DNCE (4) – Week Of May 14, 2016

I realize that you guys are still waiting for the 700K pageview special AND the Song Wars results. I'm sorry for the hold up and I promise that as soon as I'm done with school (which will be in two weeks), I will have these things out for you and other things that I may be behind on. But that is the plan. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Ellie Goulding – On My Mind (#32)
• Jason Derulo – Get Ugly (#41)
• Coldplay – Adventure Of A Lifetime (#44)

Last Week's #1 Song: DNCE – Cake By The Ocean

The Countdown

45. G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha – Me, Myself, and I (#45)

44. Gwen Stefani – Make Me Like You (#19)

43. Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move (#43)

42. One Direction – Drag Me Down (#42) [1 Week At #1]

41. The Weeknd – In The Night (RE-ENTRY)

40. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer (#35)

39. Rihanna/Drake – Work (#39)

38. Justin Bieber – Sorry (#30)

37. We The Kings – The Story Of Tonight (#38)

36. Selena Gomez – Same Old Love (#37)

35. Adele – Hello (#34) [12 Weeks At #1]

34. Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods (#33)

33. Demi Lovato – Confident (#9) [1 Week At #1]

32. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo – Close (#31)

31. Tryon – Somebody To Love Me (#23)

30. Rachel Platten – Stand By You (#36)

29. The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses (#28)

28. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling! (DEBUT)

27. Grace – You Don't Own Me (#40)

26. Charlie Puth – One Call Away (#17) [2 Weeks At #1]

25. Zara Larsson/MNEK – Never Forget You (#21)

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

23. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman (#24)

22. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#29)

21. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (DEBUT)

20. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#18)

19. One Direction – Perfect (#12) [2 Weeks At #1]

18. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#16)

17. P!nk – Just Like Fire (#27)

16. Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk (#20)

15. Fifth Harmony – Work From Home (#14)

14. Elle King – America's Sweetheart (#13)

13. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (#26)

12. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (#7)

11. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart (#11)

10. One Direction – History (#22)

  9. James Bay – Let It Go (#15)

  8. Taylor Swift – New Romantics (#10)

  7. Lukas Graham – 7 Years (#6)

  6. Troye Sivan – Youth (#5)

  5. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#2) [5 Weeks At #1]

  4. Meghan Trainor – No (#3)

  3. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#8)

  2. Flo Rida – My House (#4) [1 Week At #1]

  1. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#1) [4^th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do (I will never get sick of this one!)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Gwen Stefani – Make Me Like You (–25)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie Between Grace – You Don't Own Me and Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (+13)

New Entrants
~ With a re-entry from the unwanted In The Night from The Weeknd, we have only two new songs this week.

~ I think Hits 1 fell in love with Daya as after having overplayed Hide Away, they have Sit Still, Look Pretty debut. I can't see this as a song I'll have on my Apple Music playlist that I'll be jamming out to. As of right now, I ultimately think this song is a space filler. It's not bad, but it's necessarily good either. It's kind of just there. But that's just how I feel.

~ It's been a while since we've gotten something new from Justin Timberlake. His new song Can't Stop The Feeling is nowhere near some of his best work (i.e. Rock Your Body, SexyBack, and Mirrors), but it sure is a catchy tune right now. People are saying that this will be the summer anthem of 2016, and while I don't really agree with that, I can see why they'd say that. Honestly, I understand the people saying this will be the summer jam of 2016 more than those saying Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For will be the summer of 2016. That I don't really understand as much. But overall, this is definitely a catchy song right now. I'll probably get sick of it in a few months. But I'm enjoying it for the time being.

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

• Jason Derulo – If It Ain't Love
• Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore
• The 1975 – The Sound
• Pitbull/Enrique Iglesias – Messin' Around
• Magic!/Sean Paul – Lay You Down Easy
• Hailee Steinfeld/DNCE – Rock Bottom
• Ruth B. – Lost Boy
• Timeflies – Once In A While
• Symon – Say
• Disturbed – The Sound Of Silence
• Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills
• The Summer Set – Figure Me Out
• All Time Low – Missing You
• Kelly Clarkson/Various Artists – This Is For My Girls

~ Returning groups The Summer Set and All Time Low have new songs that unfortunately do not top previous countdown songs Boomerang and Something's Gotta Give, respectively.

~ The 1975 is also back with some mediocre music. Fantastic.

~ Timeflies – Once In A While has been on Hit-Bound for a really long time. I highly doubt it'll debut at this point.

~ I'm surprised rock band Disturbed is on Hit-Bound. After taking a listen to The Sound Of Silence, I'm pretty impressed. I never thought I would ever like a song from them.

~ Yep. Messin' Around is currently the best song on Hit-Bound. Let's get it to the countdown soon.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Pitbull/Enrique Iglesias – Messin' Around

2. Disturbed – The Sound of Silence

3. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore

4. Hailee Steinfeld/DNCE – Rock Bottom

5. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills

Can't Stop The Blurbs!

~ Honestly, I would've loved for Panic! At The Disco – Victorious to hit this peak of #3 during its first countdown run, when I was in love with the song. Now.....not so much.

~ Grace – You Don't Own Me surprised me this week with a little bit of a comeback. Nice.

~ The jump from Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself was pretty unnecessary and extremely unwanted. Please get rid of this excuse of a song. Whoever is voting for it needs to cut it out. This song is trash.

~ James Bay – Let It Go is in the Top 10. It's a good thing that I'm enjoying this song now.

~ We really don't need another One Direction song in the Top 10 that'll likely stay there for months. History has no reason to still be on this countdown. I doubt people are actually voting for this song. But I know for sure people are not voting for Drag Me Down at this point.

~ Zayn Malik – Pillowtalk is only getting worse after each listen. I would appreciate if this song could drop towards the bottom of the countdown.

~ Gwen Stefani – Make Me Like You was not destined to stay long considering how Hits 1 has treated her music in the past.

~ I actually want to see songs like Tryon – Somebody To Love Me and We The Kings – The Story Of Tonight leave soon. There's nothing special about either of these songs and I feel like they are taking up some spots.

~ Can we PLEASE get the annoying work, work, work, work, work, work to possibly leave, leave, leave, leave, leave, leave?

~ Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello – I Know What You Did Last Summer has pretty much left every music platform at this point. Hard to believe it's still here. But then again, Hits 1 loves themselves some Shawn Mendes.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is out! Find out if P!nk can hold at #1 for a third week in a row with Just Like Fire!

Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2016/05/hit-45-chart-week-of-may-14-2016.html

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Selena Gomez & The Scene – Love You Like A Love Song

Most Missed Countdown Song: Little Mix – Black Magic

#1 Recommendation For The Countdown: OneRepublic – Wherever I Go

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again

My Top 5 Picks

1. P!nk – Just Like Fire

2. Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza

3. Ellie Goulding – Something In The Way You Move

4. James Bay – Let It Go

5. Troye Sivan – Youth