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Post by jlthorpe on May 13, 2020 12:13:50 GMT -5
From this week in 2002, it's a song that was down to #16 on Billboard's Modern Rock chart, after peaking at #6 the previous month. The song also peaked at #106 on the Bubbling Under chart in March, and at #44 on the Radio and Records chart in February. Here's "First Date" by Blink-182.
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Post by jlthorpe on May 17, 2020 8:23:14 GMT -5
From this week in 2016, it's a song that was down to #24 on Billboard's Adult Alternative chart, after peaking at #19 the previous month. Today's song pick is "All Day All Night" by Moon Taxi.
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Post by jlthorpe on May 20, 2020 17:50:46 GMT -5
For today's song, we go back seventeen years to an album that was released on this date in 2003 - "Poodle Hat". A parody of the Eminem song "Lose Yourself", here's "Couch Potato" by "Weird Al" Yankovic.
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Post by jlthorpe on May 24, 2020 10:40:25 GMT -5
Today's selection comes from 2018 and the film "The Greatest Showman". It peaked at #58 on the Hot 100 in January, #49 on Mediabase in March, and was currently at #44 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart after peaking at #3 in April. Here's "This Is Me" by Keala Settle and The Greatest Showman Ensemble.
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Post by jlthorpe on May 27, 2020 17:51:54 GMT -5
Today's selection is from 2009, and a song that originally peaked at #14 for Peter Schilling in 1983. This version was at its peak position of #108 on Billboard's Bubbling Under chart this week; however, the song would later hit the Hot 100 and peak at #97 the following February. The song is notable for being used in a commercial for the Lincoln MKZ car. Here's "Major Tom" by Shiny Toy Guns.
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Post by jlthorpe on May 31, 2020 10:25:50 GMT -5
Today's selection is from an album that came out a year ago this month. It was the first studio album released by this rockabilly band in 26 years, which would peak at #93 on the Billboard 200 album chart. From the album "40", here's "Cat Fight (Over a Dog Like Me)" by Stray Cats.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 3, 2020 18:13:29 GMT -5
Today's selection comes from this week in 2001, and an album that debuted at its peak position of #120 on the Billboard 200 - "Everybody Got Their Something". Here's "Like a Feather" by Nikka Costa.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 7, 2020 9:39:16 GMT -5
Today's selection is a song from 2017 that failed to make the Hot 100 or the Billboard Bubbling Under chart, but did make Mediabase's pop chart. This week, it debuted at #47 and would peak at #43 the following month. Here's "Switch" by Iggy Azalea featuring Anitta. WARNING: Lyrics NSFW!
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 10, 2020 19:27:44 GMT -5
For today's song, I'm choosing one from 2004 that was played during the closing credits of last year's film "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie". According to the AllMusic website, the album it was from, "Drill a Hole in That Substrate and Tell Me What You See", was released May 4, 2004. Here's "Static on the Radio" by Jim White (no relation to Walter) featuring Aimee Mann.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 14, 2020 6:35:16 GMT -5
Today's selection is an electronic dance song from 2013 that was at its peak position of #111 on Billboard's Bubbling Under chart this week. Here's "Doin' It Right" by Daft Punk featuring Panda Bear.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 17, 2020 17:36:31 GMT -5
Today's song comes from 2006, and was originally a #10 hit for U2 in 1992. This version spent its only week on the Hot 100 this week at #86. Here's "One" by Mary J. Blige and U2.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 21, 2020 14:45:21 GMT -5
Last month, I included a song from an album released seventeen years ago on that date - "Poodle Hat". Today, I'm posting a song from the same artist, from an album that was released nine years ago on today's date - "Alpocalypse". From 2011, it's "Weird Al" Yankovic's parody of the Lady Gaga song "Born This Way" - "Perform This Way".
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 24, 2020 19:50:00 GMT -5
Today's song originally peaked on Billboard's Modern Rock and Dance Club Songs charts in 1999, but didn't enter the Radio and Records pop chart until May 2000, where it peaked at #43 in early June. Here's "Bodyrock" by Moby.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jun 28, 2020 7:46:31 GMT -5
On Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart one year ago this week, this song was at #2, and was one week away from reaching #1. Here's "All Day and Night" by Jax Jones, Martin Solveig, and Madison Beer.
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Post by jlthorpe on Jul 1, 2020 18:24:49 GMT -5
Today's song is a bit of a rerun. It first appeared in this thread back in 2015, but since summer is the time for reruns, it's appearing again today. At #83 on the Hot 100 this week in 2003, this song peaked at #76 in May. Here's "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes.
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