HRD RADIO REPORT
The HRD Radio Report showcases the weekly Active Rock Mediabase Charts (compiled by AllAccess.com), and appears every Tuesday on HardRockDaddy.com. The HRD Radio Report digs deeper into the weekly Active Rock charts, providing commentary, reviews, recommendations and predictions. It also features opinion pieces on chart action and the music business in general.
Many of the artists featured on the Active Rock charts have already been reviewed on HardRockDaddy.com.
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The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 9/13/15. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
2015 Mid-Year Recap: HRD Radio Report Active Rock and Octane Big ‘Uns Countdown
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | THIS WEEK | ||
| 1 | 1 | SHINEDOWN | “Cut The Cord” | 2079 |
| 2 | 2 | POP EVIL | “Footsteps” | 1890 |
| 3 | 4 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | “Jekyll And Hyde” | 1733 |
| 4 | 5 | HIGHLY SUSPECT | “Lydia” | 1650 |
| 5 | 3 | DISTURBED | “The Vengeful One” | 1600 |
| 6 | 7 | RED SUN RISING | “The Otherside” | 1308 |
| 7 | 6 | BREAKING BENJAMIN | “Angels Fall” | 1259 |
| 8 | 8 | SAINT ASONIA | “Better Place” | 1142 |
| 9 | 9 | PAPA ROACH | “Gravity” | 1056 |
| 10 | 10 | FOO FIGHTERS | “Outside” | 961 |
| 11 | 12 | CHRIS CORNELL | “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart” | 875 |
| 12 | 13 | SLIPKNOT | “Killpop” | 774 |
| 13 | 14 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | “Throne” | 762 |
| 14 | 11 | THE STRUTS | “Could Have Been Me” | 727 |
| 15 | 15 | ALL THAT REMAINS | “For You” | 704 |
| 16 | 16 | STARSET | “Halo” | 615 |
| 17 | 17 | P.O.D. | “This Goes Out To You” | 604 |
| 18 | 18 | BEARTOOTH | “In Between” | 447 |
| 19 | 19 | SEVENDUST | “Thank You” | 431 |
| 20 | 21 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | “I Won’t Give In” | 398 |
| 21 | 22 | GHOST | “Cirice” | 396 |
| 22 | 20 | MUSE | “Mercy” | 385 |
| 23 | 23 | WE ARE HARLOT | “Someday” | 350 |
| 24 | 26 | TRAPT | “Passenger” | 307 |
| 25 | 24 | SEETHER | “Nobody Praying For Me” | 299 |
| 26 | 29 | LIKE A STORM | “Become The Enemy” | 286 |
| 27 | 25 | HALESTORM | “Amen” | 286 |
| 28 | 27 | ARCS | “Outta My Mind” | 234 |
| 29 | 40 | HALESTORM | “I Am The Fire” | 213 |
| 30 | 30 | LAMB OF GOD | “Overlord” | 190 |
| 31 | 33 | WILSON | “Right To Rise” | 189 |
| 32 | 32 | ISLANDER | “Cold Speak” | 189 |
| 33 | 28 | MUMFORD & SONS | “The Wolf” | 181 |
| 34 | 31 | BUCKCHERRY | “Bring It On Back” | 179 |
| 35 | 35 | AWOLNATION | “I Am” | 176 |
| 36 | 36 | SEASONS AFTER | “Weathered And Worn” | 169 |
| 37 | 34 | BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE | “You Want A Battle? (Here’s A War)” | 159 |
| 38 | 39 | IN THIS MOMENT | “Big Bad Wolf” | 152 |
| 39 | 46 | TRIVIUM | “Until The World Goes Cold” | 134 |
| 40 | 37 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | “Unstoppable” | 132 |
| 41 | 43 | BRIDGE TO GRACE | “Everything” | 129 |
| 42 | 42 | BUTCHER BABIES | “Never Go Back” | 128 |
| 43 | 52 | THREE DAYS GRACE | “Fallen Angel” | 120 |
| 44 | 45 | WE CAME AS ROMANS | “The World I Used To Know” | 118 |
| 45 | 44 | MIGGS | “Ordinary” | 112 |
| 46 | 41 | WITHIN REASON | “Here Comes The Light” | 109 |
| 47 | 49 | TREMONTI | “Radical Change” | 92 |
| 48 | 48 | 10 YEARS | “From Birth To Burial” | 91 |
| 49 | 47 | FIRST DECREE | “Stop” | 88 |
| 50 | 54 | SEPARATIONS | “Dream Eater” | 82 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK by Adam Waldman
WE CAME AS ROMANS – “The World I Used To Know”
If you’re old enough to be nostalgic about anything, you will connect with “The World I Used To Know,” the latest single from We Came As Romans. At some point in time, we all deal with a loss of innocence. On 9/11/01, citizens of the United States all experienced a collective loss of innocence. While this grand scale tragedy clearly set a line of demarcation of a time when life was much different, the loss of innocence can happen at anytime to anyone. Often times, it is realized after some sort of loss, but it can also happen gradually over time as we move from one day to the next, eventually taking a peak in the rear view mirror and looking back fondly on days gone by. “The World I Used To Know” may be a microcosm of sorts for longtime fans of We Came As Romans who long for the days when the band featured a more aggressive sound. However, as far as Active Rock radio is concerned, this sound is a perfect fit, melodic with a bit of an edge. In a week filled with the loss of childhood heroes, the anniversary of 9/11 and the loss of a childhood friend today, this song hit home in many ways on a personal level.
HRD SPIN CONTROL (by Adam Waldman and Jon Loveless)
Each week, we will share the songs that we think should be added to rotations, alongside the songs that we feel should be dropped from rotations, either because they are a bad fit for the format, or because they have run their course and it’s time for a new single from the artist.
SPIN IT…
SEPTEMBER MOURNING – “Children Of Fate”
GEMINI SYNDROME – “Eternity”
RUBIKON – “Live That Lie”
FROM ASHES TO NEW – “Through It All”
IRON MAIDEN – “Speed Of Light”
AUDIOTOPSY – “The Calling”
DROP IT…
Ghost – “Cirice”
Awolnation – “I Am”
Mumford & Sons – “The Wolf”
The Struts – “Could Have Been Me”
The Arcs – “Outta My Mind”
In This Moment – “Big Bad Wolf”
Beartooth – “In Between”
THE BREAKDOWN by Jon Loveless
KING OF THE HILL
Shinedown makes it seven total weeks at #1 (and four in a row) with “Cut The Cord” still firmly atop the Mediabase Active Rock airplay chart. Pop Evil waits patiently at #2 with “Footsteps,” while Five Finger Death Punch inches up to the third spot with “Jekyll & Hyde” as Disturbed falls back on declining airplay.
NOTABLE CHART MOVEMENT
No changes in the composition of the Top 10 this week, and little change in the order either for that matter…
Asking Alexandria is the only artist to crack the Top 20 this week…
Only one artist breaks into the Top 30 this week – Halestorm – who could have jumped at least another 10 spots if stations would let go of their previous single and switch to “I Am The Fire”…
Trivium is the only newcomer to the Top 40 this week thanks to more than 50% airplay increase with their latest single, “Until The World Goes Cold”…
The latest single from Three Days Grace (“Fallen Angel”) is the highest song to debut this week, joined by newcomers Separations who squeaked into the final spot of the Top 50.
THREE UP & THREE DOWN
MOVING UP
Red Sun Rising – “The Otherside”
Chris Cornell – “Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart”
Halestorm – “I Am The Fire”
DROPPING DOWN
Disturbed – “The Vengeful One”
The Struts – “Could Have Been Me”
Mumford & Son – “The Wolf”
FUTURES REPORT
A very slight decline in spins for Shinedown might be the start of a trend that moves them off the top of the chart with Pop Evil appearing to be the most likely beneficiary. Several other songs with long runs in the upper region of the chart might also have a chance to pick up more airplay from that change as well, but they’re all far enough away from the top that it would be almost impossible for them to get there on declining spins for Shinedown alone. What complicates predicting is the ability of a single station ownership group to make a coordinated change (up or down) on a song and produce an unusually large swing.
WRAP-UP
That’s all for this week. Tune in to HardRockDaddy.com every Tuesday for the HRD Radio Report. \m/
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