Hunger Games Countdown: Week of July 31, 2021 - Dua Lipa (1)

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Solar Power - Lorde (#30) [#6] {4 weeks}

WANNA BE - jxdn/Machine Gun Kelly (#29) [#29] {1 week}

t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l - WILLOW/Travis Barker (#28) [#15] {3 weeks}

Last Week's #1: THINK ABOUT ME - jxdn (1)

#30: Bummerland - AJR (-12) [2 weeks at #1] {35 weeks} {Renegade}

#29: 3, 2, 1 - 24kGoldn (-12) [3 weeks at #1] {21 weeks} {NDA}

#28: SUN GOES DOWN - Lil Nas X (-13) [#2] {5 weeks} {N/A}

#27: In The Morning - Jennifer Lopez (-19) [1 week at #1] {24 weeks} {Sucks Being Sober}

#26: Demeanor - Pop Smoke/Dua Lipa (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {NDA}

#25: 2Drunk - Nick Jonas (+2) [1 week at #1] {19 weeks} {Build a B****}

#24: THINK ABOUT ME - jxdn (-23) [1 week at #1] {5 weeks} {N/A}

#23: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine (-12) [#2] {20 weeks} {F***BOY}

#22: Renegade - Big Red Machine/Taylor Swift (DEBUT) [3 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {Way Less Sad}

#21: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin (+4) [2 weeks at #1] {71 weeks} {N/A}

#20: Permission to Dance - BTS (-14) [#6] {2 weeks} {N/A}

#19: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA (-17) [1 week at #1] {14 weeks} {N/A}

#18: The Way You Felt - Alec Benjamin (+1) [#9] {6 weeks} {N/A}

#17: Jalebi Baby - Tesher/Jason Derulo (+4) [#5] {5 weeks} {N/A}

#16: Bad Girl - Daya (+6) [1 week at #1] {19 weeks} {Dinero}

#15: Motley Crew - Post Malone (-2) [#3] {3 weeks} {Build a B****}

#14: Build a B**** - Bella Poarch (-) [#4] {10 weeks} {F***BOY}

#13: Dinero - Trinidad Cardona (-3) [#10] {2 weeks} {Your Power}

#12: NDA - Billie Eilish (+4) [#12] {2 weeks} {Psycho} *new peak*

#11: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X (+12) [#2] {10 weeks} {N/A}

#10: Say So - Masked Wolf (-6) [#4] {2 weeks} {Sucks Being Sober & Iko Iko (My Bestie)}

#9: Way Less Sad - AJR (-4) [1 week at #1] {16 weeks} {N/A}

#8: F***BOY - Dixie (-5) [#3] {3 weeks} {Iko Iko (My Bestie)}

#7: Iko Iko (My Bestie) - Justin Wellington/Small Jam (+19) [#7] {2 weeks} {positions} *new peak*

#6: telepatía - Kali Uchis (+1) [#3] {12 weeks} {N/A}

#5: positions - Ariana Grande (+4) [#2] {29 weeks} {N/A}

#4: Psycho - Dixie/Rubi Rose (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {Your Power}

#3: Sucks Being Sober - Annika Wells (+9) [#2] {17 weeks} {We're Good}

#2: Your Power - Billie Eilish (+22) [#2] {10 weeks} {N/A} *new peak*

#1: We're Good - Dua Lipa (+19) [1st week at #1] {21 weeks} *new peak*

Last Year's #1: Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey [2/2 weeks at #1]

Biggest Drop: THINK ABOUT ME - jxdn (-23)

Biggest Jump: Your Power - Billie Eilish (+22)

Hit-Bound Exits

Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME [1; 3rd time]

Memory - Kane Brown/blackbear [1]

Hit-Bound

#15: Wild Side - Normani/Cardi B (DEBUT) [1] {N/A}

#14: New Normal - Khalid (-1) [2] {Kiss My (Uh Oh)}

#13: Thot S*** - Megan Thee Stallion (-4) [3] {til the end of time}

#12: I Like That - Bazzi (-8) [2] {N/A}

#11: STAY - The Kid LAROI/Justin Bieber (-4) [3] {Fancy Like & til the end of time}

#10: I DID IT - DJ Khaled/Post Malone/DaBaby/Megan Thee Stallion/Lil Baby (-) [6] {N/A}

#9: Don't Go Yet - Camila Cabello (DEBUT) [1] {N/A}

#8: Kiss My (Uh Oh) - Anne-Marie/Little Mix (DEBUT) [1] {Fancy Like, People Watching & til the end of time}

#7: Sweet Dream - Alessia Cara (RE-ENTRY) [2] {Fancy Like, People Watching & til the end of time}

#6: Beggin' - Måneskin (+2) [3] {N/A}

#5: Saturday - Twenty One Pilots (-) [2] {People Watching}

#4: By Your Side - Calvin Harris/Tom Grennan (+8) [7] {N/A}

#3: Fancy Like - Walker Hayes (+8) [2] {N/A}

#2: til the end of time - almost monday (DEBUT) [1] {N/A}

#1: People Watching - Conan Gray (+5) [3]

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

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.

Week of May 1, 2021 - Dua Lipa (1)

Yeah, so I know that I forgot to do March Madness this week, but don't worry, I'll get it done next week. You'll also noticed that I tried turning off Comment Moderation. I may have to turn it back on, but we'll see. This week on the Countdown was alright, it wasn't ridiculously active though. Here are the exits.

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham (#27) [#26] {5 weeks}

Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (#18) [#3] {23 weeks}

you broke me first - Tate McRae (#12) [#4] {30 weeks}

Last Week's #1: Overdrive - Conan Gray (1)

#30: Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line (DEBUT) [0 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#29: Calling My Phone - Lil Tjay/6LACK (-) [#29] {4 weeks}

#28: Wave of You - Surfaces (DEBUT) [2 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#27: You - Regard/Troye Sivan/Tate McRae (+3) [#27] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#26: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays (+2) [#26] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#25: Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G (+1) [#25] {5 weeks}

#24: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low (-1) [#21] {4 weeks}

#23: I'm not Pretty - JESSIA (-3) [#13] {12 weeks}

#22: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots (+3) [#22] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#21: willow - Taylor Swift (-19) [4 weeks at #1] {19 weeks}

#20: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA (+4) [#20] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#19: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY (-) [#17] {8 weeks}

#18: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (-9) [#2] {24 weeks}

#17: Beautiful Mistakes - Maroon 5/Megan Thee Stallion (-) [#17] {7 weeks}

#16: Peaches - Justin Bieber/Daniel Caesar/Giveon (+6) [#16] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#15: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (+6) [#15] {8 weeks} *new peak*

#14: Follow You - Imagine Dragons (DEBUT) [4 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#13: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic (-2) [#11] {8 weeks}

#12: Way Less Sad - AJR (-4) [#7] {10 weeks}

#11: pov - Ariana Grande (+3) [#11] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#10: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (+5) [#10] {14 weeks} *new peak*

#9: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (+4) [#9] {13 weeks} *new peak*

#8: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles (-3) [#2] {16 weeks}

#7: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X (+9) [#7] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#6: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS (-) [#6] {8 weeks}

#5: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo (+2) [#5] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#4: Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift (+6) [#4] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#3: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (-) [#3] {10 weeks}

#2: Overdrive - Conan Gray (-1) [1 week at #1] {10 weeks}

#1: We're Good - Dua Lipa (+3) [1st week at #1] {11 weeks} *new peak*

Last Year's #1: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd [2/6 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: telepatía - Kali Uchis

This week we have yet another song debuting that skipped Hit-Bound entirely and this time it's a song that's been circulating around pop radio for a while now, Lil Bit by Nelly and Florida Georgia Line. This song's not great. It's really catchy, but the production is way too minimalistic and the FGL guys don't sound good. I feel like the production could evolve so much more and while I'm not disappointed that it doesn't sound too much like a country song, it's too simple. Nelly sounds decent here, but I've never liked the voices of the FGL guys and here it's definitely no exception.

Next up is the song that was our Countdown Extra a couple weeks ago, Wave of You by Surfaces debuting at #28. I really like this song. It's super chill and I really like the guy's voice here. I think he sounds better here than he did in Sunday Best and his voice works really well with the song. The chorus is really catchy and I really like the production mixing with it. My favourite part definitely has to be the guitar solo in the bridge, though. Overall, this is a great song and I hope it starts gaining traction elsewhere.

Imagine Dragons debut at a very high #14 this week, with their new single Follow You. Imagine Dragons have always been my favourite artists and this song does absolutely nothing to change that. It stays pretty true to their normal sound, which is fine. Dan Reynolds sounds good here and the production's also pretty great. It's super catchy and I really hope it becomes a hit.

Best Debut: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

Biggest Drop: willow - Taylor Swift (-19): I expected this to fade pretty quickly, but this is really fast. It's gotten kind of old, so I'm not too sad that it'll leave soon, but it's still good.

Biggest Jump: MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X (+9): This is now Lil Nas X's second top 10 hit and I'm really glad because this song's definitely grown on me. I hope this sticks around for a while.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Awful:

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

1 - Bad:

#29: Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line

2 - Mediocre:

#28: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

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

3 - Decent:

#26: Till Forever Falls Apart - Ashe/FINNEAS

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

#24: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#23: Patience - KSI/YUNGBLUD/Polo G

#22: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#21: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

4 - Good:

#20: willow - Taylor Swift

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

#18: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#17: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles

#16: I'm not Pretty - JESSIA

#15: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays

#14: Shy Away - Twenty One Pilots

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

#12: The Eulogy of You and Me - LILHUDDY

5 - Great:

#11: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#10: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#9: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low

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

#7: Wave of You - Surfaces

#6: pov - Ariana Grande

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

#4: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#3: Way Less Sad - AJR

#2: Overdrive - Conan Gray

#1: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

Overall Score: 114/150 = 76%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI {13 weeks}
#4: Heat Waves - Glass Animals {14 weeks}
#3: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles {16 weeks}
#2: willow - Taylor Swift {19 weeks}
#1: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd {24 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home) - Elle King/Miranda Lambert

My Favourite Song Last Year: Modern Loneliness - Lauv

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

Most Missed Countdown Song: Wolves - Selena Gomez/Marshmello

Hit-Bound

RAPSTAR - Polo G [1]

STOP - AJ Mitchell [3]

On The Ground - ROSÉ [2]

Serotonin - girl in red [2]

Track Star - Mooski [4]

Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham [1; 2nd time]

Good Without - Mimi Webb [4]

The Business - Tiësto [10]

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

In the Water - CAL/Quinn XCII [2]

Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME [12]

Girl From Rio - Anitta [1]

Met Him Last Night - Demi Lovato/Ariana Grande [4]

Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon [4]

telepatía - Kali Uchis [1]

Haha, we've had songs called ROCKSTAR, POPSTAR and now RAPSTAR. I've never been too familiar with Polo G's music, so I wasn't sure what to expect from a solo song from him, but I'm pleasantly surprised. This song's really good. Polo G sounds great here and I really like the hook and his flow here. The guitar line is good, although it gets kind of repetitive. Anyways, I'm glad that this has been #1 on the Hot 100 for the past couple of weeks and I'm surprised and happy that it's here.

One of our Countdown exits this week re-entered Hit-Bound. Too Late came back this week. I never expected it to have too much longevity, so I'm not too surprised, but I'm kind of disappointed.

Anitta now has her first song on Hits 1 with her new song, Girl From Rio. This song's alright. The summer vibe is pretty prominent here and I enjoy it. Anitta sounds good and the chorus is pretty catchy. The only problem I have with this is that it's pretty forgettable.

Next up is another song that's been becoming a hit lately, telepatía by Kali Uchis. I don't love this song. Kali Uchis sounds alright, but I'm not too in love with the production and the song's kind of boring. Not much else to say about this.

How is Goosebumps still here? I mean, either debut or leave. Make up your mind already.

We have a couple more Hit-Bound exits to add to our growing list. Obsessed and Up both dropped out of Hit-Bound this week. I never liked Obsessed, so I'm really happy that it was never really given a chance here. But Up? Seriously? I appreciate how Hits 1 has been adding more rap songs to their playlist, but it's extremely 50/50 on whether they debut or not. This song's becoming a pretty big hit and it makes me really sad that it didn't debut.

Best Debut: RAPSTAR - Polo G

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Awful:

#15: The Business - Tiësto

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

#14: telepatía - Kali Uchis

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

#12: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

#11: Serotonin - girl in red

3 - Decent:

#10: Track Star - Mooski

#9: Girl From Rio - Anitta

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

4 - Good:

#7: In the Water - CAL/Quinn XCII

#6: STOP - AJ Mitchell

5 - Great:

#5: On The Ground - ROSÉ

#4: RAPSTAR - Polo G

#3: Too Late - Cash Cash/Wiz Khalifa/Lukas Graham

#2: First Time - ILLENIUM/iann dior

#1: Good Without - Mimi Webb

Overall Score: 50/75 = 67%

I Think I'm Caught Up In the Wave of Blurbs

Our other exits this week were Therefore I Am and you broke me first. I'm glad to see both of these go. Therefore I Am was never good, so I'm very glad that it's gone. As for you broke me first, it just stayed for much longer than was good for it.

Calling My Phone is doing absolutely nothing and it's really funny. I was surprised that it debuted in the first place and I really don't expect it to stay for much longer.

I'm honestly surprised that I'm not Pretty is still here, because Ones to Watch don't normally last for 12+ weeks.

Yeah, Shy Away grew on me a bit. It's honestly just really fun and I like the vibe.

I'm sad that Save Your Tears is dropping and I hoped that it would get a little bit of a boost from the Ariana Grande remix, but alas, they didn't even switch it to that.

Speaking of remixes, they've also started playing a remix of WITHOUT YOU with Miley Cyrus. It's much worse than the original, so I'm glad that they didn't switch it for this week's Countdown.

Ugh, Peaches? Why is this becoming a hit? It's #1 on If the Countdown Made Sense, which doesn't really make sense, but that's more Hits 1's fault.

But, Astronaut In The Ocean also got a six-spot boost into the top half of the Countdown, so I'm very happy about that. I really want this to stick around for a bit and keep jumping.

Aw, Way Less Sad dropped out of the top 10. I hope this comes back soon.

Heat Waves is in the top 10, though. I never expected this to become as big of a hit as it is, but I'm definitely not disappointed.

deja vu's already in the top 5 on its third week. I don't love this song, but I'm happy that Olivia Rodrigo's getting a lot of success.

Mr. Perfectly Fine is also in the top 5 at #4. This doesn't make much sense and I'm not too sure I'm completely on board with this being at #4.

Overdrive dropped off of the #1 spot, which sucks, since that song's fantastic, although I'm alright with what replaced it, as Dua Lipa now gets her second #1 with We're Good. My only question is why could this hit #1 and not Don't Start Now or Break My Heart?

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: RAPSTAR - Polo G

#2: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

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

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

#5: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#6: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#7: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#8: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#9: Up - Cardi B

#10: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#11: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

#13: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#15: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

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

#17: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#19: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#20: Heartbreak Anniversary - Giveon

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

#24: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#25: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#26: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

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

#30: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#31: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#33: positions - Ariana Grande

#37: Track Star - Mooski

#38: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#39: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#44: Good Days - SZA

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

#54: telepatía - Kali Uchis

#56: Hold On - Justin Bieber

#60: willow - Taylor Swift

#68: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#75: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#78: The Business - Tiësto

#81: pov - Ariana Grande

#84: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

#89: Lil Bit - Nelly/Florida Georgia Line

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

#98: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

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

#9: Good Days - SZA

#8: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin

#7: Kiss Me More - Doja Cat/SZA

#6: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

#5: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#4: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

#3: Sucks Being Sober - Annika Wells

#2: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine

#1: Once In A Lifetime - All Time Low

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#9: deja vu - Olivia Rodrigo

#8: pov - Ariana Grande

#7: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf

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

#5: We're Good - Dua Lipa

#4: Leave The Door Open - Silk Sonic

#3: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#2: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

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

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

Hunger Games Countdown: Week of February 27, 2021 - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (1)

Songs We're Saying Goodbye To

Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer (#30) [2 weeks at #1] {60 weeks}

HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X (#29) [#16] {3 weeks}

Golden - Harry Styles (#28) [#5] {21 weeks}

Last Week's #1: 100 Ways - Jackson Wang (3)

#30: Momma Always Told Me - Mike Posner/Stanaj/Yung Bae (-22) [#8] {2 weeks} {N/A}

#29: Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME (-25) [#4] {2 weeks} {Toosie Slide}

#28: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-21) [#5] {14 weeks} {Talk About Love}

#27: Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA (-12) [#3] {5 weeks} {In The Morning}

#26: Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito (-10) [2 weeks at #1] {10 weeks} {Fix It to Break It}

#25: Fly Away - Tones And I (-15) [#2] {12 weeks} {going out}

#24: Goodbye - Shaylen (+1) [#4] {7 weeks} {Stay Next To Me}

#23: Lie Lie Lie - Joshua Bassett (DEBUT) [6 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {Midnight & Haunt You}

#22: In The Morning - Jennifer Lopez (-4) [#15] {7 weeks} {Midnight & Haunt You}

#21: Skin - Sabrina Carpenter (-16) [#5] {4 weeks} {Midnight & Haunt You}

#20: Talk About Love - Zara Larsson/Young Thug (-) [#13] {3 weeks} {Midnight}

#19: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays (-2) [#17] {2 weeks} {N/A}

#18: Midnight - Alesso/Liam Payne (-16) [2 weeks at #1] {23 weeks} {N/A}

#17: Bummerland - AJR (-4) [1 week at #1] {13 weeks} {Good Days & positions}

#16: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear (+10) [1 week at #1] {15 weeks} {N/A}

#15: going out - ROLE MODEL (-9) [1 week at #1] {15 weeks} {Overdrive}

#14: Good Days - SZA (DEBUT) [4 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {Oh My God}

#13: Oh My God - Alec Benjamin (+8) [2 weeks at #1] {50 weeks} {N/A}

#12: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane (-) [#5] {4 weeks} {N/A}

#11: Toosie Slide - Drake (+16) [#2] {25 weeks} {N/A}

#10: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (+13) [1 week at #1] {6 weeks} {Space Girl}

#9: Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler (+15) [1 week at #1] {9 weeks} {N/A}

#8: positions - Ariana Grande (+3) [#2] {12 weeks} {Space Girl}

#7: Overdrive - Conan Gray (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week} {N/A}

#6: Space Girl - Frances Forever (+13) [#6] {4 weeks} {Best Friend} *new peak*

#5: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (+9) [#2] {15 weeks} {Best Friend}

#4: 100 Ways - Jackson Wang (-3) [3 weeks at #1] {32 weeks} {N/A}

#3: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat (-) [#3] {3 weeks} {N/A}

#2: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo (+7) [#2] {15 weeks} {Best Friend}

#1: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (+21) [1st week at #1] {12 weeks} *new peak*

Last Year's #1: You Need To Calm Down - Taylor Swift [3/4 weeks at #1]

Biggest DROP!!!: Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME (-25)

Biggest Jump: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (+21)

Hit-Bound Exits

Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez [1; 3rd time]

Girls Like Us - Zoe Wees [5]

I'm not Pretty - JESSIA [3]

rubberband - Tate McRae [3]

#15: Provide - G-Eazy/Chris Brown/Mark Morrison (-5) [2] {Beginning Middle End}

#14: 3, 2, 1 - 24kGoldn (DEBUT) [1] {too many feelings}

#13: Astronaut In The Ocean - Masked Wolf (DEBUT) [1] {Bad Girl & Love Story (Taylor's Version)}

#12: Beginning Middle End - Leah Nobel (DEBUT) [1] {N/A}

#11: Bad Girl - Daya (DEBUT) [1] {N/A}

#10: cheers - blackbear/Wiz Khalifa (-1) [4] {N/A}

#9: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine (-5) [5] {N/A}

#8: Golden - Harry Styles (RE-ENTRY) [1; 2nd time] {N/A}

#7: too many feelings - Ruel (DEBUT) [1] {N/A}

#6: Way Less Sad - AJR (-1) [2] {N/A}

#5: Love Story (Taylor's Version) - Taylor Swift (+2) [3] {N/A}

#4: Cry Over Boys - Alexander 23 (+2) [3] {N/A}

#3: We're Good - Dua Lipa (+5) [2] {N/A}

#2: The Business - Tiësto (DEBUT) [1] {Treat People With Kindness}

#1: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles (+10) [7]

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

Week of February 13, 2021 - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (3)

Dua Lipa/DaBaby (3)

Hey guys! So I’m just going to remind you guys quickly that you only have two days left to submit for my rankdown! If you think you need a small extension of time, just let me know right now. Also, Keaton, if you’re reading this, you need to add Bitter, or else I can’t accept your submission. Sorry. As for this week’s countdown, it was… fine. There were definitely some bad jumps and drops, but the best part is easily our exits. Here’s our list.

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To

Deep End - Fousheé (#25) [#25] {1 week}

Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent (#21) [#21] {6 weeks} [x2]

Last Week’s #1: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (2)

#30: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine (-1) [#29] {3 weeks}

#29: Fly Away - Tones And I (+1) [#29] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#28: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane (-) [#28] {2 weeks}

#27: I’m not Pretty - JESSIA (DEBUT) [1 week in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#26: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (-) [#26] {3 weeks}

#25: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (-5) [#20] {8 weeks}

#24: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (-) [#24] {2 weeks}

#23: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (-6) [#17] {17 weeks}

#22: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey (DEBUT) [2 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#21: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max (+6) [#21] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#20: Anyone - Justin Bieber (+2) [#20] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#19: Diamonds - Sam Smith (-4) [#6] {21 weeks}

#18: Lie Lie Lie - Joshua Bassett (+1) [#18] {3 weeks} *new peak*

#17: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (+1) [#15] {14 weeks}

#16: Afterglow - Ed Sheeran (-5) [#11] {7 weeks}

#15: positions - Ariana Grande (-1) [#2] {16 weeks}

#14: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur (+9) [#14] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#13: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (+3) [#13] {13 weeks} *new peak*

#12: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (-2) [#10] {12 weeks}

#11: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (+1) [#11] {13 weeks} *new peak*

#10: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-1) [#7] {20 weeks}

#9: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles (+4) [#9] {5 weeks} *new peak*

#8: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (-) [#8] {5 weeks}

#7: willow - Taylor Swift (-) [#7] {8 weeks}

#6: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (-2) [4 weeks at #1] {22 weeks}

#5: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-) [#3] {13 weeks}

#4: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (-2) [#2] {20 weeks}

#3: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (-) [#3] {5 weeks}

#2: Golden - Harry Styles (+4) [3 weeks at #1] {16 weeks}

#1: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-) [3rd week at #1] {18 weeks}

Last Year’s #1: Adore You - Harry Styles [1/10 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME

So JESSIA’s now our newest One to Watch, after iann dior, which feels like a while ago. Anyways, she debuts this week with her new song, I’m not Pretty. This song’s pretty good. It’s very catchy and the production’s pretty cool. She also sounds good here too. The only issue that I have with this song is that the lyrics are a little weird, but not too much and overall, this song is still really good. Yeah, I hope this song does well and doesn’t leave the second it stops being the One to Watch.

So Machine Gun Kelly brings his second song from his album Tickets To My Downfall onto the Countdown this week. It’s called forget me too and it features Halsey. This song’s pretty great. It’s honestly just a whole lot of fun. Personally, I think that my ex’s best friend is better, but that could definitely change. Both Machine Gun Kelly and Halsey sound pretty great here and they sound surprisingly good together. The instrumentation here is also really good and the heavy electric guitar actually fits well in my opinion. Great song; I hope this does well here.

Best Debut: forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey

Biggest DROP!!!: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (-6): Oh, come on. Did it really need to drop from its biggest jump last week? This deserves to be a hit.

Biggest Jump: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur (+9): Wooh! Top 15 for this song, awesome! I honestly didn’t think that this would be a hit here.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

NONE!

1 - Bad:

#30: Golden - Harry Styles

#29: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

#28: Fly Away - Tones And I

#27: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#26: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

3 - Decent:

#25: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#24: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

4 - Good:

#23: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#22: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#21: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#20: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine

#19: willow - Taylor Swift

#18: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles

#17: I’m not Pretty - JESSIA

#16: Afterglow - Ed Sheeran

#15: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

5 - Great:

#14: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane

#13: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#12: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#11: Lie Lie Lie - Joshua Bassett

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

#9: positions - Ariana Grande

#8: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#7: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#6: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#5: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#4: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#3: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur

#2: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#1: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

Overall Score: 120/150 = 80%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke {17 weeks}

#4: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby {18 weeks}

#3: you broke me first - Tate McRae & my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear {20 weeks}

#2: Diamonds - Sam Smith {21 weeks}

#1: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear {22 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: If You Love Her - Forest Blakk

My Favourite Song Last Year: Some Kind of Disaster - All Time Low

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Say So - Doja Cat

Most Missed Countdown Song: Heavy - Linkin Park/Kiiara

Hit-Bound

Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott/HVME [1]

Cry Over Boys - Alexander 23 [1]

SO DONE - The Kid LAROI [10]

Remember That Night? - Sara Kays [1]

Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler [9]

cheers - blackbear/Wiz Khalifa [2]

Body - Megan Thee Stallion [9]

Girls Like Us - Zoe Wees [4]

Skin - Sabrina Carpenter [2; 2nd time*]

Good Days - SZA [3]

Momma Always Told Me - Mike Posner/Stanaj/Yung Bae [2]

Love Story (Taylor’s Version) - Taylor Swift [1]

Talk About Love - Zara Larsson/Young Thug [3]

rubberband - Tate McRae [2]

Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat [2]

*Skipped Hit-Bound, so this is technically its first time around

Yeah, so there was this Travis Scott song from way back in 2016 called goosebumps that was a pretty big hit. Then, DJ HVME (pronounced Hume) made a remix of that song. Then, Travis Scott decided to make a remix of that remix and that’s what this song is. Goosebumps by Travis Scott and HVME. I’m still not entirely sure what the difference between this song and the version with just HVME is, but whatever. This song is mediocre. Travis’ voice is pitched down weirdly, so that it’s very reminiscent of Ride It by Regard from last year and I really don’t like it. The production’s fine, but it’s nothing too interesting. This doesn’t really need to be a hit.

So there’s this new artist called Alexander 23 and he brings his new song, Cry Over Boys to Hit-Bound this week. This song’s decent. Alexander 23 sounds pretty good here, but the song overall is a little uninteresting. It doesn’t really build at all and the verses don’t have much substance to them. I still wouldn’t mind if this debuted though.

So there’s this song that I’ve known about for a bit now, because it was played on The Pulse for a bit on Pat Monahan of Train’s show. Anyways, it’s called Remember That Night? and it’s by Sara Kays. This song’s only slightly more interesting than Cry Over Boys because the chorus has a little more substance to it and it’s written pretty well. But this song can get kind of boring too.

So this is a bit of a weird situation. So we’ve known for a while that Taylor Swift was going to start re-recording all of her old albums due to ownership issues, but now she’s released the first song from her re-recorded version of Fearless, which is going to come out on April 9th. But what I didn’t realize is that she’s actually gonna be sending some of the re-recorded songs to radio. So now we have a new version of Love Story on Hit-Bound and it sounds pretty much exactly like the original. Which was totally the point and I’m quite surprised that she could get it to sound so similar, but it makes for a weird radio situation. It’s over whether this would be classified as a debut or a re-entry. I’m classifying it as a debut, because even if I classified it as a re-entry, I wouldn’t have the data to know how many weeks it’s spent on the Countdown or its peak. So I’m just classifying it as a debut. Anyways, onto the actual song. This is easily one of the best Taylor Swift songs. It’s got a cool storyline, she sounds great here (even better on the new version, because her voice has matured) and it’s quite catchy. The best part is the key change though. I’m really happy that this is here and I hope that it debuts the Countdown soon.

Best Debut: Love Story (Taylor’s Version) - Taylor Swift

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#15: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

1 - Bad:

#14: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

2 - Mediocre:

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

#12: Good Days - SZA

3 - Decent:

#11: rubberband - Tate McRae

#10: Girls Like Us - Zoe Wees

#9: Cry Over Boys - Alexander 23

4 - Good:

#8: Skin - Sabrina Carpenter

#7: Remember That Night? - Sara Kays

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

#5: Momma Always Told Me - Mike Posner/Stanaj/Yung Bae

#4: cheers - blackbear/Wiz Khalifa

5 - Great:

#3: Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler

#2: Love Story (Taylor’s Version) - Taylor Swift

#1: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

Overall Score: 49/75 = 65%

So You Want Me to Forget Blurbs? Okay, Forget Blurbs Too

We lost two songs off of the Countdown this week, Deep End and Overwhelmed. I’m super glad that Deep End only spent a week on the Countdown. It was terrible and didn’t deserve to debut. As for Overwhelmed, it wasn’t that great and I don’t care that it’s gone.

Our Hit-Bound exits were Lotus Inn and Goodbye. I really don’t care that much that Lotus Inn is gone and did Goodbye really only spend one week on the Countdown? Seriously? We’ve already had two one-weekers and we're literally only on the second week of February.

Go Crazy dropped from its jump last week. Does this seriously have to flop? I mean, come on.

Ayyyy My Head & My Heart making huge gains, we love to see it.

Diamonds can leave aaaany time now.

Yeah, so for some reason, Afterglow decided to drop. I really hope it doesn’t keep dropping.

So yeah, The Weeknd did his Super Bowl performance last week and it was really good. He really used the entire stadium, which was awesome and a lot of the visuals were honestly really cool. Especially when he had all of those dancers out on the field when he was doing Blinding Lights. He did pretty much all of his big hits and he sounded great in all of them. Overall, it was just a really fantastic performance. Definitely better than last year’s (J-Lo and Shakira).

Yeah, so Treat People With Kindness is in the top 10 now. I guess it’s only a matter of time before this hits #1… that’s fine, just as long as it doesn’t stick around for too long.

Speaking of Harry Styles, Golden is back up to #2 this week. I really hope that this doesn’t hit #1 again.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#3: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#4: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#5: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#6: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#7: positions - Ariana Grande

#8: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#9: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#11: Good Days - SZA

#12: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#13: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#14: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#16: Bang! - AJR

#19: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#20: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

#22: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV

#23: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#24: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk

#25: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#28: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#29: willow - Taylor Swift

#34: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#35: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#41: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#42: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#44: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#45: Afterglow - Ed Sheeran

#46: Dynamite - BTS

#49: Whats Poppin (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne

#50: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#52: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#59: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#61: Golden - Harry Styles

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

#64: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#78: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

#80: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#85: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

#86: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#89: Skin - Sabrina Carpenter

#97: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear

#9: Fly Away - Tones And I

#8: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#7: Golden - Harry Styles

#6: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

#5: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#4: Goodbye - Shaylen

#3: Blueberry Eyes - MAX/SUGA

#2: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#1: going out - ROLE MODEL

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#9: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#8: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#7: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#6: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#5: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#4: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#3: positions - Ariana Grande

#2: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#1: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

Kwaheri, everybody! See you in the next one.

Week of February 6, 2021 - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (2)

Dua Lipa/DaBaby (2)

Wow, it was actually quite a good week! Good debuts (for the most part), good jumps and decent Hit-Bound debuts. Make sure you do my 2020 Countdown Extras Rankdown, because you only have nine more days. It’s due not next Monday, but the Monday after that. Make sure you get your submissions in before then! Here’s our exits for this week.

Songs We’re Saying Goodbye To

Skin - Sabrina Carpenter (#23) [#23] {1 week}

Wonder - Shawn Mendes (#22) [3 weeks at #1] {17 weeks}

Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo (#21) [#13] {13 weeks}

Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper (#13) [#10] {19 weeks}

Save Myself - Ashe (#12) [#3] {20 weeks}

Last Week’s #1: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (1)

#30: Fly Away - Tones And I (DEBUT) [11 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#29: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine (+1) [#29] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#28: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane (DEBUT) [11 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#27: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max (-) [#27] {2 weeks}

#26: Heat Waves - Glass Animals (+3) [#26] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#25: Deep End - Fousheé (DEBUT) [8 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#24: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI (DEBUT) [3 weeks in Hit-Bound] {1 week}

#23: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur (+1) [#23] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#22: Anyone - Justin Bieber (+4) [#22] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#21: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent (RE-ENTRY) [#21] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#20: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug (+8) [#20] {7 weeks} *new peak*

#19: Lie Lie Lie - Joshua Bassett (+1) [#19] {2 weeks} *new peak*

#18: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney (-1) [#15] {13 weeks}

#17: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (+8) [#17] {16 weeks} *new peak*

#16: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco (+2) [#14] {12 weeks}

#15: Diamonds - Sam Smith (-6) [#6] {20 weeks}

#14: positions - Ariana Grande (-7) [#2] {15 weeks}

#13: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles (+3) [#13] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#12: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd (+7) [#12] {12 weeks} *new peak*

#11: Afterglow - Ed Sheeran (+3) [#11] {6 weeks} *new peak*

#10: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa (+1) [#10] {11 weeks}

#9: you broke me first - Tate McRae (-1) [#7] {19 weeks}

#8: 34+35 - Ariana Grande (+7) [#8] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#7: willow - Taylor Swift (+3) [#7] {7 weeks}

#6: Golden - Harry Styles (-3) [3 weeks at #1] {15 weeks}

#5: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish (-1) [#3] {12 weeks}

#4: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear (-2) [4 weeks at #1] {21 weeks}

#3: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (+3) [#3] {4 weeks} *new peak*

#2: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear (+3) [#2] {19 weeks} *new peak*

#1: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby (-) [2nd week at #1] {17 weeks}

Last Year’s #1: Circles - Post Malone [2/2 weeks at #1]

Countdown Extra: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

Okay, how did THIS become Tones And I’s second song on the Countdown? Fly Away is easily the worst of her four songs that she’s had on here. Not that it’s bad or anything, she sounds fine, the whole song is just ridiculously boring. I find it hard to listen to because it’s just extremely substanceless. It’s not like the production’s that interesting and the melody doesn’t really grab me either. I highly doubt that this’ll do too well on here and I hope that it doesn’t because it’s really just filling up space on the Countdown right now.

Clinton Kane scores his first song on the Countdown this week with Fix It to Break It. I quite like this song. Not too much, it’s my least favourite song in the “Great” tier, but I still really like it nonetheless. Clinton Kane sounds pretty great here and I really like the melody, especially in the chorus. The production’s not too interesting, but it’s enough to hold up the song. I hope this song does pretty well here.

Well… I have a new least favourite song on the Countdown now I guess. Deep End by Fousheé debuts this week… why? Who actually said that they liked this song in the surveys? I can’t see any appeal in this song whatsoever. Fousheé sounds terrible here and it’s not like the song’s interesting either. I really hate this song and I have no clue why it debuted the Weekend Countdown.

Hunh. Yup, I definitely expected SO DONE to debut before WITHOUT YOU, but here we are as The Kid LAROI gets his first song on the Countdown. There’s one down side to this song debuting the Countdown, because I would’ve made my best song on the Countdown My Head & My Heart, but this is better in my opinion. I think The Kid LAROI actually sounds quite good here and I really like the melody here. I think the chorus is actually pretty good here. Aside from the obvious line that’s not great, this is a pretty great song.

Overwhelmed re-entered the Countdown this week. I can’t possibly see this sticking around for much longer.

Best Debut: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

Biggest DROP!!!: positions - Ariana Grande (-7): Aw man. It really sucks that this didn’t even really get a chance to stick around in the top 5.

Biggest Jump: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug & What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke (+8): Wow, I’m really glad that both of these songs made decent sized jumps and I’d love to see them keep jumping.

Countdown Ranking

0 - Crap:

#30: Deep End - Fousheé

1 - Bad:

#29: Golden - Harry Styles

#28: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

2 - Mediocre:

#27: Fly Away - Tones And I

#26: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#25: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

3 - Decent:

#24: Overwhelmed - Royal & the Serpent

#23: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

#22: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

4 - Good:

#21: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#20: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#19: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#18: Lifestyle - Jason Derulo/Adam Levine

#17: willow - Taylor Swift

#16: Treat People With Kindness - Harry Styles

#15: Afterglow - Ed Sheeran

#14: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

5 - Great:

#13: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane

#12: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#11: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#10: Lie Lie Lie - Joshua Bassett

#9: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#8: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#7: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#6: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#5: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#4: positions - Ariana Grande

#3: Lasting Lover - Sigala/James Arthur

#2: My Head & My Heart - Ava Max

#1: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

Overall Score: 114/150 = 76%

5 Oldest Songs

#5: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke {16 weeks}

#4: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby {17 weeks}

#3: you broke me first - Tate McRae & my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear {19 weeks}

#2: Diamonds - Sam Smith {20 weeks}

#1: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear {21 weeks}

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Endless - Rence

My Favourite Song Last Year: Don’t Start Now - Dua Lipa

My Least Favourite Song Last Year: Say So - Doja Cat

Most Missed Countdown Song: Cheap Thrills - Sia/Sean Paul

Hit-Bound

Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat [1]

Skin - Sabrina Carpenter [1; 2nd time*]

Momma Always Told Me - Mike Posner/Stanaj/Yung Bae [1]

cheers - blackbear/Wiz Khalifa [1]

Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler [8]

I’m not Pretty - JESSIA [1]

forget me too - Machine Gun Kelly/Halsey [2]

Good Days - SZA [2]

Lotus Inn - Why Don’t We [2]

Talk About Love - Zara Larsson/Young Thug [2]

SO DONE - The Kid LAROI [9]

rubberband - Tate McRae [1]

Goodbye - Shaylen [2; 2nd time]

Body - Megan Thee Stallion [8]

Girls Like Us - Zoe Wees [3]

*It skipped Hit-Bound, so this is technically its first time around.

So yeah, you guys know that I don’t really like Saweetie, I made that pretty clear when Tap In was in Hit-Bound back last year. Now, she’s back with Best Friend featuring Doja Cat. This could very possibly grow on me. The main reason is because I think Doja Cat does really great here. I think if it was just Doja Cat, I would definitely like this song. Saweetie just doesn’t really sound that good and I find her voice really quite annoying. But yeah, Doja’s great here.

Skin dropped out of the Countdown and entered Hit-Bound this week. I don’t care that much and it’ll probably re-enter anyways.

So Mike Posner brings his first song on Hits 1 since I Took A Pill In Ibiza all the way back in 2016. Anyways, this song’s called Momma Always Told Me and it features Stanaj and Yung Bae, who don’t have any presence on here whatsoever, but whatever. I don’t really know who they are anyways, so I’m fine with it just being a Mike Posner song. This song’s pretty groovy. It’s nothing too special, but it’s definitely enjoyable and I’d like to see it become a hit.

So next up is a blackbear song that was released on Christmas Day 2020. It’s called cheers featuring Wiz Khalifa. This is a fun little song. I think blackbear sounds pretty good here and I like the hook here, it’s pretty catchy. I like the production, even though it’s pretty minimalistic. It’s not my favourite blackbear song and Wiz Khalifa’s verse is pretty unnecessary, but this song’s really fun and I enjoy it.

So next up is a song that I’ve actually known about for a while now. I actually first heard it the day it came out. It’s I’m not Pretty by JESSIA. I have a bit of a complicated relationship with this song. If I was just talking about the production and melody, this would be great. But the lyrics are just kind of odd and it’s really hard to take her seriously, especially when she’s talking about a pretty serious topic. Yeah, I don’t know. It’s also quite short.

Tate McRae has another song this week, called rubberband. This song’s alright. It’s not really memorable at all, you broke me first is definitely more memorable and this song’s very similar in a lot of ways. She sounds pretty much the same, the production sounds pretty much the same and really the only difference is that the chorus doesn’t really sound the same, but yeah, this is pretty much just a carbon copy of you broke me first.

Best Debut: cheers - blackbear/Wiz Khalifa

Hit-Bound Ranking

0 - Crap:

#15: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

#14: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

1 - Bad:

NONE!

2 - Mediocre:

#13: Good Days - SZA

3 - Decent:

#12: rubberband - Tate McRae

#11: Girls Like Us - Zoe Wees

#10: Lotus Inn - Why Don’t We

4 - Good:

#9: Skin - Sabrina Carpenter

#8: Momma Always Told Me - Mike Posner/Stanaj/Yung Bae

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

#6: I’m not Pretty - JESSIA

#5: Goodbye - Shaylen

#4: cheers - blackbear/Wiz Khalifa

5 - Great:

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

#2: Stay Next To Me - Quinn XCII/Chelsea Cutler

#1: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

Overall Score: 50/75 = 67%

Blurbed Here Without Youuuuuuuuu

As far as the exits go, they were all pretty old, so I’m not disappointed to see any of them go. Wonder and Take You Dancing were just good and I’m satisfied with the amount of success that they both got. I think Holy could’ve done better (for some reason, Hits 1 has something against Justin Bieber) and I think Save Myself stuck around for a bit too long.

As for Hit-Bound exits, the only one was Space Girl. I’m honestly not that sad that it’s gone and it was never gonna debut anyways. That “SUCKED INTO A BLACK HOLE” part was pretty good though.

#30-#24 are all songs that have spent either one or two weeks on the Countdown. Heehee, I love it when little things like that happen.

Really? My Head & My Heart didn’t jump? Whatever, I’m pretty sure that this will be a huge hit anyways.

Anyone made a decent-sized jump. I’d like to see it be a hit, but as I said before, Hits 1 has something against Justin Bieber.

Okay, I’ll admit that Lonely shouldn’t be jumping though, it’s not great.

Diamonds is finally starting to see its way out. I’ve gotten pretty tired of this song, so I’m definitely not disappointed.

Treat People With Kindness jumped into the top 15 this week. I’m definitely not surprised, but honestly, I’m not sad either.

Super Bowl performer The Weeknd’s song Save Your Tears made a really good-sized jump up to #12. I’d love to see this hit the top 10 and I’m really excited for his performance (and for Blinding Lights to go back to #1 on the Hot 100 the week after… maybe… drivers license and Up by Cardi B could both beat it. It’s gonna be exciting nonetheless. Also, yeah, I’m gonna catch up on my Hot 100 posts soon).

34+35 also made a seven-spot jump up into the top 10. Sure, why not?

Yay Golden dropped out of the top 5! Wooh!

drivers license is up at #3. Honestly, I could probably see this hitting #1 in the coming weeks and I definitely wouldn’t be disappointed because it really grew on me.

my ex’s best friend is up at #2 though, so that might block it. I’d like for it to hit #1, but I don’t really want it to block drivers license.

Levitating holds at #1 this week, which is great. I’m really happy that it’s finally doing well here.

How Hits 1 Songs Are Doing on the Hot 100

#1: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#2: Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior

#3: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

#4: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#5: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#6: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#7: positions - Ariana Grande

#8: Holy - Justin Bieber/Chance the Rapper

#9: Good Days - SZA

#10: Bang! - AJR

#12: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#13: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#14: Save Your Tears - The Weeknd

#17: I Hope - Gabby Barrett/Charlie Puth

#18: Body - Megan Thee Stallion

#19: What You Know Bout Love - Pop Smoke

#21: Lemonade - Internet Money/Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV

#22: Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake/Lil Durk

#23: 7 Summers - Morgan Wallen

#26: Anyone - Justin Bieber

#27: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#28: willow - Taylor Swift

#33: Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi

#34: my ex’s best friend - Machine Gun Kelly/blackbear

#35: Kings & Queens - Ava Max

#39: Afterglow - Ed Sheeran

#41: ROCKSTAR - DaBaby/Roddy Ricch

#44: Whats Poppin (Remix) - Jack Harlow/Tory Lanez/DaBaby/Lil Wayne

#45: Best Friend - Saweetie/Doja Cat

#46: Dynamite - BTS

#47: WITHOUT YOU - The Kid LAROI

#48: Skin - Sabrina Carpenter

#49: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#51: Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685/Jason Derulo

#55: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#65: Golden - Harry Styles

#69: Monsters - All Time Low/Demi Lovato/blackbear

#70: Monster - Shawn Mendes/Justin Bieber

#71: HOLIDAY - Lil Nas X

#78: Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

#79: SO DONE - The Kid LAROI

#81: Prisoner - Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa

#91: Heat Waves - Glass Animals

Top 10 on the Hunger Games Countdown

#10: Skin - Sabrina Carpenter

#9: Teeth - 5 Seconds of Summer

#8: Hate The Way - G-Eazy/blackbear

#7: Bummerland - AJR

#6: Fly Away - Tones And I

#5: Fix It to Break It - Clinton Kane

#4: Haunt You - X Lovers/chloe moriondo

#3: Bitter - FLETCHER/Kito

#2: 100 Ways - Jackson Wang

#1: Ice Cream - BLACKPINK/Selena Gomez

Top 10 If the Countdown Made Sense

#10: Diamonds - Sam Smith

#9: Put Your Records On - Ritt Momney

#8: you broke me first - Tate McRae

#7: drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo

#6: Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish

#5: Go Crazy - Chris Brown/Young Thug

#4: Levitating - Dua Lipa/DaBaby

#3: Lonely - Justin Bieber/benny blanco

#2: 34+35 - Ariana Grande

#1: positions - Ariana Grande

Kwaheri, everybody! See you in the next one.