Shawn Mendes (6) - Week Of August 17, 2019

Another week, another countdown. Welcome back everyone! I hope that you all had a good week. I can't believe summer is almost over, and soon it will be back to school. :( There is only a couple more weeks until I start my senior year of high school. I'm nervous and excited at t=he same time, but I know I will have a great year. Anyways, we're here for the countdown, so that's what we will now be focusing on. Before we get to this week's fresh 45, here's what we are saying goodbye to this week.

• P!nk - Walk Me Home (#45)

#1 Song This Week 1 Year Ago: Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
Last Week's #1 Song: Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You

The Countdown
45. Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho (#44)
44. Marshmello & Bastille - Happier (#43) [2 Weeks At #1]
43. Kaskade & Meghan Trainor - With You (#41)
42. Imagine Dragons - Bad Liar (#40)
41. Halsey - Without Me (#33) [5 Weeks At #1]
40. Andy Grammer - Don't Give Up On Me (#22)
39. Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes (#37) [8 Weeks At #1]
38. The Chainsmokers/Kelsea Ballerini - This Feeling (#38) [7 Weeks At #1]
37. P!nk - Hustle (#26)
36. Asher Angel - One Thought Away (#42)
35. SHAED - Trampoline (#36)
34. Dan + Shay - Speechless (#28)
33. Ava Max - So Am I (#23)
32. Stephen Puth - Look Away (#34)
31. Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie - ME! (#31)
30. Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly (#30)
29. Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road (#17)
28. Katy Perry - Small Talk (DEBUT)
27. Lizzo - Truth Hurts (#7)
26. Marshmello/CHVRCHES - Here With Me (#27)
25. Post Malone - Goodbyes (#29)
24. OneRepublic - Rescue Me (#32)
23. Mark Ronson/Camila Cabello - Find U Again (#35)
22. Blanco Brown - The Git Up (#25)
21. AJR - 100 Bad Days (#20)
20. Miley Cyrus - Mother's Daughter (#39)
19. Public - Make You Mine (#24)
18. The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha - Call You Mine (#19)
17. Alec Benjamin - If We Have Each Other (#3)
16. Khalid - Talk (#10)
15. Panic! At The Disco - Dancing's Not A Crime (#18)
14. Katy Perry - Never Really Over (#21)
13. Halsey - Nightmare (#4)
12. Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care (#13)
11. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (#16)
10. MAX/Quinn XCII - Love Me Less (#12)
9. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved (#9)
8. Taylor Swift - You Need To Calm Down (#15)
7. Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita (#8)
6. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Easier (#5)
5. Jonas Brothers - Cool (#14)
4. The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds Of Summer - Who Do You Love (#2) [2 Weeks At #1]
3. Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It (#11) [8 Weeks At #1]
2. Jonas Brothers - Sucker (#6) [13 Weeks At #1]
1. Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You (#1) [6 Weeks At #1]

Biggest DROP!!!... Of The Week: Lizzo - Truth Hurts (-20)

Biggest Jump Of The Week: Miley Cyrus - Mother's Daughter (+19)

Spotlight Of The Week: Ryland James - In My Head


New Entrants

~ Our lone entrant this week comes from Katy Perry with Small Talk. I elaborated on my thoughts with this one last week when it debuted on Hit-Bound, so I'm not going to go on and on about it. I find this song very forgettable and fairly bland. Katy brings it back a step after releasing Never Really Over. Her vocals here are okay, I guess. But everything else is just boring. The production is not good and the lyrical content misses the mark and is heavily reminiscent of songs off of her worst album, Witness. The only thing really holding it together right now (for me, at least) is the vocals. Other than that, this song would already be in red. However, that time will likely come soon enough.


Hit-Bound

• Ed Sheeran/Khalid - Beautiful People
• Waterparks - Dream Boy (DEBUT)
• Dominic Fike - 3 Nights
• Zara Larsson - What A Time
• Panic! At The Disco - Roaring 20s
• Lizzo - Good As Hell
• Jax Jones & Bebe Rexha - Harder
• Twenty One Pilots - The Hype
• Jonas Brothers - Only Human
• Ellie Goulding & Juice WRLD - Hate Me
• Alec Benjamin - Jesus In LA
• Taylor Swift - Lover (DEBUT)
• Ariana Grande & Social House - Boyfriend
• Thomas Rhett - Look What God Gave Her
• Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep?

~ Two Hit-Bound debuts this week. One of which Hits 1 is hyping way too much when it is incredibly irrelevant and pretty annoying (in my opinion). That would be Dream Boy from Waterparks. I think pretty much everything about this song is generic. The electronic influence here is very noticed and needs to be toned down, because it makes the song ten times worse. I could do without the annoying ass robotic laser beam sound effects. The vocals here are not that good either and the lyrics are tasteless and unoriginal. I hope Hits 1 doesn't try to make this song a big thing (AKA giving it a long countdown tenure), when it is completely irrelevant to hit music and is far from listenable. 

~ Thankfully, we got a breath of fresh air, as Taylor Swift released the title track from her new album, Lover, which surfaces on Friday. I'm kind of disappointed that they had to get rid of The Archer, but I get it. That one was just a promotional single, this one is not. Lover showcases sweet lyrics and top-notch vocals from Taylor as she endearingly and effortlessly sings about being in love. I am hopeful that this track will debut on the countdown. It is a total win for Taylor. It may just be my new favorite song released ahead from the album. I'll have to listen to it a few more times first, though. :)

My Top 5 Hit-Bound Picks
1. Taylor Swift - Lover
2. Jonas Brothers - Only Human
3. Sam Smith - How Do You Sleep?
4. Ed Sheeran/Khalid - Beautiful People
5. Thomas Rhett - Look What God Gave Her


Small Blurbs

~ We have a continuation of the #1 song this week, so I'm not really going to talk about that. What I am going to talk about is the unnecessary jumps into the top 5 from Sucker, Hey Look Ma, I Made It, and Cool. Especially the latter of the two. I'm not completely sick of Sucker yet, so I guess I don't care as much as the other two. I have had enough of Hits 1's over-hyping of Panic! At The Disco at this point. It is becoming quite ridiculous. This song was barely even a hit, so I don't understand why this radio station is glorifying it so much. It was right having it out of the top 10 last week. As for Cool, I'm more just annoyed that it had to make an unnecessary leap after weeks of doing nothing. This song has gained a bit more traction recently, so I can't complain too much about its validity "hit-wise". However, all I know is that it is generic pop and is one of the pieces of clutter holding this countdown back. So, I would prefer if it were lower. 

~ What I am happy about is the jump of You Need To Calm Down back into the top 10. It is probably the best song in the top 20 right now, so I would prefer that it continue to receive this attention.

~ I knew that jump from If We Have Each Other wouldn't last. Alec Benjamin's music hasn't garnered enough attention this past year for him to hold the #3 title on this countdown (especially with his least successful song).

~ I am very pleased to see Mother's Daughter already in the top 20. This will surely up the top 20 score a few points after we hit a record low last week.

~ The worst song on the countdown and the best song on the countdown one after another doesn't happen all that often. I thought that was interesting to point out. While I'm speaking on it, I'm super happy that Find U Again made a decent second week jump. However, I'm super mad that The Git Up is slowly rising in the ranks. Let's change that. I don't get what people find so great about this song. I heard this song what felt like one hundred times on the radio while I was driving this week, and I wanted to tear my ears from my head a little more every time.

~ Well, I saw that massive drop from Truth Hurts coming. I knew Hits 1 wouldn't glorify it too much. Even though it is the #4 song in the country right now. I'm not complaining, I'm just once again commenting on how flawed this radio stattion's logic can be sometimes.

~ Hits 1 gave Old Town Road a little more attention, considering that it has been the #1 song in America for almost nineteen weeks now (how unrightfully so). However, they finally decided to allow it to drop and I couldn't be happier. Let's get this song out of here.

~ I don't really care all that much that Walk Me Home left this week. It has become a pretty "middle-of-the-road" song for me. I was kind of starting to get sick of it anyways.

~ Personal Chart (8/17/2019): http://crownnote.com/charts/jack-farrell/jacks-top-50-6


Let's Do A Top 20 Review! 

0-Garbage
20. Panic! At The Disco - Dancing's Not A Crime
19. Panic! At The Disco - Hey Look Ma, I Made It
18. Public - Make You Mine
17. Jonas Brothers - Cool 

1-Bad
16. Khalid - Talk
15. Alec Benjamin - If We Have Each Other
14. Halsey - Nightmare 

2-Mediocre
13. MAX/Quinn XCII - Love Me Less
12. Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber - I Don't Care
11. The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds Of Summer - Who Do You Love 

3-Decent
10. Jonas Brothers - Sucker
9. Billie Eilish - Bad Guy 

4-Good
8. Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You
7. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Easier 

5-Great
6. Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved
5. Katy Perry - Never Really Over
4. The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha - Call You Mine
3. Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello - Señorita
2. Miley Cyrus - Mother's Daughter
1. Taylor Swift - You Need To Calm Down

Score: 53% (F)

Compared To A Total Countdown Approval Rating: 121/225: 54% (F)


My Bottom 5 Countdown Picks
1. Blanco Brown - The Git Up
2. Lil Nas X/Billy Ray Cyrus - Old Town Road
3. Dan + Shay - Speechless
4. Kaskade & Meghan Trainor - With You
5. Panic! At The Disco - Dancing's Not A Crime

My Top 5 Countdown Picks
1. Mark Ronson/Camila Cabello - Find U Again
2. Taylor Swift/Brendon Urie - ME!
3. Post Malone - Goodbyes
4. Taylor Swift - You Need To Calm Down
5. Miley Cyrus - Mother's Daughter

Thanks for reading! Share your thoughts down below!

~ Jack :)