Justin Timberlake (8) – Week Of August 13, 2016

So I have news for you guys. This blog has officially been active for 3 whole years. That's right. I started back in August of 2013, so this has gone for a strong 3 years. I just want to thank everyone for reading and commenting. You are all amazing. We've gone for 3 whole years and I hope to go many more. So thank you for everything you do. This is also my last countdown post before the start of school for me. Obviously, school is going to effect my blogging schedule, so you guys are just going to have to bear with me. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• One Direction – History (#28)
• G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha – Me, Myself, & I (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling

The Countdown

45. Grace – You Don't Own Me (#43)
44. Nick Jonas/Tove Lo – Close (#42)
43. Ruth B. – Lost Boy (#40)
42. Selena Gomez – Kill Em With Kindness (#33)
41. OneRepublic – Wherever I Go (#32)
40. Fifth Harmony – Work From Home (#35)
39. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#27) [1 Week At #1]
38. Kent Jones – Don't Mind (#24)
37. Lukas Graham – 7 Years (#34)
36. Meghan Trainor – No (#44)
35. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#38) [4 Weeks At #1]
34. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#16) [2 Weeks At #1]
33. James Bay – Let It Go (#36)
32. Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (#41)
31. Taylor Swift – New Romantics (#39) [2 Weeks At #1]
30. Fifth Harmony – All In My Head (Flex) (DEBUT)
29. AJR – I'm Not Famous (#37)
28. Jordan Fisher – All About Us (#28)
27. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens (DEBUT)
26. Ariana Grande – Into You (#31)
25. All Time Low – Missing You (#23)
24. Symon – Say (#26)
23. Lukas Graham – Mama Said (#22)
22. DNCE – Toothbrush (#17)
21. Jacob Whitesides – Lovesick (#25)
20. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys (#21)
19. Demi Lovato – Body Say (#20)
18. The 1975 – The Sound (#19)
17. Drake/WizKid/Kyla – One Dance (#18)
16. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#17) [5 Weeks At #1]
15. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman (#5)
14. The Summer Set – Figure Me Out (#13)
13. Meghan Trainor – Me Too (#14)
12. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#30)
11. Timeflies – Once In A While (#12)
10. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore (#11)
  9. P!nk – Just Like Fire (#10)
  8. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For (#9)
  7. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#8)
  6. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (#6)
  5. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#7)
  4. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (#2)
  3. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#3)
  2. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#4)
  1. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling! (#1) [8^th Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Walk The Moon – Shut Up and Dance

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (–18)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: X Ambassadors – Unsteady (+18)

New Entrants
~ At first listen, I wasn't really that into All In My Head by Fifth Harmony. But after repeated listens, I've come to realize that it's actually a pretty catchy song. Hits 1 edited out Fetty Wap (no surprise). But shockingly, I did not hate his part in the song. Now his verses weren't exactly good, but they weren't awful like most of his songs. I feel like the vocal work is much better on this track than it is Work From Home. It doesn't exactly top Worth It in my opinion. But it is a catchy song that I may consider listening to on my own time.

~ The next debut has received very mixed opinions. That is Heathens by Twenty One Pilots. I've heard rumors that this song is possibly about Twenty One Pilots' fanbase. If I'm being really honest, I do genuinely believe that Twenty One Pilots has one of the most obnoxious fanbases I've ever seen. Mainly because of how unaccepting they are towards those who started liking the band after having heard Stressed Out, saying they are not "true fans". They are also extremely unaccepting towards those who just don't like their music. They treat these guys like they're the gods who created music and if anyone says otherwise, they will not hesitate to attack. They also easily get offended if someone calls them "21 Pilots" or something like that. Finally, the devoted fans hate how they're getting popular, which I will never understand. Of course, not everyone in their fanbase is like that. But I did one time see a post on Facebook where someone shared a photo referring to Twenty One Pilots' music as trash pretty much and someone commented something along the lines of, "The creator of this deserves to die." So it is a good chunk of the fanbase that has this much immaturity. But not everyone, so please don't get offended if you're a fan of them. So after interpreting the song myself, I think that this song is overall just Twenty One Pilots accepting new people into their fanbase. As far as the sound goes, I do like this darker vibe and feel that comes with this song and I do think it would sound great on future tracks from this band. I like the chorus. I also really like the way the second verse builds up leading into that awesome-sounding drop or whatever that is. The vocal work isn't the best, but I didn't like the vocals on Ride at all. So this song is still a reasonable step up. Overall, lyrical content is really good, instrumentation is really good, and the vocals are good/okay. There really isn't anything about this song that I dislike. It may just be another Twenty One Pilots song that I get sick of at some point. But I feel like this song is kind of special and really stands out in these guys' discography. But we'll just have to wait and see what happens.


Hit-Bound
~ Here is the Hit-Bound list:

• The Strumbellas – Spirits
• Magic! – Red Dress
• Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara – Wild
• Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes
• Kenny Chesney/P!nk – Setting The World On Fire
• The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer
• Katy Perry – Rise
• MKTO – Superstitious
• Flume/Kai – Never Be Like You
• Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving (DEBUT)
• Steve Aoki & Boehm/Walk The Moon – Back 2 U
• Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend
• Ben Rector – Brand New
• Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey – The Little Things (DEBUT)

~ Starving and The Little Things are both pretty catchy. Not much else to say about them.

~ I would really like to see Steve Aoki & Boehm/Walk The Moon – Back 2 U debut soon. I'm going to vote for this quite a few times hoping it can have a chance on the countdown. It's just a really good song.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend

2. Steve Aoki & Boehm/Walk The Moon – Back 2 U

3. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer

4. MKTO – Superstitious
5. Troye Sivan/Alessia Cara – Wild


All My Blurbs Are Heathens
~ Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better is now in the Top 5. I wouldn't mind if this song hit #1. In fact, I would like if it hit #1 just so we can get something other than Justin Timberlake.

~ Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza unfortunately took its drop this week. I'm hoping it can stay here with us longer because I still love the song.

~ Although I'm kind of upset about the drop from I Took A Pill In Ibiza, the drop from Kent Jones – Don't Mind was very well-needed and it's nice to see that the voters have finally come to their senses and stopped voting for it.

~ Drake/WizKid/Kyla – One Dance is pretty much Billboard's Song of the Summer. Yet on this countdown, it's not as successful. I mean, at least it's here. But still, Hits 1 is kind of underrating the biggest song of the summer. This is at least Top 10-worthy.

~ Timeflies – Once In A While has definitely been more successful on this countdown than I thought it would be. But I'm not complaining. I do still really like that song.

~ X Ambassadors – Unsteady took quite a big jump this week up to #12. I am getting sick of hearing the original version. Now I prefer the Erich Lee Gravity remix that's featured on the soundtrack for the movie, Me Before You. But I would kind of appreciate if this song dropped soon.

~ Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman finally took a well-deserved drop out of the Top 10. Now if only it can switch spots with Into You.

~ Well, after its really long stay in the Bottom 10 of the countdown, we say goodbye to G-Eazy/Bebe Rexha – Me, Myself, & I. I loved this song when it first debuted and with its lack of success, I did not think I would ever get sick of it because I thought it would leave right away. I was very wrong. It is definitely one of those survivors that fights its way through to avoid leaving the countdown. You will somewhat be missed.

~ We also say goodbye to One Direction – History and probably One Direction in general (for a while at least). It's kind of sad that we won't be getting any new music from them for a little while. Oh well. I still anticipate the day we get a comeback single from them. But they do deserve the break their having right now. They've put in a lot of hard work.

~ I know you guys are probably very impatiently awaiting the 800K pageview special. It's just about done, so I'm really hoping to get it out this week.

~ The Hit 45 Chart for this week is out! Find out if Mike Posner can hold at #1 for a second week in a row and a fourth time overall with I Took A Pill In Ibiza!
Link: http://hit45chart.blogspot.com/2016/08/hit-45-chart-week-of-august-13-2016.html

Top 20 Review:

0 – Crap:

NONE

1 – Bad:

20. Twenty One Pilots – Ride

19. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out

18. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman

2 – Mediocre:

17. The Summer Set – Figure Me Out
16. The 1975 – The Sound

3 – Decent:
15. X Ambassadors – Unsteady

14. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For
13. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty
12. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys
11. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover)
10. Meghan Trainor – Me Too

4 – Good:

9. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling
8. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills

5 – Great:
7. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore
6. Timeflies – Once In A While
5. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down
4. P!nk – Just Like Fire
3. Drake/WizKid/Kyla – One Dance
2. Demi Lovato – Body Say
1. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better

Overall Score: 68/100


Throwback Pick Of The Week: Tom Petty – Free Fallin' (definitely one of my oldest throwbacks ever)

Most Missed Countdown Song: Labrinth/Emeli Sandé – Beneath Your Beautiful

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: OneRepublic – Kids

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Afrojack – Hey Mama


My Top 5 Picks
1. Mike Posner – I Took A Pill In Ibiza
2. OneRepublic – Wherever I Go
3. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens
4. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better
5. Demi Lovato – Body Say