Fear The Walking Dead Never Did Deliver on its Brand Promise
There’s been a lot of complaining bout the current state of Fear the Walking Dead. And with good reason. It’s become a boring, predictable, echo of the Walking Dead. There’s really no difference between the two shows. A villain appears, the group must survive, there’s some walkers. the season ends and begins again.
But that’s not what we were promised. In the beginning the show was heralded as an examination of what a family goes through during the Zombie Apocalypse. We were told the start of the apocalypse would be slow to start. That while we would never understand exactly what started it, we would get a greater glimpse into how the family dynamic would play out. How old relationships and feelings would affect the characters actions.
We were supposed to see the family stick together. How growing up in the Apocalypse changed parenting roles. But then one by one each family member is killed off for less than interesting reason. Travis is killed in a helicopter shootout that was just so convenient. Chris, Travis’s son turns psycho with some friends his own age he met on the road. Nick leaves cause he want’s to be back in England…. I mean really, your on the sequel of the most popular tv show is both America and England and he just blows it off. Then Kim Dickens, probably the most accomplished actor on the show, and the one who does the most personal growth aside from Alicia, just disappears into thin air. Really, Supper mom guidance counselor just walks off into the land of is she or isn’t she dead.
A mother simply doesn’t do that. Ever.
This leads to just one conclusion. The people running the show don’t have a clue about what they’re doing. They’re a one trick pony who with no imagination. Ginny is Negan. Daniel is Carol. Alicia is Rick. Charlie is Enid. It’s all so repetitive.
I remember the wonder first episodes when the the walkers where a new thing in American culture. so mucs heart when the neighbor woman eats her husband. And don’t get me started on Tobias. Whose bone head idea was it to cut this kid loose. He was the sage. He knew the stakes. He knew what do to early on. Not bringning back to play a major role in the family (the son Madison never had.) would have been a delightful look at how families don’t give up being a family just because the world has gone to hell in a hand basket. They become stronger. They become more cautious. but they also become more caring. Kiling off Nick, Chris and Travis were the worst decisions a show runner ever made. I fear it might be too late to bring that promise back Fear the Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead is Working My Last Good Nerve
Ok, There are spoilers in this post so if you’re not caught up to the Mid Season Nine Finale then move along till you are.
Most television shows see an exodus of primary characters that normally signals the end of the series, especially one in its ninth season. Not the Walking Dead. In fact, the loss of a large number of central characters, often deviating from the comics the show is based on, seems to indicate some force is at work and it could be network driving the decision making.
Ross Marquand mentioned on the Talking Dead that the network had reviewed the footage of Arron’s reaction to Jesus’s death and suggested that Arron was not “emotional” enough. Marquand went on to say that was a good call and the scene played better. Hmmm…. in the past cast have stayed pretty far away from criticizing AMC or the Walking Dead overlords.
But then Tom Payne starting giving interviews telling quite openly that he had expressed in season 8 that he wasn’t happy with the way Jesus’s character was being handled… including the Gay Thing, Since Arron an Jesus are the only gay male characters hanging out in the apocalypse, it seems only logical that they would have hooked up, or, gasp, fallen in love. Arron’s last partner was a totally different type and, frankly, I found the Big Butch Arron and Twinkie Eric relationship a bit cliche. Jesus and Arron would have been a very interesting contrast, especially that Eric was quickly disputed to “mystery cast member.”
Then we have the departure of Rick and Maggie. We’re teased for months about Rick’s demise. They got us used to the idea that Rick was going to be killed. This was handled in much the way Negan’s head bashing to two strong characters to death. The audience felt satisfied. Andrew Lincoln has a very logical and repeated word for word in press accounts about being away from his family as his kids got older. UH…Ask any parent and this will tell you that it really doesn’t hold water unless your kid is on drugs and you have go back to be the babysitter parent. Consider this part of the statement “as they’ve gotten older, they’ve gotten less portable.” Um, as kids get older and hit teenage years they want to see the world. I’m sure relocating to the states and traveling the country is totally unattractive them. Right.
And speaking of teenage years, there was a big stink stirred up by Chandler Riggs father about Chandler’s departure. Carl has a much longer trajectory in the the comics. Everyone was behind the “it’s time for him to go to college” it seemed. Except Chandler has said publicly that he was surprised by the exit. Sure, some child stars do drop out of the acting scene to get their education in a traditional setting…..and some wait till they’re 23 to start and some take classes when not filming.
And now Lauren Cohan has disappeared with very little explanation. Yet, there were inklings of pay equity issues with Andy Lincoln and other male stars. So we have two big stars “taking a break” who worried about money, though guessed they had enough cash on hand. Then a kid who didn’t want to stay—but had a stage father that may have been a bigger issue than we realized. I get the feeling Chandler’s father was worrying about how soon the Walker Stalker appearances would diminish. Then you kill off Maggie’s right hand man at The Hill Top when a budding gay romance may have blossomed. I would love to have seen them arguing in bed about Jesus’s leadership style.
So–Three of the program’s main and highest paid actors have departed…. Ok, maybe Chandler was less expensive but he was going that way now that he’s an adult.
Oh and note to the producers…. I loved that you FINALLY went into DC. But you could have used a real DC street sign. Atlanta and DC both use the quadrant thing…but if you (or AMC) was so cheap that you couldn’t get a shot in DC then someone is pulling tight on the money and maybe even the content strings.
Top 100 Public Radio Songs for Nov 16 2018
How this list of the Top 100 Public Radio Songs is created:
Individual public radio stations charts are collected from public means. They are then combined using Microstrategy’s desktop client to tally all the spins per song on the stations.
FAQ
What Public Radio stations are included?
Stations who are monitored and their charts are listed. Specifically, WFUV, KCMP, KRCL, WXPN, KEXP, KXXT, KCRW, KCSN.
What about all the other stations?
Only Public Radio Stations whose charts are published by one of the services are available. Stations generally don’t post their top spins report on their websites.
How accurate is the list?
Since it represents just a fraction of the AAA Public Radio Music Stations, it’s a general and small snapshot of the overall public radio Triple A community. But it is accurate for these stations.
I can’t believe some of these songs aren’t higher or lower on this list. What’s up with that?
This list is based on spins. Every station has its own rotation strategy and philosophy about how many times a song should be played each week.
For example, one station may play their top spins 23 times a week and some may only play their top spin 7 times a week. Stations that play the same songs more often are likely to have greater influence on the final national ranking.
Does NPR Make This List?
No. NPR has no affiliation with the this list of the Top 100 Public Radio Songs.
| Rank | Song | Artist | Spins This Week | Spins Last Week | Change |
| 1 | Nina Cried Power | HOZIER | 82 | 82 | 0 |
| 2 | Guiding Light | MUMFORD & SONS | 69 | 71 | -2 |
| 3 | Loading Zones | KURT VILE | 67 | 62 | 5 |
| 4 | Light On | MAGGIE ROGERS | 59 | 60 | -1 |
| 5 | Comeback Kid | SHARON VAN ETTEN | 53 | 50 | 3 |
| 6 | New Birth In New England | PHOSPHORESCENT | 52 | 53 | -1 |
| 7 | Shame | ELLE KING | 42 | 36 | 6 |
| 8 | Hey Mama | NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS | 41 | 45 | -4 |
| 9 | Not Many Miles To Go | ROSANNE CASH | 41 | 34 | 7 |
| 10 | Uh Huh | JADE BIRD | 41 | 42 | -1 |
| 11 | All My Friends | THE REVIVALISTS | 38 | 39 | -1 |
| 12 | If It Feels Good. Then It… | LEON BRIDGES | 38 | 42 | -4 |
| 13 | Unwanted Number | ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS | 34 | 36 | -2 |
| 14 | Woman f/Lana Del Rey | CAT POWER | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| 15 | Are You Ready To Love Me? | THE WAR AND TREATY | 29 | 20 | 9 |
| 16 | I’d Rather Go Blind | GRACE POTTER | 29 | 31 | -2 |
| 17 | Merrie Land | THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN | 28 | 27 | 1 |
| 18 | Mockingbird | RUSTON KELLY | 28 | 16 | 12 |
| 19 | Apollo | ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES | 27 | 29 | -2 |
| 20 | Mansion Door | SHAKEY GRAVES | 27 | 29 | -2 |
| 21 | The Spot | YOUR SMITH | 27 | 22 | 5 |
| 22 | Good On You Son | MARK KNOPFLER | 26 | 29 | -3 |
| 23 | Autumn Love | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 25 | 24 | 1 |
| 24 | Make It Happen | THE RECORD COMPANY | 24 | 22 | 2 |
| 25 | Casanova | RAYLAND BAXTER | 23 | 24 | -1 |
| 26 | Yellow Bike | PEDRO THE LION | 23 | 24 | -1 |
| 27 | Bite The Hand | BOYGENIUS | 22 | 21 | 1 |
| 28 | Come For Me | SUNFLOWER BEAN | 22 | 5 | 17 |
| 29 | Homesick | MARCUS KING BAND | 22 | 17 | 5 |
| 30 | Nobody | MITSKI | 22 | 18 | 4 |
| 31 | Rolling On | ISRAEL NASH | 22 | 20 | 2 |
| 32 | The River | KT TUNSTALL | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| 33 | Total Disaster | RHETT MILLER | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| 34 | Sunshine Rock | BOB MOULD | 21 | 22 | -1 |
| 35 | A Trick Of The Light | VILLAGERS | 20 | 21 | -1 |
| 36 | Little Light | AMOS LEE | 20 | 22 | -2 |
| 37 | 99 | BARNS COURTNEY | 19 | 22 | -3 |
| 38 | Bambi | HIPPO CAMPUS | 19 | 22 | -3 |
| 39 | Can’t Fight The Feeling | CHARLES BRADLEY | 19 | 6 | 13 |
| 40 | Low | LENNY KRAVITZ | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 41 | Tints f/Kendrick Lamar | ANDERSON .PAAK | 19 | 9 | 10 |
| 42 | Gallipoli | BEIRUT | 18 | 15 | 3 |
| 43 | If You Really Love Nothing | INTERPOL | 18 | 24 | -6 |
| 44 | Nevermind | DENNIS LLOYD | 18 | 20 | -2 |
| 45 | Armor | SARA BAREILLES | 17 | 6 | 11 |
| 46 | Back On The Chain Gang | MORRISSEY | 17 | 3 | 14 |
| 47 | I Won’t Run From It | BIG RED MACHINE | 17 | 16 | 1 |
| 48 | Shame, Shame, Shame | LAKE STREET DIVE | 17 | 19 | -2 |
| 49 | Healing Tide | THE WAR AND TREATY | 16 | 15 | 1 |
| 50 | 5 Dollars | CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| 51 | Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter | ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS | 15 | 11 | 4 |
| 52 | Dolphin | PANDA BEAR | 15 | 3 | 12 |
| 53 | Freelance | TORO Y MOI | 15 | 24 | -9 |
| 54 | I’m Getting Better (And I’m… | THE RECORD COMPANY | 15 | 14 | 1 |
| 55 | Just To Say I Love You | MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD | 15 | 12 | 3 |
| 56 | Lover Chanting | LITTLE DRAGON | 15 | 12 | 3 |
| 57 | Mad Love | CHASTITY BROWN | 15 | 13 | 2 |
| 58 | This Time It’s DIfferent | HEART BONES | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| 59 | Throwback | JIM JAMES | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 60 | (We Don’t Need This) Fascist.. | LCD SOUNDSYSTEM | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 61 | Bloodless | ANDREW BIRD | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 62 | Clean Eyes | SYML | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 63 | Forgotten Love | AURORA | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| 64 | Let Me Down Easy | GANG OF YOUTHS | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 65 | Lonely | SWAMP DOGG | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| 66 | Northern Lights | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 14 | 16 | -2 |
| 67 | Pressure | MUSE | 14 | 15 | -1 |
| 68 | See You At The Movies | J MASCIS | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| 69 | Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) | SMASHING PUMPKINS | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 70 | Small Victories | LEMON TWIGS | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 71 | Under Lime | ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS | 14 | 5 | 9 |
| 72 | Up To Me (Take 2, Remake) | BOB DYLAN | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 73 | You Should See Me In A Crown | BILLIE EILISH | 14 | 15 | -1 |
| 74 | You Wouldn’t Like Me | BETHS | 14 | 15 | -1 |
| 75 | Bathed In Light | DIRTY NIL | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| 76 | Cool | SOCCER MOMMY | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| 77 | Now Or Never Now | METRIC | 13 | 14 | -1 |
| 78 | Slow Disco | ST. VINCENT | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| 79 | Some Birds | JEFF TWEEDY | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 80 | Tender Offerings | FIRST AID KIT | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 81 | What Makes You Happy | EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS | 13 | 15 | -2 |
| 82 | Can’t Knock The Hustle | WEEZER | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 83 | Charcoal Baby | BLOOD ORANGE | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 84 | Cumberland Gap | JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT | 12 | 15 | -3 |
| 85 | He’s Got His Mother’s Hips | JOHN GRANT | 12 | 14 | -2 |
| 86 | Hide | RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| 87 | High Horse | KACEY MUSGRAVES | 12 | 13 | -1 |
| 88 | Lottery | JADE BIRD | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| 89 | Velodrome | DESSA | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| 90 | Again And Again | DAVE MATTHEWS BAND | 11 | 12 | -1 |
| 91 | Feed The Fire | DAWES | 11 | 11 | |
| 92 | Friday Morning | KHRUANGBIN | 11 | 1 | 10 |
| 93 | Gold Rush | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 11 | 13 | -2 |
| 94 | Keep A Little Soul | TOM PETTY/HEARTBREAKERS | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 95 | Lost | NATALIE PRASS | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 96 | Make Believe | KERO KERO BONITO | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 97 | Other Lover | MIKAELA DAVIS | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 98 | Dark, Dark, Dark | GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV | 10 | 13 | -3 |
| 99 | Death In Midsummer | DEERHUNTER | 10 | 13 | -3 |
| 100 | Disarray | LOW | 10 | 10 | 0 |
Biggest Gainers
Sunflower Bean +17
Morrissey +14
Bob Dylan +14
Charles Bradley +13
Biggest Droppers
Toro Y Moi -9
Interpol -6
Jungle -5
Top 100 Public Radio Songs for the Week of November 9th
How this list of the Top 100 Public Radio Songs is created:
Individual public radio stations charts are collected from public means. They are then combined using Microstrategy’s desktop client to tally all the spins per song on the stations.
FAQ
What Public Radio stations are included?
Stations who are monitored and their charts are listed. Specifically, WFUV, KCMP, KRCL, WXPN, KEXP, KXXT, KCRW, KCSN.
What about all the other stations?
Only Public Radio Stations whose charts are published by one of the services are available. Stations generally don’t post their top spins report on their websites.
How accurate is the list?
Since it represents just a fraction of the AAA Public Radio Music Stations, it’s a general and small snapshot of the overall public radio Triple A community. But it is accurate for these stations.
I can’t believe some of these songs aren’t higher or lower on this list. What’s up with that?
This list is based on spins. Every station has its own rotation strategy and philosophy about how many times a song should be played each week.
For example, one station may play their top spins 23 times a week and some may only play their top spin 7 times a week. Stations that play the same songs more often are likely to have greater influence on the final national ranking.
Does NPR Make This List?
No. NPR has no affiliation with the this list of the Top 100 Public Radio Songs.
Sorry for skipping a week. Things were very busy In The Bromo. I hope you got to Fringe Fest!
Biggest Gainers
Pedro the Lion +28
The War and Treaty +23
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit +21
Biggest Droppers
Amos Lee -21
KT Tunstall -13
Grace Potter -9
| Rank | Artist | Song | Spins This Week | Spins Last Week | Spin Change |
| 1 | HOZIER | Nina Cried Power | 114 | 116 | -2 |
| 2 | MUMFORD & SONS | Guiding Light | 96 | 104 | -8 |
| 3 | KURT VILE | Loading Zones | 93 | 94 | -1 |
| 4 | CAT POWER | Woman f/Lana Del Rey | 83 | 82 | 1 |
| 5 | MAGGIE ROGERS | Light On | 82 | 62 | 20 |
| 6 | PHOSPHORESCENT | New Birth In New England | 82 | 77 | 5 |
| 7 | NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS | Hey Mama | 76 | 65 | 11 |
| 8 | MARK KNOPFLER | Good On You Son | 74 | 61 | 13 |
| 9 | SHARON VAN ETTEN | Comeback Kid | 73 | 75 | -2 |
| 10 | ROSANNE CASH | Not Many Miles To Go | 70 | 55 | 15 |
| 11 | ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS | Unwanted Number | 66 | 60 | 6 |
| 12 | JADE BIRD | Uh Huh | 57 | 55 | 2 |
| 13 | INTERPOL | If You Really Love Nothing | 56 | 51 | 5 |
| 14 | GRACE POTTER | I’d Rather Go Blind | 54 | 63 | -9 |
| 15 | KT TUNSTALL | The River | 52 | 65 | -13 |
| 16 | THE REVIVALISTS | All My Friends | 50 | 56 | -6 |
| 17 | JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT | Cumberland Gap | 48 | 27 | 21 |
| 18 | LAKE STREET DIVE | Shame, Shame, Shame | 46 | 48 | -2 |
| 19 | LEON BRIDGES | If It Feels Good. Then It… | 45 | 44 | 1 |
| 20 | RAYLAND BAXTER | Casanova | 45 | 48 | -3 |
| 21 | NORAH JONES | A Song With No Name | 44 | 46 | -2 |
| 22 | THE RECORD COMPANY | Make It Happen | 43 | 47 | -4 |
| 23 | AMOS LEE | No More Darkness, No More… | 42 | 63 | -21 |
| 24 | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | Northern Lights | 42 | 39 | 3 |
| 25 | KOOKS | Four Leaf Clover | 39 | 36 | 3 |
| 26 | ELLE KING | Shame | 37 | 40 | -3 |
| 27 | DAVE MATTHEWS BAND | Again And Again | 36 | 39 | -3 |
| 28 | ISRAEL NASH | Rolling On | 36 | 42 | -6 |
| 29 | PAUL MCCARTNEY | Caesar Rock | 36 | 36 | |
| 30 | BOYGENIUS | Bite The Hand | 35 | 29 | 6 |
| 31 | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | Autumn Love | 35 | 41 | -6 |
| 32 | JIM JAMES | Throwback | 34 | 28 | 6 |
| 33 | AMOS LEE | Little Light | 33 | 13 | 20 |
| 34 | BOB MOULD | Sunshine Rock | 33 | 24 | 9 |
| 35 | DAVE MATTHEWS BAND | Idea Of You | 33 | 36 | -3 |
| 36 | PEDRO THE LION | Yellow Bike | 33 | 5 | 28 |
| 37 | BETHS | You Wouldn’t Like Me | 32 | 22 | 10 |
| 38 | BILLIE EILISH | You Should See Me In A Crown | 32 | 28 | 4 |
| 39 | MUSE | Pressure | 32 | 30 | 2 |
| 40 | THE INTERNET | La Di Da | 32 | 30 | 2 |
| 41 | THE RECORD COMPANY | I’m Getting Better (And I’m… | 32 | 34 | -2 |
| 42 | DAWES | Feed The Fire | 30 | 29 | 1 |
| 43 | DECEMBERISTS | Once In My Life | 30 | 24 | 6 |
| 44 | JOHN GRANT | He’s Got His Mother’s Hips | 30 | 16 | 14 |
| 45 | THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN | Merrie Land | 30 | 22 | 8 |
| 46 | TOM PETTY/HEARTBREAKERS | Keep A Little Soul | 30 | 27 | 3 |
| 47 | XAVIER RUDD | Walk Away | 30 | 27 | 3 |
| 48 | ANNA CALVI | Don’t Beat The Girl Out Of My | 28 | 22 | 6 |
| 49 | CHASTITY BROWN | Mad Love | 28 | 26 | 2 |
| 50 | LEMON TWIGS | Small Victories | 28 | 26 | 2 |
| 51 | SMASHING PUMPKINS | Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) | 28 | 28 | |
| 52 | LENNY KRAVITZ | Low | 27 | 7 | 20 |
| 53 | BLOOD ORANGE | Charcoal Baby | 26 | 30 | -4 |
| 54 | FIRST AID KIT | Tender Offerings | 26 | 28 | -2 |
| 55 | GANG OF YOUTHS | Let Me Down Easy | 26 | 28 | -2 |
| 56 | METRIC | Now Or Never Now | 26 | 28 | -2 |
| 57 | SYML | Clean Eyes | 26 | 30 | -4 |
| 58 | BIG RED MACHINE | Lyla | 24 | 30 | -6 |
| 59 | DAWES | Crack The Case | 24 | 21 | 3 |
| 60 | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | Gold Rush | 24 | 27 | -3 |
| 61 | DIRTY NIL | Bathed In Light | 24 | 24 | |
| 62 | ISRAEL NASH | Lucky Ones | 24 | 24 | |
| 63 | MITSKI | Nobody | 24 | 22 | 2 |
| 64 | ROSTAM | In A River | 24 | 15 | 9 |
| 65 | ST. VINCENT | Slow Disco | 24 | 26 | -2 |
| 66 | THE WAR AND TREATY | Are You Ready To Love Me? | 24 | 1 | 23 |
| 67 | WEEZER | Can’t Knock The Hustle | 24 | 24 | |
| 68 | ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS | Suspect My Tears | 23 | 26 | -3 |
| 69 | IDLES | Danny Nedelko | 22 | 16 | 6 |
| 70 | KERO KERO BONITO | Make Believe | 22 | 14 | 8 |
| 71 | RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE | Hide | 22 | 26 | -4 |
| 72 | SWAMP DOGG | Lonely | 22 | 16 | 6 |
| 73 | YOUR SMITH | The Spot | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| 74 | FIRST AID KIT | Fireworks | 21 | 21 | |
| 75 | NEKO CASE | Last Lion Of Albion | 21 | 21 | |
| 76 | SNOW PATROL | Empress | 21 | 18 | 3 |
| 77 | ANDERSON .PAAK | Tints f/Kendrick Lamar | 20 | 14 | 6 |
| 78 | DESSA | Velodrome | 20 | 24 | -4 |
| 79 | GROWLERS | Problems III | 20 | 18 | 2 |
| 80 | MARC RIBOT | Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) | 20 | 16 | 4 |
| 81 | TY SEGALL | I’m A Man | 20 | 22 | -2 |
| 82 | ANDERSON EAST | This Too Shall Last | 18 | 21 | -3 |
| 83 | ATMOSPHERE | Jerome | 18 | 17 | 1 |
| 84 | BIG RED MACHINE | Hymnostic | 18 | 15 | 3 |
| 85 | BRANDI CARLILE | Sugartooth | 18 | 18 | |
| 86 | FLORENCE + THE MACHINE | Patricia | 18 | 21 | -3 |
| 87 | JUNGLE | Heavy, California | 17 | 13 | 4 |
| 88 | AURORA | Forgotten Love | 16 | 16 | |
| 89 | BRANDI CARLILE | Party Of One f/Sam Smith | 16 | 12 | 4 |
| 90 | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 60 & Punk | 16 | 14 | 2 |
| 91 | HEART BONES | This Time It’s DIfferent | 16 | 16 | |
| 92 | CHARLES BRADLEY | I Feel A Change | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 93 | RHETT MILLER | Total Disaster | 15 | 14 | 1 |
| 94 | KACEY MUSGRAVES | High Horse | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| 95 | SISTER SPARROW | Gold | 14 | 14 | |
| 96 | HIPPO CAMPUS | Bambi | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| 97 | JEFF TWEEDY | Some Birds | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| 98 | MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD | Just To Say I Love You | 13 | 13 | |
| 99 | EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS | What Makes You Happy | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| 100 | RICHARD THOMPSON | Bones Of Gilead | 12 | 14 | -2 |
Top 100 Public Radio Songs Week of Oct. 28,2018
Biggest Gainers
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Nightsweats +22
Kurt Vile +21
Toro Y Moi
Biggest Droppers
Billy Raffoul -8
Flora Cash -7
Dave Matthews Band -6
How this list of the Top 100 Public Radio Songs is created:
Individual public radio stations charts are collected from public means. They are then combined using Microstrategy’s desktop client to tally all the spins per song on the stations.
FAQ
What Public Radio stations are included?
Stations who are monitored and their charts are listed. Specifically, WFUV, KCMP, KRCL, WXPN, KEXP, KXXT, KCRW, KCSN.
What about all the other stations?
Only Public Radio Stations whose charts are published by one of the services are available. Stations generally don’t post their top spins report on their websites.
How accurate is the list?
Since it represents just a fraction of the AAA Public Radio Music Stations, it’s a general and small snapshot of the overall public radio Triple A community. But it is accurate for these stations.
I can’t believe some of these songs aren’t higher or lower on this list. What’s up with that?
This list is based on spins. Every station has its own rotation strategy and philosophy about how many times a song should be played each week.
For example, one station may play their top spins 23 times a week and some may only play their top spin 7 times a week. Stations that play the same songs more often are likely to have greater influence on the final national ranking.
Does NPR Make This List?
No. NPR has no affiliation with the this list of the Top 100 Public Radio Songs.
| RANK | SONG | ARTIST | SPINS THIS WEEK | SPINS LAST WEEK | CHANGE |
| 1 | Nina Cried Power | HOZIER | 90 | 80 | 10 |
| 2 | Guiding Light | MUMFORD & SONS | 76 | 67 | 9 |
| 3 | Shame | ELLE KING | 64 | 54 | 10 |
| 4 | Apollo | ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES | 60 | 46 | 14 |
| 5 | Loading Zones | KURT VILE | 60 | 39 | 21 |
| 6 | New Birth In New England | PHOSPHORESCENT | 60 | 54 | 6 |
| 7 | Uh Huh | JADE BIRD | 55 | 52 | 3 |
| 8 | Comeback Kid | SHARON VAN ETTEN | 52 | 55 | -3 |
| 9 | Light On | MAGGIE ROGERS | 49 | 42 | 7 |
| 10 | Woman f/Lana Del Rey | CAT POWER | 47 | 42 | 5 |
| 11 | All My Friends | THE REVIVALISTS | 41 | 36 | 5 |
| 12 | Unwanted Number | ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS | 41 | 39 | 2 |
| 13 | Mansion Door | SHAKEY GRAVES | 40 | 30 | 10 |
| 14 | Feed The Fire | DAWES | 37 | 32 | 5 |
| 15 | Hey Mama | NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS | 36 | 14 | 22 |
| 16 | I’d Rather Go Blind | GRACE POTTER | 36 | 27 | 9 |
| 17 | Not Many Miles To Go | ROSANNE CASH | 36 | 18 | 18 |
| 18 | If It Feels Good. Then It M… | LEON BRIDGES | 35 | 27 | 8 |
| 19 | Autumn Love | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 28 | 15 | 13 |
| 20 | Good On You Son | MARK KNOPFLER | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| 21 | Make It Happen | THE RECORD COMPANY | 28 | 22 | 6 |
| 22 | Bambi | HIPPO CAMPUS | 25 | 21 | 4 |
| 23 | Casanova | RAYLAND BAXTER | 24 | 22 | 2 |
| 24 | A Trick Of The Light | VILLAGERS | 23 | 22 | 1 |
| 25 | If You Really Love Nothing | INTERPOL | 22 | 18 | 4 |
| 26 | The River | KT TUNSTALL | 22 | 28 | -6 |
| 27 | Last Lion Of Albion | NEKO CASE | 21 | 20 | 1 |
| 28 | Rolling On | ISRAEL NASH | 21 | 24 | -3 |
| 29 | The Spot | YOUR SMITH | 21 | 9 | 12 |
| 30 | Total Disaster | RHETT MILLER | 21 | 19 | 2 |
| 31 | Before The Next Teardrop Falls | AL GREEN | 20 | 10 | 10 |
| 32 | No More Darkness, No More… | AMOS LEE | 20 | 21 | -1 |
| 33 | Nobody | MITSKI | 20 | 12 | 8 |
| 34 | Freelance | TORO Y MOI | 19 | 19 | |
| 35 | Tender Offerings | FIRST AID KIT | 19 | 12 | 7 |
| 36 | A Song With No Name | NORAH JONES | 18 | 8 | 10 |
| 37 | Again And Again | DAVE MATTHEWS BAND | 18 | 24 | -6 |
| 38 | I Feel A Change | CHARLES BRADLEY | 18 | 7 | 11 |
| 39 | La Di Da | THE INTERNET | 18 | 13 | 5 |
| 40 | Heavy, California | JUNGLE | 17 | 7 | 10 |
| 41 | Nevermind | DENNIS LLOYD | 17 | 8 | 9 |
| 42 | 99 | BARNS COURTNEY | 16 | 8 | 8 |
| 43 | Beyond | LEON BRIDGES | 16 | 12 | 4 |
| 44 | Bite The Hand | BOYGENIUS | 16 | 13 | 3 |
| 45 | Let Me Down Easy | GANG OF YOUTHS | 16 | 7 | 9 |
| 46 | Lover Chanting | LITTLE DRAGON | 16 | 21 | -5 |
| 47 | Mockingbird | RUSTON KELLY | 16 | 14 | 2 |
| 48 | Suspirium | THOM YORKE | 16 | 14 | 2 |
| 49 | Charcoal Baby | BLOOD ORANGE | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| 50 | I’m Getting Better (And I’m… | THE RECORD COMPANY | 15 | 18 | -3 |
| 51 | The Stove & The Toaster | HOLD STEADY | 15 | 12 | 3 |
| 52 | Throwback | JIM JAMES | 15 | 11 | 4 |
| 53 | Bathed In Light | THE DIRTY NIL | 14 | 15 | -1 |
| 54 | Cumberland Gap | JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT | 14 | 16 | -2 |
| 55 | Forever | BILLY RAFFOUL | 14 | 22 | -8 |
| 56 | Four Leaf Clover | KOOKS | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 57 | Idea Of You | DAVE MATTHEWS BAND | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 58 | Northern Lights | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| 59 | Small Victories | LEMON TWIGS | 14 | 9 | 5 |
| 60 | What Makes You Happy | EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS | 14 | 17 | -3 |
| 61 | You Should See Me In A Crown | BILLIE EILISH | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| 62 | You’re Somebody Else | FLORA CASH | 14 | 21 | -7 |
| 63 | Blue Rose | AMEN DUNES | 13 | 1 | 12 |
| 64 | Bones Of Gilead | RICHARD THOMPSON | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| 65 | Can’t Knock The Hustle | WEEZER | 13 | 14 | -1 |
| 66 | Clean Eyes | SYML | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 67 | Disarray | LOW | 13 | 5 | 8 |
| 68 | Healing Tide | THE WAR AND TREATY | 13 | 17 | -4 |
| 69 | Hollywood | GORILLAZ | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| 70 | Hymnostic | BIG RED MACHINE | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| 71 | I’m A Man | TY SEGALL | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| 72 | Just To Say I Love You | MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 73 | Little Light | AMOS LEE | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 74 | Mad Love | CHASTITY BROWN | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 75 | Pressure | MUSE | 13 | 14 | -1 |
| 76 | Crack The Case | DAWES | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 77 | Don’t Beat The Girl Out Of My | ANNA CALVI | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 78 | Hide | RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 79 | Homesick | MARCUS KING BAND | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 80 | Move | MILO GREENE | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| 81 | See You At The Movies | J MASCIS | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| 82 | Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) | SMASHING PUMPKINS | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| 83 | Some Birds | JEFF TWEEDY | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| 84 | 5 Dollars | CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 85 | Caesar Rock | PAUL MCCARTNEY | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 86 | Don’t Want It To Be Over | JOEY DOSIK | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 87 | Girlfriend f/Dam-Funk | CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 88 | I Dreamt We Spoke Again | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 89 | Keep A Little Soul | TOM PETTY/HEARTBREAKERS | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 90 | Low | LENNY KRAVITZ | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 91 | Lyla | BIG RED MACHINE | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 92 | Mariners Apartment Complex | LANA DEL REY | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 93 | Million Dollars To Kill Me | JOYCE MANOR | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 94 | Now Or Never Now | METRIC | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 95 | One More | YAEJI | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 96 | Rock Holy | HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 97 | Slow Disco | ST. VINCENT | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 98 | Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) | MARC RIBOT | 10 | 11 | -1 |
| 99 | My Enemy | CHVRCHES | 10 | 13 | -3 |
| 100 | Other Lover | MIKAELA DAVIS | 10 | 12 | -2 |
Top 100 Public Radio Triple A Songs For Week of Oct 18 2018
Biggest Gainers
Little Dragon +20
Maggie Rogers +20
Shakey Graves +10
Jayhawks +10
Biggest Droppers
Leon Bridges -16
Elle King -14
Phosphorescent -14
How this list of the Top 100 Public Radio Songs is created:
Individual public radio stations charts are collected from public means. They are then combined using Microstrategy’s desktop client to tally all the spins per song on the stations.
FAQ
What Public Radio stations are included?
Stations who are monitored and their charts are listed. Specifically, WFUV, KCMP, KRCL, WXPN, KEXP, KXXT, KCRW, KCSN.
What about all the other stations?
Only Public Radio Stations whose charts are published by one of the services are available. Stations generally don’t post their top spins report on their websites.
How accurate is the list?
Since it represents just a fraction of the AAA Public Radio Music Stations, it’s a general and small snapshot of the overall public radio Triple A community. But it is accurate for these stations.
I can’t believe some of these songs aren’t higher or lower on this list. What’s up with that?
This list is based on spins. Every station has its own rotation strategy and philosophy about how many times a song should be played each week.
For example, one station may play their top spins 23 times a week and some may only play their top spin 7 times a week. Stations that play the same songs more often are likely to have greater influence on the final national ranking.
Does NPR Make This List?
No. NPR has no affiliation with the this list of the Top 100 Public Radio Songs.
| Rank | Song | Artist | Spins This Week | Spins Last Week | Change |
| 1 | Nina Cried Power | HOZIER | 73 | 72 | 1 |
| 2 | Guiding Light | MUMFORD & SONS | 68 | 64 | 4 |
| 3 | Shame | ELLE KING | 54 | 65 | -11 |
| 4 | Comeback Kid | SHARON VAN ETTEN | 53 | 54 | -1 |
| 5 | New Birth In New England | PHOSPHORESCENT | 52 | 64 | -12 |
| 6 | Uh Huh | JADE BIRD | 52 | 60 | -8 |
| 7 | Loading Zones | KURT VILE | 45 | 55 | -10 |
| 8 | Unwanted Number | ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS | 45 | 57 | -12 |
| 9 | No More Darkness, No More… | AMOS LEE | 41 | 40 | 1 |
| 10 | Woman f/Lana Del Rey | CAT POWER | 38 | 44 | -6 |
| 11 | Apollo | ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES | 36 | 46 | -10 |
| 12 | All My Friends | THE REVIVALISTS | 33 | 31 | 2 |
| 13 | Feed The Fire | DAWES | 30 | 37 | -7 |
| 14 | I’d Rather Go Blind | GRACE POTTER | 29 | 35 | -6 |
| 15 | Good On You Son | MARK KNOPFLER | 26 | 30 | -4 |
| 16 | Lover Chanting | LITTLE DRAGON | 26 | 6 | 20 |
| 17 | Mansion Door | SHAKEY GRAVES | 22 | 12 | 10 |
| 18 | Rolling On | ISRAEL NASH | 22 | 20 | 2 |
| 19 | The River | KT TUNSTALL | 22 | 27 | -5 |
| 20 | A Trick Of The Light | VILLAGERS | 21 | 12 | 9 |
| 21 | Bambi | HIPPO CAMPUS | 21 | 20 | 1 |
| 22 | Beyond | LEON BRIDGES | 21 | 36 | -15 |
| 23 | Forever | BILLY RAFFOUL | 21 | 20 | 1 |
| 24 | Last Lion Of Albion | NEKO CASE | 21 | 28 | -7 |
| 25 | Light On | MAGGIE ROGERS | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| 26 | Make It Happen | THE RECORD COMPANY | 21 | 17 | 4 |
| 27 | The Spot | YOUR SMITH | 21 | 19 | 2 |
| 28 | You’re Somebody Else | FLORA CASH | 20 | 21 | -1 |
| 29 | Again And Again | DAVE MATTHEWS BAND | 19 | 16 | 3 |
| 30 | Autumn Love | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 19 | 23 | -4 |
| 31 | Casanova | RAYLAND BAXTER | 19 | 23 | -4 |
| 32 | If You Really Love Nothing | INTERPOL | 18 | 16 | 2 |
| 33 | Shame, Shame, Shame | LAKE STREET DIVE | 18 | 20 | -2 |
| 34 | I Dreamt We Spoke Again | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 17 | 22 | -5 |
| 35 | What Makes You Happy | EDIE BRICKELL & NEW BOHEMIANS | 17 | 8 | 9 |
| 36 | Cumberland Gap | JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT | 16 | 18 | -2 |
| 37 | I’m Getting Better (And I’m… | THE RECORD COMPANY | 16 | 13 | 3 |
| 38 | Total Disaster | RHETT MILLER | 16 | 10 | 6 |
| 39 | Before The Next Teardrop Falls | AL GREEN | 15 | 18 | -3 |
| 40 | Charity | COURTNEY BARNETT | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 41 | Healing Tide | THE WAR AND TREATY | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 42 | Hey Mama | NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS | 15 | 20 | -5 |
| 43 | Suspirium | THOM YORKE | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 44 | Bathed In Light | THE DIRTY NIL | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| 45 | Four Leaf Clover | KOOKS | 14 | 15 | -1 |
| 46 | Gold Rush | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 14 | 18 | -4 |
| 47 | Idea Of You | DAVE MATTHEWS BAND | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| 48 | If It Feels Good. Then It M… | LEON BRIDGES | 14 | 18 | -4 |
| 49 | Mad Love | CHASTITY BROWN | 14 | 15 | -1 |
| 50 | Mockingbird | RUSTON KELLY | 14 | 19 | -5 |
| 51 | Nobody | MITSKI | 14 | 27 | -13 |
| 52 | A Little Honey | NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| 53 | Clean Eyes | SYML | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| 54 | Everybody Knows | JAYHAWKS | 13 | 3 | 10 |
| 55 | Half As Good As You f/A Merton | TOM ODELL | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| 56 | Heavy, California | JUNGLE | 13 | 15 | -2 |
| 57 | Jenny Jenkins | MT. JOY | 13 | 17 | -4 |
| 58 | Life To Fix | THE RECORD COMPANY | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| 59 | Low | LENNY KRAVITZ | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| 60 | Million Dollars To Kill Me | JOYCE MANOR | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| 61 | For The Lonely Ones | LUCERO | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| 62 | Leave It Alone | AMANDA SHIRES | 12 | 15 | -3 |
| 63 | My Enemy | CHVRCHES | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| 64 | A Pearl | MITSKI | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 65 | Hollywood | GORILLAZ | 11 | 12 | -1 |
| 66 | It Might Get Dark | WHITE DENIM | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 67 | Jeannie Becomes A Mom | CAROLINE ROSE | 11 | 14 | -3 |
| 68 | One More | YAEJI | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 69 | Other Lover | MIKAELA DAVIS | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 70 | Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) | MARC RIBOT | 10 | 12 | -2 |
| 71 | Crack The Case | DAWES | 10 | 14 | -4 |
| 72 | Doubt | HIPPO CAMPUS | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| 73 | Geyser | MITSKI | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 74 | La Di Da | THE INTERNET | 10 | 12 | -2 |
| 75 | Pressure | MUSE | 10 | 10 | |
| 76 | The Stove & The Toaster | HOLD STEADY | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 77 | Throwback | JIM JAMES | 10 | 15 | -5 |
| 78 | What Hurts Worse | IRON & WINE | 10 | 16 | -6 |
| 79 | 99 | BARNS COURTNEY | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 80 | Addictions | LUCY DACUS | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 81 | Ain’t Gotta Worry Child | CHARLEY CROCKETT | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 82 | Broken Finger Blues | RICHARD SWIFT | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 83 | Can’t Knock The Hustle | WEEZER | 9 | 9 | |
| 84 | Fever Pitch | RAINBOW KITTEN SURPRISE | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 85 | High Horse | KACEY MUSGRAVES | 9 | 12 | -3 |
| 86 | Jerome | ATMOSPHERE | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 87 | Keep A Little Soul | TOM PETTY/HEARTBREAKERS | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 88 | Not Many Miles To Go | ROSANNE CASH | 9 | 9 | |
| 89 | Once In My Life | DECEMBERISTS | 9 | 11 | -2 |
| 90 | Shotgun | GEORGE EZRA | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 91 | Tender Offerings | FIRST AID KIT | 9 | 15 | -6 |
| 92 | The Joke | BRANDI CARLILE | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 93 | Think It Over | HIPPO CAMPUS | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 94 | Tried f/Little Dragon | BADBADNOTGOOD | 9 | 14 | -5 |
| 95 | 5 Dollars | CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 96 | 60 & Punk | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 97 | Don’t Beat The Girl Out Of My | ANNA CALVI | 8 | 10 | -2 |
| 98 | Fireworks | FIRST AID KIT | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 99 | Hymnostic | BIG RED MACHINE | 8 | 17 | -9 |
| 100 | Lucky Penny | JD MCPHERSON | 8 | 7 | 1 |
Top 100 Public Radio Songs for the Week of October 13, 2018
Biggest Gainers
Sharon Van Etten +15
Little Dragon +13
The Dirty Nil +11
Biggest Droppers
Cat Power -15
Leon Bridges -11
Black Pumas -10
Jungle -10
Phosphorescent -10
How this list of the Top 100 Public Radio Songs is created:
Individual public radio stations charts are collected from public means. They are then combined using Microstrategy’s desktop client to tally all the spins per song on the stations.
FAQ
What Public Radio stations are included?
Stations who are monitored and their charts are listed. Specifically, WFUV, KCMP, KRCL, WXPN, KEXP, KXXT, KCRW, KCSN.
What about all the other stations?
Only Public Radio Stations whose charts are published by one of the services are available. Stations generally don’t post their top spins report on their websites.
How accurate is the list?
Since it represents just a fraction of the AAA Public Radio Music Stations, it’s a general and small snapshot of the overall public radio Triple A community. But it is accurate for these stations.
I can’t believe some of these songs aren’t higher or lower on this list. What’s up with that?
This list is based on spins. Every station has its own rotation strategy and philosophy about how many times a song should be played each week.
For example, one station may play their top spins 23 times a week and some may only play their top spin 7 times a week. Stations that play the same songs more often are likely to have greater influence on the final national ranking.
Does NPR Make This List?
No. NPR has no affiliation with the this list of the Top 100 Public Radio Songs.
| RANK | SONG | ARTIST | SPINS THIS WEEK | SPINS LAST WEK | MOVE |
| 1 | Shame | ELLE KING | 62 | 63 | (1) |
| 2 | Guiding Light | MUMFORD & SONS | 60 | 59 | 1 |
| 3 | Nina Cried Power | HOZIER | 60 | 60 | 0 |
| 4 | Uh Huh | JADE BIRD | 57 | 64 | (7) |
| 5 | Apollo | ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES | 50 | 53 | (3) |
| 6 | New Birth In New England | PHOSPHORESCENT | 49 | 59 | (10) |
| 7 | Loading Zones | KURT VILE | 45 | 47 | (2) |
| 8 | Unwanted Number | ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS | 45 | 54 | (9) |
| 9 | Comeback Kid | SHARON VAN ETTEN | 40 | 25 | 15 |
| 10 | No More Darkness, No More… | AMOS LEE | 37 | 35 | 2 |
| 11 | Woman f/Lana Del Rey | CAT POWER | 37 | 52 | (15) |
| 12 | Mansion Door | SHAKEY GRAVES | 32 | 26 | 6 |
| 13 | All My Friends | THE REVIVALISTS | 31 | 23 | 8 |
| 14 | Keep A Little Soul | TOM PETTY/HEARTBREAKERS | 27 | 30 | (3) |
| 15 | Last Lion Of Albion | NEKO CASE | 27 | 32 | (5) |
| 16 | I’d Rather Go Blind | GRACE POTTER | 24 | 20 | 4 |
| 17 | Beyond | LEON BRIDGES | 23 | 34 | (11) |
| 18 | Feed The Fire | DAWES | 23 | 25 | (2) |
| 19 | Rolling On | ISRAEL NASH | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 20 | Autumn Love | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 22 | 25 | (3) |
| 21 | Bambi | HIPPO CAMPUS | 22 | 18 | 4 |
| 22 | Nobody | MITSKI | 22 | 20 | 2 |
| 23 | Make It Happen | THE RECORD COMPANY | 21 | 26 | (5) |
| 24 | Forever | BILLY RAFFOUL | 20 | 21 | (1) |
| 25 | Hey Mama | NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS | 20 | 19 | 1 |
| 26 | You’re Somebody Else | FLORA CASH | 20 | 23 | (3) |
| 27 | Good On You Son | MARK KNOPFLER | 19 | 22 | (3) |
| 28 | Heavy, California | JUNGLE | 19 | 17 | 2 |
| 29 | Casanova | RAYLAND BAXTER | 18 | 21 | (3) |
| 30 | Shame, Shame, Shame | LAKE STREET DIVE | 18 | 19 | (1) |
| 31 | Cumberland Gap | JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT | 17 | 22 | (5) |
| 32 | Gold Rush | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 17 | 21 | (4) |
| 33 | Throwback | JIM JAMES | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 34 | Hymnostic | BIG RED MACHINE | 16 | 18 | (2) |
| 35 | What Hurts Worse | IRON & WINE | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 36 | A Trick Of The Light | VILLAGERS | 15 | 8 | 7 |
| 37 | A Little Honey | NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| 38 | Leave It Alone | AMANDA SHIRES | 14 | 18 | (4) |
| 39 | Low | LENNY KRAVITZ | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| 40 | Some Birds | JEFF TWEEDY | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 41 | The River | KT TUNSTALL | 14 | 15 | (1) |
| 42 | Charcoal Baby | BLOOD ORANGE | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| 43 | Four Leaf Clover | KOOKS | 13 | 14 | (1) |
| 44 | If It Feels Good. Then It M… | LEON BRIDGES | 13 | 2 | 11 |
| 45 | Lover Chanting | LITTLE DRAGON | 13 | 13 | |
| 46 | Mad Love | CHASTITY BROWN | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| 47 | Million Dollars To Kill Me | JOYCE MANOR | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| 48 | Need A Little Time | COURTNEY BARNETT | 13 | 14 | (1) |
| 49 | Small Victories | LEMON TWIGS | 13 | 15 | (2) |
| 50 | Tender Offerings | FIRST AID KIT | 13 | 13 | |
| 51 | Bathed In Light | THE DIRTY NIL | 12 | 1 | 11 |
| 52 | Bite The Hand | BOYGENIUS | 12 | 13 | (1) |
| 53 | Black Moon Rising | BLACK PUMAS | 12 | 22 | (10) |
| 54 | Charity | COURTNEY BARNETT | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 55 | Crack The Case | DAWES | 12 | 12 | |
| 56 | Get In The Mind Shaft | JACK WHITE | 12 | 12 | |
| 57 | I Dreamt We Spoke Again | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| 58 | Idea Of You | DAVE MATTHEWS BAND | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| 59 | Jeannie Becomes A Mom | CAROLINE ROSE | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| 60 | Jenny Jenkins | MT. JOY | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| 61 | Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) | SMASHING PUMPKINS | 12 | 16 | (4) |
| 62 | Suspirium | THOM YORKE | 12 | 15 | (3) |
| 63 | Clean Eyes | SYML | 11 | 1 | 10 |
| 64 | Don’t Beat The Girl Out Of My | ANNA CALVI | 11 | 12 | (1) |
| 65 | For The Lonely Ones | LUCERO | 11 | 12 | (1) |
| 66 | Happy Man | JUNGLE | 11 | 21 | (10) |
| 67 | Hollywood | GORILLAZ | 11 | 14 | (3) |
| 68 | If You Really Love Nothing | INTERPOL | 11 | 14 | (3) |
| 69 | Let Me Down Easy | GANG OF YOUTHS | 11 | 12 | (1) |
| 70 | Lyla | BIG RED MACHINE | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 71 | My Enemy | CHVRCHES | 11 | 12 | (1) |
| 72 | The Stove & The Toaster | HOLD STEADY | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 73 | When The Curtain Falls | GRETA VAN FLEET | 11 | 15 | (4) |
| 74 | A Pearl | MITSKI | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 75 | Again And Again | DAVE MATTHEWS BAND | 10 | 12 | (2) |
| 76 | Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) | MARC RIBOT | 10 | 11 | (1) |
| 77 | Caesar Rock | PAUL MCCARTNEY | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 78 | Half As Good As You f/A Merton | TOM ODELL | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| 79 | It Might Get Dark | WHITE DENIM | 10 | 13 | (3) |
| 80 | La Di Da | THE INTERNET | 10 | 14 | (4) |
| 81 | The Spot | YOUR SMITH | 10 | 13 | (3) |
| 82 | Waves Of Galveston | IRON & WINE | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 83 | Work Out | CHANCE THE RAPPER | 10 | 14 | (4) |
| 84 | 99 | BARNS COURTNEY | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 85 | Alright | JAIN | 9 | 14 | (5) |
| 86 | Before The Next Teardrop Falls | AL GREEN | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 87 | Big God | FLORENCE + THE MACHINE | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 88 | Geyser | MITSKI | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 89 | I Feel A Change | CHARLES BRADLEY | 9 | 11 | (2) |
| 90 | Life To Fix | THE RECORD COMPANY | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 91 | Once In My Life | DECEMBERISTS | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 92 | Shotgun | GEORGE EZRA | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 93 | Straight Shot | DEVOTCHKA | 9 | 9 | |
| 94 | Tried f/Little Dragon | BADBADNOTGOOD | 9 | 10 | (1) |
| 95 | You Worry Me | NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 96 | Ain’t Gotta Worry Child | CHARLEY CROCKETT | 8 | 9 | (1) |
| 97 | Bones Of Gilead | RICHARD THOMPSON | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 98 | Hell Or High Water | PASSENGER | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 99 | I Won’t Run From It | BIG RED MACHINE | 8 | 10 | (2) |
| 100 | Nevermind | DENNIS LLOYD | 8 | 9 | (1) |
Public Radio’s Top 100 Songs for the Week of 10/4/18
The Top 100 Public Radio Songs for The Week Ending October 4, 2018
Biggest Gainers
MUMFORD & SONS +15
JUNGLE +14
ELLE KING +13
Biggest Droppers
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE -17
RAYLAND BAXTER -8
LANA DEL REY -7
How this list is created:
Individual public radio stations charts are collected from public means. They are then combined using Microstrategy’s desktop client to tally all the spins per song on the stations.
FAQ
What stations included?
Stations who are monitored and their charts are listed. Specifically, WFUV, KCMP, KRCL, WXPN, KEXP, KXXT, KCRW, KCSN.
What about all the other stations?
Only Stations whose charts are published by one of the services are available. Stations generally don’t post their top spins report on their websites.
How accurate is the list?
Since it represents just a fraction of the AAA Public Radio Music Stations, it’s a general and small snapshot of the overall public radio Triple A community. But it is accurate for these stations.
I can’t believe some of these songs aren’t higher or lower on this list. What’s up with that?
This list is based on spins. Every station has its own rotation strategy and philosophy about how many times a song should be played each week.
For example, one station may play their top spins 23 times a week and some may only play their top spin 7 times a week. Stations that play the same songs more often are likely to have greater influence on the final national ranking.
| RANK | SONG | ARTIST | SPINS THIS WEEK | SPINS LAST WEEK | CHANGE |
| 1 | Nina Cried Power | HOZIER | 77 | 75 | 2 |
| 2 | Shame | ELLE KING | 74 | 61 | 13 |
| 3 | Guiding Light | MUMFORD & SONS | 73 | 58 | 15 |
| 4 | Uh Huh | JADE BIRD | 72 | 60 | 12 |
| 5 | New Birth In New England | PHOSPHORESCENT | 70 | 70 | 0 |
| 6 | Unwanted Number | ELVIS COSTELLO & THE IMPOSTERS | 63 | 62 | 1 |
| 7 | Apollo | ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES | 58 | 56 | 2 |
| 8 | Loading Zones | KURT VILE | 58 | 50 | 8 |
| 9 | Woman f/Lana Del Rey | CAT POWER | 56 | 47 | 9 |
| 10 | Beyond | LEON BRIDGES | 50 | 51 | -1 |
| 11 | Keep A Little Soul | TOM PETTY/HEARTBREAKERS | 50 | 53 | -3 |
| 12 | Feed The Fire | DAWES | 43 | 44 | -1 |
| 13 | No More Darkness, No More… | AMOS LEE | 43 | 43 | 0 |
| 14 | Last Lion Of Albion | NEKO CASE | 35 | 35 | 0 |
| 15 | Good On You Son | MARK KNOPFLER | 31 | 23 | 8 |
| 16 | Make It Happen | THE RECORD COMPANY | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| 17 | Gold Rush | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 29 | 46 | -17 |
| 18 | I’d Rather Go Blind | GRACE POTTER | 28 | 18 | 10 |
| 19 | All My Friends | THE REVIVALISTS | 26 | 20 | 6 |
| 20 | Mansion Door | SHAKEY GRAVES | 25 | 18 | 7 |
| 21 | Nobody | MITSKI | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| 22 | Rolling On | ISRAEL NASH | 25 | 28 | -3 |
| 23 | The River | KT TUNSTALL | 25 | 25 | 0 |
| 24 | Hey Mama | NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS | 24 | 26 | -2 |
| 25 | The Spot | YOUR SMITH | 24 | 13 | 11 |
| 26 | Other Lover | MIKAELA DAVIS | 23 | 23 | 0 |
| 27 | Autumn Love | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 22 | 12 | 10 |
| 28 | Cumberland Gap | JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT | 22 | 20 | 2 |
| 29 | Forever | BILLY RAFFOUL | 22 | 21 | 1 |
| 30 | You’re Somebody Else | FLORA CASH | 22 | 21 | 1 |
| 31 | Before The Next Teardrop Falls | AL GREEN | 21 | 24 | -3 |
| 32 | Black Moon Rising | BLACK PUMAS | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| 33 | Casanova | RAYLAND BAXTER | 21 | 29 | -8 |
| 34 | Happy Man | JUNGLE | 21 | 23 | -2 |
| 35 | Heavy, California | JUNGLE | 21 | 7 | 14 |
| 36 | Leave It Alone | AMANDA SHIRES | 20 | 21 | -1 |
| 37 | Throwback | JIM JAMES | 19 | 18 | 1 |
| 38 | Homesick | MARCUS KING BAND | 18 | 17 | 1 |
| 39 | Again And Again | DAVE MATTHEWS BAND | 17 | 18 | -1 |
| 40 | Suspirium | THOM YORKE | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 41 | Bite The Hand | BOYGENIUS | 16 | 19 | -3 |
| 42 | Need A Little Time | COURTNEY BARNETT | 16 | 13 | 3 |
| 43 | Run The Road | SANTIGOLD | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 44 | When The Curtain Falls | GRETA VAN FLEET | 16 | 14 | 2 |
| 45 | Bambi | HIPPO CAMPUS | 15 | 12 | 3 |
| 46 | Come On To Me | PAUL MCCARTNEY | 15 | 14 | 1 |
| 47 | If You Really Love Nothing | INTERPOL | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| 48 | Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts) | SMASHING PUMPKINS | 15 | 7 | 8 |
| 49 | Small Victories | LEMON TWIGS | 15 | 16 | -1 |
| 50 | Work Out | CHANCE THE RAPPER | 15 | 16 | -1 |
| 51 | For The Lonely Ones | LUCERO | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 52 | I’m Getting Better (And I’m… | THE RECORD COMPANY | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 53 | It Might Get Dark | WHITE DENIM | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 54 | La Di Da | THE INTERNET | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 55 | Sit Next To Me | FOSTER THE PEOPLE | 14 | 13 | 1 |
| 56 | Sure Feels Good Anyway | AMY RAY | 14 | 8 | 6 |
| 57 | A Little Honey | NATHANIEL RATELIFF/NIGHTSWEATS | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 58 | Alright | JAIN | 13 | 17 | -4 |
| 59 | Bones Of Gilead | RICHARD THOMPSON | 13 | 14 | -1 |
| 60 | Charcoal Baby | BLOOD ORANGE | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| 61 | Charity | COURTNEY BARNETT | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| 62 | Dark Saturday | METRIC | 13 | 16 | -3 |
| 63 | Don’t Beat The Girl Out Of My | ANNA CALVI | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| 64 | Everyone But Me | ROSANNE CASH | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| 65 | Feels Like Summer | CHILDISH GAMBINO | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 66 | Hollywood | GORILLAZ | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| 67 | Hymnostic | BIG RED MACHINE | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 68 | I Dreamt We Spoke Again | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 13 | 3 | 10 |
| 69 | I Feel A Change | CHARLES BRADLEY | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| 70 | Mockingbird | RUSTON KELLY | 13 | 3 | 10 |
| 71 | What Hurts Worse | IRON & WINE | 13 | 15 | -2 |
| 72 | Comeback Kid | SHARON VAN ETTEN | 12 | 12 | |
| 73 | Get In The Mind Shaft | JACK WHITE | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 74 | Idea Of You | DAVE MATTHEWS BAND | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 75 | See You At The Movies | J MASCIS | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| 76 | Tender Offerings | FIRST AID KIT | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 77 | Caesar Rock | PAUL MCCARTNEY | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 78 | Crack The Case | DAWES | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 79 | Everything You Need f/Clapton | DOYLE BRAMHALL II | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| 80 | Four Leaf Clover | KOOKS | 11 | 15 | -4 |
| 81 | Let Me Down Easy | GANG OF YOUTHS | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 82 | Lyla | BIG RED MACHINE | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| 83 | Mariners Apartment Complex | LANA DEL REY | 11 | 18 | -7 |
| 84 | My Enemy | CHVRCHES | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 85 | Patricia | FLORENCE + THE MACHINE | 11 | 1 | 10 |
| 86 | The Stove & The Toaster | HOLD STEADY | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 87 | Virgo | ATMOSPHERE | 11 | 14 | -3 |
| 88 | 60 & Punk | DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 89 | City Looks Pretty | COURTNEY BARNETT | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 90 | Empress | SNOW PATROL | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 91 | Jenny Jenkins | MT. JOY | 10 | 13 | -3 |
| 92 | Lonely | SWAMP DOGG | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 93 | Never Ever | LORD HURON | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 94 | On My Knees | MIDDLE KIDS | 10 | 13 | -3 |
| 95 | Problems III | GROWLERS | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 96 | Some Birds | JEFF TWEEDY | 10 | 10 | |
| 97 | Sunday Roast | COURTNEY BARNETT | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| 98 | You Should See Me In A Crown | BILLIE EILISH | 10 | 12 | -2 |
| 99 | A Pearl | MITSKI | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 100 | Girlfriend f/Dam-Funk | CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS | 9 | 13 | -4 |
Photo by Matthieu A on Unsplash
I didn’t know Mexico Made Rum Too!
As you might know, I got into craft cocktailing a while back. I guess once you hit your 50s even a good bottle of wine doesn’t hit the sob factor anymore. As noted in my New Italian Sunday Dinner post, our Sunday afternoons consist of good food and a good cocktail. It’s the perfect for me and spouse to reconnect, relax and get a little silly. But one Sunday we decided to go out for drinks and dinner. We stopped at RYE in Fells Point and after ordering one off the menu, I did what i usually do–tell the bartender to make something they’ve been working on. Here’s what I got:
A Parnubes Daiquiri
Paranubes is a Mexican Rum that has hints of smokey Mezcal flavors to it. It’s stuck between bitter and sweet as well. It’s also quite strong so please… Only one per week.
Paranubes Daiquiri
Ingredients
- 1.5 parts Paranubes Rum
- 1 part Lime Juice Maybe a little more to taste
- 0.5 part simple syrup or extra fine sugar
- 4 dashes Chocolate Bitters to taste
Instructions
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Put all ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake and pour into a Nick and Nora Cocktail Glass and garnish with a lime slice.
Public Radio Listener Surveys Pt. 3
Public Radio Listener Survey Question Construction
Question construction needs to be thoughtful and tested. Even if you think you have a perfect question, designed to get the information you want, ask staff and volunteers for their response. It’s measure twice; cut once. I can’t tell you how many times I thought I had a great question that turned out to be a dud because I had one unclear word in it.
So what is it you want to know?
Do you really know what’s important to your audience? Answering that question is the over-all goal of any survey. Listeners don’t always make the distinction between your station’s programming and national programming. You should always construct your questions to focus your listeners minds on specific programming elements if that is important you.
Let’s go through a series of questions to get at what community issues are important to your respondents. This is a basic question sequence that can be used to ask about any part of your station including fundraising and news. We’ll cover the sequence using news focused questions. Remember too that this is a general sequence and it might take one, two, three or more questions on a topic to get the information you’re looking to acquire.
Question 1: Unaided Recall: What Three Issues facing our local community do you spend time thinking about? The order is not important, just that you spend time thinking about them.
The question should have three text boxes to capture the information. Notice the words “local community” are used. Local differentiates from national or state-wide issues and “community” so they focus on their definition of local, not yours. Asking someone about issues affecting Baltimore is going to get you different data from respondents who live 30 miles outside the city. Once we get their home zip code later on in the survey then we can compare and contrast what different parts of our listening area.
Question 2: Prioritization: On the left are list of issues many would say are facing our local community. Drag each one to the box on the right and order them by dragging them up and down to put them in order of you think are the most important to you to the least important.
You can take a few approaches to determine the list of issues for the left side. I advise that focus on topics from the beats that your station currently covers. This, combined with question 1, will give you an idea just how well your editorial is matching up with what your respondents want to know.
The topics on the right should be two or three words that can be “semi-specific.” “Transportation” has too wide a meaning. “Transportation Infrastructure” narrows it down some and might more in aligned with your content. “Public Transportation Infrastructure” makes it even more specific. I would choose “Transportation Infrastructure” as it would have similar meanings to drivers and public transportation riders. You may need to add a “how do you get to work question” later on the in the survey to determine if your listeners are more interested in road construction issues versus subway delays.
This question type will return a score and ranking from all of your respondents giving you a nice list of their priorities that you might use to guide the amount coverage you give each topic. You should also include a free form text box for comments. “Is there anything you’d like us to know about these topics? It could be something going on in your community or something about how we covered one of these topics.”
Question 3: Performance: This is the question that gets to the heart of the matter. Here we ask respondents for their opinion about how well your station fills their needs. I like to ask this one in a table of statements and use a 1-5 strongly disagree to strongly agree scale. Generally your listeners are going to give you high marks for your coverage but we’ll talk about that in a future post about analyzing your data but generally, any statement that averages less than 3.75 should be a topic of conversation in the station.
“Below are a series of statements about WXXX. Please tell us how much you agree with each.”
“WXXX covers the kind of stories I need to know about”
“WXXX reporters work to tell stories without injecting their own opinions”
“WXXX covers stories that no other TV or radio station covers”
“WXXX stories have facts and figures that can’t be disputed”
“WXXX stories are clear and easy to understand”
You can see that you can offer soft or hard statements about your coverage. I would also include a comments box here for feedback. “Do you have any insightful comments about our coverage that you think would be helpful in the future?”
I’ll demonstrate how this sequence can be constructed to shed light on your fundraising program.
