Bastille (4) – Week Of May 10, 2014

I’m over all these #1 songs. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Phantogram – Fall In Love (#24)
• Avicii/Dan Tyminski – Hey Brother (#28)
• Eminem/Nate Ruess – Headlights (#34)
• Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#41)
• Eminem/Rihanna – The Monster (#44)

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

45. AJR – I’m Ready (#43)

44. Hardwell/Matthew Koma – Dare You (#21)

43. Midnight Red – Hell Yeah (#41)

42. Haim – The Wire (#45)

41. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (DEBUT)

40. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive (#39)

39. Halsey – Ghost (DEBUT)

38. Travie McCoy/Brendon Urie – Keep On Keeping On (#17)

37. KONGOS – Come With Me Now (DEBUT)

36. MKTO – Classic (#20)

35. Calvin Harris – Summer (DEBUT)

34. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (#31)

33. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (DEBUT)

32. Demi Lovato – Neon Lights (#14)

31. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (#37)

30. Naughty Boy/Sam Smith – La La La (#30)

29. Passenger – Let Her Go (#15)

28. Lady Gaga – G.U.Y. (#19)

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

26. Magic! – Rude (#40)

25. Imagine Dragons – Demons (#26)

24. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#36)

23. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#29)

22. Cher Lloyd – Sirens (#35)

21. Oh Honey – Be Okay (#23)

20. Hot Chelle Rae – Don’t Say Goodnight (#25)

19. DJ Cassidy/Robin Thicke/Jessie J – Calling All Hearts (#38)

18. One Direction – You and I (#27)

17. Pharrell Williams – Happy (#7)

16. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#22)

15. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#13)

14. Katy Perry – Birthday (#16)

13. American Authors – Best Day Of My Life (#10)

12. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#12)

11. Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye (#11)

10. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#6)

  9. Ellie Goulding – Burn (#32)

  8. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#18)

  7. John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (#9)

  6. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#4)

  5. Pitbull/Ke$ha – Timber (#1)

  4. Paramore – Ain’t It Fun (#8)

  3. Katy Perry – Dark Horse (#5)

  2. Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty (#3)

  1. Bastille – Pompeii (#2) [4th Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Hardwell/Matthew Koma – Dare You (–23)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Ellie Goulding – Burn (+23)

New Entrants
~ This week, we traded out a load of good songs for a load of good songs. Our first entrant is Sam Smith's second song, Latch with Disclosure. This song is really good. As I said in the past, Sam Smith has amazing vocals.

~ Calvin Harris just proved to us that he can use his own vocals in one of his songs. I think Summer should be the summer anthem of 2014. It's impossible to listen to this song and not get up and move.

~ Halsey – Ghost sounds kinda like a Lorde song, but better. That's all I can really say about it now.

~ The Nicki Minaj wannabe, Iggy Azalea, teamed up with Charli XCX to produce Fancy. It's pretty good. But nothing in that song is as catchy as that chorus.

~ Finally, we have Kongos – Come With Me Now. This song is very catchy. One of those rare good alternative songs.

I'm Blurbing On To You
~ Yesterday, Ellie Goulding – Burn was the most wutchuwanted song. Just look at what you voters did. You threw it back up into the Top 10 to annoy me.

~ I guess Paramore – Ain't It Fun can have the success of Still Into You.

~ Eminem and Avicii have some pretty bad luck. Both artists had two songs kicked out of the countdown this week.

~ Speaking of bad luck, Matthew Koma has some serious bad luck as Hardwell – Dare You drops to #44. He may just have another early DTHNOB.

~ Speaking of an early DTHNOB, Travie McCoy/Brendon Urie – Keep On Keeping On may just say an early goodbye.

~ AJR – I'm Ready is still here. -_-

~ What are the chances DJ Cassidy/Robin Thicke/Jessie J – Calling All Hearts will drop next week?

~ I heard our old friend Olly Murs – Troublemaker this morning on The Mini Morning Mash Up.

~ I've been listening to a lot of music this past week. Here are some songs I couldn't stop listening to:

• Rihanna/Calvin Harris – We Found Love
• Sam Smith – Stay With Me
• Austin Mahone – Till I Find You
• Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong
• Dr. Dre/Eminem/Skylar Grey – I Need A Doctor
• 50 Cent/Eminem/Adam Levine – My Life
• Pitbull/Ne-Yo/Afrojack/Nayer – Give Me Everything
• OneRepublic – Love Runs Out
• Justin Bieber/Nicki Minaj – Beauty and a Beat
• Cobra Starship/Sabi – You Make Me Feel...

~ This is the first time I listened to Hit-Bound for months. Here's the Hit-Bound list for this week:

• Clean Bandit – Rather Be
• Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better
• Sia – Chandelier
• New Hollow – She Ain't You
• Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down
• The Summer Set – Lighting In A Bottle
• Pitbull/G.R.L. – Wild Wild Love
• Jennifer Lopez – First Love
• Sam Smith – Stay With Me
• Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes
• Ellie Goulding – Beating Heart
• Jason Derulo/Snoop Dogg – Wiggle
• Ariana Grande – Problem
• Timeflies – All The Way

~ Strangely, The Chainsmokers – #SELFIE left after a short Hit-Bound tenure.

~ To all the mothers out there, happy Mother's Day!

My Top 5 Picks

1. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong

2. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch

3. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out

4. One Direction – You and I

5. Hardwell/Matthew Koma – Dare You

Top 5 Hit-Bound Songs

1. Sam Smith – Stay With Me

2. Timeflies – All The Way

3. Ariana Grande – Problem

4. Jennifer Lopez – First Love

5. Ellie Goulding – Beating Heart