This week I introduce the Retro 100 which I started tracking in December. It will be a year to date chart and will also show the current week’s position to the left. Below that is the current week’s chart.
There are a handful of charts that track old songs and old titles show up occasionally on other charts, especially after an artist has passed. Also my chart has become increasingly influenced by older songs because of the podcasts and blog posts as I discover or re-discover them. Hopefully you’ll dive into some of these older songs as well.
Retro Top 100 (Old songs showing up on current personal charts)
TW/ 2021 YTD
1 ALL STAR UNITED Take Me Away
2 THE TEMPER TRAP Thick As Thieves
3 THIRD DAY What Good
4 ARABESQUE Love Is Just A Game
5 THE STRUTS The Ol’ Switcheroo
6 THE STRUTS Who Am I?
7 ALY & AJ Potential Breakup Song (2020)
8 SHINEDOWN Save Me
9 ARCADE FIRE Everything Now
10 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Famous Last Words
11 THIRD DAY Sky Falls Down
12 1927 Tell Me A Story
13 THE STRUTS These Times Are Changing
14 JOHN MAYER I Don’t Trust Myself (With Loving You)
15 THIRD DAY Otherside
16 FOO FIGHTERS Something From Nothing
17 DEXTER FREEBISH Everybody Knows Somebody
18 SONS OF SYLVIA 50 Ways
19 ALL STAR UNITED La La Land
20 JOHN MAYER Slow Dancing In A Burning Room
21 PARACHUTE Blame It On Me
22 KEITH URBAN God Made Woman
23 DARYL HALL Someone Like You
24 GIANT Don’t Leave Me In Love
25 LED ZEPPELIN Black Dog
26 THE SEAHORSES Blinded By The Sun
27 ONE NIGHT ONLY Say You Don’t Want It
28 SUPREMES Love Child
29 CAT STEVENS Lady D’Arbanville
30 SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES Cities In Dust
31 VAN HALEN I’m The One
32 ZZ TOP Tush
33 BERLIN Matter Of Time
34 STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN Dive
35 JOURNEY Lights
36 FERRANTE & TEICHER Midnight Cowboy
37 EVERCLEAR The New York Times
38 CHRIS REA Fool If You Think It’s Over
39 THE KLF f/ TAMMY WYNETTE Justified And Ancient
40 BILLY IDOL Eyes Without A Face
41 ABBA Summer Night City
42 KAISER CHIEFS My Life
43 BASH & POP On The Rocks
44 MOTHER MOTHER Hayloft
45 MIKE CURB CONGREGATION Burning Bridges
46 LORRAINE ELLISON Stay With Me (Baby)
47 JUDE COLE This Time It’s Us
48 FOO FIGHTERS Best of You
49 CRYSTAL GAYLE You Never Miss A real Good thing
50 JOE JACKSON Steppin’ Out
51 ELECTRIBE 101 Talking With Myself
52 TOY MATINEE Last Plane Out
53 DC TALK So Help Me God
54 RASPBERRIES Overnight Sensation
55 DANNI MINOGUE Galaxy
56 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY Let’s Get Lost
57 ELTON JOHN Come Down In Time
58 TONY TERRY Everlasting Love
59 REBA MCENTIRE Rumor Has It
60 JIGSAW Sky High
61 IAN MOORE How Does It Feel
62 REBA MCENTIRE Fancy (Dave Aude Remix)
63 THE STRUTS Put Your Money On Me
64 KYLIE MINOGUE Sexercize
65 GEORGE HARRISON All Things Must Pass
66 A SILENT FILM Paralysed
67 INSPIRAL CARPETS This Is How It Feels
68 GEORGE STRAIT The Cowboy Rides Away
69 KENNY CHESNEY Somewhere With You
70 MARIAH CAREY We Belong Together
71 NANCY SINATRA & LEE HAZLEWOOD Down From Dover
72 JOHN HIATT Living A Little, Laughing A Little
73 KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION Drive That Fast
74 THE MONKEES Daydream Believer
75 GIRLS ALOUD I’ll Stand By You
76 ELTON JOHN Skyline Pigeon
77 BARBRA STREISAND Ordinary Miracles
78 PRINCE Let’s Go Crazy
79 MELISSA MANCHESTER Midnight Blue (2020)
80 VAN HALEN Unchained
81 ACE OF BASE Happy Nation
82 TIMMY THOMAS Why Can’t We Live Together
83 STEVEN TYLER (It) Feels So Good
84 KEITH URBAN Slow Turning
85 THE SEAHORSES Love Is The Law
86 GENESIS In Too Deep
87 GUSTER This Is How It Feels To Have A Broken Heart
88 TAYLOR SWIFT Begin Again
89 FOO FIGHTERS The Pretender
90 AC/DC Rock ‘N Roll Train
91 YVONNE ELLIMAN Love Pains
92 BRAN VAN 3000 f/ CURTIS MAYFIELD Astounded
93 BRAD PAISLEY Who Needs Pictures
94 CARLY SIMON You’re So Vain
95 TOTO Hold The Line
96 SOUP DRAGONS Americana Sweetmeat
97 GARY ALLAN It Would Be You
98 TOTO Mr. Friendly
99 TRINKET Boom
100 BILLY JOEL Tell Her About It
April 15, 20201
YTD/TW
12 1 1927 Tell Me A Story
27 2 ONE NIGHT ONLY Say You Don’t Want It
51 3 ELECTRIBE 101 Talking With Myself
8 4 SHINEDOWN Save Me
2 5 THE TEMPER TRAP Thick As Thieves
24 6 GIANT Don’t Leave Me In Love
64 7 KYLIE MINOGUE Sexercize
68 8 GEORGE STRAIT The Cowboy Rides Away
112 9 LIL WAYNE John
156 10 KOOL AND THE GANG Misled
55 11 DANNI MINOGUE Galaxy
78 12 PRINCE Let’s Go Crazy
58 13 TONY TERRY Everlasting Love
47 14 JUDE COLE This Time It’s Us
23 15 DARYL HALL Someone Like You
108 16 CROWDED HOUSE Hole In The River
169 17 GENESIS That’s All
170 18 MY BLOODY VALENTIN When you Sleep
1 19 ALL STAR UNITED Take Me Away
26 20 THE SEAHORSES Blinded By The Sun
175 21 MY BLOODY VALENTIN Only Shallow
176 22 ERIC CHURCH Springsteen
127 23 BANANARAMA Stuff Like That
180 24 DEERHUNTER Helicopter
181 25 BRIAN WILSON Love And Mercy
61 26 IAN MOORE How Does It Feel
28 27 SUPREMES Love Child
120 28 SHAKIRA & RIHANNA Can’t remember To Forget You
44 29 MOTHER MOTHER Hayloft
184 30 MY BLOODY VALENTIN To here Knows When
70 31 MARIAH CAREY We Belong Together
131 32 CROWDED HOUSE Mean To Me
150 33 WHITE STRIPES Apple Blossom
133 34 FOO FIGHTERS The Sky Is A Neighborhood
151 35 MORRISSEY Back On The Chain gang
152 36 JOURNEY Winds Of March
30 37 SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES Cities In Dust
69 38 KENNY CHESNEY Somewhere With You
99 39 TRINKET Boom
9 40 ARCADE FIRE Everything Now
113 41 REBA MCENTIRE You Lie
192 42 BERLIN Animal
42 43 KAISER CHIEFS My Life
149 44 KINGS OF LEON Sex On Fire
98 45 TOTO Mr. Friendly
56 46 JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY Let’s Get Lost
121 47 TRINKET Superhuman
199 48 JOHN LENNON Look At Me
16 49 FOO FIGHTERS Something From Nothing
204 50 MONKEES Wasn’t Born To Follow
25 51 LED ZEPPELIN Black Dog
95 52 TOTO Hold The Line
40 53 BILLY IDOL Eyes Without A Face
128 54 TOTO Holyanna
217 55 JOHN MAYER Belief
218 56 USHER U Got It Bad
35 57 JOURNEY Lights
140 58 TOTO Endless
183 59 INSPIRAL CARPETS Spitfire
220 60 RONNIE MILSAP Why Don’t You Spend The Night
4 61 ARABESQUE Love Is Just A Game
137 62 INXS The Stairs
223 63 KOOL AND THE GANG Tonight
160 64 BRYAN ADAMS She Knows Me
172 65 ICEHOUSE Crazy
52 66 TOY MATINEE Last Plane Out
155 67 TOTO Isolation
233 68 ALPHAVILLE Dance With Me
125 69 CELINE DION Taking Chances
72 70 JOHN HIATT Living A Little, Laughing A Little
89 71 FOO FIGHTERS The Pretender
96 72 SOUP DRAGONS Americana Sweetmeat
54 73 RASPBERRIES Overnight Sensation
168 74 THE WILD FEATHERS The Ceiling
123 75 KAISER CHIEFS Record Collection
186 76 BLISS 66 Sooner Or Later
126 77 JENNIFER LOPEZ Booty
19 78 ALL STAR UNITED La La Land
238 79 KANSAS Point Of Know Return
88 80 TAYLOR SWIFT Begin Again
187 81 DARYL BRAITHWAITE The Horses
32 82 ZZ TOP Tush
85 83 THE SEAHORSES Love Is The Law
166 84 NOISEWORKS River Of Tears
191 85 AMBROSIA For Openers-Welcome Home
3 86 THIRD DAY What Good
167 87 AMBROSIA How Can You Love Me
135 88 PREFAB SPROUT Cars & Girls
76 89 ELTON JOHN Skyline Pigeon
43 90 BASH & POP On The Rocks
67 91 INSPIRAL CARPETS This Is How It Feels
15 92 THIRD DAY Otherside
197 93 1927 To Love Me
139 94 SHAKESPEARE’S SISTER All The Queen’s Horses
10 95 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE Famous Last Words
73 96 KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION Drive That Fast
201 97 BLISS 66 Not Quite Paradse
203 98 COMPANY OF STRANGERS Motor City (I Get Lost)
136 99 SISTER 7 Polishing The Looking Glass
105 100 DELBERT MCCLINTON My Sweet Baby