Brad's Toxic 22, 4/30/05

My personal favorites of the week:

	Song (Mix) ARTIST	Audio
1	Back to Basics SHAPE:UK	Watch
2	Come Rain Come Shine JENN CUNETA	Listen
3	Get It On INTENSO PROJECT featuring LISA SCOTT-LEE	Listen
4	Stay MYNT featuring KIM SOZZI	Listen
5	Call Me ANNA VISSI	Listen
6	One Word (Chris Cox) KELLY OSBOURNE	Download
7	Without Love (Motivo/Antillas) SUN	Download
8	Killin' Me (Mike Rizzo) JENNA DREY	Listen
9	If You Don't Know Me By Now (Johnny Budz) AUBREY	Listen
10	Miracle CASCADA	Listen
11	Only If I KATE RYAN	Watch
12	Let Me Love You (DJ X) MARIO	Download
13	Jerk It Out (Richard J. Dalton) CAESARS	Watch
14	You Won't Forget About Me DANNII MINOGUE vs. FLOWER POWER	Listen
15	Breathe (LMC) ERASURE	Download
16	Put 'Em High STONEBRIDGE featuring THERESE	Watch
17	Giving You Up KYLIE MINOGUE	Watch
18	Oh My Gosh BASEMENT JAXX	Watch
19	Ecstasy ATB	Listen
20	Obsession (No Es Amor) (Al B. Rich) FRANKIE J featuring BABY BASH	Download
21	All This Time JONATHAN PETERS Presents SYLVER	Download
22	1, 2 Step (Johnny Budz) CIARA featuring MISSY ELLIOTT	Listen

UP AND COMING: Until You Love Me - 4 STRINGS

Energy Stream Up & Running

Also new this morning: for those of you outside of the Bay Area or who have trouble receiving Energy reception in certain locations, the station's stream is now available online. Check it out at http://new.energy927fm.com/popupplayer.html. It's just one component of a major upgrade of Energy's website, which looks awfully cool but is so flash-intensive that it can be painfully slow. The stream itself seems to be having some issues keeping up with demand; hopefully the bugs will be worked out soon.

5/5/05 Edit: It appears that Energy has disabled access to the popup player from outside sources, but the stream remains available when you enter Energy's website through the front page at http://www.energy927fm.com.

Energy's New Heart, Girl

Today, Energy 92.7 has added two new songs to their playlist. Now receiving regular rotation are D.H.T.'s "Listen to Your Heart" and Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl." The original version of "Listen to Your Heart" was the first of multiple number ones for Roxette on my own personal chart nearly 16 years ago. I'm not a huge fan of the remake, but it's not a bad add for Energy; it had been the highest ranking song on Billboard's Dance Radio Airplay chart that Energy had not yet begun spinning. "Hollaback Girl" is quickly becoming a national phenomenon - it has a very good chance of topping Billboard's Hot 100 on the chart released tomorrow (and is almost guaranteed to hit the top next week). While this song gives the station a little bit of urban flava' (about as much flava' as Gwen can muster up), it feels somewhat out of place when compared to the rest of their dance adds this year. Still, any new blood is generally good blood, and perhaps Energy listeners will glom onto this like the rest of the country has.

Unfortunately, the song that is sacrificed to accomodate these new adds is Jonathan Peters' "All This Time," which has now languished in the bottom portion of Energy's playlist for three months. This killer track spent several weeks at #1 on Billboard's Dance Radio Airplay chart and achieved heavy rotation status at nearly every other dance station in the country. Why it apparently failed to catch on with Energy listeners, I'll never understand.

KNGY Top 29 - April 23, 2005

Rank	Song (Remixer)	Artist	Spins
1	I Believe in You	KYLIE MINOGUE	63
2	How Would U Feel (Rauhofer)	DAVID MORALES	63
3	Since U Been Gone (Nevins)	KELLY CLARKSON	63
4	Somebody Told Me (Harris)	KILLERS	61
5	Put 'Em High	STONEBRIDGE	60
6	How Did You Know?	MYNT	37
7	It's You (Flores)	SIN PLOMO	37
8	So Many Times (Morillo)	GADJO	36
9	Connected	PAUL VAN DYK	36
10	I Like It	NARCOTIC THRUST	35
11	You Never Know (Morjac)	MARLY	35
12	1, 2 Step (Budz)	CIARA	34
13	Lola's Theme	SHAPE: UK	34
14	Sick and Tired (Nevins)	ANASTACIA	33
15	Come Rain Come Shine	JENN CUNETA	31
16	One Word (Cox)	KELLY OSBOURNE	30
17	Free Me (Full Intention)	EMMA BUNTON	30
18	Jerk It Out	CAESARS	29
19	Filthy/Gorgeous	SCISSOR SISTERS	28
20	All This Time	JONATHAN PETERS	28
21	True (Ford)	RYAN CABRERA	27
22	Get It On	INTENSO PROJECT	26
23	Call Me (Simpson)	ANNA VISSI	26
24	If You Don't Know Me By Now (Budz)	AUBREY	25
25	Rich Girl	GWEN STEFANI	23
26	When the Dawn Breaks	NARCOTIC THRUST	22
27	Take Me to the Clouds Above	LMC VS. U2	21
28	Lose My Breath	DESTINY'S CHILD	21
29	This Love (Vasquez)	MAROON 5	21

Brad's Toxic 22, 4/23/05

My personal favorites of the week:

	Song (Mix) ARTIST	Audio
1	Back to Basics SHAPE:UK	Watch
2	Get It On INTENSO PROJECT featuring LISA SCOTT-LEE	Listen
3	Call Me ANNA VISSI	Listen
4	Come Rain Come Shine JENN CUNETA	Listen
5	Without Love (Motivo/Antillas) SUN	Download
6	If You Don't Know Me By Now (Johnny Budz) AUBREY	Listen
7	Miracle CASCADA	Listen
8	Stay MYNT featuring KIM SOZZI	Listen
9	Let Me Love You (DJ X) MARIO	Download
10	One Word (Chris Cox) KELLY OSBOURNE	Download
11	You Won't Forget About Me DANNII MINOGUE vs. FLOWER POWER	Listen
12	Breathe (LMC) ERASURE	Download
13	Killin' Me (Mike Rizzo) JENNA DREY	Listen
14	Put 'Em High STONEBRIDGE featuring THERESE	Watch
15	Ecstasy ATB	Listen
16	Jerk It Out (Richard J. Dalton) CAESARS	Watch
17	Only If I KATE RYAN	Watch
18	1, 2 Step (Johnny Budz) CIARA featuring MISSY ELLIOTT	Listen
19	All This Time JONATHAN PETERS Presents SYLVER	Download
20	So Many Times GADJO	Listen
21	Giving You Up KYLIE MINOGUE	Watch
22	Oh My Gosh BASEMENT JAXX	Watch

KNGY Top 29 - April 16, 2005

Rank	Song	Artist	Spins
1	Put 'Em High	STONEBRIDGE	57
2	I Believe in You	KYLIE MINOGUE	56
3	How Would U Feel	DAVID MORALES	55
4	Since U Been Gone	KELLY CLARKSON	44
5	Somebody Told Me	KILLERS	43
6	So Many Times	GADJO	36
7	1, 2 Step	CIARA	35
8	Come Rain, Come Shine	JENN CUNETA	32
9	Lola's Theme	SHAPE: UK	32
10	I Like It	NARCOTIC THRUST	32
11	One Word	KELLY OSBOURNE	32
12	How Did You Know?	MYNT	31
13	Sick and Tired	ANASTACIA	31
14	It's You	SIN PLOMO	31
15	Connected	PAUL VAN DYK	30
16	You Never Know	MARLY	29
17	Free Me	EMMA BUNTON	29
18	Get It On	INTENSO PROJECT	29
19	Filthy/Gorgeous	SCISSOR SISTERS	28
20	All This Time	JONATHAN PETERS	27
21	Call Me	ANNA VISSI	27
22	If You Don't Know Me By Now	AUBREY	26
23	True	RYAN CABRERA	24
24	Jerk It Out	CAESARS	23
25	Take Me to the Clouds Above	LMC VS. U2	19
26	Move Ya Body	NINA SKY	16
27	Surrender	LASGO	13
28	Call on Me	ERIC PRYDZ	12
29	When the Dawn Breaks	NARCOTIC THRUST	11

Brad's Toxic 22, 4/16/05

My personal favorites of the week:

	Song (Mix) ARTIST	Audio
1	Back to Basics SHAPE:UK	Watch
2	Call Me ANNA VISSI	Listen
3	If You Don't Know Me By Now (Johnny Budz) AUBREY	Listen
4	Miracle CASCADA	Listen
5	Let Me Love You (DJ X) MARIO	Download
6	Get It On INTENSO PROJECT	Listen
7	Come Rain Come Shine JENN CUNETA	Listen
8	You Won't Forget About Me DANNII MINOGUE vs. FLOWER POWER	Listen
9	Without Love SUN	Listen
10	Breathe (LMC) ERASURE	Download
11	Ecstasy ATB	Listen
12	Put 'Em High STONEBRIDGE featuring THERESE	Listen
13	Stay MYNT featuring KIM SOZZI	Listen
14	So Many Times GADJO	Listen
15	1, 2 Step (Johnny Budz) CIARA featuring MISSY ELLIOTT	Listen
16	One Word (Chris Cox) KELLY OSBOURNE	Download
17	All This Time JONATHAN PETERS Presents SYLVER	Download
18	Jerk It Out (Richard J. Dalton) CAESARS	Watch
19	Rise Again TINA ANN	Listen
20	Sick and Tired (Nevins Electrochill) ANASTACIA	Listen
21	When the Dawn Breaks NARCOTIC THRUST	Listen
22	Killin' Me (Mike Rizzo) JENNA DREY	Listen

COMING CLOSE: Only If I - KATE RYAN

Energy Gets Narcotic

Energy has added the latest offering from Narcotic Thrust, "When the Dawn Breaks," this morning. Additionally, the station appears to have revamped their selection of older material significantly. Listening this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to hear In-Grid's "You Promised Me," Dee Dee's "Forever," and Madonna's "Die Another Day" nestled in with traditional Energy favorites by Anastacia, Kelly Clarkson, and Shape:UK. For now, Energy sounds fresh and exciting to me again - let's hope this lasts.

KNGY Top 29 - April 9, 2005

Rank	Song	Artist	Spins
1	I Believe in You	KYLIE MINOGUE	51
2	1, 2 Step	CIARA	42
3	How Would U Feel	DAVID MORALES	42
4	Put 'Em High	STONEBRIDGE	42
5	How Did You Know?	MYNT	38
6	So Many Times	GADJO	34
7	Come Rain, Come Shine	JENN CUNETA	33
8	Sick and Tired	ANASTACIA	31
9	Filthy/Gorgeous	SCISSOR SISTERS	30
10	Connected	PAUL VAN DYK	30
11	Lola's Theme	SHAPE: UK	29
12	You Never Know	MARLY	28
13	Somebody Told Me	KILLERS	28
14	I Like It	NARCOTIC THRUST	27
15	It's You	SIN PLOMO	27
16	Jerk It Out	CAESARS	27
17	Since U Been Gone	KELLY CLARKSON	26
18	Free Me	EMMA BUNTON	26
19	If You Don't Know Me By Now	AUBREY	26
20	All This Time	JONATHAN PETERS	25
21	Get It On	INTENSO PROJECT	24
22	One Word	KELLY OSBOURNE	23
23	Move Ya Body	NINA SKY	22
24	Dip It Low	CHRISTINA MILIAN	21
25	Surrender	LASGO	20
26	Call on Me	ERIC PRYDZ	17
27	Get Up Stand Up	STELLAR PROJECT	17
28	True	RYAN CABRERA	16
29	Call Me	ANNA VISSI	15

Brad's Toxic 22, 4/9/05

My personal favorites of the week:

	Song (Mix) ARTIST	Audio
1	Call Me ANNA VISSI	Listen
2	If You Don't Know Me By Now (Johnny Budz) AUBREY	Listen
3	Let Me Love You (DJ X) MARIO	Download
4	Miracle CASCADA	Listen
5	You Won't Forget About Me DANNII MINOGUE vs. FLOWER POWER	Listen
6	Back to Basics SHAPE:UK	Watch
7	Ecstasy ATB	Listen
8	Breathe (LMC) ERASURE	Download
9	So Many Times GADJO	Listen
10	Put 'Em High STONEBRIDGE featuring THERESE	Listen
11	Get It On INTENSO PROJECT	Listen
12	1, 2 Step (Johnny Budz) CIARA featuring MISSY ELLIOTT	Listen
13	Without Love SUN	Listen
14	Come Rain Come Shine JENN CUNETTA	Listen
15	All This Time JONATHAN PETERS Presents SYLVER	Download
16	Rise Again TINA ANN	Listen
17	Stay MYNT featuring KIM SOZZI	Listen
18	Sick and Tired (Nevins Electrochill) ANASTACIA	Listen
19	When the Dawn Breaks NARCOTIC THRUST	Listen
20	Jerk It Out (Richard J. Dalton) THE CAESARS	Watch
21	One Word (Chris Cox) KELLY OSBOURNE	Download
22	I Believe In You KYLIE MINOGUE	Listen

New Kelly, Anna, Ryan Added

Today, Energy has added the Chris Cox radio edit of Kelly Osbourne's "One Word" into regular rotation on the station. Miss Osbourne's song just happens to be the greatest gainer for the week on Billboard's Dance Radio Airplay chart. Another song new to Energy's airwaves is the Ford remix of Ryan Cabrera's "True," which may soon debut on Billboard's Dance Radio chart as well.

Additionally, Energy has added their own mix of Anna Vissi's "Call Me." This song has been my personal favorite for five weeks running, so any exposure given to this gem is appreciated. However, the version played on Energy is my least favorite of all the mixes I've heard so far (and there are plenty of great ones out there - including the original and those by Valentin and Chris Cox). In Energy's mix, the verses are completely removed, so the song sounds like a mindless repetition of the chorus, "Call me, I'm feeling so lonely, don't let me down." Perhaps people hearing this song for the first time will like this simplified mix, but for me it takes away so much of the meaning of the song and is a huge disappointment.

KNGY Top 27 - April 2, 2005

Rank	Song	Artist	Spins
1	How Did You Know?	MYNT	52
2	1, 2 Step	CIARA	52
3	I Believe in You	KYLIE MINOGUE	50
4	How Would U Feel	DAVID MORALES	32
5	Call on Me	ERIC PRYDZ	32
6	Filthy/Gorgeous	SCISSOR SISTERS	32
7	The Weekend	MICHAEL GRAY	32
8	So Many Times	GADJO	31
9	Lola's Theme	SHAPE: UK	31
10	I Like It	NARCOTIC THRUST	31
11	Get Up Stand Up	STELLAR PROJECT	30
12	Connected	PAUL VAN DYK	30
13	Put 'Em High	STONEBRIDGE	29
14	Since U Been Gone	KELLY CLARKSON	29
15	You Never Know	MARLY	29
16	Sick and Tired	ANASTACIA	29
17	Free Me	EMMA BUNTON	28
18	It's You	SIN PLOMO	26
19	All This Time	JONATHAN PETERS	26
20	If You Don't Know Me By Now	AUBREY	26
21	Somebody Told Me	THE KILLERS	26
22	Come Rain, Come Shine	JENN CUNETTA	25
23	Get It On	INTENSO PROJECT	22
24	Dip It Low	CHRISTINA MILIAN	22
25	Surrender	LASGO	21
26	Move Ya Body	NINA SKY	21
27	Jerk It Out	THE CAESARS	17

Brad's Toxic 22, 4/2/05

My personal favorites of the week:

	Song (Mix) ARTIST	Audio
1	Call Me ANNA VISSI	Listen
2	Let Me Love You (DJ X) MARIO	Download
3	You Won't Forget About Me DANNII MINOGUE vs. FLOWER POWER	Listen
4	If You Don't Know Me By Now (Johnny Budz) AUBREY	Listen
5	Ecstasy ATB	Listen
6	Breathe (LMC) ERASURE	Listen
7	So Many Times GADJO	Listen
8	Put 'Em High STONEBRIDGE featuring THERESE	Listen
9	Miracle CASCADA	Listen
10	1, 2 Step (Johnny Budz) CIARA featuring MISSY ELLIOTT	Listen
11	Back to Basics SHAPE:UK	Watch
12	Rise Again TINA ANN	Listen
13	All This Time JONATHAN PETERS Presents SYLVER	Download
14	Get It On INTENSO PROJECT	Listen
15	Sick and Tired (Nevins Electrochill) ANASTACIA	Listen
16	Without Love SUN	Listen
17	When the Dawn Breaks NARCOTIC THRUST	Listen
18	Come Rain Come Shine JENN CUNETTA	Listen
19	I Believe In You KYLIE MINOGUE	Listen
20	Stay MYNT featuring KIM SOZZI	Listen
21	Jerk It Out (Richard J. Dalton) THE CAESARS	Watch
22	How Would U Feel DAVID MORALES featuring LEA-LORIEN	Listen