[Gifted]

Stitches now top 5!

[SweetTalker]

Yass Bebe! Another top 40 on pop radio

[Inner Insanity]

Here for The Hills getting blocked.

Alessia and Elle King still increasing nicely.

[Costea]

The Hills> what do you ****

[2014]

Welp.

It's a done deal, poor The Hills

Really deserved the #1.

[atishvaze]

What do you mean will pass The Hills tomorrow

[Duca]

Originally posted by Costea

The Hills> what do you ****

What Do You Mean? is great. On the other hand, The Hills is one of the most critically panned songs of the year for a reason!

Poor Abel, though. He'll be over before the year ends.

[alexanderao]

Originally posted by Duca

What Do You Mean? is great.

On the other hand, The Hills is one of the most critically panned songs of the year for a reason!

"The Hills" received critical acclaim, with most reviewers praising The Weeknd's return to form after his pop-oriented direction with "Earned It". James Shotwell of Under the Gun wrote that the single fit well within Abel's prior output, but that "Abel’s ability to create something altogether hypnotic regardless of production never ceases to amaze." Brian Mansfield of USA Today noted that "when a song takes its hook from a horror film — Wes Craven's 1977 cult classic The Hills Have Eyes — you know there's bound to be trouble."

In an analytical piece for Pitchfork Media, Hannah Giorgis called "The Hills" "a dark, almost discordant meditation on lust, drugs, and fame" while noting that "to those familiar with his repertoire, the only twist in "The Hills" is how it ends: as the final chords fade, a woman’s voice, syrupy and sedate, closes with a lullaby of sorts—not in English, but in Amharic, the primary language of Ethiopia and the Weeknd’s own native tongue." She goes on to trace the song's melodic and lyrical origins to the Ethiopian diaspora. She continues, writing that "the familiarity of Tesfaye’s strained vibrato makes him the inheritor of musical legacies that Abyssinia has birthed for generations..." In a review for The New York Post, Hardeep Phull wrote that "The “Fifty Shades of Grey” fans who were turned on to [The] Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) through his hit “Earned It” are in for a shock, because he is in brilliantly sinister form on his new track." Continuing, Phull goes on to say that "When it comes to being a Don Juan with a dark side, this guy makes Christian Grey look like Ned Flanders."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hills_(song)

[alexanderao]

On all stations:

Locked Away 19,172 (+136)
The Hills 18,578 (+125)
What Do You Mean? 18,227 (+517)
Wildest Dreams 16,855 (+316)

TH is gonna get blocked there too.

[Duca]

Originally posted by alexanderao

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hills_(song)

Every song is acclaimed according to Wikipedia.

The Hills barely gets a 4 when you average its scores -- on a 0-10 scale.

[alexanderao]

Originally posted by Duca

Every song is acclaimed according to Wikipedia.

The Hills barely gets a 4 when you average its scores -- on a 0-10 scale.

I would contest this. There are plenty of cases in which a song is described as having mixed reviews. Here's an example:

The original version of "Bad Blood" received generally mixed reviews from music critics. The song was mostly criticized for its writing, with critics describing it as full of clichés. "Mix her uncharacteristically bratty tone with the weakest beat and the softest cliches, this labor clunks to the finish line." said one review. The chorus in particular was criticized with Jim Farber of The New York Daily News describing it as a "repetitive, arena-mongering chant". The song was also criticized by reviewers for its weak production.

[Cap10Planet]

Is there any substantial proof that "The Hills" is "one of the most critically panned songs of the year"?

[Coklek92]

Originally posted by Cap10Planet

Is there any substantial proof that "The Hills" is "one of the most critically panned songs of the year"?

Not sure but Run Away With Me and Style surely there

[atishvaze]

Nnnnn Duca is that a typo cause the gap between The Hills and WDYM is 180 spins. Doesn't matter anyway though

[alexanderao]

In case you missed it:

NEW CALLOUTS
(recurrents omitted from B10 - position updates only for T10)

There were 3 fewer songs surveyed than last week (26 vs. 29). Hence, a (+3) update near the bottom of the list is really the equivalent of an (=).

FULL CHART

TOP 10
1 (+1). The Hills (71.7% of pop listeners like the song) *3 weeks at #1*
2 (-1). Wildest Dreams (71.6%) *3 weeks at #1*
3 (=). Stitches (69.8%)
4 (=). What Do You Mean? (68.9%)
5 (+1). Drag Me Down (67.5%)
6 (+1). Lean On (66.5%)
7 (+2). Photograph (66.1%)
8 (+3). Good For You (65.8%)
9 (+5). Here (64.2%)
10 (=). How Deep Is Your Love (63.8%)

11 (-6). Like I'm Gonna Lose You (63.6%)
12 (+3). Locked Away (63.4%)
13 (-1). Ex's And Oh's (63.3%)
14 (-1). Can't Feel My Face (63.2%)
15 (+2). Cool For The Summer (62.4%)
16 (+2). Hotline Bling (62.2%)

BOTTOM 10
17 (+3). Renegades (61.7%)
18 (+1). El Perdon (60.7%)
19 (+2). Powerful (60.3%)
20 (+2). Levels (59.7%)
21 (+2). Bad Blood (59.1%)
22 (+2). Uma Thurman (58.9%)
23 (+2). Love Myself (58.2%)
24 (+3). Marvin Gaye (56.6%)
25 (+3). Fight Song (54.0%)
26 (+3). Hold My Hand (51.8%)

[atishvaze]

Nnnn Wikipedia changed the negative review to mixed review for WTNY .

[Duca]

Originally posted by atishvaze

Nnnnn Duca is that a typo cause the gap between The Hills and WDYM is 180 spins. Doesn't matter anyway though

It's actually 170. I was calculating from mobile. Bieber will pass The Hills tomorrow either way.

[Costea]

Originally posted by atishvaze

Nnnn Wikipedia changed the negative review to mixed review for WTNY .

Soon to be "universally acclaimed", bookmark me.

Song of the century tbh

[FAN]

Originally posted by Costea

Soon to be "universally acclaimed", bookmark me.

Song of the century tbh

What does WTNY stand for?

Justin poor The Hills though

Same Old Love +106, decent

[highwind44029]

Originally posted by FAN

What does WTNY stand for?

Welcome To New York