Allllluuuuhhhhrrrriiighhhttt!!!!
We’re back for realz 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.
- will.i.am Ft. Justin Bieber - #thatPOWER
- Muse - Madness (DTHNOBx2)
The Countdown:
1.
Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light 'em Up) (#2)
[Sixth Week at #1]
2.
Pink Ft. Nate Reuss - Just Give Me a Reason (#3)
3.
Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us (#1)
4.
Hot Chelle Rae - Hung Up (#8)
5.
Florida Georgia Line - Cruise (#5)
6.
Icona Pop - I Love It (#4)
7.
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (#13)
8.
Olly Murs - Troublemaker (#6)
9.
Zedd Ft. Foxes - Clarity (#14)
10.
Ke$ha Ft. will.i.am - Crazy Kids (#20)
11.
Maroon 5 - Love Somebody (#11)
12.
Selena Gomez - Come & Get It (#12)
13.
Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (#17)
14.
Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up (#16)
15.
Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell and T.I. - Blurred Lines (#7)
16.
Capital Cities - Safe and Sound (#15)
17.
Bruno Mars - Treasure (#9)
18.
Anna Kendrick - Cups (#18)
19.
Classified Ft. David Myles - Inner Ninja (#25)
20.
Michael Buble - It's a Beautiful Day (#28)
21.
Jason Derulo - The Other Side (#19)
22.
The 1975 - Chocolate (#21)
23.
Jennifer Lopez Ft. Pitbull - Live It Up (#33)
24.
Kelsi Luck - That's What I Like (#24)
25.
Daft Punk - Get Lucky (#29)
26.
Awolnation - Sail (#26)
27.
Calvin Harris Ft. Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love (#35)
28.
Demi Lovato - Heart Attack (#10)
29.
Jay Sean - Where You Are (#22)
30.
Taylor Swift - 22 (#23)
31.
Tegan & Sara - Closer (#39)
32.
Labrinth Ft. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful (#34)
33.
Drop City Yacht Club - Crickets (#27)
34.
Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks (#36)
35.
Pitbull Ft. Christina Aguilera - Feel This Moment (#44)
36.
Ke$ha - Die Young (#32)
37.
Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (#37)
38.
Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven (#40)
39.
Ariana Grande - The Way (DEBUT)
40.
fun. - Some Nights (#30)
41.
Mariah Carey - #Beautiful (DEBUT)
42.
MKTO - Thank You (#38)
43.
Little Mix - Wings (#43)
44.
Emeli Sande - Next to Me (#45)
45.
Krewella - Alive (#41)
Biggest
DDDDRRRROOOOPPPP!!!!....of the week: Demi Lovato – Heart Attack (-18)
Biggest
Jump of the Week: Tie between Ke$ha Ft. will.i.am – Crazy Kids and Jennifer
Lopez Ft. Pitbull – Live It Up (+10)
Including
last week’s debut, we’ve got 3 new songs to talk about, but don’t jump out of
your seats; none of them are worth getting super excited over. If I had
to pick a “best of the bunch”, I’d say Labrinth Ft. Emeli Sande – Beneath
Your Beautiful. It was the #1 song in the UK earlier this year
and has been on HitBound forever (there’s something about Emeli Sande and
HitBound). It finally got its chance to debut on the countdown the
weekend of June 8th. Lyrically, it’s a cut above your typical
Hits-1 song and it’s pretty well-performed.
Holy
plagiarism Batman! Ariana Grande debuted with The Way, and
the beat is completely ripped off of Big Pun / Fat Joe (okay, not precisely,
but we’re talking Under Pressure / Ice Ice Baby–level similarity).
Make your own damn songs, and if you have to tread on decade-old ground, at
least have the decency to make the end product a lot better than The Way.
Not surprisingly, while not credited on Hits-1, Mac Miller had a role to
play in this disaster.
In
this week’s edition of things that really, really don’t need a hashtag, Mariah
Carey debuted with #Beautiful. For some reason Hits-1 doesn’t
credit Miguel with a “featuring”, but he’s pretty good in this
song. This is one of those that’s going to be nice to have around while
it’s still a shiny new toy, but I don’t love it, and it’s likely going to
cement itself in the ranks of countdown mediocrities.
Blurbday
Cake
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Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child has been #37 for 4 straight
weeks, an oddity in such a volatile part of the countdown.
-
Hot Chelle Rae – Hung Up in the Top 5, is, to quote Juno MacGuff, one
big, fat sack of NO!
-
Imagine Dragons – Radioactive – got to the Top 10 much more quickly than
It’s Time.
-
Ke$ha Ft. will.i.am – Crazy Kids had the Biggest Jump of the Week two
weeks in a row.
-
Daft Punk – Get Lucky sure is taking its sweet time ascending to its
eventual #1 spot on the countdown.
-
[Obligatory comment about how Emeli Sande – Next to Me is still here]
Editor’s
Picks – Top 5 Songs
1)
The 1975 – Chocolate
2)
Zedd Ft. Foxes – Clarity
3)
Daft Punk – Get Lucky
4)
Jason Derulo – The Other Side
5)
Ke$ha Ft. will.i.am – Crazy Kids
What song would you take off the countdown and what song ( on hit bound ) would you make it take it's place.
ReplyDeleteThe song I would remove is easy -- Kelsi Luck - That's What I Like. The song I would make take its place is tougher....there's some HitBound songs that I just heard for the first time this past weekend and I can't really jump to any conclusions on them. In addition, I don't think any HitBound song is head-and-shoulders over the rest of the pack. I'm enjoying Youngblood Hawke - We Come Running right now. Come to think of it, it's basically a foregone conclusion that it's gonna be on next week's countdown, so I pick that, I guess.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Kelsi Luck- That's What I Like is garbage and I also enjoyed hearing Youngebloode Hawk- We Come Running. We have a lot of the same opinions about pop music. By the way, this blog is amazing and is well created!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks -- glad you enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI also have to agree That's What I Like is total s---. It sounds like a 4-year-old singing. I haven't really heard We Come Running yet.
ReplyDeleteI didn't really like either debut all that much, but I know there's worse.
Not surprised by #thatPOWER leaving. Will.i.am's songs don't seem to last long after a big fall, and Justin Bieber's songs last for a short amount of time. They seemed to have worked together. This one was horrible.
Still a pretty good week in my opinion.
We come Running is pretty good. The chorus is pretty good and kinda catchy. I remember it was based on some older movie but I don't remember which movie it was based on. If you hear it, I hope you enjoy it. If you don't, that's OK, you can like whatever you want to.
DeleteYup -- Justin Bieber's songs tend to have quite the short tenure.
ReplyDeleteMiguel wouldn't have another song on Hits 1 for another 9 years, Don't Forget My Love
ReplyDelete