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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen

Bruce returns to the #1 spot this month with his performance on the next-to-last Stephen Colbert show last month with a riveting version of "Streets of Minneapolis." Before the song, he turned to Colbert and said, "you're the first guy in America who lost his show because we've got a president who can't take a joke." It was his second appearance on the show. His first appearance, in 2021, was much more light-hearted when he said that his favorite sandwich was "a 3:00 a.m. peanut butter and jelly with a big glass of milk."

For historical context, we only have to look back at the 1960s when The Smothers Brothers made such jokes about President Johnson that they wrote him a letter to apologize. The President wrote back and said, in part, "It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists. You have given the gift of laughter to our people. May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives."

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Streets Of Minneapolis
Bruce Springsteen
▲ Last Month: 2
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2
I Who Have Nothing
Bettye LaVette
▲ Last Month: 5
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3
Fly Me To The Moon
Frank Sinatra
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4
I Got Rhythm
Sarah Vaughan
▲ Last Month: 9
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5
I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston
Returns to the Chart
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6
One O'Clock Jump
Count Basie
▲ Last Month: 39
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7
Medley
The Four Seasons
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8
Crimson And Clover
Tommy James & The Shondells
Returns to the Chart
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9
Wanted Dead Or Alive
Bon Jovi
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10
Have Mercy Baby
Clyde McPhatter & Bobby Darin
— Same Position
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# Song / Artist Last Month
11
I Love A Rainy Night
Eddie Rabbitt
NEW
12
Society's Child
Janis Ian
RETURN
13
Hackensack
Thelonious Monk
▲ 15
14
Talk To Me
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
— Same
15
This Land Is Your Land
Woody Guthrie
▲ 16
16
Good Lovin'
The Rascals
▲ 17
17
Shout
The Isley Brothers
NEW
18
In The Midnight Hour
Wilson Pickett
RETURN
19
Moody's Mood For Love
James Moody
▲ 20
20
I'm From New Jersey
Red Mascara
NEW
21
Among My Souvenirs
Connie Francis
— Same
22
Jungle Boogie
Kool & The Gang
— Same
23
You Don't Own Me
Lesley Gore
▲ 25
24
I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Tony Bennett
RETURN
25
Beautiful People
Melanie
RETURN
26
Got My Mojo Workin'
Ann Cole
▲ 100
27
La Vida Es Un Carnaval
Celia Cruz
— Same
28
Walk On By
Dionne Warwick
— Same
29
Blood And Roses
The Smithereens
— Same
30
Heart Of Glass
Blondie
NEW
31
Once In A Million
Trixter
— Same
32
No Kings No Hate No Fear
Nils Lofgren
▼ 1
33
Send It To Me
Williams Honor
— Same
34
Blues In The 21st
Jimmy Vivino
— Same
35
Bitter Fruit
Stevie Van Zandt
— Same
36
Rapper's Delight
Sugar Hill Gang
— Same
37
Numbers With Wings
The Bongos
— Same
38
Shining Through
Mike Daly's Lost & Found
▲ 40
39
Ladies First
Queen Latifah
▲ 62
40
Jersey Girl
Tom Waits
▲ 66
41
Freedom
Richie Havens
▲ 65
42
Love Is Freedom
Phish
▲ 61
43
Don't Count Me Out
Mike Delevante
▲ 58
44
Romeo's Tune
Steve Forbert
▲ 53
45
Long Ones
Lauryn Hill
— Same
46
Song To The Pharoah Kings
Return To Forever
— Same
47
The Skin I'm In
Blues People
— Same
48
The Gang's All Here
Skid Row
▲ 51
49
Welcome To The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
— Same
50
One Valentine's Day
The Cucumbers
▼ 41
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# Song / Artist Last Month
51
Brooklyn Can Wait
Jake Thistle
▼ 42
52
Real
Rory D'Lasnow
▼ 43
53
Come On Venus
Deena Shoshkes
▼ 44
54
Loss
Rhonette Smith
▼ 48
55
You Wreck Me
The Cynz
▼ 54
56
Deeper And Deeper
Sensational Soul Cruisers
▲ 59
57
Lies
The Knickerbockers
▲ 64
58
Boys Can Cry
The Catholic Girls
▲ 68
59
Me Versus The Lack Of Context
Catch Me If You Can
▲ 69
60
Superstar
Nat Adderley, Jr.
▲ 71
61
Dexterity
Dave Stryker
▲ 72
62
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
John Pizzarelli
▲ 73
63
Serenade To A Cuckoo
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
— Same
64
Tossin' And Turnin'
Bobby Lewis
▲ 76
65
Elsa
Bill Evans
NEW
66
Salt Peanuts
Dizzy Gillespie
NEW
67
Rockabye Your Baby
Jerry Lewis
NEW
68
This Diamond Ring
Gary Lewis & The Playboys
NEW
69
It's About Time
Joe Morello
NEW
70
I Don't Want To Go Home
Jason Didner & The GSPs
NEW
71
Big City
Lenny White
▲ 77
72
Runaround
Blues Traveler
▲ 74
73
Just Alive
Good Damage
▼ 67
74
Atlantic City
The Band
▼ 8
75
Jungle Boy
John Eddie
▲ 91
76
C'mon Caroline
Bobby Bandiera
▲ 95
77
At War With Myself
Rachel Bolan
▲ 93
78
Mexicali Waltz
Southside Johnny & The Poor Fools
— Same
79
We've Got The Love
J.A.M. '86
— Same
80
Ballad For Americans
Paul Robeson
— Same
81
Midnight Train
The Modbeats
▲ 85
82
Peppermint Twist
Joey Dee & The Starliters
— Same
83
Poetry Man
Phoebe Snow
— Same
84
This Misery
J. Howard Duff
— Same
85
Jungle Boy
John Eddie
▲ 91
86
Amor Fati
Mourning Coffee
— Same
87
Anybody Knows
Lily Vakili
— Same
88
Follow You
Glen Burtnik
▲ 97
89
Melted Minds
Mourning Noise
NEW
90
Hail The Rebel Queen
Black Rose Rebellion
NEW
91
Crows In Camouflage
Brian K & The Parkway
NEW
92
Buffen It
Mark Mulch
▼ 24
93
America Back
Tammy Faye Starlite
▼ 4
94
Move On Up
La Bamba & The Hubcaps
▼ 81
95
Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree
Tony Orlando & Dawn
▼ 55
96
Businessman
Gregory McLoughlin
▼ 52
97
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
Les Paul & Mary Ford
▼ 38
98
Love Comes In Spurts
Bob Bert
NEW
99
Deep In The Heart Of Jersey
Uncle Floyd
▼ 13
100
Springsteen
Eric Church
▼ 12

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