A&E and Dust Clears so low is sad to see, but at least the latter beat I Miss You. The former coming last for singles feels really wrong, it was a fantastic opener when I saw them live. Album tracks turned out rather well though although New Eyes got a little underrated.

 

The correct top 5, as long as Tears is a distant 5th.

I'm so relieved 'I Miss You' didn't finish that high in the end, although I lament it even making the top 10 given how thoroughly horrendous it is.

 

Their version of 'Show Me Love' placed too low. :( It's spectacular.

 

05 8.11 Mozart's House (feat. Love Ssega)

 

Starting the top five is their first hit single and rather unique in their singles for being a lot less commercial than later efforts. It was a great introduction to what the band were about with their combination of classical with electronic music (which is supposedly boring, stupid and repetitive).

 

staying over at Mozart's house (11/10): Chez Wombat, HarryEzra, dandy*, lewistgreen, Jade

not invited to Mozart's house party (3/10): UltraReputation

Rate cancelled and void tbh :/ it deserves to be top 2 at least

 

04 8.54 Tears (feat. Louisa Johnson)

 

The official start to their current era (though it may end up being a non-album single) this gave Clean Bandit another big top five and helped to launch Louisa's short-lived music career. It's another good song of theirs of course but I do think it is a bit overrated on here. I do love the string arrangement but the song itself is quite a way from my own top five.

 

tears of joy (11/10): George.keh, Theo

just tears (4/10): blacksquare

Real Love is such a bop, glad to see it snatch top 10 :wub:

 

Mozart's House doing well is fab too, totally different to what they're known for now but made me fall in lvoe with them and be excited about what they could bring to music! All the other faves are top 10 ofc so yaass.

'Tears' really gradually grew in my affections in the months after its release. It didn't really do anything for me at the time it was released, but I love it now.

 

03 9.17 Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul and Anne-Marie)

 

Their biggest streaming hit to date and one of their best in my opinion too. It has a lot of things going for it, the iconic Sean Paul rap, a great bouncy beat and interesting lyric content. It's hard to see them ever topping such a monster hit in terms of streaming figures but we said the same about 'Rather Be'. It very much deserves this top 3 position in fact I'd say we picked the best 3 songs of theirs for their top 3 so that's good to see.

 

rockabye baby (11/10): cqmerqn, Iz

rockabye me to sleep (6/10): LeeWallace

 

Rather Be or Symphony will be #1 then.

Fair top 2. I like 'Rather Be' a lot, but I don't love it per se. 'Symphony' to reign supreme!

 

02 9.50 Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)

 

Their proper breakthrough hit, of course becoming really huge and one of the decade's biggest sellers in the UK and also launching the career of Jess Glynne. This really showcased what they could bring to pop music and they didn't even have to ditch what made them unique to get them this, sometimes all it takes is just a brilliant song, and for a few of you it is still their absolute best.

 

there's no place I'd rather be (11/10): gavindeejay, BridgeCow

I'd rather be playing other tracks of theirs (7/10): PeteFromLeeds

 

 

01 9.80 Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)

 

Which of course means their top rated song here, and by a fair way too, is another huge #1 of theirs 'Symphony' which also gave Zara her first UK #1. It's an absolute beauty of a song, my personal second favourite chart hit of the whole of last year (behind 'You Don't Know Me'). They really go all out with the violins here and the production and Zara's vocal are perfection. As my personal favourite of Clean Bandit's I am glad to see this appear at #1 for them here, and I think it'd be incredibly hard for them to top the quality of this.

 

like a love song on the radio (11/10): Liam, LeeWallace, Dobbo, SameBoy, NickF1, danG, Tawdry Hepburn, UltraReputation

not part of my symphony (5/10): PeteFromLeeds

 

 

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Full Results

 

01 9.80  Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)

02 9.50  Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)

03 9.17  Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul and Anne-Marie)

04 8.54  Tears (feat. Louisa Johnson)

05 8.11  Mozart's House (feat. Love Ssega)

06 8.06  Solo (feat. Demi Lovato)

07 7.96  Real Love (feat. Jess Glynne)

08 7.85  Stronger (feat. Alex Newell and Sean Bass)

09 7.52  Dust Clears (feat. Noonie Bao)

10 7.41  I Miss You (feat. Julia Michaels)

11 7.31  Extraordinary (feat. Sharna Bass)

12 7.02  Come Over (feat. Stylo G)

13 6.50  Disconnect (feat. Marina and the Diamonds)

14 6.50  A&E (feat. Kandaka Moore and Nikki Cislyn)

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15 7.83  Stronger (feat. Olly Alexander)

16 7.71  Telephone Banking (feat. Love Ssega)

17 7.32  Cologne (feat. Nikki Cislyn and Javeon)

18 7.22  Show Me Love (feat. Elisabeth Troy)

19 6.58  Heart On Fire (feat. Elisabeth Troy)

20 6.53  Rihanna (feat. Noonie Bao)

21 6.03  Up Again (feat. Rae Morris)

22 5.50  Nightingale (feat. Nikki Cislyn)

23 5.47  Birch (feat. Eliza Shaddad)

24 5.44  UK Shanty (feat. Eliza Shaddad)

25 5.39  New Eyes (feat. Lizzo)

26 5.31  Outro Movement III

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27 7.90  Say It (Clean Bandit Remix) (Flume feat. Tove Lo)

28 6.58  To Ü (Clean Bandit Remix) (Jack Ü feat. AlunaGeorge)

29 6.57  Love Again (Clean Bandit Remix) (Rae Morris)

30 6.40  Intentions (Gorgon City feat. Clean Bandit)

31 6.00  Waiting All Night (Clean Bandit Remix) (Rudimental feat. Ella Eyre)

32 5.57  Alone (Clean Bandit Remix) (Halsey feat. Big Sean & Stefflon Don)

33 5.40  Wanderlust (Clean Bandit Remix) (The Weeknd)

34 5.25  Stargazer (Clean Bandit Remix) (End Of The World)

35 5.00  A&E (Clean Bandit VIP)

36 3.00  Come Over (Clean Bandit VIP)

YES! Elated Symphony came out on top ahead of overrated Rather Be. A strong top 4 here, still don't get the hype over Mozarts House either.

 

Thanks for running this one Dan, I expect it would be a similar picture with a "Least Favourite..." series.

probably. I'd rather not run any 'least favourite' series right now anyway as they do drag on a bit and aren't as reflective as rates and ranks.

Rather Be really deserves the number 1 :/ I loveee Symphony but I don't really get all of the hype it gets on here.

Perfect winner, Rather Be is a tune also but Symphony just absolutely soars, it's effortless, in its own lane and there aren't really songs like it yet it fits so perfectly in the charts, on a night out etc. There's so much joy in it by the time it's built up and explodes and they will not beat it, what a song.

It is a great winner even if it was a tad bit predictable Symphony would win it but slay <3

 

Thanks for this Dan :wub: