One Republic (1) Week of 12/21-22/2013

This week's countdown was nothing too special. A re-entry from a unwelcome song, two good debuts, and one not so much. Before we get into more detail here is a list of songs we said goodbye to this week:

• Unconditionally- Katy Perry (22)
• All Night- Icona Pop (39)
• Harlem- New Politics (44)
• Summertime Sadness- Lana Del Rey ft. Cedric Gervais (45)

Last Weeks #1 Song: Demons- Imagine Dragons

1. Counting Stars- One Republic
2. Timber- Pitbull ft. Ke$ha
3. Demons- Imagine Dragons
4. The Monster- Eminem ft. Rihanna
5. Alone Together- Fall Out Boy
6. Wake Me Up- Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc
7. Royals- Lorde
8. Stay The Night- Zedd ft. Hayley Williams
9. Classic- MKTO
10. Sweater Weather- The Neighbourhood
11. Dance With Me Tonight- Olly Murs
12. I Want Crazy- Hunter Hayes
13. This Is What It Feels Like- Armin van Buuren ft. Trevor Guthrie
14. Let Her Go- Passenger
15. Slow Down- Selena Gomez
16. White Walls- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. ScHoolboy Q & Hollis
17. Roar- Katy Perry
18. Burn- Ellie Goulding
19. Still Into You- Paramore
20. Drink You Away- Justin Timberlake
21. Do What U Want- Lady Gaga ft. R. Kelly
22. Brave- Sara Bareilles
23. How I Feel- Flo Rida
24. Story of My Life- One Direction
25. Miss Jackson- Panic! At The Disco ft. Lolo
26. Rosana- Wax
27. Hell Yeah- Midnight Red
28. A Light That Never Comes- Linkin Park & Steve Aoki
29. Blurred Lines- Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell
30. Say It, Just Say It- The Mowgli's
31. Love Me Again- John Newman
32. My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark- Fall Out Boy
33. Applause- Lady Gaga
34. Radioactive- Imagine Dragons
35. Can't Hold Us- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton
36. Young Girls- Bruno Mars
37. What Now- Rihanna
38. Dark Horse- Katy Perry ft. Juicy J
39. I Need Your Love- Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding
40. Say Something- A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera
41. Mi Mi Mi- Serebro
42. We Own The Night- The Wanted
43. Rough Water- Travie McCoy ft. Jason Mraz
44. Safe & Sound- Capital Cities
45. Heart Attack- Enrique Iglesias

Biggest Jump: Drink You Away- Justin Timberlake (+20)

Biggest DROP!: I Need Your Love- Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding (-21)

Red means I want the song to leave the countdown and yellow means it should stay!

Review:

This week we got 1 re-entry and 3 debuts. Unfortunately Unconditionally- Katy Perry & Harlem- New Politics dropped out this week. Also Safe & Sound- Capital Cities re-entered the countdown when it was most unwelcome, but don't expect it to stick around much longer, maybe a week or 2 if we're lucky. Now for the debuts. Two of the debuts are very VERY welcome, they are Dark Horse- Katy Perry ft. Juicy J & Say Something- A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera. Dark Horse is very different for Katy Perry and for the countdown! I expect great things from this song! Next Alex & Sierra's X Factor winning song Say Something- A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera! I have been waiting for weeks for this song to debut! The song has great vocals and is very current! I also expect big BIG things from this song! Last and definitely least Young Girls- Bruno Mars. This is Bruno Mars his absolute WORST! With Bruno preforming at the Super Bowl half-time show in February I expected his next single to blow us away, but it makes me wanna run away and cry!!!

Other notes :

-- Classic- MKTO has managed to descend back into the top 10. This would've been OK when Acapella- Karmin & Bruises- Train ft. Ashley Monroe were still on the countdown, and that was months ago. Is this song getting Fall Out Boy syndrome?

-- Speaking of Fall Out Boy, My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark might possibly be showing signs of falling out! I might have to have a party when that finally happens! But don't get your hopes up, it is the Sirius Xm Hits 1 Weekend Countdown.

--Let Her Go- Passenger is at #14 in its 2nd week in the countdown!

-- On Tuesday Spyder Harrison will be counting down the Top 45 Songs of 2013! Also Kelly Clarkson will be airing her Fav 15 of 2013 so be sure to tune in!

-- Replay- Zendaya FINALLY debuted on Hit-Bound this week! I really hope it along with 6 other Hit-Bound songs debut on the countdown!

Song Recommendations:

• Pumping Blood- NONONO
• Neon Lights- Demi Lovato
• Pompeii- Bastille
• Dance Apocalyptic- Janelle Monae
• Replay- Zendaya
• Thinking About You- Calvin Harris ft. Ayah Marar (kinda)
• The Wire- Haim
• Team- Lorde
• Hold On, We're Going Home- Drake ft. Majid Jordan
• Better Together- Fifth Harmony
• Marry Me- Jason Derulo
• Perfume- Britney Spears (kinda)
• Waiting For Superman- Daughtry
• Let It Go- Demi Lovato
• 3000 Miles- Emblem3
• Everybody's Got Somebody But Me- Hunter Hayes ft. Jason Mraz
• Midnight Memories- One Direction

Top 5 Picks:

1. Timber- Pitbull ft. Ke$ha
2. The Monster- Eminem ft. Rihanna
3. Say Something- A Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera
4. Demons- Imagine Dragons
5. I Want Crazy- Hunter Hayes

(6 would be Counting Stars- One Republic)