Those Zany Charts…

By way of an introduction to this episode of Those Zany Charts, I’m going to ask you, gentle reader, to hazard a guess at which artist or band has had the most No. 1 hits in the history of the Billboard Hot 100. Have a think about it, I’ll wait.


Michael Jackson, right? That was my [...]

Those Zany Charts …

I love Halloween. It’s the best holiday ever and you will never get me to think otherwise. In celebration of this most holy day, I bring you my very own Top 10 Spooky Songs list. There’s a whole ton of lists like this out there – just Google “spooky songs” or “scary songs” and you’ll [...]

Those Zany Charts …

We’ve already looked at the one-hit wonders, but what about the artists that managed to taste sweet success a second time? For the full list go to Spinner.com, but here are some of my favorites of their staff’s selection of two-hit wonders.
Kim Wilde
‘Kids in America’ (No. 25, 1982)
‘You Keep Me Hangin’ On’ (No. 1, 1986)
Bean [...]

Those Zany Charts…

It’s been quite a long time since we looked at the current singles charts, so this week we’re going to use the BBC Radio 1 Chart Show list and pick on the Top 10.
#10: Biffy Clyro, “Mountains” (YouTube link)
To be honest, I don’t get Biffy Clyro. There’s nothing bad about this, I just don’t understand [...]

Those Zany Charts …

With the Hoo-Ha! of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions now behind us and the next two months set to be a knock-down, drag-out fight to the finish between the Obama-Biden and McCain-Palin campaigns, I got to thinking about presidential campaign theme songs of the past. I’m thinking here about those from 1960 to the [...]