Week of 23/9/23 - Cruel Summer (5) & Your Side Of Town (3)

My first ever blog! This blog will not be a traditional Hits 1 blog, as I don’t listen to HITBOUND, and instead I am covering the Alt 18 countdown on AltNation on this blog. So this week, we have 3 exits, and let’s just get to it.

Colouring System:

Absolutely Amazing (6/5)

Amazing (5/5)

Great (4/5)

Decent (3/5)

Mediocre (2/5)

Bad (1/5)

Terrible (0/5)

Exits:

NEWJEANS - Super Shy (27) [peak: 25] {6 weeks}

FIFTY FIFTY - Cupid (19) [peak: 3] {20 weeks}

Harry Styles - Satellite (3) [peak: 3] {18 weeks}

30. Tate McRae - Greedy (NEW)  [Peak: 30] {1 week}

29. Timbaland. Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake - Keep Going Up (-) [peak: 29] {3 weeks}

28. Paul Russell - Lil Boo Thang (-) [peak: 28] {3 weeks}

27. Doja Cat - Paint The Town Red (-4) [peak: 23] {7 weeks}

26. Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam  (-5) [peak: 13] {7 weeks}

25. Teddy Swims - Lose Control (+5) [peak: 25]* {2 weeks}

24. Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice, Aqua - Barbie World (-9) [peak: 15] {12 weeks}

23. Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? (+1) [peak: 21] {10 weeks}

22. Charlie XCX - Speed Drive (+3) [peak: 22]* {3 weeks}

21. Dominic Fike - Mona Lisa (-4) [peak: 13] {13 weeks}

20. Luke Combs - Fast Car (RE) [peak: 13] {14 weeks}

19. Lil Durk, J. Cole - All My Life (+1) [peak: 9] {15 weeks}

18. Crash Adams - Sugar Mommy (+8) [peak: 18]* {5 weeks}

17. Nicki Minaj - Last Time I Saw You (NEW) [peak: 17] {1 week}

16. Fall Out Boy - Hold Me Like a Grudge (+6) [peak: 16] {12 weeks}

Hits 1 Song Of The Week Extra: All Time Low, Avril Lavigne - Fake As Hell

15. SZA - Snooze (-3) [peak: 12] {20 weeks}

14. Noah Kahan, Post Malone (+4) [peak: 14]* {8 weeks}

13. Olivia Rodrigo - bad idea right? (+1) [peak: 13]* {6 weeks}

12. Crash Adams - Give Me a Kiss (+4) [peak: 1:3] {22 weeks}

11. Selena Gomez - Single Soon (-1) [peak: 10] {4 weeks}

10. Fall Out Boy - We Didn’t Start The Fire (-1) [peak: 9] {9 weeks}

9. Jung Kook, Latto - Seven (+4) [peak: 9]* {10 weeks}

8. Post Malone - Enough Is Enough (+3) [peak: 8]* {7 weeks}

7. Olivia Rodrigo - vampire (-2) [peak: 5] {12 weeks}

6. Jonas Brothers - Summer Baby (-) [peak: 6] {15 weeks}

5. Miley Cyrus - Used To Be Young (+3) [peak: 5]* {4 weeks}

4. The Weeknd, Playboi Carti, Madonna (+3) [peak: 4]* {16 weeks}

3. Dua Lipa - Dance Tbe Night (-2) [peak: 1:1] {17 weeks}

2.  Doechii - What It Is (+2) [peak: 2]* {11 weeks}

1.  Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer (+1) [peak: 1:5] {18 weeks}

Biggest Jump: Crash Adams - Sugar Mommy (+8)

Biggest Drop: Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice, Aqua (-9)

#1 1 Year Ago: Jung Kook, Charlie Puth - Left and Right (1/4 weeks @ #1)

Last Time I Blurbed You:

Before we get to the top 30, lets talk about the crazy exit this week, Satellite by Harry Styles. This song somehow dropped off the countdown from #3!! That breaks the record of highest dropout of all time, it’s only some time until a song drops off the countdown from #1.

Super Shy by Newjeans also left, it was a great song, so I’m disappointed it left.

 Debuting at #30 is Greedy by Tate McRae, this isn’t that good, very weird progression like a lot of other Tate McRae songs, and it’s also very boring. Wouldn’t be upset if this leaves very soon.

The vocals in Keep Going Up are really weird and sound kind of annoying, I still don’t know what to think of Keep Going Up.

I don’t know why Paint The Town Red is doing so badly on hits 1, it’s not that good, but it’s one of Doja Cat’s best songs, it definitely should be higher than #27.

Padam Padam is an amazing song, sucks that this is probably it’s last week.

Yes! Barbie World fell 9 spots! This song is absolute shit, definitely the worst song on the weekend countdown right now, I’m so glad it’s doing terrible here, and not at #3 like on mediabase.

Why is Mona Lisa falling now? It deserved a much longer chart run, it’s such a good song. 

Fast Car re-entered at #20, I don’t know what to say about that, it just kind of happened.

Why is All My Life so low? It peaked at #9, so it’s not that Hits 1 just hates it. All My Life really should be much higher.

Sugar Mommy by Crash Adams is the biggest jump this week, jumping 8 spots. That’s amazing because Sugar Mommy is my favourite song on the countdown right now. It’s so basic but I just love it.

Last Time I Saw You by Nicki Minaj just came out of nowhere and debuted at #17, it’s really low on hits 1 airplay so I was really surprised that it debuted so high. I’m not complaining because it’s a pretty good song, but it was just really random.

I don’t get why Hits 1 is playing Hold Me Like a Grudge still, they have If We Didn’t Start The Fire, an actual hit. Hits 1 can play an actual hit by Fall Out Boy, but for some reason they’re also playing this. This is the wrong channel Hits 1! This belongs on AltNation not on Hits 1!

I’m glad Hits 1 isn’t playing Snooze as much as other stations are, it’s really boring, and bad. I’m glad it fell 3 spots this week.

Dial Drunk jumped 4 spots! I really want this song to do well, it’s amazing, so much better than some songs radio is playing (Snooze, Barbie World) and I’m glad it’s already at #14, it just needs to keep going up.

For some reason, Give Me a Kiss climbed 4 spots. For no reason. Hits 1, we are done with Give Me a Kiss, yes, it was amazing, but it’s been on the countdown for 22 weeks!

Single Soon dropped out of the top 10 to make room for Seven, seven is a great song, but it’s getting annoying quickly, we don’t need Seven on radio for much longer.

Hits 1 pushing a non-hit! So rare! But this time it’s by Post Malone, and not Crash Adams, or Fall Out Boy. It’s Enough Is Enough, it’s amazing, I have no idea why no other stations are playing it, and I’m glad Hits 1 is giving it some love.

vampire fell out of the top 5, sucks that this never hit #1, but I do think it’s time for this to go.

Why is Summer Baby still here?

Used To Be Young, and Popular both entered the top 5, and both are welcomed with open arms. They’re both really good, but I think Popular won’t have much time in the top 5.

Dance The Night is no longer #1! Yes! We don’t need more boringness in the top spot!

What It Is is #2, hopefully it can dethrone Cruel Summer next week. and Cruel Summer is #1, I do think this will be it’s last week at #1, and What It Is will be #1 next week.

Alt 18:

Exits:

Cannons - Loving You (17) [peak: 1:2] {16 weeks}

Metric - Just The Once (15) [peak: 15] {3 weeks}

Gus Dapperton - Horizons (6) [peak: 3] {17 weeks}

18. JAWNY - Boy Scout (NEW) [peak: 18] {1 week}

17. boygenius - Cool About It (-6) [peak: 11] {2 weeks}

16. Milky Chance - Feeling For You (+2) [peak: 16]* {2 weeks}

15. Måneskin - HONEY (ARE YOU COMING) (-5) [peak: 10] {2 weeks}

14. Colony House - Cannonballers (-) [peak: 7] {4 weeks}

13. Jack Kays - Caffeine (-1) [peak: 12] {5 weeks}

12. Blur - The Narcissist (-3) [peak: 3] {14 weeks}

11. Blink-182 - One More Time (NEW) [peak: 11] {1 week}

10. Dominic Fike - Ant Pile (-2) [peak: 5] {10 weeks}

9. Matt Maeson - Get Happy (+7) [peak: 9]* {10 weeks}

8. All Time Low - Calm Down (+5) [peak: 8]* {5 weeks}

7. Foo Fighters - Under You (-2) [peak: 5] {6 weeks}

6. Noah Kahan - Dial Drunk (+1) [peak: 1:3] {12 weeks}

5. Nothing But Thieves - Overcome (-3) [peak: 1:3] {14 weeks}

4. Death Cab For Cutie - Arrow In The Wall (RE) [peak: 4] {3 weeks}

3. Beck/Phoenix - Odyssey (RE) [peak: 3]* {10 weeks}

2. The Beaches - Blame Brett (+1) [peak: 2]* {6 weeks}

1. The Killers - Your Side of Town (-) [peak: 1:3] {5 weeks}

Your Side of Blurb:

Boy Scout by JAWNY debuted at #18, I expected this to be really good, as his last song on AltNation, ADIOS was amazing. But this was just not good, vocals were weird and it just didn’t sound good at all, I was very disappointed.

Cool About It by boygenius fell 6 spots, not sure why, but it is pretty good.

Feeling For You isn’t that good, it should’ve just been a one weeker. But at least it’s only at #16

Caffeine by Jack Kays is at #13 this week, I absolutely adore Caffeine, it has been my favourite song for several weeks, I hope it does really well here. I’m very glad AltNation introduced me to this song.

The Narcissist looks like it’s leaving next week, it grew on me a lot, but it’s been on the alt 18 for long enough.

Blink-182 debuted at #11 with One More Time, a slow ballad? Not sure how to feel about this.

Ant Pile also looks like it’s leaving. Hopefully they push some of Dominic Fike’s better songs, like How Much Is Weed? or Sunburn.

Get Happy jumped 7 spots, lets go! This is an amazing song.

Under You is no longer top 5, that sucks. Hopefully it can get back there because Under You is on the line between 5/5 and 6/5, I’m absolutely loving it right now.

Overcome has been here way too long, like why is it still top 5? Dial Drunk fell out of the top 5 so fast and this hit #1 weeks before Dial Drunk did.

Now we have 2 random re-entries, one of them i’m fine with, one of them I’m not. 

First of all, Arrow In The Wall re-entered at #4!?! This song is one of the worst alt songs i’ve ever heard! It’s really disturbing and creepy, and just not fun to listen to at all, if you gave me the choice of listening to Arrow In The Wall, or Boy’s a liar pt. 2, I’d probably chose Boy’s a liar pt. 2.

Our second re-entry is Odyssey, this was really random, but I’m not complaining, this was pretty good.

Blame Brett is only 1 spot away from #1! This song is really good and absolutely deserves the #1 spot!