November 5, 2016 - The Chainsmokers + Halsey (5)

So I recently saw the new movie Doctor Strange. It was pretty cool, although most Marvel films tend to be, because they tend to have the right balance of action and humor. I won't say much about it for you who haven't seen it, but it was definitely worth my time to see. It was mentioned during Monster Movies, and I would surely recommend checking it out. So without further ado, here are the songs leaving us this week.

• Never Be Like You by Flume featuring Kai (#38)
• I'm Not Famous by AJR (#42)
• Mama Said by Lukas Graham (#44)

The Countdown!
Last Week’s #1 Song: Closer by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
45. Work From Home by Fifth Harmony (#45)
44. We Don't Talk Anymore by Charlie Puth and Selena Gomez (#35)
43. Perfect Illusion by Lady Gaga (#36)
42. Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande (#41)
41. I Took a Pill In Ibiza by Mike Posner (#40) (two weeks at #1)
40. Body Say by Demi Lovato (#43)
39. Greenlight by Pitbull featuring Flo Rida and LunchMoney Lewis (debut)
38. Just Like Fire by P!nk (#39)
37. My Way by Calvin Harris (#32)
36. Girls Talk Boys by 5 Seconds of Summer (#31)
35. That's My Girl by Fifth Harmony (debut)
34. New Romantics by Taylor Swift (#37) (two weeks at #1)
33. All Time Low by Jon Bellion (debut)
32. Send My Love (To Your New Lover) by Adele (#33) (one week at #1)
31. Chase You Down by RUNAGROUND (#34)
30. Stressed Out by Twenty-one Pilots (#29) (five weeks at #1)
29. Starboy by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk (#30)
28. Can't Stop the Feeling! by Justin Timberlake (#20) (ten weeks at #1)
27. This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris with Rihanna (#26)
26. Fresh Eyes by Andy Grammer (#27)
25. Don't Let Me Down by The Chainsmokers featuring Daya (#24) (three weeks at #1)
24. I Hate U, I Love U by gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien (#23)
23. Bacon by Nick Jonas (#22)
22. Gold by Kiiara (#15)
21. Unsteady by X Ambassadors (#17)
20. Side To Side by Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj (#28)
19. Kids by OneRepublic (#25)
18. Scars To Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara (#16)
17. Setting The World On Fire by Kenny Chesney featuring P!nk (#21)
16. The Greatest by Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar (#18)
15. Death Of A Bachelor by Panic! At The Disco (#19)
14. 24K Magic by Bruno Mars (#13)
13. This Town by Niall Horan (#14)
12. Sit Still, Look Pretty by Daya (#7)
11. Don't Wanna Know by Maroon 5 (#12)
10. Into You by Ariana Grande (#9)
9. Ride by Twenty-one Pilots (#10)
8. Cold Water by Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ (#3)
7. Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes (#8)
6. Cheap Thrills by Sia featuring Sean Paul (#6)
5. Starving by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd (#5)
4. Hymn For The Weekend by Coldplay (#4)
3. Let Me Love You by DJ Snake with Justin Bieber (#11)
2. Heathens by Twenty-one Pilots (#2)
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Stitches by Shawn Mendes (third and final week at #1)
1. Closer by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey (#1) (fifth week at #1)

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: We Don't Talk Anymore by Charlie Puth and Selena Gomez (-9)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie between Side To Side by Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj and Let Me Love You by DJ Snake with Justin Bieber (+8)

New Entrants
- Man, we've been getting a handful of bluesy stuff in newer times, haven't we? Case in point: Greenlight by Pitbull featuring LunchMoney Lewis and Flo Rida. Three Miami boys - much like Spyder Harrison himself, which he mentioned before introducing the song, combining for a party jam with some fun production. I also heard this song in the 2017 World Baseball Classic commercial that I would see a fair few times during the World Series the past few weeks. That said, it's definitely a welcome return for LunchMoney Lewis, after Bills from 2015 sadly failed to take off. His hook is the main highlight here, along with the saxophone. Although I will say, that saxophone trill that appears in the chorus, once described as a "dying horse noise", can get bothersome, and it shows up more than 12 times in total. But aside from that, this is a fun one for sure. Definitely more enjoyable than Messin' Around from earlier this year. However, Hits 1 hasn't been kind to Pitbull since Timber, so I'm not expecting this to do all that great. But Flo Rida did have My House, which was huge this year, so we'll see if I'm wrong.

- Ugh, more Fifth Harmony... Let's just make this quick: That's My Girl is just trash. Now I'm not opposed to self-empowerment anthems, not at all. But much like Rise by Katy Perry from earlier this year, this just sounds terrible! Not only are those fart-sounding trumpets in the verses super annoying, but when they sing the "that's my girl" line in the chorus, it's drenched in autotune and is not pleasant at all. Honestly, I know I'll get flack for this, but at least Work From Home felt like a finished song. This is just noise. Thankfully it hasn't charted on the Hot 100 and isn't all too high on iTunes yet, so maybe it'll flop. But we'll see. Don't be surprised if this becomes orange soon.

- Finally we have Jon Bellion, who before this I mainly only remembered for Beautiful Now with Zedd last year, which I didn't particularly care for. Here he is on his solo work, with All Time Low. Maybe I'm just not seeing the appeal, but I'm not totally feeling this at the time. It's about how the guy is at, well, an all time low following the departure of his beloved. There's also the word "low" being spammed in the chorus, which could definitely be written better. And what is up with those tough-sounding "huah!"s that pop up behind it? Right now I don't really care for this one. That may change in time.

Blurb Me The Green Light, 'Cause I'm Ready To Go
- So, none of our exits were any I'm seriously sad about. Never Be Like You I had since dulled on some, and the other two, while hated by many here, I did think were pretty decent everything considered, but I knew they wouldn't last.

- I honestly don't know how Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande is still here. Can it just leave soon now that it's not doing anything? As you can see, I have softened on it a bit since, but not much.

- Before introducing My Way by Calvin Harris, Spyder talked about the video for the song, which he claimed was taking jabs at Taylor Swift. Was that really her in the video? Because that looked like someone else. If it was her, then it sounds like he's up for continuing that beef. I would hope not, especially after he thanked her and Rihanna for This Is What You Came For.

- Before introducing Girls Talk Boys, Spyder talked about how he, for the 13th year in a row, didn't allow any trick-or-treaters at his house for Halloween. But he did have a bag of mini Snickers bars just in case, and he ended up eating it for himself. That was what I heard... But isn't he a dad? Why wouldn't he share it with his daughters? 0/10 worst dad ever. Haha, not really, but I thought that was funny enough to mention.

- Before introducing New Romantics, while Spyder was giving the shout-outs, he gave one to the fans of the Chicago Cubs, who, congratulations to them for winning the World Series after over a century of not making it. I didn't see the end of the last game, as I was really tired come the ninth inning and just wanted to go to bed, but apparently it was pretty crazy between a rain delay and entering extra innings. But initially it looked like the Indians were going to win for sure with a 3-1 lead but the Cubs won spectacularly. And on that note, the guest DJ who was introducing I Hate U, I Love U gave a shout-out to the Cleveland Indians, who had lost in an epic World Series. Then he said, "WHAT?! Why didn't anybody tell me?!" That was pretty funny.

- Once again, Starboy by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk continues to do absolutely nothing here. Shame.

- Not only has Can't Stop the Feeling! by Justin Timberlake finally left the Top 20, but this is the lowest it has been since it debuted six months ago...which was at the very same position no less. We'll see if it leaves soon, but with the Trolls movie just releasing this past weekend, it might gain.

- And speaking of I Hate U, I Love U, it seems that Hits 1 has decided to switch to the original version and not the Deepend Remix. Now almost everyone's gonna want the same to happen with Hymn For The Weekend...

- We have one new entry into the Top 20 and one returning there - Side To Side by Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj, which is completely welcomed, and Kids by OneRepublic, which to me is still just kinda there. That one I may just end up having in the Decent tier for its entire tenure, I don't know.

- Setting The World On Fire by Kenny Chesney featuring P!nk has really been jumping all over the countdown.

- Could Death Of A Bachelor by Panic! At The Disco potentially make Top 10?

- If 24K Magic by Bruno Mars flops here, I'm gonna blame that on Hits 1 not being kind towards most rap. (Granted, the song isn't technically considered rap, but the two verses are.) Again, let's hope that doesn't happen.

- Thank goodness Sit Still, Look Pretty by Daya dropped back out of the Top 10. Can it continue to drop more? Aside from that, our Top 10 didn't really change all that much, except for...

- It shouldn't be any surprise that Let Me Love You by DJ Snake with Justin Bieber jumped into the Top 5. That drop out of the Top 10 from last week didn't last long.

- So Closer is at #1 again, because of course it is. And with Heathens only having one week at the top, I'm sure most will say, "Well, that's how we felt about Can't Stop the Feeling blocking Just Like Fire and Ride earlier in the year, so shut up". Whatever. It doesn't help that I'm getting sick of having to find good pictures of the three, so I used a still from the video.

Hit-Bound
Be As You Are by Mike Posner
Love On The Brain by Rihanna
She Sets The City On Fire by Gavin DeGraw
In The Name Of Love by Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha (debut)
Body Moves by DNCE
Still Falling For You by Ellie Goulding
Good Grief by Bastille
Red Dress by Magic!
Million Reasons by Lady Gaga (debut)
Love Me Now by John Legend
The Night Is Young by The Summer Set
Mercy by Shawn Mendes
Play That Song by Train (debut)
Kiss the Sky by Jason Derulo

- I already talked about In The Name Of Love by Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha the two times that I covered the YouTube15, a song with, while a shrill breakdown, has a good performance from Bebe Rexha, and it definitely takes my new favorite song on Hit-Bound.

- Then we've got more Lady Gaga. Million Reasons is certainly more stripped back and slow than Perfect Illusion, and it's kind of a sad one. But I'll take it.

- Then we have Play That Song by Train, which, while better than some of their singles from this decade like the absolutely rotten Hey, Soul Sister, still feels pretty whitebread and corny.

Top 20 Breakdown:
0 — Shit:
20. Sit Still, Look Pretty by Daya
19. Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes

1 — Bad:
18. Starving by Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd
17. Don't Wanna Know by Maroon 5

2 — Meh:
16. Closer by The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
15. Cheap Thrills by Sia featuring Sean Paul

3 — Decent:
14. Setting The World On Fire by Kenny Chesney featuring P!nk
13. Kids by OneRepublic
12. Ride by Twenty-one Pilots

4 — Good:
11. This Town by Niall Horan
10. Death Of A Bachelor by Panic! At The Disco
9. Let Me Love You by DJ Snake with Justin Bieber

5 — Great:
8. Hymn For The Weekend by Coldplay
7. The Greatest by Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar
6. Into You by Ariana Grande
5. Cold Water by Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ
4. Scars To Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara
3. Heathens by Twenty-one Pilots
2. Side To Side by Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
1. 24K Magic by Bruno Mars

Overall score: 64/100

Countdown Bottom 5
1. Sit Still, Look Pretty by Daya
2. Gold by Kiiara
3. That's My Girl by Fifth Harmony
4. This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris with Rihanna
5. Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes

Countdown Top 5
1. 24K Magic by Bruno Mars
2. Greenlight by Pitbull featuring LunchMoney Lewis and Flo Rida
3. Side To Side by Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj
4. Heathens by Twenty-one Pilots
5. Starboy by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk

Hit-Bound Top 5
1. In The Name Of Love by Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha
2. The Night Is Young by The Summer Set
3. Body Moves by DNCE
4. Million Reasons by Lady Gaga
5. Mercy by Shawn Mendes

Most Missed Song: Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1 And The Countdown: Versace On The Floor by Bruno Mars

Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
Something Better by Audien featuring Lady Antebellum — How did I not remember this song until this summer when Adrian's 600k pageview special was brought up?! He was right, it is just absolutely amazing. Everything about this just blends way better for me than it should. It's really a shame that it didn't take off elsewhere.

Thanks for reading, everybody!