It took a song about a now obsolete technological mainstay of the 20th century to push Gotye off the top of Atlanta radio.

Maroon 5’s “Payphone” was the most played song in town this past week, bumping “Somebody That I Used To Know” from the top spot after 11 weeks, the longest stretch for a song in at least two years.

“Payphone” made it to the top thanks to maximum airplay on the four pop stations in town: Wild (104), Q100 (71), Star (66) and B98.5 (41).

It beat out No. 2 song Carly Rae Jepsen’s irrepressible “Call Me Maybe,” which is getting comparable airplay on B98.5 (41) and Q100 (78) but slightly less at Wild (78) and Star (46).  Wild and Q100 have also cut back airplay Gotye’s song, reducing its total weekly airplay from 290 to 241.

The fastest rising song is Ellie Goulding’s “Lights,” up 41 spins this week and ranked No. 6.

Top 10 songs this week in Atlanta

1. Maroon 5 “Payphone” 282 (+3)
2. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe” 243 (-25)
3. Gotye “Somebody That I Used To Know” 241 (-49)
4. Katy Perry “Wide Awake” 210 (+15)
5. Rihanna “Where Have You Been” 195 (+9)
6. Ellie Goulding “Lights” 161 (+41)
7. Usher “Scream” 152 (+6)
8. 2 Chainz “No Lie” 146 (+3)
9. fun. “We are Young” 145 (-33)
10. One Direction “What Makes You Beautiful” 139 (-21)
CREDIT: Mediabase 24/7

Top 5 songs at various Atlanta radio stations (Mediabase does not measure Streetz 94.5, Journey 97.9 or 99X)

V-103
1. 2 Chainz “No Lie”
2. Rick Ross “Touch ‘N You”
3. Wale “Bag of Money”
4. Kanye West “Mercy”
5. Beyonce “Dance For You”
ADDS: Elle Varner “I Don’t Care,” Juicy J “Bands A Make Her Dance” 50 Cent “New Day”

Hot 107.9
1. 2 Chainz “No Lie”
2. Mykko Montana “Do it”
3. J. Cole “Nobody’s Perfect”
4. Future “Turn On the Lights”
5. DJ Khaled “Take It To The Head”
ADDS: Keyshia Cole “Enough Of No Love”

Majic 107.5/97.5
1. R. Kelly “Feelin’ Single”
2. John Legend “Tonight”
3. Anthony Hamilton “Pray For Me”
4. KEM “You’re On My Mind”
5. Beyonce “Love on Top”

Kiss 104.1
1. Tyrese “Stay”
2. Anthony Hamilton “Pray For Me”
3. John Legend “Tonight”
4. Mary J. Blige “Mr. Wrong”
5. Estelle “Thank You”

Wild 105.7
1. Rihanna “Where Have You Been”
2. Usher “Scream”
3. Maroon 5 “Payphone”
4. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call me Maybe”
5. Gotye “Somebody That I Used To Know”
ADDS: Trey Songz “2 Reasons” Pink “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)”

Q100
1. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe”
2. David Guetta “Titanium”
3. Rihanna “Where Have You Been”
4. Ellie Goulding “Lights”
5. Maroon 5 “Payphone”
ADDS: Neon Trees “Everybody Talks” No Doubt “Settle Down”

Star 94
1. Neon Trees “Everybody Talks”
2. fun. “We Are Young”
3. Maroon 5 “Payphone
4. Gotye “Somebody That I Used To Know”
5. Train “Drive By”
ADDS: Ellie Goulding “Lights” Phillip Phillips “Home”

B98.5
1. Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe”
2. Maroon 5 “Payphone”
3. One Direction “What Makes You Beautiful”
4. fun. “We are Young”
5. Gotye “Somebody That I Used To Know”
ADDS: Katie Perry “Wide Awake”

Fish 104.1
1. Matt Redman “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)”
2. Building 429 “Where I Belong”
3. Jeremy Camp “Overcome”
4. MercyMe “The Hurt & the Healer”
5. Casting Crowns “Jesus Friend of Sinners”
ADDS: For King & Country “Proof Of Your Love” TobyMac “Me Without You”

Praise 102.5
1. Israel Houghton “It’s Not Over”
2. Andrae Crouch “Let the Church Say Amen”
3. Pastor Charles Jenkins “Awesome”
4. Isaac Carree “In the Middle”
5. Marvin Sapp “My Testimony”
ADDS: Lowell Pye “Alright” Regina Belle “God Must Have Been With You” John P. Kee “Life & Favor”

Kicks 101.5
1. Gloriana “(Kissed You) Good Night”
2. Kenny Chesney “Come Over”
3. Love & Theft “Angel Eyes”
4. Dierks Bentley “5-1-5-0″
5. Little Big Town “Pontoon”

94.9/The Bull
1. Kenny Chesney “Come Over”
2. Little Big Town “Pontoon”
3. Josh Turner “Time is Love”
4. Eli Young Band “Even If It Breaks Your Heart”
5. Brantley Gilbert “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do”
ADDS; Eric Church “Creepin’ ” Florida-Georgia Line “Cruise”

Project 9-6-1
1. Linkin Park “Burn it Down”
2. Volbeat “Still Counting”
3. Shinedown “Unity”
4. Chevelle “Hats Off to the Bull”
5. Godsmack “Rocky Mountain Way”
ADDS: P.O.D. “Lost in Forever” Papa Roach “Still Swingin” Aranda “Satisfied”

Dave FM
1. Green Day “Oh Love”
2. Coldplay “Hurts Like Heaven”
3. fun. “Some Nights”
4. Imagine Dragons “It’s Time”
5. The Killers “Runaways”
ADDS: Mumford & Sons “I Will Wait” Dawes “If I Wanted Someone” Wallflowers “Reboot the Mission” Keane “Sovereign Light Cafe” Alex Clare “Too Close”

Rock 100.5
1. Whitesnake “Here I Go Again”
2. The Who “Baba O’Riley”:
3. Nazareth “Hair of the Dog”
4. Pink Floyd “Learning to Fly”
5. Foreigner “Feels Like the First Time”

97.1/The River
1. Billy Joel “Big Shot”
2. Van Morrison “Brown Eyed Girl”
3. Journey “Don’t Stop Believin’ ”
4. Steve Miller “The Joker”
5. Aerosmith “Walk This Way”

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By Rodney Ho, Radio & TV Talk