This
is not progress. 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.
- LMFAO – Sexy and I Know It (!!!!!!!!!)
- Matt & Kim Ft. Soulja Boy – I’m a Goner
- The Fray – Heartbeat
The Countdown (Source: Wikipedia)
1. Kelly Clarkson- Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (#5) [New #1]
2. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris- We Found Love (#2)
3. Adele- Set Fire to the Rain (#1)
4. Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine- Stereo Hearts (#4)
5. Hot Chelle Rae - I Like It Like That (#22)
6. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj- Turn Me On (#6)
7. Katy Perry- Part of Me (#12)
8. Flo Rida feat. David Guetta and Adele - Good Feeling (#9)
9. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (#13)
10. Outasight- Tonight Is the Night (#10)
11. Gavin DeGraw- Not Over You (#8)
12. One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#3)
13. Skrillex feat. Sirah- Bangarang (#16)
14. Adele- Someone Like You (#32)
15. Childish Gambino- Heartbeat (#17)
16. Train- Drive By (#24)
17. David Guetta feat. Usher- Without You (#38)
18. The Black Keys- Lonely Boy (#20)
19. Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch- Ass Back Home (#31)
20. The All-American Rejects- Beekeeper's Daughter (#18)
21. Flo Rida feat. Sia- Wild Ones (#21)
22. Jessie J- Domino (#7)
23. Lucas Prata feat. Lenny B- First Night of My Life (#19)
24. Neon Trees- Everybody Talks (#37)
25. K'naan feat. Nelly Furtado- Is Anybody Out There? (#42)
26. The Cab- La La (#28)
27. Chiddy Bang- Ray Charles (#27)
28. Grouplove- Tongue Tied (#34)
29. Big Time Rush - Music Sounds Better With U (#14)
30. M83- Midnight City (#39)
31. Kelly Clarkson- Mr. Know It All (RE-ENTRY)
32. The Wanted- Glad You Came (#25)
33. Gotye feat. Kimbra- Somebody That I Used to Know (#26)
34. Pitbull feat. Chris Brown- International Love (#11)
35. Selena Gomez & the Scene- Love You Like a Love Song (#30)
36. Coldplay & Rihanna- Princess of China (#29)
37. Bruno Mars- It Will Rain (RE-ENTRY)
38. Mac Miller- Knock Knock (#23)
39. Katy Perry- The One That Got Away (#36)
40. Cobra Starship feat. Sabi- You Make Me Feel... (#35)
41. Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera- Moves Like Jagger (#40)
42. LMFAO- Sorry for Party Rocking (#33)
43. Toby Keith- Red Solo Cup (#43)
44. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars- Young, Wild & Free (#44)
45. Foster the People feat. Cee Lo Green - Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) (RE-ENTRY)
Biggest
DDDDDRRRRROOOOOPPP!!!!!!.....of the week: Pitbull Ft. Chris Brown – International Love (-23)
Biggest
Jump of the Week: David Guetta Ft. Usher
– Without You (+21)
#1
song, one year ago this week: Ke$ha – We
R Who We R
Alright
then, checking out the new entrants……wait….what? There aren’t any? Oh right, because the countdown decided to
set a record for most resurrections in a week.
So we’ve got no new music. I
guess it was too good to be true last week when Bruno Mars – It Will Rain got knocked off, but I checked the Hits-1
page and it was lurking at #46, so I guess the re-entry is little
surprise. This is not progress. But hey, the “loss” of Sexy and I Know It basically cancels out this re-entry. Kelly
Clarkson – Mr. Know It All is decisively a mediocrity (or worse) and
doesn’t have much business being brought back from the land of DTHNOB. This is not progress. And finally, returning for a second farewell
tour is Foster the People – Don’t Stop
(Color on the Walls), a resurrection I couldn’t possibly have less strong
feelings about in either direction.
As
predicted 4 weeks prior when it debuted, Kelly
Clarkson – Stronger inevitably rose to the #1 spot. I just had no idea it would happen so
fast. Hitting the #1 spot on a song’s 5th
week on the countdown is possibly unheard of (will have to check that out
sometime). However, what happened with
the rest of the top 10? Katy Perry – Part of Me was both a
welcome and inevitable addition, but were the demotions of Jessie J – Domino, Gavin DeGraw – Not Over You, and Pitbull Ft. Chris Brown – International
Love really all that necessary? This
is not progress. The countdown voters
have historically had a serious crush on Pitbull,
so Chris Brown must be dragging down
the popularity….or something? It’s not
like he’s committed any violent crimes or anything….. In any case, the biggest drop of the week is
a little harsh.
In
addition, why are Gym Class Heroes Ft.
Adam Levine – Stereo Hearts and especially Hot Chelle Rae – I Like It Like That still top-5 songs? This is not progress. My feelings on Rihanna Ft. Calvin Harris – We Found Love are well-documented, so
you can understand why I’m disappointed, collectively, by the Top 5. This is not progress. Here’s hoping for turnover amongst that group
next week.
Two
more blurbs:
1)
Outasight – Tonight is the Night has
occupied the #10 spot on the countdown for 5 straight weeks. Fittingly, it is a pretty good, but not
great, song that (relatively) isn’t all that easy to get sick of. Props to the countdown voters for handling a
song correctly for a change.
2)
Adele – Rumour Has It is on
Hit-Bound. This is significant because
it’s the first song ever to enter Hit-Bound after having a prior stint on the
countdown. Generally, songs can come
back onto the countdown after getting DTHNOBbed (as was overly evident this
week), but it’s never happened before via the Hit-Bound route.
This
is not progress.
Editor’s
Picks – Top 5 Songs
1) M83 – Midnight
City
2) Snoop Dogg Ft. Wiz
Khalifa & Bruno Mars – Young, Wild & Free
3) Gotye – Somebody I
Used to Know
4) Pitbull Ft. Chris
Brown – International Love
5) Childish Gambino -
Heartbeat
Was this a bad week on the countdown?
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