Charlie Puth (2) – Week Of March 26, 2016

I am on Spring Break this week! So that means I have a lot of time to catch up on stuff for this blog (song wars) and time for more Top 10 lists! So be ready for that! The 700,000 Pageview Special should also be out sometime this week. So stay tuned for that! There's lots of stuff coming at you, but let's just focus on the Weekend Countdown for now. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Pitbull/Osmani Garcia/Lil Jon – El Taxi (#24)
• Disclosure/Lorde – Magnets (#38)
• The Vamps – Wake Up (#40)
• Andy Grammer – Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Charlie Puth – One Call Away

The Countdown

45. Alessia Cara – Here (#44)

44. Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? (RE-ENTRY)

43. Daya – Hide Away (#39)

42. Taylor Swift – Wildest Dreams (#43) [1 Week At #1]

41. Jason Derulo – Get Ugly (#42)

40. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#25) [1 Week At #1]

39. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love (#32)

38. Tori Kelly – Hollow (#41)

37. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha – Me, Myself, and I (DEBUT)

36. Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime (#26)

35. Demi Lovato – Confident (#36) [1 Week At #1]

34. James Bay – Let It Go (#33)

33. Rihanna/Drake – Work (#22)

32. Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#34)

31. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods (#30)

30. Elle King – Ex's and Oh's (#31)

29. One Direction – History (DEBUT)

28. We The Kings – The Story Of Tonight (#37)

27. Justin Bieber – Sorry (#23)

26. Fifth Harmony/Ty Dolla $ign – Work From Home (DEBUT)

25. Fall Out Boy/Demi Lovato – Irresistible (#11)

24. MØ – Kamikaze (#29)

23. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B. (#28)

22. The Weeknd – In The Night (#8)

21. Troye Sivan – Youth (#18)

20. Lukas Graham – 7 Years (#17)

19. Dawin – Dessert (#27)

18. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer (#9)

17. Adele – When We Were Young (#19)

16. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (#35)

15. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart (#15)

14. Taylor Swift – New Romantics (#20)

13. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#21) [3 Weeks At #1]

12. Meghan Trainor – No (#16)

11. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (#14)

10. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#13)

  9. Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move (#12)

  8. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#6)

  7. The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses (#10)

  6. Adele – Hello (#4) [12 Weeks At #1]

  5. Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk (#3)

  4. Rachel Platten – Stand By You (#2)

  3. One Direction – Perfect (#7) [2 Weeks At #1]

  2. Flo Rida – My House (#5)

  1. Charlie Puth – One Call Away (#1) [2^nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Taylor Swift – Blank Space

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: One Direction – Drag Me Down (–15)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (+19)

New Entrants
~ This week we have a sudden re-entry from Justin Bieber – What Do You Mean? yet again. So only three new entrants this week.

~ Long-time Hit-Bound veteran, One Direction – History, made its debut this week. I've heard better from One Direction, but this song is pretty good. I really hope it won't be overplayed the way Perfect and Drag Me Down have been.

~ Fifth Harmony is back with their new single, Work From Home, the follow-up to 2015's Worth It. I feel Work From Home is similar to Worth It in many ways, one of which being that both extremely infectious and catchy. I did have mixed feelings on this song at first, but after more listens I began to really enjoy it and it became my new jam for a while.

~ The best entrant this week comes from rapper, G-Eazy, with his hit single, Me, Myself, & I featuring Bebe Rexha. I did not like this song at first. I thought Bebe Rexha's voice was annoying, which it still kind of is. But at some point I decided to listen to the whole song straight through and I'm glad I did. G-Eazy really nailed it on the verses. The lyrical content is probably some of the best I've heard in a rap song in a while. This song deserves at least a decent amount of success. So hopefully, it gets it.

Blurb From Home
~ Pitbull/Osmani Garcia/Lil Jon – El Taxi lasted a short, but sweet three weeks on the countdown. Very annoying that Hits 1 got rid of it so soon.

~ Panic! At The Disco – Victorious managed to reach the Top 10. I would've loved that a few months ago when that song was my jam. It's still good now, but not as good.

~ I guess the journey for Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime is now coming to an end. Pretty sad if you ask me.

~ On a more positive note, Rihanna/Drake – Work pulled a Hits 1 Rihanna plummet, which was destined to happen eventually. Hopefully, this song can make its way out of here.

~ One Direction – Perfect seriously needs to make its way out of the Top 10. It annoys me that people are supposedly still voting for this song.

~ Adele – Hello currently is holding the crown for most overplayed song of 2016. That may be destined to change within the upcoming months. But quite honestly, I'm just so tired of hearing the beginning piano followed by "Hello? It's me."

~ The Weeknd – In The Night took a well-deserved drop this week. Same with Drag Me Down.

~ Justin Bieber – Love Yourself made quite the recovery this week. This is the kind of stuff that makes me happy. :)

~ Due to it currently being #1 on iTunes, I can already see Meghan Trainor – No as this massive Top 5 hit very soon. Thankfully, I actually like this song.

~ Flo Rida – My House has rose to the #2 spot this week. I still really like this song, so I would be really happy if it managed to reach #1. Honestly it's no contest for which song I'll pick between this song and One Call Away. So I would definitely like to see this hit #1.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is out! Find out if Coldplay can hold at #1 for a second week in a row and a third time overall with Hymn For The Weekend.
Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2016/03/hit-45-chart-week-of-march-26-2016.html

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Lady Gaga/Beyoncé – Telephone

Most Missed Countdown Song: Pitbull/Osmani Garcia/Lil Jon – El Taxi (already lol)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills

My Top 5 Picks
1. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart
2. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha – Me, Myself, & I
3. The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses
4. Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move
5. Fifth Harmony – Work From Home