Week 211 – March 14th, 2015

The Eurovision Song Contest preselection is coming to an end this weekend. Almost every country has chosen its representative. As mentioned in the previous weeks Finland didn’t sent Satin Circus to Vienna. On my chart they dethroned Kelly Clarkson this week. Back in 2013 Satin Circus dominated the chart with “Emma” for four weeks. Two years later they scored the bands third #1 with “Crossroads” (#1). Therefor Kelly Clarkson’s “Heartbeat song” (#2) dropped one down and is now in the runners-up position. Still at #3 is “Love me like you do” by Ellie Goulding. Last week she reached this position and this week she didn’t gave it up. After returning into the Top 5 “The heart wants what it wants” (#4) by Selena Gomez is holding the position as Ellie Goulding or Jessie Ware’s “Say you love me” (#5) in the Top 5.

The last non-mover in the Top 10 is “17” (#6) by Jillette Johnson. “17” is the last Top 10 hit from her “Water in a whale” era, because I now charted every song from this album. I’m looking forward for new material from her, but in the meantime “17” succeeds in the Top 10. “Phoenix” (#7) by Molly Sandén climbed up one spot. At #8 the first new song in the Top 10 can be found. It’s the 80’s look-a-like song “Anyway” (#8) by British newcomer band New Motion. They sound is unique and especially I like when they sing

I never wanted you anyway
When you were mine
I wasted my time
(I wasted my time)
And I spent too much of yesterday
Calling your name
But I'll be ok

New Motion is ready for the next big step and could be another newcomer band with a #1 hit with their first charting song. At #9 there is Tove Lo. Last week it seemed that she is on her way out of the Top 20, but after my recent album purchases – among others is “Queen of the clouds” – she comes back strong and now she scored her first Top 10 hit with “Habits (stay high)” which is not the remix version I’m charting. These songs replaces “Tagtraeumen” (#12) by Tagtraeumer and “Wish for you” (#11) by Raylee. Rounding out the Top 10 is former #1 “Blue heart” (#10) by Charley Ann Schmutzler.

Last week I debuted 14 songs with “Carousel” (#25) by Kate Voegele leading this bunch of new entries. This week “Carousel” sprinted up the chart with a climb of 23 spots. This catchy song is sticking in my head and should bring her another Top 10 hit very fast. As last week this 211th edition also sees 14 new entries which are influenced by the Eurovision Song Contest although the highest new entry isn’t part of the preselection and the Austrian participants are debuting next week. Lauro Tesoro is a young Belgian singer and actress who is mostly know for her role in the Belgian TV show “Familie” ("Family"). Her 2nd single “Funky love” (#27) has the retro sound with which Dutch singer Caro Emerald or in recent times Meghan Trainor had big hits. “Funky love” is as catchy as the mention “All about the bass” and should do well for her and a debut in the Top 30 is a good future outlook too.

I wrote it before that this week is influenced by entries which are competing for the Eurovision Song Contest or songs which lost in the preselection as the recent #1 by Satin Circus. The highest debut of these songs is from Estonia. This year they are sending a duet to Vienna. Therefor they are compared to last years runner-up The Common Linets with their beautiful simple song “Calm after the storm” which reached Top 10 positions all over Europe. In my opinion the duet part is the only thing they have in common with last year’s Dutch contribution. “Goodbye to yesterday” (#34) by Elina Born – who had a minor hit on my chart last year – and Stig Rästa is the song the Estonian voters want for Vienna. “Goodbye to yesterday” also works with a reduced sound, but it is more on the retro side. The song itself tells the story of the end of a relationship from two point of views. Stig Rästa is singing about leaving the girl, because his love isn’t deep enough and that’s the reason why he didn’t woke her up befor leaving. Elina Born’s part is the opposite. She would’ve fought for the relationship if he would’ve woken her up. This song should do well and then there is a big chance for Estonia ending in the Top 5. Another song debuting from the Estonian preselection is “Burning lights” (#97) by Daniel Levi.

Then there is Germany. They are sending Ann Sophie to Vienna who didn’t won the preselection with her song “Black smoke” (#35). It had been a big scandal that winner Andreas Kümmert decided live on stage that he won’t represent Germany with his beautiful song “Heart of stone” (#60). The reasons why former “The Voice of Germany” winner refused to represent Germany in Vienna are still not clear. I’m sure that “Heart of stone” could’ve done well in Vienna, but in my eyes “Black smoke” is the better choice. Behind “Black smoke” is an international team of writers including Ella McMahon who is better known under her stage name Ella Eyre. The song itself is a little bit dark in the way I always like. “Black smoke” is Ann Sophie’s highest new entry. She entered the preselection in the wild card round with her single “Jump the gun” (#39) which now also can be found on this list.

In between of these Eurovision songs there is the debut by Carly Rae Jepsen. Her phenomenal “Call me maybe” turned into a classic tune and isn’t forgotten. “I really like you” (#38) is her new single and should reach the Top 20 at least. Unfortunately Carly Rae Jepsen hasn’t placed a song at #1 until now. Maybe “I really like you” can change this fact. Then there are two more songs which got there debut out of the album purchase I’ve done during the last weak. While “Habits (stay high)” reached a Top 10 spot for Tove Lo the US Indie rock band Cold War Kids and the US Indie pop band MisterWives got their first hits on the chart. Both songs “All this could be yours” (#38) and “Reflections” (#40) are a little bit older, but I discovered their albums – “Hold my home” by Cold War Kids and “Our own house” by MisterWives – when they were featured on the novelties section on spotify.

Other new entries are “Pray to God” (#49) by Calvin Harris feat. Haim, “Cecilia and the satellite” (#85) by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, “Night we won’t forget” (#87) by Jess Moskaluke, “Your love is mine” (#89) by I Am They and “A l’attaque” (#96) by Maude feat. Romy M.

TW	LW	WI	Peak	Title	Artist	Album
1	2	8	1 (1)	Crossroads	Satin Circus			(|)
2	1	8	1 (3)	Heartbeat song	Kelly Clarkson	Piece by piece		(|)
3	3	9	3	Love me like you do	Ellie Goulding	Soundtrack: Fifty shades of grey		(|)
4	4	18	1 (3)	The heart wants what it wants	Selena Gomez	For you		(|)
5	5	9	5	Say you love me	Jessie Ware	Tough love		(|)
6	6	14	1 (1)	17	Jillette Johnson	Water in a whale		(|)
7	8	7	7	Phoenix	Molly Sandén	TBA		(|)
8	11	4	8	Anyway	New Motion	Anyway EP		(|)
9	18	12	9	Habits (stay high)	Tove Lo	Queen of the clouds		(|)
10	7	13	1 (2)	Blue heart	Charley Ann Schmutzler	To your bones		(|)
11	9	9	9	Wish for you	Raylee	TBA		(|)
12	10	7	9	Tagtraeumen	Tagtraeumer	Alles OK		(|)
13	13	9	13	Criminal	Ash Koley	TBA		(|)
14	12	11	10	Come in un film	Modà feat. Emma	2004-2014 - L'originale		(|)
15	15	21	1 (3)	Stay together	Madi Diaz	Phantom		(|)
16	16	6	16	Weak heart	Zara Larsson	1		(|)
17	17	4	17	Nobody love	Tori Kelly	TBA		(|)
18	14	19	1 (3)	Hit my heart	Matt Cardle	Porcelain		(|)
19	19	6	19	Was ist los	EAV	Werwolf-Attacke		(|)
20	20	5	20	Little toy guns	Carrie Underwood	Greatest hits: Decade #1		(|)
21	21	8	21	A little too late	Matt Cardle	Porcelain		(|)
22	22	9	21	Moment like you	Lia Marie Johnson	TBA		(|)
23	23	9	23	1965	Zella Day	TBA		(|)
24	25	5	24	Tomorrow	Madi Diaz	Phantom		(|)
25	48	2	25	Carousel	Kate Voegele	The Wild Card EP		(|)
26	27	4	26	Style	Taylor Swift	1989		(|)
27	(---)	1	27	Funky love	Laura Tesoro	TBA		(|)
28	32	3	28	Somebody to applause	Grace Slick feat. Lady Gaga			(|)
29	29	7	29	Empyt words	Christina Aguilera	Lotus		(|)
30	31	4	30	Mine	Phoebe Ryan	TBA		(|)
31	34	4	31	Whistle (while you work it)	Katy Tiz	TBA		(|)
32	33	4	32	Hold me	Anouk & Douwe Bob	Paradise and back again		(|)
33	38	4	33	What kind of man	Florence + The Machine	How big, how blue, how beautiful		(|)
34	(---)	1	34	Goodbye to yesterday	Elina Born & Stig Rästa	TBA		(|)
35	(---)	1	35	Black smoke	Ann Sophie	TBA		(|)
36	40	3	36	The monster vs. Wake me up	Megan Davies & Jaclyn Davies			(|)
37	(---)	1	37	I really like you	Carly Rae Jepsen	TBA		(|)
38	(---)	1	38	All this could be yours	Cold War Kids	Hold my home		(|)
39	(---)	1	39	Jump the gun	Ann Sophie	TBA		(|)
40	(---)	1	40	Reflections	MisterWives	Our own house		(|)
41	24	9	24	Yours	Ella Henderson	Chapter one		(|)
42	46	7	42	Nowhere to go	Hurricane Love	TBA		(|)
43	26	10	26	Chimera	Emma	Schiena		(|)
44	28	13	8	When you were mine	Night Terrors of 1927 feat. Tegan and Sara	Everything coming up roses		(|)
45	30	17	5	Blank space	Taylor Swift	1989		(|)
46	56	3	46	Falling fast	Avril Lavigne	Avril Lavigne		(|)
47	41	7	41	Wir leben laut	Beatrice Egli	Bis hierher und viel weiter		(|)
48	35	9	29	Dimenticare (mai)	Raige feat. Annalisa			(|)
49	(---)	1	49	Pray to God	Calvin Harris feat. Haim	Motion		(|)
50	50	4	50	Break me up	Erika Selin	TBA		(|)
51	51	5	51	My mistake	Cam	TBA		(|)
52	39	8	39	Honest	Kodaline	Coming up for air		(|)
53	44	29	1 (5)	All about you	Hilary Duff	TBA		(|)
54	36	15	4	Shelter	Dash Berlin feat. Roxanne Emery	We are, Pt. 1		(|)
55	55	5	55	The other side	Madi Diaz	Phantom		(|)
56	37	15	11	If you love someone	The Veronicas	The Veronicas		(|)
57	57	3	57	Hush hush	Avril Lavigne	Avril Lavigne		(|)
58	47	18	7	Alone	Selah Sue	TBA		(|)
59	49	5	49	King	Years & Years	Y & Y EP		(|)
60	(---)	1	60	Heart of stone	Andreas Kümmert	Here I am		(|)
61	42	13	20	Day one	Madeline Juno	The unknown		(|)
62	43	13	21	Same sky	Madeline Juno	The unknown		(|)
63	63	4	63	Hurricane	Lifehouse	Out of the wasteland		(|)
64	64	3	64	On & off	Krista Siegfrids	TBA		(|)
65	74	5	65	All hands on deck	Tinashe	Aquarius		(|)
66	45	8	41	Fire N Gold	Bea Miller	TBA		(|)
67	54	13	17	Schwarz blüht der Enzian	Heino	Schwarz blüht der Enzian		(|)
68	62	26	1 (2)	Places to go	Anouk	Paradise and back again		(|)
69	52	10	38	I'm not the only one	Sam Smith	In the lonely hour		(|)
70	53	11	32	Mirage	Ricki-Lee	Dance in the rain		(|)
71	58	7	54	Right here	Jess Glynne	TBA		(|)
72	59	10	44	Meilenweit	48 Stunden	So wie es ist		(|)
73	60	17	8	Just watch me	Kate Voegele	The Wild Card EP		(|)
74	61	17	6	Weekend	Vérité	TBA		(|)
75	70	26	1 (2)	Everytime	Broods	Evergreen		(|)
76	71	8	71	Leya	Thorsteinn Einarsson	TBA		(|)
77	78	6	77	Lips are movin'	Meghan Trainor	Title		(|)
78	77	8	77	Lady Grey	Katzenjammer	Rockland		(|)
79	81	3	79	Time machine	Ingrid Michaelson	Lights out		(|)
80	80	3	80	I like	Tayler Buono	Unseen		(|)
81	85	2	81	In the end	Stefanie Heinzmann	Chance of rain		(|)
82	79	4	79	Smoke N Mirrors	LSBV	TBA		(|)
83	84	2	83	Caught up in you	Kate Voegele feat. Inland Sky	The Wild Card EP		(|)
84	91	2	84	Adieu	Zoë	TBA		(|)
85	(---)	1	85	Cecilia and the satellite	Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness	Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness		(|)
86	86	2	86	I was gonna stop	Tanner Patrick	The waiting home		(|)
87	(---)	1	87	Night we won't forget	Jess Moskaluke	Light up the night		(|)
88	83	2	83	Friday night	The Shires	Brave		(|)
89	(---)	1	89	Your love is mine	I Am They	I Am They		(|)
90	90	2	90	Young forever	Michael Canitrot	TBA		(|)
91	82	3	82	Better than this	Marion Raven	Songs from a blackbird		(|)
92	92	2	92	Stay stay stay	Willow	TBA		(|)
93	87	2	87	Wildfire	Timoteij	TBA		(|)
94	88	2	88	Rainbow	Katy Thorn	TBA		(|)
95	93	2	93	Perfect storm	Made In June	TBA		(|)
96	(---)	1	96	A l'attaque	Maude feat. Romy M	TBA		(|)
97	(---)	1	97	Burning lights	Daniel Levi	TBA		(|)
98	94	2	94	Cinderella	Alexandra Joner	TBA		(|)
99	95	2	95	Te amo idiota	Raquel Sofía	TBA		(|)
100	99	2	99	Shine shine shine	Mrs. Greenbird	Postcards		(|)

				Dropout:
	LW	WI	Peak	Title	Artist	Album
	65	9	39	Dear life	Austin Cain			(|)
	66	10	37	More and more	Lilja Bloom	More and more		(|)
	67	13	26	You've got time	Regina Spektor	Soundtrack: Orange Is The New Black: Music From The Original Series		(|)
	68	8	49	What I did for love	David Guetta feat. Emeli Sandé	Listen		(|)
	69	8	63	All of you	Betty Who	Take me when you go		(|)
	72	10	45	Used	Hayden Panettiere	Soundtrack: The music of Nashville Season 1 - The complete collection		(|)
	73	15	23	Sweet talk	Samantha Jade	TBA		(|)
	75	14	28	Up	Olly Murs feat. Demi Lovato	Never been better		(|)
	76	28	1 (1)	Shake it off	Taylor Swift	1989		(|)
	89	3	89	The day you leave me	Stine Bramsen	TBA		(|)
	96	3	94	Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)	Omi	TBA		(|)
	97	3	95	Marvin Gaye	Charlie Puth & Meghan Trainor	TBA		(|)
	98	3	96	The this this	Late Night Alumni	TBA		(|)
	100	2	99	The day before I met you	Jessica Mauboy	Beautiful		(|)