dolls | | 44 | 6 |
| 45 | 56 | 69 | Without You | John Newman & Nina Nesbitt | | 45 | 3 |
| 46 | 60 | 79 | Armageddon | Art Of Dying | | 46 | 4 |
| 47 | 57 | 71 | Slow Dance | AJ Mitchell feat. Ava Max | | 47 | 5 |
| 48 | 64 | 83 | All I Need | Michael Schulte |  | 48 | 4 |
| 49 | 47 | 45 | Takeaway | The Chainsmokers & Illenium feat. Lennon Stella | | 45 | 8 |
| 50 | NEW | - | The Girl You Pretended To Be | Fastball | | 50 | 1 |
| 51 | NEW | - | What's My Name | Ringo Starr | | 51 | 1 |
| 52 | NEW | - | Ball And Chain | The Who | | 52 | 1 |
| 53 | NEW | - | When I Wasn't Watching | Mandy Moore | | 53 | 1 |
| 54 | 61 | 80 | Don't Go | Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark | | 54 | 4 |
| 55 | NEW | - | Black & Blue | Nina Nesbitt | | 55 | 1 |
| 56 | 65 | 86 | I'll Be There | Walk Off The Earth | | 56 | 4 |
| 57 | 67 | - | Carry Me Away | John Mayer | | 57 | 2 |
| 58 | 68 | - | Really Don't Like U | Tove Lo feat. Kylie Minogue | | 58 | 2 |
| 59 | 88 | - | Plan For Me | Manafest | | 59 | 2 |
| 60 | 89 | - | What Could've Been | Gone West | | 60 | 2 |
| 61 | 94 | - | The End Of The Game | Weezer | | 61 | 2 |
| 62 | 83 | - | I Think Of Home | Snow Patrol | | 62 | 2 |
| 63 | NEW | - | Every One Of Us | Rick Astley | | 63 | 1 |
| 64 | 32 | 29 | Look Away | Stephen Puth | | 29 | 12 |
| 65 | 33 | 24 | Hurt For Long | In Real Life | | 23 | 10 |
| 66 | 34 | 30 | Someone You Loved | Lewis Capaldi | | 30 | 9 |
| 67 | 62 | 73 | Let Love Reign | Robbie Robertson | | 62 | 5 |
| 68 | 70 | 84 | What It Takes | Adelitas Way | | 68 | 4 |
| 69 | 73 | - | When She Finds You | Shakespear's Sister feat. Richard Hawley | | 69 | 2 |
| 70 | 74 | - | Drive | Tim McGraw | | 70 | 2 |
| 71 | 58 | 82 | Warm | Charli XCX feat. Haim | | 58 | 3 |
| 72 | 75 | 93 | Milky Way | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | | 72 | 3 |
| 73 | 82 | 61 | Somebody Like You | Owen Barney feat. Alyssa Reid | | 53 | 8 |
| 74 | 43 | 26 | Never Really Over | Katy Perry | | 1 | 16 |
| 75 | 44 | 35 | Right As Rain | Collective Soul | | 5 | 21 |
| 76 | 45 | 42 | Nobody | Casting Crowns feat. Matthew West | | 42 | 10 |
| 77 | 50 | 38 | Anxiety | Anna Clendening | | 19 | 19 |
| 78 | 51 | 33 | Sorry | Mali-Koa | | 21 | 13 |
| 79 | 52 | 34 | Sweet Love | Kiesza | | 11 | 13 |
| 80 | 84 | - | I Wish | Hayley Kiyoko | | 80 | 2 |
| 81 | 87 | - | El Camino Del Perdon | Gino Vannelli feat. Alejandro Lerner | | 81 | 2 |
| 82 | 86 | - | Touch | The Trews | | 82 | 2 |
| 83 | 85 | - | Homecoming Queen? | Kelsea Ballerini | | 83 | 2 |
| 84 | 90 | - | World's On Fire | Mike Shinoda | | 84 | 2 |
| 85 | 91 | - | Flou | Angèle |  | 85 | 2 |
| 86 | 92 | - | Voices | Big Wreck | | 86 | 2 |
| 87 | 95 | - | Dear Future Self (Hands Up) | Fall Out Boy feat. Wyclef Jean | | 87 | 2 |
| 88 | NEW | - | Dreamland | Pet Shop Boys feat. Years & Years | | 88 | 1 |
| 89 | 54 | 39 | ME! | Taylor Swift feat. Brendon Urie | | 1 | 21 |
| 90 | NEW | - | Genetics | Meghan Trainor | | 90 | 1 |
| 91 | NEW | - | In My Head | Ryland James | | 91 | 1 |
| 92 | NEW | - | Graveyard | Halsey | | 92 | 1 |
| 93 | 96 | - | Father Of All... | Green Day | | 93 | 2 |
| 94 | NEW | - | LaLaLa | Black Coffee feat. Usher |  | 94 | 1 |
| 95 | NEW | - | BadBootz | Simply Red | | 95 | 1 |
| 96 | NEW | - | Walk Like Kings | Third Eye Blind | | 96 | 1 |
| 97 | 63 | 74 | Wild Blue | Hunter Hayes | | 63 | 5 |
| 98 | 66 | - | Wanted | OneRepublic | | 66 | 2 |
| 99 | 72 | 91 | Way Too Pretty For Prison | Miranda Lambert | | 72 | 3 |
| 100 | 93 | - | Do You Miss Me Much | Craig David | | 93 | 2 |
| Falling off: | |||||||
| - | 53 | 36 | Lead Me On | Louise | | 22 | 10 |
| - | 55 | 40 | In My Bed | Sabrina Carpenter | | 40 | 11 |
| - | 59 | 49 | Sucker | Jonas Brothers | | 1 | 28 |
| - | 69 | 76 | The Bones | Maren Morris | | 69 | 4 |
| - | 71 | 85 | White Roses | Greyson Chance | | 71 | 3 |
| - | 76 | 47 | Dancing With Nobody | Austin Mahone | | 12 | 13 |
| - | 77 | 48 | If I Can't Have You | Shawn Mendes | | 1 | 19 |
| - | 78 | 57 | Help Me Now | Kevin McHale | | 57 | 8 |
| - | 79 | 58 | F**k, I'm Lonely | Lauv feat. Anne-Marie | | 58 | 6 |
| - | 80 | 59 | Thinking Of You | Simply Red | | 59 | 4 |
| - | 81 | 60 | Fly Like An Eagle | Stereophonics | | 60 | 4 |
| - | 97 | 87 | Paralyzed | David Archuleta | | 87 | 3 |
| - | 98 | 88 | 17 | Julia Michaels | | 88 | 3 |
| - | 99 | 89 | Bad Woman Blues | Beth Hart | | 89 | 2 |
| - | 100 | 90 | Trust Issues | Astrid S | | 90 | 2 |
Chart Flashback: September 21, 2008
1 (4) Christina Aguilera - Keeps Gettin' Better
2 (1) 3 Doors Down - Let Me Be Myself
3 (2) Kate Voegele - Lift Me Up
4 (3) Michelle Branch - Together
5 (6) Shinedown - Second Chance
6 (5) Natasha Bedingfield - Angel
7 (7) Pink - So What
8 (8) Artists Stand Up To Cancer - Just Stand Up
9 (9) Katy Perry - Hot N Cold
10 (36) Eva Avila - Give Me The Music
Notable movers:
13 (17) Anastacia - I Can Feel You
14 (18) Oasis - The Shock Of The Lightning
17 (22) Lifehouse - Broken
20 (27) Maroon 5 - Goodnight Goodnight
21 (24) Simple Plan - Save You
24 (33) Hinder - Without You
30 (31) Brandy - Right Here (Departed)
31 (32) Metro Station - Seventeen Forever
32 (35) Fall Out Boy - I Don't Care
33 (39) Amber & Zelma Davis - No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
35 (37) Saving Abel - 18 Days
38 (40) Jewel - I Do
39 (50) Sarah McLachlan - U Want Me 2
40 (59) Goo Goo Dolls - Real
44 (57) Jesse McCartney - It's Over
45 (58) Gavin DeGraw - Cheated On Me
57 (66) AC/DC - Rock 'N Roll Train
59 (68) Metallica - The Day That Never Comes
66 (92) Keane - The Lovers Are Losing
70 (89) Kreesha Turner - Shattered
71 (90) Ne-Yo - Miss Independent
72 (96) Snow Patrol - Take Back The City
79 (95) Kate Ryan - Ella, Elle L'a
80 (97) Panic! At The Disco - Northern Downpour
Debuts:
78. Girls Aloud - The Promise
88. Theory Of A Deadman - Not Meant To Be
93. Deborah Cox - Beautiful U R
94. Kid Rock - Roll On
95. Chris Brown feat. Keri Hilson - Superhuman
97. Alicia Keys & Jack White - Another Way To Die
98. Jessica Simpson - Remember That
99. Queen + Paul Rodgers - C-Lebrity
100. Estelle feat. Sean Paul - Come Over
