fun. (2) - Week of October 13, 2012

My happiness over Flo Rida – Whistle dropping all the way down to #45 seemed to be a bit premature….it seems that there might be some sort of prolonged resurgence in store.  Meh.  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.

• Flo Rida Ft. Sia - Wild Ones
• Ed Sheeran - The A Team
• Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up (DTHNOBx2)

The Countdown:

1. fun. - Some Nights (#1) [Second Week at #1]

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

3. Maroon 5 - One More Night (#3)

4. PSY - Gangnam Style (#5)

5. Pink - Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (#4)

6. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (#24)

7. Ellie Goulding- Lights (#6)

8. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (#9)

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

10. Cher Lloyd - Want U Back (RE-ENTRY)

11. Neon Trees- Everybody Talks (#8)

12. Karmin- Brokenhearted (#11)

13. Linkin Park- Burn It Down (#21)

14. One Direction - Live While We're Young (#13)

15. Rudimental Ft. John Newman - Feel the Love (#10)

16. Matchbox Twenty - She's So Mean (#17)

17. Nicki Minaj - Pound the Alarm (#7)

18. Imagine Dragons - It's Time (#12)

19. Timomatic - Set It Off (#16)

20. Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side (#33)

21. Usher - Numb (#18)

22. Ke$ha - Die Young (#19)

23. Flo Rida - Let It Roll (#20)

24. OneRepublic - Feel Again (#30)

25. Enrique Iglesias Ft. Sammy Adams - Finally Found You (#22)

26. One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful (#25)

27. Taio Cruz - Fast Car (#36)

28. Cher Lloyd Ft. Becky G - Oath (#39)

29. Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven (DEBUT)

30. Karmin - Hello (#26)

31. Martin Solveig - The Night Out (#27)

32. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa- Payphone (#35)

33. Flo Rida- Whistle (#45)

34. BoysLikeGirls - Be Your Everything (#28)

35. Katy Perry- Wide Awake (#37)

36. Nicki Minaj- Starships (#41)

37. The Cab - Intoxicated (#34)

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

39. Allstar Weekend - Life As We Know It (#42)

40. Olly Murs Ft. Chiddy Bang - Heart Skips a Beat (#29)

41. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (#23)

42. David Guetta feat. Sia- Titanium (#43)

43. Adele - Skyfall (DEBUT)

44. Conor Maynard - Vegas Girl (#31)

45. Alex Clare - Too Close (#40)

Biggest DDDRRRRROOOPPP!!!!!....of the week: Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe (-23)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Ne-Yo – Let Me Love You (+18)

Cher Lloyd – Want U Back is back on the countdown after a one week hiatus, leaving us with two new entrants.  We’ve had almost a 7-month long reprieve.  I sincerely hope everyone has enjoyed it.  I am, of course, talking about the duration of time since we last had to put up with Bruno Mars.  That break might have to last us awhile, because he debuted this week with Locked Out of Heaven.  My gut reaction to this one isn’t as strongly negative as others (The Lazy Song and It Will Rain come to mind), probably due to the quicker pace.  I’ll probably have to comment on this in a few weeks, but the fact that I initially also didn’t think Grenade was a total travesty is giving me plenty of caution.

The decision to give Adele the keys to the theme song for the new Bond movie by the same title was a brilliant one.  Her voice and style is perfect for the opening credits of a Bond movie, and the song, Skyfall, should meet the expectations of almost every Bond fan.  Even independent of the Bond style, it’s a pleasurable listen that builds on itself with additional instrumentals (and actually, singers too) as the song progresses.  That latter quality isn’t a sure-fire formula for success (see Rihanna – Where Have You Been for a spectacular counterexample), but it works pretty well, and I’m happy to see Skyfall on the Top 45.

Teh Blurbles

--  So yeah, Cher Lloyd – Want U Back was resurrected…….all the way up at #10.  This is the highest ranking ever for a song on its Re-Entry week. 

-- I was thinking that fun. – Some Nights could find itself entrenched in the top spot for quite some time.  Scanning the Top 10, the only real threat is PSY – Gangnam Style and a very outside chance for Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

-- I thoroughly expected Ke$ha – Die Young to have ascended higher by now.  Maybe people aren’t loving this one so much?

-- Ed Sheeran – The A Team lasted on the countdown for just north of 2 months, never cracking the Top 25.

-- I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, but Flo Rida is quickly becoming one of my least favorite artists to see on the countdown.  It seems like whenever his songs are good (Wild Ones, Club Can’t Handle Me), he’s got someone backing him up who makes the song good.  When he rides solo, bad things like Whistle and Let it Roll happen.  He’s got another one on HitBound, I Cry, that I only like for the uncredited woman backing up Flo Rida on the chorus (couldn’t figure out the name easily via Google, so if anyone knows, step right up).

Editor’s Picks – Top 5 Songs

1) Cher Lloyd Ft. Becky G – Oath

2) Adele – Skyfall

3) Ke$ha – Die Young

4) Imagine Dragons – It’s Time

5) Enrique Iglesias Ft. Sammy Adams – Finally Found You