Hey guys! After having some pretty uneventful countdowns these past few weeks, we had a very strange countdown this week, and not in the good way. We had some very questionable exits as well as questionable debuts and reentries on the countdown and in hitbound.
Before we get to this week's fresh 30, let's say goodbye to the songs leaving the countdown:
- Zara Larsson - Pretty Ugly [#29] {1w} PK: 29
- Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You [#26; 2nd time] {4w} PK: 19
- Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER [#19; 3rd time] {11w} PK: 14
Last week's #1 song: Lady Gaga - Abracadabra [4 weeks at #1]
30. Drake - NOKIA [=] {4w} PK: 30
29. Maroon 5/LISA - Priceless [Debut] {1w} PK: 29
28. Lorde - What Was That [-1] {2w} PK: 27
27. Benson Boone - Mystical Magical [-3] {2w} PK: 24
26. JENNIE - like JENNIE [-1] {7w} PK: 25
25. SZA/Kendrick Lamar - 30 FOR 30 [-2] {4w} PK: 20
24. Charli XCX - party 4 u [Debut] {1w} PK: 24
23. ROLE MODEL - Sally, When The Wine Runs Out [-1] {7w} PK: 21
22. Tate McRae - Revolving door [-4] {11w} PK: 12
21. Gigi Perez - Sailor Song [Reentry] {24w} PK: 9 (Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
20. Ariana Grande - twilight zone [+1] {5w} PK: 20
19. Morgan Wallen/Post Malone - I Ain't Comin' Back [+9] {3w} PK: 19
18. Lady Gaga - Garden Of Eden [-2] {7w} PK: 12
17. Shaboozey - Good News [-9] {25w} PK: 5
16. Miley Cyrus - End of the World [-2] {5w} PK: 14
15. Jonas Brothers - Love Me To Heaven [+2] {6w} PK: 15
14. Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I'm Sorry [-3] {22w} [1 week at #1]
13. The Weeknd - Cry For Me [+7] {14w} PK: 13
12. Alex Warren - Ordinary [+1] {6w} PK: 12
11. Chappell Roan - The Giver [+1] {8w} PK: 11
10. Lola Young - Messy [+5] {17w} PK: 8
9. Doechii - Anxiety [=] {8w} PK: 6
8. Tate McRae - Sports car [-3] {15w} PK: 4
7. Ed Sheeran - Azizam [+3] {5w} PK: 7
6. Selena Gomez/benny blanco/Gracie Abrams - Call Me When You Break Up [-2] {10w} PK: 3
5. Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams [-2] {21w} PK: 3
4. Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman [+3] {8w} PK: 4
3. Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else [+3] {10w} PK: 3
2. ROSÉ - toxic till the end [=] {13w} PK: 2
1. Lady Gaga - Abracadabra [=] {14w} [5 weeks at #1]
Debuts:
Well, ladies and gentlemen, after a year of not having any orange songs on the countdown, that streak is finally broken. I was really hoping Hits 1 wouldn't let this song debut and let it rot in the abyss instead, but unfortunately that's not the case. Some random 5 year old Charli XCX song called party 4 u debuted. Apparently this is trending on TikTok and just now got popular. I have no idea how this is trending on TikTok, because this song is so damn boring and repetitive. I normally love Charli XCX. She's had some great hits over the years. But party 4 u ain't it. This song is so incredibly boring. The production is just some super generic trap beat, and Charli has a super obnoxious autotune over her voice. And the last half of the song is literally just her repeating "party on you" over and over. Good riddance to this song, and hopefully this song goes away sooner rather than later.
On a more positive note, Maroon 5 aka the Adam Levine solo experience finally return to the countdown since Beautiful Mistakes in 2021. I think it's kinda funny that Maroon 5 has become so irrelevant, they can't get solo hits anymore and have to rely on collabing with popular artists to stay relevant. They had to collab with Megan Thee Stallion on Beautiful Mistakes, and this time they collabed with LISA on Priceless. Anyways for the song itself, this is finally a long-awaited banger from Maroon 5. The production is really fun and Adam and LISA both sound great as always.
And because this week wasn't weird enough, Sailor Song has reentered for some unexplained reason. Honestly I'm not even mad anymore, it's just becoming comical at this point. I literally cannot escape this song even if I tried. I guess Hits 1 just likes torturing me. After listening to party 4 u, Sailor Song sounds like the world's most upbeat song in comparison. This is just gonna end up leaving next week so I'm not sure why Hits 1 keeps letting these random old songs reenter.
Countdown Extra: Jessie Murph - Blue Strips
Biggest Jump Of The Week: Morgan Wallen/Post Malone - I Ain't Comin' Back [+9]
Biggest DRRRRRRROP!!! Of The Week: Shaboozey - Good News [-9]
Last year's #1 song: Hozier - Too Sweet (1/6 weeks at #1)
Favorite song last year: Victoria Monét - On My Mama
Least favorite song last year: SZA - Saturn
Most missed song: Simple Plan - Addicted (2003)
Recommendation for Hits 1: INJI - U WON'T!
5 Oldest Songs
- Shaboozey - Good News {25w}
- Gigi Perez - Sailor Song {24w}
- Gracie Abrams - I Love You, I'm Sorry {22w}
- Teddy Swims - Bad Dreams {21w}
- Lola Young - Messy {17w}
Hitbound
Michael Clifford - cool [6]
ROSÉ - Messy [Debut]
BigXthaPlug/Bailey Zimmerman - All The Way [5]
Avril Lavigne/Simple Plan - Young & Dumb [Debut]
Jon Bellion/Pharrell Williams - HOROSCOPE [Debut]
Emei - Crazy Stupid Love [11]
Maren Morris - lemonade [Debut]
Jessie Murph - Blue Strips [2]
Joe Jonas - Heart By Heart [3]
d4vd - Feel It [6] [Reentry]
Ed Sheeran - Old Phone [2]
Kesha/T-Pain - YIPPEE-KI-YAY. [7]
The Paradox - Do Me Like That [2]
Damiano David - Voices [Debut]
Dove Cameron - French Girls [2]
Shaboozey/Myles Smith - Blink Twice [5]
We have another song called Messy this year, this time by ROSÉ, from the F1 movie soundtrack. I'm not normally a big fan of soundtrack music, and this is no exception. ROSÉ sounds good here, but the production is just so insanely generic.
Avril Lavigne has collabed with 2000s pop punk band Simple Plan with Young & Dumb. Simple Plan were last seen on Hits 1 all the way back in 2008 when Your Love Is a Lie was on the countdown. This is a fun little pop punk song and Avril and Simple Plan singer Pierre Bouvier sound great as always.
Ugh, can Hits 1 please stop picking up on every Jon Bellion song? I thought WASH caused him to get washed, but I guess not, because he's back yet again this time with Pharrell Williams with HOROSCOPE. Yeah, this song sucks so hard. The production is super boring and very JVKE-core, not in a good way. Pharrell's verse towards the middle of the song is the only "good" part of this song.
Oh joy, another overrated artist Maren Morris is here with lemonade. Luckily this is one of her more tolerable songs. The country production is pretty fun and I appreciate all the lemonade puns throughout the song.
Welp, after spending a whopping 2 weeks on the countdown last year, d4vd's Feel It has randomly reentered hitbound. Apparently it's trending again because it was on some show called Invincible. I can't really find any more information about this song. For the song itself, this has grown on me a lot since last year so I'm fine with this being back.
Lastly, Damiano David finally made a banger for once with Voices. This seems to sample, or at the very least take heavy inspiration from, John Newman's 2013 hit Love Me Again. The production here is amazing and Damiano sounds great as per usual.
Exits:
- Hayes Warner - Threw Me Away [5]
- The Summer Set - ADIDAS [4]
- Knox - Going, Going, Gone [5]
- Myles Smith - My First Heartbreak [2]
- Lauren Spencer Smith - IF KARMA DOESN'T GET YOU (I WILL) [2]
Going, Going, Gone and ADIDAS will be missed. The rest were super mid.
2025 Total Dropouts: 71
Estimated total for 2025: 168 (+5)
Abyss
Don Tolliver/Doja Cat - Lose My Mind [1]
sombr - undressed [1]
Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not [1]
Zara Larsson - Pretty Ugly [1]
Myles Smith - Nice To Meet You [1]
Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER [1]
Dasha - Not At This Party [2]
Janet Jackson - Someone To Call My Lover [3]
almost monday - can't slow down [5]
Justice/Tame Impala - Neverender [7]
Avery Anna - Mr. Predictable [8]
Pitbull/Bon Jovi - Now or Never [11]
Harry Styles - Daylight [155]
unblurbed:
We lost Pretty Ugly, Nice To Meet You (again), and WILDFLOWER (for a third time). Literally none of these exits make sense. Pretty Ugly was pretty mid, but it could have lasted a bit longer. And Hits 1 apparently still doesn't know what to do with Nice To Meet You and WILDFLOWER since they left just a few weeks after reentering. They're both doing well on pop radio, so I'm not sure why they left. It would be hilarious if WILDFLOWER reentered again, making it the first ever song on Hits 1 to have 4 different countdown runs.
NOKIA is just gonna rot in the bottom spot its entire run, isn't it?
like JENNIE is also back to rotting in the bottom 5.
What Was That really did not need to drop a spot.
Finally, it's about damn time Good News had a big drop.
Just when we thought we were done with Messy, it has reentered the top 10.
Ugh, Busy Woman is already up to #4 and is almost certainly going #1 in the next few weeks. On the other hand, nice to see Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else in the top 5 even if it's starting to get old as well.
toxic till the end has been blocked yet again from #1 for a 5th week in a row now. This really needs to drop big soon because this doesn't need to be all the way at #2.
That's all for now, see you all next week!
Poll of the week results:
Best Bottom 5 Song This Week in 2018?
- Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still: 28.57 % (4 votes)
- Charlie Puth - How Long: 28.57 % (4 votes)
- Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran/Future - End Game: 21.43 % (3 votes)
- Macklemore/Kesha - Good Old Days: 14.29 % (2 votes)
- NF - Let You Down: 7.14 % (1 vote)
