Fall Out Boy (2) - Week of 9/1/18

Hi everyone. I thought this was an okay week for the countdown. We still have the same problem with our #1s, but the rest was pretty good. Also, during this edition of the countdown they played summer throwbacks every couple of songs. I'll be talking about those later in the post. Here is our only exit this week:

• Meghan Trainor - Let You Be Right (#44)

Last Week's #1 Song: Fall Out Boy - The Last Of The Real Ones (1)

45. Lauv - I Like Me Better (#45) [=]

44. Alessia Cara - Growing Pains (#41) [-3]

43. Charlie Puth/Kehlani - Done For Me (#41) [-2]

42. Cardi B/Bad Bunny/J Balvin - I Like It (Radio Edit) (#22) [-20]

41. 5 Seconds of Summer - Want You Back (#40) [-1] {1 Week At #1}

40. Drake - In My Feelings (#43) [+3]

39. Camila Cabello - Never Be The Same (#38) [-1] {1 Week At #1}

38. George Ezra - Shotgun (#39) [+1]

37. Halsey - Alone (#36) [-1]

36. Niall Horan - On The Loose (#32) [-4]

35. Dua Lipa - IDGAF (#30) [-5]

34. Maroon 5 - Wait (#29) [-5]

33. PNAU - Go Bang (#34) [+1]

32. Train/Cam/Travie McCoy - Call Me Sir (#37) [+5]

31. Madison Beer - Home With You (#26) [-5]

30. Brown & Gray - Top Down (#35) [+5]

29. DJ Khaled/Justin Bieber/Quavo/Chance The Rapper - No Brainer (DEBUT)

28. Bebe Rexha - I'm A Mess (#24) [-4]

27. Dan + Shay - Tequila (#21) [-6]

26. Dennis Lloyd - Nevermind (#31) [+5]

25. Ariana Grande - God is a woman (#20) [-5]

24. PRETTYMUCH - Summer On You (#23) [-1]

23. Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa - One Kiss (#8) [-15]

22. Weezer - Africa (#33) [+11]

21. The Chainsmokers/Emily Warren - Side Effects (#28) [+7]

20. Charlie Puth - The Way I Am (#27) [+7]

19. Marshmello/Anne-Marie - FRIENDS (#18) [-1]

18. Imagine Dragons - Natural (#17) [-1]

17. NOTD/Bea Miller - I Wanna Know (#15) [-2]

16. Shawn Mendes - In My Blood (#14) [-2]

15. Post Malone - Better Now (#25) [+10]

14. Foster The People - Sit Next To Me (#16) [+2]

13. Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry (#12) [-1]

12. Taylor Swift - Delicate (#13) [+1] {3 Weeks At #1}

11. lovelytheband - broken (#11) [=]

10. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies (#18) [+8]

9. Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes (#9) [=] {1 Week At #1}

8. Backstreet Boys - Don't Go Breaking My Heart (#7) [-1]

7. Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You (#4) [-3]

6. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Middle (#10) [+4] {9 Weeks At #1}

5. Panic! At The Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night) (#5) [=] {4 Weeks At #1}

4. 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood (#3) [-1]

3. Selena Gomez - Back To You (#6) [+3]

2. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (#2) [=] {2 Weeks At #1}

1. Fall Out Boy - The Last of the Real Ones (#1) [=] {2nd Week At #1}

#1 Song This Week One Year: Niall Horan - Slow Hands (1)

Biggest Jump of the Week: Weezer -  Africa (+11)

Biggest DROP!!!!!..... of the Week: Cardi B/Bad Bunny/J Balvin - I Like It (Radio Edit) (-20)

New Entrants
~Only one new song this week. It comes from DJ Khaled and lots of other artists with I'm Th- I mean No Brainer. This is just a rehash of his last collab with these same artists, but it's not quite as good. Justin Bieber does a good job on the chorus, but I don't love his verse. Quavo does typical Quavo things and auto-tune raps, which I frankly don't mind as much as some do. Chance The Rapper delivers what is a pretty weak verse for him, but for a guest verse on a DJ Khaled song it's good. But there's something keeping it from being truly great. Though removing Lil Wayne didn't hurt.

Hit-Bound

• Clean Bandit/Demi Lovato - Solo
• Walk The Moon - Kamikaze
• Zedd/Elley Duhé - Happy Now
• Anne-Marie - 2002
• Marshmello/Bastille - Happier
• Bryce Vine - Drew Barrymore
• Jason Derulo & David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Willy William - Goodbye (DEBUT)
• Sabrina Carpenter - Almost Love
• The Vamps - Just My Type
• AJR - Burn The House Down
• Calvin Harris/Sam Smith - Promises
• NF - Lie
• LSD - Thunderclouds
• Bazzi/Camila Cabello - Beautiful
• The Struts/Kesha - Body Talks (DEBUT)

~I like Goodbye enough for now. The overall song is very catchy, especially that chorus. I've heard people say that the chorus is too processed, but I don't mind that. Jason Derulo does a great job on his verse, as does Willy William. Which brings up the fact that oh my God Hits 1 didn't edit a Spanish verse out. This is a very good thing. My only problem with the song is Nicki's verse as she delivers nothing special. But I do really like this song.

~Body Talks is extremely catchy. The lead singer of The Struts and Kesha have really good chemistry. More on this if it makes it to the countdown.

~Though I have lots of songs in green, there's only three that I really like. I kinda just put two random songs as my #4 and #5.

My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks

1. LSD - Thunderclouds

2. Anne-Marie - 2002

3. Bazzi/Camila Cabello - Beautiful

4. Jason Derulo & David Guetta/Nicki Minaj/Willy William - Goodbye

5. The Struts/Kesha - Body Talks

Body Blurbs

~I'm happy to see Love Lies in the top 10, making it Khalid's first top ten song here. While I would have prefered Young, Dumb & Broke there, or Location even making Hits 1, I'll still take this. Khalid's debut album was really fantastic, with the standout easily being Angels (listen to this song it's amazing). While Love Lies doesn't quite top that, I do really like the song.

~Hits 1. Why do you love underrating popular songs? I Like It should not be dropping 20 spots. It should be in the top 10.

~As far as our debuts from last week go, Shotgun only went up one spot, showing that it will likely flop. Call Me Sir infuriatingly went up 5 spots. I really struggle to see the appeal of this song in the slightest. Top Down also took a decent jump, as did Nevermind. I'm happy with both of these, especially the later. God is a woman is the only song to drop, sadly. Annoyingly, Africa had the biggest jump of the week. This one's looking like it'll be here for a while. And I'm not okay with that. Lastly, The Way I Am made it to the top 20. I hope Hits 1 treats this song as well as they've treated Puth's other songs, even if it's not quite as good.

~We only lost song this week, in Let You Be Right. Though some here are very saddened by this, I am not. The song had faded on me so I don't care about it leaving.

~I Wanna Know really shouldn't be here anymore. This never even charted anywhere else, let alone multiple weeks in the top 10 and a really long stay in the top 20.

~Whatever It Takes and Say Amen need to leave the top 10 now.

Summer Throwbacks

As part of the Labor Day edition of the countdown, Hits 1 played songs from previous summers.

• Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
• Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me
• Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug
• Pitbull/Ne-Yo/Nayer/Afrojack - Give Me Everything
• Florida Georgia Line - Cruise
• Flo Rida/Sia - Wild Ones
• Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
• Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
• One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful
• Sia/Sean Paul - Cheap Thrills
• Sam Hunt - Body Like A Back Road
• Robin Thicke/Pharrell/T.I. - Blurred Lines (sorry this is a huge guilty pleasure of mine)
• Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
• Eminem/Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie
• Jason Derulo - Want To Want Me
• Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee/Justin Bieber - Despacito
• LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
• Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time
• Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song

Top 5 Summer Throwback Picks

1. Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time

2. Pitbull/Ne-Yo/Nayer/Afrojack - Give Me Everything

3. Taylor Swift - You Belong With Me

4. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

5. Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)

Top 20 Review

0-Awful

20. NOTD/Bea Miller - I Wanna Know

19. Marshmello/Anne-Marie - FRIENDS

18. Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes

1-Bad

17. Panic! At The Disco - Say Amen (Saturday Night)

16. Shawn Mendes - In My Blood

15. Backstreet Boys - Don't Go Breaking My Heart

2-Mediocre

14. Foster The People - Sit Next To Me

3-Decent

13. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes

12. Zedd/Maren Morris/Grey - The Midde

4-Good

11. 5 Seconds of Summer - Youngblood

10. Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry

5-Great

9. Fall Out Boy - The Last of the Real Ones

8. Imagine Dragons - Natural

7. Post Malone - Better Now

6. Selena Gomez - Back To You

5. lovelytheband - broken

4. Charlie Puth - The Way I Am

3. Maroon 5/Cardi B - Girls Like You

2. Khalid/Normani - Love Lies

1. Taylor Swift - Delicate

Score: 64/100 = 64% (B-, Decent)

Most Missed Countdown Song: One Direction - Best Song Ever

Throwback Pick of the Week: Maroon 5 - This Love

#1 Recommendation For Hits 1: Tiësto & Dzeko/Preme/Post Malone - Jackie Chan