Chart Named Goo

Fred Durst (lead singer of Limp Bizkit) and Britney Spears made tabloid headlines together in early 2003 with their quickie relationship which caused Durst to lash out to the world of Spears' pitfalls in the magazines and radio. Of course, Spears is the poster child for "let's just get done" romance. Whether intentional or accidental, a wild party in Las Vegas lead to a marriage which immediately got annulled the next day. I think it can be agreed that Spears get more attention for her escapades than her actual music.

To me, Limp Bizkit looked dead around this time last year. After Limp Bizkit's guitarist Wes Borland, whose musical talents led many to the band, left the band in late 2001, Durst led a nationwide search to find a new guitarist among the masses. This search led to multiple rumors of when the now-titled Results May Vary album will come out. To my memory, the album came out at least six months of when online music news authorities say it will come out. The first single from Results May Vary was "Eat You Alive" (#15), which peaked high early in its chart run but quickly faded off the countdown. A couple months later, I heard the next single, "Behind Blue Eyes", and I was quickly impressed with it. The Who recorded this song in 1971 which charted at #34 on the Hot 100. This is the song that I felt Limp Bizkit had the potential to do but never have done before: a accoustic, stripped-down and emotional power ballad. Much of the online reaction to this song is questioning why the 80s' toy "Speak-N-Spell" makes a left-field sample in the song. Some fan reviews felt this was too gimmicky to be included in the song, especially since it's a ballad. My thoughts on the inclusion of the "Speak-N-Spell" cameo is that it's a interesting transition to the song but it's something that's not neccessary because the song would work without it. One part of the "Speak-N-Spell" break that makes me laugh is when the robot voice is saying L-I-M-P, I listen to the final three letters and it's sounds like "I Am Pee."

What's the significance of "Behind Blue Eyes" hitting #1? First off, it's Limp Bizkit's first number one song ever on the chart. They have been close multiple times with 6 top five hits previous to "Behind Blue Eyes". The top five hits of Limp Bizkit are: "Faith" (#3), "Nookie" (#3), "Rearranged (#2), "Rollin'" (#5), "My Way" (#2), "Boiler" (#4) and now "Behind Blue Eyes" (#1). Also, Limp Bizkit officially has the record for longest wait to hit #1 in a chart career: 5 years and almost 1 month. Limp Bizkit was on the first chart (01.16.1999) with "Faith" debuting in the top 10 on the first cover, which was also a cover ironically.

Even though Britney Spears has managed to stay big on other personal music charts, Spears is in desperate need of a big hit on this chart. In 1999 and 2000, she was the hottest artist on this chart with 5 number one hits along with two more top ten hits in a 22-month span. She was the first artist to earn a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th number one hit on the chart. Amazingly, she is in position to be the first artist to earn a 6th number one hit with "Toxic." She intially set the record for most number ones on November 11, 2000. It has yet to be broken but it has been tied by five more artists: *N Sync, Blink 182, Sugar Ray, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Michelle Branch. After the Spears mega-hit "Stronger" left the chart, Spears has barely managed to make any big headlines on the chart even though "I'm Slave 4 U" challenged the number one spot with 4 weeks @ #2 in the fall of 2001. Spears had 5 number one hits in a 22-month span (only Michelle Branch had a quickest stretch of time for #1 hits) and now it's 39 months and counting since she has held the number one spot with one of her songs. If "Toxic" hits #1, it will sets two definite records: most number one hits and the longest time gap between number one hits for an artist. If "Toxic" gets three weeks or more at #1, it will give Spears the distinction of having the most combined weeks at #1 for an artist. Currently, *N Sync is the record holder with 17 weeks @ #1 while Britney Spears is behind 2 weeks with 15 weeks @ #1. It's significant that "Toxic" gets into the top ten this week; her first showing in the top ten in 21 months. "Toxic" is Spears' top ten hit. In reference to her Vegas adventures, we're waiting for "Toxic" to roll the dice and win the jackpot but there's a danger of everything being lost if the timing isn't right.

Delta Goodrem's "Predictable" jumps to #2 this week; her third top 2 hit. Will "Predictable" match the big success of "Born To Try/Lost Without You" or will be another #2 hit like "Innocent Eyes." The #3 hit this week, "Red Blooded Woman" probably had a premature run @ #1 because it hasn't even been released in the UK, much less the USA, yet, but it probably could have not done any better than two weeks @ #1 if it hit #1 in a couple months. In a month, Minogue has re-established her status as the dance diva of this chart with two top 2 songs peaking in January. I've heard the Body Language album and it looked like there is some #1 potential on some of the songs on the album so we haven't heard the last of Kylie at the #1 spot. Rounding out the top five are "Here Without You" and "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" which have both been in the top ten for a long time. Linkin Park earns an 8th top ten hit this week with "Breaking The Habit."

This week's chart highlight is the high debuts. Holly Valance debuts @ #17 with "Desire" which is her first step to follow-up her #1 hit "State Of Mind" with another #1 hit. Deepest Blue gets their second top 50 debut with "Give It Away." For those who are still on the outside of Deepest Blue, they are a house (sub-genre of dance) duo that sort of sounds like Dirty Vegas. Their first hit "Deepest Blue" is one of the few dance hits on the chart that managed to have decent chart longevity in 2003 and 2004. "In The Middle," another catchy single from the Sugababes, debuts at #63. In the 90s section of the chart, two dance songs with big hooks debut: Tube & Berger and LMC vs. U2. Tube & Berger featured Chrissie Hynde (of the Pretenders) on vocals while LMC vs. U2 is an unique hybrid cover of two 80's superhits: U2's "Without Or With You" with Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know." Default & Eve 6 also debut with their latest this week.

Chart Design Note: The "red" banner look is only for this week in honor of Valentine's Day. The normal color scheme will return next week.

Chart Named Goo Top 100: February 14, 2004 Volume 6, Week 7, Chart #266
Pos.	LW	2LW	Wks	ARTIST - Title	Peak
1	5	7	12	Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes	1 (1)
2	4	5	7	Delta Goodrem - Predictable	2 (1)
3	1	1	7	Kylie Minogue - Red Blooded Woman	1 (2)
4	2	2	30	3 Doors Down - Here Without You	1 (3)
5	3	3	26	BT - Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)	3
6	14	32	13	Britney Spears - Toxic	6
7	9	12	10	AFI - Silver & Cold	7
8	10	13	12	Liz Phair - Extraordinary	8
9	17	29	7	Linkin Park - Breaking The Habit	9
10	6	8	12	Blondie - Good Boys	6
11	11	11	19	Linkin Park - Numb	1 (1)
12	8	4	16	No Doubt - It's My Life	1 (1)
13	15	17	14	Enrique Iglesias - Addicted	13
14	16	16	16	Rooney - I'm Shakin'	14
15	18	22	16	The Used - Blue & Yellow	15
16	24	48	4	Hilary Duff - Come Clean	16
17	H.S. Debut		1	Holly Valance - Desire	17
18	12	10	15	The Strokes - 12:51	10
19	19	19	22	Blink 182 - Feelin' This	19
20	20	20	16	Howie Day - Perfect Time Of Day	20
21	7	6	20	The Thrills - Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)	6
22	35	95	3	Fuel - Million Miles	22
23	13	9	18	Kylie Minogue - Slow	2 (2)
24	31	33	7	JC Chasez - Some Girls (Dance WIth Women)	24
25	21	14	35	The Ataris - The Boys Of Summer	2 (6)
26	22	18	19	Jane's Addiction - True Nature	10
27	27	27	16	Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl?	27
28	36	39	7	Victoria Beckham - Let Your Head Go/This Groove	28
29	29	31	14	311 - Beyond The Gray Sky	29
30	33	37	11	Hoobastank - Out Of Control	30
31	23	15	14	John Mayer - Clarity	9
32	47	83	7	Blink 182 - I Miss You	32
33	25	21	14	Sugababes - Too Lost In You	15
34	30	25	12	Rachel Stevens - Funky Dory	25
35	39	81	4	Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue	35
36	26	24	17	R.E.M. - Bad Day	10
37	40	96	5	The Offspring - Hit That	37
38	38	56	5	R. Kelly - Step In The Name Of Love (Remix)	38
39	46	46	7	Daft Punk - Face To Face	39
40	28	28	14	Dido - Life For Rent	28
41	43	43	33	Jane's Addiction - Just Because	41
42	32	26	24	Vertical Horizon - I'm Still Here	13
43	37	23	21	Delta Goodrem - Not Me, Not I	5
44	34	30	32	Girls Aloud - Life Got Cold	1 (2)
45	48	47	11	Pet Shop Boys - Miracles	45
46	56	66	6	Elton John - Are You Ready For Love?	46
47	Debut		1	Deepest Blue - Give It Away	47
48	44	44	26	Michelle Branch - Breathe	1 (3)
49	45	45	58	Coldplay - The Scientist	1 (2)
50	42	34	12	Atomic Kitten feat. Kool & The Gang - Ladies Night	18
51	53	55	7	Staind - How About You?	51
52	64	77	4	Madonna - Love Profusion	52
53	41	36	17	Powerman 5000 - Action	6
54	50	42	18	Holly Valance - State Of Mind	1 (2)
55	51	41	18	The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love	1 (2)
56	68	99	3	Five For Fighting - 100 Years	56
57	61	69	4	Stone Temple Pilots - All In The Suit You Wear	57
58	85	85	7	3 Doors Down - Away From The Sun	58
59	63	65	7	Dido - Stoned (Deep Dish Mix)	59
60	52	52	13	Alien Ant Farm - Glow	52
61	67	71	6	Nickelback - Figured You Out	61
62	55	50	21	Sugababes - Hole In The Head	3
63	Debut		1	Sugababes - In The Middle	63
64	59	59	29	Rooney - Blue Side	5
65	49	38	16	Girls Aloud - Jump (For My Love)	8
66	60	54	30	Liz Phair - Why Can't I?	2 (5)
67	69	67	40	Girls Aloud - No Good Advice	1 (1)
68	66	64	50	Audioslave - Like A Stone	1 (2)
69	65	63	40	Good Charlotte - Girls & Boys	1 (3)
70	75	98	3	R.E.M. - Animal	70
71	57	35	15	Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Mixed-Up World	19
72	76	88	5	Trapt - Echo	72
73	71	73	44	Trapt - Headstrong	1 (1)
74	58	62	14	The All-American Rejects - Paper Heart	58
75	83	91	4	The Dandy Warhols - Plan A	75
76	54	40	15	Emma Bunton - Maybe	36
77	77	79	5	Incubus - Megalomaniac	77
78	62	51	15	Hot Hot Heat - Talk To Me, Dance With Me	32
79	79	---	2	Kid Rock - Cold & Empty	79
80	74	74	9	Jet - Rollover DJ	74
81	73	57	18	Dido - White Flag	4
82	80	75	28	Deepest Blue - Deepest Blue	19
83	89	89	5	Audioslave - I Am The Highway	83
84	70	53	26	Maroon 5 - This Love	21
85	93	97	3	Peter Gabriel - Burn You Up, Burn You Down	85
86	78	60	18	Nickelback - Someday	48
87	95	---	2	Michelle Branch - 'Til I Get Over You	87
88	90	94	4	Train - When I Look To The Sky	88
89	82	82	43	Delta Goodrem - Born To Try/Lost Without You	1 (2)
90	94	93	5	Crystal Method - Born Too Slow	90
91	91	70	17	Atomic Kitten - If You Come To Me	1 (1)
92	84	80	52	Matchbox 20 - Unwell	1 (1)
93	Debut		1	Tube & Berger feat. Chrissie Hynde - Straight Ahead	93
94	72	58	16	Thursday - Signals Over The Air	10
95	Debut		1	Default - Taking My Life Away	95
96	88	72	18	Rachel Stevens - Sweet Dreams (My L.A. Ex)	24
97	Debut		1	LMC vs. U2 - Take Me To The Clouds Above	97
98	86	86	7	Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fortune Faded	86
99	81	49	11	The Thrills - Don't Steal Our Sun	49
100	Debut		1	Eve 6 - At Least We're Dreaming	100

Chart Named Goo Top 100: February 14, 2004 Falloffs
Pos.	Wks	ARTIST - Title	Peak
1	15	Switchfoot - Meant To Live	1 (2)
2	13	Busted - Crashed The Wedding	11
3	17	Nelly Furtado - Powerless (Say What You Want)	31
4	8	Lasgo - Alone	61
5	6	Ultrabeat - Feelin' Fine	78
6	5	The Thrills - One Horse Town	84
7	1	Counting Crows - She Don't Want Anyone Near	99

Chart Named Goo Top 100: February 14, 2004 Commentary
Limp Bizkit, Britney Spears Makes Comebacks After Long Hiatuses
Fred Durst (lead singer of Limp Bizkit) and Britney Spears made tabloid headlines together in early 2003 with their quickie relationship which caused Durst to lash out to the world of Spears' pitfalls in the magazines and radio. Of course, Spears is the poster child for "let's just get done" romance. Whether intentional or accidental, a wild party in Las Vegas lead to a marriage which immediately got annulled the next day. I think it can be agreed that Spears get more attention for her escapades than her actual music. To me, Limp Bizkit looked dead around this time last year. After Limp Bizkit's guitarist Wes Borland, whose musical talents led many to the band, left the band in late 2001, Durst led a nationwide search to find a new guitarist among the masses. This search led to multiple rumors of when the now-titled Results May Vary album will come out. To my memory, the album came out at least six months of when online music news authorities say it will come out. The first single from Results May Vary was "Eat You Alive" (#15), which peaked high early in its chart run but quickly faded off the countdown. A couple months later, I heard the next single, "Behind Blue Eyes", and I was quickly impressed with it. The Who recorded this song in 1971 which charted at #34 on the Hot 100. This is the song that I felt Limp Bizkit had the potential to do but never have done before: a accoustic, stripped-down and emotional power ballad. Much of the online reaction to this song is questioning why the 80s' toy "Speak-N-Spell" makes a left-field sample in the song. Some fan reviews felt this was too gimmicky to be included in the song, especially since it's a ballad. My thoughts on the inclusion of the "Speak-N-Spell" cameo is that it's a interesting transition to the song but it's something that's not neccessary because the song would work without it. One part of the "Speak-N-Spell" break that makes me laugh is when the robot voice is saying L-I-M-P, I listen to the final three letters and it's sounds like "I Am Pee." What's the significance of "Behind Blue Eyes" hitting #1? First off, it's Limp Bizkit's first number one song ever on the chart. They have been close multiple times with 6 top five hits previous to "Behind Blue Eyes". The top five hits of Limp Bizkit are: "Faith" (#3), "Nookie" (#3), "Rearranged (#2), "Rollin'" (#5), "My Way" (#2), "Boiler" (#4) and now "Behind Blue Eyes" (#1). Also, Limp Bizkit officially has the record for longest wait to hit #1 in a chart career: 5 years and almost 1 month. Limp Bizkit was on the first chart (01.16.1999) with "Faith" debuting in the top 10 on the first cover, which was also a cover ironically. Even though Britney Spears has managed to stay big on other personal music charts, Spears is in desperate need of a big hit on this chart. In 1999 and 2000, she was the hottest artist on this chart with 5 number one hits along with two more top ten hits in a 22-month span. She was the first artist to earn a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th number one hit on the chart. Amazingly, she is in position to be the first artist to earn a 6th number one hit with "Toxic." She intially set the record for most number ones on November 11, 2000. It has yet to be broken but it has been tied by five more artists: N Sync, Blink 182, Sugar Ray, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Michelle Branch. After the Spears mega-hit "Stronger" left the chart, Spears has barely managed to make any big headlines on the chart even though "I'm Slave 4 U" challenged the number one spot with 4 weeks @ #2 in the fall of 2001. Spears had 5 number one hits in a 22-month span (only Michelle Branch had a quickest stretch of time for #1 hits) and now it's 39 months and counting since she has held the number one spot with one of her songs. If "Toxic" hits #1, it will sets two definite records: most number one hits and the longest time gap between number one hits for an artist. If "Toxic" gets three weeks or more at #1, it will give Spears the distinction of having the most combined weeks at #1 for an artist. Currently, N Sync is the record holder with 17 weeks @ #1 while Britney Spears is behind 2 weeks with 15 weeks @ #1. It's significant that "Toxic" gets into the top ten this week; her first showing in the top ten in 21 months. "Toxic" is Spears' top ten hit. In reference to her Vegas adventures, we're waiting for "Toxic" to roll the dice and win the jackpot but there's a danger of everything being lost if the timing isn't right. Delta Goodrem's "Predictable" jumps to #2 this week; her third top 2 hit. Will "Predictable" match the big success of "Born To Try/Lost Without You" or will be another #2 hit like "Innocent Eyes." The #3 hit this week, "Red Blooded Woman" probably had a premature run @ #1 because it hasn't even been released in the UK, much less the USA, yet, but it probably could have not done any better than two weeks @ #1 if it hit #1 in a couple months. In a month, Minogue has re-established her status as the dance diva of this chart with two top 2 songs peaking in January. I've heard the Body Language album and it looked like there is some #1 potential on some of the songs on the album so we haven't heard the last of Kylie at the #1 spot. Rounding out the top five are "Here Without You" and "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" which have both been in the top ten for a long time. Linkin Park earns an 8th top ten hit this week with "Breaking The Habit." This week's chart highlight is the high debuts. Holly Valance debuts @ #17 with "Desire" which is her first step to follow-up her #1 hit "State Of Mind" with another #1 hit. Deepest Blue gets their second top 50 debut with "Give It Away." For those who are still on the outside of Deepest Blue, they are a house (sub-genre of dance) duo that sort of sounds like Dirty Vegas. Their first hit "Deepest Blue" is one of the few dance hits on the chart that managed to have decent chart longevity in 2003 and 2004. "In The Middle," another catchy single from the Sugababes, debuts at #63. In the 90s section of the chart, two dance songs with big hooks debut: Tube & Berger and LMC vs. U2. Tube & Berger featured Chrissie Hynde (of the Pretenders) on vocals while LMC vs. U2 is an unique hybrid cover of two 80's superhits: U2's "Without Or With You" with Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know." Default & Eve 6 also debut with their latest this week. Chart Design Note: The "red" banner look is only for this week in honor of Valentine's Day. The normal color scheme will return next week.