CML Top 60 for 2/7 to 2/13/10 online
This week’s CML Top 60 is now online. Feel free to take a visit.
After a six week run at #1, Miranda Lambert’s “White Liar” falls three places this week to #4. The new CML #1 song is “That’s How Country Boys Roll” by Billy Currington, which moves up one spot. At #2 this week is the Blake Shelton/Trace Adkins collaboration “Hillbilly Bone,” which also moves up one spot. Continuing the trend, Jason Michael Carroll’s “Hurry Home” moves up one spot to #3. Rounding out the Top 5 this week for the second straight week is “The Truth” by Jason Aldean.
There are two new songs to the Top 60 this week at David Nail’s “Turning Home” checks in at #58 and Jack Ingram’s “Free” checks in at #59. I will write a single review for one of these songs (most likely David Nail’s) and let you, the readers, write the review for the other one.
Feel free to participate in this week’s CML Chart Interactive (CMLCI) where you can help songs climb the CML Chart. Visit the CMLCI page for more details.
The voting for the CML Top 10 for 2000-2009 is now in Round 4. We know what the Top 10 songs are, we are now in the process of ordering them from #1 to #10. Feel free to vote by going to the Voting: CML Top 10… page.
As always, I truly appreciate you spending some time reading my blog! I hope you have a wonderful day.
CMLCI and CML Top 10 for 2000-2009 update
The CML Chart Interactive for the chart week of 2/14 to 2/20/10 is now online. Just click on the CML Chart Interactive page for details (what songs are being removed, the link to vote, etc.)
The CML Top 10 for 2000-2009 has been updated for Round 4. We now know what 10 songs are in the Top 10, but we now need to get them ordered from #1 to #10. Click on the Voting: CML Top 10… page for links to the bracket and to the vote. From here on out, the voting will all be on one page so you can see all the songs you are voting for at once before submitting your vote.
As always, thanks for the visit and I hope you enjoy voting this week!
CML Top 60 for 1/31 to 2/6/10 now online
The CML Top 60 for the week of 1/31 to 2/6/10 is now online.
There has only been two #1’s on the CML Chart over the past 13 weeks (yes, that’s 1/4 of a year) as Miranda Lambert’s “White Liar” spends its sixth week there after Luke Bryan’s “Do I” spent seven weeks there. Songs #2 through #4 also remain unchanged this week as Billy Currington’s “That’s How Country Boys Roll,” Blake Shelton’s “Hillbilly Bone” (with Trace Adkins), and Jason Michael Carroll’s “Hurry Home” all hold steady. Rounding on the Top 5 this week is the latest from Jason Aldean, “The Truth.”
The Top 60 features three new songs and a special returner. New this week are the latest singles from Martina McBride (“Wrong Baby Wrong” at #56), Reba McEntire (“I Keep On Loving You” at #58) and Darryl Worley (“Best of Both Worlds” at #60). The special returner this week is “Guinevere” by the Eli Young Band which comes in at #59. “Guinevere” was originally to be the band’s follow up single to “Always the Love Songs,” but they opted for “Radio Waves” instead. The song had charted on this chart for one week before I found out the decision was made.
I have gotten caught up on my single reviews by selecting a few songs to do myself and by starting the Write Your Own Reviews (WYOR is in the title) this week. Feel free to scroll down, go back a few posts, whatever you need to do to check out my reviews and to take a shot of writing a review for any of the singles I have given you the opportunity to review without my feelings muddling up your view. 
As always, thanks for the visit!
Eli Young Band- “Guinevere”
Once upon a time, I had to make a choice between getting the Eli Young Band debut CD or Lady Antebellum’s debut CD. Well, I chose the Eli Young Band, and I haven’t regretted that decision (I did eventually get Lady A’s CD and agree that it was the better of the two). “Guinevere” was one of the songs on the album that I was interested in because of the literary reference that I didn’t really understand. I kind of got the idea of the song, but never really tried to completely comprehend it until I initially thought they released it to radio (they opted to release “Radio Waves” instead, but have now released this one).
For those who don’t know who Guinevere is, just go to the Wikipedia page dedicated to the character. The lyric relates the woman to be a lot like Guinevere as the end of the chorus is “…just like Guinevere.”
I really think this song is well written, well sung, and has a good enough sound to it to be picked up by radio. I think “Always the Love Songs” took the band to a place that their debut “When It Rains” wasn’t able, so I think a lot of listeners will be willing to listen to “Guinevere” and want to hear it (unlike “Radio Waves” which was too similar to “Always…”). “Always the Love Songs” peaked at #11 in its final week on the charts, which means that if they had a little more airplay, it could’ve gone Top 10. I think “Guinevere” is going to fall short of that as well, but not as close as “Always…” was.
Billboard Chart Peak Prediction- Top 20
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Craig Morgan- “This Ain’t Nothin’”
When Craig Morgan and his label reissued That’s Why, they removed two songs and replaced them with what would become his next two singles. After the undeniable success of “Bonfire,” they release the other new song and are most likely going to find the same success. “This Ain’t Nothin’” is a song about how the life experience of one old man has put his life in perspective when a twister destroys his old farmhouse. The message of the song is that there are bigger things in life than possessions, like the people we love.
While I questioned the move to reissue That’s Why at first, these two songs were definitely worth it. I see “This Ain’t Nothin’” surpassing the success of “Bonfire” on the charts and becoming Craig’s second Billboard #1.
Billboard Chart Peak Prediction- #1
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Luke Bryan- “Rain is a Good Thing”
Following his most successful single in “Do I,” Luke Bryan comes out with a song that is all about something farmers understand—rain is a good thing. Other than just parade on how the rain is good for farmers, which the first verse talks about, the lyric ties rain through a series of connections to a girl getting frisky. The lyric is clever and Luke’s vocals deliver their tongue-in-cheek nature extremely well. This is another in what is becoming a pretty solid collection of singles from Luke.
Billboard Chart Peak Prediction- Top 5
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