Carly Rae Jepsen (9) - Week of July 28, 2012

This is getting more than a little bit ridiculous.  Whatever, Carly, keep on rolling.  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 Cab - La La
• Calvin Harris - Feel So Close
• B.O.B. - So Good

The Countdown:

1. Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe (#1) [Ninth Week at #1]

2. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa- Payphone (#2)

3. Katy Perry- Wide Awake (#5)

4. Gotye feat. Kimbra- Somebody That I Used to Know (#4)

5. Demi Lovato- Give Your Heart a Break (#18)

6. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (#6)

7. Flo Rida- Whistle (#9)

8. Ellie Goulding- Lights (#8)

9. David Guetta feat. Sia- Titanium (#13)

10. Neon Trees- Everybody Talks (#22)

11. Usher- Scream (#11)

12. Linkin Park- Burn It Down (#10)

13. Karmin- Brokenhearted (#3)

14. Alex Clare- Too Close (#12)

15. Pink - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (#16)

16. Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo- Let's Go (#21)

17. Grouplove- Tongue Tied (#20)

18. The Wanted- Chasing the Sun (#26)

19. We Are the In Crowd feat. Alex Gaskarth- Kiss Me Again (#14)

20. Rihanna - Where Have You Been (#19)

21. One Direction- One Thing (#24)

22. Sammy Adams- Only One (#28)

23. Imagine Dragons- It's Time (#25)

24. Kimbra feat. Mark Foster & A-Trak- Warrior (#30)

25. Owl City Ft. Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (#36)

26. Chiddy Bang feat. Icona Pop- Mind Your Manners (#15)

27. Cher Lloyd- Want U Back (#32)

28. Havana Brown feat. Pitbull- We Run the Night (#23)

29. Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye (#29)

30. B.o.B feat. Taylor Swift- Both of Us (#33)

31. fun. - Some Nights (DEBUT)

32. Gym Class Heroes feat. Ryan Tedder- The Fighter (#17)

33. Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side (DEBUT)

34. Nicki Minaj- Starships (#39)

35. One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#7)

36. Andy Grammer- Fine By Me (#34)

37. Stefano - I'm on a Roll (DEBUT)

38. Flo Rida feat. Sia- Wild Ones (#41)

39. Train- Drive By (#44)

40. Rita Ora- How We Do (Party) (#27)

41. Breathe Carolina- Hit and Run (#31)

42. Pitbull- Back in Time (#35)

43. Hot Chelle Rae- Honestly (#42)

44. Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch- Ass Back Home (#37)

45. The All-American Rejects- Walk Over Me (#38)

Biggest DDDDDRRRROOOPPPPP!!!!....of the week: One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful (-28)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Demi Lovato – Give Your Heart a Break (+13)

No sleep lost there.  La La and So Good were both pleasant, but it was definitely time to say good-bye.  Feel So Close was not pleasant, so….yahoo!  And What Makes You Beautiful is officially what Spyder Harrison describes as “schizophrenic”, as it’s been either the Biggest Jump or the Biggest DDDDDDRRRROOOOPPPP!!!!!! for 3 straight weeks.

We had a pretty solid class of new entrants across the board.  No huge winners, but the countdown needs new music that is plain ol’ regular good too.  Kelly Clarkson – Dark Side kicks it off.  I would have expected her follow-up to Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) to be a step down in quality.  Not the case.  Dark Side is pretty good in its own right.  You can’t tell me that you listened to the first 20 seconds of fun. – Some Nights and didn’t immediately think of Queen.  I would never put the quality of the two groups on even close to equal footing, but there’s absolutely plenty Queenesque about this song.  I’m hesitant to call this song better or worse than We Are Young.  Time will tell on that one.  I will say that I like Some Nights a good deal, however.  The final new entrant this week is Stefano – I’m On a Roll.  I find this song frustrating in the sense that I feel like it should be…..better.  The first 15 seconds got me pretty excited when I first heard it, like pure sickness was about to take place.  The rest of the song didn’t quite fulfill that promise.  Don’t get me wrong though, this isn’t Alex Clare – Too Close.  I’m On a Roll is actually still a pretty good up-tempo song that I like a good deal.

The most shocking (!!!!!) development this week was Demi Lovato – Give Your Heart a Break leaping into the Top 5 out of nowhere.  I didn’t see this coming.  It’s been just coasting in the high teens / low twenties region for weeks, so this jump seems pretty spontaneous.  I’ve cooled on this song since its Hit-Bound days, but I’m not entirely displeased.  I don’t think it’s knocking on the door of any #1 bids though.

There were a few songs that took fairly significant tumbles this week besides What Makes You Beautiful.  Karmin – Brokenhearted was banished from the Top 10 pretty suddenly after oscillating between #3 and #5, while Gym Class Heroes Ft. Ryan Tedder – The Fighter was slapped down to #32 after an extended run in the teens. 

The last couple of weeks have been pretty good.  July has been a pretty good rebound month after an awful June.

Editor’s Picks – Top 5 Songs

1) Owl City Ft. Carly Rae Jepsen – Good Time

2) Pink – Blow Me (One Last Kiss)

3) fun. – Some Nights

4) Maroon 5 – Payphone

5) Stefano – I’m On a Roll