Freaky Fly Bry's Top 100 - September 22, 2019

Kygo and Whitney take a "Higher" #1

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