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[Popchartfreak]

As usual, I've omitted any oldies from the list - that means any track from 2015 or older - as I prefer them to be listed in the year of release even if I've only charted them in 2017 for the first time. That way my list is about what's good about the current music scene, rather than what I've been retrospectively listening to. It also stops the chart being filled with multiple tracks by all-too-often recently late pop stars, which is just too depressing to contemplate.

So, who's got my top track of the year? Katy! Rival Taylor Swift is in the list too, both in Katy's Swish Swish and her own fab song Better Man, which she generously donated. Hurts have 4 big ones on the list, all inside the top 30, so must take the crown for top act of 2017. Gorillaz have two in the top 20, the oldest act on the list was Leonard Cohen (it was new material), though The Fizz, Sparks, Barry Gibb, OMD, Jeff Beck and Tears For Fears join Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie in the veteran league, Christine and Jeff both first charted in 1969, as lead singer of Chicken Shack (I'd Rather Go Blind), and with Donovan, respectively, so that 48-year-span is pretty impressive.

Two sets of sisters on the list charting individually, Miley and Noah, and Kylie and Dannii, Dua Lipa has 2 for the youngster females, while Liam Gallagher, Sparks, John Mayer, The Killers, French Montana, Little Mix and Coldplay all have two on the list. 2 Ex-One Direction acts also feature: Zayn and Liam. Other acts I have maligned over recent years, along with 1D, such as Ed Sheeran and Drake, also feature. Always willing to change my mind at the drop of a hat....

1 1 22 CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley 1357900
2 1 16 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 1189500
3 1 25 TWO FUX Adam Lambert 1098300
4 1 18 CRYBABY Paloma Faith 1044650
5 1 23 TRUE FEELING Galantis 993350
6 1 17 MY KINGDOM (WILLIAM BLACK REMIX) Evangeline 917950
7 1 14 MAGNIFICENT Hurts 898400
8 1 18 STILL FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME Zoot Woman featuring Kylie Minogue 874000
9 1 15 WE GOT THE POWER Gorillaz featuring Jehnny Beth 851750
10 1 16 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 825350

11 2 16 BEAUTIFUL ONES Hurts 824200
12 1 9 MYSTERY OF LOVE Sufjan Stevens 817000
13 1 20 CHARIOTS Paper Route 807200
14 2 15 BUSTED AND BLUE Gorillaz 805150
15 1 18 FEELS LIKE SUMMER Weezer 798200
16 1 14 WAIT UP Hurts 783850
17 1 9 AMEN The Fizz 780000
18 1 12 I LOVE YOU BUT I’M LOST Tears For Fears 683750
19 2 14 BE THE ONE Dua Lipa 672350
20 2 17 BETTER MAN Little Big Town 663150

21 3 17 DRINK UP Train 648900
22 3 13 TOI ET MOI Paradis 604850
23 3 14 READY TO GO Hurts 604700
24 2 13 THE FIGHTER Keith Urban featuring Carrie Underwood 596650
25 3 18 ROCKABYE Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul & Anne-Marie 560350
26 3 15 IN MY WORLD Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie 532800
27 4 14 MORE MESS Kungs featuring Olly Murs & Coely 532050
28 3 16 THE MAN The Killers 528750
29 5 17 LOST ON YOU LP 510800
30 5 14 FEEL IT STILL Portugal. The Man 498800

31 4 15 CRYING IN THE CLUB Camila Cabello 485650
32 4 13 MAKE ME (CRY) Noah Cyrus featuring Labrinth 482500
33 6 20 GET LOW Zedd & Liam Payne 478550
34 5 17 TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING London Grammar 476700
35 5 14 HURRICANE Drones Club 463150
36 7 11 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 415700
37 4 11 WE STAY TOGETHER Kaiser Chiefs featuring Sarah Thomson 409300
38 8 20 SWISH SWISH Katy Perry featuring Nicki Minaj 404600
39 2 12 CRAZY (ASH HOWES RADIO EDIT) Bird 400600
40 4 11 CAN I SIT NEXT TO YOU Spoon 396500

41 5 14 WAITING FOR THE STARS Vitalic featuring David Shaw and The Beat 383400
42 4 9 TIMEBOMBS HURRICANES Written By Wolves 377400
43 6 14 FIRE IN MY SOUL Walk Off The Earth 368300
44 8 15 ROCKIN’ The Weeknd 364750
45 5 12 WAY BACK TLC featuring Snoop Dogg 359700
46 4 12 ANOTHER CHANCE Above And Beyond presenting Oceanlab 350050
47 4 12 GO 2.0 Burak Yeter & Ryan Rybak 346850
48 4 12 NO GOOD FOR YOU The Union featuring Lovespeake 341200
49 7 13 GOOD MORNING Grouplove 340900
50 7 12 CALL ON ME (RYAN RIBACK REMIX) Starley 335200

51 8 14 BEST FRIEND Sofi Tukker featuring NERVO, The Knocks & Alisa Ueno 327050
52 5 7 PHASES Alma & French Montana 322400
53 8 14 UNFORGETTABLE French Montana featuring Swae Lee 322150
54 8 12 SHAPE OF YOU Ed Sheeran 322000
55 10 19 WHAT ABOUT US P!nk 319200
56 6 12 WALL OF GLASS Liam Gallagher 317050
57 8 14 I HEAR YOU CALLING DJ Licious 315350
58 7 14 NEW RULES Dua Lipa 311250
59 8 13 MOVING ON AND GETTING OVER John Mayer 308400
60 5 10 YOU’RE GONNA LIVE FOREVER IN ME John Mayer 298150

61 3 6 LOOKING FOR THE RAIN UNKLE featuring Mark Lanegan & ESKA 296300
62 13 16 PASSIONFRUIT Drake 285000
63 5 9 CHINATOWN Liam Gallagher 282500
64 7 11 MR SANDMAN Syml 281400
65 9 10 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 277550
66 10 13 RUN FOR COVER The Killers 261600
67 12 16 LIFE WITH THE MACBETHS Sparks 261150
68 8 8 THE CALLING TheFatRat featuring Laura Brehm 259850
69 9 13 HOLDING ON Dannii Minogue featuring Jason Heerah 259600
70 4 6 LIST OF PEOPLE (TO TRY AND FORGET) Tame Impala 258200

71 11 16 DESPACITO (REMIX) Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber 254100
72 5 11 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS The Chainsmokers and Coldplay 253150
73 9 14 STAR CROSSED LOVERS Barry Gibb 252950
74 14 17 ALL STARS Martin Solveig featuring Alma 252350
75 8 11 MOVE Saint Motel 250100
76 9 11 EDITH PIAF (SAID IT BETTER THAN ME) Sparks 249300
77 10 10 UNDER YOUR SKIN SeeB and R. City 247150
78 7 9 LEVITATE Imagine Dragons 246400
79 9 11 GENTLE ON MY MIND Alison Krauss 242650
80 8 10 BLACK TEARS Imelda May featuring Jeff Beck 241850

81 11 11 CLOUDBUSTING Just Us 240550
82 14 15 MALIBU Miley Cyrus 240550
83 10 12 GIANTS Take That 240500
84 12 12 HARD AS DIAMONDS NUSSY 237600
85 8 11 DARTH VADER Dragonette 233250
86 13 12 DUSK TILL DAWN ZAYN featuring Sia 230100
87 9 9 YOU WANT IT DARKER (PAUL KALKBRENNER REMIX) Leonard Cohen 229200
88 19 15 POWER Little Mix featuring Stormzy 226300
89 8 7 COLA CamelPhat & Elderbrook 224400
90 10 11 MAGNETISED Garbage 222600

91 13 11 REGGAETON LENTO CNCO & Little Mix 221550
92 10 11 MIRACLES (SOMEONE SPECIAL) Coldplay & Big Sean 215250
93 13 11 THIS MOMENT Chase & Status and Blossoms 208300
94 13 11 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club Cheval 207900
95 7 7 HOLD ME TIGHT OR DON’T Fall Out Boy 204900
96 10 13 THE PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark 202950
97 10 11 KALEIDOSCOPE Fenech-Soler 198950
98 10 9 IT’S SUNNY TLC featuring Bobby Hebb 191900
99 10 8 CLOSE TO YOU ARLE 187000
100 16 11 SHED A LIGHT Robin Schulz & David Guetta featuring Cheat Codes 184900