Monday, October 17, 2022

AT40: Post Malone/Doja Cat (2) - Week Of Oct 15, 2022

Hey all, so I think I decided I'm gonna start reviewing the AT40 countdown. I don't know if I'll do it every week, but I'll do it if I have time. I won't be doing a full review like my Hits 1 posts, I'll just color code the songs and give some blurbs. People have been telling me that AT40 is better than Hits 1, but I'm not so sure. AT40 has been around for longer, since 1970, and they have all their countdowns archived. Unlike Hits 1, whose countdowns aren't archived anywhere and instead I have to rely on other people's posts. But Hits 1, on the other hand, tends to pick up on songs much earlier than other stations. And songs don't last as long on the weekend countdown as they do on AT40, after Hits 1 shortened the countdown. Hits 1 and AT40 both have their pros and cons, but I still think Hits 1 is better. So the primary focus of this blog will still be on Hits 1 and AT40 second. Alright, enough blabbering, let's get started!


Songs falling off:

Kane Brown - Grand (26)

Benny Blanco ft. BTS & Snoop Dogg - Bad Decisions (33)

Megan Thee Stallion ft. Dua Lipa - Sweetest Pie (40)


1: Post Malone ft. Doja Cat - I Like You (An Overplayed Song) (↔)

2: Nicky Youre ft. Dazy - Sunroof (↔)

3: Doja Cat - Vegas (↑3)

4: Harry Styles - Hate Night Toppling (↓1)

5: Harry Styles - Ass It Was (↔)

6: Lizzo - About Damn Time For This Song To Leave (↓2)

7: OneRepublic - I Ain't Worried (↔)

8: Steve Lacy - Bad Habit (↔)

9: Joji - Glimpse Of Ass (↔)

10: Marshmello ft. Khalid - Numb (↑1)

11: Charlie Puth ft. Jungkook - Left And Right (↑1)

12: Elton John & Britney Spears - Hold Me Closer (↑2)

13: Harry Styles - Music For A Sushi Restaurant (↑2)

14: Yung Gravy - Betty (Get Money) (↑3)

15: Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (↓2)

16: Lizzo - Am I Ready 2 Be Annoyed (↑2)

17: Jack Harlow - First Class (↓1)

18: Nicki Minaj - Super Annoying Girl (↑2)

19: Jax - Victoria's Secret (↑2)

20: Halsey - Maria's Wedding Song (↓10)*

21: Black Eyed Peas ft. Shakira & David Guetta - Don't You Worry (↓2)

22: David Guetta & Bebe Rexha - I'm Good (Blue) (↑7)*

23: Morgan Wallen - Wasted On You (↑1)

24: Lil Nas X - Star Walkin' (NEW!)

25: Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You (↑2)

26: Sia - Unstoppable (↑2)

27: Doja Cat - Get Into It (Yuh) (↓4)

28: Imagine Dragons - Bones (↓3)

29: The Weeknd - Die For You (↑2)

30: Future ft. Drake & Tems - Wait For U (↓8)

31: Em Beihold - Numb Little Bug (↓1)

32: Rosa Linn - Snap (↑2)

33: Latto - Big Energy (↓1)

34: Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me (NEW!)

35: DJ Khaled ft. Drake & Lil Baby - Staying Alive (↑2)

36: KX5 ft. Hayla - Escape (↓1)

37: Macklemore ft. Windser - Maniac (↑2)

38: Dove Cameron - Boyfriend (↓2)

39: Blackpink - Pink Venom (NEW!)

40: Lil Nas X - That's What I Want (↓2) 


Debuts:

Pink Venom and Forget me just now debuted after Hits 1 picked up on them a month ago.

Star Walkin' is amazing and I'm glad AT40 picked up on it also.


Numb little blurbs:

Bruh, Sweetest Pie just now left AT40!? Bad Decisions was pretty fun and I wished it could've debuted on the weekend countdown. Grand was fine but not that great.

Bruh, why are there so many old songs still here!!?? That's What I Want is still here!!?? Boyfriend, Big Energy, Numb Little Bug, As It Was, and First Class are also super old.

There's a song here, Escape, that Hits 1 never picked up on, it's actually a pretty cool EDM song. Not surprised Hits 1 didn't pick up on it, judging how they treat EDM.

I'm so glad Wait For U never entered the weekend countdown, it's almost as bad as Way 2 Sexy.

Ewwwwwwww, ⛪ is in the top 10!!!

Bruh, how is Ass It Was still in the top 5? And About Damn Time top 10?

Unsurprisingly, the overplayed song is #1, I'm so glad it never hit #1 on the weekend countdown.

That's all for now, see you Saturday for my Hits 1 post.

Video - OneRepublic AT40 History

 




AT40 history video for OneRepublic.

Saturday, October 15, 2022

Charlie Puth (4) - Week Of Oct 15, 2022



Hey guys, what's up? This countdown was kinda an L. We lost 2 great but old songs, and one of the worst songs I've ever heard debuted.

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

Maybe You're The Problem - Ava Max (#17) (23 weeks) [peak: 4]

Sunroof - Nicky Youre/dazy (#10) (26 weeks) [peak: 1 (5 weeks)]


Last week's #1: Left And Right - Charlie Puth/Jungkook (3 weeks at #1)

30: Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me At All) - Omar Apollo (Debut) (1 week) [peak: 30]

29: Sleepwalking - All Time Low (Debut) (1 week) [peak: 29]

28: Calm Down (Remix) - REMA/Selena Gomez (+1) (7 weeks) [peak: 28]

27: Glimpse Of Us - Joji (+2) (14 weeks) [peak: 17]

26: About Damn Time - Lizzo (-6) (26 weeks) [peak: 1 (1 week)]

25: uh oh - Tate McRae (=) (2 weeks) [peak: 25]

24: golden hour - JVKE (+3) (4 weeks) [peak: 24]

23: Pink Venom - Blackpink (+3) (7 weeks) [peak: 23]

22: Late Night Talking - Harry Styles (-8) (20 weeks) [peak: 1 (5 weeks)]

21: Super Freaky Girl - Nicki Minaj (+3) (9 weeks) [peak: 14]

20: Bad Habit - Steve Lacy (+1) (10 weeks) [peak: 17]

19: Unholy - Sam Smith/Kim Petras (+9) (2 weeks) [peak: 19]

18: Betty (Get Money) - Yung Gravy (+1) (11 weeks) [peak: 14]

17: Make You Say - Zedd/Maren Morris/Beauz (+6) (8 weeks) [peak: 17]

16: Vegas - Doja Cat (-5) (21 weeks) [peak: 10]

15: World’s Smallest Violin - AJR (-3) (7 weeks) [peak: 12]

14: I’m Good (Blue) - David Guetta/Bebe Rexha (-1) (4 weeks) [peak: 13]

13: Until I Found You - Stephen Sanchez (+5) (14 weeks) [peak: 11]

12: STAR WALKIN' - Lil Nas X (+10) (3 weeks) [peak: 12]

11: Hold Me Closer - Elton John/Britney Spears (+4) (7 weeks) [peak: 11]

10: Numb - Marshmello/Khalid (-2) (18 weeks) [peak: 3]

9: Don’t Let The Light Go Out - Panic! At The Disco (=) (8 weeks) [peak: 9]

8: So Good - Halsey (-1) (18 weeks) [peak: 7]

7: Forget Me - Lewis Capaldi (+9) (4 weeks) [peak: 7]

6: I Like You (A Happier Song) - Post Malone/Doja Cat (=) (19 weeks) [peak: 4]

5: Music For A Sushi Restaurant - Harry Styles (-2) (10 weeks) [peak: 3]

4: Victoria's Secret - Jax (=) (10 weeks) [peak: 4]

3: I Ain't Worried - OneRepublic (+2) (11 weeks) [peak: 3]

2: 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) - Lizzo (=) (11 weeks) [peak: 2]

1: Left And Right - Charlie Puth/Jungkook (=) (16 weeks) [peak: 1 (4 weeks)]


Countdown Extra: Enough - charlieonnafriday

Biggest Jump Of The Week: STAR WALKIN' - Lil Nas X (+10)

Biggest...DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Late Night Talking - Harry Styles (-8)

Last year's #1 song: STAY - The Kid LAROI/Justin Bieber (6/6 weeks at #1)

Favorite song last year: Chasing Stars - Alesso/Marshmello/James Bay

Least favorite song last year: Way 2 Sexy - Drake/Future/Young Thug

Most missed song: Midnight City - M83 (2011)


5 oldest songs:

5: So Good - Halsey (18 weeks)

4: Numb - Marshmello/Khalid (18 weeks)

3: I Like You (A Happier Song) - Post Malone/Doja Cat (19 weeks)

2: Late Night Talking - Harry Styles (20 weeks)

1: About Damn Time - Lizzo (26 weeks) 


Debuts:

Eww, eww, and eww! C'mon Hits 1, did you really need to make this song a thing? For some reason Evergreen by Omar Apollo debuted. If you thought Glimpse Of Us was slow, this song is about 10x slower. The production is super weird and boring. And Omar sounds terrible. Can we please not make this a hit like GOU? 

On a lighter note, we have a really cool song, Sleepwalking by All Time Low. I didn't think we'd see another hit by them after the sexual harassment scandal, but here they are. I'm glad, because I really enjoy All Time Low. This song's really cool. It reminds me a lot of Midnight City by M83 back in 2011. I really like the synthpop production, and Alex Gaskarth sounds great.


Hitbound:

Best Friends - 5 Seconds of Summer (re-entry)

omw - Ashe (Debut)

Enough - charlieonnafriday

Hot All The Time - Leah Kate (Debut)

Charlie Be Quiet - Charlie Puth 

I Remember - Cheat Codes/Russell Dickerson 

EDGING - blink-182 (Debut)

curious/furious - WILLOW 

Staying Alive - DJ Khaled/Drake/Lil Baby

Nonsense - Sabrina Carpenter (Debut)

Common - Quinn XCII/Big Sean

Tripping Over Air - Aidan Bissett 

fmk - GAYLE/blackbear

The Loneliest - Måneskin

Heaven to Me - Havanna Winter

Sex, Drugs, Etc. - Beach Weather 


Debuts:

Best Friends re-entered. It's a good song, but I'm not sure why it's back.

Eww, I don't think anyone asked for more Asse. She's back with omw. This is one of Ashe's better songs. The production is pretty upbeat and interesting but Ashe doesn't sound that great.

I don't think anyone asked for more Leah Kate either. She's back with Hot All The Time. This is slightly better than Monster, but not as good as Life Sux or Twinkle Twinkle Little B****.

And no one asked for more Sabrina Carpenter either. She's back with Nonsense. Is it just me, or does this song sound very similar to positions by Ariana Grande? I swear Sabrina sounds just like Ariana on some parts. The song itself is good. It's slightly better than the Fast Times song she had earlier in the year that dropped out of HB.

blink-182's back baby! They haven't had a solo hit since 2004's I Miss You, but they did have a HB dropout in 2020 PS I Hope You're Happy with The Chainsmokers, which I really liked. I loved listening to blink 182 as a kid. What's My Age Again, All The Small Things, and I Miss You were incredible. So I was super excited to find out blink 182 got back together. And Edging does not disappoint. It sounds exactly like their pop punk hits in the 2000s. The pop punk production from Travis Barker is amazing, and Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus sound great as always. 


Exits:

CUFF IT - Beyonce

Jimmy Cooks - Drake/21 Savage

HEARTFIRST - Kelsea Ballerini

Cuff It is in the abyss. Heartfirst was great and I'm sad it's gone. And Jimmy Crooks wasn't that great.


Abyss:

CUFF IT - Beyonce

Wrapped Around Your Finger - Post Malone 

BILLIE EILISH. - Armani White 

Unstoppable - Sia 

Die For You - The Weeknd 

Power (Remember Who You Are) - SPINALL/Summer Walker/DJ Snake/Äyanna 

MANIAC - Macklemore/Windser

Wasted On You - Morgan Wallen 🤠

Bigger Than Me - Louis Tomlinson 

SNAP - Rosa Linn

Million Dollar Baby - Ava Max


Sleepblurbin':

We lost Maybe You're The Problem and Sunroof. They were both super old, MYTP was getting really annoying, and Sunroof was also getting slightly annoying, so I'm fine that they left.

Um, why did ⛪ jump?

Why is Until I Found You still here and jumping? The song's good, but super irrelevant. 

Forget Me made a nice jump into the top 10. I'm really happy for it, but Waffle must be fuming.

Ha ha, Am I Ready 2 Be Annoyed is now blocked from #1 for 1 4th week in a row, which I'm very happy with.

Wow, I was expecting 🍣 to be #1 this week, but it dropped 2 spots and Left And Right is still #1. I'm okay with this, even though LAR is getting slightly overplayed.

Bye for now, see you next week!


The countdown ranked: 

5: Amazing

1: Unholy - Sam Smith/Kim Petras

2: STAR WALKIN' - Lil Nas X

3: Victoria's Secret - Jax

4: Music For A Sushi Restaurant - Harry Styles

5: World’s Smallest Violin - AJR

6: Make You Say - Zedd/Maren Morris/Beauz

7: I’m Good (Blue) - David Guetta/Bebe Rexha

8: Sleepwalking - All Time Low

9: uh oh - Tate McRae

10: I Ain't Worried - OneRepublic

11: Forget Me - Lewis Capaldi

12: Until I Found You - Stephen Sanchez


4: Good

13: Left And Right - Charlie Puth/Jungkook

14: Hold Me Closer - Elton John/Britney Spears

15: Numb - Marshmello/Khalid

16: Pink Venom - Blackpink

17: golden hour - JVKE

18: Betty (Get Money) - Yung Gravy

19: Calm Down (Remix) - REMA/Selena Gomez


3: Decent

20: Don’t Let The Light Go Out - Panic! At The Disco

21: Super Freaky Girl - Nicki Minaj

22: Bad Habit - Steve Lacy

23: 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) - Lizzo


2: Mediocre

24: Vegas - Doja Cat

25: About Damn Time - Lizzo


1: Bad

None!


0: Crap

26: I Like You (A Happier Song) - Post Malone/Doja Cat

27: Late Night Talking - Harry Styles

28: So Good - Halsey

29: Glimpse Of Us - Joji ⛪

30: Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me At All) - Omar Apollo

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