Avicii (3rd Week) – Week Of October 26, 2013

You guys clearly must not have read the last paragraph of my last post. I said, “Don't stop voting for Train ft. Ashley Monroe – Bruises.” Now I know not to trust you when I say to not stop voting for John Newman – Love Me Again. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Mika ft. Ariana Grande – Popular Song (#24)
• Phillip Phillips – Gone Gone Gone (#35)
• Train ft. Ashley Monroe – Bruises (#43)
• Karmin – Acapella (#44)
• Awolnation – Sail (#45)

The Countdown

45. Eminem – Berzerk (#25)

44. P!nk ft. Lily Allen – True Love (#19)

43. Robin Thicke – Give It 2 U (#18)

42. Maroon 5 – Love Somebody (#41)

41. Tegan & Sara – Closer (#42)

40. Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé – Beneath Your Beautiful (#37)

39. Wax – Rosana (DEBUT)

38. Cher Lloyd – I Wish (DEBUT)
37. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (#30)
36. Krewella – Live For The Night (#36)
35. New Politics – Harlem (DEBUT)
34. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love (#38)
33. Katy Perry – Unconditionally (DEBUT)
32. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I. – Blurred Lines (#40)
31. Avril Lavigne – Rock N Roll (#39)
30. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – Can't Hold Us (#34)
29. Imagine Dragons – Demons (#33)
28. Enrique Iglesias – Heart Attack (DEBUT)
27. Jesse McCartney – Back Together (#28)
26. Britney Spears – Work B**ch (#32)
25. Bruno Mars – Gorilla (#31)
24. Travie McCoy ft. Jason Mraz – Rough Water (#13)
23. Hunter Hayes – I Want Crazy (#26)
22. Icona Pop – All Night (#27)
21. The 1975 – Chocolate (#15)
20. Daft Punk ft. Pharrell & Nile Rodgers – Get Lucky (#29)
19. The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather (#22)
18. Zedd ft. Foxes – Clarity (#6)
17. The Mowgli's – Say It, Just Say It (#20)
16. Lana Del Rey ft. Cedric Gervais – Summertime Sadness (#14)
15. Linkin Park ft. Steve Aoki – A Light That Never Comes (#17)
14. John Newman – Love Me Again (#23)
13. Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran – Everything Has Changed (#12)
12. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – Same Love (#16)
11. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#11)
10. Selena Gomez – Slow Down (#21)
  9. Capital Cities – Safe and Sound (#5)
  8. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (#8)
  7. Lorde – Royals (#9)
  6. MKTO – Classic (#10)
  5. Paramore – Still Into You (#7)
  4. Lady Gaga – Applause (#4)
  3. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive (#3)
  2. Katy Perry – Roar (#2)
  1. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#1) [3rd Week at #1]

Biggest DROP!!!: Tie between Robin Thicke – Give It 2 U and P!nk ft. Lily Allen – True Love (–25)
Biggest Jump: Selena Gomez – Slow Down (+11)

Enrique Iglesias is back with the best debut of the week. When I hear the title Heart Attack, I think of Demi Lovato. A lot of people. And this song is just as good as Heart Attack by Demi Lovato. Well done Enrique Iglesias. It sounds like a song I heard before. Interesting.

Also back, we have Cher Lloyd with her new single I Wish. I hated it at first but now I like it. Good because I don't like writing negative reviews and then having to change them because my opinion of the song changed. Well done Cher Lloyd. Sort of.

New Politics – Harlem is in the middle between my favorite new entrants and my least favorite new entrants. I could really do without the part in the beginning that sounds like kids are singing it. That's what made me sort of not like it. I would always change the station whenever it came on. So it took me a while to realize it was a man singing.

We really don't need more Katy Perry. How many songs does this make for her? Unconditionally is actually kind of bad. Actually, the only song I like by her is Wide Awake. Unconditionally is better than Roar. But it's still bad.

Katy Perry – Roar got lucky because it is no longer my least favorite on the countdown. Wax – Rosana debuted and it is by far the worst song I have ever heard in the history of the Sirius XM Hits 1 Weekend Countdown. I don't like the random woman in the chorus singing “What's my motherf**king name?” or in the clean version, “What's my motherfreakin' name?” I hate this song! It better not get anywhere near the Top 10.

It looks like Daft Punk – Get Lucky is on a mission. I don't know any other re-entrant that has gotten to at least #20. (Besides Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight)

I'm so sick of Zedd ft. Foxes – Clarity, it's not even funny. If I hear that song one more time... 

Robin Thicke – Give It 2 U looks like it may only last 3 weeks on the countdown after falling back to its debut spot on its second week.

Tomorrow is Halloween! Spyder Harrison has never had a trick-or-treater for the past eight years. He still buys bags of candy though just in case. He said that the one lucky trick-or-treater will probably get a dozen candy bars. Honestly, I think Halloween is a cool holiday, even though I don't dress up. It's still fun to put up spider webs and stuff like that. I hope everyone has a safe Halloween. And good luck Spyder Harrison.

The Hits 1 homepage has posted the incorrect countdown. Even the date for that incorrect countdown is incorrect.

John Newman – Love Me Again must really enjoy being above #23 for the first time. But it's not the same without Bonnie McKee – American Girl.

At first, I was glad that Awolnation – Sail was leaving. But now any song is able to land at #45 like Eminem – Berzerk. Maybe it was a bad thing that Awolnation – Sail left...

Karmin – Acapella, you will most definitely be missed. :'(

Our Top 4 Songs seem to have held their spots from last week. I'm wondering when Lady Gaga – Applause will jump to #1.

I've resumed my Hit-Bound Review blog. Just so everyone knows, I have this blog, a Hit-Bound blog at www.hits1hitboundreview.blogspot.com, and an Album Review blog at www.latestalbumreviews.blogspot.com

Recently released music last week
- Justin Bieber has released his fourth single! It's called Recovery. All I can say is it sounds just like his other three singles. Justin basically made the same song four times. I got a bad feeling about this next album. No Justin Bieber album can be better than Believe.

- Katy Perry has released Prism. I am not impressed. Especially with Roar and Unconditionally. The only song I can really stand by Katy Perry is Wide Awake. And that's in all her albums combined.

- The moment you've all been waiting for. Wait for it...       ...wait for it...       ...ONE DIRECTION HAS RELEASED STORY OF MY LIFE!!!!!!! I'm sure a bunch of girls are more excited than I am. Story Of My Life is a great song. I'm glad it's available because I'm not waiting until November 25th to get one song from the album.

I've decided to make a post at the end of the year with a countdown where you vote for the music. It's just like the Weekend Countdown. Except you can vote for any song that has been on the countdown any time in 2013. Vote for songs by e-mailing me your votes at adrianc0502@yahoo.com with the song you vote for or by leaving comments on my posts with your votes. Voting starts on Halloween (Tomorrow) and ends on Christmas (December 25th). No more votes will be accepted after that point. I recommend everyone to vote. It's a countdown controlled by you.

My Top 5 Picks
1. John Newman – Love Me Again
2. Enrique Iglesias – Heart Attack
3. MKTO – Classic
4. Linkin Park ft. Steve Aoki – A Light That Never Comes
5. Hunter Hayes – I Want Crazy
(6. Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran – Everything Has Changed)

Avicii (2nd Week) – Week Of 10/19/13

Huh. I thought Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc at #1 was going to be a one week thing. Well I'm glad it's not. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Demi Lovato – Made In The USA (#25)

The Countdown

45. Awolnation – Sail (#44)

44. Karmin – Acapella (#37)

43. Train ft. Ashley Monroe – Bruises (#26)

42. Tegan & Sara – Closer (#45)

41. Maroon 5 – Love Somebody (#42)

40. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I. – Blurred Lines (#22)

39. Avril Lavigne – Rock N Roll (DEBUT)

38. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love (#39)

37. Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé – Beneath Your Beautiful (#36)

36. Krewella – Live For The Night (#29)

35. Phillip Phillips – Gone Gone Gone (#30)

34. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – Can't Hold Us (#41)

33. Imagine Dragons – Demons (#38)

32. Britney Spears – Work B**ch (#27)

31. Bruno Mars – Gorilla (#34)

30. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (#32)

29. Daft Punk ft. Pharrell & Nile Rodgers – Get Lucky (#35)
28. Jesse McCartney – Back Together (#23)

27. Icona Pop – All Night (#33)

26. Hunter Hayes – I Want Crazy (#40)

25. Eminem – Berzerk (#24)

24. Mika ft. Ariana Grande – Popular Song (#15)

23. John Newman – Love Me Again (#31)

22. The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather (#20)

21. Selena Gomez – Slow Down (#21)

20. The Mowgli's – Say It, Just Say It (#28)

19. P!nk ft. Lily Allen – True Love (#9)

18. Robin Thicke – Give It 2 U (#43)

17. Linkin Park ft. Steve Aoki – A Light That Never Comes (#16)

16. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – Same Love (#7)

15. The 1975 – Chocolate (#10)

14. Lana Del Rey ft. Cedric Gervais – Summertime Sadness (#12)

13. Travie McCoy ft. Jason Mraz – Rough Water (#19)

12. Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran – Everything Has Changed (#5)

11. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#14)

10. MKTO – Classic (#11)

  9. Lorde – Royals (#18)

  8. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (#13)

  7. Paramore – Still Into You (#8)

  6. Zedd ft. Foxes – Clarity (#17)

  5. Capital Cities – Safe and Sound (#3)

  4. Lady Gaga – Applause (#4)

  3. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive (#6)

  2. Katy Perry – Roar (#2)

  1. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#1) [2nd Week at #1]

Biggest DROP!!!: Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I. – Blurred Lines (-18)

Biggest Jump: Robin Thicke – Give It 2 U (+25)

Only one new entrant this week. And I have to say, it's about time. Avril Lavigne – Rock N Roll is highly addicting. After you hear it, you'll want to hear it again. It has a nice guitar solo. It's a little bit too “Rock N Roll” to be pop. The music video is interesting. This is the crazy side of Avril.

Demi Lovato – Made In The USA's exit was so unexpected. It lasted a short 5 weeks on the countdown. It was on Hit-Bound for too long to be on the Weekend Countdown for only 5 weeks.

Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines and Robin Thicke – Give It 2 U seemed to have crossed past each other. Blurred Lines gets the Biggest DROP!!! and Give It 2 U gets the Biggest Jump. I would have loved it to be the other way around. But Give It 2 U couldn't go down more than 2 spots.

I'm pretty much over Zedd ft. Foxes – Clarity. And now it's back in the Top 10. Looks like we're gonna have to deal with it for a few more weeks.

MKTO was this weekend's host for Hit-Bound (where half the songs are good and half are bad). MKTO also re-entered the Top 10 with Classic. :)

Also in the Top 10, we have Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight. This was not bad. A good week overall.

The Wanted – We Own The Night remains on Hit-Bound for another week.

You know how Imagine Dragons – Radioactive kept songs away from #1? Well, Awolnation – Sail is keeping songs away from #45.

Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran – Everything Has Changed is secretly #6 in My Top 5 Picks.

This can't be the end for Eminem – Berzerk. It just can't be.

Recently released music this week
- John Newman released his Love Me Again - EP. It has Love Me Again, which was iTunes single of the week this past week, and 3 other tracks I'm sure you'll like. At least I like them.

- Avril Lavigne has released a new single ft. Nickelback's Chad Kroger (her husband). It's called Let Me Go. This is categorized under the nice, calm side of her.

- Justin Bieber released All That Matters. It is better than Heartbreaker. But it still isn't Justin's best work.

- Enrique Iglesias released Heart Attack earlier this month which is currently on Hit-Bound. It is not a bad song. It's better than most of his songs.

- This was actually released in the beginning of the month, but I will point it out anyway. You guys probably remember Classified ft. David Myles – Inner Ninja. Well Classified released a remix of it with Olly Murs instead of David Myles which I think is better.

I'd like to say something to the CountdownRecap, the guy who also recaps the Sirius XM Hits 1 Weekend Countdown. His blog is at www.hits1countdownreview.blogspot.com. Check it out. Anyway, he's been doing this for just about 2 years. According to his Editor's Picks – Top 5 Songs, it appears that his #1, which has been his #1 for a while, is Train ft. Ashley Monroe – Bruises. However that song has fell all the way to #43. Do not stop voting for this song. This guy already lost Bonnie McKee – American Girl. The last thing we need is for him to lose Bruises. So don't stop voting. And Mr. CountdownRecap, I would like to say good luck with Bruises and enjoy MKTO – Classic while it's still in the Top 10. Also enjoy Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight because that is also in the Top 10.

My Top 5 Picks
1. John Newman – Love Me Again
2. Avril Lavigne – Rock N Roll
3. MKTO – Classic
4. Linkin Park ft. Steve Aoki – A Light That Never Comes
5. Britney Spears – Work B**ch 

Avicii (1st Week) – Week Of 10/12/13

It has been a while since I was actually excited for this week's #1. Kelly Clarkson was this weekend's guest host. After Spyder Harrison hosted for 5 weeks in a row, I'm pretty sure everyone saw the guest host coming. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Florida Georgia Line – Cruise (#31)
• Bonnie McKee – American Girl (#33)
• Cody Simpson – Pretty Brown Eyes (#43)
• Bruno Mars – Treasure (#44)

(Nice job at announcing these, Kelly.*)

The Countdown
45. Tegan & Sara – Closer (#42)
44. Awolnation – Sail (#45)
43. Robin Thicke – Give It 2 U (DEBUT)
42. Maroon 5 – Love Somebody (#41) [1 Week @ #1]
41. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – Can't Hold Us (#36) [3 Weeks @ #1]
40. Hunter Hayes – I Want Crazy (DEBUT)
39. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love (#38)
38. Imagine Dragons – Demons (DEBUT)
37. Karmin – Acapella (RE-ENTRY)
36. Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé – Beneath Your Beautiful (#34)
35. Daft Punk ft. Pharrell & Nile Rodgers – Get Lucky (#40)
34. Bruno Mars – Gorilla (#27)
33. Icona Pop – All Night (#26)
32. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (#5) [6 Weeks @ #1]
31. John Newman – Love Me Again (#32)
30. Phillip Phillips – Gone Gone Gone (#25)
29. Krewella – Live For The Night (#30)
28. The Mowgli's – Say It, Just Say It (#37)
27. Britney Spears – Work B**ch (#24)
26. Train ft. Ashley Monroe – Bruises (#12)
25. Demi Lovato – Made In The USA (#19)
24. Eminem – Berzerk (#17)
23. Jesse McCartney – Back Together (#21)
22. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I. – Blurred Lines (#28)
21. Selena Gomez – Slow Down (#35)
20. The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather (#20)
19. Travie McCoy ft. Jason Mraz – Rough Water (#22)
18. Lorde – Royals (#18)
17. Zedd ft. Foxes – Clarity (#8)
16. Linkin Park ft. Steve Aoki – A Light That Never Comes (#39)
15. Mika ft. Ariana Grande – Popular Song (#11)
14. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#15)
13. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (#23)
12. Lana Del Rey ft. Cedric Gervais – Summertime Sadness (#13)
11. MKTO – Classic (#9)
10. The 1975 – Chocolate (#10)
  9. P!nk ft. Lily Allen – True Love (#14)
  8. Paramore – Still Into You (#7)
  7. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – Same Love (#4)
  6. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive (#3) [8 Weeks @ #1]
  5. Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran – Everything Has Changed (#16)
  4. Lady Gaga – Applause (#6)
  3. Capital Cities – Safe and Sound (#29)
  2. Katy Perry – Roar (#1) [5 Weeks @ #1]
  1. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#2) [New #1!]

Biggest DROP!!!: Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (-27)
Biggest Jump: Capital Cities – Safe and Sound (+26)

Welcome back, Karmin – Acapella. We missed you. We have three new entrants. Hunter Hayes is 22 years old. That's two years older than what I thought. I Want Crazy is an interesting song where you can tell it is country. What a coincidence that he debuted the same week as Florida Georgia Line left.

Imagine Dragons, one of my favorite bands. They never disappoint me with their music. That band made Radioactive, which was so close to tying the all time record for most weeks at #1 with Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe. Don't give up hope guys. I still want you to reach #1 for just one more week. Is that too much to ask? Sorry, I kind of went off topic. The band made Demons. A song that I first heard in a commercial. It may not be able to beat Radioactive. But it can do something. At least reach the Top 10.

Blurred Lines was SO close to #1. But Radioactive kept it away for 8 weeks and Love Somebody kept it away for 1 week. I don't think Robin Thicke's new song, Give It 2 U, has any chance at the Top 5. And I know it has no chance at #1. That is how bad it is. I understand why it had the lowest debut. But I don't understand how it debuted in the first place.

What a coincidence that Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up and Bonnie McKee – American Girl debuted on the same week. The same week Avicii reaches #1, Bonnie McKee leaves.

3 of our Top 5 songs have left the Top 5. And 3 strangers appear in the Top 5.

John Newman – Love Me Again has reached the dangerous #31 spot. Quite a few songs have left the countdown after reaching #31. Why? I don't know.

Like I said, Kelly Clarkson was this weekend's host. She was terrible! In the beginning, she introduces herself. 2 seconds later, she is saying last week's Top 5 songs. Spyder Harrison usually has a long intro. And I think throughout the countdown, I heard the Electronic DJ's voice more than Kelly Clarkson's.

I forgot Phillip Phillips – Gone Gone Gone was on the countdown. The only songs I can remember are the really good ones or the really bad ones.

Awolnation. That's all I need to say.

News for all those crazy girl beliebers: Justin Bieber recently released his new single, Heartbreaker. I have to admit, it's not Justin's best work. There are a lot of negative reviews on it on iTunes. Take a listen to it. See how bad it is.

Here's a funny #1 list
1 Week at #1: Olly Murs – Troublemaker
2 Weeks at #1: Adele – Someone Like You
3 Weeks at #1: Maroon 5 – Payphone
4 Weeks at #1: Ke$ha – Die Young
5 Weeks at #1: Katy Perry – Roar
6 Weeks at #1: Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)
7 Weeks at #1: Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine – Stereo Hearts
8 Weeks at #1: Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
9 Weeks at #1: Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe (All Time Record)

This was not a bad week. I accept everything except the guest host and the Biggest Jump.

Now for a mini Hit-Bound Review

On Hit-Bound, we have OneRepublic's lead single off their album, Native, also known as #1 in the UK charts. It's called Counting Stars. I really like this one. OneRepublic just makes cool music. This song can never get old.

Next, we have Midnight Red – Hell Yeah. This song is interesting. Take Me Home may be their more popular song. But Hell Yeah is the better one. The group reminds me of One Direction and The Wanted.

Speaking of The Wanted, people must not be voting for We Own The Night. It's been on Hit-Bound for months now. It definitely has a chance at the Weekend Countdown. Good luck band who reminds me of One Direction and Midnight Red.

Avril Lavigne – Rock N Roll remains on Hit-Bound. It's a cool song. It should debut the countdown. There might be people who don't like it. But luckily, I am not one of those people.

Ellie Goulding – Burn has also been on Hit-Bound for a while. It is a good song. One time this year, I heard Lights. I love that song. And then I look back to see that it had already been on the countdown at some point. I'm starting to think Burn won't enter until I Need Your Love exits.

I can't help it. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up is such a good song.

My Top 5 Picks
1. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up
2. John Newman – Love Me Again
3. MKTO – Classic
4. Hunter Hayes – I Want Crazy
5. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight

*I was being sarcastic.

Katy Perry (5th Week) – Week Of 10/5/13

No new news this week. However, for all those Katy Perry fans, her new album Prism will be released October 22, 2013. For all those James Blunt fans, his new album Moon Landing will be released November 5, 2013. And for all those One Direction fans, their new album Midnight Memories will be released November 25, 2013. I will be doing a review on all those albums on my album review blog. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Enrique Iglesias – Turn The Night Up (#45)
• Selena Gomez – Come & Get It (#44)
• Karmin – Acapella (#39)
• Icona Pop – I Love It (#33)

The Countdown

45. Awolnation – Sail (#42)

44. Bruno Mars – Treasure (#37)

43. Cody Simpson – Pretty Brown Eyes (#32)

42. Tegan & Sara – Closer (#43)

41. Maroon 5 – Love Somebody (#30)

40. Daft Punk ft. Pharrell & Nile Rodgers – Get Lucky (RE-ENTRY)

39. Linkin Park & Steve Aoki – A Light That Never Comes (DEBUT)

38. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love (#15)

37. The Mowgli's – Say It, Just Say It (DEBUT)

36. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – Can't Hold Us (#35)

35. Selena Gomez – Slow Down (DEBUT)

34. Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé – Beneath Your Beautiful (#28)

33. Bonnie McKee – American Girl (#24)

32. John Newman – Love Me Again (#23)

31. Florida Georgia Line – Cruise (#40)

30. Krewella – Live For The Night (#20)

29. Capital Cities – Safe and Sound (#12)

28. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I. – Blurred Lines (#29)

27. Bruno Mars – Gorilla (#26)

26. Icona Pop – All Night (#25)

25. Phillip Phillips – Gone Gone Gone (#19)

24. Britney Spears – Work B**ch (#27)

23. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (#34)

22. Travie McCoy ft. Jason Mraz – Rough Water (#41)

21. Jesse McCartney – Back Together (#22)

20. The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather (#38)

19. Demi Lovato – Made In The USA (#18)

18. Lorde – Royals (#21)

17. Eminem – Berzerk (#13)

16. Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran – Everything Has Changed (#14)

15. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#17)

14. P!nk ft. Lily Allen – True Love (#16)

13. Lana Del Rey & Cedric Gervais – Summertime Sadness (#31)

12. Train ft. Ashley Monroe – Bruises (#36)

11. Mika ft. Ariana Grande – Popular Song (#11)

10. The 1975 – Chocolate (#9)

  9. MKTO – Classic (#7)

  8. Zedd ft. Foxes – Clarity (#5)

  7. Paramore – Still Into You (#4)

  6. Lady Gaga – Applause (#10)

  5. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (#6)

  4. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – Same Love (#3)

  3. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive (#2)

  2. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#8)

  1. Katy Perry – Roar (#1) [5th Week @ #1]

Biggest DROP!!!: Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love (-23)

Biggest Jump: Train ft. Ashley Monroe – Bruises (+24)

2nd Biggest Jump: Travie McCoy ft. Jason Mraz – Rough Water (+19)

3rd Biggest Jump: Lana Del Rey & Cedric Gervais – Summertime Sadness (+18)

It really wasn't necessary for Daft Punk – Get Lucky to re-enter the countdown. I'm starting to get sick of it. By the way, Daft Punk ft. Panda Bear – Doin' It Right has debuted the Alt-18 Countdown on Alt Nation. I told you Linkin Park & Steve Aoki – A Light That Never Comes would debut the countdown. When I used to listen to Linkin Park, they were rock music. Now they have moved a bit more towards dance music. I like that. By the way, Linkin Park's new album Recharged will be released on October 29, 2013.

The Mowgli's is a cool band. But Say It, Just Say It is not a cool song. I think The Mowgli's' best song was San Francisco. But that's just my opinion. This song is at least better than The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather. There just has to be Selena Gomez. Apparently, Slow Down was just waiting for Come & Get It's exit to enter. Slow Down is a cool song. But Come & Get It was better.

I didn't think Enrique Iglesias – Turn The Night Up would get very far on its second round on the countdown. Especially since it only lasted two weeks on its first round.

It looks like Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé – Beneath Your Beautiful is behind #30 once again. And it never even got in the Top 10. That just makes me sad. :(

Train ft. Ashley Monroe – Bruises is doing better than I thought it would. It's actually doing better than it did before.

Spyder Harrison actually hosted the Weekend Countdown for 5 weeks in a row. There is usually a guest host every other week. However, Jesse McCartney hosted Hit-Bound over the weekend.

Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up has reached #2. No surprise since they played it a million times during the week. But I would like it if it gets to #1.

Also during the week, they played a lot of Of Monsters and Men. I wouldn't be surprised if Little Talks re-entered the countdown.

How am I not surprised that Awolnation – Sail is at #45 for the 500th time!?

I'm pretty much over Capital Cities – Safe and Sound and P!nk ft. Lily Allen – True Love.

I thought Avril Lavigne – Rock N Roll would've debuted this week since they played it so much throughout the week.

Apparently, Spyder Harrison cannot say Work B**ch. Whenever he tries, something just cuts him off when he tries to say b**ch. It's pretty funny.

Remember when I rearranged the songs into my order. The next week, Britney Spears – Work B**ch had the biggest jump.

I said the albums that are coming out. Now here are the albums that were recently released. Avicii recently released True. Lorde recently released Pure Heroine. Jason Derulo recently released Tattoos - EP.

My Top 5 Picks
1. Linkin Park & Steve Aoki – A Light That Never Comes
2. John Newman – Love Me Again
3. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight
4. Jesse McCartney – Back Together
5. Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé – Beneath Your Beautiful

Katy Perry (4th Week) – Week Of 9/28/13

As usual, our #1 and #2 songs remain in their spots. I think it'll be a while before they leave their spots. Notice that I have a few blank spots. I will get to those as soon as possible. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Swedish House Mafia – Don't You Worry Child (#31)
• P!nk ft. Nate Ruess – Just Give Me a Reason (#38)
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop (#39)
• One Direction – Best Song Ever (#42)

The Countdown

45. Enrique Iglesias – Turn The Night Up (RE-ENTRY)

44. Selena Gomez – Come & Get It (#30)

43. Tegan & Sara – Closer (#43)

42. Awolnation – Sail (#44)

41. Travie McCoy ft. Jason Mraz – Rough Water (DEBUT)

40. Florida Georgia Line – Cruise (#21)

39. Karmin – Acapella (#45)

38. The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather (DEBUT)

37. Bruno Mars – Treasure (#40)

36. Train ft. Ashley Monroe – Bruises (#36)

35. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – Can't Hold Us (#29)

34. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (RE-ENTRY)

33. Icona Pop – I Love It (#35)

32. Cody Simpson – Pretty Brown Eyes (#26)

31. Lana Del Rey & Cedric Gervais – Summertime Sadness (#37)

30. Maroon 5 – Love Somebody (#10)
29. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I. – Blurred Lines
28. Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé – Beneath Your Beautiful (#19)
27. Britney Spears – Work B**ch (#41)
26. Bruno Mars – Gorilla (#28)
25. Icona Pop – All Night (#18)
24. Bonnie McKee – American Girl (#32)
23. John Newman – Love Me Again (#23)
22. Jesse McCartney – Back Together (#20)
21. Lorde – Royals (#25)
20. Krewella – Live For The Night (#16)
19. Phillip Phillips – Gone Gone Gone (#17)
18. Demi Lovato – Made In The USA (#34)
17. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#27)
16. P!nk ft. Lily Allen – True Love (#15)
15. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love (#11)
14. Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran – Everything Has Changed (#13)
13. Eminem – Berzerk (#14)
12. Capital Cities – Safe and Sound (#8)
11. Mika ft. Ariana Grande – Popular Song (#24)
10. Lady Gaga – Applause (#9)
  9. The 1975 – Chocolate (#12)
  8. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#7)
  7. MKTO – Classic (#22)
  6. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (#6)
  5. Zedd ft. Foxes – Clarity (#3)
  4. Paramore – Still Into You (#4)
  3. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – Same Love (#5)
  2. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive (#2)
  1. Katy Perry – Roar (#1) [4th Week at #1]

Biggest DROP!!!: Maroon 5 – Love Somebody (-20)

Biggest Jump: Demi Lovato – Made In The USA (+16)

We have two new entrants and two re-entrants. One of our two re-entrants left the countdown a week ago and the other left over a year ago. Welcome back Enrique Iglesias – Turn The Night Up and Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight. There was a big gap between when Dance With Me Tonight left and when it re-entered. There were Olly's other songs, Troublemaker and Heart Skips a Beat. I like Dance With Me Tonight. After some time on Hit-Bound it should be able to last more than one week. Olly Murs never disappoints me. However, Dance With Me Tonight is not good enough to beat Love Me Again in My Top 5 Picks.

It's been a while since we heard from Mr. Travie McCoy and Mr. Jason Mraz. Together they made Rough Water which I really like. I love Jason's part in the song. Anything with Jason Mraz has to be good. It just HAS to be. The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather is an irritating song that annoyed me every time it came on when I was listening to Hit-Bound. I know I say I like songs after a while when I used to dislike them. (Like Britney Spears – Work B**ch *) But I will never say this song is good.

* Britney Spears – Work B**ch really isn't that bad. The instrument sounds are good. Britney's singing is not. I actually want you to not kick it out.

How is Awolnation – Sail still in the countdown? It gets more annoying every week.

John Newman – Love Me Again and Bonnie McKee – American Girl are Back Together *.

* The song after Newman and McKee is Jesse McCartney – Back Together. John Newman and Bonnie McKee are Back Together. Get it?

Maroon 5 – Love Somebody is following in Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines' footsteps.

Welcome to the Top 10 MKTO – Classic and The 1975 – Chocolate.

Swedish House Mafia, you will be missed. If you guys were still in the countdown, I would have put you in My Top 5 Picks.

I thought Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop would never leave the countdown.

I wish I could put Lana Del Rey & Cedric Gervais – Summertime Sadness in My Top 5 Picks. But there are too many good songs.

Now for a mini Hit-Bound Review.

Imagine Dragons – Demons is now on Hit-Bound. Do you think it'll beat Radioactive at its own game? Maybe. I keep thinking Fall Out Boy – Alone Together will My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark. Probably not. We'll see how it goes.

Hunter Hayes – I Want Crazy is also on Hit-Bound. Looks like we got another country song our way. It will be a weird coincidence if the same week Florida Georgia Line leaves, Hunter Hayes enters.

We also have Linkin Park & Steve Aoki – A Light That Never Comes. I find Linkin Park as an OK band. They're not my favorite or my least favorite. But this song got me more into them. Expect them to debut this countdown.

I find Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – White Walls annoying and worse than Thrift Shop. All three of their most played songs are better and I hope this doesn't become a fourth.

It appears fun. – Out On The Town has left Hit-Bound. It was actually pretty good. I thought it would have been fun.'s new hit after Some Nights left the countdown.

Goodbye Flo Rida ft. Pitbull – Can't Believe It. I'm glad your chance at the Weekend Countdown is gone. Pitbull does not belong in rap music.

I'm afraid to say the following songs have left My Top 5 Picks and may never return.

• Eminem – Berzerk
• Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up
• Bruno Mars – Gorilla 
• Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love
• Fall Out Boy – Alone Together
• Enrique Iglesias – Turn The Night Up

My Top 5 Picks

1. John Newman – Love Me Again 

2. Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight

3. Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé – Beneath Your Beautiful

4. Jesse McCartney – Back Together

5. Travie McCoy ft. Jason Mraz – Rough Water 

My Countdown (John Newman) – Week Of 9/21/13

I will be taking this week's countdown and moving all the songs around. This countdown is based on my opinion. These are my Top 45 Songs. It has the same songs as the Weekend Countdown. Just in a different order. Let's begin.

My Countdown
  1. John Newman – Love Me Again
  2. Labrinth ft. Emeli Sande – Beneath Your Beautiful
  3. Bruno Mars – Gorilla
  4. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together
  5. Eminem – Berzerk
  6. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up
  7. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love
  8. Karmin – Acapella
  9. Jesse McCartney – Back Together
10. MKTO – Classic
11. Lorde – Royals
12. Maroon 5 – Love Somebody
13. Mika ft. Ariana Grande – Popular Song
14. Swedish House Mafia – Don't You Worry Child
15. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – Can't Hold Us
16. P!nk ft. Nate Ruess – Just Give Me a Reason
17. Bonnie McKee – American Girl
18. Lady Gaga – Applause
19. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
20. Florida Georgia Line – Cruise
21. Demi Lovato – Made In The USA
22. Phillip Phillips – Gone Gone Gone
23. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I. – Blurred Lines
24. Icona Pop – All Night
25. Lana Del Rey ft. Cedric Gervais – Summertime Sadness
26. Selena Gomez – Come & Get It
27. Train ft. Ashley Monroe – Bruises
28. Cody Simpson – Pretty Brown Eyes
29. Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran – Everything Has Changed 
30. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)
31. P!nk ft. Lily Allen – True Love 
32. The 1975 – Chocolate
33. Capital Cities – Safe and Sound
34. Paramore – Still Into You
35. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – Same Love 
36. Zedd ft. Foxes – Clarity
37. Bruno Mars – Treasure
38. One Direction – Best Song Ever
39. Awolnation – Sail
40. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz – Thrift Shop
41. Krewella – Live For The Night
42. Icona Pop – I Love It
43. Tegan & Sara – Closer
44. Britney Spears – Work B**ch
45. Katy Perry – Roar

Like I said these songs are in the order the way I like it in my opinion. 

Katy Perry (3rd Week) – Week Of 9/21/13

I'm sorry to say that I've cancelled my Hit-Bound review. I'm sorry but it's too much trying to listen to the Weekend Countdown and Hit-Bound. But I did make a new blog about album reviews. I'm basically reviewing albums. I only have one post now. But I will add more as soon as possible. Check it out at www.latestalbumreviews.blogspot.com. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Enrique Iglesias – Turn The Night Up (#31)
• Demi Lovato – Heart Attack (#34)
• Anna Kendrick – Cups (#39)
• Jason Derulo – The Other Side (#44)

The Countdown

45. Karmin – Acapella (#40)

44. Awolnation – Sail (#45)

43. Tegan & Sara – Closer (#35)

42. One Direction – Best Song Ever (#19)

41. Britney Spears – Work B**ch (DEBUT)

40. Bruno Mars – Treasure (#16)

39. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz – Thrift Shop (#36)

38. P!nk ft. Nate Ruess – Just Give Me a Reason (#38)

37. Lana Del Rey ft. Cedric Gervais – Summertime Sadness (DEBUT) 

36. Train ft. Ashley Monroe – Bruises (#33)

35. Icona Pop – I Love It (#42)

34. Demi Lovato – Made In The USA (DEBUT)

33. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I. – Blurred Lines (#10)

32. Bonnie McKee – American Girl (#30)

31. Swedish House Mafia – Don't You Worry Child (#38)

30. Selena Gomez – Come & Get It (#32)

29. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton – Can't Hold Us (#21)

28. Bruno Mars – Gorilla (#41)

27. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (DEBUT)

26. Cody Simpson – Pretty Brown Eyes (#28)

25. Lorde – Royals (#37)

24. Mika ft. Ariana Grande – Popular Song (#17)

23. John Newman – Love Me Again (#29)

22. MKTO – Classic (#26)

21. Florida Georgia Line – Cruise (#13)

20. Jesse McCartney – Back Together (#22)

19. Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé – Beneath Your Beautiful (#18)

18. Icona Pop – All Night (#27)

17. Phillip Phillips – Gone Gone Gone (#20)

16. Krewella – Live For The Night (#25)

15. P!nk ft. Lily Allen – True Love (#24)

14. Eminem – Berzerk (#14) 

13. Taylor Swift ft. Ed Sheeran – Everything Has Changed (#15)

12. The 1975 – Chocolate (#23)

11. Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding – I Need Your Love (#12)

10. Maroon 5 – Love Somebody (#4)

  9. Lady Gaga – Applause (#8)

  8. Capital Cities – Safe and Sound (#11)

  7. Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – Wake Me Up (#9)

  6. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) (#5)

  5. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert – Same Love (#3)

  4. Paramore – Still Into You (#7)

  3. Zedd ft. Foxes – Clarity (#6)

  2. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive (#2)

  1. Katy Perry – Roar (#1) [3rd Week at #1]

Biggest DROP!!!: Bruno Mars – Treasure (-24) 

2nd Biggest DROP!!!: Tie between Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell & T.I. – Blurred Lines and One Direction – Best Song Ever (-23)

Biggest Jump: Bruno Mars – Gorilla (+13)?

Finally!!! Fall Out Boy – Alone Together and Demi Lovato – Made In The USA have been on Hit-Bound for so long. I'm glad they finally debuted. Alone Together is a little more appealing than My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark. You guys remember MKTO's Thank You exit and Classic entrance on the same week. That's what happened here with Demi Lovato. Heart Attack's exit and Made In The USA's entrance on the same week.

Lana Del Rey – Summertime Sadness is appropriate for this time of year. It summertime sadness because summer is coming to an end. Tomorrow is the first day of fall. I know. It's summertime sadness. Britney Spears – Work B**ch is terrible. Britney Spears is just good at making bad music. Kick it out of the countdown. Enrique Iglesias – Turn The Night Up was better.

I think Bruno Mars – Gorilla had the biggest jump. Spyder Harrison never said the biggest jump of the week. Bruno Mars also had the Biggest DROP!!! with Treasure.

Songs that had the shortest amount of time on the countdown so far this year: Tie between Rihanna ft. David Guetta – Right Now and Enrique Iglesias – Turn The Night Up.

I thought John Newman – Love Me Again and Bonnie McKee – American Girl would stay together like they were last week. Instead they moved to 2-digit numbers where if you swap one digit with the other, you get the other number. For example, John Newman is at #23. If you swap the 2 and the 3, you get #32, which is where Bonnie McKee is.

Yesterday, I heard Fall Out Boy – Alone Together and Demi Lovato – Made In The USA along with 2 of our old #1's that had a long amount of time on the countdown. It was Maroon 5 – Payphone and fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – We Are Young.

As an expert on Hit-Bound music, I can say that Flo Rida ft. Pitbull – Can't Believe It has almost no shot of getting into the Weekend Countdown.

Spyder Harrison didn't announce any of the guest DJ's.

Man! I started to really like Jason Derulo – The Other Side.

Imagine Dragons – Radioactive and Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines kind of reminded me of Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe and Maroon 5 – Payphone. Imagine Dragons and Carly Rae Jepsen are the #1 king and queen. After their time was done at #1, a new song jumped to #1. (And it wasn't Maroon 5 or Robin Thicke.) It was Katy Perry both times with Wide Awake and Roar.

Karmin – Acapella at #45?! That's just as bad as Katy Perry at #1.

Thank you Hits-1. Thank you for playing the full version of John Newman – Love Me Again. Really appreciated. :D

Tomorrow I will be making a post where I will be rearranging the countdown in the order I like. More information on that tomorrow.

Trying to pick My Top 5 Picks will be hard.

My Top 5 Picks
1. John Newman – Love Me Again
2. Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé – Beneath Your Beautiful
3. Bruno Mars – Gorilla
4. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together
5. Eminem – Berzerk