American Top 40 - July 4, 2015 (Guest Host: Jason Derülo)

[jdelachjr2002]

This is officially the 45th anniversary of AT40 and if you thought Derülo would still be at #1 the week he subs for Seacrest... you lose.

AMERICAN TOP 40 - JULY 4, 2015
LW TW WKS Artist - Title
40 40 (02) Years & Years - King (40)
-- 39 (01) Zedd featuring Jon Bellion - Beautiful Now (39)
36 38 (26) Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (1)
38 37 (03) Sam Hunt - Take Your Time (37)
31 36 (07) Calvin Harris featuring HAIM - Pray To God (31)
37 35 (03) Fall Out Boy - Uma Thurman (35)
35 34 (03) Adam Lambert - Ghost Town (34)
30 33 (19) Ariana Grande - One Last Time (6)
32 32 (25) Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo - Time Of Our Lives (4)
39 31 (02) Rachel Platten - Fight Song (31)
On The Verge: Shawn Mendes - Stitches
Optional Extra: Jason Derülo - Whatcha Say
25 30 (09) Fetty Wap - Trap Queen (20)
28 29 (19) Flo Rida featuring Sage the Gemini - G.D.F.R. (8)
Breakout: Demi Lovato - Cool For The Summer
19 28 (20) Nick Jonas - Chains (6)
27 27 (06) Pitbull featuring Chris Brown - Fun (27)
29 26 (04) Ed Sheeran - Photograph (26)
21 25 (23) Taylor Swift - Style (1)
On The Verge: Jeremih featuring Flo Rida - Tonight Belongs 2 U!
23 24 (09) Shaggy featuring Mohombi, Faydee & Costi - I Need Your Love (22)
24 23 (11) George Ezra - Budapest (23)
22 22 (31) Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk! (1)
-- 21 (01) The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face (21)
Optional Extra: Jason Derülo - Talk Dirty
16 20 (22) Maroon 5 - Sugar (1)
18 19 (16) Echosmith - Bright (18)
17 18 (20) Natalie La Rose featuring Jeremih - Somebody (3)
SUBWAY Fresh Buzz Song: Omarion featuring Chris Brown & Jhene - Post To Be
26 17 (04) Major Lazer featuring DJ Snake & MO - Lean On (17)
20 16 (08) Sia featuring the Weeknd & Diplo - Elastic Heart (16)
13 15 (22) Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do (1)
09 14 (16) The Weeknd - Earned It (1)
15 13 (06) Nicki Minaj - The Night Is Still Young (13)
14 12 (05) OMI - Cheerleader (12)
Extra: Jason Derülo - Cheyenne
12 11 (07) Skrillex & Diplo featuring Justin Bieber - Where Are U Now (11)
Optional Extra: Katy Perry - Firework
11 10 (10) Andy Grammer - Honey, I'm Good (10)
10 09 (05) Maroon 5 - This Summer's Gonna Hurt (9)
08 08 (13) Fifth Harmony featuring Kid Ink - Worth It (8)
07 07 (11) DJ Snake & AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It (7)
06 06 (13) David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj, Bebe Rexha & Afrojack - Hey Mama (5)
Two For One: Afrojack featuring Eva Simons - Take Over Control
05 05 (19) Tove Lo - Talking Body (4)
01 04 (15) Jason Derülo - Want To Want Me (1)
02 03 (10) Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth - See You Again (1)
Optional Extra: Lorde - Team
03 02 (13) Walk the Moon - Shut Up + Dance (2)
04 01 (05) Taylor Swift - Bad Blood **1st week @ no. 1**

DROPPERS:
Britney Spears & Iggy Azalea - Pretty Girls (from #34, 6 weeks on)
Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like You (from #33, 6 weeks on)

[musiciscool]

Jason falling #1-4 is what should have happened anyway. It follows what actually happened on the Mediabase chart, if I remember correctly.

Why does Demi have a breakout with "Cool For The Summer"? Heck, it was just RELEASED to radio today. Selena should have had it instead because she is higher on the Mediabase chart.

Years and Years "King" is on it's second week in the Top 40.

[Libra]

It's probably part of whatever deal there is for that song to force it upward.

REALLY surprised they actually went with matching what Mediabase would reflect, that being letting DeRulo fall out of #1. Yeah, my inner cynic is out in full force tonight if you couldn't tell.

[mkarns]

Jul 1, 2015 22:32:29 GMT -5 musiciscool said:

Jason falling #1-4 is what should have happened anyway. It follows what actually happened on the Mediabase chart, if I remember correctly.

Why does Demi have a breakout with "Cool For The Summer"? Heck, it was just RELEASED to radio today. Selena should have had it instead because she is higher on the Mediabase chart.

Years and Years "King" is on it's second week in the Top 40.

Maybe because Demi hosts next week's show?

While Derulo doesn't get to announce himself Deruling the countdown, he does get to play three of his other songs, two previous hits and a new one. Ironically, he yields the top spot to Taylor Swift, who did guest host one week when she was at #1. With several songs closely jostling for #1 the last couple of weeks, it was hard to tell exactly what would be on top depending on the exact timing of the data they used. I thought most likely since Jason had at least a full week on top at Mediabase he'd be at #1 for this show, perhaps aided by data selection. Personally my favourite outcome would have been if "Shut Up and Dance" had been allowed to pull a "Someone Like You" and hit #1 here without doing so at MB, but that wasn't likely. It does get to #2 for at least a week, and quite possibly a second or third.

"Can't Feel My Face"'s high debut is impressive, if not terribly surprising considering its fast impact at MB, aided by the hourly Clear Channel airplay deal. (Demi Lovato's new song got similar treatment today at many stations, the impact of which will probably be seen here in a couple of weeks.) Afrojack gets the Two For One for the first time, I think.

[matteeeb]

Like #Musiciscool said, "Good For You" should have debuted not Demi's new song, maybe even "Bi*ch I'm Madonna" could have even made it

I don't think "Stitches" will be debuting it's been on the verge for 3 weeks now.

I can see "Post To Be" debuting next week at around the 30 position.

And that's Afrojacks first 2 for 1 in his career

[mkarns]

Jul 1, 2015 23:30:14 GMT -5 matteeeb said:

I don't think "Stitches" will be debuting it's been on the verge for 3 weeks now.

It is in the MB top 40 and still gaining, so it may well make the chart yet. Maybe Shawn Mendes is the new Austin Mahone in a sense, recalling how two years ago "What About Love" was played as an AT40 Breakout/On the Verge/whatever for six straight weeks before they finally charted it.

[Cerebro]

Count me among the number who who were half-expecting Jason to remain at #1, this week (despite only one week at #1 on Mediabase). However, I'm glad they played by the rules. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't holding out just a tiny bit of hope that Walk The Moon might sneak in a week a #1 before Taylor took over (it wouldn't have been the first time a song hit #1 on AT40 without hitting #1 on Mediabase...there's precedent). Ah, well...that ship has sailed.

As you'd expect, plenty of extas from the guest-host, including his new single. Like many of the rest of you, I'm a bit baffled by the inclusion of Demi's new song a Breakout (as opposed to something that's a bit closer to charting). At the very least, you'd think they'd've waited until next week to play it when Demi, herself, was hosting.

Also of note, "Can't Feel My Face" is, now, the highest debut of the year, so far.

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Well Ryan did do a teaser video with her as well, so that's not at all surprising to see it here already too.

side note: Cool for The Summer and Want To Want Me both feature the lyric: "Your body on my mind" (no wonder why it sounded so familiar..)

[mkarns]

And this week's #1 is the second such hit with the title "Bad Blood"; the first (using either Billboard or Radio & Records) was by Neil Sedaka in October 1975. That's another title applying to two #1 songs within my lifetime--just barely. :)

[richie]

^ I'm sorry if I'm missing something, but what was the other title that went to #1 with two different songs?
And has this only happened a couple of times in the rock era?

[mkarns]

Jul 2, 2015 19:48:13 GMT -5 richie said:

^ I'm sorry if I'm missing something, but what was the other title that went to #1 with two different songs?
And has this only happened a couple of times in the rock era?

I just meant that it's the second #1 called "Bad Blood". The two #1s with the same title has happened several other times.

In fact, now that I think about it, this is the second hit from Taylor Swift's current album to reach #1 while sharing a title with another song that did the same ("Shake It Off" was first.)

[richie]

Jul 2, 2015 19:51:41 GMT -5 mkarns said:

Jul 2, 2015 19:48:13 GMT -5 richie said:

^ I'm sorry if I'm missing something, but what was the other title that went to #1 with two different songs?
And has this only happened a couple of times in the rock era?

I just meant that it's the second #1 called "Bad Blood". The two #1s with the same title has happened several other times.

Do you know the other times, because I can't think of any off the top of my head? This is, to me, as interesting a
question as which songs went to #1 and then the remake went to #1. I got that one answered recently here:
at40fg.proboards.com/thread/4517/original-song-remake-reach-1

[mkarns]

Jul 2, 2015 19:59:48 GMT -5 richie said:

Jul 2, 2015 19:51:41 GMT -5 mkarns said:

I just meant that it's the second #1 called "Bad Blood". The two #1s with the same title has happened several other times.

Do you know the other times, because I can't think of any off the top of my head? This is, to me, as interesting a
question as which songs went to #1 and then the remake went to #1. I got that one answered recently here:
at40fg.proboards.com/thread/4517/original-song-remake-reach-1

I came up with these, using the Radio & Records/Mediabase charts back to 1973 (when R&R began) and Billboard before that (as AT40 nowadays would cite when giving chart data). This is different from what you linked, as it includes only different songs of the same title which all hit #1 during the "rock era" (1955 on), and not different chart-topping versions of the same songs:

Title-more recent song/earlier song(s):

"Bad Blood"-Taylor Swift/Neil Sedaka
"Shake It Off"-Taylor Swift/Mariah Carey
"Stay"-Rihanna f/Mikky Ekko/Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories (full title: "Stay (I Missed You)"/Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs
"One More Night"-Maroon 5/Phil Collins
"Without You"-David Guetta f/Usher/Nilsson
"With You"-Chris Brown/Jessica Simpson
"Big Girls Don't Cry"-Fergie/Four Seasons
"My Love"-Justin Timberlake/Paul McCartney & Wings/Petula Clark
"Over and Over"-Nelly f/Tim McGraw/Dave Clark Five
"Hey Baby"-No Doubt/Bruce Channel
"Family Affair"-Mary J. Blige/Sly & the Family Stone
"I'll Be There For You"-The Rembrandts/Bon Jovi
"Cherish"-Madonna/The Association
"Stuck On You"-Lionel Richie/Elvis Presley
"I'm Sorry"-John Denver/Brenda Lee
"Venus"-Shocking Blue/Frankie Avalon

There may well be more that I overlooked.

[richie]

Jul 2, 2015 21:36:45 GMT -5 mkarns said:

Jul 2, 2015 19:59:48 GMT -5 richie said:

Do you know the other times, because I can't think of any off the top of my head? This is, to me, as interesting a
question as which songs went to #1 and then the remake went to #1. I got that one answered recently here:
at40fg.proboards.com/thread/4517/original-song-remake-reach-1

I came up with these, using the Radio & Records/Mediabase charts back to 1973 (when R&R began) and Billboard before that (as AT40 nowadays would cite when giving chart data). This is different from what you linked, as it includes only different songs of the same title which all hit #1 during the "rock era" (1955 on), and not different chart-topping versions of the same songs:

Title-more recent song/earlier song(s):

"Bad Blood"-Taylor Swift/Neil Sedaka
"Shake It Off"-Taylor Swift/Mariah Carey
"Stay"-Rihanna f/Mikky Ekko/Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories (full title: "Stay (I Missed You)"/Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs
"One More Night"-Maroon 5/Phil Collins
"Without You"-David Guetta f/Usher/Nilsson
"With You"-Chris Brown/Jessica Simpson
"Big Girls Don't Cry"-Fergie/Four Seasons
"My Love"-Justin Timberlake/Paul McCartney & Wings/Petula Clark
"Over and Over"-Nelly f/Tim McGraw/Dave Clark Five
"Hey Baby"-No Doubt/Bruce Channel
"Family Affair"-Mary J. Blige/Sly & the Family Stone
"I'll Be There For You"-The Rembrandts/Bon Jovi
"Cherish"-Madonna/The Association
"Stuck On You"-Lionel Richie/Elvis Presley
"I'm Sorry"-John Denver/Brenda Lee
"Venus"-Shocking Blue/Frankie Avalon

There may well be more that I overlooked.

Thank you so much, mkarns! Sorry to make so much work for you. I came up with only one
and it's not on your list. "The Power of Love"-Huey Lewis and The News/Celine Dion. This
really has happened a lot more than I would have guessed! I really appreciate your help with this.

[mkarns]

Jul 2, 2015 21:52:44 GMT -5 richie said:

Jul 2, 2015 21:36:45 GMT -5 mkarns said:

There may well be more that I overlooked.

Thank you so much, mkarns! Sorry to make so much work for you. I came up with only one
and it's not on your list. "The Power of Love"-Huey Lewis and The News/Celine Dion. This
really has happened a lot more than I would have guessed! I really appreciate your help with this.

You're welcome. I didn't include "The Power of Love" because I was using Radio & Records/Mediabase for as far back as I could, and Celine Dion's song only hit #3 there (though it was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100). It's one of several near-misses by my criteria.

[richie]

^ OK, I see. I noticed that Venus is a #1 original and remake, and a #1 twice as different songs.
And wow at My Love being #1 with 3 different songs. Thanks again!

[johnnywest]

They played a medley of all of Jason Derulo's AT40 hits, which was nice. And he explained what the dots (umlaut) meant over the "u" in his last name.

[musiciscool]

They actually played the remix version of "Bad Blood" at #1 on this week's chart. Why? I like the version with JUST Taylor because it sounds like HER song and not just her with the choruses and the bridge. Ugh.

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Jul 4, 2015 16:30:21 GMT -5 musiciscool said:

They actually played the remix version of "Bad Blood" at #1 on this week's chart. Why? I like the version with JUST Taylor because it sounds like HER song and not just her with the choruses and the bridge. Ugh.

Hmm that's weird, I haven't had time to listen to it yet, I do know that one of my local channels started playing the remix as well recently, when it was first relased they just played the original. Now the only station it hear the original on is my local "plays anything" channel that doesn't play any urban or rap (like they'll cut out Nicki Minaj from Bang Bang or Juicy J from dark horse ...) ( I do agree the original flows better and is better than remix)

[johnnywest]

Jul 2, 2015 6:43:07 GMT -5 Cerebro said:

Also of note, "Can't Feel My Face" is, now, the highest debut of the year, so far.

I'm glad Jason pointed that out, since stats are rare with guest hosts. And I believe he said that "Bad Blood" made it to #1 in just 5 weeks.

[jdelachjr2002]

Jul 5, 2015 6:45:26 GMT -5 awesomecharts said:

Jul 4, 2015 16:30:21 GMT -5 musiciscool said:

They actually played the remix version of "Bad Blood" at #1 on this week's chart. Why? I like the version with JUST Taylor because it sounds like HER song and not just her with the choruses and the bridge. Ugh.

Hmm that's weird, I haven't had time to listen to it yet, I do know that one of my local channels started playing the remix as well recently, when it was first relased they just played the original. Now the only station it hear the original on is my local "plays anything" channel that doesn't play any urban or rap (like they'll cut out Nicki Minaj from Bang Bang or Juicy J from dark horse ...) ( I do agree the original flows better and is better than remix)

Re: "Bad Blood" Must be the influence of Derulo as sub host if nothing else. In addition, the Maroon 5 song at #9 went "This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a motherA-HA!" as opposed to "This Summer's Gonna Hurt ---- A-HA!". I've heard WFLZ in Tampa air the former portion of the Maroon 5 song as well as the Kendrick Lamar version of "Bad Blood".

[musiciscool]

Jul 5, 2015 22:10:46 GMT -5 jdelachjr2002 said:

Jul 5, 2015 6:45:26 GMT -5 awesomecharts said:

Hmm that's weird, I haven't had time to listen to it yet, I do know that one of my local channels started playing the remix as well recently, when it was first relased they just played the original. Now the only station it hear the original on is my local "plays anything" channel that doesn't play any urban or rap (like they'll cut out Nicki Minaj from Bang Bang or Juicy J from dark horse ...) ( I do agree the original flows better and is better than remix)

Re: "Bad Blood" Must be the influence of Derulo as sub host if nothing else. In addition, the Maroon 5 song at #9 went "This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a motherA-HA!" as opposed to "This Summer's Gonna Hurt ---- A-HA!". I've heard WFLZ in Tampa air the former portion of the Maroon 5 song as well as the Kendrick Lamar version of "Bad Blood".

Does this mean the remix of "Bad Blood" will continue to air on AT40 every week?

[richie]

^ Let's hope not! I much prefer the original. I thought Jason was OK, but not great, as guest host. He reminded me
of Pitbull "Light", but wasn't as sleazy as Pitbull was 2 or 3 years ago, on the July 4th
weekend. Pitbull is actually Jason's hero, apparently. One weird thing: He said Cool
For The Summer was "on the verge".
A lot of the one-word songs were bunching up: 28 thru 25, and 20 thru 18. Sorry to see
I Really Like You drop off so soon. I don't understand why two unusual songs are performing
so differently. Budapest is stalling out, but Cheerleader continues its merry rise to the top.
Go figure.

[johnnywest]

I think for the very first time, someone acknowledged the name of the woman who does the announcing and sounds like she's talking through a telephone. Jason was addressing "Kelly."

[Libra]

Jul 6, 2015 12:23:08 GMT -5 johnnywest said:

I think for the very first time, someone acknowledged the name of the woman who does the announcing and sounds like she's talking through a telephone. Jason was addressing "Kelly."

Or he just picked a random name for her. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

RE: Bad Blood remix - It'd be interesting if this were like a one-off (or even a two-off). It kind of reminds me of when I've heard some 1987/88 AT40s, on which there's some songs (often R&B ones) that, some weeks there'll be one version played, and other weeks it'll be a different version.

[richie]

^ I think the most egregious case of a different version being played
was with Ain't It Funny by Jennifer Lopez, which got replaced by
a completely different song with her and Ja Rule. It was "funny peculiar",
not "funny ha ha". The original song was sooo much better, I think.

[Deleted]

Jason mentioned that Jon Bellion produced his hit from late last year: "Trumpets". If I wasn't following this chart closely I would have thought Bad Blood had been #1 for 5 weeks because Jason said "5 weeks #1" when introducing It.