"Wind It Up," Gwen Stefani

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paulmcsky said:

where do you guys think that WIU will go next week on the Hot 100??

For the next Hot 100... I'd say #14.

[Hey Hey You You On Sundays]

Going by the logic that America loves Gwen, I would say it is also America's fault for the new I can only get a hit if I am annoying and obnoxious urban Gwen.

[cactus tree]

I can't believe i'm actually saying Gwen made a good decision by choosing "Wind It Up" as the lead single, but apparently Interscope wanted "Yummy" instead

[Hey Hey You You On Sundays]

I wish she would Wind It Up with this project if she insists on not even releasing any of the good songs on this project.

[backintime]

bubblepop15 said:

paulmcsky said:

where do you guys think that WIU will go next week on the Hot 100??

For the next Hot 100... I'd say #14.

I'd say higher. It's been between #5 and #2 on iTunes this week, right? That means the same kinda positions on HDS & T, so I'm thinking between 6 and 12 on the Hot 100

[musicjunkie.]

This is great! But it looks like this will outpeak 'Cool' and it doesn't deserve to.

[paulmcsky]

20 19 GWEN STEFANI Wind It Up 3252 3097 155 20.079

[duh5]

paulmcsky said:

20 19 GWEN STEFANI Wind It Up 3252 3097 155 20.079

;D

[musicjunkie.]

b*tches!

It's all good though. The chart that really matters will have this song high.

[Deleted]

This song has actually grown on me a lot, but I still hope it doesn't go top 10, just so Interscope will rethink the second single.

[tozion]

Jumps 25-7 on the Hot 100.

[That Skipping Rope.]

Officially a SMASH. I heard someone singing this at school today.

[musicjunkie.]

That's right! The TOP 10 SINGLE "WIND IT UP" b*tches.

[paulmcsky]

NOOOOOO DAMN IT!!!

[musicfan]

tozion said:

Jumps 25-7 on the Hot 100.

Get it girl. Get it, get it, girl.

[duh5]

tozion said:

Jumps 25-7 on the Hot 100.

That is a damn shame...

[backintime]

backintime said:

bubblepop15 said:

For the next Hot 100... I'd say #14.

I'd say higher. It's been between #5 and #2 on iTunes this week, right? That means the same kinda positions on HDS & T, so I'm thinking between 6 and 12 on the Hot 100

;D

[The Seldom Seen Kid]

This is Top 25 in the UK Midweeks on downloads alone.

[paulmcsky]

damn it!

[irice22]

I don't know anybody who likes this song! We all make fun of it at my school.

[paulmcsky]

her performance at the Billboard Music Awards was awful!

[duh5]

All of her performances have been awful.

[paulmcsky]

YEP!!

[The Seldom Seen Kid]

dannyuk said:

This is Top 25 in the UK Midweeks on downloads alone.

#8 in the UK Midweeks now (Friday update).

[tozion]

THIS WILL BRING YOU BACK TO DO: Thanks to Gwen Stefani reaching once again into the well of Broadway songs, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II have their first top 10 hit on The Billboard Hot 100 as a songwriting duo. They achieve this feat 63 years after their first collaboration; following the death of his songwriting partner Lorenz Hart, Rodgers teamed with Hammerstein to write the Broadway musical "Oklahoma."

For her song "Wind It Up" (Interscope), Stefani has turned to the final musical written by Rodgers & Hammerstein. "Wind It Up" is based on "The Lonely Goatherd" from the 1959 show "The Sound of Music."

Rodgers has been in the top 10 of the Hot 100 before. The Marcels' version of Rodgers and Hart's "Blue Moon" was No. 1 in April 1961. Hammerstein also had a top 10 single. "I've Told Every Little Star," written with Jerome Kern, was a No. 3 hit for Linda Scott, in May 1961.

"Wind It Up" marks the 10th appearance of Rodgers and Hammerstein as a team on the Hot 100, according to Chart Beat reader Mike Dvorchak of New York City. Here are the other Rodgers and Hammerstein chart songs that Dvorchak uncovered, in order of chart rank:

"Some Enchanted Evening," Jay & the Americans (No. 13) 1965
"Hello Young Lovers," Paul Anka (No. 23) 1960

"If I Loved You," Chad & Jeremy (No. 23) 1965
"My Favorite Things," Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (No. 45) 1969
"March of the Siamese Children," Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen (No. 88) 1962
"The Sound of Music," Patti Page (No. 90) 1960
"I Have Dreamed," Chad & Jeremy (No. 91) 1965
"Some Enchanted Evening," Jane Olivor (No. 91) 1977
"Do-Re-Mi," Anita Bryant (No. 94) 1959

"Slaughter on 10th Avenue," composed by Rodgers, also appeared on the Hot 100. The Ventures' instrumental recording peaked at No. 35 in 1964.

With a 7-6 advance on this week's chart, "Wind It Up" surpasses Stefani's own "Rich Girl" (which sampled "If I Were a Rich Man" from "Fiddler on the Roof") to become the highest-ranked Broadway tune of the last 21 years. "Wind It Up" is the most successful Broadway-related song since Murray Head's "One Night in Bangkok" from "Chess" moved to No. 3 in 1985.