Week of October 10, 2020 - Harry Styles (1)

Harry Styles (1)

Other than the #1 that probably shouldn’t be there and our exit, it was actually a really solid week. There were some good moves and the Hit-Bound debuts are pretty good. Here’s the exit for this week.

Song We’re Saying Goodbye To

ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch (#13) [#9] {15 weeks}

Last Week’s #1: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello (1)

#30: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (-3) [#27] {3 weeks}

#29: Head & Heart - Joel Corry/MNEK (-1) [#28] {5 weeks}

#28: you broke me first - Tate McRae (+2) [#28] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#27: Over Now - Calvin Harris/The Weeknd (-1) [#26] {6 weeks}

#26: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#25: Diamonds - Sam Smith (-) [#25] {3 weeks}

#24: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (-) [#24] {2 weeks}

#23: Dynamite - BTS (+6) [#23] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#22: I Should Probably Go To Bed - Dan + Shay (-3) [#19] {10 weeks}

#21: OK Not To Be OK - Marshmello/Demi Lovato (-1) [#20] {3 weeks}

#20: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (-3) [#11] {11 weeks}

#19: Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez (-1) [#18] {5 weeks}

#18: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (-8) [1 week at #1] {36 weeks}

#17: Breaking Me - Topic/A7S (-2) [#8] {9 weeks}

#16: Save Myself - Ashe (+5) [#16] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#15: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (+7) [#4] {12 weeks}

#14: Heather - Conan Gray (-2) [#11] {11 weeks}

#13: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee (+10) [#13] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#12: cardigan - Taylor Swift (+2) [#12] {11 weeks} *new peak*

#11: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear (-) [#11] {4 weeks}

#10: Lose Somebody - Kygo/OneRepublic (+6) [#10] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#9: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus (-) [#9] {7 weeks}

#8: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer (-) [#8] {9 weeks}

#7: Moral of the Story - Ashe/Niall Horan (-3) [6 weeks at #1] {22 weeks}

#6: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (+1) [#6] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#5: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (+1) [#3] {18 weeks}

#4: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (+1) [#2] {15 weeks}

#3: Bang! - AJR (-) [#3] {8 weeks}

#2: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello (-1) [1 week at #1] {12 weeks}

#1: Falling - Harry Styles (+1) [1st week at #1] {6 weeks} *new peak*

Last Year’s #1: Easier - 5 Seconds of Summer [3/3 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

So Shawn Mendes’ big release from last week, Wonder, the title track from his upcoming album coming this December. This song’s pretty good. It’s definitely not one of his best songs, In My Blood is leagues better, but this is still pretty good. It sounds really cinematic and I think Shawn’s voice works really well with that. It’s decently catchy and definitely not forgettable, I could remember what it sounded like after just one listen. I hope this is a hit here. Good song.

Biggest DROP!!!: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (-8): Finally. This song lasted for way too long in the top 10 and I’m really happy that it’s finally moving out even if I still somewhat like it.

Biggest Jump: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee (+10): Really? I just started not liking this and now it jumps into the top 15? This shouldn’t be a hit.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

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

#29: Heather - Conan Gray

1 - Bad:

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

2 - Mediocre:

#27: Over Now - Calvin Harris/The Weeknd

3 - Decent:

#26: Save Myself - Ashe

#25: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

4 - Good:

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

#23: OK Not To Be OK - Marshmello/Demi Lovato

#22: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#21: Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez

#20: Head & Heart - Joel Corry/MNEK

#19: cardigan - Taylor Swift

#18: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#17: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

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

5 - Great:

#15: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#14: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer

#13: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#12: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#11: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

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

#9: Breaking Me - Topic/A7S

#8: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#7: Falling - Harry Styles

#6: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear

#5: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#4: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

#3: Bang! - AJR

#2: Dynamite - BTS

#1: Lose Somebody - Kygo/OneRepublic

Overall Score: 120/150 = 80%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo & Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello {12 weeks}

#4: Kings & Queens - Ava Max {15 weeks}

#3: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth {18 weeks}

#2: Moral of the Story - Ashe/Niall Horan {22 weeks}

#1: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi {36 weeks}

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Cold - Leslie Odom Jr./Sia

My Favourite Song Last Year: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Most Missed Countdown Song: LA Devotee - Panic! At The Disco

Hit-Bound

What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke [1]

7 Summers - Morgan Wallen [4; 2nd time]

Be Happy (Remix) - Dixie D’Amelio/Lil Mosey/blackbear [12*]

Fallin’ - Why Don’t We [2]

Wishing Well - Juice WRLD [11*]

Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo [1]

Golden - Harry Styles [3*]

Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk [2; 2nd time]

Mad at Disney - salem ilese [3]

Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby [2]

Small Talk - Niall Horan [8**]

FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A. [3*]

Control - Zoe Wees [3; 2nd time]

Tap In - Saweetie [10*]

Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent [5*]

Also Available For Vote

POPSTAR - DJ Khaled/Drake [6***]

Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat [1*]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [1*]

Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo [1*]

Bummerland - AJR [1*]

So the late Pop Smoke actually gets his first song on Hits 1, What You Know Bout Love. I like this song. I can definitely see this moving up to green soon. It was really only blue because the other Pop Smoke songs are better, but this is definitely still good. Pop’s voice is good as it always is and the song’s pretty catchy. The production can get kind of boring but overall this is a good song.

So X Lovers bring us a song this week and if anybody remembers Play Your Game, the Hit-Bound dropout from earlier this year, this is the same group. This time they’re teaming up with chloe moriondo on Haunt You and this is worse than Play Your Game and PYG was bad. None of the people here sound good and whoever’s singing in X Lovers really doesn’t sound good and the low stuff does not work with his voice. chloe’s voice is honestly kind of boring. The production’s kind of non-existent and this is super boring. I hope this doesn’t debut.

So POPSTAR by DJ Khaled and Drake actually came back to Hits 1 this week and I’m totally fine with that. It would’ve made more sense about a month ago, but I’m definitely still okay with it being back, since I’m actually starting to like it now.

So an interesting combo is next in the form of Bebe Rexha and Doja Cat. Never thought that would work, but Baby, I’m Jealous is actually good. Bebe always sounds good, there’s absolutely no denying that and I think Bebe and Doja actually work pretty well together. There’s a bit of a weird vocal effect on Bebe’s voice in the chorus and her rapping isn’t that good but the production’s pretty good and everything fits well together. Good song.

So there’s this jazzy-Lizzo-type song on Hits 1 now and it’s really good. It’s Broke Boy by Malia Civetz and I seriously hope this is the next Hits 1 to Watch and not Haunt You. This song captivated me literally from the first piano chord from the first time I heard it. Malia sounds really good and the song’s really catchy and the groove is fantastic. The instrumentation is great and everything works well together. Great song.

Jason Derulo brings his follow-up to Savage Love and it’s also a bop. It’s called Take You Dancing and it’s got kind of a salsa vibe to it and I love it. Jason Derulo sounds great as he always does and the song is extremely catchy. The bassline at the start of the chorus is also really good. I’m not sure why the female voice is there, but it fits in surprisingly well with the song. I really hope this becomes a hit. It’s also a decent length. Great song.

AJR bring their next song called Bummerland. This definitely isn’t as good as Bang!. I think it’s missing a lot of the fun blown-up AJR stuff that I love in their music. It feels a little substanceless. That being said, it’s still good. I like Jack Met’s voice and the lyrics are pretty feel-good, but it’s for sure missing some of that AJR charm.

Best Debut: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#20: Tap In - Saweetie

1 - Bad:

#19: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

#18: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#17: Golden - Harry Styles

2 - Mediocre:

#16: Small Talk - Niall Horan

3 - Decent:

#15: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent

#14: Control - Zoe Wees

#13: POPSTAR - DJ Khaled/Drake

#12: FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A.

4 - Good:

#11: Bummerland - AJR

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

#9: Be Happy (Remix) - Dixie D’Amelio/Lil Mosey/blackbear

#8: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat

#7: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

5 - Great:

#6: Mad at Disney - salem ilese

#5: Fallin’ - Why Don’t We

#4: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD

#3: Broke Boy - Malia Civetz

#2: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

#1: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

Overall Score: 67/100 = 67%

I Wonder What It’s Like to Be Blurbed By You

We lost ROCKSTAR off of the Countdown this week and that really sucks even though it did pretty well here. It was a big hit, a great song and it deserved everything it got.

A couple Hit-Bound songs also left this week, Backyard Boy and WOW. Both songs weren’t good, so I’m happy that they’re both gone.

Holy dropped to the bottom spot this week, which kind of sucks since I’d like to see it be a hit.

Dynamite jumped six spots this week, which is great since it’s great.

Save Myself is getting close to the top 15, which isn’t fantastic, but it’s definitely better than Moral of the Story.

Savage Love got a decent rebound this week, which is good since I don’t really want it to leave soon.

cardigan somehow got a new peak this week. Glad to see it actually doing well here.

So Lose Somebody is in the top 10??? Um… alright! I’m definitely happy that it’s here.

So of course, Harry Styles had to hit #1 again with his newest “single”, Falling and there’s no reason for it to be #1. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good song, it just has no right to be #1 and Come & Go should’ve stayed at #1 for a bit longer.

Seems like Be Happy’s gonna drop out of Hit-Bound. I feel like it deserved to debut, so I’m kind of sad that it didn’t.

Anyone else surprised that Wishing Well is still here?

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A.

#2: Dynamite - BTS

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

#5: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#6: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#7: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

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

#9: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

#10: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#11: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#12: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

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

#17: Circles - Post Malone

#20: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

#21: POPSTAR - DJ Khaled/Drake

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

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

#24: Adore You - Harry Styles

#25: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa

#28: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#30: Tap In - Saweetie

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

#32: Bang! - AJR

#33: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa

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

#37: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#39: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#40: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

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

#51: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD

#53: cardigan - Taylor Swift

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

#59: Breaking Me - Topic/A7S

#60: Heather - Conan Gray

#61: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#63: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#68: Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez

#70: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#73: OK Not To Be OK - Marshmello/Demi Lovato

#82: Like That - Doja Cat/Gucci Mane

#84: Over Now - Calvin Harris/The Weeknd

#86: Nobody’s Love - Maroon 5

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

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#9: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin

#8: Heather - Conan Gray

#7: Toosie Slide - Drake

#6: Mad at Disney - salem ilese

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

#4: Over Now - Calvin Harris/The Weeknd

#3: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer

#2: Be Happy (Remix) - Dixie D’Amelio/Lil Mosey

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

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Breaking Me - Topic/A7S

#9: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#8: Dynamite - BTS

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

#6: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

#5: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#4: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#3: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

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

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

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all soon.