2019 Small Hits Rankdown (COMPLETE)

Alright! So our next rankdown here, is a 2019 Small Hits Rankdown. Which is basically just all of the songs that didn’t do very well on the countdown, but still managed to debut the countdown. So first of all, here are all 45 Small Hits of 2019.

all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish
ALL THE WAYS - Meghan Trainor
Apologize - grandson
Dear Winter - AJR
Dream Boy - Waterparks
Dumb Blonde - Avril Lavigne/Nicki Minaj
Find U Again - Mark Ronson/Camila Cabello
FLEXIBLE - Jordan McGraw
Genius - LSD/Lil Wayne
GIRL - Maren Morris
Harder - Jax Jones/Bebe Rexha
Harry - Kelsey Karter
Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston
Hurts Like Hell - Madison Beer
Hustle - P!nk
I Found You - benny blanco/Calvin Harris
In Betweenin’ - AUSTN
Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin
Lights Up - Harry Styles
Limitless - Jennifer Lopez
Low Key - Ally Brooke
mama’s house - push baby
Medicine - Jennifer Lopez/French Montana
Mother’s Daughter - Miley Cyrus
Moves - Olly Murs
Ocean To Ocean - Pitbull/Rhea
One Thought Away - Asher Angel
Out Of Love - Alessia Cara
Paradise - Bazzi
Power is Power - The Weeknd/Travis Scott/SZA
Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco
Sexual Vibe - Stephen Puth
Shameless - Camila Cabello
SICKO MODE - Travis Scott/Drake
Stack It Up - Liam Payne
Sue Me - Sabrina Carpenter
There’s No Way - Lauv/Julia Michaels
Trust My Lonely - Alessia Cara
Undrunk - FLETCHER
Waste It On Me - Steve Aoki/BTS
Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
when the party’s over - Billie Eilish
3 Nights - Dominic Fike
365 - Zedd/Katy Perry
1999 - Charli XCX/Troye Sivan

Here’s the form for the rankdown. Due February 20, 2020.

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Okay, finally we're starting this thing. I'm certain no one's surprised about this one.

#45: Harry - Kelsy Karter
Points: 167
Average: 41.75
Standard Deviation: 5.8523
Median: 44.5

#33: BB
#44: TheRealTacocat
#45: Beluga
#45: Music

I expected nothing better from this. Not even sure why Hits 1 picked up on it, much less why it debuted the countdown.

Music and I lose our bottom spots, while Tacocat loses their first bottom 5.

#44: Ocean To Ocean - Pitbull/Rhea
Points: 149
Average: 37.25
Standard Deviation: 8.3416
Median: 40.5

#25: Music
#39: TheRealTacocat
#42: BB
#43: Beluga

This is what you get for making Africa with Pitbull.

BB loses his first bottom 5, while I lose my second.

#43: I Found You - benny blanco/Calvin Harris
Points: 140
Average: 35
Standard Deviation: 6.2182
Median: 33

#30: Music
#32: BB
#34: TheRealTacocat
#44: Beluga

And this is what you get for making a DJ sing.

I lose my third bottom 5.

#42: Dream Boy - Waterparks
Points: 139
Average: 34.75
Standard Deviation: 5.1881
Median: 37

#27: Beluga
#37: BB
#37: Music
#38: TheRealTacocat

This song wasn't great, but I didn't expect it to do this badly...

#41: Dear Winter - AJR
Points: 136
Average: 34
Standard Deviation: 10.2306
Median: 34

#23: TheRealTacocat
#28: Music
#40: Beluga
#45: BB

Easily the worst AJR song made. I'm not sure why all the blue rankings pop up.

BB loses his bottom ranking.

#40: Low Key - Ally Brooke
Points: 132
Average: 33
Standard Deviation: 8.1649
Median: 33

#25: TheRealTacocat
#27: BB
#39: Beluga
#40: Music

Kind of surprising she used to be part of Fifth Harmony. Kinda glad they edited out Tyga though.

#39: Limitless - Jennifer Lopez
Points: 126
Average: 31.5
Standard Deviation: 9.0369
Median: 31.5

#21: Beluga
#28: TheRealTacocat
#35: BB
#42: Music

WHAT!? This song was not bad at all! Why the low rankings?

Music loses their second bottom 5.

#38: when the party's over - Billie Eilish
Points: 121
Average: 30.25
Standard Deviation: 19.8557
Median: 38

#1: BB
#35: TheRealTacocat
#41: Beluga
#44: Music

I kind of feel bad for BB here. Eilish honestly doesn't sound that bad, it's just really not for me.

BB loses his #1, while I lose my fourth bottom 5 and Music loses their third.

#37: FLEXIBLE - Jordan McGraw
Points: 118
Average: 29.5
Standard Deviation: 8.8881
Median: 28.5

#20: Music
#26: Beluga
#31: TheRealTacocat
#41: BB

This was a pretty generic pop song, and it really wasn't that great.

BB loses his third bottom 5 song.

#36: Hustle - P!nk
Points: 116
Average: 29
Standard Deviation: 9.4162
Median: 31

#16: BB
#29: Beluga
#33: TheRealTacocat
#38: Music

This was a pretty boring P!nk song that also wasn't a single. So y'know... it wasn't really destined for greatness.

#35: Stack It Up - Liam Payne
Points: 114
Average: 28.5
Standard Deviation: 10.2469
Median: 31

#14: Music
#30: TheRealTacocat
#32: Beluga
#38: BB

Liam Payne has been making some pretty boring music lately, and it's no surprise this wasn't a hit.

This is the first song with a green ranking. (Not counting BB's purple)

#34: Apologize - grandson
Points: 114
Average: 28.5
Standard Deviation: 14.5258
Median: 30.5

#9: Beluga
#29: Music
#32: TheRealTacocat
#44: BB

Woah. I honestly thought this would do better. I can kind of get why didn't, because of his voice, but this kind of sucks.

BB loses his fourth bottom 5.

#33: One Thought Away - Asher Angel
Points: 113
Average: 28.25
Standard Deviation: 15.5
Median: 36

#5: Music
#36: BB
#36: Beluga
#36: TheRealTacocat

This song is incredibly boring, and those three #36 rankings are kind of funny.

Music loses their first top 5.

#32: Trust My Lonely - Alessia Cara
Points: 107
Average: 28.25
Standard Deviation: 5.6789
Median: 26.5

#21: TheRealTacocat
#23: Beluga
#30: BB
#33: Music

I didn't expect this from an Alessia Cara song, since she makes pretty good songs. Ah well. Not every song can be good.

This is the first song that has more blue rankings than red.

#31: GIRL - Maren Morris
Points: 105
Average: 26.25
Standard Deviation: 10.0788
Median: 25.5

#16: TheRealTacocat
#20: BB
#31: Music
#38: Beluga

Hits 1 lovers were never made for country.

#30: Sexual Vibe - Stephen Puth
Points: 103
Average: 25.75
Standard Deviation: 13.2759
Median: 21

#16: Beluga
#18: Music
#24: BB
#45: TheRealTacocat

This was actually a really solid song. I'm not sure why we have an orange here.

Tacocat loses their bottom ranking, being the last one to do so.

#29: ALL THE WAYS - Meghan Trainor
aPoints: 103
Average: 25.75
Standard Deviation: 16.1529
Median: 30

#4: TheRealTacocat
#23: BB
#37: Beluga
#39: Music

Meghan Trainor made some pretty boring music last year. Does this fall under that category? Definitely.

Tacocat loses their first top 5 song.

#28: Harder - Jax Jones/Bebe Rexha
Points: 98
Average: 24.5
Standard Deviation: 5.1961
Median: 24

#19: Music
#22: TheRealTacocat
#26: BB
#31: Beluga

Mediocrity at its finest. Although, it does have Bebe Rexha, so I'll give it that.

#27: Genius - LSD/Lil Wayne
Points: 98
Average: 24.5
Standard Deviation: 19.0875
Median: 24.5

#7: Beluga
#9: BB
#40: Music
#42: TheRealTacocat

Geez. Apparently, you either love this or hate this.

Tacocat loses their second bottom 5 song.

#26: Medicine - Jennifer Lopez/French Montana
Points: 98
Average: 24.5
Standard Deviation: 12.7932
Median: 29

#6: BB
#26: TheRealTacocat
#32: Music
#34: Beluga

I've explained my complicated relationship with this song. Go read about it in the 2019 Ultimate Rank. After you finish this, of course.

#25: Roaring 20s - Panic! At The Disco
Points: 97
Average: 24.25
Standard Deviation: 11.2657
Median: 21.5

#14: TheRealTacocat
#19: Beluga
#24: Music
#40: BB

This was actually a good song, I think everyone was just tired of Panic! like I was.

#24: Jesus In LA - Alec Benjamin
Points: 98
Average: 24.5
Standard Deviation: 15.8429
Median: 28.5

#2: TheRealTacocat
#27: Music
#30: Beluga
#39: BB

Another mediocre Alec Benjamin song. Of course.

#23: Dumb Blonde - Avril Lavigne/Nicki Minaj
Points: 96
Average: 24
Standard Deviation: 8.9069
Median: 21

#17: Music
#20: Beluga
#22: BB
#37: TheRealTacocat

This was a good song, except for the yelling.

#22: Out Of Love - Alessia Cara
Points: 95
Average: 23.75
Standard Deviation: 10.7819
Median: 23.5

#12: Beluga
#18: TheRealTacocat
#29: BB
#36: Music

This is a great ballad that deserved better both here and on the countdown.

#21: Waste It On Me - Steve Aoki/BTS
Points: 92
Average: 23
Standard Deviation: 6.5828
Median: 23

#15: Music
#22: Beluga
#24: TheRealTacocat
#31: BB

This wasn't bad... for BTS. Which is a low bar.

#20: Sue Me - Sabrina Carpenter
Points: 90
Average: 22.5
Standard Deviation: 10.8474
Median: 21.5

#12: BB
#15: TheRealTacocat
#28: Beluga
#35: Music

Her voice doesn't sound good in this. Other than that, it's great.

#19: In Betweenin' - AUSTN
Points: 87
Average: 21.75
Standard Deviation: 19.3110
Median: 20.5

#3: Music
#8: TheRealTacocat
#33: Beluga
#43: BB

I don't like his voice.

Music loses their second top 5. BB loses his last bottom 5 song.

#18: 365 - Zedd/Katy Perry
Points: 85
Average: 21.25
Standard Deviation: 14.8856
Median: 19

#6: Beluga
#15: BB
#23: Music
#41: TheRealTacocat

I love this song. Katy sounds great, and Zedd's production is on point.

Tacocat loses their third bottom 5.

#17: Hurts Like Hell - Madison Beer
Points: 85
Average: 21.25
Standard Deviation: 14.4308
Median: 24

#2: Music
#19: BB
#29: TheRealTacocat
#35: Beluga

This song is incredibly boring. Why so high?

Music loses their third top 5 very soon.

#16: There's No Way - Lauv/Julia Michaels
Points: 77
Average: 19.25
Standard Deviation: 9.6738
Median: 20

#9: Music
#13: Beluga
#27: TheRealTacocat
#28: BB

This was a great duet that deserved better.

~~more reveals coming soon~~

STILL TO COME
all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish
Find U Again - Mark Ronson/Camila Cabello
Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston
Lights Up - Harry Styles
mama's house - push baby
Mother's Daughter - Miley Cyrus
Moves - Olly Murs
Paradise - Bazzi
Power is Power - The Weeknd/Travis Scott/SZA
Shameless - Camila Cabello
SICKO MODE - Travis Scott/Drake
Undrunk - FLETCHER
Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
3 Nights - Dominic Fike
1999 - Charli XCX/Troye Sivan

Some Stats

For the "Total Points Remaining", you want it to be lower, because that means the songs you liked are higher up. Here is us listed from best to worst on our Total Points Remaining.

BB's Remaining Rankings:
#2, #3, #4, #5, #7, #8, #10, #11, #13, #14, #17, #18, #21, #25, #34 Total Points Remaining: 192

Beluga's Remaining Rankings:
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #8, #10, #11, #14, #15, #17, #18, #24, #25, #42 Total Points Remaining: 199

TheRealTacocat's Remaining Rankings:
#1, #3, #5, #6, #7, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #17, #19, #20 #40, #43 Total Points Remaining: 216

Music's Remaining Rankings:
#1, #4, #6, #7, #8, #10, #11, #12, #13, #16, #21, #22, #26, #34, #43 Total Points Remaining: 226

Perfect Rankings:
BB: 0

Beluga: 1
#45

Music: 3
#31, #40, #45

TheRealTacocat: 1
#26

Okay, onward with the reveals!

#15: Moves - Olly Murs
Points: 74
Average: 18.5
Standard Deviation: 14.9331
Median: 13.5

#7: Music
#10: Beluga
#17: BB
#40: TheRealTacocat

This was an amazing song that was absolutely robbed on the countdown and here. I'm glad it made green though.

#14: Undrunk - FLETCHER
Points: 74
Average: 18.5
Standard Deviation: 17.8232
Median: 14

#3: Beluga
#8: BB
#20: TheRealTacocat
#43: Music

This is an amazing song that deserved more than this. Music, if you could, could you please drop a comment explaining why you don't like it? Because I really want to know.

I lose my first top 5, and Music loses their last bottom 5.

#13: Find U Again - Mark Ronson/Camila Cabello
Points: 73
Average: 18.25
Standard Deviation: 9.9456
Median: 21.5

#4: BB
#19: TheRealTacocat
#24: Beluga
#26: Music

Yeah. This is good. I'm glad to see it up this high.

BB loses his second top 5 song.

#12: Shameless - Camila Cabello
Points: 72
Average: 18
Standard Deviation: 2.9439
Median: 17.5

#15: Beluga
#17: TheRealTacocat
#18: BB
#22: Music

Heh. Two Camila songs back-to-back. Both pretty good, honestly.

#11: Paradise - Bazzi
Points: 68
Average: 17
Standard Deviation: 9.5568
Median: 18.5

#6: Music
#12: TheRealTacocat
#25: BB
#25: Beluga

I was surprised but also not surprised by this. Honestly, if I could change one thing, I would put this higher.

Extras (Songs that almost made it)

Boy With Luv - BTS/Halsey
Another BTS song that was almost in the bottom 45 songs of 2019? Can't say I'm surprised.

Expectations - Lauren Jauregui
Another mediocre song from a Fifth Harmony member.

boyfriend - Ariana Grande/Social House
Being one of the only good Ariana songs this year, I wish it did better.

Look At Her Now - Selena Gomez
Super catchy, but I can't get behind the weird production.

Hate Me - Ellie Goulding/Juice WRLD
It sucks that this wasn't a bigger hit. Ellie sounds so good here and so does Juice.

frick, i'm lonely - Lauv/Anne-Marie
Great song. Very catchy. Pretty good vocals.

You Say - Lauren Daigle
This song actually did pretty well, I'm not disappointed.

Please Me - Cardi B/Bruno Mars
I am disappointed that this wasn't lower though.

100 Bad Days - AJR
This was an amazing AJR song that should've done better.

Machine - Imagine Dragons
This was a not-so amazing Imagine Dragons song.

Okay, back to the reveals!

#10: SICKO MODE - Travis Scott
Points: 64
Average: 16
Standard Deviation: 18.3847
Median: 9.5

#2: BB
#8: Beluga
#11: Music
#43: TheRealTacocat

Best rap song of the year, hands-down.

BB loses his third top 5 song. Tacocat loses their last bottom 5 song.

#9: 1999 - Charli XCX/Troye Sivan
Points: 61
Average: 15.25
Standard Deviation: 18.0623
Median: 8

#3: BB
#6: TheRealTacocat
#10: Music
#42: Beluga

I've made it clear why I don't like this. Charli sounds terrible, and the production is just horrid.

BB loses his fourth top 5 song and second one in a row, leaving him with one left. I lose my last bottom 5 song.

#8: mama's house - push baby
Points: 58
Average: 14.5
Standard Deviation: 14.0593
Median: 11.5

#1: Music
#9: TheRealTacocat
#14: Beluga
#34: BB

*applause* I did not expect this one to be as high as it is, but I have to say, I'm satisfied.

Music is the second to lose their #1, leaving them with one top 5 left.

#7: Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
Points: 52
Average: 13
Standard Deviation: 6.5319
Median: 13

#5: Beluga
#13: BB
#13: TheRealTacocat
#21: Music

Okay, to be fair, I made this list of songs before I realized that this would be back on Hit-Bound. And anyways, I'm not sure it's going to re-enter, since it's lost all traction.

I lose my second top 5 song.

#6: Power is Power - The Weeknd/Travis Scott/SZA
Points: 51
Average: 12.75
Standard Deviation: 14.5459
Median: 7.5

#2: Beluga
#5: BB
#10: TheRealTacocat
#34: Music

I love how the song that only lasted a week on the countdown is this high on this rankdown.

I lose my third top 5 song, and BB loses his last, making him the first one to knock out his entire top 5.

#5: all the good girls go to hell - Billie Eilish
Points: 48
Average: 12
Standard Deviation: 2.7080
Median: 11

#10: BB
#11: Beluga
#11: TheRealTacocat
#16: Music

This being legit the only Billie Eilish song that I like, I'm glad to see it up so high.

#4: 3 Nights - Dominic Fike
Points: 40
Average: 10
Standard Deviation: 5.3541
Median: 7.5

#7: BB
#7: TheRealTacocat
#8: Music
#18: Beluga

This was also a pretty good song. The only reason it's in blue for me is because there were a lot of great songs here.

#3: Higher Love - Kygo/Whitney Houston
Points: 38
Average: 9.5
Standard Deviation: 9.2915
Median: 8

#1: Beluga
#3: TheRealTacocat
#13: BB
#21: Music

This was a great cover that brought Whitney Houston back to life in all her glory.

I lose my #1, being the third one to do so, also it being my fourth top 5 song knocked out, while Tacocat loses their third top 5.

#2: Lights Up - Harry Styles
Points: 35
Average: 8.75
Standard Deviation: 4.9916
Median: 8.5

#4: Beluga
#5: TheRealTacocat
#12: Music
#14: BB

This is the best single from Fine Line hands-down. Also, this is the only song in the rankdown to have all green rankings. Not even our #1 has that.

I lose my last top 5, and Tacocat loses their fourth.

And now, the official winner of the 2019 Small Hits Rankdown and the winner of the "HITS 1 DOESN'T LISTEN TO US" award is...



















































#1: Mother's Daughter - Miley Cyrus
Points: 33
Average: 8.25
Standard Deviation: 7.1821
Median: 7.5

#1: TheRealTacocat
#4: Music
#11: BB
#17: Beluga

This was a pretty good song. I didn't love it, but there are a lot of people that did, and that's great.

Tacocat loses their #1 song, and Music loses their last top 5.

That's all, everybody! Have fun with whatever you're doing! (Staying at home because we're all quarantined. Which is why this got out so fast)