Braintree Top 40

Welcome to the first Braintree Top 40 of 2018!  We've got quite a topsy-turvy week as the holiday songs fall off entirely and New Year's and a blizzard help provide time for all members to push their plays up to record highs.  After unforeseen competition from "Sit Next to Me" by Foster the People, "Mystery of Love" returns to its rightful place at #1 for a 3rd week.

Why did “Sit Next to Me” have such a surge this week, you ask?  Well, after weeks of lying dormant in her nursing school-induced cave, Emm!e has finally re-emerged and influenced the chart in ways we have not seen from any other member besides Josh.  She brings five songs into the top ten for the first time (“Sit Next to Me,” “Do Right,” “Been Through,” “Casanova,” and “Wolves”), three of them being debuts.  Lower on the chart, she helped “Last to Leave” and “Famous” debut at #19 and #20 as well as “Fraction” and “Names” at #26 and #38.

Daina, on the other hand, retreated back into her bubble after spearheading the campaign to Make Christmas Great Again.  She failed to influence much on the chart, only providing a spin to songs such as “New Rules” and “Havana.”

Celina had one of her most influential weeks as she was stuck inside with nothing to entertain her but her cats during the blizzard on Thursday.  She pushes “I Miss You” back into the top five as well as getting “Thunder” and “The Cure” to re-enter at #31 and #32.  Her most important entry is Whitney Houston’s New Jack Swing masterpiece, “My Name Is Not Susan,” which debuts at #36.  Now if you don’t know this banger from 1991, stop reading now and put it on immediately.  You need to know NEVER to call Whitney “Susan” or she will literally go insane and repeat “my name ain’t Susan” over and over in the most infectious way possible.

Emily failed to make much of a splash this week as she spent her time listening to John Mayer.  I don’t have much to say about that.

There are a bunch of new songs coming next week as the new Fifty Shades of Grey song debuts at midnight with Rita Ora and Liam Payne.  Justin Timberlake also has a new song out, called “Filthy” (spoilers: it stinks) and Bruno Mars released a remix of his song, “Finesse” with Cardi B that was able to debut at #35 already.  It looks promising that “Finesse” will make an even bigger impact as it will have a full chart week.  Can it dethrone “Mystery of Love” or will an unforeseen Emm!e song be able to usurp the Call Me By Your Name single?