Week of February 15, 2020 - Harry Styles (1)

Harry Styles (1)

We have a really bad #1, but our Hit-Bound is looking great, which is amazing!

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To
You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift (#44) [1 week at #1] {34 weeks}
Walking - Joji/Jackson Wang/Swae Lee/Major Lazer (#41) [#36] {5 weeks}

Last Week’s #1: Circles - Post Malone (2)

#45: Truth Hurts - Lizzo (-2) [#2] {32 weeks}
#44: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello (+1) [#3] {32 weeks}
#43: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer (-1) [2 weeks at #1] {52 weeks}
#42: Raising Hell - Kesha/Big Freedia (-5) [#20] {14 weeks}
#41: I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae (-1) [#27] {11 weeks}
#40: The Man - Taylor Swift (DEBUT) [2 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}
#39: What Am I - Why Don’t We (-1) [#14] {20 weeks}
#38: How Do You Sleep? - Sam Smith (-3) [#11] {24 weeks}
#37: Some Kind Of Disaster - All Time Low (DEBUT) [3 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}
#36: Yummy - Justin Bieber (-5) [#31] {5 weeks}
#35: 10/10 - Rex Orange County (-5) [#30] {3 weeks}
#34: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes (-1) [9 weeks at #1] {41 weeks}
#33: Push My Luck - The Chainsmokers (-13) [#19] {6 weeks}
#32: Cuz I Love You - Lizzo (-3) [#29] {3 weeks}
#31: Demons - Alec Benjamin (+5) [#31] {2 weeks} *new peak*
#30: Heartless - The Weeknd (+9) [#30] {2 weeks} *new peak*
#29: Lover (Remix) - Taylor Swift/Shawn Mendes (-1) [#3] {20 weeks}
#28: Fight - Tayla Parx/Florida Georgia Line (+6) [#28] {3 weeks} *new peak*
#27: Dance Monkey - Tones and I (-6) [#21] {16 weeks}
#26: Make You Mine - PUBLIC (-3) [#17] {32 weeks}
#25: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish (-1) [#23] {6 weeks}
#24: Bob Dylan - Fall Out Boy (-6) [#18] {6 weeks}
#23: You should be sad - Halsey (+9) [#23] {2 weeks} *new peak*
#22: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (-) [1 week at #1] {24 weeks}
#21: Good As Hell - Lizzo (-9) [#3] {19 weeks}
#20: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber (-11) [#9] {18 weeks}
#19: Say So - Doja Cat (+6) [#19] {5 weeks} *new peak*
#18: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (+8) [#18] {2 weeks} *new peak*
#17: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas (-1) [#16] {11 weeks}
#16: Only Human - Jonas Brothers (-6) [1 weeks at #1] {20 weeks}
#15: My Oh My - Camila Cabello (+4) [#15] {5 weeks} *new peak*
#14: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (-) [3 weeks at #1] {38 weeks}
#13: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez (-10) [#3] {15 weeks}
#12: Wanted - OneRepublic (-1) [#11] {9 weeks}
#11: hot girl bummer - blackbear (+16) [#11] {5 weeks} *new peak*
#10: Memories - Maroon 5 (+3) [#10] {20 weeks}
#9: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B (+6) [#9] {9 weeks} *new peak*
#8: What A Man Gotta Do - Jonas Brothers (+9) [#8] {3 weeks} *new peak*
#7: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (-) [3 weeks at #1] {43 weeks}
#6: Graveyard - Halsey (+2) [#3] {22 weeks}
#5: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (+1) [2 weeks at #1] {17 weeks}
#4: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa (+1) [#4] {9 weeks} *new peak*
#3: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan (+1) [8 weeks at #1] {18 weeks}
#2: Circles - Post Malone (-1) [2 weeks at #1] {20 weeks}
#1: Adore You - Harry Styles (+1) [1st week at #1] {10 weeks}

Last Year’s #1: This Feeling - The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini [5/7 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: If The World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels

Our first debut this week is the fourth single from Taylor Swift’s latest album, Lover, called The Man. This is pretty great. It’s not as good as Paper Rings, which Hits 1 picked up for a couple weeks, but it’s still really solid. The production is great, she sounds amazing, but the best part is probably the writing. The message here is really straight-forward and really great, and I wish more people would listen to the message.

At #37, we have Some Kind Of Disaster by All Time Low. This song is amazing and will for sure hit my year-end list. The instrumentation is really great here, and I feel like everyone in the band has great chemistry and works really well together. The lead singer has some pretty great vocals, and this entire song is super catchy. I love this pop-rock style (note Imagine Dragons being my favourite artists) and I feel like All Time Low really slays it here and delivers everything I was expecting.

Best Debut: Some Kind Of Disaster - All Time Low

Biggest DROP!!!: Push My Luck - The Chainsmokers (-13): I mean, this really didn’t take off anywhere except for here, so I’m not really complaining. However, it wasn’t a bad song, so it does still kind of suck that it dropped this week. At least it got a few weeks in the top 20.

Biggest Jump: hot girl bummer - blackbear (+16): Um. wut. It seems as though this will actually be a top 10 hit here, which I don’t think anyone expected. But I’m super happy about it, so I’m really not complaining.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: Circles - Post Malone
#4: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas
#3: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#2: 10/10 - Rex Orange County
#1: Some Kind Of Disaster - All Time Low

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: I Hate LA - Hot Chelle Rae
#4: Heartless - The Weeknd
#3: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#2: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#1: Say So - Doja Cat

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Say So - Doja Cat
#19: Wanted - OneRepublic
#18: Adore You - Harry Styles

1 - Bad:
NONE!

2 - Mediocre:
#17: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer
#16: Only Human - Jonas Brothers

3 - Decent:
#15: Graveyard - Halsey
#14: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer
#13: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#12: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi

4 - Good:
#11: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez
#10: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#9: My Oh My - Camila Cabello
#8: Memories - Maroon 5

5 - Great:
#7: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B
#6: What A Man Gotta Do - Jonas Brothers
#5: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi
#4: hot girl bummer - blackbear
#3: Circles - Post Malone
#2: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas
#1: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa

Overall Score: 67/100 = 67%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: Truth Hurts - Lizzo, Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello & Make You Mine - PUBLIC
#4: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer
#3: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes
#2: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#1: Who Do You Love - The Chainsmokers/5 Seconds of Summer

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Godzilla - Eminem/Juice WRLD

My Favourite Song Last Year: You Say - Lauren Daigle

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: 7 rings - Ariana Grande

Hit-Bound

Nice to Meet Ya - Meghan Trainor/Nicki Minaj [2]

Don’t Let It Break Your Heart - Louis Tomlinson [4*]

me & ur ghost - blackbear [2]

To Die For - Sam Smith [1]

Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott [15]

No Judgement - Niall Horan [1]

Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles [?]

Know Your Worth - Khalid/Disclosure [1]

Rare - Selena Gomez [6*]

If The World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels [2]

Blinding Lights - The Weeknd [1]

Physical - Dua Lipa [2]

Anyone - Demi Lovato [2]

Falling - Trevor Daniel [1]

Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo [1]

We actually got six Hit-Bound debuts this week, even though we only got two debuts. Let’s kick it off with new Sam Smith called To Die For. This one is pretty good for the most part. The song’s catchy, Sam sounds good, and the chorus is just outright amazing. But the super odd part, that I can’t really get into, is the sample of the female voice saying “does that scare you?” By itself, it’s not terrible, but in the middle of the song, it’s so awkward and weird, and I just really don’t get it.

We have more Niall Horan with a song that will probably hit #1, we have No Judgement. Yeah, this is pretty good. It’s a little more chill than Nice To Meet Ya, which is probably a good thing, but for me this just doesn’t have enough to it. I can definitely see it growing on me though.

Next up we have another collaboration from Khalid and Disclosure, this one being called Know Your Worth. I feel like Disclosure kind of toned down the production on this one, which makes sense and kind of works with his voice a little more, but I just find this one a little too boring for me. Now, I know, whenever there’s a slower song that isn’t a ballad, I tend to not like it, but it’s just my opinion. I just tend to like more upbeat songs.

Finally Hits 1 gives us what I’ve been asking for for a while now, called Blinding Lights by The Weeknd. I LOVE THIS SONG!!! This is hands-down my favourite song of the year so far. The synth-heavy production works super well with Abel’s voice, and the song is just super catchy. The funny thing is, I almost didn’t even listen to this, because I had heard Heartless and didn’t like it. So yeah, this is a very good thing that this is here.

I’m not sure why we have Falling by Trevor Daniel, but apparently that song’s a thing now. So yeah. He kind of has a whiny voice throughout the whole song, and the entire thing is just kind of weird and I can’t get behind it.

Finally, we have some more Justin Bieber, teaming up with Quavo on Intentions. This was more what I wanted from Yummy, but unfortunately, that one didn’t deliver. The production on this is amazing, and I just love the subtle noises that make the whole track feel more full. Justin sounds great here, and I’m actually pretty surprised Hits 1 kept Quavo on this. He doesn’t add all that much, and I feel it would be better as a whole without him, but it’s still a very solid song.

Best Debut: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
#15: Falling - Trevor Daniel

1 - Bad:
#14: Rare - Selena Gomez

2 - Mediocre:
#13: Anyone - Demi Lovato
#12: Know Your Worth - Khalid/Disclosure

3 - Decent:
#11: Nice to Meet Ya - Meghan Trainor/Nicki Minaj
#10: No Judgement - Niall Horan

4 - Good:
#9: To Die For - Sam Smith

5 - Great:
#8: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
#7: Don’t Let It Break Your Heart - Louis Tomlinson
#6: me & ur ghost - blackbear
#5: Take What You Want - Post Malone/Ozzy Osbourne/Travis Scott
#4: Physical - Dua Lipa
#3: If The World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels
#2: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo
#1: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

Overall Score: 55/75 = 73%

Some Kind Of Blurb-saster

We lost two countdown songs this week, You Need To Calm Down and Walking. YNTCD was good, but old, and Walking never really took off, so I don’t care about it that much.

We lost four Hit-Bound songs this week, Make It Right, Up All Night, Put A Little Love On Me and Play Your Game. That now brings us to 11 Hit-Bound dropouts in 7 weeks. Which is insane. Make It Right was great, Up All Night and PALLOM were pretty good, and Play Your Game was trash.

Who Do You Love celebrates its one-year anniversary this week. That’s a lot of weeks for a single that didn’t take off anywhere else.

10/10 dropped five spots after jumping ten last week, so that kind of sucks and I wish it was a bigger hit.

Why is Make You Mine still on the countdown, let alone the top 30?

Two songs debuted the top 20 this week, being Say So and Before You Go. BYG is great, so that’s amazing, but Say So really sucks, so that’s not good, I kind of hoped this wouldn’t become a hit, but of course it has to.

Lose You To Love Me fell out of the top 10 entirely, from #3, so that really sucks.

South of the Border and What A Man Gotta Do are both in the top 10 now, which is really amazing.

But for some reason, Adore You kicked Circles off of #1. First of all, Circles still deserves to be #1, and definitely doesn’t deserve to be kicked off by Adore You of all songs.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100
#3: Circles - Post Malone
#4: Memories - Maroon 5
#5: Dance Monkey - Tones and I
#6: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#7: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas
#8: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#9: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#10: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#11: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez
#14: Yummy - Justin Bieber
#15: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
#16: Good As Hell - Lizzo
#17: Heartless - The Weeknd
#19: hot girl bummer - blackbear
#23: Adore You - Harry Styles
#25: bad guy - Billie Eilish
#27: Falling - Trevor Daniel
#28: Señorita - Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello
#29: What A Man Gotta Do - Jonas Brothers
#30: You should be sad - Halsey
#31: My Oh My - Camila Cabello/DaBaby
#32: Trampoline - SHAED
#35: Truth Hurts - Lizzo
#37: Only Human - Jonas Brothers
#38: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#40: I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran/Justin Bieber
#49: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B
#56: Anyone - Demi Lovato
#60: Physical - Dua Lipa
#67: Say So - Doja Cat
#79: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi
#89: Nice to Meet Ya - Meghan Trainor/Nicki Minaj
#97: Rare - Selena Gomez

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown
#10: Into the Unknown - Panic! At The Disco
#9: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots
#8: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid
#7: Rare - Selena Gomez
#6: Up All Night - Khalid
#5: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas
#4: Fight - Tayla Parx/Florida Georgia Line
#3: My Oh My - Camila Cabello
#2: Living Proof - Camila Cabello
#1: Cuz I Love You - Lizzo

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all very soon.