Leon Thomas sits at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 with ‘Mutt,’ a song I covered in the Song of the Summer write-up. This one’s been on the chart for 40 weeks. It still has three months left on the chart based on the new rules, unless it drops below #25 before then.
It wouldn’t be the modern Hot 100 if Morgan Wallen wasn’t somewhere in the top ten, and this week he’s at #9 with ‘I Got Better,’ the sixth single from his smash album I’m the Problem.
All six of those singles reached the top ten, with two hitting #1 and two hitting #2. So this one, which peaked at #7, is a relative disappointment by his standards.
Like all Morgan Wallen songs, ‘I Got Better’ is catchy and well-produced. His massive success might be a tad annoying but it’s certainly understandable.
Everything’s still pretty much the same ’round here
Neighbors still shootin’ all of next year’s deer
Boys still lose ‘less they’re playin’ at home
But I got better since you got gone
I’m still a few too many on a Friday night
I still try to step in when it ain’t my fight
I’m still me, don’t get me wrong
But I got better since you got gone
[Chorus]
Swear it was like, “I’ll be damned”
I’m finally back to bein’ who I am
When we were over, it was overnight
Light came on, it all felt right, when it all went wrong
You turned me loose
Wasn’t no tellin’ who I’d turn into
But it turns out me and you together’s why it took so long
‘Cause I got better since you got gone
[Verse 2]
For a little while there, you had me convinced
That my mama was the devil, now we’re talkin’ again
My friends you hated ain’t said one word
Besides, “You got better since you lost her”
[Chorus]
Swear it was like, “I’ll be damned”
I’m finally back to bein’ who I am
When we were over, it was overnight
Light came on, it all felt right, when it all went wrong
You turned me loose
Wasn’t no tellin’ who I’d turn into
But it turns out me and you together’s why it took so long
‘Cause I got better since you got gone
Oh, baby, since you got gone
[Bridge]
And I ain’t sayin’ you’re the sleep that I lost
But I never slept this good before
I ain’t sayin’ you’re the weight on my back
I’m just sayin’ that it ain’t there no more
[Chorus]
I’ll be damned
I’m finally back to bein’ who I am
When we were over, it was overnight
Light came on, it all felt right, when it all went wrong
You turned me loose
Wasn’t no tellin’ who I’d turn into
But it turns out me and you together’s why it took so long
‘Cause I got better since you got gone
Yeah, baby, since you got gone
Meet Me In Montauk 
Catchy, and a nice. Positive twist on a breakup song.