Week of November 7, 2020 - Harry Styles (5)

Harry Styles (5)

I swear, if Harry Styles is #1 again next week, I’m gonna sue. Anyways, other than that, this week was okay. Some of the moves were decent, although there were definitely some things that weren’t great. Callout Scores ends on Wednesday and I’d still like a few more people to do it, since we have lots of ties right now. So I’m gonna put the link here and the best thing to do would be to open it, read the post and then go do it when you’re done. Here’s the link and here’s the exits!

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To

ily (i love you baby) - Surf Mesa/Emilee (#25) [#13] {8 weeks}

Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo (#19) [#4] {15 weeks}

Last Week’s #1: Falling - Harry Styles (4)

#30: going out - ROLE MODEL (DEBUT) [0 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#29: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (DEBUT) [5* weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#28: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo (+1) [#28] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#27: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (+3) [#27] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#26: Be Happy (Remix) - Dixie D’Amelio/blackbear/Lil Mosey (-) [#23] {4 weeks}

#25: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (-1) [#24] {4 weeks}

#24: Mad at Disney - salem ilese (+3) [#21] {4 weeks}

#23: Baby, I’m Jealous - Bebe Rexha/Doja Cat (+5) [#23] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#22: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth (-5) [#3] {22 weeks}

#21: positions - Ariana Grande (+2) [#21] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#20: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid (+2) [#11] {15 weeks}

#19: Diamonds - Sam Smith (+2) [#19] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#18: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-11) [#7] {6 weeks}

#17: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (-4) [#13] {6 weeks}

#16: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (+4) [#16] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#15: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus (-5) [#6] {11 weeks}

#14: Dynamite - BTS (+2) [#14] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#13: Kings & Queens - Ava Max (-1) [#2] {19 weeks}

#12: Golden - Harry Styles (+6) [#12] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#11: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (+4) [#11] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#10: Save Myself - Ashe (+4) [#9] {8 weeks}

#9: Small Talk - Niall Horan (+2) [#9] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#8: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear (-) [#8] {8 weeks}

#7: Heather - Conan Gray (+2) [#6] {15 weeks}

#6: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello (-2) [1 week at #1] {16 weeks}

#5: Bang! - AJR (+1) [#3] {12 weeks}

#4: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer (-1) [#2] {11 weeks}

#3: Wonder - Shawn Mendes (+2) [#3] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior (-) [#2] {11 weeks}

#1: Falling - Harry Styles (-) [5th week at #1] {10 weeks}

Last Year’s #1: Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi [2/3 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We

So our first debut this week at #30 skipped Hit-Bound. It’s going out by ROLE MODEL. Yeah, this isn’t good. I don’t really like ROLE MODEL’s voice that much and the chorus is kinda repetitive. The production’s a little uninteresting and the guitar doesn’t sound that good. This really shouldn’t have debuted so soon and I hope this flops.

Jason Derulo replaces himself this week as Take You Dancing debuts in place of Savage Love, which left this week. I’m happy about this although I ultimately like Savage Love more, mostly just because it feels more fresh. Jason sounds great as he always does and this song is just so groovy. The bassline and the production just fits really well with the song and although the female voice is a little weird, I think this is definitely a good and catchy song.

Best Debut: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

Biggest DROP!!!: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-11): Yikes. Looks like this isn’t gonna be a hit here despite its jump to #7 last week.

Biggest Jump: Golden - Harry Styles (+6): Of course. Who else?

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

3 - Decent:

#25: Save Myself - Ashe

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

#23: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

#22: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer

#21: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

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

4 - Good:

#19: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

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

#17: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

5 - Great:

#16: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#15: you broke me first - Tate McRae

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

#13: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

#12: positions - Ariana Grande

#11: Mad at Disney - salem ilese

#10: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#9: Falling - Harry Styles

#8: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#7: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear

#6: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

#5: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#4: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#3: Bang! - AJR

#2: Dynamite - BTS

#1: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

Overall Score: 114/150 = 76%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Bang! - AJR {12 weeks}

#4: Be Like That - Kane Brown/Swae Lee/Khalid & Heather - Conan Gray {15 weeks}

#3: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello {16 weeks}

#2: Kings & Queens - Ava Max {19 weeks}

#1: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth {22 weeks}

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

My Favourite Song Last Year: Lose You To Love Me - Selena Gomez

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Truth Hurts - Lizzo

Most Missed Countdown Song: Say You Won’t Let Go - James Arthur

Hit-Bound

Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA [1]

Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV [2]

Goodbye - Shaylen [1]

Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur [1]

Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear [4*]

Never the 1 - ROSIE [1]

Bummerland - AJR [5*]

Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk [6; 2nd time]

Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent [9*]

Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney [3*]

Fallin’ (Adrenaline) - Why Don’t We [6]

Broke Boy - Malia Civetz [5*]

Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco [4*]

FRANCHISE - Travis Scott/Young Thug/M.I.A. [7*]

WOW - Zara Larsson [8**]

We got quite a few Hit-Bound entries this week due to having a few Hit-Bound dropouts this week too. So, we’ll start it off with this new one from MAX, Blueberry Eyes featuring SUGA of the group BTS. This is alright. Overall, I definitely think that Love Me Less and Lights Down Low are both better. But this is still a likeable song. MAX’s chorus is easily the best part of the song and I think it was pretty well-made. I don’t really like SUGA’s verse whatsoever and I feel like it would be much better without him. (In case you didn’t know, SUGA’s the rapper guy in BTS) But the song as a whole is still decent despite SUGA. Oh yeah, the outro is really weird though.

So next is… well, it’s not really a cover, but it uses the same chorus as Macy Gray’s I Try. It’s Goodbye by Shaylen. Overall, I think I Try is a really good song, but I don’t like Macy Gray’s version mostly because her voice is a little grating. I think Shaylen does a better version of it, but the best version of it will always and forever be when Ed Helms did it in The Office for the episode “Andy’s Play”. No need to question that. Anyways, Shaylen’s verses are quite good and I like her voice. The only part I don’t quite like is when she does the line “My world crumbles when you are not here” I feel like the original melody is better than that, rather than the spin she took on it.

So next is Lasting Lover by English DJ Sigala and apparently this song was originally supposed to feature vocals by Lewis Capaldi, but instead it went to James Arthur. I know someone who’s gonna be happy about that. This is definitely a good song. I generally like James Arthur although his voice really only works well in certain songs (such as Say You Won’t Let Go) and I feel like his voice works decently here. Not great, but not bad either. His chorus is really good and I think Sigala handled the production quite well. The drop is decent. I definitely hope that this debuts.

Newcomer ROSIE is next, with her new single Never the 1. Unfortunately, this isn’t that good. It’s not bad or anything, her voice is quite good, I just find the song pretty boring and her voice isn’t interesting enough to support the bland production. I feel like that’s all I need to say.

So WOW by Zara Larsson is back? Why did we need this?

Best Debut: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

NONE!

1 - Bad:

#15: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

2 - Mediocre:

#14: Never the 1 - ROSIE

#13: WOW - Zara Larsson

#12: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

3 - Decent:

#11: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent

#10: Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA

4 - Good:

#9: Bummerland - AJR

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

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

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

#5: Goodbye - Shaylen

#4: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur

5 - Great:

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

#2: Broke Boy - Malia Civetz

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

Overall Score: 52/75 = 69%

Let Me Take You Blurbing

We lost two Countdown songs this week, ily and Savage Love. I’m extremely glad that ily flopped here, since it’s actually doing decently everywhere else even though it sucks. As for Savage Love, I really like this song and I’m super happy with that top 5 peak.

We also lost three Hit-Bound songs this week: Head & Heart, Tap In and Wishing Well. I never loved Head & Heart as some people did, but it was definitely good and deserved to re-enter especially considering it debuted on the Hot 100 just this week. I’m very glad that Tap In didn’t end up debuting, since it sucked. As for Wishing Well, I never expected it to debut, but I’m still disappointed that it didn’t. It would’ve been nice.

So yeah, I think the Voting Poll’s dead. You can’t find it on Hits 1’s website anymore and they haven’t updated it in a couple weeks.

Go Crazy actually jumped a bit this week, which is definitely appreciated.

I never thought that Holy would be getting this high here.

Levitating’s at #11! Hopefully, this moves up to #1 eventually.

Both Save Myself and Small Talk are in the top 10 and neither of them needs to be.

Okay, why is Heather at #7? I’m sure even if you liked this song, you’ve forgotten that it exists by now.

I’m low-key surprised that Wildflower didn’t hit #1 this week.

Okay, rant time. WHY is Falling still #1??? It’s been losing airplay consistently for a couple weeks now, it’s not even a single, Mood, a much better song is sitting at #2 and it’s at its FIFTH week in a row at #1? Seriously, Hits 1? You’re better than this.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: positions - Ariana Grande

#3: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

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

#5: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#6: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

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

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

#10: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#11: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#12: Dynamite - BTS

#13: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#15: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles

#16: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#18: Circles - Post Malone

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

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

#22: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#24: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

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

#27: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#28: Bang! - AJR

#29: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#31: Adore You - Harry Styles

#32: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#38: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa

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

#42: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#44: Break My Heart - Dua Lipa

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

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

#54: POPSTAR - DJ Khaled/Drake

#55: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#56: Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus

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

#58: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#59: Tap In - Saweetie

#60: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#62: Wishing Well - Juice WRLD

#71: Heather - Conan Gray

#74: Golden - Harry Styles

#80: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#96: cardigan - Taylor Swift

#99: Head & Heart - Joel Corry/MNEK

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#9: Wildflower - 5 Seconds of Summer

#8: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#7: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer

#6: Over Now - Calvin Harris/The Weeknd

#5: Black And White - Niall Horan

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

#3: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne

#2: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#1: Save Myself - Ashe

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#9: Wonder - Shawn Mendes

#8: Bang! - AJR

#7: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#6: Come & Go - Juice WRLD/Marshmello

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

#4: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#3: Dynamite - BTS

#2: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all later! (Do Callout Scores... please)