March 1, 2020
Caravan Palace occupied the top of the chart last week with, "Melancolia." Can they hang on for a second week?
Welcome back to the blog swingers. I'm your host JC JSum.
Five songs are new to the countdown this week. First up at 39, are Cut Capers with the Blackstreet remake of, "No Diggity." If you've ever seen Cut Capers live, you know "No Diggity" is a real crowd pleaser.
From the Jojo Rabbit Soundtrack comes a classic from 1937. Arriving appropriately at 37, is Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald's, "The Dipsy Doodle."
Thomas Benjamin Wild is right ahead at 36 with, "No More Fcks (Stevie Jay Flip)."
The fourth of the new entries belongs to 11 Acorn Lane. They bullet high at 14 with their latest, "Mellow Mouser."
This weeks Big Swinging Shoutout goes to...
...the novel, Threadbare: The Travelling Show.
In this romantic, Electro Swing, adventure, Alexandra Demers whisks us away to the 40's.
Times are hard, romance is alive and adventure is a plenty. You can hear the sounds of Electro Swing music while reading about the amazing adventures of Amandine in this gem of a novel. A couple of well set up plot twists and a colourful cast of characters will leave you more than satisfied.
It's from 2016 but well worth a revisit. And so looking forward to the sequel.
Threadbare is available on that Amazon thingy.
Back to the countdown.
Just outside the Top 10, at 12, Ariana Savalas rebounds back up with, "Legendary Lover." She just dropped new album, The Dead Dance, this weekend.
Top Swinging Entry belongs to Juda-Bug. If you like your Swing House hard, "Here We Go Again" is definitely for you. It starts off in the Top 10 this week at 10. It's the kind of jam you want to hear at the beginning of the night, to get you in the groove, and at the very end, when you make your moves.
"Here We Go Again," is Juda-Bug's second Top 10. They reached number 10 last April with, "Bumbum Bum."
And also scoring a second Top 10, is OR3O. She takes a giant leap from 24 to 9 with her latest banger, "Help Me." She spent most of last July in the Top 10 with, "All Eyes On Me."
Dutty Moonshine Big Band fans were blessed with a second single, and video, from their upcoming album, City Of Sin this week. The single called, "Fever" features Crash Party.
Dutty's latest, "Big Band Fam," is at number 8 this week.
Little Violet jumps from 15 to 7 with, "Limits (Jamie Berry Remix)." This is Violet's third visit to the Top 10. "Swinging Melodies," reached number 3 last October, and "Charleston Boogie (Seolo Remix)," hit Number 1 a year ago with Robert Edwards.
As for Jamie Berry, this is his eighth visit. Last visiting with his, "Light Up The Night," featuring Octavia Rose, which peaked at number 3 last October.
Former Number 1, "Twenties," by Wolfgang Lohr and Loredana Grimaudo slips from 3 to 6. It's now been in the Top 10 for seven weeks.
Last week's Number 1, "Melancolia" falls to number 5, by Caravan Palace.
Biggest jump within the Top 10 belongs to The SwingHoppers. They jump from 10 to 4 with, "S Gon Give It To Ya."
Varrick Frost steps up a spot, to 3, with sleeper hit, "Clockwork."
MelleeFresh and SpekrFreks move up into runner-up position with the very club friendly hit, "Murder (Extended Mix)."
And the latest song to take over the Number 1 position belongs to Cut Capers. "Let's Start Again (Odd Chap Electro Swing Remix)," lifts 2 to 1, becoming their first chart topper.
Odd Chap is no stranger to sitting on the throne. With the Cut Capers remix, this brings the popular Producer/DJ his seventh Number 1.
Check out the full iSwing Top 40 below.
1 Cut Capers - Let's Start Again (Odd Chap Electro Swing Remix)
2 MelleeFresh/SpekrFreks - Murder (Extended Mix)
3 Varrick Frost - Clockwork
4 SwingHoppers - S Gon Give It To Ya
5 Caravan Palace - Melancolia
6 Wolfgang Lohr/Loredana Grimaudo - Twenties
7 Little Violet - Limits (Jamie Berry Remix)
8 Dutty Moonshine Big Band vs Hypeman Sage - Big Band Fam
9 OR3O - Help Me
10 Juda-Bug - Here We Go Again 🆕
11 Janelle Monae - Come Alive (War Of The Roses)
12 Ariana Savalas - Legendary Lover
13 Minimatic - The Whistler
14 11 Acorn Lane - Mellow Mouser 🆕
15 SwingHoppers/Wolfgang Lohr - Party Like It's 1920
16 Defunk/Megan Hamilton/Wes Writer - Can't Buy Me (Bugle Bot & Cryztal Grid Remix)
17 Lamuzgueule - Bad Romance
18 Madam Misfit - Inspector Gadget
19 Jami2 - Undo
20 Free Shots - Dance Monkey
21 Eminem/Electric Swing Circus - Lose Yourself To The Bella Belle (James Jive Mashup)
22 Oh My God It's The Church - Where Did You Get Those (Shoes)(Duke Skellington Remix)
23 Fedde Le Grand/Josh Cumbee - Dancing Shoes
24 Michael Buble - Everything (Benny Davids Remix)
25 Tape Five - Lady Moustache
26 Postmodern Jukebox/Aly Ryan - 99 Luftballons
27 Glenn Gatsby - Whats The Reason (Club Mix)
28 Puppini Sisters/Pasadena Roof Orchestra - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
29 Mr Jazzek/Lil Hardin Armstrong - Oriental Swing
30 Lamuzgueule/Chanson D'Occasion - Umbrella
31 Mr Automatic/Momo-Dono - Post-Modern Love (Is So Passe)(Radio Edit)
32 Masami Makino - Check It Out Jazz
33 Deladap - Sassy
34 Anet - Candyland
35 Postmodern Jukebox/Ashley Stroud - Good As Hell
36 Thomas Benjamin Wild - No More Fcks (Stevie Jay Refix) 🆕
37 Chick Webb/Ella Fitzgerald - The Dipsy Doodle 🆕
38 Pisk - Hummin' To Myself
39 Cut Capers - No Diggity 🆕
40 Lyre Le Temps - My Generation
In other exciting Electro Swing news, Postmodern Jukebox are releasing a new album later this week. They currently hold two spots in the Top 40. "99 Luftballons," at 26, and "Good As Hell," at 35.
And for double exciting news, Duke Skellington drops his latest EP later this week. Duke is sitting at Number 22 as the remixer of Oh My God It's The Church's latest hit, "Where Did You Get Those (Shoes)."
And for triple exciting news, Parov Stelar will be dropping new music from volume two of his Voodoo Sonic series in a couple of weeks.
That's it for iSwing Top 40. Check back next week to see where your favourite songs are on the chart. Will Cut Capers hang on to Number 1, or will MelleeFresh and SpekrFreks steal the throne?
Until then, keep your head in the clouds and keep swinging for the stars.
JC JSum
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