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THE HOTDISC TOP 40

This is a list of the Top 40 Most Popular Songs released on the Rush Released promotional CD. Each week DJs and media people who receive Rush Released send back their reaction sheets where they are given the chance to rate every song from 10pts to zero. This chart records the songs with the highest ratings. It is exclusively for clients of the Rush Released CD.  The Biggest movers and highest new entries each week are shown in yellow.   The chart is published weekly here, and also in Up Country, Scottish Country Music & Dance, Country Routes, Cross Country, Pathfinder and Southern Country magazines.

This Week	Last Week	Status	Song Title	Artist
01	01		Be A Star	NICKI GILLIS
02	02		Colorado Line	BECKY SCHLEGEL
03	04		Neon Moon	AUBREY LOVEJOY
04	05		Cow Or Cowboy	CHRIS HEERS
05	03		Next Train	TABATHA & SOUTHERN FRY'd
06	09		My Heart's Not Playing Anymore	RONNIE BAKER
07	07		I'm With You	KARIN WRIGHT
08	06		Another Lonely Night	HAYLEY OLIVER
09	08		And Then You Sang	TOKYO ROSENTHAL
10	11		Chasing Rainbows	NEIL ANDREWS
11	10		There's Someone Who Loves You	JIM REEVES
12	15		Too Good To Be Mine	GARY CURTIS
13	12		Redwing	SLIM WHITMAN
14	13		Somebody Stole The Sun	RONNIE BAKER
15	14		Maybe I Was Wrong (2010 Remix)	ELTON BRITT
16	19		Wichita Lineman	SANDY NEWMAN
17	16		Sitting Pretty	WILD WILD WESTT
18	20		My Own Sweet Time	BILL DURHAM
19	17		Dear Mr Jesus	JALON WATTS
20	18		Baby I'm Sticking With You	MICHAEL PETERSON

 

21	24		I Believe, She Believes	CIMARRON
22	25		But 4 Now	JACKED UP
23	26		Time After Time	BLUEGRASS FORUM
24	27		Waiting For You	GEORGE McANTHONY
25	28		In Just One Night	JOKERS WILD BAND
26	21		Famous For Bein' Your Fool	BILLY YATES
27	23		A Place To Fall Apart	CASEY DILWORTH
28	22		Mountain Miracles	STELLA PARTON
29	30		Gonna Build Me A Bar	TOMMY YOUNG
30	32		I Was Here	JEFFERSON ROSS
31	34		Whipping Post	SUSAN HICKMAN
32	36		Angels (Unplugged)	WILD WILD WESTT
33	31		Wine, Lovers And Lights	RIVER GYPSIES
34	33		He Was There	GARY CURTIS
35	37		No.1s In Heaven	FERGAL FLAHERTY
36	35		Western Women	BRIANIE
37	29		Fallin'	COLLIN RAYE/REBECCA L HOWARD
38	39		Everything Is Gonna Be Alright	MARK WAYNE GLASMIRE
39	38		Don't Blame Love	RONNIE BAKER
40	40		Travelin' Soldier	ROSIE HORNE

 

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HOTDISC INDEPENDENT TOP 20

This Week	Last Week	Status	Song Title	Artist
01	01		Be A Star	NICKI GILLIS
02	02		Colorado Line	BECKY SCHLEGEL
03	04		Neon Moon	AUBREY LOVEJOY
04	05		Cow Or Cowboy	CHRIS HEERS
05	03		Next Train	TABATHA & SOUTHERN FRY'd
06	09		My Heart's Not Playing Anymore	RONNIE BAKER
07	07		I'm With You	KARIN WRIGHT
08	06		Another Lonely Night	HAYLEY OLIVER
09	08		And Then You Sang	TOKYO ROSENTHAL
10	10		Chasing Rainbows	NEIL ANDREWS
11	12		Too Good To Be Mine	GARY CURTIS
12	11		Somebody Stole The Sun	RONNIE BAKER
13	16		Wichita Lineman	SANDY NEWMAN
14	13		Sitting Pretty	WILD WILD WESTT
15	17		My Own Sweet Time	BILL DURHAM
16	14		Dear Mr Jesus	JALON WATTS
17	15		Baby I'm Sticking With You	MICHAEL PETERSON
18	20		I Believe, She Believes	CIMARRON
19		RE	But 4 Now	JACKED UP
20		RE	Time After Time	BLUEGRASS FORUM

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HOTDISC INDEPENDENT BRITISH & IRISH TOP 10

This Week	Last Week	Status	Song Title	Artist
01	01		Neon Moon	AUBREY LOVEJOY
02	02		Another Lonely Night	HAYLEY OLIVER
03	03		Too Good To Be Mine	GARY CURTIS
04	04		Wichita Lineman	SANDY NEWMAN
05	05		Time After Time	BLUEGRASS FORUM
06	06		Gonna Build Me A Bar	TOMMY YOUNG
07	07		Wine, Lovers And Lights	RIVER GYPSIES
08	08		He Was There	GARY CURTIS
09	10		No.1s In Heaven	FERGAL FLAHERTY
10	09		Western Women	BRIANIE

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Number 1s

Date	Song Title	Artist	Weeks
2007
Jan 4	Heard It In A Love Song	MARK CHESNUTT	3
Feb 1	A Mile Out Of Memphis	ROB CROSBY With CARL PERKINS	8
Mar 29	Blue Mountain Rain	KAREN LYNNE	1
Apr 5	Choices	BILLY YATES & GEORGE JONES	5
May 10	Kristofferson	TIM McGRAW	1
May 17	Sunday Morning	GRETCHEN PETERS	3
Jun 7	The Phantom	TROY COOK Jr	4
Jul 5	This Bus	RANDY ARCHER	7
Aug 23	17 In Abilene	KATIE ARMIGER	6
Oct 4	I Wanna Be Rich	LUCIE DIAMOND	2
Oct 18	A Violin That Never Has Been Played	RED JENKINS & AMBER DIGBY	4
Nov 15	Hearts And Flowers	DAVE SHERIFF	5
Dec 20	First Date (For The Last Time)	TODD FRITSCH	2
2008
Jan 3	Every Other Day	VICTORIA SHAW	1
Jan 10	Drug Problem	BELLAMY BROTHERS	3
Jan 31	Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore	LeANN RIMES & BON JOVI	1
Feb 7	Let Me Be The First To Go	GENE WATSON & VINCE GILL	2
Feb 21	This Town	GRETCHEN PETERS	2
Mar 6	There's A Song In There Somewhere	VICTORIA SHAW	8
Apr 24	She Likes It In The Morning	CLAY WALKER	3
May 15	Daddy's School	BRIANIE	3
Jun 5	That's Why I Run	BILLY YATES	8
Jul 31	Fishin' Forever	JEFF GRIFFITH	1
Aug 7	I Don't Wanna Be That Strong	MICHELLE WRIGHT	5
Sep 11	In The Light Of Day	BILLY YATES	3
Oct 2	22 Hours A Day	WAYNE LAW	2
Oct 16	Hillbilly Nation	COWBOY CRUSH	6
Nov 27	Texas Talkin'	TODD FRITSCH	1
Dec 4	I'm A Hit Again	JIM REEVES	7
2009
Jan 22	I've Forgotten You	MICHELLE WRIGHT	2
Feb 5	Lay Down Beside Me (Live)	DON WILLIAMS	3
Feb 26	Bag Of Bones	T JAE CHRISTIAN & T GRAHAM BROWN	3
Mar 19	She Reminds Me Of You	JEFF GRIFFITH	3
Apr 9	Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues	CHARLIE ALLEN	3
Apr 30	My Give A Damn's Busted	MICHELLE WRIGHT	1
May 7	You Ain't Chet Yet	BYRON HILL	3
May 28	We've Taken Bob Back To Tulsa	R. W. HAMPTON	1
Jun 4	Sling Shot Buddies	NICK & NOAH MURRAY	2
Jun 18	Succeed	PETER DULA & ROWERS/BILLY RYAN	2
Jul 2	Honkytonks And Heartaches	GORD BAMFORD	1
Jul 9	Blame It On Kristofferson	BYRON HILL	4
Aug 6	Guilty Of The Crime	BELLAMY & BACON BROTHERS	2
Aug 20	Blame It On Kristofferson	BYRON HILL	1 (5)
Aug 27	You Will	VICTORIA SHAW	2
Sep 9	One Beer A Day	BILLY YATES	4
Oct 8	Urban Cowboy Wannabe	RONNIE BAKER	1
Oct 15	One Beer A Day	BILLY YATES	3 (7)
Nov 5	Ghost Story	MEXICAN JOE WALKER	1
Nov 12	Cheater Cheater	JOEY & RORY	1
Nov 19	Billboard Moving Picture Show	GARY CURTIS & BILLY SWAN	1
Nov 26	Travelin' Soldier	ROSIE HORNE	2
Dec 10	Famous For Bein' Your Fool	BILLY YATES	9
2010
Feb 11	Another Lonely Night	HAYLEY OLIVER	1
Feb 18	Be A Star	NICKI GILLIS	3

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Independent Number 1s

Date	Song Title	Artist	Weeks
2007
Jan 4	Too Country And Proud Of It	BILLY YATES	8
Mar 8	Blue Mountain Rain	KAREN LYNNE	4
Apr 5	I Own This Barstool	RANDY ARCHER	2
Apr 19	More Than One Heart	DAVE SHERIFF	4
May 17	Sunday Morning	GRETCHEN PETERS	3
Jun 7	The Phantom	TROY COOK Jr	4
Jul 5	This Bus	RANDY ARCHER	7
Aug 23	17 In Abilene	KATIE ARMIGER	6
Oct 4	I Wanna Be Rich	LUCIE DIAMOND	2
Oct 18	A Violin That Never Has Been Played	RED JENKINS & AMBER DIGBY	4
Nov 15	Hearts And Flowers	DAVE SHERIFF	5
Dec 20	First Date (For The Last Time)	TODD FRITSCH	2
2008
Jan 3	Every Other Day	VICTORIA SHAW	2
Jan 17	I'm Your Radio	JEFF GRIFFITH	5
Feb 21	The Brightest Star	BRENDA MULGREW	1
Feb 28	No Fishin' Pole	MIKE AIKEN	1
Mar 6	There's A Song In There Somewhere	VICTORIA SHAW	8
Apr 24	When The Morning Comes	THOMAS MAGUIRE & FHIONA ENNIS	2
May 15	Daddy's School	BRIANIE	3
Jun 5	That's Why I Run	BILLY YATES	8
Jul 31	Fishin' Forever	JEFF GRIFFITH	3
Aug 21	I Can Go Back Anytime	CARRIE HASSLER & HARD RAIN	3
Sep 11	In The Light Of Day	BILLY YATES	3
Oct 2	22 Hours A Day	WAYNE LAW	4
Oct 30	You Can't Make Me	VICTORIA SHAW	1
Nov 6	Texas Talkin'	TODD FRITSCH	4
Dec 4	Further On	RANDY THOMPSON with DON HELMS	2
Dec 18	Proof	CHARLIE ALLEN	3
2009
Jan 8	Back In Baby's Arms	KEVIN MONTGOMERY	5
Feb 12	Right Beside Your Heart	JASON McALLISTER	3
Mar 5	She Reminds Me Of You	JEFF GRIFFITH	5
Apr 9	Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues	CHARLIE ALLEN	4
May 7	You Ain't Chet Yet	BYRON HILL	3
May 28	We've Taken Bob Back To Tulsa	R. W. HAMPTON	1
Jun 4	Sling Shot Buddies	NICK & NOAH MURRAY	2
Jun 18	Succeed	PETER DULA & ROWERS/BILLY RYAN	2
Jul 2	Honkytonks And Heartaches	GORD BAMFORD	1
Jul 9	Blame It On Kristofferson	BYRON HILL	7
Aug 27	You Will	VICTORIA SHAW	2
Sep 9	One Beer A Day	BILLY YATES	4
Oct 8	Urban Cowboy Wannabe	RONNIE BAKER	1
Oct 15	One Beer A Day	BILLY YATES	3 (7)
Nov 5	Ghost Story	MEXICAN JOE WALKER	1
Nov 12	Billboard Moving Picture Show	GARY CURTIS & BILLY SWAN	2
Nov 26	Travelin' Soldier	ROSIE HORNE	2
Dec 10	Famous For Bein' Your Fool	BILLY YATES	9
2010
Feb 11	Another Lonely Night	HAYLEY OLIVER	1
Feb 18	Be A Star	NICKI GILLIS	3

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British & Irish Independent Number 1s

Date	Song Title	Artist	Weeks
2007
Jan 4	A Friend In Need	DAVE SHERIFF	7
Mar 1	Down And Dirty	JACKIE BARNETT	1
Mar 8	Mum And Dad	HENRY SMITH	4
Apr 5	More Than One Heart	DAVE SHERIFF	7
May 24	If I Were You	STEPHEN SMYTH	4
Jun 21	Life Gets Tee-jus, Don't It	BRYAN CHALKER & ED WOODEN	2
Jul 5	The Other Man	NED KELLY	6
Aug 16	Every Time You Leave	CHILLI GOLD	2
Aug 30	Higher Ground	PAULA MacASKILL	1
Sep 6	Ace Of Spades	JACKIE STORRAR	2
Sep 20	I Wanna Be Rich	LUCIE DIAMOND	8
Nov 15	Hearts And Flowers	DAVE SHERIFF	7
2008
Jan 3	Truck Driver's Queen	BRYAN CHALKER	1
Jan 10	Knocklayde Mountain	TJ STUART & BRENDA MULGREW	4
Feb 7	The Brightest Star	BRENDA MULGREW	3
Feb 28	The Battle Hymn Of Love	CLIVE JOHN	1
Mar 6	Better Late Than Never	DAVE SHERIFF	5
Apr 10	When The Morning Comes	THOMAS MAGUIRE & FHIONA ENNIS	4
May 8	Daddy's School	BRIANIE	8
Jul 3	One Door Opens	MARTIN SMITH	2
Jul 17	Stay	KELLY LEE featuring ALBERT LEE	3
Aug 7	If I Give My Love To You	GARY CURTIS	3
Aug 28	Out Of My Mind (2008 Remix)	CHILLI GOLD	3
Sep 18	Time	BRENDA MULGREW & TJ STUART	3
Oct 9	Fallen Angel	JASON McALLISTER	5
Nov 13	In A Whisper (Unplugged)	CLIVE JOHN	3
Dec 4	Crazy Love	STEPHEN SMYTH	5
2009
Jan 8	My Heart Is Not What It Used To Be	AUBREY LOVEJOY	1
Jan 15	They're Watching Their Love Slip Away	KIM DICKINSON	3
Feb 5	Right Beside Your Heart	JASON McALLISTER	6
Mar 19	Restless Ramblin' Man	CHRIS McLERNON	1
Mar 26	Take It Or Leave It Alone	LUCIE DIAMOND	5
Apr 30	Closer	ROSIE HORNE	2
May 14	Never Too Old To Love	SUSAN McCANN	4
Jun 11	The Cheating Kind	AUBREY LOVEJOY	6
Jul 23	Let The Leaves Go Their Way	GARY CURTIS	1
Jul 30	Biker Chick	ROSIE HORNE	2
Aug 13	Saturday Night	SAM MILLAR	4
Sep 9	Love Is Supposed To Be	SUSAN McCANN	5
Oct 15	Ghost Story	MEXICAN JOE WALKER	5
Nov 19	Travelin' Soldier	ROSIE HORNE	8
2010
Jan 14	Another Lonely Night	HAYLEY OLIVER	6
Feb 25	Neon Moon	AUBREY LOVEJOY	2

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UK Top 5 Of 2010 - As it stands so far

Position	Song Title	Artist	Information
1	Another Lonely Night	HAYLEY OLIVER	6 weeks at 1, 2 wks at 2, 1 at 3
2	Neon Moon	AUBREY LOVEJOY	2 weeks at 1, 2 weeks at 2
3	Time After Time	BLUEGRASS FORUM	1 week at 2, 2 weeks at 3
4	Too Good To Be Mine	GARY CURTIS	3 weeks at 3, 1 week at 4
5	Wichita Lineman	SANDY NEWMAN	3 weeks at 4

UK Top 5 Of 2009

Position	Song Title	Artist	Information
1	Travelin' Soldier	ROSIE HORNE	8 wks at 1, 1 wk at 3
2	The Cheating Kind	AUBREY LOVEJOY	6 weeks at 1, 1 wk at 3
3	Right Beside Your Heart	JASON McALLISTER	6 weeks at 1, 1 wk at 4
4	Ghost Story	MEXICAN JOE WALKER	5 wks at 1, 2 wks at 2
5	Love Is Supposed To Be	SUSAN McCANN	5 wks at 1, 1 wk at 3

UK Top 5 Of 2008

Position	Song Title	Artist	Information
1	Daddy's School	BRIANIE	8 wks at 1 / 1 wk at 2
2	Fallen Angel	JASON McALLISTER	5 wks at 1 / 3 at 2
3	Better Late Than Never	DAVE SHERIFF	5 wks at 1 / 2 at 2
4	Crazy Love	STEPHEN SMYTH	5 wks at 1
5	Knocklayde Mountain	TJ STUART/BRENDA MULGREW	4 wks at 1 / 1 at 2

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The Hotdisc Top 20 programme presented by Jackie Storrar on CMR Nashville Radio will return for a new series soon and is clickable from our website at www.hotdisc.net and don't forget Hotdisc Radio has been launched so you can hear live country music from around the world as well as special features available from our home page. Look out too for Hotdisc Television which has now launched.

The Hotdisc charts are compiled from DJs and industry professionals' ratings of songs currently being promoted on the Rush Released CD. They are not airplay charts, as airplay charts cannot work in Europe as there are no terrestrial country stations in this area. The hundreds of country shows are likely to play a particular song only twice at most in a three month period, therefore rendering airplay charts insignificant in Europe. It works well in America where there are plenty of non-stop country stations but it cannot work here.

The Hotdisc charts are therefore put together weekly using ratings supplied by DJs who give scores to every song on the last three months' editions of Rush Released. The scores are totalled up and averaged out per week to give an accurate guide to the songs which are being championed by the industry.  The aim is to showcase the songs which the DJs and media people are pinpointing as top quality songs, which is a very useful exercise, particularly to all our clients and DJs as it is free of politics, hype and rigging and done on merit!