It's funny how Chris Brown was featured on three pop girl songs, yet not a single one managed to be a Top 40 hit in the US. I guess in Rita's case, it shouldn't be surprising. She was an idiot for mixing business with pleasure with Calvin Harris, and as a result he prevented her from scoring a Top 40 hit last year. And then she made things worse by releasing that very dull Poison song. Thankfully, this song was a lot better. But Rita has a long way to go if she wants to get that solo hit.
149. Charlie Puth - One Call Away
I remember how dimitrius represented this henny in Pedro's game "Choose the Album, Then the Song" and then he broke out this year with See You Again. I liked his collab with Meghan Trainor but this song is kind of a boring follow up. It's actually nice to listen to on HAC when you're in the car, but that's about it. He sounds a little cringeworthy on the "come out" lines. Everyone on ATRL says he is gay. Hopefully he is, because I still prefer him over that two-faced bitch Sam Smith.
148. Jason Derulo - Cheyenne
I didn't like this song at first. Jason is pretty much just a trendhopping artist with no memorable personality or artistry. But honestly, I'm too in love with Taylor Swift's Style to avoid this song. In fact, Cheyenne is one of three Style rehashes charting on this countdown. It's just the one I like the least.
147. Shawn Mendes - A Little Too Much
Oh god, I actually cringed knowing the first glimpse of the music video is him singing with a guitar in his hand. That basically shows he's just a WGWG/Ed Sheeran type but way better looking than him + the WGWGS that won American Idol from 2008 to 2012. It's actually funny how Shawn basically managed to do this type of image all by himself and succeed at it way better than American voters on Idol have tried doing . At least he's better than Justin. And this song is one of his better songs.
146. Hilary Duff - My Kind
God, those damn Duffsters overrated this song to the high heavens. It's a Cher Lloyd ripoff for one thing. But I warmed up to it a little. Her vocals sound nice on here and the chorus is kind of catchy. But still, it didn't deserve to make the finale in the album survivor, and it didn't need to be sent in to ATRL Song Contest that one round. I forgot who the stupid bitch was who sent that in but...they wasted BIBO that round. Anyways, Hilary still has two songs in.
145. Tori Kelly - Should've Been Us
Another Tori single that was pushed down the GP's throat but failed to catch on...well...not completely at least. It did manage to go Top 10 on iTunes after her VMA performance. MTVU actually pushed her down the GP's throat too because this video would play at school everyday up through December until the Hollow video got released. When I first heard this song, I thought it was way better than Nobody Love. But after awhile it got old. So it places here
144. Carrie Underwood - Little Toy Guns
Carrie's final entry is Little Toy Guns. I preferred this song over Something In the Water and I also prefer it over the singles she released off Storyteller so far. The very first verse is great and it leads into the chorus, but after that, the song feels very rushed. That's probably why I got tired of the song quickly. But even so, it peaked at #7 on my countdown and and retired after 20 weeks.
143. Bea Miller - Force of Nature
I guess this song was a promo single from Not An Apology. I heard it over in one of my city's Starbucks locations back in October. Bea's album was pretty good, and this is one of the good songs on it. She does sound like a hipster indie bitch on it at times though.
142. Kygo f. Conrad Sewell - Firestone
I wasn't really impressed with this song on the first listen. But it grew on me a little. Conrad still has a decent voice that works well for these types of songs.
141. Miley Cyrus - Hands of Love
It would have been nice if Miley actually had a successful soundtrack single again, but she's going through her weird hippie phase. This song has its nice parts and its weird parts. But hey, it's better than what's on the free album.
Artists Eliminated This Batch:
Carrie Underwood
Conrad Sewell
Jason Derulo