OneRepublic (8) – Week Of April 26, 2014

This wasn't that much of a good week. But it's even worse in Ryan Seacrest's American Top 40 countdown. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Zedd/Matthew Koma/Miriam Bryant – Find You (#24)
• Aloe Blacc – The Man (#28)
• Cash Cash/Bebe Rexha – Take Me Home (#41)
• Karmin – I Want It All (#44)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Bastille – Pompeii

The Countdown

45. Martin Garrix – Animals (RE-ENTRY)

44. Lorde – Team (RE-ENTRY)

43. Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#39)

42. AJR – I’m Ready (#23)

41. Zedd/Hayley Williams – Stay The Night (#45)

40. Hot Chelle Rae – Don’t Say Goodnight (DEBUT)

39. Eminem/Rihanna – The Monster (#32)

38. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (DEBUT)

37. Imagine Dragons – Demons (#40)

36. One Direction – Story Of My Life (#25)

35. Ellie Goulding – Burn (#37)

34. Midnight Red – Hell Yeah (#14)

33. Haim – The Wire (#15)

32. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (#33)

31. John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (#43)
30. Oh Honey – Be Okay (#31)
29. Lady Gaga – G.U.Y. (#30)
28. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#35)
27. Eminem/Nate Ruess – Headlights (#22)
26. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive (#29)
25. Cher Lloyd – Sirens (#27)
24. Naughty Boy/Sam Smith – La La La (#26)
23. One Direction – You and I (#36)
22. Travie McCoy/Brendon Urie – Keep On Keeping On (#19)
21. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (#42)
20. Phantogram – Fall In Love (#20)
19. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#21)
18. Hardwell/Matthew Koma – Dare You (#34)
17. Katy Perry – Birthday (#38)
16. Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye (#13)
15. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#19)
14. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#17)
13. Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother (#16)
12. Paramore – Ain’t It Fun (#10)
11. MKTO – Classic (#11)
10. Passenger – Let Her Go (#8)
  9. Demi Lovato – Neon Lights (#9)
  8. American Authors – Best Day Of My Life (#12)
  7. Pharrell Williams – Happy (#5)
  6. Katy Perry – Dark Horse (#3)
  5. Bastille – Pompeii (#1)
  4. Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty (#2)
  3. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#6)
  2. Pitbull/Ke$ha – Timber (#7)
  1. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#4) [8th Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Midnight Red – Hell Yeah (–20)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie Between Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) and Katy Perry – Birthday (+21)

New Entrants
~ We got resurrections from Martin Garrix – Animals and Lorde – Team, so only 2 new entrants.

~ Hot Chelle Rae – Don't Say Goodnight should've debuted a long time ago. I'm already starting to get over it. I'll try to enjoy it.

~ 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect wasn't that good to begin with. But I started to get into it. It's a boy band. And I like boy bands. She Looks So Perfect isn't the best song off their She Looks So Perfect - EP, but it's good.

I Blurb You To Be Here Now
~ All of this week's exits (besides Take Me Home) left too early. Especially Find You. Fun fact: Find You and I Want It All both debuted on the same week.

~ I enjoyed listening from #20 to #11.

~ Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World is the only Top 10 song I want to see hit #1. We need some more good Top 10 songs! Get #13 in!

~ When I said Oh Honey – Be Okay and Lady Gaga – G.U.Y. deserved higher rankings, I didn't mean a 1-spot-jump.

~ It looks like AJR – I'm Ready is finally going to exit the countdown. It's been crowned "Worst Song On The Countdown".

~ I'm not even a little sick of Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up. Dance music just can't get old.

~ Here are the songs I would love to see exit the countdown next week:

• Haim – The Wire
• Ellie Goulding – Burn
• Imagine Dragons – Demons
• AJR – I'm Ready
• Lorde – Team

~ Calvin Harris – Summer is the only song I get excited to hear on Hit-Bound.

~ Naughty Boy hosted Hit-Bound.

~ This week's random most listened to song: Coldplay/Rihanna – Princess Of China.

My Top 5 Picks
1. Lady Gaga – G.U.Y.

2. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out

3. Travie McCoy/Brendon Urie – Keep On Keeping On

4. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect

5. Hardwell/Matthew Koma – Dare You

Top 45 Chart – Austin Mahone (4) – Week Of April 26, 2014

Out Of The Countdown:

• Jason Derulo/2 Chainz – Talk Dirty (#31) [2 Weeks At #1]
• The Chainsmokers – #SELFIE (#34)
• Karmin – I Want It All (#37)
• Phantogram – Fall In Love (#43)
• Avril Lavigne/Chad Kroeger – Let Me Go (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother

The Countdown

1. Austin Mahone – Mmm Yeah (#8) [4th Week At #1]

2. Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother (#1) [3 Weeks At #1]

3. Calvin Harris and Alesso/Hurts – Under Control (#9) [1 Week At #1]

4. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#4)

5. John Legend – All Of Me (#7)

6. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#3)

7. Naughty Boy/Sam Smith – La La La (#2)

8. Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye (#10)

9. Fitz & The Tantrums – The Walker (#18) [1 Week At #1]

10. Katy Perry/Juicy J – Dark Horse (#12) [1 Week At #1]

11. Travie McCoy/Brendon Urie – Keep On Keeping On (#19)

12. MKTO – Classic (#18)

13. Martin Garrix – Animals (#20)

14. Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know? (#22)

15. Demi Lovato – Neon Lights (#16)

16. DJ Snake and Lil Jon – Turn Down For What (#27)

17. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#21)

18. Tiësto – Red Lights (#36)

19. John Newman – Love Me Again (#6)

20. Idina Menzel – Let It Go (#15)

21. Eminem/Nate Ruess – Headlights (#14)

22. Pharrell Williams – Happy (#5)

23. Aloe Blacc – The Man (#11)

24. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (#24)

25. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#28)

26. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#29)

27. Coldplay – Magic (#25)

28. Bastille – Pompeii (#13)

29. Oh Honey – Be Okay (#41)

30. Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart (#33)

31. Calvin Harris – Summer (#39)

32. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (DEBUT)

33. Maroon 5 – Lucky Strike (#38)

34. Hardwell/Matthew Koma – Dare You (RE-ENTRY)

35. Eminem/Rihanna – The Monster (#40) [4 Weeks At #1]

36. B.o.B/Priscilla – John Doe (#30)

37. Shakira – Empire (DEBUT)

38. One Direction – Story Of My Life (#44)

39. Lady Gaga – G.U.Y. (DEBUT)

40. Paramore – Ain't It Fun (#35)

41. Kid Ink/Chris Brown – Show Me (DEBUT)

42. Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#32) [5 Weeks At #1]

43. Daughtry – Waiting For Superman (#26)

44. Paul McCartney – Queenie Eye (#42)

45. Zedd/Matthew Koma/Miriam Bryant – Find You (#23)

Biggest Drop Of The Week: Zedd/Matthew Koma/Miriam Bryant – Find You (–22)

Biggest Rise Of The Week: Tiësto – Red Lights (+18)

Future Hits:

• One Direction – You and I

• Austin Mahone – Till I Find You

• Cage The Elephant – Come A Little Closer

• Morgan Page/The Outfield – Your Love

• Linkin Park/Rakim – Guilty All The Same

• Katy Perry – Birthday

• KONGOS – Come With Me Now

• Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong

• Sam Smith – Stay With Me

• Peter Thomas/Betty Who – All Of You

• Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better

• Hunter Hayes – Invisible

• R5 – (I Can't) Forget About You

• Steve Aoki/Waka Flocka Flame – Rage The Night Away