Benson Boone (1) The Pulse Top 15 - 23rd August 2025

 

And so we meet again. Hello everyone, How are y'all doing? Hopefully soon I can bring the Pulse Top 15 from a random year in the 2010s/2020s back in full form, we'll see. For now I got rid of it

But before we officially start, let's see what our two exits are:

Fitz & The Tantrums - Man On The Moon [#10] {4w} Peak: 10
Alex Warren feat. Rosé - On My Mind [#5] {4w} Peak: 5* 

Top 15

15. Maroon 5 - All Night [Debut] (after 2 weeks Now Playing)
14. OneRepublic - Beautiful Colors [Debut] (after 3 weeks Now Playing)
13. Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not [+2] {5w} Peak: 11 
12. Rob Thomas - Hard To Be Happy [+2] {3w} Peak: 12* 
11. Billie Eilish - Wildflower [+2] {3w} Peak: 11*
10. Justin Bieber - Daisies [+2] {3w} Peak: 10*
09. The Head & The Heart - Arrow [+2] {6w} Peak: 7 
08. sombr - undressed [==] {11w} Peak: 7
07. Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae - What I Want [==] {10w} Peak: 7
06. Jonas Brothers - No Time To Talk [==] {6w} Peak: 6
05. Myles Smith feat. Lainey Wilson - Nice To Meet You [-4] {6w} 2w @ #1
04. Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild [+5] {9w} Peak: 4*
03. Lewis Capaldi - Survive [+1] {4w} Peak: 3*
02. Ed Sheeran feat. Arijit Singh - Sapphire [+1] {4w} Peak: 2* 
01. Benson Boone - Mystical Magical [+1] {6w} 1w @ #1

Biggest five songs on Mediabase CHR/Pop that The Pulse haven't played yet:

Jessie Murph - Blue Strips [#8]
charli xcx - party 4 u [#10]
Tate McRae - revolving door [#11]
KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden [#12]
Leon Thomas - Mutt [#15]

Biggest five songs on Mediabase Hot AC that The Pulse haven't played yet:

Sarah Reeves - Cloud Nine [#18]
Harper Grace feat. Kelsey Hart - Freedom [#22]
Billy Idol feat. Avril Lavigne - 77 [#23]
KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden [#26]
Bad Suns - Communicating [#29]

We have two debuts this week. Let's get through them:

Adam Levine who wants to be called Maroon 5 is our first debut with All Night. This is good but it faded on me a bit since it was first Now Playing. But it's still good, and much better than Priceless. I wouldn't mind this peaking higher than Priceless did at #7.

OneRepublic debuts with Beautiful Colors, the first song from them to debut since Sink Or Swim, a song that was #1 for 2 weeks and spent over half a year on the countdown. I tried to like this, but it actually faded on me instead. Let's hope this doesn't spend over half a year here...although i wouldn't mind it staying a little bit to see if it could grow on me again. We'll see.

Now Playing

Goo Goo Dolls - Not Goodbye (Close My Eyes) (2)

John K - Never Been In Love (3)

Marshmello feat. Jelly Roll - Holy Water (2)

Belle Tatum - Boyfriend (3)

Alex Warren - Eternity (3)

Russell Dickerson - Happen To Me (Debut)

Russell Dickerson is back with Happen To Me. This is good, but forgettable, and I don't know what else to say about it so i'll stop the review in 3, 2, 1.

We can blurb on and on and on all night

We lost two songs that also debuted at the same time: On My Mind and Man On The Moon, which debuted 5 weeks ago. These were both starting to fade on me so I'm glad they left now.

Manchild made a big jump up to #4, and this could be #1 soon...

with Nice To Meet You falling 4 spots to #5, we have a new #1: Mystical Magical from Benson Boone. I'm so glad this made #1, I love it so much. 

That's all for now, let me know in the comments what you think of this post. Now for myself, I have to take Moxie to go fishing in the Santa Cruz River. I wonder if there's any fish in the Santa Cruz River, or if it's just a dry wash like it usually is...Anyways, let's hope she catches some salmon. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Poll Of The Week Results:

Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! (60%)
Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy) (20%)
David Guetta feat. OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait (20%)

Josie Edwards (9) - Daniel's Weekly 20, 20th August 2025

 

Hey all, What’s up? Josie Edwards stays at #1 for an 11th week in a row between her two smash hits, but soon she’ll have something to worry about, as Tate McRae is now top 3 with “Signs”, which also clinches it’s year end spot this week. Avery Cochrane jumps into the top 10 with Shapeshifting On A Saturday  Night, and iamnotshane enters the top 10 with Maybe My Soulmate Died. We see a big debut from Sigrid, and other debuts from Tate McRae and Zara Larsson. As far as songs leaving, nothing notable left, but for the first time in 3 weeks next week we’ll see a Year-Ender leave. 👀

**Exits:**

Alexander Stewart - Blame On You [#13] {3w} Peak: 11 ; Year End: miss

Chappell Roan - The Subway [#19] {2w} Peak: 19 ; Year End: miss

Lewis Capaldi - Survive [#15] {2w} Peak: 15 ; Year End: Miss

01 01 Josie Edwards - Good Girls [==] {13w} 9w @ #1

**Daniel’s Pick Of The Week:** chlothegod - I Feel Different Every Day

02 02 Josie Edwards - High Hope [==] {6w} 2w @ #1

05 03 Tate McRae - Signs [+2] {7w} Peak: 3

03 04 Debbii Dawson - You Killed The Music [-1] {27w} Peak: 2

04 05 Alex Warren feat. Jelly Roll - Bloodline [-1] {13w} Peak: 2

06 06 Drake - Nokia [==] {4w} Peak: 6

12 07 Avery Cochrane - Shapeshifting On A Saturday Night [+5] {2w} Peak: 7

08 08 Josie Edwards - The Great Escape [==] {10w} Peak: 8

09 09 Benson Boone - Young American Heart [==] {9w} Peak: 3

11 10 iamnotshane - Maybe My Soulmate Died [+1] {4w} Peak: 10

**Throwback Of The Week:** David Archuleta - Crush (2008)

10 11 Sofia Camara - Parking Lot [-1] {3w} Peak: 10

16 12 Henry Moodie - Sunday Morning [+4] {3w} Peak: 12

14 13 Quadeca - GODSTAINED [+1] {6w} Peak: 13

DE 14 Sigrid - Fort Knox [DEBUT]

17 15 Benjamin Steer - No One Wants To Die Alone [+2] {6w} Peak: 15

20 16 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical [+4] {11w} Peak: 3

07 17 Bradley Marshall - Skin and Bones [-10] {10w} Peak: 2

18 18 Belle Tatum - Boyfriend [==] {2w} Peak: 18

DE 19 Tate McRae feat. Flo Milli - bloodonmyhands [DEBUT]

DE 20 Zara Larsson - Pretty Ugly [DEBUT]

The following songs achieved to various spots on the year end list:

Josie Edwards - Good Girls clinched Top 5

Debbii Dawson - You Killed The Music clinched Top 10

Josie Edwards - High Hope clinched Top 25

Tate McRae - Signs clinched Top 40

Myles Smith & Lainey Wilson (2) The Pulse Top 15, 16th August 2025

  

And so we meet again. Hello everyone, How are y'all doing? I am going to resurrect an old thing The Pulse did: play the top 15 songs this week on a certain year in history. This week we'll go back one year, to 2024. The 2024 songs will be indented so it isn't as much of an eyesore.

But before we officially start, let's see what our one exit is:

Benson Boone - Sorry, I'm Here For Someone Else [#5] {21w} 6w @ #1 ; Year End: 3

Top 15

15. Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not [Re-Entry] {4w} Peak: 11
                    15. Kane Brown feat. Marshmello - Miles On It
14. Rob Thomas - Hard To Be Happy [+1] {2w} Peak: 14*
                    14. Taylor Swift - I Can Do It With A Broken Heart
13. Billie Eilish - Wildflower [+1] {2w} Peak: 13*
                    13. Dasha - Austin
12. Justin Bieber - Daisies [+1] {2w} Peak: 12*
                    12. Twenty One Pilots - The Craving
11. The Head & The Heart - Arrow [-1] {5w} Peak: 7
                    11. Billie Eilish - Wildflower
10. Fitz & The Tantrums - Man On The Moon [+2] {4w} Peak: 10* 
                    10. Jelly Roll - I Am Not Okay
09. Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild [+2] {8w} Peak: 8 
                    09. Coldplay - feelslikeimfallinginlove
08. sombr - undressed [-1] {10w} Peak: 7
                    08. Myles Smith - Stargazing
07. Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae - What I Want [+2] {9w} Peak: 7*
                    07. Mark Ambor - Belong Together
06. Jonas Brothers - No Time To Talk [+2] {5w} Peak: 6*
                    06. Alex Warren - Carry You Home
05. Alex Warren feat. Rosé - On My Mind [==] {4w} Peak: 5*
                    05. Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
04. Lewis Capaldi - Survive [==] {3w} Peak: 4 
                    04. Dua Lipa - Illusion
03. Ed Sheeran feat. Arijit Singh - Sapphire [==] {3w} Peak: 3
                    03. Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)
02. Benson Boone - Mystical Magical [==] {5w} Peak: 2
                    02. Post Malone feat. Morgan Wallen - I Had Some Help
01. Myles Smith feat. Lainey Wilson - Nice To Meet You [==] {5w} 2w @ #1
                    01. David Guetta feat. OneRepublic - I Don't Wanna Wait

Biggest five songs on Mediabase CHR/Pop that The Pulse haven't played yet:

Jessie Murph - Blue Strips [#9]
SZA feat. Kendrick Lamar - 30 for 30 [#10]
charli xcx - party 4 u [#13]
Tate McRae - revolving door [#15]
KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden [#17]

Biggest five songs on Mediabase Hot AC that The Pulse haven't played yet:

Sarah Reeves - Cloud Nine [#19]
Billy Idol feat. Avril Lavigne - 77 [#23]
Harper Grace feat. Kelsey Hart - Freedom [#25]
Russell Dickerson - Happen To Me [#27]
KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden [#28]

We have one re-entry this week. Let's get through it:

Ravyn Lenae re-enters with Love Me Not. It seemed to have its run cut short before so I'm glad The Pulse is giving a second chance to this song, I hope this can do more on the chart than 3 weeks and peak at #11 like last time.

Now Playing

Belle Tatum - Boyfriend (2)

John K - Never Been In Love (2)

OneRepublic - Beautiful Colors (3) 

Alex Warren - Eternity (2)

Maroon 5 - All Night (2)

Marshmello feat. Jelly Roll - Holy Water (Debut)

Goo Goo Dolls - Not Goodbye (Close My Eyes) (Debut)

Marshmello returns after months away, with a Jelly Roll collab titled Holy Water. This is great; Jelly roll sounds great and so does the production.

Wow, it's been a while since we've heard from the Goo Goo Dolls. They are now playing with Not Goodbye, which is fine but very forgettable.

Hard To Be Blurbing

We lost Sorry, I'm Here For Someone Else. That track is on track to be #3 of the year, and is currently standing at #2 on the year end list. It's a great song, but I'm starting to get tired of it so I'm fine that it left.

This was a very boring countdown. We only saw a few songs jump more than 1 spot, and nothing jumped more than 2 spots. Hopefully next week we see some of the now playing songs finally debut.

That's all for now, time to take my cat Moxie to the 27th Annual Tuna Eating Contest. This seems like something she'd be very good at, so let's hope she wins. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Poll Of The Week Results:

Lewis Capaldi - Survive (25%)

Ed Sheeran - Sapphire (25%)

Benson Boone - Mystical Magical (25%)

Benson Boone - Sorry, I'm Here For Someone Else (25%)
Myles Smith feat. Lainey Wilson - Nice To Meet You (0%)

Josie Edwards (8) Daniel's Weekly 20 - Week of 13th August, 2025

Hey all, What’s up? Josie Edwards stays at #1 for a 10th consecutive week, but this time with a return of Good Girls for an 8th week. We also see big debuts from Avery Cochrane and Belle Tatum. Sofia Camara enters the top 10 for the first time, while the biggest riser is Henry Moodie’s Sunday Morning which jumps four.

**Exits:**

Mgk - cliche [#9] {8w} Peak: 6 ; Year End: miss

Alex Warren - You Can’t Stop This [#14] {3w} Peak: 9 ; Year End: miss

03 01 Josie Edwards - Good Girls [+2] {12w} 8w @ #1

**Daniel’s Pick Of The Week:** Marshmello feat. Jelly Roll - Holy Water

01 02 Josie Edwards - High Hope [-1] {5w} 2w @ #1

02 03 Debbii Dawson - You Killed The Music [-1] {26w} Peak: 2

04 04 Alex Warren feat. Jelly Roll - Bloodline [==] {12w} Peak: 2

06 05 Tate McRae - Signs [+1] {6w} Peak: 5

07 06 Drake - Nokia [+1] {3w} Peak: 3

05 07 Bradley Marshall - Skin and Bones [-2] {9w} Peak: 2

08 08 Josie Edwards - The Great Escape [==] {9w} Peak: 8

10 09 Benson Boone - Young American Heart [+1] {8w} Peak: 3

13 10 Sofia Camara - Parking Lot [+3] {2w} Peak: 10

**Throwback Of The Week:** morgxn - A New Way (2019)

12 11 iamnotshane - Maybe My Soulmate Died [+1] {3w} Peak: 11

DE 12 Avery Cochrane - Shapeshifting On A Saturday Night [Debut]

11 13 Alexander Stewart - Blame On You [-2] {3w} Peak: 11

15 14 Quadeca - GODSTAINED [+1] {5w} Peak: 14

17 15 Lewis Capaldi - Survive [+2] {2w} Peak: 15

20 16 Henry Moodie - Sunday Morning [+4] {2w} Peak: 16

16 17 Benjamin Steer - No One Wants To Die Alone [-1] {5w} Peak: 16

DE 18 Belle Tatum - Boyfriend [Debut]

19 19 Chappell Roan - The Subway [==] {2w} Peak: 19

18 20 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical [-2] {10w} Peak: 3

The following songs achieved to various spots on the year end list:

Josie Edwards - High Hope clinched Top 30

Josie Edwards - The Great Escape clinched Top 40

Every Pulse Top 15 Countdown in 2025

 

Hello! I've been working on something for the past few weeks, a Pulse Top 15 database that includes every song to make The Pulse Top 15 in 2025. I also have my own formula to calculate what the biggest song of the year is. The formula is the same as the one on Crownnote. I hope you find time to poke around and see what the top songs of the year are from my calculations!

To get started, just click the image.

Myles Smith & Lainey Wilson (1) The Pulse Top 15 - Week of August 9nd, 2025

 

And so we meet again. Hello everyone, How are y'all doing? I am looking for segments to add to this blog, and if you have any ideas, let me know in the comments. I plan on adding a stats page in the coming days, so watch out for that. Finally, I will add the top 5 songs on Mediabase Hot AC that weren't picked up, in addition to CHR/Pop. Onto the countdown!

But before we officially start, let's see what our three exits are:

Doechii - Anxiety [#12] {9w} Peak: 6 ; Year End: 31 (wild card)
Max McNown - A Lot More Free [#5] {17w} Peak: 2 ; Year End: 10
Alex Warren - Ordinary [#2] {22w} Peak: 2 ; Year End: 8

Top 15

15. Rob Thomas - Hard To Be Happy [Debut] (after 2 weeks Bubbling Under)
14. Billie Eilish - Wildflower [Debut] (after 4 weeks Bubbling Under)
13. Justin Bieber - Daisies [Debut] (after 3 weeks Bubbling Under)
12. Fitz & The Tantrums - Man On The Moon [+1] {3w} Peak: 12*
11. Sabrina Carpenter - Manchild [==] {7w} Peak: 8 
10. The Head & The Heart - Arrow [==] {4w} Peak: 7
09. Morgan Wallen feat. Tate McRae - What I Want [==] {8w} Peak: 9
08. Jonas Brothers - No Time To Talk [==] {4w} Peak: 8
07. sombr - undressed [==] {9w} Peak: 7
06. Alex Warren feat. Rosé - On My Mind [==] {3w} Peak: 6
05. Benson Boone - Sorry, I'm Here For Someone Else [-4] {19w} 6w @ #1
04. Lewis Capaldi - Survive [+10] {2w} Peak: 4*
03. Ed Sheeran feat. Arijit Singh - Sapphire [+12] {2w} Peak: 3*
02. Benson Boone - Mystical Magical [+2] {4w} Peak: 2*
01. Myles Smith feat. Lainey Wilson - Nice To Meet You [+2] {4w} 1w @ #1

Biggest five songs on Mediabase CHR/Pop that The Pulse haven't played yet:

SZA feat. Kendrick Lamar - 30 for 30 [#10]
Jessie Murph - Blue Strips [#11]
charli xcx - party 4 u [#14]
Tate McRae - revolving door [#15]
KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden [#17]

Biggest five songs on Mediabase Hot AC that The Pulse haven't played yet:

Sarah Reeves - Cloud Nine [#19]
Billy Idol feat. Avril Lavigne - 77 [#21]
Harper Grace feat. Kelsey Hart - Freedom [#24]
Russell Dickerson - Happen To Me [#25]
Jessie Murph - Blue Strips [#29]

We have three debuts this week. Let's get through them:

Rob Thomas debuts with Hard To Be Happy. It's been a while since we've heard from him, and this is a pretty great song for him to return with. It's a summer song I wanted, and Rob sounds great as always. Let's see this do well!

Justin Bieber debuts with Daisies. This grew on me a lot compared to when I first heard this. It is slightly slow, but the production is very pretty and Justin sounds great as always. Again, I would love to see this do well on this countdown.

We must pause to say About Damn Time to our next debut: Wildflower by Billie Eilish. This went recurrent on Pop months ago, and it's not like this is a rap song or anything. For some reason, The Pulse isn't even late themselves. Hot AC's chart currently has Wildflower at #20 right now and it's rising from there. Okay, I guess they were too busy playing Shinedown for way too long to bother with this song. But anyways, I'm so glad they finally played this. This is one of my favorites from Hit Me Hard And Soft; It's absolutely beautiful, Billie sounds great, and the production is amazing. Take this to #1!

Now Playing

OneRepublic - Beautiful Colors (2) 

Belle Tatum - Boyfriend (1)

Alex Warren - Eternity (1)

John K - Never Been In Love (1)

Maroon 5 - All Night (1)

We have four songs getting played for the first time! Let's start off with John K's new song Never Been In Love which is now playing after Honey left in early June, and didn't do that well. Never Been In Love is decent, but it's nothing special. Still, John K sounds good and the production is pretty good.

Maroon 5 is here with All Night after Priceless is expected to miss the top 30 of the year. They also didn't take long to play this as Priceless left on July 12th. I really liked this at first but it faded on me slightly since. I still like this much more than Priceless, but it's not AMAZING or anything...

One of my favorite artists right now, Alex Warren, is seeking to go back to having two songs on the countdown simultaneously, as Ordinary debuted and stalled in the top 5 never to reach #1 (I'll talk about this later). Later, On My Mind debuted, and today, Ordinary left, 3 weeks into On My Mind's run. So we'll see how long it takes Alex Warren to replace himself on the countdown, or if On My Mind will even last long enough to have two songs at the same time. For the song itself, This isn't my favorite off the album You'll Be Alright Kid, but I still enjoy it. I hope to see this debut and do well on the countdown.

Finally we have Hot AC plant artist Belle Tatum with a song called Boyfriend. This sounds like a diet Busy Woman, but I love Busy Woman so I love this too. I hope to see this debut and do well on both The Pulse Top 15 and Mediabase Hot AC.

Hard To Be Blurbing

We are gathered here today to mourn the departure of Ordinary by Alex Warren, which graced our countdown for 23 weeks, peaking at #2. You entered the chart at #14, and from there you only took 5 weeks to hit the top 6. For a moment, it seemed you might reach #1, but fate — and Brady’s button pressing — had other plans. 

You leave behind a legacy of playing around in the top 6 the entire time once you got there, and multiple times you crept your way up to #2 before Brady made you fall down to #6. You would then climb up again, then Brady made you fall down to #4. Then a third time you tried to hit #1, but instead Brady forgot about you altogether and never let you see the chart of August 9th. May you rest peacefully in the great airwaves beyond, alongside other fallen hits like Sailor Song by Gigi Perez. And may your streams stay high, even if your spins have faded.

Farewell, dear Ordinary, you were gone too soon, but never forgotten.

Josie Edwards (2) Daniel's Weekly 20, 6th of August 2025

Hey all,, what’s up? Josie Edwards spends her 9th consecutive week at #1, and the 2nd week with “high hope”. However, Debbii Dawson is creeping up after almost half a year on the chart, and she could finally get her time to shine very soon…

**Exits:**

Alex Warren  - The Outside [#12] {2w} Peak: 12 ; Year End: miss

Role Model - Sally, When The Wine Runs Out [#14] {14w} Peak: 3 ; Year End: #21

Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not [#15] {3w} Peak: 14 ; Year End: miss

Aidan Bissett - Reading Into It [#19] {1w} Peak: 19 ; Year End: miss

sombr - 12 to 12 [#20] {1w} Peak: 20 ; Year End ; miss

01 01 Josie Edwards - High Hope [==] {4w} 2w @ #1

Daniel’s Sure Smash: Jude York - Whiplash!

03 02 Debbii Dawson - You Killed The Music [+1] {25w} Pk: 2

02 03 Josie Edwards - Good Girls [-1] {11w} 7w @ #1

04 04 Alex Warren feat. Jelly Roll - Bloodline [==] {11w}

07 05 Bradley Marshall - Skin and Bones [+2] {8w} Pk: 2

05 06 Tate McRae - Signs [-1] {5w} Pk: 5

11 07 Drake - Nokia [+4] {2w} Pk: 7

10 08 Josie Edwards - The Great Escape [+2] {8w} Pk: 8

08 09 Mgk - Cliche [-1] {6w} Pk: 8

06 10 Benson Boone - Young American Heart [-4] {7w} Pk: 3

Throwback Pick: Illenium & John Bellion - Good Things Fall Apart (2019)

13 11 Alexander Stewart - Blame On You [+2] {2w} Pk: 11

17 12 iamnotshane - Maybe My Soulmate Died [+5] {2w} Pk: 12

DE 13 Sofia Camara - Parking Lot [NEW]

09 14 Alex Warren - You Can't Stop This [-5] {3w} Pk: 9

18 15 Quadeca - GODSTAINED [+3] {4w} Pk: 15

16 16 Benjamin Steer - No One Wants To Die Alone [==] {4w} Pk: 16

DE 17 Lewis Capaldi - Survive [NEW]

RE 18 Benson Boone - Mystical Magical [RE-ENTRY] {9w} Pk: 3

DE 19 Chappell Roan - The Subway [NEW]

DE 20 Henry Moodie - Sunday Morning [NEW]

The following songs achieved to various spots on the year end list:

Alex Warren feat. Jelly Roll - Bloodline clinched Top 15

Bradley Marshall - Skin And Bones clinched Top 25

Benson Boone - Mystical Magical clinched Top 25

Josie Edwards - High Hope clinched Top 40

See you on Saturday!