ROSÉ/Bruno Mars (5) - Week of Feb 8, 2025

 

Hey guys! Daniel created an ultimate rank for every #1 song on Mediabase since 1973, so I made a page for it on my blog. Check it out on my header or here: https://zestpond.blogspot.com/p/every-1-song-on-mediabase-since-1970.html

Before we get to this week's fresh 30, let's say goodbye to the songs leaving the countdown: 

• Teddy Swims - Guilty [#28] {1w} PK: 28
• Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You [#19] {2w} PK: 19
• Charli XCX - Apple [#13] {25w} PK: 11
• Myles Smith - Stargazing [#10; 2nd time] {27w} PK: 4

Last week's #1 song: ROSÉ/Bruno Mars - APT. [4 weeks at #1]

30. Kendrick Lamar - squabble up [Debut] {1w} PK: 30

29. Hayes Warner - Oh! [=] {3w} PK: 29

28. The Weeknd/Playboi Carti - Timeless [-2] {4w} PK: 26

27. Tate McRae - Sports car [=] {2w} PK: 27

26. Marshmello/Jonas Brothers - Slow Motion [+4] {2w} PK: 26

25. Sexyy Red/Bruno Mars - Fat Juicy & Wet [Debut] {1w} PK: 25

24. Lady Gaga - Abracadabra [Debut] {1w} PK: 24

23. Megan Moroney - Am I Okay? [=] {3w} PK: 23

22. Kendrick Lamar/SZA - luther [+2] {10w} PK: 22

21. RAYE - Oscar Winning Tears. [+4] {3w} PK: 21

20. The Weeknd - Cry For Me [Debut] {1w} PK: 20

19. Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody [-7] {15w} PK: 12

18. Addison Rae - Diet Pepsi [+4] {21w} PK: 18

17. Gigi Perez - Sailor Song [-1] {14w} PK: 11

16. SZA - BMF [+4] {4w} PK: 16

15. Damiano David - Born With A Broken Heart [+2] {15w} PK: 14

14. Lola Young - Messy [+7] {4w} PK: 14

13. LISA - Moonlit Floor [+2] {15w} PK: 9

12. Alex Warren/Joe Jonas - Burning Down [+2] {14w} PK: 12

11. David Guetta/Alphaville/Ava Max - Forever Young [+7] {10w} PK: 11

10. Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I'm Sorry [+1] {9w} PK: 10

9. Sabrina Carpenter - Taste [=] {24w} [5 weeks at #1]

8. Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams [=] {8w} PK: 8

7. Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER [=] {36w} [3 weeks at #1]

6. Shaboozey - Good News [=] {12w} PK: 6

5. Gracie Abrams - That's So True [-1] {12w} PK: 4

4. Sabrina Carpenter - Bed Chem [+1] {8w} PK: 3

3. Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile [-1] {25w} [4 weeks at #1]

2. Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club [+1] {12w} PK: 2

1. ROSÉ/Bruno Mars - APT. [=] {16w} [5 weeks at #1]

Debuts: 

Kendrick Lamar brings his second song on the countdown with squabble up. This is a lot better than the snoozefest luther, but this song feels kinda annoying ngl.

Now perhaps one of the most surprising debuts of all time. I would never expect Hits 1 would put this in hitbound, let alone on the countdown. Sexyy Red and Bruno Mars collab with Fat Juicy & Wet. This is just so stupidly fun. The production slaps so hard, Sexyy Red and Bruno Mars both sound great together, and the lyrics are so dumb and hilarious. I don't see this song doing well, but who knows.

Well we just had something happen that hasn't happened since 2018. Lady Gaga's Abracadabra skipped hitbound entirely and debuted on release week. This has only happened to Shawn Mendes - In My Blood in 2018 and Maroon 5 - Cold in 2017 as far as I know (not counting Hayes Warner's Oh which debuted on release week but spent a week in hitbound while it was still unreleased). This is so much better than Disease. The glitch pop production is really fun and Lady Gaga sounds amazing as always.

Debuting all the way up to #20 is The Weeknd with Cry For Me. This is good but it's so insanely forgettable. I just finished listening to it and I couldn't tell you one single detail about the song.

Countdown Extra: JENNIE/Dominic Fike - Love Hangover

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Tie between Lola Young - Messy and David Guetta/Alphaville/Ava Max - Forever Young [+7]

Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Morgan Wallen - Love Somebody [-7]

Last year's #1 song: Dua Lipa - Houdini (2/8 weeks at #1)

Favorite song last year: AJR - Inertia

Least favorite song last year: Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me

Most missed song: Selena Gomez - Bad Liar (2017)

Recommendation for Hits 1: Robin Schulz/CYRIL/Sam Martin - World Gone Wild

5 Oldest Songs

1. Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER {36w}
2. Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile {25w}
3. Sabrina Carpenter - Taste {24w}
4. Addison Rae - Diet Pepsi {21w}
5. ROSÉ/Bruno Mars - APT. {16w}

There's a 20 week difference between the #1 and #5 oldest songs, that might be the biggest difference I have ever seen.

Hitbound

Djo - Basic Being Basic [3]

Doechii - DENIAL IS A RIVER [Debut]

Knox - Pick Your Poison [3]

Ava Max - Lost Your Faith [Debut]

LISA/Doja Cat/RAYE - Born Again [Debut]

Shinedown - Three Six Five [Debut]

Nessa Barrett - AMERICAN BEAUTY [Debut]

JENNIE/Dominic Fike - Love Hangover [2]

Kane Brown/Katelyn Brown - Body Talk [2]

Alessi Rose - IKYK [4]

Alex Warren - Ordinary [Debut]

Willow Avalon - Baby Blue [4]

Justice/Tame Impala - Neverender [Debut]

Tyla - PUSH 2 START [3; 2nd time] [Reentry]

Lauren Spencer Smith - Pray [3]

Morgan Wallen - I'm The Problem [2]

Doechii makes her return with DENIAL IS A RIVER. This slaps so hard and the lyrics are so hilarious. A song hasn't made me laugh this hard since MIND YOUR BUSINESS or Jiggle Jiggle.

Ava Basic Max is back with a song that's just as basic as the rest of her music is. Lost Your Faith is good, but like it feels so empty that I can't remember any part of the song 2 seconds after the song is over.

We have the weirdest collab since the Fantasy collab with Lauren Spencer Smith, GAYLE, and Em Beihold. LISA, Doja Cat, and RAYE collab with Born Again. None of these artists should work well together at all, but it kinda does? The production is kinda groovy, everyone sounds great, but this is just so forgettable.

Shinedown are back after that super forgettable song A Symptom Of Being Human last year, with a song that's slightly less forgettable I guess. Three Six Five is good I guess, but again this is so forgettable.

This is just getting comical at this point. Hits 1 is so desperate for Nessa Barrett to become a thing that they have to pick up on literally every single song that she releases. AMERICAN BEAUTY is probably the best song from AFTERCARE so far, but this is still extremely mid.

Great just what we needed, more Alex Bore-en. Ordinary is a great song...to fall asleep to. Other than that, this song has no other redeeming qualities.

French electronic music duo Justice and alt singer Tame Impala collab with Neverender. This is actually Justice's second appearance on Hits 1. They had a hit on the countdown way back in 2007 called D.A.N.C.E which was super fun, however this new song is anything but fun. This is actually quite boring and makes me want to take an afternoon nap.

Lastly PUSH 2 START reentered, because this super amazing mega ultra hit totally needed to reenter for no apparent reason.

Exits:

Crash Adams - Optimist [9]

Nessa Barrett - LOVE LOOKS PRETTY ON YOU [1]

Vella - All My Love [3]

Kesha - Dear Me [2]

TWICE/Megan Thee Stallion - Strategy [8]

Optimist and All My Love find themselves in the abyss, but All My Love was on the countdown so it's not a hitbound dropout. Strategy was fun. And good riddance to Dear Me and LOVE LOOKS PRETTY ON YOU which sucked.

2025 Total Dropouts: 25

Estimated total for 2025: 144 (+1)

Abyss

Koe Wetzel/Jessie Murph - High Road

Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us

Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER

Teddy Swims - Guilty

Vella - All My Love

Crash Adams - Optimist

Griff - last night's mascara

ROSÉ - toxic till the end

The Marías - No One Noticed

Lady Gaga - Disease

Harry Styles - Daylight

Um, why is WILDFLOWER randomly in the abyss again? And why is High Road in the abyss also? And Not Like Us is probably in the abyss because of the super bowl.

Denial is a blurb:

We lost Guilty, Nice To Meet You, Apple, and Stargazing. Stargazing and Apple were very old and really needed to leave. And I'm not sure why Guilty and Nice To Meet You flopped so hard. Guilty is in the abyss and could come back, but Nice To Meet You seems to be completely purged. RIP I guess. Also I completely forgot this was Stargazing's second run on the countdown because it left and reentered the countdown all the way back in August.

This is just getting comical at this point that Diet Pepsi is the new Calm Down/Next To Me (by Emeli Sande). This has been here for 5 and a half months and has yet to see the top half of the countdown.

Forever Young is back at its #11 peak it hit all the way back in November.

Taste really needs to go away at this point. It's just wasting countdown space for better songs.

Gracious how long is APT gonna be #1? It's a great song, but we really need to let other songs hit #1.

That's all for now, see you all next week!

Poll of the week results:

Best Debut?

1. Tate McRae - Sports car: 53.85 % (7 votes)
2. Marshmello/Jonas Brothers - Slow Motion: 30.77 % (4 votes)
3. Teddy Swims - Guilty: 15.38 % (2 votes)