Hey guys, what's up? Another surprising song at #1 this week, but not that surprising considering who the artist is.
Before we get to this week's fresh 30, let's say goodbye to the songs leaving the countdown:
Late Night Talking - Harry Styles (#25) (24 weeks) [peak: 1 (5 weeks)]
Numb - Marshmello/Khalid (#18) (22 weeks) [peak: 3]
Last week's #1: Unholy - Sam Smith/Kim Petras (1 week at #1)
30: Calm Down (Remix) - REMA/Selena Gomez (-8) (11 weeks) [peak: 22]
29: Sleepwalking - All Time Low (re-entry) (5 weeks) [peak: 19]
28: BILLIE EILISH. - Armani White (+1) (3 weeks) [peak: 28]
27: Lift Me Up - Rihanna (-1) (3 weeks) [peak: 25]
26: So Good - Halsey (-3) (23 weeks) [peak: 7]
25: CUFF IT - Beyoncé (-1) (5 weeks) [peak: 18]
24: My Mind & Me - Selena Gomez (+4) (2 weeks) [peak: 24]
23: Super Freaky Girl - Nicki Minaj (-7) (14 weeks) [peak: 14]
22: I'm A Mess - Avril Lavigne/Yungblud (+8) (2 weeks) [peak: 22]
21: Enough - charlieonnafriday (-1) (4 weeks) [peak: 20]
20: Made You Look - Meghan Trainor (+7) (3 weeks) [peak: 20]
19: Until I Found You - Stephen Sanchez (-2) (19 weeks) [peak: 11]
18: uh oh - Tate McRae (re-entry) (4 weeks) [peak: 18]
17: Left And Right - Charlie Puth/Jungkook (-4) (21 weeks) [peak: 1 (4 weeks)]
16: SNAP - Rosa Linn (+5) (8 weeks) [peak: 16]
15: Hold Me Closer - Elton John/Britney Spears (+4) (12 weeks) [peak: 6]
14: golden hour - JVKE (+1) (9 weeks) [peak: 14]
13: I Like You (A Happier Song) - Post Malone/Doja Cat (+1) (24 weeks) [peak: 4]
12: Bad Habit - Steve Lacy (=) (15 weeks) [peak: 12]
11: World’s Smallest Violin - AJR (=) (12 weeks) [peak: 11]
10: STAR WALKIN' - Lil Nas X (=) (8 weeks) [peak: 6]
9: I Ain't Worried - OneRepublic (-2) (16 weeks) [peak: 2]
8: 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) - Lizzo (-2) (16 weeks) [peak: 1 (3 weeks)]
7: Forget Me - Lewis Capaldi (+2) (10 weeks) [peak: 7]
6: Million Dollar Baby - Ava Max (+2) (9 weeks) [peak: 5]
5: Music For A Sushi Restaurant - Harry Styles (=) (15 weeks) [peak: 2]
4: I’m Good (Blue) - David Guetta/Bebe Rexha (-1) (9 weeks) [peak: 3]
3: Victoria's Secret - Jax (-1) (15 weeks) [peak: 2]
2: Unholy - Sam Smith/Kim Petras (-1) (7 weeks) [peak: 1 (1 week)]
1: Anti-Hero - Taylor Swift (+3) (4 weeks) [peak: 1 (1 week)]
Countdown Extra: Silver Tongues - Louis Tomlinson
Biggest Jump Of The Week: I'm A Mess - Avril Lavigne/Yungblud (+8)
Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Calm Down (Remix) - REMA/Selena Gomez (-8)
Last year's #1 song: Shivers - Ed Sheeran (5/14 long weeks at #1)
Favorite song last year: The Outside - Twenty One Pilots
Least favorite song last year: Way 2 Sexy - Drake/Future/Young Thug
Most missed song: Over Now - Calvin Harris/The Weeknd (2020)
Recommendation for Hits 1: Would You Lie - Seeb/Alexander Stewart
5 oldest songs:
5: Tie between I Ain't Worried - OneRepublic & 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) - Lizzo (16 weeks)
4: Until I Found You - Stephen Sanchez (19 weeks)
3: Left And Right - Charlie Puth/Jungkook (21 weeks)
2: So Good - Halsey (23 weeks)
1: I Like You (A Happier Song) - Post Malone/Doja Cat (24 weeks)
Debuts...or I guess re-entries:
No new debuts this week, just 2 re-entries. Sleepwalking has grown on me a lot since it left, so I'm really happy it's back. uh oh has faded on me a bit but it's still great so I'm fine that it's back.
Hitbound:
Nonsense - Sabrina Carpenter {5}
Silver Tongues - Louis Tomlinson {2}
No Love For You - Regard/Drop G {3}
i'm yours - Isabel LaRosa (Debut)
Born Again - Rihanna {2}
If Jesus Was A Rockstar - Kim Petras (Debut)
Sober - jxdn (Debut)
Weapons - Ava Max {2}
Die For You - Joji {3}
Remember - Becky Hill/David Guetta {4}
Eyes On You - Nicky Youre (Debut)
Tukoh Taka - Nicki Minaj/Maluma/Myriam Fares (Debut)
The DJ Is Crying For Help - AJR (Debut)
Rock And A Hard Place - Bailey Zimmerman {3}
Used To - Lila Drew (Debut)
Before You - Benson Boone {4}
Wow, 7 debuts, let's get started.
2 debuts from people I've never heard of. First up is Isabel LaRosa with i'm yours. Daniel from the Discord server introduced me to this song a few weeks ago, so I was already somewhat familiar with it. This song's kinda slow but the production is pretty interesting and Isabel sounds great.
Next is Lila Drew with Used To. This song is just super weird and I'm not sure why this is here.
Kim Petras is back with If Jesus Was A Rockstar. The production is pretty upbeat but nothing special and Kim sounds decent.
Ok this song is just downright bizarre. It's Tukoh Taka by Nicki Minaj, Maluma, and Myriam Fares. Apparently this song was made for the FIFA World Cup. The production is actually really good, but I am not loving the vocals. They're just repeating "Tukoh Taka" over and over again and it's very strange.
I was hoping this song would debut hitbound, and it did. It's Sober by jxdn. The pop punk production from Travis Barker is amazing and jxdn sounds great.
AJR just released a new song, so of course Hits 1 has to pick up on it. It's The DJ Is Crying For Help. This song is a bit slower than AJR's usual songs, but I still love it. It starts out slow, then a violin starts playing and it starts to get interesting. And the Met brothers sound great as always.
Now saving the best for last, we have Eyes On You by Nicky Youre. And my oh my, this song is a bop. I thought Sunroof was fun, this is about 10x more fun. The production is insanely catchy and Nicky sounds great.
Exits:
if you ask me to - charli d'amelio
Narcissist - Avery Anna
10:35 - Tiesto/Tate McRae
Hollywood Forever - Havanna Winter
Never Gonna Not Dance Again - P!nk
10:35 and Never Gonna Not Dance Again got robbed and deserved better. if you ask me to finds itself in the abyss. And the rest weren't that great.
Abyss:
Unstoppable - Sia
Die For You - The Weeknd
Power (Remember Who You Are) - SPINALL/Summer Walker/DJ Snake/Äyanna
Jimmy Cooks - Drake/21 Savage
fmk - GAYLE/blackbear
Lavender Haze - Taylor Swift
Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me At All) - Omar Apollo
THE LONELIEST - Måneskin
Sex, Drugs, Etc. - Beach Weather
if you ask me to - charli d'amelio
Sweater Weather - Neighbourhood
Sleep-blurbin':
We lost Late Night Talking and Numb. Good riddance to Late Night Talking, I didn't think it was ever gonna leave. Numb was good but was getting really annoying so I'm glad it's gone.
Lift Me Up keeps dropping so hopefully that means it will leave soon.
Poor Calm Down. It keeps dropping and rising. Hits 1 apparently doesn't know what to do with it.
BILLIE EILISH is lasting a lot longer here than I thought it would.
If So Boring could leave soon that would be great.
I didn't realize Until I Found You is the 4th oldest song on the countdown. It really needs to leave soon.
It looks like I'm Good didn't hit #1 this week like I thought, and it probably never will.
Victoria's Secret is added to my ever growing list of songs blocked from #1.
Anti-Hero is #1 this week. This is kinda surprising, but not really considering that this is Taylor Swift and how much Hits 1 stans her. I really like this song, but I like Lavender Haze more. This song only took 4 weeks to reach #1, which actually ties it for 3rd quickest run to #1 in countdown history. #1 being good 4 u which took 2 weeks, Sucker took 3 weeks, and Shivers also took 4 weeks. I think this song will be #1 for a while unless Unholy can take the #1 spot again.
Bye for now, see you all next week!
