Week of October 26, 2019 - Lewis Capaldi (1)

Lewis Capaldi (1)

Hey guys, the countdown has been getting pretty boring lately. Have a look and see for yourself. We have a pretty good number one, and some decent debuts, but still. Music isn’t that good right now. You might not see that in my post, because I’m generally a positive person.

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To
Talk - Khalid/Disclosure (#45) [#6]
Love Me Less - MAX/Quinn XCII (#41) [#10]
Small Talk - Katy Perry (#39) [#19]

Last Week’s #1: Only Human - Jonas Brothers (1)

#45: ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie (-1) [#2]
#44: 3 Nights - Dominic Fike (-1) [#31]
#43: Nightmare - Halsey (-1) [#2]
#42: Time - NF (DEBUT) [7 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#41: I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber (-3) [#5]
#40: Trampoline - SHAED (-) [#27]
#39: Stack It Up - Liam Payne (DEBUT) [5 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#38: bad guy - Billie Eilish (-1) [#10]
#37: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (-4) [#19]
#36: frick, i’m lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie (-) [#32]
#35: Dream Boy - Waterparks (-) [#30]
#34: Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin (-4) [#22]
#33: Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco (-2) [#31]
#32: What Am I - Why Don’t We (-4) [#24]
#31: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (+3) [#18]
#30: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (DEBUT) [9 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#29: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston (+3) [#29] *new peak*
#28: Mother - Charlie Puth (-4) [#18]
#27: Goodbyes - Post Malone (-10) [#10]
#26: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber (-4) [#22]
#25: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (-13) [3 weeks at #1]
#24: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan (-4) [#20]
#23: Memories - Maroon 5 (+3) [#20]
#22: Liar - Camila Cabello (+1) [#22] *new peak*
#21: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (-10) [#3]
#20: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha (-1) [#5]
#19: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (-10) [#3]
#18: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean (+11) [#18] *new peak*
#17: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett (-1) [#13]
#16: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (-13) [#3]
#15: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots (+12) [#15] *new peak*
#14: Lover - Taylor Swift (+7) [#14] *new peak*
#13: Circles - Post Malone (+12) [#13] *new peak*
#12: Rescue Me - OneRepublic (+2) [#12] *new peak*
#11: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes (+7) [9 weeks at #1]
#10: Good As Hell - Lizzo (+5) [#10] *new peak*
#9: Cool - Jonas Brothers (+4) [1 week at #1]
#8: Graveyard - Halsey (+2) [#8] *new peak*
#7: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (-5) [3 weeks at #1]
#6: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (-2) [1 week at #1]
#5: Only Human - Jonas Brothers (-4) [1 week at #1]
#4: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (+3) [#2]
#3: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer (+5) [2 weeks at #1]
#2: Sucker - Jonas Brothers (+4) [13 weeks at #1]
#1: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (+4) [1st week at #1] *new peak*


Last Year’s #1: High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco [7/8 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia

For our first debut at #42, we have Time by NF. This song is just amazing. Nate is such a talented person. He can sing and rap, which is a good combo. His songwriting is really good and relatable too. This song is no exception. The violins throughout add a lot to the song and the song as a whole is just really great. My only criticism would be the high vocals in the chorus, but whatever. This is a really good song and I’d love to see it do well here.

Next, at #39, we have Stack It Up by Liam Payne. This song is just really boring. It sounds a lot like Same Old Love by Selena Gomez, which is a horrible song, and there’s really nothing to talk about. I mean, come on. Even A Boogie Wit da Hoodie adds something to the song. That’s saying something.

For our highest debut this week, at #30 we have Teeth by 5 Seconds of Summer. I probably like this song more, because I heard it live. It’s still really good though. That guitar is amazing throughout the song. I love this rock thing that they’ve got going, and I expect this to do really well since Hits 1 loves 5SOS.

Best Debut: Time - NF

Biggest DROP!!!: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco AND Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (-13): For Hey Look Ma, I Made It, get this. This is its first week all year not in the top 20. That is absolutely ridiculous and I couldn’t think of a better song to do it. For Beautiful People, I kind of wish it got a few more weeks in the top 5, but that #3 peak looks good on it.

Biggest Jump: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots AND Circles - Post Malone (+12): Both of these songs are great and I’m very happy to see them in the top 20. I wish them both the best.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: What Am I - Why Don’t We
#4: Memories - Maroon 5
#3: Circles - Post Malone
#2: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston
#1: Time - NF

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: Mother - Charlie Puth
#4: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#3: Nightmare - Halsey
#2: Cool - Jonas Brothers
#1: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#19: Cool - Jonas Brothers

1 - Bad:
NONE!

2 - Mediocre:
#18: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes

3 - Decent:
#17: Lover - Taylor Swift

4 - Good:
#16: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha
#15: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer
#14: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#13: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello
#12: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer
#11: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett
#10: Rescue Me - OneRepublic
#9: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift

5 - Great:
#8: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#7: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#6: Graveyard - Halsey
#5: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#4: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean
#3: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#2: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots
#1: Circles - Post Malone

Overall Score: 77/100 = 77%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie
#4: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#3: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#2: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer
#1: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Mine All Day - PewDiePie

Hit-Bound

Dance Monkey - Tones and I [4*]

We Made It - Louis Tomlinson [1]

Motivation - Normani [4]

Lose You Too Love Me - Selena Gomez [1]

Dear Winter - AJR [3]

Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia [1]

Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath [2*]

Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi [2]

One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown [4]

Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers [3]

all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish [4]

Takeaway - The Chainsmokers/Lennon Stella/ILLENIUM [3]

Don’t Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey [3]

Lights Up - Harry Styles [3*]

WHO DO U LOVE? - Monsta X/French Montana [5]

Also Available For Vote

Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez [1]

Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson [8]

For our first new Hit-Bound song we have a new one from Louis Tomlinson called We Made It. This is definitely better than Kill My Mind, but it’s still not that great. I mean, by no means is it bad, it just could definitely be better. The production is… okay at best. His voice is fine and everything. I don’t know, this is off my first listen, so it might not be that accurate.

We get our first of two Selena Gomez songs this week, Lose You To Love Me. This is the better one. For sure. Selena has a great voice, even if she didn’t show that in the past two albums and I’d love to see this be a hit. It’s a really nice ballad, and the production starts to get really good by the second verses. I love it when she layers her voice on top of itself in the last chorus. I don’t know, there’s just something about this song that really gets me.

Okay, so next is a new single from Kesha called Raising Hell. This one really sounds like the old Ke$ha, compared to her last Rainbow album. This one is bop. The beat is great, the chorus is amazing and yeah. It’s overall just a really solid song. I’m not sure why Big Freedia is credited when he adds essentially nothing to the song, but whatever.

Then available for vote, we have Selena Gomez’s other single of the week, Look At Her Now. Yeah, this one is worse. It’s a little more poppy and upbeat, but I think they kind of missed a mark here and probably shouldn’t have released Lose You To Love Me the same week, since that one is really good. The production here is really off and I just can’t get behind this at all.

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
#17: Dance Monkey - Tones and I
#16: all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish

1 - Bad:
#15: Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson
#14: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez

2 - Mediocre:
#13: Motivation - Normani
#12: Dear Winter - AJR

3 - Decent:
#11: WHO DO U LOVE? - Monsta X/French Montana
#10: We Made It - Louis Tomlinson
#9: Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers

4 - Good:
#8: Lights Up - Harry Styles
#7: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia
#6: Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi

5 - Great:
#5: One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown
#4: Don’t Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey
#3: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez
#2: Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath
#1: Takeaway - The Chainsmokers/ILLENIUM/Lennon Stella

Overall Score: 52/85 = 61%

Stack Blurbs Up

We lost three songs this week, Talk, Love Me Less and Small Talk. All three songs I’m okay to see go. Talk and Love Me Less were old and due to go and Small Talk was just meh.

What Am I should be doing better.

Higher Love hit a new peak!

Both 10,000 Hours and Nice To Meet Ya dropped this week which is weird because they’re both really good songs.

Goodbyes, If We Have Each Other and Señorita all fell 10 spots this week. That’s okay for IWHEO and Señorita, but not for Goodbyes. I wish that one did better than it did.

Good As Hell hit top 10 this week!

Only Human fell off of #1 after only one week.

Why are Who Do You Love and Sucker in the top three? I mean, come on, who decides this?

And our #1 is… Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi! This is a great song to have at #1 and I hope it spends even more weeks at #1! Although I do know of a certain breakfast food who would disapprove of this…

Alright, so the YouTube 15 ended last week, so that’s it! That’s the post! It feels kind of weird without the YouTube 15. Ah, well. All good things come to an end. I mean, even the countdown will one day and then this community will die, (I mean, it’s dead already, but…)