April 15, 20187 yr Author 3-NTv0CdFCk 8 Lana Del Rey - Love 285 YOU GET READY YOU GET ALL DRESSED UP well how about that, back2back Lana! 'Love' is the first of the two lead singles from Lust For Life, both seem to have gone over better than 2015's High By The Beach which ended up at #13 in this. A typically mellow Lana track but there's definitely a warm and uplifting vibe that helps elevate it <3 Ln_hOBTUCQg 7 Drones Club - Hurricane 301 I SAY OH MY INNER EYE Likely a questionable inclusion for this contest, then again it's not any less 'alternative' than the AlunaGeorge song from last year, so i guess that's just about fair game :shrug: the cryptic british group dropped this futuristic banger out of nowhere, and soon after won BJSC for Trifoski. Impakt etc.
April 15, 20187 yr Rather delighted to see 'Don't Take The Money' and 'Ultralife' so high - also fab to see some Lana in the top 10, I trust that 'Love' is still to come unless I've missed it? Delightful to see the best track on Melodrama so high too ('The Louvre' >>> any other song she's put out this era, fight me x). (also forever smhing at how low Declan McKenna ended up :nono:) EDIT - nvm 'Love' got posted just as I was making this post why does this always happen to me
April 15, 20187 yr Author yPQfcG-eimk 6 Haim - Want You Back 346 SOME THINGS ARE LONG FORGOTTEN 4 years since solidifying their legendary status, everyone's favourite sisters made their return with a single true to Haim's sound but quite reserved- a song of yearning and a cry for forgiveness, complete with a sticky main hook
April 15, 20187 yr Author J0DjcsK_-HY 5 Lorde - Perfect Places 402 WHAT THE FUCK ARE PERFECT PLACES ANYWAY Lorde's second-highest entry here turns out to be the second single from Melodrama, the album's closing note infact. A song tackling parties, drugs and people using this lifestyle to achieve a euphoric high, and the rather non-perfect nature of it all.
April 15, 20187 yr Disgustingly low for 'The Louvre' tbh x (ok 10th is good for an album track). 'Perfect Places' is one of my least favourite songs on 'Melodrama' but IIRC I still included it in my top 40 ;o 'Lust For Life' is excellent but I could never really get into 'Love'. Woo for 'Hurricane' also ~
April 15, 20187 yr Author pBkHHoOIIn8 4 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still 437 I'M A REBEL JUST FOR KICKS NOW This Alaskan indie/rock band have been at it for a while, releasing albums since 2006 (some may remember their appearance in UP a few years back with 'Purple Yellow Red and Blue'), but found their breakthrough smash with the infectious 'Feel It Still', peaking Top 5 in the US and UK, a massive breath of fresh air in today's urban/pop dominated charts. It's also an interpolation of The Marvelettes' 60s hit "Please Mr. Postman"
April 16, 20187 yr FEEL IT STILL SO HIGH YES :cheer: :wub: Boo at Lorde storming the place x (even tho I had her in my chart a few times too)
April 16, 20187 yr The Louvre is the worst song on Melodrama, how is it this high :/ Haim can also just not. But Perfect Places :wub: What a tune.
April 16, 20187 yr The Louvre is the worst song on Melodrama, how is it this high :/ False! The production, the lyrics, the outro - all incredible. It's smart how they avoid the big inevitable chorus and instead the song just drops underneath itself. I remember her saying she wanted to recreate the sound of being underwater and you can hear it. Swoon~ Edited April 16, 20187 yr by blacksquare
April 16, 20187 yr Author AEB6ibtdPZc 3 Paramore - Hard Times 478 AND I GOTTA GET TO ROCK BOTTOM Pop punk giants Paramore continue their evolution into 2017 with a new wave sheen! 'Hard Times' handed them another top 40 single in the UK, a single hard to not love with Hayley's great vocal performance and the vibrant, playful instrumental :dance:
April 16, 20187 yr Author zC30BYR3CUk 2 Arcade Fire - Everything Now 501 STOP PRETENDING, YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING NOW Arcade Fire already ventured towards a dancier edge on previous lead single 'Reflektor' but delve into disco mode this time on Everything Now's title track. Their first album released through Columbia records, and the single is a pretty commercial turn by their standards with its all-encompassing chorus. Despite the album's lukewarm critical reception, people clearly knew this tune was a solid gold gem - it reached #50 in the UK, thoroughly impressive in today's chart climate!
April 17, 20187 yr Author dMK_npDG12Q 1 Lorde - Green Light 699 BUT I HEAR SOUNDS IN MY MIND Yeah as if you didn't see this result coming! Like Christine & The Queens last year we have another landslide winner in 2017. Green Light marked the return for Lorde, peaking top 20 on both sides of the pond. This was all before dropping the widely-adored Melodrama, proof that she was here to stay following her 2013 breakthrough. It's heartbreaking, euphoric, and a bit off kilter, it's Green Light *.* you want it
April 17, 20187 yr Author A big thank you to everyone who nominated/voted/commented/followed along without y'all this wouldn't be possible FULL RESULTS 1 Lorde - Green Light 699 2 Arcade Fire - Everything Now 501 3 Paramore - Hard Times 478 4 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still 437 5 Lorde - Perfect Places 402 6 Haim - Want You Back 346 7 Drones Club - Hurricane 301 8 Lana Del Rey - Love 285 9 Lana Del Rey feat. The Weeknd - Lust For Life 284 10 Lorde - The Louvre 275 11 Bleachers - Don't Take The Money 270 12 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Holy Mountain 264 13 Steven Wilson - Pariah (feat. Ninet Tayab) 258 14 Lorde - Homemade Dynamite 252 15 Oh Wonder - Ultralife 252 16 LP - Lost On You 246 17 St. Vincent - Los Ageless 245 18 Haim - Little of Your Love 238 19 The xx - Say Something Loving 231 20 Liam Gallagher - Wall of Glass 226 21 alt-J - 3WW 215 22 Alice Merton - No Roots 209 23 St. Vincent - New York 207 24 Lorde - Liability 206 25 Lorde - Sober 205 26 Imagine Dragons - Believer 202 27 Lorde - Writer In The Dark 195 28 Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses 193 29 Paramore - Fake Happy 190 30 The Killers - The Man 189 31 Lana Del Rey - Cherry 187 32 Paramore - Told You So 186 33 Tonight Alive - Temple 186 34 UNKLE featuring Mark Lanegan - Looking For The Rain 185 35 Paramore - Rose Colored Boy 182 36 MGMT - Little Dark Age 180 37 The xx - I Dare You 180 38 Lorde - Supercut 179 39 The Killers - Run For Cover 178 40 The xx - Dangerous 176 41 Lana Del Rey - Summer Bummer 172 42 Superorganism - Something For Your M.I.N.D. 167 43 Linkin Park feat. Kiiara - Heavy 166 44 Elbow - Magnificent (She Says) 161 45 Confidence Man - Bubblegum 151 46 The Horrors - Something To Remember Me By 151 47 Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of Love 151 48 Daughter - Burn It Down 148 49 Nothing But Thieves - Amsterdam 144 50 Declan McKenna - Brazil 143 51 Perfume Genius - Slip Away 143 52 Arcade Fire - Creature Comforts 137 53 George Ezra - Don't Matter Now 137 54 London Grammar - Big Picture 135 55 The National - Guilty Party 135 56 London Grammar - Oh Woman Oh Man 131 57 Gorillaz - Saturnz Barz 129 58 Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes 129 59 Milky Chance - Cocoon 128 60 ionnalee - Samaritan 126 61 PVRIS - What's Wrong? 120 62 The xx - A Violent Noise 120 63 Japandroids - Near To The Wild Heart Of Life 119 64 Bjork - Blissing Me 115 65 Fall Out Boy - Young and Menace 115 66 Tash Sultana - Jungle 115 67 Moon Taxi - Two High 114 68 Fickle Friends - Hello Hello 113 69 Jens Lekman - What's That Perfume That You Wear? 112 70 Rag'n'Bone Man - Skin 111 71 Confidence Man - Better Sit Down Boy 109 72 Declan McKenna - The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home 108 73 Fleet Foxes - Third Of May / Ōdaigahara 106 74 PVRIS - Heaven 106 75 King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard - Crumbling Castle 104 76 Royal Blood - Lights Out 104 77 Susanne Sundfør - Undercover 104 78 Lorde - Sober II (Melodrama) 103 79 Gorillaz - Ascension 102 80 alt-J - Deadcrush 101 81 Julien Baker - Appointments 100 82 Lana Del Rey - White Mustang 100 83 Nothing But Thieves - Sorry 100 84 CoCo & The Butterfields - Battlegrounds 99 85 Declan McKenna - Why Do You Feel So Down 99 86 LCD Soundsystem - Call The Police 99 87 The National - Day I Die 99 88 Lana Del Rey feat. Stevie Nicks - Beautiful People… 95 89 Harry Styles - Kiwi 92 90 Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark 90 91 Declan McKenna - Humongous 89 92 Royal Blood - I Only Lie When I Love You 89 93 Lorde - Hard Feelings/Loveless 88 94 Spoon - Hot Thoughts 87 95 alt-J - In Cold Blood 86 96 Amy Shark - Adore 82 97 Björk - Arisen My Senses 81 98 Paramore - Grudges 79 99 Coldplay - Hypnotised 77 100 PVRIS - Winter 76 101 The xx - Lips 76 102 The War On Drugs - Pain 75 103 Chase Atlantic - Right Here 73 104 Fickle Friends - Glue 73 105 St. Vincent - Young Lover 72 106 Everything Everything - A Fever Dream 67 107 LCD Soundsystem - Change Yr Mind 67 108 Japandroids - No Known Drink or Drug 66 109 PVRIS - Separate 66 110 Wolf Alice - Beautifully Unconventional 63 111 AJR feat. Rivers Cuomo - Sober Up 62 112 All Time Low - Last Young Renegade 62 113 Deaf Havana - Happiness 62 114 Lana Del Rey feat. A$AP Rocky - Groupie Love 62 115 Oh Wonder - My Friends 61 116 SIAMES - The Wolf 61 117 Everything Everything - Desire 60 118 Lana Del Rey - Get Free 60 119 Bleachers - Hate That You Know Me 59 120 Neck Deep - In Bloom 59 121 Beck - Up All Night 58 122 PVRIS - No Mercy 58 123 Coldplay & Big Sean - Miracles (Someone Special) 57 124 Julien Baker - Turn Out The Lights 57 125 Lana Del Rey - God Bless America 57 126 Tori Amos - Cloud Riders 56 127 Young Fathers - Only God Knows 56 128 Bad Sounds - Meat on My Bones 55 129 Future Islands - Ran 55 130 MUNA - In My Way 53 131 Dan Auerbach - Shine on Me 52 132 Slowdive – Sugar For The Pill 52 133 Portugal. The Man - Live In The Moment 44 134 Beth Ditto - We Could Run 42 135 New Politics - One Of Us 41 136 Lorde - Liability (reprise) 40 137 Bleachers - Let's Get Married 40 138 CHAMPS - The Garden Is Overgrown 40 139 Green Day - Too Dumb To Die 40 140 Goldfrapp - Everything Is Never Enough 40 141 Melody's Echo Chamber - Cross My Heart 40 142 Perfume Genius - Die 4 You 40 143 Steven Wilson - Refuge 40 144 The xx - Performance 40 145 Aimee Mann - Goose Snow Cone 39 146 Tori Amos - Reindeer King 38 147 We the Lion - Found Love 38 148 Enter Shikari - Live Outside 37 149 Tom Williams - Everyone Needs a Home 37 150 Walk Off the Earth - Taekwondo 37 151 Steve Hackett - Behind The Smoke 36 152 Gorillaz - Out Of Body 35 153 Susanne Sundfør - Mountaineers (featuring John Grant) 33 154 Grizzly Bear - Losing All Sense 31 155 Vera Blue - Lady Powers 31 156 The xx - Replica 28 157 Sleigh Bells – And Saints 20 158 Oh Wonder - Lifetimes 14 159 Phoenix – J-Boy 12 160 The Revivalists - Wish I Knew You 8 161 Saint Etienne – Dive 3 162 Liam Gallagher - Chinatown 2 163 Destroyer – Tinseltown Swimming In Blood 0 164 Drones Club - International 0 165 The Radio Dept. - Teach Me To Forget 0 signing off~
April 17, 20187 yr A solid Top 4 if ever I’ve seen one :wub: Hard Times is one of my favourite songs of 2017! Actually looking at the songs here... the majority of my Top ~10 from 2017 are I/R/A :o Green Light was an obvious winner but I wasn’t expecting Arcade Fire to grab #2, it’s a well deserving spot though as Everything Now is a total jam Thanks for hosting! I really enjoyed your write ups in this :wub:
April 17, 20187 yr Ofc Green Light had to win! It was definitely up there for me. Arcade Fire tho ew Yas at Paramore getting one that high too *.*
April 17, 20187 yr That is a fab top 10 tbh I like all the tracks <3 I wish George Ezra - Don't Matter Now had gotten top 50/40 but it got more points than I was expecting :heart:
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