Posted December 31, 201311 yr http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/1123_zpscf44aa02.png Hello! As we enter the final moments of the year and say goodbye to twenty thirteen, I am once more (see: 2012 and 2011 for earlier examples of my poor music taste) going to share and look back at my favourite one hundred tracks of 2013 - I hope to provide some commentary as we get towards some of the bigger hits, and will provide the usual artwork and chart run info. The hits are ordered by their performance on my personal chart, so don't expect any massive shocks or surprises, and certainly expect me to have changed my mind massively about most of the tracks and therefore render the publication of a points based chart pretty much useless. The formula used to come up with the points system is needlessly complex and required the use of Tianhe-2, and the equivalent energy usage of a small country over a year to crunch the numbers in time. But it was worth it, because now we can know that "I Love It" by Icona Pop and Charli XCX was the worst performing Top 10 hit of 2013, peaking at #8 and securing just 117th in the rankings. Fascinating. Still with me? Ok. Here are the number 1s of 2013. All TWENTY. Stats to follow: 06-01-2013 |03| Autre Ne Veut "Counting" 27-01-2013 |02| Röyksopp ft. Susanne Sundfør "Running To The Sea" 10-02-2013 |02| Kate Boy "Northern Lights" 24-02-2013 |01| Disclosure ft. AlunaGeorge "White Noise" 03-03-2013 |03| James Blake "Retrograde" 24-03-2013 |05| Jagwar Ma "The Throw" 28-04-2013 |02| Vampire Weekend "Step / Diane Young" 12-05-2013 |03| Daft Punk "Get Lucky" 02-06-2013 |02| Disclosure ft. Eliza Doolittle "You & Me" 16-06-2013 |02| London Grammar "Wasting My Young Years" 30-06-2013 |02| HAERTS "All The Days" 14-07-2013 |04| CHVRCHES "Gun" 11-08-2013 |02| Arctic Monkeys "Do I Wanna Know?" 25-08-2013 |02| S O H N "The Wheel" 08-09-2013 |04| St. Lucia "Elevate" 06-10-2013 |06| Ellery James Roberts "Kerou's Lament" 17-11-2013 |02| HAERTS "Hemiplegia" 01-12-2013 |02| David Bowie "Love Is Lost [James Murphy Remix]" 15-12-2013 |01| Blood Orange "You're Not Good Enough" 22-12-2013 |02|*Arcade Fire "Afterlife" But who has bagged #1 of 2013? :o
December 31, 201311 yr Author http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/3978_zpsaa60ada5.png The Top 100 Singles of 2013 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bP0KJtu-L._AA160_.jpg #100 Laura Marling "Master Hunter" (452) Debut: 2nd June 2013 Chart Run: 36-25-20-13-08-12-20-30-40 (9 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/413rYE9nE0L._AA160_.jpg #099 Duke Dumont ft. A*M*E "Need U (100%)" (454) Debut: 17th March 2013 Chart Run: 39-31-22-19-15-18-26-32-40-45 (10 weeks) http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/9720_zps1abd2501.png #098 Katy B ft. Jessie Ware "Aaliyah" (456) Debut: 16th December 2012 Chart Run: (2012 chart run...)-12-08-08-10-18-29-31-43-50 (9 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nedASxyBL._AA160_.jpg #097 Local Natives "Heavy Feet" (466) Debut: 3rd February 2013 Chart Run: 40-20-12-10-16-21-29-38-45-XX-47 (10 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41cBxj71S3L._AA160_.jpg #096 Jamie N Commons "Rumble and Sway" (483) Debut: 7th April 2013 Chart Run: 44-32-20-14-10-11-18-26-34-44 (10 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pxM1NA3FL._AA160_.jpg #095 Foals "Late Night" (484) Debut: 31st March 2013 Chart Run: 43-31-25-17-11-09-14-23-32-49 (10 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511WQYxhiaL._AA160_.jpg #094 Boards of Canada "Reach For The Dead" (485) Debut: 16th June 2013 Chart Run: 32-18-11-07-05-10-17-29-45 (9 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YPEfANLlL._AA160_.jpg #093 Franz Ferdinand "Right Action" (489) Debut: 4th August 2013 Chart Run: 48-32-19-12-06-08-16-26-41-49 (10 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RcoyWCc7L._AA160_.jpg #092 Mr Little Jeans "Oh Sailor" (492) Debut: 14th April 2013 Chart Run: 44-33-24-13-15-11-11-17-30-43 (10 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412cgFrD0vL._AA160_.jpg #091 Ellie Goulding "Figure 8" (494) Debut: 23rd December 2012 Chart Run: (2012 chart run...)-14-10-06-05-08-15-26-38-45 (9 weeks) >>> Still only 23 years old, Laura Marling is one of the younger artists to chart this year - but is one of the most prolific and accomplished. Releasing her fourth studio album Once I Was An Eagle in May (her biggest, reaching #3 in the UK), the lead single taken from it was "Master Hunter" and is exactly the kind of folk/country music that should be making it big instead of the awful chart fodder that makes people turn even further against the genre! It made the Top 10 at the end of June and kicks of the first ten nicely at No.100. Also representing the British country music scene, the wonderful Jamie N Commons is at No. 96 with "Rumble and Sway" - however we are still waiting for his first album over 2 years since his debut single release "The Preacher" in December 2011. Take your time Jamie. The finest commercial dance track of 2013 is at No.99, Duke Dumont's wonderful "Need U (100%)" - which kicked off a stellar chart period where UK #1s became actually quite good for a time around the middle part of the year (it didn't last) - and also represented a mainstream shift to a revival of 1990s deep house, a shift that started underground at the start of the decade. There are the first of two chart entries for Foals ("Late Night" at No. 95), the return of Franz Ferdinand and Boards of Canada ("Right Action", No.93 and "Reach For The Dead", No.94 respectively) and Ellie Goulding makes a belated return (No. 91, "Figure 8") after last making the year-end chart in 2009 with "Under The Sheets". Finally though, it would be rude not to mention Katy B and Jessie Ware, a dream collaboration that sent "Aaliyah" to #8 in January, and loses out slightly due to missing some chart weeks to the previous year.. <<< FnJIb4A-DuY #099: Duke Dumont
December 31, 201311 yr So what IS your points system?! Not too many of your first 10 I've actually heard, but Aaliyah and Reach For The Dead are both lovely stuff!!
December 31, 201311 yr Author So what IS your points system?! That is a closely guarded secret. :P It uses an exponential decay function, much like http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/3/f/2/3f28b1c0d4362b86a89f976d83d81070.png http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/40b0_zps3c3fb6b5.png #090 Wolf Alice "Blush" (497) Debut: 3rd November 2013 Chart Run: 46-30-19-14-10-06-09-09-13* (9 weeks… so far) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Hsmd9tz-L._AA160_.jpg #089 Kendrick Lamar "Swimming Pools (Drank)" (499) Debut: 10th March 2013 (Re-entry) Chart Run: 50-31-19-11-11-08-12-21-31-43 (10 weeks) http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/be62_zps81deebe6.png #088 The Killers "Shot At The Night" (501) Debut: 29th September 2013 Chart Run: 47-33-23-18-16-14-20-28-31-39-47 (11 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vhuwNBDzL._AA160_.jpg #087 The Naked and Famous "Hearts Like Ours" (511) Debut: 28th July 2013 Chart Run: 50-31-23-17-17-22-12-18-30-38-44 (11 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51A+qWpMwfL._AA160_.jpg #086 Temples "Colours To Life" (516) Debut: 16th June 2013 Chart Run: 38-27-21-27-40-26-16-12-17-26-43 (11 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FuK3W11oL._AA160_.jpg #085 Robert DeLong "Global Concepts" (517) Debut: 2nd June 2013 Chart Run: 38-24-13-08-06-08-15-24-34-50 (10 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51poTluIteL._AA160_.jpg #084 Miguel "Adorn" (519) Debut: 14th July 2013 Chart Run: 46-33-25-16-11-09-14-21-30-44-50 (11 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51nRsXCol-L._AA160_.jpg #083 Villagers "Nothing Arrived" (533) Debut: 2nd December 2012 Chart Run: (2012 chart run...-05-04-04-06-10-14-20-30-41 (9 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/314aTwibqhL._AA160_.jpg #082 Jessie Ware "Sweet Talk" (540) Debut: 6th January 2013 Chart Run: 50-36-29-21-16-08-08-11-19-31-44 (11 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412bIDIkNkL._AA160_.jpg #081 Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Despair" (552) Debut: 30th June 2013 Chart Run: 44-34-29-37-24-18-10-10-19-28-39-50 (12 weeks) >>> Villagers bagged their first #1 in 2012 with the wonderful "The Waves" - following this, the second single from {Awayland} was atheist anthem "Nothing Arrived" about the meaninglessness of life.. "Nothing Arrived" managed a couple of weeks in the Top 5 back in January for Conor O'Brien and charts here at No.83. The Killers came back with the strong "Shot At The Night", which may not have reached the Top 10, but hung around for long enough to take it to No.88 in the chart of the year, a similar fate to The Naked & Famous' "Hearts Like Ours" (No. 87). One of the most innovative and strangest tracks in the Top 100 comes from 27 year-old drummer and electronic musician Robert DeLong. "Global Concepts" stormed into the Top 10 back in June, and features a cacophony of drums, electronic synths and warped vocals and marked an dramatic uptick in the dance output of America (after the ridiculousness of Skrillex). Yeah Yeah Yeahs make their first appearance of 2 with "Despair" at No. 81 and Jessie Ware likewise makes the first of two appearances (3 if you count "Aaliyah") with "Sweet Talk" - a far cry from her domination of 2012's chart which saw her make 5 appearances (3 of which were in the Top 40).<<< iDEzRraYgA8
December 31, 201311 yr Author http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NiWlR8itL._AA160_.jpg #080 Public Service Broadcasting "Theme From PSB" (555) Debut: 26th May 2013 Chart Run: 50-40-34-25-17-13-09-14-21-31-38-47 (12 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/414uXwG29GL._AA160_.jpg #079 AlunaGeorge "You Know You Like It" (556) Debut: 23rd June 2013 Chart Run: 47-29-17-11-09-07-11-18-25-33-46 (11 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Lyx2ffFCL._AA160_.jpg #078 Bombay Bicycle Club "Carry Me" (556*) Debut: 10th November 2013 Chart Run: 31-14-06-04-02-02-03-05* (8 weeks... so far) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31gFtEth24L._AA160_.jpg #077 Ghostpoet "Meltdown" (557) Debut: 7th April 2013 Chart Run: 49-XX-35-22-13-08-07-09-14-22-31-44 (11 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BJJ+de2yL._AA160_.jpg #076 M O N E Y "Hold Me Forever" (558) Debut: 4th August 2013 Chart Run: 39-26-21-15-12-09-07-12-23-34-50 (11 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51acf5qJS4L._AA160_.jpg #075 Haim "Falling" (562) Debut: 17th February 2013 Chart Run: 45-31-23-17-12-10-14-20-28-35-43-50 (12 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xzA8oXxuL._AA160_.jpg #074 Phoenix "Entertainment" (564) Debut: 24th February 2013 Chart Run: 50-39-30-23-16-12-09-16-21-29-36-45 (12 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HIG324-9L._AA160_.jpg #073 Laura Mvula "Green Garden" (568) Debut: 10th February 2013 Chart Run: 40-23-14-08-06-08-14-19-25-35-48 (11 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B9DPGc4AL._AA160_.jpg #072 Blood Orange "Chamakay" (570) Debut: 15th September 2013 Chart Run: 38-27-19-12-09-13-20-26-28-34-40-50 (12 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61uOyQHXTHL._AA160_.jpg #071 I Am Kloot "These Days Are Mine" (576) Debut: 27th January 2013 Chart Run: 44-29-17-11-07-05-09-15-23-31-42 (11 weeks) >>>Public Service Broadcasting finally released their debut LP Inform - Educate - Entertain this year blasting into the Top 40 at #21 back in May. "Everest" made No. 1 at the end of 2012, and following it this year they managed to chalk up a further 3 Top 10 hits - the second of the year but lowest charting was "Theme From PSB" which encapsulates everything that is great about the band, it peaked at #9 in May. Two more singles to come for them in this countdown! There is the first single ("Carry Me" at No. 78) from Bombay Bicycle Club's fourth LP So Long, See You Tomorrow which is due in February, and a recent hit from Blood Orange ("Chamakay" at No. 72) - Dev Hynes who recently celebrated his 28th birthday on 23rd December has made the Top 10 under 3 different names: Lightspeed Champion (twice, #7 and #6) in 2008, Test Icicles (#9) in 2005 and Blood Orange this year - twice! In this section there is also the debut single from AlunaGeorge; "You Know You Like It" (No. 79 and originally released in 2012) which was re-released this year and vaulted to #7 in July. Other artists hitting the magic #7 included M O N E Y ("Hold Me Forever" at No. 76) and Ghostpoet ("Meltdown" at No. 77). Haim (No. 75, "Falling"), Phoenix (No. 74, "Entertainment") and Laura Mvula (No. 73, "Green Garden") make their sole appearances for 2013. Phoenix have had Top 10 hits in 2006 ("Consolation Prizes", No. 3), 2009 ("1901", No. 6) and now in 2013.<<< tBsRvthVhdw Edited December 31, 201311 yr by Doctor Blind
December 31, 201311 yr Author http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41IHP9XNJ-L._AA160_.jpg #070 Frightened Rabbit "The Woodpile" (587) Debut: 13th January 2013 Chart Run: 33-21-12-04-04-07-13-21-29-37-50 (11 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ukqtED2LL._AA160_.jpg #069 Cyril Hahn ft. Shy Girls "Perfect Form" (588*) Debut: 20th October 2013 Chart Run: 46-36-24-21-16-12-09-08-08-13-16* (11 weeks... so far) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-TEvQuA6L._AA160_.jpg #068 Katy B "5 AM" (588) Debut: 22nd September 2013 Chart Run: 46-34-19-14-11-08-13-17-23-28-36-45 (12 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sLX6Zz49L._AA160_.jpg #067 Little Green Cars "The John Wayne" (592) Debut: 30th December 2012 Chart Run: (2012 chart run...)-22-15-11-09-07-07-09-16-27-39-49 (11 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61EaYqrt4xL._AA160_.jpg #066 Ms Mr "Fantasy" (595) Debut: 17th February 2013 Chart Run: 48-33-22-15-10-08-10-14-21-25-35-47 (12 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TfH67XhdL._AA160_.jpg #065 David Bowie "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" (598) Debut: 17th March 2013 Chart Run: 50-36-23-15-10-07-07-12-18-25-38-50 (12 weeks) http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/eb08_zpsbb0bd8e8.png #064 MØ "Glass" (599) Debut: 27th January 2013 Chart Run: 49-32-24-24-17-12-10-07-13-21-32-40 (12 weeks) http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/c231_zps2eb0dcb6.png #063 Foals "My Number" (605) Debut: 20th January 2013 Chart Run: 40-19-09-06-03-05-11-16-24-34-46 (11 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31JFPEPb7tL._AA160_.jpg #062 I Break Horses "Denial" (619) Debut: 8th September 2013 Chart Run: 44-28-20-12-08-05-08-13-19-26-35-47 (12 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51sVnwE5l3L._AA160_.jpg #061 Blood Orange "You're Not Good Enough" (620*) Debut: 3rd November 2013 Chart Run: 37-23-13-07-06-04-01-02-02* (9 weeks... so far) >>>The Selkirk 5-peice, Frightened Rabbit released their fourth studio album Pedestrian Verse in February and scored their biggest album to-date, charting inside the official Top 10 at #9. "The Woodpile" was the promotional single taken from it, and scored the group their biggest hit on my chart since Christmas 2008 when "It's Christmas So We'll Stop" soared to #3 - it spent 2 weeks at No. 4 in February coinciding with the albums release. In this group there are enduring current hits from Cyril Hahn ("Perfect Form", No. 69), and recent #1 from Blood Orange ("You're Not Good Enough" at No. 61). Katy B makes her highest appearance with "5 AM" (No. 68), taken from forthcoming 2nd studio album Little Red. Ms Mr reached the Top 30 of 2012 with the brilliant "Hurricane" (a No. 2 hit), and this year follow this impressively with the upbeat pop single "Fantasy" which peaked at #8 in March (No. 66). The first of two MØ singles lines up at No. 64, the Norweigen singer has another Top 10 hit still to come, as does David Bowie who returned to the music scene after 10 years absence, scoring 3 Top 10 hits - the second highest "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" made it to #7 and ranks 65th in my countdown of the year's biggest hits.<<< gH7dMBcg-gE
December 31, 201311 yr Author http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51IMzjA2+3L._AA160_.jpg #060 Ben Pearce "What I Might Do" (621) Debut: 15th September 2013 Chart Run: 46-32-11-06-06-06-11-16-22-30-37-46 (12 weeks) http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/529b_zps151c740c.png #059 Phosphorescent "Song For Zula" (645) Debut: 5th May 2013 Chart Run: 40-27-19-07-04-06-06-11-15-25-36-48 (12 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41+kdj8E7JL._AA160_.jpg #058 Public Service Broadcasting "Night Mail" (649) Debut: 29th September 2013 Chart Run: 49-29-20-15-12-09-07-10-16-23-30-41-48 (13 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ZKlmrL1UL._AA160_.jpg #057 CHVRCHES "Lies" (658*) Debut: 27th October 2013 Chart Run: 39-21-12-06-04-02-03-04-04-09* (10 weeks… so far) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qruK1YTwL._AA160_.jpg #056 Pulp "After You" (666) Debut: 3rd February 2013 Chart Run: 47-30-19-12-06-04-06-11-16-26-33-46-49 (13 weeks) http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/e149_zps7a7e8b13.png #055 Poliça "Chain My Name" (667) Debut: 25th August 2013 Chart Run: 46-33-23-13-06-04-07-11-17-22-30-39-48 (13 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419adUET5VL._AA160_.jpg #054 Clean Bandit "Mozart's House" (668) Debut: 31st March 2013 Chart Run: 47-24-14-09-05-03-05-07-13-20-32-47 (12 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51cZeuA520L._AA160_.jpg #053 Queens of the Stone Age "My God Is the Sun" (670) Debut: 14th April 2013 Chart Run: 41-31-25-18-12-08-05-09-12-19-26-34-44 (13 weeks) http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/12b6_zpsd1579422.png #052 Everything Everything "Kemosabe" (676) Debut: 9th December 2012 Chart Run: (2012 chart run...)-04-02-02-04-05-10-15-19-25-35-46 (11 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MVuwSAGXL._AA160_.jpg #051 Arctic Monkeys "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" (677) Debut: 18th August 2013 Chart Run: 36-24-17-11-08-03-05-11-19-28-37-44-50 (13 weeks) >>>Ben Pearce's addictive house track "What I Might Do" (first released in late 2012) may have forever remained an 'unknown pleasure' had it not been for it's advert sync up with Tesco back in the early part of Autumn - the track was given a new lease of life and shot up into the UK Top 10. The song itself takes the American singer/songwriter Anthony Hamilton's 2003 track "Cornbread, Fish & Collard Greens" and turns it into a house classic. Speaking of putting a modern twist on a classic, Clean Bandit - a British group who broke through in 2013 - took Mozart's 1789 ~smasher~ "String Quartet No. 21" and added the talented vocals of Ssegawa Ssekintu along with some thumping bass to brilliant effect. "Mozart's House" smashed into the UK Top 20 and reached #3 on my chart back in May. Arctic Monkeys continued their impressive Top 10 streak into 2013 (only in 2008 did they fail to score a Top 10 hit in the past 9 consecutive years), and "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" was their 2nd biggest of the year, from 5th studio album AM. QotSA made a muted comeback this year, but lead-off single from 6th studio LP ...Like Clockwork ("My God Is the Sun") was pretty much what we have come to expect from the band and featured Josh Homme's familiar falsetto, some heavy guitars and brutal drumming! It launched to #5 and clocked up over 3 months at lands at No.53. There were long overdue returns this year from Daft Punk and David Bowie, but we also got one from Pulp whose reworking of a early 2000s demo "After You" (No. 56) brought them back into the Top 5 in March.<<< iFca32_7YUU
January 1, 201411 yr Author http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/d1db_zps69c2c2ac.png #050 Postiljonen "Supreme" (682) Debut: 21st April 2013 Chart Run: 40-33-28-22-24-15-08-05-09-16-27-40-42-49 (14 weeks) http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/b187_zps59975d46.png #049 MØ ft. Diplo "XXX 88" (685*) Debut: 6th October 2013 Chart Run: 41-26-16-10-07-05-07-11-17-21-33-34-40* (13 weeks... so far) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41npjXOPLzL._AA160_.jpg #048 Chris Malinchak "So Good To Me" (690) Debut: 7th April 2013 Chart Run: 36-24-15-13-11-08-12-16-22-22-29-33-46-50 (14 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419W7yiZ-hL._AA160_.jpg #047 Public Service Broadcasting "Signal 30" (700) Debut: 24th February 2013 Chart Run: 41-30-19-14-09-06-05-07-10-15-21-32-43 (13 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kvHx-ag6L._AA160_.jpg #046 V V Brown "The Apple" (702) Debut: 15th September 2013 Chart Run: 43-37-20-14-10-05-04-06-09-15-22-29-44 (13 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31qkQ3uSztL._AA160_.jpg #045 Joywave ft. KOPPS "Tongues" (719) Debut: 26th May 2013 Chart Run: 43-31-18-08-05-02-04-06-12-21-28-37-47 (13 weeks) http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/4e571_zpsa6348021.png #044 Vampire Weekend "Unbelievers" (722) Debut: 7th July 2013 Chart Run: 49-30-19-11-09-06-02-04-08-13-21-31-45 (13 weeks) http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/7ce5_zps2be3c2c6.png #043 Until The Ribbon Breaks "2025" (747) Debut: 28th July 2013 Chart Run: 45-30-21-16-13-09-06-04-07-10-15-25-37-47 (14 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41X152QncJL._AA160_.jpg #042 Bat For Lashes "A Wall" (754) Debut: 6th January 2013 Chart Run: 36-27-20-14-06-02-02-04-07-13-21-33-44 (13 weeks) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TYyYmqhpL._AA160_.jpg #041 Poliça "Tiff" (758) Debut: 21st April 2013 Chart Run: 37-27-15-07-02-02-03-07-10-14-24-37-45 (13 weeks) >>>Public Service Broadcasting crash out at No. 47 with the highest charting of their 3 singles this year - completing a 100% Top 10 success rate in the process. "Signal 30" takes its name from a 1950s American road safety film and was used to excellent effect to soundtrack the end of the Brazilian F1 grand prix on BBC1 last year. Swedish group Postiljonen (translated: Postman!) provided some uplifting dream pop in the form of "Supreme" (No. 50) which sounds very much like M83 Saturdays=Youth era and climbed to #5 in June to soundtrack the early part of my summer. Other summer tunes from Chris Malinchak ("So Good To Me", No. 48 - the highest non-Top 5 hit in the list) and Joywave ft. KOPPS ("Tongues", No. 45) also feature in this section. Vanessa Brown (aka V V Brown) made a strong return in 2013 with "The Apple" at No. 46, and also returning to the year-end chart were Vampire Weekend who managed to chalk up their 3rd number 1 in April, but with Modern Vampires of the City also scored a #2 in "Unbelievers" (No. 44). Danish singer MØ - No.49 with "XXX 88" (who turned 17 just 2 days ago) was the youngest person to make the chart in 2013, younger than New Zealander Lorde by just 2 months. Finally we have Poliça at No.41, using to great effect guest vocalist Justin Vernon, and a shockingly violent videoclip to accompany "Tiff" - the lead single from their 2nd album.<<< Rd_-JY3yq9w The Top Forty will follow later today..
January 1, 201411 yr Author http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RfBtvTabL._SL500_AA280_.jpg #040 Savages "She Will" (759) Debut: 5th May 2013 Chart Run: 42-30-17-10-05-03-05-07-10-15-23-31-39-47 (14 weeks) Nominated for the popular "Sound Of.." poll for 2013, it was unsurprising to see British band Savages (named after the savages in the Golding classic Lord of the Flies) ride in on a crest wave of hype early in the year - that was enough to see their debut Silence Yourself chart at #19. Lead single "She Will" is a good reference point for the album, a furiously energetic and angry song about gender inequality that leaves a big impression on the listener. It stormed to #3 in June and kicks off the Top 40 nicely. Edited January 1, 201411 yr by Doctor Blind
January 1, 201411 yr Author http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ZFwBlU2LL._SL500_AA280_.jpg #039 Ghost Loft "So High" (765) Debut: 14th April 2013 Chart Run: 50-30-20-20-26-39-45-XX-43-25-15-07-05-10-18-32-45 (16 weeks) Little is known about Los Angeles music producer Danny Choi, aka Ghost Loft, but following low-key releases for "Blow" and "Seconds" in 2012 he released the wonderful "So High" in early 2013. The song itself has a great haunting quality to it with the female backing vocals drifting in and out of the mix. Initially only charting at #20, renewed hype on BuzzJack encouraged me to revisit the track and it peaked at No. 5 in August. Edited January 1, 201411 yr by Doctor Blind
January 1, 201411 yr Author http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tiFA-zRyL._SL500_AA280_.jpg #038 Lorde "Tennis Court" (772) Debut: 16th June 2013 Chart Run: 41-31-19-13-09-07-05-08-12-18-22-26-32-41-48 (15 weeks) I'll try and get through a Lorde commentary without mentioning her age (whoops..). New Zealander Ella Yelich-O'Connor broke through in a big way last year with debut single "Royals" (peaking No. 21 on my chart) a #1 smash on both sides of the Atlantic - but it was "Tennis Court", a 3 minute 19 second ode to her new-found fame in her homeland that was the song that I most fell in love with. The track was produced by Goodnight Nurse frontman, Joel Little and debuted at #1 in New Zealand, joining "Royals," "The Love Club" and "Swingin' Party" in the NZ Top 20 and making Lorde the first New Zealander to have 4 songs in the Top 20 concurrently. Edited January 1, 201411 yr by Doctor Blind
January 1, 201411 yr Author http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/9141_zps6b7ff745.png #037 Kanye West "Black Skinhead" (800) Debut: 7th July 2013 Chart Run: 20-07-03-02-04-07-11-11-15-20-27-33-43-48 (14 weeks) Exploding into the Top 20, and garnering the highest first-week debut of the year (never one to shy away from the limelight) it is Kanye West and the finest moment on 2013's Yeezus "Black Skinhead". The track has everything you want from a Kanye track - angry and vitriolic lyrics, thundering tribal drums (reminding me slightly of the KLFs 88 smash "Doctorin' The Tardis" :lol: ) produced by Daft Punk and a killer performance. Sadly it missed out on #1, joining the ever-increasing list of AMAZING Kanye #2's like 2010s "Runaway".
January 1, 201411 yr Author http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/92e2_zps4e578eaa.png #036 Jessie Ware "Imagine It Was Us" (802) Debut: 24th March 2013 Chart Run: 48-34-22-11-06-03-02-03-05-09-14-23-35-48 (14 weeks) After an album campaign that seemed to go on forever, there was one more gem that Jessie had kept hidden and that was the much more upbeat, catchy and altogether camp "Imagine It Was Us" that contrasted well with the majority of the tracks (save for "110%") on 2012s Devotion. The track isn't anywhere near her finest moment and lacked the depth and power of a lot of the singles prior to this, but still retained the soul, and R 'n' B influences of the debut and amplified them into a 1990s-type pop anthem. The curse of Jessie Ware* meant this went nowhere near the official Top 40 of course. *Officially recognised by the OCC Edited January 1, 201411 yr by Doctor Blind
January 1, 201411 yr Author http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31y4FEdk9sL._SL500_AA280_.jpg #035 Alex Metric & Jacques Lu Cont ft. Malin "Safe With You" (806) Debut: 23rd June 2013 Chart Run: 38-26-18-13-05-03-03-04-08-09-14-22-30-43 (14 weeks) An unexpected but welcome and dream collaboration between British DJ Alex Metric, Stuart Price (aka Jacques Lu Cont) and Malin from Swedish band Niki and the Dove occurred over the summer. Metric was introduced to Malin through his work remixing "Mother Protect" - he knew then that she had the perfect voice for the track "Safe With You". High expectations then were met with the undeniably beautiful vocals cascading amongst a pulsating dance behemoth of a tune. Edited January 1, 201411 yr by Doctor Blind
January 1, 201411 yr Author http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EoiJkPtdL._SL500_AA280_.jpg #034 Le Youth "C O O L" (816) Debut: 23rd June 2013 Chart Run: 45-39-27-16-10-06-03-06-10-11-17-25-35-40-45-48 (16 weeks) Wes James received huge attention in the summer of 2013 when his track "C O O L" (a brilliant reworking of Cassie Ventura's 2006 hit "Me & U") racked up 200,000 streams in a matter of weeks. The track was picked up and rapidly ascended the chart - making No. 3 in August, and reminded me strongly of the kind of piano house that was popular for a time in the early 90s. Apparently his new single samples TLC 1999 anthem "No Scrubs". Look out for that in 2014. Edited January 1, 201411 yr by Doctor Blind
January 1, 201411 yr Author http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm82/TheMagicPosition86/414d_zps70a17588.png #033 Disclosure ft. London Grammar "Help Me Lose My Mind" (817*) Debut: 29th September 2013 Chart Run: 35-17-13-07-03-02-04-05-08-12-18-30-36-44* (14 weeks... so far) The closing track on Disclosure's 2013 debut Settle was an early favourite for me - taking the BPM on the album down a few tens as the heartbreaking vocals from London Grammar's Hannah Reid confesses a young love, and echo softly over the beat - it is the slow dance love song of the year. The track only narrowly missed out on becoming the brothers third #1 of 2013.. though despite this the year has been there's by a MILE for certain. Seeing them live at Latitude in July on a hot summers night was one of my personal highlights of 2013.
January 1, 201411 yr Author LOON-UP. *.* http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Xwxr0KzTL._SL500_AA280_.jpg #032 John Newman "Love Me Again" (832) Debut: 19th May 2013 Chart Run: 44-34-30-20-11-10-09-03-03-06-09-15-20-27-37 (15 weeks) One of the slow burning hits of the year was the debut solo single by John Newman. Providing vocals on Rudimental's essential 2012 dance anthem "Feel The Love" it was undoubtably preceded by a large amount of hype. It turns out that was totally justified as the song itself is another massive and instantly likeable pop anthem with a killer chorus, whilst at the same time retaining his soul influences. The single eventually made it to No. 3 upon it's delayed UK release in July and spent much of the summer inside the Top 40.
January 1, 201411 yr Author More London Grammar! http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51r1ib8kPEL._SL500_AA280_.jpg #031 London Grammar "Strong" (836) Debut: 4th August 2013 Chart Run: 36-24-14-06-04-03-05-09-09-13-17-22-30-36-46 (15 weeks) On their second single ("Strong", a surprise minor UK hit peaking at No. 16 in September) London Grammar continued to impress with their blend of minimalist production, haunting and hypnotic vocals from Hannah Reid and an elaborately crafted sense of space. The single rapidly rose into the Top 10 and gave them a 2nd (of 3) Top 10 hit in September, peaking eventually at No. 3. They have 1 more hit still to come! Edited January 1, 201411 yr by Doctor Blind
January 1, 201411 yr Author http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61FJknA3acL._SL500_AA280_.jpg #030 David Bowie "Love Is Lost [James Murphy Remix]" (839*) Debut: 13th October 2013 Chart Run: 32-23-17-12-08-04-02-01-01-03-05-06* (12 weeks... so far) On his 66th birthday, David Bowie shocked the world by releasing his first new material for more than 10 years - and finally in December "Love Is Lost" made its way to #1 capping off what has been a pretty successful era for the Thin White Duke. I have always been a massive fan of Bowie but have never been able to chart anything of his at #1 so it was kind of IMPERATIVE that this made it. Thanks to this excellent remix by James Murphy with its nod to the self-referential themes of the album (by dropping in samples of his 1980 classic "Ashes To Ashes") the tune was a big favourite to end the year. At 10:25 it is the longest song ever to chart at #1. Edited January 1, 201411 yr by Doctor Blind
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