"On My Way Here" #1 On AOL Most Played List; AOL Sessions View Numbers Continue to Rise

Great news! Clay's song, On My Way Here, is #1 today on AOL's Most Played List of Songs.

In addition, Lover All Alone is #26 today on AOL's Highest Rated Songs!

Let's keep Clay's songs on the lists at AOL. Head over to AOL Music and listen to Clay's songs as well as watch his five songs on AOL Sessions. These songs are great and getting lots of hits. Clay's picture and link to his Sessions songs is still on the main page of AOL Music.

Number of times viewed for each song on Sessions is as follows (and climbing):

• Ashes - 55,005
  
• Everything I Don't Need - 23,764
  
• Where I Draw The Line - 17,650
  
• On My Way Here - 20,900
  
• Something About Us - 15,454

West Palm Beach LAA Video

I can never get enough of "Lover All Alone" ... here's another reason why:

"Lover All Alone" on the Next Album?

Clay indicated at a Meet and Greet that he might include "Lover All Alone" on the next album. The song was cut from ATDW, but was included as a special bonus track for people who purchased ATDW from iTunes.

Clay has been performing the song throughout the tour and has consistently been an audience favorite. The Columbus Dispatch's reviewer was profoundly touched by Clay's performance of LAA:

Aiken’s strongest moment was his performance of Lover All Alone, for which he wrote the lyrics. In spite of jarring intonation problems from his guitarist, he loosened his grip on the polished, practiced stage manner and truly connected with his own soul.

Here is a clip of Clay singing "Lover All Alone" at last month's Houston concert:
Aiken’s strongest moment was his performance of Lover All Alone, for which he wrote the lyrics. In spite of jarring intonation problems from his guitarist, he loosened his grip on the polished, practiced stage manner and truly connected with his own soul.

Tidbits 7/7

• Tour concert listings:
• T.C. Palm
• Reality TV World - Clay & Jericho -

  Clay Aiken apparently has more control over his Claymates than one would think.
  
  "The show Jericho... I loved it. I started blogging about it on my fan site. It got canceled, and I blogged about how upset I was. I said, 'The Claymates can do anything. How do we get this show back on the air?'" Aiken told The Houston Chronicle on Tuesday.

• Entertainment Weekly - Clay takes credit for saving "Jericho"?

  Also amusing: the fact that American Idol alum Clay Aiken is claiming credit for the viewer revolt that made CBS bring the show back in the first place. "The show Jericho... I loved it," he told the Houston Chronicle this week. "It got canceled, and I blogged about how upset I was. I said, 'The Claymates can do anything. How do we get this show back on the air?' Honestly, within a week they had organized a campaign amongst Jericho fans to send nuts to CBS. It kind of started in that place."
  

• Frisco Enterprise - mention of the July 4 Clay concert in Frisco -

  July 4, 2007 will go down as one of the more memorable holidays so far this century in Frisco. Clay Aiken and the philharmonic orchestra began the concert around 8 o’clock. He and all the performers on stage gave a very energetic and entertaining performance for about 90 minutes.

• WebMetricsGuru - an analysis of Clay Aiken on the internet ... nice plug for LAA:

  There's probably no bigger group of Social Networking music fans as those who congregate around Clay Aiken, who just started another tour on July 4th, 2007. I happen to like Lover All Alone song as Clay sings it.

• Clay's classics medley is all the buzz on the internet:
• VH1 Best Week Ever - "Clay Aiken’s Impromptu Concert Medley Definitely Brings Heterosexuality Back"
• Rickey.org - "Clay Aiken sings Baby Got Back, SexyBack, Beat It and Like a Virgin in the “Classics Medley”. *GASP* OMG Clay Aiken you are so awesome!"
• Just Jared - "His latest concert in Frisco, Texas on Tuesday got his fans, the Claymates, going wild."
  

• The ConCLAYve - Clay's memorable Houston "Lover All Alone" performance (video)
• ... and another one from Idle-wandering also on Clay's Houston LAA video
• ... and again on ClaySpots
• ClaySpots - Clay takes on top 40 radio... Houston classics medley
  
• Something That Really Happened - Clay goes on tour... Houston classics medley