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which it wasn’t broke, so it wasn’t fixed, and we experience one of the least
shocking #1s in recent memory. No songs leavin’ the countdown this
week. Given the alternatives, that’s a very, very good thing.
The Countdown:
1.
Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe (#3) (New #1)
2.
Train- Drive By (#9)
3.
One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#1)
4.
Flo Rida feat. Sia- Wild Ones (#2)
5.
Maroon 5- Payphone (#5)
6.
Gotye feat. Kimbra- Somebody That I Used to Know (#7)
7.
Nicki Minaj- Starships (#6)
8.
fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (#4)
9.
Karmin- Brokenhearted (#10)
10.
Neon Trees- Everybody Talks (#11)
11.
Calvin Harris- Feel So Close (#32) (Biggest Jump)
12.
David Guetta feat. Sia- Titanium (#14)
13.
Andy Grammer- Fine By Me (#15)
14.
Katy Perry- Wide Awake (#24)
15.
The Cab- La La (#17)
16.
Usher- Scream (#8)
17.
Grouplove- Tongue Tied (#23)
18.
Pitbull- Back in Time (#28)
19.
Hot Chelle Rae- Honestly (#27)
20.
Gym Class Heroes feat. Ryan Tedder- The Fighter (#12)
21.
Demi Lovato- Give Your Heart a Break (#22)
22.
Gavin DeGraw- Sweeter (#13)
23.
Sammy Adams- Only One (#20)
24.
Alex Clare- Too Close (#19)
25.
Rita Ora- How We Do (Party) (#29)
26.
Imagine Dragons- It's Time (#25)
27.
Cher Lloyd- Want U Back (#18)
28.
Havana Brown feat. Pitbull- We Run the Night (#16) (Biggest Drop)
29.
The All-American Rejects- Walk Over Me (#21)
30.
Mark Foster, A-Trak & Kimbra- Warrior (#26)
31.
B.o.B feat. Taylor Swift- Both of Us (#30)
32.
One Direction- One Thing (#33)
33.
Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch- Ass Back Home (#36)
34.
The Wanted- Glad You Came (#37)
35.
Gavin DeGraw- Not Over You (#41)
36.
Katy Perry- Part of Me (#35)
37.
David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj- Turn Me On (#40)
38.
Adele- Set Fire to the Rain (#39)
39.
Lucas Prata feat. Lenny B- First Night of My Life (#34)
40.
Kelly Clarkson- Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (#31)
41.
Chris Rene- Young Homie (#38)
42.
The Black Keys- Lonely Boy (#43)
43.
September- Party in My Head (#44)
44.
M83- Midnight City (#45)
45.
B.o.B- So Good (#42)
Biggest
DDDDDRRRROOOPPP!!!!...of the week: Havana Brown Ft. Pitbull – We Run The
Night (+12)
Biggest
Jump of the Week: Calvin Harris – Feel So Close (+21)
This
is one hell of a Top 5. Sure, I’m totally sick of Flo Rida Ft. Sia –
Wild Ones, but I try as hard as I can to remember that at its core, it’s
still pretty good. Train – Drive By randomly jumping back to #2
was pretty welcome and downright unexpected. I’d put its chances of
ascending one spot at pretty close to zero, but stranger things have happened.
This
is the beginning of the Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe / Maroon 5 –
Payphone era, and that’s something everyone can be excited about. The
one issue here is that both songs jumped onto the countdown on the same week,
and Call Me Maybe should have a stranglehold on the #1 spot for the foreseeable
future, so Payphone might never get its due. Still, if we wind up
with a top 3 of Call Me Maybe / Payphone / Drive By, I’ll be unlikely to
complain if the order doesn’t change.
This
seems like the end of the potential #1 bid for Gotye – Somebody That I Used
to Know. It’s unfortunate really, because that song is awesome, and
it seems like everybody and their brother is doing a cover of it. I guess
that’s what 243,698,454 hits on YouTube is good for.
I’m
still nervous about a mass DTHNOBbing. M83 – Midnight City, Chris Rene –
Young Homie, B.O.B. – So Good, and September – Party In My Head are
all firmly on the chopping block. I haven’t heard any of these played
outside of the countdown in weeks, and I don’t really want to see any of them
leave.
Editor’s
Picks – Top 5 Songs
1)
Maroon 5 – Payphone
2)
Karmin – Brokenhearted
3)
Rita Ora – How We Do (Party)
4)
Imagine Dragons – It’s Time
5)
M83 – Midnight City
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