Macklemore (2) - Week of June 22, 2013

In which our unholy triumvirate at the top of the countdown is finally broken up…..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.

• Jay Sean - Where You Are
• Krewella - Alive

The Countdown:

1. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us (#3) [Second Week at #1]

2. Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (#7)

3. Hot Chelle Rae - Hung Up (#4)

4. Pink Ft. Nate Reuss - Just Give Me a Reason (#2)

5. Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light 'em Up) (#1)

6. Icona Pop - I Love It (#6)

7. Selena Gomez - Come & Get It (#12)

8. Florida Georgia Line - Cruise (#5)

9. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack (#28)

10. Zedd Ft. Foxes - Clarity (#9)

11. Ke$ha Ft. will.i.am - Crazy Kids (#10)

12. Daft Punk - Get Lucky (#25)

13. Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up (#14)

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

15. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (#13)

16. Anna Kendrick - Cups (#18)

17. Classified Ft. David Myles - Inner Ninja (#19)

18. Maroon 5 - Love Somebody (#11)

19. Jason Derulo - The Other Side (#21)

20. Michael Buble - It's a Beautiful Day (#20)

21. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell and T.I. - Blurred Lines (#15)

22. Kelsi Luck - That's What I Like (#24)

23. Bruno Mars - Treasure (#17)

24. The 1975 - Chocolate (#22)

25. Calvin Harris Ft. Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love (#27)

26. Awolnation - Sail (#26)

27. Mariah Carey Ft. Miguel - #Beautiful (#41)

28. Olly Murs - Troublemaker (#8)

29. Tegan & Sara - Closer (#31)

30. Labrinth Ft. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful (#32)

31. Jennifer Lopez Ft. Pitbull - Live It Up (#23)

32. Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks (#34)

33. Ariana Grande - The Way (#39)

34. Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven (#38)

35. Drop City Yacht Club - Crickets (#33)

36. Taylor Swift - 22 (#30)

37. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (#37)

38. Ke$ha - Die Young (#36)

39. Emblem 3 - Chloe (DEBUT)

40. Chris Brown - Fine China (DEBUT)

41. fun. - Some Nights (#40)

42. Pitbull Ft. Christina Aguilera - Feel This Moment (#35)

43. MKTO - Thank You (#42)

44. Little Mix - Wings (#43)

45. Emeli Sande - Next to Me (#44)

Biggest DDDDDRRRROOOOPPP!!!!!....of the week: Olly Murs – Troublemaker (-20)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Demi Lovato – Heart Attack (+19)

I’m a huge fan of Chris Brown’s voice, but his new song Fine China doesn’t initially resonate with me the way She Ain’t You or International Love did (his two most recent countdown contributions).  Nonetheless, it’s a pretty smooth tune and I’m more than willing to give it the benefit of the doubt going forward.  Don’t be surprised to see it in a future Editor’s Picks list.  Emblem 3 – Chloe is your standard run-of-the-mill countdown fodder that’s interesting enough to listen to for a few weeks, but will leave you clamoring for a station change in about a month.  The lyrics are only a slight notch above something that Hot Chelle Rae might produce (for you countdown newbies….that’s bad).  Be VERY surprised to see it in a future Editor’s Picks list.

Blurbfast Club

- Guess I’ll wipe out the obligatory administrative stuffs right off the bat.  Emeli Sande – Next to Me is still here [gets stranger every week folks….can’t stop bringing it up] and Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child held onto the #37 spot for a somewhat ridiculous fifth week in a row.

- To elaborate on this week’s introductory line, I am of course speaking about Pink Ft. Nate Reuss – Just Give Me a Reason, Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light ‘em Up) and Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold Us.  This is the first week since April 27^th that these three songs have not been the Top 3 on the countdown, in some order.

- Somewhat surprising is the ascension of Imagine Dragons – Radioactive to the #2 spot.  I never really thought of it as a serious contender for #1, but hell, I’d take it over the current #1 song in a heartbeat, and certainly over Hot Chelle Rae – Hung Up, which has risen to a dangerous spot at #3.  I can’t recall ever hearing Hung Up outside of Hits-1.

- Come to think of it, outside of Radioactive, I’m not thrilled with any of the top 8 songs right now.  The new blood is long overdue, but Icona Pop – I Love It, Selena Gomez – Come & Get It, and the aforementioned Hung Up really do not live up to their billing.

- Daft Punk – Get Lucky finally made some progress ascending to its eventual #1 spot on the countdown.  Knowing this particular set of rankings, it’s gonna happen months after the world is hooked on it.

- Avril Lavigne – Here’s to Never Growing Up and Michael Buble – It’s a Beautiful Day seem to be played with far lower frequency during regular airplay than their countdown rankings would suggest.  I could see the former taking a big tumble on the countdown pretty soon.

Editor’s Picks – Top 5 Songs

1) Zedd Ft. Foxes – Clarity

2) The 1975 – Chocolate

3) Jason Derulo – The Other Side

4) Daft Punk – Get Lucky

5) Capital Cities – Safe and Sound