Bastille (2) – Week Of April 5, 2014

Hey guys! Sorry I couldn’t post this sooner. I was trying to get my Sirius XM app to work. Last week, I was in Pensacola Beach, Florida, for spring break. I luckily had Internet access so I could post the countdown directly from the Sirius XM Blog. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Zendaya – Replay (#40)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Pitbull/Ke$ha – Timber

The Countdown

45. John Newman – Love Me Again (#43)
44. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (#31)
43. Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#41)
42. NONONO – Pumpin’ Blood (#36)
41. Shakira/Rihanna – Can’t Remember To Forget You (#21)
40. Hunter Hayes – I Want Crazy (#38)
39. Zedd/Hayley Williams – Stay The Night (#39)
38. Bruno Mars – Young Girls (#44)
37. Eminem/Rihanna – The Monster (#37)
36. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (#17)
35. Ellie Goulding – Burn (#45)
34. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive (#34)
33. Cash Cash/Bebe Rexha – Take Me Home (#29)
32. One Direction – Story Of My Life (#32)
31. Martin Garrix – Animals (#18)
30. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#42)
29. Lady Gaga – G.U.Y. (#35)
28. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (DEBUT)
27. Zedd/Matthew Koma/Miriam Bryant – Find You (#27)
26. Oh Honey – Be Okay (#28)
25. Naughty Boy/Sam Smith – La La La (#33)
24. Cher Lloyd – Sirens (#30)
23. Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye (#25) 
22. Karmin – I Want It All (#26)
21. Phantogram – Fall In Love (#20)
20. AJR – I’m Ready (#22)
19. Aloe Blacc – The Man (#23)
18. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#24)
17. Midnight Red – Hell Yeah (#19)
16. Eminem/Nate Ruess – Headlights (#9)
15. Haim – The Wire (#12)
14. MKTO – Classic (#11)
13. Paramore – Ain’t It Fun (#16)
12. Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother (#13)
11. Passenger – Let Her Go (#6)
10. Demi Lovato – Neon Lights (#15)
  9. American Authors – Best Day Of My Life (#14)
  8. Pharrell Williams – Happy (#5)
  7. Imagine Dragons – Demons (#8)
  6. Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty (#7)
  5. Lorde – Team (#10)
  4. Pitbull/Ke$ha – Timber (#1)
  3. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#2)
  2. Katy Perry – Dark Horse (#3)
  1. Bastille – Pompeii (#4) [2nd Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!! Of The Week: Shakira/Rihanna – Can’t Remember To Forget You (–20)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (+12) (Another Fall Out Boy song? Really?)

New Entrants (Including Last Week’s)
~ My old celebrity crush, Hunter Hayes was resurrected with I Want Crazy last week.

~ Lady Gaga is getting really popular again having G.U.Y. debut last week shortly after Applause left. G.U.Y. is really good. Probably the best I've heard so far from ARTPOP. It has some strange parts, but I'm not surprised by that. It's just the way Gaga roles. Apparently, it's one of those "You must see the music video" songs. I haven't even seen it yet.

~ Sam Smith has fantastic vocals. Especially in La La La and Latch. La La La is a really good song. There are some parts that I would take out because they're annoying. But overall, it's a really good song. Naughty Boy did a great job picking Sam Smith. Now I'm just waiting for Latch to debut.

~ This week Justin Timberlake returned with Not A Bad Thing, a song I have mixed feelings for. It did not spend a single week on Hit-Bound. So that automatically means no shot at #1. It's definitely not JT's best. It doesn't really pop out at me. But you can't go wrong with Timberlake. For now, I have no solid opinion on the song.

Not A Bad Blurb
~ In the past two weeks, we were able to get rid of a decent amount of trash. That's good.

~ I have a terrible fear that Little Mix – Move will debut next week. It has increased weekday airplay and appeared on my most recent Wutchuwant Survey. Be prepared for the worst.

~ Good riddance to Zendaya – Replay. :)

~ This is the 11th straight week AJR – I'm Ready is in the 20's.

~ Imagine Dragons – Demons continues this obnoxious streak of weeks in the Top 10.

~ John Newman – Love Me Again and Katy Perry – Roar both debuted on the same week and have tied countdown tenure. If Love Me Again can last one more week, it will have officially been on the countdown longer than Roar.

~ Speaking of Roar's tenure, Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up has officially been on the countdown longer than Roar. That's good. :D

~ It is truly amazing how long MKTO – Classic can keep this up! Keep doing your thing, Classic!

~ On the Wutchuwant Survey I took two weeks ago, it had songs like John Legend – All Of Me (yay!) and Justin Timberlake – Mirrors (???).

~ Oh. So American Authors – Best Day Of My Life thinks it can enter the Top 10 before Avicii – Hey Brother??? I DON'T THINK SO!!! >:(

~ I enjoy comparing the success of some songs over other songs that debuted on the same week. For the week of 2/8/14, the new song under all the other debuts from that week is Avicii – Hey Brother since Replay left. This is unacceptable.

~ Lorde – Team made a random jump to #5. That would've been okay two months ago. I'm over this song.

~ Okay, now I want Shakira – Empire to debut the countdown. I can never be happy with the songs we already have.

~ It's about time Spyder Harrison gave credit to Dan Tyminski for his excellent vocals in Avicii – Hey Brother.

~ I really want to see Despicable Me 2 and Frozen. Funny how two popular songs, Pharrell – Happy and Idina Menzel – Let It Go, are from those movies.

~ Shakira/Rihanna – Can't Remember To Forget You took an unexpected drop to #41. I don't know what to say.

~ I'm 75% sure Eminem/Rihanna – The Monster and Shakira/Rihanna – Can't Remember To Forget You four spots away from each other was an accident.

My Top 5 Picks
1. John Newman – Love Me Again
2. Eminem/Nate Ruess – Headlights
3. Phantogram – Fall In Love
4. Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother
5. Naughty Boy/Sam Smith – La La La

Top 5 Hit-Bound Songs
1. Travie McCoy/Brendon Urie – Keep On Keeping On
2. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch
3. Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart
4. The Chainsmokers – #SELFIE
5. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend