Hello, fam! So, Turkey Day is next week. And that means spending time with our families, eating all the good food, and a lot of other good stuff. Anyway, I just want to say that I’ll be working on my Q&A post starting next week. I should have it ready by the end of this month, hopefully. Right now, here’s the Hits 1 Countdown post. There are no songs leaving the countdown this week, so let’s get right to it!
The Countdown:
Last Week’s #1 Song: Marshmello featuring Bastille – Happier
45. Bazzi featuring Camila Cabello – Beautiful (Remix) (#43) [–2]
44. George Ezra – Shotgun (#42) [–2]
43. NF – Lie (#45) [+2]
42. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood (#44) [+2] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
41. Kim Petras – Heart To Break (#39) [–2]
16. Silk City featuring Dua Lipa – Electricity (#14) [–2]
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: P!NK – What About Us (1st And Only Week At #1)
Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Charlie Puth – The Way I Am (–18)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (+17)
Keep On Blurbin’
– The Way I Am took quite a massive fall this week. The song’s time may be nearing its end. And barring some sort of miracle, it doesn’t look like we’ll be getting anything new from Charlie anytime soon.
– Before introducing Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, Spyder Harrison mentioned that a police officer was singing one of the singles from the Backstreet Boys on the intercom. Sounds like he wanted to put on a show. That’s some cool stuff!
– It’s nice to see Eastside gain some late momentum after not doing much last week. I would like for it to swap places with Without Me, but I know that’s not going to happen.
– Before introducing Electricity, Spyder Harrison mentioned that Dua Lipa was able to finally get some time off after working on music for so long. Wow, Dua must be tired from doing all this work. I’ll bet she’s happy about getting some free time.
– I figured Hey Look Ma, I Made It would enter the Top 10 sooner or later. Although its predecessor is gaining momentum elsewhere and has shown no signs of slowing down, Hits 1’s love for Panic! At The Disco is at an all-time high. Thus, it was only natural for its successor to gain momentum on this countdown.
– While the rest of the Top 5 remain unchanged, we see Natural moving back up into that territory. I guess one week out of the Top 5 was simply enough based on Hits 1’s logic.
Hit-Bound:
- David Guetta featuring Anne-Marie – Don’t Leave Me Alone
- Lauv featuring Julia Michaels – There’s No Way
- Post Malone featuring Swae Lee – Sunflower
- Imagine Dragons – Machine
- Lauren Jauregui – Expectations
- 5 Seconds Of Summer – Killer Queen
- Olly Murs – Moves
- TWENTY ØNE PILØTS – Chlorine
- Ellie Goulding featuring Diplo – Close To Me
- Little Mix featuring Nicki Minaj – Woman Like Me
- Shawn Mendes – Nervous
- Camila Cabello – Consequences
- Steve Aoki featuring BTS – Waste It On Me
- Alec Benjamin – Let Me Down Slowly
- Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next
YouTube 15:
- Halsey – Without Me
- Alan Walker featuring AuRa and Tomine Hacket – Darkside
- Madison Beer featuring Offset – Hurts Like Hell
- Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B. – Girls Like You
- Cher Lloyd – None Of My Business
- Juice WRLD – Lucid Dreams
- Sabrina Carpenter – Sue Me
- Marshmello featuring Bastille – Happier
- Clean Bandit featuring Marina And The Diamond and Luis Fonsi – Baby
- Khalid featuring Normani – Love Lies
- CNCO featuring Meghan Trainor and Sean Paul – Hey DJ
- Post Malone – Better Now
- Benny Blanco featuring Calvin Harris – I Found You
- Cardi B. featuring Bad Bunny and J. Balvin – I Like It
- LÉON – Falling
– Remember Madison Beer who brought us songs like Dead and Home With You? Well, guess what? She’s back, and this time she brings us Hurts Like Hell. Not too much I can say about this one. I do like her vocals in this one, but I’m not big on the verses we get from Offset. That’s probably the only thing that brings it down for me. Other than that, it’s a decent song overall.
– We have more Sabrina Carpenter once again, this time with Sue Me. I do think this is her best song overall. She shines a little more with her vocals, and the production is decent all around. I recently found out that the song talks about her life after a lawsuit was filed against her. I do hope we hear more songs like this.
– Next, we have CNCO collaborating with Meghan Trainor and Sean Paul with the single, Hey DJ. This is a pretty interesting collaboration. I like the Latin vibes in the song. These artists did a nice job with the verses. It’s a fun song overall.
– Lastly, we have LÉON with Falling. Right off the bat, she has a very unique voice and she uses it very well in the song. The production here is very good. There’s not much else I can say about it. Yeah, it’s an awesome song.
My Top 5 YouTube 15 Picks
1. LÉON – Falling
2. Clean Bandit featuring Marina And The Diamond and Luis Fonsi – Baby
3. Alan Walker featurin AuRa and Tomine Hacket – Darkside
4. Post Malone – Better Now
5. CNCO featuring Meghan Trainor and Sean Paul – Hey DJ
Top 20 Review:
0 – Putrid:
20. Bebe Rexha – I’m A Mess
1 – Bad:
19. Halsey – Without Me
2 – Mediocre:
18. Marshmello featuring Bastille – Happier
3 – Decent:
17. Anne-Marie – 2002
4 – Good:
16. lovelytheband – Broken
5 – Great:
15. Calvin Harris featuring Sam Smith – Promises
14. Dan + Shay – Tequila
13. Khalid featuring Normani – Love Lies
12. Walk The Moon – Kamikaze
11. Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It
10. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes
9. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood
8. Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones
7. Benny Blaco featuring Halsey and Khalid – Eastside
6. The Chainsmokers featuring Emily Warren – Side Effects
5. The Struts featuring Kesha – Body Talks
4. Imagine Dragons – Natural
3. Silk City featuring Dua Lipa – Electricity
2. Shawn Mendes – Lost In Japan
BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
TIE: 1. The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling
Overall Grade: 86/100 = 86% (B)
Throwback Pick Of The Week: Earth, Wind, & Fire – Let’s Groove (1981)
Most Missed Countdown Song: Martin Garrix featuring Bebe Rexha – In The Name Of Love (Two years since it debuted)
Most Missed Hit-Bound Dropout: Paramore – Hard Times
#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Imagine Dragons – Bad Liar
Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Kesha – Praying (#18)
My Top 5 Picks
TIE: 1. Zedd featuring Maren Morris and Grey – The Middle
TIE: 1. The Chainsmokers featuring Kelsea Ballerini – This Feeling
3. Ariana Grande – Breathin’
4. Shawn Mendes – Lost In Japan
5. Silk City featuring Dua Lipa – Electricity
My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Bebe Rexha – I’m A Mess
2. LSD – Thunderclouds
3. Juice WRLD – Lucid Dreams
4. Bryce Vine – Drew Barrymore
5. Halsey – Without Me
Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
The Shadowboxers – Hot Damn: This is pretty cool and unique in more ways than one. And what’s even more interesting about it is two things. One is the fact that Justin Timberlake helped produced the song, and two is that the band is from my hometown of Atlanta. How cool is that?
Music Reviews + More 
Great post…I did listen to Sue Me… I listen to the other 3 tomorrow
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