Mark Ronson (1) – Week Of January 31, 2015

This week was definitely more interesting than last week. We had some big jumps, we had some big drops. We had some good entrants. And 75% of our exits were absolute trash. I also realize that there are 3 songs in orange. They are all equally bad. They're so bad that they had to be put in orange. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• 5 Seconds Of Summer – Ammesia (#18)
• Echosmith – Cool Kids (#34)
• Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High) (#38)
• Iggy Azalea/MØ – Beg For It (#43) 

Last Week’s #1 Song: Fall Out Boy – Centuries

The Countdown

45. Ariana Grande/Zedd – Break Free (#35)

44. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#40)

43. David Guetta/Sam Martin – Dangerous (RE-ENTRY)

42. One Direction – Steal My Girl (#24)

41. MisterWives – Reflections (#44)

40. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#39)

39. Lilly Wood & The Prick/Robin Schulz – Prayer In C (DEBUT)

38. Maroon 5 – Maps (#42)

37. Hoodie Allen/Ed Sheeran – All About It (DEBUT)

36. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (#41)

35. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do (DEBUT)

34. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#45)

33. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#33)

32. The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You (#9)

31. Ariana Grande/The Weeknd – Love Me Harder (#13)

30. James Newton Howard/Jennifer Lawrence – The Hanging Tree (#32)

29. Nick Jonas – Jealous (#7)

28. Maroon 5 – Animals (#6)

27. Megan Nicole – Fun (#29)
26. Ed Sheeran – Don't (#36)
25. Fifth Harmony – Sledgehammer (#20)
24. Vance Joy – Riptide (#30)
23. AronChupa – I'm An Albatraoz (#26)
22. Andy Grammer – Honey I'm Good (#16)
21. Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman (#28)
20. The Vamps/Shawn Mendes – Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) (#37)
19. Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life (#21)
18. Pitbull/Ne-Yo – Time Of Our Lives (#17)
17. Ella Henderson – Ghost (#12)
16. Selena Gomez – The Heart Wants What It Wants (#22)
15. Maroon 5 – Sugar (#19)
14. Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be) (#15)
13. Sam Smith – I’m Not The Only One (#10)
12. 5 Seconds Of Summer – What I Like About You (#31)
11. OneRepublic – I Lived (#23) 

10. One Direction – Night Changes (#11)

  9. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#1)

  8. Kelly Clarkson – Heartbeat Song (#27)

  7. Sheppard – Geronimo (#14)

  6. MKTO – American Dream (#4)

  5. Hozier – Take Me To Church (#8)
  4. Meghan Trainor – Lips Are Movin' (#5)
  3. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (#25)
  2. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#2)
  1. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#3) [1st Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You (–23)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (+22)

New Entrants
~ First up, we have a re-entry from David Guetta/Sam Martin – Dangerous. I doubt this song will last another week. Assuming that it doesn't, this song will still have the shortest tenure of 2015 until another song comes and goes after one week. This song will probably end up being a 2-weeker.

~ Ellie Goulding is back with a song that isn't appearing on any other charts at the moment. The song that is popular almost everywhere is her second collaboration with Calvin Harris, called Outside. It just debuted on AT40 this week. So if Hits 1 can get this song on the countdown soon, that would be appreciated. Love Me Like You Do is a catchy song from the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack. I personally think Beating Heart, which was featured on the Divergent soundtrack, was a better song. That, however, did not successfully graduate from Hit-Bound.

~ Yes. I am tired of Ed Sheeran. But All About It is really catchy. (Probably because it was produced by Hoodie Allen.) In this song, Ed Sheeran shows that he can still be a part of some upbeat pop music and not slow love songs. It's kinda like, my very first opinion of Don't. Upbeat and really catchy. Let's just hope All About It doesn't get to where Don't is now.

~ Robin Schulz remixed yet another song that's hitting the charts. No one really acknowledged Schulz after remixing Mr. Probz – Waves. But they're starting to do so now that he remixed Prayer In C, which was originally produced by Lilly Wood & The Prick. The original is much slower than this remix. I do think the remix is better. Let's hope this song has a better countdown tenure than Waves did.

Hit-Bound
~ Shawn Mendes hosted Hit-Bound this week. He was interesting to listen to.

~ With how little airplay it gets, I don't think Ryan Cabrera – House On Fire will successfully graduate from Hit-Bound.

~ AJR – Infinity has been on Hit-Bound for what seems like forever. Can it just leave eventually? This is getting annoying.

~ The Script – Superheroes is also still on Hit-Bound. I really want this song to debut. But I feel like it'll be another Dangerous where its countdown tenure will not make up for its Hit-Bound tenure.

~ For those of you who followed this blog around mid-2014, you'd know that Peter Thomas/Betty Who – All Of You was on Hit-Bound. That song was eventually removed from iTunes, as well as other sites like Spotify. I was sad because it was a good song. But then I realized that it was featured in Betty Who's most recent album, which also had 3-weeker and Hit-Bound veteran, Somebody Loves You. The song is back on Hit-Bound. The only difference is that Peter Thomas is not credited. It's like he made the song, but then decided he didn't want it to be his. So he gave the entire song to Betty Who and she has all the credit. Interesting how that works.

~ Priory – Weekend and Tove Lo – Talking Body are the two worst songs on Hit-Bound.

~ Becky G – Can't Stop Dancin' apparently left Hit-Bound? Can that be confirmed or will it air on demand or something?

Blurber In C
~ Kelly Clarkson – Heartbeat Song is already in the Top 10 on just its third week. Do I see some #1 potential in this song? Probably.

~ Ariana Grande/The Weeknd – Love Me Harder took a little bit of tumble down to #31. No, I'm not happy. I can never get my way on this countdown.

~ Speaking of me never getting my way, Maroon 5 – Animals has dropped all the way to #28. This song actually hit #1 on AT40!!! Why did it not hit #1 here??? I'm disappointed.

~ One Direction – Steal My Girl is not on any other charts at this point. Just leave already!

~ With all the other songs above it, I don't necessarily see Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life hitting #1 anytime soon.

~ I'm just gonna wait for a remix of Thinking Out Loud to come out. Then maybe I'll listen to it. I'm not interested in any slow love songs at the moment.

~ So there's this really cool YouTuber who has been reviewing album for a few years now. He kinda became a professional album reviewer who reviews all the albums coming out nowadays. You should check out his YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/AlbumReviewTV). Earlier this week, I asked him for his opinion on Maroon 5 – Sugar. Here's his reply:

And here was my reply:

So as you can see, he clearly agrees that Sugar is indeed, horrible. Adam Levine is a male singer. He shouldn't try sounding like a female singer. If that's really the path he wants to take, I can't stop him. But I'm just saying what's better.

~ I didn't think 5 Seconds Of Summer – What I Like About You would last very long. I'm glad I was wrong.

~ Hozier – Take Me To Church made that nice jump into the Top 5 this week. I would love for this song to hit #1. Is that too much to ask?

~ Tomorrow is SuperBowl Sunday. I will probably not watch the game because I don't like football. I actually don't like sports in general. I'll probably watch for the commercials and maybe I'll watch Katy Perry's half-time performance. We'll see.

~ Trending On YouTube This Week: US President Barack Obama singing Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk. Here is the link for the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSnx4V_RewE (Video Rate: 5 out of 5)

My Top 5 Picks
1. Hozier – Take Me To Church
2. Lilly Wood & The Prick/Robin Schulz – Prayer In C
3. Ella Henderson – Ghost
4. Hoodie Allen/Ed Sheeran – All About It
5. Pitbull/Ne-Yo – Time Of Our Lives