Pink - Week of April 27, 2013

It seems that the countdown authorities felt bad about embarrassing me last week, so they vindicated me a little bit this time around.  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.

• DJ Pauly D Ft. Jay Sean - Back to Love
• Cee Lo Green - Only You
• will.i.am Ft. Britney Spears - Scream and Shout

The Countdown

1. Pink Ft. Nate Reuss - Just Give Me a Reason (#3) [New #1]

2. Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light 'em Up) (#2)

3. Olly Murs - Troublemaker (#1)

4. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (#4)

5. Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man (#6)

6. Ke$ha - C'mon (#5)

7. Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks (#8)

8. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (#20)

9. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack (#13)

10. Pitbull Ft. Christina Aguilera - Feel This Moment (#14)

11. Taylor Swift - 22 (#7)

12. fun. - Carry On (#12)

13. Icona Pop - I Love It (#16)

14. Hot Chelle Rae - Hung Up (#10)

15. Little Mix - Wings (#9)

16. Capital Cities - Safe and Sound (#34)

17. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us (#22)

18. Muse - Madness (#15)

19. Lupe Fiasco Ft. Guy Sebastian - Battle Scars (#24)

20. Anna Kendrick - Cups (#17)

21. MKTO - Thank You (#21)

22. Jake Miller - A Million Lives (#27)

23. Kelsi Luck - That's What I Like (#36)

24. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell and T.I. - Blurred Lines (#18)

25. Florida Georgia Line - Cruise (#19)

26. Tegan & Sara - Closer (#31)

27. The 1975 - Chocolate (#41)

28. Krewella - Alive (#33)

29. Maroon 5 - Daylight (#30)

30. Zedd Ft. Foxes - Clarity (#29)

31. Awolnation - Sail (#26)

32. Selena Gomez - Come & Get It (DEBUT)

33. The Script Ft. will.i.am - Hall of Fame (#28)

34. Ke$ha - Die Young (#25)

35. Imagine Dragons - It's Time (#32)

36. PSY - Gentleman (DEBUT)

37. Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait (#43)

38. Cher Lloyd - With Ur Love (#23)

39. Phil Phillips - Home (#45)

40. Calvin Harris Ft. Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing (#39)

41. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa- Payphone (#40)

42. Emeli Sande - Next to Me (#38)

43. Chiddy Bang - Happening (#37)

44. Lumineers - Ho Hey (RE-ENTRY)

45. Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven (#35)

Biggest DDDDDRRRRRROOOOPPPPP!!!!....of the week: Cher Lloyd – With Ur Love (-15)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Capital Cities – Safe and Sound (+18)

We got a resurrection this week from Lumineers – Ho Hey.

Against all odds, PSY is not a one-hit wonder in North America, as Gentleman entered the countdown this past weekend.  Similar to Gangnam Style, my initial impression of this one is very unfavorable.  It’s possible that similar to Gangnam Style that it improves over time and achieves the lofty goal of “somewhat tolerable”, but the list of artists whose follow-up to their first breakthrough hit is an improvement over said breakthrough hit is a very short one.  Selena Gomez is back to music after her Spring Breakers hiatus, and Come & Get It is every bit as mediocre as we all fully hoped and expected it would be.  This is off her solo album; it appears that she’s ditched The Scene for the time being.

I ATE THE BLURBS!?!?!??

- Selena Gomez was also the host of this weekend’s countdown.  Authorities are currently looking into any sort of conspiracy regarding the coincidence of her song also making its debut this week.  Rumor has it that Spyder Harrison is trading prime countdown real estate to various artists in exchange for weekends off.  The evidence is really piling up.

- DJ Pauly D Ft. Jay Sean – Back To Love was ranked 11^th last week, so its disappearance is rather puzzling.

- I’ve been meaning to mention this for a few weeks now….Flo Rida – Let It Roll is on Hit-Bound now.  You may remember it as that terrible, terrible song that got kicked off the countdown last November.  Well now that it’s already been a hit and subsequently stopped being a hit, it’s once again bound to be a hit.  Adele – Rumour Has It is the only other song that’s had this Hits-1 career path.

- In case it was vague, my opening line referred to my prediction that Pink Ft. Nate Reuss – Just Give Me a Reason would hit #1 from last week.  That song ties the record also held by Kelly Clarkson – Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) for fastest ascent to #1 as measured from its debut weekend.

- HitBound on the whole is pretty discouraging right now, so if we’re going to get much improvement in the coming weeks, it’s going to have to go straight from high school to the NBA.

Editor’s Picks – Top 5 Songs

1) The 1975 – Chocolate

2) Demi Lovato – Heart Attack

3) Krewella – Alive

4) Capital Cities – Safe and Sound

5) Zedd Ft. Foxes - Clarity