Week #9 + Top 101 songs of 2017 (MWP)

MWP:
Exit: Post Malone/21 Savage - Rockstar (#8)
10. NF - Let You Down (#9)
9. Justin Timberlake/Chris Stapleton - Say Something (#10)
8. Marshmallow/Anne-Marie - Friends (#7)
7. Welshly Arms - Legendary (#5)
6. The Weeknd/Kendrick Lamar - Pray For Me (#6)
5. Sultan/Sheppard/Nadia Ali/IRO - Almost Home (DEBUT)
4. Bigflo & Oli - Dommage (#4)
3. Tom Walker - Leave A Light On (#3)
2. The Chainsmokers - Sick Boy (#1)[2]
1. BTS/Steve Aoki - MIC Drop (#2)[3rd]

I am pretty happy overall right now. Entering spring break and an awesome ski vacation, and having finished after hours of work My top 45 songs on Hits 1 from 2017, I have absolutely no weight on my shoulders. Also, the top 10 is getting much better.

Exits:
All Time Low - Last Young Renegade (#29)
Kesha - Praying (#42)
Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes (#45)[!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

45. Louis Tomlinson – Miss You (#41)
44. Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry (#44) [1]
43. Niall Horan – Slow Hands (#43) [3]
42. Maroon 5/SZA – What Lovers Do (#36)
41. Post Malone /21 Savage – Rockstar (#40)
40. Ed Sheeran – Galway Girl (#33) [4]
39. The Chainsmokers – Sick Boy (#30) [...][...][...][...][...]
38. P!nk – What About Us (#39) [1]
37. WØLVES – Animal (#35)
36. Dua Lipa – New Rules (#34)
35. X Ambassadors – Ahead Of Myself (#10) [–25]
34. Alan Walker/Noah Cyrus/Digital Farm Animals – All Falls Down (DEBUT)
33. Shawn Mendes – There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (#38) [5]
32. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes (DEBUT)
31. Taylor Swift/Ed Sheeran/Future – End Game (#25) [1]
30. Symon – Lonely Girl (#37)
29. Justin Timberlake/Chris Stapleton – Say Something (#31)
28. Kelly Clarkson – Love So Soft (#27)
27. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Want You Back (DEBUT)
26. Camila Cabello – Havana (#26) [1]
25. Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still (#23)
24. Troye Sivan – My My My! (#32)
23. Lauv – I Like Me Better (#24)
22. Imagine Dragons – Believer (#21) [3]
21. The Weeknd/Kendrick Lamar – Pray For Me (#28)
20. AJR/Rivers Cuomo – Sober Up (#19)
19. Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same (#16)
18. Fall Out Boy – Hold Me Tight Or Don't (#17)
17. Eminem/Ed Sheeran – River (#18)
16. P!NK – Beautiful Trauma (#13) 
15. Bruno Mars/Cardi B - Finesse (#22)
14. Maroon 5 - Wait (#15)
13. G-Eazy/Halsey - Him & I (#14)
12. Walk The Moon - One Foot (#8)
11. Bebe Rexha/FGL - Meant To Be (#11)
10. Charlie Puth - How Long (#2)[2]
9. Halsey - Bad At Love (#5)[2]
8. Ed Sheeran - Perfect (#6)[2]
7. Marshmallow/Selena Gomez - Wolves (#9)
6. MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (#20)[+14]{happy!!!}
5. NF - Let You Down (#12)[YES!!!]
4. Hailee Steinfield/Alesso/FGL/watt - Let Me Go (#4)[what is this doing here?]
3. Macklemore/Kesha - Good Old Days (#1)[1]
2. Imagine Dragons - Thunder (#3)[5]
1. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle (#7)[1st]

Biggest JUMP!!! of the week: MAX/Gnash - Lights Down Low (+14)
Biggest DROP!!! of the week: X Ambassadors - Ahead Of Myself (-25)

Comments on debuts:
All these debuts are important. But I feel the need to talk the most about All Falls Down. Alan Walker has forever been by absolute favourite DJ. Faded, Alone, Sing Me To Sleep, Spectre... All his songs have this signature atmosphere that I enjoy so much. The mysterious electronic effects with those fantastic Norwegian singers make fantastic music. Now, I mentioned when I talked about Make Me (Cry) in my top 45 songs on Hits 1 from 2017, I said how good Noah Cyrus handled her mediocre voice in some songs. However, recently with I'm Stuck, I feared her collaborating with Alan Walker. So when I first heard this song I came with such high expectations for Alan Walker and he did not disappoint with the production, but really low ones for Noah Cyrus, so she did not disappoint either. I had this way up somewhere around #8 at some point on MWP. I guess I never gave this song a good listen since it was Alan Walker. And then at some point I heard this on the radio and I listened to it properly, since I expected it to debut at some point and I needed something to say. I realized that Noah Cyrus was actually really bad in All Falls Down. I feel as if she gave it a half-baked job. And the cringe way of swearing, right off the bat, makes it so much worse. She doesn't have a good voice, and in this song, she shows it. This is what I feared by Alan Walker. Don't get me wrong, his drop is still great. But the two singers, including that extremely annoying guy with a sort of Labrinth voice in the second verse, sound awful. This is, in my opinion, a remake of Make Me (Cry) with more crazy vocals and a heavy electronic part. This is definitely a stain on Alan Walker's resume and has, sadly, ruined his perfection for me.

I had Whatever It Takes on a CD for the road trip to the mountains this week one year ago. It was actually my #78 favourite song from 2017. It was my jam for half a week. Then I stopped listening to it so much since I would probably grow out of it. I next listened to it after 7 or 8 months, when it debuted Hit-Bound. I still loved the rock feel in the chorus and those powerful vocals so I put this song in yellow. But Imagine Dragons are really heading downwards, and hard. That rapping is so uncharacteristic of Night Visions them, I find it to be okay, but really on the edge. The new Imagine Dragons are worse. As it is with most bands.

The new Fall Out Boy, the next Imagine Dragons, but this version of 5SOS is surprisingly good. I love how they took it down a notch but kept hints of their style. 5SOS sounded old in their previous music, but now they have caught on and sound really interesting and abstract compared to what I am used to from them.

Hit-Bound
Bazzi - Mine
Meghan Trainor - No Excuses (DEBUT)
Khalid - Young Dumb & BrokeRudimental/Jess Glynne/Macklemore/Dan Caplen - These Days
Niall Horan - On The Loose
Portugal. The Man - Live In The Moment
Kesha/Dap-Kings Horns - Woman
Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign - Psycho
Thirty Seconds To Mars - Walk On Water
Marshmello/Anne-Marie - Friends
Welshly Arms - Legendary
Keala Settle - This Is Me
Alice Merton - No Roots (DEBUT)
Dustin Atlas/Erin Bowman - Fake ... Friends (DEBUT)

~Don't Wanna Feel It was never going to be anywhere, and I found it bland anyway.

~Meghan Trainor is someone I want to change. this is another typical out of her recent songs. The verses are really annoying, but the chorus is surprisingly catchy. More on it when It goes somewhere.

~I really love the chorus of No Roots, and the bass is cool. It is old my 14 months, though, but new to me, so expect it to debut MWP next week :)

~That title made me head into this song with really low expectations. But the song sounds surprisingly okay considering it IS the girl from Good Time Good Life.

Top 5:
1. Legendary
2. Friends
3. Walk On Water
4. No Roots
5. Live In The Moment

Blurbs Fall Down
Middle at #1 was totally unexpected. From #20 to #1 in two weeks almost never happens. Anyway, I am not complaining as much as with some other songs at #1, but the production is still really lazy and not coordinated.

The #2-4 should really start making their way down. They have had their time.

We have two fantastic jumps into the top 6 from Lights Down Low and Let You Down. They were both expected, but I am still really happy about them. They are really good mellow songs, two of my favourites right now. I love taking a break from the chaos of the radio to listen to these two. I really, really, really, really hope that one of them can hit #1 within the next month.

Not much is happening in the top 20 except some songs moving around. We did have Finesse enter and Ahead Of Myself take a massive, but expected drop, but otherwise...

The Weeknd is on the brink of the top 20, while our other debut last week already dropped a LOT and is about to leave. I mean, come on. Why could this one of all Chainsmokers songs be the song that doesn't make a show for what it's worth?

Nothing is happening in our bottom section either. I still am a great fan for What Lovers Do, Rockstar, etc. but they aren't doing anything.

I remember around this time of year in 2016 (~March 26) Hits 1 had a weekend countdown where everybody pronounced the creators really drunk and high where we had massive jumps and drops all over that place. I hope we get another one of those since I don't have many praises about the countdown right now.

Ok, our exits. All Time Low leaving was totally a surprise. I never had much for that one. I know many people will have a private funeral for Praying, since it was a big one in this blogging community. I still adore the chorus, but not really the verses. The big exit for me this week, is, FINALLY, Too Good At Goodbyes. I still hear this song on the radio. I don't get what people like about this song. His voice is so whiny and the song is really boring! Anyway, good riddance. One bad song down, 17 to go.

Top 5:
1. Sick Boy
2. Pray For Me
3. Say Something
4. Let You Down
5. Lights Down Low

Bottom 5:
1. There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
2. Beautiful Trauma
3. What About Us
4. All Falls Down
5. Love So Soft

Throwback pick of the week: OneRepublic - Lose Myself
Most missed countdown song: Noah Cyrus/Labrinth - Make Me (Cry)
#1 recommendation for Hits 1: The Chainsmokers - You Owe Me


I managed to get myself a spare three hours to concoct this together:

Rank	Artist	Song
1	MAX/Gnash	Lights Down Low
2	LP	Lost On You
3	ZAYN/Sia	Dusk Till Dawn
4	Shaun Frank & Dyson	No Future
5	The Weeknd	Reminder
6	Luis Fonsi/Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber	Despacito
7	Alan Walker	Spectre
8	Post Malone/21 Savage	Rockstar
9	Linkin Park/Kiiara	Heavy
10	Aaron Carter	Sooner Or Later
11	Portugal. The Men	Feel It Still
12	Fall Out Boy	Champion
13	Skye Holland	Her
14	Rag’n’Bone Man	Skin
15	Kendrick Lamar	HUMBLE.
16	Imagine Dragons	Believer
17	Post Malone/Quavo	Congratulations
18	Taylor Swift	…Ready For It?
19	Gnash/DENM	Belong
20	Louis Tomlinson/Bebe Rexha/DFA	Back To You
21	Selena Gomez	Fetish
22	Mono Mind	Save Me A Place
23	Rag’n’Bone Man	Human
24	French Montana/Swae Lee	Unforgettable
25	Zedd/Alessia Cara	Stay
26	Dmitri Vegas/Like Mike/David Guetta/Kiiara	Complicated
27	Tash Sultana	Jungle
28	Snakehips/MO	Don't Leave
29	Little Mix/Stormzy	Power
30	Twenty One Pilots	Heavydirtysoul
31	Lindsey Stirling/Christina Perri	Brave Enough
32	All-American Rejects	Sweat
33	Blackbear	Do Re Mi
34	OneRepublic	Better
35	Hey Violet	Guys My Age
36	AU/RA	Outsiders
37	Ed Sheeran	Castle On The Hill
38	Sia	Never Give Up
39	Nick Jonas/Nicki Minaj	Bom Bidi Bom
40	Alex Da Kid/X Ambassadors/Elle King/Wiz Khalifa	Not Easy
41	Shawn Hook/Vanessa Hudgens	Reminding Me
42	Linkin Park	Battle Symphony
43	Britney Spears/Tinashe	Slumber Party
44	James Blunt	Bartender
45	Lana Del Rey/The Weeknd	Lust For Life
46	Hailee Steinfield/Alesso/FGL/watt	Let Me Go
47	OneRepublic	No Vacancy
48	Cheat Codes/Demi Lovato	No Promises
49	The Weeknd/Lana Del Rey	Party Monster
50	J Balvin/Willy William/Beyonce’	Mi Gente
51	Twenty One Pilots	Heathens
52	Hey Violet	Hoodie
53	Clean Bandit/Zara Larsson	Symphony
54	Why Don’t We	Something Different
55	Grandtheft/Delaney Jane	Easy Go
56	Anne-Marie	Ciao Adios
57	NF	Let You Down
58	Imagine Dragons	Thunder
59	Sofia Carson/Alan Walker	Back To Beautiful
60	Niall Horan	Too Much To Ask
61	Halsey	Not Afraid Anymore
62	Camila Cabello	Havana
63	Cold War Kids	Love Is Mystical
64	Kygo/Selena Gomez	It Ain't Me
65	Massari	So Long
66	Harry Styles	Sign Of The Times
67	The Weeknd	Die For You
68	Hedley	Better Days
69	Sabrina Carpenter	Why
70	The Vamps/Matoma	All Night
71	Martin Garrix/Troye Sivan	There For You
72	Axwell /\ Ingrosso	More Than You Know
73	G-Eazy/Kehlani	Good Life
74	Karl Wolf	Secret
75	Allie X	Paper Love
76	DNCE	Kissing Strangers
77	Machine Gun Kelly/X Ambassadors/Bebe Rexha	Home
78	Imagine Dragons	Whetever It Takes
79	Ed Sheeran	Perfect
80	Sofi Tukker/NERVO/The Knocks/Alisa Ueno	Best Friend
81	Logic/Rag’n’Bone Man	Broken People
82	James Arthur	Say You Won't Let Go
83	Clean Bandit/Anne-Marie/Sean Paul	Rockabye
84	Nick Jonas/Anne-Marie/Mike Posner	Remember I Told You
85	Alan Walker/Noah Cyrus/DFA	All Falls Down
86	Luis Fonsi/Demi Lovato	Echame La Culpa
87	Alan Walker/Gavin James	Tired
88	OneRepublic	Let's Hurt Tonight
89	The 1975	Somebody Else
90	Marshmallow/Wrabel	Ritual
91	Spencer Ludwig	Diggy
92	Selena Gomez/Marshmallow	Wolves
93	Trevor Guthrie	Wanted
94	Phillip Phillips	Miles
95	The Script	Rain
96	Adam Lambert	Two F*x
97	Noah Cyrus	Stay Together
98	Lindsey Stirling/Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness	Something Wild
99	Camila Cabello	Crying In The Club
100	Maroon 5/SZA	What Lovers Do
101	Noah Cyrus/Labrinth	Make Me (Cry)

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