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FUSE and VH1 had the same #1’s this week. Whatever that means.

Original Version
1. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
2. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
3. Calvin Harris – “Feel So Close”
4. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – “Dance Again”
5. Train – “Drive By”
6. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
7. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
8. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
9. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
10. Nickelback – “Lullaby”
11. B.o.B – “So Good”
12. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
13. Daughtry – “Outta My Head”
14. Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa – “Payphone”
15. Gavin DeGraw – “Sweeter”
16. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
17. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
18. Nicki Minaj – “Starships”
19. John Mayer – “Shadow Days”
20. Ed Sheeran – “The A Team”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Feel So Close
3. Starships
4. Lights
5. We Are Young
6. Brokenhearted
7. Call Me Maybe
8. Part of Me
9. Sweeter
10. Everybody Talks
11. So Good
12. Payphone
13. Dance Again
14. The A Team
15. Shadow Days
16. Drive By
17. Outta My Head
18. Fine By Me
19. Lullaby
20. I Won’t Give Up

It’s always interesting to see what current music VH1 Top 20 Countdown ignores.

Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. Train – “Drive By”
3. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
4. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
5. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
6. Nickelback – “Lullaby”
7. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
8. Calvin Harris – “Feel So Close”
9. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – “Dance Again”
10. B.o.B – “So Good”
11. Gavin DeGraw – “Sweeter”
12. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
13. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
14. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
15. Daughtry – “Outta My Head”
16. Graffiti6 – “Free”
17. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
18. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
19. K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – “Is Anybody Out There”
20. John Mayer – “Shadow Days”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Feel So Close
3. Lights
4. We Are Young
5. Brokenhearted
6. Free
7. Call Me Maybe
8. Part of Me
9. Sweeter
10. Everybody Talks
11. So Good
12. Dance Again
13. Shadow Days
14. Drive By
15. Is Anybody Out There
16. Outta My Head
17. If You Ever Come Back
18. Fine By Me
19. Lullaby
20. I Won’t Give Up

“We Are Young” kind of deserved to be #1 three weeks in a row, but maybe like a month or two ago.

Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
3. Train – “Drive By”
4. B.o.B – “So Good”
5. Nickelback – “Lullaby”
6. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
7. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
8. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
9. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
10. Calvin Harris – “Feel So Close”
11. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – “Dance Again”
12. Graffiti6 – “Free”
13. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
14. K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – “Is Anybody Out There”
15. Gavin DeGraw – “Sweeter”
16. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
17. Drake ft. Rihanna – “Take Care”
18. Usher – “Climax”
19. Daughtry – “Outta My Head”
20. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Feel So Close
3. Take Care
4. Lights
5. We Are Young
6. Brokenhearted
7. Free
8. Part of Me
9. Sweeter
10. Everybody Talks
11. So Good
12. Dance Again
13. Is Anybody Out There
14. Drive By
15. Outta My Head
16. If You Ever Come Back
17. Fine By Me
18. Lullaby
19. Climax
20. I Won’t Give Up

How is Gotye sliding down the countdown as “Somebody That I Used to Know” keeps getting bigger and bigger?

Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. Train – “Drive By”
3. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
4. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
5. Nickelback – “Lullaby”
6. B.o.B – “So Good”
7. Graffiti6 – “Free”
8. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
9. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
10. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
11. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
12. Usher – “Climax”
13. Calvin Harris – “Feel So Close
14. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – “Dance Again”
15. K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – “Is Anybody Out There”
16. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
17. Gavin DeGraw – “Sweeter”
18. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
19. Drake ft. Rihanna – “Take Care”
20. Matt Nathanson ft. Sugarland – “Run”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Feel So Close
3. Take Care
4. Lights
5. We Are Young
6. Brokenhearted
7. Free
8. Part of Me
9. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
10. Run
11. Sweeter
12. So Good
13. Dance Again
14. Is Anybody Out There
15. Drive By
16. If You Ever Come Back
17. Fine By Me
18. Lullaby
19. Climax
20. I Won’t Give Up

It just seems so wrong to have a Nickelback video mixed in nowadays.

Original Version
1. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
2. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
3. B.o.B – “So Good”
4. Graffit6 – “Free”
5. Train – “Drive By”
6. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
7. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
8. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
9. Nickelback – “Lullaby”
10. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
11. Usher – “Climax”
12. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
13. K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – “Is Anybody Out There”
14. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
15. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
16. Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – “Dance Again”
17. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
18. Gavin DeGraw – “Sweeter”
19. Madonna – “Girl Gone Wild”
20. Drake ft. Rihanna – “Take Care”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Take Care
3. Lights
4. We Are Young
5. Free
6. Brokenhearted
7. Part of Me
8. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
9. Sweeter
10. So Good
11. Ass Back Home
12. Girl Gone Wild
13. Dance Again
14. Is Anybody Out There
15. Drive By
16. If You Ever Come Back
17. Fine By Me
18. Lullaby
19. Climax
20. I Won’t Give Up

Have Katy Perry gone too far?

Original Version
1. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
2. Train – “Drive By”
3. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
4. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
5. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
6. Graffiti6 – “Free”
7. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
8. B.o.B – “So Good”
9. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
10. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
11. Nickelback – “Lullaby”
12. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
13. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
14. Usher – “Climax”
15. K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – “Is Anybody Out There”
16. Madonna – “Girl Gone Wild”
17. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
18. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
19. Gavin DeGraw – “Sweeter”
20. Christina Perri – “A Thousand Years”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Lights
3. We Are Young
4. A Thousand Years
5. Free
6. Brokenhearted
7. Part of Me
8. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
9. Sweeter
10. Everybody Talks
11. So Good
12. Ass Back Home
13. Girl Gone Wild
14. Is Anybody Out There
15. Drive By
16. If You Ever Come Back
17. Fine By Me
18. Lullaby
19. Climax
20. I Won’t Give Up

It’s particularly disheartening to see Train at #1 when folks as unusual as fun. and Gotye are right behind at 2 and 3.

Original Version
1. Train – “Drive By”
2. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
3. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
4. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
5. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
6. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
7. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
8. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
9. Graffiti6 – “Free”
10. B.o.B – “So Good”
11. Jessie J – “Domino”
12. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
13. Nickelback – “Lullaby”
14. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
15. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
16. Usher – “Climax”
17. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
18. K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – “Is Anybody Out There”
19. Jason Derülo – “Breathing”
20. Madonna – “Girl Gone Wild”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. We Are Young
3. Domino
4. Free
5. Brokenhearted
6. Part of Me
7. Everybody Talks
8. So Good
9. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
10. Girl Gone Wild
11. Ass Back Home
12. Is Anybody Out There
13. Breathing
14. Drive By
15. International Love
16. If You Ever Come Back
17. Fine By Me
18. Lullaby
19. Climax
20. I Won’t Give Up

Our #1’s match up – first time since November (Adele – “Someone Like You”).

Original Version
1. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
2. Train – “Drive By”
3. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
4. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
5. fun. ft Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
6. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
7. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
8. Jessie J – “Domino”
9. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
10. Katy Perry – “Part of Me”
11. Graffiti6 – “Free”
12. Young the Giant – “Cough Syrup”
13. B.o.B – “So Good”
14. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
15. Karmin – “Brokenhearted”
16. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
17. Jason Derülo – “Breathing”
18. Adam Lambert – “Better Than I Know Myself”
19. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
20. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Lights
3. We Are Young
4. Domino
5. Cough Syrup
6. Set Fire to the Rain
7. Free
8. Brokenhearted
9. Part of Me
10. Everybody Talks
11. So Good
12. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
13. Ass Back Home
14. Breathing
15. Drive By
16. International Love
17. Better Than I Know Myself
18. If You Ever Come Back
19. Fine By Me
20. I Won’t Give Up

Your charms win this round, B.o.B

Original Version
1. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
2. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
3. Train – “Drive By”
4. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
5. Jessie J – “Domino”
6. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
7. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
8. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
9. fun. ft Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
10. Graffit6 – “Free”
11. Young the Giant – “Cough Syrup”
12. Adam Lambert – “Better Than I Know Myself”
13. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
14. Safetysuit – “These Times”
15. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
16. Jason Derülo – “Breathing”
17. B.o.B – “So Good”
18. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
19. Monica & Brandy – “It All Belongs to Me”
20. K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – “Is Anybody Out There”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Lights
3. We Are Young
4. Domino
5. Cough Syrup
6. Set Fire to the Rain
7. Free
8. So Good
9. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
10. Is Anybody Out There?
11. Ass Back Home
12. It All Belongs to Me
13. These Times
14. Better Than I Know Myself
15. Breathing
16. Drive By
17. If You Ever Come Back
18. International Love
19. Fine By Me
20. I Won’t Give Up

The world may not be ready for the rest of Gotye.

Original Version
1. Kelly Clarkson – “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
2. Gym Class Heroes ft. Neon Hitch – “Ass Back Home”
3. Pitbull ft. Chris Brown – “International Love”
4. Jessie J – “Domino”
5. Train – “Drive By”
6. Jason Mraz – “I Won’t Give Up”
7. Gotye ft. Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
8. Young the Giant – “Cough Syrup”
9. Adele – “Set Fire to the Rain”
10. Andy Grammer – “Fine By Me”
11. Adam Lambert – “Better Than I Know Myself”
12. Safetysuit – “These Times”
13. Graffiti6 – “Free”
14. fun. ft. Janelle Monáe – “We Are Young”
15. Jason Derülo – “Breathing”
16. Foster the People – “Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)”
17. Ellie Goulding – “Lights”
18. The Script – “If You Ever Come Back”
19. Bruno Mars – “It Will Rain”
20. Monica & Brandy – “It All Belongs to Me”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Somebody That I Used to Know
2. Lights
3. We Are Young
4. Domino
5. Don’t Stop (Color on the Walls)
6. Cough Syrup
7. It Will Rain
8. Set Fire to the Rain
9. Free
10. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
11. Ass Back Home
12. It All Belongs to Me
13. These Times
14. Better Than I Know Myself
15. Breathing
16. Drive By
17. If You Ever Come Back
18. International Love
19. Fine By Me
20. I Won’t Give Up