1) Gotye - Somebody That I used To Know
2) Maroon 5 - Payphone
3) Fun. - We Are Young
4) Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
5) Flo Rida - Wild Ones
6) Nicki Minaj - Starships
7) One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
8) The Wanted - Glad You Came
9) Justin Bieber - Boyfriend
10) Train - Drive By
A new song this week in the top 10. Not exactly a new song, "Drive By" has been on the airwaves for some time now. I always dread every time I hear a new Train song. Their lyrics are awful and the music generic. They're clever for no reason, people love them though because they're clever. The Magnetic Fields have clever lyrics, lord knows "Weird Al" Yankovic has the cleverest lyrics around. Why then, does Train get all the attention? They started their career as a fairly standard 90's guitar band, shortly after the term "alt-rock" lost all its meaning and suddenly Nine Days and Tonic were considered alternative. Since then, they've had a string of hits that sound absolutely nothing like the mediocre but amiable days of "Meet Virginia". They're bound to have more hits that sound exactly like this one.
Maroon 5 is sure to challenge Gotye for the top spot next week. He's been there for close to a month (maybe more, I haven't been counting) and he can't stay there forever. Maroon 5 has been itching to climb up the charts since they debuted "Payphone" at number 3. They knocked fun. down a peg this week and I'd put money on them hitting the top next week. Then they'll be there a few weeks and maybe by then we'll have a new contender. Someone's gotta release a new song by then, right?
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