We
have a new record for weeks at #1! I
guess I have to qualify this and say that it’s a 2009 and forward record,
because I didn’t follow this countdown before then and don’t really have a way
to check. But no one else is keeping
track either, so….NEW RECORD! 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 Wanted - Glad You Came
- Gavin DeGraw - Sweeter (DTHNOBx2)
The Countdown:
1. Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe (#1) [Eighth Week at #1]
2. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa- Payphone (#2)
3. Karmin- Brokenhearted (#5)
4. Gotye feat. Kimbra- Somebody That I Used to Know (#4)
5. Katy Perry- Wide Awake (#3)
6. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (#6)
7. One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#34)
8. Ellie Goulding- Lights (#8)
9. Flo Rida- Whistle (#7)
10. Linkin Park- Burn It Down (#12)
11. Usher- Scream (#11)
12. Alex Clare- Too Close (#14)
13. David Guetta feat. Sia- Titanium (#9)
14. We Are the In Crowd feat. Alex Gaskarth- Kiss Me Again (#18)
15. Chiddy Bang feat. Icona Pop- Mind Your Manners (#19)
16. Pink - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (#24)
17. Gym Class Heroes feat. Ryan Tedder- The Fighter (#13)
18. Demi Lovato- Give Your Heart a Break (#15)
19. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (#21)
20. Grouplove- Tongue Tied (#16)
21. Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo- Let's Go (#17)
22. Neon Trees- Everybody Talks (#10)
23. Havana Brown feat. Pitbull- We Run the Night (#23)
24. One Direction- One Thing (#20)
25. Imagine Dragons- It's Time (#22)
26. The Wanted- Chasing the Sun (#27)
27. Rita Ora- How We Do (Party) (#26)
28. Sammy Adams- Only One (#25)
29. Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye (DEBUT)
30. Kimbra feat. Mark Foster & A-Trak- Warrior (#33)
31. Breathe Carolina- Hit and Run (#28)
32. Cher Lloyd- Want U Back (#31)
33. B.o.B feat. Taylor Swift- Both of Us (#29)
34. Andy Grammer- Fine By Me (#32)
35. Pitbull- Back in Time (#43)
36. Owl City Ft. Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (DEBUT)
37. Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch- Ass Back Home (#37)
38. The All-American Rejects- Walk Over Me (#36)
39. Nicki Minaj- Starships (#35)
40. The Cab- La La (#38)
41. Flo Rida feat. Sia- Wild Ones (#39)
42. Hot Chelle Rae- Honestly (#42)
43. Calvin Harris- Feel So Close (#45)
44. Train- Drive By (#30)
45. B.o.B- So Good (#41)
Biggest
DDDDDDRRRROOOOPPPP!!!!!!....of the week: Train
– Drive By (-14)
Biggest
Jump of the Week: One Direction – What
Makes You Beautiful (+27)
If my
enthusiasm level didn’t make this clear already, we had a pretty good week.
We’re saying good-bye to two mediocrities and welcoming in one decent song and
one powerhouse. Long-time Hit-Bound
veteran Train – 50 Ways to Say Goodbye debuted
this week. The chorus is pure Train-y goodness, but for some reason
they decided to make mariachi trumpets prevalent throughout most of the
song. I am not sure why they wanted it
to sound like a Mexican folk song, but I don’t think I like the direction they
took. My prediction is that this one is
going to be pretty borderline for my Top 45 of the year list. Then again, the two DTHNOBs this week have
pretty much zero chance of making that list, so it’s an improvement.
The
other new entrant is awesome. Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen both have hit #1 on this countdown with deserving,
highly upbeat songs. It’s not the least
bit of a shock that when they teamed up, the fit was absolutely perfect (as my
friend Ray put it). Their song, Good Time, will put you in a good mood
and captures the best of both artists.
This one has a pretty good shot at a #1 bid in the future, and I’ll be
here to root it on.
Poor Maroon 5 – Payphone. If it hit its peak at any other time during
the year, it would have been #1 by now.
Being stuck behind Carly Rae
Jepsen – Call Me Maybe is pretty bad timing.
Time
for fun. feat. Janelle Monae – We Are
Young to go away. I want to remember
this song fondly, I really do. I know
that at its core, it’s pretty good. But
it’s being beaten to death and has no more business in the Top 10. A
similar thing happened last year with Adele
– Rolling in the Deep.
Aside
from the entrants and exits, the week was pretty uneventful. Linkin
Park – Burn It Down crept into the Top 10, but it’s hardly on the verge of
a breakthrough, as it’s been bouncing around the lower (number-wise) teens for
weeks. The All-American Rejects – Walk Over Me is still on the countdown
somehow, and I’d be shocked, except for the fact that it’s a shock it’s even
here in the first place. All about the
brand name, I guess.
One
blurb I do have….the new entrants seems to be making their debut unusually high
on the countdown lately. We haven’t seen
a debut in the 40s since B.O.B. Ft.
Taylor Swift – Both of Us regrettably hopped on at #43 on May 19th.
Editor’s
Picks – Top 5 Songs
1. Owl City Ft. Carly Rae Jepsen – Good
Time
2. Pink – Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
3. Maroon 5 – Payphone
4. Ellie Goulding – Lights
5. Karmin - Brokenhearted
What does DTHNOB stand for?
ReplyDeleteKind of hard to explain. This blog started as a weekly email to co-workers. In our line of work, we use DTHNOB as a code for pension plan participants who die with no future benefits. So I use it here when songs get kicked off the countdown, presumably never to be heard from again. In this particular case, this is the second time that Sweeter has been kicked off, hence the "x2"
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