So, although I'm still not in the best of moods, I figured I may as well get this out now. Anyway, Kid Kelly hosted again because Spyder Harrison was sick once again, which is unfortunate. As for the countdown itself, I'd say this week was a mixed bag. Although we lost a big favorite of mine, we traded it for another high quality track in its stead. And we had some decent activity once again, some for better, some for worse. So let's get to it, shall we? So without further ado, here are the songs leaving us this week.
- Love Me Now by John Legend (#45)
The Countdown!
Last Week’s #1 Song: Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran
45. Words by Daya (#44)
44. Unsteady by X Ambassadors (#43)
43. I Got You by Bebe Rexha (#42)
42. Hymn For The Weekend by Coldplay (#41)
41. Let Me Love You by DJ Snake with Justin Bieber (#26)
40. Make Me (Cry) by Noah Cyrus featuring Labrinth (#31)
39. Miss You by James Hersey (#24)
38. Don't Wanna Know by Maroon 5 (#39)
37. Side To Side by Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj (#37)
36. This Town by Niall Horan (#38)
35. 24K Magic by Bruno Mars (#40)
34. L.A. Devotee by Panic! At The Disco (#36)
33. Starboy by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk (#33)
32. Scars To Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara (#25)
31. Rockabye by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie (debut)
30. Heavydirtysoul by Twenty-one Pilots (#32)
29. Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes (#29)
28. Love On The Brain by Rihanna (#35)
27. Believer by Imagine Dragons (#30)
26. Weak by AJR (#22)
25. Death Of A Bachelor by Panic! At The Disco (#23)
24. I Feel It Coming by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk (#20)
23. Say You Won't Let Go by James Arthur (#11)
22. All Time Low by Jon Bellion (#27)
21. Issues by Julia Michaels (#19)
20. Heathens by Twenty-one Pilots (#21)
19. Just Hold On by Steve Aoki featuring Louis Tomlinson (#18)
18. Water Under The Bridge by Adele (#9)
17. It Ain't Me by Kygo featuring Selena Gomez (#14)
16. Million Reasons by Lady Gaga (#8)
15. Chained To The Rhythm by Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley (#10)
14. Play That Song by Train (#13)
13. Stay by Zedd featuring Alessia Cara (#16)
12. Cold by Maroon 5 (#3)
11. Paris by The Chainsmokers (#12)
10. Heavy by Linkin Park featuring Kiiara (#34)
9. That's What I Like by Bruno Mars (#5)
8. HandClap by Fitz And The Tantrums (#17)
7. I Don't Wanna Live Forever by Zayn Malik and Taylor Swift (#4)
6. Castle On The Hill by Ed Sheeran (#15)
5. Starving by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd (#27) (I'm so fucking done...)
4. Closer by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey (#2) (eight weeks at #1)
3. Mercy by Shawn Mendes (#6)
2. Bad Things by Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello (#7)
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: One Call Away by Charlie Puth (second and final week at #1)
1. Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran (#1) (seventh week at #1)
Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Tie between Let Me Love You by DJ Snake with Justin Bieber and Miss You by James Hersey (-15)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Heavy by Linkin Park featuring Kiiara (+24)
New Entrants
- Our lone debut comes in a song that's been gaining in other areas for a while now, in the form of Rockabye. Before this, did any of you expect anything new from Clean Bandit to catch on here in America after Rather Be from 2014? Probably not. Well, there was Tears with Louisa Johnson, which was on the YouTube15 a while back, and some of you may remember that. But enough about that. The song is about the single mothers that have to go through struggles to raise their children. And that's definitely noteworthy, as not everybody out there has both parents for them. For one, we have plenty of girls under the age of 21 or even 18 who get pregnant and usually find themselves alone to raise the child they bring into the world. And not just teenagers. Rape or other unconventional sexual encounters are a thing, too, and that leads to such and the other can leave her. Or the fathers eventually leave or disappear with small notice along the road, which is never desirable. So overall, I consider this a beautiful song, and it's fun, too. That being said, it's not without its downsides. For one, I will say that Anne-Marie's vocals can be a little hard to listen to. It doesn't totally ruin the song, but it is noticeable. Second, I'm not the biggest fan of the video, including that pole dancer and the second verse where some old people lip sync Sean Paul's lines. Also, am I crazy, or do I notice Camila Cabello somewhere in that video? Lastly, the full version of the song feels like it drags on a little long. The version that plays here on Hits 1 does shorten it some, though. But it's safe to say it's already become a hit, as Pulse Music Board predicts that it's already set for the Year-End Hot 100. That doesn't mean I won't support it, though, so I hope it does well here.
Rockablurb, Baby, Rockablurb
- So, we lost Love Me Now, which is not happy news. I was really hoping that people would catch onto something new from John Legend after All Of Me was massive in 2014. But it didn't. It's too bad that this song flopped, and it looks like it's gonna barely miss the Year-End Hot 100, which I'm sad about. The song definitely deserved better than this.
- Good thing Let Me Love You tumbled back down after two unnecessary jumps in a row. Can it just go soon?
- I also noticed that Miss You rolled down alongside it after it jumped last week. I'm not too sad about that, but I do wish Hits 1 would try to give lesser name artists some credit.
- Although I am hoping it can stick with us a little longer, it would be rather funny if 24K Magic left next week and clocked in at exactly 24 weeks here.
- So, Kid Kelly kind of had an epic fail. After Starboy, he recapped the third set of five, revealing Scars To Your Beautiful and Rockabye before the former even played. Then he "introduced" Heavydirtysoul (talking about the contest that they had recently), but Scars To Your Beautiful played then. After Rockabye, what he said there was copy/pasted, in he recapped the third set of five again, and introduced Heavydirtysoul for real. April Fools Day isn't for another week, bro.
- Treat You Better just needs to go. I honestly don't know how it's still here.
- Both of our debuts from last week had flimsy small jumps. I like them both, so I'm not thrilled that they didn't do a lot.
- Before introducing Death Of A Bachelor, Kid Kelly mentioned how Brendon Urie said that he cried watching Moana. Twice. No surprise there. That's what animated Disney movies make you do. Also, I didn't mention this last week, but Panic! At The Disco have been on the countdown for over a year since the end of February (when Victorious re-entered in February 2016). Who would've thought.
- Before introducing Say You Won't Let Go, Kid Kelly mentioned how James Arthur had to cancel some shows because of him being sick. That's sad news. And to me, so is the song dropping out of the Top 20.
- This is the second time that Heavy has had the biggest jump of the week from #34. As I said, I honestly won't care if this song sticks around, as much as it is branded a sellout by many Linkin Park fans.
- Wow. Are you shitting me. Starving took an insanely jarring jump from #27 all the way back into the Top 5. Are you serious. And here I was thinking I would have Make Me (Cry) in orange its entire tenure. But this has less of a right to be here at this point, let alone this massive jump. Now you're in orange again. Hopefully it drops back down next week.
- Castle On The Hill, on the other hand, is completely welcomed into the Top 10. Anything that harks back to the days of old rock like U2 is a plus for me.
- However... Bad Things has jumped up to the dangerous #2 spot. Very scary. Not helping is how much the song is dying out elsewhere. I was definitely on the edge of my seat hoping it would not hit #1. Please, keep Shape Of You at #1 if necessary. Just not this thing.
- Although I said I would lose it if Closer broke the Hot 100 Top 10 record, which it did, I honestly just don't care anymore. As I said, it may just be blue for the rest of its tenure. That being said, Shape Of You I'd be much less opposed to having the kind of run that Closer did. Neither song will ever to me be anything near what Uptown Funk was, but at least I liked it from the beginning.
Hit-Bound
Everyday by Ariana Grande featuring Future
American Girls by One Ok Rock
All Night by The Vamps featuring Matoma
Swalla by Jason Derulo featuring Ty Dolla $ign and Nicki Minaj
Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay
Talk Too Much by Coin
Touch by Little Mix
Slide by Calvin Harris featuring Frank Ocean and Migos
Don't Leave by Snakehips featuring MØ
Good Time, Good Life by Erin Bowman (debut)
Green Light by Lorde
Lights Down Low by MAX featuring gnash
Good News by Ocean Park Standoff
Cake by Flo Rida featuring 99 Percent
- Good Time, Good Life is a song that I've heard on Venus many times. It's cheesy, especially this girl's rapping in the verses, but I do like it right now.
- Seeing as I haven't talked about the return of Lorde yet to this point, I figure I'd better do so now. Green Light I wasn't sure what to think of at first, but that is some lively instrumentation in the chorus. As for the verses, it's about Lorde telling off her ex and calling him out, and how she's waiting for the sign to move on. Although I do feel like I should find it hypocritical of Lorde to make a kind of song like this after how her initial premise was blasting the abundance of luxury rap that she first threw out there when she was new. But seeing the lack of momentum the song has had, I'm worried that it might not do anything. Hopefully I'm wrong.
- Before introducing Something Just Like This, Mikey Piff talked about how Chris Martin had a Willy Wonka themed birthday party, but Piff said that he'd rather hang out at Dave and Buster's instead. Well, that is something I do enjoy myself. That being said, this one is gaining, so please debut soon!!!
Top 20 Breakdown:
0 — Shit:
20. Starving by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd
19. Play That Song by Train
18. Bad Things by Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello
1 — Bad:
17. Cold by Maroon 5
2 — Meh:
None!
3 — Decent:
16. Closer by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
15. Heavy by Linkin Park featuring Kiiara
14. Million Reasons by Lady Gaga
4 — Good:
13. Mercy by Shawn Mendes
12. Paris by The Chainsmokers
11. HandClap by Fitz And The Tantrums
5 — Great:
10. Chained To The Rhythm by Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley
9. Heathens by Twenty-one Pilots
8. I Don't Wanna Live Forever by Zayn Malik and Taylor Swift
7. Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran
6. Stay by Zedd featuring Alessia Cara
5. Water Under The Bridge by Adele
4. It Ain't Me by Kygo featuring Selena Gomez
3. Just Hold On by Steve Aoki featuring Louis Tomlinson
2. That's What I Like by Bruno Mars
1. Castle On The Hill by Ed Sheeran
Countdown Bottom 5
1. Starving by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd
2. Make Me (Cry) by Noah Cyrus featuring Labrinth
3. Don't Wanna Know by Maroon 5
4. Play That Song by Train
5. Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes
Countdown Top 5
1. I Feel It Coming by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk
2. Castle On The Hill by Ed Sheeran
3. Rockabye by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie
4. 24K Magic by Bruno Mars
5. Believer by Imagine Dragons
Hit-Bound Top 5
1. Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay
2. Don't Leave by Snakehips featuring MØ
3. Slide by Calvin Harris featuring Frank Ocean and Migos
4. Green Light by Lorde
5. Touch by Little Mix
Most Missed Song: Night Changes by One Direction - March 25 is a day that is a big one to be remembered for Directioners, for better or for worse.
Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: 7 Years by Lukas Graham
Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
Me, Myself and I by G-Eazy featuring Bebe Rexha — It's too bad that people brand G-Eazy as a generic white rapper, since this is surely relatable. But that is a nice beat.
History by One Direction — While this was seen as hoping to convince us that they wouldn't be done for good in the wake of Zayn's departure... They were actually right. Go figure.
Work From Home by Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign — I still refuse to believe that Parker clung to this song for any reason other than out of spite for me and Miles.
QOTD: How much longer do you think Shape Of You might remain at #1 on the Hot 100? I'm predicting potentially 12 weeks total, it does have a big threshold on #1 but it might start bleeding airplay soon.
Thanks for reading, everybody!
Hey guys, so first I should explain why this post is so late. For one, I have not felt very motivated to post recently, and I will have more to say on the matter in due time. Secondly, I was on vacation last weekend, and I brought my new computer and forgot to make the layout for the post, which definitely slowed this down. Also, as a result of last week's mess that the comments turned into, I now have to turn on comment moderation because I do not want things blowing up like that ever again. You can thank a certain user whom I won't name for that. But anyway, this week had a lot of randomness going on, I'll say that. Initially I was going to combine this post with the one for the countdown we'll get tomorrow, but I decided, ah what the heck, but this will be very condensed. So without further ado, here are the songs leaving us this week.
- The Greatest by Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar (#29)
- After The Afterparty by Charli XCX (#44)
The Countdown!
Last Week’s #1 Song: Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran
45. Love Me Now by John Legend (#45)
44. Words by Daya (#42)
43. Unsteady by X Ambassadors (#43)
42. I Got You by Bebe Rexha (#13)
41. Hymn For The Weekend by Coldplay (#41)
40. 24K Magic by Bruno Mars (#39)
39. Don't Wanna Know by Maroon 5 (#30) (three weeks at #1)
38. This Town by Niall Horan (#34)
37. Side To Side by Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj (#24)
36. L.A. Devotee by Panic! At The Disco (debut)
35. Love On The Brain by Rihanna (#40)
34. Heavy by Linkin Park featuring Kiiara (#19)
33. Starboy by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk (#31)
32. Heavydirtysoul by Twenty-one Pilots (#23)
31. Make Me (Cry) by Noah Cyrus featuring Labrinth (#32)
30. Believer by Imagine Dragons (debut)
29. Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes (#28) (two weeks at #1)
28. All Time Low by Jon Bellion (#27)
27. Starving by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd (#18) (four weeks at #1)
26. Let Me Love You by DJ Snake with Justin Bieber (#35)
25. Scars To Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara (#37)
24. Miss You by James Hersey (#38)
23. Death Of A Bachelor by Panic! At The Disco (#25)
22. Weak by AJR (#21)
21. Heathens by Twenty One Pilots (#14) (two weeks at #1)
20. I Feel It Coming by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk (#17)
19. Issues by Julia Michaels (#26)
18. Just Hold On by Steve Aoki featuring Louis Tomlinson (#5)
17. HandClap by Fitz and The Tantrums (#4)
16. Stay by Zedd featuring Alessia Cara (#22)
15. Castle On The Hill by Ed Sheeran (#33)
14. It Ain't Me by Kygo featuring Selena Gomez (#15)
13. Play That Song by Train (#12)
12. Paris by The Chainsmokers (#20)
11. Say You Won't Let Go by James Arthur (#36)
10. Chained To The Rhythm by Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley (#6)
9. Water Under The Bridge by Adele (#10)
8. Million Reasons by Lady Gaga (#8)
7. Bad Things by Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello (#11)
6. Mercy by Shawn Mendes (#2)
5. That's What I Like by Bruno Mars (#9)
4. I Don't Wanna Live Forever by Zayn Malik and Taylor Swift (#3)
3. Cold by Maroon 5 (#16)
2. Closer by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey (#7) (eight weeks at #1)
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: One Call Away by Charlie Puth (first of two weeks at #1)
1. Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran (#1) (sixth week at #1)
Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: I Got You by Bebe Rexha (-29)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Say You Won't Let Go by James Arthur (+25)
New Entrants
- So, more Panic! At The Disco is a thing. After Victorious died out and Death Of A Bachelor continues to hold on, we have more from them in the form of L.A. Devotee. To say the least, this is the kind of fast-paced rock that I enjoy. For the lyrical content, it's about a guy who thrives to succeed in LA, exactly as the title suggests. Also, the video for the song features Noah Schnapp, who is best known for his role in Stranger Things. I've never watched that show, but that is pretty cool. I'll actually take this over either of the two previous representations from the album. So yeah. We'll see how far this gets.
- Then we have more Imagine Dragons. After I Bet My Life from 2015 was successful here but nowhere else to my recollection, Dan Reynolds did the chorus on Sucker For Pain from the Suicide Squad soundtrack, which was acceptable, but nothing worth seriously caring for. And now we come to Believer, the song that was used in the commercial for the Nintendo Switch game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild that aired during the Super Bowl, which Spyder mentioned before introducing the song. But me, I kinda like it. Even though the verses do feel eerie with the guitar line, and the lyrics don't have all too much to them beyond going through the pain and becoming a believer, I guess it's good enough for me, even if that chorus does feel overdone. I don't see it sticking with me in the long run, though. We'll see.
First Blurbs First
- Neither of our exits will be missed by me. Okay, at least not After The Afterparty. That deserved it entirely. The Greatest, however, I did like to a degree, and it looks like it'll barely miss the Year-End Hot 100, not to mention how it tumbled out relatively quickly after we thought it had potential to hit #1, but it's nothing I'll be losing sleep over.
- Sure, throw I Got You right down to the bottom 5 right after I start to grow into the song. Sounds about right.
- After Side To Side has jumped all over the countdown, it looks like this may be the end for it.
- I'm still not pleased to see Heavydirtysoul flopping like this. Come on Hits 1, get it together!
- Was it necessary for Let Me Love You and Scars To Your Beautiful to jump that much?!?! Come on people, now it's virtually impossible for me to like the latter any further.
- Our lone debut from last week, Miss You, did jump also, so that's alright with me.
- Very pleased to see Castle On The Hill enter the Top 20, as well. Nice to see that it could potentially become a real hit.
- It's interesting to see Say You Won't Let Go become the sleeper hit that it's turned out to be. It's top 10 on iTunes currently, and that's without a discount, so I will say I do like what it's managed to go through.
- Meanwhile, our Top 10 gets two unwelcome entrants that I'm not thrilled about. At least we still have mostly good stuff there.
Bottom 5: Make Me (Cry) by Noah Cyrus featuring Labrinth, Play That Song by Train, Don't Wanna Know by Maroon 5, Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes, Words by Daya
Top 5: I Feel It Coming by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk, Castle On The Hill by Ed Sheeran, L.A. Devotee by Panic! At The Disco, 24K Magic by Bruno Mars, That's What I Like by Bruno Mars
Favorite Song on Hit-Bound: Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay
Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
Let It Go by James Bay
The Story of Tonight by We The Kings
There will not be a QOTD today, unfortunately, on account of how late this post was and how quick I am to get this out. Sorry for the extremely delayed post, but hopefully I'll have tomorrow's countdown ready and not have it look sloppy. Thanks for reading, everybody!
Hey guys! Sorry this is late, but I haven't felt very motivated recently, and we've had a lot going on in the past few days, between being away, the snow and all, and having a new computer that requires getting used to. Anyway, Kid Kelly hosted this weekend's countdown. Some people don't like how he talks fast, but I like his enthusiasm. There was some alright activity here, and there were some sudden jumps. But things happened, that's for sure. So without further ado, here are the songs leaving us this week.
- Guys My Age by Hey Violet (#39)
The Countdown!
Last Week’s #1 Song: Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran
45. Love Me Now by John Legend (#41)
44. After The Afterparty by Charli XCX (#42)
43. Unsteady by X Ambassadors (#44)
42. Words by Daya (#45)
41. Hymn For The Weekend by Coldplay (#37)
40. Love On The Brain by Rihanna (#21)
39. 24K Magic by Bruno Mars (#34)
38. Miss You by James Hersey (debut)
37. Scars To Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara (#30)
36. Say You Won't Let Go by James Arthur (#29)
35. Let Me Love You by DJ Snake with Justin Bieber (#43)
34. This Town by Niall Horan (#32)
33. Castle On The Hill by Ed Sheeran (#35)
32. Make Me (Cry) by Noah Cyrus featuring Labrinth (#26)
31. Starboy by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk (#38)
30. Don't Wanna Know by Maroon 5 (#22) (three weeks at #1)
29. The Greatest by Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar (#31)
28. Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes (#28) (two weeks at #1)
27. All Time Low by Jon Bellion (#27)
26. Issues by Julia Michaels (#17)
25. Death Of A Bachelor by Panic! At The Disco (#33)
24. Side To Side by Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj (#23)
23. Heavydirtysoul by Twenty-one Pilots (#24)
22. Stay by Zedd featuring Alessia Cara (#36)
21. Weak by AJR (#40)
20. Paris by The Chainsmokers (#14)
19. Heavy by Linkin Park featuring Kiiara (#18)
18. Starving by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd (#4) (four weeks at #1)
17. I Feel It Coming by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk (#12)
16. Cold by Maroon 5 (#13)
15. It Ain't Me by Kygo featuring Selena Gomez (#19)
14. Heathens by Twenty-one Pilots (#15) (two weeks at #1)
13. I Got You by Bebe Rexha (#16)
12. Play That Song by Train (#20)
11. Bad Things by Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello (#8)
10. Water Under The Bridge by Adele (#5)
9. That's What I Like by Bruno Mars (#10)
8. Million Reasons by Lady Gaga (#11)
7. Closer by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey (#3) (eight weeks at #1)
6. Chained To The Rhythm by Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley (#9)
5. Just Hold On by Steve Aoki featuring Louis Tomlinson (#25)
4. HandClap by Fitz And The Tantrums (#7)
3. I Don't Wanna Live Forever by Zayn Malik and Taylor Swift (#6)
2. Mercy by Shawn Mendes (#2)
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Stressed Out by Twenty-one Pilots (third of five weeks at #1)
1. Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran (#1) (fifth week at #1)
Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Love On The Brain by Rihanna (-19)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Just Hold on by Steve Aoki featuring Louis Tomlinson (+20)
New Entrants
- Our one entrant this week comes in Miss You by James Hersey. I don't really have a lot to say about this song, there's not much that sets it apart from the other tropical house songs that we've been flooded with. I guess it sounds kinda cool, and the lyrical content is alright, the whole "I'll miss you" aspect, hence the title. I kinda like it right now, but I doubt I'll remember it after it leaves.
I'm Gonna Blurb You When You're Gone
- While I know that Adrian is definitely pleased over the departure of Guys My Age, I didn't really care all that much. It wasn't a song that I would pay money to listen to whenever, but it wasn't something that made my ears scream for mercy or desperately make me want to change the station. I don't know how many people heard Melanie Martinez, who well over half the people who I've seen discuss this one compared it to, seeing as her songs have never charted, but I guess I wasn't as weirded out by this as those people were.
- Before introducing After The Afterparty, Kid Kelly talked about how Charli XCX mentioned "how F'ing hard it is to make music", then Kid Kelly remarked that "F" is for "family friendly", and that she needs to chill out. Yeah, maybe she should start by getting this darn song out of here.
- Speaking of Adrian, some of you may notice that I've had Hymn For The Weekend in green from the beginning. I'm just gonna say right now, aside from me finding the song solid on its own, I've kept it in green, and not "old but I still like it", just for him. So yeah, don't count on this being pink or even blue anytime soon, either.
- Seems like Love On The Brain is gonna follow the path of Work before it in getting the short treatment here despite being big elsewhere. I definitely don't think it's among Rihanna's best, but I don't mind either way.
- Before introducing 24K Magic, Kid Kelly talked about how Bruno Mars likes to go about what he wants to make, including how he doesn't want to be offensive, even if it means getting a paycheck for his work... Sure, that explains why he gets as abrasive as he does in his new stuff, right? But I don't care. He was sad to see it drop. Don't worry, Kelly, so am I.
- Before introducing Let Me Love You, Kid Kelly mentioned how Ed Sheeran was drunk and accidentally whacked Justin Bieber in the head with a golf club. Darn it, well some would say that he deserved it, contrary to what the kid believes here. Also, fun fact: while my dad and I were en route to Washington DC on Saturday, we were listening to 93.7 WSTW, and their Top 25 countdown was playing. And the DJ said that DJ Snake said that he uses his voice and pitches it for the drops. That explains it.
- So while Stay was playing, I noticed that it had the cover of Stay The Night, Zedd's late 2013 single with Hayley Williams. Come on Hits 1, get your research right! At least it had a double digit jump from its debut, so that's nice at least.
- And right next to it was another song that debuted alongside it, with Weak, nearly having the biggest jump. That is pretty unusual.
- Before introducing I Feel It Coming, Kid Kelly talked about how The Weeknd bumped into his ex, Bella Hadid, at a fashion show in Paris. How about that? Anyway, it took a small drop, but I hope this isn't on its way out so soon.
- During the third 4-1-1 Recap (before I Got You), I heard that Taylor Swift had a stalker who was arrested after he was reported on the roof of her penthouse and ringing her doorbell. Yikes! Dude got what he deserved, at least.
- And on that note, if I didn't say last week, I have indeed grown into I Got You. Remember how I said when it debuted that I had it closer to red than green? Well, that definitely changed! It might not last to the end for me, though, and the song is close to peaking from what I hear, but we'll see on both accounts.
- Before introducing Just Hold On, Kid Kelly mentioned how Louis Tomlinson was arrested after a bad run-in with a photographer. Dang! Well, that's what happens when you're famous. Anyway, out of absolutely nowhere, it had the biggest jump of the week, right into the Top 5. This would've been more fitting the week that they hosted, haha. I'm not necessarily complaining, but it's odd alright.
- So today, I was watching one of my favorite YouTube Lets Playerss in his newest episode... He was chatting with one of his guests from Patreon, discussing a bunch of things. One of them being how his wife dragged him to see Fifty Shades of Grey, which he answered as the most overrated movie series out in recent times and said it may legitimately be the worst movie he's ever seen, even comparing it to the Twilight series. I don't know if he was referring to the original, with Love Me Like You Do and Earned It, or this new one with I Don't Wanna Live Forever, but either way it doesn't surprise me.
As for Hit-Bound, we have but one new entrant: Swalla by Jason Derulo featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign. I'll say, the song's pretty weird, but I kinda like it.
Top 20 Breakdown:
0 — Shit:
20. Play That Song by Train
19. Starving by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd
1 — Bad:
18. Cold by Maroon 5
17. Bad Things by Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello
2 — Meh:
None!
3 — Decent:
16. Heavy by Linkin Park featuring Kiiara
15. Closer by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
4 — Good:
14. Mercy by Shawn Mendes
13. Paris by The Chainsmokers
12. Million Reasons by Lady Gaga
11. I Don't Wanna Live Forever by Zayn Malik and Taylor Swift
5 — Great:
10. I Got You by Bebe Rexha
9. It Ain't Me by Kygo featuring Selena Gomez
8. HandClap by Fitz And The Tantrums
7. Heathens by Twenty-one Pilots
6. Chained To The Rhythm by Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley
5. Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran
4. Just Hold on by Steve Aoki featuring Louis Tomlinson
3. Water Under The Bridge by Adele
2. That's What I Like by Bruno Mars
6 ― Favorite Song Bonus:
1. I Feel It Coming by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk
Countdown Bottom 5
1. Make Me (Cry) by Noah Cyrus featuring Labrinth
2. Don't Wanna Know by Maroon 5
3. Play That Song by Train
4. Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes
5. After The Afterparty by Charli XCX
Countdown Top 5
1. Tie: Castle On The Hill by Ed Sheeran
1. Tie: I Feel It Coming by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk
3. Love Me Now by John Legend
4. Heavydirtysoul by Twenty-one Pilots
5. 24K Magic by Bruno Mars
Most Missed Song: Team by Lorde - Guess why this is my pick for this one.
Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: When We Were Young by Adele
Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
No by Meghan Meghans — Both my and Adrian's least favorite song from Hits 1's final Top 45, and for good reason. When a fictional video game character can make a better kiss-off in two words than you can with an entire song, you know there's a problem. The most interesting thing about the song was how Meghan herself guest hosted the week it debuted.
QOTD: On a scale of 1 to 10, how mad do you think you would have been if Uptown Funk had joined or broken the record of 32 weeks in the Top 10 back in 2015 initially held by How Do I Live? Me, probably a 2.
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This week... I'd hesitate to call it a great week. We did have more things going on, some decent, some not quite as much. On one hand, we have some good stuff leave the higher ranks for some not as good stuff. On the other hand, at least we had some pretty solid stuff coming in, and other stuff took drops down to where they belong. Even though our #1 is nothing new at this point, but it's still gaining it seems. But let's just get to it! So without further ado, here are the songs leaving us this week.
- You're Not There by Lukas Graham (#45)
- Greenlight by Pitbull featuring LunchMoney Lewis and Flo Rida (#44)
- Kids by OneRepublic (#43)
The Countdown!
Last Week’s #1 Song: Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran
45. Words by Daya (#31)
44. Unsteady by X Ambassadors (#28)
43. Let Me Love You by DJ Snake with Justin Bieber (#29)
42. After The Afterparty by Charli XCX (#40)
41. Love Me Now by John Legend (#39)
40. Weak by AJR (debut)
39. Guys My Age by Hey Violet (#30)
38. Starboy by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk (#42)
37. Hymn For The Weekend by Coldplay (#41)
36. Stay by Zedd featuring Alessia Cara (debut)
35. Castle On The Hill by Ed Sheeran (re-entry)
34. 24K Magic by Bruno Mars (#38)
33. Death Of A Bachelor by Panic! At The Disco (#24)
32. This Town by Niall Horan (#35)
31. The Greatest by Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar (#36)
30. Scars To Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara (#27)
29. Say You Won't Let Go by James Arthur (#19)
28. Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes (#32)
27. All Time Low by Jon Bellion (#7)
26. Make Me (Cry) by Noah Cyrus featuring Labrinth (#37)
25. Just Hold on by Steve Aoki featuring Louis Tomlinson (#16)
24. Heavydirtysoul by Twenty-one Pilots (#21)
23. Side To Side by Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj (#10)
22. Don't Wanna Know by Maroon 5 (#26)
21. Love On The Brain by Rihanna (#33)
20. Play That Song by Train (#17)
19. It Ain't Me by Kygo featuring Selena Gomez (#20)
18. Heavy by Linkin Park featuring Kiiara (#34)
17. Issues by Julia Michaels (#23)
16. I Got You by Bebe Rexha (#25)
15. Heathens by Twenty-one Pilots (#9)
14. Paris by The Chainsmokers (#14)
13. Cold by Maroon 5 (#15)
12. I Feel It Coming by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk (#18)
11. Million Reasons by Lady Gaga (#11)
10. That's What I Like by Bruno Mars (#22)
9. Chained To The Rhythm by Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley (#12)
8. Bad Things by Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello (#5)
7. HandClap by Fitz And The Tantrums (#2)
6. I Don't Wanna Live Forever by Zayn Malik and Taylor Swift (#4)
5. Water Under The Bridge by Adele (#13)
4. Starving by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd (#8)
3. Closer by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey (#3)
2. Mercy by Shawn Mendes (#6)
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Perfect by One Direction (second and final week at #1)
1. Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran (#1) (fourth week at #1)
Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: All Time Low by Jon Bellion (-20)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Heavy by Linkin Park featuring Kiiara (+16)
New Entrants
- So, AJR are an act who get a lot of hate from certain people in this community whom I won't name for no reason other than what feels like their songs are considered annoying. But at least they're actually trying to be something! Enter Weak. That being said, the synths in the choruses feel like they're literally copy/pasted from Never Be Like You from last year, a song that I ultimately didn't care for in the final picture. As for the lyrical content, it's about how people can only give into peer pressure and not stand up for themselves, from what I'm getting. It's a premise I can certainly relate to. Overall, I don't mind this, but we'll see how long I end up enjoying it.
- So if you can't stand Alessia Cara, too bad, because she has yet another single going for her as she teams up with one Zedd for a new song called Stay. I don't really have a lot to say about this one, the lyrical content is basically what Alessia Cara is known best for. I do like the vocal effects on the chorus as well as the drum hits in the pre-chorus. If I can pick anything I don't exactly like at all, it'd be that humming in the verses and the bridge. That can get annoying. But overall, I like this for right now.
- Then we have a returning entry from Castle On The Hill by Ed Sheeran. Fun fact, this is actually the first re-entry that the countdown has had since In The Night by The Weeknd back in May. Just goes to show that being cut short quick can mean a resurgence. Anyway, song's still as solid as it was from the beginning. I don't know if it's been released as an official single yet, but I'm sure it will eventually. Since his new album Divide just released yesterday, he's about to get more going for him, I'm sure. I haven't given the entire album a listen just yet, but I will eventually. The point is, please stick around for real this time!
All You Have To Do Is Blurb
- So our entire bottom three from last week were purged out. All three of them were songs I enjoyed to a degree and I think deserved better than they got, especially Greenlight.
- We had four bad songs fall right into the bottom five, three of them taking drops that were over ten spots. Poor Love Me Now must not enjoy being thrown in with them. It'd be great if this was actually the end for Unsteady. Maybe it'll just take a gigantic jump back into the Top 10 next week, maybe not. Hopefully we can get another purge down on these four.
- Before introducing 24K Magic, Spyder talked about how Thomas Rhett did a cover of the song at a concert of his recently. For you who don't know who Thomas Rhett is, he's a country star who's gotten some big flack, and his last album, Tangled Up, was pretty terribly received. The thought of that guy trying to say some of the things that Bruno says in the song just makes me laugh at how sterile it'd sound coming from him. To be fair, Spyder also said that Rhett did say the man was a favorite of his. That being said, nice to see it jump out of the Bottom 10. Stay as long as you want to!
- Of course that piece of crap that debuted last week had to take a 10+ spot jump. It hasn't been doing that much elsewhere, so hopefully it'll flop.
- Before introducing Say You Won't Let Go, Spyder talked about how James Arthur recently got back together with his former girlfriend, who was the inspiration for this song. How about that? But that makes this drop out of the Top 20 even worse. I knew that jump from last week was too good to be true.
- When Mikey Piff first discussed Heavy when it debuted on Hit-Bound, he said that there were no guitars at all in it. But is it just me or do I hear guitars there near the end? Anyway, it had the biggest jump of the week, which was odd because I did not hear it much while out over the past few days. As I said last week, it's an unusual collaboration, but right now I don't care if it just sticks around.
- Before introducing Million Reasons, Spyder talked about how Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Mohamed Sanu blames Lady Gaga for their Super Bowl loss because of how long her halftime show went. After supposedly looking some things up, Spyder said that he could lose his man-card for that.
- On the good side, we had three Top 10 entrants, two new ones that I completely welcome there, and one being a re-entrant into the Top 5 that I'm glad is still hanging on despite it flopping elsewhere, which for an Adele song is pretty sad.
- As for Starving jumping back into the Top 5... Why?! I was softening on this a little bit, but now it's virtually impossible for me to not throw it back into the bottom tier.
Hit-Bound
Cake by Flo Rida featuring 99 Percent
Touch by Little Mix
Miss You by James Hersey
L.A. Devotee by Panic! At The Disco
Slide by Calvin Harris with Frank Ocean and Migos (debut)
Believer by Imagine Dragons
Everyday by Ariana Grande featuring Future
All Night by The Vamps featuring Matoma
Talk Too Much by Coin (debut)
Don't Leave by Snakehips featuring MØ
Lights Down Low by MAX featuring gnash
Rockabye by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anna-Marie
American Girls by One Ok Rock (debut)
Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay
- The Vamps hosted Hit-Bound this week. I only just found out during this round that they're British.
- While Migos aren't the first thing I'd imagine teaming up with Calvin Harris, I'll say that Slide is actually kind of fun, but it's not completely solid. I'll discuss it more if it debuts.
- Since I didn't talk about Everyday last week, I may as well do that now. This song is overall rather messy, and not just because of Future's verse, which Hits 1 actually kept. I genuinely wonder why Future is getting this much overexposure given the last two albums that he surprise dropped. Ariana Grande herself does okay though.
- Talk Too Much sounds kinda like 90's alternative. But hey, I'll take that. It's not something I think I'll remember after this year, though.
- American Girls, on the other hand, feels a bit loud for my liking. It could potentially be a grower, but I don't know.
- I briefly said last week that I liked Something Just Like This, but listening to it in my own time... For an act who has been seriously testing my patience recently, I'm liking this more than I let on with that small blurb. Let's just say I can't wait for this to get big. I'll save my words for this when it debuts.
- We're actually looking pretty good, I'll say. Aside from Lights Down Low (wow I am not making friends with Adrian on that), every song here is at least decent, though of all the blue songs I'd say Cake is the closest to red.
Also, sorry to say that I won't be doing a Top 20 review, because that takes a lot of time and this is already seriously late as is. Sorry.
Countdown Bottom 5
1. Make Me (Cry) by Noah Cyrus featuring Labrinth
2. Don't Wanna Know by Maroon 5
3. Play That Song by Train
4. Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes
5. Unsteady by X Ambassadors
Countdown Top 5
1. Castle On The Hill by Ed Sheeran
2. I Feel It Coming by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk
3. Heavydirtysoul by Twenty-one Pilots
4. 24K Magic by Bruno Mars
5. Love Me Now by John Legend
Hit-Bound Top 5
1. Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay
2. Rockabye by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anna-Marie
3. Don't Leave by Snakehips featuring MØ
4. Touch by Little Mix
5. Believer by Imagine Dragons
Most Missed Song: Shut Up and Dance by Walk The Moon - It departed from the countdown this week one year ago, exactly right after crossing the milestone of making a full year here.
Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: When We Were Young by Adele
Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
7 Years by Lukas Graham — The way I see it, you're one of two minds with this one: you either think it's a beautiful tribute to Lukas' late father, or a totally conceited ego trip. You can clearly see which side I'm on. I was mad when this failed to hit #1 by the skin of its teeth.
Work by Rihanna featuring Drake — Not helping that was that THIS was one of the songs that blocked it. Yes, I understand that this is apparently supposed to have a deeper meaning to it, but would it have killed her to actually enunciate properly?
New Romantics by Taylor Swift — Honestly, I feel obligated to like Taylor Swift and her 1989 style at this point.
El Taxi by Pitbull featuring Osmani Garcia and Lil Jon — Kinda interesting that Mr. Worldwide scooped up the guy who was on his first proper single in the mid-2000s - which also had a Spanish name - for another song that sadly got nowhere.
QOTD: Are there any songs from Ed Sheeran's Divide that you are hoping become singles? I haven't listened to the full album yet, but I'm sure there are some that will get big.
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