Katy Perry (2) - Week of September 14, 2013

It would have been a true shock if Katy Perry – Roar lasted only a single week at #1, so I guess no surprise there.  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.

• Daft Punk - Get Lucky
• Sammy Adams Ft. Mike Posner - L.A. Story

The Countdown:

1. Katy Perry - Roar (#1) [Second Week at #1]

2. Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (#2)

3. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Same Love (#8)

4. Maroon 5 - Love Somebody (#5)

5. Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light 'em Up) (#7)

6. Zedd Ft. Foxes - Clarity (#12)

7. Paramore - Still Into You (#9)

8. Lady Gaga - Applause (#10)

9. Avicii Ft. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up (#23)

10. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell and T.I. - Blurred Lines (#3)

11. Capital Cities - Safe and Sound (#11)

12. Calvin Harris Ft. Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love (#6)

13. Florida Georgia Line - Cruise (#4)

14. Eminem - Berzerk (#21)

15. Taylor Swift Ft. Ed Sheeran - Everything Has Changed (#13)

16. Bruno Mars - Treasure (#14)

17. Mika Ft. Ariana Grande - Popular Song (#15)

18. Labrinth Ft. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful (#16)

19. One Direction - Best Song Ever (#18)

20. Phillip Phillips - Gone Gone Gone (#36)

21. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us (#19)

22. Jesse McCartney - Back Together (#20)

23. The 1975 - Chocolate (#40)

24. Pink - True Love (#26)

25. Krewella - Live for the Night (#27)

26. MKTO - Classic (#22)

27. Icona Pop - All Night (#35)

28. Cody Simpson - Pretty Brown Eyes (#30)

29. John Newman - Love Me Again (#31)

30. Bonnie McKee - American Girl (#28)

31. Enrique Iglesias - Turn the Night Up (#39)

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

33. Train Ft. Ashley Monroe - Bruises (#24)

34. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack (#34)

35. Tegan & Sara - Closer (#29)

36. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (#33)

37. Lorde - Royals (DEBUT)

38. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (#43)

39. Anna Kendrick - Cups (#42)

40. Karmin - Acapella (#25)

41. Bruno Mars - Gorilla (DEBUT)

42. Icona Pop - I Love It (#45)

43. Pink Ft. Nate Reuss - Just Give Me a Reason (#38)

44. Jason Derulo - The Other Side (#17)

45. Awolnation - Sail (#44)

Biggest DDDDRRRROOOPPPP!!!...of the week: Jason Derulo – The Other Side (-27)

Biggest Jump of the Week: The 1975 – Chocolate (+17)

One of our debuts this week has been somewhat long-anticipated: Lorde – Royals.  I look at the lyrics that your run-of-the-mill 16 year old pop artist puts out there in their music, then look at Royals and see a whole another level.  Royals does a lot of trashing of the extravagant lives of pop stars, which is interesting angle for someone just breaking into the limelight to take.  Royals is oddly catchy and well put together.  Whether Lorde wrote it or someone behind the scenes, hat tip.

With Treasure still running its course on the countdown, Bruno Mars also debuts this week with the heavily explicit Gorilla.  It’s mostly unremarkable save for the background singing (can’t tell if this is Bruno or backup singers) during the chorus, which is fantastic.  Heh.  Is this two consecutive Bruno Mars songs that I don’t hate?  Welp, it’s back to the drawing board for me.  I’m not sure what I can believe in anymore.

An Incredible Blurbney

- A correction was pointed out to me last week.  I have been saying that Kelly Clarkson – Stronger was previously the fastest-ever time to reach #1, at 5 weeks, and that Katy Perry – Roar had broken that record.  This was incorrect.  Katy Perry – Last Friday Night achieved the feat in 4 weeks, so really Katy tied her own record with Roar.  Please continue to point out any inaccuracies in the comments -- I appreciate you guys looking out for keeping the information I put out there as accurate as possible.

- L.A. Story dying off, Acapella and Bruises fading fast….man, what did I do to piss off someone at Hits-1?  July 20, 2013 forever!!!!

- Before a weekday edition of the wutchuwant countdown, Spyder Harrison asked why there were so many votes coming in for a year-old song by Of Monsters and Men.  Because, Spyder, we all need reminders that life is both good and often doesn’t make any sense.

- There is a serious load of crap on Hit-Bound at the moment, and based on weekday airplay, I am deathly afraid of what is about to happen this weekend.

- Avicii Ft. Aloe Blacc made its first appearance in the Top 10 this week.  It’s nice to see that one’s catching on quickly.

Editor’s Picks – Top 5 Songs

1) Train Ft. Ashley Monroe – Bruises

2) Bonnie McKee – American Girl

3) MKTO – Classic

4) Jesse McCartney – Back Together

5) Karmin - Acapella