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65. Just A Dream – Nelly, Peak – 7

This is another song that benefits from friends that love it (see Tyler).  It’s also nice to see someone who hasn’t had a hit in years come back with a successful single.  It gives me hope that one day radio will accept Toni Braxton again!

64. Yesterday – Toni Braxton, Peak – 4

Speaking of Toni Braxton, this is the first of a few entries of hers on this year’s chart.  Yesterday was a huge #1 smash on last year’s chart.  On the year end chart, it came it at #4 right behind Knock You Down, Sweet Dreams and Halo.

63. Break Your Heart – Taio Cruz, Peak – 10

Break Your Heart is a song that I also charted last year.  The difference is that Taio had two separate chart runs.  Last year’s run happened when the single was released in the UK, and this year when the single was released in the US.  Both chart were pretty similar.  Last year’s run also peaked at 10 and landed Taio at #55 on the year end chart. 

Taio isn’t a stranger to my chart.   In 2007, he bubbled under with a song called I Don’t Wanna Know.  In 2008 he hit #1 for 2 weeks with Come On Girl (#15 year end), and followed it up with the minor hit She’s Like A Star (#22 peak)

62. Rock That Body – Black Eyed Peas, Peak – 10

It’s been hard to avoid the Black Eyed Peas over the past 2 years.  I read an album review recently that called them the Kool & The Gang of our time – a band who made party anthems that would be played at weddings, bar mitzvahs, and quinceneras for decades to come.  Sounds pretty accurate to me.

61. Stuttering – Fefe Dobson, Peak – 6

Fefe is such an interesting story to me.  She’s been releasing music for 8 years and still has yet to register a major US hit.  Stuttering is the 4th time she’s made it inside the top 40 at pop radio, but she’s never gone higher than around 25.  Somehow she still manages to attend award shows, get her picture taking on the red carpet, and have record companies pump money into her albums.  This song is just reaching the top 40, and maybe it’ll end up being her first hit.

Sounds like Behind Those Hazel Eyes, right?