Republic is relaunching James Bay’s “Hold Back The River” at hot adult contemporary radio, and programmers are proving receptive.<\/p>\n
Picked up by 16 Mediabase-monitored stations, the song claims the top spot on this week’s Hot AC add board.<\/p>\n
“Hold Back The River,” which peaked inside the Top 15 during its original run last year, is already back in the Top 50 on Mediabase’s Hot AC airplay chart.<\/p>\n
Lukas Graham’s “Mama Said” and Wrabel’s “11 Blocks” tie for second-most added; each song was picked up by 14 stations this week.<\/p>\n
An add count of 11 earns Shawn Mendes’ “Treat You Better” the fourth-most added distinction. With add counts of 8 each, Ariana Grande’s “Dangerous Woman,” Charlie Puth’s “We Don’t Talk Anymore (featuring Selena Gomez)” and Fitz And The Tantrums’ “HandClap” tie for fifth-most added.<\/p>\n
This week’s other notable Hot AC options: The Chainsmokers’ “Don’t Let Me Down (featuring Daya)” (7 adds, 8th), Calvin Harris’ “This Is What You Came For (featuring Rihanna)” (5 adds, 9th, tie), Drake’s “One Dance (featuring WizKid & Kyla)” (5 adds, 9th, tie), Rihanna’s “Sledgehammer” (5 adds, 9th, tie), Rob Thomas’ “Pieces” (5 adds, 9th, tie) and Sia’s “Cheap Thrills” (5 adds, 9th, tie).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[692,1935,3913,4400,54,1752,4397,3564,6224,5405,129,4293,132,2511,2172,1802,6222,2021],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n