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101 456,100 Becky Hill and Galantis ~ Run

97 460,300 Gareth Emery and Ben Nicky ~ Because the Night [feat. Emily Vaughn]

66 573,900 Kate Bush ~ Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

62 579,700 David Guetta and Bebe Rexha ~ I'm Good (Blue)

 

Run was probably one of her best all year but I think I much prefer here for you now, regardless of where they are both on my EOY.

it was good to see another generation get to experience running up that hill. What a classique.

I'm good was amazing on release but now I'm quite fed up with it to be honest. Too many samples last year!

Both Becky tracks are good efforts, I did prefer Run a fair bit though even if it's the more 'generic' single.

Yes absolutely for RUTH - was great to see it do so well.

There does seem to be an over abundance of sampling and covering at the moment but if a song's a bop then it's a bop.

thanks James ~

 

Giving Forever & Always a listen now (mostly as I didn't realise Owl City had more music out this year!) - the beat is great (wasn''t expecting the song to drop like that!) and of course Owl City sounds great.
glad you enjoy it! I guess you've also heard his brand new track that came out yesterday too then?

thanks Pete ~

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I adore I'm Good (Blue), way more than I expected to. Bebe sounds so good and the production is so fun!

 

Running Up That Hill is of course a classic too, loved hearing it in the chart last year :heart:

Here are my favourites from your latest selection:

116 413,900 Sophie and the Giants ~ Golden Nights [feat. Benny Benassi, Dardust and Astrality] (I do like the original version of this more over the version the Astrality remix that was playing on Italian radios)

101 456,100 Becky Hill and Galantis ~ Run

100 458,300 Purple Disco Machine ~ Twisted Mind [feat. Agnes]

91 489,600 Kx5 [deadmau5 and Kaskade] ~ Escape [feat. Hayla]

76 530,200 Purple Disco Machine with Sophie and the Giants ~ In the Dark (Here's a song that'll probably do well in my Year-End list, hopefully... Won't spoil where it'll be on my list)

66 573,900 Kate Bush ~ Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

62 579,700 David Guetta and Bebe Rexha ~ I'm Good (Blue)

60 589,900 Acraze ~ Do It To It [feat. Cherish]

58 601,900 Wilkinson ~ Used To This [feat. Issey Cross]

47 646,700 Lizzo ~ About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix)

35 719,600 Shouse ~ Love Tonight (Prefer "Won't Forget You" over this, will see where this'll land, should be in the top 3.)

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#30

 

Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal ~ B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)

 

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Date Entered: 22/07/2022

Sales: 759,300

Chart Run: 30-22-10-4-8-8-9-12-14-17-17-20-17-20-24-34-45-45-58-53-x [20 weeks]

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Originally championed and sent to BJSC by Kath, sending the song up the chart in the first place, it was further helped when TikTok eventually latched on sending it straight to UK #1. It is therefore the second-highest UK top 40 hit in this rundown (and third-highest UK top 100 hit). It marks the breakthrough for Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal who were complete unknowns to me (and most of us) beforehand. Another track to jump on the sample train, making heavy use of 'Let the Beat Hit Em's instrumental hook, it was nonetheless a very refreshing take on garage-house in the production and assisted by a wonderfully quirky vocal from Eliza. We can only hope when the follow-up eventually comes she can deliver another bop.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Eliza Rose

2022 04 B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) (with Interplanetary Criminal)

 

Interplanetary Criminal

2022 04 B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) (Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal)

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#29

 

Nora En Pure ~ Reminiscing

 

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Date Entered: 04/02/2022

Sales: 768,400

Chart Run: 9-5-6-18-22-33-58-66-55-40-36-54-45-58-68-81-74-75-87-76-x [20 weeks]

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As it turns out Eliza is sandwiched by Nora En Pure here, with 'Reminiscing' ever so slightly out-doing 'Sign of the Times', though with a sales margin so thin I basically like both equally. This wasn't reliant on a piano and string hook, however it had a lush string backing and otherwise soothing instrumental - making for a great melodic deep house track. It's the type of thing Nora excels at really and what's allowed her to rack up a huge number of hits over the years. None of her follow-ups in the year managed to reach the top 10 however.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Nora En Pure

2014 38 Come With Me

2014 06 6 Words (Wretch 32; Nora En Pure Remix)

2015 11 Saltwater (2015 Rework)

2016 21 U Got My Body

2016 02 Tell My Heart (feat. Dani Senior) MILLIONAIRE

2017 84 Caught In The Act

2017 29 Waves MILLIONAIRE

2017 97 Tears In Your Eyes

2018 01 Trailblazer MILLIONAIRE

2018 21 Sphinx

2018 06 Don't Look Back

2018 32 Polynesia

2019 15 We Found Love (feat. Ashibah)

2019 18 Birthright

2019 34 Fantasy (Sofi Tukker; Nora En Pure Remix)

2019 28 Heart Beating

2019 09 Lost Souls (Eelke Kleijn feat. Ost; Nora En Pure Remix)

2019 48 See The End (Above & Beyond & Seven Lions feat. Opposite The Other; Nora En Pure Remix)

2019 12 Homebound

2019 48 Epiphany

2019 75 Dry Sobbing

2019 38 Fibonacci

2020 09 In The Air Tonight (with Lika Morgan; Croatia Squad Remix) MILLIONAIRE

2020 16 All I Need

2020 29 Bartok

2020 30 Delta

2020 40 In Your Eyes

2020 02 Wetlands MILLIONAIRE

2020 09 Come Away (feat. Tim Morrison)

2020 08 Enchantment

2021 24 Monsoon

2021 38 Cognitive Fadings

2021 40 World of Rules

2021 26 Thermal

2021 37 Oblivion

2021 20 Aquatic

2021 08 Won't Leave Your Side (feat. Liz Cass) MILLIONAIRE

2021 57 Life on Hold

2021 91 Tantrum

2021 97 Luscious Rain

2021 02 Sign of the Times

2022 33 Queen of Ice (Claptone feat. Dizzy; Nora En Pure Remix)

2022 05 Reminiscing

2022 35 Tribe of Kindness

2022 18 Us

2022 14 Gratitude

2022 28 Forsaken Dream

2022 69 Stop Wasting Time

2022 59 Altered Destiny [Chill Mix]

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#28

 

Memorist ~ The Empiric

 

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Date Entered: 21/01/2022

Sales: 768,900

Chart Run: 70-73-x-18-5-4-7-12-22-24-33-34-39-42-51-71-91-62-x [17 weeks]

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Out of the two rock songs in the top 50 the highest here comes from Memorist, who were a British nu-metal band. So erm, this is a bit awkward. I recently learned that as it turns out their lead singer has been jailed for a rather serious crime :mellow: so they deleted all their music videos and social media accounts, and have presumably split. However the chart is fully determined by points and I did enjoy the song a fair bit, it was also one of my BJSC entries of the year having discovered it through the Spotify algorithm.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Memorist

2022 04 The Empiric

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#27

 

John Summit ~ Human [feat. Echoes]

 

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Date Entered: 28/11/2021

Sales: 776,800

Chart Run: [12-10]-8-9-22-10-11-11-17-20-19-26-23-25-17-22-29-30-42-49-x [18 of 20 weeks]

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Back to house bangers now phew, with John Summit. Already having proved himself to be one of the biggest DJs of the moment he brought out his most hit-ready single to date in 'Human', although despite some low-level support it couldn't have any level of chart impact. Having peaked at the tail end of last year, it continued to hit well into 2022 to comfortably out-perform all his other releases of the year. Still keeping with John's tight tech house beats but with a more commercial appeal was always going to be big with me anyhow.

 

Top 100 Chart History

John Summit

2020 11 Deep End

2020 18 Thin Line (with Guz)

2021 12 Make Me Feel

2021 49 Better Than This (vs. Parachute Youth)

2021 65 Witch Doctor (feat. Nic Fanciulli)

2021 20 Sun Came Up (with Sofi Tukker)

2021 08 Human (feat. Echoes)

2022 14 La Danza

2022 57 Freeze [Kygo; John Summit Remix]

2022 25 What a Life [with Guz feat. Stevie Appleton]

2022 38 Show Me [feat. Hannah Boleyn]

 

Echoes

2021 08 Human (feat. Echoes)

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#26

 

Bon Entendeur ~ I Love To Love [feat. Tina Charles]

 

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Date Entered: 04/02/2022

Sales: 777,900

Chart Run: 73-9-3-3-2-3-6-10-14-18-20-29-29-35-38-42-31-43-43-50-x [20 weeks]

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The first of two for French trio Bon Entendeur in the top 40, taken from their 2021 album it is a re-working of the 70s UK #1 hit 'I Love To Love', keeping Tina Charles' original vocal. It doesn't change a whole lot from the original, although it wasn't a song I was very familiar with to begin. Anyhow, they do a great job of giving it a bit of a modern dance uplift while keeping all of the disco vibe the song is going for. Sometimes that's all an update needs to be.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Bon Entendeur

2021 01 Alba [feat. Sofiane Pamart] MILLIONAIRE

2021 20 Le Temps Est Bon [feat. Isabelle Pierre]

2022 02 I Love To Love [feat. Tina Charles]

2022 39 Le Temps de l'Amour [feat. Françoise Hardy]

2022 20 Ex-fan des Sixties [feat. Jane Birkin]

 

Tina Charles

2022 02 I Love To Love [bon Entendeur feat. Tina Charles]

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#25

 

Odesza ~ The Last Goodbye [feat. Bettye LaVette]

 

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Date Entered: 18/02/2022

Sales: 788,000

Chart Run: 5-4-3-2-5-9-9-11-12-22-21-24-30-36-41-62-76-85-82-x [20 weeks]

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Much hyped by EDM Twitter/Reddit users, the return of Odesza after five years (excluding their Bronson project with Golden Features) commenced with 'The Last Goodbye', the title track of their fourth album. It is yet another sampling in this rundown here with the song being a re-imagining of Bettye LaVette's 1960s recording 'Let Me Down Easy'. I wasn't expecting much from it given that they'd only ever made one minor chart appearance for me outside of Bronson, but it managed to be a truly excellent electronic track, very intricately produced. The song also was helped by a BJSC appearance.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Odesza

2014 41 Say My Name (feat. Zyra)

2022 02 The Last Goodbye [feat. Bettye LaVette]

2022 91 Wide Awake [feat. Charlie Houston]

2022 14 Light of Day [feat. Ólafur Arnalds]

 

Bettye LaVette

2022 02 The Last Goodbye [Odesza feat. Bettye LaVette]

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#24

 

Solardo and Vintage Culture ~ Adidas & Pearls [feat. Lowes]

 

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Date Entered: 01/07/2022

Sales: 788,500

Chart Run: 35-47-56-13-6-5-3-9-9-13-13-13-16-16-19-18-19-23-33-49-x [20 weeks]

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Vintage Culture unexpectedly managed two big hits in my chart this year, the first of these to appear is in collaboration with Solardo, giving them a second top three hit following 'XTC'. It was also the biggest song that Lowes has provided vocals on so far. The production is great making for a solid modern house song, with Lowes' excellent vocal and lyrics giving it the extra edge. Having already made my top 40, it was sent to BJSC which shot it right up to #3, and denied 'B.O.T.A.' of my 18 points which that would've got in any other contest of the year, besides the one 'The Last Goodbye' was in.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Solardo

2019 02 XTC (with Eli Brown)

2019 20 Move Your Body (Marshall Jefferson & Solardo)

2020 10 My Life (with Eli Brown)

2020 21 Power of Bass (Armand van Helden, Solardo & Hervé)

2020 32 Tear It Up (with Paul Woolford feat. Pamela Fernandez)

2021 97 Enough [with Rowetta]

2021 37 All of a Sudden [Love Regenerator & Solardo]

2021 46 Rollercoaster [Love Regenerator & Solardo]

2021 25 Power [with Maur]

2022 03 Adidas & Pearls [with Vintage Culture feat. Lowes]

 

Vintage Culture

2020 33 In The Dark (with Fancy Inc)

2020 59 Slow Down (Maverick Sabre feat. Jorja Smith; Vintage Culture & Slow Motion Remix)

2020 35 Coffee (Give Me Something) (with Tiësto)

2021 100 It Is What It Is (feat. Elise LeGrow)

2021 40 Coming Home [with Leftwing : Kody feat. Anabel Englund]

2022 04 Nightjar [with Sonny Fodera feat. Shells]

2022 03 Adidas & Pearls [solardo & Vintage Culture feat. Lowes]

2022 77 Greece 2000 [vs. Three Drives]

 

Lowes

2020 11 Easier (CamelPhat feat. Lowes)

2020 71 Wildfire (CamelPhat feat. Lowes)

2021 70 Rhythm Is Changing (High Contrast feat. Lowes)

2021 16 Not In Love (Franky Wah feat. Lowes)

2021 34 Reason (The Prototypes feat. Lowes)

2021 41 Share a Little Love [KC Lights feat. Lowes]

2022 03 Adidas & Pearls [with Vintage Culture feat. Lowes]

2022 20 Lucid Love [Cristoph & Lowes]

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#23

 

Le Youth ~ Lighthouse [feat. Rbbts]

 

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Date Entered: 18/03/2022

Sales: 790,500

Chart Run: 43-46-50-32-33-40-38-37-39-53-33-3-5-10-12-41-46-50-50-54-x [20 weeks]

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After a near-decade wait, Le Youth finally managed to get his second top five hit, following breakthrough hit 'C O O L'. It took until the release of debut album 'Reminders' for 'Lighthouse' to get there mind, but it appears high on this year-end list anyhow so it was well deserved. For the last couple of years now Le Youth has associated himself with Lane 8's record label and specialises in melodic house, which especially seems to have been a good career move for him for my own personal taste. 'Lighthouse' is a lovely mellow track, assisted by male/female vocal duo Rbbts.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Le Youth

2013 05 C O O L MILLIONAIRE

2014 15 Dance With Me (feat. Dominique Young Unique)

2014 44 Birthday (Katy Perry; Le Youth Remix)

2016 48 Boomerang (feat. Tay Beckham)

2017 43 Clap Your Hands (feat. Ava Max)

2020 97 About Us

2020 28 Swimming

2021 53 Home Away From Home (with Ocula feat. Karra)

2021 74 Underwater

2021 26 Colour

2021 53 Miraje

2021 08 Skipping Stones (with Sultan + Shepard)

2021 82 Don't Wanna Know [Falden; Le Youth Remix]

2021 81 Virgo

2021 93 Empire [with Ocula feat. Møøne]

2022 03 Lighthouse (feat. Rbbts)

2022 32 Pattern [with Sultan + Shepard feat. Emily Falvey]

2022 31 Dreaming [feat. Tailor]

2022 40 Hang On [feat. Gordi]

2022 39 If Only (You Could Be Here) [with Ocula feat. Nathan Nicholson]

2022 48 New Love [with Sultan + Shepard feat. Panama]

2022 78 Then It Rained All Night

2022 79 Damaged

2022 99 Chills

 

Rbbts

2019 46 Long Way From Home (Above & Beyond & Spencer Brown feat. Rbbts)

2022 03 Lighthouse (Le Youth feat. Rbbts)

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#22

 

KC Lights ~ Daydreamer [feat. Leo Stannard]

 

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Date Entered: 27/05/2022

Sales: 796,900

Chart Run: 39-45-55-56-38-33-37-35-28-21-19-18-23-20-19-16-19-19-19-22-25-28-36-45-x [24 weeks]

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A house track made for the summer, which helped it have a very steady run during those few months. It was the second KC Lights & Leo Standard team-up, far-outdoing the first which narrowly missed my top 40. KC Lights certainly knows how to make a house vibe of a track, nothing too fancy here in the production but it does exactly what it needs to.

 

Top 100 Chart History

KC Lights

2016 55 Daylight (Mike Mago & KC Lights)

2018 65 Graceland (Paul Simon; MK & KC Lights Remix)

2018 91 The Future (Motez feat. Antony & Cleopatra; KC Lights Remix)

2020 29 Girl

2021 77 One Last Time (That Kind; KC Lights Remix)

2021 41 Cold Light (feat. Leo Stannard)

2021 41 Share a Little Love [feat. Lowes]

2022 16 Daydreamer [feat. Leo Stannard]

2022 30 Follow

2022 74 Sky

 

Leo Stannard

2020 27 Paper Aeroplane (Hrrtz feat. Leo Stannard)

2020 72 Blackbirds (CamelPhat feat. Leo Stannard)

2021 41 Cold Light (feat. Leo Stannard)

2022 16 Daydreamer [KC Lights feat. Leo Stannard]

2022 04 Stargazing [Monocule feat. Leo Stannard]

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#21

 

Alok, Ella Eyre and Kenny Dope ~ Deep Down [feat. Never Dull]

 

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Date Entered: 24/06/2022

Sales: 805,400

Chart Run: 17-18-7-4-2-2-2-5-10-7-8-11-11-15-15-18-15-17-21-32-44-47-x [22 weeks]

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The second-highest UK hit in the rundown now, although this couldn't quite manage a top 40 spot. It was another big summer smash, having managed three weeks at #2 behind LF System (who are still to come and thus confirmed as my favourite UK hit of the year). The track was of course heavily sampling not one but two 90s dance classics in 'The Bomb' and 'Gypsy Woman' which is sure one way to get easy nostalgia points. But alas, the song is a massive bop. It became the biggest hit yet for Brazilian DJ Alok, whose usual style doesn't do all that much for me but clearly knows how to... take the main credit for an idea Never Dull had then bump him down to the feature credit. :kink: Although to be fair, the song was re-jigged a fair bit from the original 'Gypsy In My Mind' bootleg to give it a bit more oomph. Then of course we have Ella Eyre giving a power vocal, reminding us why she's great on a dance track. Overall a very catchy dance track which really deserved better in the UK chart..

 

Top 100 Chart History

Alok

2017 30 Fuego (with Bhaskar)

2017 65 Alien Technology (with Hi-Lo)

2018 71 Favela (Ina Wroldsen & Alok)

2021 81 Love Again (with Vize feat. Alida)

2021 95 Wherever You Go [feat. John Martin]

2022 87 Headlights [with Alan Walker feat. Kiddo]

2022 02 Deep Down [with Ella Eyre & Kenny Dope feat. Never Dull]

2022 65 All By Myself (with Sigala & Ellie Goulding)

 

Ella Eyre

2013 06 Waiting All Night (Rudimental feat. Ella Eyre)

2014 41 Deeper

2017 10 Came Here For Love (Sigala & Ella Eyre) MILLIONAIRE

2018 07 Just Got Paid (Sigala feat. Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor & French Montana)

2020 40 Wired (Sonny Fodera & Ella Eyre)

2021 98 Business [becky Hill feat. Ella Eyre]

2022 02 Deep Down [Alok, Ella Eyre & Kenny Dope feat. Never Dull]

 

Kenny Dope

2022 02 Deep Down [Alok, Ella Eyre & Kenny Dope feat. Never Dull]

 

Never Dull

2022 02 Deep Down [Alok, Ella Eyre & Kenny Dope feat. Never Dull]

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#21-30 Recap

30 759,300 Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal ~ B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)

29 768,400 Nora En Pure ~ Reminiscing

28 768,900 Memorist ~ The Empiric

27 776,800 John Summit ~ Human [feat. Echoes]

26 777,900 Bon Entendeur ~ I Love To Love [feat. Tina Charles]

25 788,000 Odesza ~ The Last Goodbye [feat. Bettye LaVette]

24 788,500 Solardo and Vintage Culture ~ Adidas & Pearls [feat. Lowes]

23 790,500 Le Youth ~ Lighthouse [feat. Rbbts]

22 796,900 KC Lights ~ Daydreamer [feat. Leo Stannard]

21 805,400 Alok, Ella Eyre and Kenny Dope ~ Deep Down [feat. Never Dull]

Here are my picks:

 

58 601,900 Wilkinson ~ Used To This [feat. Issey Cross]

57 604,300 Metric ~ Doomscroller (I get the hype of it, but I still prefer "False Dichotomy" to it)

53 615,100 Armin van Buuren and Gareth Emery ~ Forever & Always [feat. Owl City]

46 647,200 Spiritbox ~ Secret Garden

45 649,700 Craig Connelly ~ You Are Alive [feat. Tara Louise]

44 657,300 Worakls ~ Pipeline

42 665,300 Ben Gold ~ Rest of Our Lives (quite lower than I expected, for I was predicting it to be at least on the top 20)

38 709,500 Ashley Wallbridge and John Weber ~ Flashing Lights [feat. Bodine]

35 719,600 Shouse ~ Love Tonight

25 788,000 Odesza ~ The Last Goodbye [feat. Bettye LaVette]

21 805,400 Alok, Ella Eyre and Kenny Dope ~ Deep Down [feat. Never Dull]

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#20

 

Lika Morgan ~ Ding Dong

 

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Date Entered: 31/12/2021

Sales: 817,700

Chart Run: 3-2-3-4-10-10-13-16-32-38-38-47-51-52-48-49-55-54-52-56-x [20 weeks]

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Another good year for L.A. based singer Lika Morgan - she has two songs in the top 20 and the first of these is 'Ding Dong' - one of her original songs. It's a fun dance-pop track and even has an actual doorbell interlude to tie it with the song title. She continues to remain underrated with this song not even having 100k Spotify streams.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Lika Morgan

2015 81 Hit Me

2016 02 Make Your Move (with Croatia Squad) MILLIONAIRE

2016 47 Can't Deny

2017 18 Holding On

2017 62 Discovery Channel

2018 34 Lady Marmelade

2018 78 Saturday Night

2018 47 Go With The Flow

2018 66 Give In To Me

2019 10 In Motion MILLIONAIRE

2019 84 California Man

2019 06 Be My Lover

2020 09 In The Air Tonight (with Nora En Pure; Croatia Squad Remix) MILLIONAIRE

2020 57 Girls Like to Have It All

2020 29 All That She Wants

2020 93 Ready Or Not

2021 10 IQ Doesn't Matter

2021 02 Ding Dong

2022 03 Dilemma

2022 10 Breathe

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#19

 

Above & Beyond and Anamē ~ Gratitude [feat. Marty Longstaff]

 

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Date Entered: 25/02/2022

Sales: 823,900

Chart Run: 86-87-x-5-3-3-2-1-2-8-13-16-22-48-54-61-76-81-96-89-x-47-45-48-x [22 weeks]

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Originally teased in Above & Beyond's live set, 'Gratitude' became their most hyped single in years which eventually rewarded them with their second #1 hit. It also saw the launch of Anamē, the new project of Swedish producer Marcus Schössow after he left Gardenstate. It is a big anthem with both uplifting melody and lyrics to add - and unsurprisingly it got played out multiple times by DJs at the Anjunabeats London.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Above & Beyond

2011 35 Sun & Moon (feat. Richard Bedford)

2014 24 We're All We Need (feat. Zoe Johnston)

2015 10 All Over The World (feat. Alex Vargas)

2015 13 Peace Of Mind (feat. Zoe Johnston)

2015 11 Fly To New York (feat. Zoe Johnston)

2016 07 Another Chance (A&B & Justine Suissa pts. OceanLab; Club Mix)

2017 01 My Own Hymn (feat. Zoe Johnston) MILLIONAIRE

2018 02 Northern Soul (feat. Richard Bedford)

2018 06 Always (feat. Zoe Johnston) MILLIONAIRE

2018 12 Tightrope (feat. Marty Longstaff)

2018 07 Alright Now (feat. Justine Suissa)

2018 10 Naked (feat. Justine Suissa)

2018 12 Happiness Amplified (feat. Richard Bedford)

2018 19 Sahara Love (feat. Zoe Johnston)

2018 26 Bittersweet & Blue (feat. Richard Bedford)

2018 26 Is It Love? (1001)

2018 28 Cold Feet (feat. Justine Suissa)

2018 67 Surge

2018 83 A.I.

2018 84 The Inconsistency Principle

2018 85 Common Ground

2018 89 Balearic Balls

2019 46 Long Way From Home (with Spencer Brown feat. RBBTS)

2019 14 Flying By Candlelight (feat. Marty Longstaff; Club Mix)

2019 57 Distorted Truth

2019 45 Show Me Love (with Armin van Buuren)

2019 52 There's Only You (feat. Zoe Johnston; Club Mix)

2019 62 Clear Blue Water (A&B & Justine Suissa pts. OceanLab; Trance Wax Remix)

2019 50 Anjunafamily

2019 31 Hideaway

2019 43 Waltz

2019 48 See The End (with Seven Lions feat. Opposite The Other; Original / Nora En Pure Remix)

2019 69 Another Angel

2020 85 Blue Monday

2020 62 M (Ayumi Hamasaki; Above & Beyond Remix)

2020 47 Homecoming (Enamour Remix)

2020 33 Reverie (feat. Zoë Johnston)

2020 94 Jam

2020 92 Crash

2020 41 Sun In Your Eyes [Remixes]

2020 65 Diving Out Of Love

2020 61 Alchemy (feat. Zoë Johnston; i_o Remix)

2021 35 Love Is Not Enough (feat. Zoë Johnston; Hybrid Minds Remix)

2021 46 Thing Called Love (feat. Richard Bedford; Oliver Heldens Remix)

2021 09 Almost Home [feat. Justine Suissa]

2021 88 Filmic [Cri Remix]

2021 05 Believer [Marsh's Guatape Remix]

2022 01 Gratitude [with Anamē feat. Marty Longstaff]

2022 97 Always Do

2022 98 Screwdriver [Jono Grant's Summer Of '95 Mix]

2022 06 Chains [feat. Marty Longstaff]

2022 47 Giving It Out [feat. Zoë Johnston; Etherwood Remix]

 

Anamē

2022 01 Gratitude [Above & Beyond & Anamē feat. Marty Longstaff]

2022 16 Inochi

 

Marty Longstaff

2018 12 Tightrope (Above & Beyond feat. Marty Longstaff)

2019 14 Flying By Candlelight (Above & Beyond feat. Marty Longstaff; Club Mix)

2022 01 Gratitude [Above & Beyond & Anamē feat. Marty Longstaff]

2022 06 Chains [Above & Beyond feat. Marty Longstaff]

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#18

 

Vintage Culture and Sonny Fodera ~ Nightjar [feat. Shells]

 

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Date Entered: 04/02/2022

Sales: 826,100

Chart Run: 41-10-4-6-7-11-16-20-16-16-19-32-33-36-42-51-32-44-51-62-x [20 weeks]

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Vintage Culture again now, this time with Sonny Fodera, giving him a third top five hit. 'Nightjar' is the highest Defected release of the year and one of the year's very best deep house efforts - also assisted by a smooth vocal from Shells. A fairly minimal production here, but the groove is very tight and overall makes for a great track.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Vintage Culture

2020 33 In The Dark (with Fancy Inc)

2020 59 Slow Down (Maverick Sabre feat. Jorja Smith; Vintage Culture & Slow Motion Remix)

2020 35 Coffee (Give Me Something) (with Tiësto)

2021 100 It Is What It Is (feat. Elise LeGrow)

2021 40 Coming Home [with Leftwing : Kody feat. Anabel Englund]

2022 04 Nightjar [with Sonny Fodera feat. Shells]

2022 03 Adidas & Pearls [solardo & Vintage Culture feat. Lowes]

2022 77 Greece 2000 [vs. Three Drives]

 

Sonny Fodera

2017 05 Always Gonna Be (feat. Alex Mills) MILLIONAIRE

2018 04 Take Me Down (feat. Alex Mills)

2018 64 All Or Nothing (with Danny Howard feat. Andreya Triana)

2018 66 Need (feat. Josh Barry)

2019 17 Into You (feat. Sinead Harnett)

2019 87 The Moment (feat. Lilly Ahlberg)

2019 86 Give Me a Reason (feat. Janai)

2019 16 One Night (MK & Sonny Fodera feat. Raphaella)

2020 21 Before U (with King Henry feat. AlunaGeorge)

2020 40 Wired (with Ella Eyre)

2020 66 Turn Back Time (Diplo & Sonny Fodera)

2021 74 Closer (with Just Kiddin feat. Lilly Ahlberg)

2021 88 Nah [with Kolidescopes feat. Sinead Harnett]

2021 99 Something About You [feat. Camden Cox and Yeah Boy]

2022 04 Nightjar [Vintage Culture & Sonny Fodera feat. Shells]

2022 28 Remember [with Gorgon City & Danny Howard feat. Stevie Appleton]

2022 36 Could U Be The One [with Alex Mills]

 

Shells

2020 27 Born To Love (Meduza feat. Shells)

2022 04 Nightjar [Vintage Culture & Sonny Fodera feat. Shells]

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#17

 

Ocula ~ Green Willow [feat. Phillip Larue]

 

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Date Entered: 11/03/2022

Sales: 873,200

Chart Run: 96-87-81-64-56-42-37-9-12-11-4-4-5-6-11-11-28-33-34-34-36-46-41-47-48-x [25 weeks]

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It was a particularly great year for This Never Happened even outside of label boss Lane 8's record - we also got the debut album from British melodic house producer Ocula, from which 'Green Willow' was by some distance its biggest hit. It was a fairly steady grower but ultimately such a lovely song that it had to leap right into my top 10. The vocal and synths here make for a very strong track of its genre.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Ocula

2021 53 Home Away From Home (Le Youth & Ocula feat. Karra)

2021 93 Empire [Le Youth & Ocula feat. Møøne]

2022 04 Green Willow [feat. Phillip Larue]

2022 40 No Borders [feat. Mavica]

2022 69 Be There [feat. Tailor]

2022 100 The Last Turn

2022 39 If Only (You Could Be Here) [Le Youth & Ocula feat. Nathan Nicholson]

2022 91 Try Me

2022 47 On The Run [feat. Julia Church]

 

Phillip Larue

2022 04 Green Willow [Ocula feat. Phillip Larue]

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#16

 

Attlas ~ Faya [#31, 2021]

 

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Date Entered: 15/08/2021

Sales: 914,200 [1,619,200 total]

Chart Run: [31-27-18-16-12-4-1-1-2-1-2-3-3-5-9-9-14]-12-15-33-12-13-15-22-32-20-28-33-38-33-36-40-32-39-37-40-45-40-41-45-x [23 of 40 weeks]

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A track that came out last year, but having re-discovered it going through Attlas' backlog following 'Feels Like' getting big. It's another beautiful melodic house instrumental track here, very intricately produced. Put out on Lane 8's label, it ended up out-peaking all of his singles here.
Despite having put out another album this year, nothing from it came close to topping this excellence.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Attlas

2021 01 Feels Like (feat. Colleen D'Agostino)

2021 55 86cc

2021 61 Long Ride Home (feat. Oliver Wickham)

2021 01 Faya MILLIONAIRE

2021 82 Into Arms of Lovers [feat. Maylyn]

2022 31 Last Walk

2022 75 Closer [Rolo Tomassi; Attlas Edit]

2022 93 Factory Gates [sun Lo [Attlas & Richard Walters]]

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#15

 

Endor ~ El Cuervo

 

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Date Entered: 25/03/2022

Sales: 922,200

Chart Run: 8-7-7-7-12-13-14-15-19-17-23-25-22-20-29-29-29-29-34-38-35-43-46-x [23 weeks]

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Topping out all the year's tech house tracks, we have 'El Cuervo' (the crow). After the huge hit 'Pump It Up' it was assumed fairly unlikely that Brighton based DJ Endor would go on to surpass its success in my chart, however he did just that. It was also very much assisted by the choice of vocal sample, taking the same one that Croatia Squad used for 'Ven Pa Ca' (a year-end top 10 hit in 2019) - essentially for me acting as a tech house remix of that song, with a very tight groove and bass.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Endor

2014 16 In Reality

2018 70 Gunna Be Mine

2019 15 Pump It Up

2020 82 Fur

2021 90 Beat

2022 07 El Cuervo

2020 48 Zigazigahhhh

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#14

 

Craig Connelly ~ Little Mystery [feat. That Girl]

 

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Date Entered: 25/02/2022

Sales: 933,000

Chart Run: 8-9-13-9-7-5-4-4-7-6-9-9-10-5-1-3-8-10-26-31-47-x [21 weeks]

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The highest charting of Craig Connelly's efforts this year - 'Little Mystery' acted as the launch to his new album cycle, although it was actually its second single. A long-running top 10 hit to begin with, it was eventually boosted to #1 by the album release. The song has all the makings of a trance classic, with enough of a runtime for it to properly develop into a big sounding anthem. That Girl adds a great vocal to it as well of course, particularly delivering towards the climax of the song. It certainly is worthy of being the highest vocal uplifting trance track in this here countdown.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Craig Connelly

2019 37 Lights Around the World (feat. Megan McDuffee)

2019 52 This Life (feat. Roxanne Emery)

2020 07 Time Machine (feat. Tara Louise)

2020 04 Run Away (feat. Cammie Robinson)

2020 38 Sonic Grey

2020 41 Anything Like You (feat. Alex Holmes)

2020 42 Watch the Way You Move (feat. Natalie Major)

2020 46 Life Half Lived (feat. Karina Ramage)

2020 49 What Are You Waiting For (feat. Tara Louise)

2020 58 Tranceatlantic (with Factor B)

2020 59 All for Love (feat. Siskin)

2020 79 California

2020 80 The Fire (with Peter Steele)

2020 83 Everybody Loves a Triplet

2020 84 Inhale (with Will Rees)

2020 94 Earth Dimension C-137

2021 27 Keep Me Believing (feat. Megan McDuffee)

2021 52 All I Want [Ciaran McAuley feat. Clare Stagg; Craig Connelly Remix]

2022 01 Little Mystery [feat. That Girl]

2022 09 Reach Out [feat. Gid Sedgwick]

2022 12 Headed For the Sun [feat. Numa]

2022 03 You Are Alive [feat. Tara Louise]

2022 13 Summer Nights [feat. Ellysse Mason]

2022 41 Quantum Eraser [with Paul Denton]

2022 49 Cast A Spell

2022 59 Amnesia

2022 60 Rabbit In A Hat

2022 73 Voodoo

2022 37 Don't Stop Me From Falling [sunlounger feat. Susie Ledge; Craig Connelly Remix]

 

That Girl

2020 06 Stars Collide (Andrew Rayel and Robbie Seed feat. That Girl) MILLIONAIRE

2020 10 My Remedy (Robbie Seed feat. That Girl)

2021 28 Behind That Pretty Smile [Robbie Seed feat. That Girl]

2022 01 Little Mystery [Craig Connelly feat. That Girl]

2022 49 Great Ocean Road [ReOrder & Jordan Tobias feat. That Girl]

2022 04 Flashing Lights [Ashley Wallbridge feat. That Girl]

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#13

 

Grum ~ Look to the Light

 

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Date Entered: 01/07/2022

Sales: 954,400

Chart Run: 9-5-2-3-3-3-2-5-5-6-3-3-3-5-7-6-7-7-7-7-8-6-5-3-... [24+ weeks]

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The word anthemic gets thrown around often but this song is the true meaning of it. Although not having been taken as a single bizarrely, it made an instant great impression upon the album release, later peaking at #2... then going all the way to #1 after the 2022 tracking period had ended - so expect this to be rather high up 2023's EOY chart too! I of course saved the song for BJSC 150 where it gave me my sole top five finish of the year. Grum has one further entry here, assisted by an earlier release date, but this has surely grown into my favourite of his yet. With huge synths all-throughout, an excellent tension building in the middle, alongside Grum's own vocals giving a great catchy hook.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Grum

2014 20 Heartbeats

2014 25 The Touch

2014 43 Straight To Your Heart

2017 76 Price Of Love

2019 13 Tomorrow (feat. Dom Youdan)

2020 43 The Ascent

2020 01 Afterglow (feat. Natalie Shay) MILLIONAIRE

2020 52 Stay (feat. Natalie Shay)

2020 76 Lose Control

2020 50 Through the Night (Grum; Tinlicker Remix)

2020 68 Runaway (Grum; Paul Thomas Remix)

2021 50 Never Odd or Even (BT; Grum Remix)

2022 24 Disconnected [feat. Sealine]

2022 01 Don't Look Down [feat. Natalie Shay] MILLIONAIRE

2022 19 Come Alive [feat. Sarah Appel]

2022 22 Pattern Recognition

2022 01 Look to the Light MILLIONAIRE

2022 12 Be the Horizon [feat. Dom Youdan]

2022 25 Faded Memory [feat. Sarah Appel]

2022 31 Virtual Companion [feat. Dom Youdan]

2022 36 Closer Apart [feat. Natalie Shay]

2022 37 Taking Over Me [feat. Natalie Shay]

2022 39 Only A Dream

2022 50 Our Cosmic Insignificance

2022 09 Shout [with Tigerblind]

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#12

 

Oden & Fatzo ~ Lauren

 

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Date Entered: 28/11/2021

Sales: 959,600

Chart Run: [44-8]-5-6-7-2-4-4-6-11-13-24-13-16-21-32-46-50-49-38-39-47-44-42-48-x [23 of 25 weeks]

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Originally a bootleg of a Men I Trust song, after having gone viral Oden & Fatzo got to properly release their version and hence bring it to my attention. Although never ending up becoming a UK hit, it was rather big in my chart, peaking at #2 at the start of the year. It's got a very groovy bassline and overall feel of a 00s house track in the production albeit freshened up for the 20s. Whilst the vocal isn't particularly special, the laid-back performance works for the track too.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Oden & Fatzo

2021 02 Lauren

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#11

 

Lika Morgan ~ Dilemma

 

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Date Entered: 18/03/2022

Sales: 998,300

Chart Run: 3-3-4-3-3-6-5-6-8-9-9-15-16-18-19-27-32-33-33-35-39-40-46-49-x [24 weeks]

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Just missing out on a top 10 position then is Lika Morgan, although only she and Grum have two top 20 appearances. Lika does love a cover version and here she took on the 00s hit 'Dilemma', performing both Nelly & Kelly's parts albeit shortening the song a bit. It's a song that benefits a fair bit from being danced up so it was unsurprisingly an instant big hit. Lika's performance is great as ever and the light beat and deep bassline compliment her well.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Lika Morgan

2015 81 Hit Me

2016 02 Make Your Move (with Croatia Squad) MILLIONAIRE

2016 47 Can't Deny

2017 18 Holding On

2017 62 Discovery Channel

2018 34 Lady Marmelade

2018 78 Saturday Night

2018 47 Go With The Flow

2018 66 Give In To Me

2019 10 In Motion MILLIONAIRE

2019 84 California Man

2019 06 Be My Lover

2020 09 In The Air Tonight (with Nora En Pure; Croatia Squad Remix) MILLIONAIRE

2020 57 Girls Like to Have It All

2020 29 All That She Wants

2020 93 Ready Or Not

2021 10 IQ Doesn't Matter

2021 02 Ding Dong

2022 03 Dilemma MILLIONAIRE

2022 10 Breathe

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#11-20 Recap

20 817,700 Lika Morgan ~ Ding Dong

19 823,900 Above & Beyond and Anamē ~ Gratitude [feat. Marty Longstaff]

18 826,100 Vintage Culture and Sonny Fodera ~ Nightjar [feat. Shells]

17 873,200 Ocula ~ Green Willow [feat. Phillip Larue]

16 914,200 Attlas ~ Faya

15 922,200 Endor ~ El Cuervo

14 933,000 Craig Connelly ~ Little Mystery [feat. That Girl]

13 954,400 Grum ~ Look to the Light

12 959,600 Oden & Fatzo ~ Lauren

11 998,300 Lika Morgan ~ Dilemma

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I adore I'm Good (Blue), way more than I expected to. Bebe sounds so good and the production is so fun!

 

Running Up That Hill is of course a classic too, loved hearing it in the chart last year :heart:

Was great to have two UK #1s this year we could both get behind a lot!

thanks Joseph ~

 

116 413,900 Sophie and the Giants ~ Golden Nights [feat. Benny Benassi, Dardust and Astrality] (I do like the original version of this more over the version the Astrality remix that was playing on Italian radios)

76 530,200 Purple Disco Machine with Sophie and the Giants ~ In the Dark (Here's a song that'll probably do well in my Year-End list, hopefully... Won't spoil where it'll be on my list)

35 719,600 Shouse ~ Love Tonight (Prefer "Won't Forget You" over this, will see where this'll land, should be in the top 3.)

I don't think I've heard that Golden Nights remix. I hope to see In the Dark make it high in your list! Won't Forget You will certainly contend for my top 3...

thanks Sergej ~

 

57 604,300 Metric ~ Doomscroller (I get the hype of it, but I still prefer "False Dichotomy" to it)

42 665,300 Ben Gold ~ Rest of Our Lives (quite lower than I expected, for I was predicting it to be at least on the top 20)

I ought to take a listen to that other Metric song then, though it would take a lot for me to better Doomscroller.

Well Ben Gold did fall off fairly quickly, he was very lucky he timed the album when he did as I'm not sure the song would've made #1 otherwise.

thanks Cow Cow ~

 

RUTH :cheeseblock:

Run, BOTA and Deep Down are also bops too!

they sure are! thanks Conor ~
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#10

 

Mr. Belt & Wezol ~ Broken Moonlight [feat. Yasmin Jane]

 

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Date Entered: 21/11/2021

Sales: 1,024,300

Chart Run: [100-x]-79-60-84-70-64-66-75-74-58-17-12-10-11-15-18-17-12-13-17-24-22-25-25-25-21-25-27-30-34-47-x [30 of 31 weeks]

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Starting off the top 10, and now into the 'millionaires' section too, we have one of the year's two biggest sleeper hits. It comes from Mr. Belt & Wezol, a Dutch house duo who have been active since 2014 when their debut single 'Shiver' shot up to #1. They've only had two top 10 hits since, both peaking at #10, however 'Broken Moonlight' now becomes their biggest overall hit having spent the first half of the year in the chart. It isn't in their typical future house style however with this track being a bit more CamelPhat inspired - taking the production elements that made their commercial tracks really work. Also accompanied by a vocal from Yasmin Jane who further sets the dark tone of the track. Here's hoping they do another like this in 2023.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Mr. Belt & Wezol

2014 01 Shiver

2014 13 Feel So Good

2014 37 Pikachu (with Oliver Heldens)

2015 10 Finally

2015 33 Somebody To Love (with Freejak)

2016 15 Faith (with Daser)

2017 23 One More Day (with Aevion)

2018 28 Let's All Chant

2018 22 Stupid (feat. LucyXX)

2018 54 Reckless (feat. PollyAnna)

2019 64 One Thing (with Jack Wins)

2019 79 Do It For Love (feat. Sander Nijbroek)

2020 81 The Jabberwock

2020 93 Homeless

2021 45 Way It Is (with RSCL)

2021 10 Broken Moonlight [feat. Yasmin Jane] MILLIONAIRE

2022 79 Genesis [feat. Gamuel Sori]

2022 14 New Millenium [with Nicola Faso & Steve Forest feat. Topazz]

2022 40 I Feel Love [with Bendah & Limited Life]

 

Yasmin Jane

2021 10 Broken Moonlight [Mr. Belt & Wezol feat. Yasmin Jane] MILLIONAIRE

2022 59 Searching (For A Kinder Love) [ben Gold feat. Yasmin Jane]

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#09

 

Aukai ~ Cloudline [Parra for Cuva Reimagination]

 

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Date Entered: 17/12/2021

Sales: 1,076,300

Chart Run: 93-54-16-10-12-19-24-29-43-37-39-41-31-37-27-25-23-22-33-32-27-26-28-22-28-31-39-47-x [28 weeks]

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And here's the other of the two #10-peakers in the year-end top 10! German-born composer Aukai first released 'Cloudline' in 2016, with it being remixed five years on by German electronic producer Parra for Cuva. This song like most of Aukai's music prominently features the Ronroco, an Argentinian plucked stringed instrument, which sounds beautiful. Originally an ambient/electronic piece, Parra for Cuva gave it an extra uplift with an organic house beat and a few additional pads to perfectly compliment Aukai's playing. It therefore became his biggest hit, after having reached the top 40 twice before. Aukai is yet to reach the chart again but had just recently released an album which I ought to give a listen.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Aukai

2021 10 Cloudline [Parra for Cuva Reimagination] MILLIONAIRE

 

Parra for Cuva

2014 27 Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab)

2021 13 Sumidero

2021 41 Ordel (feat. Beau Diako & Kyson)

2021 10 Cloudline [Aukai; Parra for Cuva Reimagination] MILLIONAIRE

2022 56 Who We Are [feat. Andreas Vey & Trashlagoon]

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#08

 

Embrz ~ Where You Are [feat. Lizzy Land] [#06, 2021]

 

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Date Entered: 18/07/2021

Sales: 1,077,600 [2,147,600 total]

Chart Run: [1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-4-4-5-7-9-9-8-8-8-13-]11-14-32-14-12-14-21-22-17-22-17-22-28-27-36-31-32-30-32-35-30-33-32-34-30-35-40-49-x [28 of 49 weeks]

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Another entry in the top 10 here that Lane 8 was responsible for that he didn't produce himself, it was my introduction to Irish melodic house/electronica producer Embrz. It's a bit more on the low-key side of the genre sonically mostly to make room for an emotional vocal. There's no big synth breakdown but it's made up for by being a really well written song and having a beautiful atmosphere. A song that really tug on my heart strings which made it instantly a big #1 eventually lasting for 9 weeks at the top, the longest runner of the year. It was also somehow my *worst* performing BJSC entry this year which I still don't really get, even with it being minimal.
Becoming one of a very small handful of songs to reach the year-end top 10 twice we have 'Where You Are', although never reaching the weekly top 10 in this tracking year the song just refused to get old for the entire first half of the year. This year Lane 8 does have a song yet to appear ahead of it though, but this remains a really beautiful song.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Embrz

2021 01 Where You Are [feat. Lizzy Land] MILLIONAIRE

2021 34 Rise [feat. Abroad]

2021 49 Stay

2022 06 Don't Look Back

2022 64 Always There

2022 72 Visions

2022 50 Beautiful Things [brynn Elliott; Embrz Remix]

2022 96 Let Me In

 

Lizzy Land

2021 01 Where You Are [Embrz feat. Lizzy Land] MILLIONAIRE

2022 71 Future High [French Braids feat. Lizzy Land]

2022 94 Need Somebody [Jerro feat. Lizzy Land]

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#07

 

LF System ~ Afraid To Feel

 

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Date Entered: 13/05/2022

Sales: 1,126,100

Chart Run: 23-21-18-13-9-7-5-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-8-9-14-14-15-16-18-22-42-x [26 weeks]

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So as already confirmed, this is indeed my pick for mainstream hit of the year. After having scraped a chart position with 'Dancing Cliché' earlier in the year, there wasn't exactly any hype for a follow-up from Scottish duo LF System, but then this fell on my radar and became an instant hit, before taking a hike to #1 as it took off in the UK chart. Sampling the little-known 70s song 'I Can't Stop' by Silk, it turned it into a standout disco-house track, with lots of energy all throughout alongside well-timed tempo shifts. Definitely a great choice of track to pluck out of obscurity too with its big vocal hook, bassline and piano additions - altogether making for a timeless sounding house track. So far one follow-up has been released which was very much a B-rate version of this, not lasting too long after breaking in the top 20 from week 1 hype.

 

Top 100 Chart History

LF System

2022 90 Dancing Cliché

2022 01 Afraid To Feel MILLIONAIRE

2022 12 Hungry (For Love)

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#06

 

Driftmoon ~ Nova Imperatrix

 

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Date Entered: 15/04/2022

Sales: 1,202,600

Chart Run: 16-14-14-8-1-3-3-4-2-1-1-2-4-6-5-4-4-6-15-17-36-42-43-38-35-41-48-46-39-46-x [30 weeks]

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Trance producer from Prague, Driftmoon made a huge comeback this year with 'Nova Imperatrix', becoming his first #1. The song also gave me a top 10 finish in BJSC, and is the highest trance song in this year's countdown. The song is a hard-hitting anthem with big energetic production, and majorly assisted by the leading violin. I link to the edit version here, although a sizeable portion of its sales here also came from the 10 minute version, which has an amazing intro section.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Driftmoon

2017 18 Genesis (feat. DSharp)

2018 59 Beautiful Life (with Julie Thompson)

2019 18 Lights Will Guide You Home

2019 77 Two Sunsets Under a Maple Tree

2019 60 Ars Vitae (Ahmed Romel & Driftmoon)

2019 89 Please Don't Go (Suncatcher Remix)

2022 01 Nova Imperatrix MILLIONAIRE

2022 17 One Little Step (with Ana Criado)

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#05

 

Lane 8 ~ What Have You Done To Me? [feat. Arctic Lake]

 

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Date Entered: 21/11/2021

Sales: 1,220,500

Chart Run: [31-13-4]-4-3-9-6-5-5-7-4-4-7-14-30-34-39-55-34-13-8-8-16-19-22-24-24-19-24-26-40-x [28 of 31 weeks]

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It was a very good year for Lane 8 however there was no competition for my favourite song from 'Reviver'. 'What Have You Done To Me?' was also another BJSC entry of mine in the year. It's a very well structured melodic house track with the first third focusing on the lovely vocals of Arctic Lake before going into two distinct drop sections. The intensity variations throughout really help to make the track stand out as well, it's a real top effort on the production here making it worthy of it being Lane 8's biggest hit yet.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Lane 8

2014 18 Every Night

2020 15 The Flood (feat. Nevve)

2020 15 Brightest Lights (feat. Poliça) MILLIONAIRE

2020 15 Road (feat. Arctic Lake)

2021 51 Never Let Me Go (feat. Arctic Lake)

2021 04 Oh, Miles (feat. Julia Church)

2021 73 Is This Our Earth?

2021 28 Riptide (feat. Davey Havok)

2021 22 And We Knew It Was Our Time (with Massane)

2021 11 Reviver

2021 03 What Do You Want From Me? (feat. Arctic Lake) MILLIONAIRE

2021 28 Nuclear Lethargy

2022 08 Automatic [feat. Solomon Grey]

2022 05 All I Want [feat. Arctic Lake]

2022 06 Survive [feat. Channy Leaneagh]

2022 16 Illuminate

2022 18 Red Lights [feat. Emmit Fenn]

2022 27 I'll Wait [feat. Channy Leaneagh]

2022 29 Watermelon Wormhole

2022 30 Together [feat. Solomon Grey]

2022 34 Trampoline Counting Stars

2022 35 Closer

2022 78 No Fun [feat. Rae Morris]

2022 06 Grapevine [feat. Elderbrook]

 

Arctic Lake

2020 15 Road (Lane 8 feat. Arctic Lake)

2021 44 What You May Find

2021 51 Don't Let Me Go (Lane 8 feat. Arctic Lake)

2021 97 Let You Down

2021 01 House Music (Boris Brejcha feat. Arctic Lake) MILLIONAIRE

2021 93 Yours (Zhu feat. Arctic Lake)

2021 03 What Do You Want From Me? (Lane 8 feat. Arctic Lake) MILLIONAIRE

2022 05 All I Want [Lane 8 feat. Arctic Lake]

2022 57 Breathe

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#04

 

Grum ~ Don't Look Down [feat. Natalie Shay]

 

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Date Entered: 13/05/2022

Sales: 1,225,200

Chart Run: 51-64-34-17-7-2-2-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-12-12-15-7-8-10-12-14-10-12-13-19-28-25-27-17-13-... [31+ weeks]

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The top track for Grum now, after having had 'Afterglow' reach the year-end top five in 2020, he does it again with 'Don't Look Down' - both tracks with Natalie Shay on vocals. Likewise this is a big synthy progressive track, and a natural successor to their previous #1 stylistically. Assisted by its 80s synthpop influence, tension build and release and a great vocal performance - this was a track that once it had enough listens to grow on me proper it remained fresh for the rest of the year and beyond - it's now back in my top 10 from the year-end boost. Even if 'Look to the Light' ultimately proved to be stronger this remains a real triumph for Grum and would have made a worthy BJSC entry if 'Light' wasn't put out.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Grum

2014 20 Heartbeats

2014 25 The Touch

2014 43 Straight To Your Heart

2017 76 Price Of Love

2019 13 Tomorrow (feat. Dom Youdan)

2020 43 The Ascent

2020 01 Afterglow (feat. Natalie Shay) MILLIONAIRE

2020 52 Stay (feat. Natalie Shay)

2020 76 Lose Control

2020 50 Through the Night (Grum; Tinlicker Remix)

2020 68 Runaway (Grum; Paul Thomas Remix)

2021 50 Never Odd or Even (BT; Grum Remix)

2022 24 Disconnected [feat. Sealine]

2022 01 Don't Look Down [feat. Natalie Shay] MILLIONAIRE

2022 19 Come Alive [feat. Sarah Appel]

2022 22 Pattern Recognition

2022 01 Look to the Light MILLIONAIRE

2022 12 Be the Horizon [feat. Dom Youdan]

2022 25 Faded Memory [feat. Sarah Appel]

2022 31 Virtual Companion [feat. Dom Youdan]

2022 36 Closer Apart [feat. Natalie Shay]

2022 37 Taking Over Me [feat. Natalie Shay]

2022 39 Only A Dream

2022 50 Our Cosmic Insignificance

2022 09 Shout [with Tigerblind]

 

Natalie Shay

2020 01 Afterglow (Grum feat. Natalie Shay) MILLIONAIRE

2020 52 Stay (Grum feat. Natalie Shay)

2021 75 Rapture (Kryder feat. Natalie Shay)

2022 01 Don't Look Down [Grum feat. Natalie Shay] MILLIONAIRE

2022 36 Closer Apart [Grum feat. Natalie Shay]

2022 37 Taking Over Me [Grum feat. Natalie Shay]

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#03

 

Bon Entendeur ~ Alba [feat. Sofiane Pamart] [#221, 2021]

 

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Date Entered: 31/10/2021

Sales: 1,352,200 [1,570,200 total]

Chart Run: [32-31-15-6-2-2]-3-5-6-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-6-6-8-13-11-12-13-15-10-11-12-12-13-19-20-21-24-46-x [30 of 36 weeks]

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The highest of my BJSC entries for the year now ultimately is the first of them which had the whole year to gain points, but is regardless very worthy of its top 3 finish. It was my introduction to French production trio Bon Entendeur, who put the track out in April 2021 although I only discovered it after Sofiane Pamart remixed a Worakls song and I checked his Spotify page for other releases. French composer Sofiane of course provided the main selling factor of the piece, providing the piano composition and performance to go with the light dance backing. It is a very beautiful and intricate piece, so much so that I ended up learning to play it myself which certainly helped it hold up in the chart post-contest. I would certainly love to hear him appear on more dance tracks although his piano solos album this year was a great listen too.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Bon Entendeur

2021 01 Alba [feat. Sofiane Pamart] MILLIONAIRE

2021 20 Le Temps Est Bon [feat. Isabelle Pierre]

2022 02 I Love To Love [feat. Tina Charles]

2022 39 Le Temps de l'Amour [feat. Françoise Hardy]

2022 20 Ex-fan des Sixties [feat. Jane Birkin]

 

Sofiane Pamart

2021 01 Alba [bon Entendeur feat. Sofiane Pamart] MILLIONAIRE

2021 48 By the Brook [Worakls; Sofiane Pamart Remix]

2021 80 Borealis

2022 52 They Said I Was « Just A Musician »

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Redondo & Senders vs. Shouse for the #1 then...

glad you enjoy it! I guess you've also heard his brand new track that came out yesterday too then?

thanks Pete ~

I saw it had been released but still need to give it a listen!

 

Just reminding myself of Alba now - sounding very nice, I recognise it but enjoying it a lot now isolated from any other songs! The chilled-out vibe and sprinkle of Latin instruments work very well together.

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#02

 

Redondo and Senders ~ All My Lovin'

 

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Date Entered: 25/02/2022

Sales: 1,530,000

Chart Run: 29-29-24-10-6-2-2-2-4-4-5-7-7-8-10-12-12-8-11-10-8-7-7-7-8-13-13-16-19-21-21-23-29-29-38-38-48-x [37 weeks]

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A rather unexpected return to prominence for Holland-based DJ duo Redondo this year happened with their disco-house track 'All My Lovin', a retitled cover version of Sister Sledge 'Thinking of You', in collaboration with Dutch DJ Senders for whom this remains his sole hit so far. Redondo previously made the year-end #3 with 'Love Too Deep' in 2014, but this year out-do themselves. It's a perfect update of the 70s track, keeping its infectious groove and giving it the speed and production uplift it needs to work as a modern club track. They also cleverly chose to save the original song's hook for the final section which helped keep the song interesting for many listens. It sounded great all throughout the spring and summer giving it a very lengthy chart run, but was ultimately stuck with a #2 peak by what would end up as the year-end #1.

 

Top 100 Chart History

Redondo

2014 01 Love Too Deep (Ferreck Dawn & Redondo) MILLIONAIRE

2015 02 Something Else (Ferreck Dawn & Redondo)

2015 09 Every Single Piece (with Bolier feat. She Keeps Bees)

2015 20 Lost & Found (Bolier & Redondo feat. Bitter's Kiss)

2016 18 Paths (with CamelPhat)

2019 72 Pretty Baby (vs. Rockefeller)

2019 91 Make Your Move (Anton Powers & Redondo)

2019 70 Deeper (with Bolier)

2019 71 Liberated Woman (Rockefeller vs. Redondo)

2019 83 Pick You Up (with Tobtok feat. Penny F)

2019 85 Pure Shores (with Anton Powers)

2020 98 Together

2020 72 Secrets (feat. Tiggi Hawke)

2020 53 Control (with Malarkey)

2020 49 My Love (with Charles J)

2021 95 Neon Boulevard (with Adam Griffin feat. Cally Rhodes)

2022 02 All My Lovin' (with Senders) MILLIONAIRE

2022 15 High On Emotion (with Rockefeller & Bim)

2022 64 Play with You (with Funkerman)

2022 16 No Love, No Life (with Elliot Fitch)

2022 32 Need U (with Meszca feat. Hannah Boleyn)

2022 32 You Are A Danger (with Kim Kaey)

 

Senders

2022 02 All My Lovin' (Redondo & Senders) MILLIONAIRE

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#01

 

Shouse ~ Won't Forget You

 

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Date Entered: 11/02/2022

Sales: 1,857,100

Chart Run: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-2-3-2-1-2-4-9-9-13-18-18-16-16-23-20-24-25-30-27-31-30-30-37-36-41-33-31-40-44-x [41 weeks]

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So I suppose this doesn't come as a surprise to anyone, that 'Won't Forget You' is #1 here with a fairly substantial lead, so it is congratulations to Shouse! After 'Love Tonight' reached #2 in last year's chart, I was intrigued for what would come next, and ultimately that was another amazing record. Having entered straight in at #1 it held on for ten weeks which was the longest for any #1 this decade so far. The song is thematically similar to their previous hit, with once again use of the choir for vocals, plus another great sax interlude – however very much standing out as its own piece. It is particularly great in its full length version (used in the music video) with the song being given more time to progress, and with the top quality of the vocals and tight production it doesn't drag whatsoever. I certainly won't be forgetting Shouse, let's hope they don't forget to put out another top tune in 2023...

 

Top 100 Chart History

Shouse

2021 05 Love Tonight MILLIONAIRE

2022 01 Won't Forget You MILLIONAIRE

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Full Chart Recap

 

01 1,857,100 Shouse ~ Won't Forget You

02 1,530,000 Redondo and Senders ~ All My Lovin'

03 1,352,200 Bon Entendeur ~ Alba [feat. Sofiane Pamart]

04 1,225,200 Grum ~ Don't Look Down [feat. Natalie Shay]

05 1,220,500 Lane 8 ~ What Have You Done To Me? [feat. Arctic Lake]

06 1,202,600 Driftmoon ~ Nova Imperatrix

07 1,126,100 LF System ~ Afraid To Feel

08 1,077,600 Embrz ~ Where You Are [feat. Lizzy Land]

09 1,076,300 Aukai ~ Cloudline [Parra for Cuva Reimagination]

10 1,024,300 Mr. Belt & Wezol ~ Broken Moonlight [feat. Yasmin Jane]

 

11 998,300 Lika Morgan ~ Dilemma

12 959,600 Oden & Fatzo ~ Lauren

13 954,400 Grum ~ Look to the Light

14 933,000 Craig Connelly ~ Little Mystery [feat. That Girl]

15 922,200 Endor ~ El Cuervo

16 914,200 Attlas ~ Faya

17 873,200 Ocula ~ Green Willow [feat. Phillip Larue]

18 826,100 Vintage Culture and Sonny Fodera ~ Nightjar [feat. Shells]

19 823,900 Above & Beyond and Anamē ~ Gratitude [feat. Marty Longstaff]

20 817,700 Lika Morgan ~ Ding Dong

 

21 805,400 Alok, Ella Eyre and Kenny Dope ~ Deep Down [feat. Never Dull]

22 796,900 KC Lights ~ Daydreamer [feat. Leo Stannard]

23 790,500 Le Youth ~ Lighthouse [feat. Rbbts]

24 788,500 Solardo and Vintage Culture ~ Adidas & Pearls [feat. Lowes]

25 788,000 Odesza ~ The Last Goodbye [feat. Bettye LaVette]

26 777,900 Bon Entendeur ~ I Love To Love [feat. Tina Charles]

27 776,800 John Summit ~ Human [feat. Echoes]

28 768,900 Memorist ~ The Empiric

29 768,400 Nora En Pure ~ Reminiscing

30 759,300 Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal ~ B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)

 

31 728,800 Nora En Pure ~ Sign of the Times

32 726,800 Above & Beyond ~ Believer [Marsh's Guatape Remix]

33 724,100 Gareth Emery ~ This Is Not The End [feat. Roddy Woomble]

34 721,500 Oliver Smith ~ Borderline [feat. Natalie Holmes]

35 719,600 Shouse ~ Love Tonight

36 712,300 Lane 8 ~ Red Lights [feat. Emmit Fenn]

37 711,000 Belters Only ~ Make Me Feel Good [feat. Jazzy]

38 709,500 Ashley Wallbridge and John Weber ~ Flashing Lights [feat. Bodine]

39 694,500 Roman Messer and Cari ~ Silence

40 678,700 S.A.M. ~ Spotlight [feat. Sarah Ikumu]

 

41 674,200 Qrion ~ Proud

42 665,300 Ben Gold ~ Rest of Our Lives

43 660,400 Hugel ~ El Sueno [feat. Cumbiafrica]

44 657,300 Worakls ~ Pipeline

45 649,700 Craig Connelly ~ You Are Alive [feat. Tara Louise]

46 647,200 Spiritbox ~ Secret Garden

47 646,700 Lizzo ~ About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix)

48 633,000 Worakls ~ 54

49 632,200 Tita Lau ~ What Is Real

50 631,700 Lane 8 ~ Survive [feat. Channy Leaneagh]

 

51 630,500 Gardenstate vs. Gjon's Tears ~ Répondez-moi

52 615,900 Grum ~ Come Alive [feat. Sarah Appel]

53 615,100 Armin van Buuren and Gareth Emery ~ Forever & Always [feat. Owl City]

54 613,300 Embrz ~ Don't Look Back

55 612,200 Franky Wah ~ Under the Sun [feat. Ar/Co]

56 607,200 Joshwa vs. Freeform Five ~ No More Conversations

57 604,300 Metric ~ Doomscroller

58 601,900 Wilkinson ~ Used To This [feat. Issey Cross]

59 600,900 Ciaran McAuley, Roger Shah and Hannah Brine ~ You and I

60 589,900 Acraze ~ Do It To It [feat. Cherish]

 

61 584,900 Lane 8 ~ Grapevine [feat. Elderbrook]

62 579,700 David Guetta and Bebe Rexha ~ I'm Good (Blue)

63 578,600 Gareth Emery ~ Love You For All Time [feat. Annabel]

64 577,900 Love Regenerator and Riva Starr ~ Lonely [feat. Sananda Maitreya]

65 575,400 Craig Connelly ~ Reach Out [feat. Gid Sedgwick]

66 573,900 Kate Bush ~ Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

67 567,500 Mr. Belt & Wezol, Nicola Fasano and Steve Forest ~ New Millenium [feat. Topazz]

68 564,400 Craig Connelly ~ Summer Nights [feat. Ellysse Mason]

69 556,000 Hugel and Westend ~ Aguila [feat. Cumbiafrica]

70 549,700 John O'Callaghan and Kathryn Gallagher ~ Mess Of A Machine [billy Gillies Remix]

 

71 549,100 Grandbrothers ~ Yonder

72 540,300 Hogland ~ Letting Go [feat. Kiddo]

73 540,200 Grum ~ Be the Horizon [feat. Dom Youdan]

74 536,200 Röyksopp and Susanne Sundfør ~ Oh, Lover

75 534,700 Chapter & Verse ~ Everybody Everybody

76 530,200 Purple Disco Machine with Sophie and the Giants ~ In the Dark

77 526,600 Gardenstate ~ By Your Side

78 526,500 MK and Paul Woolford ~ Teardrops [feat. Majid Jordan]

79 525,400 Craig Connelly ~ Headed For the Sun [feat. Numa]

80 516,900 Ciaran McAuley ~ If This Is How It Ends [feat. Audrey Gallagher]

 

81 515,700 Anyma ~ Running [feat. Meg Myers]

82 511,100 Odesza ~ Light of Day [feat. Ólafur Arnalds]

83 510,900 Anabel Englund ~ Midnight Rapture

84 510,300 EDX ~ On My Mind

85 509,600 Lane 8 ~ Automatic [feat. Solomon Grey]

86 501,400 Lane 8 ~ All I Want [feat. Arctic Lake]

87 496,400 Eden Prince ~ This Feeling [feat. Alex Mills]

88 496,300 Grum ~ Virtual Companion [feat. Dom Youdan]

89 494,300 John Summit ~ La Danza

90 494,000 Abroad ~ Coffee

 

91 489,600 Kx5 [deadmau5 and Kaskade] ~ Escape [feat. Hayla]

92 484,900 Altrice ~ Places Faces

93 483,800 Gareth Emery ~ Breathe [feat. Annabel]

94 479,600 Praana ~ Nobody Else [feat. Julia Church]

95 473,700 Disclosure and Zedd ~ You've Got To Let Go If You Want To Be Free

96 472,500 Andrew Bayer and Alison May ~ Midnight

97 460,300 Gareth Emery and Ben Nicky ~ Because the Night [feat. Emily Vaughn]

98 459,500 Spiritbox ~ Hysteria

99 459,300 Rüfüs Du Sol ~ Always

100 458,300 Purple Disco Machine ~ Twisted Mind [feat. Agnes]

 

101 456,100 Becky Hill and Galantis ~ Run

102 455,600 Lion Babe ~ Harder [feat. Busta Rhymes]

103 454,500 Oliver Heldens and Anabel Englund ~ déjà vu

104 454,400 Kordhell ~ Murder In My Mind

105 452,800 Massane ~ By My Side [feat. Magnus]

106 449,000 Redondo, Rockefeller and Bim ~ High On Emotion

107 446,900 Rain Radio and Block Notice ~ 079

108 437,800 Michael Canitrot ~ Oracle

109 434,000 Tom Santa ~ Rainfall

110 428,100 Tensnake ~ How Will I Know

 

111 427,900 Hugel ~ Morenita [feat. Cumbiafrica]

112 421,800 BT ~ Wildfire

113 421,600 Grandbrothers ~ What We See

114 421,100 Joda ~ Closer [feat. Robyn Sherwell]

115 418,800 Grum ~ Disconnected [feat. Sealine]

116 413,900 Sophie and the Giants ~ Golden Nights [feat. Benny Benassi, Dardust and Astrality]

117 413,300 Jay Dunham ~ I Got Summer On My Mind

118 411,800 James ID ~ What I Should Have Said

119 411,500 Illyus & Barrientos ~ Sublime

120 409,200 Chris Lorenzo ~ California Dreamin' [feat. High Jinx]

 

121 406,200 CamelPhat ~ Silenced [feat. Jem Cooke]

122 401,700 Tinlicker ~ Rebirth [feat. Hero Baldwin]

123 400,600 Lane 8 ~ Reviver

124 391,100 Maur ~ Deep Inside

125 387,600 Showtek ~ Pour It Down [feat. Vérité]

126 383,800 Ben Kim ~ Somebody To Love

127 383,200 Anish Kumar ~ Steamroller

128 383,100 Massane ~ Closure [feat. Benjamin Rustaing]

129 382,000 Muse ~ Won't Stand Down

130 379,000 Rain Radio and DJ Craig Gorman ~ Talk About

 

131 377,700 Nora En Pure ~ Won't Leave Your Side [feat. Liz Cass]

132 376,200 Elton John and Britney Spears ~ Hold Me Closer

133 374,200 French Braids ~ Heartbeat [feat. George Maple]

134 374,000 Fred Again.. and Swedish House Mafia ~ Turn On The Lights Again.. [feat. Future]

135 372,800 Above & Beyond ~ Chains [feat. Marty Longstaff]

136 371,700 Above & Beyond ~ Almost Home [feat. Justine Suissa]

137 371,700 Tale of Us and Pete Tong ~ Time [feat. Jules Buckley]

138 365,500 Jessie Ware ~ Free Yourself [Paul Woolford Remix]

139 361,400 Adele ~ Easy On Me

140 361,100 Parade of Planets ~ Où Est Ton Amour?

 

141 360,200 Hannah Wants ~ Cure My Desire [feat. Clementine Douglas]

142 359,900 Kungs ~ Lipstick

143 358,900 Dolly Parton ~ Jolene [Destructo Remix]

144 358,500 Polyphia ~ Playing God

145 356,400 Tommy Trash ~ Tectonic [feat. Kiesza]

146 347,000 Kohta Imafuku ~ Orihime

147 346,800 Massane ~ Floating

148 344,200 Elton John and Dua Lipa ~ Cold Heart [Pnau Remix]

149 342,700 Obeidmusic ~ El Hawa [feat. Ahmad Sleiman and Hayman Mansour]

150 342,400 Ghost ~ Mary On A Cross

 

151 342,200 Worakls ~ Sparkle

152 339,500 Grandbrothers ~ Gnossienne No. 1

153 339,000 Feel and Andrew Mirt ~ Our Love [feat. Alexandra Badoi]

154 338,900 Ben Böhmer ~ Beyond Beliefs

155 335,000 Fred Again ~ Danielle (Smile On My Face)

156 326,400 Bon Entendeur ~ Le Temps Est Bon [feat. Isabelle Pierre]

157 326,200 Kevin McKay ~ Sing It Back (I Feel Love)

158 326,100 Monocule ~ Stargazing [feat. Leo Stannard]

159 321,000 KC Lights ~ Follow

160 320,300 Aly & Fila ~ Euphony

 

161 320,200 Redondo and Elliot Fitch ~ No Love, No Life

162 319,000 Haliene and Markus Schulz ~ Butterfly x Metamorphosis

163 318,000 Tinlicker ~ Just To Hear You Say

164 316,200 Tiësto and Charli XCX ~ Hot In It

165 316,100 Armin van Buuren and Aly & Fila ~ For All Time [feat. Kazi Jay]

166 315,600 Purple Disco Machine and Bosq ~ Wake Up! [feat. Kaleta]

167 315,300 Reba McEntire ~ Fancy [Dave Audé Remix]

168 315,100 Martin Ikin vs. Astrotrax ~ Feel the Vibe [feat. Shola Phillips]

169 311,300 Driftmoon and Ana Criado ~ One Little Step

170 308,500 James Hype ~ Ferrari [feat. Miggy Dela Rosa]

 

171 307,300 Chapter & Verse ~ The Beat Goes On

172 307,200 Gareth Emery ~ M4L

173 304,600 Oxia ~ Domino [Rework Edit]

174 304,400 Madeon ~ Love You Back

175 304,400 Hollywood Burns ~ Saturday Night Screamer

176 301,700 Emancipator ~ Minor Cause

177 300,700 Firebeatz ~ Don't Stop Moving

178 299,300 Jon Hopkins and Kelly Lee Owens vs. Sultan + Shepard and Jerro ~ To Feel Again / Trois

179 299,200 First Aid Kit ~ My Silver Lining

180 298,100 Jax Jones ~ Where Did You Go? [feat. MNEK]

 

181 294,800 Hugel and Quarterhead ~ Fever

182 292,500 Swedish House Mafia ~ Moth To A Flame [feat. The Weeknd]

183 292,200 Ben Böhmer ~ Escalate [feat. Jonah]

184 292,000 Mau P ~ Drugs From Amsterdam

185 291,400 Boris Brejcha ~ I Want You [feat. Ginger]

186 287,600 Fred Again.. ~ Jungle

187 285,300 Ben Gold ~ Same Sky Same Stars [feat. Plumb]

188 285,200 Grum ~ Closer Apart [feat. Natalie Shay]

189 285,100 Ciaran McAuley ~ All I Want [Craig Connelly Remix] [feat. Clare Stagg]

190 284,400 Tim Green ~ Eastbound Silhouette [feat. Felicia Douglass]

 

191 283,900 F.O.O.L and Extra Terra ~ Agonize

192 283,700 Nora Van Elken ~ Title Theme

193 282,100 Sons of Maria ~ Elevate

194 281,500 Raito ~ Sky River

195 280,700 Croatia Squad ~ Miniskirt

196 280,400 Spiritbox ~ Rotoscope

197 278,900 Kano ~ Can't Hold Back (Your Loving)

198 277,400 Calvin Harris ~ Stay With Me [feat. Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell Williams]

199 277,300 Felix Jaehn and Club Soda ~ Nuit Blanche

200 277,100 John Summit and Guz ~ What a Life [feat. Stevie Appleton]

201 276,700 Juliette Armanet ~ Le Dernier Jour du Disco

202 275,800 Haddadi Von Engst ~ Run

203 273,900 KH ~ Looking at Your Pager

204 273,600 Claptone ~ Queen of Ice [Nora En Pure Remix] [feat. Dizzy]

205 273,600 Gareth Emery ~ Finality

206 273,200 Attlas ~ Last Walk

207 270,300 Adriatique and Marino Canal ~ Home (feat. Delhia De France)

208 270,300 Deadmau5 ~ XYZ [Nero Remix]

209 269,200 Deeperise and Burak Akyol ~ Nida

210 268,800 Beyoncé ~ Break My Soul

211 266,800 Illenium ~ Shivering [feat. Spiritbox]

212 266,400 Gareth Emery ~ California [feat. Gid Sedgwick]

213 266,300 Grum ~ Taking Over Me [feat. Natalie Shay]

214 265,000 Wilkinson ~ Here For You [feat. Becky Hill]

215 265,000 Purple Disco Machine ~ Rise (feat. Tasita D'Mour)

216 264,400 Spiritbox ~ Sew Me Up

217 264,300 Sam Fender ~ Seventeen Going Under

218 263,500 Avicii ~ Marathon [feat. Sia]

219 263,400 Vintage Culture and Leftwing : Kody ~ Coming Home [feat. Anabel Englund]

220 262,800 Burns ~ Burning In My Arms

221 262,300 Godford ~ Say My Name

222 260,300 Gareth Emery ~ Dopex

223 258,200 Grum ~ Faded Memory [feat. Sarah Appel]

224 258,100 Fisher ~ Palm Beach Banga

225 258,000 Nora En Pure ~ Tribe of Kindness

226 255,100 Tseba ~ Must Be Love [feat. Electric Fields]

227 254,700 Regard ~ Signals [feat. Kwabs]

228 254,500 Avicii & Sebastian Drums ~ My Feelings For You [Remixes]

229 254,100 Disclosure and Raye ~ Waterfall

230 254,000 Lane 8 ~ Illuminate

231 253,900 Joel Corry and Becky Hill ~ History

232 253,500 Ashley Wallbridge ~ Arena

233 252,700 Gareth Emery ~ Running That Gun

234 252,600 Wilkinson ~ Close Your Eyes [feat. Iiola]

235 252,200 TCTS and Flash 89 ~ Is It A Lie [feat. Lilly Ahlberg]

236 251,600 Avicii ~ Let's Ride Away [feat. Kacey Musgraves]

237 251,300 Gorgon City ~ Skywalk

238 251,100 Wind Rose ~ Diggy Diggy Hole

239 250,700 Joel Corry vs. Da Hool ~ The Parade

240 248,800 Gareth Emery ~ Where Do We Go From Here

241 248,100 Cat Burns ~ Go [Goddard. Remix]

242 247,600 Grum ~ Pattern Recognition

243 246,600 Kryder ~ Piece of Art [feat. Camden Cox]

244 245,800 Godford ~ The Beast

245 245,100 LF System ~ Hungry (For Love)

246 244,900 Redondo and Meszca ~ Need U [feat. Hannah Boleyn]

247 244,300 Thomas Bergesen ~ One Million Voices

248 244,000 Matt Guy ~ Set My Mind Free

249 243,400 Madonna and Sickick ~ Frozen

250 242,900 Darius Syrossian and George Smeddles ~ Back In the Dance

251 241,200 Miyuki ~ River Flows in You

252 240,600 Öwnboss and Sevek ~ Move Your Body

253 240,500 Sonny Fodera, Gorgon City and Danny Howard ~ Remember [feat. Stevie Appleton]

254 239,500 Highasakite ~ Autopsy

255 236,400 ReOrder and Jordan Tobias ~ Great Ocean Road [feat. That Girl]

256 234,300 The Killers ~ Boy

257 230,500 Emily Nash ~ Garden

258 230,300 Parade of Planets ~ Moi… Lolita

259 230,200 Sub Focus and Dimension ~ Ready To Fly

260 230,000 Tinlicker ~ Be Here and Now [feat. Nathan Nicholson]

261 230,000 Aurosonic ~ Breaking Light [feat. Sharon Valerona]

262 228,000 Porter Robinson ~ Unfold (feat. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs)

263 227,800 Nora En Pure ~ Us

264 227,300 Felon ~ Fine Lines (feat. Eke)

265 226,300 Shygirl ~ Cleo

266 225,000 Special Interest ~ Street Pulse Beat [boy Harsher Remix]

267 224,800 Karen Overton ~ Your Loving Arms [Alpha 9 Remix]

269 224,700 Tiësto and Ava Max ~ The Motto

268 224,700 Hayla and Friend Within ~ Rescue

270 224,600 Raye ~ Black Mascara

271 224,500 Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Armin van Buuren and Brennan Heart ~ Christmas Time (feat. Jeremy Oceans)

272 223,800 Nora En Pure ~ Gratitude

273 223,800 Oliver Heldens vs. Piero Pirupa ~ We Don't Need

274 223,100 Taylor Swift ~ Anti-Hero

275 222,900 Nora Van Elken ~ Music (Here & Now)

276 222,200 XiJaro & Pitch ~ Rescue Me [feat. Clara Yates]

277 221,300 Ocula ~ No Borders [feat. Mavica]

278 219,900 Leaving Laurel ~ Winter In The Woods

279 218,600 Harry Styles ~ As It Was

280 218,200 Lane 8 ~ Watermelon Wormhole

281 217,400 Elton John ~ Levon

282 217,400 Camden Cox ~ Over

283 217,100 Franky Wah ~ More Than You'll Ever Know

284 217,000 Lika Morgan ~ Breathe

285 216,900 The Brides of the Black Room ~ Sirens

286 216,600 Becky Hill ~ My Heart Goes (La Di Da) [feat. Topic]

287 214,900 Sickick ~ I Can Feel It

288 214,200 Anish Kumar and Barry Can't Swim ~ Blackpool Boulevard

289 213,000 Rain Radio ~ He Goes Down

290 213,000 Otto Knows ~ Pyramids [feat. Alex Aris]

291 213,000 Gareth Emery ~ Kyoto

292 211,700 Aspyer ~ Aurora

293 211,200 Nora Van Elken ~ Undertale

294 211,200 Grum and Tigerblind ~ Shout

295 209,500 My Chemical Romance ~ The Foundations of Decay

296 209,000 James Hype ~ Say Yeah

297 206,000 Lane 8 ~ I'll Wait [feat. Channy Leaneagh]

298 204,600 Dark Heart and Jem Cooke ~ Under the Milky Way

299 203,500 Franky Wah ~ Find Out Who We Are [feat. Lusaint]

300 202,400 Bon Entendeur ~ Ex-fan des Sixties [feat. Jane Birkin]

Mainstream 75

01 1,126,100 LF System ~ Afraid To Feel

02 805,400 Alok, Ella Eyre and Kenny Dope ~ Deep Down [feat. Never Dull]

03 759,300 Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal ~ B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)

04 719,600 Shouse ~ Love Tonight

05 711,000 Belters Only ~ Make Me Feel Good [feat. Jazzy]

06 646,700 Lizzo ~ About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix)

07 601,900 Wilkinson ~ Used To This [feat. Issey Cross]

08 589,900 Acraze ~ Do It To It [feat. Cherish]

09 579,700 David Guetta and Bebe Rexha ~ I'm Good (Blue)

10 573,900 Kate Bush ~ Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)

11 456,100 Becky Hill and Galantis ~ Run

12 454,400 Kordhell ~ Murder In My Mind

13 434,000 Tom Santa ~ Rainfall

14 382,000 Muse ~ Won't Stand Down

15 379,000 Rain Radio and DJ Craig Gorman ~ Talk About

16 376,200 Elton John and Britney Spears ~ Hold Me Closer

17 374,000 Fred Again.. and Swedish House Mafia ~ Turn On The Lights Again.. [feat. Future]

18 361,400 Adele ~ Easy On Me

19 344,200 Elton John and Dua Lipa ~ Cold Heart [Pnau Remix]

20 342,400 Ghost ~ Mary On A Cross

21 335,000 Fred Again ~ Danielle (Smile On My Face)

22 316,200 Tiësto and Charli XCX ~ Hot In It

23 308,500 James Hype ~ Ferrari [feat. Miggy Dela Rosa]

24 298,100 Jax Jones ~ Where Did You Go? [feat. MNEK]

25 292,500 Swedish House Mafia ~ Moth To A Flame [feat. The Weeknd]

26 287,600 Fred Again.. ~ Jungle

27 277,400 Calvin Harris ~ Stay With Me [feat. Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell Williams]

28 268,800 Beyoncé ~ Break My Soul

29 265,000 Wilkinson ~ Here For You [feat. Becky Hill]

30 264,300 Sam Fender ~ Seventeen Going Under

31 254,100 Disclosure and Raye ~ Waterfall

32 253,900 Joel Corry and Becky Hill ~ History

33 248,100 Cat Burns ~ Go [Goddard. Remix]

34 224,700 Tiësto and Ava Max ~ The Motto

35 223,100 Taylor Swift ~ Anti-Hero

36 218,600 Harry Styles ~ As It Was

37 216,600 Becky Hill ~ My Heart Goes (La Di Da) [feat. Topic]

38 209,500 My Chemical Romance ~ The Foundations of Decay

39 201,700 Southstar ~ Miss You

40 191,500 Sam Smith ~ Unholy [Original/Disclosure Remix] [feat. Kim Petras]

41 189,200 Diplo ~ Don't Forget My Love [feat. Miguel]

42 181,000 Adele ~ I Drink Wine

43 172,500 Lost Frequencies ~ Where Are You Now [feat. Calum Scott]

44 163,600 Meduza and James Carter ~ Bad Memories [feat. Elley Duhé and Fast Boy]

45 162,200 Schak ~ Moving All Around (Jumpin') [feat. Kim English]

46 161,700 Rihanna ~ Lift Me Up

47 155,800 MK and Burns ~ Better [feat. Teddy Swims]

48 154,600 Cornelia Jakobs ~ Hold Me Closer

49 153,800 Luude vs. Mattafix ~ Big City Life

50 150,600 Sigala ~ Stay the Night [feat. Talia Mar]

51 149,700 Fred Again.. ~ Delilah (Pull Me Out Of This)

52 137,400 Raye ~ Escapism [feat. 070 Shake]

53 136,100 Chris Rea ~ Driving Home For Christmas

54 136,000 Leona Lewis ~ One More Sleep

55 135,700 Meduza ~ Tell It To My Heart [feat. Hozier]

56 132,700 Luude ~ Down Under [feat. Colin Hay]

57 132,700 Swedish House Mafia ~ Heaven Takes You Home [feat. Connie Constance]

58 132,700 Drake ~ Massive

59 131,300 Nicki Minaj ~ Super Freaky Girl

60 126,500 Dave ~ Starlight

61 126,000 Cardi B ~ Hot Shit (feat. Ye and Lil Durk)

62 125,300 Fred Again.. ~ Clara (The Night Is Dark)

63 123,500 Sigala ~ Melody

64 119,700 Tion Wayne ~ IFTK [feat. La Roux]

65 115,000 D.O.D ~ Still Sleepless [feat. Carla Monroe]

66 114,200 Ed Sheeran and Elton John ~ Merry Christmas

67 113,400 Drake ~ Jimmy Cooks [feat. 21 Savage]

68 110,600 Metallica ~ Master of Puppets

69 109,900 The Weeknd ~ Sacrifice

70 108,400 Belters Only ~ Don't Stop Just Yet [feat. Jazzy]

71 105,700 Calvin Harris ~ Potion [feat. Dua Lipa and Young Thug]

72 103,600 Venbee and Goddard ~ Messy In Heaven

73 99,400 Vibe Chemistry ~ Balling

74 95,600 Sam Ryder ~ Space Man

75 91,700 Da Beatfreakz ~ Money Calling [feat. Raye, Russ Millions and WeWantWraiths]

 

Songs of the Year

2010: Yolanda Be Cool & D Cup - We No Speak Americano

2011: LMFAO (feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock) - Party Rock Anthem

2012: Psy - Gangnam Style

2013: Avicii (feat. Aloe Blacc) - Wake Me Up

2014: Mr. Probz - Waves (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)

2015: Avicii (feat. Simon Aldred) - Waiting For Love

2016: Kungs vs. Cookin' On 3 Burners (feat. Kylie Auldist) - This Girl

2017: Jax Jones (feat. Raye) - You Don't Know Me

2018: Avicii (feat. Rita Ora) - Lonely Together

2019: Avicii (feat. Chris Martin) - Heaven

2010s: Avicii (feat. Etta James) - Levels

 

2020: Boris Brejcha (feat. Laura Korinth) - Gravity

2021: Grandbrothers - What We See

2022: Shouse - Won't Forget You

 

Albums of the Year

2011: Nero - Welcome Reality

2012: Calvin Harris - 18 Months

2013: Avicii - True

2014: Calvin Harris - Motion

2015: Avicii - Stories

2016: Rihanna - Anti

2017: Avicii - Avīci

2018: Above & Beyond - Common Ground

2019: Avicii - Tim

2010s: Avicii - True

 

2020: Gareth Emery - The Lasers

2021: Porter Robinson - Nurture

2022: Gareth Emery - Analog

Reminding myself of Won't Forget You now (as now I'm hearing it I've definitely heard it this year!), it's a prett nice song and a strong follow-up to Love Tonight - it seems to take what that had and put it in a new 'body' sort-of! So I can see why you've chosen it as your chart-topper.

 

Thanks for doing this EOY again Dan, I've enjoyed following along!

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I saw it had been released but still need to give it a listen!

 

Just reminding myself of Alba now - sounding very nice, I recognise it but enjoying it a lot now isolated from any other songs! The chilled-out vibe and sprinkle of Latin instruments work very well together.

 

Reminding myself of Won't Forget You now (as now I'm hearing it I've definitely heard it this year!), it's a prett nice song and a strong follow-up to Love Tonight - it seems to take what that had and put it in a new 'body' sort-of! So I can see why you've chosen it as your chart-topper.

 

Thanks for doing this EOY again Dan, I've enjoyed following along!

thanks for following Pete, glad you enjoyed listening to Alba and Won't Forget You too [Alba would've ended up my #2 if it was down entirely to personal choice too, but I enjoy using the "scientific" method to work out my EOY]

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