Week of May 8, 2021 - Dua Lipa (2)

Hey guys! This week's Countdown wasn't great. We only have two new songs to review, but we actually have three different songs that we got a new remix for. Also, March Madness is officially done and the results should come up later today. Here's our lone exit this week.

Song We're Saying Goodbye To

I'm not Pretty - JESSIA (#23) [#13] {12 weeks}

Last Week's #1: We're Good - Dua Lipa (1)

#30: Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line (-) [#30] {2 weeks}

#29: Your Power - Billie Eilish (DEBUT) [0 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#28: Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay/6LACK (+1) [#28] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#27: You - Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae (-) [#27] {3 weeks}

#26: Wave of You - Surfaces (+2) [#26] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#25: Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G (-) [#25] {6 weeks}

#24: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low (-) [#21] {5 weeks}

#23: willow - Taylor Swift (-2) [4 weeks at #1] {20 weeks}

#22: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots (-) [#22] {4 weeks}

#21: Save Your Tears (Remix) - The Weeknd/Ariana Grande (-3) [#2] {25 weeks}

#20: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (-3) [#17] {8 weeks}

#19: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA (+1) [#19] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#18: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY (+1) [#17] {9 weeks}

#17: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (-1) [#16] {7 weeks}

#16: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (-1) [#15] {9 weeks}

#15: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays (+11) [#15] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#14: Follow You - Imagine Dragons (-) [#14] {2 weeks}

#13: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI/Miley Cyrus (-4) [#9] {14 weeks}

#12: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (-2) [#10] {15 weeks}

#11: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (+2) [#11] {9 weeks}

#10: Way Less Sad - AJR (+2) [#7] {11 weeks}

#9: pov - Ariana Grande (+2) [#9] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#8: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles (-) [#2] {17 weeks}

#7: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X (-) [#7] {5 weeks}

#6: Overdrive - Conan Gray (-4) [1 week at #1] {11 weeks}

#5: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS (+1) [#5] {9 weeks}

#4: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (-1) [#3] {11 weeks}

#3: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo (+2) [#3] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#2: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift (+2) [#2] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#1: We're Good - Dua Lipa (-) [2nd week at #1] {12 weeks}

Last Year's #1: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd [3/6 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Girl From Rio - Anitta

Billie Eilish will be releasing her third album soon, and today we get another taste of it with Your Power. Honestly, this song is probably her worst so far. Every other song that she's had on here has had at least something that was interesting. bury a friend had unique and interesting production, when the party's over had some good melodies, bad guy had that epic bassline, all the good girls go to hell is fantastic for whatever reason, everything i wanted also had some good melodies, my future had a beat and Therefore I Am's chorus was decent. This song's just really boring. The only thing that sticks out to me is the guitar line, which only shows up in the intro and outro. The rest of the song is really uninteresting, though. Billie is just whisper-singing over some mediocre production. Peaches is still worse though.

Biggest Drop: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI/Miley Cyrus & Overdrive - Conan Gray (-4): Neither of these dropped too much. Overdrive was good and I'm really happy that it hit #1, so I'm okay that it's leaving. As for WITHOUT YOU, I'll talk about the remix later.

Biggest Jump: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays (+11): Wow, I'm really surprised that this song jumped all the way up to the top 15. I'm quite happy even though this makes no sense whatsoever.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Awful:

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

#29: Your Power - Billie Eilish

1 - Bad:

#28: Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line

2 - Mediocre:

#27: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

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

#25: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI/Miley Cyrus

3 - Decent:

#24: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS

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

#22: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#21: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#20: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#19: Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G

4 - Good:

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

#17: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#16: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles

#15: willow - Taylor Swift

#14: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays

#13: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY

#12: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low

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

5 - Great:

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

#9: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots

#8: Save Your Tears (Remix) - The Weeknd/Ariana Grande

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

#6: Wave of You - Surfaces

#5: pov - Ariana Grande

#4: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#3: Way Less Sad - AJR

#2: Overdrive - Conan Gray

#1: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

Overall Score: 107/150 = 71%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI/Miley Cyrus {14 weeks}
#4: Heat Waves - Glass Animals {15 weeks}

#3: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles {17 weeks}

#2: willow - Taylor Swift {20 weeks}
#1: Save Your Tears (Remix) - The Weeknd/Ariana Grande {25 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: I DID IT - DJ Khaled/Post Malone/DaBaby/Megan Thee Stallion/Lil Baby

My Favourite Song Last Year: CITY OF ANGELS - 24kGoldn

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

Most Missed Countdown Song: Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart) - The Vamps/Shawn Mendes

Hit-Bound

Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon [5]

In the Water - CAL/Quinn XCII [3]

telepatía - Kali Uchis [2]

First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior [3; 2nd time]

Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME [13]

Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande [5]

STOP - AJ Mitchell [4]

The Business - Tiësto [11]

The Way You Felt - Alec Benjamin [1]

Serotonin - girl in red [3]

Track Star - Mooski [5]

Good Without - Mimi Webb [5]

Girl From Rio - Anitta [2]

RAPSTAR - Polo G [2]

I'm not Pretty (Remix) - JESSIA/Bebe Rexha [1; 2nd time]

It's been a while since Alec Benjamin gave us a song, but he returns this week with his new song, The Way You Felt. I've never loved Alec Benjamin, but I've never really hated him either. This song really isn't any exception. It's kind of uninteresting and Alec's voice is fine. Yeah, that's all I have to say on this one.

I'm not Pretty left the Countdown and re-entered Hit-Bound this week, but we actually have a new Bebe Rexha remix of it. She doesn't add too much, as she just replaces the second verse. She sounds good here and fits well with the song, but yeah, it's pretty much the same song. It's also the same length, which kind of sucks, because this song's really short.

Both Too Late and On The Ground left Hit-Bound this week. Too Late was good and I'm sad that it didn't stay for too long on the Countdown. As for On The Ground, it was good, but it was never meant to last for too long.

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Awful:

#15: The Business - Tiësto

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

#14: telepatía - Kali Uchis

#13: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

#12: The Way You Felt - Alec Benjamin

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

#10: Serotonin - girl in red

3 - Decent:

#9: Girl From Rio - Anitta

#8: Track Star - Mooski

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

4 - Good:

#6: STOP - AJ Mitchell

#5: In the Water - CAL/Quinn XCII

#4: I'm not Pretty (Remix) - JESSIA/Bebe Rexha

5 - Great:

#3: RAPSTAR - Polo G

#2: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior

#1: Good Without - Mimi Webb

Overall Score: 46/75 = 61%

Try Not to Abuse Your Blurbs

I'll start by going over our other two remixes, starting with the Ariana Grande remix of Save Your Tears. This remix is good. Ariana Grande adds another layer to the song, which is nice because Save Your Tears was getting kind of old. Yeah, not much else to say on this one.

Our other remix this week is the Miley Cyrus remix of WITHOUT YOU. This version is so much worse. I think I now kind of get why people hate this song. I still like The Kid LAROI here, but I've never really liked Miley Cyrus' voice and I definitely don't like her voice here. I'd much rather have the original.

Calling My Phone has now spent two weeks at #30, two weeks at #29 and one week at #28. I know this would never happen, but if it just spent two weeks at every position on the Countdown, that would be hilarious. Honestly, I just want to see how long this trend will hold for.

Patience is actually growing on me a bit. Also, Shy Away really grew on me and I actually find it kind of great now.

How is Beautiful Mistakes really not doing well here? It should be out-peaking Memories and I don't get why it hasn't yet.

Way Less Sad is back in the top 10 and I really hope that it can become AJR's second top 5 hit.

pov is also in the top 10, which is great.

Mr. Perfectly Fine is up at #2. Not sure how I feel about this, as it's doing nothing on pop radio, but I guess that's Hits 1 for you.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: Save Your Tears (Remix) - The Weeknd/Ariana Grande

#2: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

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

#4: RAPSTAR - Polo G

#5: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#6: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

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

#8: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#9: Up - Cardi B

#10: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#11: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#12: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

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

#16: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#17: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

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

#19: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#20: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

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

#23: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#25: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#26: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#27: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#32: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#34: positions - Ariana Grande

#37: Track Star - Mooski

#41: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#42: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#44: Good Days - SZA

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

#49: telepatía - Kali Uchis

#57: Hold On - Justin Bieber

#61: willow - Taylor Swift

#66: pov - Ariana Grande

#67: Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line

#73: The Business - Tiësto

#78: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

#87: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#88: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#99: Way Less Sad - AJR

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#9: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine

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

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

#6: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#5: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

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

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

#2: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

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

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#9: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

#8: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#7: pov - Ariana Grande

#6: Save Your Tears (Remix) - The Weeknd/Ariana Grande

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

#4: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#3: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

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

#1: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI/Miley Cyrus

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