Maroon 5 (1) – Week Of April 18, 2015

This countdown most certainly did not turn out the way it should’ve at all. Meaning it was kind of a bad week. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• The Vamps/Demi Lovato – Somebody To You (#37)
• MKTO – American Dream (#39)
• Ed Sheeran – Don’t (#40) [x2]
• Alesso/Tove Lo – Heroes (We Could Be) (#45) [x2]

Last Week’s #1 Song: Taylor Swift – Style

The Countdown

45. 5 Seconds Of Summer – What I Like About You (RE-ENTRY)

44. Vance Joy – Riptide (#22)

43. Eden XO – The Weekend (#31)

42. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#36)

41. Kelly Clarkson – Heartbeat Song (RE-ENTRY)

40. The Weeknd – Earned It (#43)

39. OneRepublic – I Lived (RE-ENTRY)

38. Nick Jonas – Jealous (#29)

37. Sam Smith – I’m Not The Only One (#38)

36. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off (#44)

35. Sheppard – Geronimo (#9)

34. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again (DEBUT)

33. Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life (#28)

32. Marlon Roudette – When The Beat Drops Out (#41)

31. Hozier – Take Me To Church (#32)

30. One Direction – Night Changes (#5)

29. Natalie La Rose/Jeremih – Somebody (#23)

28. Ella Henderson – Ghost (#42)

27. David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Afrojack – Hey Mama (#33)

26. R5 – Let’s Not Be Alone Tonight (#34)

25. Charli XCX/Rita Ora – Doing It (#35)
24. Life Of Dillon – Overload (#27)
23. LunchMoney Lewis – Bills (#25)
22. Sam Smith/John Legend – Lay Me Down (#26)
21. Rihanna/Kanye West/Paul McCartney – FourFiveSeconds (#11)
20. Tove Lo – Talking Body (#30)
19. George Ezra – Budapest (#17)
18. Tori Kelly – Nobody Love (#24)
17. Calvin Harris/Ellie Goulding – Outside (#19)
16. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#10)
15. Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman (#14)
14. Nick Jonas – Chains (#15)
13. Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me (#20)
12. Ariana Grande – One Last Time (#8)
11. Zedd/Selena Gomez – I Want You To Know (#16)
10. Echosmith – Bright (#21)
  9. Olly Murs/Travie McCoy – Wrapped Up (#18)
  8. Flo Rida/Sage The Gemini/Lookas – GDFR (#13)
  7. Andy Grammer – Honey I'm Good (#12)
  6. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#3)
  5. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (#4)
  4. Taylor Swift – Style (#1)
  3. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#7)
  2. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do (#6)
  1. Maroon 5 – Sugar (#2) [1st Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Sheppard – Geronimo (–26)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Ella Henderson – Ghost (+14)

New Entrants
~ Shoot me now. OneRepublic – I Lived and Kelly Clarkson – Heartbeat Song have re-entered the countdown. What the f**k is wrong with the countdown gods. Now we have to live with these songs for another few weeks depending on how long they stay.

~ Our third re-entry strange enough comes from 5 Seconds Of Summer – What I Like About You. This is their only countdown song that I'm not sick of (yet). Honestly, I don't know where this song is going to land next week, whether it leaves or moves up a few spots. We'll have to wait and see.

~ One of the two best things that happened this week was the debut of the lead single from the Furious 7 soundtrack, Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again. This song is currently the #1 song on iTunes as well as Billboard Hot 100. This song is hands-down one of the best songs of 2015. It's a beautifully written track that is a tribute to former Fast & Furious actor, Paul Walker, who passed away almost a year and a half ago. I don't know how anyone can not like this song. Wiz Khalifa, who is well known for making real shitty music, shows that he can rap about things other than women and sex, which is what the majority of male artists write their songs about nowadays. *cough* our #1 song *cough*. Charlie Puth also contributes a good amount into the song with the nice vocals in the chorus. But all in all, I absolutely love this song. The music video is extremely emotional. It is definitely locked on to a spot for the End Of The Year Top 45. Since it's #1 on iTunes, I should be able to see some success out of it.

This Is My Heartbeat Blurb
~ I'm kind of annoyed that Sugar managed to hit #1, but not Animals. Especially since Animals is way better than Sugar. So I'm a little annoyed by that. But hey, we could've had worse at #1 like Thinking Out Loud or even Uptown Funk.

~ It gets a little more exciting at #2 however. Since this is the highest Ellie Goulding has ever gotten on the countdown, it's pretty clear that Love Me Like You Do is her biggest song up-to-date. I would very much love to see this song hit its well-deserved #1 spot in the near future (by that I mean next week). So if that can happen, I'll be happy.

~ Moving right on down to #3. The fact this is only the second week Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance has spent in the Top 10, it's pretty clear it's aiming for the #1 spot. I really don't mind if this song hits #1. But it will become a problem if it prevents Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do from hitting #1.

~ Flo Rida – GDFR has entered the Top 10. It probably won't be a while until this song gets annoying and I'll be begging for it to leave.

~ The fact that the Biggest Jump Of The Week is Ella Henderson – Ghost is kinda sad. Just putting that out there.

~ Vance Joy – Riptide and Eden XO – The Weekend need to leave the countdown already!!! They should've left this week!

~ Carly Rae Jepsen – I Really Like You, All Time Low – Something's Gotta Give, and AJR – Infinity all aired quite a bit over the course of the week. It's shocking that they didn't debut.

~ My parents can't stand the YouTube15. Mainly because Jenna Marbles is the host. They think she's annoying. But I actually think she's downright funny. When I listen to it on Friday evenings, she always makes me laugh one way or another. So I very much enjoy listening to her show every week.

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Avril Lavigne – Fly

My Top 5 Picks
1. TIE: Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again
1. TIE: David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Afrojack – Hey Mama
1. TIE: Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do
4. The Weeknd – Earned It
5. Tove Lo – Talking Body