(Please note there may be tracks from 2016 featured, while conversely tracks that I loved in 2016 and charted then, but didnt get entered until 2017, won't be featured)

 

Stats: 5 entries each from Suedonia and South Danaelanda, but who comes out on top for 2017?

 

4 for Trifoski, altyr, and ashton.... but who gets 3rd, 4th and 5th? Everyone else will just have to wait and see!

 

2 tracks "sold" a "million" in the same sense that tracks these days stream "sell" a "million", which is to say I played them a lot and loved them.

 

The bpttom 9...with minimum comment due to life commitments, I'm afraid. Sofi Tukker went on to produce a biggie, Motiv8 did better than first time-around (just!) in the 90's.

 

pos/highest pos/wks song/artist sales/contest

 

91 48 2 MASTERPIECE NONONO 17900 altyr 99

92 58 2 LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS World’s End Girlfriend 16200 deandria 96

93 62 2 RIVER Bishop Briggs 14600 pupok 91

94 64 2 BRICKS Le Grind 13700 new lexico 97

95 65 2 REIMS RL Grime 13600 aeroche 97

96 61 2 NOT TOO YOUNG Sabina Ddumba 13500 ashton 91

97 64 2 ROCKIN’ FOR MYSELF Motiv8 featuring Angie Brown 13100 aeroche 99

98 67 2 LOVE IN RUINS Gryffin featuring Sinead Harnett 12400 zanmatony 98

99 68 2 A SHORT LOVE STORY Somewhere Anywhere featuring Claude Eman 12400 palmyra 91

100 71 2 AWOO Sofi Tukker featuring Betta Lemme 11600 kluminican republic 94

next batch...

 

81 59 4 I COME WITH KNIVES IAMX 28500 yehesi 91

82 59 3 GYPSY (CATCH ME IF YOU CAN) Norda & Mike De Ville featuring Joanna Jones 26400 quintessa 97

83 62 4 PINNACLE Tone Damli 25700 ashton 92

84 64 4 JUMP Death Team 24900 cadelicia 96

85 59 3 UP ALL NIGHT (FLJOTAVIK EDIT) Agoria 24800 fljotavik 91

86 60 3 BURN SLOW Jaira Burns 23400 sandenia 99

87 59 3 THE WOLF SIAMES 22100 seyetana 98

88 60 2 PART X1V Prequell featuring Rae Morris 20000 espen 100

89 63 3 WHEN WE WERE HIGH LP 19900 Botannika 100

90 64 3 YALLA Inna 19100 jupiterdonia 98

 

first of 2 for LP and the second of 4 for Ashton...

71 55 4 OPEN WATERS Digitalism 35300 Beaverdonia 91

72 46 3 NO ROOTS Alice Merton 34750 st burbia 91

73 62 5 TWIST YOUR ARM Ten Fe 34200 florina 91

74 59 4 MOVE YOUR BODY Donny Montell 33400 flynnonda 96

75 57 4 A NIGHT AND A DAY Pepe Deluxe 31900 trifoski 93

76 49 3 DATA AND PICARD Pogo 31200 00274E 91

77 58 3 PARADISE My First Band 30500 zaragovina 92

78 45 3 DON’T TAKE THE MONEY Bleachers 30400 suedonia 95

79 50 3 BEYOND MEMORY Nina 29800 niceland 92

80 60 4 CIRCLE OF LIGHT Emma 28600 ramrynia 92

 

It's the first of 4 for Trifoski, and the first of 5 for Suedonia - and the one they won with! Bleachers are now getting Radio 2 plays, so nice to be 6 months ahead of the game :)

61 46 5 IMAGINING MY MAN Aldous Harding 54800 kylienips 96

62 27 4 NAKED Christopher 54250 tinnmark 94

63 48 6 DO IT AGAIN SOLDOUT featuring GOOSE 46900 jadakissnia 92

64 39 4 TAPED UP HEART KREAM featuring Clara Mae 46700 new lexico 91

65 45 4 STILL GOIN CRIM3S 46550 summericia 91

66 44 4 DEADLY VALENTINE Charlotte Gainsbourg 44150 n dntn 100

67 38 3 TALK OF THIS TOWN Catherine McGrath 41200 ramrynia 99

68 53 5 I THINK IT’S STUPID BUT I THINK IT’S LOVE The RPM’s 39550 suedonia 99

69 41 4 STANDING WHEN IT ALL FALLS DOWN John De Sohn featuring Roshi 39200 altyr 94

70 60 5 UGLY Jaira Burns 38400 yehesi 97

 

Some of our first top 40 hits appearing in this section, and a second appearance for Jaira Burns, and a second Suedonia track of 5. Charlotte Gainsbourg has happily made the Buzzjack top 75 list, hooray!

51 22 5 HIGH AND LOW Oliver Moldan 74100 south danaelanda 94

52 38 6 TENSION CENTVRIES 73000 buzzjack mountain 98

53 40 7 GREGORY’S THEME Basto 72150 south danaelanda 90

54 31 5 FALCON EYE Off Bloom 69300 fljotavik 94

55 36 5 KAAMOS Tom Fall 66750 rontvia 99

56 38 5 YOU’RE A f***ING JOKE Bec Sandridge 66200 ashton 93

57 35 4 JEALOUS (I AIN’T WITH IT) Chromeo 63500 trifoski 100

58 47 6 KING KONG Icarus 62300 cowtermont 100

59 35 5 TURBO KILLER Carpenter Brut 59300 summericia 93

60 38 4 ULTRALIFE Oh Wonder 54950 dyermaker 94

 

a second trifoski of 4, a 3rd Ashton, and 2 South Danaelanda's of 5. That leaves both S. danae, hendinia and suedonia on 3 each inside the top 50, so still neck and neck for Danae and Suedey, while on 2 each are niceland, altyr, botannika, harmonica, summericia, hushkanukia, ramrynia, fljotavik, bhangra, tinnmark, in no particular order.

'still goin', 'Deadly Valentine', 'Open Waters', 'Data & Picard', 'Part XIV' and 'Les Enfants Du Paradis' are some good highlights thus far :heart: Expecting I won't have any appearances here this year but shall keep an eye on the rest of the list nonetheless. x

Thanks Bre, I'm prob a bit late to post but here they are :)

 

41 31 7 DRIVEWAY culpriit 94000 niceland 100

42 37 8 WOULDN’T WANNA BE YA YONAKA 92700 east rukhavian 98

43 29 6 NERDY BOY Sushy featuring Roachie 92300 hushkanukia 96

44 36 7 REASONS Jillian Jacqueline 91000 harmonica 95

45 27 6 THE SPIRIT OF THE HAWK Rednex 89300 botannika 97

46 32 7 I DON’T MIND Nemo Schiffman 86500 bellamia 91

47 23 6 PAPER GAMES Kaneholler 86250 harmonica 92

48 29 6 JAG TRODDE ANGLARNA FANNS Kamferdrops 83850 altyr 96

49 26 6 MERMAID Skott 81450 hushkanukia 98

50 29 6 INDIGO Moment 80600 oslol 94

 

harmonica grab 2 in this batch, and 90's hitmakers Rednex come back fro some belated chart action...

31 17 8 YOU WERE RIGHT RUFUS 150950 Bhangra 100

32 15 7 COMIN’ UP Tungevaag & Raaban featuring Victor Crone 138650 tinnmark 100

33 24 10 CRAVING YOU Thomas Rhett featuring Maren Morris 136200 ramrynia 94

34 17 7 KRYPTONITE George Maple 130400 dyermaker 95

35 28 9 GIVE ME A BREAK STOP NOW REOL 130400 daehun 92

36 33 9 DARK NIGHTS Dorothy 125300 summericia 98

37 22 7 ELIZABETH TAYLOR (MULHOLLAND EDITION) Clare Maguire 117000 medhelnia 98

38 17 7 LOVE ON Dave Ramone featuring Minelli 115650 dobago 92

39 23 8 HOME Schwarz 115450 zanmatony 93

40 37 7 SAVING LIGHT Gareth Emery & Standerwick featuring HALIENE 96950 south danaelanda 92

 

South danaelanda is the first of the top 2 countries to drop one of their 3 top 40 tracks, Bhangra & Tinnmark are still charting but the final chart of the year won't help them break into the 40 as the top 40 are clear in terms of points. Elizabeth Taylor original version was a biggie in 2016, and combined points would have made it top 10, but this is 2017 :)

21 8 7 THE CALLING TheFatRat featuring Laura Brehm 242250 south danaelanda 100

22 12 12 HARD AS DIAMONDS NUSSY 237600 00274E 92

23 8 11 DARTH VADER Dragonette 233250 ashton 97

24 10 11 AVERDAVGI Agy 232350 lotunia 95

25 10 9 GENEVE John Otway 209600 suedonia 96

26 13 11 YOUNG RICH AND RADICAL Club Cheval 207900 adonia 95

27 10 11 KALEIDOSCOPE Fenech-Soler 198950 bhangra 92

28 10 8 CLOSE TO YOU ARLE 187000 cowtermont 99

29 14 9 WE ALL NEED ODESZA featuring Shy Girls 179450 hendinia 91

30 20 12 1000 NIGHTS Frenship 179200 florina 90

 

Suedonia get the first of their 3, and South D the second, just missing out on a top 20 slot - I wonder who just kept them out of the 20? John Otway's Geneve is fab and his biggest chart hit in a 40 year career (for me). As we are now into tracks making my top 10 it's fair to say these are all firm fab faves....

11 7 11 CLASSIC The Knocks featuring Powers 415700 altyr 95

12 8 16 I’LL BE AROUND Empire Of The Sun 381200 jupiterdonia 96

13 4 8 TIMEBOMBS HURRICANES Written By Wolves 358900 cor lupus 100

14 4 12 GO 2.0 Burak Yeter & Ryan Rybak 346850 hendinia 99

15 4 12 NO GOOD FOR YOU The Union featuring Lovespeake 341200 tinnmark 96

16 7 13 GOOD MORNING Grouplove 340900 mulgracia 91

17 8 14 I HEAR YOU CALLING DJ Licious 315350 south danaelanda 97

18 3 6 LOOKING FOR THE RAIN UNKLE featuring Mark Lanegan & ESKA 296300 fljotavik 96

19 9 10 BATMAN & ROBIN Cazzie Opeia & Jin x Jin 277550 hendinia 95

20 9 11 EDITH PIAF (SAID IT BETTER THAN ME) Sparks 249300 Suedonia 94

 

Yes, Suedonia kept out South Dan, which means they have one top 10 track to come, while DJ Licious is South Dan's top of the year. Suedonia therefore come out as our top nation for 2017. Sparks points include the recorded version, rather than the live version entered, but why quibble....? These are all amongst the best records of 2017, and will end up in my year-end top 100 overall.

1 1 16 INTO THE FIRE VINAI featuring Anjulie 1189500 yehesi 95

2 1 41 ALONE AGAIN OR Love 1017750 suedonia 93

3 1 16 MY KINGDOM (WILLIAM BLACK REMIX) Evangeline 905650 varake 98

4 1 16 LOVE LIKE WE USED TO Captain Cuts featuring Nateur 825350 niceland 91

5 1 20 CHARIOTS Paper Route 807200 desbuanda 93

6 3 13 TOI ET MOI Paradis 604850 trifoski 92

7 5 16 BEAUTIFUL CRIME Tamer 575650 espen 91

8 5 17 LOST ON YOU LP 510800 Botannika 85

9 4 13 AVE PLAGUE KING PLAGUE 509850 jadakissnia 96

10 5 14 HURRICANE Drones Club 463150 trifoski 94

 

So, Suedonia didn't quite grab the top spot with the 60's classic, our top nation overall, over the years, Yehesi did it with the awesome VINAI. LP is one I somehow missed in 2016, don't know what I was thinking! Trifoski get 2 amazing tracks in the 10, and 5 of them topped my charts. Not all of them, I think, but stand to be corrected, made the final, so what on earth (if true) were voters thinking! Smacked botties all round for not recognising the genius of the Evangeline track?

Omg an actual #1, what kind of slay. Thanks so much <3

71 55 4 OPEN WATERS Digitalism 35300 Beaverdonia 91

72 46 3 NO ROOTS Alice Merton 34750 st burbia 91

73 62 5 TWIST YOUR ARM Ten Fe 34200 florina 91

74 59 4 MOVE YOUR BODY Donny Montell 33400 flynnonda 96

75 57 4 A NIGHT AND A DAY Pepe Deluxe 31900 trifoski 93

76 49 3 DATA AND PICARD Pogo 31200 00274E 91

77 58 3 PARADISE My First Band 30500 zaragovina 92

78 45 3 DON’T TAKE THE MONEY Bleachers 30400 suedonia 95

79 50 3 BEYOND MEMORY Nina 29800 niceland 92

80 60 4 CIRCLE OF LIGHT Emma 28600 ramrynia 92

 

It's the first of 4 for Trifoski, and the first of 5 for Suedonia - and the one they won with! Bleachers are now getting Radio 2 plays, so nice to be 6 months ahead of the game :)

Suedeonia ahead of the curve :cheer:

Oh my goodness, I really was not expecting an entry in your top 10 at all :o I just had a look back at the voters for 'Ave Plague' and saw that you 'only' gave it 10 points at the time which is why it comes as a surprise. It is incredible that it grew on you to the point of being your ninth favourite entry of the year *.*

 

Brilliant to see SOLDOUT appearing in your countdown as well <3 if you have a spare moment to vote in Rejects semi 1 then that would be greatly appreciated :kink: :lol: seriously though, great taste on the whole as usual! Vitalic was easily my highlight from you this year, I was such a fan that I bought the accompanying album on vinyl.

Lovely to see 'Chariots' and 'Toi Et Moi' in your top 10 <3

I don't think you gave me ANY points in 2016, so incredibly pleasing to see three entries in your top 30 here!

Oh my goodness, I really was not expecting an entry in your top 10 at all :o I just had a look back at the voters for 'Ave Plague' and saw that you 'only' gave it 10 points at the time which is why it comes as a surprise. It is incredible that it grew on you to the point of being your ninth favourite entry of the year *.*

 

Brilliant to see SOLDOUT appearing in your countdown as well <3 if you have a spare moment to vote in Rejects semi 1 then that would be greatly appreciated :kink: :lol: seriously though, great taste on the whole as usual! Vitalic was easily my highlight from you this year, I was such a fan that I bought the accompanying album on vinyl.

 

Hey thanks Jade for the comment and for loving the Vitalic song so much! Yes Ave Plague just grew and grew on me , and I still haven't gotten bored with it, just lovely and atmospheric. Shoulda given it the full 18 points, but growers arent always obvious...!

 

I didn't even know there was still a rejects comp on, been a bit wrapped up lately! I must have a lookie :)

Lovely to see 'Chariots' and 'Toi Et Moi' in your top 10 <3

 

Thnaks Bre, both fab tracks. I am suddenly aware of a cheese fetish going on for some reason I'm not aware of.... :lol:

I don't think you gave me ANY points in 2016, so incredibly pleasing to see three entries in your top 30 here!

 

Oops on 2016 Rob, but what a fab 2017 you had, a trio of absolute winners! :cheer:

 

Anyone who felt unloved by me in 2017, there's always 2018! :yahoo:

Omg an actual #1, what kind of slay. Thanks so much <3

 

Thanks for such a fab song, always reliable you are Tim :cheer: