Hello, fam! So, here’s the Thanksgiving Edition of the Hits 1 Weekend Countdown post. Not a whole lot of interesting things really happened this week. But we did get the return of a certain act while he replaces a song that’s been here for what seems like forever. I’ll have more on it later in the post. It’s almost time for me to do Year-End posts. I’m halfway through with one of them. It should be ready within the next week or so. Before we get to this week’s fresh 45, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week:
- Panic! At The Disco – Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#35) [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
The Countdown:
Last Week’s #1 Song: 5 Seconds Of Summer – Teeth
45. Jonas Brothers – Cool (#43) [–2] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
44. Ed Sheeran featuring Justin Bieber – I Don’t Care (#45) [+1]
43. Halsey – Nightmare (#42) [–1]
42. AJR – Dear Winter (#36) [–6]
41. Tones & I – Dance Monkey (#41) [=]
40. Fall Out Boy featuring Wyclef Jean – Dear Future Self (Hands Up) (#40) [=]
39. Liam Payne featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – Stack It Up (#23) [–16]
38. Billie Eilish – All The Good Girls Go To Hell (#38) [=]
37. Harry Styles – Lights Up (DEBUT)
36. Kygo featuring Whitney Houston – Higher Love (#37) [+1]
35. Alec Benjamin – If We Have Each Other (#34) [–1]
34. Camila Cabello – Liar (#33) [–1]
33. Jonas Brothers – Sucker (#25) [–8] [Spent 13 Weeks At #1]
32. Kesha featuring Big Freedia – Raising Hell (#31) [–1]
31. Lauv featuring Anne-Marie – I’m Lonely (#29) [–2]
30. The Chainsmokers featuring Bebe Rexha – Call You Mine (#28) [–2]
29. Louis Tomlinson – We Made It (#39) [+10]
28. Taylor Swift – You Need To Calm Down (#26) [–2] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
27. PUBLIC – Make You Mine (#30) [+3]
26. Shawn Mendes featuring Camila Cabello – Señorita (#27) [+1]
25. NF – Time (#44) [+19]
24. Selena Gomez – Look At Her Now (#22) [–2]
23. Diplo featuring Jonas Brothers – Lonely (#32) [+9]
22. SHAED – Trampoline (#24) [+2]
21. Why Don’t We – What Am I (#18) [–3]
20. Marshmello featuring Kane Brown – One Thing Right (#21) [+1]
19. Shawn Mendes – If I Can’t Have You (#20) [+1] [Spent 9 Weeks At #1]
18. Maroon 5 – Memories (#16) [–2]
17. Lizzo – Truth Hurts (#17) [=]
16. Charlie Puth – Mother (#15) [–1]
15. Selena Gomez – Lose You To Love Me (#14) [–1]
14. TWENTY ØNE PILØTS – The Hype (#19) [+5]
13. Dan + Shay featuring Justin Bieber – 10,000 Hours (#12) [–1]
12. The Chainsmokers featuring 5 Seconds Of Summer – Who Do You Love (#11) [–1] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
11. Sam Smith – How Do You Sleep? (#13) [+2]
10. Halsey – Graveyard (#3) [–7]
9. Taylor Swift – Lover (#10) [+1]
8. Jonas Brothers – Only Human (#8) [=] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
7. Post Malone – Circles (#4) [–3]
6. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Teeth (#1) [–5] [Spent 2 Weeks At #1]
5. Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid – Beautiful People (#5) [=] [Spent 1 Week At #1]
4. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier (#6) [+2] [Spent 3 Weeks At #1]
3. Lizzo – Good As Hell (#9) [+6]
2. Niall Horan – Nice To Meet Ya (#2) [=]
1. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved (#7) [+6] [3rd Week At #1]
#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (8th And Final Week At #1)
Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Liam Payne featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – Stack It Up (–16)
Biggest Jump Of The Week: NF – Time (+19)
New Entrants:
– Within the past month, we’ve saw the return of One Direction, one-by-one. First off, it was Niall Horan who made his comeback with Nice To Meet Ya. Second, Liam Payne began to stack things up with…well, Stack It Up. Then Louis Tomlinson finally made it back to the countdown with We Made It after songs such as Two Of Us and Kill My Mind were both stranded on Hit-Bound. And now, we get the comeback single from Harry Styles after almost two years, titled Lights Up. The only person that’s missing now is ZAYN, who was also a member of One Direction. But it doesn’t look like we’ll get new music from him anytime soon. I guess he didn’t realize that his band members were making their comeback this year. I wonder what was his reasoning? We’ll probably never know for sure. Anyway, onto Harry Styles. Now a few years after One Direction went on hiatus as a band, each of the band members have been putting out solo music. I thought Harry Styles had the most impressive debut out of all them, what with him deciding to go for glam rock of the 70’s & 80’s. Sign Of The Times was a huge favorite of mine and the rest of his self-titled album was pretty damn solid. So naturally, I would expect him to take the same approach for his new album. But after hearing Lights Up, it doesn’t appear to be the case. I wasn’t exactly fond of this at the first listen, but I’ve came around to it with time. Although a good song, it’s nothing compared to what he had before. Harry put on a fine vocal performance here, and the instrumentation is…pretty decent to say the least. My concern, however, is there’s not much in terms of the lyrical depth. I feel like more could’ve been done in that aspect. I’m sold on this for the most part. Do I see myself revisiting the song in the future? Not exactly. He’s had better. But I’m interested to see what else he brings for his new album.
All The Blurbs Couldn’t Put Out The Dark
– I’ll begin with our one exit. Hey Look Ma, I Made It, one of the longest-tenured song in the history of the Hits 1 Weekend Countdown, is officially no more. With that, we do not have a song from Panic! At The Disco on the countdown for the very first in what feels like forever. It seemed like yesterday that Brendon Urie and company had three songs in the countdown. They were riding high with High Hopes this time last year. Little did we know that it would go on to become a huge hit, surpassing the peak I Write Sins, Not Tragedies reached from a decade ago, which if I’m correct was #7. These guys had a great run while it lasted. Farewell, Hey Look Ma, I Made It. It’s been real.
– Before introducing Señorita, Spyder Harrison mentioned that Harry Styles pronounced Shawn Mendes’s name wrong while on SNL doing a skit. And believe it or not, Shawn himself is okay with it. I’m glad he’s not that type of guy, because not everyone can get his name right. Heck, nobody gets my name right the first time, and I’m cool with that too.
– Time ends up making a massive comeback as it jumps big to #25 this week. I’m not exactly sure how I feel about this because I’m starting to lose interest in the song. I don’t know how much longer it’ll stick with me. But I can’t picture myself disliking this in the future.
– Well, this didn’t last long. Graveyard is right back to square one after hitting #3 last week. This look destined to be #1 after last week. I guess it’s wasn’t meant to be.
– But in its place, Good As Hell rose to #3. Hits 1 is showing Lizzo a lot of love here. I wonder does this have a potential to be #1 anytime soon? Let us hope!
– And then we get to our #1, ugh. Someone You Loved has no business being at #1. That’s certainly not something to be thankful for. I’ll take any other song in the Top 10 (sans Easier) over this any day.
Hit-Bound:
- Sofi Tukker – Purple Hat
- Panic! At The Disco – Into The Unknown
- Post Malone featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott – Take What You Want
- Arizona Zervas – Roxanne
- OneRepublic – Wanted
- Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar (DEBUT)
- Lewis Capaldi – Hold Me While You Wait
- Dua Lipa – Don’t Start Now
- Billie Eilish – Everything I Wanted
- Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B – South Of The Border
- Meghan Trainor featuring Mike Sabath – Wave
- The Chainsmokers – Push My Luck
- Fall Out Boy – Bob Dylan
- Hot Chelle Rae – I Hate (Love) LA
- Lil Nas X – Panini
Entrant Reviews:
– Well, whaddya know? Harry Styles has another new single making its way to Hit-Bound, this time with Watermelon Sugar. So, right off the bat, I don’t really find it interesting. His voice is okay, but I think the production lacks some kind of substance. Then again, that was my initial reaction when Lights Up first came around. It might grow on me. We’ll see.
Hit-Bound Breakdown:
0 – Crap:
15. Meghan Trainor featuring Mike Sabath – Wave
14. Arizona Zervas – Roxanne
1 – Bad:
None!
2 – Mediocre:
None
3 – Decent:
13. Lewis Capaldi – Hold Me While You Wait
12. OneRepublic – Wanted
11. Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar
10. Lil Nas X – Panini
4 – Good:
9. Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B – South Of The Border
5 – Great:
8. Hot Chelle Rae – I Hate (Love) LA
7. Sofi Tukker – Purple Hat
6. Fall Out Boy – Bob Dylan
5. The Chainsmokers – Push My Luck
4. Panic! At The Disco – Into The Unknown
3. Billie Eilish – Everything I Wanted
2. Post Malone featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott – Take What You Want
BONUS: 6 – Best Song On Hit-Bound:
1. Dua Lipa – Don’t Start Now
Overall Grade: 57/75 = 76% (B)
Most Missed Hit-Bound Dropout: Alesso featuring Nico & Vinz – I Wanna Know
My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Dua Lipa – Don’t Start Now
2. Post Malone featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Travis Scott – Take What You Want
3. Billie Eilish – Everything I Wanted
4. Panic! At The Disco – Into The Unknown
5. The Chainsmokers – Push My Luck
Hits 1 Weekend Countdown Top 20 Breakdown:
0 – Crap:
20. Marshmello featuring Kane Brown – One Thing Right
19. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Easier
1 – Bad:
18. Maroon 5 – Memories
17. Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
16. The Chainsmokers featuring 5 Seconds Of Summer – Who Do You Love
2 – Mediocre:
None!
3 – Decent:
15. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Teeth
14. Sam Smith – How Do You Sleep?
4 – Good:
None!
5 – Great:
13. Post Malone – Circles
12. Jonas Brothers – Only Human
11. Lizzo – Truth Hurts
10. Halsey – Graveyard
9. Charlie Puth – Mother
8. TWENTY ØNE PILØTS – The Hype
7. Lizzo – Good As Hell
6. Dan + Shay featuring Justin Bieber – 10,000 Hours
5. Shawn Mendes – If I Can’t Have You
4. Niall Horan – Nice To Meet Ya
3. Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid – Beautiful People
2. Taylor Swift – Lover
BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
1. Selena Gomez – Lose You To Love Me
Overall Grade: 75/100 = 75% (B)
Throwback Pick Of The Week: Coldplay – Clocks (2003)
Most Missed Countdown Song: Demi Lovato – Confident
#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Ally Brooke – No Good
Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: Dan + Shay – Tequila (#11)
My Top 5 Picks
1. Selena Gomez – Lose You To Love Me
2. Taylor Swift – Lover
3. SHAED – Trampoline
4. Shawn Mendes featuring Camila Cabello – Señorita
5. Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid – Beautiful People
My Bottom 5 Picks
1. Marshmello featuring Kane Brown – One Thing Right
2. Jonas Brothers – Cool
3. Halsey – Nightmare
4. AJR – Dear Winter
5. Lauv featuring Anne-Marie – I’m Lonely
Songs That Debuted This Week One Year Ago:
Lauv featuring Julia Michaels – There’s No Way: I know I disliked this back when it was new. But after it left the countdown, I’ve kinda came around to it. This is probably the only decent song Lauv has put out. Although I can’t really get behind the vocals, the production and the lyrics make up for that.
Little Mix featuring Nicki Minaj – Woman Like Me: This is quite an interesting collaboration in my book. Sure, I much prefer Black Magic. But everything about this just works out well. Between good vocal chemistry and the cool reggae vibe, this exceeds on almost every level one can think of.
David Guetta featuring Anne-Marie – Don’t Leave Me Alone: It’s nowhere close to David Guetta’s best. He’s had better, but I do like how he sticks to his roots and not sell out like some other EDM acts. Anne-Marie put on a good vocal performance here. It’s one of the better performances she has had since Rockabye.
Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next: This one kinda came out of nowhere while Breathin’ was still gaining momentum. Although disliked by some here, it’s definitely something I can get behind. It’s catchy in a way and I like Ariana’s voice.
Hello, fam! Welcome to the Thanksgiving Weekend edition of the American Top 40. So as I mentioned before, I plan on hopefully doing reveals for my 2012 Billboard Year-End Rankdown sometime within the next week or so. While I’m at it, I’ll be focusing on my Year-End posts. You’ll likely see those soon. Before we get to this week’s fresh 40, here are the songs we’re saying goodbye to this week:
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