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Song of the Day #5,404: ‘Creepin” – Metro Boomin, The Weeknd & 21 Savage

‘Creepin’,’ from Metro Boomin’s 2022 album Heroes & Villains, sits at #5 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100, down from its peak at #3. This is the song’s 17th week on the chart.

‘Creepin” features The Weeknd on lead vocals and a rap break by 21 Savage. This is a remake of the 2004 song ‘I Don’t Wanna Know‘ by Mario Winans, which featured P. Diddy. Winans shows up on the bridge of this version and Diddy performs on a recent remix, so it’s nice to see Metro Boomin giving some love to the song’s originators.

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Song of the Day #5,403: ‘Kill Bill’ – SZA

SZA occupies the #4 slot on this week’s Hot 100 with ‘Kill Bill,’ the fifth and most successful single from her album SOS.

This is a dark revenge fantasy with a distinctly melancholy air, jealous anger expressed in beautifully mournful vocals over hypnotic mid-tempo beats. It’s a great song that has me eager to hear the rest of this album, one I’ve had on my radar for awhile.

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Song of the Day #5,402: ‘Last Night’ – Morgan Wallen

Morgan Wallen is having a hell of a year. The country star released his third studio album, One Thing at a Time, in March and saw all 36(!) of its tracks reach the Billboard Hot 100.

That gave him the record for most songs on the list at one time (sorry, Drake). Of course, if any major artist decides to release a 37-track album that record will easily fall. Taylor Swift, Rihanna… get on it. Perhaps more impressive, Wallen also occupied five of the top ten slots for a period.

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Song of the Day #5,401: ‘Flowers’ – Miley Cyrus

In the #2 spot on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 is Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers,’ the debut single from her new album Endless Summer Vacation. ‘Flowers’ debuted at #1 11 weeks ago and spent eight non-consecutive weeks atop the chart.

‘Flowers,’ written about the end of Cyrus’ marriage to actor Liam Hemsworth, is her second #1 single, following 2013’s ‘Wrecking Ball.’ Old school Miley hit ‘Party in the U.S.A.’ peaked at #2 back in 2009 (it couldn’t best The Black Eye Peas’ ‘I Gotta Feeling,’ and if remembering those two radio staples doesn’t drop you right back into the late ’00s, nothing will).

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Song of the Day #5,400: ‘Like Crazy’ – Jimin

We’ve had a glorious five straight weeks of Lana Del Rey (sorry, haters!) but now it’s time for something completely different.

While Del Rey’s new album debuted at #3 on the albums chart, with the largest vinyl sales and streaming numbers of her career, it did not place any singles on the Billboard Hot 100. That’s par for the course for Del Rey, who has always been more of an album artist than a singles artist.

So rest assured, you will not encounter any Lana Del Rey for the next two weeks, when I look at the Billboard Hot 100 in the latest installment of ‘What the Kids are Listening To.’

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