Week of April 24, 2021 - Conan Gray (1)

Hey guys! We're down to the Final Four for March Madness and I can't reveal the finals until I get at least one more response, because both of them ended in a tie, so that would be super helpful. This week was... interesting. Some stuff happened, but a lot of it was good. Our Hit-Bound Dropouts list just continues to grow. Here are our exits for this week.

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior (#23) [#23] {4 weeks}

drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (#6) [4 weeks at #1] {14 weeks}

Last Week's #1: willow - Taylor Swift (4)

#30: You - Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae (DEBUT) [0 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#29: Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay/6LACK (+1) [#29] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#28: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays (RE-ENTRY) [#28] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#27: Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham (+1) [#26] {5 weeks}

#26: Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G (-1) [#25] {4 weeks}

#25: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots (+4) [#25] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#24: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA (+3) [#24] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#23: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low (-2) [#21] {3 weeks}

#22: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (+2) [#22] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#21: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (-3) [#18] {7 weeks}

#20: I'm not Pretty - JESSIA (+6) [#13] {11 weeks}

#19: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY (-2) [#17] {7 weeks}

#18: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-6) [#3] {23 weeks}

#17: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (+2) [#17] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#16: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X (-5) [#11] {3 weeks}

#15: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (-2) [#13] {13 weeks}

#14: pov - Ariana Grande (+2) [#12] {4 weeks}

#13: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (+2) [#13] {12 weeks}

#12: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-2) [#4] {30 weeks}

#11: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (+3) [#11] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#10: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift (+10) [#10] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#9: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (-) [#2] {23 weeks}

#8: Way Less Sad - AJR (-1) [#7] {9 weeks}

#7: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo (+15) [#7] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#6: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS (+2) [#6] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#5: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles (-3) [#2] {15 weeks}

#4: We're Good - Dua Lipa (-1) [#3] {10 weeks}

#3: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (+2) [#3] {9 weeks} *new peak*

#2: willow - Taylor Swift (-1) [4 weeks at #1] {18 weeks}

#1: Overdrive - Conan Gray (+3) [1st week at #1] {9 weeks} *new peak*

Last Year's #1: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd [1/6 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Serotonin - girl in red

Remember Regard from his song Ride It last year? Because he now has his second song on the Countdown this week with You with Troye Sivan and Tate McRae. This is slightly better than Ride It, but not by a ridiculous amount. Troye Sivan sounds fantastic here, as he always does. As for Tate McRae, I don't think her voice really fits that well with EDM. The drop in the chorus isn't great and I don't love it. There's no pitched-down vocals this time, so that's good, but yeah, this song still isn't great.

Remember That Night? actually re-entered this week at #28. I definitely wasn't expecting this, but I'm super happy that it's back, as it's good.

Biggest DROP!!!: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-6): Hahaaaa, two weeks in a row, let's go. Hopefully this is its last week.

Biggest Jump: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo (+15): Okay then. I don't love this song, but I'm not disappointed that it's all the way up to #7.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Awful:

#30: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon

1 - Bad:

#29: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

#28: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

#27: You - Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae

3 - Decent:

#26: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#25: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS

#24: Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay/6LACK

#23: Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G

#22: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#21: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots

#20: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#19: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#18: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X

4 - Good:

#17: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

#16: willow - Taylor Swift

#15: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#14: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles

#13: I'm not Pretty - JESSIA

#12: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays

#11: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY

5 - Great:

#10: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#9: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#8: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low

#7: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion

#6: Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham

#5: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey

#4: pov - Ariana Grande

#3: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#2: Way Less Sad - AJR

#1: Overdrive - Conan Gray

Overall Score: 110/150 = 73%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Heat Waves - Glass Animals {13 weeks}
#4: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles {15 weeks}
#3: willow - Taylor Swift {18 weeks}
#2: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish & Save Your Tears - The Weeknd {23 weeks}
#1: you broke me first - Tate McRae {30 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) - Elle King/Miranda Lambert

My Favourite Song Last Year: The Other Side - SZA/Justin Timberlake

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Adore You - Harry Styles

Most Missed Countdown Song: Amnesia - 5 Seconds of Summer

Hit-Bound

Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon [3]

On The Ground - ROSÉ [1]

Serotonin - girl in red [1]

In the Water - CAL/Quinn XCII [1]

The Business - Tiësto [9]

Wave of You - Surfaces [2]

Up - Cardi B [4]

STOP - AJ Mitchell [2]

Obsessed - Addison Rae [5]

Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande [3]

First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior [1; 2nd time]

Track Star - Mooski [3]

Good Without - Mimi Webb [3]

Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME [11]

Follow You - Imagine Dragons [4]

This next artist, ROSÉ, actually comes from the k-pop group BLACKPINK. I definitely don't mind BLACKPINK. Their songs are decent. Anyways, this is ROSÉ's first solo single and I really like it. I think ROSÉ sounds really good here and I really like the chorus in this song. The production is actually quite interesting and I think it fits quite well with her voice. Overall, this is just a really solid song and I hope it becomes a hit.

Our Countdown Extra this week, Serotonin by girl in red also debuts Hit-Bound this week. I'm kind of conflicted on this song. I don't hate the instrumentation here, but I'm not too sold on her voice, especially in the verses. The chorus is fine, but other than that, I don't really love this one and I don't have much else to say on this one.

The lead artist from this next song, CAL apparently came from the band Timeflies, which had a pretty big song on Hits 1 back in the day, Once In a While. I really enjoyed that song and today he brings us a song with Quinn XCII, In the Water. This song is definitely fun. Both artists sound quite good here and I really like the melody in the chorus. Yeah, this is just a fun song and I hope it debuts.

First Time left the Countdown this week and re-entered Hit-Bound, which sucks because I really like that song.

Best Debut: On The Ground - ROSÉ

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Awful:

#15: Obsessed - Addison Rae

#14: The Business - Tiësto

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

#13: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

#12: Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande

#11: girl in red - Serotonin

3 - Decent:

#10: Track Star - Mooski

#9: Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME

4 - Good:

#8: STOP - AJ Mitchell

#7: In the Water - CAL/Quinn XCII

5 - Great:

#6: On The Ground - ROSÉ

#5: Wave of You - Surfaces

#4: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior

#3: Up - Cardi B

#2: Good Without - Mimi Webb

#1: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

Overall Score: 50/75 = 67%

All I See Is Blurbs, Is Blurbs, Is Blurbs, Oh, Blurbs

The only other exit that I haven't talked about yet is drivers license. I really wish that it stuck around for a bit longer and that's what I don't like about the Countdown only being 30 songs. It was good while it lasted, though and I'm glad that it got four weeks at #1.

We also lost three Hit-Bound songs: Sacrifice, Hold On and CHICKEN TENDIES. Sacrifice was only alright, so I don't care that much. I really wish that CHICKEN TENDIES was given a chance, so I'm sad that it's gone and I'm not entirely convinced that Hold On is gone, as it was on the most recent survey that Hits 1 gave me, but I guess we'll see in the next couple of weeks.

Why is Peaches becoming a hit? I mean, seriously. Why is it big?

Ugh, Astronaut In The Ocean should be a lot higher, it's really good.

Aw, MONTERO dropped down to #16 this week. That kind of sucks, because it's grown on me. Expect it to switch to blue next week.

Leave The Door Open is really close to the top 10, which I'm fine with.

Mr. Perfectly Fine is at #10 now, which I guess I'm okay with? I mean, it doesn't really make sense, but whatever, I don't really care.

I guess Treat People With Kindness won't hit #1, which makes me surprised. I can't say I'm disappointed, but I can't say I'm happy either.

Looks like forget me too might actually manage to hit #1, which I'd definitely be fine with. I really hope that it gets there.

But, as for now, our new #1 is Overdrive! This makes absolutely no sense, but I really don't care because this song is great. I'm really glad that Conan Gray is getting a lot of success here, as he's had a perfect top 10 record here. I hope this stays around at #1 for a while.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#2: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X

#3: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#4: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon

#5: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#6: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#7: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#8: Up - Cardi B

#9: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#10: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#11: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#13: Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay/6LACK

#14: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#15: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

#17: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#18: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#21: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#22: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#23: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#24: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#26: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

#27: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion

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

#30: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

#31: positions - Ariana Grande

#32: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#35: Track Star - Mooski

#39: Good Days - SZA

#41: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#45: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#50: Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME

#52: Love Story (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

#62: willow - Taylor Swift

#63: Hold On - Justin Bieber

#70: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#72: You All Over Me (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift/Maren Morris

#73: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#83: The Business - Tiësto

#87: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots

#93: Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande

#95: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#98: Dancing With The Devil - Demi Lovato

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY

#9: You All Over Me (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift/Maren Morris

#8: In The Morning - Jennifer Lopez

#7: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

#6: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#5: Bad Girl - Daya

#4: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#3: Up - Cardi B

#2: Talk About Love - Zara Larsson/Young Thug

#1: Sacrifice - Bebe Rexha

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

#9: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#8: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion

#7: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon

#6: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#5: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#4: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#3: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#2: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#1: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

Kwaheri, everybody! See you all in the next one.