The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren (1) - Week #17

So... The Chainsmokers get yet another of their songs up there. Next up, Something Just Like This, hopefully! The problem with this song is that it is too old to just begin its reign and The Chainsmokers are getting annoying. Also, new to the countdown are all the debuts on Hit-Bound last week. And as Hit-Bound caught on to Hailee Steinfield's and Fall Out Boy's song, OneRepublic, Imagine Dragons, and some of the other stars of April 27th didn't make the cut. And for some insane reason Despacito is still not on Hit-Bound.

Exits:
Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (#38)
Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better (#42) 
Panic! At The Disco - Death Of A Bachelor (#44)[finally!]

The Countdown
45. Rihanna - Love On The Brain (#43)
44. Katy Perry/Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm (#21)[-23]
43. James Hersey - Miss You (#39)
42. Lady Gaga - Million Reasons (#45)
41. Ariana Grande/Nicki Minaj - Side To Side (#31)
40. Adele - Water Under The Bridge (#30)[-10]
39. The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming (#11)[-28]
38. Niall Horan - This Town (#40)
37. Snakehips/MO - Don't Leave (#35)
36. Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times (#25)[-11]
35. Hailee Steinfield & Grey/Zedd - Starving (#26)
34. Jon Bellion - All Time Low (#28)
33. Charlie Puth - Attention (DEBUT)
32. Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (#33)
31. Steve Aoki/Louis Tomlinson - Just Hold On (#29)
30. Halsey - Now Or Never (#36)
29. Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (DEBUT)
28. Machine Gun Kelly/Camila Cabello - Bad Things (#31)
27. Maroon 5 - Don't Wanna Know (#32)
26. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#34)
25. Lady Gaga - The Cure (DEBUT)
24. Zayn/Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever (#27)
23. Fitz & The Tantrums - HandClap (#22)
22. AJR - Weak (#17)
21. Twenty One Pilots - Heavydirtysoul (#14)
20. Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake (#37)[+17]
19. Train - Play That Song (#20)
18. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This (#19)
17. The Vamps/Matoma - All Night (#23)
16. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide (#24)
15. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy (#18)
14. Julia Michaels - Issues (#15)
13. Maroon 5 - Cold (#12)
12. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye (#9)
11. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee (#16)
10. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer (#13)
9. Imagine Dragons - Believer (#8)
8. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me (#7)
7. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (#10)
6. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (#1)
5. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go (#6)
4. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay (#3)
3. Shawn Mendes - Mercy (#4)
2. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#2)
1. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Paris (#5)

Biggest DROP of the week: The Weeknd/Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming (-28)
Biggest JUMP of the week: Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake (+17)

Comments on debuts:
Attention is super catchy. Charlie Puth's voice is well used and this song is so much better than One Call Away. But I did not expect this song to debut this fast.

Shawn Mendes replaces himself. For There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back, it got a bit worse from my extremely mediocre definition of it last week.

I did hear The Cure quite a few times this week. This song is the first good song off of Joanne. I love the meaning of this song and the beat is cool. Or I am just relieved that Million Reasons is in the bottom 5.

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

There's Nothing Blurbin' Me Back
All the songs from #2-9 are amazing except for #6. I grew back into Shape Of You and Mercy.

Of course Closer had to re-enter the top 10 sometime.

Why is L.A. Devotee nearing the top 10? This song is so annoying. Victorious will be Urie's only good song.

Slide jumping into the top 20 infuriates me! Seriously, what is so good about this song??? And why pick this rap song of them all???

All Night finally goes into the top 20! Thank you Hits 1! We need more songs like this!

Heavydirtysoul really should be more appreciated than Closer, Play That Song, Slide...

Why on Earth is I Don't Wanna Live Forever still jumping? This song is so overrated. Bom Bidi Bom is the best song of the soundtrack and yet this one gets popular because is has Taylor Swift and some guy sings as high as he possibly can. If you enter the top 20 again,..

Nice to see Lights Down Low making it up step by step.

What makes no sense is that Don't Wanna Know is higher on the countdown than Sign Of The Times. 

The two big 20+ drops this week are fine by me!

Top 20 review:

-1: So bad it makes my ears bleed (-2)
20. Calvin Harris/Frank Ocean/Migos - Slide
19. The Chainsmokers/Halsey - Closer

0: Horrible (0)
18. Julia Michaels - Issues
17. Panic! At The Disco - L.A. Devotee

1: Bad (3)
16. Train - Play That Song
15. Flo Rida/99 Percent - Cake
14. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Paris

2: Mediocre (2)
13. Maroon 5 - Cold

3: Okay (3)
12. Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

4: Good (4)
11. Clean Bandit/Sean Paul/Anne-Marie - Rockabye

5: Great (35)
10. Shawn Mendes  - Mercy
9. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
8. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill
7. Kygo/Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me
6. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
5. Imagine Dragons - Believer
4. The Chainsmokers/Coldplay - Something Just Like This

6: Masterpiece (18)
3. The Vamps/Matoma - All Night
2. Zedd/Alessia Cara - Stay
1. Linkin Park/Kiiara - Heavy

Total score: 63% 

Top 5 countdown
1. Sign Of The Times
1. Lights Down Low
3. Attention
4. Heavy
5. Stay

Bottom 5 countdown
1. Slide
2. I Don't Wanna Live Forever
3. Closer
4. Starving
5. 24K Magic

Top 3 Hit-Bound
1. Sooner Or Later
2. Young & Menace
3. Most Girls

Bottom 3 Hit-Bound
1. Kissing Strangers
2. Good Time Good Life
3. Overwhelming

Throwback pick of the week: Britney Spears - Toxic

Most Missed Countdown Song: Katy Perry - This Is How We Do

Most Missed Hit-Bound Dropout: Snakehips/Zayn - Cruel

#1 recommendation for Hits 1: OneRepublic - No Vacancy

Thanks so much for viewing!