VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 3/2/13

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Maroon 5 Number 1 again? With “Daylight”? Blech.

Original Version
1. Maroon 5 – “Daylight”
2. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
3. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
4. will.i.am ft. Britney Spears – “Scream & Shout”
5. Kelly Clarkson – “Catch My Breath”
6. fun. – “Carry On”
7. Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
8. Bruno Mars – “When I Was Your Man”
9. P!nk – “Try”
10. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – “Sweet Nothing”
11. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz – “Thrift Shop”
12. Bruno Mars – “Locked Out of Heaven”
13. Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida – “Troublemaker”
14. Emeli Sandé – “Next to Me”
15. Hunter Hayes – “Wanted”
16. Alabama Shakes – “Hold On”
17. Alicia Keys – “Girl on Fire”
18. OneRepublic – “If I Lose Myself”
19. Bon Jovi – “Because We Can”
20. Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko – “Stay”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Hold On
2. Locked Out of Heaven
3. Thrift Shop
4. Try
5. Stay
6. Girl on Fire
7. It’s Time
8. Sweet Nothing
9. I Knew You Were Trouble
10. Carry On
11. Troublemaker
12. Next to Me
13. When I Was Your Man
14. I Will Wait
15. Wanted
16. Scream & Shout
17. Catch My Breath
18. If I Lose Myself
19. Daylight
20. Because We Can

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 2/23/13

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We’re shaking.

Original Version
1. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
2. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
3. Maroon 5 – “Daylight”
4. Kelly Clarkson – “Catch My Breath”
5. will.i.am ft. Britney Spears – “Scream & Shout”
6. Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
7. P!nk – “Try”
8. Bruno Mars – “Locked Out of Heaven”
9. Alicia Keys – “Girl on Fire”
10. fun. – “Cary On”
11. Hunter Hayes – “Wanted”
12. Bruno Mars – “When I Was Your Man”
13. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – “Sweet Nothing”
14. Of Monsters and Men – “Little Talks”
15. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz – “Thrift Shop”
16. Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida – “Troublemaker”
17. Matchbox Twenty – “Overjoyed”
18. Emeli Sandé – “Next to Me”
19. Alabama Shakes – “Hold On”
20. Bon Jovi – “Because We Can”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Hold On
2. Little Talks
3. Locked Out of Heaven
4. Thrift Shop
5. Try
6. Girl on Fire
7. It’s Time
8. Sweet Nothing
9. Carry On
10. Troublemaker
11. I Knew You Were Trouble
12. Next to Me
13. When I Was Your Man
14. I Will Wait
15. Wanted
16. Scream & Shout
17. Catch My Breath
18. Daylight
19. Overjoyed
20. Because We Can

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 2/16/13

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Nice to see Tegan and Sara and Alabama Shakes on the Countdown Contenders, but you know who else we need to hear from?  Atmosphere.  (Check out the latest Target Everyday Collection commercial.)

Original Version
1. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
2. Alicia Keys – “Girl on Fire”
3. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
4. P!nk – “Try”
5. Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
6. Maroon 5 – “Daylight”
7. Bruno Mars – “Locked Out of Heaven”
8. Kelly Clarkson – “Catch My Breath”
9. Hunter Hayes – “Wanted”
10. will.i.am ft. Britney Spears – “Wanted”
11. fun. – “Carry On”
12. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – “Sweet Nothing”
13. Of Monsters and Men – “Little Talks”
14. Bruno Mars – “When I Was Your Man”
15. Matchbox Twenty – “Overjoyed”
16. Emeli Sandé – “Next to Me”
17. Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida – “Troublemaker”
18. Bon Jovi – “Because We Can”
19. Neon Trees ft. Kaskade – “Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night)”
20. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz – “Thrift Shop”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Little Talks
2. Locked Out of Heaven
3. Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night)
4. Thrift Shop
5. Try
6. Girl on Fire
7. It’s Time
8. Sweet Nothing
9. Carry On
10. Troublemaker
11. I Knew You Were Trouble
12. Next to Me
13. When I Was Your Man
14. I Will Wait
15. Wanted
16. Scream & Shout
17. Catch My Breath
18. Daylight
19. Overjoyed
20. Because We Can

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 2/9/13

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Don’t call it a comeback. Or do.

Original Version
1. P!nk – “Try”
2. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
3. Alicia Keys – “Girl on Fire”
4. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
5. Bruno Mars – “Locked Out of Heaven”
6. Kelly Clarkson – “Catch My Breath”
7. The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
8. Hunter Hayes – “Wanted”
9. Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
10. Maroon 5 – “Daylight”
11. will.i.am ft. Britney Spears – “Scream & Shout”
12. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – “Sweet Nothing”
13. Pitbull ft. TJR – “Don’t Stop the Party”
14. fun. – “Carry On”
15. Lifehouse ft. Natasha Bedingfield – “Between the Raindrops”
16. Of Monsters and Men – “Little Talks”
17. Neon Trees ft. Kaskade – “Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night)”
18. Emeli Sandé – “Next to Me”
19. Matchbox Twenty – “Overjoyed”
20. Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida – “Troublemaker”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Little Talks
2. Locked Out of Heaven
3. Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night)
4. Girl on Fire
5. Try
6. It’s Time
7. Sweet Nothing
8. Carry On
9. Ho Hey
10. Troublemaker
11. I Knew You Were Trouble
12. Next to Me
13. I Will Wait
14. Wanted
15. Scream & Shout
16. Don’t Stop the Party
17. Catch My Breath
18. Daylight
19. Overjoyed
20. Between the Raindrops

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 2/2/13

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Synthesizers made out of cherrywood

Original Version
1. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
2. Bruno Mars – “Locked Out of Heaven”
3. The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
4. P!nk – “Try”
5. Alicia Keys – “Girl on Fire”
6. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
7. Kelly Clarkson – “Catch My Breath”
8. Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
9. will.i.am ft. Britney Spears – “Scream & Shout”
10. Hunter Hayes – “Wanted”
11. Maroon 5 – “Daylight”
12. Pitbull ft. TJR – “Don’t Stop the Party”
13. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – “Sweet Nothing”
14. Neon Trees ft. Kaskade – “Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night)”
15. Matchbox Twenty – “Overjoyed”
16. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – “Stars”
17. Lifehouse ft. Natasha Bedingfield – “Between the Raindrops”
18. Jason Mraz – “93 Million Miles”
19. Phillip Phillips – “Home”
20. Gavin DeGraw – “Soldier”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Locked Out of Heaven
2. Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night)
3. Girl on Fire
4. Try
5. It’s Time
6. Sweet Nothing
7. Home
8. Ho Hey
9. I Knew You Were Trouble
10. I Will Wait
11. Wanted
12. Scream & Shout
13. Stars
14. Don’t Stop the Party
15. Catch My Breath
16. Daylight
17. Soldier
18. 93 Million Miles
19. Overjoyed
20. Between the Raindrops

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 1/26/13

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VH1 and FUSE agreement alert.

Original Version
1. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
2. The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
3. P!nk – “Try”
4. Bruno Mars – “Locked Out of Heaven”
5. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
6. Kelly Clarkson – “Catch My Breath”
7. The Script ft. will.i.am – “Hall of Fame”
8. Alicia Keys – “Girl on Fire”
9. Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
10. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – “Sweet Nothing”
11. will.i.am ft. Britney Spears – “Scream & Shout”
12. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – “Stars”
13. Hunter Hayes – “Wanted”
14. Matchbox Twenty – “Overjoyed”
15. Pitbull ft. TJR – “Don’t Stop the Party”
16. Maroon 5 – “Daylight”
17. Phillip Phillips – “Home”
18. Neon Trees ft. Kaskade – “Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night)”
19. Lifehouse ft. Natasha Bedingfield – “Between the Raindrops”
20. Jason Mraz – “93 Million Miles”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Locked Out of Heaven
2. Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night)
3. Girl on Fire
4. Try
5. It’s Time
6. Sweet Nothing
7. Home
8. Ho Hey
9. I Knew You Were Trouble
10. I Will Wait
11. Wanted
12. Scream & Shout
13. Stars
14. Don’t Stop the Party
15. Catch My Breath
16. Daylight
17. 93 Million Miles
18. Overjoyed
19. Between the Raindrops
20. Hall of Fame

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 1/19/13

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I’m getting some Dharma Initiative vibes from the beginning of the “Lessons in Love” video.

Original Version
1. The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
2. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
3. Bruno Mars – “Locked Out of Heaven”
4. P!nk – “Try”
5. Kelly Clarkson – “Catch My Breath”
6. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
7. Alicia Keys – “Girl on Fire”
8. The Script ft. will.i.am – “Hall of Fame”
9. will.i.am ft. Britney Spears – “Scream & Shout”
10. Phillip Phillips – “Home”
11. Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
12. Hunter Hayes – “Wanted”
13. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – “Stars”
14. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – “Sweet Nothing”
15. Rihanna – “Diamonds”
16. Matchbox Twenty – “Overjoyed”
17. Pitbull ft. TJR – “Don’t Stop the Party”
18. OneRepublic – “Feel Again”
19. Neon Trees ft. Kaskade – “Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night)”
20. Gavin DeGraw – “Soldier”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Locked Out of Heaven
2. Girl on Fire
3. Diamonds
4. Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night)
5. Try
6. It’s Time
7. Sweet Nothing
8. Home
9. Ho Hey
10. I Knew You Were Trouble
11. I Will Wait
12. Wanted
13. Scream & Shout
14. Stars
15. Feel Again
16. Don’t Stop the Party
17. Catch My Breath
18. Soldier
19. Overjoyed
20. Hall of Fame

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 1/12/13

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It’s time to move on.

Original Version
1. The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
2. Bruno Mars – “Locked Out of Heaven”
3. P!nk – “Try”
4. Phillip Phillips – “Home”
5. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
6. Kelly Clarkson – “Catch My Breath”
7. The Script ft. will.i.am – “Hall of Fame”
8. Alicia Keys – “Girl on Fire”
9. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
10. Rihanna – “Diamonds”
11. Flo Rida – “I Cry”
12. will.i.am ft. Britney Spears – “Scream & Shout”
13. Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
14. OneRepublic – “Feel Again”
15. Hunter Hayes – “Wanted”
16. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – “Stars”
17. Matchbox Twenty – “Overjoyed”
18. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – “Sweet Nothing”
19. Pitbull ft. TJR – “Don’t Stop the Party”
20. Gary Clark, Jr. – “Ain’t Messin’ Around”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Locked Out of Heaven
2. Girl on Fire
3. Ain’t Messin’ Around
4. Diamonds
5. Try
6. It’s Time
7. Sweet Nothing
8. Home
9. I Cry
10. Ho Hey
11. I Knew You Were Trouble
12. I Will Wait
13. Wanted
14. Scream & Shout
15. Stars
16. Feel Again
17. Don’t Stop the Party
18. Catch My Breath
19. Overjoyed
20. Hall of Fame

VH1 Top 20 Countdown – 1/5/13

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What happened to Ke$ha? (And Alex Clare? And Ellie Goulding?)

Original Version
1. The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
2. Kelly Clarkson – “Catch My Breath”
3. Bruno Mars – “Locked Out of Heaven”
4. P!nk – “Try”
5. OneRepublic – “Feel Again”
6. Phillip Phillips – “Home”
7. Rihanna – “Diamonds”
8. Flo Rida – “I Cry”
9. The Script ft. will.i.am – “Hall of Fame”
10. Hunter Hayes – “Wanted”
11. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
12. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
13. Alicia Keys – “Girl on Fire”
14. will.i.am ft. Britney Spears – “Scream & Shout”
15. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – “Sweet Nothing”
16. Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
17. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – “Stars”
18. Lifehouse ft. Natasha Bedingfield – “Between the Raindrops”
19. Pitbull ft. TJR – “Don’t Stop the Party”
20. Matchbox Twenty – “Overjoyed”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Locked Out of Heaven
2. Girl on Fire
3. Diamonds
4. Try
5. It’s Time
6. Sweet Nothing
7. Home
8. I Cry
9. Ho Hey
10. I Knew You Were Trouble
11. I Will Wait
12. Wanted
13. Scream & Shout
14. Stars
15. Feel Again
16. Don’t Stop the Party
17. Catch My Breath
18. Overjoyed
19. Between the Raindrops
20. Hall of Fame

VH1 Top 20 of 2012

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VH1 cut its yearly countdown down to 20 after doing 40 for the past several years. I must say, I miss the mix-up to the regular format that the Top 40 provided, but this here Top 20 was a nice change of pace, and I appreciate the stringency inherent in cutting down the list total. I figured that with a smaller list there might be a chance I wouldn’t have to yell at VH1 for inaccurately gauging the bigness of the hits of 2012, and Jim Shearer’s explanation that all the charts were pored over to determine the countdown bolstered my confidence. For the most part, this list makes sense, with a few questionable choices and one egregiously wrong one. Did I miss something or was “Call Me Maybe” not the biggest song of 2012? You could perhaps make the argument that “Somebody That I Used to Know” should be Number 1 (it was my favorite song of 2012 that was actually released in 2011), as it was the first song to ever hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, Adult Pop, Alternative, Hot Dance Club, Pop, and Rock charts.  “We Are Young” also deserves to be up top, having been the anthem of 2012.  But “Call Me Maybe” anywhere lower than 3?  That’s just not in touch with reality.  Elsewhere, “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” looks a little low to me at 17th, while “I Will Wait” looks a bit high at 10th (although, maybe not, seeing as Babel had the second highest debut week of any album).

As per usual, my estimation of the quality of the songs follows the original version.

Original Version
1. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
2. fun. ft. Janelle Monae – “We Are Young”
3. Maroon 5 ft. Burj Khalifa – “Payhpone”
4. Kelly Clarkson – “What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)”
5. The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
6. Rihanna – “Where Have You Been”
7. Train – “Drive By”
8. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
9. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
10. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
11. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
12. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
13. P!nk – “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)”
14. Flo Rida – “Whistle”
15. Demi Lovato – “Give Your Heart a Break”
16. Ed Sheeran – “The A-Team”
17. Taylor Swift – “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
18. Bruno Mars – “Locked Out of Heaven”
19. Katy Perry – “Wide Awake”
20. Ne-Yo – “Let Me Love You”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Lights
3. Where Have You Been
4. Locked Out of Heaven
5. Wide Awake
6. We Are Young
7. Call Me Maybe
8. Give Your Heart a Break
9. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
10. Ho Hey
11. Set Fire to the Rain
12. Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
13. I Will Wait
14. What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger)
15. Everybody Talks
16. The A-Team
17. Drive By
18. Let Me Love You
19. Payphone
20. Whistle

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