Maroon 5 (1) – Week Of August 16, 2014

I'm happy to say we’ve entered the Golden Age of the countdown! We haven't had this good of a #1 song in a long time. And the new best song debuted this week. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Capital Cities – One Minute More (#27)
• Pharrell/Miley Cyrus – Come Get It Bae (#30)
• Chromeo – Jealous (I Ain’t With It) (#37)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Sam Smith – Stay With Me

The Countdown

45. Oh Honey – Be Okay (#40)

44. Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted (#43)

43. Calvin Harris – Summer (#45)

42. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#44)

41. John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (#32)

40. Bastille – Pompeii (#38)

39. T. Mills – All I Wanna Do (DEBUT)

38. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#42)

37. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#39)

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

35. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#34)

34. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#25)

33. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando (DEBUT)

32. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#8)

31. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle (#21)

30. Sia – Chandelier (#41)

29. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#29)

28. Kalin and Myles – Love Robbery (#35)

27. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#31)

26. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (#16)

25. The Madden Brothers – We Are Done (#17)

24. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#24)

23. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#23)

22. Kim Cesarion – Undressed (#12)

21. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#18)

20. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#22)

19. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars (#19)

18. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball (#20)

17. Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys (#15)

16. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (#28)

15. The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle (#11)

14. Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down (RE-ENTRY)

13. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better (#9)

12. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#14)

11. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#7)

10. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#26)

  9. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#36)

  8. Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don’t Care (#6)

  7. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#13)

  6. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#1)

  5. Magic! – Rude (#2)

  4. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#3)

  3. Ariana Grande – Problem (#10)

  2. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#4)

  1. Maroon 5 – Maps (#5) [1st Week At #1]

#1 Song One Year Ago This Week: Maroon 5 – Love Somebody (Coincidence?)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (–24)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (+27)

New Entrants
~ Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down aired this week as if it never left last weekend. It re-entered pretty damn high, all the way up at #14.

~ Enrique Iglesias is back with Sean Paul, whom we haven’t heard from in a LONG time. Their debut, Bailando, is Enrique’s best. We’ve been needing this kind of good music for a long time. I hope it gets far on this countdown.

~ T. Mills – All I Wanna Do is good but I don’t think it’ll get that far. That’s all I can say about it.

I Wanna Blurb Contigo
~ There was a significant amount of Hit-Bound playing this past week. That was good because I don't wanna hear only countdown songs all the time.

~ Magic! – Rude had a serious lack of airplay this week. That was good. It made me know for sure that it wouldn't hit #1.

~ Crap. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass is in the Top 10. I'm as annoyed as Lance was when Kim Cesarion – Undressed jumped to #12.

~ I knew Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World would make an annoying jump sometime. Luckily I'm not sick of it yet. But I don't wanna get sick of it. So it needs to leave now!!!

~ Brantley Gilbert – Bottoms Up is now the best song on Hit-Bound. It's a really catchy song.

~ Kiesza – Hideaway is on Hit-Bound. That's good but Hits 1 spelled her name wrong.

~ Ariana Grande – Problem unexpectedly jumped into the Top 3. Whatever. I'm cool with that.

~ This is the highest Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend has been in over a month.

~ The Madden Brothers wrote 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia. I would've never guessed that.

~ Goodbye Chromeo – Jealous. I won't miss you.

~ Was it really necessary to throw X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle to #31?

~ Tiesto/Matthew Koma – Wasted is doing pretty well on the American Top 40. So I don't know why it's doing bad here.

~ It's about time Sia – Chandelier jumped.

~ I have a feeling Katy Perry – This Is How We Do is gonna be another overrated song from Katy Perry. This overrated artist has officially spent a year on the countdown.

~ There has been a lot of Ice Bucket Challenges where people have buckets of ice water dumped on them. Hits 1 is going crazy with it. So far I watched Spyder Harrison do it and The Morning Mash Up's Rich Davis do it to Stanley T. But Stanley T. got his revenge. Spyder Harrison challenged Kid Kelly, Mikey Piff, and Tommy West to do the challenge and out of those three, I've only seen Tommy West's. And he challenged Jenna Marbles who hosts the YouTube15. And I think he challenged the guy from Oh Honey? Someone challenged Justin Timberlake and he challenged Jimmy Fallon. This is really something serious. I'll try and find all the videos and I’ll share the links in the comments.

My Top 5 Picks
1. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando
2. Maroon 5 – Maps
3. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle
4. Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted
5. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball