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.