Hello friends! This is the first Hits 1 Weekend Countdown of November! We’re getting pretty close to the end of 2017. Man, has time flown by so fast! And again, remember to set your clocks back 1 hour because Daylight Savings Time ends today. But enough about that. Let’s get right into the music business of things, shall we? Now, here are the exits this week:
- Harry Styles – Two Ghosts (#35)
- Lady Gaga – The Cure (#36)
The Countdown:
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey – Closer (5th Of 8 Weeks At #1)
Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do (-24)
New Entrants
– For our second and final debut of the week, we have newcomer Dua Lipa making her first-ever appearance on the countdown. Earlier this year, she had Blow Your Mind (Mwah) on Hit-Bound, but it failed to graduate. Today, she finally makes her debut with New Rules, which has recently reached 500 million views on YouTube. So, congratulations, Dua Lipa! Anyway, I do love the tropical house vibe to the song, and Dua Lipa makes better use of her vocals in this one. It’s another one of those break-up songs in terms of the lyrical content, which talks about how one can move on from their ex and trying to not be friends with them anymore. On the note of the music video, it shows her having a sleepover with her friends in the hotel. It basically shows her friends giving her advice on how to move on from an ex, while she does the same near the end. Anyway, the point I’m trying to get across is, it’s a solid track for her overall and it’s a better choice for her single in her debut album. We’ll see if it has some success here.
– So, we had two exits this week. Two Ghosts makes its departure, and given that people aren’t buying into Harry Styles’ music, I probably shouldn’t be as surprised about its exit. On a sad note, we lost The Cure, and with it brings Lady Gaga’s countdown run to a close. This is the first time we don’t have a Lady Gaga song on the countdown since September 10, 2016. Even though it was bigger elsewhere, it had a nice tenure and I enjoyed pretty much every bit of the song. I can see myself putting it in my Top 45 Songs of 2017. Farewell The Cure. Thank you for your time and service on the countdown. You will not be forgotten by me.
– Our bottom 5 remains the same, so nothing to talk about there.
– While I was out and about this week, I heard the instrumental version of That’s What I Like on a sports radio station. Quite the refresher.
– So, I recently found out that Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber are hanging out together again. I wonder does this mean they’ll be in a long-term relationship this time around? Only time will tell on that.
– Before introducing Attention, Spyder Harrison mentioned that Charlie Puth wears the same pants every day just so he could concentrate on his music. Heh, I wonder does he wash them every day?
– The guest DJ that introduced Wish I Knew You gave a shout-out to her cool cousin. How very nice of her!
– All of the songs from #40-#37 held their positions this week.
– Heartless doesn’t seem to be getting anywhere on the countdown, as it fell to #35 this week. Pretty unfortunate if you ask me.
– So, The Script band member Mark Sheehan just recently celebrated his 41st birthday this past Sunday. I would like to wish him a Happy Belated Birthday!
– My goodness! Look What You Made Me Do took a really hard fall out of the Top 5 all the way down to #29. It’s safe to say that it won’t hit #1 here, given that this one is free-falling elsewhere, also. And remember when I said back when it made its debut that this was going to be the Closer of 2017? Yeah, I jinxed it big time. For me, it’s a disappointment, but at the same time, it’s not surprising that this happened.
– How is Body Like A Back Road still jumping?! I know I rant about this song so often. But still, it needs to leave and stop polluting the countdown already!
– So, I shouldn’t be surprised to see Too Good At Goodbyes making a jump this week, given that his new album, The Thrill Of It All, has just been released yesterday.
– The guest DJ that introduced Save Me A Place gave a shout-out to all of her chemistry friends and her parents. She even mentioned her parents’ names. How very nice of her!
– Strip That Down dropping out of the Top 5 (and Top 10) is nothing but good news. Hopefully this is the end.
– Although Feel It Still hit #1 on The AT40, the same doesn’t ring true here (well, not yet at least). Hopefully, it can get that chance someday.
– It’s good to see Love So Soft making its arrival in the Top 10, rising to #7. I still enjoy that new sound of hers at this moment. I’m hoping it can stay in the Top 10 for a while.
– On the note of other Top 10 entrants, we have Perfect making a enormous jump this week into the Top 5, literally swapping places with Look What You Made Me Do. Man, he’s been dominating the charts this year. Something tells me that this could very well be another #1 hit in the making for Ed Sheeran.
– And while were on that subject, despite Thunder still dominating in sales & radio, lightning did not strike twice for Imagine Dragons this week, as they didn’t hold the #1 spot. Instead…
– We have What About Us reaching a new peak at #2. It’s good to see P!NK getting another big hit like she did with Just Like Fire back in 2016.
– And then our #1. Of course, Ed Sheeran was destined to get it back at some point. Now, would it be interesting if he replaces himself with Perfect in the next week or so? If that were to happen, it would be the first time since almost three years ago when Taylor Swift replaced herself at #1.
Hit-Bound
- Liam Payne – Bedroom Floor
- Taylor Swift – Gorgeous (DEBUT)
- Post Malone featuring 21 Savage – Rockstar
- Selena Gomez featuring Marshmello – Wolves (DEBUT)
- Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
- The Shadowboxers – Hot Damn
- ZAYN featuring Sia – Dusk Till Dawn
- Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be
- Lauv – I Like Me Better
- Macklemore featuring Kesha – Good Old Days
- X Ambassadors – Ahead Of Myself
- Nick Jonas – Find You
- Bruno Mars – Chunky
- Harry Styles – Kiwi
20. Liam Payne – Strip That Down
None!
19. Imagine Dragons – Believer
18. Camila Cabello – Havana
17. Halsey – Bad At Love
16. Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry
15. Niall Horan – Slow Hands
14. Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft
13. Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes
12. Macklemore featuring Skylar Grey – Glorious
11. Charlie Puth – How Long
10. Maroon 5 featuring SZA – What Lovers Do
9. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still
8. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso featuring Florida Georgia Line and Watt – Let Me Go
7. Imagine Dragons – Thunder
6. Ed Sheeran – Perfect
5. P!NK – What About Us
4. Mono Mind – Save Me A Place
3. …Ready For It? Taylor Swift
2. Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl
BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
1. Kesha – Praying
Pitbull featuring Flo Rida and LunchMoney Lewis – Greenlight: It’s not as good as Timber, but Pitbull always showcases his energy and charisma. Oh, and both Flo Rida & LunchMoney Lewis verses are solid all around.
Fifth Harmony – That’s My Girl: Yeah, I’m not a fan of the fart-sounding trumpets in this one, or their vocals. Sorry.
Jon Bellion – All Time Low: This was one of Adrian’s favorite songs of 2016. He can explain it better than I can. This song does have some neat stuff to it. It’s good to see songs like this become a sleeper hit worldwide for an artist not really known to many people.
Music Reviews + More 
I loved All Time Low and wished that Overwhelming had the same treatment.
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Nice post!Ok… I would definitely not have predicted any of the events that happened this week. Even though TGAG and What About us made unnecessary jumps, Perfect jumping was awesome and LWYMMD dropping made me thrilled, although the latter flopped big time anyway. Our exits were great and New Rules is still awesome. And Lights Down Low is still here, and that is all that matters :pHit-Bound is looking good, too!
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Great post, as always! 🙂 Sorry mine have been late, they will be out today. P.S. I am very very very upset about LWYMMD dropping 24 -_-
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You're very welcome, my friend!Yeah, it's very disappointing to see LWYMMD drop big, but then again, it's faltering big time elsewhere, so I'm not surprised.
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In case anyone is wondering, I've got some big news: Havana by Camila Cabello featuring Young Thung has just dethroned Thunder by Imagine Dragons for #1 on iTunes.
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Not surprising. I am really enjoying Havana right now.
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Here's this week's Billboard Hot 100 so far:1. Rockstar by Post Malone featuring 21 Savage (4th Annoying Week At #1)2. Havana by Camila Cabelllo featuring Young Thug [+5]3. Bodak Yellow (Money Moves) by Cardi B. [-1]4. 1-800-273-8255 by Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid [-1]5. Thunder by Imagine Dragons [=]6. Feel It Still by Portugal. The Man [-2]7. Gucci Gang by Lil' Pump [+7]8. Sorry Not Sorry by Demi Lovato [-2]9. Mi Gente by J. Balvin featuring Willy William and Beyoncé [-1] (GO AWAY!!!)10. Too Good At Goodbyes by Sam Smith [-1]11. Perfect by Ed Sheeran [-1]14. MotorSport by Migos featuring Nicki Minaj and Cardi B. (DEBUT)19. …Ready For It? by Taylor Swift [+27]26. New Rules by Dua Lipa [+8]27. Bad At Love by Halsey [+4]35. Wolves by Selena Gomez featuring Marshmello [+53]37. When It Rains It Pours by Luke Combs [-1]50. Silence by Marshmello featuring Khalid [-3]68. Gorgeous by Taylor Swift [-55]100. High End by Chris Brown featuring Future and Young Thug (RE-ENTRY)
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Never heard of MotorSport before. Is it good?
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Learn to Let Go was sent to BBC Radio in the UK as the 2nd UK single. And it debuted the Billboard Hot 100 for at least two weeks.
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#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Andy Grammer – Smoke Clears
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For once, you're actually right Chase. Heard about it while I was on Pulse Music Boards. But yeah, if it's the second official single, then it's good choice for Kesha.
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Never heard of it either.
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I think Woman might make Hits 1.
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