Ed Sheeran (4) – Week Of December 2, 2017

/ dhill92

Hello, fam! We are officially in the last month of 2017! Where has the time gone! Anyway, as far as this week went, we had some good, some bad, and…well, not much else. I don’t have too much else to say right now in terms of the introduction. So, let’s get on with it! Before we get to this week’s Fresh 45, here are the songs leaving us this week:

  • Bruno Mars – That’s What I Like (#45) [Spent 1 Week At #1]
  • Evaride – Heartless (#44)
  • Sabrina Carpenter – Why (#26)

The Countdown:

Last Week’s #1 Song: Imagine Dragons – Thunder
45. Luis Fonsi featuring Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee – Despacito (#43) [-2]
44. The Script – Rain (#38) [-6]
43. Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid – 1-800-273-8255 (#41) [-2]
42. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You (#42) [=] [Spent 9 Weeks At #1]
41. Charlie Puth – Attention (#36) [-5] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
40. Mono Mind – Save Me A Place (#28) [-12]
39. MAX Featuring Gnash – Lights Down Low (#40) [+1]
38. The Chainsmokers featuring Coldplay – Something Just Like This (#39) [+1] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
37. The Shadowboxers – Hot Damn (#34) [-3]
36. Sam Hunt – Body Like A Back Road (#35) [-1]
35. Zedd featuring Alessia Cara – Stay (#33) [-2] [Spent 4 Weeks At #1]
34. Harry Styles – Kiwi (DEBUT)
33. Cheat Codes featuring Demi Lovato – No Promises (#14) [-19]
32. X Ambassadors – Ahead Of Myself (DEBUT)
31. ZAYN featuring Sia – Dusk Till Dawn (#29) [-2]
30. Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill (#32) [+2] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
29. Nick Jonas – Find You (DEBUT)
28. Linkin Park – One More Light (#24) [-5]
27. Niall Horan – Slow Hands (#27) [=] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
26. Lauv – I Like Better (#31) [+5]
25. Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do (#17) [-8]
24. Liam Payne – Strip That Down (#22) [-2] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
23. Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be (#30) [+7]
22. Dua Lipa – New Rules (#24) [+2]
21. Shawn Mendes – There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back (#28) [+7] [Spent 5 Weeks At #1]
20. Post Malone featuring 21 Savage – Rockstar (#37) [+17] (Dang it, North America)
19. Imagine Dragons – Believer (#12) [-7] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
18. Niall Horan – Too Much To Ask (#18) [+1]
17. Selena Gomez featuring Marshmello – Wolves (#20) [+3]
16. Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes (#21) [+5]
15. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso featuring Florida Georgia Line and Watt – Let Me Go (#15) [=]
14. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still (#18) [+4]
13. Kesha – Praying (#13) [=]
12. Charlie Puth – How Long (#16) [+4]
11. Macklemore featuring Skylar Grey – Glorious (#7) [-4]
10. Taylor Swift – …Ready For It? (#9) [-1]
9. Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry (#6) [-3] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
8. P!NK – What About Us (#8) [=] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
7. Maroon 5 featuring SZA – What Lovers Do (#5) [-2]
6. Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft (#11) [+5]
5. Ed Sheeran – Perfect (#3) [-2]
4. Halsey – Bad At Love (#2) [-2]
3. Imagine Dragons – Thunder (#1) [-2] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
2. Camila Cabello – Havana (#4) [+2]
1. Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl (#10) [+9] [FOURTH WEEK AT #1!] (Whoa!)

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey – Closer (8th and Final Week At #1)

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Cheat Codes featuring Demi Lovato – No Promises (-19)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Post Malone featuring 21 Savage – Rockstar (+17)

New Entrants

– Kicking off this week’s new entrants, we have Harry Styles making his return. Enter Kiwi, his third single off of his self-titled album. This song is a bit of a step up from Two Ghosts in terms of the production. I do love the rock elements this one has to offer. The sound kinda resembles that of the 70’s-80’s rock music. I love how Harry Styles can make use of his instruments in the song, much like with the rest of the album. Overall, it’s a solid track. We’ll see how far this one goes.

– Next up, we have the return of the X Ambassadors. Those who know them will probably remember Renegades, which was a huge favorite to the blogging community. Then, you had Unsteady, which on the other hand was hated by many here for whatever reason after spending a very long time on the countdown. Now this week, they bring us their new single Ahead Of Myself. It sounds pretty similar to Renegades to say the least. I do like the production in this one. However, to me it’s the lyrical content and the vocals that stand out. This is a song that I’m sure many can relate to. It talks about not getting too far ahead in everyone’s lives. It’s kind of a song that can help people reflect on their mistakes and learning from them. Overall, it’s a nice song and I don’t mind if it stays here for a while.

– Finally, we have Nick Jonas making his return to the countdown, by the name of Find You. Right off the bat, I didn’t really find this one too interesting at first. But I’ve come to embrace it more. I do like what the lyrical content has to offer, and the production here is pretty cool, especially when the guitars are being put to great use. Is it me, or does this song kinda sound like Lady Gaga – Perfect Illusion? Anyway, seeing as this one flopped elsewhere, it’ll be interesting to see how well this does on the countdown.


Every Time I Blurb Ahead Of Myself

– As far as our exits go, Sabrina Carpenter – Why I wasn’t fond of, so I’m happy about the departure. Evaride – Heartless was pretty underrated and I think it deserved better. Finally, we lost Bruno Mars – That’s What I Like. I figured it was going to make its exit eventually, but I did not expect it to leave since I have been hearing it a lot over the course of this week. I know that while many here are bidding good riddance, me and Scott are doing the exact opposite.

– *sees #1* Whoa! I didn’t think Galway Girl would jump back into the Top 5 and steal Imagine Dragons’s thunder (see what I did there) like that to take back the #1 spot. But sure, I’ll take it. Again, I expected Perfect to be #1, but that was not the case.

– Of course, Rockstar would be honored the Biggest Jump Of The Week in its second week. Not very thrilled about this. I’m going to be straight up and just say that this jump was completely uncalled for.

– On the other hand, Too Good At Goodbyes made a nice recovery back into the Top 20. I’m certainly fine with this. And seeing that it’s still somewhat gaining in radio and sales, this may not be done yet.

– No Promises taking a big drop isn’t very surprising, given that this song lost its popularity a while ago. I have a feeling it won’t be on the countdown for too much longer.

– Speaking of drops, Save Me A Place has fallen down near the Bottom 5. It did have quite a run while it lasted, so I’ll give it that. Now, I’m hoping it can hang around for a little while longer.

Hit-Bound:

  • Bruno Mars – Chunky
  • P!NK – Beautiful Trauma
  • AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo – Sober Up (DEBUT)
  • Sofi Tukker – Best Friend
  • Walk The Moon – One Foot
  • Louis Tomlinson – Miss You (DEBUT)
  • Spencer – Whatever (DEBUT)
  • WØLVES – Animal
  • Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels – I Miss You
  • Fall Out Boy – Hold Me Tight Or Don’t
  • Macklemore featuring Kesha – Good Old Days
  • Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran and Future – End Game
  • Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
  • Liam Payne – Bedroom Floor

– On this week’s edition of Hit-Bound, new artist Spencer was the guest host for Mikey Piff. We have three debuts to cover this week, so let’s review.
– First, we start with AJR making their return once again. This time, they brought along Rivers Cuomo with the song called Sober Up. Right off the bat, I’m going to go on the record and say this song sucks. And no, it’s not because I’m so sick of AJR after we just got through with the annoying Weak a few months ago. Sober Up is another one of those songs with cool lines, but with stupid lyrical content. And I don’t like their vocal work in this one. I recently watched Spectrum Pulse’s take on not only this song, but their album, The Click, in general. Simply put, he slammed this and the entire album big time, and for good reason. I will not be thrilled if it debuts on the countdown. But should it happen, I’ll have more words then.
– Unlike our first debut, there are two other new entrants that I’m sure will interest most people here. We have Louis Tomlinson who just released his new single yesterday, by the name of Miss You. I was expecting Just Like You to make its debut at some point, but I was proven wrong. Anyway, Miss You does have some rock elements to it, and I do like Louis’s vocals. Since Hits 1 loves One Direction, it’s almost certain to debut on the countdown soon. So I’ll talk more about it later on.
– Finally, we have Spencer himself who makes his debut as a new artist, by the name of Whatever. Right off the bat, it’s not necessarily the best first impression for a new artist. But I do like the beat and the vocals here. Not too much else I can say beyond that.
My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Bruno Mars – Chunky
2. Macklemore featuring Kesha – Good Old Days
3. Walk The Moon – One Foot
4. Louis Tomlinson – Miss You
5. WØLVES – Animal

Top 20 Review:
0 – Putrid:
20. Post Malone featuring 21 Savage – Rockstar

1 – Bad:
None!

2 – Mediocre:
None!

3 – Decent:
19. Imagine Dragons – Believer
18. Halsey – Bad At Love
17. Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry
16. Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft

4 – Good:
15. Charlie Puth – How Long
14. Macklemore featuring Skylar Grey – Glorious
13. Camila Cabello – Havana

5 – Great:
12. Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes
11. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still
10. Niall Horan – Too Much To Ask
9. Maroon 5 featuring SZA – What Lovers Do
8. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso featuring Florida Georgia Line and Watt – Let Me Go
7. Imagine Dragons – Thunder
6. Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl
5. Ed Sheeran – Perfect
4. P!NK – What About Us
3. Taylor Swift – …Ready For It?

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
TIE: 1. Selena Gomez featuring Marshmello – Wolves
TIE: 1. Kesha – Praying

Overall Grade: 86/100 (B)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Céline Dion – All By Myself (1996)
Most Missed Countdown Song: Rachel Platten – Stand By You

Most Missed Hit-Bound Drop-Out: Lorde – Green Light
#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Steve Aoki featuring Lauren Jauregui – All Night
Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Alessia Cara – Scars To Your Beautiful

My Top 5 Picks
TIE: 1. Kesha – Praying
TIE: 1. Selena Gomez featuring Marshmello – Wolves
3. Taylor Swift – …Ready For It?
4. P!NK – What About Us
5. ZAYN featuring Sia – Dusk Till Dawn

My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Sam Hunt – Body Like A Back Road
2. Post Malone featuring 21 Savage – Rockstar
3. Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be
4. Liam Payne – Strip That Down
5. MAX featuring Gnash – Lights Down Low

Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
Adele – Water Under The Bridge: Easily the best thing about this one is the production, in which more instruments are being used. And the powerhouse chorus is pretty darn epic. I’ll talk more about this in my Year-End posts, but it’s not too hard for me to figure out why this is a fan favorite off of 25.

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  2. Here’s my bottom 5 songs and my Lights Over Paris Award for 2017.My Bottom 5 Songs Of 2017:1. AJR – Weak2. Rihanna – Love On The Brain3. Post Malone/21 Savage – Rockstar4. Childish Gambino – Redbone5. The All American Rejects – Sweat2017 Lights Over Paris HitBound Hero Award Winner: Shawn Hook/Vanessa Hudgens – Reminding MeWhat is yours?

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  3. Miss You is really good as far as production goes. Whatever has some flaws to it. The lyrics are kinda weird at some parts of the song. I do like Sober Up and it is honestly probably better than Weak. Also, did you hear the Perfect remix yet? It is amazing IMO. Beyonce does a great job with the vocals. If Hits 1 played the remix, it would be in purple for me.

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