The Chainsmokers (3) – Week Of September 24, 2016

So this upcoming week is a pretty exciting week for me as it is homecoming week! Because I'm a high school senior, I want to make this year's homecoming as memorable as I can. That of course means going all out on the dress-up days, attending the football game Friday night, and attending the dance Saturday night. So that's basically what's going on with me. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Katy Perry – Rise (#27)
• Selena Gomez – Hands To Myself (#35)
• Selena Gomez – Kill Em With Kindness (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down

The Countdown

45. Lukas Graham – 7 Years (#44)

44. Meghan Trainor – No (#43)

43. Panic! At The Disco – Victorious (#38) [1 Week At #1]

42. Fifth Harmony – Work From Home (#41)

41. DNCE – Toothbrush (#42)

40. P!nk – Just Like Fire (#36)

39. Ariana Grande – Dangerous Woman (#33)

38. Mike Posner/SeeB – I Took A Pill In Ibiza (#31) [2 Weeks At #1]

37. Taylor Swift – New Romantics (#40) [2 Weeks At #1]

36. Calvin Harris – My Way (DEBUT)

35. All Time Low – Missing You (#24)

34. Meghan Trainor – Me Too (#29)

33. Lukas Graham – Mama Said (#26)

32. DNCE – Cake By The Ocean (#32) [4 Weeks At #1]

31. Symon – Say (#25)

30. Panic! At The Disco – Death Of A Bachelor (DEBUT)

29. Jacob Whitesides – Lovesick (#21)

28. Kenny Chesney/P!nk – Setting The World On Fire (#20)

27. Demi Lovato – Body Say (#16)

26. The Strumbellas – Spirits (#17)

25. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You (DEBUT)

24. The 1975 – The Sound (#15)

23. Kiiara – Gold (#39)

22. Twenty One Pilots – Stressed Out (#22) [5 Weeks At #1]

21. AJR – I'm Not Famous (#19)

20. Lady Gaga – Perfect Illusion (#34)

19. OneRepublic – Kids (#30)

18. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty (#14)

17. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (#4) [1 Week At #1]

16. Flume/Kai – Never Be Like You (#23)

15. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore (#11)

14. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water (#18)

13. Coldplay/Beyoncé – Hymn For The Weekend (#10)

12. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving (#37)

11. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys (#13)

10. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer (#12)

  9. X Ambassadors – Unsteady (#28)

  8. Ariana Grande – Into You (#7)

  7. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens (#6)

  6. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better (#5)

  5. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For (#8)

  4. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling (#9) [10 Weeks At #1]

  3. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills (#3)

  2. Twenty One Pilots – Ride (#2)

  1. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down (#1) [3^rd Week At #1]

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

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (–13)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving (+25)

New Entrants
~ The artist behind one of the most obnoxiously overrated songs of 2016 now has his second song on the countdown by the name of My Way. The production on this track is without a doubt better than This Is What You Came For. Definitely not as lazy and thankfully there is no repetition of the word "you" throughout. In fact, Calvin Harris handles all the vocals himself following the path of Feel So Close and Summer, which just goes to show that he can still make a hit without having a guest feature. Overall, I like the tropical production and I feel like this is a song that grows with more listens. We'll see if that's the case later on.

~ Panic! At The Disco also brings their second song on the countdown currently with Death Of A Bachelor. It does sound a lot like a throwback kind of song and it's definitely enjoyable. But I think the biggest score with this song is Brendon Urie. His vocals are just spot on, especially in the chorus. I like the instrumentals, the production, and I absolutely love the vocals. I'd say this song is a big score for the band.

~ DJ Snake has returned after some songs I have mixed opinions on. Turn Down For What was fun for a little while, You Know You Like It was just straight up mediocre, and Lean On was really catchy and a highlight of 2015. This time he brings Let Me Love You featuring Justin Bieber. I'll admit, the production isn't amazing. But it is different and quite catchy. But like Death Of A Bachelor, it's really the vocals that grab my attention the most. This is definitely one of Justin Bieber's best vocal performances this year. This song is a perfect example of why Justin Bieber is indeed an amazing singer. Me personally, I believe this song surpasses Cold Water as the better song. I really only hope for success out of this song.


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

• Ellie Goulding – Still Falling For You
• The Weeknd/Daft Punk – Starboy
• Bastille – Good Grief
• Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey – The Little Things
• Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest
• Magic! – Red Dress
• Gnash/Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U
• Pitbull/Flo Rida/LunchMoney Lewis – Green Light
• Jason Derulo – Kiss The Sky
• Nick Jonas – Bacon
• Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners – This Girl
• Andy Grammer – Fresh Eyes
• Mike Posner – Be As You Are
• Runaground – Chase You Down

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Gnash/Olivia O'Brien – I Hate U, I Love U

2. Big Gigantic/Angela McCluskey – The Little Things

3. Runaground – Chase You Down

4. Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest

5. Kungs & Cookin' On 3 Burners – This Girl

Death Of A Blurb

~ So our Top 3 obnoxiously remains the same. How exciting.

~ And all of a sudden, Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For makes an annoying jump into the Top 5 this week. I don't get what people love about this song. There are so many amazing EDM songs this year, and the one that makes it pretty damn high is the one with one of the generic, mediocre drops I've ever heard. I honestly just can't stand this song at all.

~ Oh how pleasant. X Ambassadors – Unsteady has made yet another big jump into the Top 10. Let me just say that I don't hate this song. But it's just a little boring after hearing the Erich Lee Gravity remix, which is more dramatic and engaging. This original version though? On top of it being pretty boring, I've heard it way too many times.

~ Let's not talk about the big jumps from Kiiara – Gold and Lady Gaga – Perfect Illusion. Way to make me dislike both of these songs a little more. I expect Gold to outright flop, while the latter may unfortunately be with us for a while.

~ Speaking of flop, Katy Perry – Rise apparently proved itself to be no more than a flop. I actually enjoyed this song quite a bit, but I think this is like, the first Katy Perry song to last only three weeks on the countdown. Oh well. As of recently, this song is definitely seen as more than just a flop through my eyes.

~ While Rise may have flopped. Britney Spears/G-Eazy – Make Me never even made it on the countdown. This was supposed to be that legendary Britney Spears comeback. But it appears as though Hits 1 does not see Britney Spears as that amazing of an artist.

~ Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover) made a nice jump out of the Top 10. I already saw this song as not that amazing and quite underwhelming. But my mom apparently loved this song (she still does actually) and she's always singing the chorus at the most random times. So way to make a song that I already didn't like very much even worse. Now I definitely don't think it's bad. But with its overplay not only by the radio, but by my mom too, I've definitely heard it way more than I should.

~ Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving made quite a massive jump this week, way higher than I expected it would jump. We'll see if this song sticks around with us or takes a big drop soon. I'm hoping it can stay for a while because I am really liking this song.

~ Of course All Time Low – Missing You takes a drop after I start really enjoying it. I guess I can only hope that it'll stay with us for a little while longer. Unfortunately it never did make the Top 20 like I hoped. Oh well. It had a good stay here. Now, fate will determine the remainder of its journey.

~ I'm hoping the drops from Symon – Say and Lukas Graham – Mama Said are signs that these songs are going to be leaving us very soon. They for sure will not be missed and depending on how the rest of year goes, the latter of the two songs does have a chance at appearing in my Bottom 5 Songs of 2016. That will likely happen only if we don't get many more awful songs for the remainder of the year.

~ OneRepublic – Kids jumped into the Top 20 a lot quicker than Wherever I Go did. Maybe that signifies that this song will be at least somewhat of a hit. That being said, I hope it manages to reach the Top 10. It's just such a cool song.

~ As unfortunate as it is for Selena Gomez to see her two songs exit the countdown on the same week, I am over hear thanking Hits 1 for this week that I've been anticipating for a while now. Hands To Myself and Kill Em With Kindness both fall under the uninteresting Selena Gomez songs category and it's really nice and pleasing to see them both get the boot on the same week.

~ The Hit 45 Chart is being worked on at the moment and I will try to get that out as soon as possible.

Top 20 Review:

0 – Crap:

20. Calvin Harris/Rihanna – This Is What You Came For

19. Twenty One Pilots – Ride

1 – Bad:

18. Lady Gaga – Perfect Illusion

2 – Mediocre:

17. Daya – Sit Still, Look Pretty

16. X Ambassadors – Unsteady

15. Sia/Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills

14. Adele – Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

13. The Chainsmokers/Daya – Don't Let Me Down

3 – Decent:

12. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Girls Talk Boys

4 – Good:

NONE

5 – Great:

11. Flume/Kai – Never Be Like You

10. Justin Timberlake – Can't Stop The Feeling

9. Ariana Grande – Into You

8. Charlie Puth/Selena Gomez – We Don't Talk Anymore

7. Shawn Mendes – Treat You Better

6. Hailee Steinfeld & Grey/Zedd – Starving

5. OneRepublic – Kids

4. Major Lazer/Justin Bieber/MØ – Cold Water

3. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens

2. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer

1. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend

Total Score: 69/100

Throwback Pick Of The Week: My Chemical Romance – I'm Not Okay (I Promise)

Most Missed Countdown Song: Marlon Roudette – When The Beat Drops Out

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Jon Bellion – All Time Low

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: X Ambassadors – Renegades

My Top 5 Picks

1. Coldplay – Hymn For The Weekend

2. DJ Snake/Justin Bieber – Let Me Love You

3. All Time Low – Missing You

4. The Chainsmokers/Halsey – Closer

5. Twenty One Pilots – Heathens