Granted I have decided to leave "Dance Monkey by Tones and I out, it was at number 16 this week but because that song made the year end list last year and won't go any higher on the 2020 year end list, I have decided to leave it out and replace it with the next available song below the top 20.
To explain how the ranking works, tiers are used:
Awful = 0 points
Bad = 1 point per song
Meh = 2 points per song
Decent = 3 points per song
Good = 4 points per aong
Excellent = 5 points per song
Now that is out of the way, let's get this show on the road with the absolute bottom of the barrel.
Awful
20, "Gooba" by Soundcloud Waifu (6ix9ine)
There's literally nothing to this song when it's just Soundcloud Waifu shouting over another unimpressive beat and frequent use of the n-word which should result in him being called out for using it as a white person, I thought it was wrong for white people to use said word? This song is ultimately pointless and has no place in being on the charts.
Speaking of pointless...
19. "Toosie Slide" by Drake
This song is as pointless as "Gooba". it only exists because Drake wanted to make the most boring and vapid dance song that has little to no energy that he can just drone over because the masses will just lap it up. Thank goodness that unlike elsewhere this song didn't go to number one.
18. "Intentions" by Justin Bieber feat Quavo
For awhile, this song was the stand out for the absolute worst of 2020 and honestly...it still is. The song suffers from misogynistic and baffling regressive lyrics about her staying in the kitchen cooking up her own bread, the weird nonsense shouting out this girl's parents for making her and the line "heart full of equity, you're an asset" which is just stupid and then there's the beat which is so bare bones and lazy; This song is skin crawlingly repulsive which remarkably fits with the rest of that album I guarantee only the Biebe diehards remember he released this year.
Bad
17. 'Say So" by Doja Cat
So honestly I think this song is pretty unimpressive, a washed out disco beat that makes Doja Cat sound harsher than she needs to be when she is rapping. It's not a good song and the Nicki Minaj remix only makes it worse in that Nicki does nothing to add to the song with her verse and her verse is just completely tacked on. NEXT!
16. "Sunday Best" by Surfaces
The production is clunky and the lyrics are so cliched. The vocal delivery is obnoxious. Enough said.
15. "Stuck With You" by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber.
Charity songs are fine and if it achieves its intended purpose to raise money for charity than great but it doesn't excuse the cheap production that makes Ariana sound absolutely terrible, she is not good over a trap beat but she really would be the only reach to listen to this song especially when Bieber sounds checked out or bored or possibly both.
14. "Death Bed" by Powfu feat. Beabadoobee
Time hasn't been kind this song, a few weeks ago I would have put this in the meh tier but I just can't handle Beabadoobee's crooning behind Powfu's rap...there's no real melody to this so more often than not. BLEURGH.
Meh
13. "Roses" by Saint JHN
I just don't care for this song at all. It has no impact on me whatsoever. It's just another remixed electronic song.
12. "The Scotts" by The Scotts (Travis Scott/Kid Cudi)
Oh Travis Scott made "Highest in the Room" again for 2020 except he brought Kid Cudi along for the ride. Would be nice if they could have put some effort in that might make me CARE.
Decent
11. "Rockstar" by DaBaby feat. Roddy Ricch
This song is only barely just decent, it's pretty much just DaBaby and Roddy Ricch flexing but really it's probably one of the better hip hop tracks on the chart this week.
10. "Boss Bitch" by Doja Cat
This is tolerable even if Doja Cat sounds like she is trying to pull her best Nicki Minaj impersonation. It's fine enough and I wouldn't change the radio station if it came on however I wouldn't seek it out otherwise.
9. "Pump It Up" by Endor
It's a nice hype song but doesn't lyrically expand much beyond "Don't you know, pump it up, you got to pump it up". Again not one I'll seek out but wouldn't be annoyed if it was on the radio.
8. "Supalonely" by BENEE and Gus Dapperton
I don't know how I feel about this song, I get the appeal given the times we are in right now and maybe that's why I feel like it's just decent rather than purely meh. "Glitter" is better than this though.
Good
7. "You Should be Sad" by Halsey
This isn't Halsey at her best on Manic ("3am" is by far the best song on that album) but if we're going to get close to country on the ARIA chart (because we can't get "Does to Me" by Luke Combs feat. Eric Church to chart) then I will take this...We're not done with Halsey though...
6. "Be Kind" by Marshmello and Halsey
So before this song was released I was filled with dread upon learning that Marshmello and Halsey had been working together on a song, Both have consistently made my year end worst lists however much to my surprise "Be Kind" is a pretty good pop song, yes there's some production issues but this is probably the best work Marshmello has done behind the desk in awhile and the writing is fine enough.
5. "Savage" by Megan Thee Stallion
There is a part of me that feels like this song is the light weight version of a song that Janelle Monae could make awesome but this is still good, Megan Thee Stallion just oozes charisma and personality all over one of the better songs on that EP of hers and Beyonce just kills it on the remix, she makes it a completely different song and schooled everyone on how to make remixes GOOD.
Excellent
4. "Don't Start Now" by Dua Lipa
So word of warning, there are two Dua Lipa songs in the excellent category, "Future Nostalgia" is one of the best pop albums of 2020 and while "Don't Start Now" is still great, it's kind of worn on me a little especially as "Physical" slays but hey as a kiss off to an ex, this is fantastic.
3. "Break My Heart" by Dua Lipa.
Like I said when you have a killer song like "Physical", that song can overshadow everything Dua releases after it but "Break My Heart" is a really great song that interpolates "Need You Tonight" by INXS (the interpolation isn't hard to miss tbh) where Dua Lipa is musing about this guy she's fallen for but realizes that he may well only just break her heart.
2. "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd.
Everyone and their mothers collectively love this song, this is The Weeknd doing pop at his best. Let's just leave it at that, shall we?
1. "Adore You" by Harry Styles
It was close for number one and for the longest time, "Blinding Lights" was going to take the top spot but in the end I just couldn't deny this well executed love song that sees Harry Styles vocal delivery remind me markedly of Crowded House's "World Where You Live" (a song I love) and that chorus just sticks in your head. "Walk through fire for you. Just let me adore you, it's the only thing I'll ever do"...
Total
So we have 3 awful songs, 4 bad songs, 2 meh songs, 4 decent songs, 3 good songs and four excellent songs giving us a total of 47/100 making this a "Ehhh, Needs to improve big time"
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