1. Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones (#1) [=] [2^nd Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Niall Horan – Slow Hands (1^st of 3 Weeks At #1)

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Cardi B. featuring Bad Bunny and J. Balvin – I Like It (–20)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Weezer – Africa (+11)

New Entrants
– We have only one new entrant this week. DJ Khaled and Justin Bieber collaborate once again in their new single titled No Brainer. This song also features Quavo and Chance The Rapper, who were also on I’m The One. The only difference is that Lil’ Wayne is not in this song as opposed to its predecessor, thankfully. Right off the bat, No Brainer is basically a rehash of I’m The One. I do like Justin’s verses throughout the song. I think he does a nice job overall. But I feel like the song lacks something to make it more interesting. The production is quite underwhelming. I can probably see myself growing into this, but more likely than not I’ll get sick of it with time.

Blurbs Of ’69
– So, we sadly have to say good-bye to Let You Be Right. It’s such a damn shame that this song had to be underrated. Meghan Trainor deserves more success than this. And now with her new album being pushed back to January, I’m afraid it’s going to be a while before we hear more new music from her.

– It’s nice to see I Like It take a massive drop down to the Bottom 5. I don’t quite hate the song as much, but I just simply don’t really see the appeal to it.

– Before introducing Alone, Spyder Harrison mentioned that Halsey is officially back together with G-Eazy. It’s nice to see these two were finally able to work out something. I’m sure they’re hoping they can stay together.

– One Kiss took a rather surprising drop this week. And I say this because I heard it quite a bit last week. Though given that it’s starting to fade elsewhere, I have a feeling it won’t be with us for any longer. Oh well.

– Of course, Africa was bound to take a big jump in its second week. It looks like that one is going to stick around. I’m still not fond of that song, so hopefully it won’t last.

– Love Lies has made its way into the Top 10. That which I’m cool with. It’s nice to see Khalid get his first Top 10 hit on the Hits 1 Countdown. It helps that the song is still gaining elsewhere.

– So, I just recently watched Selena Gomez dance to the Michael Jackson classic, Rock With You. It reminds me of times like these where I could just dance to his music. This week would’ve been his 60th Birthday. He was a legend, and I loved his music.

– The Last Of The Real Ones hold the #1 spot this week. Sounds like Hits 1 has started to fall back in love with Fall Out Boy. I have a feeling that song is likely going to stay in the Top 5 for a while. I do love the song, so I have no complaints about this.

Summer Throwbacks:

Because this is the Labor Day Edition of the Hits 1 Weekend Countdown, they decided to play their summer throwback hits. Here below are the list of songs they played. Note that this will be updated throughout the weekend.

• Katy Perry – Teenage Dream
• Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me
• Ke$ha – Your Love Is My Drug
• Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo and Afrojack – Give Me Everything
• Florida Georgia Line – Cruise
• Flo Rida featuring Sia – Wild Ones
• Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
• Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass
• One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
• Sia featuring Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills
• Sam Hunt – Body Like A Back Road
• Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell and T.I. – Blurred Lines
• Katy Perry – Last Fright Night (T.G.I.F.)
• Eminem featuring Rihanna – Love The Way You Lie
• Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me
• Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber – Despacito
• LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem
• Owl City featuring Carly Rae Jepsen – Good Time
• Bruno Mars – The Lazy Song

Hit-Bound:

• Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato – Solo
• Walk The Moon – Kamikaze
• Zedd featuring Elley Duhé – Happy Now
• Anne-Marie – 2002
• Marshmello featuring Bastille – Happier
• Bryce Vine – Drew Barrymore
• Jason Derulo & David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj and Willy William – Goodbye (DEBUT)
• Sabrina Carpenter – Almost Love
• The Vamps – Just My Type
• AJR – Burn The House Down
• Calvin Harris featuring Sam Smith – Promises
• NF – Lie
• LSD – Thunderclouds
• Bazzi featuring Camila Cabello – Beautiful (Remix)
• The Struts featuring Kesha – Body Talks (DEBUT)

– So, we have two new songs on Hit-Bound this week. There’s the return of Kesha who is collaborating with The Struts in the song called Body Talks. I listened to the song quite a few times and I’m not exactly sure what to think of it yet. I do like Kesha’s contribution here. That’s all I’ve got for now.

– We have the return of Jason Derulo and David Guetta with their latest single titled Goodbye, which features Nicki Minaj and Willy William. I never thought of Jason doing a song from the Latin-based genre, but I’m kinda glad it worked out well. I like the verses from both Nicki and Willy. I’ll talk more about it when it debuts.

My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Zedd featuring Elley Duhé – Happy Now
2. Bazzi featuring Camila Cabello – Beautiful
3. Walk The Moon – Kamikaze
4. Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato – Solo
5. Calvin Harris featuring Sam Smith – Promises

Top 20 Review:
0 – Putrid:
20. Marshmello featuring Anne-Marie – Friends

1 – Bad:
None!

2 – Mediocre:
None!

3 – Decent:
19. NOTD featuring Bea Miller – I Wanna Know
18. Foster The People – Sit Next To Me
17. Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B. – Girls Like You

4 – Good:
16. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood

5 – Great:
15. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
14. Charlie Puth – The Way I Am
13. lovelytheband – Broken
12. Imagine Dragons – Natural
11. Khalid featuring Normani – Love Lies
10. Post Malone – Better Now
9. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night)
8. Selena Gomez – Back To You
7. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood
6. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes
5. Taylor Swift – Delicate
4. Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones
3. Backstreet Boys – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
2. Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
TIE: 1. Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey – The Middle

Overall Grade: 89/100 = 89% (B+)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Bryan Adams – Summer Of ’69 (1985)

Most Missed Countdown Song: Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk

Most Missed Hit-Bound Dropout: Little Mix – Touch

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Gabbie Hanna – Honestly

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Tie between Kesha – Praying (#23) and Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do (#13)

My Top 5 Picks
TIE: 1. Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey – The Middle
TIE: 1. The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren – Side Effects
3. Ariana Grande – God Is A Woman
4. Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry
5. Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones

My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Lauv – I Like Me Better
2. Marshmello featuring Anne-Marie – Friends
3. Train featuring Cam and Travie McCoy – Call Me Sir
4. Weezer – Africa
5. Drake – In My Feelings

Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
Cheat Codes featuring Demi Lovato – No Promises: This is an interesting collaboration between these two. I love Demi’s contribution in the song. She sounds amazing. I’m glad it turned out well.
Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl: Although the song didn’t really gain much traction elsewhere, it was still successful here on Hits 1 because of their love for Ed Sheeran. This is still the best song off of Divide. Anything that has a folk vibe pulls me in.
Mono Mind – Save Me A Place: This underground EDM group made a great first impression with this song. Plus, the female vocals remind me of Ellie Goulding.
Taylor Swift – Look What You Made Me Do: This was a controversial lead single for Taylor’s latest album, Reputation. Fans and YouTube critics were not very fond of this because it was too much of a departure of her previous singles. However, I myself kinda like it in a guilty pleasure way.