IJ Top 10 (10/08/08)

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1 (3) I KISSED A GIRL - Katy Perry
2 (2) 5 YEARS TIME - Noah & The Whale (3rd wk at #2)
3 (4) LAY YOUR LOVE ON ME - BWO
4 (1) I LIKE YOU SO MUCH BETTER WHEN YOU’RE NAKED - Ida Maria (#1, 2wks)
5 (NEW) KISS WITH A FIST - Florence & The Machine
6 (8) HONEY HONEY - Original Cast Recording
7 (6) ALL SUMMER LONG - Kid Rock
8 (NEW) BOYFRIEND - Alphabeat
9 (5) TURN IT UP - The Feeling (#1, 1wk)
10 (7) THE GIRL I LOVE - Hamfatter

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4/8 charted (haven't heard your NEs yet), 2 more bubbled with varying "success" - Kid Rock was around 32-36 for several weeks, whereas Katy Perry would be at #50.

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Noah & The Whale were a whisker away from pipping Katy Perry to #1, but their making this a 3rd week at #2 equals 2008's record.

Here are some of this chart's other biggest songs of the year that didn't make it to #1:

British Sea Power - 'Waving Flags' (6-3-2-6) 13/1
Newton Faulkner - 'Dream Catch Me' (4-2-2-6-7) 27/1
Alphabeat - 'Fascination' (5-2-3-4-10) 24/2
R.E.M - 'Supernatural Superserious' (3-4-6-7-6-10) 02/3
MGMT - 'Time To Pretend' (2-2-2-5-7) 09/3
Amy McDonald - 'Run' (6-8-5-10-3-4-7-9) 09/3
Ashlee Simpson - 'Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)' (2-2-4-5-10) 27/4
Vampire Weekend - 'Oxford Comma' (3-7-9) 18/5
Futureheads - 'Radio Heart' (4-4-4-6) 25/5
Scooter - 'Jumping All Over The World' (7-2-5) 01/6
Little Man Tate - 'What Your Boyfriend Said' (3-4-5-5-4-8) 15/6
Urbnri - 'Back Me Up' (2-2-4-5) 22/6
Infadels - 'Free Things For Poor People' (3-3-2-3-5) 22/6
Jonas Brothers - 'S.O.S' (8-8-7-9-7-9) 22/6
Kid Rock - 'All Summer Long' (8-2-3-5-6-7-...) 06/7
Original Cast Recording - 'Honey Honey' (4-7-8-6-...) 20/7
Noah & The Whale - '5 Years Time' (9-2-2-2-1) 20/7