Sam Smith (1) – Week Of July 26, 2014

Apparently, Spyder Harrison had poked himself in the eye or something during his vacation or something while 5 Seconds Of Summer hosted the countdown last weekend and he ended up in the emergency room in the hospital. I was lost on everything else he said about it. Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week.

• One Direction – You and I (#34)
• Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight (#36) [DTHNOBx2]
• Imagine Dragons – Demons (#41) [DTHNOBx2]
• Jennifer Lopez – First Love (#42)

Last Week’s #1 Song: OneRepublic – Love Runs Out
The Countdown
45. Cher Lloyd – Sirens (RE-ENTRY)
44. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend (#45)
43. Katy Perry – Birthday (#44)
42. Oh Honey – Be Okay (#43)
41. Sia – Chandelier (#37)
40. Fall Out Boy – Alone Together (#27)
39. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass (DEBUT)
38. Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty (#35)
37. Madden Brothers – We Are Done (DEBUT)
36. John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (#33)
35. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle (DEBUT)
34. Halsey – Ghost (#30)
33. AJR – I’m Ready (#40)
32. Capital Cities – One Minute More (#39)
31. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing (#38)
30. OneRepublic – Counting Stars (#23)
29. Tiësto/Matthew Koma – Wasted (#13)
28. Bastille – Pompeii (#11)
27. Chromeo – Jealous (I Ain’t With It) (#28)
26. Ingrid Michaelson – Girls Chase Boys (#29)
25. Pharrell/Miley Cyrus – Come Get It Bae (#26)
24. Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down (#31)
23. Kim Cesarion – Undressed (#24)
22. Coldplay – A Sky Full Of Stars (#32)
21. Disclosure/Sam Smith – Latch (#22)
20. The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle (#25)
19. Clean Bandit/Jess Glynne – Rather Be (#19)
18. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Amnesia (#20)
17. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World (#8)
16. Ariana Grande – Problem (#9)
15. Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart (#10)
14. Demi Lovato/Cher Lloyd – Really Don’t Care (#11)
13. Charli XCX – Boom Clap (#17)
12. Maroon 5 – Maps (#18)
11. Calvin Harris – Summer (#15)
10. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better (#21)
  9. Ed Sheeran – Sing (#2)
  8. Fall Out Boy – Young Volcanoes (#16)
  7. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong (#7)
  6. 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (#4)
  5. Magic! – Rude (#3)
  4. OneRepublic – Love Runs Out (#1)
  3. Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy (#5)
  2. Kongos – Come With Me Now (#14)
  1. Sam Smith – Stay With Me (#6) [1st Week At #1]

#1 Song One Year Ago This Week: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis/Ray Dalton – Can’t Hold Us

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Tie Between Tiesto/Matthew Koma – Wasted and Bastille – Pompeii (–16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Kongos – Come With Me Now (+12)

New Entrants
~ An absolutely unwelcome song re-entered the countdown this weekend. So only three new entrants.

~ The Madden Brothers – We Are Done debuted this week. I didn't like this song at first. But after repeated listens to it, it's being thrown into the "okay" category. The chorus is pretty catchy.

~ X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle is a song I wouldn't have expected to debut a Top 45 countdown. But that's not a bad thing (get it? JT?). Jungle is a really good song that I hope has a nice and long tenure on this countdown. It's just really catchy.

~ Last and definitely least, we have Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass. I looked this song up to see how many negative reviews it got. Shockingly, it doesn't have a single negative review (besides the one I wrote). That just makes me really confused. This girl cannot sing! It's not catchy. It's not funny. It's not good! And the fact that people like this piece of crap is terrible. I'm starting to think music like this is hypnotizing people into liking it. Same with AJR – I'm Ready. However, I don't fall for this kinda stuff. I say a lot of songs are bad. But this isn't like any of them. This is already locked onto a spot for the Bottom 5 songs of 2014. This girl has no talent and I'm annoyed it's #5 on iTunes. And the video is #1 in iTunes music videos. We'll see how far this piece of crap gets.

All About Those Blurbs
~ You already know what I'm annoyed about. *cough* #33!

~ I just found out that Sam Smith is gay. Apparently his album, In The Lonely Hour, is about a guy who didn't love him back. It's interesting. And I like when singers are open about their sexuality like Adam Lambert and Tyler Glenn.

~ Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better randomly jumped into the Top 10. This is a good thing. I doubt it'll get much farther though.

~ Also very random, Kongos – Come With Me Now jumped to #2. But I'm not complaining.

~ Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong had a lot of airplay this week. So I'm surprised it didn't even move into the Top 5. It hit #1 on the American Top 40 this week which I'm very happy about.

~ The Summer Set – Lightning In A Bottle jumped from the "okay" category to the "good" category.

~ Hopefully, Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World and Rixton – Me and My Broken Heart jumped out of the Top 10 for good.

~ Talk about a quick drop for Tiesto/Matthew Koma – Wasted. Another short tenured song for Matthew Koma.

~ Iggy Azalea/Charli XCX – Fancy needs to leave. How is it still one of the most downloaded songs this week?

~ Weird Al Yankovic – Word Crimes is on Hit-Bound. It's a great song that speaks the truth.

~ What a short tenure for one of One Direction's best songs.

~ I thought Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight would never leave.

~ I heard this really really catchy song on Hits and Misses with Pete Wentz called Lolo – Hit and Run. It's weird but it's catchy. But it's not on iTunes! Take a listen to it. Click here for the YouTube video. It's really good.

~ New record for most comments on one post: 85 comments.

~ Sorry guys. Really busy. But today or tomorrow, I promise you my favorite music videos post. Sorry it was so delayed.

My Top 5 Picks
1. X Ambassadors/Jamie N Commons – Jungle
2. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better
3. Nico and Vinz – Am I Wrong
4. Sam Smith – Stay With Me
5. Kongos – Come With Me Now  

Top 5 Hits 1 Recommendations
1. Enrique Iglesias/Sean Paul – Bailando
2. Lolo – Hit and Run
3. Shawn Mendes – Life Of The Party
4. Troye Sivan – Happy Little Pill
5. Iggy Azalea/Rita Ora – Black Widow