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Why is “Please Don’t Go” moving up so high? It is no “Cooler Than Me.”
Also, this countdown features two of the most unnotable American Idol winners.

Original Version
1. Katy Perry – “Firework”
2. P!nk – “Raise Your Glass”
3. Mike Posner – “Please Don’t Go”
4. Nicki Minaj – “Right Thru Me”
5. Christina Perri – “Jar of Hearts”
6. Bruno Mars – “Grenade”
7. Nelly – “Just a Dream”
8. Kid Rock – “Born Free”
9. Rihanna – “Only Girl (in the World)”
10. The Script – “For the First Time”
11. Linkin Park – “Waiting for the End”
12. Lee DeWyze – “Sweet Serendipity”
13. Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj – “Bottoms Up”
14. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – “Paris (Ooh La La)”
15. Keri Hilson – “Pretty Girl Rock”
16. Sugarland – “Stuck Like Glue”
17. Jason Derülo – “What If”
18. Maroon 5 – “Give a Little More”
19. Fantasia – “I’m Doin’ Me”
20. Mumford & Sons – “The Cave”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Only Girl (in the World)
2. Paris (Ooh La La)
3. Right Thru Me
4. The Cave
5. Jar of Hearts
6. Firework
7. Waiting for the End
8. Grenade
9. Please Don’t Go
10. What If
11. Give a Little More
12. For the First Time
13. Born Free
14. I’m Doin’ Me
15. Pretty Girl Rock
16. Sweet Serendipity
17. Stuck Like Glue
18. Just a Dream
19. Raise Your Glass
20. Bottoms Up

A slight change of opinion on my part allows P!nk to avoid a distinction previously accomplished only by Daughtry.

Original Version
1. P!nk – “Raise Your Glass”
2. Katy Perry – “Firework”
3. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
4. Christina Perri – “Jar of Hearts”
5. Mike Posner – “Please Don’t Go”
6. Nicki Minaj – “Right Thru Me”
7. Kid Rock – “Born Free”
8. Rihanna – “Only Girl (in the World)”
9. Linkin Park – “Waiting for the End”
10. Bruno Mars – “Grenade”
11. Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
12. Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj – “Bottoms Up”
13. Lee DeWyze – “Sweet Serendipity”
14. The Script – “For the First Time”
15. Nelly – “Just a Dream”
16. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – “Paris (Ooh La La)”
17. Maroon 5 – “Give a Little More”
18. Sugarland – “Stuck Like Glue”
19. Keri Hilson – “Pretty Girl Rock”
20. Jason Derülo – “What If”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Only Girl (in the World)
2. Radioactive
3. Paris (Ooh La La)
4. Firework
5. Jar of Hearts
6. Waiting for the End
7. Just the Way You Are
8. Grenade
9. Right Thru Me
10. Please Don’t Go
11. What If
12. Give a Little More
13. For the First Time
14. Born Free
15. Pretty Girl Rock
16. Sweet Serendipity
17. Stuck Like Glue
18. Just a Dream
19. Raise Your Glass
20. Bottoms Up

The Perry(i) sisters are 1-2!

Original Version
1. Katy Perry – Firework
2. Christina Perri – Jar of Hearts
3. Bruno Mars – Just the Way You Are
4. Rihanna – Only Girl (in the World)
5. P!nk – Raise Your Glass
6. Mike Posner – Please Don’t Go
7. Nicki Minaj – Right Thru Me
8. Michael Bublé – Hollywood
9. Linkin Park – Waiting for the End
10. Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj – Bottoms Up
11. Kings of Leon – Radioactive
12. Kid Rock – Born Free
13. Bruno Mars – Grenade
14. Sugarland – Stuck Like Glue
15. Maroon 5 – Give a Little More
16. The Script – For the First Time
17. Keri Hilson – Pretty Girl Rock
18. Nelly – Just a Dream
19. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – Paris (Ooh La La)
20. Kanye West ft. Pusha T – Runaway

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Only Girl (in the World)
2. Radioactive
3. Runaway
4. Paris (Ooh La La)
5. Firework
6. Jar of Hearts
7. Waiting for the End
8. Just the Way You Are
9. Grenade
10. Please Don’t Go
11. Right Thru Me
12. For the First Time
13. Pretty Girl Rock
14. Born Free
15. Give a Little More
16. Just a Dream
17. Hollywood
18. Stuck Like Glue
19. Bottoms Up
20. Raise Your Glass

Songs that have appeared on both Top 20 Countdown and Cinema Sounds (the music that plays between movies at the theatre) this year: “Tighten Up,” “Mine,” and now, “Paris.”

Orignial Version
1. Christina Perri – “Jar of Hearts”
2. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
3. Rihanna – “Only Girl (in the World)”
4. Katy Perry – “Firework”
5. Linkin Park – “Waiting for the End”
6. P!nk – “Raise Your Glass”
7. Mike Posner – “Please Don’t Go”
8. Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
9. Michael Bublé – “Hollywood”
10. Nicki Minaj – “Right Thru Me”
11. Kid Rock – “Born Free”
12. Kanye West – “Runaway”
13. Sugarland – “Stuck Like Glue”
14. Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj – “Bottoms Up”
15. The Script – “For the First Time”
16. Travie McCoy – “Need You”
17. Bret Michaels – “Riding Against the Wind”
18. Keri Hilson – “Pretty Girl Rock”
19. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
20. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals – “Paris (Ooh La La)”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Only Girl (in the World)
2. Radioactive
3. Runaway
4. Paris (Ooh La La)
5. Firework
6. Jar of Hearts
7. Waiting for the End
8. Just the Way You Are
9. For the First Time
10. Pretty Girl Rock
11. Please Don’t Go
12. Need You
13. Born Free
14. Right Thru Me
15. Hollywood
16. Stuck Like Glue
17. Bottoms Up
18. Raise Your Glass
19. Rhythm of Love
20. Riding Against the Wind

Taylor and Daughtry finally fall off the list, and with Rihanna at the top, my number 1 matches up with the original number 1 for the first time since I have been making my revisions (though it should have also matched up when “Teenage Dream” took the lead).

Original Version
1. Rihanna – “Only Girl (in the World)”
2. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
3. Usher ft. Pitbull – “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
4. Christina Perri – “Jar of Hearts”
5. Flo Rida ft. David Guetta – “Club Can’t Handle Me”
6. Linkin Park – “Waiting for the End”
7. Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
8. Katy Perry – “Firework”
9. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
10. P!nk – “Raise Your Glass”
11. Mike Posner – “Please Don’t Go”
12. Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj – “Bottoms Up”
13. Michael Bublé – “Hollywood”
14. Kanye West – “Runaway”
15. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
16. Kid Rock – “Born Free”
17. Sugarland – “Stuck Like Glue”
18. Nicki Minaj – “Right Thru Me”
19. Bret Michaels – “Riding Against the Wind”
20. Travie McCoy – “Need You”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Only Girl (in the World)
2. Radioactive
3. Runaway
4. Firework
5. Closer to the Edge
6. Jar of Hearts
7. Waiting for the End
8. Just the Way You Are
9. Please Don’t Go
10. Need You
11. Club Can’t Handle Me
12. Born Free
13. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
14. Hollywood
15. Stuck Like Glue
16. Right Thru Me
17. Bottoms Up
18. Raise Your Glass
19. Rhythm of Love
20. Riding Against the Wind

Fireworks are popping out of everyone’s chest.

Original Version
1. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
2. Flo Rida ft. David Guetta – “Club Can’t Handle Me”
3. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
4. Usher ft. Pitbull – “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
5. Rihanna – “Only Girl (in the World)”
6. Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
7. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
8. Daughtry – “September”
9. Christina Perri – “Jar of Hearts”
10. Linkin Park – “Waiting for the End”
11. P!nk – “Raise Your Glass”
12. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
13. Mike Posner – “Please Don’t Go”
14. Katy Perry – “Firework”
15. Bret Michaels – “Riding Against the Wind”
16. Trey Songz ft. Nicki Minaj – “Bottoms Up”
17. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
18. Michale Bublé – “Hollywood”
19. Jack Johnson – “At or With Me”
20. Sugarland – “Stuck Like Glue”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Only Girl (in the World)
2. Radioactive
3. Firework
4. Closer to the Edge
5. Jar of Hearts
6. Waiting for the End
7. Little Lion Man
8. Just the Way You Are
9. Club Can’t Handle Me
10. Hollywood
11. Please Don’t Go
12. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
13. Stuck Like Glue
14. At or With Me
15. Bottoms Up
16. Mine
17. Raise Your Glass
18. Rhythm of Love
19. Riding Against the Wind
20. September

RiRi is back (though she was hardly ever gone), and that’ s all you need to know this week.

Original Version
1. Usher ft. Pitbull – “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
2. Daughtry – “September”
3. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
4. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
5. Katy Perry – “Teenage Dream”
6. Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
7. Flo Rida ft. David Guetta – “Club Can’t Handle Me”
8. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
9. Ke$ha – “Take It Off”
10. Rihanna – “Only Girl (in the World)”
11. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
12. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
13. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
14. Mike Posner – “Please Don’t Go”
15. Linkin Park – “Waiting for the End”
16. Sara Bareilles – “King of Anything”
17. Lady Antebellum – “I Run to You”
18. Goo Goo Dolls – “Home”
19. Jack Johnson – “At or With Me”
20. Christina Perri – “Jar of Hearts”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Teenage Dream
2. Only Girl (in the World)
3. Radioactive
4. Take It Off
5. King of Anything
6. F*** You
7. Closer to the Edge
8. Waiting for the End
9. Jar of Hearts
10. Just the Way You Are
11. Little Lion Man
12. Club Can’t Handle Me
13. Please Don’t Go
14. At or With Me
15. Home
16. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
17. Rhythm of Love
18. I Run to You
19. Mine
20. September

How is “Rhythm of Love” that high? I don’t think I’ve once heard that song on the radio.

Original Version
1. Daughtry – “September”
2. Bruno Mars – “Just the Way You Are”
3. Usher ft. Pitbull “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
4. Katy Perry- “Teenage Dream”
5. Taylor Swift – “Mine”
6. Plain White T’s – “Rhythm of Love”
7. Ke$ha – “Take It Off”
8. B.o.B ft. Rives Cuomo – “Magic”
9. Kings of Leon – “Radioactive”
10. Linkin Park – “The Catalyst”
11. Flo Rida ft. David Guetta – “Club Can’t Handle Me”
12. Sara Bareilles – “King of Anything”
13. Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
14. Lady Antebellum – “I Run to You”
15. Goo Goo Dolls – “Home”
16. Cee-Lo Green – “F*** You”
17. Jack Johnson – “At or With Me”
18. 30 Seconds to Mars – “Closer to the Edge”
19. John Legend & the Roots ft. Common and Melanie Fiona – “Wake Up Everybody”
20. OK Go – “White Knuckles”

Jmunney’s Revision
1. Teenage Dream
2. Radioactive
3. The Catalyst
4. Take It Off
5. King of Anything
6. F*** You
7. White Knuckles
8. Closer to the Edge
9. Just the Way You Are
10. Little Lion Man
11. Club Can’t Handle Me
12. Magic
13. Home
14. DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love
15. At or With Me
16. Rhythm of Love
17. I Run to You
18. Wake Up Everybody
19. Mine
20. September