Was just alerted to the fact that Miley Cyrus's "These Four Walls" is a cover of Cheyenne Kimball's "Four Walls." However, Miley's "Full Circle" isn't a cover of Cheyenne's "Full Circle." But Miley's co-writers on "Full Circle" (Scott Cutler and Anne Preven) were Cheyenne's co-writers on "Four Walls," so everything comes full circle.

Billboard was late posting the Hot 100 yesterday, so this was pushed back a day.

This week, an onslaught of singles from Camp Rock, most of which will fall off the charts after the initial download flurry, since they'll get little airplay beyond Disney. Results are middling: lyrics are rote self discovery with no discernible character, a ( Read more... )

As we wait for Billboard to post this week's Hot 100, confirming the ascendancy of the loathsome Katy Perry, many of you are probably wondering to yourselves, "What does Frank Kogan think of Metro Station's 'Shake It'?" Many more might now be asking yourselves "What is Metro Station?" No matter. Enquiring minds want to know, and the rest of you ( Read more... )

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The Rules Of The Game #25: Country Music WTF?

I write a lot about Eric Church and a little about Miley and Taylor and Kix and Ronnie and Jason and Brad and John and Johns (I discuss her fingers ( Read more... )