Week of August 29, 2020 - Ashe/Niall Horan (2)

Ashe/Niall Horan (2)

Again, a really good week ruined by Moral of the Story. Ah, well. Not much you can do, Hits 1 is just mostly annoying like that. We still love Hits 1 though.

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To

Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus (#26) [#26] {1 week}

Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek (#22) [#17] {15 weeks}

Last Week’s #1: Moral of the Story - Ashe/Niall Horan (1)

#30: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk (DEBUT) [2* weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#29: Let There Be Love - Ananya Birla (+1) [#27] {5 weeks}

#28: my future - Billie Eilish (-1) [#27] {4 weeks}

#27: WHATS POPPIN - Jack Harlow (-3) [#18] {4 weeks}

#26: I Should Probably Go To Bed - Dan + Shay (+3) [#26] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#25: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (DEBUT) [2* weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#24: Nobody’s Love - Maroon 5 (-3) [#20] {5 weeks}

#23: Breaking Me - Topic/A7S (-7) [#16] {3 weeks}

#22: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer (-11) [1 week at #1] {22 weeks}

#21: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (+2) [#20] {5 weeks}

#20: Funny - Zedd/Jasmine Thompson (+8) [#20] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#19: Control - Zoe Wees (+6) [#12] {9 weeks}

#18: Past Life - Trevor Daniel/Selena Gomez (-) [#18] {6 weeks}

#17: Lose Somebody - Kygo/OneRepublic (+2) [#17] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#16: Like That - Doja Cat/Gucci Mane (-2) [#14] {10 weeks}

#15: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer (+5) [#15] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#14: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello (-4) [#10] {6 weeks}

#13: cardigan - Taylor Swift (+2) [#13] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#12: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (-) [#11] {10 weeks}

#11: Heather - Conan Gray (+2) [#11] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#10: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton (-2) [#8] {22 weeks}

#9: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles (-2) [7 weeks at #1] {25 weeks}

#8: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne (-2) [1 week at #1] {18 weeks}

#7: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (+2) [1 week at #1] {30 weeks}

#6: Bang! - AJR (+11) [#6] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#5: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (-1) [#4] {6 weeks}

#4: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (+1) [#4] {12 weeks} *new peak*

#3: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (-) [#3] {9 weeks}

#2: me & ur ghost - blackbear (-) [#2] {19 weeks}

#1: Moral of the Story - Ashe/Niall Horan (-) [2nd week at #1] {16 weeks}

Last Year’s #1: If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes [8/9 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Backyard Boy - Claire Rosinkranz

Drake finally makes his 2020 Weekend Countdown debut, with his best song of the year so far, Laugh Now Cry Later featuring Lil Durk. He sounds like he cares about the song, which is already much better than both Toosie Slide and POPSTAR. Lil Durk also does a very good verse here. The production’s pretty good, although repetitive, and I like the beat a lot. Good song.

But a great song makes its debut at #25, Mood by 24kGoldn and iann dior. It’s almost insane how catchy the hook is in this song. In a rap song too, you don’t really see many catchy rap hooks, but this definitely does it. Both 24kGoldn and iann dior sound really good here, and the production is fantastic. The guitar is very good and works really well with the song, and overall, this is just a really really good song. Glad that Hits 1 decided to pick up on more rap songs this year. That’s pretty much the one good thing that came out of 2020.

Best Debut: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

Biggest DROP!!!: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer (-11): Good. I’m really glad that this song is probably gonna leave soon.

Biggest Jump: Bang! - AJR (+11): This is at #6!!! Woah! Hopefully it becomes a huge hit here!

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

#30: Heather - Conan Gray

#29: my future - Billie Eilish

#28: Moral of the Story - Ashe/Niall Horan

#27: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton

1 - Bad:

#26: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer

2 - Mediocre:

#25: Nobody’s Love - Maroon 5

3 - Decent:

#24: cardigan - Taylor Swift

#23: Control - Zoe Wees

#22: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

#21: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne

#20: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

4 - Good:

#19: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid

#18: me & ur ghost - blackbear

#17: Like That - Doja Cat/Gucci Mane

#16: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#15: Funny - Zedd/Jasmine Thompson

#14: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

5 - Great:

#13: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk

#12: I Should Probably Go To Bed - Dan + Shay

#11: Past Life - Trevor Daniel/Selena Gomez

#10: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer

#9: WHATS POPPIN - Jack Harlow

#8: Let There Be Love - Ananya Birla

#7: Breaking Me - Topic/A7S

#6: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo

#5: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#4: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

#3: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#2: Lose Somebody - Kygo/OneRepublic

Bonus: 6 - Best Song is in the Top 20:

#1: Bang! - AJR

Overall Score: 108/150 = 72%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne {18 weeks}

#4: me & ur ghost - blackbear {19 weeks}

#3: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer & Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton {22 weeks}

#2: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles {25 weeks}

#1: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi {30 weeks}

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Caution - The Killers

My Favourite Song Last Year: Trampoline - SHAED

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Hit-Bound

Backyard Boy - Claire Rosinkranz [2*]

Tap In - Saweetie [4*]

Figure It Out - Blu DeTiger [3*]

Falling - Harry Styles [13*]

Wishing Well - Juice WRLD [5*]

Black And White - Niall Horan [13**]

Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus [1; 2nd time]

Dynamite - BTS [2]

WOW - Zara Larsson [2*]

F2020 - Avenue Beat [4*]

Stunnin’ - Curtis Waters/Harm Franklin [3*]

Be Happy - Dixie D’Amelio [6*]

queen of broken hearts - blackbear [6*]

Angels & Demons - jxdn [4]

ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee [6*]

Also Available For Vote

Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez [1*]

Over Now - Calvin Harris/The Weeknd [1*]

7 Summers - Morgan Wallen [2**]

Midnight Sky left the Countdown and re-entered Hit-Bound this week. I find it a little ridiculous, but I’m not disappointed.

Our first actual new song this week is a new one from BLACKPINK and Selena Gomez, called Ice Cream. Yeah, there’s two k-pop songs on Hit-Bound now. This song is super weird. The production’s really odd, and the “ice cream, chillin’” part isn’t great. That being said, all of the girls sound pretty good. So for that reason it’s not bad… I think this might grow on me though. That rapping part isn’t that good though.

Next is Over Now by Calvin Harris and The Weeknd. Oh boy. This isn’t that great. I don’t really like The Weeknd’s voice in this song, I much prefer it in the upbeat stuff, and this song can get pretty boring at parts. Calvin Harris didn’t do a spectacular job with the production. Not much else to say about this one.

Best Debut: Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#18: Backyard Boy - Claire Rosinkranz

#17: Tap In - Saweetie

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

#16: WOW - Zara Larsson

#15: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#14: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee

#13: Figure It Out - Blu DeTiger

#12: Over Now - Calvin Harris/The Weeknd

3 - Decent:

#11: Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez

#10: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#9: Be Happy - Dixie D’Amelio

#8: Black And White - Niall Horan

4 - Good:

#7: Angels & Demons - jxdn

#6: Dynamite - BTS

#5: queen of broken hearts - blackbear

#4: Stunnin’ - Curtis Waters/Harm Franklin

5 - Great:

#3: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD

#2: F2020 - Avenue Beat

#1: Falling - Harry Styles

Overall Score: 53/90 = 59%

Why You Always in a Blurb?

We lost one other song this week, that being Roses. It really sucks to see this song go after having such a mediocre run here.

How is WHATS POPPIN in the bottom 5? I thought this was a hit.

Breaking Me took a big hit after getting the biggest jump last week, which kind of sucks, but I expect it to jump back up again soon.

Funny and Control are both in the top 20. Glad to see Funny getting some success, but does Control really have to be a thing?

Geez, Lose Somebody is still jumping! I seriously never expected this.

Wildflower jumped again into the top 15. Gotta say, with this momentum, it’s probably gonna hit #1.

I thought Savage Love was gonna hit #1 this week, but I guess it can take its time.

We also lost a few Hit-Bound songs this week, Heartless, POPSTAR and exile. I’m kind of sad to see all of these go, since they were all good, but I guess some things aren’t meant to be.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#2: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk

#3: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#4: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#5: WHATS POPPIN (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne

#6: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#7: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

#8: Roses (Remix) - SAINt JHN/Imanbek

#9: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo

#10: I Hope - Gabby Barrett

#12: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#13: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa

#14: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#15: Adore You - Harry Styles

#16: Circles - Post Malone

#18: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

#20: Savage (Remix) - Megan Thee Stallion/Beyoncé

#21: POPSTAR - DJ Khaled/Drake

#23: death bed (coffee for your head) - Powfu/beabadoobee

#24: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey

#26: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#27: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa

#29: The Bones - Maren Morris

#32: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD

#33: cardigan - Taylor Swift

#34: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid

#37: Intentions - Justin Bieber/Quavo

#41: Tap In - Saweetie

#43: Say So - Doja Cat/Nicki Minaj

#44: Rain On Me - Lady Gaga/Ariana Grande

#47: The Box - Roddy Ricch

#48: If the World Was Ending - JP Saxe/Julia Michaels

#49: Nobody’s Love - Maroon 5

#54: my future - Billie Eilish

#56: Like That - Doja Cat/Gucci Mane

#61: Heather - Conan Gray

#65: I Should Probably Go To Bed - Dan + Shay

#69: Bang! - AJR

#72: Toosie Slide - Drake

#73: Breaking Me - Topic/A7S

#76: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#81: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee

#82: exile - Taylor Swift/Bon Iver

#87: MAMACITA - Black Eyed Peas/Ozuna/J. Rey Soul

#90: Stuck with U - Ariana Grande/Justin Bieber

#97: Past Life - Trevor Daniel/Selena Gomez

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: Daisies - Katy Perry

#9: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#8: WHATS POPPIN - Jack Harlow

#7: my future - Billie Eilish

#6: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer

#5: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid

#4: 100 Ways - Jackson Wang

#3: Nice to Meet Ya - Meghan Trainor/Nicki Minaj

#2: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey

#1: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

#9: Nobody’s Love - Maroon 5

#8: Past Life - Trevor Daniel/Selena Gomez

#7: Like That - Doja Cat/Gucci Mane

#6: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#5: Supalonely - BENEE/Gus Dapperton

#4: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo

#3: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#2: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#1: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all soon.