fun. (2) - Week of April 21, 2012

We’ve got loads of craziness to attend to, so let’s jump right in.  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:

•          The All American Rejects – Beekeeper's Daughter
•          David Guetta Ft. Usher – Without You
•          Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Ft. Bruno Mars – Young, Wild & Free (DTHNOBx2)
•          Pitbull Ft. Chris Brown – International Love
•          Childish Gambino – Heartbeat
•          Coldplay Ft. Rihanna – Princess of China (DTHNOBx2)

The Countdown:

1. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (#2)

2. One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#3)

3. Train- Drive By (#4)

4. The Wanted- Glad You Came (#11)

5. Kelly Clarkson- Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (#1)

6. Flo Rida Ft. Sia - Wild Ones (#5)

7. Adele - Set Fire to the Rain (#8)

8. B.O.B. - So Good (#21)

9. Katy Perry - Part of Me (#6)

10. Gotye feat. Kimbra- Somebody That I Used to Know (#16)

11. September- Party in My Head (#23)

12. The Cab- La La (#22)

13. Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe (DEBUT)

14. Neon Trees- Everybody Talks (#18)

15. Karmin- Brokenhearted (#20)

16. Chris Rene- Young Homie (#29)

17. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa- Payphone (DEBUT)

18. Nicki Minaj- Starships (#13)

19. Andy Grammer- Fine By Me (#32)

20. Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull- Dance Again (#17)

21. Adele- Rumour Has It (#30)

22. Calvin Harris- Feel So Close (#19)

23. Hot Chelle Rae- Honestly (#26)

24. Taylor Swift- Eyes Open (#28)

25. K'naan feat. Nelly Furtado- Is Anybody Out There? (#27)

26. The All-American Rejects- Walk Over Me (DEBUT)

27. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj- Turn Me On (#7)

28. Cher Lloyd feat. Astro- Want U Back (DEBUT)

29. Gym Class Heroes feat. Ryan Tedder- The Fighter (DEBUT)

30. Gavin DeGraw- Not Over You (#36)

31. Justin Bieber- Boyfriend (#15)

32. Jessie J- Domino (#40)

33. Lucas Prata feat. Lenny B- First Night of My Life (#25)

34. Outasight- Tonight Is the Night (#12)

35. Flo Rida- Good Feeling (#31)

36. Hot Chelle Rae feat. New Boyz- I Like It Like That (#44)

37. Skrillex feat. Sirah- Bangarang (#14)

38. Adele- Someone Like You (#42)

39. David Guetta feat. Sia- Titanium (DEBUT)

40. The Black Keys- Lonely Boy (#38)

41. Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch- Ass Back Home (#9)

42. M83- Midnight City (#10)

43. Chiddy Bang- Ray Charles (#39)

44. Grouplove- Tongue Tied (#24)

45. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris- We Found Love (#33)

Biggest DDDRRROOOOOOPPP!!!!.....of the week: Tie between Gym Class Heroes Ft. Neon Hitch – Ass Back Home and M83 – Midnight City (-32)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Tie between B.O.B. – So Good, Chris Rene – Young Homie, and Andy Grammer – Fine By Me (+13)

After reading all of the above, I know what you’re thinking.  This week sucked pretty bad.  After all, those exits are collectively pretty good, and Midnight City dropped to the Bottom 5 the week right after first cracking the Top 10.

This puts a lot of pressure on the new entrants, and they did not disappoint.  On average, the 6 newbies are pretty strong, including 2 absolute powerhouses, both of which are deserving of their own paragraph.  Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe debuted after spending a week or two too long on Hit-Bound.  That’s not the shocking part.  The shocking part is that it’s #13.  Wow.  That’s probably a record for highest debut ever on the countdown.  I haven’t progressed to “addict” status regarding to this song like some that I’ve talked to about it, but it’s good, and the hype is justified.  Popularity gets a boost from the video made by Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez to this song.

Welp, there it is.  Maroon 5 can no longer be dismissed as mediocre and uninteresting.  After their breakout hit, Moves Like Jagger, they teamed up with Wiz Khalifa to produce Payphone, which is every bit as good, if not better.  Similar to Call Me Maybe, it debuted insanely high on the countdown, up at #17.  Adam Levine deserves all the credit in the world for taking this formerly stale band, who very recently produced average-y hits like Misery, and Give a Little More, and turning their music into something that you actually can justify listening to on repeat.  

I am probably higher than the average person on Cher Lloyd – Want You Back, but I can’t help it….the pacing of that song is too perfect for it to not be catchy.  Adele - Rolling In the Deep is the only song made in the past few years surpassing it in the general rhythm/pacing department.  The All-American Rejects – Walk Over Me is stylistically different from their recent DTHNOB, Beekeeper’s Daughter, but unfortunately, it’s not really any better.  I feel like this is a band that is losing their edge a little bit.  Lead singer Tyson Ritter has never really had that great of a voice, but the group has been able to produce melodies where it could be tolerable, or even effective (Swing, Swing, Gives You Hell).  Lately, that has not been the case.

Gym Class Heroes Ft. Ryan Tedder – The Fighter is probably the 2^nd worst new entrant, but it’s a significant step up from Walk Over Me.  I feel like this one is going to be easy-ish to get sick of, and it’s ceiling isn’t really that high, but for now, it’s OK.  Finally, we have David Guetta Ft. Sia – Titanium, which could be considered the best new entrant most weeks, but this week it’s a clear 3^rd or 4^th.  Sia’s voice sounds great in the chorus.

Train – Drive By is getting pretty close to that #1 slot, eh?   It might break through, but more likely, it’ll stick around in limbo between the 2-5 slots for a bit, similar to its predecessor, Hey, Soul Sister.

Gonna cut it off here, as I’ve already passed the nonexistent word limit for this installment.

Editor’s Picks: Top 5 Songs

1) Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know

2) Taylor Swift – Eyes Open

3) M83 – Midnight City

4) Maroon 5 Ft. Wiz Khalifa – Payphone

5) Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe

Kelly Clarkson (3) - Week of April 14, 2012

Some pretty good things happening this week, but unfortunately, we need to start off on kind of a sour note.  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.

• Olly Murs – Dance with Me Tonight
• Gym Class Heroes Ft. Adam Levine – Stereo Hearts

The Countdown:

1. Kelly Clarkson- Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (#4) [Third Week at #1]

2. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (#1)

3. One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#2)

4. Train- Drive By (#8)

5. Flo Rida feat. Sia- Wild Ones (#3)

6. Katy Perry- Part of Me (#6)

7. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj- Turn Me On (#7)

8. Adele- Set Fire to the Rain (#11)

9. Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch- Ass Back Home (#9)

10. M83- Midnight City (#20)

11. The Wanted- Glad You Came (#5)

12. Outasight- Tonight Is the Night (#42) [Biggest Jump]

13. Nicki Minaj- Starships (#17)

14. Skrillex feat. Sirah- Bangarang (#10)

15. Justin Bieber- Boyfriend (#13)

16. Gotye feat. Kimbra- Somebody That I Used to Know (#26)

17. Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull- Dance Again (#29)

18. Neon Trees- Everybody Talks (#12)

19. Calvin Harris- Feel So Close (#25)

20. Karmin- Brokenhearted (#14)

21. B.o.B- So Good (#15)

22. The Cab- La La (#22)

23. September- Party in My Head (#23)

24. Grouplove- Tongue Tied (#18)

25. Lucas Prata feat. Lenny B- First Night of My Life (#21)

26. Hot Chelle Rae- Honestly (#32)

27. K'naan feat. Nelly Furtado- Is Anybody Out There? (#40)

28. Taylor Swift- Eyes Open (#28)

29. Chris Rene- Young Homie (#27)

30. Adele- Rumour Has It (RE-ENTRY)

31. Flo Rida- Good Feeling (#33)

32. Andy Grammer- Fine By Me (#36)

33. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris- We Found Love (#31)

34. The All-American Rejects- Beekeeper's Daughter (#24)

35. David Guetta feat. Usher- Without You (#37)

36. Gavin DeGraw- Not Over You (#16) [Biggest Drop]

37. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars- Young, Wild & Free (#45)

38. The Black Keys- Lonely Boy (#30)

39. Chiddy Bang- Ray Charles (#39)

40. Jessie J- Domino (#34)

41. Pitbull feat. Chris Brown- International Love (#41)

42. Adele- Someone Like You (#40)

43. Childish Gambino- Heartbeat (#43)

44. Hot Chelle Rae feat. New Boyz- I Like It Like That (#44)

45. Coldplay & Rihanna- Princess of China (RE-ENTRY)

Biggest DDDDRRROOOOPPPP!!!!!!...of the week: Gavin DeGraw – Not Over You (-20)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Outasight – Tonight Is the Night (+30)

For some reason the countdown voters saw fit to have Dance with Me Tonight (temporarily?) tie Kid Cudi – Erase Me for most hysterically short tenure in countdown history.  Godspeed, Olly Murs.  Hope to see you again soon.  That song deserved better.

No new music this week.  Just resurrections.  Coldplay Ft. Rihanna – Princess of China returned for a farewell tour.  After surfacing on Hit-Bound the week of March 3^rd, Adele – Rumour Has It made the jump to the countdown this week, which makes the song’s career trajectory: Hit-Bound -> Countdown -> DTHNOB -> Hit-Bound(x2) -> Countdown(x2).  No other song has ever taken that 4^th step of re-entering Hit-Bound after getting booted from the countdown.  This would be more exciting if the song wasn’t terrible. 

Even if entrant/exit news wasn’t the best, there were a few pretty solid developments within the countdown itself.  Train – Drive By unexpectedly and pleasantly made the jump to the Top 5, while Gotye – Somebody I Used to Know and M83 – Midnight City both jumped 10 spots, with the latter getting boosted into the Top 10.  For the first time in forever, all 10 songs in the Top 10 are good, which is pretty awesome considering where we were at the beginning of February when almost the entire countdown sucked.  Sure, Flo Rida Ft. Sia – Wild Ones has been beaten to death by the Hits-1 DJs and Adele – Set Fire to the Rain has run its course, and I no longer particularly care to listen to either, but at their cores, they’re good songs.  The other 8 range from decent (Kelly Clarkson – Stronger on the low end) to awesome (Midnight City on the high), and I would rather listen to any of those 8 than change the station to see what else is on.  For now.

In the “stayin’ alive” department, Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Ft. Bruno Mars – Young, Wild & Free first dropped into the bottom-5 of the countdown from its mid-20’s “heyday” the week of January 14^th.  Exactly 3 months later, it’s hanging around at #37.  Fight on boys, fight on.

Editor’s Picks – Top 5 Songs

1) Gotye – Somebody I Used to Know

2) M83 – Midnight City

3) Taylor Swift – Eyes Open

4) Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Ft. Bruno Mars – Young, Wild & Free

5) Train – Drive By

fun. - Week of April 7, 2012

And so the One Direction reign comes to a close so we can all get ‘higher than the Empire State’.  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.

•          Toby Keith – Red Solo Cup
•          Coldplay Ft. Rihanna – Princess of China

The Countdown: (Source: Wikipedia)

1. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (#4) [New #1]

2. One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#1)

3. Flo Rida feat. Sia- Wild Ones (#6)

4. Kelly Clarkson- Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (#3)

5. The Wanted- Glad You Came (#8)

6. Katy Perry- Part of Me (#9)

7. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj- Turn Me On (#2)

8. Train- Drive By (#20)

9. Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch- Ass Back Home (#10)

10. Skrillex feat. Sirah- Bangarang (#13)

11. Adele- Set Fire to the Rain (#5)

12. Neon Trees- Everybody Talks (#11)

13. Justin Bieber- Boyfriend (#35) [Biggest Jump]

14. Karmin- Brokenhearted (#18)

15. B.o.B- So Good (#16)

16. Gavin DeGraw- Not Over You (#7)

17. Nicki Minaj- Starships (#27)

18. Grouplove- Tongue Tied (#22)

19. K'naan feat. Nelly Furtado- Is Anybody Out There? (#25)

20. M83- Midnight City (#26)

21. Lucas Prata feat. Lenny B- First Night of My Life (#14)

22. The Cab- La La (#15)

23. September- Party in My Head (#21)

24. The All-American Rejects- Beekeeper's Daughter (#17)

25. Calvin Harris- Feel So Close (#41)

26. Gotye feat. Kimbra- Somebody That I Used to Know (#24)

27. Chris Rene- Young Homie (#40)

28. Taylor Swift- Eyes Open (#32)

29. Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull- Dance Again (DEBUT)

30. The Black Keys- Lonely Boy (#30)

31. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris- We Found Love (#12) [Biggest Drop]

32. Hot Chelle Rae- Honestly (#28)

33. Flo Rida- Good Feeling (#19)

34. Jessie J- Domino (#39)

35. Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine- Stereo Hearts (#33)

36. Andy Grammer- Fine By Me (#36)

37. David Guetta feat. Usher- Without You (#37)

38. Olly Murs- Dance With Me Tonight (DEBUT)

39. Chiddy Bang- Ray Charles (#29)

40. Adele- Someone Like You (#34)

41. Pitbull feat. Chris Brown- International Love (#43)

42. Outasight - Tonight Is the Night (#23)

43. Childish Gambino- Heartbeat (#31)

44. Hot Chelle Rae feat. New Boyz- I Like It Like That (#42)

45. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars- Young, Wild & Free (#38)

Biggest DDDDDRRRROOOPPP!!!!.....of the week: Rihanna Ft. Calvin Harris – We Found Love (-19)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Justin Bieber – Boyfriend (+23)

Coupla dancin’ new entrants this week.  Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight sounds like it belongs on the soundtrack to Happy Days rather than a pop music countdown in the year 2012.  So I guess it offers a nice compromise when you and your friends are fighting in the car over whether to listen to oldies or Top-40 music.  That said, I like the song a good deal.  It’s uniquely refreshing.  Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull hooked up previously to create On the Floor, a great gift to the world.  However, they couldn’t exactly recreate the magic with Dance Again, which is just decent.

So last week I mentioned that I wouldn’t waste any more text on Justin Bieber – Boyfriend.  I was assuming that it would have the same trajectory as other Justin Bieber songs where it would stagnate somewhere in the 20s and then exit the countdown after a short period of time.  Historically, the countdown voters have not been kind to the Bieb.  Therefore, never did I think Boyfriend was “Biggest Jump of the Week” material.  What is wrong with these voters?  That song sucks!  I’m neither a Bieber-hater nor a “belieber”.  Some of his songs to hit the countdown have been good, and some have been mediocre-at-best.  This one is by far the worst of the bunch, and it’s just flat out bad.

Anyway…..

I feel like it’s pretty inevitable at this point that Flo Rida Ft. Sia – Wild Ones will be #1 in the near future.  I can’t say I’m particularly upset about that, as it’s a good song, but as I’ve mentioned, it’s been overplayed to death on Hits-1.  Train – Drive By made its return to the Top 10 this week, while Skrillex – Bangarang sniffs it for the first time.  After extended stays in the Top 20, Outasight – Tonight is the Night and Childish Gambino – Heartbeat have quietly slipped to the Bottom 5 in a matter of two weeks.  They’ll be missed when they’re gone.

I almost got through this installment without a celebratory note of We Found Love being the Biggest Drop this week.  Almost.

Editor’s Picks – Top 5 Songs

1) M83 – Midnight City

2) Taylor Swift – Eyes Open

3) Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Ft. Bruno Mars – Young, Wild & Free

4) Gotye – Somebody I Used to Know

5) Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight

One Direction (3) - Week of March 31, 2012

Sorry about that post from Sunday......someone must have hacked my account.

Been waiting for awhile for one of these.  It’s…….PURGE TIME.  With apologies to Selena Gomez for lumping her song into this group, we’re clearing out a fair amount of crap.  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. 

•          Bruno Mars – It Will Rain (DTHNOBx2)
•          Katy Perry – The One That Got Away
•          Selena Gomez & the Scene – Love You Like a Love Song
•          Foster the People – Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls) (DTHNOBx3)
•          Mac Miller – Knock Knock
•          LMFAO – Sorry for Party Rocking

The Countdown: (Source: Wikipedia)

1. One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#1) [Third Week at #1]

2. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj- Turn Me On (#11)

3. Kelly Clarkson- Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (#3)

4. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (#6)

5. Adele- Set Fire to the Rain (#5)

6. Flo Rida feat. Sia- Wild Ones (#15)

7. Gavin DeGraw- Not Over You (#8)

8. The Wanted- Glad You Came (#9)

9. Katy Perry- Part of Me (#7)

10. Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch- Ass Back Home (#13)

11. Neon Trees- Everybody Talks (#16)

12. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris- We Found Love (#4)

13. Skrillex feat. Sirah- Bangarang (#20)

14. Lucas Prata feat. Lenny B- First Night of My Life (#23)

15. The Cab- La La (#12)

16. B.o.B- So Good (#29)

17. The All-American Rejects- Beekeeper's Daughter (#24)

18. Karmin- Brokenhearted (#25)

19. Flo Rida- Good Feeling (#2)

20. Train- Drive By (#30)

21. September- Party in My Head (#41) 

22. Grouplove- Tongue Tied (#14)

23. Outasight- Tonight Is the Night (#10)

24. Gotye feat. Kimbra- Somebody That I Used to Know (#22)

25. K'naan feat. Nelly Furtado- Is Anybody Out There? (#31)

26. M83- Midnight City (#26)

27. Nicki Minaj- Starships (#21)

28. Hot Chelle Rae- Honestly (#28)

29. Chiddy Bang- Ray Charles (#27)

30. The Black Keys- Lonely Boy (#18)

31. Childish Gambino- Heartbeat (#19)

32. Taylor Swift- Eyes Open (DEBUT)

33. Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine- Stereo Hearts (#39)

34. Adele- Someone Like You (#38)

35. Justin Bieber- Boyfriend (DEBUT)

36. Andy Grammer- Fine By Me (DEBUT)

37. David Guetta feat. Usher- Without You (#35)

38. Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars- Young, Wild & Free (RE-ENTRY)

39. Jessie J- Domino (RE-ENTRY)

40. Chris Rene- Young Homie (DEBUT)

41. Calvin Harris- Feel So Close (#17)

42. Hot Chelle Rae feat. New Boyz- I Like It Like That (#42)

43. Pitbull feat. Chris Brown- International Love (#37)

44. Toby Keith- Red Solo Cup (#44)

45. Coldplay & Rihanna- Princess of China (#33)

Biggest DDDDDDDRRRRROOOOPPPPP!!!!!!!!!.....of the week: Calvin Harris – Feel So Close (-24)

Biggest Jump of the Week: September – Party in My Head (+20)

These DTHNOBs are truly exciting.  It Will Rain and Knock Knock have been two of the very worst songs on the countdown for the last couple of months.  While I’ll miss the beat of Sorry for Party Rocking, everything else about that song is pure essence of “suck”.  We’re talking about the first week since early May 2011 where we don’t have an LMFAO song on the countdown.  Let’s try to keep those celebration parties in the streets under control.

Only 4 new entrants this week because this was probably the best week in history for resurrections, bringing back both Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Ft. Bruno Mars – Young, Wild & Free and Jessie J – Domino.  Both of these were longtime “Editor’s Picks” on this blog, and while Domino has sort of wore out its luster with an extended stay in the upper half of the countdown, Young, Wild & Free never really got its due, and I’m hoping that this re-entry is more than just a dead cat bounce.  I’m surprised it came back because that song has not really had any regular air time during the week, and the weekend countdown was really the only time it was getting any spins.

Alright, now let’s kick it off with the purely new stuff.  The first time I heard Taylor Swift – Eyes Open was on Hits-1 in the middle of last week.  My original take was to lump it into the same blob of mediocrity that a lot of her songs fall into, but then I learned it was on the soundtrack for The Hunger Games and re-listened to it.  The lyrics go so well with the movie that I can’t help but really like it now.  Justin Bieber – Boyfriend is a bad song.  Definitely his worst one to hit the countdown, and I’m not wasting any more text on it.

Andy Grammer’s music is decidedly mediocre and flavorless.  It’s the kind of stuff you don’t really mind listening to while you’re shopping for groceries or in a waiting room or riding in an elevator, but when it comes on the radio, you just think, “Ugh, it’s gonna be about 4-ish minutes before I can potentially listen to something entertaining again.”  His new song is no exception, and if we never saw him on the countdown again, it’d be Fine By Me.  Probably the best new entrant is Chris Rene – Young Homie.  I feel like there’s a good chance I’m going to be higher on it in the future than I am after the first few listens.

Rihanna Ft. Calvin Harris – We Found Love dropped out of the top 10 for the first time since mid-December, while One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful held down the top spot for the 3^rd week in a row.  Just two more reasons that this week was an excellent one for the countdown.

Two more blurbs.  I’m still getting very concerned about the lack of mid-week spins of M83 – Midnight City, because that’s the best indicator of an imminent countdown exit.  On the flip side, I feel like Flo Rida Ft. Sia – Wild Ones is a pretty good song, as detailed on the week it debuted.  However I’m not sure there’s any song that has been played more frequently on Hits-1 over the past month.  They are literally beating it to death.  I don’t want to hear it anymore.  Must be a Flo Rida thing, because Good Feeling was spun flagrantly often as well 1-2 months ago.  Glad to see that one accompanied We Found Love in its dip out of the top 10.

Editor’s Picks – Top 5 Songs

1) M83 – Midnight City

2) Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Ft. Bruno Mars – Young, Wild & Free

3) Gotye – Somebody I Used to Know

4) Pitbull Ft. Chris Brown – International Love

5) Taylor Swift – Eyes Open

The Trashmen (2,507) - Week of April 1, 2012

Borrrrrrrrrrrrinnnngggggg....another low-activity week.  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:

• Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (DTHNOBx2)
• Rebecca Black - Friday

The Countdown:

45. Salt N Pepa - Shoop
44. O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei

43. Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe

42. Mozart - Symphony 40

41. The Theme from Dallas

40. Francis Scott Key - The Star Spangled Banner

39. Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up

38. Aqua - Barbie Girl

37. Toto - Africa

36. Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth

35. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy

34. DJ Pauly D - Beat Dat Beat
33. The Song They Play When Ryan Braun Comes to the Plate
32. Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way
31. Donkey Kong Country 2 - Bramble Blast
30. Sisqo - Thong Song
29. Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
28. The Techno Remix to "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid
27. Digital Underground - Humpty Dance
26. Foreigner - Waiting for a Girl Like You
25. The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star
24. Love Fist - Dangerous Bastard
23. Weird Al Yankovic - Polka Face
22. The Song from that Commercial for the Board Game Perfection
21. Rick James - Ghetto Life
20. The Lonely Island - On a Boat
19. Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
18. The Toys - A Lover's Concerto
17. Vickie Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around
16. Annoying Second Grader on a Bus - 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall
15. Michael Bolton - Can I Touch You ... There?
14. Las Ketchup - Asereje
13. Huey Lewis And The News - The Heart Of Rock and Roll
12. Carter Pewterschmidt - Walk Like an Egyptian
11. Baha Men - Who Let the Dogs Out?
10. Toni Basil - Mickey
9. Los Del Rio - Macarena
8. The Cheeky Girls - The Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum)
7. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
6. Lou Bega - Mambo #5
5. They Might Be Giants - The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas
4. Reliant K - Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
3. Prince - Purple Rain
2. Styx - Mr. Roboto
1. The Trashmen - Surfin Bird

Biggest DDDDDRRROOOPPP!!!!!.....of the week: Aqua - Barbie Girl (-16)
Biggest Jump of the Week: The Song from that Commercial for the Board Game Perfection (+19)


Just one new entrant this week, O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei.  I'm not sure what all the fuss is about.  The lyrics are pretty terrible, but no one else besides me probably bothered to translate them from their original Romanian, so I might be the only person able to appreciate that.  For some reason we also got a resurrection this week from Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe, which I thought everyone would be tired of by now, but I guess not.

Still pretty sick and tired of Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth not getting its due on this countdown.  I guess I understand its lack of mass appeal, but come on, there's no reason it should still be toiling in the mid-30s when songs like Toni Basil - Mickey and Annoying Second Grader on a Bus - 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall experienced such large jumps in recent weeks.

Surfin Bird takes the crown yet again, as it hasn't really let go of that top spot since a couple short months after its release 49-ish years ago.  I'm hoping that Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters can make a run at a #1 bid, but that's mostly just because a lot of the top 10 is pretty crappy right now, so it gets a boost by comparison.

Editor's Picks - Top 5 Songs
1) Toto - Africa
2) Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth
3) Digital Underground - Humpty Dance
4) Donkey Kong Country 2 - Bramble Blast
5) Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters