OneRepublic - Week of December 21, 2013

T’was the night before Christmas for this weekly music critique

And the #1 song changed for the 8^th straight week

Before we get on to this week’s Fresh 45,

Here’s a list of all the songs that are no longer alive.

• Katy Perry - Unconditionally
• Icona Pop - All Night
• New Politics - Harlem
• Lana Del Rey Ft. Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness

The Countdown:

1. OneRepublic - Counting Stars (#3) [First Week at #1]

2. Pitbull Ft. Ke$ha - Timber (#2)

3. Imagine Dragons – Demons (#1)

4. Eminem Ft. Rihanna - The Monster (#7)

5. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#8)

6. Avicii Ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#5)

7. Lorde – Royals (#6)

8. Zedd Ft. Hayley Williams - Stay the Night (#12)

9. MKTO – Classic (#13)

10. Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather (#15)

11. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (#9)

12. Hunter Hayes – I Want Crazy (#11)

13. Armin van Buuren Ft. Trevor Guthrie - This Is What It Feels Like (#10)

14. Passenger - Let Her Go (#30)

15. Selena Gomez – Slow Down (#19)

16. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis – White Walls (#14)

17. Katy Perry – Roar (#4)

18. Ellie Goulding - Burn (#35)

19. Paramore – Still Into You (#17)

20. Justin Timberlake - Drink You Away (#40)

21. Lady Gaga Ft. R. Kelly - Do What U Want (#27)

22. Sara Bareilles - Brave (#38)

23. Flo Rida - How I Feel (#29)

24. One Direction - Story Of My Life (#28)

25. Panic! At The Disco - Miss Jackson (#26)

26. Wax – Rosana (#41)

27. Midnight Red - Hell Yeah (#36)

28. Linkin Park Ft. Steve Aoki – A Light That Never Comes (#42)

29. Robin Thicke Ft. Pharrell & T.I. – Blurred Lines (#23)

30. The Mowgli's – Say It, Just Say It (#24)

31. John Newman – Love Me Again (#25)

32. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light 'em Up) (#20)

33. Lady Gaga – Applause (#16)

34. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive (#33)

35. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis – Can't Hold Us (#31)

36. Bruno Mars - Young Girls (DEBUT)

37. Rihanna - What Now (#37)

38. Katy Perry Ft. Juicy J - Dark Horse (DEBUT)

39. Calvin Harris Ft. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love (#18)

40. A Great Big World - Say Something (DEBUT)

41. Serebro - Mi Mi MI (#21)

42. The Wanted - We Own The Night (#34)

43. Travie McCoy Ft. Jason Mraz – Rough Water (#32)

44. Capital Cities - Safe and Sound (RE-ENTRY)

45. Enrique Iglesias – Heart Attack (#43)

Biggest DDDDDRRRRROOOPPPP!!!!...of the week: Calvin Harris Ft. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love (yes, again) (-21)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Justin Timberlake – Drink You Away (+20)

We got a quick resurrection of Capital Cities – Safe and Sound

So there’s only three fresh new songs hanging around.

We’ve got Dark Horse from Katy Perry Ft. Juicy J

It’s no wonder Unconditionally so soon went away.
The chorus is solid, the background music is catchy

But the quality of the verses is unfortunately rather sketchy

Bruno Mars was surprisingly on some kind of tear

It actually stopped bothering me that he breathes the air

But Young Girls reminded me of the feelings I had before

As Bruno created a song that I completely abhor

Young Girls is rather dull, and renders me somewhat sleepy

Plus, the dude’s already 28, at what point is this song creepy?

After that grossness, it’s time song #3 was unfurled,

It’s Say Something by A Great Big World

A song with solid work on the piano, and a great deal of emotion

Is sadly too slow and repetitive for me to give any sort of promotion

Pop artists, you should know that if you wish to keep your career soaring

The worst thing you can do is produce a song that is boring

The Twelve Blurbs of Christmas

- The #1 songs lately can’t quite seem to circle the wagons

- The latest victim was, unfortunately, Imagine Dragons

- Eminem and Rihanna’s The Monster is new to the Top 5

- While The Wanted – We Own The Night was just lucky to survive

- So One Republic – Counting Stars completed its coup

- While a fondness for that song within me grew

- It’s surprising, because that band usually has me beating my skull

- This is the first thing they’ve produced that wasn’t utterly dull

- Pitbull and Ke$ha’s Timber holds at #2, and is eyeing the crown

- While for Dance With Me Tonight things are looking quite down

- I hope your holidays are full of the greatest delight

- Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Editor’s Picks – Top 5 Songs

1) Hunter Hayes – I Want Crazy

2) OneRepublic – Counting Stars

3) Ellie Goulding – Burn

4) Lady Gaga Ft. R Kelly – Do What U Want

5) Justin Timberlake – Drink You Away