The
imminent disaster facing this beloved list of 45 songs was delayed by a
week. Thankfully. 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:
- Skrillex Ft. Sirah – Bangarang
- K’Naan Ft. Nelly Furtado – Is Anybody Out There
- Justin Bieber - Boyfriend
The Countdown:
1. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (#1) [Fifth Week at #1]
2. One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#4)
3. Gotye feat. Kimbra- Somebody That I Used to Know (#5)
4. Flo Rida feat. Sia- Wild Ones (#3)
5. Train- Drive By (#7)
6. Nicki Minaj- Starships (#6)
7. Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe (#8)
8. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa- Payphone (#16)
9. Usher- Scream (#12)
10. Neon Trees- Everybody Talks (#9)
11. Calvin Harris- Feel So Close (#10)
12. Karmin- Brokenhearted (#13)
13. Havana Brown feat. Pitbull- We Run the Night (#15)
14. Gavin DeGraw- Sweeter (#27)
15. Cher Lloyd- Want U Back (#20)
16. Andy Grammer- Fine By Me (#21)
17. David Guetta feat. Sia- Titanium (#26)
18. The Cab- La La (#18)
19. Gym Class Heroes feat. Ryan Tedder- The Fighter (#17)
20. The All-American Rejects- Walk Over Me (#14)
21. Chris Rene- Young Homie (#19)
22. Alex Clare- Too Close (#36)
23. Kelly Clarkson- Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (#2)
24. Lucas Prata feat. Lenny B- First Night of My Life (#22)
25. Imagine Dragons- It's Time (#38)
26. B.o.B- So Good (#45)
27. Demi Lovato- Give Your Heart a Break (DEBUT)
28. Grouplove- Tongue Tied (#32)
29. Sammy Adams- Only One (#24)
30. Taylor Swift- Eyes Open (#11)
31. Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch- Ass Back Home (#37)
32. Adele- Set Fire to the Rain (#40)
33. The Wanted- Glad You Came (#28)
34. Mark Foster, A-Trak & Kimbra- Warrior (DEBUT)
35. Hot Chelle Rae- Honestly (#18)
36. Katy Perry- Part of Me (#30)
37. Flo Rida- Good Feeling (#33)
38. M83- Midnight City (#44)
39. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj- Turn Me On (#41)
40. The Black Keys- Lonely Boy (#34)
41. Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull- Dance Again (#35)
42. Adele- Rumour Has It (#25)
43. B.o.B feat. Taylor Swift- Both of Us (DEBUT)
44. Gavin DeGraw- Not Over You (#42)
45. September- Party in My Head (#43)
Biggest
DDDDRRRROOOOPPPP!!!!!....of the week: Kelly
Clarkson – Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) (-21)
Biggest
Jump of the Week: B.O.B. – So Good (+19)
So
somehow when we’re teetering on the brink of…..crappy music, the new entrants
out-produced the exits, with all due respect to Bangarang. I’m glad Boyfriend is gone….that week it jumped
into the teens scared me, but it got the standard countdown Justin Bieber treatment with a quick
exit. In that respect, the voters treat
all of his songs the same, good or bad.
Anyway,
new music. Demi Lovato – Give Your Heart a Break was the best song on
Hit-Bound for a few weeks after the graduation of M83 – Midnight City. Then,
about a month ago, it got kicked off Hit-Bound (TRMNOB!??!?!), which is
typically the say-all-end-all for any song getting to see the countdown. However, this week it thankfully hopped on,
all the way up at #27. Kimbra has done a successful job of
convincing me she’s weird as hell. Best
known (so far) for her role as the female singer in Gotye’s Somebody That I Used
to Know, Kimbra recently
released an album of her own, and we’re seeing her first countdown song in the
form of Warrior. It’s manages to be modern and 80’sesque at
the same time, and the result is pretty decent.
I’m liking this one so far.
B.O.B. Ft. Taylor
Swift – Both of Us
is the last new entrant. Step 1) B.O.B. and Taylor Swift decide to collaborate on a song. Step 2) Everyone says “wow….that’s an
unexpected combination”. Step 3) Hype Hype Hype. Step 4) We’re stuck with it for at least 3
months. Seriously, has anyone actually
listened to this song? B.O.B. is not a good rapper. Taylor
Swift is generally pretty average and was incapable of saving this
song. Both of Us is terrible, and debuts as the worst song on the
countdown.
Whew….I
need a little cool-down mini-paragraph here……
Ahhhh
much better.
B.O.B.’s better song, So Good was the Biggest Jump of the
Week. That’s undoubtedly because a
different B.O.B. song debuted at
#43, so they had to move it far away from that slot on the countdown. I don’t understand this rule that has existed
for as long as I’ve listened to this countdown.
I understand their desire to not play 2 songs by the same artist too
soon after one another, but it sort of messes up the integrity of the ranking
system.
Honestly,
all in all, not a bad week. Maroon 5 – Payphone made its Top-10
debut, Gotye – Somebody That I Used to
Know continues to tease by jumping back up to #3, and Train – Drive By is back in the Top 5. And hey, M83
– Midnight City unexpectedly survived.
Pretty solid.
Editor’s
Picks – Top 5 Songs
1) Maroon 5 –
Payphone
2) Karmin –
Brokenhearted
3) Gotye – Somebody
That I Used to Know
4) Imagine Dragons –
It’s Time
5) David Guetta Ft.
Sia - Titanium
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