Week of April 25, 2020 - The Weeknd (1)

The Weeknd (1)

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Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To
Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez (#43) [#3] {24 weeks}
Bob Dylan - Fall Out Boy (#42) [#13] {15 weeks}
Heartless - The Weeknd (#37) [#22] {11 weeks}

Last Week’s #1: Adore You - Harry Styles (10)

#45: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid (-1) [1 week at #1] {34 weeks}
#44: Good As Hell - Lizzo (+1) [#3] {29 weeks}
#43: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi (-3) [3 weeks at #1] {53 weeks}
#42: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer (-4) [3 weeks at #1] {48 weeks}
#41: Dance Monkey - Tones And I (-) [#21] {26 weeks}
#40: Only Human - Jonas Brothers (-4) [1 week at #1] {30 weeks}
#39: RITMO - Black Eyed Peas/J Balvin (-) [#39] {2 weeks}
#38: Some Kind Of Disaster - All Time Low (-10) [#15] {11 weeks}
#37: Sunday Best - Surfaces (-2) [#34] {5 weeks}
#36: Graveyard - Halsey (-2) [#3] {32 weeks}
#35: In Your Eyes - The Weeknd (DEBUT) [5* weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}
#34: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin (DEBUT) [9* weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}
#33: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas (-2) [#9] {21 weeks}
#32: South of the Border - Ed Sheeran/Camila Cabello/Cardi B (-) [#7] {19 weeks}
#31: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee (+2) [#28] {5 weeks}
#30: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa (DEBUT) [3 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}
#29: Modern Loneliness - Lauv (-) [#22] {9 weeks}
#28: Moral of the Story - Ashe (-5) [#23] {5 weeks}
#27: Circles - Post Malone (-3) [2 weeks at #1] {30 weeks}
#26: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton (-1) [#24] {4 weeks}
#25: hot girl bummer - blackbear (-12) [#4] {15 weeks}
#24: Level of Concern - Twenty One Pilots (+6) [#24] {2 weeks} *new peak*
#23: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (-5) [2 weeks at #1] {27 weeks}
#22: the other girl - Kelsea Ballerini/Halsey (-3) [#19] {5 weeks}
#21: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo (+1) [#21] {7 weeks} *new peak*
#20: The Other Side - SZA/Justin Timberlake (+7) [#20] {5 weeks} *new peak*
#19: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan (-4) [8 weeks at #1] {28 weeks}
#18: I Love Me - Demi Lovato (+3) [#18] {7 weeks} *new peak*
#17: me & ur ghost - blackbear (+3) [#17] {8 weeks} *new peak*
#16: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish (-2) [#9] {16 weeks}
#15: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer (+11) [#15] {4 weeks} *new peak*
#14: If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels (+2) [#14] {10 weeks} *new peak*
#13: Stupid Love - Lady Gaga (-1) [#12] {8 weeks}
#12: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (-1) [#11] {7 weeks}
#11: You should be sad - Halsey (-5) [#6] {12 weeks}
#10: What A Man Gotta Do - Jonas Brothers (-6) [#2] {13 weeks}
#9: Say So - Doja Cat (+8) [#9] {16 weeks}
#8: Maniac - Conan Gray (+1) [#8] {7 weeks} *new peak*
#7: The Man - Taylor Swift (+1) [#7] {11 weeks} *new peak*
#6: No Judgement - Niall Horan (+1) [#6] {7 weeks} *new peak*
#5: My Oh My - Camila Cabello (+5) [#5] {15 weeks} *new peak*
#4: Adore You - Harry Styles (-3) [10 weeks at #1] {20 weeks}
#3: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa (-) [#2] {19 weeks}
#2: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (+3) [#2] {12 weeks} *new peak*
#1: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (+1) [1st week at #1] {10 weeks} *new peak*

Last Year’s #1: Sucker - Jonas Brothers [5/13 weeks at #1]


Countdown Extra: Idiot Boyfriend - Jimmy Fallon & Don’t Stand So Close To Me (Remix) - Jimmy Fallon/The Roots/Sting

Our first of three debuts this week comes from The Weeknd, who had a lot happening for him this week on the countdown. In Your Eyes debuts, being the fourth single from his newest album After Hours, and the third one to be picked up by Hits 1. Although it does give off the same vibe of Blinding Lights, and although it may seem like just a lesser version of Blinding Lights, it’s different enough to set it apart. The saxophone adds a cool twist to the song, and it feels like it mixed 80s and 20s music pretty well. I’d love to see this do as well as Blinding Lights is doing right now. Well… after Blinding Lights’ run is over. *4 weeks in Hit-Bound, 5 weeks on Voting Poll

I feel like Hits 1 literally just held off on Six Feet Apart for a week just to let Oh My God in. Which I’m not too happy about. This song feels really lazy for the most part. I don’t… hate Alec Benjamin, but Hits 1 is being a little excessive on his stuff. This song feels like it started to build up to a drop… but then it never happened. I don’t know, I’d just rather not have this on the countdown. *8 weeks in Hit-Bound, 9 weeks on Voting Poll

When I first heard Break My Heart by Dua Lipa, I liked it a lot. Then it started to grow on me. Which was odd. At this point, I really really like this song a lot. It’s super groovy, Dua sounds really great, and I think this is better than Don’t Start Now. Not much else to say here.

Best Debut: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa

Biggest DROP!!!: hot girl bummer - blackbear (-12): Aw. I kind of wanted this to be a hit. I didn’t expect it to drop this hard after a top 5 peak.

Biggest Jump: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer (+11): This is just up here because of 5SOS. That being said, it’s not bad, but still.

My Top 5 Picks
#5: Sunday Best - Surfaces
#4: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
#3: RITMO - Black Eyed Peas/J Balvin
#2: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa
#1: The Other Side - SZA/Justin Timberlake

My Bottom 5 Picks
#5: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee
#4: Say So - Doja Cat
#3: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#2: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton
#1: Adore You - Harry Styles

Top 20 Ranking

0 - Crap:
#20: Adore You - Harry Styles
#19: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish

1 - Bad:
#18: Say So - Doja Cat

2 - Mediocre:
#17: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer

3 - Decent:
#16: No Judgement - Niall Horan
#15: My Oh My - Camila Cabello
#14: me & ur ghost - blackbear
#13: I Love Me - Demi Lovato
#12: If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels
#11: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

4 - Good:
#10: Stupid Love - Lady Gaga
#9: Nice To Meet Ya - Niall Horan
#8: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#7: The Man - Taylor Swift
#6: What A Man Gotta Do - Jonas Brothers
#5: You should be sad - Halsey

5 - Great:
#4: Maniac - Conan Gray
#3: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi
#2: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

Bonus: 6 - Best Song on the Countdown:
#1: The Other Side - SZA/Justin Timberlake

Overall Score: 66/100 = 66%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: Only Human - Jonas Brothers & Circles - Post Malone {30 weeks}
#4: Graveyard - Halsey {32 weeks}
#3: Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran/Khalid {34 weeks}
#2: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer {48 weeks}
#1: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi {53 weeks}

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: The Box - Roddy Ricch

My Favourite Song Last Year: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi

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

Hit-Bound

Bad Child - Tones And I [6*]

Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne [2*]

17 - Pink Sweat$ [7]

I’m Ready - Sam Smith/Demi Lovato [2*]

Falling - Trevor Daniel [5; 2nd time]

Check Your Phone - Cheap Cuts/Pete Wentz [1]

Six Feet Apart - Alec Benjamin [3*]

CITY OF ANGELS - 24kGoldn [3*]

Boyfriend - Selena Gomez [2*]

Toosie Slide - Drake [4*]

Lay Your Head On Me - Major Lazer/Marcus Mumford [4*]

Nice to Meet Ya - Meghan Trainor/Nicki Minaj [12]

YOU CAN’T HOLD MY HEART - Monsta X [7]

SUGAR - BROCKHAMPTON [8]

Ride It - Regard [4*]

Also Available For Vote

Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek [1]

Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey [1]

I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth [1]

Kings & Queens - Ava Max [1]

100 Ways - Jackson Wang [1]

If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know) - The 1975 [1]

I don’t really know what to think right now… our first song is Check Your Phone by Cheap Cuts and Pete Wentz, the drummer from Fall Out Boy. So Pete actually does the vocals here, while Cheap Cuts are the DJs. Except… the vocals are just kind of talking, and then there’s a beat overtop of it. I’m not sure how this is even a song, but I don’t hate it. The production’s actually pretty well done, despite it just being super weird. I’m not sure if this is gonna debut… frankly, I won't hate it if it does.

I’m extremely conflicted on this next song. It’s the remix of Roses by SAINt JHN and Imanbek. The production on this is really good, but it suffers from the same problem that Ride It does. The vocals are weird. You can’t hear them very well. They’re not rushed like Ride It, but I still don’t know if I like it. It’s really catchy though. I don’t know, this might grow on me, and it might not.

Next up is a song that I never expected Hits 1 to pick up on. It’s Blueberry Faygo by Lil Mosey. But I’m really happy they did pick up on it, because I really like this song. It’s addictively catchy and Lil Mosey is extremely charismatic here. I’d love to see this do well here, though I don’t really expect it to.

Now, a Charlie Puth remix of a country song is not really what I expected, but I’ve gotta say, it works. He remixed Gabby Barrett’s I Hope, and I really really like it. It’s a song about being cheated on, and then trying to put it in perspective for the other person. It’s really catchy, and although I don’t normally like country music, I really like Charlie Puth here. So I hope this debuts, and this is one of my favourite songs right now.

Next up is Ava Max’s fourth song on Hits 1, Kings & Queens. I’ve gotta say, Ava Max is a really talented artist. By reading my older posts, you may not know that I feel that way, but the truth is, I’ve grown to like Sweet but Psycho and So Am I again. We just haven’t gotten there in the Ultimate Rank yet. Anyways, this song is really catchy, and Ava Max just does a really great job here. Great song.

The next two songs, I can’t remember really what they sound like, except I know I don’t like that 1975 song. I’ll review both of them next week.

Best Debut: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
#21: Boyfriend - Selena Gomez
#20: Falling - Trevor Daniel

1 - Bad:
#19: Ride It - Regard
#18: If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know) - The 1975

2 - Mediocre:
#17: 100 Ways - Jackson Wang

3 - Decent:
#16: Nice to Meet Ya - Meghan Trainor/Nicki Minaj
#15: Check Your Phone - Cheap Cuts/Pete Wentz
#14: 17 - Pink Sweat$
#13: Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek

4 - Good:
#12: Lay Your Head On Me - Major Lazer/Marcus Mumford
#11: YOU CAN’T HOLD MY HEART - Monsta X
#10: Toosie Slide - Drake
#9: Six Feet Apart - Alec Benjamin
#8: I’m Ready - Sam Smith/Demi Lovato

5 - Great:
#7: SUGAR - BROCKHAMPTON
#6: Bad Child - Tones And I
#5: Kings & Queens - Ava Max
#4: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth
#3: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne
#2: CITY OF ANGELS - 24kGoldn
#1: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey

Overall Score: 71/105 = 68%

Am I Falling In Love With the One That Could Break My Blurbs?

We lost three songs off of the countdown this week, Lose You To Love Me, Bob Dylan and Heartless. LYTLM had a really good run. I’m sad it’s not above the cutoff line, and will therefore not be making the top 45 of 2019. Bob Dylan was mediocre, so I don’t really care that it’s gone, and In Your Eyes >>>>>>>>> Heartless. So y’know.

We lost a Hit-Bound song this week too. Small Talk by Niall Horan. I frankly don’t care that it’s gone. It was just taking up space.

Our losses this week are: Some Kind Of Disaster, Moral of the Story, Teeth, You should be sad and What A Man Gotta Do. I’m pretty sad about Some Kind Of Disaster flopping. Moral of the Story was alright, but it was never gonna do well here. I’m glad we’re finally getting rid of Teeth. You should be sad had a decent run, so I’m not too sad. But you should be. (See what I did there?) And What A Man Gotta Do has been losing its traction, so this makes sense.

Our gains this week are: Level of Concern, The Other Side, Say So and My Oh My. I like Level of Concern and The Other Side, so I’m happy they’re getting success. I don’t really like Say So, so I’m not happy it’s here. My Oh My is okay, but I’m glad it’s getting success here.

We’re finally starting to get rid of some old songs such as Someone You Loved, Easier, Only Human, Graveyard, South of the Border and Nice To Meet Ya. I’m glad they’re starting to move out to make room for other stuff.

Why did RITMO not move? Oh, I’ll tell you why. Because it’s not on the voting poll for no apparent reason.

the other girl left the top 20. Why? This song’s really good and deserves all the success it gets.

Why is Intentions moving so slowly? It’s a near flawless song that really needs to be up in the top 20.

Our #2 is Before You Go. If our #1 ever decides to leave (I hope it doesn’t) I’d be fine with this coming in.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH I’M BLINDED BY THE LIGHTS!!!

And that is all I have to say. Hope everyone’s safe and not getting too bored.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100
#1: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
#2: Toosie Slide - Drake
#4: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#5: Say So - Doja Cat
#6: Adore You - Harry Styles
#7: Circles - Post Malone
#9: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo
#10: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#11: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi
#12: My Oh My - Camila Cabello/DaBaby
#15: Memories - Maroon 5
#16: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey
#17: I Hope - Gabby Barrett
#19: ROXANNE - Arizona Zervas
#20: hot girl bummer - blackbear
#21: Heartless - The Weeknd
#22: Falling - Trevor Daniel
#23: Level of Concern - Twenty One Pilots
#24: Dance Monkey - Tones And I
#26: Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek
#30: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee
#31: RITMO - Black Eyed Peas/J Balvin
#33: Stupid Love - Lady Gaga
#34: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#35: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa
#38: Sunday Best - Surfaces
#41: I Love Me - Demi Lovato
#45: In Your Eyes - The Weeknd
#57: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi
#58: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton
#59: Boyfriend - Selena Gomez
#65: You should be sad - Halsey
#73: If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels
#76: The Other Side - SZA/Justin Timberlake
#88: The Man - Taylor Swift
#94: Yummy - Justin Bieber
#96: Ride It - Regard

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown
#10: Slow Dance - AJ Mitchell/Ava Max
#9: Trampoline - SHAED
#8: The Other Side - SZA/Justin Timberlake
#7: YOU CAN’T HOLD MY HEART - Monsta X
#6: Sucker - Jonas Brothers
#5: Yummy - Justin Bieber
#4: Memories - Maroon 5
#3: Know Your Worth - Khalid/Disclosure
#2: 10,000 Hours - Dan + Shay/Justin Bieber
#1: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense
#10: Level of Concern - Twenty One Pilots
#9: hot girl bummer - blackbear
#8: My Oh My - Camila Cabello
#7: Circles - Post Malone
#6: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#5: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo
#4: Adore You - Harry Styles
#3: Say So - Doja Cat
#2: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#1: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

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