Liam Payne (2) - October 7, 2017

Hey Guys! This week was a step-up from last week. There was a shooting in Las Vegas that was devastating. A moment of silence...



thank you! Now the exits:

• Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls (#45)
• All Time Low - Good Times (#43)
• Andy Grammer - Give Love (#37)
• Bruno Mars - Versace On The Floor (#32)

The Countdown

Last Weeks #1: Liam Payne - Strip That Down (1)

45. Hey Violet - Hoodie (#43)

44. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#44) [1 Week at #1]

43. Louis Tomlinson/Bebe Rexha/Digital Farm Animals - Back To You (#29)

42. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#40)

41. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#39)

40. Lady Gaga - The Cure (#41)

39. Harry Styles - Two Ghosts (#31)

38. Hailee Steinfeld/Aleeso/Florida George Line - Let Me Go (DEBUT)

37. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#36) [9 Weeks at #1]

36. Zedd/Liam Payne - Get Low (#34)

35. Sabrina Carpenter - Why (#38)

34. Linkin Park - One More Light (#33)

33. Justin Bieber/BloodPop - Friends (#36)

32. The Script - Rain (DEBUT)

31. Selena Gomez - Fetish (#30)

30. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee (#30)

29. Charlie Puth - Attention (#23) [1 Week at #1]

28. Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road (#28)

27. Zedd/Aleesia Cara - Stay (#21) [4 Weeks at #1]

26. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#24) [3 Weeks at #1]

25. The All-American Rejects - Sweat (#17)

24. Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes (#16)

23. Camila Cabello - Havana (DEBUT)
22. Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Beieber - Slowly (#19)

21. The Revivalists - Wish I Knew You (#20)

20. Logic/Aleesia Cara/Khalid - Suicide Hotline (#25)

19. Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft (#18)

18. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato - No Promises (#27)

17. Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It? (DEBUT)

16. Maroon 5/SZA - What Lovers Do (#23)

15. Halsey - Bad At Love (#15)

14. Kesha - Praying (#10)

13. The Chainsmokers/Colplay - Something Just Like This (#9) [3 Weeks at #1]

12. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do (#13)

11. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#14) [3 Weeks at #1]

10. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry (#4)

9. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still (#12)

8. Macklemore/Skylar Grey - Glorious (#11)

7. P!nk - What About Us (#8)

6. Mono Mind - Save Me A Place (#7)

5. Shawn Mendes - Theres Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#5) [5 Weeks at #1]

4. Imagine Dragons - Thunder (#6)

3. Niall Horan - Slow Hands (#3) [3 Weeks at #1]

2. Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl (#2)

1. Liam Payne - Strip That Down (#1) [2nd Week at #1]

#1 Song One Year Ago: The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (2nd of 8 Weeks at #1)

Biggest Drop: Louis Tomlinson/Bebe Rexha/Digital Farm Animals - Back To You (-14)

Biggest Jump: Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato - No Promises (+9)

Entrants:

-Hailee Steinfeld replaces herself with a worse song. What I mean by that is Let Me Go is not as good as Most Girls. However, I do like the song a lot. I do have one minor issue. I don't like Florida George Line's part.

-Rain is good. I really don't know what else to say. I have not heard of The Script before.

-Camila Cabello is back. I have grown into this song a little bit. Hits 1 apparently  cut out Young Thug, which I can understand. The problem is by doing that, when they try to replace with something else, the song just becomes worse. Examples are Strip That Down, Cold, Feels, Im The One, and Havana. I still don't know if I should grade it by how Hits 1 plays the song.

-Its about time! Taylor's soon to be single debuts in the top 20. I really shouldn't be so excited, since it's probably going to do bad on the countdown. Just look at how Hits 1 is treating Look What You Made Me Do. This is almost as good as Look What You Made Me Do. Taylor Swift pretty much never lets me down, and I am going to listen to her new album. I don't think it's going to be as good as 1989, but it will be great.

Hitbound:

• Lauv - I Like Me Better
• Zayn/Sia - Dusk Till Dawn
• X Ambassadors - Ahead Of Myself (DEBUT)
• Charlie Puth - How Long (DEBUT)
• Ed Sheeran - Perfect
• Post Malone/21 Savage - Rockstar
• Niall Horan - Too Much To Ask
• PrettyMuch - Would You Mind
• Bebe Rexha/Florida George Line - Meant To Be
• Nick Jonas - Find You (DEBUT)
• Evaride - Hearless
• Fergie/Nicki Minaj - You Already Know
• Dua Lipa - New Rules
• Why Dont We - Something Different

-I have been waiting for a new X Ambassadors song. This might not be as good as Renegades, but This is WAY better than Unsteady

-Charlie Puth is here with How Long. everything is good. The only problem I have is that after the chorus. Charlie sings "ooooo"(I cant spell it). I don't like that part at all.

-Nick Jonas, why? This is easily on the borderline between blue and red. I gave him the benefit of putting it in blue. He ruins the song, and him saying "try, try, try" is pretty annoying. Plus, the background music just doesn't fit in the song. Nick Jonas is not doing good. I cant think of a song by him that is an amazing, and memorable song.

- I feel lonely about my opinion on Heartless, but I don't care

Top 5:

1. Post Malone/21 Savage - Rockstar

2. Lauv - I Like Me Better

3. X Ambassadors - Ahead Of Myself

4. Fergie/Nicki Minaj - You Already Know

5. Zayn/Sia - Dusk Till Dawn

I Know I'm Gonna Be With You So I Take My Blurbs (Are You Ready For It?)

-Exits: Most Girls will definitely be missed. It has a good shot at my top 45 songs of 2017. Good Times and Versace On The Floor was getting worse, so i'm happy it left. Give Love leaves. Andy Grammer is not going to get a hit at this point. 

- Back To You took a hard hit down into the bottom 5. This turned out to be not as much of a hit as I thought it would become

- Friends is just roaming in the bottom 15. Again, a nice try, but unsuccessful.

- Our last weeks debuts didn't do much. You would expect to have the biggest jump to be one of the last week debuts but no.

-L.A. Devotee is still here? The Album is so old, and only a couple of songs are great, but of course Hits 1 does not choose the great ones *cough* Emperors New Clothes *cough*

-Out of the three bad songs that entered the top 20, two left the top 20. Good start!

- No Promises bounces back into the top 20. You are always welcomed

- I have grown into the following songs: What About Us, Thunder, Glorious, and Too Good At Goodbyes. 

- The top 5 is slowly getting better, I guess... yeah not really...

Top 20 Review:

0:Crap

None!

1:Bad

20. Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft

2:Meh

None!

3:Decent

19. Shawn Mendes - Theres Nothing Holdin' Me Back

18. Niall Horan - Slow Hands

4:Good

17. Halsey - Bad At Love

16. Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl

5:Great

15. Liam Payne - Strip That Down

14. Imagine Dragons - Believer

13. Macklemore/Skylar Grey - Glorious

12. Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato - No Promises

11. P!nk - What About Us

10. Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still

9. Mono Mind - Save Me A Place

8. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry

7. Imagine Dragons - Thunder

6. Logic/Aleesia Cara/Khalid - Suicide Hotline

5. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This

4. Kesha - Praying

3. Maroon 5/SZA - What Lovers Do

2. Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It?

1. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do

Score: 90/100 (A-)

Last Week: 81/100 (+9)

Top 5:
1. Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do

2. Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It?

3. Maroon 5/SZA - What Lovers Do

4. Kesha - Praying

5. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This

Bottom 5:

1. Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road

2. The All-American Rejects - Sweat

3. The Revivalists - Wish I Knew You 

4. Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft

5. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

Throwback Pick: Tom Petty - Free Fallin' (1989)

Most Missed Song: The Chainsmokers - Paris

#1 Recommendation: French Montana/Swae Lee - Unforgettable 

Favorite Song One Year Ago: The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

Happy Columbus Day! :)