Maroon 5 (2) – Week Of August 23, 2014

This week was pretty good. I start school on Monday. So posts may be delayed. I'll tell you if they are. Also Spyder Harrison has a massive cold and warned us when we were more than halfway through the countdown to keep away from the speakers so we don't catch it. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Bastille – Pompeii (#40)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Maroon 5 – Maps
The Countdown
45. Calvin Harris – Summer (#43)
44. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#42)
43. Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted (#44)
42. Oh Honey – Be Okay (#45)
41. Magic! – Rude (#5) [YES!!!] {#Happy}
40. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#29) [LEAVE!!!]
39. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (DEBUT)
38. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#34)
37. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#38)
36. John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (#41)
35. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle (#31)
34. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#37)
33. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#32)
32. T. Mills – All I Wanna Do (#39)
31. Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart (#36)
30. Sia – Chandelier (#30)
29. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#35)
28. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (#26)
27. The Madden Brothers – We Are Done (#25)
26. Kalin and Myles – Love Robbery (#28)
25. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#27)
24. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando (#33)
23. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#21)
22. Kim Cesarion – Undressed (#22)
21. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better (#13)
20. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#24)
19. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#23)
18. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball (#18)
17. The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle (#15)
16. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#20)
15. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars (#19)
14. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (#16)
13. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#9)
12. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#12)
11. Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don’t Care (#8)
10. Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys (#17)
  9. Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down (#14)
  8. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#7)
  7. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#10)
  6. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#11)
  5. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#6)
  4. Ariana Grande – Problem (#3)
  3. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#4)
  2. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#2)
  1. Maroon 5 – Maps (#1) [2nd Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Magic! – Rude (–36)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando (+9)

New Entrants
~ It is rumored that Taylor Swift and country music are splitting as her new album, 1989, is her first pop album. From that album, the single, Shake It Off debuted. It’s really catchy and is now Taylor Swift’s best. As all Taylor Swift songs, I hope it gets far.

Hit-Bound
~ Jason Derulo – Trumpets is still on Hit-Bound.

~ I didn’t hear Becky G – Shower or Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) on Hit-Bound. I guess they left...

Top 5 Hit-Bound
1. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang
2. Rixton – Wait On Me
3. MKTO – American Dream
4. Mary Lambert – Secrets
5. Brantley Gilbert – Bottoms Up

Blurb It Off
~ Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame is to be released September 7th. I can't wait that long. It's like, two more weeks. And I'm sure the song will be amazing. Click here for a preview of the song.

~ Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass is dangerously getting closer to the top of the countdown.

~ The Vamps hosted Hit-Bound.

~ Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down is higher than it was the first time it was on the countdown. That unexpected exit wasn't necessary though.

~ Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys made a nice jump into the Top 10.

~ Every song that's in red (besides Magic! – Rude and Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass) were all good at some point. Just goes to show that Hits 1 overplays these songs. The fact that Counting Stars is still here is ridiculous. At least Pompeii is gone.

~ Sadly, X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle might be on it's way out.

~ Spyder Harrison did it again this week. He said Buh-lin-do instead of Bi-lan-do.

~ Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing needs to stop jumping anywhere over #30.

~ Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend is still here. It gets weirder every week folks.

~ There's quite a few songs that need to leave. I'm looking at you #s 2, 7, 29, 31, 36, 37, 40, and 41.

~ This is the smallest Biggest Jump we've had in a while.

~ This is the biggest Biggest DROP!!!... we've had in a while.

~ And now, it's time to eliminate five songs from the 2014 Summer Voting Poll. The Top 15 will continue competing. Here are the songs eliminated.

• Calvin Harris – Summer
• Ed Sheeran – Sing
• John Legend/Tiesto – All Of Me
• Magic! – Rude
• MKTO – Classic

Maroon 5 – Maps had the most votes. The new poll will be added on the same page and you will continue voting this week. Next weekend, we're eliminating three. So vote.

~ #1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Tie Between Andy Grammer – Back Home and Hilary Duff – All About You

~ Saving the best blurb for last. Magic! – Rude's drop was one of the best things to happen this week. I'm so freakin' happy about it. This was my face when I heard that it dropped.

My Top 5 Picks

1. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando

2. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off

3. Maroon 5 – Maps

4. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free

5. T. Mills – All I Wanna Do