The Chainsmokers (1) - April 29, 2017

Hello! I'm sorry this post was late. So this week was...interesting. We had 3 exits that were all on the countdown for more than 30 weeks, some strange drops, and an unexpected new #1.

Before we get to the countdown, let's look at the exits. This week was specifically a great set of exits, they were all quite old.

Twenty One Pilots - Heathens
Last Week: #38 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 37

Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better
Last Week: #42 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 44

Panic! at the Disco - Death of a Bachelor
Last Week: #44 | Peak: #07 | Weeks on Chart: 31

Here is the countdown:

45. Rihanna - Love on the Brain
Last Week: #43 | Peak: #21 | Weeks on Chart: 13

44. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm
Last Week: #21 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 11

43. James Hersey - Miss You
Last Week: #39 | Peak: #24 | Weeks on Chart: 08

42. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons
Last Week: #45 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 21

41. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side to Side
Last Week: #41 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 27

40. Adele - Water Under the Bridge
Last Week: #30 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 22

39. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel it Coming
Last Week: #11 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 15

38. Niall Horan - This Town
Last Week: #40 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 30

37. Snakehips/MØ - Don't Leave
Last Week: #35 | Peak: #35 | Weeks on Chart: 04

36. Harry Styles - Sign of the Times
Last Week: #25 | Peak: #25 | Weeks on Chart: 03

35. Hailee Steinfeld/Grey/Zedd - Starving
Last Week: #26 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 33

34. Jon Bellion - All Time Low
Last Week: #28 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 25

33. Charlie Puth - Attention (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #33 | Weeks on Chart: 01

32. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
Last Week: #33 | Peak: #06 | Weeks on Chart: 29

31. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On
Last Week: #29 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 20

30. Halsey - Now or Never
Last Week: #36 | Peak: #30 | Weeks on Chart: 03

29. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #29 | Weeks on Chart: 01

28. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things
Last Week: #31 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 16

27. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know
Last Week: #32 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 28

26. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low
Last Week: #34 | Peak: #26 | Weeks on Chart: 04

25. Lady Gaga - The Cure (DEBUT)
Last Week: #__ | Peak: #25 | Weeks on Chart: 01

24. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever
Last Week: #27 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 20

23. Fitz and the Tantrums - HandClap
Last Week: #22 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 17

22. AJR - Weak
Last Week: #17 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 09

21. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul
Last Week: #14 | Peak: #11 | Weeks on Chart: 13

20. Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake
Last Week: #37 | Peak: #20 | Weeks on Chart: 02

19. Train - Play That Song
Last Week: #20 | Peak: #10 | Weeks on Chart: 23

18. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This
Last Week: #19 | Peak: #18 | Weeks on Chart: 03

17. The Vamps/Matoma - All Night
Last Week: #23 | Peak: #17 | Weeks on Chart: 04

16. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide
Last Week: #24 | Peak: #16 | Weeks on Chart: 03

15. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy
Last Week: #18 | Peak: #05 | Weeks on Chart: 10

14. Julia Michaels - Issues
Last Week: #15 | Peak: #14 | Weeks on Chart: 13

13. Maroon 5 - Cold
Last Week: #12 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 11

12. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye
Last Week: #09 | Peak: #09 | Weeks on Chart: 06

11. Panic! at the Disco - L.A. Devotee
Last Week: #16 | Peak: #11 | Weeks on Chart: 07

10. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer
Last Week: #13 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 37

09. Imagine Dragons - Believer
Last Week: #08 | Peak: #08 | Weeks on Chart: 07

08. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
Last Week: #07 | Peak: #04 | Weeks on Chart: 10

07. Ed Sheeran - Castle on the Hill
Last Week: #10 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 11

06. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
Last Week: #01 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 12

05. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
Last Week: #06 | Peak: #03 | Weeks on Chart: 21

04. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay
Last Week: #03 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 09

03. Shawn Mendes - Mercy
Last Week: #04 | Peak: #02 | Weeks on Chart: 17

02. Ed Sheeran - Shape of You
Last Week: #02 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 16

01. The Chainsmokers - Paris
Last Week: #05 | Peak: #01 | Weeks on Chart: 13

Biggest Drop: The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel it Coming (11-39, -28)
Biggest Jump: Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake (37-20, +17)

New Entrants
Take note that all debuts on Hit-Bound last week debuted on the WC this week.

*Entrants will be skipped this week*

Hit-Bound

• Ocean Park Standoff - Good News
• Mansionz/G-Eazy - Wicked
• Hey Violet - Break My Heart
• Jon Bellion - Overwhelming
• Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls (DEBUT)
• Zayn/PartyNextDoor - Still Got Time
• DNCE - Kissing Strangers
• Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla
• Aaron Carter - Sooner or Later
• Fall Out Boy - Young and Menace (DEBUT)
• Erin Bowman - Good Time Good Life
• Katy Perry - Bon Appétit (DEBUT)
• One Ok Rock - American Girls
• G-Eazy/Kehlani - Good Life

Most Girls is two-in-one: Meaningful and catchy! I like everything about it, the verses and the chorus. A win for Hailee in my opinion.

Young and Menace is weird in my opinion and I don't like the "drop". In fact, I don't think anyone will like the drop. But watch, this'll be in the top 5 soon, I know it.

Bon Appétit might be already better than Chained to the Rhythm. I love the chorus and production. Migos does a good job on this too. I hope to see this one on the WC soon.

Top 5 Picks
5. G-Eazy/Kehlani - Good Life
4. DNCE - Kissing Strangers
3. Zayn/PartyNextDoor - Still Got Time
2. One Ok Rock - American Girls
1. Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla

There's Nothing Blurbing Me Back
So, not only did we get rid of two former #1s this week, but the two oldest songs on the countdown. They also left with another old song that I'm glad we don't have to deal with anymore.

Chained to the Rhythm and I Feel it Coming both dropped over 20 spots this week. I'm kinda surprised at this since they're still kinda popular. And they're still good songs so I don't think they deserved to drop.

Miss You isn't going to rebound at this point. Well, at least it made the countdown. Thanks for introducing me to this song, Hits 1.

I'm happy for Don't Leave dropping because that one was never a good song to me. Speaking of songs that were never good, it's Sign of the Times dropping 11 to #36. Already? I thought this was going to be big. Maybe it was because of Kendrick Lamar's takeover of the Hot 100.

Unlike Don't Leave, Lights Down Low is about to take off. Hopefully this doesn't do too well here.

I wouldn't expect Cake to have the biggest jump. But I'm happy it did.

Heavy finally doesn't move too much here this week. Only 3 spots. Maybe it'll stop making big jumps and drops.

So, like any other P!ATD song, L.A. Devotee is nearing the top 10. I knew this would happen at some point. I don't like it as much as I liked Death of a Bachelor at first listen, but I know I won't get sick of it as much as I did for Death of a Bachelor.

So Closer is now back in the top 10? This song just never gives up!

Please let Stay be #1 here. It's popular enough to do it and it quite deserves it.

So yeah, I didn't really want Paris at #1 this week...it's getting old and in my opinion, hit #1 pretty late.

Top 5 Picks
5. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye
4. James Hersey - Miss You
3. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like
2. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay
1. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul

Top 20 Review: April 29, 2017
-1 -Worst Song: 20. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
0-Crap: NONE
1-Bad: NONE
2-Old: 19. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer, 18. Shawn Mendes - Mercy, 17. The Chainsmokers - Paris
3-Decent: NONE
4-Good: 16. Train - Play That Song, 15. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee, 14. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill, 13. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This, 12. The Vamps/Matoma - All Night, 11. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me, 10. Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake, 9. Maroon 5 - Cold, 8. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide, 7. Julia Michaels - Issues, 6. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy, 5. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
5-Great: 4. Imagine Dragons - Believer, 3. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye, 2. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like, 1. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay
6-Best Song: NONE
Total: 73/100 (-5) (Good)
Last Week: 78/100 (Good)

Top 20 Review: April 30, 2016
-1 -Worst Song: 20. Lukas Graham – 7 Years (+1 point because it is only a bad song, I temporarily grew into it)
0-Crap: NONE
1-Bad: NONE
2-Old: 19. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza
3-Decent: 18. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Jet Black Heart
4-Good: 17. Twenty One Pilots – Ride, 16. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself, 15. Troye Sivan – Youth, 14. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious, 13. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself, 12. One Direction – History, 11. Gwen Stefani – Make Me Like You, 10. Taylor Swift – New Romantics, 9. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman, 8. Flo Rida – My House, 7. Zayn – Pillowtalk, 6. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean
5-Great: 5. The Chainsmokers/Rozes – Roses, 4. Elle King – America's Sweetheart, 3. Fifth Harmony – Work From Home, 2. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out
6-Best Song: 1. Meghan Trainor – No
Total: 79/100 (=) (Good)
Last Week: 79/100 (Good)

Top 20 Review: May 2, 2015
-1 -Worst Song: NONE
0-Crap: NONE
1-Bad: NONE
2-Old: NONE
3-Decent: 20. Sam Smith/John Legend – Lay Me Down, 19. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud, 18. Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth – See You Again
4-Good: 17. Echosmith – Bright, 16. AJR – Infinity, 15. Taylor Swift – Style, 14. The Weeknd – Earned It, 13. Maroon 5 – Sugar, 12. Fall Out Boy – Uma Thurman, 11. Jason Derulo – Want To Want Me, 10. Andy Grammer – Honey I'm Good
5-Great: 9. Olly Murs/Travie McCoy – Wrapped Up, 8. Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance, 7. Natalie La Rose/Jeremih – Somebody, 6. Ellie Goulding – Love Me Like You Do, 5. Nick Jonas – Chains, 4. Flo Rida/Sage The Gemini/Lookas – GDFR, 3. Tove Lo – Talking Body, 2. Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk, 1. Taylor Swift – Blank Space
6-Best Song: NONE
Total: 86/100 (-1) (Great)

Last Week: 87/100 (Great)

Top 20 Review: May 3, 2014
-1 -Worst Song: 20. John Legend/Tiësto – All Of Me (have not heard and will not hear the Tiësto version so the score is based off the original)
0-Crap: NONE
1-Bad: 19. Passenger – Let Her Go, 18. Justin Timberlake – Not A Bad Thing
2-Old: NONE
3-Decent: 17. Bastille – Pompeii
4-Good: 16. Lady Gaga – G.U.Y, 15. OneRepublic – Counting Stars, 14. American Authors – Best Day Of My Life, 13. Pharrell Williams – Happy, 12. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend, 11. Katy Perry – Dark Horse, 10. Imagine Dragons – On Top Of The World
5-Great: 9. Katy Perry – Birthday, 8. MKTO – Classic, 7. Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty, 6. Glenn Morrison/Islove – Goodbye, 5. Paramore – Ain’t It Fun, 4. Travie McCoy/Brendon Urie – Keep On Keeping On, 3. Pitbull/Ke$ha – Timber, 2. Demi Lovato – Neon Lights
6-Best Song: 1. Ed Sheeran – Sing
Total: 78/100 (-4) (Good)

Last Week: 82/100 (Good)

Check out this week's #50Friday HERE.

Most Missed Song/Hit-Bound Dropout: Mary J. Blige - Right Now (in honor of her new album)

#1 Recommendation for Hits 1: Jax Jones/Raye - You Don't Know Me

And I forgot to add this. My Mom's Favorite Countdown Song: Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide

Guess the song

• ***All of the following hints refer to the WC.***
• I was in the 30s on a year-end chart. (Must be 2014-2016)
• I was never in the top 5.
• I debuted on a 5+ exit week.
• I debuted in the 20s.
• What song am I? Comment if you need another hint.