Going to go through this fairly quickly I hope...

 

Previous winners:

 

2002 - Doves 'There Goes The Fear

2003 - The Libertines 'Time For Heroes'

2004 - Franz Ferdinand 'Take Me Out'

2005 - The Futureheads 'Hounds of Love'

2006 - Stellastarr* 'Sweet Troubled Soul'

2007 - Robyn feat. Kleerup 'With Every Heartbeat'

2008 - Elbow 'One Day Like This'

2009 - Animal Collective 'Summertime Clothes'

2010 - Lady Gaga & Beyonce 'Telephone'

2011 - Bon Iver 'Holocene'

 

Last years top 10:

 

10 - Kanye West 'All Of the Lights'

09 - Arctic Monkeys 'Suck It And See'

08 - Fixers 'Iron Deer Dream'

07 - Coldplay 'Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall'

06 - Ben Howard 'Keep Your Head Up'

05 - Elbow 'Lippy Kids'

04 - Joy Formidable 'Whirring'

03 - Bombay Bicycle Club 'Shuffle'

02 - The Go! Team 'Buy Nothing Day'

01 - Bon Iver 'Holocene'

 

Eight of last years top 10 have released singles this year whilst only three of the previous number ones have a chance of being the first act top top the list twice.

Some stats:

44 of the songs are sung by females, I'm not sure but I'd imagine that's a record high.

Exactly half of the songs in the 100 are by acts who've never reached my End of Year chart before.

2 of the acts have only appeared once before, back on the first chart 10 years ago.

29 of the songs made the UK top 75, 19 of them are top 40 hits and there are four UK number one singles.

3 acts have three entries, a further 16 acts are here twice.

 

The songs which just miss out on a top 100 place are:

Alt-J 'Fitzpleasure'

Beach House 'Myth'

Fiction Faction 'Nina's Different'

The Horrors 'Changing The Rain'

Jessie Ware 'Night Light'

Jessie Ware 'Running'

Los Campesinos! 'Hello Sadness'

Purity Ring 'Lofticries'

Rudimental ft. John Newman & Alex Clare 'Not Giving In'

School of Seven Bells 'The Night'

 

7 of those songs are by acts that are in the top 100.

chart so far

 

100 Blood Red Shoes 'In Time To Voices'

99 Swedish House Mafia 'Greyhound'

98 Arctic Monkeys 'Black Treacle'

97 Reverend & The Makers 'Out of the Shadows'

96 Veronica Falls 'My Heart Beats'

95 Wonder Villains 'Ferrari'

94 The Futureheads 'Beeswing'

93 Django Django 'Hail Bop'

92 No Doubt 'Settle Down'

91 Perfume Genius 'Take Me Home'

 

90 Gotye 'Somebody That I Used To Know'

89 Polica 'Dark Star'

88 Ben Howard 'Only Love'

87 Mystery Jets 'Someone Purer'

86 Emeli Sande 'Read All About It, Part iii'

85 HAERTS 'Wings'

84 Alt-J 'Matilda'

83 2:54 'Creeping'

82 Coldplay 'Hurts Like Heaven'

81 Howler 'Back of Your Neck'

 

80 Dark Horses 'Radio'

79 The Shins 'The Rifle's Spiral'

78 Dutch Uncles 'Fester'

77 Hot Chip 'How Do You Do?'

76 Josh Osho 'Redemption Days'

75 The Drums 'Days'

74 Maximo Park 'Hips and Lips'

73 Santigold 'Disparate Youth'

72 Cave Painting 'Rio'

71 Polica 'Lay Your Cards Out'

 

70 B.Traits ft. Elizabeth Troy 'Fever'

69 Florence + The Machine 'Spectrum' [Calvin Harris Remix]

68 2:54 'Sugar'

67 Alabama Shakes 'Hold On'

66 Marina & The Diamonds 'Primadonna'

65 Diiv 'Geist'

64 Amy Macdonald 'Slow It Down'

63 Fixers 'Majesties Ranch'

62 Plan B 'Ill Manors'

61 Susanne Sundfor 'White Foxes'

 

60 Foxes 'Youth'

59 The xx 'Angels'

58 The Maccabees 'Feel To Follow'

57 iamamiwhoami 'Goods'

56 Gorillaz ft. Andre 3000 & James Murphy 'DoYaThing'

55 Muse 'Madness'

54 Los Campesinos! 'Songs About Your Girlfriend'

53 The Enemy 'Like a Dancer'

52 Hot Chip 'Don't Deny Your HEart'

51 Jessie Ware '110%'

 

50 Orbital ft. Zola Jesus 'New France'

49 Azealia Banks '212'

48 Alpines 'Gold'

47 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 'Everybody's On The Run'

46 Maximo Park 'The Undercurrents'

45 Bat For Lashes 'All Your Gold'

44 School of Seven Bells 'Faded Heart'

43 The Enemy 'This Is Real'

42 Bombay Bicycle Club 'How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep'

41 Django Django 'Default'

 

40 St. Lucia 'We Got It Wrong'

39 Kasabian 'Goodbye Kiss'

38 The Maccabees 'Pelican'

37 Grimes 'Genesis'

36 CHVRCHES 'The Mother We Share'

35 Naughty Boy ft. Emeli Sande 'Wonder'

34 Oliver Tank 'Last Night I Heard Everything In Slow Motion'

33 Santigold 'The Keepers'

32 Alt-J 'Breezeblocks'

31 Public Service Broadcasting 'Everest'

 

30 Woodkid 'Run Boy Run'

29 Ben Howard 'The Wolves'

28 Kanye West & Jay-Z 'Niggas In Paris'

27 Yeasayer 'Henrietta'

26 Solange 'Losing You'

25 Jake Bugg 'Two Fingers'

24 Kindness 'That's Alright'

23 iamamiwhoami 'Idle Talk'

22 Public Enemy 'Harder Than You Think'

21 Jessie Ware 'Wildest Moments'

 

20 Alpines 'Empire'

19 Radiohead 'Staircase'

18 The Maccabees 'Went Away'

17 Elbow 'First Steps'

16 Fixers 'Pink Light'

15 Purity Ring 'Fineshrine'

14 Underworld 'Caliban's Dream'

13 Dan Croll 'From Nowhere'

12 Alt-J 'Tessellate'

11 Ben Howard 'Burgh Island EP'

 

 

100 -

*DEBUT*

28-21-15-10-05-04-09-18-25-37

 

099 -

*DEBUT*

36

 

098 -

*12th HIT*

33-25-20-17-15-14-11-16-26-40

 

History:

Fake Tales of San Francisco (#56, 2005)

I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (#34, 2005)

When The Sun Goes Down (#95, 2006)

The View From The Afternoon (#89, 2006)

Fluorescent Adolescent (#28, 2007)

Teddy Picker (#21, 2007)

Brianstorm (#16, 2007)

Crying Lightning (#49, 2009)

Cornerstone (#17, 2009)

The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala (#44, 2011)

Suck It And See (#09, 2011)

 

097 -

*2nd HIT*

26-19-15-12-11-08-10-16-19-21-31

 

History:

Heavyweight Champion of the World (#91, 2007)

 

096 - Veronica Falls 'My Heart Beats' *DEBUT*

27-23-14-10-09-08-11-19-30-40

 

 

Kicking off the top 100 is Blood Red Shoes with what is surprisingly their first top 100 entry, after five previous top 200 entries, including this years 'Cold'. One week wonder Swedish House mafia are at 99 with the only instrumental in the chart 'Greyhound', I thought it was alright when it was first out but it's something that's grown and grown over the course of the year, without a doubt one of the best club hits of the year. Arctic Monkeys extend their lead of most amount of chart entries as 'Black Treacle', fourth single from their fourth album, makes it a dozen top 100 entries for them. Reverend & The Makers and Veronica Falls also chart, making the top 100 where 'Bad Feeling' just missed out for the rather joyous indie-pop band.

095 - Wonder Villains 'Ferrari' *DEBUT*

31-23-17-14-13-13-16-19-25-37

 

094 - The Futureheads 'Beeswing' *11th HIT*

30-20-14-14-13-15-30

 

History:

Meantime (#95, 2004)

Decent Days & Nights (#66, 2004)

Area (#19, 2005)

Hounds of Love (#01, 2005)

Worry About It Later (43, 2006)

Radio Heart (#98, 2008)

I Wouldn't Be Like This If You Were Here (#45, 2008)

Walking Backwards (#25, 2008)

The Beginning Of The Twist (#09, 2008)

Heartbeat Song (#67, 2010)

 

093 -

*DEBUT*

27-24-27-29-35

 

092 -

*2nd HIT*

20-12-10-06-07-11-18-25-35

 

History:

Hella Good (#59, 2002)

 

091 -

*DEBUT*

31-28-32

 

 

Northern Irish pop group Wonder Villains released a few singles this year, but I felt 'Ferrari' was the only one that could get near their previous high of 'SpaceJam', The Futureheads continue to have one entry less than record holders Arctic Monkeys as 'Beeswing' becomes their third hit to just make the chart, finishing in the 90s. It's certainly one of the highlights of their 2012 acapella album, and the only cover on it that's of neither a recent song or a song which is at least decades old, the original coming out in 1994 by Richard Thompson. Django Django get their first entry and No Doubt follow, their first release for nearly a decade and their first entry here for a decade, it's a superb pop song that deserved far more attention that it got. Album #1 Perfume Genius follow with 'Take Me Home', unfortunately one of the weakest songs on the album.

Swedish House Mafia have never had a hit in your chart prior to 'Greyhound'?

 

Will be keeping an eye on this chart as it progresses. Remember being surprised at seeing 'Telephone' as your #1 of 2010 as I'd expected 'Not In Love' to get the honour.

Swedish House Mafia have never had a hit in your chart prior to 'Greyhound'?

 

Will be keeping an eye on this chart as it progresses. Remember being surprised at seeing 'Telephone' as your #1 of 2010 as I'd expected 'Not In Love' to get the honour.

They had in my personal chart, but 'Greyhound' is their first to make my End of Year chart, though I love 'One (Your Name)' now, but I never really paid any attention to it in 2010.

 

Looking back 'Not In Love' is definitely my favourite song of 2010 now, but it was just that bit too recent come the end of the year. I'd still rank 'Telephone' second though! :D

090 - Gotye feat. Kimbra

*DEBUT*

31-26-10-06-12-18-22-25-27-25-30-37-40

 

089 -

*DEBUT*

32-26-18-12-08-08-04-04-06-10-13-16-21-31-34

 

088 -

*4th HIT*

35-22-12-06-04-04-07-10-20-28-37

 

History:

Old Pine (#47, 2011)

The Fear (#19, 2011)

Keep Your Head Up (#06, 2011)

 

087 - Mystery Jets 'Someone Purer' *3rd HIT*

39-36-34-39-33-39

 

History:

Two Doors Down (#62, 2008)

Young Love [feat. Laura Marling] (#05, 2008)

 

086 - Emeli Sande 'Read All About It Part III' *2nd HIT*

DNC

 

History:

Heaven (#45, 2010)

 

 

The first of four number ones of the year to make this (would be six if 'Titanium' and 'Paradise' weren't both in my 2011 chart) is one of the first of the year, 'Somebody That I Used To Know'. Somewhat bizarrely, it wasn't until I saw the cover version by Walk Off The Earth that I really clicked with it, a wonderfully simple song which has deserved success this year. There's a first entry for Polica with 'Dark Star', a song which has surprised me looking back at how good its chart run is compared to how much I like it (or ever have liked it). The 5th single from 2011 album of the year 'Every Kingdom', 'Old Pine' also spent two weeks at #4, but it is his weakest single of the five released.

 

It took me an age to really get 'Someone Purer', though as the chart run suggests I liked it a bit for a while, but it's grown to be one of their best singles, a definite grower. Rounding off this 5 is another big hit, for Emeli Sande. I always thought there was a good song somewhere in 2011s 'Read All About It', it turned out there was, a simple but emotive piano ballad, one of the few songs of hers I don't actually find boring, though it's easy to see why others might.

Great to see 'Greyhound' sneaking in despite the lack of success in your actual charts :D 2 acts that I've sent to BJSC this year as well (although neither are the actual songs).

 

Can't get into Blood Red Shoes apart from 'Cold' which I really like. I have heard other songs of theirs (incl. 'In Time To Voices') but they don't interest me in the slightest.

085 - HAERTS 'Wings' *DEBUT*

37-28-22-10-08*

 

084 -

*DEBUT*

35-25*

 

083 -

*DEBUT*

40-34-27-20-17-21-20-26-35-39-39

 

082 -

*11th HIT*

27-21-13-09-14-25-33*

 

History:

The Scientist (#41, 2002)

Clocks (#31, 2003)

Speed of Sound (#91, 2005)

Fix You (#41, 2005)

Talk (#09, 2005)

Violet Hill (#65, 2008)

Viva La Vida (#43, 2008)

Life in Technicolor ii (#44, 2009)

Paradise (#48, 2011)

Every Teardrop is a Waterfall (#07, 2011)

 

081 -

*DEBUT*

28-17-11-11-10-11-12-13-19-27-36

 

 

Four debuts and a regular here. Two of these have more to come, three don't. HAERTS is something I plucked out of a couple of other people's charts and is something I really enjoyed, reminds me of other things but I'm never quite sure what. Beautifully poppy though. 'Matilda' is the latest in a line of decent singles for Alt-J, their third best of five. 2:54 are remarkably consistent with their debut album, 'Creeping' is as catchy as anything on it. 'Hurts Like Heaven' was always an obvious single from 'Mylo Xyloto', a definite standout on their poorest album, should really have been third over 'Charlie Brown'. Howler are most like The Strokes on 'Back of Your Neck' from the beginning of the year.

070 -

*DEBUT*

31-28-21-12-07-07-09-15-20-34-38

 

079 -

*5th HIT*

28-21-14-08-05-07-12-16-20-25-33-36-39

 

History:

Phantom Limb (#84, 2007)

Sea Leags (#37, 2007)

Australia (#07, 2007)

Turn On Me (#03, 2007)

 

078 - Dutch Uncles 'Fester' *DEBUT*

40-35-19-12*

 

077 -

*4th HIT*

25-17-11-05-04-06-10-15-24-35

 

History:

Over And Over (#88, 2006)

Boy From School (#56, 2006)

Ready For The Floor (#92, 2008)

 

076 -

*DEBUT*

23-14-08-03-03-02-03-08-09-12-16-27-38

 

 

Dark Horses kick off tonight's last batch with excellent single 'Radio', it's not instant but is well worth getting into, their album is at the top of my list to investigate further as second 'Alone' is also pretty good, would be close-ish to the top 100 if I ordered further down. Another 'to get' album is Dutch Uncles, 'Fester' is the first track I've heard by the Stockport band but it's a wonderful slice if indie pop that would be suited better to a summer's day, if this and new single 'Flexxin' are anything to go by their third album due for release in early 2013 will be a good one. Their not massively dissimilar to The Shins when they're at their poppiest, and they are on 'The Rifle's Spiral', the closest thing on 'Port of Morrow' to 2007's exceptional duo 'Australia' and 'Turn On Me'. Hot Chip get their first entry this year with their best song for a while, and Josh Osho finishes off, discovered him on Jools Holland, a brilliant voice but few good songs. 'Redemption Days' is wonderful but the album has put me right off him, would probably have been looking for top 50 if I hadn't downloaded it.

Great to see 'Greyhound' sneaking in despite the lack of success in your actual charts :D 2 acts that I've sent to BJSC this year as well (although neither are the actual songs).

 

Can't get into Blood Red Shoes apart from 'Cold' which I really like. I have heard other songs of theirs (incl. 'In Time To Voices') but they don't interest me in the slightest.

Wonder Villains was one, not sure on the other, must have been one I missed?

 

More to come from SHM yet! :D

Wonder Villains was one, not sure on the other, must have been one I missed?

 

More to come from SHM yet! :D

 

The other is Poliça, who also DNQed sadly (with 'Lay Your Cards Out')!

 

Is it worth hoping the SHM song to come is 'Antidote'? (Or both 'Antidote' and 'Don't You Worry Child' preferably).

A few songs I haven't heard :o Still can't bring myself to listen to Django Django even.

075 -

*6th HIT*

27-20-16-15-10-07-05-07-13-17-24-34-40

 

History:

Let's Go Surfing (#94, 2009)

I Felt Stupid (#23, 2009)

Forever and Ever Amen (#32, 2010)

How It Ended (#64, 2011)

In Your Eyes [feat. Edwyn Collins] (#26, 2011)

 

074 -

*6th HIT*

35-23-15-08-07-07-07-07-12-18-23-32-39

 

History:

Going Missing (#40, 2005)

Graffiti (#17, 2005)

Apply Some Pressure (#04, 2005)

Books From Boxes (#57, 2007)

Our Velocity (#13, 2007)

 

073 -

*2nd HIT*

33-28-22-23-34

 

History:

L.E.S. Artistes (#27, 2008)

 

072 - Cave Painting 'Rio' *DEBUT*

31-18-03-01-01-01-02-03-06-09-15-17-18-22-31

 

071 -

*2nd HIT* *PEAK*

DNC

 

History:

Dark Star (#89, 2012)

 

 

The Drums chart for a fourth year in a row with final single from last years 'Portamento' album 'Days', which is one of the albums highlights. Maximo Park make a welcome return after 5 years of releasing crap with 'Hips & Lips', Santigold appears for the first time with a song I didn't really get into until I heard the album and Polica are the first act to appear twice the year, 'Lay Your Cards Out' finishing 18 places higher than the follow-up single 'Dark Star'. The other song here is the first personal chart number one to appear from Cave Painting, being released in the early part of the year, it pretty much got there by default as there wasn't a great deal decent out then. The first three of this years 16 number ones are the first three to appear, all of them significantly behind the other 13.

Don't really like 'Hips And Lips' that much, Maxïmo Park have gone a bit downhill since 'Our Earthly Pleasures'. Yay for 'Disparate Youth' and 'Lay Your Cards Out'.

Disparate Youth. *.* Fantastic - it keeps getting better every time, I had no idea Santi could be that good. (and it is so high on mine)

Here's what I like from your countdown so far:

 

98 Arctic Monkeys 'Black Treacle'

95 Wonder Villains 'Ferrari' (my love of WV is well documented :wub: :wub: )

93 Django Django 'Hail Bop'

90 Gotye 'Somebody That I Used To Know'

84 Alt-J 'Matilda'

83 2:54 'Creeping'

81 Howler 'Back of Your Neck'

76 Josh Osho 'Redemption Days'

070 - B.Traits ft. Elizabeth Troy 'Fever' *DEBUT*

34-21-19-13-13-06-09-14-20-32-34-40-40-38-36

 

069 -

*5th HIT* / *8th HIT*

30-25-13-09-05-08-11-14-20-24-34

 

History (Florence + The Machine):

You've Got The Love (#71, 2009)

Drumming Song (#63, 2009)R

abbit Heart (Raise It Up) (#34, 2009)

What The Water Gave Me (#80, 2011)

 

History (Calvin Harris):

[size=1]Michael Jackson [Mitchell Brothers Remix] (#64, 2007)

Acceptable In The 80s (#41, 2007)

See The Light [The Hours Remix] (#78, 2008)

Dance Wiv Me [feat. Dizzee Rascal & Chrome] (#17, 2008)

I'm Not Alone (#82, 2009)

We Found Love [feat. Rihanna] (#99, 2011)

Bounce [feat. Kelis] (#65, 2011)[/size]

 

068 -

*2nd HIT* *PEAK*

26-22-13-12-13-14-16-19-21-23-28-34-36-39*

 

History:

Creeping (#83, 2012)

 

067 -

*DEBUT*

37-35-26-18-07-10-17-30-38

 

066 -

*3rd HIT*

DNC

 

History:

Obsessions (#58, 2009)

Shampain (#92, 2010)

 

 

An entirely female five now including three top 40 hits. First up is one of the most odd top 40 hits of the year from B.Traits, sounds so wonderfully 90s it's an utterly brilliant dance track. I'd say it should've been more successful but I'm alarmed it made the top 40 anyway. Next is the third best number one single of the year from Florence + The Machine with some help from Calvin Harris. 'Spectrum' was always one of the better tracks on an album I found disappointing, but it lacked a certain something, that certain something was a remix from the trusted Calvin Harris, it gave the song more life and works so much better. It's a great combination that was used too good effect later in the year too, although 'Sweet Nothing' isn't as good. This is the third time a song has made my end of year chart because of a Calvin Harris remix.

 

2:54 get their second appearance with recent (and best) single 'Sugar', Alabama Shakes enter with 'Hold On', an excellent blues-rock introductory single, one of the few decent iTunes free giveaways (one more to come much later) and finally another song which never made my personal chart, I was quite quick to dismiss 'Primadonna' and the whole of this Marina & The Diamonds era, but one day I heard it out and it just clicked all of a sudden, and it's continued to grow on me since. I'm still quite happy to pronounce everything else I've heard from this era as crap though.

065 -

*DEBUT*

40-33-17-07-03-03-05-07-10-16-22-33

 

064 -

*DEBUT*

22-10-05-03-04-04-07-10-14-22-33-39

 

063 -

*4th HIT*

27-12-05-01-01-02-02-05-07-10-16-23-36

 

History:

Swimmhaus Johannesburg (#97, 2011)

Crystals (#33, 2011)

Iron Deer Dream (#08, 2011)

 

062 -

*4th HIT

21-15-13-10-12-17-22-32

 

History:

Stay Too Long (#81, 2010)

She Said (#40, 2010)

Love Goes Down (#23, 2010)

 

061 Susanne Sundfør 'White Foxes' *DEBUT*

32-25-19-14-08-05-06-10-16-28-37

 

 

Three more debut hits here, the first for Diiv, so much better since they changed their name from Dive, and one of a few songs here I've sent to Unknown Pleasures, Amy Macdonald is a surprising debut but that's probably because she's tended not to release her best song (Hello 'Barrowland Ballroom' and 'Let's Start a Band') but she did with 'Slow It Down'. There's also a lovely BJSC discovery in there from Susanne Sundfør, wonderfully haunting and already certain to have an entry higher in my 2013 End of Year list! There are 4th hits too for Fixers and Plan B, both of them having previously had three in one year. Fixers last year and 'Majesties Ranch' suffers the same fate as 'Rio' by being an underperforming number one but did get there because of a lack of competition. 'Ill Manors' is superb from Plan B, not generally bothered by his rapping but superb lyrically, brilliant theme and incredibly delivered.