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TC	LC	Title	Artist	Label	BPM	XOC	PP
01	03	“Hurt”	Christina Aguilera	RCA	133	03	01
02	01	“My Love”	Justin Timberlake	Jive	120	06	01
03	16	“Wind It Up”	Gwen Stefani	Interscope	120	04	03
04	08	“Fergalicious”	Fergie	Interscope	129	04	04
05	05	“Moving Too Fast”	SupaFly Inc.	Nervous	126	04	05
06	19	“Here In Your Arms”	Hello Goodbye	Drive Thru	126	07	07
07	06	“Promiscuous”	Nelly Furtado f/Timbaland	Interscope	114	10	01
08	15	“Get Up”	Ciara f/Chamillionaire	Jive	129	08	07
09	02	“Sexy Back”	Justin Timberlake	Jive	117	07	01
10	13	“Show Stopper”	Danity Kane f/Yung Joc	Bad Boy	76	06	10
11	08	“Buttons”	Pussycat Dolls	Interscope	105	11	03
12	10	“Maneater”	Nelly Furtado	Universal	133	07	06
13	21	“Number One In Heaven”	Nemesis	Curb	128	03	13
14	24	“London Bridge”	Fergie	Interscope	91	07	07
15	32	“Ain’t No Other Man”	Christina Aguilera	RCA	128	07	03
16	38	“By The Way”	Jenna Drey	Robbins	130	04	16
17	67	“U + Ur Hand”	Pink	LaFace	140	03	17
18	04	“Rock This Party”	Bob Sinclar f/Cutee B	Yellow	127	07	04
19	64	“You’ll Always Have Me”	Danielle Bollinger	EsNtion	129	02	19
20	20	“Too Little, Too Late”	Jo Jo	Universal	83	05	20
21	12	“About Us”	Brooke Hogan f/Paul Wall	SoBe	83	08	02
22	18	“I Go Crazy”	D.H.T. f/Edmee	Robbins	143	05	12
23	92	“My Freedom”	Chris Willis	Peace Bisquit	126	05	23
24	26	“Déjà vu”	Beyonce f/Jay-Z	Columbia	126	08	04
25	45	“Play With Fire”	Hilary Duff	Disney	128	02	25
26	77	“When You Were Young”	The Killers	Island	130	04	26
27	NE	“When Love Comes”	Flash Brothers f/Antonia Lucas	Nervous	131	01	27
28	NE	“Borderline”	Michael Gray f/Shelly Poole	Ultra	126	01	28
29	RE	“Walk Away”	Kelly Clarkson	RCA	128	11	08
30	RE	“Tell Me Why”	Supermode	Data	129	05	18
31	RE	“Destination”	Jacinta	Chunky	133	05	28
32	83	“Somebody’s Watchin’ Me”	Beatfreakz	Ministry Of Sound	128	06	11
33	86	“Unfaithful”	Rihanna	Def Jam	131	10	04
34	91	“What’s Left Of Me”	Nick Lachey	Zomba	135	11	08
35	92	“Hold Me Now”	Lasgo	Robbins	130	08	06
36	94	“I Ran”	A Flock Of Seagulls	Jive	141	02	36
37	NE	“I Can’t Hate You Anymore”	Nick Lachey	Zomba	134	01	37
38	NE	“My Forever’s Here Today”	Screamin’ Rachel	Phuture Trax	132	01	38
39	RE	“The Sound Of San Francisco”	Global Deejays	Superstar	135	11	02
40	RE	“All I Gave To You ‘06”	Taborah	Catz Ent.	130	08	17
41	RE	“When You Say Nothin’ At All”	Kathy Phillips	Robbins	135	06	24
42	RE	“Counting Down The Days”	Sunfreakz f/Andrea Britton	Oxyd		04	42
43	87	“Just A Girl”	Ian Van Dahl	Robbins	135	02	43
44	28	“Conditioned”	Andy Mprros f/Dan Rowe	Neutone	135	03	28
45	34	“Smack That”	Akon f/Eminem	Universal	119	06	30
46	40	“Love Don’t Le Me Go”	David Guetta vs The Egg	Ultra	127	06	23
47	54	“Drums In The Club”	DJ Russ Harris	EsNtion	128	05	40
48	NE	“Let’s Dance”	David Bowie	EMI-America	113	01	48
49	29	“Without Breaking”	Da Buzz	Airus Ent.	130	02	49
50	84	“Sex ‘n’ Money”	Oakenfold	Maverick	126	02	50
51	NE	“Runaway”	Jamiroquai	Epic	129	01	51
52	NE	“Funky Love”	Justin Michael f/Jackie Wilson	Swank	129	01	52
53	NE	“Proper Education”	Eric Prydz vs Floyd	Data	125	01	53
54	39	“Put Your Hands Up For Detroit”	Fedde Le Grande	Cr2	128	03	39
55	41	“Come To Me”	P. Diddy f/Nicole	Bad Boy	97	07	32
56	42	“I Wanna Love You”	Akon f/Snoop Dogg	Universal	100	05	42
57	11	“We Ride”	Rihanna	Def Jam	129	04	11
58	23	“Secret Of Love”	Barcera	Marian	143	06	10
59	37	“It’s Too Late”	Dirty South vs Evermore	Motivo	130	06	25
60	NE	“Dangerous Powers”	Gabriel & Dresden	Organized Nature	135	01	60
61	25	“One Day My Love”	N’dea Davenport	Peace Bisquit	130	03	25
62	35	“Satellites”	September	Robbins	128	07	06
63	68	“This Is New York”	Sander Kleinenberg	Ultra	128	02	63
64	NE	“We Fly High”	Jim Jones f/Diddy, T.I., Birdman & Dro	Koch	90	01	64
65	NE	“Say It Right”	Nelly Furtado	Interscope	117	01	65
66	17	“Me & U”	Cassie f/Ray J.	Atlantic	100	08	10
67	33	“What A Feeling”	Peter Luts f/Domingo	Nervous	130	07	04
68	43	“Chelsea”	Stefy	Wind-Up	125	08	16
69	46	“Head Over Heels”	Emelee	Barak	131	06	25
70	47	“Money Maker”	Ludacris f/Pharrell	DTP	84	07	43
71	48	“I Can’t Stop Loving You”	Guideline	Amathus	122	04	48
72	52	“The Glamorous Life”	Mr. Timothy & Inaya Day	Tommy Boy	129	05	33
73	53	“Since You’ve Been Gone”	Master Blaster	Robbins	128	03	36
74	57	“Is It Any Wonder”	Keane	Interscope	129	03	42
75	61	“(When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me”	Sean Paul f/Keyshia Cole	VP/Atlantic	107	06	28
76	62	“Your Love Sets Me Free”	Platinum Project	Amathus	129	03	62
77	65	“Walk It Out”	Unk f/Outkast & Jim Jones	Koch	80	02	65
78	66	“I Know You See It”	Yung Joc	Bad Boy South	84	08	44
79	69	“Do It To It”	Cherish f/Sean Paul	Capitol	74	11	22
80	71	“Chain Hung Low”	Jibbs f/Yung Joc	Geffen	78	07	48
81	72	“All My Love”	Avalon Superstar f/Rita Campbell	Groove Factory	128	08	26
82	75	“The Real Thing”	Rachel Panay	Act 2	129	05	36
83	76	“She’s Like The Wind”	Lumidee & Tony Sunshine	TVT	104	03	69
84	80	“Money In The Bank”	Lil Scrappy f/Young Buck	Reprise	75	02	80
85	81	“I Luv It”	Young Jezzy	IDJMG	91	02	81
86	NE	“You”	Lloyd f/Lil’ Wayne	Terror Squad	98	01	86
87	NE	“Make It Rain On ‘Em”	Fat Joe f/Lil’ Wayne	Terror Squad	75	01	87
88	NE	“Shortie Like Mine”	Bow Wow	Columbia	70	01	88
89	NE	“Top Back”	T.I.	Atlantic	80	01	89
90	82	“Be Without You”	Mary J. Blige	Geffen	128	14	01
91	44	“I Will Believe It”	Siria	Marian	134	02	44
94	RE	“Stars Are Blind”	Paris Hilton	Warner Bros.	130	07	05
93	RE	“A Public Affair”	Jessica Simpson	Epic	129	06	08
94	22	“Jump”	Madonna	Warner Bros.	119	04	22
95	59	“I Believe”	Georgie Porgie	Live Ent.	129	03	59
96	58	“Got To Believe”	Pulse 81 f/Marijana	Neutone	128	05	26
97	78	“Follow The Feeling”	Sweet Rains	Neutone	138	02	78
98	NE	“Pump”	Chris “The Greek” Panaghi	Deep Haven	131	01	98
99	07	“Go”	Jupiter Rising	Chime	124	05	07
100	49	“So Excited”	Janet Jackson f/Khia	Virgin	128	03	49

Bits & Bobs

#17 “U + Ur Hand” by Pink (LaFace) 140 BPM

Pink never holds back with anything she does. She tells it like it is and like her or hate her you have to respect her. Lyrically this has got to be one of the best tell your man off records I’ve heard since Millie Jackson’s tirade on her cover of the Kenny Loggins classic “This Is It.” They perfectly matched the music to fit the lyrics with an uptempo aggressive dance track that accentuates her attitude. There are a number of strong dance records on the radio right now and ya gotta feel good when you can turn on Top 40 CHR Radio and hear this single “Wait A Minute” by The Pussycat Dolls and “Sexy Back” by Justin Timberlake back to back. Many a Top 40 station are all over these singles yet in what has to be the biggest sign of how out to lunch radio programmers have become, they play these records and tell their Hot Mixers Dance is Dead! At least that is the case one Hot Mixer told me. When I stopped laughing at that story, I had to get serious for a minute. On the upside God Bless the powers that be at radio for being equal opportunity employers and giving the clearly retarded a job. However, in giving the mentally challenged jobs programming radio stations they only hurt themselves. When a radio programmer who has dance records in power rotation doesn’t even recognize what he is playing then it is of no wonder why terrestrial radio keeps bleeding away listeners. Anywho, for the rest of us that can tell the difference between a record clearly made for the dance floor and one that isn’t, we can celebrate such strong dance product like this Pink single. Lately a number of artists of sizeable stature and popularity seem to be expanding the dance genre with new sounds and rhythms that are shaking up our often stale dance floors. They know what they are doing for Pink in particular is well aware of what’s goin’ on in dance as when she comes to New York you can find her on the dance floor at Splash. We can ignore their contributions or embrace them as a breath of fresh air. I say embrace them. A good shake up every now and then is needed to keep us all on or toes. 

 

#19 “You’ll Always Have Me” by Danielle Bollinger (EsNtion Silver) 129 BPM

 

#36 “I Ran” by A Flock Of Seagulls (Jive) 141 BPM

Some tunes and some acts perfectly seem to capture time in a bottle. For anyone old enough to have been there A Flock Of Seagulls and “I Ran” in particular perfectly capture the early 80’s New Wave scene perfectly. Back in the day when A Flock Of Seagulls ruled the roost what made them so popular was the fact that this tune was a perfect bridge between the “Progressive Disco” singles coming outta Montreal on Unidisc Records and San Francisco from Megatone and Moby Dick and the more aggressive more uptempo New Wave singles from acts such as Devo & Billy Idol. Jox would regularly spin a set that would go like this…

“Lay All Your Love On Me” by Abba

“The Hills Of Katmandu” by Tantra

 “I Wanna Take You Home” by Patrick Cowley

 “White Wedding” by Billy Idol

“I Ran” by A Flock Of Seagulls

“Antmusic” by Adam & The Ants

That clean ending on “I Ran” would let you go anywhere and most jox often did. I have to assume this is on the chart based on some remix but no remix will have the impact that the original had and I celebrate that ground breaking original recording today.

 

#48 “Let’s Dance” by David Bowie (EMI-America) 113 BPM

While celebrating 80’s influential pop releases we might as well go over this single for it too is represented on this chart with a Richard Humpty Vission mix. David Bowie is the richest musician in the world, but he hadn’t a penny to his name before he released this single, his first for EMI-America. Although his RCA releases are considered more defining and historic (“Ziggy Stardust,” “Diamond Dogs,” “Young Americans,” etc.), his deal with RCA and Mainman were such that he was in the red when he left RCA to sign with EMI-America. This single was so big not just here in America but around the world that it enabled him to buy back his entire catalog and that move set him up to be wealthier than Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson. You would think that there is no one in the world who through the original or any of the various remixes and in particular this new one, wouldn’t know this song wouldn’t you? Filed under the radio equal opportunity employment rule a radio programmer told a hot mixer about this single in his mix show, that “it wasn’t popular enough” and “our audience doesn’t know it yet.” Forget the fact that the Richard Humpty Vission mix had already been added into rotation! How are we ever gonna succeed or get a successful dance station on the air when this is the mentality of the people running the show I will never know, but anywho no matter how popular or big something is I guess there will always be one person clueless to it’s existence. Either way if you have this remix or any of the others, or even the original you can’t go wrong with this tune originally released back in 1983!

 

#51 “Runaway” by Jamiroquai (Epic) 129 BPM

Without hesitation I can tell you that Jamiroquai is one of my favorite acts of all time. Jay’s vocals not unlike Stevie Wonder’s seem effortless while packing a whole lotta soul. From their first release “Emergency On Planet Earth” right through “Runaway” each single release in it’s original LP version is a mini masterpiece. The remixes of each of their singles with the exception of “Feels Just Like It Should” have all matched the effort and talent put into the original versions. After the horror of “Feels Just Like It Should” I was getting scared that although the original material was still killer that an A&R novice would relegate this band to second rate status with mixes not suitable for any dance floor or mix show but “Runaway” has reaffirmed what was done in the past. The mixes on this single are flawless and do justice to this incredible release. Jamiroquai continue to be a major force in popular music outside the U.S. but here’s hoping that “Runaway” will help propel them to similar status here.

 

The Dirty Dozen

Here is a sampling of the first five cuts from the Mix Shows of 12 of the leading Hot Mixers in the U.S.!

 

KNRK in Portland, Oregon

Tim & Mike

“A Gentle Dissolve” by Thievery Corporation

“Sugar” by Zimpala

“Bombs” by Faithless

“Hard To Stay” by Freestylers

“Girl And The Sea” by The Presets

 

WCRX in Chicago, Illinous & Sirius Satellite Radio

Darryl “Awesome” Owens

“Lost Yo Mind” by Pepper MaShay

“I Believe” by Georgie Porgie

“Nothing In This World” by Paris Hilton

“I’m Not Missing You” by Stacie Orrico

“Relax (Take It Easy)” by Mika

 

US Dance Radio Syndicated

Richard J. Dalton

“My Freedom” by Chris Willis

“Get Up” by Ciara

“I Go Crazy” by D.H.T. feat. Edmee

“Show Stopper” by Danity Kane

“Fergalicious” by Fergie

 

WXKS in Boston & Syndicated on X-Mix Radio USA

Wild Bill

“Smack Dat” by Akon feat. Eminem

“Here (In Your Arms)” by Hello Goodbye

“Come To Me” by Diddy feat. Nicole

“Walk Away” by Kelly Clarkson

“U + Ur Hand” by Pink

 

WCBE in Columbus, Ohio

Mike Swaggerty

“War” by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

“Lemon Tea” by Liquid Lounge vs Jazzanova

“All Nite” by Visti & Meyland

“Rhythm Intoxication” by Rosabel

“I Know I Live You” by Joey Negro

 

KNRJ in Phoenix, Arizona

Chris Shannon

“I’ll Be Your Light” by Kristine W.

“Sunshine” by Georgie Porgie

“Seasons Of Love” by Rent

“Hung Up” by Madonna

“I Still Believe” by Rachel Panay

 

KNRJ in Phoenix, Arizona

DJ Perry

“Runaway” by Jamiroquai

“Fly Me Away” by Goldfrapp

“Borderline” by Michael Gray

“Good Time” by Leela James

“Here (In Your Arms)” by Hello Goodbye

 

WXKS in Boston, Massachusetts

Dave Casanave

“I Will Believe It” by Siria

“Hurt” by Christina Aguilera

“When Love Comes” by Flash Brothers feat. Antonia Lucas