In
which we experience an infusion of “meh”. Fittingly with respect to said
infusion, The Wanted guest-hosted the countdown this week, giving my man
Spyder Harrison the weekend off. 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:
- Gavin DeGraw - Not Over You
- Chris Rene - Young Homie
- September - Party In My Head
The Countdown:
1. Carly
Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe (#1) [Third Week at #1]
2. Gotye feat. Kimbra- Somebody
That I Used to Know (#4)
3. One
Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#3)
4. fun. feat. Janelle
Monáe- We Are Young (#8)
5. Flo
Rida feat. Sia- Wild Ones (#5)
6. Train- Drive
By (#2)
7. Karmin- Brokenhearted (#10)
8. Gym
Class Heroes feat. Ryan Tedder- The Fighter (#13)
9. Maroon
5 feat. Wiz Khalifa- Payphone (#7)
10. Grouplove-
Tongue Tied (#16)
11. Katy
Perry- Wide Awake (#12)
12. Neon
Trees- Everybody Talks (#6)
13. Cher
Lloyd- Want U Back (#19)
14. Nicki
Minaj- Starships (#9)
15. The
Cab- La La (#14)
16. David
Guetta feat. Sia- Titanium (#15)
17. Andy
Grammer- Fine By Me (#20)
18. Pitbull- Back
in Time (#29)
19. Gavin
DeGraw- Sweeter (#22)
20. Kimbra feat. Mark
Foster & A-Trak- Warrior (#26)
21. Alex
Clare- Too Close (#28)
22. Demi
Lovato- Give Your Heart a Break (#25)
23. Calvin
Harris- Feel So Close (#11)
24. Imagine
Dragons- It's Time (#30)
25. Usher- Scream (#24)
26. Rita
Ora- How We Do (Party) (#23)
27. Hot
Chelle Rae- Honestly (#18)
28. Havana
Brown feat. Pitbull- We Run the Night (#17)
29. One
Direction- One Thing (#27)
30. B.o.B feat. Taylor
Swift- Both of Us (#31)
31. Linkin
Park- Burn It Down (DEBUT)
32. Sammy
Adams- Only One (#21)
33. Kelly
Clarkson- Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (#40)
34. The
Wanted- Chasing the Sun (DEBUT)
35. Katy
Perry- Part of Me (#36)
36. Gym
Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch- Ass Back Home (#33)
37. Breathe
Carolina- Hit and Run (DEBUT)
38. Adele- Set
Fire to the Rain (#39)
39. David
Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj- Turn Me On (#35)
40. The
All-American Rejects- Walk Over Me (#40)
41. Lucas
Prata feat. Lenny B- First Night of My Life (#45)
42. M83- Midnight
City (#42)
43. B.o.B- So
Good (#41)
44. The
Black Keys- Lonely Boy (#44)
45. The
Wanted- Glad You Came (#32)
Biggest
DDDDRRRRROOOOPPPPP!!!!!!...of the week: The Wanted – Glad You Came (+13)
Biggest
Jump of the Week: Pitbull – Back in Time (+11)
I
unfortunately did not hear The Wanted announce their own song as the
Biggest DDDDRRRRROOOPPPP!!!!!...of the week, as I imagine that would have been
amusing. Historically, the guest hosts of the countdown have seen their
song experience countdown progress that week. That theory wasn’t exactly
disproven this week, as The Wanted had a new entrant on the countdown, Chasing
the Sun. It’s better than Glad You Came, which is sort of like
being a TV show that’s more exciting than an infomercial. I’m concerned
that I’m going to be done with this one rather quickly, but for now, it can
have a temporary “thumbs-up”.
The
best new entrant, not by a huge margin, is Linkin Park – Burn It Down.
They still aren’t the Linkin Park of old, but this one’s significantly
better than their more recent entries. Finally, Breathe Carolina showed
up with their follow-up to long-time countdown mainstay, Blackout.
Hit and Run falls well short of Blackout, but it’s still
OK. So we lost three pretty good songs and gained 3 songs that probably
won’t sniff my personal Top 5 for more than a week or two. We knew the end of the Golden Age was
coming, everyone. Fortunately it’s giving way to mediocrity rather than
if, say, Nelly Furtado, Rihanna, Calvin Harris, or Marina and the Diamonds
were involved. But that still looms as a distinct possibility while
they sit with songs on Hit-Bound, waiting to pollute the airwaves regularly
from a slot in Hits-1’s rotation.
Biggest
news of the week is Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know ascending to
its highest-ever rank on the countdown, at #2. One gets the feeling that
it’s been around too long to supplant Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe,
but it could happen. If anything, I’m disappointed that this development
happened so late in the countdown career of that song. As much as I love Somebody
That I Used to Know, I’ve tired of it in recent weeks, as evidenced by it
dropping off my Editor’s Picks list.
As
the calendar flies towards the end of June and approaches July, I’ve begun to
think about what my Top 45 for the year is going to look like. As of
right now, I’m a bit worried, because although since mid-to-late February, the
average quality of countdown songs has been top-notch, there haven’t been any
really great songs that I’ve liked as much as last year’s Top 3. As much
as I’ve hyped certain songs, I’ve done so mostly out of relief that there’s
finally something good to replace the crap that we were stuck with from
November through January. There hasn’t been a 30 Seconds to Mars – Closer
to the Edge, Carlos Santana Ft. Chris Daughtry – Photograph, or even
a Katy Perry – Last Friday Night. Hit-Bound is a cesspool of songs
that are either a) garbage or b) not-so-good follow-up songs from artists that
recently succeeded with a significantly better song. At this point, it’s
time to hope that something comes out of nowhere.
Editor’s
Picks – Top 5 Songs
1)
Maroon 5 – Payphone
2)
Rita Ora – How We Do (Party)
3)
Karmin – Brokenhearted
4)
M83 – Midnight City
5)
Linkin Park – Burn It Down
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