Week of November 14, 2020 - Harry Styles (6)

Harry Styles (6)

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Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To

Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus (#15) [#6] {11 weeks} [x2]

Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello (#6) [1 week at #1] {16 weeks}

Last Week’s #1: Falling - Harry Styles (5)

#30: going out - ROLE MODEL (-) [#30] {2 weeks}

#29: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We (DEBUT) [6 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#28: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (DEBUT) [3* weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#27: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo (+1) [#27] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#26: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (+3) [#26] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#25: Mad at Disney - salem ilese (-1) [#21] {5 weeks}

#24: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (+3) [#24] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#23: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (-1) [#3] {23 weeks}

#22: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat (+1) [#22] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#21: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (-8) [#2] {20 weeks}

#20: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (+5) [#20] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#19: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (-3) [#16] {8 weeks}

#18: Be Happy (Remix) - Dixie D’Amelio/blackbear/Lil Mosey (+8) [#18] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#17: Diamonds - Sam Smith (+2) [#17] {8 weeks} *new peak*

#16: you broke me first - Tate McRae (+2) [#7] {7 weeks}

#15: Dynamite - BTS (-1) [#14] {7 weeks}

#14: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (+6) [#11] {16 weeks}

#13: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-2) [#11] {5 weeks}

#12: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer (-8) [#2] {12 weeks}

#11: positions - Ariana Grande (+10) [#11] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#10: Golden - Harry Styles (+2) [#10] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#9: Save Myself - Ashe (+1) [#9] {9 weeks}

#8: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (+9) [#8] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#7: Heather - Conan Gray (-) [#6] {16 weeks}

#6: Small Talk - Niall Horan (+3) [#6] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#5: Bang! - AJR (-) [#3] {13 weeks}

#4: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-2) [#2] {12 weeks}

#3: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (-) [#3] {6 weeks}

#2: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear (+6) [#2] {9 weeks} *new peak*

#1: Falling - Harry Styles (-) [6th week at #1] {11 weeks}

Last Year’s #1: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer [1/2 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent

Luckily, there was a highlight to a disaster of a week as one of my favourite songs right now debuts this week at #29. It’s Fallin’ by Why Don’t We. I think Why Don’t We have finally found the sound that works for them. Seriously, this is much better than all of their previous work and if they continue down this direction, I could be super interested in what they have to bring next. All of the guys sound good here and I love how they’ve moved away from the whole boy-band thing, because this song is actually really well-produced. The production is insanely good and everything fits well together. The crazy drum solo at the beginning I could probably do without, but that’s besides the point. This song’s also super catchy. I love how it fades in the bridge and slowly builds back up again and I hate that the radio edit gets rid of the chorus immediately after the bridge. Great song though, I hope it does really well here.

Next up is a song that’s significantly worse than the last one. It’s a cover of Corinne Bailey Rae’s Put Your Records On. This is by Ritt Momney and the only reason this is here is because of TikTok. My main problem with this song is that it takes forever for the song to build up. Once it gets to that chorus, it’s fine and could actually be a likeable song, if it wasn’t for it becoming pretty uninteresting again. Also, Ritt Momney’s verse isn’t that great. His voice is really heavily autotuned and I know pretty much everybody uses autotune, but when it’s that glaringly obvious that it’s there, such as here or with BENEE in Supalonely, it just sounds quite bad. Also, that bridge really just sucks.

Best Debut: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We

Biggest DROP!!!: Kings & Queens - Ava Max & Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer (-8): Good to see that we’re clearing these songs out since they’re starting to get annoying. Kind of sucks that Kings & Queens didn’t hit #1, but I’m decently happy that Wildflower didn’t hit #1.

Biggest Jump: positions - Ariana Grande (+10): Hunh. Never actually expected this to do anything here, since Hits 1 is actually quite anti-Ariana Grande for whatever reason.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

#30: Heather - Conan Gray

#29: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

1 - Bad:

#28: Golden - Harry Styles

#27: going out - ROLE MODEL

2 - Mediocre:

#26: Small Talk - Niall Horan

#25: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

3 - Decent:

#24: Save Myself - Ashe

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

#22: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer

#21: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

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

#19: Falling - Harry Styles

4 - Good:

#18: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#17: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

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

#15: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

5 - Great:

#14: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#13: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#12: Mad at Disney - salem ilese

#11: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

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

#9: positions - Ariana Grande

#8: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear

#7: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#6: Bang! - AJR

#5: Dynamite - BTS

#4: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#3: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#2: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

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

Overall Score: 110/150 = 73%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer & Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior {12 weeks}

#4: Bang! - AJR {13 weeks}

#3: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid & Heather - Conan Gray {16 weeks}

#2: Kings & Queens - Ava Max {20 weeks}

#1: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth {23 weeks}

Artist with the Most Songs on Hits 1: blackbear (4)

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Paradise - MEDUZA/Dermot Kennedy

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

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Most Missed Countdown Song: Despacito (Remix) - Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber

Hit-Bound

Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish [1]

FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A. [8*]

34+35 - Ariana Grande [1]

Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear [5*]

WOW - Zara Larsson [9**]

Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco [5*]

Bummerland - AJR [6*]

Save Your Tears - The Weeknd [1]

Goodbye - Shaylen [2]

Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA [2]

HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X [1]

Never the 1 - ROSIE [2]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [6*]

Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV [3]

Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent [10*]

All of our Hit-Bound debuts this week are by well-known artists, compared to last week, when it was all new artists. This first song is by Billie Eilish. Sighs. I don’t think she’s gonna fade to irrelevance, guys. She went back to the creepy vibe she had in most of WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP in this next song, Therefore I Am, which a lot of people seem to like. The problem is that this isn’t absolutely terrible? I know I have it in orange, but if you look below in the ranking, it’s actually in cyan. The reason? The chorus is actually pretty solid. It’s honestly quite catchy and I don’t mind it. But the talk-singing in the verses is really just awful and I still don’t like the weird production in most of her songs. Still much better than everything i wanted or my future though.

So with the release of Ariana Grande’s new album, Positions, we get this new single, 34+35 this week. If you were paying attention to my blog recently, yeah, I just reviewed this yesterday. But in reality, I wrote that a couple days ago, so I’ll give this a decently-sized review today too. Um… this is okay. Overall, it’s one of the better songs from a relatively boring album, but it’s definitely one of the weakest Ariana Grande singles, especially compared to Rain On Me from earlier this year. She doesn’t sound fantastic in the chorus and overall I find this quite forgettable. I was trying to remember the tune of the chorus before turning on Hits 1 this morning and I actually just couldn’t. Overall, meh.

I thought The Weeknd was done with his singles from After Hours, but I guess not because he just released another single from it, Save Your Tears. He’s now released all of the 80s-sounding songs from the album and this is definitely the worst one. It’s not bad, it’s somewhat upbeat, which is already much better than Over Now, but it suffers from exactly the same problems as 34+35. He doesn’t sound great in the chorus and the song as a whole is just super forgettable. I can’t possibly see this being a hit, but in the long run, I don’t care that this is here.

After being silent for pretty much the whole year, the great yee-haw man himself is back with this next song HOLIDAY. (In case you didn’t understand, the artist is Lil Nas X. In case you still don’t understand, he did Old Town Road) It seemed like he was kind of marketing this as a Christmas song before it was released and although I think a Lil Nas X Christmas song would be fantastic and I’m slightly disappointed, since it’s not a Christmas song, it can go mainstream, which I’m definitely happy about. Also, what the heck man, this guy’s not gonna be a one-hit wonder. Because this is actually quite good. I don’t know why, but I seriously can’t hate this guy, he’s actually fantastic. Not that I'd want to hate him anyways. The lyrics in this song are great and it’s literally about him not being a one-hit wonder, which I love. The song itself isn’t as good as Old Town Road and I’m not sure if it’s better than Panini or not, but it’s super solid. The production’s cool and I really like his voice. The only problem I have with this is the “dun, dun, dun” part, but if I’m being honest, I think that’s gonna grow on me. Yeah, great song. I hope this debuts soon and I hope this is a huge hit. I’m gonna listen to it again for the fifth time today now and still not be tired of it.

Best Debut: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

On the Verge Ranking

0 - Crap:

NONE!

1 - Bad:

#15: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#14: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

2 - Mediocre:

#13: Never the 1 - ROSIE

#12: WOW - Zara Larsson

3 - Decent:

#11: Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA

#10: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent

#9: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#8: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

4 - Good:

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

#6: Bummerland - AJR

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

#4: Goodbye - Shaylen

5 - Great:

#3: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#2: Broke Boy - Malia Civetz

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

Overall Score: 49/75 = 65%

You Go Ahead, Let Your Blurbs Down

Our exits this week were Midnight Sky and Come & Go. I honestly don’t care that Midnight Sky’s gone, as I never really loved it. As for Come & Go, it should’ve stayed for much longer, especially since it was a #1.

We also lost a couple Hit-Bound songs this week, Laugh Now Cry Later and Lasting Lover. Uh, I’m actually not sure if either of these are gone. Laugh Now Cry Later was getting decent airplay, so this might just be gone for a week before re-entering and I really hope Lasting Lover isn’t gone, as one week on Hit-Bound just seems unfair. I guess we’ll see for both of these next week though.

Go Crazy keeps jumping, which is great. I’d like to see this be a hit here.

What You Know Bout Love and Be Happy both entered the top 20 this week. I’m glad and I hope that they do even better here.

Why did Holy, Dynamite and Levitating all drop this week? They’re all pretty big hits and there was really no reason for any of them to drop.

I guess Be Like That is getting another resurgence? I’m honestly not sure at this point.

Guess what’s in the top 10? Golden. (Unenthusiastic) yaaaaaaaaaay.

my ex’s best friend also jumped into the top 10 this week which I just find quite odd, since it was losing airplay essentially all week.

Mood is down to #4? Seriously? Okay, hands up, who doesn’t want this at #1? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Nobody.

So Monsters is our #2? Um… I guess I’ll take it?

Guess what our #1 is again? Harry Styyyyyyyyyles. I wonder what would’ve happened to the Countdown this year if Fine Line never existed. (Shameless advertisement for a year-end post that may or may not be coming) There’s seriously no reason Falling is still #1 and I’d even prefer Save Myself at #1 at this point.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#2: positions - Ariana Grande

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

#4: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#5: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

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

#7: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV

#8: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#11: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#13: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#14: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#15: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#16: Dynamite - BTS

#17: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

#19: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#21: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

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

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

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

#26: Bang! - AJR

#29: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#30: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#31: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

#33: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#37: Adore You - Harry Styles

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

#45: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#50: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa

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

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

#61: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#62: POPSTAR - DJ Khaled/Drake

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

#72: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#73: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD

#76: Tap In - Saweetie

#82: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#84: Heather - Conan Gray

#86: Golden - Harry Styles

#89: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#100: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

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

#9: exile - Taylor Swift/Bon Iver

#8: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#7: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer

#6: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur

#5: Mind Is A Prison - Alec Benjamin

#4: 100 Ways - Jackson Wang

#3: Toosie Slide - Drake

#2: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin

#1: 10/10 - Rex Orange County

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: positions - Ariana Grande

#9: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#8: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#7: Bang! - AJR

#6: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#5: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#4: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

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

#2: Dynamite - BTS

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

Kwaheri, everybody. See you all later.