Monday, November 25, 2019

Something big is about to happen...

Guys... we're about to hit 10,000 pageviews. This is beyond my wildest dreams and I just can't believe people have viewed my blog almost 10,000 times. Now, I was thinking on what I should do for this, but I ultimately decided I would listen to 10,000 Hours by Dan + Shay and Justin Bieber for an hour straight. Why? Why not.

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Week of November 23, 2019 - 5 Seconds of Summer (2)

5 Seconds of Summer (2)

Hey! Not much happened this week… our biggest drop was 5 spots. If you’re new here… Nice To Meet Ya, what’s your name? Also, I like puns. You should know that.

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To
bad guy - Billie Eilish (#45) [#10]
Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett (#23) [#13]
Rescue Me - OneRepublic (#21) [#12]

Last Week’s #1: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (1)

#45: I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber (-1) [#5]
#44: Time - NF (-1) [#36]
#43: Cool - Jonas Brothers (-2) [1 week at #1]
#42: Nightmare - Halsey (-) [#2]
#41: Dance Monkey - Tones and I (-1) [#38]
#40: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean (-1) [#18]
#39: We Made It - Louis Tomlinson (-4) [#35]
#38: all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish (DEBUT) [7 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#37: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston (+1) [#29]
#36: Dear Winter - AJR (-5) [#30]
#35: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (-3) [3 weeks at #1]
#34: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (-5) [#3]
#33: Liar - Camila Cabello (+1) [#21]
#32: Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers (DEBUT) [6 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#31: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia (+5) [#31] *new peak*
#30: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (+7) [#19]
#29: frick, i’m lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie (+4) [#29] *new peak*
#28: Call You Mine - The Chainsmokers/Bebe Rexha (-2) [#5]
#27: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (-) [#3]
#26: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (-1) [1 week at #1]
#25: Sucker - Jonas Brothers (-3) [13 weeks at #1]
#24: Trampoline - SHAED (+4) [#24] *new peak*
#23: Stack It Up - Liam Payne (+1) [#23] *new peak*
#22: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez (+8) [#22] *new peak*
#21: One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown (DEBUT) [7 weeks in Hit-Bound]
#20: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes (-) [9 weeks at #1]
#19: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots (-1) [#9]
#18: What Am I - Why Don’t We (+1) [#18] *new peak*
#17: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (-2) [#2]
#16: Memories - Maroon 5 (-) [#11]
#15: Mother - Charlie Puth (+2) [#15] *new peak*
#14: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez (-) [#14]
#13: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (-1) [#12]
#12: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber (+1) [#12] *new peak*
#11: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer (-2) [2 weeks at #1]
#10: Lover (Remix) - Taylor Swift/Shawn Mendes (-) [#10]
#9: Good As Hell - Lizzo (-2) [#6]
#8: Only Human - Jonas Brothers (+3) [1 week at #1]
#7: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (-4) [2 weeks at #1]
#6: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (-1) [3 weeks at #1]
#5: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (+1) [1 week at #1]
#4: Circles - Post Malone (-2) [#2]
#3: Graveyard - Halsey (+5) [#3] *new peak*
#2: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan (+2) [#2] *new peak*
#1: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (-) [2nd week at #1]

Last Year’s #1: Youngblood - 5 Seconds of Summer [4/5 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Into the Unknown - Panic! At The Disco

So for our first debut, we have all the good girls go to hell by Billie Eilish. Honestly, I’m kind of surprised that this debuted because everything i wanted debuted last week on the poll. This song is… okay. The production here is actually really good and it’s a fun bop, except the problem (again) is her voice. I just can’t listen to it. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: I respect Billie and everything that she does, but I don’t like her voice. So, yeah, I don’t really care what happens to this.

At #32, we have Lonely by Diplo and the Jonas Brothers. I expected this to debut, since Hits 1 just loves the Jonas Brothers, but whatever. Honestly, it’s not all that bad of a song. It starts off sounding like an unreleased song from Happiness Begins, which is great. But, then the guitar. Yeah, Diplo hardcore ruined this song. Which then makes it not likeable. Also, it’s short. Still can’t decide if that’s good or bad.

Surprisingly, all the way up at number twenty-one, we have One Thing Right by Marshmello featuring Kane Brown. Yeah, I like this. I’m not sure why, but I find the EDM/Country thing works really well. I actually don’t mind Kane Brown’s voice, and Marshmello did a really good job with the production in making this work. I wish this song the best.

Best Debut: One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown

Biggest DROP!!!: Dear Winter - AJR & If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (-5): Yay for both of these even though they just dropped 5 spots.

Biggest Jump: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez (+8): Okay. I really couldn’t care less about this jumping or dropping, so whatever. This is okay, I guess.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: Circles - Post Malone
#4: Trampoline - SHAED
#3: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#2: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston
#1: Time - NF

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: Mother - Charlie Puth
#4: Dear Winter - AJR
#3: Nightmare - Halsey
#2: Cool - Jonas Brothers
#1: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

1 - Bad:
#19: Mother - Charlie Puth

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

3 - Decent:
#17: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer
#16: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer

4 - Good:
#15: Graveyard - Halsey
#14: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#13: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#12: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith
#11: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi

5 - Great:
#10: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#9: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer
#8: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots
#7: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#6: Memories - Maroon 5
#5: Lover (Remix) - Taylor Swift/Shawn Mendes
#4: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez
#3: What Am I - Why Don’t We
#2: Circles - Post Malone
#1: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan

Overall Score: 79/100 = 79%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes
#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: Make It Right - BTS/Lauv

Hit-Bound
ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas [2*]
Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi [6]
Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa [2]
Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott [3]
Bob Dylan - Fall Out Boy [2]
South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B [4]
Into the Unknown - Panic! At The Disco [2*]
Lights Up - Harry Styles [7*]
Panini - Lil Nas X [3]
everything i wanted - Billie Eilish [2*]
Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath [6*]
I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae [3]
Wanted - OneRepublic [4]
Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker [3]
Push My Luck - The Chainsmokers [2*]

Also Available For Vote
Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles [1]

Our one new song this week isn’t even on Hit-Bound. It’s Watermelon Sugar by Harry Styles. This song is really weird. I’m not really getting behind what Harry’s doing now, because his songs are just odd. Next week this will probably kick Lights Up off of Hit-Bound, which sucks. I mean, there’s nothing really bad with this song, except probably the lyrics, I just find it boring. It might grow on me.

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
#16: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas
#15: Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker

1 - Bad:
#14: I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae

2 - Mediocre:
#13: Wanted - OneRepublic
#12: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa

3 - Decent:
#11: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#10: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

4 - Good:
#9: Lights Up - Harry Styles
#8: Into the Unknown - Panic! At The Disco
#7: Push My Luck - The Chainsmokers

5 - Great:
#6: Panini - Lil Nas X
#5: Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi
#4: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B
#3: Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath
#2: Bob Dylan - Fall Out Boy
#1: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott

all the good blurbs go to hell

We lost bad guy, Look What God Gave Her and Rescue Me. I never cared about bad guy, Look What God Gave Her was pretty good and so was Rescue Me.

Why are Time and Dance Monkey in the bottom 5?

Why is Make You Mine even here, much less in the top 30?

Trampoline is up to #24!!!

Hits 1 switched to the Shawn Mendes Remix of Lover, which is much better than the original!

Graveyard is at #3. All right.

Why is Circles down to #4?

Nice To Meet Ya is up to #2!

We lost Don’t Call Me Angel this week which really sucks since it was great.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing On the Hot 100
#1: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#2: Circles - Post Malone
#3: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello
#4: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#5: Memories - Maroon 5
#6: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#8: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez
#9: Panini - Lil Nas X
#10: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#13: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#14: Trampoline - SHAED
#15: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#18: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#21: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus
#23: Dance Monkey - Tones and I
#24: I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber
#26: Lover - Taylor Swift
#27: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas
#29: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure
#30: Goodbyes - Post Malone/Young Thug
#31: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith
#32: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#40: One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown
#41: Dancing With A Stranger - Sam Smith
#42: Graveyard - Halsey
#43: Time - NF
#46: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#49: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott
#55: Liar - Camila Cabello
#63: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#68: Hate Me - Ellie Goulding/Juice WRLD
#74: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#80: all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish
#87: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez

Hunger Games Countdown: Week of November 23, 2019 - Taylor Swift (2)

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To
Goodbyes - Post Malone (#45) [#14]
Nightmare - Halsey (#44) [1 week at #1]
If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes (#43) [#14]

#45: Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers (-20) [#19] {Stack It Up}
#44: Memories - Maroon 5 (-38) [#6] {N/A}
#43: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots (-25) [#18] {South of the Border}
#42: Sucker - Jonas Brothers (-29) [#6] {Lose You To Love Me}
#41: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (-10) [1 week at #1] {N/A}
#40: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (-26) [#3] {Raising Hell}
#39: Cool - Jonas Brothers (-36) [#3] {N/A}
#38: Graveyard - Halsey (+4) [#3] {Truth Hurts}
#37: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (-28) [#9] {N/A}
#36: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (-14) [#11] {N/A}
#35: 3 Nights - Dominic Fike (-15) [1 week at #1] {Trampoline}
#34: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia (-7) [#27] {You Need To Calm Down}
#33: Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath (+4) [#15] {bad guy, Make You Mine & Lose You To Love Me}
#32: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean (-13) [#8] {bad guy, Make You Mine & Lose You To Love Me}
#31: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B (-20) [#11] {Stack It Up}
#30: Small Talk - Katy Perry (-1) [#4] {Dance Monkey}
#29: Rescue Me - OneRepublic (-17) [#4] {N/A}
#28: Takeaway - The Chainsmokers/ILLENIUM/Lennon Stella (+12) [#28] {N/A} *new peak*
#27: Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker (+9) [#27] {Easier} *new peak*
#26: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber (-9) [#4] {You Need To Calm Down}
#25: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (-1) [#2] {Dream Boy}
#24: frick, i'm lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie (-14) [#10] {Dream Boy}
#23: Bob Dylan - Fall Out Boy (DEBUT) [#23] {Dream Boy}
#22: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (+10) [#4] {Dream Boy}
#21: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez (DEBUT) [#21] {Lights Up}
#20: Stack It Up - Liam Payne (+6) [#20] {N/A} *new peak*
#19: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (+4) [#6] {Higher Love}
#18: Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco (+12) [#9] {Lover (Remix)}
#17: Love Me Less - MAX/Quinn XCII (-15) [#2] {Beautiful People}
#16: Dream Boy - Waterparks (+5) [#16] {Lover (Remix)} *new peak*
#15: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (-10) [#5] {Dance Monkey}
#14: Lights Up - Harry Styles (DEBUT) [#14] {You Need To Calm Down}
#13: ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie (+3) [#8] {You Need To Calm Down}
#12: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (+3) [#12] {N/A} *new peak*
#11: Only Human - Jonas Brothers (+24) [#10] {Jesus In LA}
#10: bad guy - Billie Eilish (+28) [#6] {Lover (Remix)}
#9: Circles - Post Malone (+24) [#9] {N/A} *new peak*
#8: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston (+31) [#5] {N/A}
#7: Dance Monkey - Tones and I (+21) [#7] {Lover (Remix) & Trampoline} *new peak*
#6: Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin (-2) [#4] {Mother}
#5: Lover (Remix) - Taylor Swift/Shawn Mendes (+2) [#2] {Trampoline}
#4: Trampoline - SHAED (+4) [#4] {You Need To Calm Down} *new peak*
#3: Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson (+38) [1 week at #1] {N/A}
#2: Mother - Charlie Puth (+32) [#2] {You Need To Calm Down} *new peak*
#1: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (-) [2nd week at #1]

Biggest DROP!!!: Memories - Maroon 5 (-38)

Biggest Jump: Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson (+38)

Hit-Bound Exit:
Wanted - OneRepublic

#16: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish (-11) {Into the Unknown}
#15: Don't Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey (-9) {N/A}
#14: We Made It - Louis Tomlinson (-) {N/A}
#13: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas (-9) {N/A}
#12: Panini - Lil Nas X (-1) {N/A}
#11: Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi (+5) {N/A}
#10: Motivation - Normani (+5) {N/A}
#9: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez (+4) {I Hate LA}
#8: Time - NF (+9) {N/A}
#7: Into the Unknown - Panic! At The Disco (-) {N/A}
#6: Push My Luck - The Chainsmokers (+6) {N/A}
#5: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (+13) {N/A}
#4: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (DEBUT) {I Hate LA}
#3: Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa (+5) {N/A}
#2: I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae (+7) {N/A}
#1: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott (+9)

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Week of November 16, 2019 - 5 Seconds of Summer (1)

5 Seconds of Summer (1)

Take a bite out of this countdown! Get it? Bite? Teeth? … Good enough.

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To
Goodbyes - Post Malone (#45) [#10]
3 Nights - Dominic Fike (#43) [#31]

Last Week’s #1: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (2)

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


Last Year’s #1: Happier - Marshmello/Bastille [2/2 weeks at #1]


Countdown Extra: Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker

All right! Let’s start this week off on a high note with Raising Hell by Kesha and Big Freedia. This is a huge feel-good song and you just enjoy every second of it. It’s super upbeat, a good counterpart to her last album, and honestly just a really fun time. I’d love to see this do really well on the countdown. Big Freedia honestly doesn’t add much to the song, but she’s a good presence here.

And one spot above Raising Hell, we have the incredibly uninteresting We Made It by Louis Tomlinson. I’m glad Louis’ getting a bit of success, since he had two dropouts this year and no debuts. Although, it kind of sucks that this is the song that debuted. I legit can’t remember how it goes immediately after hearing it. So yeah, not a great song.

Best Debut: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia

Biggest DROP!!!: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean (-16): Honestly, with Bob Dylan debuting Hit-Bound, I’m totally fine with this.

Biggest Jump: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez (+19): All right! Let’s see this hit #1 soon, that would be amazing.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: Circles - Post Malone
#4: Dance Monkey - Tones and I
#3: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez
#2: Time - NF
#1: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: Mother - Charlie Puth
#4: Dear Winter - AJR
#3: Nightmare - Halsey
#2: Cool - Jonas Brothers
#1: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

1 - Bad:
#19: Mother - Charlie Puth

2 - Mediocre:
#18: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes
#17: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer

3 - Decent:
#16: Lover - Taylor Swift
#15: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer

4 - Good:
#14: Graveyard - Halsey
#13: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#12: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#11: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith

5 - Great:
#10: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots
#9: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#8: Memories - Maroon 5
#7: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#6: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#5: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer
#4: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#3: What Am I - Why Don’t We
#2: Circles - Post Malone
#1: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez

Overall Score: 77/100 = 77%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: bad guy - Billie Eilish & If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes
#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: Make It Right - BTS/Lauv

Hit-Bound
Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath [5*]
Bob Dylan - Fall Out Boy [1]
Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker [2]
Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers [6]
Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi [5]
Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott [2]
I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae [2]
all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish [7]
South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B [3]
Panini - Lil Nas X [2]
Wanted - OneRepublic [3]
Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa [1]
One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown [7]
Lights Up - Harry Styles [6*]
Don’t Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey [6]

Also Available For Vote
ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas [1]
Into the Unknown - Panic! At The Disco [1]
Push My Luck - The Chainsmokers [1]
everything i wanted - Billie Eilish [1]

Alright, so our first new Hit-Bound song is Bob Dylan by Fall Out Boy. This song doesn’t really sound that much like Fall Out Boy, and I kinda dig it. With this song coming in, it honestly kicks Dear Future Self to blue. It sounds really cool and different and I love this a lot. Great song, I kind of hope it debuts.

We got some new Dua Lipa this week in the form of Don’t Start Now. I’m not really a fan of Dua, and this still doesn’t get me. I mean, this one isn’t bad like One Kiss or New Rules, but it’s still not great. It’s got like a disco vibe, and let’s admit it. Disco isn’t that great. Her vocals are fine and everything I guess, I just find this to be kind of bland and boring.

‘Kay, so there were 4 songs this week that didn’t debut Hit-Bound, but are still on the poll, so I’m gonna start with ROXANNE by Arizona Zervas. This is rap. Why is this here? I don’t get it. It’s not even mildly pop, I have absolutely no clue why Hits 1 picked it up. I hope it doesn’t debut.

Next from Frozen 2, we have Into the Unknown by Panic! At The Disco. This is okay, I guess. I feel like in the chorus, he’s just flexing his vocal range, but whatever. I really don’t want more Panic!, because we’ve gotten so many unnecessary singles from them lately. Anyways, I feel this might grow on me, but not now.

All right, so this next Chainsmokers song, I heard before it came out on the World War Joy Tour. So, I have a bit of a soft spot for it. I honestly think Alex’s voice isn’t that bad. I like the drop here and that little part at the end of the chorus is pretty good. This is a good chill song and I kind of hope it debuts. I’m sad it pushed Takeaway off of Hit-Bound though.

Augh. Billie Eilish. Although everything i wanted isn’t terrible, it’s still not great. Her voice still isn’t that good, but I feel that it works better with this than stuff like bad guy and bury a friend. The chorus is honestly pretty good, but I think the rest of the song is a bit lacking in like, everything. So, yeah. This song is okay.

Best Debut: Bob Dylan - Fall Out Boy

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
#19: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas
#18: Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker

1 - Bad:
#17: I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae
#16: all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:
#15: Wanted - OneRepublic
#14: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#13: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish

3 - Decent:
#12: Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers
#11: Into the Unknown - Panic! At The Disco

4 - Good:
#10: Lights Up - Harry Styles
#9: Panini - Lil Nas X

5 - Great:
#8: Push My Luck - The Chainsmokers
#7: Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi
#6: Don’t Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey
#5: One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown
#4: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B
#3: Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath
#2: Bob Dylan - Fall Out Boy
#1: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott

Overall Score: 62/95 = 65%

Raising Blurbs

We lost Goodbyes and 3 Nights this week. Both songs were pretty good and I’m sad to see them go.

Why is Time in the bottom 5? No!

Also, why is Dance Monkey in the 40s?

Also also, why is Higher Love at #38?

Good news: Trampoline has recovered from its injury and should be jumping soon. (That joke worked on so many more levels than I thought it would)

What Am I is in the top 20! Yay!

How Do You Sleep? for some reason is back up at a new peak.

Our #2 is Circles. Never thought I’d see the day where Post Malone was #2.

And our #1 is… Teeth? All right, I’ll take it!

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing On The Hot 100:
#1: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#2: Circles - Post Malone
#3: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello
#4: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#5: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez
#6: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#8: Panini - Lil Nas X
#9: Memories - Maroon 5
#10: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#12: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#15: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#16: Trampoline - SHAED
#18: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus
#19: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#20: I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber
#21: Goodbyes - Post Malone/Young Thug
#23: Dance Monkey - Tones and I
#24: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure
#25: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#27: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith
#30: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#34: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas
#36: Dancing With A Stranger - Sam Smith/Normani
#40: One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown
#41: Time - NF
#42: Graveyard - Halsey
#43: Lover - Taylor Swift
#46: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift
#51: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott
#52: Liar - Camila Cabello
#56: Hate Me - Ellie Goulding/Juice WRLD
#62: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez
#78: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#89: all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish
#98: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston

Hunger Games Countdown: Week of November 16, 2019 - Taylor Swift (1)

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To
Good As Hell - Lizzo (#45) [#5]
Talk - Khalid/Disclosure (#44) [#3]

#45: Goodbyes - Post Malone (-31) [#14] {Dear Future Self (Hands Up)}
#44: Nightmare - Halsey (-39) [1 week at #1] {Someone You Loved}
#43: If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes (-3) [#14] {10,000 Hours}
#42: Graveyard - Halsey (-39) [#3] {10,000 Hours}
#41: Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson (-40) [1 week at #1] {10,000 Hours}
#40: Takeaway - The Chainsmokers/ILLENIUM/Lennon Stella (DEBUT) [#40] {South of the Border}
#39: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston (-4) [#5] {Raising Hell}
#38: bad guy - Billie Eilish (-12) [#6] {Cool}
#37: Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath (-22) [#15] {N/A}
#36: Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker (DEBUT) [#36] {Memories & Dance Monkey}
#35: Only Human - Jonas Brothers (+1) [#10] {Trampoline}
#34: Mother - Charlie Puth (-22) [#10] {N/A}
#33: Circles - Post Malone (+10) [#11] {frick, i'm lonely}
#32: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (-28) [#4] {South of the Border}
#31: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (+8) [1 week at #1] {Hey Look Ma, I Made It & 10,000 Hours}
#30: Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco (-21) [#9] {Beautiful People}
#29: Small Talk - Katy Perry (-13) [#4] {Cool}
#28: Dance Monkey - Tones and I (-18) [#9] {Make You Mine}
#27: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia (+15) [#27] {Make You Mine} *new peak*
#26: Stack It Up - Liam Payne (+2) [#24] {N/A}
#25: Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers (-1) [#19] {Hey Look Ma, I Made It}
#24: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (-22) [#2] {Beautiful People}
#23: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (+14) [#6] {N/A}
#22: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (-11) [#11] {N/A}
#21: Dream Boy - Waterparks (+13) [#17] {Love Me Less}
#20: 3 Nights - Dominic Fike (+21) [1 week at #1] {N/A}
#19: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean (+6) [#8] {N/A}
#18: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots (+3) [#18] {N/A} *new peak*
#17: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber (-4) [#4] {N/A}
#16: ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie (-8) [#8] {South of the Border}
#15: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (+12) [#15] {Trampoline}
#14: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (+18) [#3] {Jesus In LA}
#13: Sucker - Jonas Brothers (+9) [#6] {Someone You Loved}
#12: Rescue Me - OneRepublic (-6) [#4] {N/A}
#11: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B (+8) [#11] {N/A} *new peak*
#10: frick, i'm lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie (+13) [#10] {Beautiful People} *new peak*
#9: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (+24) [#9] {N/A} *new peak*
#8: Trampoline - SHAED (+10) [#8] {N/A} *new peak*
#7: Lover - Taylor Swift (+22) [#2] {Love Me Less}
#6: Memories - Maroon 5 (+32) [#6] {Beautiful People} *new peak*
#5: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (+15) [#5] {You Need To Calm Down} *new peak*
#4: Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin (+26) [#4] {Love Me Less} *new peak*
#3: Cool - Jonas Brothers (+4) [#3] {N/A} *new peak*
#2: Love Me Less - MAX/Quinn XCII (+29) [#2] {You Need To Calm Down}
#1: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (+16) [1st week at #1] *new peak*

Biggest DROP!!!: Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson (-40)

Biggest Jump: Memories - Maroon 5 (+32)

Hit-Bound Exit:
all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish

#19: Wanted - OneRepublic (-7) {N/A}
#18: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (-10) {N/A}
#17: Time - NF (-14) {N/A}
#16: Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi (-9) {N/A}
#15: Motivation - Normani (-11) {everything i wanted}
#14: We Made It - Louis Tomlinson (-4) {everything i wanted}
#13: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez (-4) {everything i wanted}
#12: Push My Luck - The Chainsmokers (DEBUT) {Lights Up}
#11: Panini - Lil Nas X (+2) {Lights Up}
#10: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott (-5) {Into the Unknown, ROXANNE, Lights Up, Lose You To Love Me & Bob Dylan}
#9: I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae (-3) {Lose You To Love Me}
#8: Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa (DEBUT) {ROXANNE}
#7: Into the Unknown - Panic! At The Disco (DEBUT) {Bob Dylan}
#6: Don't Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey (+9) {N/A}
#5: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish (DEBUT) {Lights Up}
#4: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas (DEBUT) {Lights Up}
#3: Lights Up - Harry Styles (+11) {N/A}
#2: Bob Dylan - Fall Out Boy (DEBUT) {N/A}
#1: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez (+10)

Sunday, November 10, 2019

Week of November 9, 2019 - Lewis Capaldi (2)

Lewis Capaldi (2)

We had an eventful week this week, I’ll let you Take What You Want from it. Heh. Puns.

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To
Dream Boy - Waterparks (#41) [#30]
Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco (#39) [#31]

Last Week’s #1: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (1)

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

Last Year’s #1: Happier - Marshmello/Bastille [1/2 weeks at #1]


Countdown Extra: Lights Up - Harry Styles

Our first Selena Gomez debut is Look At Her Now at #40. I used to really hate this song, but it’s so catchy that I just can’t. That’s pretty much all for this one though. I did mention before that it would’ve been a better marketing strategy if she released this one before Lose You To Love Me, but whatever. It’s a pretty good song even if it does remind me a bit of her last couple of albums. *1 week in Hit-Bound, 2 weeks on voting poll

And at #33, we have Lose You To Love Me also by Selena Gomez. This song is just amazing in so many ways. Her voice is actually really good and the instrumentation, when it kicks in at the second verse is also really great. The hook is the best part here even if she says “yeah” after every line. Clearly a lot of people agree with me since it’s already #1 on the Hot 100. I hope it hits #1 here too.

Best Debut: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez

Biggest DROP!!!: Cool - Jonas Brothers (-18): YAY!!!!

Biggest Jump: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan (+15): Um. What? I never expected this song to hit top 5, but… I’ll take it, honestly. I hope this hits #1 if it has a shot.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: Trampoline - SHAED
#4: Circles - Post Malone
#3: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston
#2: Time - NF
#1: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: Mother - Charlie Puth
#4: Dear Winter - AJR
#3: Nightmare - Halsey
#2: Cool - Jonas Brothers
#1: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

1 - Bad:
#19: Mother - Charlie Puth

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

3 - Decent:
#17: Lover - Taylor Swift
#16: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer

4 - Good:
#15: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#14: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer
#13: Rescue Me - OneRepublic
#12: Graveyard - Halsey
#11: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett
#10: Only Human - Jonas Brothers

5 - Great:
#9: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#8: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#7: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#6: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#5: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots
#4: Memories - Maroon 5
#3: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#2: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer
#1: Circles - Post Malone

Overall Score: 78/100 = 78%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: bad guy - Billie Eilish & If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes
#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: Make It Right - BTS/Lauv

Hit-Bound
Panini - Lil Nas X [1]
all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish [6]
Don’t Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey [5]
One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown [6]
Wanted - OneRepublic [2]
Lights Up - Harry Styles [5*]
Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia [3]
Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers [5]
South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B [2]
Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi [4]
Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott [1]
We Made It - Louis Tomlinson [3]
Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath [4*]
I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae [1]
Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker [1]

Also Available For Vote
Motivation - Normani [6]

*sigh* I have no clue why I like Lil Nas X, but I really do. Panini is absolutely no Old Town Road, but it’s still really good. His falsetto could use some work, but other than that, the song is really catchy and the hook is really great. It’s a little short, but I guess that’s a trend with his music. I kind of hope this is just a little less of a hit than Old Town Road. I mean, it’s already hit top 5 on the Hot 100, so that’s a good sign.

This next song is called Take What You Want by Post Malone, Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott. Ozzy opens the song with a chorus that actually sounds really great. His voice works really well with the beat (which slaps) and then it turns into a verse by Post, which is also really good, you never know what to expect with Post Malone, and this is a pleasant surprise. It then flows into a chorus by Post which also works well, then it flows into a verse by Travis which is always pretty good. It then goes into another chorus by Ozzy, which then goes into an awesome guitar solo which you have to hear to believe. Overall, this is a great song that I’d love to see debut soon.

Next up we have I Hate LA by Hot Chelle Rae. This song is so minimalistic and boring and there’s really not much to talk about. The storyline here is that somebody lives in LA, and then the guy hates LA because that person is there. Than the person moves away, so he now loves LA. Yup, not much to talk about here.

The beat in this next song is really good. It’s a shame though that the rest of Purple Hat by Sofi Tukker isn’t that good. It’s literally just a person talking on top of a beat. There are some verses, but they’re really weird and the “dancing, people” part is really odd and I just don’t really get this song.

Best Debut: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
#16: Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker
#15: I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae

1 - Bad:
#14: all the good girls go to hell - Billie EIlish

2 - Mediocre:
#13: Motivation - Normani
#12: Wanted - OneRepublic
#11: We Made It - Louis Tomlinson
#10: Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers

3 - Decent:
NONE!

4 - Good:
#9: Lights Up - Harry Styles
#8: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia

5 - Great:
#7: Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi
#6: Panini - Lil Nas X
#5: One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown
#4: Don’t Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey
#3: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B
#2: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott
#1: Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath

Overall Score: 52/80 = 65%

Lose Blurbs To Love Me

We lost 2 songs this week, Dream Boy and Roaring 20s. Neither song was very good and I don’t really care that they left.

I’m surprised Dance Monkey or Higher Love aren’t moving.

You Need To Calm Down fell out of the top 20 entirely. It’s getting old though, so I get it.

Sucker’s finally falling.

Memories and Teeth jumped up a lot!

Our top 5 is crazy. At #5, we have Nice To Meet Ya which just randomly jumped to #5 out of absolutely nowhere, at #4 we have Circles which also came out of nowhere. At #3, we still have Who Do You Love, after so long. At #2, we have Beautiful People which fell off of #1. And at #1, we have Someone You Loved which I’m very happy hit #1 again.

Truth Hurts doesn’t even have a shot anymore.

Takeaway left Hit-Bound this week for a Chainsmokers song that didn’t even debut. Which kind of sucks.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing On The Hot 100
#1: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez
#2: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#3: Circles - Post Malone
#4: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello
#5: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#6: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#9: Panini - Lil Nas X
#10: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#11: Memories - Maroon 5
#12: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#15: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#16: Trampoline - SHAED
#20: I Don't Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber
#21: Old Town Road (Remix) - Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus
#22: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#24: Goodbyes - Post Malone/Young Thug
#25: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure
#26: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#27: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez
#30: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith
#41: Dance Monkey - Tones and I
#42: Dancing With A Stranger - Sam Smith/Normani
#47: One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown
#48: Lover - Taylor Swift
#49: Time - NF
#50: Graveyard - Halsey
#52: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift
#58: Liar - Camila Cabello
#59: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott
#68: Hate Me - Ellie Goulding/Juice WRLD
#86: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#95: Light Up - Harry Styles
#98: Don't Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey
#99: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston

Saturday, November 9, 2019

Hunger Games Countdown: Week of November 9, 2019 - Louis Tomlinson (1)

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To
What Am I - Why Don't We (#45) [#2]
Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan (#44) [#14]

#45: Good As Hell - Lizzo (-6) [#5] {Señorita}
#44: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure (-41) [#3] {Dance Monkey}
#43: Circles - Post Malone (-30) [#11] {Dance Monkey}
#42: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia (DEBUT) [#42] {Beautiful People}
#41: 3 Nights - Dominic Fike (-13) [1 week at #1] {Beautiful People}
#40: If I Can't Have You - Shawn Mendes (-20) [#14] {Beautiful People}
#39: If We Have Each Other - Alec Benjamin (-16) [1 week at #1] {Memories}
#38: Memories - Maroon 5 (-3) [#9] {N/A}
#37: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (-31) [#6] {frick, i'm lonely}
#36: Only Human - Jonas Brothers (-25) [#10] {frick, i'm lonely}
#35: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston (-30) [#5] {Rescue Me}
#34: Dream Boy - Waterparks (-7) [#17] {You Need To Calm Down}
#33: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (+1) [#26] {Mother}
#32: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (-14) [#3] {Mother}
#31: Love Me Less - MAX/Quinn XCII (-21) [#2] {frick, i'm lonely}
#30: Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin (+10) [#12] {N/A}
#29: Lover - Taylor Swift (-27) [#2] {N/A}
#28: Stack It Up - Liam Payne (-4) [#24] {N/A}
#27: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (-12) [#15] {Lonely}
#26: bad guy - Billie Eilish (+4) [#6] {Nightmare}
#25: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean (-17) [#8] {Goodbyes}
#24: Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers (+14) [#19] {Trampoline}
#23: frick, i'm lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie (+18) [#15] {N/A}
#22: Sucker - Jonas Brothers (-1) [#6] {N/A}
#21: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots (+11) [#21] {N/A}
#20: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (+6) [#20] {N/A} *new peak*
#19: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B (DEBUT) [#19] {Trampoline}
#18: Trampoline - SHAED (+18) [#18] {N/A}
#17: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (-5) [#12] {Roaring 20s}
#16: Small Talk - Katy Perry (-2) [#4] {Kill My Mind}
#15: Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath (+16) [#15] {Kill My Mind} *new peak*
#14: Goodbyes - Post Malone (+29) [#14] {Kill My Mind} *new peak*
#13: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber (+20) [#4] {Kill My Mind}
#12: Mother - Charlie Puth (+13) [#10] {Nightmare & Dance Monkey}
#11: Hey Look Ma, I Made It - Panic! At The Disco (+5) [#11] {N/A} *new peak*
#10: Dance Monkey - Tones and I (-1) [#9] {Truth Hurts}
#9: Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco (+13) [#9] {N/A} *new peak*
#8: ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie (+11) [#8] {Nightmare} *new peak*
#7: Cool - Jonas Brothers (+35) [#7] {Easier} *new peak*
#6: Rescue Me - OneRepublic (-2) [#4] {Graveyard}
#5: Nightmare - Halsey (-4) [1 week at #1] {N/A}
#4: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (+13) [#4] {Graveyard} *new peak*
#3: Graveyard - Halsey (+4) [#3] {N/A} *new peak*
#2: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (+27) [#2] {Kill My Mind} *new peak*
#1: Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson (+36) [1st week at #1] *new peak*

Biggest DROP!!!: Talk - Khalid/Disclosure (-41)

Biggest Jump: Kill My Mind - Louis Tomlinson (+36)

Hit-Bound Dropout:
WHO DO U LOVE? - Monsta X/French Montana

#16: all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish (-6) {N/A}
#15: Don't Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey (-3) {Time}
#14: Lights Up - Harry Styles (-1) {N/A}
#13: Panini - Lil Nas X (DEBUT) {Wanted}
#12: Wanted - OneRepublic (-5) {N/A}
#11: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez (-2) {N/A}
#10: We Made It - Louis Tomlinson (+4) {N/A}
#9: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez (-3) {Purple Hat}
#8: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (-4) {Takeaway, Time, Take What You Want & Motivation}
#7: Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi (+4) {I Hate LA}
#6: I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae (DEBUT) {Purple Hat}
#5: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott (DEBUT) {Purple Hat}
#4: Motivation - Normani (+4) {Purple Hat}
#3: Time - NF (+2) {Purple Hat}
#2: Takeaway - The Chainsmokers/ILLENIUM/Lennon Stella (+1) {N/A}
#1: Purple Hat - Sofi Tukker (DEBUT)

Saturday, November 2, 2019

Halloweekend Countdown 2019 - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (1)

Ed Sheeran/Khalid (1)

New #1!

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To
ME! - Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie (#45) [#2]
Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin (#34) [#22]

Last Week’s #1: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (1)

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

Last Year’s #1: Natural - Imagine Dragons [1/1 week at #1]

Countdown Extra: Monster Mash - Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.

I really turned around on our first debut here, Dance Monkey by Tones and I. Yeah, sure her voice kind of sucks, but it’s unique and actually has something to it that I really like. However, I think if you locked me in a room and played this for 2 hours straight, I would probably die. But anyways, the production is really good and yeah! I just like this song a lot. *3 weeks in Hit-Bound, 4 weeks on voting poll

Dear Winter by AJR is definitely their worst song. It’s so boring. Jack has no emotion in his voice, even though it’s a song about his daughter. He sounds horrible in the high parts and the songwriting is just terrible. I mean, go check the lyrics for yourself if you want to know, because there’s too much of it for me to show you guys. Alright! That is all!

Best Debut: Dance Monkey - Tones and I

Biggest DROP!!!: Goodbyes - Post Malone (-27): Oof. I kind of wish this song did better, but I’ve learned to stop expecting stuff from Hits 1 because they don’t listen to you.

Biggest Jump: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (+15): What the actual heck just happened. You know, I kind of wanted to talk about this in the blurbs, but I guess I’m doing this now. Beautiful People went 16 to 1 in one week. I am super okay with this, I’m just confused because it had the biggest drop last week, but whatever. I’m not complaining.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#4: Memories - Maroon 5
#3: Circles - Post Malone
#2: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston
#1: Time - NF

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#4: Dear Winter - AJR
#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: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello
#16: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer
#15: Lover - Taylor Swift

4 - Good:
#14: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#13: Rescue Me - OneRepublic
#12: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer
#11: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift
#10: Look What God Gave Her - Thomas Rhett
#9: Graveyard - Halsey
#8: Only Human - Jonas Brothers

5 - Great:
#7: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#6: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#5: Dear Future Self (Hands Up) - Fall Out Boy/Wyclef Jean
#4: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#3: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots
#2: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#1: Circles - Post Malone

Overall Score: 73/100 = 73%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: bad guy - Billie Eilish & If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes
#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: Good Thing - Zedd/Kehlani

Hit-Bound
Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez [2*]
Lights Up - Harry Styles [4*]
Wave - Meghan Trainor/Mike Sabath [3*]
Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia [2]
Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi [3]
Takeaway - The Chainsmokers/ILLENIUM/Lennon Stella [4]
Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez [2]
We Made It - Louis Tomlinson [2]
South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B [1]
Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers [4]
Motivation - Normani [5]
all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish [5]
One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown [5]
Wanted - OneRepublic [1]
Don’t Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey [4]

Oh my gosh, I’ve been waiting so long for Ed to release South of the Border with Camila Cabello and Cardi B. I absolutely love the vibe this one gives off it works really well with Camila’s voice. The beat is really good and works with the song. Even Cardi’s verse is pretty good. Now, the lyrical content is… um, questionable. There’s some weird spanish parts and let me translate them for you: “I love you mommy” which is just weird and the longer part is: “Come here I want to dance, take my hand I want to feel your body in me, you're shaking” Okay! Next!

Alright, for our last Hit-Bound debut, we have Wanted by OneRepublic. This song is really mediocre. I mean, it’s alright. There’s really nothing bad about it. The songwriting is on point, (courtesy of Ryan Tedder) but other than that, the production’s kind of lacklustre and the vocals could be better. Yeah, not a great song.

Best Hit-Bound Debut: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
#15: all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish

1 - Bad:
#14: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez

2 - Mediocre:
#13: Wanted - OneRepublic
#12: Motivation - Normani

3 - Decent:
#11: Lonely - Diplo/Jonas Brothers
#10: We Made It - Louis Tomlinson

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

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

Overall Score: 53/75 = 71%

Blurb Monkey

We lost ME! and Jesus In LA this week. I’m really sad that Sucker blocked out ME! to ever hit #1 because I think it deserved it, and Jesus In LA was always just meh, so whatever.

bad guy is holding the bottom spot which I’m very happy about.

Glad to see Hits 1 realizing that Roaring 20s is not a single.

Time jumped!

Not sure why Stack It Up is in the top 30, but whatever.

Teeth is very close to the top 20.

#15-#11

Someone You Loved fell off of #1 which kind of sucks, but it’s replacement is better.

Truth Hurts is sitting at a dangerous #2.

I feel like I should probably say something here, but I don’t know what to say. Goodbye!

Oh yeah! We lost a couple of Hit-Bound songs this week, neither of which very good. We lost Kill My Mind by Louis Tomlinson and WHO DO U LOVE? by Monsta X and French Montana. OOF to Louis, having released two Hit-Bound dropouts this year so far. For WHO DO U LOVE?, meh.

Hunger Games Halloweekend Countdown - Halsey (1)

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To
Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer (#45) [#37]
I Don't Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber (#44) [#20]

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

Biggest DROP!!!: What Am I - Why Don't We (-43)

Biggest Jump: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (+30)

Hit-Bound Dropouts:
One Thing Right - Marshmello/Kane Brown
Dear Winter - AJR

#15: WHO DO U LOVE? - Monsta X/French Montana (-5) {N/A}
#14: We Made It - Louis Tomlinson (-6) {N/A}
#13: Lights Up - Harry Styles (-) {N/A}
#12: Don't Call Me Angel - Ariana Grande/Miley Cyrus/Lana Del Rey (-7) {N/A}
#11: Hold Me While You Wait - Lewis Capaldi (-8) {N/A}
#10: all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish (-4) {N/A}
#9: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez (-) {N/A}
#8: Motivation - Normani (+6) {N/A}
#7: Wanted - OneRepublic (DEBUT) {Look At Her Now}
#6: Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez (+6) {N/A}
#5: Time - NF (+2) {N/A}
#4: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (-) {N/A}
#3: Takeaway - The Chainsmokers/ILLENIUM/Lennon Stella (+5) {N/A}
#2: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B (DEBUT) {Raising Hell}
#1: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia (+14)

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