87. MEGHAN TRAINOR - ALL ABOUT THAT BASS (-111 POINTS)

WEEKS IN TOP TEN: 2 (in 2015)
OCC PEAK: 7 (1wk) (in 2015)
RESHUFFLE AVERAGE POSITION: 8
AMOUNT OF 5's RECIEVED: 0
AMOUNT OF -5's RECIEVED: 9
POSITIVE VOTES: 17
NEGATIVE VOTES: 52
RUN: 8-8
AVERAGE WEEKLY SCORE -55.5
LEONARDO'S RATING OUT OF 100 70


2014 has another leftover leave here with All About That Bass' closing fortnight on the chart landing her here, with a combined score of -315 points, I like the song as I said last year, although I know it has it's flaws mainly because I like this genre of music. The ethics behind the song have already been discussed, my opinion is one of unintentional sizism.

All About That Bass and Lost Stars being out :(

86. WSTRN - IN2 (-109 POINTS)

WEEKS IN TOP TEN: 4
OCC PEAK: 4(1wk)
RESHUFFLE AVERAGE POSITION: 9
AMOUNT OF 5's RECIEVED: 8
AMOUNT OF -5's RECIEVED: 13
POSITIVE VOTES: 32
NEGATIVE VOTES: 61
RUN: 8-7-10-10
AVERAGE WEEKLY SCORE -27.25
LEONARDO'S RATING OUT OF 100 77


Oh, I liked this one. There's not much to say about it, it has a great production, great chorus and decent bars from the rappers. Perhaps it is a bit too long but as far as mainstream (and I do stress "mainstream") hip hop that landed on the charts this one was definitely in the top tier.

In2 has become the definition of boring. It goes nowhere.

What do people dislike about In2 :( it's great!

In2 doesn't need to "go anywhere" when it's perfect for what it is. Loved seeing it rise from an underground summer anthem to a huge chart hit and probably my favourite song of last year to be honest. :wub:

 

Ayo and Freak Of The Week predictably low which is a shame. I get why people hate the misogynistic lyrics but I've seen tons of girls who love these songs. Like me, I suspect the beat and the catchiness and general feel override the lyrical content. Music can be escapist too!

 

I Don't Like It, I Love It had one of the catchiest chorus and production combinations of the year no doubt, I couldn't stop singing it!

85. LOST FREQUENCIES - ARE YOU WITH ME (-100 POINTS)

WEEKS IN TOP TEN: 10
OCC PEAK: 1(1wk)
RESHUFFLE AVERAGE POSITION: 6
AMOUNT OF 5's RECIEVED: 30
AMOUNT OF -5's RECIEVED: 32
POSITIVE VOTES: 153
NEGATIVE VOTES: 182
RUN: 4-3-7-4-5-6-8-8-10-9
AVERAGE WEEKLY SCORE -10
LEONARDO'S RATING OUT OF 100 32


I get Secondcity tees from this one, it's the fairly big number one that the general public are just going to forget it completely in a year or two max. One of the biggest critiques thrown at dance music in general is that it is repetitive and reductive which this epitomizes, it's not horrendous by any means, but dull.

Edited January 10, 20169 yr by Leonardo

84. FLO RIDA FT. SAGE THE GEMINI & LOOKAS - G.D.F.R. (-95 POINTS)

WEEKS IN TOP TEN: 2
OCC PEAK: 3 (1wk)
RESHUFFLE AVERAGE POSITION: 9
AMOUNT OF 5's RECIEVED: 3
AMOUNT OF -5's RECIEVED: 10
POSITIVE VOTES: 20
NEGATIVE VOTES: 43
RUN: 9-9
AVERAGE WEEKLY SCORE -47.5
LEONARDO'S RATING OUT OF 100 26


Flo Rida's other hit song of the year falls out now. You can say what you want about Flo Rida but he knows how to jump on music trends, in this case popularised by Mr. Derulo in "Talk Dirty", the sax break in this song is too similar not to notice, but he's not the only one to do that this year, see the still to feature Fifth Harmony. This is another sex one by the way but I find this one funny, the lyrics are just too daft to take seriously.

83. DAVID GUETTA FT. NICKI MINAJ & AFROJACK - HEY MAMA (-94 POINTS)

WEEKS IN TOP TEN: 5
OCC PEAK: 9 (1wk)
RESHUFFLE AVERAGE POSITION: 7
AMOUNT OF 5's RECIEVED: 15
AMOUNT OF -5's RECIEVED: 14
POSITIVE VOTES: 60
NEGATIVE VOTES: 107
RUN: 7-6-7-8-7
AVERAGE WEEKLY SCORE -18.8
LEONARDO'S RATING OUT OF 100 28


Starting out with the positives, the productions is great and earwormy, and Nicki sounds better here than I've heard her in a long time. The lyrics however... Oh dear. Extremely regressive towards women (yes I get that Nicki a woman wrote it, but women can still right outdated gender roles, look at Meghan Trainor) and also mixing sexual and parental metaphors has always been icky to me. No matter what context.

Getting through these quicker than usual today, but that'll do until tomorrow.

 

91 "Waiting For Love" - Avicii -119

92 "Fight Song" - Rachel Platten -121

93 "Where Are Ü Now" - Skrillex & Diplo ft. Justin Bieber -132

94 "Freak Of The Week" - Krept & Konan ft. Jeremih -150

95 "Take Me To Church" - Hozier -151

96 "Locked Away" - R. City ft. Adam Levine -152

97 "Perfect" - One Direction -158

98 "Ayo" - Chris Brown & Tyga -167

99 "Hold Back The River" - James Bay -171

100 "The Nights" - Avicii -188

101 "Lay Me Down" - Sam Smith Ft. John Legend -201

102 "Earned It" - The Weeknd -202

103 "Shut Up + Dance" - Walk The Moon -203

104 "Want To Want Me" - Jason Derulo -211

105 "Wasn't Expecting That" - Jamie Lawson -229

106 "Bills" - LunchMoney Lewis -268

107 "Marvin Gaye" - Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor -282

108 "Something I Need" - Ben Haenow -327

109 "Writing's On The Wall" - Sam Smith -348

110 "Show Me Love" - Sam Feldt ft. Kimberley Anne -352

111 "Thinking Out Loud" - Ed Sheeran -667

112 "See You Again" - Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth -717

113 "Sugar" - Maroon 5 -763

SHUT UP AND DANCE IS NOT WORSE THAN JAMES BLEGH.

 

A lot of these songs are the perfect definition of "underrated".

82. JUSTIN BIEBER - LOVE YOURSELF (-85 POINTS)

WEEKS IN TOP TEN: 6
OCC PEAK: 1 (3wks)
RESHUFFLE AVERAGE POSITION: 7
AMOUNT OF 5's RECIEVED: 6
AMOUNT OF -5's RECIEVED: 14
POSITIVE VOTES: 57
NEGATIVE VOTES: 81
RUN: 9-6-9-6-7-6
AVERAGE WEEKLY SCORE -14.1666666666667
LEONARDO'S RATING OUT OF 100 65


The current OCC#1, and the first of Justin's trio of mega-hits of 2015, Love Yourself is my favourite. It is in essence a Ed Sheeran band with his usual take on a 'diss song' and Justin's vocals echo Ed's a lot in the song, not that that's a bad thing. I do like being able to hear his vocals without heavy production once in a while.

Edited January 10, 20169 yr by Leonardo

81. THE LEWISHAM & GREENWICH NHS CHOIR - A BRIDGE OVER YOU (-83 POINTS)

WEEKS IN TOP TEN: 1
OCC PEAK: 1 (1wk)
RESHUFFLE AVERAGE POSITION: 10
AMOUNT OF 5's RECIEVED: 1
AMOUNT OF -5's RECIEVED: 12
POSITIVE VOTES: 4
NEGATIVE VOTES: 22
RUN: 10
AVERAGE WEEKLY SCORE -83
LEONARDO'S RATING OUT OF 100 17


Ah, the-tricky-to-comment-on-without-sounding-douchey chartiy single, my rating of this song stands aside from the reason behind it which is obviously something I support. The song itself a choir medley of Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water", one of my favourite songs of all time, and "Fix You" by Coldplay, another great song is pedestrian and loses any steam it had going for me when "Fix You" starts as it's quite hard to f*** up BOTW as it's a fantastic ballad which can stretch to many genres, while Fix You works because it's intimate and emotional so loses meaning in a choir version.

80. JAMES BAY - LET IT GO (-81 POINTS)

WEEKS IN TOP TEN: 1
OCC PEAK: 10 (1wk)
RESHUFFLE AVERAGE POSITION: 9
AMOUNT OF 5's RECIEVED: 1
AMOUNT OF -5's RECIEVED: 10
POSITIVE VOTES: 8
NEGATIVE VOTES: 32
RUN: 9
AVERAGE WEEKLY SCORE -81
LEONARDO'S RATING OUT OF 100 16


Although I quite like "Hold Back The River" this is just the worse, it's extremely dull you can't make out what it's saying, and I'm struggling to think of ways just to get across how dull it is, just like I struggled to make it to the end of the song when listening today to write up this segment.

I quite like Let It Go.

 

A Bridge Over You is the most horrific murder of two classics I have ever witnessed.

79. DEORRO & CHRIS BROWN - FIVE MORE HOURS (-65 POINTS)

WEEKS IN TOP TEN: 2
OCC PEAK: 4 (1wk)
RESHUFFLE AVERAGE POSITION: 8
AMOUNT OF 5's RECIEVED: 2
AMOUNT OF -5's RECIEVED: 12
POSITIVE VOTES: 27
NEGATIVE VOTES: 39
RUN: 8-8
AVERAGE WEEKLY SCORE -32.5
LEONARDO'S RATING OUT OF 100 25


Chris Brown again this time with producer Deorro, this song feels more suited to 2010/2011 than to 2015, it's that auto-tune club banger which brings nothing new, exciting or memorable to the table.

Are You With Me, Hey Mama, Love Yourself & Five More Hours all great! Glad some of the recent others have gone though too.

78. DRAKE - HOTLINE BLING (-62 POINTS)

WEEKS IN TOP TEN: 6
OCC PEAK: 3 (2wk)
RESHUFFLE AVERAGE POSITION: 7
AMOUNT OF 5's RECIEVED: 21
AMOUNT OF -5's RECIEVED: 34
POSITIVE VOTES: 75
NEGATIVE VOTES: 86
RUN: 8-3-7-7-9-9
AVERAGE WEEKLY SCORE -10.3333
LEONARDO'S RATING OUT OF 100 63


Drake despite being a large cultural force, has only got four UK Top 10s so far, and this is his first not to make a positive score. I still like this song, yes the lyrics make Drake to be a bit of a jerk, but I love the hook so much and it's one of my favourite songs from him.

77. LOUISA JOHNSON - FOREVER YOUNG (-51 POINTS)

WEEKS IN TOP TEN: 1
OCC PEAK: 9 (1wk)
RESHUFFLE AVERAGE POSITION: 10
AMOUNT OF 5's RECIEVED: 2
AMOUNT OF -5's RECIEVED: 7
POSITIVE VOTES: 4
NEGATIVE VOTES: 19
RUN: 10
AVERAGE WEEKLY SCORE -51
LEONARDO'S RATING OUT OF 100 31


Probably going to down as one of the most infamous of the X Factor winner's singles, it that it was floppier than a floppy disk. Still not the worst one that's been done, but yeah I think the public are getting bored with bland winner's songs. It's like when Girls Aloud did "Sound Of The Underground" everyone went that's amazing and gone down really well, now let's never do that again.

Five More Hours is a great song, really good by Chris Browns standards, deserves to be higher.

 

 

and strange 2 see the NHS Choir higher than some songs that're more liked on the forum but I guess thats because it got sympathy +'s and it only had 1 week of charting

76. USHER FT. JUICY J - I DON'T MIND (-43 POINTS)

WEEKS IN TOP TEN: 1
OCC PEAK: 8 (1wk)
RESHUFFLE AVERAGE POSITION: 8
AMOUNT OF 5's RECIEVED: 1
AMOUNT OF -5's RECIEVED: 3
POSITIVE VOTES: 11
NEGATIVE VOTES: 25
RUN: 8
AVERAGE WEEKLY SCORE -43
LEONARDO'S RATING OUT OF 100 49


I find this really odd that it became a hit not that I don't like it, just I'm not sure what radio sees in it, the song lets you know that dancing on a pole don't make you a ho (which is sweet, and I'll remember that next time I do it), but as an ode to strippers it's sweet I guess and it comes across more enlightened than some of his peers.