HOTDISC TOP 40
16 November 2014

 

This is a list of the Top 40 Most Popular Songs released on the Rush Released promotional CD. Each week DJs and media people who receive Rush Released send back their reaction sheets where they are given the chance to rate every song. This chart is exclusively for clients of the Rush Released CD.  The chart is published weekly here, and also in Country Music People, Country Music & Dance, Up Country and Southern Country magazines.

To watch the video for each song (where available) click on the titles.

01 01

An Affair To Remember
RAY PRICE feat. MARTINA McBRIDE

02 03

That’ll Be The Day
MERLE HAGGARD

03

07

Drunk Americans
TOBY KEITH

04 02

Pride
IAN HIGHLAND feat. FRANK JENNINGS

05 08

TRAVELLIN’ SOLDIER
MEGAN ADAMS

06 06

Enjoy The Ride
BRIAN COLLINS

07

09

New Country Singers
JAMES CAROTHERS

08

13

Feels Like Coming Home
DAVID STARR  

09

04

Good On You
NATIVE RUN 

10

05

Drinkin’ Beer
RAY SCOTT 

 

 

 

 

11

16

Mosaic
BEAU + LUCI

12

14

My Best Friend
MICHAEL LUSK

13 18

He’s Messed Up!!!  
JO DEE MESSINA

14 20

Miranda In The Moonlight
GORDON JENSEN

15

19

Raise That Bar
TONY CLARKE

16

10

I’m Gonna Hire A Wino (To Decorate Our Home)
DAVID FRIZZELL

17

11

Gaia Blues
KENNY BUTTERILL feat. DONOVAN LEITCH 

18

24

Like A Fading Rose
KARIN WRIGHT

19

12

One Night Between Friends
KATIE ARMIGER

20

25

Stay 
MADELINE SMITH 

 

 

 

 

21

15

Radio Song
MICHAEL SCOTT

22

26

Two Cats
OWEN MOORE

23

30

Memphis Buzz
DAVID HILGENFELDT PROJECT 

24 17

Fire
BEAU + LUCI

25 21

Highway Number Nine
DAVE SHERIFF  

26

22

Fishin’ Pole Dancin’
BRUCE LARSON

27

27

Hop In My Truck
TIM CADIERE  

28

23

California Girls Have Gone Country
STEVIE LEE WOODS

29

29

Down To Ride
MIKE DONNELL BAND

30 32

Applications For An Angel
C W MONTGOMERY

 

 

 

 

31

36

Hometown Hottie  
LOCATION OF INCIDENT

32

34

Ralph The Sneaky Elf
DAVID WOOD

33

31

Southern Drawl
DAVID SHELBY

34

38

Unfaithfully  
A P MAURO 

35

NE

Hit The Ground Runnin’
CRAB APPLE LANE

36

28

Party In The Barn
JAMES ROBERT WEBB

37

NE

With Your Hands
CAMERON-TROY

38

37

Full Moon Friday
BRITTANY SPRIGGS

39

35

This I Promise You
KEYTH YOUNGSTER

40

40

Whole Lot Of Livin’
NORTH 40

THE HOTDISC BRITISH & IRISH INDEPENDENT TOP 10

01

01

Pride
IAN HIGHLAND feat. FRANK JENNINGS

02

02

Travellin’ Soldier
MEGAN ADAMS

03

03

Raise That Bar
TONY CLARKE

04

05

Two Cats
OWEN MOORE

05

04

Highway Number Nine
DAVE SHERIFF

06

07

Mexican Joe
MEXICAN JOE WALKER

07

09

A Love Song
KEITH SHAW

08

06

I Am What I Am
TONY CLARKE

09

08

Travelling Star
MIM GREY

10

10

I’m Texas Bound!
ROB ALLEN

 

The Hotdisc chart is compiled from DJs and industry professionals’ ratings of songs currently being promoted on the Rush Released CD. They are not airplay charts, as airplay charts cannot work in Europe because there are no terrestrial country stations. The hundreds of country programmes on air which we service are likely to play a particular song only twice at most in a three month period, therefore rendering airplay charts insignificant in Europe. It works well in America where there are plenty of non-stop country stations but it does not work here. Any Airplay Chart you may see claiming to provide this service is bogus and Hotdisc does not condone these charts at all. They are misleading at best for the reasons stated.

The Hotdisc charts are put together weekly using ratings supplied by DJs who give scores to every song on the last three months’ editions of Rush Released. The scores are averaged out per week to give an accurate guide to the songs which are being championed by the industry. The aim is to showcase the songs which the industry professionals are flagging up as quality songs. This is a very useful exercise as it is free of politics, hype and rigging and done solely on merit!

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