Hello, fam! This is the last countdown of 2017! This year has gone by so fast! As we head into 2018, I’m hoping things will get better in terms of music. I’m still working on my other Year-End posts, such as My Top 45 Songs of 2017 and the Billboard Year-End Hot 100. They’ll likely be delayed until next week at the latest, due to me being busy with other stuff at this moment. There are no songs leaving the countdown this week, so let’s get right to it.
45. MAX featuring Gnash – Lights Down Low (#45) [=]
44. Macklemore featuring Skylar Grey – Glorious (#38) [–6]
43. Harry Styles – Kiwi (#42) [–1]
42. Cheat Codes featuring Demi Lovato – No Promises (#41) [–1]
41. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You (#44) [+3] [Spent 9 Weeks At #1]
40. Charlie Puth – Attention (#43) [+3] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
39. Zedd featuring Alessia Cara – Stay (#32) [–7] [Spent 4 Weeks At #1]
38. Niall Horan – Slow Hands (#27) [–11] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
37. Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do (#31) [–5]
36. Nick Jonas – Find You (#30) [–6]
35. Symon – Lonely Girl (#33) [–2]
34. Liam Payne – Bedroom Floor (#39) [+5]
33. Linkin Park – One More Light (#37) [+4]
32. Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran – River (#35) [+3]
31. Louis Tomlinson – Miss You (#36) [+5]
30. P!NK – What About Us (#20) [–10] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
29. Shawn Mendes – There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back (#22) [–7] [Spent 5 Weeks At #1]
28. Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry (#28) [+1] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
27. The Shadowboxers – Hot Damn (#34) [+7]
26. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still (#26) [=]
25. Liam Payne – Strip That Down (#25) [=] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
24. Ed Sheeran – Castle On The Hill (#28) [+4]
23. Dua Lipa – New Rules (#17) [–6]
22. Imagine Dragons – Believer (#16) [–6] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
21. Lauv – I Like Me Better (#19) [–2]
20. Walk The Moon – One Foot (#40) [+20]
19. Macklemore featuring Kesha – Good Old Days (#23) [+4]
18. X Ambassadors – Ahead Of Myself (#24) [+6]
17. Post Malone featuring 21 Savage – Rockstar (#21) [+4]
16. Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes (#18) [+2]
15. Selena Gomez featuring Marshmello – Wolves (#15) [=]
14. Niall Horan – Too Much To Ask (#14) [=]
13. Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be (#13) [=]
12. Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl (#7) [–5] [Spent 4 Weeks At #1]
11. Kesha – Praying (#11) [=]
10. ZAYN featuring Sia – Dusk Till Dawn (#12) [+2]
9. Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft (#9) [=]
8. Charlie Puth – How Long (#10) [+2]
7. Taylor Swift – …Ready For It? (#8) [+1]
6. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso featuring Florida Georgia Line and Watt – Let Me Go (#6) [=]
5. Maroon 5 featuring SZA – What Lovers Do (#5) [=]
4. Imagine Dragons – Thunder (#3) [–1] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
3. Camila Cabello – Havana (#2) [–1] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
2. Ed Sheeran – Perfect (#2) [–1] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
1. Halsey – Bad At Love (#1) [2nd Week At #1]
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago:
Hailee Steinfeld & Grey featuring Zedd – Starving (3rd of 4 Weeks at #1)
Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Niall Horan – Slow Hands (–11)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Walk The Moon – One Foot (+20)
One Blurb In Front Of The Other
– It’s good to see
Halsey back at #1 this week with
Bad At Love. And yes, I have indeed grown back into the song. Like I said before, it’s a much better choice for #1 than its predecessor, as
Hasley shines a little more in this song.
– Speaking of #1, we have three songs that are locks for next year’s Year-End list. Bad At Love, Havana, and Perfect have all recently hit #1 within the past few weeks. Thus, you can expect to see them on Hits 1’s Top 45 of 2018.
– On the note of other good things that happened this week, Dusk Till Dawn makes its arrival into the Top 10. I’m quite shocked to see this one doing a little bit better than I expected to, even though it’s not a big hit elsewhere. But hey, I’m no complaining. Also, before introducing this song, Spyder Harrison mentioned that ZAYN and his girlfriend spent the holidays building gingerbread houses. Oh, Spyder. Are you making me hungry for a gingerbread cookie or something? 😛
– Did we really need Rockstar in the Top 20? How about a big NO. I know it only jumped 4 spots, but still we don’t need anymore bad songs in the Top 20. We already have Meant To Be infecting the Top 15; let’s not get Rockstar any higher, please?
– But on a positive note, we have three songs entering the Top 20. The two being Ahead Of Myself and Good Old Days, which are both really good and I hope they continue their upward trajectory. Then, you also have One Foot taking an enormous jump this week. It’s good to have Walk The Moon back on the countdown, two years after Shut Up And Dance became big.
– Hot Damn made a rather small, but nice recovery after two unnecessary drops in a row. Hopefully it continues to jump.
Hit-Bound:
- P!NK – Beautiful Trauma
- All Time Low – Last Young Renegade
- Alan Walker featuring Noah Cyrus and Digital Farm Animals – All Falls Down
- Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels – I Miss You
- Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran and Future – End Game
- NF – Let You Down
- Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
- Spencer – Whatever
- WØLVES – Animal
- Sofi Tukker – Best Friend
- AJR featuring Rivers Cuomo – Sober Up
- Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same
- G-Eazy featuring Halsey – Him & I
- Fall Out Boy – Hold Me Tight Or Don’t
My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
2. Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran and Future – End Game
3. WØLVES – Animal
4. All Time Low – Last Young Renegade
5. Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels – I Miss You
Top 20 Review:
0 – Putrid:
20. Post Malone featuring 21 Savage – Rockstar
19. Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be
1 – Bad:
None!
2 – Mediocre:
None!
3 – Decent:
18. Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft
17. Charlie Puth – How Long
4 – Good:
None!
5 – Great:
16. Halsey – Bad At Love
15. Camila Cabello – Havana
14. Sam Smith – Too Good At Goodbyes
13. Niall Horan – Too Much To Ask
12. Maroon 5 featuring SZA – What Lovers Do
11. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso featuring Florida Georgia Line and Watt – Let Me Go
10. Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl
9. Imagine Dragons – Thunder
8. Ed Sheeran – Perfect
7. X Ambassadors – Ahead Of Myself
6. ZAYN featuring Sia – Dusk Till Dawn
5. Walk The Moon – One Foot
4. Taylor Swift – …Ready For It?
3. Selena Gomez featuring Marshmello – Wolves
2. Macklemore featuring Kesha – Good Old Days
BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
1. Kesha – Praying
Overall Grade: 87/100 = 87% (B+)
Throwback Pick Of The Week: Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Most Missed Countdown Song:
Ellie Goulding – Lights (Since today is her 31
st Birthday. Happy Birthday,
Ellie Goulding!)
Most Missed Hit-Bound Drop-Out: Ellie Goulding – Beating Heart
#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Kygo featuring John Newman – Never Let You Go (Actually, anything by Kygo from his latest album, Kids In Love)
Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Adele – Water Under The Bridge
My Top 5 Picks
1. Kesha – Praying
2. Macklemore featuring Kesha – Good Old Days
3. Selena Gomez featuring Marshmello – Wolves
4. Taylor Swift – …Ready For It?
5. Walk The Moon – One Foot
My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Post Malone featuring 21 Savage – Rockstar
2. Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be
3. Liam Payne – Strip That Down
4. MAX featuring Gnash – Lights Down Low
5. Lauv – I Like Me Better
Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
None!
Music Reviews + More 
I knew it was only a matter of time before you put Rockstar in orange.BTW, I was wondering. Which one is worse, Weak or Sober Up?
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For me, quite depressing Rockstar is doing well here.
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Honestly, both AJR songs suck. But if I had to choose, I'm going with Weak because the chorus all throughout the song is annoying.As for my orange song, it'll probably alternate between Rockstar and Meant To Be until either Sober Up debuts or something worse comes along.
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My thoughts. But luckily, since it's Hits 1 and they don't really care for hip-hop/rap, it won't last too long on this countdown.
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I'm surprised it even reached the Top 20.
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Wait WTF One More Light is still on the countdown? Great post as always BTW.
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(It's not bad or anything, just weird though because I thought it left a long time ago)
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Thanks!
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After looking back at our AJR conversation we had a couple of days ago, are there any songs from AJR that you find good or at least decent? Or do you just despise all of AJR's music?
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Hmmm…right now there's two songs in particular. Maybe I'm Ready and I'm Not Famous, both of which were guilty pleasures of mine, in a way. But other than that, their other singles are not good at all for the most part.
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WOAH!!!! You seriously like I'm Ready? I honestly did not expect you to like that song, or I'm Not Famous either. I am totally shocked right now. I like I'm Not Famous but I am pretty on and off about I'm Ready in terms of me liking it.
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I don't really like them like that. I meant to say I kinda like those songs in a way, but I'm also kinda on and off about them.
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So, in case anybody hasn't heard by now, some BIG news: Bruno Mars is going to drop the remix of Finesse which features Cardi B. at midnight, which effectively means it's being pushed as the next single off of 24K Magic. Good news for me, Scott, and maybe Miles.On the note of other new music, I talked about this on Adrian's blog. So, I'm going to say it here also. Justin Timberlake's new single is titled Filthy, and it will be out this Friday. Get excited, everyone.
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Oh.
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