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Song of the Day #6,514: ‘So Easy (To Fall in Love)’ – Olivia Dean

Continuing my look at the Billboard Hot 100, I’m skipping over Alex Warren’s ‘Ordinary,’ which has been on the Hot 100 for 61 weeks and still sits at #5. I first wrote about this song nearly a year ago when it was at #3. Who knew it would still be crushing it a year later?

At #6 is our second repeat artist in the top ten. Ella Langley might be having a great week, but Olivia Dean is right there with her with two songs in the top six. This one is ‘So Easy (To Fall in Love),’ a laid back bossa nova bauble.

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Song of the Day #6,513: ‘Be Her’ – Ella Langley

I was so distracted by Ella Langley’s history-making success with ‘Choosin’ Texas’ that I didn’t realize she had another hit hot on its heels.

Langley shows up at #4 on the latest Hot 100 with ‘Be Her,’ the second single from her latest album, Dandelion. ‘Be Her’ entered the Hot 100 at #18 nine weeks ago and has steadily climbed to its current peak. Could it go even higher, and maybe even give the new country star her second chart-topper?

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Song of the Day #6,512: ‘I Just Might’ – Bruno Mars

At #2 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 is Olivia Dean’s ‘Man I Need,’ which I first wrote about back in November when it was at #5. Talk about staying power. Dean’s track has been in the Hot 100 for 34 weeks now, and has spent much of this year in the top five, but it has so far peaked at #2.

At #3 is Bruno Mars’ ‘I Just Might,’ which spent three weeks at #1 after debuting there in early January. The lead single from Mars’ latest album The Romantic, this is his first track to debut at #1.

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Song of the Day #6,511: ‘Choosin’ Texas’ – Ella Langley

I haven’t done a new installment of ‘What the Kids Are Listening To’ since last November (not counting the year-end roundup) so I figured it was time to check back in with the latest chart-toppers.

I’m excited by the song at #1 on the latest edition of the Hot 100: Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas.’ This surprise hit was co-written by my beloved Miranda Lambert, and I’m always happy to see her get her flowers, even indirectly.

Most of the credit is due to Langley, of course, who co-wrote the track and performs it with a mix of melancholy and grit. But indulge me as I celebrate both of these women.

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Song of the Day #6,510: ‘Good Lovin” – The Young Rascals

The Mamas and the Papas held the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100 the week of May 3, 1966, with ‘Monday, Monday,’ a song I featured on the blog during a post about my favorite movies of the 2010s (it appeared in the great documentary Tower).

At #2 that week, dropping from its chart-topping position a week prior, was The Young Rascals’ ‘Good Lovin’.’ This was the second single from the band’s eponymous debut album and their first of three #1 hits (1967’s ‘Groovin” and 1968’s ‘People Got to Be Free’ would follow).

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