Edition #420 is my last chart of 2013, and my Best 75 Songs of 2013 will be posted on the weekend of December 28, before the next chart. Any songs that are expected to rise after this chart will appear on next year’s Best Of list.
Much of the top of the chart stays the same as two weeks ago, with locks on 1, 2, and 3, so I’ll focus on movement, debuts, and two ‘extras’ 😀
The Top 10:
- Travis Garland is a name you will get to know more in 2014. I wrote about the video to his new EP “Motel Pool” this past weekend. But right now, the classy and rhythmic “Easy” soars 9-4 on my chart. Live clip is above.
- “Berlin Wall” by Simon Curtis joins “Do I Have To Dance” in the Top 10 as we anxiously await news of his upcoming video and more new music.
- Also debuting in the Top 10, and looking mighty mighty 😉 is “Every Single Moment” by SIRPAUL, which crashes in at #8. Remixes coming soon!
- The last debut is Lawson, who’ve had a splendid year in these parts, charting with both “Learn To Love Again” and “Brokenhearted” in my Top 10. “Juliet” makes it a triple play at #9. Top notch live clip is below.
Movin’ On Up:
- “Animals” ultimately did get to #1 on Billboard’s Dance Club Play chart after hovering in the Top 10 for a while. Martin Garrix has the fastest riser on this chart as it moves 18-11. More to come from this new whiz kid 🙂
- That stunning new singer from England, Eurielle, has some cool stuff brewing in the background which will make 2014 most interesting for her. The seductive and catchy single “Gold” climbs 19-13, from her debut EP The Incarnation.
- Mid-chart emotions strike big time with Jarell Perry’s breathtaking “4th of July” at #14, as well as “Breathe Me”, the minimalist cover of the Sia song by Portugal’s Carlos Nóbrega, bounding 21-15. It’s looking to become Carlos’ second Top 10er.
- Last week’s premieres all had the number 6 waiting for them, as they each move up 6 places: “Marry The Night”as vocalized by Adam Lambert (#18) via “Glee”; “Do What U Want” right on his monster boot heels by Lady GaGa & R. Kelly (#19); and Corey Niles & Dru with “Rollercoaster” (#22), which is pretty damn difficult to get out of your head.
New to the Chart:
- Catch Bright Light Bright Light on the west coast if you can! The wistful title track from his latest EP In Your Care arrives on the chart at #24.
- I like ARTPOP. It’s not the great album that it could have been. It sounds terrific but there are too many songs that I pass on to hear again. Joining “Applause” and “Do What U Want” on the chart is the rocking “MANiCURE” at #28. This is Lady GaGa emulating Annie Lennox circa 1986/87 – think of “Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves” and “I Need A Man”. It’s one of the songs that draws me in to ARTPOP every time!
- Lastly, “Come A Little Closer” by Cage The Elephant is an uncharacteristic alt.rock entry (#29) – at least lately, my chart was full of it at the turn of the century. Both the concert video and animated one will make you go ‘wow’, I promise!
Extras:
- You couldn’t go a blog post from summer 2012 to winter 2013 without me talking about Indiana native Chris Wallace. He’s been touring the States backwards and forwards, and seems to be having such a great time of it all. His #1 on my chart “Remember When (Push Rewind)”, was my #2 song of 2012. He has two songs this year in my year end list, and one is his new single “Keep Me Crazy”. If it might seem a little late to you, remember about momentum and radio play, which have guided this song into the Top 40 radio songs. That great time touring has rubbed off in the video, which is a whole lot of fun, starting off with Oscar nominee Eric Roberts as Chris’ psychiatrist, who makes him dream of crazy situations… or does he? I suppose it would have been nice if Eric’s character could have evolved into Julia Roberts, but the makers are shy of a few million for that 😉 Anyway have a good time with “Keep Me Crazy” below.
- My other extra is hot off the presses today, and is so different, you need to give it a watch/listen. I raved about L.A. based singer Ryan Adamés’ acoustic and thoroughly enchanting cover of Justin Bieber’s “As Long As You Love Me”, which was #2 for six weeks on my chart and has just exited after a maximum of 10 appearances (20 weeks). He’s back with another acoustic rendition, but this time it’s Britney Spears’ “Work Bitch”, accompanied by singer Todrick Hall. I don’t like the original; so Ryan provides a fine vocal, sometimes in sing-along mode, over the lyrics which for the most part were spoken or shouted by Britney. While you admire how Ryan smolders again in the video, you really have to get to the 3 minute mark for Todrick’s break and after which the vocals harmonize so, so beautifully that you’ve almost forgotten that it’s “Work Bitch”. Mucho points for creativity, excellent harmonies, and for Ryan (as a Britney fan) making the song his own. Watch below and download for free from Ryan’s Facebook page (you must ‘like’ it first).
Listen to the songs or watch the videos using the links on the pictures on the pretty and details web edition of my chart.
Here’s the full BILLCS Top 30 
01 01 AN OPEN HEART Bright Light Bright Light
02 02 WHAT’S GOING ON Monsieur Adi F/ A*M*E
03 03 CAN’T HOLD BACK Anton Ewald
09 04 EASY Travis Garland
05 05 I HAVE A NAME Osvaldo Supino
06 06 WE CAN’T STOP SUMMERTIME SADNESS DATABOY
07 07 DO I HAVE TO DANCE Simon Curtis
13 08 EVERY SINGLE MOMENT SIRPAUL
11 09 JULIET Lawson
12 10 BERLIN WALL Simon Curtis
18 11 ANIMALS Martin Garrix
04 12 SOMEBODY LOVES YOU Betty Who
19 13 GOLD Eurielle
16 14 4TH OF JULY Jarell Perry
21 15 BREATHE ME Carlos Nóbrega
08 16 ADORN Miguel F/ Jessie Ware
10 17 APPLAUSE Lady GaGa
24 18 MARRY THE NIGHT Glee Cast F/ Adam Lambert
25 19 DO WHAT U WANT Lady GaGa F/ R. Kelly
22 20 KEEP ME RUNNING Andy Suzuki & The Method
23 21 I CAN’T HELP IT Dangerous Muse
28 22 ROLLERCOASTER Corey Niles F/ Dru
15 23 IMPOSSIBLE Ryan Star
New 24 IN YOUR CARE Bright Light Bright Light
14 25 HEADHUNTER Parralox
17 26 MA RADIO Osvaldo Supino
20 27 REWIND Neverest
New 28 MANiCURE Lady GaGa
New 29 COME A LITTLE CLOSER Cage The Elephant
27 30 BLACK LIGHT (Stormby remix) Kaden
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