HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 10/17/20
Each week 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. The following is the Active Rock Mediabase Chart for the week ending 10/17/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 1 | SEETHER | Dangerous | 1899 |
| 2 | 2 | COREY TAYLOR | Black Eyes Blue | 1847 |
| 3 | 7 | AC/DC | Shot In the Dark | 1520 |
| 4 | 3 | CHRIS CORNELL | Patience | 1495 |
| 5 | 4 | BADFLOWER | 30 | 1490 |
| 6 | 5 | DEFTONES | Ohms | 1308 |
| 7 | 9 | MARILYN MANSON | We Are Chaos | 1178 |
| 8 | 8 | I PREVAIL (f. DELANEY JANE) | Every Time You Leave | 1171 |
| 9 | 12 | THREE DAYS GRACE | Somebody That I Used To Know | 967 |
| 10 | 13 | AYRON JONES | Take Me Away | 929 |
| 11 | 11 | SIXX:A.M. / ARTISTS FOR RECOVERY | Maybe It’s Time | 918 |
| 12 | 6 | METALLICA & THE S.F. SYMPHONY | All Within My Hands (S&M2) | 887 |
| 13 | 10 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Panic | 831 |
| 14 | 15 | ROYAL BLOOD | Trouble’s Coming | 823 |
| 15 | 14 | BAD WOLVES | Learn To Walk Again | 798 |
| 16 | 16 | CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 682 |
| 17 | 31 | GRETA VAN FLEET | My Way, Soon | 641 |
| 18 | 18 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Parasite Eve | 626 |
| 19 | 19 | EVANESCENCE | Use My Voice | 586 |
| 20 | 20 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | They Don’t Want What We Want… | 584 |
| 21 | 21 | AVATAR | Colossus | 522 |
| 22 | 26 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | Living The Dream | 472 |
| 23 | 22 | BAD OMENS | Limits | 462 |
| 24 | 23 | 10 YEARS | The Shift | 440 |
| 25 | 17 | SEVENDUST | The Day I Tried To Live | 427 |
| 26 | 29 | SMITH & MYERS | Not Mad Enough | 375 |
| 27 | 24 | THE VIOLENT | Fly On The Wall | 366 |
| 28 | 27 | DAUGHTRY | World On Fire | 350 |
| 29 | 28 | IN THIS MOMENT | As Above, So Below | 345 |
| 30 | 25 | SAUL | King Of Misery | 324 |
| 31 | 33 | ROYAL BLISS (f. SHIM) | Medication | 267 |
| 32 | 34 | ANOTHER DAY DAWNS | Forget Me Not | 230 |
| 33 | 35 | MOTIONLESS IN WHITE | Somebody Told Me | 206 |
| 34 | 36 | TETRARCH | I’m Not Right | 203 |
| 35 | 32 | GREY DAZE | B12 | 173 |
| 36 | 37 | EGO KILL TALENT | The Call | 144 |
| 37 | 39 | ALTER BRIDGE | Native Son | 143 |
| 38 | 40 | SOUTH OF EDEN | The Talk | 135 |
| 39 | 38 | FIT FOR A KING | Locked (In My Head) | 129 |
| 40 | 46 | THROUGH FIRE | Doubt | 122 |
| 41 | 41 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | Again | 102 |
| 42 | 42 | BIFFY CLYRO | Tiny Indoor Fireworks | 101 |
| 43 | 43 | THE BLUE STONES | Let It Ride | 95 |
| 44 | 53 | TWIZTID | Rose Petal | 68 |
| 45 | 44 | BLACKLITE DISTRICT | Falling | 67 |
| 46 | 49 | MASTODON | Falling Torches | 64 |
| 47 | 45 | WEAPONS OF ANEW | Sick Boy | 64 |
| 48 | 48 | REZZ & GRABBITZ | Someone Else | 54 |
| 49 | 47 | NICK PERRI / UNDERGROUND THIEVES | Feeling Good | 54 |
| 50 | 65 | FOUNDRY | Intoxicate | 52 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE – “Somebody Told Me”
The original version of “Somebody Told Me” by The Killers is a catchy song that is layered with pop synthesizers. Motionless In White’s cover stays fairly true to the original, but the synthesizers are more of the symphonic metal variety, and the underlying rhythm is heavier and more driving. Chris Motionless’ voice has a similar quality to Brandon Flowers, but with an angsty edge. With all due respect to The Killers, the Motionless In White cover of “Somebody Told Me” is a better song for those who appreciate a little bit of grit. The few moments of growling paint a distinct difference from the original, but it’s the overall sound that really sets it apart. It’s as if Motionless In White took the original, pumped it full of steroids, and infused it with a healthy dose of adrenaline and testosterone to make it relevant for Active Rock radio. There is no shortage of covers in the rock world these days. This one is easily one of the best of the year.
HRD SPIN CONTROL (by Adam Waldman and Jon Loveless)
The following is a list of songs that we feel deserve to be added to Active Rock playlists…
ELECTRIC MOB – “Devil You Know”
DEAD DAISIES – “Bustle And Flow”
NO RESOLVE – “Never Back Down”
ETCHED IN EMBERS – “Silence”
THE JEREMY EDGE PROJECT – “Firedancer”
NICKELBACK – “The Devil Went Down To Georgia”
EVE TO ADAM – “Calling My Name”
WHEELBLOCKS – “Aces High”
LARKIN POE – “Holy Ghost Fire”
SMASH INTO PIECES – “Big Bang”
LIGHTWORKER – “Cholera”
W3APONS – “Bye Baby Gone”
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “Never Broken”
THE LOYAL ORDER – “Hellfire”
GREATEST GAINERS…
GRETA VAN FLEET– “My Way, Soon” (+370 spins)
AC/DC – “Shot In The Dark” (+319 spins)
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH – “Living The Dream” (+153 spins)
COREY TAYLOR – “Black Eyes Blue” (+138 spins)
MARILYN MANSON – “We Are Chaos” (+114 spins)
ROYAL BLOOD – “Trouble’s Coming” (+110 spins)
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