The "last" countdown of summer :( - Weekend Countdown 8/31/24 (Post Malone/Morgan Wallen - 2)

Hey guys! Welcome back to another countdown post, and this week it's pretty active. We had really great debuts, and a pretty surprising Hit-Bound. So, let's get into our 5 exits...

Exits:

Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso (#9) [6 weeks at #1]

Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY (#22)

Meghan Trainor - Whoops (#25)

Hayes Warner - Predator (#23)

Gracie Abrams - Risk (#21)

Last Week's Number One: Post Malone/Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help (1 week at #1)

#30: Coldplay/Burna Boy/Little Simz/Elyanna/TINI - WE PRAY (NEW)

#29: Kesha - JOYRIDE (NEW)

#28: Benson Boone - Pretty Slowly (NEW)

#27: Charli xcx/Billie Eilish - Guess (=)

#26: Shawn Mendes - Why Why Why (-2)

#25: Megan Thee Stallion/Yuki Chiba - Mamushi (+5)

#24: mgk/Jelly Roll - Lonely Road (+2)

#23: Sabrina Carpenter - Taste (NEW)

#22: Khalid - Heatstroke (+8)

#21: Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile (+7)

#20: Charli xcx - Apple (=)

#19: Alex Warren - Carry You Home (=)

#18: Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO! (NEW)

#17: Mark Ambor - Belong Together (-2)

#16: Ariana Grande - the boy is mine (+2)

Countdown Extra: Beabadoobee - Beaches

#15: Myles Smith - Stargazing (+2)

#14: Madison Beer - Make You Mine (+2)

#13: Benson Boone - Slow It Down (-2)

#12: Charli xcx - 360 (+2)

#11: Marshmello/Kane Brown - Miles On It (-1)

#10: Gracie Abrams - Close To You (+2)

#9: Dasha - Austin (-1)

#8: Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With a Broken Heart (+5)

#7: Teddy Swims - The Door (-4)

#6: Eminem - Houdini (=)

#5: Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER (+2)

#4: Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! (=)

#3: Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) (+2) [3 weeks at #1]

#2: Sabrina Carpenter - Please Please Please (=)

#1: Post Malone/Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help (=) [2 weeks at #1]

Coldplay and a bunch of other people decided to collab on WE PRAY. This one should be a trainwreck, but it's actually really good. It's really fun, and the production slaps. Chris Martin sounds good, and overall it's just a fun song.

Wow, Hits 1 really likes songs with all-caps titles today! Kesha FINALLY brings herself onto the countdown with JOYRIDE. This is so fun. The "joyride" part kinda sounds like Lady Gaga, and I think everybody agrees with that. Kesha might sound a bit weird, but I love this. However, Hits 1's radio edit is so bad. They just bleep out all of the swear words, and it really doesn't help in the bridge. I don't get why they use that version instead of the radio edit on streaming.

Benson Boone debuts from Hit-Bound with Pretty Slowly. This is a pretty good song, but a little boring and a little bit too long for what it is. Still a good song though.

Sabrina Carpenter's third single off of Short n' Sweet debuted today, so I'll just paste my review from yesterday into here. A very recurring theme throughout this album is the new love triangle between Sabrina, Camila Cabello, and Shawn Mendes. It's pretty complicated, so I'll explain it simply. Camila and Shawn, together. They break up, Sabrina goes with Shawn. They break up, and Shawn goes back to Camila. Basically this song is telling Camila that when she kisses Shawn, she'll "taste" her. Kind of a weird concept, but the song slaps so I don't care. Sabrina's voice is great here, and the production is great as well.

The last song has been going viral like CRAZY recently, and that's HOT TO GO! It finally debuted! I love this song so much. It's so fun, and the dance is really fun too. I'm so glad Chappell is having her moment right now, as she really deserves it.

Biggest Jump: Khalid - Heatstroke (+8)

Biggest Drop: Teddy Swims - The Door (-4)

Hit-Bound:

Maren Morris - push me over (5)

Myles Smith - Wait For You (NEW)

All Time Low - Dear Maria, Count Me In - ATL's Version (4)

KATSEYE - Touch (NEW)

Addison Rae - Diet Pepsi (NEW)

Koe Wetzel/Jessie Murph - High Road (2)

Tinashe - Nasty (2)

Beabadoobee - Beaches (4)

Jimin - WHO (2)

Benson Boone - Pretty Slowly (SB)

Halsey - Lonely is the Muse (3)

Henry Moodie - right person, wrong time (3)

Jessie Murph/Teddy Swims - Dirty (5)

Dasha - Didn't I (8)

Katy Perry - LIFETIMES (4)

Andy Grammar/Maddie & Tae - I Do (3)

Mr. Stargazing brings us another song, and it's kind of mid. I don't really like his voice, and the mixing is kind of weird. It sounds eerily similar to Carry You Home, but with a worse voice. We don't need to make Myles Smith the next Henry Moodie or Jessie Murph.

KATSEYE is back after flopping with Debut, and Touch is pretty good. The vocals and production are good, but the repeated "touch" in the chorus is what's holding this from a green rating.

Addison Rae's next song has been rapidly climbing the Spotify charts, and I don't really see why. The production is really annoying, and so is Addison's voice. She sounds like a wannabe Ariana Grande. The key change at the end is really annoying. So yeah, stay in Hit-Bound please!

I literally don't know the last time a song Sunday Best-ed, but Pretty Slowly did!

Dropouts:

None!

Wow, a no dropout week with a Sunday Best?

Abyss:

Tommy Richman - MILLION DOLLAR BABY

Paul Russell/Meghan Trainor - Slippin'

David Guetta/OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait

The Kid Laroi - GIRLS

Olivia Rodrigo - so american

Moneybagg Yo/Morgan Wallen - WHISKEY WHISKEY

Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay

Pitbull/Ne-Yo/AFROJACK - 2 The Moon 

Notes:

We lost 5 great songs today. I'm real happy with Espresso's run, but why did MDB flop so hard? The other 3 weren't destined for much, but they'll still be missed.

Hit-Bound isn't looking too great right now...

Glad to see all the songs from last week jumping off their debut!

Make You Mine is back for the 1000th time in the top 10!!

Will Houdini reach its peak again please?

Yay for BOAF!

Why isn't Good Luck, Babe! at #1 yet?

I hope we get a new #1 next week, but if it's still IHSH, I wouldn't be mad.

That's it for now! Cya in the next post!

it's been a long time coming...

TTPD Review - Saturday 8/31/24, 4:00pm EST.