First Spin Results, April/May

Every weeknight Monday through Thursday, shortly after nine o'clock, Matt the Bratt hosts First Spin, in which two new songs face off against each other. The winner carries over into the next round, while the loser goes home. A song that wins four times in a row will be considered for regular rotation on Energy. If you can't get enough dance music, this is a great way to hear some songs that otherwise may never get airplay; several songs involved in First Spin had previously made appearances on my own personal music chart. Here are the results from all of the First Spin battles to date. Remixes are listed only if the original song would not be considered part of the dance genre.

May 31st: Pussycat Dolls, "Don't Cha" (Kaskade) defeated Fischerspooner, "Never Win"

Mariah Carey is added into regular rotation and is no longer eligible for First Spin
May 26th: Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together" (Rauhofer) def. Kylie, "Giving You Up"
May 25th: Kylie Minogue, "Giving You Up," def. Jenna Drey, "Killin' Me"
May 24th: Jenna Drey, "Killin' Me," tied with Kylie Minogue, "Giving You Up"
Rob Thomas is added into regular rotation and is no longer eligible for First Spin
May 23rd: Rob Thomas, "Lonely No More" def. Ethan f/Sheryl Jay, "In My Heart"

May 19th: Rob Thomas, "Lonely No More" (Nevins mix) def. New Order, "Krafty"
May 18th: Rob Thomas, "Lonely No More" def. Daphne Rose, "All I've Ever Wanted"
May 17th: Daphne Rose, "All I've Ever Wanted" def. Yuhan, "Hola Hola Hola" (Lake mix)
Shape:UK wins four times and is retired - added into regular rotation on 5/17
May 16th: Shape:UK, "Back to Basics" def. Suzanne Smith, "Closer" (Al B. Rich mix)

May 12th: Shape:UK, "Back to Basics" def. Sun, "Without Love"
May 11th: Shape:UK, "Back to Basics" def. Milky, "Be My World"
May 10th: Shape:UK, "Back to Basics" def. Reina, "Forgive"
May 9th: Reina, "Forgive" (Valentin mix) def. Mike Rizzo/Allie, "You're All"

Kaskade wins four times and is retired - added into regular rotation on 5/11
May 5th: Kaskade, "Everything" def. 4 Strings, "Until You Love Me"
May 4th: Kaskade, "Everything" def. Killers, "Mr. Brightside" (Lindbergh Palace mix)
May 3rd: Kaskade, "Everything" def. Natasha Bedingfield, "These Words" (Bimbo Jones)
May 2nd: Kaskade, "Everything" def. Amber, "Voodoo"

April 28th: Amber, "Voodoo" def. Mynt/Kim Sozzi, "Stay"
April 27th: Amber, "Voodoo" def. Ian van Dahl, "Inspiration"
D.H.T. is added into regular rotation and is no longer eligible for First Spin
April 26th: D.H.T., "Listen to Your Heart" def. Lucas Prata, "And She Said"
April 25th: D.H.T., "Listen to Your Heart" def. Jim Verraros, "You Turn It On"

April 21st: Jim Verraros, "You Turn It On" def. Paris Avenue, "I Want You"
April 20th: Jim Verraros, "You Turn It On" def. Plummet, "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
April 19th: Jim Verraros, "You Turn It On" def. Fannypack, "Nu Nu (Yeah Yeah)"
April 18th: Fannypack, "Nu Nu (Yeah Yeah)" def. Jennifer Green, "How Can I Be Falling"

Energy Playlists on iTunes

Having problems finding some of your favorite music heard on Energy 92.7? iTunes may have at least some of the answers. Two iMixes have been created solely to feature the songs that have been played on Energy. When visiting the iTunes music store, click on iMix, and enter "Energy 92.7" as search keywords. You'll find 33 of the biggest Energy hits of the past six months right there at your fingertips.

KNGY Top 29 - May 28, 2005

Rank	Song (Remixer)	Artist	Spins
1	How Would U Feel (Rauhofer)	DAVID MORALES	62
2	Since U Been Gone (Nevins)	KELLY CLARKSON	62
3	Put 'Em High	STONEBRIDGE	62
4	One Word (Cox)	KELLY OSBOURNE	62
5	Somebody Told Me (Harris)	KILLERS	61
6	Get It On	INTENSO PROJECT	36
7	So Many Times (Morillo)	GADJO	35
8	Listen to Your Heart	D.H.T.	35
9	I Believe in You	KYLIE MINOGUE	34
10	It's You (Flores)	SIN PLOMO	33
11	You Never Know (Morjac)	MARLY	33
12	Sick and Tired (Nevins)	ANASTACIA	33
13	1, 2 Step (Budz)	CIARA	32
14	Hollaback Girl	GWEN STEFANI	32
15	Come Rain Come Shine	JENN CUNETA	31
16	Back to Basics	SHAPE:UK	29
17	Inspiration	IAN VAN DAHL	28
18	True (Ford)	RYAN CABRERA	27
19	Everything	KASKADE	26
20	Karma (Karma-stition)	ALICIA KEYS	26
21	Don't Phunk with My Heart	BLACK EYED PEAS	24
22	When the Dawn Breaks	NARCOTIC THRUST	24
23	Jerk It Out	CAESARS	23
24	Lola's Theme	SHAPE:UK	23
25	Connected	PAUL VAN DYK	21
26	Call on Me	ERIC PRYDZ	21
27	How Did You Know?	MYNT	19
28	I Like It	NARCOTIC THRUST	18
29	Lonely No More (Nevins)	ROB THOMAS	17
HM	Shine	LOVEFREEKZ	17

Brad's Toxic 22, 5/28/05

My personal favorites of the week:

	Song (Mix) ARTIST	Audio
1	Stay MYNT featuring KIM SOZZI	Listen
2	Killin' Me (Mike Rizzo) JENNA DREY	Listen
3	One Word (Chris Cox) KELLY OSBOURNE	Listen
4	Giving You Up KYLIE MINOGUE	Watch
5	Back to Basics SHAPE:UK	Watch
6	Oh My Gosh BASEMENT JAXX	Watch
7	Only If I KATE RYAN	Watch
8	Obsession (No Es Amor) (Al B. Rich) FRANKIE J	Download
9	Come Rain Come Shine JENN CUNETA	Listen
10	Until You Love Me (Valentin) 4 STRINGS	Listen
11	Get It On INTENSO PROJECT featuring LISA SCOTT-LEE	Listen
12	We Belong Together (various mixes) MARIAH CAREY	Download
13	Hollaback Girl GWEN STEFANI	Watch
14	Call Me ANNA VISSI	Listen
15	I Am (The Rising) TABORAH	Listen
16	Don't Phunk with My Heart BLACK EYED PEAS	Listen
17	Closer (Al B. Rich) SUZANNE SMITH	Download
18	Without Love (Motivo/Antillas) SUN	Download
19	Miracle CASCADA	Listen
20	Dancin' AARON SMITH featuring LUVLI	Download
21	Avalon (Jacques Lu Cont) JULIET	Listen
22	Forgive REINA	Listen

Lonely Freekz No More

New Music Alert: The latest add on Energy is "Shine" by the Lovefreekz. Also, after winning First Spin three nights in a row, the Jason Nevins remix of Rob Thomas' "Lonely No More" will be upped to regular rotation as well.

KNGY Top 29 - May 21, 2005

Rank	Song (Remixer)	Artist	Spins
1	Somebody Told Me (Harris)	KILLERS	63
2	How Would U Feel (Rauhofer)	DAVID MORALES	63
3	Since U Been Gone (Nevins)	KELLY CLARKSON	63
4	Put 'Em High	STONEBRIDGE	60
5	One Word (Cox)	KELLY OSBOURNE	47
6	It's You (Flores)	SIN PLOMO	43
7	You Never Know (Morjac)	MARLY	37
8	1, 2 Step (Budz)	CIARA	36
9	I Believe in You	KYLIE MINOGUE	34
10	So Many Times (Morillo)	GADJO	34
11	Sick and Tired (Nevins)	ANASTACIA	33
12	Get It On	INTENSO PROJECT	33
13	Filthy/Gorgeous	SCISSOR SISTERS	33
14	Listen to Your Heart	D.H.T.	33
15	Everything	KASKADE	30
16	Come Rain Come Shine	JENN CUNETA	29
17	Karma (Karma-stition)	ALICIA KEYS	28
18	True (Ford)	RYAN CABRERA	28
19	Free Me (Full Intention)	EMMA BUNTON	27
20	Jerk It Out	CAESARS	27
21	Don't Phunk with My Heart	BLACK EYED PEAS	27
22	When the Dawn Breaks	NARCOTIC THRUST	26
23	Hollaback Girl	GWEN STEFANI	25
24	Lola's Theme	SHAPE:UK	24
25	Connected	PAUL VAN DYK	23
26	How Did You Know?	MYNT	23
27	Back to Basics	SHAPE:UK	21
28	Call on Me	ERIC PRYDZ	20
29	I Like It	NARCOTIC THRUST	19
HM	Inspiration	IAN VAN DAHL	18

Brad's Toxic 22, 5/21/05

My personal favorites of the week:

	Song (Mix) ARTIST	Audio
1	Stay MYNT featuring KIM SOZZI	Listen
2	One Word (Chris Cox) KELLY OSBOURNE	Listen
3	Killin' Me (Mike Rizzo) JENNA DREY	Listen
4	Back to Basics SHAPE:UK	Watch
5	Only If I KATE RYAN	Watch
6	Giving You Up KYLIE MINOGUE	Watch
7	Come Rain Come Shine JENN CUNETA	Listen
8	Oh My Gosh BASEMENT JAXX	Watch
9	Get It On INTENSO PROJECT featuring LISA SCOTT-LEE	Listen
10	Obsession (No Es Amor) (Al B. Rich) FRANKIE J	Download
11	Until You Love Me (Valentin) 4 STRINGS	Listen
12	Call Me ANNA VISSI	Listen
13	We Belong Together (various mixes) MARIAH CAREY	Download
14	Hollaback Girl GWEN STEFANI	Watch
15	Without Love (Motivo/Antillas) SUN	Download
16	I Am (The Rising) TABORAH	Listen
17	Miracle CASCADA	Listen
18	Don't Phunk with My Heart BLACK EYED PEAS	Listen
19	If You Don't Know Me By Now (Johnny Budz) AUBREY	Listen
20	Closer (Al B. Rich) SUZANNE SMITH	Download
21	Jerk It Out (Richard J. Dalton) CAESARS	Watch
22	Put 'Em High STONEBRIDGE featuring THERESE	Watch

Inspired Shift Back to Basics

New music alert: After winning First Spin 4 nights in a row, the effervescent "Back to Basics" by Shape:UK (also known as Shapeshifters across the pond) is now being played regularly on Energy 92.7. This marks a return to form for the station, whose recent adds haven't particularly thrilled me. But in this follow-up to the massive hit, "Lola's Theme," Energy has a guaranteed winner that should quickly work its way up to power rotation. Also joining the lineup this week is Ian van Dahl's "Inspiration." This song doesn't quite match the caliber of previous hits and Energy staples, "Castles in the Sky" and "Will I," but it makes a decent addition nonetheless.

Congratulations to Kelly Osbourne, who muscles her way into Energy's power rotation this week and holds down Billboard's brand new number one dance airplay track in the United States with "One Word."

Anna bids adieu: If you visit this page regularly, you probably know that "Call Me" by Anna Vissi is one of my favorite songs of the year, having spent an amazing five weeks at the top of my own personal chart. However, a mercy killing of the Trevor Simpson mix played by Energy has been long overdue. I consider it one of the station's biggest mistakes that they were unable to capitalize on the massive success this #1 club and #2 dance airplay hit has expereinced nearly everywhere it has been played. I encourage everyone who has only heard Simpson's version to check out any other remix of "Call Me," starting with the original or Valentin mixes, and see if they aren't vastly pleased with the results.

KNGY Top 29 - May 14, 2005

Rank	Song (Remixer)	Artist	Spins
1	Somebody Told Me (Harris)	KILLERS	65
2	How Would U Feel (Rauhofer)	DAVID MORALES	63
3	Since U Been Gone (Nevins)	KELLY CLARKSON	62
4	Put 'Em High	STONEBRIDGE	62
5	It's You (Flores)	SIN PLOMO	60
6	Sick and Tired (Nevins)	ANASTACIA	36
7	Get It On	INTENSO PROJECT	36
8	Filthy/Gorgeous	SCISSOR SISTERS	36
9	I Believe in You	KYLIE MINOGUE	33
10	So Many Times (Morillo)	GADJO	33
11	You Never Know (Morjac)	MARLY	33
12	Connected	PAUL VAN DYK	33
13	One Word (Cox)	KELLY OSBOURNE	32
14	1, 2 Step (Budz)	CIARA	31
15	Listen to Your Heart	D.H.T.	30
16	Come Rain Come Shine	JENN CUNETA	29
17	Karma (Karma-stition)	ALICIA KEYS	29
18	True (Ford)	RYAN CABRERA	27
19	Free Me (Full Intention)	EMMA BUNTON	27
20	Call Me (Simpson)	ANNA VISSI	26
21	Hollaback Girl	GWEN STEFANI	26
22	I Like It	NARCOTIC THRUST	25
23	Jerk It Out	CAESARS	25
24	When the Dawn Breaks	NARCOTIC THRUST	24
25	How Did You Know?	MYNT	21
26	Lola's Theme	SHAPE:UK	21
27	Call on Me	ERIC PRYDZ	20
28	Rich Girl	GWEN STEFANI	19
29	Everything	KASKADE	16
HM	Don't Phunk with My Heart	BLACK EYED PEAS	15

Suzanne Smith

Brad's Toxic 22, 5/14/05

My personal favorites of the week:

	Song (Mix) ARTIST	Audio
1	Stay MYNT featuring KIM SOZZI	Listen
2	Back to Basics SHAPE:UK	Watch
3	One Word (Chris Cox) KELLY OSBOURNE	Listen
4	Killin' Me (Mike Rizzo) JENNA DREY	Listen
5	Come Rain Come Shine JENN CUNETA	Listen
6	Only If I KATE RYAN	Watch
7	Get It On INTENSO PROJECT featuring LISA SCOTT-LEE	Listen
8	Giving You Up KYLIE MINOGUE	Watch
9	Oh My Gosh BASEMENT JAXX	Watch
10	Call Me ANNA VISSI	Listen
11	Obsession (No Es Amor) (Al B. Rich) FRANKIE J	Download
12	Without Love (Motivo/Antillas) SUN	Download
13	Until You Love Me (Valentin) 4 STRINGS	Listen
14	If You Don't Know Me By Now (Johnny Budz) AUBREY	Listen
15	Miracle CASCADA	Listen
16	We Belong Together (various mixes) MARIAH CAREY	Download
17	Hollaback Girl GWEN STEFANI	Watch
18	Jerk It Out (Richard J. Dalton) CAESARS	Watch
19	I Am (The Rising) TABORAH	Listen
20	Put 'Em High STONEBRIDGE featuring THERESE	Watch
21	Let Me Love You (DJ X) MARIO	Download
22	Don't Phunk with My Heart BLACK EYED PEAS	Listen

COMING: Closer (Al B. Rich) - Suzanne Smith

Everything Phunked Up

This morning, Energy has added the following new music: "Don't Phunk with My Heart" by the Black Eyed Peas and "Everything" by Kaskade. "Everything" beat out four challengers last week on Matt the Bratt's First Spin, and as a result was granted regular rotation status. Saying its farewell this week is Aubrey's "If You Don't Know Me By Now," as Energy ships it off to the land of the lost.

KNGY Top 29 - May 7, 2005

Rank	Song (Remixer)	Artist	Spins
1	How Would U Feel (Rauhofer)	DAVID MORALES	62
2	Since U Been Gone (Nevins)	KELLY CLARKSON	62
3	Somebody Told Me (Harris)	KILLERS	62
4	Put 'Em High	STONEBRIDGE	59
5	It's You (Flores)	SIN PLOMO	48
6	I Believe in You	KYLIE MINOGUE	45
7	So Many Times (Morillo)	GADJO	38
8	You Never Know (Morjac)	MARLY	35
9	Sick and Tired (Nevins)	ANASTACIA	34
10	Get It On	INTENSO PROJECT	34
11	1, 2 Step (Budz)	CIARA	33
12	I Like It	NARCOTIC THRUST	33
13	Filthy/Gorgeous	SCISSOR SISTERS	33
14	One Word (Cox)	KELLY OSBOURNE	33
15	Connected	PAUL VAN DYK	32
16	If You Don't Know Me By Now (Budz)	AUBREY	30
17	Come Rain Come Shine	JENN CUNETA	29
18	True (Ford)	RYAN CABRERA	29
19	How Did You Know?	MYNT	28
20	Call Me (Simpson)	ANNA VISSI	28
21	Listen to Your Heart	D.H.T.	28
22	Jerk It Out	CAESARS	27
23	Free Me (Full Intention)	EMMA BUNTON	26
24	Hollaback Girl	GWEN STEFANI	26
25	When the Dawn Breaks	NARCOTIC THRUST	24
26	This Love (Vasquez)	MAROON 5	24
27	Lola's Theme	SHAPE: UK	22
28	Call on Me	ERIC PRYDZ	18
29	Karma (Karma-stition)	ALICIA KEYS	17

Brad's Toxic 22, 5/7/05

My personal favorites of the week:

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

Energy Keys Into Karma

New Music Alert: This morning, Energy began spinning the Karma-stition remix of Alicia Keys' "Karma." I hope this means they will be bringing the amazing Hani remix of Alicia's "Diary" back into semi-regular rotation.

KNGY Top 29 - April 30, 2005

Rank	Song (Remixer)	Artist	Spins
1	Put 'Em High	STONEBRIDGE	64
2	How Would U Feel (Rauhofer)	DAVID MORALES	63
3	Since U Been Gone (Nevins)	KELLY CLARKSON	63
4	I Believe in You	KYLIE MINOGUE	61
5	Somebody Told Me (Harris)	KILLERS	61
6	You Never Know (Morjac)	MARLY	38
7	It's You (Flores)	SIN PLOMO	36
8	So Many Times (Morillo)	GADJO	35
9	How Did You Know?	MYNT	34
10	1, 2 Step (Budz)	CIARA	34
11	Connected	PAUL VAN DYK	33
12	I Like It	NARCOTIC THRUST	32
13	Sick and Tired (Nevins)	ANASTACIA	32
14	Filthy/Gorgeous	SCISSOR SISTERS	30
15	Lola's Theme	SHAPE:UK	28
16	Come Rain Come Shine	JENN CUNETA	28
17	Free Me (Full Intention)	EMMA BUNTON	28
18	True (Ford)	RYAN CABRERA	28
19	Call Me (Simpson)	ANNA VISSI	28
20	If You Don't Know Me By Now (Budz)	AUBREY	28
21	One Word (Cox)	KELLY OSBOURNE	27
22	Get It On	INTENSO PROJECT	27
23	When the Dawn Breaks	NARCOTIC THRUST	25
24	Jerk It Out	CAESARS	24
25	Rich Girl	GWEN STEFANI	22
26	Lose My Breath	DESTINY'S CHILD	22
27	Call on Me	ERIC PRYDZ	20
28	This Love (Vasquez)	MAROON 5	20
29	Listen to Your Heart	D.H.T.	18
HM	Hollaback Girl	GWEN STEFANI	16