Week of June 13, 2020 - Lewis Capaldi (1)

Lewis Capaldi (1)

Um… sorry, excuse me, what?

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To
CITY OF ANGELS - 24kGoldn (#26) [#26] {5 weeks} [x2]
RITMO - Black Eyed Peas/J Balvin (#25) [#25] {8 weeks}
Ride It - Regard (#22) [#22] {6 weeks}
If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels (#15) [#10] {16 weeks}
I Love Me - Demi Lovato (#10) [#7] {13 weeks}

Last Week’s #1: No Judgement - Niall Horan (1)

#30: In Your Eyes - The Weeknd (-16) [#10] {8 weeks}
#29: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey (DEBUT) [7* weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}
#28: Heartless - Diplo/Julia Michaels/Morgan Wallen (+2) [#28] {2 weeks} *new peak*
#27: Savage - Megan Thee Stallion (DEBUT) [5** weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}
#26: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (DEBUT) [7*** weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}
#25: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee (+2) [#21] {12 weeks}
#24: Banana (Minisiren Remix) - Conkarah/Shaggy/DJ Fle (DEBUT) [1* week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}
#23: me & ur ghost - blackbear (-10) [#13] {15 weeks}
#22: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton (+1) [#17] {11 weeks}
#21: The Box - Roddy Ricch (DEBUT) [3* weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}
#20: Stuck with U - Ariana Grande/Justin Bieber (+1) [#20] {5 weeks} *new peak*
#19: Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek (+10) [#19] {5 weeks} *new peak*
#18: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin (+1) [#17] {8 weeks}
#17: Falling - Trevor Daniel (+3) [#14] {10 weeks}
#16: Rain On Me - Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande (+12) [#16] {3 weeks} *new peak*
#15: Sunday Best - Surfaces (+3) [#13] {12 weeks}
#14: Say So - Doja Cat (-6) [#3] {23 weeks}
#13: X - Jonas Brothers/KAROL G (+11) [#13] {4 weeks} *new peak*
#12: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (-6) [6 weeks at #1] {17 weeks}
#11: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo (+5) [#11] {14 weeks} *new peak*
#10: The Bones - Maren Morris (+2) [#9] {7 weeks}
#9: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne (+2) [#9] {7 weeks} *new peak*
#8: Level of Concern - Twenty One Pilots (-1) [#7] {9 weeks}
#7: Be Kind - Marshmello/Halsey (+10) [#7] {6 weeks} *new peak*
#6: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer (+3) [#6] {11 weeks} *new peak*
#5: Maniac - Conan Gray (-3) [#2] {14 weeks}
#4: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa (-) [#3] {8 weeks}
#3: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (-) [#3] {14 weeks}
#2: No Judgement - Niall Horan (-1) [1 week at #1] {14 weeks}
#1: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (+4) [1st week at #1] {19 weeks}

Last Year’s #1: Sucker - Jonas Brothers [12/13 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

We actually got a decent amount of debuts this week! 5! We’re starting at the second-lowest spot on the countdown, #29, Blueberry Faygo by Lil Mosey. This song is an absolute banger. It’s extremely catchy, and the chorus absolutely slaps. Mosey actually sounds pretty great, and although the background vocals are a bit odd, it still manages to work. I really hope that this song does well here, because it’s really great. It might, but I’m not sure. *6 weeks in Hit-Bound, 7 weeks on Voting Poll

It’s a little odd that they switched to the original Savage by Megan Thee Stallion, since the Beyoncé remix of it seemed much more suited for Hits 1. Overall though, I think I like the original better than the remix. Megan actually has some pretty great flow, and the chorus is actually less annoying than I thought it would be. The production’s pretty great, and I love the beat in pretty much every way. So yeah, this is actually a good TikTok song. **3 weeks in Hit-Bound, 5 weeks on Voting Poll

Right above Savage, we get the Charlie Puth remix of I Hope by Gabby Barrett. I never thought a Puth remix of a country song would work, but it surprisingly works really well. Both Gabby and Charlie’s voices fit with the song and actually mesh pretty well together. The chorus is honestly great, and as a non-lover of country, this really works for me. The production is absolutely nailed, and it honestly sounds more like a pop song than a country song. The reverbed snapping sounds fantastic. So yeah, this is a great song. ***4 weeks in Hit-Bound, 7 weeks on Voting Poll

This is our only debut this week that isn’t great. It’s DJ Fle’s Minisiren Remix of Banana by Conkarah and Shaggy. This skipped Hit-Bound, only spending a week on the voting poll, so I actually talked about this last week. My opinion still stands. It’s pretty odd. The drop actually sounds pretty good, with the low saxophone working really well, but overall, I think latino music is just odd. Shaggy’s voice is alright I guess, but the song is so odd, I find it hard to get behind. Even if it’s catchy enough. *0 weeks in Hit-Bound, 1 week on Voting Poll

Our long overdue debut this week is The Box by Roddy Ricch, and this week we actually had two Roddy Ricch songs air on Hits 1 shows, which in my opinion is a step in the right direction. Roddy has great flow, and the production fits really well with it. The “eeh-ooh” sound works really well with the entire song, and I’m really glad this is finally on the countdown. Applause for Roddy Ricch. *2 weeks in Hit-Bound, 3 weeks on Voting Poll

Best Debut: The Box - Roddy Ricch

Biggest DROP!!!: In Your Eyes - The Weeknd (-16): This song’s in the bottom spot, at #30, and I really hope it doesn’t leave soon. This song’s great, and I’m sad to see it didn’t do as well as the other two singles.

Biggest Jump: Rain On Me - Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande (+12): I’m very happy this is all the way up at #16. This song’s an absolute banger, and I can see it being a smash hit, here and everywhere.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:
#30: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee
#29: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton

1 - Bad:
#28: Falling - Trevor Daniel
#27: Say So - Doja Cat

2 - Mediocre:
#26: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin
#25: me & ur ghost - blackbear
#24: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer

3 - Decent:
#23: No Judgement - Niall Horan
#22: Banana (Minisiren Remix) - Conkarah/Shaggy/DJ Fle
#21: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo

4 - Good:
#20: Stuck with U - Ariana Grande/Justin Bieber
#19: Maniac - Conan Gray
#18: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa
#17: Level of Concern - Twenty One Pilots
#16: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi
#15: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
#14: X - Jonas Brothers/KAROL G
#13: Savage - Megan Thee Stallion

5 - Great:
#12: Be Kind - Marshmello/Halsey
#11: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne
#10: The Bones - Maren Morris
#9: Sunday Best - Surfaces
#8: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth
#7: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
#6: In Your Eyes - The Weeknd
#5: Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek
#4: Rain On Me - Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande
#3: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey
#2: The Box - Roddy Ricch
#1: Heartless - Diplo/Julia Michaels/Morgan Wallen

Overall Score: 109/150 = 73%

5 Oldest Songs
#5: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo, Maniac - Conan Gray, Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles & No Judgement - Niall Horan {14 weeks}
#4: me & ur ghost - blackbear {15 weeks}
#3: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd {17 weeks}
#2: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi {19 weeks}
#1: Say So - Doja Cat {23 weeks}

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Lose Somebody - Kygo/OneRepublic

My Favourite Song Last Year: Summer Days - Martin Garrix/Macklemore/Patrick Stump

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: bad guy - Billie Eilish

Hit-Bound

Let’s Fall in Love for the Night - FINNEAS [4*]

CITY OF ANGELS - 24kGoldn [1; 3rd time]

Moral of the Story - Ashe [6; 2nd time]

Falling - Harry Styles [2*]

Like That - Doja Cat/Gucci Mane [2; 2nd time]

Daisies - Katy Perry [5*]

Black And White - Niall Horan [2*]

Ur So F**kInG cOoL - Tones And I [2]

ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch [2*]

Together - Sia [4*]

Bang! - AJR [7]

17 - Pink Sweat$ [12*]

Kings & Queens - Ava Max [8*]

the other girl - Kelsea Ballerini/Halsey [5; 2nd time]

100 Ways - Jackson Wang [8*]

Also Available For Vote

Cruel Summer - Taylor Swift [1]

Man - JoJo [1]

Breaking Me - Topic/A7S [1]

MAMACITA - Black Eyed Peas/Ozuna/J. Rey Soul [1]

CITY OF ANGELS left this week, and is now back in Hit-Bound for the third time. I would say I’m happy, but this is getting a little ridiculous, don’t you think?

So our first song available for vote may or may not be a non-single. I’m not sure. It’s Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift. I haven’t seen anywhere that it is a single, but I’m not entirely convinced that it’s not. Anyways, this is for sure one of the best songs from the album. Not the top 3, (that would be Miss Americana, Paper Rings and ME!) but for sure up there. Taylor sounds really good, and it’s extremely catchy. I don’t really love the robotic vocals, but the rest makes up for it. Listening back to it, it’s actually better than I thought it was when they played it every hour last week on Hits 1. That may just be because it sounds better in earbuds, but whatever. So yeah, this is a great song, single or not.

This next song is definitely not as good. It’s a song by JoJo called Man. I really don’t like JoJo’s voice. Let’s just get that straight. I for sure don’t like it in the chorus, and for most of the rest of the song. I don’t think there’s enough production. Whoever did that almost went for a minimalist type of production, and I really don’t think it worked. Overall, I think this song just feels kind of sloppy, even if the chorus is decently catchy.

So my recommendation from last week actually debuted Hit-Bound this week! When does that happen? Anyways, it’s Breaking Me by Topic and A7S. The production in this song is extremely Roses-esque, and A7S’ voice kind of sounds like Lewis Capaldi’s, except with a little less grit. I love the chorus in this, and I think the production fits really well with it, and I love the decision to make this an EDM song. I actually quite like A7S’ voice, and overall this is a spectacular song that didn’t come out of TikTok, like I thought it did, so that’s good.

Y’know, I don’t think I like spanish Black Eyed Peas. I mean, it’s alright, it’s not the worst thing in the world, RITMO, which we lost this week, was actually pretty solid, but I don’t think MAMACITA with Ozuna and J. Rey Soul worked as well. It’s still very catchy, so that’s good, but I don’t really love the “drop” (if you can call it that). I appreciate that they put a female singer in every song in some way, shape or form, and I think J. Rey Soul works really really well with this song. I don’t love Ozuna or Chorona’s parts though. will.i.am is still spectacular every time. Overall, it’s alright, but it definitely has some weak parts. Plus, it’s a little long.

Best Debut: Breaking Me - Topic/A7S

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:
#19: Daisies - Katy Perry
#18: Man - JoJo

1 - Bad:
#17: 100 Ways - Jackson Wang

2 - Mediocre:
#16: Moral of the Story - Ashe

3 - Decent:
#15: 17 - Pink Sweat$
#14: Together - Sia
#13: MAMACITA - Black Eyed Peas/Ozuna/J. Rey Soul
#12: Like That - Doja Cat/Gucci Mane

4 - Good:
#11: the other girl - Kelsea Ballerini/Halsey
#10: Kings & Queens - Ava Max
#9: Let’s Fall in Love for the Night - FINNEAS

5 - Great:
#8: Black And White - Niall Horan
#7: Ur So F**kInG cOoL - Tones And I
#6: CITY OF ANGELS - 24kGoldn
#5: Cruel Summer - Taylor Swift
#4: Bang! - AJR
#3: Falling - Harry Styles
#1: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch
#1: Breaking Me - Topic/A7S

Overall Score: 67/95 = 71%

I’m a Savage, Classy, Blurby, Ratchet

We lost five songs today, (well, technically four, if you don’t count COA), CITY OF ANGELS, RITMO, Ride It, If the World Was Ending and I Love Me. I already talked about COA, RITMO was getting kind of old, Ride It was never good, and I’m glad it’s leaving space for Roses to jump higher, ItWWE definitely faded on me, so I’m glad it’s gone, and I Love Me dropped off of #10, making it the highest ever dropout on the countdown. I don’t think it deserved that, but it wasn’t Blinding Lights, so I’m okay with it.

Heartless actually jumped up a couple spots this week, so hopefully it’ll actually do well here.

me & ur ghost finally dropped out of the top 20. This was well overdue.

Stuck with U is so forgettable. I’m reminded it exists every time I hear it.

Roses is jumping!!! Yay! It’s actually been growing on me a lot lately, even though I liked it in the first place.

I was jamming to ROCKSTAR this week, enough to put it at my favourite song on Hit-Bound. I hope it debuts soon.

Say So is finally starting to drop. I’m glad this never hit #1.

X jumped a ton this week. I'm pretty happy with that.

Blinding Lights is dropping really fast, and I’m scared.

Midnight somehow made it into the top 10. I don’t know how, but I’m happy nonetheless.

Be Kind took a huge jump into the top 10 this week, so it could very possibly actually become a hit.

Okay, sorry. Before You Go is #1? I left for a day, and this is what I come back to? How did this happen? I’m not complaining, but I’m still really confused. This song now becomes the first to hit #1 while also not being on the voting poll. Can’t really say I’m disappointed.

These Two Windows came and went, and there’s no new Alec Benjamin songs. Yay.

And finally, we lost two Hit-Bound songs this week, adding to our already more than last year count of Hit-Bound dropouts. Toosie Slide and If You’re Too Shy left, and I’m happy to see both of them go, even if the former was a hit.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100
#1: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch
#2: Savage (Remix) - Megan Thee Stallion/Beyoncé
#3: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
#4: Say So - Doja Cat/Nicki Minaj
#5: Rain On Me - Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande
#6: Toosie Slide - Drake
#7: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa
#8: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo
#9: The Box - Roddy Ricch
#10: Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek
#11: Circles - Post Malone
#12: Adore You - Harry Styles
#14: The Bones - Maren Morris
#15: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey
#17: Stuck with U - Ariana Grande/Justin Bieber
#18: Falling - Trevor Daniel
#19: I Hope - Gabby Barrett
#20: Sunday Best - Surfaces
#24: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee
#28: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi
#29: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa
#32: Memories - Maroon 5
#34: My Oh My - Camila Cabello/DaBaby
#36: Be Kind - Marshmello/Halsey
#38: everything i wanted - Billie Eilish
#39: Heartless - Diplo/Morgan Wallen
#40: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
#42: Stupid Love - Lady Gaga
#43: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton
#47: hot girl bummer - blackbear
#49: Dance Monkey - Tones And I
#53: In Your Eyes - The Weeknd
#58: If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels
#64: Level of Concern - Twenty One Pilots
#65: Ride It - Regard
#72: X - Jonas Brothers/KAROL G
#74: Daisies - Katy Perry
#92: Like That - Doja Cat/Gucci Mane

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown
#10: The Hype - Twenty One Pilots
#9: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin
#8: Small Talk - Niall Horan
#7: To Die For - Sam Smith
#6: Don’t Let It Break Your Heart - Louis Tomlinson
#5: YOU CAN’T HOLD MY HEART - Monsta X
#4: Sunday Best - Surfaces
#3: Lights Up - Harry Styles
#2: Slow Dance - AJ Mitchell/Ava Max
#1: Know Your Worth - Khalid/Disclosure

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense
#10: Sunday Best - Surfaces
#9: Falling - Trevor Daniel
#8: Stuck with U - Ariana Grande/Justin Bieber
#7: The Bones - Maren Morris
#6: The Box - Roddy Ricch
#5: Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek
#4: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo
#3: Rain On Me - Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande
#2: Say So - Doja Cat
#1: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd