TW | LW | 'SONG', ARTIST | WKS | PEAK |
40 | 27 | 'I'm a Slave For You', Britney Spears | 20 | 2 |
39 | 34 | 'Lovely', Bubba Sparxxx | 3 | 34 |
38 | NEW | 'The Distance', Evan and Jaron | 1 | 38 |
37 | NEW | 'Always On Time', Ja Rule | 1 | 37 |
36 | NEW | 'Escape', Enrique Eglisias | 1 | 36 |
35 | NEW | 'The World's Greatest', R Kelly | 1 | 35 |
34 | 37 | 'Have You Ever', S Club 7 | 2 | 34 |
33 | 35 | 'Still', Brian Mcnight | 2 | 33 |
32 | 32 | 'Welcome To Atlanta', Jermaine Dupri f. Ludacris | 3 | 32 |
31 | 33 | 'A Thousand Miles', Vanessa Carleton | 2 | 31 |
30 | 31 | 'Son of a Gun', Janet Jackson | 16 | 6 |
29 | 24 | 'Get The Part Started', Pink | 15 | 4 |
28 | 28 | 'Girlfriend', 'N-Sync | 3 | 28 |
27 | 21 | 'How You Remind Me', Nickelback | 17 | 3 |
26 | 29 | 'Perfect', Maren Ord | 5 | 26 |
25 | 30 | 'Superman', Five For Fighting | 2 | 25 |
24 | 26 | 'Wherever You Will Go', The Calling | 5 | 24 |
23 | 25 | 'Sleepless', Wave | 8 | 23 |
22 | 22 | 'Fuel Injected', Swollen Members | 10 | 22 |
21 | 23 | 'Not a Girl Not Yet a Woman', Britney Spears | 7 | 21 |
20 | 15 | 'My Sacrifice', Creed | 17 | 1 |
19 | 9 | 'Girls Girls Girls', Jay-Z feat. Slick Rick | 13 | 4 |
18 | 6 | 'Butterflies', Michael Jackson | 12 | 6 |
17 | 20 | 'Blurry', Puddle of Mud | 7 | 17 |
16 | 19 | 'Too Bad', Nickelback | 7 | 16 |
15 | 16 | 'Have a Nice Day', Stereophonics | 8 | 15 |
14 | 18 | 'Hey Baby', No Doubt | 14 | 8 |
13 | 17 | 'Can't Fight The Moonlight', Leann Rimes | 8 | 13 |
12 | 12 | 'Standing Still', Jewel | 20 | 1 |
11 | 14 | 'Cry', Mandy Moore | 6 | 11 |
10 | 13 | 'A Woman's Worth', Alicia Keys | 8 | 10 |
9 | 5 | 'Don't Stop Moving', S Club 7 | 14 | 5 |
8 | 10 | 'No More Drama', Mary J Blige | 9 | 8 |
7 | 11 | 'Ain't It Funny?', Jennifer Lopez | 13 | 7 |
6 | 4 | 'Caramel', City High | 22 | 2 |
5 | 7 | 'Everybody's Got a Story', Amanda Marshall | 10 | 5 |
4 | 8 | 'U Got It Bad', Usher | 9 | 4 |
3 | 3 | 'Hands Clean', Alanis Morissette | 5 | 1 |
2 | 2 | 'In The End', Linkin Park | 16 | 2 |
1 | 1 | 'Wherever, Whenever', Shakira | 9 | 1 |
The Commentary
Basically, we have the same top 3 as last week. Sharkira #1, Linkin Park #2, Alanis #3. What is there to be said that hasn't already about Shakira. She looks amazing, she dances well... and the song is great! Well, there is one thing I never said about her video for "Whenever, Wherever", the backdrops in the video look oh-so fake! Ok, I know most video's today use fake backgrounds too, but this one is just so... unreal! It's just a picture of mountains in the back.. but you can see the seam where the picture ends on the ground. Plus the sun is just a big spotlight! It's painfully obvious! Anybody could have done a better job with the video; I could have done better! I would have charged the record label less money too, to make the video! Ah well... If there's any singer reading Rob's Top 40 on Geocities right now, contact me! I'll make a video for you. I'll give you a 10% discount too. Enough of that... Linkin Park have been going up and down the chart for 4 months now and I'm still not sick of it, whatsoever. I can still listen to it time and time again. It's such a cool song. Alanis Morissette's first single from her forthcoming album entitled "Under Rug Swept" is called "Hands Clean" and it's a smash everywhere... well, almost everywhere! On MuchMusic's COMBATZONE, the song lost to "Whenever Wherever" BADLY... Alanis had a measly 18% of the votes... ouch, that's gotta hurt. Don't worry Alanis, because you are #3 on Rob's Top 40 and you definately have a chance to start moving back up the chart. Alanis recently told me that her main worry about "Hands Clean" was it's longevity on the chart, but she has nothing to worry about, she's been in the top 3 for 5 weeks so far and I expect her to gain a bullet within the next few weeks. Alanis is going nowhere. TRUST ME! Ok, bla bla bla... What's next? Usher! "U Got It Bad" is just such a great song, I can't get enough of it; both versions of the song actually. The faster version is slightly better than the original album cut, though. When artists have two versions of a single, it helps the song on the chart. For examples, Jennifer Lopez' "I'm Real". It was huge! Michael's "Butterflies" and City High's "Caramel" are two other examples. Although the remix of "Caramel" isn't as good as the original album version, in my opinion. I hate winter! Also entering the top 5 this week is Amanda Marshall with "Everybody's Got a Story". It's such a great song and it's very different from the usual Amanda songs we hear. I hear her new song on the radio last week, it's a bit weird. She says OH MY GOD in it about 3310 times, but other than that it's good. I don't remember what it's called, but I do know that the title of the song has the word "Sunday" in it.. just in case you'd like to sample it and download it. Just search for "Marshall Sunday" and you're bound to find it.