Purge time! A few of these were overdue for a swift DTHNOB to the face, so let's clean some house. Before we get on to this week's Fresh 45, here's a list of all the songs we're saying good-bye to this week.
- Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
- Cobra Starship - Fool Like Me
- Young the Giant - Cough Syrup
- Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath (DTHNOBx2)
- The Downtown Fiction - Thanks for Nothing
- The Cab - Bad
- Kelly Rowland Ft. Big Sean - Lay It on Me
The Countdown: (Source: Wikipedia)
1. Flo Rida- Good Feeling (#7) [New #1]
2. Adele- Set Fire to the Rain (#20)
3. LMFAO- Sexy and I Know It (#3)
4. Katy Perry- The One That Got Away (#12)
5. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris- We Found Love (#9)
6. Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera- Moves Like Jagger (#2)
7. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj- Turn Me On (#21)
8. Jessie J- Domino (#8)
9. Hot Chelle Rae feat. New Boyz- I Like It Like That (#13)
10. Outasight- Tonight Is the Night (#10)
11. Cobra Starship feat. Sabi- You Make Me Feel... (#5)
12. Bruno Mars- It Will Rain (#6)
13. Gavin DeGraw- Not Over You (#17)
14. One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#15)
15. Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine- Stereo Hearts (#14)
16. Big Time Rush feat. Mann- Music Sounds Better With U (#32)
17. David Guetta feat. Usher- Without You (#1)
18. Adele- Someone Like You (#4)
19. Childish Gambino- Heartbeat (#23)
20. The Black Keys- Lonely Boy (#22)
21. The Wanted- Glad You Came (#18)
22. Kelly Clarkson- Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (#25)
23. Sean Kingston- Party All Night (Sleep All Day) (#16)
24. The Fray- Heartbeat (#28)
25. Chiddy Bang- Ray Charles (#27)
26. Train- Drive By (#33)
27. Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch- Ass Back Home (#42)
28. Toby Keith- Red Solo Cup (#30)
29. Flo Rida feat. Sia- Wild Ones (DEBUT)
30. Matt & Kim feat. Soulja Boy & Andrew W.K.- I'm a Goner (#24)
31. Coldplay & Rihanna- Princess of China (#31)
32. Foster the People- Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) (#26)
33. Pitbull feat. Chris Brown- International Love (DEBUT)
34. Selena Gomez & the Scene- Love You Like a Love Song (#19)
35. LMFAO- Sorry for Party Rocking (#36)
36. Breathe Carolina- Blackout (#11)
37. Skrillex feat. Sirah- Bangarang (DEBUT)
38. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (DEBUT)
39. Mac Miller- Knock Knock (#34)
40. Lady Gaga- You and I (#40)
41. KDrew- Body & Soul (She Got Control) (DEBUT)
42. All-American Rejects- Beekeeper's Daughter (DEBUT)
43. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars- Young, Wild & Free (#43)
44. The Cab- La La (DEBUT)
45. Kelly Clarkson- Mr. Know It All (#44)
Biggest DDDDDRRRROOOOOPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!..........of the week: Breathe Carolina - Blackout (-25)
Biggest Jump of the week: Adele - Set Fire to the Rain (+18)
I haven't done an "obituaries" section in awhile, but I have some parting words for these songs. Super Bass, you were awesome. I have no idea how you found yourself in this position when you were #3 just two weeks ago. Fool Like Me, you never got your due, and you are doomed to forever be lost in the shuffle of significantly inferior Cobra Starship songs. Bad, you should have had a bullet point next to your name two months ago instead of a single digit. And finally, Lay It on Me, you were every bit as unworthy of a spot on the countdown as this quick exit suggests.
With 7 debuts this week, I'm a busy man. Let's get started with the rundown. The highest debut was Flo Rida Ft. Sia - Wild Ones, clocking in at #29. Personally I think this song trumps Good Feeling in pretty much every respect, but I'm probably not going to be in the majority there. Sia is pretty good in this song, and Flo Rida turns in his best performance since Club Can't Handle Me. Pitbull Ft. Chris Brown - International Love is the second song to enter the countdown in 2 weeks with strong #1 potential, and is the more deserving of the two. Pitbull is a little better than his usual self, while Chris Brown steals the show and makes the song really worth listening to.
Pete Wentz declared Skrillex to be the breakthrough artist of 2011. I'm not sure about that, and I'm sure there's going to be some seriously polarized opinions of his debuting countdown song, Bangarang. I don't think I could compare it to any song I've ever heard before. I'm in the camp that likes it a good deal, but man, is it weird. Guess this is the new direction of electronic dance music. f.u.n. Ft. Janelle Monae - We Are Young is a nice song with a particularly good chorus. Been on Hit-Bound for a little while, and happy to see it finally made the jump. Longtime Hit-Bound veteran KDrew - Body and Soul finally debuted this week. At first I wasn't the biggest fan of this song, but it's definitely grown on me. KDrew sounds a bit like a Michael Jackson wannabe more than once. Despite overall being a fan of the All-American Rejects, I have to rank Beekeeper's Daughter last in this class of new entrants. However it's a surprisingly strong class, so that's not really much of an insult. The final new entrant is The Cab - La La. I was definitely turned off by Bad, but this song has much better pacing and energy, and it works.
Whew.
This week Flo Rida - Good Feeling continued the trend of a rotating cast of not-really-deserving #1 songs simply because there's not a great alternative out there. As I predicted/alluded to last week, Adele - Set Fire to the Rain made the big jump to the top 5 this week, and that's my pick for next week's likely #1 song. Also, my prediction regarding David Guetta Ft. Nicki Minaj - Turn Me On as a potential #1 gained a lot of momentum this week, as it jumped 14 spots to #7.
A couple of decent talents waiting in the wings on Hit-Bound, most notably M83 - Midnight City and second-most-notably Demi Lovato - Give Your Heart a Break. I'm pulling very hard for Midnight City to make the countdown just so it becomes eligible for my Top 45 of 2012, because if it does, it already has a pretty good spot locked up on that list.
Based on listening during the week, I expect a decent amount of turnover on next week's countdown. Look for Katy Perry - Part of Me to go straight from high school to the NBA next week, while Lucas Prada - First Night of My Life and Andy Grammer - Fine By Me are likely Hit-Bound graduates. Those three songs are listed in order of debut likelihood, with the first being a lock.
Editor's Picks - Top 5 Songs
Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Ft. Bruno Mars - Young, Wild & Free
Skrillex - Bangarang
Jessie J - Domino
Pitbull Ft. Chris Brown - International Love
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
We never saw ypur opinion on Young The Giant - Cough Syrup. My guess was it was meh.
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