RD Report Holiday Edition

1. I don't have any idea why (not complaining either) but Miley Cyrus's "See You Again" is moving up the charts, recently hitting #36 in national Top 40 airplay. This is with no help whatsoever from Disney, who has not even made it eligible for voting on their own radio station. That means that even if you WANTED to hear "See You Again" on Radio Disney, you couldn't (unless you voted for it as a write-in candidate).

So apparently this thing has legs of its own, which was apparent, y'know, musically, but what difference does that make in the Disneyverse?

2. Here's what I can find:

(1) "See You Again" was at some point slated as second single. For whatever reason, Disney went with "Start All Over" (co-written by Fefe Dobson) which now has a (pretty great) one-shot video that's almost as good as this video-of-the-year-candidate-ish Bat for Lashes dealie (which I just put on a mix -- I'll do a post of indie stuff later, I think, now that I have time to blog again).

(2) Apparently Miley sez "See You Again" is her favorite song. What with the popularity/insane gouginess of her current tour, she might be creating the "grassroots" campaign for her own single.

(3) This still doesn't make very much sense.

3. Meanwhile, I kinda dig this song they're promoting right now by Eleventyseven, a Xtian pop-punk group, "How It Feels (To Be with You)." Basic disco-thump and whiny boyvocals, not unlike a cross between Ashley Parker Angel and...um, "See You Again," actually. A little. (A little.)

4. Emily Osment, Miley's right-hand cross-platformer, is at NUMBER THREE with her awful awful awful attempt at Leslie Carter Lite (which is like drinking Diet Diet Coke, and don't get me wrong, I love Diet Coke) which might mean we'll hear more stuff from her in the future. How this song could be #3 while Ali Lohan's comparably paltry Christmastime single could be one of the LEAST LIKED in the station's history is...uh, not beyond me, but frustrating. At least Ali's Christmas songs were friggin' weird.

5. Damn, the RD chart is still really boring. ABORT POST.