Maroon 5 - Week of March 2, 2013

Heh.  So now Daylight is #1.  I don’t think anyone saw that coming.  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.

• Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

The Countdown:

1. Maroon 5 - Daylight (#6) [First Week at #1]

2. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (#5)

3. The Script Ft. will.i.am - Hall of Fame (#8)

4. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble (#1)

5. Olly Murs - Troublemaker (#14)

6. Pink - Try (#7)

7. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (#3)

8. Lumineers - Ho Hey (#12)

9. Ke$ha - C'mon (#15)

10. Imagine Dragons - It's Time (#10)

11. One Direction - Kiss You (#11)

12. Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks (#12)

13. Skylar Grey Ft. Eminem - C'mon Let Me Ride (#21)

14. Kelly Clarkson - Catch My Breath (#4)

15. Hot Chelle Rae - Hung Up (#20)

16. Calvin Harris Ft. Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing (#17)

17. Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light 'em Up) (#22)

18. Cee Lo Green - Only You (#30)

19. fun. - Carry On (#16)

20. Nelly - Hey Porsche (#13)

21. Britt Nicole - Gold (#26)

22. Pitbull Ft. Christina Aguilera - Feel This Moment (#25)

23. Maroon 5 - One More Night (#18)

24. will.i.am Ft Britney Spears - Scream and Shout (#19)

25. Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man (#39)

26. Little Mix - Wings (#28)

27. Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait (#33)

28. Justin Timberlake Ft. Jay-Z - Suit and Tie (#23)

29. Cher Lloyd - With Ur Love (#24)

30. Chiddy Bang - Happening (#34)

31. Passion Pit - Take a Walk (#27)

32. Milan & Phoenix - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (#40)

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

34. September - Hands Up (#38)

35. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa- Payphone (#37)

36. Owl City Ft. Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (#45)

37. Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven (#9)

38. fun. - Some Nights (#41)

39. Sam and the Womp - Bom Bom (#44)

40. Phil Phillips - Home (#29)

41. Redfoo - Bring Out the Bottles (#32)

42. Ke$ha - Die Young (#43)

43. Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire (#42)

44. Neon Trees Ft. Kaskade - Lessons In Love (RE-ENTRY)

45. Justin Bieber Ft. Nicki Minaj - Beauty and a Beat (#36)

Biggest DDDDDRRRRROOOOOPPPP!!!!!.....of the week: Bruno Mars – Locked Out of Heaven (-28)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Bruno Mars – When I Was Your Man (+14)

There’s no new stuff this week because Neon Trees Ft. Kaskade – Lessons In Love was resurrected.

Plastic Blurbgery

- As far as I can recall, this is the first time the same artist was responsible for the week’s Biggest Jump and Biggest DDDDDRRRRROOOOOPPPP!!!!!

- During at least one iteration of the weekend countdown, there was a DJ mistake in which fun. – Carry On aired at both the #16 and #19 slots, effectively deleting Calvin Harris Ft. Florence Welch – Sweet Nothing from the playlist. 

- Ke$ha – C’mon finally made its much-anticipated Top 10 debut.  Hopefully it’ll stick

- Maybe it’s just because it’s new and different, but Chiddy Bang – Happening has grown on me a little bit since we last met.

- Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks hanging out at #2 last week looks like it might have just been a lightning/bottle situation that won’t repeat itself.

- As you may have gathered, I’m superlatively disappointed by the lack of new stuff.  It’s getting tough to listen to Hits-1 with a playlist this weak.  The only silver lining continues to be that the better songs are concentrated near the top of the countdown.  I like to come into these each week at least a bit interested, but we’re regressing into late-2011 levels of blarghitude here.

Editor’s Picks – Top 5 Songs

1) Ke$ha – C’mon

2) Passion Pit – Take a Walk

3) Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop

4) Kelly Clarkson – Catch My Breath

5) Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks