#067. Becky Hill (feat. Little Simz) - Back To My Love

 

 

Genre: Pop/urban

Label: Eko Records

Points: 972

Sales: 400k

 

Date entered: 06/05/2016

Chart run: 61-40-22-7-9-6-13-17-29-26-19-31-65-97-x

Time on chart: 14 weeks {all weeks in tracking period}

 

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Chart History (Becky Hill)

2013 09 Afterglow (Wilkinson feat. Becky Hill)

2013 03 Gecko (Overdrive) (Oliver Heldens feat. Becky Hill)

2014 29 Powerless (Rudimental feat. Becky Hill)

2014 06 Caution to the Wind

2014 26 Losing

2015 04 All My Love (Watermät, Becky Hill & TAI)

2016 01 Piece of Me (MK & Becky Hill) [EOY #TBA]

2016 06 Back To My Love (Becky Hill feat. Little Simz) [EOY #67]

2016 39 False Alarm (Matoma & Becky Hill) [EOY #252]

 

Chart History (Little Simz)

2016 06 Back To My Love (Becky Hill feat. Little Simz) [EOY #67]

 

Commentary

 

Why is it that Becky Hill can't have a hit without a dance producer? Obviously her dance collabs are amazing but she's even great outside of those. This is particularly the case on this year's 'Back To My Love', released whilst 'Piece of Me' was still making its impact (more on that much later as it's a big EOY #1 contender). Her voice is just so outstanding, she shouldn't be this underrated. I do love the laidback urban production on this too and Little Simz's guest rap, it's well worth a listen.

Say It is so so good :wub: A former #1 in my personal chart, it's been really unfortunate to see how Flume just hasn't managed to grasp a hit this era - Never Be Like You and the aforementioned both had massive hit potential so it was a shame to see both slip under the Chart radar :( Sad, because judging by how the rest of his work on 'Skin' sounds, he probably won't have another chance at a hit.

Very much into Dying For You and Never Ever so far, that sort of whirlwind fast-paced dance track rarely fails to get me excited, not to mention they're both really excellent collabs.

Nice to see Never Be Like You :dance:

 

I can't understand why most of you like Work From Home so much :no:

Hey Dan, merry Christmas!

 

Work From Home is really an utter banger, so catchy and I love the urban vibe of the song too, works better for them than the pure pop tracks like That's My Girl imo. Omg at the 5H mess at the moment anyway, hoping they can still get hits without Camila, I think they should be fine!

 

Say It and NBLY pretty close on your EOY then :o I like Say It and the vocals are a highlight as you mentioned but I think NBLY is far more exciting production wise so that would be choice of favourite :D

 

WAY too much goodness here to comment in full so I'll stick to my top picks :D

 

Middle was absolutely brilliant, such a great moment when that sneaked into the top 10. Definitely his best track other than Turn Down For What (still love hammering that one).

 

You Got Me Baby is utterly divine. Had no idea it sampled a Joss Stone track though! Re-loving that one as it's just re-entered my weekly Chart :D

 

The 2 Danny L Harle tracks were great, particularly Super Natural a song I'm still spamming. Expect that to feature pretty high in my countdown.

 

Free Tibet what an iconic winner *_* shame I was unable to participate in that contest but at least I can full on support it in TBO!

 

Wow at that Norde track! Didn't think anyone else had heard that but that is immense (and IMO better than anything Disclosure have ever recorded :kink:)

 

Dying For You was really good too, my fave Otto Knows song (never really liked Million Voice actually).

 

The Rob Swire song was pretty disappointing actually & only charted for me on hype really. New Pendulum material next year wouldn't that be amaze?!

 

Lastly good to see the 2 Flume songs appear, I far prefer Say It to Never Be Like You but he's got a really distinct sound atm which I always look forward to when he drops a new track :D

Back To My Love is decent, I downloaded it and it was bubbling under my chart at one point! Sadly Becky's yet to blow me away with her solo material though. She's definitely capable of some bangers going forward though I'd say!

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:

yay! it's definitely the girls' best song so good to see it did so well in the chart. I wouldn't put Girls Like in my Tinie top 5 I think, it's great though.

 

Say It is so so good :wub: A former #1 in my personal chart, it's been really unfortunate to see how Flume just hasn't managed to grasp a hit this era - Never Be Like You and the aforementioned both had massive hit potential so it was a shame to see both slip under the Chart radar :( Sad, because judging by how the rest of his work on 'Skin' sounds, he probably won't have another chance at a hit.

Probably because commercial radio didn't get behind Flume's songs, it was only Radio 1.

 

Very much into Dying For You and Never Ever so far, that sort of whirlwind fast-paced dance track rarely fails to get me excited, not to mention they're both really excellent collabs.

yep, I'd love to hear more of Susanne Sundfør and Lindsey Stirling on dance songs as they're both brilliant on their respective entries here.

 

Nice to see Never Be Like You :dance:

 

I can't understand why most of you like Work From Home so much :no:

WFH is a big pop jam that's probably why :P

 

Hey Dan, merry Christmas!

 

Work From Home is really an utter banger, so catchy and I love the urban vibe of the song too, works better for them than the pure pop tracks like That's My Girl imo. Omg at the 5H mess at the moment anyway, hoping they can still get hits without Camila, I think they should be fine!

 

Say It and NBLY pretty close on your EOY then :o I like Say It and the vocals are a highlight as you mentioned but I think NBLY is far more exciting production wise so that would be choice of favourite :D

yeah I've never been a fan of pop 5H, their urban songs are usually good though. I think they'll be fine without Camila although they should probably rename themselves Fourth Harmony :P Both Flume songs are really good, Say It just slightly better though which is why it's only a few places higher.

 

WAY too much goodness here to comment in full so I'll stick to my top picks :D

 

Middle was absolutely brilliant, such a great moment when that sneaked into the top 10. Definitely his best track other than Turn Down For What (still love hammering that one).

 

You Got Me Baby is utterly divine. Had no idea it sampled a Joss Stone track though! Re-loving that one as it's just re-entered my weekly Chart :D

 

The 2 Danny L Harle tracks were great, particularly Super Natural a song I'm still spamming. Expect that to feature pretty high in my countdown.

 

Free Tibet what an iconic winner *_* shame I was unable to participate in that contest but at least I can full on support it in TBO!

 

Wow at that Norde track! Didn't think anyone else had heard that but that is immense (and IMO better than anything Disclosure have ever recorded :kink:)

 

Dying For You was really good too, my fave Otto Knows song (never really liked Million Voice actually).

 

The Rob Swire song was pretty disappointing actually & only charted for me on hype really. New Pendulum material next year wouldn't that be amaze?!

 

Lastly good to see the 2 Flume songs appear, I far prefer Say It to Never Be Like You but he's got a really distinct sound atm which I always look forward to when he drops a new track :D

I'd say Middle is even better than TDFW although that one is probably more 'iconic'.

I only found out it was Joss Stone ages after hearing the song initially, not fussed though as I'm not a fan of her.

Looking forward to Danny L Harle appearing in yours then.

Free Tibet needs to do well in TBO although it'll have a deduction sadly as Ethan is MIA.

Controversial opinion there :o Disclosure are proper amazing I'll have you know.

Million Voices is his best for me I'd say, and Dying For You isn't even his best of the year - he has another one coming up

Somehow I doubt we'll actually be getting a new Pendulum song/album. More likely they're just doing a tour.

I love both almost equally although Say It is definitely the preferred track here.

 

Back To My Love is decent, I downloaded it and it was bubbling under my chart at one point! Sadly Becky's yet to blow me away with her solo material though. She's definitely capable of some bangers going forward though I'd say!

Her dance collabs to seem to be on average better than her solo stuff, hope she gets given some more big tunes soon.

 

thanks guys~

#066. Campsite Dream - Crush

 

 

Genre: Tropical house

Label: Epic Amsterdam

Points: 979

Sales: 300k

 

Date entered: 05/02/2016

Chart run: 38-32-16-31-24-17-20-18-18-26-33-56-62-57-88-x

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

 

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Chart History (Becky Hill)

2016 16 Crush [EOY #66]

2016 17 Don't Worry [EOY #275]

 

Commentary

 

Tropical house cover versions seemed to be one of the big trends of the year, although this one sadly didn't take off. It's a cover of the Jennifer Page song of the same name and it's very nice and chill. Though I don't think it really should be this high in the EOY myself but there we go this is the point system.

Becky Hill what a voice she has :heart:

#065. Sigala (feat. Imani Williams and DJ Fresh) - Say You Do

 

 

Genre: Drum n' bass/tropical

Label: Ministry of Sound

Points: 986

Sales: 350k

 

Date entered: 26/02/2016

Chart run: 8-9-5-5-6-6-6-11-21-35-53-72-90-x

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

 

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Chart History (Sigala)

2015 06 Easy Love

2015 01 Sweet Lovin' (Sigala feat. Bryn Christopher) [EOY #TBA]

2016 05 Say You Do (Sigala feat. Imani Williams & DJ Fresh) [EOY #65]

2016 17 Give Me Your Love (Sigala feat. John Newman & Nile Rodgers) [EOY #TBA]

2016 50 Don't Need No Money (Imani Williams feat. Sigala & Blonde) [EOY #332]

2016 43 Ain't Giving Up (Craig David & Sigala) [EOY #241]

 

Chart History (Imani Williams)

2016 05 Say You Do (Sigala feat. Imani Williams & DJ Fresh) [EOY #65]

2016 50 Don't Need No Money (Imani Williams feat. Sigala & Blonde) [EOY #332]

 

Chart History (DJ Fresh)

2010 03 Gold Dust (Original/Shy FX Re-Edit) (DJ Fresh feat. Ce'Cile)

2011 03 Louder (DJ Fresh feat. Sian Evans)

2012 05 Hot Right Now (DJ Fresh feat. Rita Ora)

2012 14 The Power (DJ Fresh feat. Dizzee Rascal)

2012 05 The Feeling (DJ Fresh feat. RaVaughn)

2013 07 Earthquake (DJ Fresh vs. Diplo feat. Dominique Young Unique)

2014 08 Dibby Dibby Sound (DJ Fresh vs. Jay Fay feat. Ms. Dynamite)

2014 30 Make U Bounce (DJ Fresh vs. TC feat. Little Nikki)

2014 33 Flashlight (DJ Fresh feat. Ellie Goulding)

2016 36 How Love Begins (DJ Fresh & High Contrast) [EOY #185]

2016 05 Say You Do (Sigala feat. Imani Williams & DJ Fresh) [EOY #65]

 

Commentary

 

Sigala has three big entries in my EOY in 2016, the first one of these was a bit of a change for him - going down the drum n' bass route although still keeping the production distinctly Sigala-sounding although clearly DJ Fresh has given some of his own influence. The steel drums in this are just so good alongside Imani's smooth voice, and apparently it samples Mariah Carey too though I don't see the resemblance myself having not heard her song in question. Maybe it's the do-do-do hook though, as that's really catchy and one of the best uses of nonsense/filler words in a song all year. Don't shoot me for having it this low Dobbo okay? It's brilliant, but not quite up there with his other three UK top 10s (that does include 'Give Me Your Love', yet to come despite 'Say You Do' outpeaking it by twelve positions here, just goes to show how little peaks really mean compared to longevity).

Say You Do is great!

Hi Dan

 

Absolutely adore Say You Do (although not as much as Dobbo does :lol:), it's just so joyous and was a welcome shift in sound for Sigala. I think it may be his best yet for me now, just ahead of Easy Love :wub:

 

:D

#064. D.R.A.M. (feat. Lil Yachty) - Broccoli

 

 

Genre: Hip-hop

Label: Empire/Atlantic Records

Points: 991

Sales: 480k

 

Date entered: 05/08/2016

Chart run: 84-69-56-75-43-34-19-19-29-32-33-28-21-23-42-47-72-89-x

Time on chart: 18 weeks {all weeks in tracking period}

 

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Chart History (D.R.A.M.)

2016 19 Broccoli (D.R.A.M. feat. Lil Yachty) [EOY #64]

 

Chart History (Lil Yachty)

2016 19 Broccoli (D.R.A.M. feat. Lil Yachty) [EOY #64]

 

Commentary

 

D.R.A.M. (Does. Real. Ass. Music.) got himself a huge US rap hit with 'Broccoli' which also spent a few weeks at the lower end of the UK Top 100 thanks to streaming. I do love the vegetable broccoli so I was of course going to like this song, well except the song is actually about weed and pussy. It's got such a catchy hook though and stays entertaining throughout. This year's been quite good for urban smashes anyway, we have a few more coming from the likes of Drake, Rihanna, Snakehips and Desiigner.

#063. Lee Walker vs. DJ Deeon (feat. Katy B and MNEK) - Freak Like Me

 

 

Genre: House

Label: Defected/Ministry of Sound

Points: 995

Sales: 610k

 

Date entered: 24/06/2016

Chart run: 21-35-37-44-37-50-18-26-26-31-29-33-47-78-74-77-79-83-99-x

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

 

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Chart History (Lee Walker)

2016 18 Freak Like Me (Lee Walker vs. DJ Deeon feat. Katy B & MNEK) [EOY #63]

 

Chart History (DJ Deeon)

2016 18 Freak Like Me (Lee Walker vs. DJ Deeon feat. Katy B & MNEK) [EOY #63]

 

Chart History (Katy B)

2010 07 Katy on a Mission (Katy B feat. Benga)

2010 16 Perfect Stranger (Magnetic Man feat. Katy B)

2010 19 Lights On (Katy B feat. Ms. Dynamite)

2011 33 Broken Record

2011 25 Easy Please Me

2012 04 Aaliyah (Katy B feat. Jessie Ware & Geeneus)

2013 34 What Love Is Made Of

2013 07 5 AM

2014 06 Crying For No Reason

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

2016 24 Calm Down (Katy B, Four Tet & Floating Points) [EOY #165]

2016 11 I Wanna Be (Katy B & Chris Lorenzo) [EOY #170]

2016 18 Freak Like Me (Lee Walker vs. DJ Deeon feat. Katy B & MNEK) [EOY #63]

 

Chart History (MNEK)

2013 13 Baby (Rudimental feat. MNEK & Sinead Harnett)

2013 05 Hold On (Duke Dumont feat. MNEK)

2014 18 Ready For Your Love (Gorgon City feat. MNEK)

2014 23 Close (Sub Focus feat. MNEK)

2015 17 The Rhythm

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

2016 23 At Night (I Think About You) [EOY #TBA]

2016 18 Freak Like Me (Lee Walker vs. DJ Deeon feat. Katy B & MNEK) [EOY #63]

2016 18 House Work (Jax Jones feat. Mike Dunn & MNEK) [EOY #149]

 

Commentary

 

'Freak Like Me' was one of the huge UK house tunes of the year, which was improved further when Katy B and MNEK were added to it for the single mix - two of the best dance vocalists of our time. It's just a big banger that really kicks off in a DJ set. What was baffling was the lack of music video and that it never even made the UK top 75, suffering likely from MoS being confused at transitioning to OA/OS releases.

#062. Calvin Harris - My Way

 

 

Genre: Commercial dance

Label: Sony Music Entertainment UK

Points: 997

Sales: 620k

 

Date entered: 23/09/2016

Chart run: 2-1-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-(2-8-8-31-...)

Time on chart: 14+ weeks {10 weeks in tracking period}

 

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Chart History (Calvin Harris)

2011 02 Bounce (Calvin Harris feat. Kelis)

2011 03 Awooga

2011 08 Feel So Close

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

2012 12 Let's Go (Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo)

2012 01 Call My Name (Cheryl feat. Calvin Harris)

2012 12 We'll Be Coming Back (Calvin Harris feat. Example)

2012 01 Spectrum (Say My Name) (Florence + The Machine; Calvin Harris Remix)

2012 02 Sweet Nothing (Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch)

2012 02 Thinking About You (Calvin Harris feat. Ayah Marar)

2012 03 I Need Your Love (Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding)

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

2012 20 Here 2 China (Calvin Harris feat. Dizzee Rascal & Dillon Francis)

2013 03 Eat Sleep Rave Repeat (Calvin Harris Remix) (Fatboy Slim & Riva Starr feat. Beardyman)

2013 04 Under Control (Calvin Harris & Alesso feat. Hurts)

2014 19 Summer

2014 25 C.U.B.A/Open Wide (Calvin Harris feat. Big Sean)

2014 06 Blame (Calvin Harris feat. John Newman)

2014 07 Slow Acid

2014 03 Outside (Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding)

2014 07 Pray to God (Calvin Harris feat. HAIM)

2014 12 Faith

2014 19 Dollar Signs (Calvin Harris feat. Tinashe)

2014 45 Overdrive (Calvin Harris & Ummet Ozcan)

2015 02 How Deep Is Your Love (Calvin Harris & Disciples feat. Ina Wroldsen) [EOY #406]

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

2016 13 Hype (Dizzee Rascal & Calvin Harris) [EOY #217]

2016 01 My Way [EOY #62]

 

Commentary

 

Unfortunately for Calvin Harris 'My Way' was released just as the year was coming to its end and with ten tracking weeks available it could only make it as high as #62. Calvin had such a good year in 2016 for how little he released, and two out of three making it to #1 in my chart isn't at all bad. This one spent 7 weeks at #1, one more than TIWYCF although I do prefer that a fair bit, this was just lucky to have barely any competition. Such a banger though, Calvin just keeps on giving. I just hope he either gives us an album in 2017 or more frequent singles though, I can't do with just three every year!!!

#061. Redondo and CamelPhat - Paths

 

 

Genre: Deep house

Label: Spinnin' Deep

Points: 1002

Sales: 430k

 

Date entered: 22/01/2016

Chart run: 20-30-50-34-32-18-18-29-36-31-34-36-45-68-79-84-73-x(2)-99-x

Time on chart: 18 weeks {all weeks in tracking period}

 

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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 #61]

 

Chart History (CamelPhat)

2015 30 The Act

2015 09 Paradigm (CamelPhat feat. A*M*E)

2015 37 Constellations [EOY #400]

2016 18 Paths (Redondo & CamelPhat) [EOY #61]

 

Commentary

 

A lovely deep house instrumental here, Spinnin' Deep really pumps out the huge tunes on almost a monthly basis. It's well produced and sounded particularly great last winter, along with a stunning visual in the MV (snow and skiing :heart:). Probably one that the casual music fans here won't get, but sounded great to my ears.

Thermo's hot hits | EOY 2016 | #61-70

61 Redondo & CamelPhat - Paths
62 Calvin Harris - My Way
63 Lee Walker vs. DJ Deeon - Freak Like Me (feat. Katy B & MNEK)
64 D.R.A.M. - Broccoli (feat. Lil Yachty)
65 Sigala - Say You Do (feat. Imani & DJ Fresh)
66 Campsite Dream - Crush
67 Becky Hill - Back To My Love (feat. Little Simz)
68 Flume - Say It (feat. Tove Lo)
69 Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
70 Eric Prydz - Breathe (feat. Rob Swire)

full list so far in OP

I think you need to EDUCATE yourself on a bit of Mariah tbh *.* (the sample is right near the beginning)

 

 

Anyway, I love Say You Do, it's definitely my favourite Sigala track! Imani sounds fantastic and it's so uplifting.

Hey Dan! <3 My favourites from your top 100! (Also yasss at Starving/Hurts/Cool Me Down all being top 150, massive love for all 3 :wub:[/b]

 

63 Lee Walker vs. DJ Deeon - Freak Like Me (feat. Katy B & MNEK)

65 Sigala - Say You Do (feat. Imani & DJ Fresh) Such a summer anthem *.* Probably my favourite from Sigala nowadays!

67 Becky Hill - Back To My Love (feat. Little Simz)

68 Flume - Say It (feat. Tove Lo)

69 Fifth Harmony - Work From Home (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) Yassssssssssssss <3 Still so incredible :wub:

 

72 Tinie Tempah - Girls Like (feat. Zara Larsson) Love this also *.* Zara especially slays on this!

76 TIEKS - Sunshine (feat. Dan Harkna)

78 Tove Lo - Cool Girl Still so disappointing :(

80 Otto Knows - Dying For You (feat. Lindsey Stirling & Alex Aris)

89 Jonas Blue - Fast Car (feat. Dakota)

90 Cappa - No Scrubs (feat. Jon Santana)

 

92 KDA - Just Say (feat. Tinashe)

93 Danny L Harle - Broken Flowers Loved this, wish this could have taken off more than it did!

96 Emeli Sandé - Hurts (Offaiah Remix)

98 AlunaGeorge - I'm In Control (feat. Popcaan)