It's finally time to reveal my favourite singles and albums of 2013. It's been a strong and varied year, lots of great comebacks with a few artists dominating my year. No song has managed to top the brilliance of my 2012 EOY #1, Loreen's Euphoria, but with 17 weeks at No.1 that would have been difficult to top. In fact, my longest running No.1 of 2013 only had four weeks on top, an all time low for the year's longest runner as there was more turnover than usual at No.1. Before kicking off proceedings, here are a few great songs and albums that just missed the cut for the top 100 singles/top 40 albums:

 

Singles that missed the cut

 

Ola - Maybe (peak #12)

Pink feat Nate Ruess - Just Give Me A Reason (peak #9)

Justin Timberlake - Mirrors (peak #10)

Sam Bailey - Skyscraper (peak #4)

Clean Bandit feat Jess Glynne - Rather Be (peak #5)

A Great Big World feat Christina Aguilera - Say Something (peak #9)

Britney Spears - Now That I Found You (peak #10)

The Arrows - Disaster Queen (peak #6)

 

Albums that missed the cut

 

Sarah McLachlan - The Essential (peak #2)

Jewel - Greatest Hits (peak #2)

The Arrows - Make Believe (peak #3)

Noah And The Whale – Heart Of Nowhere (peak #4)

One Direction - Midnight Memories (peak #4)

 

Some very good stuff there, Ola's single was incredibly unlucky to miss out at #101 but as the only 'great' song to miss my top ten this year, it does mean that my entire top 100 managed a top ten peak. Huge selling hits from Pink and Justin Timberlake just miss the cut too, as do new songs by Sam Bailey, A Great Big World and Clean Bandit which could do better next year if they hang around. Britney's Avicii influenced Now That I Found You also just missed out.

 

In the albums, hits collections from Sarah McLachlan and Jewel just failed to make it in and despite ending up in the top five of 2011 with Last Night On Earth, Noah And The Whale's decent but not spectacular retread of that album fails to reach this year's top 40. One Direction also miss the cut with Midnight Memories which is another strong collection of pop/rock, but perhaps not quite as great as Take Me Home.

 

Stay tuned for the charts!

The singles that missed out I like/LOVE

 

Pink feat Nate Ruess - Just Give Me A Reason (peak #9) Airplay killed this for me, it's still a lovely song but not up there amongst Pink's best songs :( Try was more worthy of that though.

Justin Timberlake - Mirrors (peak #10) Suprised this missed the top 100 :o not a fan of JT normally but this and Suit & Tie are really good, Mirrors especially is brilliant. One of the best videos of this year also.

Sam Bailey - Skyscraper (peak #4) Again like my comment in your weekly chart, it's alright just a tad average and emotionless. Not suprised it failed to go top 100.

A Great Big World feat Christina Aguilera - Say Something (peak #9)

Britney Spears - Now That I Found You (peak #10)

 

Great stuff, can't wait for the countdown to properly commence :D

Edited December 21, 201311 yr by Rob Rudolph

So no P!nk or JT in the countdown? :( or will other singles pop up? TKO to smash?

The singles that missed out I like/LOVE

 

Pink feat Nate Ruess - Just Give Me A Reason (peak #9) Airplay killed this for me, it's still a lovely song but not up there amongst Pink's best songs :( Try was more worthy of that though.

Justin Timberlake - Mirrors (peak #10) Suprised this missed the top 100 :o not a fan of JT normally but this and Suit & Tie are really good, Mirrors especially is brilliant.

Sam Bailey - Skyscraper (peak #4) Again like my comment in your weekly chart, it's alright just a tad average and emotionless. Not suprised it failed to go top 100.

A Great Big World feat Christina Aguilera - Say Something (peak #9)

Britney Spears - Now That I Found You (peak #10)

 

Great stuff, can't wait for the countdown to properly commence :D

 

Agree with you about Pink, still a great song though. Mirrors is brilliant and made it so close but I just haven't listened to it enough since it was first out. Skyscraper is just too early to put into my end of year chart athough I love it! Cheers Rob :D

 

So no P!nk or JT in the countdown? :( or will other singles pop up? TKO to smash?

 

Sadly no appearance from either.

Now for some thrilling comparative stats!

 

Number of #1 singles: 25 (2012 had 16)

 

Number of #1 albums: 23 (2012 had 32)

 

Number of top ten hits: 146 (2011 had 154)

 

So in a nutshell, the turnover at #1 on the singles chart was much quicker (although Loreen massively affected this stat last year with her 17 week run), albums have stayed on the top longer this year on average with nine fewer chart topping albums and there have been eight less top ten hits, meaning that the top ten turnover has slightly slowed! It also means that 46 songs that reached the top ten on my weekly chart haven't made the end of year top 100, the best of which were already mentioned above.

I'm not going to spend too much time reflecting on the bottom half of the albums this year. But here are #21-40 to kick off proceedings, with their weekly peak position;

 

21. Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ (#1 for 1 week)

22. Icona Pop - This Is...Icona Pop (#2)

23. Gary Barlow - Since I Saw You Last (#1 for 1 week)

24. Boyzone - BZ20 (#2)

25. Little Mix - Salute (#2)

26. London Grammar - If You Wait (#2)

27. Britney Spears - Britney Jean (#2)

28. Imagine Dragons - Night Visions (#3)

29. Nádine - Eindeloos (#1 for 1 week)

30. Taylor Swift - Red (#5 - #2 in 2012)

31. Bastille - Other People's Heartache Pt. 1 & 2 (#1 for 1 week)

32. Krista Siegfrids - Ding Dong! (#2)

33. Leona Lewis - Christmas, With Love (#2)

34. Kelly Clarkson - Wrapped In Red (#4)

35. Cascada - Acoustic Sessions (#2)

36. Rudimental - Home (#2)

37. will.i.am - #willpower (#1 for 1 week)

38. Céline Dion - Loved Me Back To Life (#3)

39. Haim - Days Are Gone (#3)

40. Hurts - Exile (#2)

 

In the bottom section we have #1's from Beyoncé (watch out for an appearance from that again next year no doubt!) and her surprise end of year release, Gary Barlow, will.i.am and the first two chart toppers of the year, Bastille's mixtapes and South African Nádine's Eindeloos. All fantastic albums, as are Christmas albums from Leona Lewis and Kelly Clarkson, debuts from London Grammar, Rudimental, Haim and (sort of if you ignore their Swedish album) Icona Pop, all of which peaked at No.2. There are Eurovision appearances from Germany's Cascada and Finland's Krista Siegfrids, the latter being highly recommended to fans of early Katy Perry, especially the track Money. Hurts and Little Mix deliver excellent second albums whilst Boyzone's BZ20 doesn't quite scale the heights of Brother, which topped my chart for 6 weeks in 2010, but it's performed very well in the busy Xmas period and ends up just outside the top 20. Otherwise not mentioned is the brilliant debut from US alternative act Imagine Dragons, the unexpectedly excellent comeback album from Céline Dion, Taylor Swift's Red which hangs around for a second year by virtue of still being heavily played this year, and Britney's new album Britney Jean, which is packed full of big pop tunes, but not hits by the looks of it, sadly.

Oooh will be interested in seeing how a few of my faves do in this (going on some your comments recently :o)

 

Wow at 'Beyoncé' making it already and so high too, such a career highlight. 'Britney Jean' i've tried to get behind but i just can't. I've grown to really like 'Perfume' but there's not much else bringing me back to it which is a major shame because i actually liked 'Femme Fatale' and 'Circus' is my all-time favourite from her.

 

Loving London Grammar, Hurts and Little Mix too ^_^

I agree that Midnight Memories isn't as strong as Take Me Home. Although the former has easily their best 1st/2nd single combo, I can appreciate every track on the latter (standard edition) but MM has a couple to skip (Something Great is such an ironic title imo).

 

Hmm Little Mix #25 - do you not love it as much as many on here or is the quality above just too strong? :o It's one of my favourite three of the few albums I've heard this year, tails off a bit towards the end but the first 7 or so are just so fantastic.

 

Look forward to following this as it's less predictable for me (but I have a feeling about the top album!)

Some brilliant albums there - especially Britney Jean, Salute, Wrapped In Red and Beyoncé!

And the first and only part of the singles top 100 that I'll reveal today, it's #100 through to #81, complete with the peak and a selection of videos;

 

100. Stereophonics - Indian Summer (#7)

99. Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball (#6)

98. Leddra Chapman - All About You (#6)

97. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack (#8)

96. Janet Leon - New Colours (#8)

95. Röyksopp - Running To the Sea (#4)

94. John Newman - Love Me Again (#8)

93. Delta Goodrem - Will You Fall for Me (Anniversary Edition) (#5)

92. Caro Emerald - Tangled Up (#10)

91. Delta Goodrem - In My Own Time (Anniversary Edition) (#3)

90. Taylor Swift feat Ed Sheeran - Everything Has Changed (#5)

89. Céline Dion - Loved Me Back to Life (#7)

88. Martin Garrix - Animals (#8)

87. James Blunt - Bonfire Heart (#5)

86. Verona - Fallin' In Love (#3)

85. Belle and Sebastian - I Didn't See It Coming (Richard X Mix) (#3)

84. Avicii - Always On The Run (#6)

83. Vance Joy - Riptide (#10)

82. Caro Emerald - Liquid Lunch (#10)

81. Lily Allen - Hard Out Here (#5)

 

Leddra Chapman - All About You (#98)

 

 

Delta Goodrem - Will You Fall for Me (Anniversary Edition) (#93)

 

 

Verona - Fallin' In Love (#86)

 

 

Belle and Sebastian - I Didn't See It Coming (Richard X Mix) (#85)

 

 

Avicii - Always On The Run (#84)

 

 

Kicking off proceedings are Welsh veterans Stereophonics who had a surprise top ten hit for me early on in the year with the excellent Indian Summer! They're followed by the 'iconic in every way' ballad Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus and All About You by underrated British singer/songwriter Leddra Chapman. Demi Lovato just sneaks into the top 100 with her UK top three smash Heart Attack, and the first of two Janet Leon entries, New Colours, is at No.96. Norwegian electro act Röyksopp had a top five hit right at the start of the year with the lovely Running To The Sea which appears at No.95 and John Newman's UK No.1 Love Me Again follows. Two songs from Delta Goodrem's reactivated ten year anniversary edition of Innocent Eyes pop up close to each other. The amazing choral reworking of Will You Fall For Me and the ever-lovely In My Own Time. Dutch jazz maestro Caro Emerald also gets two entries in this section - the brilliant No.10 hits Tangled Up and Liquid Lunch.

 

Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran's very nice duet Everything Has Changed pops into the top 90, whilst just above it are Céline Dion's unexpected Sia-penned comeback hit Loved Me Back To Life, and the perhaps even more unexpected return of the ever unfashionable James Blunt (#11 in my EOY 2005 chart with You're Beautiful #noshame) with Bonfire Heart. Dutch DJ Martin Garrix's nearly instrumental UK No.1 Animals features in this section, as does one of my BJSC entries, Fallin' In Love by Polish dance act Verona. Scottish legends Belle & Sebastian's rarities album finally threw up a high quality version of the Richard X remix of I Didn't See It Coming and it was rewarded with an unexpected top three placing, and an even more unexpected EOY top 100 finish! Australian indie singer Vance Joy is one to watch in 2014, Riptide has already been a top ten hit for me but I still suspect that there's more to come from this track. Lily Allen's proper comeback single (apparently, perhaps it will be demoted to buzz single in light of its stinking flop), the tongue in cheek pop brilliance of Hard Out Here pops up just outside the top 80, as does the first of SIX entries from Swedish producer Avicii. And it's Always On The Run up first, no less than the Amazon MP3 bonus track from the True album. An excellent song that definitely should have made the main tracklist.

You have six Avicii entries in this chart? :wub: 'Always On the Run' is quite good, but obviously you love it more than I do.

 

Yay for 'Animals' making it too! 'Riptide' is pretty good too, it'll be a massive UK hit soon I think.

80. Little Mix - Move (#6)

79. The Sound of Arrows - There Is Still Hope (Fear Of Tigers Remix) (#4)

78. Pitbull feat Ke$ha - Timber (#3)

77. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat Wanz - Thrift Shop (#5)

76. Disclosure - F For You (#6)

75. BlackByrd feat Craig Hinds - From The Bottom Of My Heart (#6)

74. Pitbull feat TJR - Don't Stop The Party (#4)

73. Bonnie Tyler - Believe In Me (#5)

72. Tensnake feat Fiora 58 BPM (#3)

71. Eliza Doolittle - Let It Rain (#3)

70. Cher - I Hope You Find It (#4)

69. Mark Lower - Bad Boys Cry (#2)

68. RL Grime - Because of U (#2)

67. Dina Garipova - What If (#9)

66. Family of the Year - Hero (#5)

65. The Saturdays - Disco Love (#3)

64. Lady Gaga feat R. Kelly - Do What U Want (#6)

63. Delta Goodrem - This Is Not Me (Anniversary Edition) (#2)

62. Robin Stjernberg - You (#6)

61. Army Of Lovers - Rockin' The Ride (#9)

 

BlackByrd feat Craig Hinds - From The Bottom Of My Heart (#75)

 

 

Dina Garipova - What If (#67)

 

 

Family of the Year - Hero (#66)

 

 

Army Of Lovers - Rockin' The Ride (#61)

 

 

Kicking off this section is Little Mix with the infectious beat of Move, which proved to be a huge grower and is up there with Wings and Change Your Life as one of my favourites of theirs. A remixed epic from The Sound of Arrows debut pops its head in at No.79 whilst there's double Pitbull with the modern party anthems Timber and Don't Stop The Party. Emerging rap success story of the year Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have the first of two entries in the countdown with the huge Thrift Shop and surprisingly, the only Disclosure entry here is the summer single F For You. South African country act Blackbyrd's anthemic From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart, Bonnie Tyler's lovely but floptastic own country-tinged UK Eurovision entry Believe In Me also appears in this section. A few of my BJSC entries make an appearance too - dance songs from Tensnake, Mark Lower and RL Grime, only the latter seeing any notable success by coming third, whilst the other two failed massively.

 

Cher's big comeback single I Hope You Find It, makes a welcome appearance at No.70, and Eliza Doolittle's floptastic but hugely melodic Let It Rain also shows its face in this section. A couple more from Eurovision from Russia and Sweden with Dina Garipova and Robin Stjernberg's entries. Incidentally You finishing at No.62 is by far the lowest finish for a Melodifestivalen winner in my EOY countdown since Martin Stenmarck's awful Las Vegas failed to make any impression on me. Entries by Carola, The Ark, Charlotte Perrelli, Malena Ernman, Anna Bergendahl, Eric Saade and Loreen have all done well to extremely well in their respective EOY countdowns. Nevertheless, You is a fantastic pop anthem and brings back good memories of my holiday to Malmo, whilst Dina's 'should have been Sam Bailey's X Factor single' song was boosted by a spectacular vocal performance (she can thank the UK for her 10 points later). My last Unknown Pleasures entry, the indie-folk song Hero by Family Of The Year (a HUGE smash in Germany now!) is at No.66, Delta Goodrem's reworked version of This Is Not Me is at No.63 whilst brilliant hits from The Saturdays and Lady Gaga feat R Kelly are the remaining songs to feature in this section. Rounding things off at No.61 is the iconic return of Swedish legends Army Of Lovers with their spectacle of a Melodifestivalen entry, Rockin' The Ride.

Albums 20-11

 

11. Army Of Lovers - Big Battle Of Egos (#1 for 3 weeks)

12. Caro Emerald - The Shocking Miss Emerald (#1 for 1 week)

13. Katy Perry - Prism (#1 for 2 weeks)

14. Lorde - Pure Heroine (#3)

15. Calvin Harris - 18 Months (#1 for 1 week)

16. The Saturdays - Living For The Weekend (#1 for 1 week)

17. Gabrielle Aplin - English Rain (#2)

18. Emmelie De Forest - Only Teardrops (#1 for 1 week)

19. Agnetha Fältskog - A (#2)

20. Pet Shop Boys - Electric (#2)

 

The next section of the album chart of the year kicks off with a huge return to form for 80s pop legends Pet Shop Boys with their dance album Electric featuring the brilliant singles Axis, Vocal, Love Is A Bourgeois Construct and Thursday amongst other excellent tracks. Finally popping her head out of retirement, ABBA singer Agnetha Fältskog is at No.19 with A, a collection of mature Scandipop anthems such as I Should've Followed You Home, The One Who Loves You Now and the disco anthem Dance Your Pain Away. Eurovision winner Emmelie De Forest's charming ethnopop debut album Only Teardrops appears in the top 20 right next to the long awaited first LP by Scottish singer Gabrielle Aplin. The lovely singles Panic Cord, Home, Please Don't Say You Love Me and The Power Of Love are joined by some equally pleasant album tracks. And then at No.16 is the latest album by British girlband The Saturdays who finally scored their first UK No.1 single this year with What About Us. I get the criticism that it's weaker than previous efforts but the singles are all great (with the exception of Gentleman perhaps) whilst Not Giving Up, Leave A Light On, Wildfire and Somebody Else's Life are enough to keep me coming back to it.

 

Originally released last year, 18 Months by Calvin Harris made no initial impact on me whatsoever but it returned to my chart in January and eventually got to No.1. How could I deny an album with what was to become NINE mostly excellent smash hit singles. Unreleased album tracks like the Discovery-era Daft Punk esque School were great too. One of my favourite new artists of the year, New Zealander Lorde's debut album Pure Heroine is at No.14, highlights including Royals, Team and Tennis Court. Katy Perry's Prism might be a step down from the iconic Teenage Dream but with anthems like Roar, Dark Horse, This Is How We Do and Birthday and lovely moments like By The Grace Of God, she deserves a spot in my EOY top 20. And finallly, just missing out on the top ten are Swedish pop veterans Army Of Lovers with their greatest hits album Big Battle Of Egos. New songs Rockin' The Ride, Signed On My Tattoo and the Malena Ernman cover Tragedy were big moments but hearing classics such as Crucified, Give My Life, My Army Of Lovers, Obsession and Ride The Bullet again was enough to give it three weeks atop my chart!

YES for Indian Summer :wub: amazing song.

Oooh will be interested in seeing how a few of my faves do in this (going on some your comments recently :o)

 

Wow at 'Beyoncé' making it already and so high too, such a career highlight. 'Britney Jean' i've tried to get behind but i just can't. I've grown to really like 'Perfume' but there's not much else bringing me back to it which is a major shame because i actually liked 'Femme Fatale' and 'Circus' is my all-time favourite from her.

 

Loving London Grammar, Hurts and Little Mix too ^_^

 

Beyoncé is such a great grower of an album, it really hit me when watching all the videos for the first time, so much better than 4, although that had its moments too. I do like Britney Jean a lot for what it is, but it's not as cohesive a work as some of her previous albums, it sort of feels like low-rent pop hits that were supposed to sound massive, but the melodies have a lot of charm. I adore Femme Fatale, some classics on that album :wub: Cheers Haus!

 

I agree that Midnight Memories isn't as strong as Take Me Home. Although the former has easily their best 1st/2nd single combo, I can appreciate every track on the latter (standard edition) but MM has a couple to skip (Something Great is such an ironic title imo).

 

Hmm Little Mix #25 - do you not love it as much as many on here or is the quality above just too strong? :o It's one of my favourite three of the few albums I've heard this year, tails off a bit towards the end but the first 7 or so are just so fantastic.

 

Look forward to following this as it's less predictable for me (but I have a feeling about the top album!)

 

Thanks Jahq! Yeah, the first half of the 1D album is brilliant, but it trails right off towards the end. I'm actually not that big on either Best Song Ever OR Story Of My Life weirdly, but then both are better than Gotta Be You and Live While We're Young so you're right about their 1st/2nd single run.

 

I do love Little Mix's album a lot, but perhaps not quite as much as everyone else. In fact, considering my love for other girlbands, I have a hard time warming to Little Mix sometimes, they've still yet to have a top two single in my chart, and most of their singles take an age to grow on me. I always come round to them in the end though.

 

Some brilliant albums there - especially Britney Jean, Salute, Wrapped In Red and Beyoncé!

 

Thanks Liam :D

 

You have six Avicii entries in this chart? :wub: 'Always On the Run' is quite good, but obviously you love it more than I do.

 

Yay for 'Animals' making it too! 'Riptide' is pretty good too, it'll be a massive UK hit soon I think.

 

Yep, the next one is up soon, the others are much higher. I just think it's a great pop song with a lovely little vocal, it's disappointing for me that it wasn't on the CD. Animals is an anthem and I hope Riptide is huge!

Some excellent stuff in here but a lot I don't know, which is to be expected. The B&S remix is great, and I love 'Boys Don't Cry'. I should've listened to it a lot more and charted it at the time I bought it because I like it a lot more now, not far from reaching my top 100.

And the 60-41 section of the singles, as the top 40 singles/top 10 albums will have more attention paid to them;

 

60. Tensnake & Syron - Mainline (#4)

59. Sanne Salomonsen - Du & Jeg (#3)

58. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat Mary Lambert - Same Love (#4)

57. Avicii feat Salem Al Fakir - You Make Me (#5)

56. Gary Barlow - Let Me Go (#4)

55. Bastille - Of The Night (#5)

54. Eliza Doolittle - Big When I Was Little (#4)

53. OneRepublic - Counting Stars (#4)

52. Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree (#5)

51. Matt Cardle & Melanie C - Loving You (#3)

50. Zedd feat Bright Lights - Follow You Down (#3)

49. Zedd feat Foxes - Clarity (#5)

48. Boyzone - Love Will Save The Day (#3)

47. The Saturdays - What About Us (feat. Sean Paul) (#2)

46. Mutya Keisha Siobhan - Flatline (#2)

45. Delta Goodrem - Heart Hypnotic (#1 for 1 week)

44. Lady Gaga - Gypsy (#3)

43. Loreen - We Got The Power (#4)

42. Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know (#2)

41. State Of Drama - Falling (#2)

 

Zedd feat Bright Lights - Follow You Down (#50)

 

 

Delta Goodrem - Heart Hypnotic (#45)

 

 

Loreen - We Got The Power (#43)

 

 

State Of Drama - Falling (#41)

 

 

Kicking off the top 60 is another of my Unknown Pleasures entries (later stolen by Botanikka to use in BJSC), where it finished in the top three, German producer Tensnake's ode to 90s house, Mainline. Danish veteran Sanne Salomonsen provided FSR Rontvia with our first of three DNQ's this summer. I'm not sure why I thought Du & Jeg would work in the contest at all but I still absolutely love the track, reminds me of where I first heard it - McDonalds in Copenhagen! Thank you Shazam for revealing the name behind the track. A few big UK hits up next - Avicii and Salem Al Fakir's second hit single You Make Me proved to be far more of a success than Silhouettes last year, although both peaked at No.5 in my chart. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' touching rap ballad Same Love, Gary Barlow's big comeback single Let Me Go and Bastille's Snap!/Corona mashup Of The Night (which actually charted in my top five initially back in January!) and OneRepublic's unexpected UK chart topper Counting Stars all appear in this section. Hated by some, Eliza Doolittle's retro summer throwback anthem Big When I Was Little seemed utterly charming to me, perhaps because of the lyrics. Kelly Clarkson's future classic sounding new Christmas song Underneath The Tree and Matt Cardle and Melanie C's truly iconic duet Loving You appear just outside the top 50. Both should have been FAR bigger hits than they were.

 

Kicking off the top 50 of the year is German producer Zedd with two tracks. The global smash Clarity, featuring my Debenhams foe Foxes is at No.49 and one place below is the brilliant album track Follow You Down, which clearly should have been another big hit for him. Surprisingly still going and getting success, Irish boyband Boyzone's Band Aid sounding comeback single Love Will Save The Day is at No.48 whilst having taken literally months to click, The Saturdays first and no doubt last UK No.1 What About Us is at No.47! Another girlband at No.46 as Origibabes Mutya Keisha Siobhan's underrated comeback single Flatline pops up just behind the only one of my 25 chart toppers from this year not to make my end of year top 40. Shockingly that falls to Delta Goodrem and her summer No.1 Heart Hypnotic. An unexpected dance song from Delta, penned by Ryan Tedder, it was all very Avicii, and it could have been TRULY great if not for the very strange slow ending to the song, which was later rectified, but long after everyone had already got over it. A great little song then for what it is, but I'm not sure that I want to hear any more dance music from Delta. Lady Gaga's incredible Gypsy is at No.44, the sonic sequel to The Edge Of Glory, she'd be mad not to push it as a future single. Having topped last year's EOY chart with Euphoria, Loreen's only entry this year is one of the songs she performed at Eurovision this year, We Got The Power. Certainly a fantastic song but not quite matching the...euphoria...of you know what. Lily Allen's lovely piano ballad cover of Keane's Somewhere Only We Know is at No.42 and just missing out the top 40 this year is Melodifestivalen entry Falling by rock act State Of Drama. What initially looked like the complete opposite of the sort of song that I'd like, the big driving radio rock of Falling really won me over. The chord progression just before the chorus inparticular is absolutely gorgeous.

YES for Indian Summer :wub: amazing song.

 

It is great, I just couldn't let it miss my top 100!

 

Some excellent stuff in here but a lot I don't know, which is to be expected. The B&S remix is great, and I love 'Boys Don't Cry'. I should've listened to it a lot more and charted it at the time I bought it because I like it a lot more now, not far from reaching my top 100.

 

Cheers Mark. I'm so glad the B&S single was finally made available to purchase, it's lovely. I really didn't know what to expect from Bad Boys Cry, although I wasn't anticipating a DNQ. It's a great little dance song though.

Hey rich :)

 

 

58. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat Mary Lambert - Same Love (#4)

57. Avicii feat Salem Al Fakir - You Make Me (#5)

56. Gary Barlow - Let Me Go (#4)

55. Bastille - Of The Night (#5)

53. OneRepublic - Counting Stars (#4)

52. Kelly Clarkson - Underneath The Tree (#5)

51. Matt Cardle & Melanie C - Loving You (#3)

49. Zedd feat Foxes - Clarity (#5)

47. The Saturdays - What About Us (feat. Sean Paul) (#2)

46. Mutya Keisha Siobhan - Flatline (#2)

45. Delta Goodrem - Heart Hypnotic (#1 for 1 week)

44. Lady Gaga - Gypsy (#3)

42. Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know (#2)

 

Hey :) Took me a while to like same lice :o

 

Underneath the Tree so high :o

 

what about us :D love it!!

Rocking The Ride YESSSSSS

 

State of Drama NOOOOOOO EWWWWWW VOMMMMMMM