OneRepublic – Year Of 2014

Hits 1 counted down their Top 45 today on Christmas Day. They did it differently this year than they did last year. Last year, it was based on the Wutchuwant Crew. But this year, it was based on airplay. I don't necessarily think this countdown was worth my time. Nothing made me really happy. But whatever. I will blog it anyways. So let's get to this year's Fresh 45. (NOTE: The parenthetical number, the number that usually indicates where the song was last week, in this case, will indicate the spot the song peaked at.)

Last Year's #1 Song: Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)
The Countdown
45. Zedd/Hayley Williams – Stay The Night (#7)
44. Lorde – Team (#5)
43. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#3)
42. Midnight Red – Hell Yeah (#13)
41. Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart (#2)
40. Jessie J/Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang (#3)
39. Ellie Goulding – Burn (#5)
38. John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (#2)
37. Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#1)
36. AJR – I’m Ready (#20)
35. One Direction – Story Of My Life (#3)
34. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#7)
33. Echosmith – Cool Kids (#4)
32. Paramore – Ain’t It Fun (#4)
31. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#1)
30. American Authors – Best Day Of My Life (#8)
29. Pharrell – Happy (#5)
28. Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye (#10)
27. Eminem/Rihanna – The Monster (#2)
26. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#2)
25. Ariana Grande – Problem (#3)
24. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#3)
23. Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#2)
22. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#2)
21. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#1)
20. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be  (#7)
19. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#4)
18. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#1)
17. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#2)
16. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#1)
15. Magic! – Rude (#2)
14. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#1)
13. Passenger – Let Her Go (#5)
12. MKTO – Classic (#6)
11. Maroon 5 – Maps (#1)
10. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#1)
  9. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (#1)
  8. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#1)
  7. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#1)
  6. Imagine Dragons – Demons (#1)
  5. Katy Perry – Dark Horse (#2)
  4. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#1)
  3. Bastille – Pompeii (#1)
  2. Pitbull/Ke$ha – Timber (#1)
  1. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#1) [1st Year At #1]

Merry Blurbmas
~ I'm kinda surprised Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch, Calvin Harris – Summer, and Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend didn't make it into the Top 45.

~ As you can probably tell, some of these songs Hits 1 ranked appeared in last year's rankings. Songs like Avicii/Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up, Fall Out Boy – Alone Together, MKTO – Classic, and Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight are all songs returning from last year's year-end rankings.

~ Yes, the horrifying AJR – I'm Ready somehow found a spot onto the Top 45. Very unpleasing.

~ I really think songs like Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong and Eminem/Rihanna – The Monster should've been ranked higher.

~ Maroon 5 – Maps was ranked at #11, the same spot in which Maroon 5 – Love Somebody was ranked last year.

~ Passenger – Let Her Go was definitely ranked way too high.

~ Midnight Red – Hell Yeah and AJR – I'm Ready are the only two songs that peaked at a spot lower than #10.

~ What do I think of our #1 song? I'm not annoyed about it. It's alright. During the time after it left the countdown, I started to enjoy it again. Will I be playing that song on repeat everyday? Definitely not. But it's okay to hear every now and then. Then again, I must look back at what I thought of the song when I first heard it. Technically, I knew the song before it even became popular, in case you didn't know.

~ I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas. :)

My Top 5 Picks
1. Eminem/Rihanna – The Monster
2. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong
3. Maroon 5 – Maps
4. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
5. Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye