Imagine Dragons (8) - Week of August 31, 2013

 Before we get on to this week’s Fresh 45, here’s a list of all the songs we’re saying good-bye to this week. 

Emblem 3 - Chloe

JTX - Summer Lover

The Countdown:

1. Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (#1) [Eighth Week at #1]

2. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell and T.I. - Blurred Lines (#2)

3. Katy Perry - Roar (#9)

4. Zedd Ft. Foxes - Clarity (#4)

5. Maroon 5 - Love Somebody (#3)

6. Calvin Harris Ft. Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love (#6)

7. Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light 'em Up) (#5)

8. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us (#8)

9. Paramore - Still Into You (#12)

10. Lady Gaga - Applause (#11)

11. Capital Cities - Safe and Sound (#10)

12. Karmin - Acapella (#13)

13. Labrinth Ft. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful (#14)

14. Jason Derulo - The Other Side (#45)

15. Florida Georgia Line - Cruise (#7)

16. Icona Pop - All Night (#18)

17. Taylor Swift Ft. Ed Sheeran - Everything Has Changed (#17)

18. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Same Love (#27)

19. Mika Ft. Ariana Grande - Popular Song (#21)

20. Avicii Ft. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up (#36)

21. One Direction - Best Song Ever (#15)

22. Train Ft. Ashley Monroe - Bruises (#22)

23. MKTO - Classic (#19)

24. Krewella - Live for the Night (#31)

25. Pink - True Love (#24)

26. Twenty One Pilots - Holding On To You (#20)

27. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack (#28)

28. John Newman - Love Me Again (#25)

29. Bonnie McKee - American Girl (#37)

30. fun. - Some Nights (#34)

31. Cody Simpson - Pretty Brown Eyes (#26)

32. Tegan & Sara - Closer (#33)

33. The 1975 - Chocolate (#16)

34. Daft Punk - Get Lucky (#29)

35. Selena Gomez - Come & Get It (#35)

36. Bruno Mars - Treasure (#43)

37. Awolnation - Sail (#41)

38. Icona Pop - I Love It (#40)

39. Jesse McCartney - Back Together (DEBUT)

40. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (#38)

41. Pink Ft. Nate Reuss - Just Give Me a Reason (#44)

42. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (RE-ENTRY)

43. Ke$ha Ft. will.i.am - Crazy Kids (#42)

44. Sammy Adams Ft. Mike Posner - LA Story (#23)

45. Anna Kendrick - Cups (#39)

Biggest DDDDDDRRRRROOOOOPPPPP…..of the week: Sammy Adams Ft. Mike Posner – L.A. Story (-21)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Jason Derulo – The Other Side (+31)

Imagine Dragons (7) - Week of August 24, 2013

 Before we get on to this week’s Fresh 45, here’s a list of all the songs we’re saying good-bye to this week:

Nikki Williams - Glowing

Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child

Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up

Hot Chelle Rae - Hung Up

The Countdown:

1. Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (#2) [Seventh Week at #1]

2. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell and T.I. - Blurred Lines (#5)

3. Maroon 5 - Love Somebody (#1)

4. Zedd Ft. Foxes - Clarity (#3)

5. Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light 'em Up) (#4)

6. Calvin Harris Ft. Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love (#7)

7. Florida Georgia Line - Cruise (#6)

8. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us (#9)

9. Katy Perry - Roar (#17)

10. Capital Cities - Safe and Sound (#12)

11. Lady Gaga - Applause (#25)

12. Paramore - Still Into You (#10)

13. Karmin - Acapella (#13)

14. Labrinth Ft. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful (#14)

15. One Direction - Best Song Ever (#26)

16. The 1975 - Chocolate (#16)

17. Taylor Swift Ft. Ed Sheeran - Everything Has Changed (DEBUT)

18. Icona Pop - All Night (#33)

19. MKTO - Classic (#32)

20. Twenty One Pilots - Holding On To You (#24)

21. Mika Ft. Ariana Grande - Popular Song (#21)

22. Train Ft. Ashley Monroe - Bruises (#22)

23. Sammy Adams Ft. Mike Posner - LA Story (#11)

24. Pink - True Love (#19)

25. John Newman - Love Me Again (#41)

26. Cody Simpson - Pretty Brown Eyes (#34)

27. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Same Love (DEBUT)

28. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack (#36)

29. Daft Punk - Get Lucky (#31)

30. Emblem 3 - Chloe (#15)

31. Krewella - Live for the Night (#39)

32. JTX - Summer Lover (#18)

33. Tegan & Sara - Closer (#35)

34. fun. - Some Nights (#43)

35. Selena Gomez - Come & Get It (#42)

36. Avicii Ft. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up (DEBUT)

37. Bonnie McKee - American Girl (DEBUT)

38. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (#37)

39. Anna Kendrick - Cups (#45)

40. Icona Pop - I Love It (#44)

41. Awolnation - Sail (#40)

42. Ke$ha Ft. will.i.am - Crazy Kids (#28)

43. Bruno Mars - Treasure (#27)

44. Pink Ft. Nate Reuss - Just Give Me a Reason (#8)

45. Jason Derulo - The Other Side (#20)

Biggest DDDRRROOOPPPPPP!!!!!!....of the week: Pink Ft. Nate Reuss – Just Give Me a Reason (-36)

Biggest Jump of the Week: John Newman – Love Me Again (+16)

Maroon 5 - Week of August 17, 2013

  Before we get on to this week’s Fresh 45, here’s a list of all the songs we’re saying good-bye to this week.

Olly Murs - Troublemaker

Rihanna Ft. David Guetta - Right Now

Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven

The Summer Set - Boomerang

Classified Ft. David Myles - Inner Ninja

The Countdown:

1. Maroon 5 - Love Somebody (#2) [First Week at #1]

2. Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (#1)

3. Zedd Ft. Foxes - Clarity (#5)

4. Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light 'em Up) (#6)

5. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell and T.I. - Blurred Lines (#3)

6. Florida Georgia Line - Cruise (#10)

7. Calvin Harris Ft. Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love (#9)

8. Pink Ft. Nate Reuss - Just Give Me a Reason (#4)

9. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us (#7)

10. Paramore - Still Into You (#13)

11. Sammy Adams Ft. Mike Posner - LA Story (#29)

12. Capital Cities - Safe and Sound (#18)

13. Karmin - Acapella (#19)

14. Labrinth Ft. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful (#35)

15. Emblem 3 - Chloe (#15)

16. The 1975 - Chocolate (#33)

17. Katy Perry - Roar (DEBUT)

18. JTX - Summer Lover (#16)

19. Pink - True Love (#20)

20. Jason Derulo - The Other Side (#12)

21. Mika Ft. Ariana Grande - Popular Song (#17)

22. Train Ft. Ashley Monroe - Bruises (#22)

23. Nikki Williams - Glowing (#23)

24. Twenty One Pilots - Holding On To You (#25)

25. Lady Gaga - Applause (DEBUT)

26. One Direction - Best Song Ever (#26)

27. Bruno Mars - Treasure (#14)

28. Ke$ha Ft. will.i.am - Crazy Kids (#11)

29. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (#37)

30. Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up (#8)

31. Daft Punk - Get Lucky (#21)

32. MKTO - Classic (#24)

33. Icona Pop - All Night (DEBUT)

34. Cody Simpson - Pretty Brown Eyes (#28)

35. Tegan & Sara - Closer (#27)

36. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack (#36)

37. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (#42)

38. Hot Chelle Rae - Hung Up (#32)

39. Krewella - Live for the Night (DEBUT)

40. Awolnation - Sail (#45)

41. John Newman - Love Me Again (DEBUT)

42. Selena Gomez - Come & Get It (#34)

43. fun. - Some Nights (#39)

44. Icona Pop - I Love It (#40)

45. Anna Kendrick - Cups (#41)

Biggest DDDDRRRROOOOOPPPP!!!!....of the week: Avril Lavigne – Here’s to Never Growing Up (-22)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Labrinth Ft. Emeli Sande – Beneath Your Beautiful

Imagine Dragons (6) - Week of August 10, 2013

 No songs leavin’ the countdown this week.

The Countdown:

1. Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (#1) [Sixth Week at #1]

2. Maroon 5 - Love Somebody (#3)

3. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell and T.I. - Blurred Lines (#2)

4. Pink Ft. Nate Reuss - Just Give Me a Reason (#7)

5. Zedd Ft. Foxes - Clarity (#6)

6. Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light 'em Up) (#5)

7. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us (#4)

8. Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up (#12)

9. Calvin Harris Ft. Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love (#8)

10. Florida Georgia Line - Cruise (#9)

11. Ke$ha Ft. will.i.am - Crazy Kids (#10)

12. Jason Derulo - The Other Side (#11)

13. Paramore - Still Into You (#15)

14. Bruno Mars - Treasure (#14)

15. Emblem 3 - Chloe (#16)

16. JTX - Summer Lover (#17)

17. Mika Ft. Ariana Grande - Popular Song (#20)

18. Capital Cities - Safe and Sound (#13)

19. Karmin - Acapella (#18)

20. Pink - True Love (#22)

21. Daft Punk - Get Lucky (#21)

22. Train Ft. Ashley Monroe - Bruises (#19)

23. Nikki Williams - Glowing (#23)

24. MKTO - Classic (#26)

25. Twenty One Pilots - Holding On To You (#27)

26. One Direction - Best Song Ever (#24)

27. Tegan & Sara - Closer (#29)

28. Cody Simpson - Pretty Brown Eyes (#28)

29. Sammy Adams Ft. Mike Posner - LA Story (#25)

30. Olly Murs - Troublemaker (#30)

31. Rihanna Ft. David Guetta - Right Now (#42)

32. Hot Chelle Rae - Hung Up (#32)

33. The 1975 - Chocolate (#37)

34. Selena Gomez - Come & Get It (#34)

35. Labrinth Ft. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful (#33)

36. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack (#38)

37. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (#31)

38. Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven (#40)

39. fun. - Some Nights (#35)

40. Icona Pop - I Love It (#36)

41. Anna Kendrick - Cups (#45)

42. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (#39)

43. The Summer Set - Boomerang (#41)

44. Classified Ft. David Myles - Inner Ninja (#44)

45. Awolnation - Sail (#43)

Biggest DDDDDDRRRRRROOOOOPPPPP!!!!....of the week: Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child (-6)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Rihanna Ft. David Guetta – Right Now (+11)

Imagine Dragons (5) - Week of August 3, 2013

 Before we get on to this week’s Fresh 45, here’s a list of all the songs we’re saying good-bye to this week.

Ke$ha - Die Young

Kelsi Luck - That's What I Like

The Countdown:

1. Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (#1) [Fifth Week at #1]

2. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell and T.I. - Blurred Lines (#2)

3. Maroon 5 - Love Somebody (#7)

4. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us (#6)

5. Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light 'em Up) (#3)

6. Zedd Ft. Foxes - Clarity (#4)

7. Pink Ft. Nate Reuss - Just Give Me a Reason (#5)

8. Calvin Harris Ft. Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love (#8)

9. Florida Georgia Line - Cruise (#11)

10. Ke$ha Ft. will.i.am - Crazy Kids (#10)

11. Jason Derulo - The Other Side (#14)

12. Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up (#15)

13. Capital Cities - Safe and Sound (#9)

14. Bruno Mars - Treasure (#12)

15. Paramore - Still Into You (#13)

16. Emblem 3 - Chloe (#17)

17. JTX - Summer Lover (#26)

18. Karmin - Acapella (#27)

19. Train Ft. Ashley Monroe - Bruises (#24)

20. Mika Ft. Ariana Grande - Popular Song (#41)

21. Daft Punk - Get Lucky (#16)

22. Pink - True Love (#30)

23. Nikki Williams - Glowing (#23)

24. One Direction - Best Song Ever (#39)

25. Sammy Adams Ft. Mike Posner - LA Story (#20)

26. MKTO - Classic (#22)

27. Twenty One Pilots - Holding On To You (#21)

28. Cody Simpson - Pretty Brown Eyes (#19)

29. Tegan & Sara - Closer (#31)

30. Olly Murs - Troublemaker (#28)

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

32. Hot Chelle Rae - Hung Up (#32)

33. Labrinth Ft. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful (#33)

34. Selena Gomez - Come & Get It (#25)

35. fun. - Some Nights (#35)

36. Icona Pop - I Love It (#42)

37. The 1975 - Chocolate (#18)

38. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack (RE-ENTRY)

39. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (#40)

40. Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven (#34)

41. The Summer Set - Boomerang (#29)

42. Rihanna Ft. David Guetta - Right Now (DEBUT)

43. Awolnation - Sail (#43)

44. Classified Ft. David Myles - Inner Ninja (#44)

45. Anna Kendrick - Cups (#37)

Biggest DDDDDRRROOOPPPP!!!!....of the week: The 1975 – Chocolate (-19)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Mika Ft. Ariana Grande – Popular Song (+21)

Imagine Dragons (4) - Week of July 27, 2013

  Before we get on to this week’s Fresh 45, here’s a list of all the songs we’re saying good-bye to this week.

Ariana Grande - The Way

Michael Buble - It's a Beautiful Day

Demi Lovato - Heart Attack

The Countdown:

1. Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (#1) [Fourth Week at #1]

2. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell and T.I. - Blurred Lines (#2)

3. Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light 'em Up) (#5)

4. Zedd Ft. Foxes - Clarity (#4)

5. Pink Ft. Nate Reuss - Just Give Me a Reason (#7)

6. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us (#6)

7. Maroon 5 - Love Somebody (#3)

8. Calvin Harris Ft. Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love (#8)

9. Capital Cities - Safe and Sound (#13)

10. Ke$ha Ft. will.i.am - Crazy Kids (#14)

11. Florida Georgia Line - Cruise (#17)

12. Bruno Mars - Treasure (#15)

13. Paramore - Still Into You (#24)

14. Jason Derulo - The Other Side (#10)

15. Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up (#11)

16. Daft Punk - Get Lucky (#18)

17. Emblem 3 - Chloe (#16)

18. The 1975 - Chocolate (#28)

19. Cody Simpson - Pretty Brown Eyes (#36)

20. Sammy Adams Ft. Mike Posner - LA Story (#35)

21. Twenty One Pilots - Holding On To You (#33)

22. MKTO - Classic (#38)

23. Nikki Williams - Glowing (#20)

24. Train Ft. Ashley Monroe - Bruises (#40)

25. Selena Gomez - Come & Get It (#9)

26. JTX - Summer Lover (#26)

27. Karmin - Acapella (#31)

28. Olly Murs - Troublemaker (#25)

29. The Summer Set - Boomerang (#19)

30. Pink - True Love (DEBUT)

31. Tegan & Sara - Closer (#43)

32. Hot Chelle Rae - Hung Up (#32)

33. Labrinth Ft. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful (#44)

34. Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven (#45)

35. fun. - Some Nights (#42)

36. Ke$ha - Die Young (#27)

37. Anna Kendrick - Cups (#22)

38. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (#39)

39. One Direction - Best Song Ever (DEBUT)

40. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (#41)

41. Mika Ft. Ariana Grande - Popular Song (DEBUT)

42. Icona Pop - I Love It (#12)

43. Awolnation - Sail (#21)

44. Classified Ft. David Myles - Inner Ninja (#23)

45. Kelsi Luck - That's What I Like (#37)

Biggest DDDDDDRRRROOOOOPPPPP!!!!....of the week: Icona Pop – I Love It (-30)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Cody Simpson – Pretty Brown Eyes (+17)

The title to One Direction – Best Song Ever is blatant false advertising and I want my money back.  That’s right, I demand my money back for the percentage of time that Hits-1 is airing that song over the course of my annual subscription.  When I get my check for $0.21 in the mail, I am going to be one happy camper.  Best Song Ever is quite ironically the worst song that One Direction has put on the countdown.  Harsh?  Heh…when you title your song as such, you are quite literally begging for this sort of criticism.

Imagine Dragons (3) - Week of July 20, 2013

 Before we get on to this week's Fresh 45, here's a list of all the songs we're saying good-bye to this week.

Mariah Carey Ft. Miguel - #Beautiful

Chris Brown - Fine China

Drop City Yacht Club - Crickets

Little Mix - Wings

Emeli Sande - Next to Me

MKTO - Thank You

Jennifer Lopez Ft. Pitbull - Live It Up

I think at this time we must pause for an obituary.

Emeli Sande – Next to Me made its countdown debut on October 20th, 2012.  It lived a debatably-good 9-month life for some reason.  Never aspiring for greatness, Next to Me became a shining example of “be happy what you have”.  It never ascended higher than the #24 spot on the countdown.  Though it was never loved enough to see the countdown’s top half, it never once complained.  This lends credence to the idea that a positive attitude has a definite impact on longevity.  The Hits-1 voters never over-the-top appreciated it, and quite frankly neither did I, but a very modest number of people apparently consistently loved it for what it was.  Isn’t that all any of us aspire for?  Its lasting presence on the countdown did not go unnoticed, as a certain Hits-1 countdown recapper dedicated some of his precious Blurb space each week to discuss amazement at how it lasted so long.  I won’t go so far as to say Next to Me will be missed.  In fact, it certainly won’t be.  But we now find ourselves in a world in which there’s one fewer thing that doesn’t make any sense and can’t be explained by human logic, and well, that quite frankly ruins some of the magic of being alive.  Good-bye Next to Me.  It’s been real.

The Countdown:

1. Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (#1) [Third Week at #1]

2. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell and T.I. - Blurred Lines (#14)

3. Maroon 5 - Love Somebody (#2)

4. Zedd Ft. Foxes - Clarity (#3)

5. Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light 'em Up) (#30)

6. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us (#5)

7. Pink Ft. Nate Reuss - Just Give Me a Reason (#19)

8. Calvin Harris Ft. Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love (#16)

9. Selena Gomez - Come & Get It (#6)

10. Jason Derulo - The Other Side (#7)

11. Avril Lavigne - Here's to Never Growing Up (#4)

12. Icona Pop - I Love It (#9)

13. Capital Cities - Safe and Sound (#13)

14. Ke$ha Ft. will.i.am - Crazy Kids (#11)

15. Bruno Mars - Treasure (#12)

16. Emblem 3 - Chloe (#18)

17. Florida Georgia Line - Cruise (#8)

18. Daft Punk - Get Lucky (#26)

19. The Summer Set - Boomerang (#25)

20. Nikki Williams - Glowing (#33)

21. Awolnation - Sail (#10)

22. Anna Kendrick - Cups (#15)

23. Classified Ft. David Myles - Inner Ninja (#24)

24. Paramore - Still Into You (#27)

25. Olly Murs - Troublemaker (#28)

26. JTX - Summer Lover (DEBUT)

27. Ke$ha - Die Young (#40)

28. The 1975 - Chocolate (#23)

29. Ariana Grande - The Way (#31)

30. Michael Buble - It's a Beautiful Day (#21)

31. Karmin - Acapella (DEBUT)

32. Hot Chelle Rae - Hung Up (#37)

33. Twenty One Pilots - Holding On To You (DEBUT)

34. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack (#35)

35. Sammy Adams Ft. Mike Posner - LA Story (DEBUT)

36. Cody Simpson - Pretty Brown Eyes (DEBUT)

37. Kelsi Luck - That's What I Like (#17)

38. MKTO - Classic (DEBUT)

39. Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child (#36)

40. Train Ft. Ashley Monroe - Bruises (DEBUT)

41. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (#39)

42. fun. - Some Nights (#32)

43. Tegan & Sara - Closer (#29)

44. Labrinth Ft. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful (#34)

45. Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven (#38)

Biggest DDDDDDDRRRRRRRROOOOOOPPPPPPPP!!!!!....of the week: Kelsi Luck – That’s What I Like (-20)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light ‘em Up) (+25)