Walk The Moon (6) – Week Of August 1, 2015

It's safe to say we're currently in the Dark Ages of the Weekend Countdown. Things aren't looking too hot in the Top 5. These songs that are really popular not only here, but all around the world, are honestly not even remotely interesting enough for me to search for on the radio or have on repeat on my music playlist. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• Nicki Minaj – The Night Is Still Young (#33)
• Pitbull/Chris Brown – Fun (#45)

Last Week’s #1 Song: Andy Grammer – Honey I’m Good

The Countdown 

45. Carly Rae Jepsen – I Really Like You (#44)

44. Maroon 5 – This Summer’s Gonna Hurt... (#19)

43. David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Bebe Rexha/Afrojack – Hey Mama (#22)

42. Fall Out Boy – Centuries (#43)

41. One Direction/Zayn Malik – Where Do Broken Hearts Go (#21)

40. Nick Jonas – Jealous (#42)

39. Sam Smith – Like I Can (DEBUT)

38. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#37)

37. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (#36)

36. Los 5 – Mañana (DEBUT)

35. Sam Hunt – Take Your Time (#15)

34. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do (#39)

33. Maroon 5 – Sugar (#40)

32. Selena Gomez – Good For You (#26)

31. The Mowgli’s – I’m Good (#27)

30. DJ Snake/AlunaGeorge – You Know You Like It (#20)

29. Shawn Mendes – Stitches (#38)

28. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#41)

27. Charlie Puth/Meghan Trainor – Marvin Gaye (#30)

26. Jess Glynne – Hold My Hand (#24)

25. The Heydaze – Dumb (#28)

24. Tori Kelly – Should’ve Been Us (#32)

23. American Authors – Go Big Or Go Home (#23)

22. MKTO – Bad Girls (#35)

21. Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman (#9)

20. Flo Rida/Robin Thicke/Verdine White – I Don’t Like It, I Love It (#31)

19. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She’s Kinda Hot (#17)

18. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again (#18)

17. All Time Low – Something’s Gotta Give (#13)

16. Taylor Swift – Style (#25)

15. Major Lazer/DJ Snake/MØ – Lean On (#29)

14. Echosmith – Bright (#34)

13. Demi Lovato – Cool For The Summer (#12)

12. The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face (#10)

11. Bea Miller – Fire N Gold (#14)

10. Twenty One Pilots – Tear In My Heart (#11)

  9. Fifth Harmony – Worth It (#16)

  8. Andy Grammer – Honey I’m Good (#1)

  7. Tove Lo – Talking Body (#4)

  6. Ed Sheeran – Photograph (#5)

  5. Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me (#6)

  4. Rachel Platten – Fight Song (#7)

  3. Omi – Cheerleader (#8)

  2. Taylor Swift – Bad Blood (#3)

  1. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance (#2) [6th Week At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Maroon 5 – This Summer’s Gonna Hurt... (–25)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Echosmith – Bright (+20)

New Entrants
~ Los 5 – Manana is a song I didn't necessarily care about when it came out. However, I slowly grew into it while it was on Hit-Bound. There's definitely worse on this countdown.

~ Sam Smith – Like I Can, unlike Lay Me Down, is one of his more upbeat, faster-paced songs and that's what I like to hear. I like songs that are fast rather than slow. Like I Can is probably the best song I've heard from Sam Smith up-to-date.

Hit-Bound
~ Deorro/Chris Brown – Five More Hours annoyingly left Hit-Bound this week. Why?!?!?!

~ I can guarantee you Daya – Hide Away is not going to debut on the countdown. I just don't see it happening. Might as well get rid of it now and spare all these good songs from getting the boot.

~ Icona Pop – Emergency is so annoying it's not even funny. I can't stand it every time it comes on the radio. And to think they couldn't have any song more annoying than I Love It from 2013. This song is a HUGE step back for these girls.

~ Here is the Hit-Bound list:

• Zedd/Jon Bellion – Beautiful Now
• A Great Big World – Hold Each Other
• Jason Derulo – Cheyenne
• Maroon 5 – Feelings
• Icona Pop – Emergency
• One Direction – Drag Me Down
• Shy Carter – Bring It Back
• X Ambassadors – Renegades
• MAX/Hoodie Allen – Gibberish
• Kaya Stewart – In Love With A Boy
• R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away
• Little Mix – Black Magic
• Daya – Hide Away
• Nico & Vinz/Bebe Rexha – That's How You Know
• Adam Lambert – Ghost Town
• Just Seconds Apart – Unbelievable

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. TIE: X Ambassadors – Renegades

1. TIE: One Direction – Drag Me Down

3. A Great Big World – Hold Each Other

4. Little Mix – Black Magic

5. R. City/Adam Levine – Locked Away

He'll Never Love Blurbs Like I Can, Can, Can

~ Thanks to Fifth Harmony – Worth It entering the Top 10 this week, we now have 2 good songs in the Top 10. Still not enough, but I can live with it........for now.

~ I'm having a hard time believing people are still enjoying Tove Lo – Talking Body. Does anyone even like that song anymore? It's been extremely overplayed and I can't really stand it anymore.

~ On the other hand, D. Guetta/N. Minaj/B. Rexha/Afrojack – Hey Mama is one of those songs I can listen to hundreds of times in a row and still never get sick of it. I'm sure everyone has gone through that with at least one song.

~ Bea Miller – Fire N Gold is at #11. I'm not even kidding when I say I did not think this song would get that high. I thought it would pull a tenure similar to Young Blood, but clearly I was wrong.

~ Taylor Swift – Style is honestly annoying the crap out of me right now. We get it Taylor! You never go out of style!!!

~ Selena Gomez – Good For You clearly didn't last very long. It's still relatively high on iTunes though.

~ I have to say, our two exits were two of my summer songs of 2015. Way to give them the early boot, Hits 1.

~ I don't know about you, but I can now live knowing that Animals is not the only Maroon 5 song to not hit #1. 

~ Echosmith – Bright having the Biggest Jump Of The Week is just not okay Hits 1. I'm tired of this. Does anyone even enjoy this song anymore?

~ Earlier today, I was challenged to describe how I felt about Shut Up and Dance hitting #1 this week in one word. That one word is: PISSED.

~ As usual, my Hit 45 Chart for this weekend is out! Find out if Hey Mama will be our #1 song for an eighth time overall if you didn't already.

Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2015/07/hit-45-chart-week-of-august-1-2015.html

~ Throwback Pick Of The Week: Maroon 5/Christina Aguilera – Moves Like Jagger

My Top 5 Picks

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

2. Ed Sheeran – Photograph

3. Tori Kelly – Should've Been Us

4. Demi Lovato – Cool For The Summer

5. Sam Smith – Like I Can