fun. (3) - Week of May 5, 2012

Better late than never, right?  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.

• Adele – Someone Like You
• Pitbull Ft. Chris Brown – International Love (DTHNOBx2)
• Outasight – Tonight Is the Night

The Countdown: 

1. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (#2) [Third Week at #1]

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

3. Gotye feat. Kimbra- Somebody That I Used to Know (#9)

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

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

6. Katy Perry- Part of Me (#5)

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

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

9. Nicki Minaj- Starships (#8)

10. Train- Drive By (#11)

11. Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe (#10)

12. Neon Trees- Everybody Talks (#17)

13. Karmin- Brokenhearted (#13)

14. Chris Rene- Young Homie (#18)

15. The Cab- La La (#13)

16. Calvin Harris- Feel So Close (#30)

17. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa- Payphone (#21)

18. Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull- Dance Again (#14)

19. Cher Lloyd feat. Astro- Want U Back (#29)

20. The All-American Rejects- Walk Over Me (#25)

21. Gym Class Heroes feat. Ryan Tedder- The Fighter (#28)

22. Taylor Swift- Eyes Open (#27)

23. David Guetta feat. Sia- Titanium (#22)

24. Hot Chelle Rae- Honestly (#23)

25. B.o.B- So Good (#12)

26. Andy Grammer- Fine By Me (#15)

27. Lucas Prata feat. Lenny B- First Night of My Life (#24)

28. Gavin DeGraw- Sweeter (#32)

29. September- Party in My Head (#20)

30. Grouplove- Tongue Tied (#31)

31. Havana Brown feat. Pitbull- We Run the Night (DEBUT)

32. Adele- Rumour Has It (#19)

33. Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch- Ass Back Home (#40)

34. Jessie J- Domino (#38)

35. Flo Rida- Good Feeling (#37)

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

37. K'naan feat. Nelly Furtado- Is Anybody Out There? (#26)

38. M83- Midnight City (#43)

39. Usher- Scream (DEBUT)

40. Gavin DeGraw- Not Over You (#45)

41. Sammy Adams- Only One (DEBUT)

42. Skrillex feat. Sirah- Bangarang (#39)

43. Justin Bieber- Boyfriend (#33)

44. The Black Keys- Lonely Boy (#41)

45. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj- Turn Me On (#35)

Biggest DDDDDRRRROOPPPP!!!!.....of the week: Tie between Adele – Rumour Has It and B.O.B. – So Good (-13)

Biggest Jump of the week: Calvin Harris – Feel So Close (+14)

Some new stuff to talk about this week.  Sammy Adams – Only One is living proof that you don’t have to have any vocal talent whatsoever to produce an average-y pop song.  Rihanna has loads of vocal talent….what’s her excuse?  Havana Brown Ft. Pitbull – We Run the Night jumped onto the countdown.  It’s a pretty good dance jam that has much more value in a club/bar/party scenario than in your car or on your computer at work.  Usher – Scream jumped onto the countdown.  It’s a pretty good dance jam that has much more value in a club/bar/party scenario than in your car or on your computer at work.

The big story this week is the ascension of Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know into the 3^rd slot on the countdown.  We’ve seen a couple songs that have had a previous extensive stint on the countdown do this lately (Nicki Minaj – Super Bass, randomly and Train – Drive By, less randomly) only to discover they were pretenders, rather than contenders for a #1 bid.  Here’s hoping that things work a little bit differently this time.

This is kind of a rough week, because it’s one of the only weeks in awhile where I would have been happier if there was no change in the countdown songs rather than have the new entrants replace the exits.  This is including the fact that the superlatively disinteresting Adele – Someone Like You got kicked off, so that’s saying something.  Hopefully this gets reversed soon before I can start calling it a trend.

Editor’s Picks – Top 5 Songs

1) Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know

2) Taylor Swift – Eyes Open

3) Maroon 5 – Payphone

4) Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe

5) M83 – Midnight City