Walk The Moon (3) – Week Of June 27, 2015

This week was alright. We had a mixture of good and bad things happen this week. Our #1 song hitting #1 was definitely one of the bad things. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• One Direction – Night Changes (#43)
• The Weeknd – Earned It (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Taylor Swift – Bad Blood

The Countdown

45. Nick Jonas – Chains (#41)

44. Marlon Roudette – When The Beat Drops Out (#42)

43. Olly Murs/Travie McCoy – Wrapped Up (#37)

42. Meghan Trainor – Dear Future Husband (#20)

41. Magic! – No Way No (#36)

40. George Ezra – Budapest (#44)

39. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#39) [6 Weeks At #1]

38. The Weeknd – Can't Feel My Face (DEBUT)

37. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#35) [2 Weeks At #1]

36. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do (#17) [2 Weeks At #1]

35. Sam Smith/John Legend – Lay Me Down (#40)

34. DJ Snake/AlunaGeorge – You Know You Like It (#30)

33. Ella Henderson – Ghost (#29)

32. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#34) [4 Weeks At #1]

31. Charlie Puth/Meghan Trainor – Marvin Gaye (#33)

30. Major Lazer/DJ Snake/MØ – Lean On (#23)
29. Maroon 5 – Sugar (#25) [2 Weeks At #1]
28. Pitbull/Chris Brown – Fun (#32)
27. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (#27) [3 Weeks At #1]
26. Nicki Minaj – The Night Is Still Young (DEBUT)
25. Bea Miller – Fire N Gold (#24)
24. Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand (#26)
23. Nick Jonas – Jealous (#31)
22. Fifth Harmony – Worth It (#21)
21. Twenty One Pilots – Tear In My Heart (#19)
20. Omi – Cheerleader (#38)
19. Rachel Platten – Fight Song (#22)
18. Katy Tiz – Whistle (While You Work It) (#28)
17. All Time Low – Something's Gotta Give (#14)
16. One Direction/Zayn Malik – Where Do Broken Hearts Go (#18)
15. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#16)
14. Shaggy/Mohombi/Faydee/Costi – I Need Your Love (#15)
13. Echosmith – Bright (#9)
12. Carly Rae Jepsen – I Really Like You (#11)
11. Sam Hunt – Take Your Time (#7)
10. Maroon 5 – This Summer's Gonna Hurt... (#8)
  9. David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Bebe Rexha/Afrojack – Hey Mama (#13)
  8. Taylor Swift – Style (#6) [1 Week At #1]
  7. Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman (#12)
  6. Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me (#10)
  5. Tove Lo – Talking Body (#3)
  4. Andy Grammer – Honey I'm Good (#4)
  3. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again (#5) [3 Weeks At #1]
  2. Taylor Swift – Bad Blood (#1) [1 Week At #1]
  1. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#2) [3rd Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Meghan Trainor – Dear Future Husband (–22)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Omi – Cheerleader (+18)

New Entrants
~ Everyone please make way for Queen Nicki Minaj as she slays her way into this countdown yet again with The Night Is Still Young. The last solo song from her was Anaconda from last year, which didn't last too long even though it was a really catchy song. I'm hoping The Night Is Still Young can be as successful as a bunch of other songs from Queen Minaj like Starships. But overall, I am definitely loving this song.

~ The Weeknd replaced himself on the countdown this week with Can't Feel My Face, a song that I found to be weird at first. I personally think Earned It was and will always be his best at this rate, not that this song isn't good because it is. It is quite catchy. I don't know how far this will get since Earned It was a #1 song everywhere, but it didn't even hit Top 10 on this countdown.

Hit-Bound
~ Here is the Hit-Bound list:

• MKTO – Bad Girls
• Selena Gomez – Good For You (DEBUT)
• Sam Smith – Like I Can
• Becky G – Lovin' So Hard
• Years & Years – King
• Mowgli's – I'm Good
• Flo Rida/Robin Thicke/Verdine White – I Don't Like It, I Love It
• The Heydaze – Dumb (DEBUT)
• Shawn Mendes – Stitches
• Daya – Hide Away
• American Authors – Go Big Or Go Home
• Los 5 – Manana
• Just Seconds Apart – Unbelievable
• Kaya Stewart – In Love With A Boy
• Adam Lambert – Ghost Town

~ So in conclusion, Steve Aoki/Moxie – I Love It When You Cry by no surprise left Hit-Bound.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Adam Lambert – Ghost Town

2. Flo Rida/Robin Thicke/Verdine White – I Don't Like It, I Love It

3. Selena Gomez – Good For You

4. Sam Smith – Like I Can

5. MKTO – Bad Girls

The Blurbs Are Still Young

~ A lot of you are questioning why I think DJ Snake/AlunaGeorge – You Know You Like It is close to being old. The reason is because I listened to the song A LOT before it debuted here. Plus, it's EXTREMELY repetitive. It's very easy to get sick of that continuous beat.

~ Nick Jonas – Jealous needs to leave already. This is absolutely ridiculous. I remember when it debuted and I didn't think it would be that successful. Well look where it is now. This is the first countdown it debuted on as well as the only one it is still on now.

~ Former countdown songs Heymous Molly – Life's A Beach and Halsey – Ghost keep airing on Hits 1. This is ridiculous. These songs had their shots and they failed to be successful. And now they're haunting the Hits 1 playlist hoping for another shot. How about a big fat NO!

~ Magic! – No Way No and Meghan Trainor – Dear Future Husband are definitely leaving within the next couple of weeks.

~ I thought for sure the drop from Dear Future Husband would allow Charlie Puth/Meghan Trainor – Marvin Gaye to rise over #30. Clearly I was wrong.

~ I find it a little interesting how Sam Smith/John Legend – Lay Me Down is still here. It's pulling an Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life where it hangs around in the bottom third of the countdown after not really having that much success in the higher parts of the countdown.

~ Olly Murs/Travie McCoy – Wrapped Up is now EXTREMELY annoying!!! Please leave soon! I never thought I could hate an Olly Murs song before. He usually has really good music that sticks with me for a really long time. This one got annoying relatively quickly.

~ Marlon Roudette – When The Beat Drops Out is hanging on for dear life. I'm amazed at how long it has stayed. I thought it would've left within its first few weeks considering this is literally the only station you will hear this song.

~ George Ezra – Budapest has had its time. Now it needs to leave. It was nice while it lasted.

~ For the past few weeks, reader and commenter Thatchos has claimed that D. Guetta/N. Minaj/B. Rexha/Afrojack – Hey Mama has hit its peak (at #10). Way to prove him wrong. Let's have this song hit Top 5 next week!

~ At this rate, Sugar and Thinking Out Loud are two definite contenders for the Bottom 5 Songs Of 2015. I now cast death upon these two songs!*

*Assuming that I did it right, they should leave soon (which I know they're not going to).

~ The Q&A post should be out sometime this week. Stay tuned for that.

~ Hit 45 Chart is out! Will Adam Lambert – Ghost Town hold #1 for a second week in a row?!?! You'll have to hang on to find out!

Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2015/06/hit-45-chart-week-of-june-27-2015.html?m=1

~ As much as I try to make these posts fun for you to read, we're about to enter serious mode. So yesterday, the United States supreme court has ruled that no state in the US can ban same-sex marriage. So basically, same-sex marriage has been legalized in all 50 states. Yesterday was a really important and special day for a lot of people including myself because it was basically a way of saying that everyone is equal. This ruling was a huge step forward towards marriage equality all around the world. As President Barack Obama quoted, "All people should be treated equally, regardless of who they are or who they love. When all Americans are treated as equal, we are all more free," with the trending #LoveWins. This was a very special day that so many companies have changed their solid-color logos to rainbow-colored logos. Literally there were rainbows all over social media. Yesterday, YouTube released a video titled, "#ProudToLove - Celebrating Marriage Equality and LGBT Pride Month" showing many YouTubers who have came out in one of their videos as well as the supreme courts decision to legalize same-sex marriages nationwide. It's a very emotional video that put tears into my eyes. I'll put the link down below. But overall, this date (June 26, 2015) is going down in history. As quoted from YouTuber Davey Wavey, "It's like one of those things you know was going to happen someday but it didn't feel like that someday was going to be this someday." So yeah. That was a very long paragraph right there. Let's move along with the post.

Link To YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSiehK2asbI

My Top 5 Picks

1. TIE: David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Afrojack – Hey Mama

1. TIE: Nicki Minaj – The Night Is Still Young

3. All Time Low – Something's Gotta Give

4. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again

5. Meghan Trainor – Dear Future Husband