Week of December 4, 2021 - Ed Sheeran (7)

Hi, all! This week was decently interesting, and I have quite a bit to talk about, but before we get into that, if you haven't checked out the 2021 Hit-Bound Dropouts Rankdown yet, you definitely should. It's an event we do every year where we go and rank all of the Hit-Bound dropouts of the year, and this year we've got a pretty big list to work with, so it should be tons of fun. You only have till the end of the month to submit too, so make sure you've got your lists in by then. Anyways, here are our exits for this week.

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Memory - Kane Brown/blackbear (#14) [#9] {17 weeks} [x2]

Saturday - Twenty One Pilots (#12) [#2] {19 weeks}

Last Week's #1: Shivers - Ed Sheeran (6)

#30: Way 2 Sexy - Drake/Future/Young Thug (-4) [#22] {11 weeks}

#29: Oh My God - Adele (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#28: love nwantiti (ah ah ah) - CKay (+1) [#23] {8 weeks}

#27: The Outside - Twenty One Pilots (+3) [#27] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#26: STAY - The Kid LAROI/Justin Bieber (+2) [6 weeks at #1] {21 weeks}

#25: Fancy Like - Walker Hayes (-9) [#5] {17 weeks}

#24: Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish (-1) [#21] {12 weeks}

#23: INDUSTRY BABY - Lil Nas X/Jack Harlow (-8) [#2] {18 weeks}

#22: Life Goes On - Oliver Tree (RE-ENTRY) [#22] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#21: For Tonight - Giveon (-3) [#18] {8 weeks}

#20: U Gurl - Walker Hayes (+1) [#20] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#19: Smokin Out The Window - Silk Sonic (+3) [#19] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#18: Bite Me - Avril Lavigne (+9) [#18] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#17: Need to Know - Doja Cat (-6) [#8] {14 weeks}

#16: Message In A Bottle (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift (+9) [#16] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#15: Moth To A Flame - Swedish House Mafia/The Weeknd (-2) [#13] {5 weeks}

#14: Meet Me At Our Spot - THE ANXIETY (+3) [#14] {8 weeks} *new peak*

#13: Let's go to Hell - Tai Verdes (+11) [#13] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#12: One Day - Monsta X (+7) [#12] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#11: One Right Now - Post Malone/The Weeknd (+9) [#11] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#10: traitor - Olivia Rodrigo (-2) [#8] {14 weeks}

#9: Overpass Graffiti - Ed Sheeran (+1) [#9] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#8: Better Days - NEIKED/Mae Muller/Polo G (+1) [#8] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#7: My Universe - Coldplay/BTS (-) [#7] {8 weeks}

#6: Ghost - Justin Bieber (-) [#6] {10 weeks}

#5: THATS WHAT I WANT - Lil Nas X (-) [#5] {10 weeks}

#4: Who's In Your Head - Jonas Brothers (-) [#4] {11 weeks}

#3: Cold Heart (Remix) - Elton John/Dua Lipa/PNAU (-) [#2] {11 weeks}

#2: Easy On Me - Adele (-) [#2] {7 weeks}

#1: Shivers - Ed Sheeran (-) [7th week at #1] {10 weeks}

Last Year's #1: Wonder - Shawn Mendes [3/3 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: abcdefu - GAYLE

So, we only got one debut this week, the new Adele single, Oh My God at #29. I think all of Adele's music is objectively good, but it's not really all for me. This one, however, I can definitely see growing on me. It's definitely one of her most upbeat songs, which is a nice change of pace from Easy On Me (which I'm starting to get a little tired of, by the way). I think Adele sounds alright throughout, and the production's decent, but it doesn't really hook me that much. Overall, this is a decent song, and I'd be fine with this sticking around for a bit.

This week also sees the return of Oliver Tree's song Life Goes On at #22. I'm not too thrilled that this one's back, as I was never a fan of it. But, oh well. I don't really see it having longevity here.

Biggest Drop: Fancy Like - Walker Hayes (-9): Geez, finally. This song spent way too long on here and peaked way too high. This is a serious contender for my least favourite song of 2021, especially since I'm considering saving this guy's other awful song on the Countdown for next year.

Biggest Jump: Let's go to Hell - Tai Verdes (+11): On the other hand, I'm pretty happy that this song is getting a boost. I definitely didn't expect it to stick around here for long at all, so I'm pleasantly surprised that this is already in the top 15.

Countdown Ranking

-5 - Possibly the Worst Song I've Ever Heard:

#30: U Gurl - Walker Hayes

0 - Awful:

#29: Fancy Like - Walker Hayes

#28: Way 2 Sexy - Drake/Future/Young Thug

#27: Need to Know - Doja Cat

#26: Cold Heart (Remix) - Elton John/Dua Lipa/PNAU

1 - Bad:

#25: Life Goes On - Oliver Tree

2 - Mediocre:

#24: Smokin Out The Window - Silk Sonic

3 - Decent:

#23: love nwantiti (ah ah ah) - CKay

#22: Oh My God - Adele

#21: Overpass Graffiti - Ed Sheeran

4 - Good:

#20: Who's In Your Head - Jonas Brothers

#19: One Right Now - Post Malone/The Weeknd

5 - Great:

#18: traitor - Olivia Rodrigo

#17: Easy On Me - Adele

#16: Meet Me At Our Spot - THE ANXIETY

#15: My Universe - Coldplay/BTS

#14: One Day - Monsta X

#13: Bite Me - Avril Lavigne

#12: Let's go to Hell - Tai Verdes

#11: Better Days - NEIKED/Mae Muller/Polo G

#10: INDUSTRY BABY - Lil Nas X/Jack Harlow

#9: Shivers - Ed Sheeran

#8: Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish

#7: For Tonight - Giveon

#6: STAY - The Kid LAROI/Justin Bieber

#5: Ghost - Justin Bieber

#4: THATS WHAT I WANT - Lil Nas X

#3: Message In A Bottle (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

#2: Moth To A Flame - Swedish House Mafia/The Weeknd

#1: The Outside - Twenty One Pilots

Overall Score: 105/150 = 70%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish {12 weeks}
#4: Need to Know - Doja Cat & traitor - Olivia Rodrigo {14 weeks}
#3: Fancy Like - Walker Hayes {17 weeks}

#2: INDUSTRY BABY - Lil Nas X/Jack Harlow {18 weeks}
#1: STAY - The Kid LAROI/Justin Bieber {21 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: GO TO HELL - Clinton Kane

My Top 10 Songs Last Year

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

#9: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#8: Dynamite - BTS

#7: Monsters - All Time Low/blackbear

#6: Bang! - AJR

#5: Fallin' (Adrenaline) - Why Don't We

#4: positions - Ariana Grande

#3: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#2: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#1: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

Most Missed Countdown Song: Breaking Me - Topic/A7S

Hit-Bound

Have Mercy - Chlöe [5]

2011 - 5 Seconds of Summer [1]

Do It To It - ACRAZE/Cherish [3]

abcdefu - GAYLE [2]

GHOST TOWN - Benson Boone [4]

It's You, Not Me (Sabotage) - Masked Wolf/Bebe Rexha [3]

Alone - Trevor Daniel [10]

It'll Be Okay - Shawn Mendes [1]

Crisis - Joshua Bassett [1]

The Weekend - BIBI [7]

let you - iann dior [3]

I AM WOMAN - Emmy Meli [1]

SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY (Remix) - Amaarae/Kali Uchis/Moliy [3]

Abyss

Dynamite - Sean Paul/Sia

edamame - bbno$/Rich Brian

Faking Love - Anitta/Saweetie

feel like s**t - Tate McRae

I Feel Good - Pitbull/Anthony Watts/DJ White Shadow

Soft Landing - JP Saxe

Well, everybody, 5 Seconds of Summer are back. They're here with a new song called 2011, and it's a celebration of ten years of being a band. I'm sure you can guess why they called the song that. Anyways, I actually just recently listened to their album from last year, CALM, and it's actually pretty good, so I was decently excited for this. Did it deliver? Sure. I'm not so sure it's great, but it's keeping with their more pop-rock trend as of late, so that's a plus. Both Luke Hemmings and Ashton Irwin sound good here, and I like the instrumentation. Plus, I really like the bridge. I think it's great melodically. Overall, this is a pretty good song, and it might grow on me.

Next up, we have Shawn Mendes coming off of his breakup with Camila Cabello with a gut-wrencher of a song, It'll Be Okay. Holy crap. This is literally one of the saddest songs I've ever heard. I was doing fine until he got to the line, "I will love you either way". That one broke me. In all seriousness though, this is easily my favourite Shawn Mendes song of all time. It sounds extremely real and genuine, with songwriting that's nothing short of incredible. Shawn sounds great in the entire thing, and the production evolves with the song really well. I'm not too sure it'll do too well on radio, but it definitely might be one of those singles that seems like it would do terrible on radio, then does really well. I sure hope so.

So Hits 1 is branding this new Joshua Bassett song as his response to drivers license by Olivia Rodrigo. If that's the case, then what was Lie Lie Lie about? Anyways, this new song's called Crisis, and it's not bad. I like the melodies and the production, and I think Joshua sounds great throughout. My only issue with this is that the lyrics are very bad. It's a little too male-power-y for my taste, and he's really playing the victim here. Now, I guess we don't actually know the full story, but he's really not putting himself in a good light here. I'd be okay if this became a Hit-Bound dropout.

Finally, we have a song that I can only assume is a TikTok song, I AM WOMAN by Emmy Meli. I'm genuinely not sure how I feel about this song. The writing's great, and the production's pretty cool, but I don't love the vocals here, and I find the song a little slow. I don't know, I probably just have to listen to it a bit more. I'll get back to you guys with an actual opinion. For now, it's decent, but it might be a good idea to keep an eye on it over the next few weeks.

We lost two Hit-Bound songs this week, but they both just got sent to the Abyss, so I'm not sure either is actually gone. Dynamite and Soft Landing are those songs, and I hope Soft Landing can manage to debut. As for Dynamite, I don't really care about it.

Best Hit-Bound Debut: It'll Be Okay - Shawn Mendes

Hit-Bound/Abyss Ranking

0 - Awful:

#19: Do It To It - ACRAZE/Cherish

#18: SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY (Remix) - Amaarae/Kali Uchis/Moliy

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

#17: Dynamite - Sean Paul/Sia

#16: Alone - Trevor Daniel

3 - Decent:

#15: I AM WOMAN - Emmy Melli

4 - Good:

#14: Faking Love - Anitta/Saweetie

#13: Crisis - Joshua Bassett

#12: I Feel Good - Pitbull/Anthony Watts/DJ White Shadow

#11: edamame - bbno$/Rich Brian

#10: abcdefu - GAYLE

#9: 2011 - 5 Seconds of Summer

5 - Great:

#8: Have Mercy - Chlöe

#7: The Weekend - BIBI

#6: feel like s**t - Tate McRae

#5: GHOST TOWN - Benson Boone

#4: Soft Landing - JP Saxe

#3: let you - iann dior

#2: It's You, Not Me (Sabotage) - Masked Wolf/Bebe Rexha

#1: It'll Be Okay - Shawn Mendes

Overall Score: 71/95 = 75%

Oh My Blurbs, I Can't Believe It

So this week, we said goodbye to Memory and Saturday. I was really surprised that Memory stuck around for as long as it did, but I'm pretty satisfied with how well it did. As for Saturday, personally, I think it deserved the #1, and I'm a little sad that it's already gone... but, I guess it did well, 'cause it may or may not be sitting in the top 10 on the Ultimate Rank...

Hopefully Way 2 Sexy spent its last week on the Countdown this week. I'm not even sure why it became a pop hit.

Looks like INDUSTRY BABY will be gone soon. Can't say I'm disappointed with its success here, but I really wish it hit #1.

Bite Me got a huge jump this week, which is pretty cool. I'd like to see this become a hit here.

Ayy, Need to Know is dropping a lot.

Looks like Message In A Bottle is gonna be a huge hit here, which is awesome.

Surprisingly, both songs starting with the word "one" jumped to #12 and #11. This makes sense for One Right Now being at #11 already, but I'm really shocked that One Day's at #12 off of its debut last week. I'm definitely happy, though.

Wow, there were literally three songs in the top 10 that moved.

Psst, down here! Yeah, you. You should listen to the new Clinton Kane song, it's amazing.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: Easy On Me - Adele

#2: STAY - The Kid LAROI/Justin Bieber

#3: INDUSTRY BABY - Lil Nas X/Jack Harlow

#5: Oh My God - Adele

#6: Shivers - Ed Sheeran

#7: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#8: Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran

#9: Need to Know - Doja Cat

#10: Smokin Out The Window - Silk Sonic

#11: Cold Heart (Remix) - Elton John/Dua Lipa/PNAU

#13: Fancy Like - Walker Hayes

#15: good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo

#16: Essence - WizKid/Justin Bieber/Tems

#17: Way 2 Sexy - Drake/Future/Young Thug

#19: You Right - Doja Cat/The Weeknd

#21: One Right Now - Post Malone/The Weeknd

#22: Beggin' - Måneskin

#24: Levitating - Dua Lipa

#25: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#26: Can I Get It - Adele

#29: My Universe - Coldplay/BTS

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

#34: Better Days - NEIKED/Mae Muller/Polo G

#37: love nwantiti (ah ah ah) - CKay

#38: Ghost - Justin Bieber

#39: Meet Me At Our Spot - THE ANXIETY

#42: THATS WHAT I WANT - Lil Nas X

#43: Girls Want Girls - Drake/Lil Baby

#45: Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish

#50: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#51: abcdefu - GAYLE

#57: Have Mercy - Chlöe

#58: Wild Side - Normani/Cardi B

#74: Message In A Bottle (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

#80: Woman - Doja Cat

#81: SAD GIRLZ LUV MONEY (Remix) - Amaarae/Kali Uchis/Moliy

#83: For Tonight - Giveon

#84: Moth To A Flame - Swedish House Mafia/The Weeknd

#98: Who's In Your Head - Jonas Brothers

#100: Take My Breath - The Weeknd

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: let you - iann dior

#9: Present - Khalid

#8: Rumors - Lizzo/Cardi B

#7: Better Days - NEIKED/Mae Muller/Polo G

#6: Dinero - Trinidad Cardona

#5: ONE OF ME - Lil Nas X/Elton John

#4: Reckless - Madison Beer

#3: Way 2 Sexy - Drake/Future/Young Thug

#2: Paralyzed - Sueco

#1: TWINNEM - Coi Leray

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish

#9: One Right Now - Post Malone/The Weeknd

#8: INDUSTRY BABY - Lil Nas X/Jack Harlow

#7: Better Days - NEIKED/Mae Muller/Polo G

#6: Ghost - Justin Bieber

#5: Cold Heart (Remix) - Elton John/Dua Lipa/PNAU

#4: THATS WHAT I WANT - Lil Nas X

#3: Shivers - Ed Sheeran

#2: Need to Know - Doja Cat

#1: Easy On Me - Adele

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