20. STAY WITH ME SAM SMITH 1,403,000

 

 

Opening with the same sale of 108k that previous single “Money On My Mind” obtained, this was Smith’s third chart topper in a year and he was well on the way to becoming one of the biggest chart stars of the year. Written about a one night stand the song’s writing credits were altered in early 2015 after Lawyers were involved and Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty were added to the list when similarities to Petty’s 1989 single “I Won’t Back Down” were noted- oops.

 

19. CALL ME MAYBE CARLY RAE JEPSEN 1,411,000

 

 

A hit first in her native Canada, the song leaped into international fame when Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez tweeted about the track then starred in a lip synched video for the track which naturally got millions of views. An international contract followed and “Call Me Maybe” became a worldwide smash

 

18. WAVES MR PROBZ 1,427,000

 

 

Originally a hit in some European countries (including No 1 in Belgium) in 2013 it was taken by remixer Robin Schulz and transformed into an international chart topper a year later, a trick he was to repeat later in that year with Lily Wood’s “Prayer In C”. It spent two non-consecutive weeks at No 1 after Calvin Harris’s “Summer” rudely interrupted it.

 

'Waves' in the top 20 :wub: :wub: :wub:

 

what a seriously good tune.

17. I GOTTA FEELING BLACK EYED PEAS 1,437,000

 

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Gaga aside, no-one quite generated sales in 2009 quite like these guys, they spent 26 weeks at No 1 in the US and also grabbed a hat-trick of UK chart toppers throughout the year. None were bigger than “I Gotta Feeling” which become the first song to sell a million downloads as it finished the year as the second biggest seller, it was also a handy paycheck for co-writer and co-producer David Guetta.

 

16. SEX ON FIRE KINGS OF LEON 1,439,000

 

 

90 weeks in the top 75 tells its own tale, but “Sex On Fire” is the song that catapulted KOL to international headliners. A three week chart topper it returned to the top 10 almost exactly a year after it was released following a cover by Jamie Archer on X Factor, somewhat surprisingly it failed to make the top 50 stateside.

 

15. WE FOUND LOVE RIHANNA FT CALVIN HARRIS 1,473,000

 

 

Even a midweek release couldn’t stop this slamming into the No 1 position upon release, it opened the US market to Harris who produced and wrote the song, and gave Rihanna her 6th UK chart topper helping to launch the “Talk That Talk” era. It was apparently offered to Nicole Scherzinger first who rejected it before Leona Lewis had the option to record it but it was eventually handed it to Rihanna to turn into commercial gold.

 

14. LET HER GO PASSENGER 1,510,000

 

 

Charting at No 2 in November 2012 in Holland, the appeal of this seemed to grow gradually throughout early 2013 eventually reaching the same position here in May of that year behind a track still to come! It’s only the 4th biggest non number one on this survey somewhat incredibly despite selling an astonishing 1.5 million.

 

13. SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW GOTYE FT KIMBRA 1,551,000

 

 

A chart topper in Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, and Holland in late 2011, the song went on to greater success topping the US charts for 8 weeks in 2012 and over here for 5 weeks and running out as the best selling single of the year. It has a rather large sample of “Seville” by Luiz Bonfa to thank for part of its allure, and though he’s never confirmed who, Gotye has stated that a “high profile” female vocalist was originally intended to sing Kimbra’s part but pulled out at the last minute.

 

Kimbra was a perfect vocalist for me. This track showed for me how OAOS could be prolific!

12. MOVES LIKE JAGGER MAROON5 FT CHRISTINA AGUILERA 1,553,000

 

 

After working with each other on the first season of “The Voice” USA, Levine and Aguilera teamed up for this song which despite spending three weeks at the top in the US, spent an agonizing 7 weeks consecutively at No 2 behind 6 different No 1 singles, the longest such stint in 17 years. It eventually outsold all those chart toppers and just when it finally topped the midweek charts it was beaten at the death by “We Found Love” despite having a 3 day head start.

 

11. CHEERLEADER OMI 1,569,000

 

 

Just outside the top 10 then with one of last year’s biggest hits, a No 1 hit in Jamaica in 2011 Omi signed to Ultra Music in 2013 who sent the demo to a few producers to remix it for an international audience. Felix Jaehn got the gig and it was a hit over Europe before Simon Cowell snapped up UK distribution rights and the song opened at No 2 for a fortnight before overcoming Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” and spending a month at the top.

 

Gotye! Still the most unlikely of smashes this decade I think.

 

(ps has something overtaken Omi to make the top 10 since you wrote the commentary? :P )

 

Gotye! Still the most unlikely of smashes this decade I think.

 

(ps has something overtaken Omi to make the top 10 since you wrote the commentary? :P )

I don't know what you mean :teresa:

10. TAKE ME TO CHURCH HOZIER 1,570,000

 

 

Spending its first 15 weeks on release in the top 50 despite never making the top 20 for that period, once Christmas and New Year were out of the way however the song sprinted to 4 weeks at No 2 behind “Uptown Funk” and “Love Me Like You Do”. In the US it similarly peaked at No 2 this time behind Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space”.

 

09. GET LUCKY DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS 1,637,000

 

 

And here’s the song that held Passenger off. No-one saw the revival of Daft Punk happen in 2013, they had met Nile Rogers back in 1997 and promised to work together though it never happened until early 2013 when they created this track with the help of Pharrell Williams. When it premiered it was immediately picked up radio and even on two days of sale debuted at No 3 before flying to No 1 for a month before taking just 61 days to sell a million. For Pharrell it was just the start of his 2013!

 

08. WAKE ME UP AVICII 1,686,000

 

 

Of all 2013’s massive hits there were none that opened with the kind of numbers Avicii generated, a fantastic 266k in its first week and over 800,000 by the time it left the top 2. It was his second chart topper of the year and was melodically composed by himself and Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger when they needed a singer and lyrics, Avicii only knew Aloe Blacc in L.A at the time as he was already working on some tracks for the singer and a phone call later Blacc had provided the lyrics and his vocals though he went uncredited.

 

'Wake Me Up' rightfully in the top 10 with amazing sales! :wub: :dance: :wub:

 

Though I expect nothing less for the most influential dance song of our generation.

Wake Me Up I always thought as awful.

I listened to Get Lucky during the week and it wasn't as tired as I expected.

Take Me to Church is still one of my favourite songs of the decade.

Though I expect nothing less for the most influential dance song of our generation.

 

 

What? :o