All amazing songs in that section. Especially little talks

Apols for the mild delay in this section - just too concentrated on BuzzRate stuff. Hopefully we should still be on track to have finished up to #61 by this Sunday (and if not you get more time to vote in the final final so it's all good anyway).

 

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105 146 2012 Nicki Minaj - Starships 282 51 5.529 (146 - 105)

104 94 2011 Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull - On The Floor 256 46 5.565 (80 - 94 - 104)

103 76 2005 Amerie - 1 Thing 267 47 5.681 (X - 200 - 107 - X - 110 - 77 - 82 - 76 - 103)

102 88 2011 Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory 263 46 5.717 (77 - 88 - 102)

101 127 2005 Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You 291 47 6.191 117 (39 - 12 - 105 - 118 - 101 - X - 127 - 101)

 

Three out of five of these songs which were the most popular tracks within their years to not make the final playoffs are simply songs that did make said playoffs last year but progressed no further. Therefore all three can be considered to be quite consistent from last year. 2011 has two tracks in this dreaded 101-105 section, both of which made the playoffs but not the final in each of their first two years. Indeed they have nearly identical runs. Lady Gaga's 'The Edge Of Glory' has always had the edge (pun intended) over Jennifer Lopez Featuring Pitbull's debut single 'On The Floor' but only by as many as 6 places. This year it's only two places ahead. Both tracks drop for the second year in a row but they're not exactly massive drops.

 

The other consistent-ish track here is rather older - Amerie's '1 Thing' from 2005. It dropped out in the final playoffs in each of the last three years (reaching its peak of number 76 last year) but has also ended up between 101st and 110th three times now. It only has one more chance to finally make a Record of the Decade final. Fellow urban female Nicki Minaj's 'Starships' has managed to improve a fair amount on its #146 debut last year, climbing up to 105th.

 

That leaves us with the unlucky number 101, the track that got the most support in its year without managing to make it into the playoffs. That 'honour' goes to another Kelly Clarkson song that I can't differentiate from all the others. #inspiringcommentary. It's really rather unlucky though as it averaged over 6 points per voter in the 2005 final, but that was still just not good enough for it. Especially unlucky as this is now the second time it's finished 101st, in addition to another 101-105 finish and two more 101-130 finishes. It does have a #12 peak though so it can't cry too much.

Ooh I see Gaga <3 'The Edge of Glory' is rather excellent, although still probably about my 20th favourite song by her, oops.

 

YAY for 'On The Floor' as well, utterly brilliant comeback from J.Lo, rather minimal but such a euphoric chorus :heart:

The best ever song at 101 :wub: :wub:

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100 NE 2013 Zedd (feat. Foxes) - Clarity 93 44 2.114 (100)

99 97 2006 Amy Winehouse - Rehab 94 43 2.186 (49 - 15 - 20 - 21 - 111 - 154 - 97 - 99)

98 NE 2006 Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way 97 43 2.256 (X - X - X - X - X - X - X - 98)

97 NE 2013 Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball 97 43 2.256 (97)

96 116 2004 Girls Aloud - Love Machine 104 44 2.364 (120 - X - 52 - X - 147 - 110 - 69 - 116 - 96)

 

As we enter the first parts of the results that are technically secret, we come across two of the three songs that made it all the way from the first rounds into the top 100. Already!

One of them is quite understandable, Clarity was a bit of a sleeper hit with Buzzjack and hardly even that in the UK itself so naturally it didn't make it to the Multichart head. Of course now, with everyone loving Foxes and this now it's been a big hit elsewhere it was only a small surprise that it did this well, although it only scraped a top 10 position and so couldn't go any further than the bottom of the semifinal round. It is pretty amazing and has wide appeal so hopefully this won't be its only ever appearance in the top 100.

 

The other one of those songs is a far more surprising one. I don't think anyone called She Moves In Her Own Way to ever do this well, especially in a year where alt rock seemed to be failing otherwise in favour of pop, so to see it do so is the highlight of these results for me, it's by far my favourite Kooks song and is one of those big rock radio hits I'm sure everyone knows. Unbelievably, this is its first time even making it as far as the top 200, and while it couldn't do much in the playoff it did well just to get this far.

 

We get rid of another 2006 song and another 2013 song in the bottom 4, one Miley Cyrus' better and more iconic song Wrecking Ball, a new entry at #97, and one Amy Winehouse's Rehab, which slips 2 places from that position to #99. It's had a good history in this game, once getting to 15th place but it seems these days are behind us. I'm not a fan so I don't mind that one too much.

 

One 2004 song waving goodbye to this game and it's the only Girls Aloud song I would never think of insulting. Probably one of my favourite girlband songs ever, Love Machine is infectious, happy and quirky and it's the one time I can actually get the hype around these girls completely. It climbs 20 places to finish on a relative high (bar its one final appearance this is about as good as it normally gets for it), it was 69 only two years ago so this year it just swaps the digits around to finish at #96.

Ooh I got back into 'She Moves In Her Own Way' recently after listening to some older nows. My favourite Kooks song as well, very surprised to see it here! :wub:

I can't believe clarity kept the amazing because of you which is the best song ever out of the top 100 (well I know it was actually a 2005 song but whatever)

I love love machine

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95 201 2010 Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie 103 43 2.395 (46 - 114 - X - 95)

94 228 2006 P!nk - U + Ur Hand 106 44 2.409 (X - 164 - X - 142 - 81 - 91 - X - 94)

93 63 2005 Coldplay - Fix You 109 44 2.477 (X - 25 - 122 - 61 - X - X - 193 - 63 - 93)

92 155 2008 Sam Sparro - Black And Gold 111 44 2.523 (X - 170 - X - X - 155 - 92)

91 58 2010 Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart 111 43 2.581 (33 - 33 - 58 - 91)

 

Eminem's 'Love The Way You Lie' made it all the way to the final in its first go at this game, but it seemed the interest in it was rapidly tailing off as it missed the top 100 the following year and didn't even go top 200 last year. It returns to form slightly as it made the final playoffs a second time this year and finishes 95th. It never got to #1 in the UK but it is Eminem's highest selling single and remains a classic to this day, something that I'm not sure can be said about later Rihanna collab and UK #1 'The Monster'.

 

P!nk's 'U + Ur Hand' (one of her best songs in my opinion) has made the final playoffs three times now but is yet to crack the top 80. It's 94th this time, the worst performance out of those three but still a huge improvement on last year when it missed the top 200. The only other song by a female in this section is Alicia Keys' 'Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart' (also one of her best songs) which missed the final for the first time this year, nonetheless racking up a 4th straight year top 100 at number 91.

 

Coldplay's gorgeous 'Fix You', one of the best songs of all time let alone by Coldplay, has only managed to make the final here once - in its second attempt (after somehow missing the top 200 the first time) where it got as high as the top 25. It came agonisingly close to the final a further two times since, finishing 61st and 63rd, but in its 4th year making the final playoffs it's come nowhere near, landing 93rd. Only one more chance to make the final again, come on everybody.

 

Then the only song making the final playoffs for the first time out of this lot is 'Black And Gold', the one hit wonder by Sam Sparro. Out of six attempts at this game it's made the top 200 in only three of them, doing better each time and now reaching #92. I've never really been a fan of this song which is a bit odd as it bears quite a similarity to Disclosure's 'Latch' which I love and my own BJSC entry and cruelly denied winner (hate you Randy) 'Dark Star' by Jaymes Young.

BRE'. 'Piece Of Me' is NOT audio diarrhea!

 

REPENT.

my own BJSC entry and cruelly denied winner (hate you Randy) 'Dark Star' by Jaymes Young.

 

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JAZZED to see Black and Gold top 100, one of my certified faves. onwards and upwards!

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90 93 2004 Keane - Somewhere Only We Know 111 43 2.581 (X - 171 - 141 - 95 - 103 - 186 - 127 - 93 - 90)

89 295 2009 Rihanna - Russian Roulette 120 44 2.727 (98 - 82 - 198 - X - 89)

88 61 2004 Snow Patrol - Run 121 44 2.750 (148 - 55 - 146 - 39 - 17 - 68 - 45 - 61 - 88)

87 90 2008 Alphabeat - Fascination 122 44 2.773 (X - 159 - X - 128 - 90 - 87)

86 170 2010 Katy B - Katy On A Mission 122 44 2.773 (X - 200 - 170 - 86)

 

Two songs leaving us for good from here, and pleasingly, one has ended on a high. Thanks perhaps to a fairly naff/lifeless (take your pick) cover version by Lily Allen and John Lewis in order to sell the latter's products going to #1 late last year, Keane's debut single and most well-known hit advances 3 places to 90th as it leaves us. It's been a consistent player in these things but has never gotten further than the bottom 10 of these playoffs, unfortunately. Time will tell if Lily Allen will do any better with the song, her version had to settle with a fairly embarrassing 40th place in the first round this time, so things aren't really looking good for it to carry forward Keane's legacy.

 

The other 2004 song is tied with Keane in that a higher charting (again, inferior, but just slightly this time) cover version exists, but this is a version that's also a lot more popular on Buzzjack and as such in Record Of The Decade both versions of Run have constantly been vying to chart higher than the other. Ever since Leona's version got into this game it's beaten Snow Patrol though, despite SP having a peak of 17th in one of those years. It's been a regular face in the top 100 regardless of this blatant sexism but has failed to get to the final this year and the last and finishes on its 3rd-lowest position ever. Cry.

 

Like Somewhere Only We Know, Alphabeat's Fascination also inches forward 3 places to gain a new peak, as the joyful Scandi hit gets into the lower reaches of the top 100 for a second time. Meanwhile, one of Rihanna's strongest ballads and lead single off her best era, Russian Roulette rebounds from its terminal decline to get back to the sorts of position it was hanging about a few years ago when it first became available for this game.

 

Finally, Katy On A Mission is an extreme example of a song that's just gotten more and more loved over time. Somehow in 2010's version of Buzzjack it was hated, but has climbed every year on here thus far, barrelling into the top 100 for the first time and looking good to build on that in future years as Katy B just gets more and more of a fanbase here.

Great section. I really like Katy on a mission, run and somewhere only we know (though I prefer the covers for the latter 2)

Fascination is such an amazing song and that was one of the songs that got me really into music

I'd say Russian roulette is one of two of Rihanna's best. It is beautiful and amazing song

Black & Gold and SOWK <3 near-classics~

 

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85 220 2011 Kanye West - All Of The Lights 127 44 2.886 (172 - X - 85)

84 77 2010 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 126 43 2.930 (154 - 161 - 77 - 84)

83 150 2009 Little Boots - Remedy 129 44 2.932 (45 - 50 - 84 - 150 - 83)

82 66 2009 Beyoncé - Halo 128 43 2.977 (134 - 51 - 124 - 66 - 82)

81 84 2012 Florence + The Machine - Spectrum 129 43 3.000 (84 - 81)

 

You are reading this correctly - there is a solo track by a male rapper in the top 100 of Record of the Decade. Okay it's not really a solo track (in fact it's an absolutely massive collaboration with like 20 other artists) but it's generally credited as one so TECHNICALLY it is. Probably the main reason BuzzJack has taken to 'All Of The Lights' so much is the prominent Rihanna contribution in the chorus (see: the only other track in the top 100 lead by a male rapper) but I prefer to think we are just a forum of Kanye loons because that would just be so awesome. Anyway 'All Of The Lights' is not my favourite Kanye track but I'm not going to complain at him having any success here. The song re-enters at a big new peak of 85th having spent its first two years a bit inside then a bit outside the top 200.

 

The rest of the section is back to female domination as per. Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' is establishing a little pattern of dropping seven places every two years - watch out for another upwards spike next year? - as it lands at #84. The track that was 84th last year on the other hand has a little climb, that's Florence + The Machine's only #1 single to date, 'Spectrum' (memorably aided to #1 by a Calvin Harris remix but nonetheless becoming perhaps the only true shock #1 of the last few years). It's two years out of two that the song has dropped out in the final playoffs in the high 80s, this time at #81.

 

Little Boots is little more than a footnote in pop history now after her slightly ill-advised win of the BBC Sound of 2009 poll translated into only one big hit single, one other lesser one and a whole heap of massive flops alongside an extremely short lived top 5 album and a second album that couldn't even manage top 40 a few years later. That one big hit single was an absolute triumph of a track though and it alone justifies a place in history for her. It reverses its seemingly terminal decline, flying back up from 150 to 83 after three consecutive years dropping, to register its third best finish. Finally at #82 there's a smallish drop for Beyoncé's 'Halo' which is a pretty ok song.

I don't like all of the lights

Spectrum is quite a good song but Florence has about 5 different other songs that should have been number 1's (rabbit heart and you've got the love most notably)

Teenage dream is one of Maty's worst sing,es and is so overrated. Never liked it

Halo is a beautiful song and deserves its place

 

However the top 3 are all fine there because of Remedy- one of the best songs to ever exist and in my top 10 favourites ever. I adore her first album- especially remedy, new in town, meddle and earthquake. I love little boots :wub:

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80 211 2009 La Roux - Bulletproof 135 44 3.068 (X - X - 125 - X - 80)

79 28 2008 Coldplay - Viva La Vida 134 43 3.116 (15 - 51 - 15 - 32 - 28 - 79)

78 31 2005 Kelly Clarkson - Behind These Hazel Eyes 135 43 3.140 (X - X - 100 - 18 - 38 - 102 - 149 - 31 - 78)

77 188 2012 Solange - Losing You 137 43 3.186 (188 - 77)

76 65 2005 Gorillaz (feat. Shaun Ryder) - DARE 139 43 3.233 (130 - 114 - X - 195 - 169 - 105 - 43 - 65 - 76)

 

Now this is more like it. This section has 5 incredible moments of song for me, all except Losing You were in my top 100 ever the last time I ordered it and that's only (well, it'd get top 200 at least perhaps) because Losing You was so recent that I didn't allow it that time. Two, Viva La Vida and Dare are even in my top 10, and all aside from Dare (which is only because Feel Good Inc) are my favourite from their respective acts. So yeah, expect positivity from me for all of these.

 

First up is Bulletproof which despite being by Buzzjack semi-favourites La Roux and being their biggest hit/only #1 hasn't done very well in the past in this game, only making the top 200 once before. It's changed all that by leaping up to 80th place to record a very decent peak for one of the strongest big hitting pop songs even in the ever-strong year of 2009. Just ahead of it though is a bit of a tragedy as Coldplay's signature hit and first #1 misses the final for the first ever time. Having been in the top 20 twice, this is by far its worst ever performance which just means Buzzjack have lost a little bit of taste. Or something like that. It's still Coldplay's highest song like normal and they're even in an active year this time which for most acts brings out the fans here. I could listen to it over and over again and it will never get old. (:()

 

Behind These Hazel Eyes is quite bipolar in this game, doing well one year and awfully in the next. Finishing next to Since U Been Gone last time, this year it can't quite do what that one can and dips like Viva La Vida did, still her second highest song which is quite an achievement. As always happens with me and Gorillaz I was really hoping DARE (their only #1! They deserve tons more) would make it back to the final this year but unfortunately that didn't quite come to fruition, yet it records its 3rd straight year in the top 100 out of 3 which is still pretty lovely. One more year to make the final for both of these, let's get DARE more than one appearance there, 2015 voters. Really special song for me.

 

Finally I'm sure more than a few people here will be pleased with the year-on-year improvement of Solange's cult hit Losing You. A pretty flawless record which no doubt would have impacted the chart if it were done by her more famous sister, but it would probably be very different then so no thanks, it climbs 111 places to a very respectable #77, and indeed it is therefore the highest placed track which did not impact the official UK chart in any form.

Oh, some sad drops for Run & both Coldplay songs in the last few sections. Wish I would've bothered with a campaign for the former to beat Leona's inferior version in it's final year :cry:

 

 

Is this still a thing, or...?

 

Great countdown so far, one which I am currently attempting to make a playlist for! Quite a lot of Kelly Clarkson, she must be challenging Rihanna(?) for most entries?!

It IS still a thing but I'm currently on my own as Iz is on holiday and I've had like a ton of other stuff going on recently. Apols for being a flop host.

RESUMING TOMORROW

 

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