HOTDISC TOP 40
 
  7 December 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

NE

Just Another Love Song
HALEY & MICHAELS 

02

01

Drunk Americans
TOBY KEITH

03 03

TRAVELLIN’ SOLDIER
MEGAN ADAMS

04

05

New Country Singers
JAMES CAROTHERS

05 02

That’ll Be The Day
MERLE HAGGARD

06

NE

Lonelyville
BERNIE NELSON

07 09

He’s Messed Up!!!  
JO DEE MESSINA

08

NE

Where Are You
MEXICAN JOE WALKER

09

07

Feels Like Coming Home
DAVID STARR  

10 04

An Affair To Remember
RAY PRICE feat. MARTINA McBRIDE

 

 

 

 

11

NE

Better At Night
TATE STEVENS

12 06

Enjoy The Ride
BRIAN COLLINS

13

NE

The Snow Is Falling Down
TONY CLARKE

14

08

Mosaic
BEAU + LUCI

15 10

Miranda In The Moonlight
GORDON JENSEN

16

12

Raise That Bar
TONY CLARKE

17

NE

Jose Cuervo  
SHELLY WEST 

18 NE

Since We Went To Sleep
CRASH n RECOVERY  

19 11

Pride
IAN HIGHLAND feat. FRANK JENNINGS

20

NE

An Old Christmas Card (2014 Version)
JIM REEVES

 

 

 

 

21

13

My Best Friend
MICHAEL LUSK

22

14

Like A Fading Rose
KARIN WRIGHT

23 NE

Mary’s Boy Child (2014 Version)
JIM REEVES

24

NE

Parading In Your Rain
TARIA

25

15

Stay 
MADELINE SMITH 

26

NE

Adalida
SUSAN McCANN  

27

NE

Through The Cracks
BRANDON ALAN

28

16

Two Cats
OWEN MOORE

29

NE

Making Grown Men Cry
THE DIABLOS

30

NE

I’m Gonna Miss You This Christmas
ROB ALLEN

 

 

 

 

31

26

Hometown Hottie  
LOCATION OF INCIDENT

32

NE

Overlander
PAULINE BURR

33

18

Memphis Buzz
DAVID HILGENFELDT PROJECT 

34

NE

The Leaf
MANDY STROBEL

35

29

Ralph The Sneaky Elf
DAVID WOOD

36

22

Down To Ride
MIKE DONNELL BAND

37

NE

No Room At The Inn
KEITH SHAW

38

19

Drinkin’ Beer
RAY SCOTT 

39 25

Applications For An Angel
C W MONTGOMERY

40

21

Gaia Blues
KENNY BUTTERILL feat. DONOVAN LEITCH 

THE HOTDISC BRITISH & IRISH INDEPENDENT TOP 10

01

01

Travellin’ Soldier
MEGAN ADAMS

02

NE

Where Are You
MEXICAN JOE WALKER

03

NE

The Snow Is Falling Down
TONY CLARKE

04

03

Raise That Bar
TONY CLARKE

05

02

Pride
IAN HIGHLAND feat. FRANK JENNINGS

06

NE

Adalida
SUSAN McCANN

07

04

Two Cats
OWEN MOORE

08

NE

Making Grown Men Cry
THE DIABLOS

09

NE

I’m Gonna Miss You This Christmas
ROB ALLEN

10

NE

Overlander
PAULINE BURR

 

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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