Week of April 16, 2022 - Charlie Puth (1)

Hey, everybody! Apologies for how late this is, I had a busy week. I plan to get all of my posts out this weekend, though, as well as finish up the Rankdown, which I've revealed ten more songs for, if you haven't seen that already. Anyways, this week definitely had some more movement, so let's get into it!

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Closer - Saweetie/H.E.R. (#20) [#18] {8 weeks}

Sacrifice - The Weeknd (#14) [#4] {11 weeks}

Last Week's #1: Enemy - Imagine Dragons/JID (3)

#30: Chosen - Blxst/Tyga/Ty Dolla $ign (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#29: Sunroof - Nicky Youre/dazy (DEBUT) [8 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#28: TO THE MOON - Jnr Choi/Sam Tompkins (-3) [#25] {3 weeks}

#27: IDGAF - BoyWithUke/blackbear (+1) [#27] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#26: I'm Tired - Labrinth/Zendaya (+4) [#26] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#25: As It Was - Harry Styles (-4) [#21] {2 weeks}

#24: Freaky Deaky - Tyga/Doja Cat (-) [#23] {4 weeks}

#23: When You're Gone - Shawn Mendes (-) [#23] {2 weeks}

#22: Out of Time - The Weeknd (+7) [#22] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#21: 2step - Ed Sheeran (+5) [#21] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#20: House On Fire - Mimi Webb (+7) [#20] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#19: Woman - Doja Cat (-7) [#12] {14 weeks}

#18: Weatherman - Eddie Benjamin (+1) [#18] {8 weeks} *new peak*

#17: Bam Bam - Camila Cabello/Ed Sheeran (+5) [#17] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#16: High - The Chainsmokers (-3) [#7] {11 weeks}

#15: Big Energy - Latto (+1) [#7] {12 weeks}

#14: she's all i wanna be - Tate McRae (-5) [#9] {10 weeks}

#13: One Right Now - Post Malone/The Weeknd (-3) [#4] {23 weeks}

#12: Boyfriend - Dove Cameron (+6) [#12] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#11: Dancing Feet - Kygo/DNCE (+6) [#11] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#10: Fingers Crossed - Lauren Spencer-Smith (+1) [#10] {13 weeks} *new peak*

#9: When I'm Gone - Alesso/Katy Perry (-3) [#2] {8 weeks}

#8: Overpass Graffiti - Ed Sheeran (-1) [5 weeks at #1] {22 weeks}

#7: Sweetest Pie - Megan Thee Stallion/Dua Lipa (+1) [#7] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#6: COMPLETE MESS - 5 Seconds of Summer (+9) [#6] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#5: The Motto - Tiësto/Ava Max (-1) [#4] {10 weeks}

#4: Numb Little Bug - Em Beihold (-2) [#2] {9 weeks}

#3: Love It When You Hate Me - Avril Lavigne/blackbear (+2) [#3] {11 weeks} *new peak*

#2: Enemy - Imagine Dragons/JID (-1) [3 weeks at #1] {12 weeks}

#1: Light Switch - Charlie Puth (+2) [1st week at #1] {12 weeks} *new peak*

Last Year's #1: willow - Taylor Swift [4/4 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Hot Crush Lover - Blu DeTiger

So our first of only two debuts again this week, is a song that spent one week in Hit-Bound about two months ago. Then last month, it returned on the surveys and started getting spins on the station, putting it in the Abyss, and now it's finally here! It's Chosen by Blxst, Tyga and Ty Dolla $ign, which is a song that I've really been enjoying lately. This is honestly just a very solid melodic rap song. Everybody sounds really good here, and delivers very solid verses. My favourite has still got to be Ty Dolla $ign's verse, but I've always been a pretty big fan of Ty, so that's not too surprising. Tyga sounds pretty good here, and definitely delivers one of the better verses that I've heard from him. Between this and Freaky Deaky, I may actually be changing my opinion on Tyga. Easily the best part of this song is the chorus, though. Blxst sounds great, and it's so catchy. That awesome chorus mixed with the really fun guitar riff in the production is simply fantastic. Speaking of the production, it was really well-executed. It doesn't evolve much, but that doesn't really bother me, because the beat is just that fun to listen to. I don't see this doing spectacularly well here, but I hope it lasts for a bit, at least.

Our final debut this week, coming in just one spot up at #29 is a song that I'm honestly surprised Hits 1 decided to push, Sunroof by Nicky Youre and dazy. This really seemed like it would just be one of those songs that Hits 1 keeps in Hit-Bound for a couple weeks, then lets go of, and it was that way for a bit, but then they brought it back the next week, and about a month and a half later decided to include it on the surveys and actually start pushing the song. Which is weird, but I'm not about to complain at all, because this song is great. Nicky Youre isn't a particularly great singer, but the song is just so catchy, and the production is super well-done too. As a whole, this is just a really fun song that I can't get enough of right now. Seriously, the whole vibe of the song is just so infectious. I'd love to see this last for a bit here.

Best Debut: Chosen - Blxst/Tyga/Ty Dolla $ign

Biggest Drop: Woman - Doja Cat (-7): Even though I never particularly loved this song, I'm still sad that it never really got a shot here, because Doja really deserves that, and this is one of her better songs. Oh, well.

Biggest Jump: COMPLETE MESS - 5 Seconds of Summer (+9): Ok, I'm fine with this for now, but the song's already starting to get slightly annoying, so I'd rather not have it hit #1.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Awful:

#30: Weatherman - Eddie Benjamin

1 - Bad:

#29: I'm Tired - Labrinth/Zendaya

2 - Mediocre:

NONE!

3 - Decent:

#28: Woman - Doja Cat

#27: As It Was - Harry Styles

#26: High - The Chainsmokers

#25: Overpass Graffiti - Ed Sheeran

4 - Good:

#24: When I'm Gone - Alesso/Katy Perry

#23: Fingers Crossed - Lauren Spencer-Smith

#22: COMPLETE MESS - 5 Seconds of Summer

#21: Boyfriend - Dove Cameron

#20: Sweetest Pie - Megan Thee Stallion/Dua Lipa

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

#18: Bam Bam - Camila Cabello/Ed Sheeran

#17: 2step - Ed Sheeran

#16: The Motto - Tiësto/Ava Max

5 - Great:

#15: Love It When You Hate Me - Avril Lavigne/blackbear

#14: TO THE MOON - Jnr Choi/Sam Tompkins

#13: House On Fire - Mimi Webb

#12: Light Switch - Charlie Puth

#11: Sunroof - Nicky Youre/dazy

#10: Big Energy - Latto

#9: When You're Gone - Shawn Mendes

#8: Freaky Deaky - Tyga/Doja Cat

#7: Out of Time - The Weeknd

#6: she's all i wanna be - Tate McRae

#5: Enemy - Imagine Dragons/JID

#4: Numb Little Bug - Em Beihold

#3: Dancing Feet - Kygo/DNCE

#2: IDGAF - BoyWithUke/blackbear

#1: Chosen - Blxst/Tyga/Ty Dolla $ign

Overall Score: 124/150 = 83%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: Big Energy - Latto, Enemy - Imagine Dragons/JID & Light Switch - Charlie Puth {12 weeks}
#4: Fingers Crossed - Lauren Spencer-Smith {13 weeks}
#3: Woman - Doja Cat {14 weeks}
#2: Overpass Graffiti - Ed Sheeran {22 weeks}
#1: One Right Now - Post Malone/The Weeknd {23 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Lost - Frank Ocean

My Top 10 Songs Last Year

#10: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (#19)

#9: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (#15)

#8: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (#9)

#7: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (#6)

#6: Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham (#28)

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

#4: pov - Ariana Grande (#16)

#3: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (#18)

#2: Overdrive - Conan Gray (#4)

#1: Way Less Sad - AJR (#7)

Most Missed Song: The Last Of The Real Ones - Fall Out Boy

Hit-Bound

Don't Lose Sight - Lawrence [6]

Speakers - Alec Benjamin [1]

In My Head - 24kGoldn/Travis Barker [4]

psychofreak - Camila Cabello/WILLOW [1]

About Damn Time - Lizzo [1]

Go The Distance - New Rules [2]

That's Hilarious - Charlie Puth [1]

Hot Crush Lover - Blu DeTiger [2]

Fair - Normani [2]

Flowers - Lauren Spencer-Smith [1]

First Class - Jack Harlow [1]

I Can't Help But Feel - Surfaces [3]

this is what falling in love feels like - JVKE [2]

HANDSOMER (Remix) - Russ/Ktlyn [2]

All 4 Nothing (I'm So In Love) - Lauv [2]

10 Things I Hate About You - Leah Kate [4]

Checkmate - Jena Rose [7]

Abyss

Bones - Imagine Dragons

Don't Forget My Love - Diplo/Miguel

I Love You So - The Walters

iPad - The Chainsmokers

love nwantiti (ah ah ah) - CKay

Peru - Fireboy DML/Ed Sheeran

Remind Me - Tom Grennan

So Alec Benjamin is back with a new album, apparently, and so today he brings a new single, Speakers. This song's fine. I still laugh at how bad the "o-o-old" part sounds, but it doesn't come back often enough to get annoying, so it's fine. I like how much the production evolves here, it's pretty well-done. The chorus swells quite nicely, and Alec sounds pretty good throughout. So yeah, this isn't really anything special or all that memorable, but it's decent.

Next up is a collaboration that I got decently excited about, psychofreak by Camila Cabello and WILLOW. I know I don't have the best track record with WILLOW, but I actually do like her. t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l just wasn't really my thing, but she was the only saving grace of emo girl, so it balances out. Then we have Meet Me At Our Spot, which is just great. Anyways, Camila and WILLOW have pretty good chemistry here, and their voices actually blend surprisingly well, even though they have very different voices. The chorus is super solid here, and I like how Camila kept the latino vibe that she's been working with lately, but also mixed in some more pop elements for this one. Yeah, great song, I'd love to see this do well here, although I don't think it'll be as popular as Bam Bam.

Well, Lizzo is back yet again with a new song, About Damn Time. I don't really have too much to say about this one, it's just a very solid Lizzo bop. I'd love to see this be a hit, and I think it will be, and not flop like Rumors did for whatever reason.

Next up is Charlie Puth's follow-up to Light Switch, That's Hilarious. I'm kinda conflicted on this one. It starts off kinda slow, but picks up as the song goes on, which I don't mind, it was executed pretty well. But I don't really know if Charlie Puth is the kind of guy that can pull of a slow song. I don't know, just something about his voice. There were some... interesting decisions that were made in the chorus "ha HA ha", but the chorus as a whole is really good, and the melodies are great. So yeah... I guess I like this, but there are some elements that I definitely don't. I still enjoy it, though, so it's going in "good".

Lauren Spencer-Smith is next, with her second single after Fingers Crossed. This song is called Flowers, and it's quite good. Fingers Crossed has started to get annoying, so I'm glad to have something else from Lauren to listen to. I agree with Waffle that she's oversinging less in this song, which is nice, but I don't find this song quite as memorable as Fingers Crossed. I would argue that it's better, though. The melodies are great, Lauren sounds fantastic here, and the simple piano production fits really well. Overall, there's no way this is gonna be a hit, but it's a very solid second impression of Lauren, and she definitely has potential.

Up next is Jack Harlow, the mOSt cHarISmAtiC RapPeR eVEr. Yeah, WHATS POPPIN had a great, fun chorus and INDUSTRY BABY was amazing because Lil Nas X, but I've never thought that Jack Harlow is that interesting of a rapper. I really like his flows, and he does a really good job of switching up flows, but I just wish his voice was more interesting to listen to. He kinda leans into that here, though, because First Class is pretty chill. I really like the Fergie sample used in the chorus, he interpolates it really well in the song. Overall, this would be good if Jack had a more interesting voice, but as is, it's fine.

We lost let you (again), sunburn and make up sex this week. I'm really sad that let you's gone, because it's such a good song. I can't really remember what sunburn sounds like, so whatever, and make up sex was great, so I'm also sad it's gone.

Best Hit-Bound Debut: About Damn Time - Lizzo

Hit-Bound/Abyss Ranking

0 - Awful:

#24: this is what falling in love feels like - JVKE

#23: I Love You So - The Walters

1 - Bad:

#22: I Can't Help But Feel - Surfaces

2 - Mediocre:

#21: Fair - Normani

#20: HANDSOMER (Remix) - Russ/Ktlyn

3 - Decent:

#19: Speakers - Alec Benjamin

#18: Hot Crush Lover - Blu DeTiger

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

#16: First Class - Jack Harlow

#15: Peru - Fireboy DML/Ed Sheeran

4 - Good:

#14: 10 Things I Hate About You - Leah Kate

#13: That's Hilarious - Charlie Puth

#12: Go The Distance - New Rules

#11: Checkmate - Jena Rose

#10: iPad - The Chainsmokers

5 - Great:

#9: Flowers - Lauren Spencer-Smith

#8: psychofreak - Camila Cabello/WILLOW

#7: All 4 Nothing (I'm So In Love) - Lauv

#6: Don't Forget My Love - Diplo/Miguel

#5: Remind Me - Tom Grennan

#4: About Damn Time - Lizzo

#3: Don't Lose Sight - Lawrence

#2: In My Head - 24kGoldn/Travis Barker

#1: Bones - Imagine Dragons

Overall Score: 85/120 = 71%

I Got My Head Out the Blurb-roof

We lost Closer and Sacrifice this week, which kinda sucks, because they were both great songs. Closer deserved better.

How did I'm Tired jump? I'm sure nobody wants this.

Also, for whatever reason, As It Was dropped four spots off its debut last week... hunh? I'm sure this will be short-lived, but still.

Out of Time, 2step and House On Fire all got really big jumps this week, which is great. All of the songs are quite good.

Bam Bam also got a pretty good jump, which is nice to see. It's been growing on me (as I think has been the case with literally everyone).

NO, she's all i wanna be did NOT just drop five spots.

Boyfriend and Dancing Feet both jumped up six spots this week, and I'm really happy about the latter. It's kinda starting to flop everywhere, but Hits 1 loves all things Jonas, so they might decide to make this a thing.

And, as predicted, Numb Little Bug dropped. Come on, Hits 1. Just let this have #1.

Light Switch dethroned Enemy this week, and while I'm kinda sad that Enemy isn't #1 anymore, Light Switch is still a very solid song, so it's ok.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: As It Was - Harry Styles

#2: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#3: Big Energy - Latto

#4: STAY - The Kid LAROI/Justin Bieber

#5: Enemy - Imagine Dragons/JID

#7: Ghost - Justin Bieber

#8: Woman - Doja Cat

#9: abcdefu - GAYLE

#10: THATS WHAT I WANT - Lil Nas X

#11: We Don't Talk About Bruno - Encanto Cast

#12: Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran

#13: Shivers - Ed Sheeran

#14: Easy On Me - Adele

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

#16: Need to Know - Doja Cat

#17: Levitating - Dua Lipa

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

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

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

#22: good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo

#24: I Hate U - SZA

#25: pushin P - Gunna/Future/Young Thug

#28: Bam Bam - Camila Cabello/Ed Sheeran

#29: Fingers Crossed - Lauren Spencer-Smith

#30: Sweetest Pie - Megan Thee Stallion/Dua Lipa

#31: Light Switch - Charlie Puth

#32: You Right - Doja Cat/The Weeknd

#36: Fancy Like - Walker Hayes

#38: When You're Gone - Shawn Mendes

#40: Boyfriend - Dove Cameron

#46: she's all i wanna be - Tate McRae

#47: Numb Little Bug - Em Beihold

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

#49: The Motto - Tiësto/Ava Max

#50: TO THE MOON - Jnr Choi/Sam Tompkins

#53: Peru - Fireboy DML/Ed Sheeran

#54: Circles Around This Town - Maren Morris

#65: Freaky Deaky - Tyga/Doja Cat

#73: HANDSOMER (Remix) - Russ/Ktlyn

#80: make up sex - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#89: I Love You So - The Walters

#91: COMPLETE MESS - 5 Seconds of Summer

#92: Tom's Diner - AnnenMayKantereit/Giant Rooks

#93: Bones - Imagine Dragons

#94: Get Into It (Yuh) - Doja Cat

Hunger Games Countdown Top 10

#10: How Long - Tove Lo

#9: Sweetest Pie - Megan Thee Stallion/Dua Lipa

#8: Tom's Diner - AnnenMayKantereit/Giant Rooks

#7: Freaky Deaky - Tyga/Doja Cat

#6: The Joker And The Queen - Ed Sheeran/Taylor Swift

#5: make up sex - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#4: Celebrity Skin - Doja Cat

#3: Numb Little Bug - Em Beihold

#2: Present - Khalid

#1: PS5 - salem ilese/TOMORROW X TOGETHER/Alan Walker

If the Countdown Made Sense Top 10

#10: As It Was - Harry Styles

#9: The Motto - Tiësto/Ava Max

#8: she's all i wanna be - Tate McRae

#7: Bam Bam - Camila Cabello/Ed Sheeran

#6: Sweetest Pie - Megan Thee Stallion/Dua Lipa

#5: Fingers Crossed - Lauren Spencer-Smith

#4: Woman - Doja Cat

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

#2: Enemy - Imagine Dragons/JID

#1: Big Energy - Latto

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