Maroon 5 (3) - Week of September 22, 2012

Welp.  Spyder Harrison got over K’Naan – Hurt Me Tomorrow.  His new favorite song is PSY – Gangnam Style.  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.

• Cobra Starship - #1Nite
• Katy Perry - Part of Me (DTHNOBx2)
• One Direction - One Thing
• Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know
• We Are the In Crowd ft. Alex Gaskarth - Kiss Me Again

The Countdown: 

1. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa- Payphone (#3) [Third Week at #1]

2. Owl City Ft. Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (#1)

3. fun. - Some Nights (#12)

4. Katy Perry- Wide Awake (#2)

5. Neon Trees- Everybody Talks (#5)

6. Demi Lovato- Give Your Heart a Break (#4)

7. Matchbox Twenty - She's So Mean (#7)

8. Flo Rida- Whistle (#8)

9. Ellie Goulding- Lights (#9)

10. Nicki Minaj - Pound the Alarm (#13)

11. Linkin Park- Burn It Down (#10)

12. Pink - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (#6)

13. Timomatic - Set It Off (#20)

14. Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe (#15)

15. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (#16)

16. Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side (#11)

17. Olly Murs Ft. Chiddy Bang - Heart Skips a Beat (#24)

18. Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye (#14)

19. Rudimental Ft. John Newman - Feel the Love (#19)

20. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (#17)

21. will.i.am - This Is Love (#22)

22. Maroon 5 - One More Night (#19)

23. David Guetta feat. Sia- Titanium (#33)

24. The Cab - Intoxicated (#23)

25. Karmin - Hello (#27)

26. Allstar Weekend - Life As We Know It (#28)

27. PSY - Gangnam Style (#38)

28. One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#30)

29. Martin Solveig - The Night Out (#29)

30. OneRepublic - Feel Again (#25)

31. Conor Maynard - Vegas Girl (#21)

32. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (#39)

33. Cher Lloyd- Want U Back (#34)

34. Flo Rida feat. Sia- Wild Ones (#42)

35. Ed Sheeran - The A Team (#32)

36. Nicki Minaj- Starships (#31)

37. Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up (#35)

38. Enrique Iglesias Ft. Sammy Adams - Finally Found You (DEBUT)

39. Karmin- Brokenhearted (#40)

40. Usher - Numb (DEBUT)

41. One Direction - Live While We're Young (DEBUT)

42. Alex Clare- Too Close (#43)

43. Gym Class Heroes feat. Ryan Tedder- The Fighter (RE-ENTRY)

44. Imagine Dragons - It's Time (#41)

45. The Wanted- Chasing the Sun (RE-ENTRY)

Biggest DDDDRRRROOPPPP!!!!!....of the week: Conor Maynard – Vegas Girl (-10)

Biggest Jump of the Week: PSY – Gangnam Style (+11)

We’re limited to three new entrants, as we’re welcoming back The Wanted – Chasing the Sun and Gym Class Heroes Ft. Ryan Tedder – The Fighter.  Luckily, they’re quality new entrants, beginning with Usher – Numb.  This is the type of Usher song that I like best.  Usher has considerable vocal talent, and a song like Numb really puts that on showcase, as opposed to songs like the significantly weaker DJ Got Us Falling In Love.  Combining this song and Scream, Usher has done his part to boost the quality of the countdown this year.

One Direction lost one countdown song this week, but picked up another in Live While We’re Young.  It’s significantly less awesome than What Makes You Beautiful, and slightly less so than One Thing, making it a decent addition, but nothing to write home about.  I am typically not a fan of Enrique Iglesias’s recent music.  I was lukewarm on I Like It and most certainly did not care for Tonight I’m Loving You or Dirty Dancer.  However, Finally Found You (ft. Sammy Adams) has put him in my good graces a bit.  It’s certainly the best he’s put out there in recent memory.  There’s nothing genius about Enrique Iglesias…..my appreciation of the song is purely melody-driven.

As evidenced by the size of this week’s Biggest DDDDRRRROOPPPP!!!!! and Biggest Jump, there wasn’t a whole lot of moving and shaking on the countdown this week.  fun. – Some Nights rebounded back up to #3, making me wonder once again whether it has a shot at the top spot.  Pink – Blow Me (One Last Kiss) fell out of the Top 10.  Neon Trees – Everybody Talks held on to its random post-peak #5 ranking for some reason.  Besides that, not a whole lot notable went down.  Sorry.

Editor’s Picks – Top 5 Songs

1. Usher – Numb

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

3) Imagine Dragons – It’s Time

4) Jason Mraz – I Won’t Give Up

5) Ed Sheeran – The A Team