Hello, fam! Happy Christmas weekend to you all, and I hope you enjoy your presents! Hits 1 will be countdown their Top 45 Songs of the year starting today. I’ll be reviewing that, plus I’m half-way through with my Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Review. So, I should have those ready by next week. But now, let’s get right into this week’s countdown. Spyder Harrison did indeed host the Christmas weekend edition of the Hits 1 Weekend Countdown, and…I thought this was a good week overall to start off this holiday weekend. Hopefully, things continue to pick up as get closer to 2018. Who knows? Maybe we’ll get some more surprises at the start of the year. So without further ado, here are the songs leaving us this week:
- Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid – 1-800-273-8255 (#45)
- The Script – Rain (#44)
- Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber – Despacito (#43)
- Sam Hunt – Body Like A Back Road (#23) (!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
The Countdown:
Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry (–19)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Macklemore featuring Kesha – Good Old Days (+11)
New Entrants
– Next up, we have Liam Payne with his second song on the countdown, by the name of Bedroom Floor. This is a step up from Strip That Down in terms of the production, and there’s more singing going on. I do like how Liam shows off his vocals, though I do kinda question adding the falsetto. And believe it or not, Charlie Puth is one of the songwriters behind it. He helped Liam produced this song. While it’s in blue at this moment, it could change to green soon.
– So, who’s ready to hear more from Louis Tomlinson? Well, good news for you then: he makes his return with his third solo single titled Miss You. This one has some nice rock elements to it, and he uses the guitars pretty well. Louis Tomlinson does showcase his vocal talent pretty well like he did. The lyrical content talks about missing a girl that he loved and the memories they had. It’s a good song, and whether it finally becomes a hit, I don’t know. But I’m hoping for the best.
– Finally, we have the return of Eminem. And guess what, Ed Sheeran decides to tag along with their new single titled River. I’m quite surprised this one managed to debut straight to the countdown. I expected it to last at least one week on Hit-Bound, but I guess I was wrong. Anyway, there are some things I like about it, mainly Ed Sheeran’s voice. I’ve only heard it a couple of times throughout the week, so I’m not quite sure how I feel about it just yet. My opinion could really go either way.
– EVERYONE! WE MUST REJOICE! THE HUGE PIECE OF GARBAGE KNOWN AS SAM HUNT – BODY LIKE A BACK ROAD HAS FINALLY LEFT THE COUNTDOWN!!! GOOD RIDDANCE!!! YOU WILL NOT BE MISSED!!!
– As far as the remaining exits go, I didn’t necessarily care the The Script – Rain in the big picture, so I’m okay with its departure. The other two songs, 1-800-273-8255 and Despacito, deserve some words for me. Let’s first talk about the former. Some may hate this because they found it to be poorly executed, but I did like the meaning behind the song and it was something people can relate to. The latter, on the other hand, was the biggest song of the summer and I am surprisingly not sick of it unlike most people. I did enjoy Despacito while it lasted. With that said, both of these songs will be missed, by me at least.
– We had some noticeable drops this week. Both Attention and Kiwi have fallen to the bottom of the countdown. The former looks like it’s nearing its end, though it had a good run while it lasted. The latter I’m kinda disappointed about, but I’m not surprised since it’s not too big elsewhere.
– On that note, Sorry Not Sorry took a big drop out of the Top 10 for the first time in months. I’m sure ATR will be pleased with this news.
– On the flip side, Good Old Days takes a big jump into the Top 30. And forget what I said about last week when that song made its debut that was a little bit of a step down from Glorious. I’m finding this to be an amazing song, and I don’t just say it because of Adrian, either. Actually, yes I did. There I said it. But seriously, though. I’m in love with this song and I’m hoping it can be successful like its predecessor.
– Looks like What Lovers Do isn’t giving up just yet, as it just climbed back into the Top 5. I’m not surprised since I heard it as Most Wutchuwanted the past few times throughout the week. But hey, I’m not complaining. We’ll see how long it lasts.
– And we’ve come to our new #1! Ed Sheeran continues to reign supreme with his 4th song from Divide reaching the top spot. It was no surprise that it would wound up getting there, what with a couple of remixes making this song gain a lot of steam. And speaking of which, I have indeed decided to grade the remix, just for fun. 🙂
Hit-Bound:
- Sofi Tukker – Best Friend
- Fall Out Boy – Hold Me Tight Or Don’t
- Spencer – Whatever
- NF – Let You Down (DEBUT)
- Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
- Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran and Future – End Game
- AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo – Sober Up
- P!NK – Beautiful Trauma
- Alan Walker featuring Noah Cyrus and Digital Farm Animals – All Falls Down (DEBUT)
- Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels – I Miss You
- WØLVES – Animal
- G-Eazy featuring Halsey – Him & I (DEBUT)
- Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same (DEBUT)
- All Time Low – Last Young Renegade
– Finally, we have more music from Camila Cabello. This time, she has a new song titled Never Be The Same. I can’t say I’m feeling this one yet, in part due to her vocals. I’ll talk more about this later on when it debuts.
20. Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Me
19. Lauv – I Like Me Better
None!
18. Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft
17. Imagine Dragons – Believer
16. Charlie Puth – How Long
15. Halsey – Bad At Love
14. Camila Cabello – Havana
13. Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes
12. Dua Lipa – New Rules
11. Niall Horan – Too Much To Ask
10. Maroon 5 featuring SZA – What Lovers Do
9. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso featuring Florida Georgia Line and Watt – Let Me Go
8. Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl
7. P!NK – What About Us
6. Imagine Dragons – Thunder
5. Ed Sheeran – Perfect
4. ZAYN featuring Sia – Dusk Till Dawn
3. Taylor Swift – …Ready For It?
2. Selena Gomez featuring Marshmello – Wolves
TIE: 1. Kesha – Praying
Most Missed Hit-Bound Drop-Out: Ellie Goulding – Still Falling For You
3. Selena Gomez featuring Marshmello – Wolves
None!
Music Reviews + More 
Which is better: Body Like a Back Road or Uh Huh?
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I'm going with Uh Huh, only because the guitars are okay.
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Montavis: You need to update the purple & orange squads; Meant to Be became orange last week and Body Like a Back Road left so it isn’t orange.
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I'm glad that at least someone still likes Look What You Made Me Do. However, I think I am the only person who still has it in purple. :(Wait, Hits1 is playing the Beyonce remix for Perfect? If so, then Perfect will be orange for me…All I Want For Christmas Is You is hands down, the best holiday song yet! I am glad it made the top 10 on Billboard.
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Does Hits 1 play the Beyonce remix? I heard Perfect last night and I didn't hear her in it.
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Oh noooo. They never played the remix. I added it just for fun.
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Where's the American Top 40?
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Unfortunately, there's no AT40 post because they aired their last countdown of the year last week. However, they did count down their Top 40 of 2017, which I'll post later on.
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^I was about to ask if they had a year-end countdown.
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