Chart Check-in: May 2022 - Harry Styles

Welp, needless to say, things haven't quite gone according to plan, but I thought I'd still take the time to do my May check-in. I'll kinda go through how this is gonna work, but basically it's just a pretty quick rundown of everything that happened on the Countdown in May. Let's kick it off with the songs that debuted in May.

Debuts

Cooped Up - Post Malone/Roddy Ricch

Flowers - Lauren Spencer-Smith

Hold My Hand - Lady Gaga

Honest - Justin Bieber/Don Toliver

Love Me More - Sam Smith

Maybe You're The Problem - Ava Max

Me Myself & I - 5 Seconds of Summer

Move - DNCE

Skyline - Khalid

SUPERMODEL - Måneskin

• Ok, so Cooped Up isn't the best Post Malone song, but it's nice and chill and it's always great to have Roddy back on radio.
• I really didn't expect Flowers to debut, but here we are I guess. Can't say I'm complaining, it's a great song. A little confused though, and I don't see this lasting very long.
• Hold My Hand is definitely a movie song. It's also definitely a Lady Gaga song. Overall, pretty great, and I'd love to see this be a hit.
• Honest is so bad. Nothing really works here, except for Don Toliver, I guess. Overall just a very weird song.
• I expected Love Me More to debut, but I don't see it doing too well given it's kind of slow. Good song though.
• I'm SO HAPPY to see Maybe You're The Problem here so quickly. It's such a fun song, and I'd love to see it do well here.
• OK GUYS. Me Myself & I IS THE BEST 5SOS SONG I'VE EVER HEARD. SERIOUSLY, IT'S SO GOOD. EVERYONE HERE SOUNDS GREAT AND IT'S CATCHY AND THE INSTRUMENTATION IS GREAT AGHHHHHH. I WANT THIS TO BE A HIT SO BAD.
• Move is fine. It's fun, but not too memorable in the long run.
• I've been enjoying Skyline lately, so I'm glad it's here.
• Also, Måneskin is back and SUPERMODEL is easily the best song from them so far. So much fun, great instrumentation, just a masterpiece. I'd love to see this become a hit too.

Best Debut of the Month: SUPERMODEL - Måneskin (very close tho)

Ok next up is every song that left (without re-entering) this month.

Exits

Big Energy - Latto [#7] {15 weeks}

Fingers Crossed - Lauren Spencer-Smith [#10] {15 weeks}

Hold My Hand - Lady Gaga [#28] {1 week}

House On Fire - Mimi Webb [#15] {9 weeks}

IDGAF - BoyWithUke/blackbear [#25] {5 weeks}

Light Switch - Charlie Puth [1 week at #1] {15 weeks}

Overpass Graffiti - Ed Sheeran [5 weeks at #1] {24 weeks}

The Motto - Tiësto/Ava Max [#4] {14 weeks}

Weatherman - Eddie Benjamin [#18] {11 weeks}

Woman - Doja Cat [#12] {16 weeks}

• Ugh, I can't believe Big Energy flopped as much as it did here. It was such a big hit, and such a great song, and Hits 1 didn't treat it well enough.
• Fingers Crossed was good, but ultimately got a little annoying, so I'm not sad that it's gone.
• Pffsh, Hold My Hand only spent a week on the Countdown. Something tells me it'll be back though.
• Ok I could've sworn that House On Fire left way before it did. Not saying that it's a bad song, I love it, just not all that memorable.
• IDGAF should've done so much better, it was so good.
• I'm pretty satisfied with how Light Switch did here. Great song, and was treated as such.
• I really didn't expect Overpass Graffiti to grow on me as much as it did, to the point where I was a little sad when it left, even though it spent much too long here.
• I also got a little bored with The Motto, and it did quite well, so I'm not sad to see it go.
• Weatherman was trash, and should've left a long time ago.
• Woman should've done so much better what the hell.

Now is the part where I give the award for "Song That Will Be Missed the Most" (title is a work in progress). And this month, it goes to Big Energy by Latto. Seriously, this was done dirty here.

Here are the top 10 songs on Hits 1 of the month based on chart performance.

Top 10 Hits 1 Songs from May 2022

#10: Bam Bam - Camila Cabello/Ed Sheeran [#9]

#9: COMPLETE MESS - 5 Seconds of Summer [#6]

#8: When You're Gone - Shawn Mendes [#8]

#7: 2step - Ed Sheeran/Lil Baby [#6]

#6: Enemy - Imagine Dragons/JID [#1]

#5: she's all i wanna be - Tate McRae [#5]

#4: Numb Little Bug - Em Beihold [#3]

#3: Boyfriend - Dove Cameron [#2]

#2: Sweetest Pie - Megan Thee Stallion/Dua Lipa [#2]

#1: As It Was - Harry Styles [#1]

• Bam Bam is pretty good, so I'm glad to see it in the top 10 now.
• COMPLETE MESS really faded on me, so I'm glad to see it starting to go.
• I'm very happy to see When You're Gone doing somewhat well, because it's a great song.
• I'm unsure why 2step hasn't entered the top five yet, considering it's Ed Sheeran, and it's probably the best = song.
• Enemy has started to drop a ton, and while I'm sad, because I still love the song, it did much better here than I expected it to, so I'm satisfied.
• Ayy, she's all i wanna be finally entered the top five! Let's go!
• I got very scared that Numb Little Bug was gonna fall quickly, but it seems to have rebounded, so fingers crossed that it'll manage to hit #1.
• I don't think Boyfriend deserves #3 of the month, but whatever.
• Sweetest Pie got so annoying. I'm sorry, I just don't really like it anymore.
• It doesn't surprise me in the slightest that As It Was is the #1 of the month. It's a solid song, though, so I'm not complaining. I listened to Harry's House too, and it was actually a pretty great little album. I wasn't expecting that at all, and I'm so glad it was.

Next is all the Hit-Bound debuts (that I haven't already talked about) from May.

Hit-Bound Debuts

100sadsongs - Tai Verdes

Best Lover - BIBI

don't come back - Tate McRae

Dope - John Legend/JID

Dua Lipa - Jack Harlow

gfy - blackbear/Machine Gun Kelly

Hope You're Not Happy - Ashe

I Love U - The Chainsmokers

In The Stars - Benson Boone

Late Night Talking - Harry Styles

MEAN! - Madeline The Person

No One Dies From Love - Tove Lo

Overthinking - Mabel/24kGoldn

P.G.N.L. - Conor Maynard

Potion - Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa/Young Thug

This Love (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

Too Precious - Em Beihold

Until I Found You - Stephen Sanchez

what would you do? - Tate McRae

Wild - Dixie

Will It Ever Feel The Same? - Bazzi

• 100sadsongs is solid, but not too memorable.
• Best Lover isn't nearly as good as The Weekend, but it's still good, so I'll take it.
• I've really been enjoying Tate McRae's new stuff, and don't come back is a great little bop.
• A John Legend and JID song called Dope is something I never knew I needed in my life. Great song.
• Apparently Jack Harlow made a song called Dua Lipa. And it's... fine? I mean, it's Jack Harlow, it can't really be that great or that bad.
• gfy is yet another blackbear / MGK collaboration, and I don't even care, it's great.
• I've never been a fan of Ashe and Hope You're Not Happy did not change my opinion at all.
• I Love U isn't memorable at all, but it's pretty good.
• In The Stars is so sad what. I didn't need to feel that on a random Friday night.
• Late Night Talking is a BOP and I don't care what you say.
• This song, MEAN! really bothers me because it had so much potential when I first starting listening to it, but it ended up being really underwhelming.
• No One Dies From Love is really weird and it sucks.
• Overthinking is good, but I don't know, something about it just isn't enough to make it great
• P.G.N.L. is a super chill song, 8/10.
• Same issue with Overthinking applies to Potion.
• It was very weird having This Love here for a bit, because it's a song that I actually have memories attached to. It was weird to see a song I've been with for so long be on a new music show.
• Too Precious isn't nearly as good as Numb Little Bug, but it's still a very solid song.
• Ew, who is Stephen Sanchez and why does his song suck so much. Very slow and the vocal effects are bad.
• I'm sad that what would you do? got replaced, because it was SO GOOD. So much fun, I loved it.
• Wild is pretty great, actually. Dammit, Dixie, stop making me like your songs.
• Will It Ever Feel The Same? exists, I guess.

Best Hit-Bound Debut of the Month: Late Night Talking - Harry Styles

Next, the Hit-Bound exits.

Hit-Bound Exits

Dope - John Legend/JID

Dua Lipa - Jack Harlow

Hope You're Not Happy - Ashe

I Love U - The Chainsmokers

In The Stars - Benson Boone

That's Hilarious - Charlie Puth

this is what falling in love feels like - JVKE

This Love (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift

what would you do? - Tate McRae

Where you are - PinkPantheress/WILLOW

Words - Alesso/Zara Larsson

• Ugh, Dope should've lasted for more than a week, it was so fun.
• Dua Lipa was just kinda there, so I'm not sad it's gone.
• Glad to see Hope You're Not Happy didn't last.
• I think I Love U was in the Abyss for a bit, so it might not be gone, idk.
• I wish In The Stars had done better, it was so good.
• That's Hilarious had actually started to grow on me a bit, so I'm sad to see it go.
• why is this is what falling in love feels like in the Abyss? Come on, it's not good.
• Ok, yeah, This Love is good, but it would've been weird to have it on the Countdown.
• I said this earlier, but what would you do? shouldn't have been replaced.
• Where you are was pretty bad, so I don't care that it's gone.
• Oh yeah, Words exists.

Best Hit-Bound Exit of the Month: what would you do? - Tate McRae

So yeah! That's about it. I promise that my last Year-End post is coming, and the announcement I was talking about will come with it, and if not, at least before I leave for a month in July. Anyways, if you want to ask me anything about May, feel free, I'll try to respond lmao. And if you want the exact Countdown from each week in May, make sure you check out the "Weekend Countdown" tab above. That's where I've been posting the Countdown recently.

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