The last time I threw back to 2013, I had to go all the way down to #10 before hitting a song I hadn’t featured on the blog.

Well, the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 2013 was awfully static, because today I’m forced — in true Spinal Tap fashion — to go to 11.

The songs making up the top ten are the same batch as last time, in slightly different order: Lorde’s ‘Royals, ‘Katy Perry’s ‘Roar,’ Miley Cyrus’ ‘Wrecking Ball,’ Avicii’s ‘Wake Me Up!,’ Drake’s ‘Hold On, We’re Going Home,’ Jay Z’s ‘Holy Grail,’ Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines,’ Lady Gaga’s ‘Applause,’ and Lana Del Rey’s ‘Summertime Sadness.’

There is one newcomer, slotted right between Drake and Jay-Z. That is Ylvis, with their viral parody song ‘The Fox.’ But alas, I featured that hilarious track on the blog ten years ago.

All these repeats have me wondering if Throwback Weekends should stop in the early 2000s. After all, I was already blogging in the 2010s, and I’m bound to run into weeks like this when I’ve covered all the hits.

That said, I like the way the decades pair off (60s and 70s, 80s and 90s, 00s and 10s), and dropping the last one would make things a bit messy.

So I’ll power through for now. There’s no harm in featuring the #11 song once in awhile.

Today, that #11 song is ‘Safe and Sound’ by Los Angeles-based alt-rock duo Capital Cities. This synth-pop track reached the Top Ten, peaking at #8, two-and-a-half years after its initial release. I didn’t recall the song at first glance but it sounds familiar. It also sounds like so much radio pop from that era, so maybe that’s why.