Taylor Swift (1) – Week Of July 7, 2018

Others have noticed this already, but they apparently changed SiriusXM channel 3 from Venus to a Dave Matthews Band radio station. I thought that was kind of stupid because they played pretty good music on Venus. So yeah. Bad move, SiriusXM. Other than that, I have nothing interesting to say. No songs leaving the countdown this week. So let's get right into it!



Last Week's #1 Song: Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night)
The Countdown
45. Camila Cabello – Havana (#45) [1 Week At #1]
44. Ed Sheeran – Perfect (#44) [2 Weeks At #1]
43. Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso/Florida Georgia Line/watt – Let Me Go (#43) [1 Week At #1]
42. G-Eazy/Halsey – Him & I (#39)
41. Imagine Dragons – Thunder (#36) [5 Weeks At #1]
40. Rudimental/Jess Glynne/Macklemore/Dan Caplen – These Days (#41)
39. Bad Wolves – Zombie (#42)
38. Dustin Atlas/Erin Bowman – Fake Ass Friends (#33)
37. Sugarland/Taylor Swift – Babe (#40)
36. Hundred Handed – Too Good (#35)
35. Dua Lipa – New Rules (#37)
34. Walk The Moon – One Foot (#22)
33. Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign – Psycho (#17)
32. 5 Seconds of Summer – Want You Back (#32) [1 Week At #1]
31. Camila Cabello – Never Be The Same (#31) [1 Week At #1]
30. Lauv – I Like Me Better (#30)
29. The Weeknd/Kendrick Lamar – Pray For Me (#29)
28. The Wrecks – James Dean (#38)
27. U2/Cheat Codes – Love Is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way (#27)
26. Maren Morris – Rich (#24)
25. Demi Lovato – Tell Me You Love Me (#26)
24. Maroon 5 – Wait (#20)
23. Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa – One Kiss (#19)
22. Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be (#18) [1 Week At #1]
21. Bazzi – Mine (#25)
20. Meghan Trainor – Let You Be Right (#28)
19. Niall Horan – On The Loose (#11)
18. Cardi B/Bad Bunny/J Balvin – I Like It (#21)
17. Foster The People – Sit Next To Me (#6)
16. Liam Payne/J Balvin – Familiar (#23)
15. Halsey – Alone (#11)
14. Charlie Puth/Kehlani – Done For Me (#14)
13. Dua Lipa – IDGAF (#9)
12. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (#34)
11. NOTD/Bea Miller – I Wanna Know (#15)
10. 5 Seconds of Summer – Youngblood (#16)
  9. Marshmello/Anne-Marie – Friends (#7)
  8. Maroon 5/Cardi B – Girls Like You (#10)
  7. Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry (#5)
  6. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood (#8)
  5. Selena Gomez – Back To You (#13)
  4. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes (#4) [1 Week At #1]
  3. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle (#3) [9 Weeks At #1]
  2. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#1) [4 Weeks At #1]
  1. Taylor Swift – Delicate (#2) [1^st Week At #1]

#1 Song This Week One Year Ago: Shawn Mendes – There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (2)

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Post Malone/Ty Dolla $ign – Psycho (–16)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes (+22)

Let Blurbs Be Right
~ I figured Delicate would be #1 this week. It's fine by me for the time being. It's a pretty good song, but it's not something really worthy of spending multiple weeks at the top. I'd rather have Say Amen at #1.

~ Selena Gomez – Back To You made the jump into the Top 5 I'm sure we were expecting at some point. I'm glad Hits 1 is able to decipher which of her songs are Top 10 worthy while letting her shitty songs like Bad Liar and Fetish do relatively poorly in comparison. That being said, Back To You is very much welcome.

~ New to the Top 10, we have 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood. Even if it's not a big hit, it's a great song and I'm glad it's doing well. Hits 1 may overpraise 5SOS at times, but they do have some pretty good songs like this one. I certainly wouldn't mind seeing this at #1 at some point in time.

~ Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes caught on pretty quickly coming in right outside of the Top 10 on its second week. It's still a really great song and I have high hopes that it'll do well on here. Also, congrats to Brendon on the #1 album!

~ A few drops occurred this week, including Bebe Rexha/Florida Georgia Line – Meant To Be out of the Top 20 and Walk The Moon – One Foot out of the Top 30. The former I'm okay with because I am growing out of the song a little bit. The latter is a little saddening, but it did pretty well here at least. Though I'm still kinda pissed about how The Middle blocked it from even just one week at #1.

~ I'd appreciate a switch in positions between Dua Lipa – IDGAF and Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa – One Kiss. One of them is decent, while the other is pretty good and deserves to be higher on here.

~ I have a feeling Psycho is starting to run out of steam on here. Hopefully this one can leave us soon. If I had to choose, I'd easily pick Better Now over this song.

~ Does anyone actually still listen to Thunder? Didn't think so. Can we PLEASE get this off the countdown soon? I'm sure Hits 1's love for Imagine Dragons is the only reason why this song is still here.

~ So G-Eazy and Halsey broke up and I can't say I'm surprised. I personally did not think they would last. Though it's now hard to listen to Him & I since the song has become virtually meaningless. It's getting old anyway, so I'd appreciate if it left soon.

~ Somehow Camila Cabello – Havana is still here. I don't mind the song, but this is a little too long. However, I'd much prefer if we got rid of Never Be The Same. This countdown will be much better off without screeching Camila.

~ Nothing interested happened on Hit-Bound other than Dennis Lloyd – Nevermind returning. Backstreet Boys still have the best song on there and my opinions haven't really changed at all.

~ Also interesting in music news, Justin Bieber is engaged to model Hailey Baldwin, which I only found out this morning on his Instagram. I wasn't really expecting it like how I wasn't expecting Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson. But I'm happy for them and hopefully things for work out unlike G-Eazy and Halsey (too soon?).


Top 20 Review
0 – Crap:
20. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey – The Middle

1 – Bad:
19. Marshmello/Anne-Marie – Friends

2 – Mediocre:
18. Meghan Trainor – Let You Be Right
17. Cardi B – I Like It

3 – Decent:
16. Dua Lipa – IDGAF
15. NOTD/Bea Miller – I Wanna Know
14. Maroon 5/Cardi B – Girls Like You

4 – Good:
NONE
5 – Great:
13. Niall Horan – On The Loose
12. Halsey – Alone
11. Shawn Mendes – In My Blood
10. Taylor Swift – Delicate
9. Ariana Grande – No Tears Left To Cry
8. Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes
7. Liam Payne – Familiar
6. Charlie Puth/Kehlani – Done For Me
5. Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes
4. 5 Seconds Of Summer – Youngblood
3. Selena Gomez – Back To You
2. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen (Saturday Night)

BONUS: 6 – Best Song On The Countdown:
1. Foster The People – Sit Next To Me

Overall Score: 80/100 = 80% (A)


Throwback Pick Of The Week: Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks

Most Missed Countdown Song: Sia/Kendrick Lamar – The Greatest

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: The Carters – APESHIT

Favorite Countdown Song This Week One Year Ago: The Chainsmokers/Coldplay – Something Just Like This (#2)


My Top 5 Picks
1. Foster The People – Sit Next To Me
2. Panic! At The Disco – Say Amen
3. The Wrecks – James Dean
4. Bad Wolves – Zombie
5. Selena Gomez – Back To You