Hi Dan

 

I was actually really disappointed with Cool Girl from Tove Lo, loads of her tracks have been great but this was just annoying and the lyrics were kind of cringe. I can see why it was so popular but nah, just wasn't for me!

 

I Hate U, I Love U is a tune though, I love the back and forth between gnash and Olivia and the lyrics are just amazing with all the swearing and disses :lol:

 

:D

Cool Girl and Sunshine are both great tracks from the summer - the former of which especially, was surprised to see that be such a streaming hit. It's definitely the best track from Lady Wood - on another note, what a cringey album name :puke2:

 

Waves is also good, I couldn't get into it enough to chart it though.

 

i hate u, i love u has nice at first even if the stylizing is horrendous and far too ZAYN-esque for my liking. Olivia O'Brien/olivia o'brien made a solo version of this and it's awful :heehee:

 

Great countdown so far, lots of faves in there I didn't mention, too :wub:

Lady Wood indeed is such an odd album title, no wonder it flopped :lol:

By Waves do you mean Wings? :unsure:

I'm not a huge fan of the lack of capital letters but it's still a good song; and no capital letters is better than ALL CAPS.

 

Hi Dan!

 

'Cool Girl' is decent enough but Tove is capable of so much better so I was pretty underwhelmed with it being a lead single. And yeah, I certainly wouldn't have expected to see Gnash here! My opinion has gone back and forth on 'I Hate U I Love U' so many times which makes the title of it rather fitting :lol:

I thought it was really good from Tove, somewhat unexpected but I like it. Kinda felt the same way with Gnash towards the end of its chart run, I thought it was overstaying its welcome - but I in no way dislike the song.

 

Hi Dan

 

I was actually really disappointed with Cool Girl from Tove Lo, loads of her tracks have been great but this was just annoying and the lyrics were kind of cringe. I can see why it was so popular but nah, just wasn't for me!

 

I Hate U, I Love U is a tune though, I love the back and forth between gnash and Olivia and the lyrics are just amazing with all the swearing and disses :lol:

 

:D

Cool Girl polarising everyone here then haha, well I liked it at least.

I do like the lyrics a lot with the Gnash song, it really describes their love/hate relationship well.

 

thanks guys~

#075. Flume (feat. Kai) - Never Be Like You

 

 

Genre: Future bass

Label: Future Classic/Transgressive Records

Points: 924

Sales: 340k

 

Date entered: 22/01/2016

Chart run: 51-65-23-21-21-39-67-76-49-46-41-40-57-71-63-56-50-72-x-87-x

Time on chart: 19 weeks {all weeks in tracking period}

 

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Chart History (Flume)

2013 10 Insane (Flume feat. Moon Holiday)

2014 16 Drop The Game (Flume & Chet Faker)

2016 21 Never Be Like You (Flume feat. Kai) [EOY #75]

2016 08 Say It (Flume feat. Tove Lo) [EOY #TBA]

 

Chart History (Kai)

2016 21 Never Be Like You (Flume feat. Kai) [EOY #75]

 

Commentary

 

2016 was the year Flume really hit the big time then, with two huge worldwide hits although neither cracked the UK top 40 sadly. 'Never Be Like You' was the first and surprisingly even made the Billboard top 40 - impressive for an Australian dance act! It's such a well written song lyrically, you can really hear in her voice how much she wants to be accepted for who she is knowing that she's not perfect like the guy she's trying to impress supposedly is. Flume's production is really interesting too, I especially love the beat chopping that's mostly prominent at the end of the vocal lines. If we can thank anyone for the revolution of future bass, it's not either of The Chainsmokers, it's this guy. Also if this is the first Flume song you've ever heard, make sure to check out 'Insane' and 'Drop The Game' from before this year - both are amazing!!

Sunshine was great summer tune :D

 

Cool Girl is certainly my favourite Tove Lo song to date!

 

Dying for You is amazing as well! I do prefer the chorus a lot more than the verses though.

#074. Röyksopp (feat. Susanne Sundfør) - Never Ever

 

 

Genre: Electronic

Label: Dog Triumph/Universal Music

Points: 928

Sales: 590k

 

Date entered: 16/09/2016

Chart run: 79-45-4-3-6-9-7-4-7-8-11-(7-9-9-57-...)

Time on chart: 15+ weeks {11 weeks in tracking period}

 

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Chart History (Röyksopp)

2014 16 Do It Right (Röyksopp & Robyn)

2014 29 Monument (The Inevitable End Version) (Röyksopp & Robyn)

2016 03 Never Ever (Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør) [EOY #74]

 

Chart History (Susanne Sundfør)

2015 23 Delirious

2016 03 Never Ever (Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør) [EOY #74]

 

Commentary

 

Röyksopp were an act who I thought were well past it, and then they gave us the Robyn collaborative project in 2014 which was good and all, but then they really surprised this year with 'Never Ever' which is brilliant in just about every way, and became a sort of BuzzJack cult smash which was pleasing to see (similarly to Sundfør's cult hit 'Delirious' last year, which also made my own top 40). It's amazingly dancey, poppy and uplifting; and Sundfør sings it with such conviction, if only Röyksopp had some sort of relevance left it would be their own 'Get Lucky' moment. Okay it's not quite that amazing but it's too good to be this underrated. So glad it got an extended version too because that outro is so much better in its minute long form.

#073. Bolier and Redondo (feat. Bitter's Kiss) - Lost & Found

 

 

Genre: Deep house

Label: Spinnin' Deep

Points: 943

Sales: 360k

 

Date entered: 11/12/2015

Chart run: (69)-59-29-35-22-20-23-29-24-31-26-37-46-64-68-86-89-96-97-95-x

Time on chart: 20 weeks {19 weeks in tracking period}

 

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Chart History (Bolier)

2015 09 Every Single Piece (Redondo & Bolier feat. She Keeps Bees)

2015 20 Lost & Found (Bolier & Redondo feat. Bitter's Kiss) [EOY #73]

2016 34 Sweet Love (Calling Out Your Name) [EOY #284]

2016 14 Is This Love (Bob Marley & The Wailers feat. LVNDSCAPE & Bolier) [EOY #TBA]

 

Chart History (Redondo)

2014 01 Love Too Deep (Ferreck Dawn & Redondo feat. Kelli-Leigh)

2015 02 Something Else (Redondo & Ferreck Dawn)

2015 09 Every Single Piece (Redondo & Bolier feat. She Keeps Bees)

2015 20 Lost & Found (Bolier & Redondo feat. Bitter's Kiss) [EOY #73]

2016 18 Paths (Redondo & CamelPhat) [EOY #TBA]

 

Chart History (Bitter's Kiss)

2015 20 Lost & Found (Bolier & Redondo feat. Bitter's Kiss) [EOY #73]

 

Commentary

 

Now here's another Spinnin' Records track none of you have heard of :cheer: This comes from Bolier (NOT Boiler) and Redondo, who teamed up on last year's 'Every Single Piece' (EOY #49 2015) and return for 'Lost & Found', which is just a great deep house song really. Not much of a backstory here as it wasn't a hit single anywhere, but worth a listen if you're into this sort of thing. Bolier and Redondo will both make future appearances in the EOY although not together.

"Never Be Like You" is FANTASTIC. Love Kai's voice on it, the production really meshes well with the softer side of her voice.

 

I feel like "Never Ever" is gonna end up being another late debut for me as it's starting to grow on me a ton now

Hey Dan! :D Cool Girl is a great track, it's not one of Tove's best (her best for me is Talking Body) but it's a solid track anyway, I've asked for the album for Christmas so I'm hoping it's good too.

By Waves do you mean Wings? :unsure:

No, I mean the Perttu song, Waves :P

#072. Tinie Tempah (feat. Zara Larsson) - Girls Like

 

 

Genre: Hip house

Label: Parlophone

Points: 953

Sales: 360k

 

Date entered: 04/03/2015

Chart run: 13-14-13-13-14-12-15-28-20-29-43-69-77-x

Time on chart: 13 weeks {all weeks in tracking period}

 

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Chart History (Tinie Tempah)

2010 01 Written in the Stars (Tinie Tempah feat. Eric Turner)

2010 02 Miami 2 Ibiza (Swedish House Mafia vs. Tinie Tempah)

2010 03 Game Over (Tinchy Stryder feat. Giggs, Professor Green, Tinie Tempah, Devlin, Example & Chipmunk)

2010 04 Invincible (Tinie Tempah feat. Kelly Rowland)

2011 12 Eyes Wide Shut (JLS feat. Tinie Tempah)

2011 02 Wonderman (Tinie Tempah feat. Ellie Goulding)

2011 06 Bass Down Low (Remix) (Dev feat. Tinie Tempah & The Cataracs)

2011 36 Simply Unstoppable (Tinie Tempah; Yes Remix)

2011 01 Hitz (Remix) (Chase & Status feat. Tinie Tempah & Wretch 32)

2011 03 Till I'm Gone (Tinie Tempah feat. Wiz Khalifa)

2011 01 Earthquake (Labrinth feat. Tinie Tempah)

2011 20 Like It Or Love It (Tinie Tempah feat. Wretch 32 & J. Cole)

2012 11 R.I.P. (Rita Ora feat. Tinie Tempah)

2012 05 Drinking From The Bottle (Calvin Harris feat. Tinie Tempah)

2013 07 Trampoline (Tinie Tempah feat. 2 Chainz)

2013 29 Children of the Sun (Tinie Tempah feat. John Martin)

2014 41 Crazy Stupid Love (Cheryl feat. Tinie Tempah)

2015 10 Not Letting Go (Tinie Tempah feat. Jess Glynne)

2015 11 Turn The Music Louder (Rumble) (KDA feat. Tinie Tempah & Katy B)

2016 12 Girls Like (Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson) [EOY #72]

 

Chart History (Zara Larsson)

2013 43 Uncover

2015 13 Never Forget You (MNEK & Zara Larsson) [EOY #490]

2015 01 Lush Life [EOY #TBA]

2016 12 Girls Like (Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson) [EOY #72]

2016 16 This One's For You (David Guetta feat. Zara Larsson) [EOY #148]

2016 06 Ain't My Fault [EOY #TBA]

2016 05 I Would Like [EOY #401]

 

Commentary

 

2016 really has been the year of Zara Larsson, and here she is with her first of three appearances; alongside Tinie Tempah whose best days are well behind him now but after missing the last two EOY top 100s he's back with 'Girls Like', which has a great house beat that Tinie raps effortlessly over, and there are some great catchy lyrics in there. So you can tell J.K that he's still rolling, and Russell that he's still a brand, and the UK that he can still get huge hit singles. It's really his best for ages, and that's of course helped by Zara; but more on her later. Hint, she's one of my big faves of the year.

#071. Rihanna - Sex With Me

 

 

Genre: Urban/R&B

Label: Westbury Road/Roc Nation

Points: 954

Sales: 450k

 

Date entered: 29/07/2016

Chart run: 87-36-36-25-21-22-22-18-31-27-45-40-38-58-61-98-98-x

Time on chart: 17 weeks {all weeks in tracking period}

 

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Chart History (Rihanna)

2010 04 Love The Way You Lie (Eminem feat. Rihanna)

2010 02 Only Girl (In The World)

2010 01 Who's That Chick (David Guetta feat. Rihanna)

2010 19 Love The Way You Lie, Part 2 (Rihanna feat. Eminem)

2010 01 What's My Name (Rihanna feat. Drake)

2010 04 Unfaithful

2011 01 S&M

2011 05 All Of The Lights (Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Various Artists)

2011 10 Man Down

2011 18 California King Bed

2011 04 Cheers (Drink To That)

2011 22 Fly (Nicki Minaj feat. Rihanna)

2011 02 We Found Love (Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris)

2011 12 You Da One

2011 10 Take Care (Drake feat. Rihanna)

2011 05 Talk That Talk (Rihanna feat. Jay-Z)

2011 03 Where Have You Been

2011 26 Birthday Cake

2011 34 Cockiness (Love It)

2012 01 Princess of China (Coldplay feat. Rihanna)

2012 03 Diamonds

2013 07 Pour It Up

2013 23 The Monster (Eminem feat. Rihanna)

2013 15 What Now

2014 22 Can't Remember To Forget You (Shakira feat. Rihanna)

2015 03 FourFiveSeconds (Rihanna feat. Kanye West & Paul McCartney)

2015 10 Bitch Better Have My Money

2016 02 Work (Rihanna feat. Drake) [EOY #TBA]

2016 10 Consideration (Rihanna feat. SZA) [EOY #126]

2016 25 Same Ol' Mistakes [EOY #213]

2016 26 Famous (Kanye West feat. Rihanna & Swizz Beatz) [EOY #274]

2016 39 Kiss It Better [EOY #223]

2016 01 This Is What You Came For (Calvin Harris & Rihanna) [EOY #TBA]

2016 28 Too Good (Drake feat. Rihanna) [EOY #136]

2016 18 Sex With Me [EOY #71]

 

Commentary

 

This in the end wasn't released as a single but it's too much of a jam to resist. Rihanna, one of the sexiest women alive, singing about how sexy she is. What isn't to love? I was hoping we'd get another Pour It Up type jam from the ANTI era and this was it. And for some reason this was only a bonus track from the album.

Thermo's hot hits | EOY 2016 | #71-80

71 Rihanna - Sex With Me
72 Tinie Tempah - Girls Like (feat. Zara Larsson)
73 Bolier & Redondo - Lost & Found (feat. Bitter's Kiss)
74 Röyksopp - Never Ever (feat. Susanne Sundfør)
75 Flume - Never Be Like You (feat. Kai)
76 TIEKS - Sunshine (feat. Dan Harkna)
77 Gnash - I Hate U, I Love U (feat. Olivia O'Brien)
78 Tove Lo - Cool Girl
79 Disciples & David Guetta - No Worries
80 Otto Knows - Dying For You (feat. Lindsey Stirling & Alex Aris)

Hi Dan

 

Girls Like was a catchy tune but Zara definitely had the best parts and I love the lyrical wordplay on Tinie's track which is showcased well here with the likes of the JK Rowling line :lol: I much preferred Not Letting Go of his more recent tracks though!

 

I wasn't expecting to enjoy Never Be Like You as much as I did but the vocals are fantastic and I love the chopping sound to it too, wish it was big here like it was in the US :(

 

:D

Girls Like is amazing :music: It did get a little boring though due to the length of time it spent in the chart

 

Never Ever is good as well, but I've heard better from Royksopp :(

#070. Eric Prydz (feat. Rob Swire) - Breathe

 

 

Genre: Electronic

Label: Virgin Records

Points: 954

Sales: 360k

 

Date entered: 29/01/2016

Chart run: 8-5-2-6-14-26-25-28-41-40-51-62-73-100-86-98-98-x

Time on chart: 17 weeks {all weeks in tracking period}

 

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Chart History (Eric Prydz)

2011 07 Niton (Instrumental Mix)

2011 22 2Night

2012 03 Shadows (Pryda)

2012 06 Mighty Love (Instrumental Mix) (Eric Prydz & Andreas Postl)

2012 17 Every Day [EOY #293]

2014 07 Lycka (Pryda)

2014 04 Liberate [EOY #348]

2015 02 Tether (Eric Prydz vs. CHVRCHES)

2015 17 Generate [EOY #307]

2015 11 Opus [EOY #146]

2015 48 One Day (Pryda)

2016 02 Breathe (Eric Prydz feat. Rob Swire) [EOY #70]

2016 18 The Matrix [EOY #264]

2016 24 Last Dragon [EOY #194]

2016 30 Moody Mondays (Eric Prydz feat. The Cut) [EOY #413]

2016 38 Liam [EOY #294]

 

Chart History (Rob Swire)

2016 02 Breathe (Eric Prydz feat. Rob Swire) [EOY #70]

 

Commentary

 

Eric Prydz came back big this year with a studio album at long last, featuring some of the big songs he's released over the past few years and some new ones too, 'Breathe' particularly was a highlight as it's something very different to what we are used to from Eric, and vocals from Rob Swire too *_* (Pendulum comeback next year plz). It's very original and really stands out in his album in a good way, I'd like to hear more of this side to him in the future.

#069. Fifth Harmony (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) - Work From Home

 

 

Genre: Urban/pop

Label: Simco/Epic Records

Points: 956

Sales: 360k

 

Date entered: 04/03/2016

Chart run: 33-6-7-11-11-14-19-33-39-45-44-54-76-77-99-92-x

Time on chart: 16 weeks {all weeks in tracking period}

 

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Chart History (Fifth Harmony)

2015 18 Worth It (Fifth Harmony feat. Kid Ink)

2016 06 Work From Home (Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla $ign) [EOY #69]

2016 25 All In My Head (Flex) (Fifth Harmony feat. Fetty Wap) [EOY #178]

 

Chart History (Ty Dolla $ign)

2013 28 Big Body (Bobby Brackins feat. Clyde Carson & Ty Dolla $ign)

2016 06 Work From Home (Fifth Harmony feat. Ty Dolla $ign) [EOY #69]

2016 20 Fade (Kanye West feat. Post Malone & Ty Dolla $ign) [EOY #122]

2016 41 Gone (Afrojack feat. Ty Dolla $ign) [EOY #371]

 

Commentary

 

A perfect coincidence that Fifth Harmony are #69 in the EOY :whip: but of course this is a proper banger that really made Fifth Harmony a big name, being the biggest selling girl-group song of the 2010s (stay pressed Little Mix fans, or don't cos they've sold a lot more in total lol). Must admit it was quite amusing that this and Rihanna's 'Work' were big at the same time but the repetitive chorus isn't bad at all. The lyrics aren't anything to write about it's mostly the beat that sells the song as being a total jam.

Breathe is quite a nice track, my favourite of his this year!

Sunshine was great summer tune :D

 

Cool Girl is certainly my favourite Tove Lo song to date!

 

Dying for You is amazing as well! I do prefer the chorus a lot more than the verses though.

Indeed, big choon of the summer :dance:

If you just count her solo singles then yes, otherwise it has to be 'Heroes' for me.

I like both parts equally tbh~

 

"Never Be Like You" is FANTASTIC. Love Kai's voice on it, the production really meshes well with the softer side of her voice.

 

I feel like "Never Ever" is gonna end up being another late debut for me as it's starting to grow on me a ton now

definitely. one of the things the Americans got right this year was letting that be a hit.

good to see 'Never Ever' growing on ü~

 

Hey Dan! :D Cool Girl is a great track, it's not one of Tove's best (her best for me is Talking Body) but it's a solid track anyway, I've asked for the album for Christmas so I'm hoping it's good too.

Talking Body isn't quite as great for me though I liked that too.

 

No, I mean the Perttu song, Waves :P

Oh ok :lol: I always forget the song is actually called Waves rather than the singular Wave.

 

Hi Dan

 

Girls Like was a catchy tune but Zara definitely had the best parts and I love the lyrical wordplay on Tinie's track which is showcased well here with the likes of the JK Rowling line :lol: I much preferred Not Letting Go of his more recent tracks though!

 

I wasn't expecting to enjoy Never Be Like You as much as I did but the vocals are fantastic and I love the chopping sound to it too, wish it was big here like it was in the US :(

 

:D

Zara really shined on this song, her and Tinie work well together.

Never Be Like You should've got another push after it was a US hit, could've been big otherwise.

 

Girls Like is amazing :music: It did get a little boring though due to the length of time it spent in the chart

 

Never Ever is good as well, but I've heard better from Royksopp :(

It did spend a while in the chart but the big hits always do.

Really? It's by far their best imo!!

 

Breathe is quite a nice track, my favourite of his this year!

it's really a standout tune~

 

thanks guys~

ADORE Work from Home :wub: will be very very high in my countdown! Girls Like is fantastic too, I'd say it's my fave Tinie track actually :heart:

#068. Flume (feat. Tove Lo) - Say It

 

 

Genre: Future bass

Label: Future Classic/Transgressive Records

Points: 966

Sales: 440k

 

Date entered: 29/04/2016

Chart run: 13-9-8-11-12-16-18-25-37-33-42-60-82-84-99-x

Time on chart: 15 weeks {all weeks in tracking period}

 

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Chart History (Flume)

2013 10 Insane (Flume feat. Moon Holiday)

2014 16 Drop The Game (Flume & Chet Faker)

2016 21 Never Be Like You (Flume feat. Kai) [EOY #75]

2016 08 Say It (Flume feat. Tove Lo) [EOY #68]

 

Chart History (Tove Lo)

2013 41 Run On Love (Lucas Nord feat. Tove Lo)

2014 26 Habits (Stay High) (Tove Lo feat. Hippie Sabotage)

2014 03 Desire (Years & Years feat. Tove Lo) [EOY #106]

2014 08 Heroes (We Could Be) (Alesso feat. Tove Lo)

2015 43 Come Back To Me (Urban Cone feat. Tove Lo)

2015 50 Talking Body (Tove Lo; Kream Remix)

2016 39 Close (Nick Jonas feat. Tove Lo) [EOY #258]

2016 08 Say It (Flume feat. Tove Lo) [EOY #68]

2016 12 Cool Girl [EOY #78]

 

Commentary

 

Not long after the appearances of 'Never Be Like You' and 'Cool Girl' we get Flume and Tove Lo again and together this time. What makes it ever so slightly better than NBLY is mostly Tove's vocal which is one of the best vocals she's done to date. The production is particularly brilliant too as it's still very much Flume's style, it does all the right things really - especially the epic buildup and release as it gets into the chorus. Would've loved this to be Flume's breakout hit in the UK but this didn't take off either.