Mel's Weekly The Top 20 Hits | Week of July 2, 2006.
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This Week       Song Title            Artist                      Last Week

1 Girl Next Door                      Saving Jane                     2
2 Wisemen                             James Blunt                     4
3 Promiscuous (Radio Edit)            Nelly Furtado / Timbaland       5
4 Again and Again                     Jewel                           1
5 Diamonds                            Los Lonely Boys                 8
6 Crazy                               Gnarls Barkley                 16
7 Unwritten                           Natasha Bedingfield             3
8 Don't Wait                          Dashboard Confessional         10
9 Dani California                     Red Hot Chili Peppers           6
10 One                                Mary J. Blige & U2             18
11 Last Man Standing                  Bon Jovi                        9
12 Hips Don't Lie                     Shakira                        15
13 Painted By Numbers                 The Sounds                     13
14 Real Gone                          Sheryl Crow                    14
15 Hold On, Hold On                   Neko Case                       7
16 Rock On                            Def Leppard                    19
17 Hanging On                         Cheyenne Kimball               20
18 Easy                               Barenaked Ladies               --
19 Bad Day                            Daniel Powter                  11
20 Who Says You Can't Go Home         Bon Jovi with Jennifer Nettles 12


CHART NOTES:

We have a new number one. The band Saving Jane pushes up a point from #2 to #1 this week with 
their debut single, "Girl Next Door." The track has spent several weeks on this chart, inching 
a point or two at the time upward until it reached the pinnacle this week. James Blunt and 
Nelly Furtado also move up within the top 5 to #2 for Blunt's "Wiseman" and #3 for Furtado's 
"Promiscuous". The latter is the current Billboard #1 on the Hot 100. Last week's #1 by Jewel, 
"Again and Again" slips to #4. Rounding out the top 5 is Los Lonely Boys with their latest, 
"Diamonds" at #5.

The biggest gainer is newcomer Gnarls Barkley who are actually a duet consisting of record 
producer "Danger Mouse" and singer/rapper "Cee-Lo." Their debut album has created quite a buzz 
and is already a bonafide hit. The first single track off the album is entitled "Crazy" which 
is a very radio friendly, top 40 pop track. It's listed on charts everywhere this week and 
makes a big move on this chart going from #16 to #6. Wow.

The other big mover is Mary J. Blige's remake of the U2 classic "One." It's one of the best 
remakes I've heard in recent months. The song which also features U2 on backup, moves from #18 
to #10.

The only song that fell off the chart this week is The Raconteurs' "Steady as She Goes". 
They've been replaced by the latest entry from Barenaked Ladies called "Easy". The track is 
off their latest iTunes EP.