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Thom Spirit Kay
post 6th January 2011, 11:12 PM
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The Tom Kay Top 50
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Hey y'all. Yes it happened - I managed to do something with my chart apart from post it! I started working on a chart of the year a couple of weeks ago on a points system, but then I realised I had messed it up, and ended up doing it based on peak and number of weeks, basically laugh.gif Should be interesting anyway, feel free to comment, guess who might be number one, and guess what act appears the most times kink.gif
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post 6th January 2011, 11:28 PM
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50 GRAVITONAS Kites (Pk: 2, Wks: 7)
49 David GUETTA/FERGIE/C. WILLIS/LMFAO Gettin' Over You (Pk: 5, Wks: 10)
48 Mylene FARMER Oui Mais Non (Pk: 5, Wks: 13)
47 Olly MURS Please Don't Let Me Go (Pk: 3, Wks: 14)
46 Cheryl COLE Feat. will.i.am 3 Words (Pk: 5, Wks: 4)

Starting off at #50 is the first of many Swedish acts in the top 50, the new act from Alexander Bard, the legend behind BWO, Alcazar and Army Of Lovers. #49 was a big summer hit, but it only caught on with me in October after my trip to France where I heard it EVERYWHERE. #48 is from another French act, but this time en francais, produced by Swedish super-producer RedOne (and it will not be his last appearance here). #47 is the first british act on the list, probably my favourite X Factor related act, mostly cos he's cute kink.gif #46 was #1 for me in Christmas 2009, but dropped quite quickly afterwards, or it would be much higher...
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Great to see someone else appreciating the genius of 3 Words, so good it appeared in my 2009 AND 2010 EOY charts wub.gif

Hurts will appear the most times, and as for the #1...Stromae, Hurts or Shakira?
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Thanks Rich smile.gif It's Cheryl's highest peaking song here (I think?) I never got a 2009 done, maybe I'll do it retrospecively... Hurts may appear more than once, yes. As for the #1, I couldn't possibly comment... yet kink.gif
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45 Jenny BERGGREN Here I Am (Peak: 3, Wks: 7)

Another of my BJSC entries this year, not a massively successful one, but in my opinion a great song, but will her old group be higher up in the chart.

44 The TING TINGS Hands (Peak: 3, Wks: 8)

An act I really didn't like in their 2007-8 heyday, but this song had a great 80s vibe, and was much more listenable - hence it flopped sad.gif

43 K'NAAN Wavin' Flag (Peak: 5, Wks: 9)

The World Cup is one of the very few times that football enters my life, and 2010 was no exception. As much as I generally hate football songs, they were rather good this year, at least the international ones. This song pretty much redefined international - a hit in nearly every country in the world, in 8 different language versions ohmy.gif I got bored of it quite quickly though, unlike another song with the same peak...

42 Hera BJORK Je Ne Sais Quoi (Peak: 5, Wks: 21)

The first Eurovision song in the list this year, I was GUTTED that it flopped, it was so addictive, even if it was basically their song from two years before sang by a fat woman rather than an anorexic gayer and a less fat woman.

41 FAR EAST MOVEMENT Like A G6 (Peak: 3, Wks: 13)

Urban is not usually my bag, but despite not really understanding a single one of the lyrics, this was a really addictive tune too, although I don't expect I would like it so much if they weren't Asian (more evidence of which to come...)
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40 SATURDAYS, The Ego (Peak: 3, Wks: 6)

Given my music taste, you'd probably think that this would be a lot higher (no pun intended), but it is one of only about three great songs they did (unfortunately Higher does not appear here) and this did a lot of it's charting at the tail end of 2009.

39 LADY GAGA Bad Romance (Peak: 4, Wks: 11)

This was another hit from 2009 (peaking at #1 from an artist that has been huge for me this year, having seen The Monster Ball in February. While I wouldn't say I was a proper little-monster-loon-type, she is one of the most epic new artists of the last 10 years. This was actually a 6 week #1 immediately before I started counting for this year.

38 KERLI Tea Party (Peak: 2, Wks: 5)

Another BJSC entry, which everyone except Silas will probably be suprised to see above Jenny Berggren and Gravitonas, but it spent a longer time in the top 10 than both. Funny how my BJSC entries never last that long in my charts, well, most of them, until you see them later...

37 TIMOTEIJ Kom (Peak: 2, Wks: 6)

From BJSC to ESC, well, I wish it was anyway. One of the best songs in Melodifestivalen 2010, and for me everything that contest is about. Catchy with a capital C, the Swedish lyrics and folky instrumentation add something cool, but I'm gutted that the English version Run has stayed in the vaults with Linda Bengtzing's I Did It For You (douze points if you can tell me which song that is!)

36 Ellie GOULDING Your Song (Peak: 2, Wks: 6)

In comparison to the last one, this is a brand new fresh hit (well, as Elton John covers go) that would be even higher, if not for the fact that it's only really existed for the last 6 weeks. Ellie was one of the best artists to come out of the UK in the last year, and despite her patchy success one I think is here to say. Jessie J has nothing on this bitch. Cover Gilbert O'Sullivan and we'll talk JJ tongue.gif
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post 7th January 2011, 09:50 PM
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QUOTE(Tom Hello Kay @ Jan 7 2011, 09:04 PM) *
45 Jenny BERGGREN Here I Am (Peak: 3, Wks: 7)

Another of my BJSC entries this year, not a massively successful one, but in my opinion a great song, but will her old group be higher up in the chart.


Still LOVE this wub.gif One of only two songs I discovered via BJSC this year to feature in my EOY top 100 (did you ever see that by the way? unsure.gif)

QUOTE(Tom Hello Kay @ Jan 7 2011, 09:04 PM) *
42 Hera BJORK Je Ne Sais Quoi (Peak: 5, Wks: 21)

The first Eurovision song in the list this year, I was GUTTED that it flopped, it was so addictive, even if it was basically their song from two years before sang by a fat woman rather than an anorexic gayer and a less fat woman.


Ha! You're right there, it brought nothing new at all to the table for Iceland, but it was still amazing. Really surprised it didn't make your top 40...

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37 TIMOTEIJ Kom (Peak: 2, Wks: 6)

From BJSC to ESC, well, I wish it was anyway. One of the best songs in Melodifestivalen 2010, and for me everything that contest is about. Catchy with a capital C, the Swedish lyrics and folky instrumentation add something cool, but I'm gutted that the English version Run has stayed in the vaults with Linda Bengtzing's I Did It For You (douze points if you can tell me which song that is!)


Great! And I too was gutted that we never got an English version of this. I could have said the same last year about Snalla Snalla, but something tells me that if Caroline had won, she would have insisted that it was kept in Swedish ohmy.gif
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QUOTE(gooddelta @ Jan 7 2011, 09:50 PM) *
Still LOVE this wub.gif One of only two songs I discovered via BJSC this year to feature in my EOY top 100 (did you ever see that by the way? unsure.gif)
Ha! You're right there, it brought nothing new at all to the table for Iceland, but it was still amazing. Really surprised it didn't make your top 40...
Great! And I too was gutted that we never got an English version of this. I could have said the same last year about Snalla Snalla, but something tells me that if Caroline had won, she would have insisted that it was kept in Swedish ohmy.gif


Cool biggrin.gif I didn't yet, sorry, but I will do very soon. Shame it didn't make the heats for TBO, but I hope you like other songs of mine...kink.gif

Yeah, that's true. Tbh this is a bit thrown together, it probably deserves to be top 40...

I don't think Snalla Snalla would even work in English, and yes I agree that she would have wanted to keep it in Swedish. Of course Christer would have never allowed that...
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QUOTE(Tom Hello Kay @ Jan 7 2011, 09:56 PM) *
Cool biggrin.gif I didn't yet, sorry, but I will do very soon. Shame it didn't make the heats for TBO, but I hope you like other songs of mine...kink.gif

Yeah, that's true. Tbh this is a bit thrown together, it probably deserves to be top 40...

I don't think Snalla Snalla would even work in English, and yes I agree that she would have wanted to keep it in Swedish. Of course Christer would have never allowed that...


I do, but that was definitely my favourite entry of yours this year. And my second favourite of the year overall actually, after Leddra Chapman's Story! laugh.gif When is the next stage of the Best Of?

It would be 'please please'. It probably could have worked somehow but Caroline's never done anything in English as far as I know. At least coming 2nd she managed to keep her authenticity as an artist! I really think it would have done better/stood out more in Eurovision in Swedish than English anyway.
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QUOTE(gooddelta @ Jan 7 2011, 10:05 PM) *
I do, but that was definitely my favourite entry of yours this year. And my second favourite of the year overall actually, after Leddra Chapman's Story! laugh.gif When is the next stage of the Best Of?

It would be 'please please'. It probably could have worked somehow but Caroline's never done anything in English as far as I know. At least coming 2nd she managed to keep her authenticity as an artist! I really think it would have done better/stood out more in Eurovision in Swedish than English anyway.


Well that's cool smile.gif I don't think I had the greatest year for BJSC, certainly not compared to you. Tbh I'm still a little gutted that I didn't get Psycho sad.gif Although would I have won with it? It's all butterfly effect I guess...

True, but that wouldn't scan laugh.gif I started trying to write a version but I never finished it, I think was If You Ever. I don't think so either, she's an artist with a capital ART really smile.gif That's true, but I can't imagine it doing that well. Then again, I do think that Sweden should send a song in Swedish one year, but it won't be this one, it's probably going to be Eric Saade sad.gif
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QUOTE(Tom Hello Kay @ Jan 7 2011, 10:17 PM) *
Well that's cool smile.gif I don't think I had the greatest year for BJSC, certainly not compared to you. Tbh I'm still a little gutted that I didn't get Psycho sad.gif Although would I have won with it? It's all butterfly effect I guess...

True, but that wouldn't scan laugh.gif I started trying to write a version but I never finished it, I think was If You Ever. I don't think so either, she's an artist with a capital ART really smile.gif That's true, but I can't imagine it doing that well. Then again, I do think that Sweden should send a song in Swedish one year, but it won't be this one, it's probably going to be Eric Saade sad.gif


I had a great year, 2nd overall, but still down on 2009 laugh.gif The only way was down though, short of staying at #1 (which I very nearly did!). I'd like to hope you would have won with Psycho too, it won by a comfortable enough margin anyway to allow for any potential 'bumping up' points, if such things exist! Did it make this top 50? I know Jenny did, and that was the song you sent instead, so I'll feel less guilty if it missed out whilst Jenny made it in laugh.gif

I completely agree, she's very authentic, and came across incredibly well live. Odd that she's competed in MF twice considering this, but I guess it doesn't have too much of a stigma there if serious artists are happy to get involved. But then people like Robyn and all of the 'cool indie' acts that Sweden produces never participate so I'm sure it must have some sort of stigma. Yeah, I have to agree with you there. Eric will have to have a really crap song not to win really won't he, the hype around him will be even bigger this year.
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QUOTE(gooddelta @ Jan 7 2011, 10:24 PM) *
I had a great year, 2nd overall, but still down on 2009 laugh.gif The only way was down though, short of staying at #1 (which I very nearly did!). I'd like to hope you would have won with Psycho too, it won by a comfortable enough margin anyway to allow for any potential 'bumping up' points, if such things exist! Did it make this top 50? I know Jenny did, and that was the song you sent instead, so I'll feel less guilty if it missed out whilst Jenny made it in laugh.gif

I completely agree, she's very authentic, and came across incredibly well live. Odd that she's competed in MF twice considering this, but I guess it doesn't have too much of a stigma there if serious artists are happy to get involved. But then people like Robyn and all of the 'cool indie' acts that Sweden produces never participate so I'm sure it must have some sort of stigma. Yeah, I have to agree with you there. Eric will have to have a really crap song not to win really won't he, the hype around him will be even bigger this year.


Let's be honest, you always have a great year kink.gif That's true, I don't think people really bump up songs for their favourite people, it is a song contest after all, it wouldn't happen in Eurovision would it heehee.gif No it didn't, it peaked at #6 and spent 7 weeks on, but nothing that peaked below #5 is in my top 50 laugh.gif By the way I forgot to say that the heats results SHOULD be this weekend, I offered to help Phil (I just wanted to see if Hurts made it really kink.gif) but he was OK...

What I think it is is that there is no big stigma with serious artists WITHIN SWEDEN, but if an artist like Robyn with an international career and is considered cool, they would be concerned that it would end up with them being tagged as a Eurovision flopstar sad.gif
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Carrying on with the chart now...

35 Alexandra BURKE Start Without You (Peak: 2, Wks: 18)

I don't care what you say, Alexandra >>>>> Leona, and Start Without You >>>>>>>> The Silence. One of the huge tracks that will always remind me of Summer 2010, the laid back reggae vibe and Boney M sample (the other big one of summer, Duck Sauce's Barbra Striesand missed out on the top 50 here) made a perfect combination. It's no mystery for me kink.gif

34 Paula SEILING & OVI Playing With Fire (Peak: 5, Wks: 16)

Another hit from Eurovision 2010, I saw this Romanian entry performed live in March, at the annual Eurovision preview party, where I also (briefly) met Ghosthunter smile.gif Their other songs were hopeless (a badly timed It's Raining Men where they were reading from the lyric sheet) but the epic staging of this with a double piano and fire and desire aplenty meant that it fully deserved it's top 3 place in the contest.

33 ALCAZAR Headlines (Peak: 2, Wks: 7)

This (I think) is the highest placed Melodifestivalen song in my chart this year, from one of my favourite bands of all time, which I'm insanely jealous of Rich having seen live sad.gif It wasn't really a patch on Stay The Night, and it didn't really have a chance in hell in the contest, but it was great to see them again, and I can't wait for their Same Difference collab next month wub.gif

32 SHAKIRA Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) (Peak: 2, Wks: 15)

First (and probably not last!) appearance from the Colombian megastar. As I said the international World Cup anthems were damn good this year, and this was no exception. Lyrically mixing English, Spanish and the central African language Fang (no, me neither) this was the encore of her O2 concert, this is really a track that got everyone up and dancing, and a victim of the bizarre curse on European hits in the UK chart this year, never officially making the top 20.

31 INNA Amazing (Peak: 2, Wks: 18)

From Sweden, to Colombia, to Romania. Don't you wish the UK chart was like this? Romanian dance finally broke into the mainstream in 2010, after the dry run in 2006-7 with O-Zone's Dragostea Din Tei. Despite not being a top 10 hit in the UK, this came very near to my top spot, and I was introduced to it earlier in the year, in fact the first time I heard Inna at all, after Ben's Sanctuary entered this song in BJSC wub.gif
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QUOTE(Tom Hello Kay @ Jan 7 2011, 10:49 PM) *
Let's be honest, you always have a great year kink.gif That's true, I don't think people really bump up songs for their favourite people, it is a song contest after all, it wouldn't happen in Eurovision would it heehee.gif No it didn't, it peaked at #6 and spent 7 weeks on, but nothing that peaked below #5 is in my top 50 laugh.gif By the way I forgot to say that the heats results SHOULD be this weekend, I offered to help Phil (I just wanted to see if Hurts made it really kink.gif) but he was OK...

What I think it is is that there is no big stigma with serious artists WITHIN SWEDEN, but if an artist like Robyn with an international career and is considered cool, they would be concerned that it would end up with them being tagged as a Eurovision flopstar sad.gif


I'd like to hope not, but who knows? As you say, it definitely goes on in Eurovision...(*cough Russia, Greece, Turkey every year*). Cool, at least you ended up liking Here I Am more than Psycho in the end, at least to the extent of one making the top 50! laugh.gif

Ah right, I can gather what you mean there. Imagine the indieblog/posters uproar if Robyn turned up in Melodifestivalen drama.gif 'LOLS WUT IS SHE DOING IN THIS $HITE POP CONTEST IS $HITE//// dramazzzzz____!1!'. Mind you, Sebastien Tellier flopped and managed to get away with it and keep his cool, just with responses like 'he was too good for Eurovision' etc...ah pretentious snobbery, don't you love it, and there's whiffs of it all over BuzzJack!

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Carrying on with the chart now...

35 Alexandra BURKE Start Without You (Peak: 2, Wks: 18)

I don't care what you say, Alexandra >>>>> Leona, and Start Without You >>>>>>>> The Silence. One of the huge tracks that will always remind me of Summer 2010, the laid back reggae vibe and Boney M sample (the other big one of summer, Duck Sauce's Barbra Striesand missed out on the top 50 here) made a perfect combination. It's no mystery for me kink.gif

34 Paula SEILING & OVI Playing With Fire (Peak: 5, Wks: 16)

Another hit from Eurovision 2010, I saw this Romanian entry performed live in March, at the annual Eurovision preview party, where I also (briefly) met Ghosthunter smile.gif Their other songs were hopeless (a badly timed It's Raining Men where they were reading from the lyric sheet) but the epic staging of this with a double piano and fire and desire aplenty meant that it fully deserved it's top 3 place in the contest.

33 ALCAZAR Headlines (Peak: 2, Wks: 7)

This (I think) is the highest placed Melodifestivalen song in my chart this year, from one of my favourite bands of all time, which I'm insanely jealous of Rich having seen live sad.gif It wasn't really a patch on Stay The Night, and it didn't really have a chance in hell in the contest, but it was great to see them again, and I can't wait for their Same Difference collab next month wub.gif

32 SHAKIRA Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) (Peak: 2, Wks: 15)

First (and probably not last!) appearance from the Colombian megastar. As I said the international World Cup anthems were damn good this year, and this was no exception. Lyrically mixing English, Spanish and the central African language Fang (no, me neither) this was the encore of her O2 concert, this is really a track that got everyone up and dancing, and a victim of the bizarre curse on European hits in the UK chart this year, never officially making the top 20.

31 INNA Amazing (Peak: 2, Wks: 18)

From Sweden, to Colombia, to Romania. Don't you wish the UK chart was like this? Romanian dance finally broke into the mainstream in 2010, after the dry run in 2006-7 with O-Zone's Dragostea Din Tei. Despite not being a top 10 hit in the UK, this came very near to my top spot, and I was introduced to it earlier in the year, in fact the first time I heard Inna at all, after Ben's Sanctuary entered this song in BJSC wub.gif


Another great section wub.gif I never hated Start Without You like some (it made my weekly chart for a few weeks), but I never love love loved it either. But I wouldn't call myself much of an Alexandra Burke fan anyway. She's had her moments (Bad Boys/All Night Long), but I'm no Alexandra Stan Mr Saxobeat funky.gif. Remember, I only saw Stay The Night live - would have loved to have seen a whole concert of theirs! And I'm sure I'm equally jealous of you having seen Shakira live drama.gif Oh, and O-Zone was 2004 wasn't it, plus they were from Moldova kink.gif
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I'd like to hope not, but who knows? As you say, it definitely goes on in Eurovision...(*cough Russia, Greece, Turkey every year*). Cool, at least you ended up liking Here I Am more than Psycho in the end, at least to the extent of one making the top 50! laugh.gif

Ah right, I can gather what you mean there. Imagine the indieblog/posters uproar if Robyn turned up in Melodifestivalen drama.gif 'LOLS WUT IS SHE DOING IN THIS $HITE POP CONTEST IS $HITE//// dramazzzzz____!1!'. Mind you, Sebastien Tellier flopped and managed to get away with it and keep his cool, just with responses like 'he was too good for Eurovision' etc...ah pretentious snobbery, don't you love it, and there's whiffs of it all over BuzzJack!
Another great section wub.gif I never hated Start Without You like some (it made my weekly chart for a few weeks), but I never love love loved it either. But I wouldn't call myself much of an Alexandra Burke fan anyway. She's had her moments (Bad Boys/All Night Long), but I'm no Alexandra Stan Mr Saxobeat funky.gif. Remember, I only saw Stay The Night live - would have loved to have seen a whole concert of theirs! And I'm sure I'm equally jealous of you having seen Shakira live drama.gif Oh, and O-Zone was 2004 wasn't it, plus they were from Moldova kink.gif


Me too laugh.gif Yeah that's true, although I sometimes chart stuff higher than I normally would just because it's my BJSC entry so make of that what you will kink.gif

Yeah it would be HILAR tbh kink.gif It's true. I think Sebastien only flopped cos he overthought it though, in the same way that Lovebugs flopped (yes, still gutted sob.gif) cos they overhought it... It's true, and it's quite ridiculous when there's fans of Jedward and stuff on this site that act like someone waved a stick covered in poo in their face when they mention Eurovision sad.gif (Speaking of Jedward are confirmed for the Irish NF now... JOY).

Well I did, I never really liked Bad Boys but I didn't hear the Flo Rida-less version until a couple of weeks before it fell out of the chart, so it seemed to late to ever pick it up. ANL is good too (not in the Shelli sense :/) but her favourite of mine apart from STW is actually Broken Heels ohmy.gif Alexandra Stan rotf.gif Mr Saxobeat is becoming a hit in France, despite, or perhaps because of, the fact that beat (spelt "bite") means willy mellow.gif Oh well, I see what you mean, but you saw 10 other great acts, well 9 and Mans Zelmerlow kink.gif Yeah but Moldova is BASICALLY Romania... I admit being a bit off with the date tho sad.gif

Anyway, having inevitably crashed and burned in TBO, I'm going to carry on now...
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30 BLACK EYED PEAS Rock That Body (Peak: 3, Wks: 10)

My top charting song of the year for this group. although The Time (The Dirty Bit) has spent 16 weeks on now. I think a lot of people considered them a group of 2009, and 2010 as the year they jumped the shark, but IMHO they sill have a lot to give, and The E.N.D. is a pretty good album, especially for 80s kids like me...

29 RIHANNA Only Girl (In The World) (Peak: 2, Wks: 15)

Riri wub.gif Just one of the many BJ obsessions that I never used to get. Sure she's had her moments, but Rated R was a bust in terms of good singles, and Love The Way You Lie was - no, IS - seriously overrated and overplayed. So I wasn't expecting something as amazing as this as the first single, an album as awesome as Loud. From being a bit of a generic R&B nobody (IMHO) 6 or 7 years ago, I think she has finally found a permanent place in my heart wub.gif

28 Brandon FLOWERS Crossfire (Peak: 3, Wks: 15)

Brandon, on the other hand, has always had one, right since the first Killers album with Somebody Told Me and Mr Brightside. They've always had a knack for 80s vibes mixed with cool indie, and his solo record was more of the same. Kind of a bad thing in terms of success and longevity, but this was still a CHOON. The fact that he's pretty damn cute doesn't harm either kink.gif

27 FAKE BLOOD I Think I Like It (Peak: 2, Wks: 10)

Another proper CHOOOOOOON here, old school sample house (using the eurodisco classic In The Heat Of A Disco Night by Arabesque) as far as I am concerned, even if everyone else was convinced it was dubstep. Came top 10 in BJSC if I remember right, and should have been a huge chart hit, maybe it was the weird carnivorous home shopping video that didn't help...

26 HURTS Better Than Love (Peak: 3, Wks: 15)

And just before the top 25, it's the first appearance of what I don't think anyone will be surprised to hear is my band of the year. I'm pretty damn obsessed (you should see the hashtag #HurtsBitches if you don't believe me). Seen them live three times already, which could be a big coincidence... One of their more accessible and uptempo tracks, this failed to crack the UK chart but was a smash hit in Italy, where they released this EPIC 80s disco remix...



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