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Rock Rips Top 50 of 2006 |
Chart facts: This year-end chart of the top 50 songs of 2006 is represented by 43 artists from 5 countries ( 7 Canada, 3 UK, 2 Finland, 1 Australia, and the rest US (30).). This represents a downturn from recent years.
7 artists have more than one entry: Def Leppard is at #3, #4; Theory of a Deadman is at #13 and #47; Nickleback is at #10 and #25; Shinedown is at #6 and #35; Melissa Etheridge is at #14 and #46; The Rasmus is at #22 and #34; and Goo Goo Dolls have three hits at #29, #39 and #44.
Other minutiae:
- This year's #1 takes over from Fuel's "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" as the biggest Rock Rip ever, having spent an unprecedented 8th week at the top.
- 10 artists from last year's top 50 are back this year: Shinedown, Theory of a Deadman, Melissa Etheridge, Collective Soul, The Donnas, Godsmack, The Rasmus, Bowling For Soup, Goo Goo Dolls, Nickelback, and Foo Fighters.
- There are 8 remakes: "Rock On,"No Matter What," "Nothing Else Matters," "Roll on Down the Highway," "I Melt with You," "Just What I Needed," "Walk, Don't Run," and "Land of Confusion."
- There were 22 #1s and 8 #2s.
- The lowest peaking song to make the Top 50 is "Goodbye for Now," which POD took to #6 for 2 weeks.
- Two are from Soundtracks: "24" and "Just What I Needed."
- Music from Commercials - 2: "Club Foot," and "Struggle."
- More music is coming from TV, including "Trees" and "Easy Easy" from Rockstar: INXS; "Collide" from Smallville, and "Who Knows," performed by Avril Lavigne at the closing of the Winter Olympics.
- This year we have our first-ever instrumental: "Walk, Don't Run" by Gary Hoey.
- There are 9 acts with females: Bif Naked, Nightwish, Fefe Dobson, Avril Lavigne, Caleigh Peters, Jem, The Donnas, Amy Lee of Evanescence, and two rips from Melissa Etheridge.
- 5 of the top 50 are acts going back 20 years or more: Def Leppard, INXS, Journey, The Cars, and Sammy Hagar
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Pos |
Song |
Artist |
Peak |
Notes |
1 |
Call Me When You're Sober |
Evanescence |
1 |
8 wks at #1 |
2 |
Easy, Easy |
INXS |
1 |
2 wks at #1 |
3 |
Rock On |
Def Leppard |
1 |
5 wks at #1 |
4 |
No Matter What |
Def Leppard |
1 |
5 wks at #1 |
5 |
Trees |
Lovehammers |
1 |
3 wks at #1 |
6 |
Save Me |
Shinedown |
1 |
4 wks at #1 |
7 |
24 |
Jem |
1 |
5 wks at #1 |
8 |
Collide |
Dishwalla |
1 |
3 wk at #1 |
9 |
Nothing Else Matters |
Bif Naked |
1 |
1 wks at #1 |
10 |
Rockstar |
Nickelback |
1 |
1 wks at #1 |
11 |
Faith in the Heartland |
Journey |
1 |
1 wks at #1 |
12 |
The Siren |
Nightwish |
1 |
3 wks at #1 |
13 |
Better Off |
Theory of a Deadman |
1 |
2 wk at #1 |
14 |
I Run for Life |
Melissa Etheridge |
1 |
2 wks at #1 |
15 |
Original Fire |
Audioslave |
1 |
2 wk at #1 |
16 |
How Do You Love? |
Collective Soul |
1 |
1 wk at #1 |
17 |
Walk, Don't Run |
Gary Hoey |
1 |
1 wk at #1 |
18 |
Roll on Down the Hghway |
The Donnas |
1 |
1 wk at #1 |
19 |
Not Tonight |
The New Cars |
1 |
1 wk at #1 |
20 |
This Is My Life |
Fefe Dobson |
2 |
2 weeks at #2 |
21 |
Voodoo Too |
Godsmack |
2 |
2 wks at #2 |
22 |
No Fear |
The Rasmus |
1 |
1 wk at #1 |
23 |
I Melt With You |
Bowling for Soup |
2 |
2 wks at #2 |
24 |
Say Goodbye |
Theory of a Deadman |
1 |
1 wk at #1 |
25 |
Savin' Me |
Nickelback |
1 |
1 wk at #1 |
26 |
Through Glass |
Stone Sour |
4 |
|
27 |
Club Foot |
Kasabian |
2 |
|
28 |
Snakes on a Plane (Bring it) |
Cobra Starship |
3 |
|
29 |
Stay With You |
Goo Goo Dolls |
3 |
|
30 |
Red Flag |
Billy Talent |
2 |
|
31 |
Caleigh Peters |
Just What I Needed |
4 |
|
32 |
Diamonds & Guns |
Transplants |
2 |
|
33 |
Land of Confusion |
Disturbed |
4 |
|
34 |
Shot |
The Rasmus |
3 |
|
35 |
I Dare You |
Shinedown |
3 |
|
36 |
Cash Machine |
Hard-Fi |
2 |
#2 for 4 wks |
37 |
Resolve |
Foo Fighters |
3 |
|
38 |
Crazy Bitch |
Buckcherry |
2 |
|
39 |
better Days |
Goo Goo Dolls |
3 |
|
40 |
The River |
Live |
5 |
|
41 |
Sugar, We're Going Down |
Fall Out Boy |
3 |
|
42 |
Who Knows? |
Avril Lavigne |
5 |
|
43 |
Struggle |
Ringside |
5 |
|
44 |
American Girl |
Goo Goo Dolls |
5 |
|
45 |
Take it Back |
Damnocracy |
5 |
|
46 |
Refugee |
Melissa Etheridge |
4 |
|
47 |
Since You've Been Gone |
Theory of a Deadman |
5 |
|
48 |
Goodbye for Now |
POD |
6 |
|
49 |
Dirty Little Secrets |
All-American Rejects |
4 |
|
50 |
Let Me Take You There |
Sammy Hagar |
5 |
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