Only one debut this week, but it has an interesting back story. "Wake Up, Everybody" was originally a No. 1 R&B and Top 20 pop hit nationally for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes in 1976. More recently, the song was covered by John Legend & The Roots, along with Common and Melanie Fiona. That version hit No. 33 back in September. A few weeks ago, I saw the documentary "Waiting for Superman," which features the Legend version over the closing credits. It reminded me not only how much I like the song, but also how underwhelming I thought the remake was. As much as I like John Legend, his smooth sounds didn't fit the urgency of the lyrics the way Teddy Pendergrass' gritty vocals did. So this week, the original "Wake Up" storms back onto the survey at No. 34, one notch lower than the peak of the remake. We'll see where it goes from here.
Elsewhere, Nelly notches a No. 1 hit with "Just a Dream" moving 6-1. Other hits making a splash this week include Seal's "Weight of My Mistakes" (35-26), Darius Rucker's "This" (36-27) and Bruno Mars' "Just the Way You Are" (27-16, the week's biggest mover).
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