HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 12/19/20
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 12/19/20. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
| CHART | CHART | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | RADIO |
| POSITION | POSITION | SPINS | ||
| THIS WEEK | LAST WEEK | |||
| 1 | 1 | FOO FIGHTERS | Shame Shame | 1894 |
| 2 | 2 | AC/DC | Shot In The Dark | 1772 |
| 3 | 3 | I PREVAIL f. DELANEY JANE | Every Time You Leave | 1683 |
| 4 | 4 | AYRON JONES | Take Me Away | 1513 |
| 5 | 5 | GRETA VAN FLEET | My Way, Soon | 1469 |
| 6 | 6 | THREE DAYS GRACE | Somebody That I Used To Know | 1399 |
| 7 | 8 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | Living The Dream | 1341 |
| 8 | 9 | ROYAL BLOOD | Trouble’s Coming | 1266 |
| 9 | 7 | DEFTONES | Ohms | 1144 |
| 10 | 10 | BAD WOLVES | Learn To Walk Again | 1117 |
| 11 | 11 | MAMMOTH WVH | Distance | 1105 |
| 12 | 12 | CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 919 |
| 13 | 14 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | They Don’t Want What We Want… | 892 |
| 14 | 13 | SMITH & MYERS | Not Mad Enough | 892 |
| 15 | 17 | PAPA ROACH | The Ending | 651 |
| 16 | 16 | DAUGHTRY | World On Fire | 573 |
| 17 | 19 | BUSH | The Kingdom | 554 |
| 18 | 18 | IN THIS MOMENT | As Above, So Below | 553 |
| 19 | 21 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Teardrops | 529 |
| 20 | 22 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Scars That I’m Hiding | 518 |
| 21 | 25 | POP EVIL | Breathe Again | 496 |
| 22 | 20 | ROYAL BLISS f. SHIM | Medication | 493 |
| 23 | 24 | ROB ZOMBIE | The Triumph Of King Freak… | 452 |
| 24 | 29 | ARCHITECTS | Animals | 381 |
| 25 | 26 | SAUL | King Of Misery | 376 |
| 26 | 28 | SEVENDUST | Dying To Live | 374 |
| 27 | 27 | SYSTEM OF A DOWN | Protect The Land | 344 |
| 28 | 30 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | Again | 308 |
| 29 | 34 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | Strangers | 266 |
| 30 | 33 | WEAPONS OF ANEW | Sick Boy | 254 |
| 31 | 32 | THROUGH FIRE | Doubt | 254 |
| 32 | 31 | ALTER BRIDGE | Native Son | 250 |
| 33 | 35 | MARILYN MANSON | Don’t Chase The Dead | 247 |
| 34 | 40 | RA | Intercorrupted | 165 |
| 35 | 38 | ATREYU | Save Us | 165 |
| 36 | 37 | THE BLUE STONES | Let It Ride | 152 |
| 37 | 36 | EVANESCENCE | Use My Voice | 152 |
| 38 | 39 | FOUNDRY | Intoxicate | 139 |
| 39 | 44 | DES ROCS | This Is Our Life | 106 |
| 40 | 42 | TWIZTID | Rose Petal | 100 |
| 41 | 41 | SONS OF SILVER | Deep Division | 92 |
| 42 | 45 | CHRIS STAPLETON | Arkansas | 86 |
| 43 | 51 | OFFSPRING | (Christmas) Baby Please Come… | 78 |
| 44 | 43 | ALL TIME LOW f. BLACKBEAR | Monsters | 69 |
| 45 | 47 | SYSTEM OF A DOWN | Genocidal Humanoidz | 63 |
| 46 | 48 | ZERO 9:36 | Adrenaline | 50 |
| 47 | 49 | VRSTY | Massive | 48 |
| 48 | 55 | ATTACK ATTACK! | All My Life | 46 |
| 49 | 53 | MARSHMELLO/A DAY TO REMEMBER | Rescue Me | 41 |
| 50 | 50 | LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES | Killing What’s Underneath | 41 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
DEE SNIDER AND LZZY HALE – “The Magic Of Christmas”
More often than not, rock and roll Christmas songs are just adrenaline filled versions of the same old classics that have lost their appeal to many over the course of time. Some may look at this as a cover because it originally debuted in 1998 on Celine Dion’s smash holiday album, These Are Special Times. But I’m calling this one an original because it was written by Snider for his wife, Suzette. It just took him over two decades to record it on his own for release.
If you’re going to do a rock and roll duet these days, Lzzy Hale stands far above all others as the female vocalist of choice. Not only does she have the sweet beauty to complement her male counterpart’s vocals, but she is also an absolute badass in comparison to all singers regardless of gender.
“The Magic Of Christmas” is special to me because it blends two of my favorite singers of all-time. Snider is an icon from my youth, whereas Hale is an icon of modern times. That alone wouldn’t be enough to make this a standout track though. For my money, the best Christmas songs are the ones that make you feel the magic of the season that only lasts for a short time, but can also be listened to throughout the year and enjoyed on its own merits. These unicorn songs are few and far between, so when one comes around, it should be celebrated. This duet has already been added to my annual Christmas song playlist, a list that isn’t particularly long, but special just the same.
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…
DEE SNIDER AND LZZY HALE– “The Magic Of Christmas”
REID HENRY – “The Blind”
BLACK VEIL BRIDES – “Scarlet Cross”
W3EAPONS – “Broken Promises”
THE HU – “Sad But True”
AUTUMN KINGS – “Power”
DISCREPANCIES – “Blame Me”
WOLVES AT THE GATE – “Counterfeit”
ANYTHING BUT HUMAN – “Move On”
ELECTRIC MOB – “Devil You Know”
BRKN LOVE – “Crush”
TOMMY GIBBONS – “Tonight”
NO RESOLVE – “Never Back Down”
ETCHED IN EMBERS – “Silence”
THE JEREMY EDGE PROJECT – “Firedancer”
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “Never Broken”
GREATEST GAINERS…
NO NOTABLE GAINERS DURING THE HOLIDAYS
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