I just don't get it (Week of 9/9/2023)

 

Hello everyone, welcome back to another countdown post. This week was alright. We lost some old songs and our debuts were really good, but last week's not so good debuts jumped huge and Cruel Summer is still #1. Here are our exits:

OneRepublic- Runaway (#12 last week)

Miley Cyrus- Jaded (#14 last week)

Countdown:

30. Timbaland/ Nelly Furtado/ Justin Timberlake- Keep Going Up (Debut)

29. David Kushner- Daylight (=)

28. Paul Russell- Lil Boo Thang (Debut)

27. New Jeans- Super Shy (-1)

26. Crash Adams- Sugar Mommy (+1)

25. Doja Cat- Paint The Town Red (+3)

24. Billie Eilish- What Was I Made For (-2)

23. Fall Out Boy- Hold Me Like A Grudge (-5)

22. Kylie Minogue- Padam Padam (-9)

21. Noah Kahan/ Post Malone- Dial Drunk (-5)

20. Lil Durk/ J Cole- All My Life (-1)

19. Benson Boone- In The Stars (+1)

18. Dominic Fike- Mona Lisa (-3)

17. Olivia Rodrigo- Bad Idea Right (+4)

16. Nicki Minaj/ Ice Spice/ Aqua- Barbie World (+8)

15. Post Malone- Enough Is Enough (+8)

14. Sza- Snooze (+3)

13. Selena Gomez- Single Soon (+17)

12. Jungkook/ Latto- Seven (-1)

11. Fall Out Boy- We Didn't Start The Fire (-1)

10. Miley Cyrus- Used To Be Young (+15)

9. Crash Adams- Give Me A Kiss (-2)

8. Fifty Fifty- Cupid (=)

7.  Jonas Brothers- Summer Baby (+2)

6. The Weeknd/ Madonna/ Playboi Carti- Popular (=)

5. Olivia Rodrigo- Vampire (=)

4. Doechii- What It Is (=)

3. Harry Styles- Satellite (=)

2. Dua Lipa- Dance The Night (=)

1. Taylor Swift- Cruel Summer (=)

Countdown Extra: Nicki Minaj- Last Time I Saw You

Last Year's #1: Harry Styles- Late Night Toppling

#1 Two Years Ago: The Kid Laroi/ Justin Bieber- Stay

My Favorite Song Last Year: Elton John/ Britney Spears- Hold Me Closer

My Favorite Song Two Years Ago: Dua Lipa- Love Again

Recommendations For Hits 1:

French Montana/ Swae Lee- Wish U Well

Maneskin- Honey

Zion & Lennox/ Anuel- Para Siempre

Our first debut seems like it should have existed in 2007 given the artists on it. It's Timbaland, Nelly Furtado, and Justin Timberlake on Keep Going Up. Well, according to Zestpond, these three actually did collaborate on a song called Give It To Me. On to their collab from 16 years later, this is really good. I always find Timbaland's production style pretty unique, and that is seen here, and both Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake sound amazing on here. I hope this, you guessed it, keeps going up. 

And it gets better, because coming in at #28, we have Lil Boo Thang by Paul Russell. Honestly, I think this is pretty funny. First off, the title is pretty funny, and the lyrics are just as funny. Pair that with Paul Russell having a great flow over great production, and you have a funny banger. Glad this is here.

Hitbound

Diplo/ Jessie Murph/ Polo G- Heartbroken

Olivia Rodrigo- Get Him Back (Debut)

Thomas Day- Gravity

Marshmello/ Dove Cameron- Other Boys (Debut)

Sabrina Carpenter- Feather (Re-entry)

Chris Brown- Summer Too Hot

Jordi- Just A Friend

(Gi)- Dle- I Do

Flyana Boss- You Wish

Nicki Minaj- Last Time I Saw You

Max/ Jvke/ Bazzi- Strings

Usher/ Summer Walker/ 21 Savage- Good Good (Debut)

Loud Luxury/ Two Friends/ Bebe Rexha- If Only I (Debut)

Nightly- Shirt

Travis Scott/ The Weeknd/ Bad Bunny- Kpop

Yesterday, Olivia Rodrigo dropped Guts, and from it, we have Get Him Back. Judging by what Hallett said about this, I assumed it would sound like an Amun song, except it doesn't sound like one. The production sounds more normal, and I like how she is rapping in the verses. It also has a good hook. So essentially this is a better version of Good 4 U, and I'm fine with that, and it's a guilty pleasure.

Next up, Marshmello and Dove Cameron have collaborated on Other Boys. I really like this. I like how Marshmello changes up his production style for each song he does, and his production is solid here too. I also think Dove Cameron sounds pretty good here. Great song.

Six month after dropping out of Hitbound, Feather by Sabrina Carpenter re-entered. This is better than I remember, so I'm glad it's back.

One month ago, I recommended this next song for Hitbound, and today, that song is here. Anyways, Good Good by Usher, Summer Walker, and 21 Savage is on here. This is just pure amazing. They all do well, but I especially like 21 Savage's verse. His flow is always completely legendary, and his verse is great here too. The lyrics are amazing, too. They're about if a breakup happens but you still remain friends with that person you broke up with. So yeah, I want this to do well.

Lastly, we have If Only I by Loud Luxury, Two Friends, and Bebe Rexha on here. I would have preferred if this debuted when it came out three months ago, because I don't like it as much as I did then. It feels somewhat generic, but that's all right, because Loud Luxury and Two Friends did a good job producing, and Bebe Rexha sounds great. The reason I find this somewhat generic is that there's nothing totally unique about this, and that's my only major complaint.

We lost It Goes Like, Better Things, I'm Not Crazy, and Love U Like That. It Goes Like was fading on me slightly, and Better Things was just good, so I'm fine with those going, but I'm Not Crazy and Love U Like That should've debuted.

Blurbs:

Our exits were Runaway and Jaded. Runaway was fading on me since last week, plus Ye aka This Didn't Age Well and Pusha T had a better song with the same title. Jaded, meanwhile, got annoying long ago. So overall, the exits are a W.

Ok good. What Was I Made For is still flopping.

Nooo why did Hold Me Like A Grudge, Padam Padam, and Dial Drunk fall out of the top 20? I hope these rebound.

Now Barbie World chooses to do well?

Can Snooze please leave soon?

Both debuts from last week jumped huge. Single Soon is just good and I still have no clue why we're overrating Miley Cyrus now.

Jeez, there was literally no movement AT ALL in the top 6. All I'm going to say is that they should have let Vampire hit #1 to commemorate Guts dropping instead of continuing to overrate Taylor Swift. I swear, something else (except Satellite, of course) needs to hit #1 next week.

I guess that does it for me this week, see you guys next week.