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How many times on average does everyone (involuntarily) hear “Someone Like You”?

Original Version
1. Adele – “Someone Like You”
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”
3. The Script – “Nothing”
4. Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine – “Stereo Hearts”
5. Cobra Starship ft. Sabi – “You Make Me Feel…”
6. Kelly Clarkson – “Mr. Know It All”
7. Jason Derülo – “It Girl”
8. Colbie Caillat – “Brighter Than the Sun”
9. Demi Lovato – “Skyscraper”
10. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
11. Hot Chelle Rae – “Tonight Tonight”
12. Dawes – “Time Spent in Los Angeles”
13. Gavin DeGraw – “Not Over You”
14. The Civil Wars – “Poison & Wine”
15. Lady Antebellum – “Just a Kiss”
16. O.A.R. – “Heaven”
17. Lady GaGa – “Yoü and I”
18. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
19. Bush – “The Sound of Winter”
20. Sara Bareilles – “Gonna Get Over You

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Pumped Up Kicks
2. Someone Like You
3. You Make Me Feel…
4. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
5. Moves Like Jagger
6. The Sound of Winter
7. Mr. Know It All
8. Brighter Than the Sun
9. Time Spent in Los Angeles
10. Gonna Get Over You
11. Poison & Wine
12. Stereo Hearts
13. Skyscraper
14. Tonight Tonight
15. Yoü and I
16. Heaven
17. Nothing
18. Just a Kiss
19. Not Over You
20. It Girl

Who else has noticed how good a band Cobra Starship is?

Original Version
1. Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine – “Stereo Hearts”
2. The Script – “Nothing”
3. Adele – “Someone Like You”
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”
5. Colbie Caillat – “Brighter Than the Sun”
6. Jason Derülo – “It Girl”
7. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
8. Cobra Starship ft. Sabi – “You Make Me Feel…”
9. Hot Chelle Rae – “Tonight Tonight”
10. Kelly Clarkson – “Mr. Know It All”
11. Gavin DeGraw – “Not Over You”
12. Demi Lovato – “Skyscraper”
13. Lady Antebellum – “Just a Kiss”
14. Dawes – “Time Spent in Los Angeles”
15. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
16. The Civil Wars – “Poison & Wine”
17. O.A.R. – “Heaven”
18. Mumford & Sons – “Roll Away Your Stone”
19. Lady GaGa – “Yoü and I”
20. Bush – “The Sound of Winter”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Pumped Up Kicks
2. Someone Like You
3. You Make Me Feel…
4. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
5. Moves Like Jagger
6. Mr. Know It All
7. The Sound of Winter
8. Roll Away Your Stone
9. Brighter Than the Sun
10. Time Spent in Los Angeles
11. Poison & Wine
12. Stereo Hearts
13. Skyscraper
13. Tonight Tonight
13. Yoü and I
16. Heaven
17. Nothing
18. Just a Kiss
19. Not Over You
20. It Girl

Adele is again wasting no time.

Original Version
1. The Script – “Nothing”
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Rain Dance Maggie”
3. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
4. Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine – “Stereo Hearts”
5. Adele – “Someone Like You”
6. Demi Lovato – “Skyscraper”
7. Hot Chelle Rae – “Tonight Tonight”
8. Colbie Caillat – “Brighter Than the Sun”
9. Jason Derülo – “It Girl”
10. Lady Antebellum – “Just a Kiss”
11. Cobra Starship ft. Sabi – “You Make Me Feel…”
12. Gavin DeGraw – “Not Over You”
13. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
14. Kelly Clarkson – “Mr. Know It All”
15. Nicki Minaj – “Super Bass”
16. Dawes – “Time Spent in Los Angeles”
17. Mumford & Sons – “Roll Away Your Stone”
18. Lady Gaga – “Yoü and I”
19. O.A.R. – “Heaven”
20. The Civil Wars – “Poison & Wine”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Pumped Up Kicks
2. Someone Like You
3. Super Bass
4. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
5. Moves Like Jagger
6. You Make Me Feel…
7. Mr. Know It All
8. Roll Away Your Stone
9. Brighter Than the Sun
10. Time Spent in Los Angeles
11. Poison & Wine
12. Stereo Hearts
13. Yoü and I
14. Tonight Tonight
15. Skyscraper
16. Heaven
17. Nothing
18. Just a Kiss
19. Not Over You
20. It Girl

I preferred O.A.R. when I had a more nebulous recognition of them.

Original Version
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”
2. Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine – “Stereo Hearts”
3. The Script – “Nothing”
4. Hot Chelle Rae – “Tonight Tonight”
5. Lady Antebellum – “Just a Kiss”
6. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
7. Demi Lovato – “Skyscraper”
8. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
9. Colbie Caillat – “Brighter Than the Sun”
10. Jason Derülo – “It Girl”
11. Nicki Minaj – “Super Bass”
12. Adele – “Someone Like You”
13. Gavin DeGraw – “Not Over You”
14. Lady GaGa – “Yoü and I”
15. Cobra Starship ft. Sabi – “You Make Me Feel…”
16. Dawes – “Time Spent in Los Angeles”
17. Michelle Branch – “Loud Music”
18. Mumford & Sons – “Roll Away Your Stone”
19. Coldplay – “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall”
20. O.A.R. – “Heaven”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Pumped Up Kicks
2. Someone Like You
3. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
4. Super Bass
5. Moves Like Jagger
6. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
7. You Make Me Feel…
8. Loud Music
9. Roll Away Your Stone
10. Time Spent in Los Angeles
11. Brighter Than the Sun
12. Stereo Hearts
13. Yoü and I
14. Tonight Tonight
15. Skyscraper
16. Heaven
17. Nothing
18. Just a Kiss
19. Not Over You
20. It Girl

Cobra Starship’s breakout hit “Good Girls Go Bad” featured Gossip Girl‘s Leighton Meester.  Their latest, “You Make Me Feel…,” features Sabi, who kind of looks like Gossip Girl‘s Jessica Szohr.

Original Version
1. The Script – “Nothing”
2. Hot Chelle Rae – “Tonight Tonight”
3. Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine – “Stereo Hearts”
4. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Rain Dance Maggie”
6. Demi Lovato – “Skyscraper”
7. Lady Antebellum – “Just a Kiss”
8. Lady GaGa – “Yoü and I”
9. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
10. Colbie Caillat – “Brighter Than the Sun”
11. The Band Perry – “If I Die Young”
12. Nicki Minaj – “Super Bass”
13. Jason Derülo – “It Girl”
14. Gavin DeGraw – “Not Over You”
15. Michelle Branch – “Loud Music”
16. OneRepublic – “Good Life”
17. Cobra Starship ft. Sabi – “You Make Me Feel…”
18. Britney Spears – “I Wanna Go”
19. Dawes – “Time Spent in Los Angeles”
20. Coldplay – “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Pumped Up Kicks
2. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
3. Super Bass
4. Moves Like Jagger
5. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
6. You Make Me Feel…
7. Loud Music
8. Good Life
9. Time Spent in Los Angeles
10. Brighter Than the Sun
11. I Wanna Go
12. Stereo Hearts
13. Yoü and I
14. Tonight Tonight
15. Skyscraper
16. If I Die Young
17. Nothing
18. Just a Kiss
19. Not Over You
20. It Girl

Is anyone else worried about what Adam Levine is up to?

Original Version
1. Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine – “Stereo Hearts”
2. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
3. The Script – “Nothing”
4. Demi Lovato – “Skyscraper”
5. Hot Chelle Rae – “Tonight Tonight”
6. Lady GaGa – “Yoü and I”
7. The Band Perry – “If I Die Young”
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”
9. Lady Antebellum – “Just a Kiss”
10. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
11. Gavin DeGraw – “Not Over You”
12. Colbie Caillat – “Brighter Than the Sun”
13. Nicki Minaj – “Super Bass”
14. Michelle Branch – “Loud Music”
15. OneRepublic – “Good Life”
16. Britney Spears – “I Wanna Go”
17. Ximena Sariñana – “Different”
18. Coldplay – “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall”
19. Jason Derülo – “It Girl”
20. Katy Perry – “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Pumped Up Kicks
2. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
3. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
4. Super Bass
5. Moves Like Jagger
6. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
7. Different
8. Loud Music
9. Good Life
10. Brighter Than the Sun
11. I Wanna Go
12. Stereo Hearts
13. Yoü and I
14. Tonight Tonight
15. Skyscraper
16. Nothing
17. If I Die Young
18. Just a Kiss
19. It Girl
20. Not Over You

Once again, VH1 is a little behind: “Super Bass” makes its Top 20 debut after winning a VMA.

Original Version
1. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
2. Demi Lovato – “Skyscraper”
3. Hot Chelle Rae – “Tonight Tonight”
4. Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine – “Stereo Hearts”
5. The Band Perry – “If I Die Young”
6. Lady Antebellum – “Just a Kiss”
7. Lady GaGa – “Yoü and I”
8. The Script – “Nothing”
9. OneRepublic – “Good Life”
10. Colbie Caillat – “Brighter Than the Sun”
11. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”
12. Gavin DeGraw – “Not Over You”
13. Britney Spears – “I Wanna Go”
14. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
15. Michelle Branch – “Loud Music”
16. Nicki Minaj – “Super Bass”
17. Coldplay – “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall”
18. Katy Perry – “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
19. Pitbull ft. Marc Anthony – “Rain Over Me”
20. Ximena Sariñana – “Different”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Pumped Up Kicks
2. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
3. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
4. Super Bass
5. Moves Like Jagger
6. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
7. Different
8. Loud Music
9. Good Life
10. I Wanna Go
11. Brighter Than the Sun
12. Stereo Hearts
13. Yoü and I
14. Tonight Tonight
15. Rain Over Me
16. Skyscraper
17. Nothing
18. If I Die Young
19. Just a Kiss
20. Not Over You

Diversity is in these days.

Original Version
1. Demi Lovato – “Skyscraper”
2. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks”
3. The Band Perry – “If I Die Young”
4. OneRepublic – “Good Life”
5. Gavin DeGraw – “Not Over You”
6. Hot Chelle Rae – “Tonight Tonight”
7. Gym Class Heroes ft. Adam Levine – “Stereo Hearts”
8. Lady GaGa – “Yoü and I”
9. Lady Antebellum – “Just a Kiss”
10. The Script – “Nothing”
11. Britney Spears – “I Wanna Go”
12. Coldplay – “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall”
13. Katy Perry – “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers – “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”
15. Colbie Caillat – “Brighter Than the Sun”
16. Michelle Branch – “Loud Music”
17. Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – “Moves Like Jagger”
18. Ximena Sariñana – “Different”
19. Matt Nathanson – “Faster”
20. Pitbull ft. Marc Anthony – “Rain Over Me”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Pumped Up Kicks
2. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
3. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
4. Moves Like Jagger
5. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall
6. Different
7. Faster
8. Loud Music
9. Good Life
10. I Wanna Go
11. Stereo Hearts
12. Brighter Than the Sun
13. Yoü and I
14. Tonight Tonight
15. Rain Over Me
16. Nothing
17. Just a Kiss
18. Skyscraper
19. If I Die Young
20. Not Over You