77. peak: 39 3wks ARCADE SUMMER FM-84 (jadakissnia 87)

 

 

Sounds like it could have been the theme tune to a mid-80's cop show, a bit of fab instrumental EDM from Jade, which seems to have been a bit of a minor goodie niche in BJSC 2016. 1st of 4 for Jadakissnia (oops I miscounted on the blurb page)

76. peak: 46 6wks BUY NOTHING DAY The Go! Team (trifoskia 89)

 

 

Coming over like an 80's jangly guitar pop hit, the melody of this banging poprock tune is terrific, and gives Trifoski a 2nd of 6 on the listing. Love the psychedelic video.

75. peak: 36* 4wks CLOSER TO LIFE Atella x Froder (altyr muunilinst 90)

 

 

...and yet another great BJSC 90 track fast-climbing my charts as the hook gets in my head the more I hear it, in a very very good way. The hook is the rhythm track as much as the uplifting chorus. First of 2 for Altyr.

74. peak: 50 7wks SOUND OF YOUR HEART Shawn Hook (bellamia 84)

 

 

What I call a good example of teenpop, a killer hook, and a teen(or pre-teen)-appealing young singer. An actual old-fashioned bridge in it to boot, pleasantly rentarappa free. 1st of 2 for bellamia (and why wasn't it a hit when so many more rubbish teen pop tracks are - rhetorical question, it's due to fanbase and luck...)

73. peak: 38 3wks I DO I DO SYMPHOBIA (avalonia 87)

 

 

a good urbanrappop fusion with classical, which has it's roots in the 90's in a previous incarnation, and which is damn catchy, interesting and should have, say, had an x-factor appearance for it to take off big time. Biggest of the year for Avalonia.

ooh yes hadn't seen that new vid for Electrify until now! excellente *.* rabbits are always great

 

72. peak: 43 5wks ANGEL (CLUB MIX) Polyna (aeroche 84)

 

 

If there's one country that always has its finger on the buzzjack dance pulse it's Aeroche, and here's the first of 4 fab dance tracks from them. Well done Leww, catchy and fab and tuneful and bangin! I want to dance....

71. peak: 43 4wks HIGHER The Naked And Famous (cor lupus 87)

 

 

This one won. Not surprising, as it's a great EDM choon, love that electric guitar riff in the background and the chorus. seems I'm not the only one to want this go Higher. 1st of 2 from Cor Lupus, who were quite pleased to win as much as I was they did. Good winner.

70. peak: 54 8wks BETTER WITH YOU of Verona (avalonia 89)

 

 

Another great EDM-rockpop hybrid track, one of those that still sounds fresh months later. Second of 2 for Avalonia.

69. peak: 45 6wks 1-800MYLOVE FEYNMAN (jadakissnia 89)

 

 

Another one of those fab EDM instrumentals from jadakissnia, a bit quirky this one and lower on the BPM, and the 3rd of 4 from Jade.

68. peak: 44 6wks PRISONER ROMANS featuring Rejjie Snow (FSR rontvia 83)

 

 

An urban goodie, slow rap (my fave type) and soulful singing building to a cool chorus. Smoooooth. 1st of 3 for FSR.

67. peak: 40 5wks I THINK I’M FALLIN’ (MANOTETT REMIX) Dominique 49400 tartford 87

 

 

This one is a gorgeous slow ballad with a finger-clicky EDM backdrop, and I don't know what voters were thinking when they let it DNQ. Shame! It's a great song and and emotionally touching. 2nd of 2 for AH Gold aka Tartford (who wuz robbed!)...

66. peak: 33 4wks BLUSH TP4Y (yehesi 86)

 

 

It wouldn't be a list without a Tim pop tune, this one was pretty popular with voters, and has a bit of mild urban tropical house flavour that could easily fit into the current chart scene, given a break. 2nd of 3 for Yehesi.

65. peak: 50 7wks PLEASE DON’T GO Joel Adams (bellamia 81)

 

 

Another good teen-pop track, this one managing to hang around the UK streaming-based chart for a couple of months without cracking the top 40. It also failed to qualify for the final. Wot?! Obviously a good pop tune to me, and Joel Adams has a pretty singing good voice, which is one up on some of his rivals (hi Bieber!). Second of 2 for bellamia...

64. peak: 38 6wks ONCE IN A WHILE Timeflies (bhangra 86)

 

 

Here's another good, catchy, pop track, albeit more upbeat this time, and semi-rap-based for the verses. Second of 2 for Bhangra.

63. peak: 34 5wks TWO HEARTS NZCA Lines (cumulonimbia 81)

 

 

Throbbing dance up next, low-key vocals and melody, and a hook-laden instrumental backdrop to the chorus. Cool. The only entry for Cumulonimbia on the rundown, doh!

62. peak: 25 4wks LA FEMME A LA PEAU BLEUE (CHEZ TOI) Vendredi sur Mer (N DNTN 86)

 

 

Almost a taster for the sound of Christine & The Queens, all French and laid-back EDM sexiness, and rather good it is too. Sole lonely entry for N DNTN on the chart.

61. peak: 35* 5wks 1000 NIGHTS Frenship (florina 90)

 

 

First of two for the band on the chart, and one that has yet to get going media-wise (it's still climbing my charts), and the better of the 2, being as it has a massive male ooh-ooh-ooh-OOH- OOH singalongachorus that really ought to be a hit. Florina's only track.

 

 

60. peak: 50 9wks CAPSIZE Frenship featuring Emily Warren (unovia 84)

 

 

Talk of the devil, here's the other Frenship track, assisted by Emily "Bunny" Warren. I made that nickname up. Although it didn't make my top 40, it had a long run by virtue of it hanging around the streaming-based UK chart positions of 60 and 75 for about 20 weeks. It didn't sell on itunes, and it never managed to climb in any significant fashion, almost as if people were accessing the streaming chart tracks in the same order week after week after week. It is very pleasant, as most of the middling streaming-based hits tend to be, so I assume that means people don't turn it off when they come across it in a chart rundown, but they equally don't search it out.

 

Sole entry for Unovia here...

Blush *.*