What is up peeps?! This was a short ass week, wasn’t it? Well, the weekend came quicker and the Friday staple is back once again! It is time for the…
Passion of Chachi’s Top 20 Video Countdown!
We begin with a J-Rock band that has been gone for over a year from the Countdown and makes their return!
20. FLOW – WORLD END (New Entry)
FLOW is back! After taking “Re:Member” to the top in 2006, they have had a rather spotty line of work (Hit and miss, mainly miss for me) but their latest video is where it is at! I have the karaoke version of this song so it WILL be done at NDK. Welcome back guys!
19. Skillz feat Talib Kweli – So Far So Good/Sick (Last Week #20)
Skillz moves up one spot this week! You know, I like the original version with both Common and Talib Kweli but as usual, I can’t win them all.
18. NERD feat Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco & Pusha-T – Everybody Nose (Remix)
WELL IT IS ABOUT DAMN TIME! I have been waiting for this video for about six hundred millennia! And I have to say, as simple as it is, it was well worth the wait. I have been rocking this song forever and it looks like Kanye is cinching down the Artist of the Year Chachi Award. Lupe is getting there, though. I don’t like drugs in rap, but Pusha-T KILLED IT on this one.
17. YA-KYIM – Super Looper (Last Week #14, Three Weeks at #1)
The ladies of YA-KYIM are STILL hanging on to the Countdown! They have the longest reigning number one video on the chart so far (Seeing what HAMC does later) and the longest since Bennie K’s SEVEN WEEK run in early spring. Been a good year for my baby boos.
16. New Kids On The Block - Summertime (Last Week #18)
NKOTB is moving on up! Even though summertime is almost over, this song is still in rotation. When is the album coming out? I am all ready for this one! Yaaay, Jordan!
15. Chris Brown - Forever (Last Week #12)
Looks like Chris Breezy is making his downward spiral yet again. Not sure if he has anything else coming out off of his last album so he may not be back for a while.
14. Seamo feat Ayuse Kozue - Honey (Last Week #13)
Seamo is still just hanging around. He could end up being like James Morrison, who was on the Countdown for two months but never got any higher than number 11. It is about staying power, people.
13. Fonzworth Bentley feat. Andre 3000 & Kanye West – Everybody [Don’t Stop] (Last Week #15)
Okay, this song is totally growing on me. That and the name “Cool Outrageous Lovers Of Unique & Radical Style” is just the most awesome name ever. Even better than Journey. Yes, that Journey.
12. Usher – Moving Mountains (Last Week #9)
With all the asshatery going on in the Usher camp, this could be the last video we see from him for a while. It was good to have him back, I guess.
11. Young Jeezy feat Kanye West – Put On (Last Week #16, Biggest Mover)
Fall is coming which means colder weather given to us by The Snowman! Young Jeezy, flanked by Kanye West, moves up a huge FIVE PLACES this week as he lands outside of the Top 10. Can he make it to number one again and be the first artist of 2008 with two stints at the top?
10. Paramore – That’s What You Get (Last Week #7, Two Weeks at #1)
We begin the Top 10 with a former number one video. Paramore finally got the monkey off their collective backs but since then has steadily fallen from their perch. Since they are on tour it may be a while until we see them on the small screen again. Boooooo!
9. RBD - Empezar Desde Cero (Last Week #11)
RBD is back! They have their second Top 10 of 2008 but can they finally take the top spot? They are 0-for-2 since 2006 but they have came VERY close on those occasions. I mean, as fine as Dulce Maria is I figured they would own this thing but here we are.
8. Game feat Keisha Cole – Pain (Last Week #2, One Week at #1)
So I guess the “My Life” video featuring Lil Wayne should be out any day now. You know, with the year that Lil Wayne has had, he hasn’t shown up on the Countdown ever. Like…at all. Shocking but at the same time….rightfully so in some cases. “Lollipop” sucked.
7. Hyori Lee – U-Go-Girl (Last Week #10)
Princes Hee-yo-Ri is moving up! She shimmies up three spots this week as she is getting into some dangerous waters near the top. Can Miss Lee hold her own? I think so, I mean she is fricking hot. I mean, the shorts do nothing for me but that smile could tame a coked up Kodiak bear.
6. Yui – Summer Song (Last Week #8)
It wouldn’t be a Countdown without Yui, would it now? Yui continues to move up this week as she guns for her record seventh Top Five video. Yeah, she is pushing for the Artist of the Year as well. Can I just say I fucking love this song? Seriously, I am all about this one.
5. Kelun – CHU-BURA (Last Week #6)
Well, that didn’t take long. Kelun is back in the Top Five! The streak of Bleach openings hitting number one was broken with Asian Kung Fu Generation’s “After Dark” but can Kelun start a new streak of Bleach dominance? They may just!
4. HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR – Hot Limit (Last Week #1, Two Weeks at #1)
Total shocker! After two weeks, HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR fall from their throne! It was a long ride and a good reign but even the awesomeness of TM Revolution couldn’t keep them in the Top Three. We have a new number one video and it is one of these last three videos!
3. T.I. – No Matter What (Last Week #4)
The King of the South is in familiar territory as he is back in the Top Three! Not only that, he has two new videos coming! “Whatever You Like” (To which I say meh, but it has Lil’ Duvall in it and he is funny as hell) is out now and “Swing Ya Rag” should be out any day now and that song is FUCKING BANGIN. Seriously, I may have to get a Louis rag.
2. Ikimono-Gakari - Bluebird (Last Week #3)
Ikimono-Gakari is one step away from greatness! They move up one spot this week to the runner-up position! This song has been on rotation for a while (With the windows up….the world aint ready for it) and it has paid off because they are very close to their first number one video. However, they didn’t get it this week and with HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR falling from the throne we have a new king! Or queen?
1. Wonder Girls – So Hot (Last Week #2, One Week at #1)
Or queens! The young ladies of Wonder Girls are on top of the world and finally on top of the Chachi Countdown! It has been an interesting road as I really didn’t think they would get this far. However, the awesomeness of this song could not be denied! Because of that, the Wonder Girls are so hot…and so on top. Yeah….I meant that just how it sounded. Congratulations ladies!
That is all for this Friday! Tune in next week to see if the Wonder Girls can make it two weeks at the top! Or will Ikimono-Gakari finally move into the number one position? Or will T.I. finally break the streak and once again become the King of the Countdown? See you in seven!
Well, I am about to be out. Been an exhausting week (Denver three times, a shitload of interviews and a total epiphany about women being stupid) but it was worth it. I may head out tonight but I will be back on Sunday. Until then, stay up peeps.
Chachi Out
