Two great songs :wub:

Hendersin really hit the sweet spot for a rap hit with me, memorable catchy lyrics plus the fantastic nightcore chorus. Must thank you again for introducing it to me

 

I have been following this so far so here's a post to let you know I have been. Looking forward to seeing the whole of the top 30.

Hi Klum :) some great songs in this rundown.

 

Great seeing Sorry, When I Rule The World, Easy Love and especially Frequency inside your top 30. Looking forward to them appearing. Also Lone Digger - a superb BJSC entry.

#26-#25

 

 

#26 - Kryder 'Fiji'

#25 - Girl's Day 'Ring My Bell'

 

 

Most underrated BJSC entry of the year! Of course Aeroche had a cracking year but they didn't get off to a dream start with this dream of a song (think it was mid 20's? :() Fiji may be a bit repetitive for some but that pulsing beat is such a great song to workout to, the interlude of warbly island voices is just perfect and is what really makes this track stand out from other dance bangers, the buildup after this is also a moment to behold *.* This wins the title of highest (nearly) instrumental and I wish to hear more from Kryder in the near future.

 

At #25 is the wacky Girl's Day K-Pop/hip-hop crossover Ring My Bell! Surprisingly this is the first of two Asian pop spin-off hits in the top 25 of this EOY :lol: What would've been a winner in the Worldvision spinoff if Rob had bothered to vote (:manson:), this is one of the strongest K-Pop songs I've ever heard. The chorus is full of energy and never fails to impress me after multiple listens. Makes me want to retry the other Girl's Day song I've come across, Expectation entered by Yu know who in the standard editions of BJSC!

 

 

#24-#23

 

 

#24 - Lion Babe 'Treat Me Like Fire'

#23 - LCMDF 'Fooled'

 

 

Entering at #24 is Lion Babe's 'Treat Me Like Fire', bizarrely a song that hasn't lost any of it's appeal since it's first listen, and easily Jayrusalem's best entry! I wasn't aware of the song before it's new 2015 video but it has a timeless classic feel to it which I ADORE. Such a smooth, sensual listen and something I can put on whatever mood I'm in. Unfortunately the other couple Lion Babe songs I've heard (Impossible & Hourglass) haven't quite lived up to TMLF's heights but they are an enjoyable listen. Can't believe this barely scraped through the semis!

 

And there has to be one song that doesn't have a Youtube video!! -_- Here comes the third of my DNQs in this #21-#30 section and the one that I'm still confused about to this day! I found this on the last day of confirmations after Hypnotic by Vanic x Zella Day (place soon to be revealed :o) was vetoed. But what a song I found on a whim! Again I think I only had Iz as a vocal supporter (well they are Finnish so I would've been disappointed if he hadn't) but at least it did make it to the TBO rejects final with an alright finish of 23rd which is some consolation. Fooled is essentially a pop song on steroids with heavy beats high pitched voices for a chorus and robot males breezing in to mention 'reincarnation' every now and then. To me it still sounds like a top 10 hit but I guess this was too offensive on the ears for the BJSC public.

 

p.s just found they've collaborated with Buzzjack legend DENA :heart:

 

 

 

 

 

#22-#21

 

 

#22 - BØRNS 'Electric Love'

#21 - Nina Sublatti 'Warrior'

 

 

Long hair, don't care clan member and Kluminican BJSC entrant BØRNS appears at #22! I was so grateful to get a big hit again back in 73 with what was my highest points total at the time of 170 something. Electric Love to me is the perfect radio song, which Radio 1 picked up on later this year thankfully! Classic yet fresh, Electric Love is a glam-rocky song with massive crossover appeal and a euphoric nature to it and I am so glad that so many people made a good discovery out of this!

 

Just missing out on the top 20 is the highest Eurovision song of this year, something which I'm surprised is as low as #21 in 2015 as I really enjoyed this year's contest! It's the fierce as f*** James Mackenzie Nina Sublatti. This wasn't an instant favourite of mine but it was always on the radar but the fantastic dark, dramatic, and occasionally too smoky, staging really sold the song to me! The fact that this got so much good feedback on my Twitter timeline during the performance also cemented my love for it :heart:

 

Lion Babe and Borns :heart:

#20-#19

 

 

#20 - Tove Styrke 'Borderline'

#19 - LIZ 'When I Rule The World'

 

 

I've been aware of Tove Styrke for quite a while now, thanks to the ever giving BJSC. But Borderline was THE track I needed from her, such clever interesting pop and something we should be hearing more of on the radio and in the charts! The UK public would lap up something like this :(

 

When I Rule The World has become my motivational song for becoming a badass bitch. Perhaps my favourite PC music related song now (tying with A.G Cook's 'Beautiful I think) just like Borderline this is something that I reckon the UK public could've grown to like but unfortunately it will always remain a hidden gem :( Quite a change in direction musically, ie. since Underdogs / XTC which I entered into BJSC in 2014 <3

 

#18-#17

 

 

#18 - Vanic x Zella Day 'Hypnotic'

#17 - Sigala 'Easy Love'

 

 

I thought this was gonna be my BJSC winner until it was rudely autovetoed in the middle of the year! Again a brilliant pop song at heart with dark underbelly that is bloody majestic. The original by Zella Day on her own is a very good song in it's own right, but the Vanic remix really elevates this to something incredible. Still hasn't tired on me one bit since the summer!

 

This was one of those songs you know is special from the very first listen! Certainly very deserving as one of the most successful BJSC winners of all time! Perfect song to soundtrack my summer and it would've dominated that #1 spot in the UK charts for much longer had it been released in the season it was meant for! Easy Love raditates joy with every listen and is a masterclass in remixing older songs into something much more relevant!

 

#16-#15

 

 

#16 - Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MØ 'Lean On'

#15 - Nikita 'Avocado'

 

 

One of the defining chart hits of the year :heart: First heard this back in January before all my friends and most of Buzzjack ( B-)) so in someways seeing it turn out to be so massive and Major Lazer's first big chart hit was like seeing my child grow up. Bizarrely despite the overplay it still sounds fresh as ever (something which cannot be said for it's counterpart Where Are U Now :/) and is the perfect example of creating something accessible but not selling out whilst maintaining the strong identity that is Major Lazer :wub: MØ to be big in 2016 please!

 

My surprise hit of the year for sure :lol: Who knew I would stumble across this gem(?) of a song whilst finding Ukrainian songs for the BJSC spinoff Worldvision! The whole package is such phenomenal and isn't just a novelty song as the song is catchy AF! The raunchy video (please please PLEASE watch it if you haven't already!) only trebled my love for this jam and seeing it come 4th in a field of 40+ Worldvision song was one of my proudest moments this year and certainly one of my favourite BJSC discoveries.

 

Oh my Nungwi reached your top 200? :o :cheer:

 

Great tunes in the rest of your EOY.

 

I always thought "Lone Digger" would be considered your surprise hit of the year.

 

OMG YES ELECTRIC LOVE :wub: :wub:

I always thought "Lone Digger" would be considered your surprise hit of the year.

 

OMG YES ELECTRIC LOVE :wub: :wub:

 

In terms of surprising myself, Avocado was my surprise hit! :lol: Lone Digger could be seen objectively as a BJSC surprise hit but it's more up my street than Avocado!

#14-#13

 

 

#14 - MØ 'Kamikaze'

#13 - Sandra Lyng 'Play My Drum'

 

 

It's a MØ again!! I wasn't expecting any of her output to come close to topping Lean On this year but Kamikaze just pipped it here! Maybe it's due to it's relative newness that it's still fresh and enjoyable and they may switch around in a few years time but oh well! Two top quality tunes. Like I've said for so many songs already, Kamikaze is one of the songs I could definitely hear on the UK radio had it been given the push

and it's more of the pop we need. Exciting and progressive yet still catchy and anthemic :heart:

 

If only Sandra had been sent a contest earlier or later! :( One of the best #2s in BJSC history for me, this got my 18 over Sigala and still stand by this (just about) to this day. This is how you do sexy sax dance, none of that Alexandra Stan stuff please. Tinnmark's win will come soon I hope, statistically they were favourite country in 2015 so I'm hoping they can send more bangers like this as well as The Girl and Our Youth!

 

#12-#11

 

 

#12 - Major Lazer feat. Elliphant & Jovi Rockwell 'Too Original'

#11 - Kishi Bashi 'I Am The Antichrist To You'

 

 

Words cannot describe the absolute tuneage (sorry) that Too Original is . I have overplayed this unfortunately which is why it's sitting outside the top 10 but I think it's become my favourite Major Lazer song, and that is some achievement! Fast-paced, wacky and a hell of a drop combine to make the ultimate jam of 2015 :heart:

 

Now to something which is probably as far away as possible from Too Original. It's the beautiful 'I Am The Antichrist To You'. I wasn't in the BJSC contest it was sent to thanks to me non-voting in the previous month (I had already DNQ'd okay!!!) but a month later I discovered it after hearing many other members raving about it. I was not disappointed. Beautiful sadness is a 'genre' I adore, as demonstrated by my love for Lana Del Rey, Kishi Bashi fit into that category completely but with a more fragile take on the subject. It's one of those songs that can take you away the stressors of real life for 3 minutes and 37 seconds and completely wraps you up which is very very rare in a song! Wish I could've squeezed this into my top 10 :(

 

10 songs left, who's going to come out on top?

 

A-WA 'Habib Galbi'

Caravan Palace 'Lone Digger'

Justin Bieber 'Sorry'

KSHMR 'Jammu'

Kyarypamyupamyu 'Crazy Party Night'

Kygo feat. Conrad 'Firestone'

MYNGA 'Back Home (Matoma Remix)'

Truls 'Circles'

WALK THE MOON 'Shut Up & Dance'

Watermat & TAI 'Frequency'

 

:o

p.s just found they've collaborated with Buzzjack legend DENA :heart:

 

YES! Only good thing DENA's ever done in my opinion. Fooled is actually one of the best tracks I've heard from them, only narrowly missed out on me noting it down for my own countdown.

 

Those two songs missing your top 10

 

And on the whole, Sorry aside (and I haven't heard Frequency), that's a great top 10, I'm interested to see what's coming out on top.

YES! Only good thing DENA's ever done in my opinion. Fooled is actually one of the best tracks I've heard from them, only narrowly missed out on me noting it down for my own countdown.

 

Those two songs missing your top 10 <3 both amazing in totally different ways. Seeing some of this stuff up so high is really nice to see, lots of them are songs I wouldn't think people would put so high (so it's refreshing to see).

 

And on the whole, Sorry aside (and I haven't heard Frequency), that's a great top 10, I'm interested to see what's coming out on top.

 

Still haven't heard it yet oops! I've heard some of their other stuff and Fooled is my firm favourite for sure.

 

What a lovely post Iz! Glad to see you have some good taste too :P (also how can you not like Sorry?!?! + please get listening to Frequency, I'm sure you'll like it!)

#10

 

 

#10 - Watermat & TAI 'Frequency / Watermat, Becky Hill & TAI 'All My Love'

 

This is sort of a joint entry between the 'instrumental' version and the vocal version with Becky Hill (All My Love) as I listen to both frequently and do like a bit of both! I was a big fan of the preceding single Bullit in BJSC (possibly Yehesi's best entry every) but Frequency worked with that same formula and refined it to make something brilliant! That horn and piano riff combination is to die for and I haven't tired of the song since first hearing it back in April! Certainly a set of artists I didn't expect to be reaching the top 10 of my 2015 EOY but kudos to them! Soundtrack to my summer and a stunning video :heart:

 

#09

 

 

#09 - KSHMR 'Jammu'

 

Cannot believe this only made #10 in BJSC!! By far Danaelanda's best entry and I'm gutted I wasn't competing in this contest as this certainly would've got my 18 points (I've only given 15 to him despite entering our 5th year in the contest :/) As well as being a fantastic dance track, it is really characterised by the Asian influences that KSHMR brings into this track especially to create something so fresh and exciting, unfortunately KSHMR doesn't just recycle the same formula and his other singles sound a bit more generic, but still good! Truly epic in it's correct definition. :wub: