HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/6/21
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 2/6/21. All exclusive HRD content is featured below the chart:
TOP 100 HARD ROCK SONGS OF 2020
| THIS | LAST | |||
| WEEK | WEEK | ARTIST | SONG TITLE | SPINS |
| 1 | 3 | ROYAL BLOOD | Trouble’s Coming | 1838 |
| 2 | 1 | FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH | Living The Dream | 1766 |
| 3 | 2 | GRETA VAN FLEET | My Way, Soon | 1540 |
| 4 | 5 | MAMMOTH WVH | Distance | 1509 |
| 5 | 7 | CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 1352 |
| 6 | 6 | PAPA ROACH | The Ending | 1347 |
| 7 | 4 | FOO FIGHTERS | Shame Shame | 1253 |
| 8 | 11 | CHEVELLE | Self Destructor | 1205 |
| 9 | 8 | ASKING ALEXANDRIA | They Don’t Want What We Want… | 1189 |
| 10 | 10 | SMITH & MYERS | Not Mad Enough | 1066 |
| 11 | 13 | POP EVIL | Breathe Again | 1005 |
| 12 | 14 | PRETTY RECKLESS | And So It Went | 970 |
| 13 | 12 | AC/DC | Shot In The Dark | 917 |
| 14 | 15 | BRING ME THE HORIZON | Teardrops | 878 |
| 15 | 16 | FROM ASHES TO NEW | Scars That I’m Hiding | 801 |
| 16 | 17 | ARCHITECTS | Animals | 776 |
| 17 | 20 | AC/DC | Realize | 746 |
| 18 | 19 | ROB ZOMBIE | The Triumph Of King Freak… | 618 |
| 19 | 22 | COREY TAYLOR | Samantha’s Gone | 580 |
| 20 | 36 | FOO FIGHTERS | Waiting On A War | 554 |
| 21 | 18 | BUSH | The Kingdom | 476 |
| 22 | 21 | SEVENDUST | Dying To Live | 459 |
| 23 | 24 | BLACK STONE CHERRY | Again | 448 |
| 24 | 23 | THEORY OF A DEADMAN | Strangers | 430 |
| 25 | 28 | SEETHER | Bruised And Bloodied | 401 |
| 26 | 25 | THROUGH FIRE | Doubt | 347 |
| 27 | 26 | BLACK VEIL BRIDES | Scarlet Cross | 332 |
| 28 | 32 | DEFTONES | Ceremony | 305 |
| 29 | 33 | ZERO 9:36 | Adrenaline | 279 |
| 30 | 30 | RA | Intercorrupted | 273 |
| 31 | 31 | DES ROCS | This Is Our Life | 241 |
| 32 | 44 | LOVE AND DEATH | Down | 186 |
| 33 | 29 | SYSTEM OF A DOWN | Protect The Land | 170 |
| 34 | 66 | A DAY TO REMEMBER | Everything We Need | 169 |
| 35 | 38 | BLACK CROWES | Charming Mess | 163 |
| 36 | 35 | THE BLUE STONES | Let It Ride | 155 |
| 37 | 40 | TWIZTID | Rose Petal | 142 |
| 38 | 114 | ESCAPE THE FATE (f. LINDSEY STIRLING) | Invincible | 136 |
| 39 | 27 | WEAPONS OF ANEW | Sick Boy | 135 |
| 40 | 34 | MARILYN MANSON | Don’t Chase The Dead | 130 |
| 41 | 37 | FOO FIGHTERS | No Son Of Mine | 128 |
| 42 | 41 | ALL TIME LOW (f. BLACKBEAR) | Monsters | 121 |
| 43 | 43 | MACHINE GUN KELLY | Bloody Valentine | 115 |
| 44 | 48 | KEITH WALLEN | Dream Away | 93 |
| 45 | 45 | CHRIS STAPLETON | Arkansas | 76 |
| 46 | 42 | SONS OF SILVER | Deep Division | 72 |
| 47 | 49 | LIKE A STORM | Empire Of Ashes | 71 |
| 48 | 54 | CORE | Save Me | 57 |
| 49 | 47 | OF MICE & MEN | Obsolete | 55 |
| 50 | 50 | KINGS OF LEON | The Bandit | 51 |
PUBLISHER’S PICK OF THE WEEK (By Adam Waldman)
COREY TAYLOR – “Samantha’s Gone”
It’s usually a disappointment when one of your favorite artists leaves one of your favorite bands, but in the case of Corey Taylor, his debut as a solo artist has been something to celebrate.
For the first time in the history of Hard Rock Daddy’s Top Hard Rock Songs of the year, an exception was made to include two songs from one album because the songs were so different. “Black Eyes Blue” and “CMFT Must Be Stopped” tied for the #3 position on the TOP 100 HARD ROCK SONGS OF 2020.
The brilliance of Taylor’s solo work continues with “Samantha’s Gone,” a song that was written 13 years ago, and offered to three other bands who declined to record it. That was a blessing in disguise. It’s hard to imagine any other artist delivering the infectious chorus like Taylor, or the unique phrasing of the verses for that matter.
In an interview with Maniac, Taylor talked about the long journey to getting “Samantha’s Gone” out to the masses…
“I’ve been sittin’ on that song for a long time thinking ‘fuck man, I really gotta put this damn thing out.’ It just kind of fit with everything else I was putting on this first album. I guess I’m really stoked by the fact that it came out so great. It’s a mashup of ‘70s glam and ‘80s punk, and it’s got a great vibe to it.”
It can be argued that every song that has Taylor’s imprint on it has a great vibe, but it’s easy to see why “Samantha’s Gone” is one of his favorites that he’s ever written. No fan wants to see the end of Stone Sour or Slipknot, but based on Taylor’s debut solo work, it wouldn’t be surprising at all if he follows down the same incredibly successful solo paths of Ozzy Osbourne and Ronnie James Dio.
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…
GEMINI SYNDROME – “IDK”
EMPTY TRAIL – “Somewhere”
VEER– “Red Tide
AS STRANGE AS ANGELS – “The Curse”
THE DEAD DAISIES – “Holy Ground”
THE LOYAL ORDER – “Fuck Or Fight”
OH! THE HORROR – “Tears Of Gold”
LOVE AND DEATH – “Down”
THEM EVILS – “Coattails”
THE ODDEVEN – “Bleed For Something”
RIDING WITH KILLERS – “World Apart”
WOLVES AT THE GATE – “Counterfeit”
SAM COFFEY & THE IRON LUNGS – “Back With The Gang”
FOOLPROOF – “Violet”
TEENAGE WRIST – “Earth Is A Black Hole”
GREATEST GAINERS…
| ARTIST | SONG TITLE | SPIN INCREASE |
| ROYAL BLOOD | Trouble’s Coming | 352 |
| FOO FIGHTERS | Waiting On A War | 377 |
| AC/DC | Realize | 240 |
| CHEVELLE | Self Destructor | 195 |
| CLEOPATRICK | Hometown | 165 |
| COREY TAYLOR | Samantha’s Gone | 160 |
| SEETHER | Bruised And Bloodied | 155 |
| PAPA ROACH | The Ending | 143 |
| A DAY TO REMEMBER | Everything We Need | 142 |
| ESCAPE THE FATE (f. LINDSEY STIRLING) | Invincible | 128 |
| PRETTY RECKLESS | And So It Went | 106 |
| MAMMOTH WVH | Distance | 102 |
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