Billboard Alternative Songs (BAS) - Week of April 13, 2019 - Cage The Elephant (5)

Hello all, after being away for 4 months due to bypass surgery, i am back to blogging the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and AT40... I will not resuming the iHeart top 20 til further notice.... ok there are three songs that been around for over 30 weeks and its due for departure....but until then, here's the chart for this week

This Week's Exits:
X morgxn f/ Walk The Moon - Home [#15] 11wks PK: 21
X Walk The Moon - Timebomb [#33] 13wks PK: 11
X SMYL- Clean Eyes [#37] 29 20

Last Week's #1: Cage The Elephant - Ready To Let Go
TW Artist-Title LW +/- Weeks in Chart Peak Postion Wks @ #1
40 Blue October - King [NEW] 01 40
39 Dominic Fike - 3 Nights [NEW] 01 39
38 Smith & Thell F/ Swedish Jam Factory - Forgive Me Friend [#40] [+2] 02 38
37 Friday Pilots Club - Glory [#39] [+2] 03 37
36 grandson - Apologize [#38] [+2] 02 36
35 Bear Hands f/ Ursula Rose- Blue Lips [#34] [-1] 12 32
34 The Glorious Sons S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun) [#36] [+2] 20 24
33 Judah & The Lion - Over My Head [#21] [-12] 13 10
32 The Lumineers - Gloria [NEW] 01 32
31 The Head And The Heart - Missed Connection [#35] [+4] 02 31
30 Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It [#28] [-2] 06 28
29 k.flay - Bad Vibes [#32] [+3] 03 29
28 RUFUS DU SOL - Treat You Better [#25] [-3] 12 25
27 Marshmello &  CHVRCHES - Here With Me [#30] [+3] 03 27
26 Matt Maeson - Cringe [#27] [+1] 07 26
25 Fitz And The Tantrums - 123456 [#31] [+6] 03 25
24 The Interuppters - Gave You Everything [#29] [+5] 08 24
23 X Ambassadors - BOOM [#26] [+3] 05 23
22 Foals- Exits [#24] [+2] 11 22
21 I Don't Know How But They Found Me - Choke [#23] [+2] 05 21
20 lovelytheband - Maybe, I'm Afraid [#22] [+2] 10 20
19 Yungblud & Halsey Featuring Travis Barker - 11 Minutes [#19] [=] 06 19
18 Mumford & Sons - Beloved [#20] [+2] 04 18
17 The Revivalists - Change [#18] [+1] 08 17
16 half*alive - still feel. [#17] [+1] 10 16
15 Barns Coutney - "99" [#10] [-5] 30 07
14 AJR- 100 Bad Days [#16] [+2] 09 14
13 Young The Giant - Superposition [#09] [-3] 25 02
12 Oliver Tree - Hurt [#14] [+2] 12 12
11 Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar [#11] [=] 10 11
10 Catfish And The Bottlemen - Longshot [#13] [+3] 13 10
09 Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall [#08] [-1] 11 08
08 billie eilish - bury a friend [#12] [+4] 08 08
07 lovelytheband - Broken [#07] [=] 72 01 09
06 Marshmello & Bastille - Happier [#06] [=] 33 01 01
05 The Black Keys - Lo/Hi [#05] [=] 05 05
04 SHAED - Trampoline [#03] [-1] 18 03
03 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes [#02] [-1] 37 01 16
02 twenty one pilots - Chlorine [#04] [+2] 10 02
01 Cage The Elephant - Ready To Let Go [#01] [=] 10 01 05

This Week's #1 One Year Ago:
Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes [3rd of 3 weeks at #1]

Biggest Rise of the Week:
[+6] Fitz & The Tantrums - 123456 [#31-#25]

Biggest Fall of the Week:

[-12] Judah & The Lion - Over My Head [#21- #33]

New Entrys:
[40] Blue October - King this is IMO best of the three singles off of "I Hope You're Happy"...Title cut made to #15, the follow up (and terrible) Daylight peaked  at #25....King has better melody and quiet enjoyable.... [Prediction: #5-#7]

[39] Dominic Fike - 3 Nights  New artist from Naples, Florida Dominic Fike brings us this groovy tune..yeah the vocals isn't worth bragging but it works OK here...[Prediction: top 20]

[32] The Lumineers - Gloria  The lastest from The Lumineers is another name title (Ophelia, Cleopatria, Angela) is an hybird of Ho Hey and Ophelia which means its simply not original....it sound good but way too familiar [Prediction: #13-#15]

Ready To Let Blurb: 

- First off the last time i posted, when it debuted that week, I put SHAED - Trampoline in blue and said that it works as a single ...After some thought after 4 months plus some influences, i put this in orange instead 123456 (this week's biggest rise) and Over My Head (this week's biggest dropper) due to its not a song for this genre and surprised of hitting #3, but still think its works as a single...anyways it dropped a notch this week SO ...PARTY TIME!!!!!

Rant over here's the rest in short:
- Cage The Elephant - Ready To Let Go holds at #1 for 5th week
- twenty one pilots - Chlorine moves 2 to #2
- SMH Still in top 10:
[#07] lovelytheband - Broken 72wks
[#06] Marshmello & Bastille - Happier 33wks
[#03] Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes 37wks
- Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It  drops 2 (#28-#30)... Bad Sign

Top 20 Review:
0-BOGUS
20. SHAED - Trampoline

1-Bad
NONE

2-Mediocre
19. billie eilish - bury a friend
18. AJR - 100 Bad Days

3-Decent
17. Barns Courtney - 99
16. Yungblud & Halsey Featuring Travis Barker - 11 Minutes
15. twenty one pilots - Chlorine

4-Good
14. Catfish And The Bottlemen - Longshot
13. lovelytheband - Maybe, I'm Afraid
12. The Revivalists - Change
11. Oliver Tree - Hurt
10. Young The Giant - Superposition

5-Great
09. half*alive - still feel.
08. lovelytheband - Broken
07. Marshmello f/ Bastille - Happier
06. Panic! At The Disco- High Hopes
05. Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall
04. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar
03. Cage The Elephant - Ready To Let Go
02. The Black Keys - Lo/Hi

BONUS 6-Best Song of the Top 20
01. Mumford & Sons - Beloved

Overall Grade: 79/100 = 79% [B Good]

My 5 Recommendations for the week:
Tame Impala - Patience
Lil Peep & ILoveMakonnen F/ Fall Out Boy - I've Been Waiting
Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill
Cage The Elephant F/Beck - Night Running
Modest Mouse - Poison The Well

Flashback Song:
AWOLNATION - Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf) [2015]

Favorite Song in Countdown One Year Ago:
Manchester Orchestra - The Gold [#14]

Top 5 Songs on Countdown
01. Mumford & Sons - Beloved
02. The Black Keys - Lo/Hi
03. Marshmello & CHVRCHES - Here With Me
04. The Interuppters - Gave You Everything
05. Cage The Elephant - Ready To Let Go

5 Worst Songs on Countdown:
01. SHAED - Trampoline
02. Fitz & The Tantrums - 123456
03. Judah & The Lion - Over My Head
04. grandson - Apologize
05. billie eilish - bury a friend

Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
Beck - Colors [#39]

The Wombats - Turn [Re-Entry #40]