Owl City (6) - Week of December 1, 2012

Things are mostly status quo around these parts, but the show must go on.  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.

• Rita Ora - R.I.P.

The Countdown:

1. Owl City Ft. Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (#4) [Sixth Week at #1]

2. fun. - Some Nights (#1)

3. Ke$ha - Die Young (#2)

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

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

6. PSY - Gangnam Style (#7)

7. One Direction - Kiss You (#16)

8. Imagine Dragons - It's Time (#5)

9. Flo Rida - I Cry (#9)

10. Bridgit Mendler - Ready or Not (#12)

11. Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven (#13)

12. OneRepublic - Feel Again (#14)

13. Enrique Iglesias Ft. Sammy Adams - Finally Found You (#11)

14. Lumineers - Ho Hey (#22)

15. Nicki Minaj - Va Va Voom (#17)

16. Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks (#37)

17. Timomatic - Set It Off (#19)

18. JTX - Seven Day Weekend (#18)

19. Sam and the Womp - Bom Bom (#21)

20. Ellie Goulding- Lights (#8)

21. Pitbull - Don't Stop The Party (#15)

22. Maroon 5 - Daylight (#35)

23. Rudimental Ft. John Newman - Feel the Love (#28)

24. Cher Lloyd Ft. Becky G - Oath (#24)

25. Rolling Stones - Doom and Gloom (#39)

26. Karmin- Brokenhearted (#27)

27. Josh Baze - She's Gold (#38)

28. One Direction - Live While We're Young (#40)

29. Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (#23)

30. Megan & Liz - Bad for Me (#30)

31. Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen (#41)

32. Rihanna - Diamonds (#26)

33. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (DEBUT)

34. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa- Payphone (#20)

35. Emeli Sande - Next to Me (#31)

36. Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe (#32)

37. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe- We Are Young (#29)

38. Cher Lloyd - Want U Back (#36)

39. Neon Trees- Everybody Talks (#33)

40. Usher - Numb (#42)

41. Adele - Skyfall (#45)

42. Martin Solveig - The Night Out (#44)

43. Ed Sheeran - The A Team (#43)

44. Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (#10)

45. Alex Clare - Too Close (#25)

Biggest DDDDRRRROOOOPPPP…..of the week: Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (-33)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks (+20)

Our only new song this week comes courtesy of Ms. Biggest DDDDRRRROOOOPPPP herself, Taylor Swift.  I flew in the face of music critics everywhere (to the extent that everyone is a critic….) by giving a seal of approval to We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.  I give no such approval to I Knew You Were Trouble.  This one’s fresh out of the “waste of space” department.

Blurbisms

- Quite the short tenure for R.I.P., though I suppose not surprisingly so.

- Kudos to the voters this week.  After getting their first sniff of Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks on the countdown, they properly launched it up 20 spots the following week.  All goes according to plan.

- Owl City Ft. Carly Rae Jepsen – Good Time has now been #1 six times, which is not a record.  However, it has now had 4 separate non-consecutive stints at #1, which is a record.

- It’s a long shot, but One Direction – Kiss You has a chance to break the record for fewest weeks on the countdown before hitting #1.

- Hooray for Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen breaking out of the bottom 5!

- I know, I know….I’m much fewer fascinating than usual this week.  Sorry.

Editor’s Picks – Top 5 Songs

1) Ke$ha – Die Young

2) Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks

3) Cher Lloyd Ft. Becky G – Oath

4) Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen

5) Josh Baze – She’s Gold