Panic! At The Disco (1) – Week Of June 9, 2018

Hey guys! Things are slowly looking better around here. I feel like I say that a lot. But it's true and I really don't have much else to say. Hopefully June can be a good month for the countdown. Before we get to this week's Fresh 45, here are the songs we're saying goodbye to this week.

• Portugal. The Man – Feel It Still (#44)
• Selena Gomez/Marshmello – Wolves (#45)

Last Week's #1 Song: Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes

The Countdown

45. Camila Cabello – Havana (#43) [1 Week At #1]

44. MAX/Gnash – Lights Down Low (#37)

43. Dua Lipa – New Rules (#36)

42. Noah Kahan/Julia Michaels – Hurt Somebody (#38)

41. Bruno Mars/Cardi B – Finesse (#38)

40. Halsey – Bad At Love (#41) [2 Weeks At #1]

39. Charlie Puth – How Long (#42) [2 Weeks At #1]

38. Kendrick Lamar, SZA – All The Stars (#40)

37. Ed Sheeran – Perfect (#34) [2 Weeks At #1]

36. Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same (#24) [1 Week At #1]

35. Maren Morris – Rich (DEBUT)

34. Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa – One Kiss (DEBUT)

33. Imagine Dragons – Thunder (#32) [5 Weeks At #1]

32. Dustin Atlas/Erin Bowman – Fake Ass Friends (#33)

31. Meghan Trainor – No Excuses (#11)

30. Echosmith – Over My Head (#28)

29. Lauv – I Like Me Better (#18)

28. G-Eazy/Halsey – Him & I (#31)

27. Walk The Moon – One Foot (#23)

26. Zayn – Let Me (#29)

25. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/watt – Let Me Go (#30) [1 Week At #1]

24. Bazzi – Mine (#27)

23. The Weeknd/Kendrick Lamar – Pray For Me (#20)

22. Selena Gomez – Back To You (#22)

21. AJR/Rivers Cuomo – Sober Up (#25)

20. Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign – Psycho (#35)

19. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be (#17) [1 Week At #1]

18. NOTD/Bea Miller – I Wanna Know (#26)

17. Foster The People – Sit Next To Me (#21)

16. Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry (#19)

15. 5 Seconds of Summer – Want You Back (#6) [1 Week At #1]

14. Rudimental/Jess Glynne/Macklemore/Dan Caplen – These Days (#12)

13. Bad Wolves – Zombie (#8)

12. Halsey – Alone (#16)

11. Maroon 5 – Wait (#10)

10. Dua Lipa – IDGAF (#14)

  9. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood (#13)

  8. Marshmello/Anne-Marie – Friends (#7)

  7. Charlie Puth/Kehlani – Done For Me (#15)

  6. Demi Lovato – Tell Me You Love Me (#9)

  5. Niall Horan – On The Loose (#3)

  4. Taylor Swift – Delicate (#5)

  3. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes (#1) [1 Week At #1]

  2. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle (#2) [9 Weeks At #1]

  1. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#4) [1^st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Zedd/Alessia Cara – Stay (3)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Meghan Trainor – No Excuses (–20)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign – Psycho (+15)

New Entrants
~ First up this week, we have Maren Morris with Rich. I'm willing to bet everything I own that the only reason this song is here is because of The Middle. If it weren't for that song, these people at Hits 1 wouldn't care less about who Maren Morris is. I do like some of her songs like My Church (because of her stellar vocals) and 80s Mercedes (because of the catchy production). But Rich is just not one of those songs. She comes off as very arrogant and full of herself on here and that kinda just turns me off. She's talented, but I don't think this song shows that. I know she's capable of more. In the meantime, I'm hoping this song doesn't become a big hit, which I don't think it will given that I haven't really seen it anywhere else.

~ Next we have the return of producer Calvin Harris with the help of Dua Lipa on the track One Kiss. This song has definitely grown on me with repeated listens. It's definitely nowhere near Calvin Harris' best work. But it's good to say the very least in terms of the production. I know Calvin Harris has been going for a different sound lately with his most recent album which had two great singles that made it onto my favorite songs of 2017. One Kiss, while not exactly topping those songs, is good on its own. Dua Lipa sounds good on the track. Overall, the song is just good. It's nothing amazing, but it's enjoyable for the time being and it could still potentially grow on me more.


Best Debut of the Week: Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa – One Kiss


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

• Sam Smith/Logic – Pray
• HRVY – Personal
• Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones
• Sugarland/Taylor Swift – Babe
• Hundred Handed – Too Good
• Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes
• 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood
• Cardi B – I Like It
• In Real Life – Tattoo (How 'Bout You)
• Liam Payne/J Balvin – Familiar
• lovelytheband – Broken
• Meghan Trainor – Let You Be Right
• Dennis Lloyd – Nevermind
• The Wrecks – James Dean
• U2/Cheat Codes – Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way (DEBUT)
• Backstreet Boys – Don't Go Breaking My Heart (DEBUT)
• Maroon 5/Cardi B – Girls Like You (DEBUT)

~ First we have Maroon 5 with another mediocre single from Red Pill Blues, titled Girls Like You. The song is very underwhelming in terms of the production and the vocals. Cardi B's verse is probably the only thing about the song that's actually interesting. Other than that, this is nothing exciting at all. The Adam Levine Experience strikes again.

~ Next we have U2 with Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way, which is from their most recent album, Songs of Experience. I know their last album, Songs of Innocence, had some pretty good songs like Cedarwood Road. I haven't listened to the newer album though, so I might check it out. Hits 1 apparently plays the Cheat Codes remix of this new song, which is good I guess. The original was decent, but the remix made it just slightly better. I like Bono's vocals and that's probably the best thing about the song. But the production is just slightly annoying at certain points and I'll blame Cheat Codes for that. Nothing against U2. The song is green, but it could change to blue.

~ Finally we have the long-awaited return of the Backstreet Boys with Don't Go Breaking My Heart. I think this song is really good. It's fun and catchy and definitely something I can picture myself singing along to. Easily the best debut of the week. I'm very excited to have these guys back. Hopefully this debuts on the countdown soon.

Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes

2. Backstreet Boys – Don't Go Breaking My Heart

3. Fall Out Boy – The Last Of The Real Ones

4. Sugarland/Taylor Swift – Babe

5. Liam Payne/J Balvin – Familiar

One Blurb

~ We have another new #1 song in the form of Say Amen, which is the best #1 song we've had a long time (since Good Old Days). I'm very happy about this and I'm glad Hits 1 has been treating it well. It really is a great song as is everything else from Pray For The Wicked so far. Panic! At The Disco needs some better recognition outside of this station.

~ We have three new songs in the Top 10. In My Blood took quite a while to get there. IDGAF didn't take very long on the other hand. As far as the latter goes, the title of the song pretty much explains how I feel about it being in the Top 10. Frankly, I just can't care less about this song. Finally we have Done For Me, which is the exciting Top 10 entrant. I look forward to this being a big hit for not just Charlie Puth, but Kehlani as well.

~ The drop from Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign – Psycho last week clearly did not last long. I really don't expect it to do anything. It'll probably fall right back down next week, which I'm hoping will be the case.

~ Meanwhile, AJR/Rivers Cuomo – Sober Up is still jumping for some reason??? Can we please stop this. The song has been here much longer than it should've been. I'm not sure why we're making these garbage songs hits.

~ Meghan Trainor – No Excuses and Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same both made some nice drops out of the Top 30. Hopefully we can say goodbye to them soon, though it'll probably be another couple months.

~ Somehow, Charlie Puth – How Long broke out of the Bottom 5 for the first time in a while. This song is still slowly fading on me. So I wouldn't mind it leaving pretty soon.

~ As far as the exits go, Feel It Still stayed absolutely way too long. That was terrible. I liked the song at first. But my god radio killed it. This should've left months ago. But at least it's gone now. We also lost Marshmello/Selena Gomez – Wolves, which I was slowly getting sick of. So I don't mind seeing it leave. It was nice while it lasted though.

Top 20 Review

0 – Crap:

20. Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign – Psycho

1 – Bad:

19. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle

2 – Mediocre:

18. Maroon 5 – Wait

17. Marshmello/Anne-Marie – Friends

3 – Decent:

16. Dua Lipa – IDGAF

15. NOTD/Bea Miller – I Wanna Know

4 – Good:

NONE

5 – Great:

14. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood

13. Niall Horan – On The Loose

12. Rudimental/Jess Glynne/Macklemore/Dan Caplen – These Days

11. Halsey – Alone

10. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be

9. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Want You Back

8. Taylor Swift – Delicate

7. Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry

6. Charlie Puth/Kehlani – Done For Me

5. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes

4. Demi Lovato – Tell Me You Love Me

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:

1. TIE: Foster The People – Sit Next To Me

1. TIE: Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (+2 extra points for being #1)

1. TIE: Bad Wolves – Zombie

Overall Score: 86/100 = 86% (A)

Throwback Pick Of The Week: Keane – Somewhere Only We Know

Most Missed Countdown Song: One Direction – Story Of My Life

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Kane Brown – Lose It

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: The Chainsmokers/Coldplay – Something Just Like This (#3)

My Top 5 Picks

1. TIE: Bad Wolves – Zombie

1. TIE: Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen

1. TIE: Foster The People – Sit Next To Me

4. Kendrick Lamar/SZA – All The Stars

5. Walk The Moon – One Foot