Hey guys! Unfortunately this was not a very good week. Only 2 debuts were that great, and just as I feared last week, Sabrina the Clown has returned to #1. Also, you may notice I have a new color code. I will be using light purple for songs that are incredible. Meaning songs that are potential normal purple songs, or songs that are too amazing to just get a great green color code.
Before we get to this week's fresh 30, let's say goodbye to the songs leaving the countdown:
- Doechii - DENIAL IS A RIVER [#30] {6w} PK: 25
- JENNIE/Dua Lipa - Handlebars [#29] {2w} PK: 28
- ROLE MODEL - Sally, When The Wine Runs Out [#22] {3w} PK: 22
- ROSÉ/Bruno Mars - APT. [#14] {22w} [6 weeks at #1]
- Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile [#10] {31w} [4 weeks at #1]
Last week's #1 song: Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club [4 weeks at #1]
30. JENNIE - like JENNIE [Debut] {1w} PK: 30
29. Halsey - safeword [-3] {3w} PK: 26
28. Alex Warren - Ordinary [Debut] {1w} PK: 28
27. Lizzo - Still Bad [=] {2w} PK: 27
26. Dasha - Not At This Party [+2] {4w} PK: 24
25. Kendrick Lamar/SZA - luther [-2] {17w} PK: 17
24. Damiano David - Next Summer [Debut] {1w} PK: 24
23. Doechii - Anxiety [-2] {2w} PK: 21
22. The Weeknd - Cry For Me [-4] {8w} PK: 17
21. Chappell Roan - The Giver [+3] {2w} PK: 21
20. LISA/Doja Cat/RAYE - Born Again [+5] {7w} PK: 20
19. Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman [Reentry] {2w} PK: 19
18. Lizzo - Love In Real Life [-2] {4w} PK: 16
17. Tate McRae - Revolving door [+3] {5w} PK: 17
16. Gigi Perez - Sailor Song [-3] {21w} PK: 9
15. Lady Gaga - Garden Of Eden [Debut] {1w} PK: 15
14. Selena Gomez/benny blanco/Gracie Abrams - Call Me When You Break Up [+3] {5w} PK: 14
13. Lola Young - Messy [-4] {11w} PK: 8
12. SZA - BMF [=] {11w} PK: 10
11. Alex Warren/Joe Jonas - Burning Down [+4] {21w} PK: 11
10. Gracie Abrams - That's So True [-6] {19w} [1 week at #1]
9. Shaboozey - Good News [-2] {19w} PK: 5
8. Tate McRae - Sports car [=] {9w} PK: 8
7. Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else [+12] {4w} PK: 7
6. Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club [-5] {19w} [4 weeks at #1]
5. ROSÉ - toxic till the end [+1] {7w} PK: 5
4. Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I'm Sorry [+7] {16w} PK: 4
3. Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams [+2] {15w} PK: 3
2. Lady Gaga - Abracadabra [+1] {8w} PK: 2
1. Sabrina Carpenter - Bed Chem [+1] {15w} [1 week at #1]
Debuts:
Luckily JENNIE replaced herself on the countdown with a much better song. like JENNIE is actually produced by Diplo. This is super fun and slaps so hard.
Ugh, I am not too thrilled about this next debut. After being in hitbound for 7 weeks, Alex Warren finally debuts with Ordinary. And the title of the song perfectly describes how I feel about it. This is so boring and forgettable. How is this becoming a hit?
Damiano David is back with Next Summer after being in the abyss for a few weeks. This is fine. The production is pretty good and Damiano sounds great, but this is very forgettable.
Um, I would have been perfectly happy if Busy Woman never reentered the countdown thank you very much. We really didn't need more Sabrina the Clown.
Lady Gaga debuts all the way up at #15 with Garden Of Eden. This is really fun and Lady Gaga sounds great as always, but this isn't nearly as great as Abracadabra.
Countdown Extra: Jonas Brothers - Love Me To Heaven
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else [+12]
Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Gracie Abrams - That's So True [-6]
Last year's #1 song: Sabrina Carpenter - Feather (1/4 weeks at #1)
Favorite song last year: JVKE - clouds
Least favorite song last year: Jack Harlow - Lovin On Me
Most missed song: ROLE MODEL - going out (2020)
Recommendation for Hits 1: Artemas - southbound
5 Oldest Songs
- Tie between Gigi Perez - Sailor Song and Alex Warren/Joe Jonas - Burning Down {21w}
- Tie between Shaboozey - Good News, Gracie Abrams - That's So True, and Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club {19w}
- Kendrick Lamar/SZA - luther {17w}
- Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I'm Sorry {16w}
- Tie between Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams and Sabrina Carpenter - Bed Chem {15w}
How in the actual hell is Sailor Song the oldest song on the countdown? It has overstayed its welcome on the countdown for way too long.
Hitbound
Jon Bellion - WASH [2]
Ariana Grande - twilight zone [Debut]
Alessi Rose - IKYK [11]
Kesha/T-Pain - YIPPEE-KI-YAY. [Debut]
Jonah Marais - Better Place [Debut]
Jack Harlow/Doja Cat - Just Us [2]
Dua Lipa/Troye Sivan - Physical [Reentry] [9]
Dove Cameron - Too Much [6]
j-hope/Miguel - Sweet Dreams [3]
Thomas Day - Sleep When We're Dead [Debut]
Henry Moodie - indigo [Debut]
Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not [2]
Knox - 50/50 [3]
Max McNown - A Lot More Free [Debut]
Emei - Crazy Stupid Love [5]
sombr - undressed [2]
Ariana Grande has released the deluxe version of Eternal Sunshine, and here she is with twilight zone. This is pretty good. Ariana sounds great and the production is nice. One of the better songs I've heard from her in a while besides Popular.
Welp, even Kesha is going country now. She collabs with T-Pain with YIPPEE-KI-YAY. This is pretty fun and they both sound great together, but this seems very forgettable.
Jonah Marais from Why Don't We is back with Better Place. Eww, why did he have to make a ballad? Slow Motion is so much better than this. He sounds good but the production is so uninteresting to listen to.
Welp, with this next song, this breaks a new record. Dua Lipa's Physical has reentered hitbound 5 years later, this time a remix with Troye Sivan. I'm really glad this is back. This got robbed so hard back in 2020 and deserved to become a hit. Hopefully this time this ends up becoming a hit. Also, with this version reentering, the original Physical has become a rare "miscellaneous hitbound dropout", which hasn't happened since XG's Left Right 2 years ago when it got replaced by a remix. If you're curious, you can find that list here: https://zestpond.blogspot.com/p/kinda-hitbound-dropouts.html
Okay, I don't think anyone asked for more Thomas Day. He's back with Sleep When We're Dead, which Hits 1 misspelled as "Sleep When You're Dead" because of course they did. He had a very forgettable hitbound dropout called Gravity back in 2023, but luckily his new song is so much better. This is pretty fun but is very generic.
Oh great, a new Henry Moodie song that's gonna spend 15 weeks in hitbound. He's back with indigo. This is pretty good. He sounds great and the production is solid. Let's just hope this doesn't spend 15 weeks in hitbound.
Lastly we have some rando named Max McNown with a song called A Lot More Free that's been floating around the Mediabase charts for a few weeks now. This is not really that great. This is just some boring forgettable country ballad. Hopefully this doesn't become a hit.
Exits:
Jonas Brothers - Love Me To Heaven [1] SOTW
Imogen Heap - Headlock [3]
Selena Gomez/benny blanco - Bluest Flame [1]
Ashley Cooke/Joe Jonas - All I Forgot [5]
almost monday - can't slow down [14; 2nd time]
Good riddance to can't slow down, I don't know why it felt the need to reenter in the first place. Bluest Flame finds itself in the abyss and I hope it debuts soon. Love Me To Heaven left despite being the countdown extra. Headlock was great but it was very old and was starting to shrink on me. And good riddance to All I Forgot which was insanely forgettable.
2025 Total Dropouts: 53
Estimated total for 2025: 172 (-1)
Abyss
Jonas Brothers - Love Me To Heaven [1]
Justice/Tame Impala - Neverender [1]
Ryann - Dirty [1]
RAYE - Oscar Winning Tears. [1]
Selena Gomez/benny blanco - Younger And Hotter Than Me [1]
Doechii - DENIAL IS A RIVER [1]
ROLE MODEL - Sally, When The Wine Runs Out [1]
Selena Gomez/benny blanco - Bluest Flame [1]
Avery Anna - Mr. Predictable [2]
Tyla - PUSH 2 START [5]
Pitbull/Bon Jovi - Now or Never [5]
Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us [8]
Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER [8]
The Marías - No One Noticed [10]
Lady Gaga - Disease [15]
Harry Styles - Daylight [149]
I've gone thru and added weeks for the abyss song to more easily keep track of them. And according to my calculations, Daylight has spent 149 weeks in the abyss...yeah...
Also, 16 songs in the abyss is just getting ridiculous at this point...
Blurb me to heaven:
We lost DENIAL IS A RIVER, Handlebars, Sally When The Wine Runs Out, APT, and Die With A Smile. Good riddance to the last two, they were super old and really needed to leave. Handlebars was super forgettable and got replaced by a much better song of hers. Sally When The Wine Runs Out was pretty fun but was very forgettable. And DENIAL IS A RIVER did not deserve to flop that hard.
Can safeword stop flopping please?
Why has luther just been rotting in the bottom half of the countdown for 4 months now? Just leave or do something already.
There was a lot of movement on the countdown. Nice to see Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else make a huge jump into the top 10, but I'm not really sure if toxic till the end and I Love You, I'm Sorry deserves to be in the top 5.
Oof, Pink Pony Club didn't have to drop that hard from #1.
Welp, guess it's time to address the new #1 song. Bed Chem jumped to #1 despite being only #12 in airplay. Yeah, this did not really need to be #1 and I would have been perfectly fine with it being blocked from #1. Let's just hope Abracadabra overthrows it from #1 soon. If you didn't see my latest AI post, then I'll share the same comic I generated as to why I think Bed Chem went #1.
That's all for now, see you all next week!
Poll of the week results:
Best HB Debut?
- JENNIE - like JENNIE: 41.67 % (5 votes)
- Jonas Brothers - Love Me To Heaven: 25 % (3 votes)
- Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not: 25 % (3 votes)
- Jon Bellion - WASH: 8.33 % (1 vote)
