Ed Sheeran (1) - February 11, 2017

Hey guys! I was hit with a huge snowstorm on Thursday. I bet some of you reading this were in it too, and the rest of you have probably heard about it. Also last post was a comment record of 62 comments, almost doubling the previous record, which was 32. Since I have nothing else to talk about, here are the poll results:

What song do you want to hit #1 on the Weekend Countdown next week?

Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap	3 (25%)
Shawn Mendes - Mercy	4 (33%)
Ed Sheeran - Shape of You	3 (25%)
The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer	1 (8%)
Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know	1 (8%)

Here were the exits this week:

Twenty One Pilots - Ride
Last Week: #37 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 44

Ariana Grande - Into You
Last Week: #41 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 27


The Countdown:

45. The Chainsmokers/Daya - Don't Let Me Down
Last Week: #44 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 39

44. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
Last Week: #36 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 32

43. Pitbull/Flo Rida/Lunchmoney Lewis - Greenlight
Last Week: #42 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 15

42. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien - I Hate U, I Love U
Last Week: #45 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 20

41. Martin Garrix/Bebe Rexha - In the Name of Love
Last Week: #40 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 13

40. OneRepublic - Kids
Last Week: #43 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 22

39. Rihanna - Love on the Brain
Last Week: #35 | Peak: #35 | Weeks on Chart: 02

38. Coldplay/SeeB - Hymn For the Weekend
Last Week: #34 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 26

37. Sia/Kendrick Lamar - The Greatest
Last Week: #25 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 17

36. Lukas Graham - You're Not There
Last Week: #30 | Peak: #30 | Weeks on Chart: 06

35. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #35 | Weeks on Chart: 01

34. Julia Michaels - Issues
Last Week: #32 | Peak: #32 | Weeks on Chart: 02

33. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber - Let Me Love You
Last Week: #33 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 21

32. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
Last Week: #28 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 10

31. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy
Last Week: #14 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 19

30. Hey Violet - Guys My Age
Last Week: #39 | Peak: #30 | Weeks on Chart: 02

29. Bebe Rexha - I Got You (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #29 | Weeks on Chart: 01

28. Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better
Last Week: #24 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 34

27. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side
Last Week: #16 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 16

26. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul
Last Week: #27 | Peak: #26 | Weeks on Chart: 02

25. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Last Week: #20 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 18

24. Alessia Cara - Scars to Your Beautiful
Last Week: #13 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 17

23. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel it Coming
Last Week: #31 | Peak: #23 | Weeks on Chart: 04

22. Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor
Last Week: #19 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 21

21. Daya - Words
Last Week: #29 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 02

20. X Ambassadors - Unsteady
Last Week: #23 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 44

19. Charli XCX - After the Afterparty
Last Week: #21 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 10

18. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On
Last Week: #26 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 09

17. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons
Last Week: #38 | Peak: #15 | Weeks on Chart: 10

16. Twenty One Pilots - Heathens
Last Week: #11 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 27

15. Runaground - Chase You Down
Last Week: #18 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 17

14. Niall Horan - This Town
Last Week: #15 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 19

13. The Chainsmokers - Paris
Last Week: #22 | Peak: #13 | Weeks on Chart: 02

12. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving
Last Week: #06 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 22

11. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
Last Week: #10 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 05

10. Train - Play That Song
Last Week: #17 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 12

09. John Legend - Love Me Now
Last Week: #12 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 10

08. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know
Last Week: #01 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 17

07. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever
Last Week: #08 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 09

06. Jon Bellion - All Time Low
Last Week: #07 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 15

05. Adele - Water Under the Bridge
Last Week: #09 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 11

04. Shawn Mendes - Mercy
Last Week: #04 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 06

03. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
Last Week: #05 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 06

02. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
Last Week: #02 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 26

01. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
Last Week: #03 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 05

Biggest Drop: The Weeknd/Daft Punk - Starboy (-17)
Biggest Jump: Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (+21)

February 15, 2014 - Top 5 (going to try this out)
5. Katy Perry - Dark Horse (9.5/10)
4. Bastille - Pompeii (8/10)
3. One Direction - Story of My Life (8.5/10)
2. Pitbull/Ke$ha - Timber (10/10)
1. OneRepublic - Counting Stars (9/10)
Total: 45/50 (9/10)

February 15, 2014 - Debuts
NONE


February 14, 2015 - Top 5
5. Meghan Trainor – Lips Are Movin (10/10)
4. Imagine Dragons – I Bet My Life (9.5/10)
3. Taylor Swift – Blank Space (#6 of all time)
2. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud (8/10)
1. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (#13 of all time)
Total: 47.5/50 (9.5/10)

February 14, 2015 - Debuts
NONE

February 13, 2016 - Top 5
5. One Direction – Perfect (8.5/10)
4. Justin Bieber – Sorry (9/10)
3. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (10/10)
2. DNCE – Cake By the Ocean (9/10)
1. Adele – Hello (9.5/10)
Total: 46/50 (9.2/10)

February 13, 2016 - Debuts
39. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself (9/10)

24. 5 Seconds of Summer – Jet Black Heart (8.5/10)

21. Dawin – Dessert (10/10)

Total: 27.5/30 (9.2/10)

New Entrants

Let's start off with That's What I Like. This is pretty catchy overall. I don't even know how to explain how I like it. And I like how he mentions Julio from Uptown Funk.

Now for the much better debut, I Got You. I would probably not have expected a solo Bebe Rexha song to be this good. This is definitely one of the best and catchiest choruses I have ever heard. It's what makes me love the song the most. If you don't think the chorus is good enough, well that isn't good. This better hit the top 20.

Hit-Bound

• The Vamps/Matoma - All Night
• Imagine Dragons - Believer
• MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low
• Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave
• Little Mix - Shout Out to My Ex
• Bruno Mars - Versace on the Floor
• Panic! at the Disco - L.A. Devotee
• Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake
• AJR - Weak
• Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)
• James Hersey - Miss You
• Calum Scott - Dancing on My Own
• Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm (DEBUT)
• Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill (DEBUT/technical RE-ENTRY)

For Chained to the Rhythm, I'm actually chained to the rhythm. The verses and chorus are pretty catchy. The bridge with Skip Marley isn't bad but I prefer Katy's part. I expect great things from Katy's album. I'm living in a bubble bubble! :D

I'm still stuck on Castle on the Hill. I don't know what to think of it.

Honestly I'm just gonna go ahead and say that Lights Down Low is boring. I never really liked it anyway.

Versace on the Floor being on Hit-Bound for more weeks is going to get really awkward. Seriously, it outlived That's What I Like's time on Hit-Bound and it's still here. I really don't want this to become the next Magic! - Red Dress for me.

I just realized this week, can someone tell the emo fangirl running Hits 1's Twitter that no one cares about P!ATD anymore? Thank you.

There are literally three Hit-Bound songs that are currently on #40Friday. Heading into the dark ages???

Top 5 Picks

5. Imagine Dragons - Believer

4. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm

3. Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake

2. Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)

1. AJR - Weak

We Can Get Blurbs Oh Na Na Na

Get out of here I Hate U, I Love U! Your jump is not making me happy!!!

I had to include Ride in my school project, oh well, doesn't change my opinion on it.

My gosh, Love on the Brain is doing horrible here. Three months on Hit-Bound and then this second week drop. Hits 1, you know that this is #7 on radio right now?

You're Not There is having one of the worst tenures I have ever seen. This is a nice song, so I hope it peaks higher than #30.

Issues should not be dropping. This is catchiness right here.

Why the hell is Unsteady back in the top 20? It's having a Stressed Out-like tenure. No one likes you anymore, shoo!

Million Reasons made a huge comeback this week, thanks to the Super Bowl Halftime Show. She jumped almost back up to its peak actually. Also this week it's #17 and last week it was #38.

Get Bad Things back in the top 10!!!

I'm finding mediocrity making its way up to the top 5...

Finally we get to our #1. Thank goodness this hit #1. I really like this song so I hope for even more success.

Top 5 Picks
5. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
4. Hey Violet - Guys My Age
3. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
2. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
1. Bebe Rexha - I Got You

Okay, listen up. I need to take my time on the Year in Review page. I'm going to try to get it out as soon as possible. It definitely will be out in the future, I just don't know when. I'll try to pre-type it next year.

#40Friday is out with I Got You as its new #1! Check it out HERE. I've also provided 8 bonus love songs with the chart since it's going to be Valentine's Day soon.

Most Missed Song: Demi Lovato - Body Say

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye (come on...you're popular on radio...)

February 13, 2016 - Top 10 Picks (Color code is current opinion)
10. Dawin - Dessert (10/10)
9. Shawn Mendes - Stitches (9/10)
8. Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello - I Know What You Did Last Summer (9/10)
7. Zayn - Pillowtalk (9/10)
6. Alessia Cara - Here (10/10)
5. Disclosure/Lorde - Magnets (9.5/10)
4. Tove Lo - Moments (#35 of all time)
3. Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out (10/10)
2. Taylor Swift - Out of the Woods (#34 of all time)
1. MØ - Kamikaze (#19 of all time)

Guess the song (medium)

• A one-weeker on the WC left the same week as I did.
• For Adrian, I was in yellow when I left.
• The day I left the WC, I was #47 on the radio charts.