Bastille (3) – Week Of April 19, 2014

Reader Jason Rearick has recommended that I make a new color for songs that should have a higher ranking. I thought about it for a while and decided that if a song deserves a higher ranking, it will be stated in the blurbs section. But I am adding a new color. Pink = Song That Is Close To Getting Old. Pink is the last color I can use. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Lorde – Team (#20)
• Martin Garrix – Animals (#29) 
• Shakira/Rihanna – Can’t Remember To Forget You (#43)
• Bruno Mars – Young Girls (#44)
• John Newman – Love Me Again (#45) [DTHNOBx2]

Last Week’s #1 Song: OneRepublic – Counting Stars

The Countdown

45. Zedd/Hayley Williams – Stay The Night (#39)

44. Karmin – I Want It All (#24)

43. John Legend – All Of Me (EDM Mix) (DEBUT)

42. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (#42)

41. Cash Cash/Bebe Rexha – Take Me Home (#37)

40. Imagine Dragons – Demons (#16)
39. Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#41)
38. Katy Perry – Birthday (DEBUT)
37. Ellie Goulding – Burn (#35)
36. One Direction – You and I (DEBUT)
35. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (DEBUT)
34. Hardwell/Matthew Koma – Dare You (DEBUT)
33. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (#32)
32. Eminem/Rihanna – The Monster (#31)
31. Oh Honey – Be Okay (#30)
30. Lady Gaga – G.U.Y. (#21)
29. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive (#34)
28. Aloe Blacc – The Man (#15)
27. Cher Lloyd – Sirens (#24)
26. Naughty Boy/Sam Smith – La La La (#25)
25. One Direction – Story Of My Life (#36)
24. Zedd/Matthew Koma/Miriam Bryant – Find You (#27)
23. AJR – I’m Ready (#26)
22. Eminem/Nate Ruess – Headlights (#19)
21. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#22)
20. Phantogram – Fall In Love (#23)
19. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#40)
18. Travie McCoy/Brendon Urie – Keep On Keeping On (#33)
17. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#38)
16. Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother (#11)
15. Haim – The Wire (#18)
14. Midnight Red – Hell Yeah (#13)
13. Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye (#17)
12. American Authors – Best Day Of My Life (#9)
11. MKTO – Classic (#7)
10. Paramore – Ain’t It Fun (#12)
  9. Demi Lovato – Neon Lights (#10)
  8. Passenger – Let Her Go (#14)
  7. Pitbull/Ke$ha – Timber (#6)
  6. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#5)
  5. Pharrell Williams – Happy (#8)
  4. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#1)
  3. Katy Perry – Dark Horse (#2)
  2. Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty (#4)
  1. Bastille – Pompeii (#3) [3rd Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Imagine Dragons – Demons (–24)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie Between Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend and Ed Sheeran – Sing (+21)

New Entrants
~ Being the only song coming from Hit-Bound, we have Hardwell/Matthew Koma – Dare You. That song was on Hit-Bound for so long that I didn't think it would make it. But.......it did! And I'm happy about that. As with Find You, Matthew Koma has excellent vocals!

~ Katy Perry has put yet another good song that will not reach #1. Birthday is a fun song! Katy's voice actually sounds really good in this song! Probably Katy's best song with Dark Horse coming in a close second. In fact, I was randomly going through Katy Perry's album, PRISM to see if she produced anymore good music. I stumbled upon Birthday and I really liked it. And I was really happy hearing it on the countdown.

~ OneRepublic finally came out with something new. Love Runs Out should be the song spending 7 weeks at #1. But clearly, that's not gonna happen. But I'll be happy if it can achieve the Top 10 at least.

~ One Direction – You and I isn't any better than Story Of My Life. I don't expect it to go that far. Kind of like Zedd/Matthew Koma/Miriam Bryant – Find You.

~ Last and definitely least, we have John Legend – All Of Me. This song was beautiful the way it was. This EDM Mix was a terrible idea! Shame on whoever came up with this idea! Now if I want to hear the good version, I'll have to tune in to 20 on 20 or The Pulse. Hits 1, I'm 90% sure no one likes this EDM Mix!

Till The Blurbs Run Out 
~ Martin Garrix – Animals drops out of the countdown after a short 6 weeks.

~ Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty is now at #2. Probably the successor over Bastille – Pompeii. Keep voting for Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World!

~ Passenger – Let Her Go needs to leave the Top 10.

~ Just so everyone knows, I don't hate Cher Lloyd – Sirens. I like the meaning to it. I just don't like her voice. That's all.

~ Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye is at #13!!! Keep those votes coming.

~ It amazes me how DJ Snake/Lil Jon – Turn Down For What is not here. Get it in here!

~ I don't know why Hits 1 doesn't play Austin Mahone. But now they have a choice. They can play Mmm Yeah OR Till I Find You. I'm cool with either one.

~ Lady Gaga – G.U.Y. and Oh Honey – Be Okay deserve higher rankings.

~ Karmin – I Want It All seems like it's coming to a far too early exit.

~ Here are 5 random songs I just started enjoying this week:

• Rihanna/Calvin Harris – We Found Love
• Emeli Sande – My Kind Of Love
• Juan Magan – Mal De Amores
• Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better
• Emeli Sande – Next To Me

~ Calvin Harris – Summer is getting really popular. I would've loved it if Under Control became popular. But that clearly isn't going to happen.

~ Chris Wallace – Keep Me Crazy has been thrown under the "Song that debuted on Hit-Bound but not the countdown" category.

~ I am really happy with this week's Biggest Jump and DROP!!!... Of The Week.

~ To everyone reading this, Happy Easter!!!!!! :)

My Top 5 Picks

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

2. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out

3. Katy Perry – Birthday

4. Hardwell/Matthew Koma – Dare You

5. Lady Gaga – G.U.Y.

Top 5 Recommendations

1. Austin Mahone – Till I Find You

2. Shakira – Empire

3. DJ Snake and Lil Jon – Turn Down For What

4. Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?

5. KONGOS – Come With Me Now