Week of October 24, 2020 - Harry Styles (3)

Harry Styles (3)

There was a lot of movement this week. Most of them were good and although our entrants weren’t great, it was still a decent enough week.

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To

Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi (#20) [1 week at #1] {38 weeks}

Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez (#16) [#16] {6 weeks}

Last Week’s #1: Falling - Harry Styles (2)

#30: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo (DEBUT) [2 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#29: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat (-1) [#28] {2 weeks}

#28: Small Talk - Niall Horan (DEBUT) [9** weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#27: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee (-8) [#13] {7 weeks}

#26: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (-) [#26] {2 weeks}

#25: OK Not To Be OK - Marshmello/Demi Lovato (-2) [#20] {5 weeks}

#24: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+5) [#24] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#23: Be Happy (Remix) - Dixie D’Amelio/Lil Mosey/blackbear (+7) [#23] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#22: Diamonds - Sam Smith (+3) [#22] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#21: Mad at Disney - salem ilese (+3) [#21] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#20: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (+2) [#20] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#19: Moral of the Story - Ashe/Niall Horan (-2) [6 weeks at #1] {24 weeks}

#18: Dynamite - BTS (-) [#18] {4 weeks}

#17: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (-3) [#11] {13 weeks}

#16: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (+5) [#16] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#15: you broke me first - Tate McRae (+12) [#15] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#14: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (-2) [#4] {14 weeks}

#13: cardigan - Taylor Swift (+2) [#12] {13 weeks}

#12: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear (-2) [#10] {6 weeks}

#11: Save Myself - Ashe (-2) [#9] {6 weeks}

#10: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus (-4) [#6] {9 weeks}

#9: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (+2) [#3] {20 weeks}

#8: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (+5) [#8] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#7: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (-3) [#2] {17 weeks}

#6: Heather - Conan Gray (+1) [#6] {13 weeks} *new peak*

#5: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (+3) [#5] {9 weeks} *new peak*

#4: Bang! - AJR (+1) [#3] {10 weeks}

#3: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello (-1) [1 week at #1] {14 weeks}

#2: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer (+1) [#2] {9 weeks} *new peak*

#1: Falling - Harry Styles (-) [3rd week at #1] {8 weeks}

Last Year’s #1: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi [1/3 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear

So Hits 1s to Watch is now a mid-month to mid-month thing, as they just switched from Ashe to October-November’s Hits 1 to Watch, X Lovers. This song is easily the worst Hits 1 to Watch that we’ve had so far, being Haunt You by X Lovers and chloe moriondo. Nobody here really sounds all that good. The X Lovers person is singing way too low for his voice and chloe is just kind of mediocre. The production’s boring and the song’s really forgettable. Yeah, I hope this doesn’t do that well.

Our last new song this week comes from Niall Horan… of course. It’s Small Talk and this is probably the worst song from his album Heartbreak Weather. He sounds fine, but the production is just too much and really doesn’t sound that good. This was actually a Hit-Bound dropout back in, like, May or something, but for whatever reason it’s back now. Yeah, I hope this doesn’t hit #1, but it probably will because of course, it’s Niall Horan.

Best Debut: Small Talk - Niall Horan

Biggest DROP!!!: ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee (-8): Yay, this isn’t a hit here! That’s good because I got really nervous when it jumped into the top 15 a couple of weeks ago.

Biggest Jump: you broke me first - Tate McRae (+12): Hunh. Definitely didn’t expect that, but I’m happy nonetheless.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

#30: Heather - Conan Gray

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

1 - Bad:

#28: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

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

2 - Mediocre:

#26: Small Talk - Niall Horan

3 - Decent:

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

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

#23: Save Myself - Ashe

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

#21: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

4 - Good:

#20: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#19: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#18: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer

#17: cardigan - Taylor Swift

#16: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

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

5 - Great:

#14: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

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

#12: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#11: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#10: Mad at Disney - salem ilese

#9: Falling - Harry Styles

#8: you broke me first - Tate McRae

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

#6: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear

#5: Bang! - AJR

#4: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

#3: Dynamite - BTS

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#1: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

Overall Score: 113/150 = 75%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid, cardigan - Taylor Swift & Heather - Conan Gray {13 weeks}

#4: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo & Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello {14 weeks}

#3: Kings & Queens - Ava Max {17 weeks}

#2: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth {20 weeks}

#1: Moral of the Story - Ashe/Niall Horan {24 weeks}

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV

My Favourite Song Last Year: Time - NF

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Most Missed Countdown Song: Trumpets - Jason Derulo

Hit-Bound

positions - Ariana Grande [1]

Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk [4; 2nd time]

Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We [4]

Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear [2*]

Head & Heart - Joel Corry/MNEK [2; 2nd time]

Bummerland - AJR [3*]

Golden - Harry Styles [5*]

Tap In - Saweetie [12*]

Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo [3*]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [3*]

FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A. [5*]

Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco [2*]

Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent [7*]

Wishing Well - Juice WRLD [13*]

Control - Zoe Wees [5; 2nd time]

Also Available For Vote

Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney [1*]

So Ariana Grande just kind of announced out of nowhere that she’s releasing an album this month and positions, the first single from it makes its debut here. This reminds me a lot of her Dangerous Woman stuff much more than her thank u, next stuff, which is great because I didn’t really like anything from thank u, next. This is great though. Ari sounds amazing and although the song’s a bit forgettable, it’s definitely not as forgettable as Stuck with U, which on further reflection I realize is probably the first single from this album. But yeah. This is good and I hope it’s a decent hit here and everywhere else.

TikTok makes another impact in music as Put Your Records On by Ritt Momney makes its debut on Hits 1 this week. Um… I seriously have absolutely no clue how I feel about this song. The beginning of the song is super super strange and his voice is way too autotuned. But on the other hand, his voice is actually decent and it’s quite catchy. So yeah, I’m quite conflicted on this.

Best Debut: positions - Ariana Grande

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#16: Tap In - Saweetie

1 - Bad:

#15: Golden - Harry Styles

#14: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

2 - Mediocre:

NONE!

3 - Decent:

#13: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#12: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent

#11: Control - Zoe Wees

4 - Good:

#10: Bummerland - AJR

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

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

#7: Head & Heart - Joel Corry/MNEK

5 - Great:

#6: positions - Ariana Grande

#5: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD

#4: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We

#3: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear

#2: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

#1: Broke Boy - Malia Civetz

Overall Score: 57/80 = 71%

You Should Know That I’m Blurbin’ Back to Haunt You

We said goodbye to Before You Go and Ice Cream this week. I’d say Before You Go probably has #1 of the year locked in by now as the song with the highest amount of points (in my Ultimate Rank) and is still charting today is Moral of the Story and I don’t think that’s gonna stick around for long enough to make it there. But yeah, Before You Go stuck around for way too long even if I do like it. As for Ice Cream, I don’t really care that much. I liked the song, but it was never too memorable.

Our only Hit-Bound dropout this week was POPSTAR again. I don’t really care that much at this point.

Every debut from last week other than Baby, I’m Jealous either didn’t move or jumped, which is fantastic, especially for Levitating, as it’s close to the top 15.

Holy got a decent gain, which is great because I’ve grown a bit more into it.

I’ve lost a bit of interest in Midnight Sky because it’s not all that interesting.

Wonder’s in the top 10. Glad it’s there and I hope it stays there.

Looks like Kings & Queens officially lost its chance at the #1 which really sucks because I think it deserved it.

Mood is in the top 5!!! Yeah! It’s #1 on the Hot 100, so I can definitely see this dethroning Wildflower sometime in November, which I’d be very happy about. Kinda sad Bang! didn’t hit #1 though.

Speaking of Wildflower, it’s at #2, which means it’s only a matter of time before this reaches #1.

Okay, who asked for Heather at #6? Yeah, that’s what I thought. NOBODY WANTS THIS.

So Why Don’t We added the word Adrenaline in parenthesis to the end of Fallin’. Yeah, that probably didn’t deserve its own blurb.

BRO HITS 1 ASKED ME ABOUT GO CRAZY BY CHRIS BROWN AND YOUNG THUG ON THIS WEEK’S HIT-MAKER SURVEY!!!

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

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

#4: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#5: Dynamite - BTS

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

#7: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#8: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#9: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

#11: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#14: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

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

#19: Circles - Post Malone

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

#21: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

#22: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

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

#25: Adore You - Harry Styles

#26: Bang! - AJR

#27: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa

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

#29: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

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

#32: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#35: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa

#40: POPSTAR - DJ Khaled/Drake

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

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

#46: Tap In - Saweetie

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

#50: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#52: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD

#54: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#56: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#57: you broke me first - Tate McRae

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

#59: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#60: Heather - Conan Gray

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

#72: Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez

#79: Breaking Me - Topic/A7S

#85: cardigan - Taylor Swift

#93: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer

#9: Toosie Slide - Drake

#8: Old Me - 5 Seconds of Summer

#7: Good Thing - Zedd/Kehlani

#6: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

#5: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer

#4: Mad at Disney - salem ilese

#3: Backyard Boy - Claire Rosinkranz

#2: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

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

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#9: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#8: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

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

#6: Dynamite - BTS

#5: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

#4: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#3: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

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

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all later.