NOTE: View the full video for “The Fear Inside” by Frankmusik at Cherrytree Records. It went live after I posted my blog!
It’s been a quiet few weeks music-wise for me, not because of the music but other things, so the new chart has only two debuts, but oh how promising they are. And the chart has a fair amount of activity to keep things interesting.
In the 12 year history of this chart I can’t remember anyone dominating the Top 3 songs, but indirectly that’s what’s happened in this edition. Good ol’ Penguin Prison accomplishes this feat with what looks to be a remarkable 2011 ahead of him. His remix of “Resurrection” by Grammy-nominated (for the remix of ‘Sweet Disposition”) Aussies The Temper Trap clings to #1, as does his remix of Jamiroquai’s “White Knuckle Ride” at #3. But the man himself (aka New Yorker Chris Glover) soars 7-2 with “Golden Train” from his forthcoming Wall Of Sound UK release. The BlogVerse will be watching Mr. Glover closely in 2011!
The feel-good record of 2010 is “Glow” by Richard Barone and it climbs into the Top 5 but is not yet done at #5. The Glow album has grown on me immensely since its release in September and 2011 will see me digging deeper into it. New to the Top 10 is “Voodoo” by Andrea Lewis. The energy in this song is as contagious as the melody and vocal stylings of “Talk To Me”, Andrea’s duet with Simon Curtis, which happens to climb to #13 as well.
Loads of activity comes mid-way with Stromae’s very dry dance hit “Alors on danse”, Adam Tyler’s strutworthy “Operation”, the minimalist electro of Bim’s “Ready To Love”, and “Heart And I”, a wonderful ballad by Robbie Williams, whose return to Take That has been a highlight of Britpop for 2010. But the biggest moves come from Rihanna’s raw and sexy “S&M”, and of course the Fastest Riser, the mammoth “Monster” by Kanye West and associates, moving up 29-15. This is the first hip hop tune in quite some time that keeps making me want to listen. Kanye’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is definitely on my list to check out in full. Colin Munroe’s “Bulletproof Monster” revox featuring La Roux of course and Nicki Minaj’s “Monster” vocal rant is in a category of its own and rises up to #21.
But those debuts: At the top, you’ll find the trailer for Frankmusik’s highly anticipated video of “The Fear Inside”. Vince Frank is now signed to Cherrytree/Interscope for North America and is next release Do It In The A.M. is on deck for early 2011. “The Fear Inside” bows at #18 and will be massive initially in dance clubs, but don’t be surprised folks if this one’s power crosses over to pop fans. Listen to the full track right here. And then we have “The Winner Takes It All” by Elouise, premiering at #24, which I have been raving about for weeks, particularly now since her Stardust Melodies EP is on release. At the bottom of the blog is her recent performance of the song at Madame JoJo’s in London.
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