Taylor Swift (5) – Week Of November 1, 2014

Hey guys! Hopefully, everyone had a nice Halloween! At least I did. But it was actually snowing where I was. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Kim Cesarion – Undressed (#21)
• OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#33)
• Taylor Swift – Welcome To New York (#34)
• Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#44) [DTHNOBx2]
• Jesse McCartney – Superbad (#45)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Taylor Swift – Shake It Off

The Countdown
45. Pitbull/John Ryan – Fireball (#25)
44. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#22)
43. Jason Derulo – Trumpets (#27)
42. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#43)
41. Olivia Somerlyn – Parachute (DEBUT)
40. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You (#26)
39. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#42)
38. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#41)
37. Gwen Stefani – Baby Don't Lie (DEBUT)
36. Hozier – Take Me To Church (DEBUT)
35. Ariana Grande – Problem (#36)
34. Magic! – Rude (#38)
33. MisterWives – Reflections (DEBUT)
32. Nick Jonas – Jealous (#23)
31. Mary Lambert – Secrets (#37)
30. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (DEBUT)
29. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#30)
28. Katy Perry – This Is How We Do (#40)
27. Big Data/Joywave – Dangerous (#39)
26. Ella Henderson – Ghost (#28)
25. Dirty Heads – My Sweet Summer (#19)
24. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#32)
23. Fergie – L.A. Love (La La) (#31)
22. Maroon 5 – Maps (#13)
21. Nico and Vinz – In Your Arms (#17)
20. Vance Joy – Riptide (#35)
19. Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame (#29)
18. Sheppard – Geronimo (#24)
17. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#12)
16. Cobra Starship – Never Been In Love (#16)
15. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang (#4)
14. One Direction – Steal My Girl (#20)
13. Sam Smith – I'm Not The Only One (#18)
12. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#6)
11. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#8)
10. Maroon 5 – Animals (#3)
  9. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#2)
  8. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#11)
  7. MKTO – American Dream (#14)
  6. Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) (#9)
  5. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#15)
  4. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#7)
  3. Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow (#10)
  2. Ed Sheeran – Don't (#5)
  1. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#1) [5th Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Kongos – Come With Me Now (–22)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Vance Joy – Riptide (+15)

New Entrants
~ We'll go from worst to best, starting off with MisterWives – Reflections. Her voice is super annoying and I see no good quality whatsoever in this song. It sucks so much. Hopefully, it doesn't stay long.

~ Next we have Taylor Swift – Blank Space. Once again, not as good as Out Of The Woods. But at least better than Welcome To New York. Watch Hits 1 start playing a new Taylor Swift song later this week and then this exit leaves next weekend.

~ I did not have a good initial reaction to Hozier – Take Me To Church. But after many more listens to it. It has grown on me. I really do like the meaning to it and it's a very sweet song.

~ The 2nd best entrant is Olivia Somerlyn – Parachute. It's a great song that I can't really go into details about. But the point is it's a really good song.

~ The best entrant is Gwen Stefani – Baby Don't Lie. It's a really catchy song that I hope stays a long time. Her voice is a little sketchy in the verses. But it's superior in the chorus.

Hit-Bound
~ AJR – Infinity is on Hit-Bound. It's decent-ish compared to the absolutely horryifying I'm Ready. I can tolerate it.

~ Meghan Trainor – Lips Are Movin' sucks like Title. Geez Meghan. Make some good music for once.

~ Bastille – Flaws is back on Hit-Bound. That's just what I needed. More crap on Hit-Bound.

~ Lorde – Yellow Flicker Beat is on Hit-Bound. It's pretty good. I'll probably get sick of it really quickly though.

~ Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life is a HUGE disappointment. Out of all Imagine Dragons singles (Monster, Warriors, etc.) they picked this one. Ugh. Now Hits 1 will go absolutely crazy with this song.

~ Ariana Grande/The Weeknd – Love Me Harder and Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be) both aired a few times this week but didn't enter Hit-Bound.

Blurbs Don't Lie
~ Taylor Swift – Welcome To New York has now created a three-way-tie for the Most Hysterically Short Tenure on this countdown.

~ Ed Sheeran – Don't at #2? How about.......NO!!!

~ 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect at #24? Can they not?

~ Thank god Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass dropped out of the Top 5. I can now stop worrying.

~ Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang should be in the Top 5. Not Break Free!!!

~ Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame is kinda skyrocketing up the American Top 40.

~ Jason Derulo – Trumpets will hopefully be leaving us very soon.

~ Let's give a moment to honor Kim Cesarion – Undressed for it's time and effort on this countdown. 

~ Calvin Harris' new album Motion is coming out on Tuesday! I'm so excited. I know it's gonna be phenomenal! I can't wait!

~ It's about time. It's about time a certain song that I loved at first, but got super sick of because of this station left. I'm really happy it left because every week I hated it even more and I blame it on Hits 1. Thank god this song did not last a year on this countdown. Goodbye OneRepublic – Counting Stars. You will most definitely not be missed.

~ So earlier this week, I hit 200,000 pageviews! It's so exciting! I kinda already have an idea for my 200,000 pageview special. I don't exactly know when I'm post it. But it will be soon. Once again, thanks guys for making this blog so popular that it's one of the top results on Google. I appreciate it very much! You guys are incredible.

~ Best song on Jenna Marbles' #YouTube15: Ricky Dillon – Nobody

My Top 5 Picks  
1. Calvin Harris/John Newman – Blame
2. Gwen Stefani – Baby Don't Lie
3. Fergie – L.A. Love (La La)
4. Cobra Starship – Never Been In Love
5. Olivia Somerlyn – Parachute