well these last two sections are already a MAJOR improvement. yay for Best Friend making it on + Let You Go/Mad Love/She Loves Control just sneaking into the top 200!

Well, haven't been here for a while since school interrupted my daily commenting on Buzzjack.

But I'll make up for it.

So from your top 250 so far I liked:

248 Armin van Buuren ~ Blah Blah Blah

247 Sigala and Ella Eyre ~ Came Here For Love

246 B Young ~ Jumanji

244 Armin van Buuren ~ Sex, Love & Water (feat. Conrad Sewell)

242 Arlissa and Jonas Blue ~ Hearts Ain't Gonna Lie (Original/Eden Prince Remix)

241 Cardi B ~ Bodak Yellow

240 J Hus ~ Bouff Daddy

238 Stefflon Don ~ Hurtin' Me (feat. French Montana)

236 Eminem ~ Fall (feat. Justin Vernon)

235 Future ~ Mask Off

233 Leona Lewis ~ One More Sleep (Never thought a christmas song would be on your Year-End Lists!)

232 Jax Jones ~ Instruction (feat. Demi Lovato and Stefflon Don)

227 James Hype ~ More Than Friends (feat. Kelli-Leigh)

224 Calvin Harris ~ Rollin (feat. Future and Khalid)

223 Drake ~ Mob Ties

214 Charli XCX ~ Out Of My Head (feat. Tove Lo and ALMA)

212 Not3s ~ My Lover

207 Eminem ~ Walk On Water (feat. Beyoncé)

206 Offset and Metro Boomin ~ Ric Flair Drip

205 MoStack ~ What I Wanna

202 Sofi Tukker ~ Best Friend (feat. NERVO, The Knocks and Alisa Ueno)

#198. Camila Cabello ~ She Loves Control

#196. Disclosure ~ Funky Sensation (feat. Gwen McCrae)

#193. Jorja Smith ~ Blue Lights

#191. Sean Paul and David Guetta ~ Mad Love (feat. Becky G)

Great year-end list so far, there are songs that I've heard and liked, songs that I've heard and didn't liked and songs that I've haven't heard yet.

Let's see how fun this gets!

Gutted I missed that BUNT. song when it came out, sounds amazing!

 

Mad Love was nice for the first few weeks it was out but it did get a bit dull after a while.

 

Blue Lights is a great piece as well, nice to see Jorja get a solo Top 40 hit.

Walk On Water - I did really like this one from Eminem. Shame it got such a negative reaction.

 

What I Wanna - Love this apart from that dreadful fart line.

 

She Loves Control - Shame this didn't get pushed as a single, probably would have been massive.

 

Mad Love - Forgot that this was this year to be honest. Fun song though.

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Love Funky Sensation. It was great to see Disclosure come back with five singles this August.

Also love Blue Lights.

Mad Love is pretty good.

Thermo's hot hits | EOY 2018 | #191-200

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Thanks for all the comments, now that my assignments are finished with we will get moving with this again shortly.

 

well these last two sections are already a MAJOR improvement. yay for Best Friend making it on + Let You Go/Mad Love/She Loves Control just sneaking into the top 200!

it should improve even further as we go up the chart, hopefully!

 

Well, haven't been here for a while since school interrupted my daily commenting on Buzzjack.

But I'll make up for it.

So from your top 250 so far I liked:

233 Leona Lewis ~ One More Sleep (Never thought a christmas song would be on your Year-End Lists!)

Great year-end list so far, there are songs that I've heard and liked, songs that I've heard and didn't liked and songs that I've haven't heard yet.

Let's see how fun this gets!

thanks!

It looks like we'll get 1 or 2 Xmas songs on the EOY list every year especially with December being full of them in the chart now.

 

Gutted I missed that BUNT. song when it came out, sounds amazing!

 

Mad Love was nice for the first few weeks it was out but it did get a bit dull after a while.

 

Blue Lights is a great piece as well, nice to see Jorja get a solo Top 40 hit.

You'd probably like most of BUNT.'s material actually, their songs are all quite similar.

Mad Love isn't a huge fave of mine and probs won't get many re-plays this EOY season but it's a decent tune.

Blue Lights is great, not fussed on her other material though it's a bit of a one-off (that and her Drake collab).

 

Walk On Water - I did really like this one from Eminem. Shame it got such a negative reaction.

 

What I Wanna - Love this apart from that dreadful fart line.

 

She Loves Control - Shame this didn't get pushed as a single, probably would have been massive.

 

Mad Love - Forgot that this was this year to be honest. Fun song though.

Yep it was a good effort from him, think its lack of a beat didn't help its reception though.

That is a bit of a cringe line but the song's still rather good.

Such an odd decision but it'd be too late to push it now, she really should start a new era because her current single is doing next to nothing.

Yep it's quite a good song but probably won't have that many re-plays this season.

 

Love Funky Sensation. It was great to see Disclosure come back with five singles this August.

Also love Blue Lights.

Mad Love is pretty good.

Yep it was a lovely surprise. Hope we get an album from them soon.

Blue Lights is great, not fussed on her other material though it's a bit of a one-off (that and her Drake collab).

Yep it's quite a good song but probably won't have that many re-plays this season.

Hi Dan!! Loving She Loves Control, Blue Lights, Emoji and Mad Love from the last section. Blue Lights becoming a top 40 hit was such a welcome surprise this year, I adored it when it got entered to BJSC a couple of years ago and remains my favourite Jorja track.

Hey Dan <3 Catch up time *.*

 

241-250: Bodak Yellow is a bit of a bop, yasss at Came Here For Love - easily one of Sigala's best and Hearts Aren't Gonna Lie or whatever its called deserved better in the charts

231-240: Hurtin Me *.* a bop, seeing her live was so fun <3 Instruction also remains a bop and yasss at new eternal Christmas classic One More Sleep slaying the top 250 <3

Out Of My Head also slays, one of Charli's best for a while *.*

She Loves Control is such a bloody bop, raging at her team not releasing it as a single :(

Emoji & Mad Love are also bops *.*

 

Fab start Dan <3

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. Armin van Buuren ~ Wild Wild Son (feat. Sam Martin)
Date entered: 19/10/18
Chart sales: 300,500
Chart run: 40-32-19-23-26-30-42-… [7+ weeks]

This is one of his 'pop' efforts, which are typically quite hit and miss but this one's rather great, the lyrics/vocal particularly which are about Armin raising his own son (though of course it's not him singing).

#

. Don Diablo ~ Don't Let Go (feat. Holly Winter) [#220, 2017]
Date entered: 08/09/17
Chart sales: 300,800 (587,000 total)
Chart run: 99-68-68-81-74-82-94-76-100-94-78-86-51-65-77-x-91-93-95-x-64-89-96-x [9 weeks (21 total)]

Don Diablo is a bit hit and miss really, but I quite like this one, it could even re-peak in the new year. A bit more pop than usual for him but it works.

Well this was very unlucky to miss the top 50 and thus not qualify as a 'proper' hit, great song though, helped by his album coming out this year too.

#

. Dave ~ Funky Friday (feat. Fredo)
Date entered: 12/10/18
Chart sales: 302,600
Chart run: 33-28-21-17-17-18-19-19-… [8+ weeks]

'No Words' was rather good but I wasn't expecting him to top that in such a big way, so this going straight to #1 in the UK was a very welcome surprise, it's got some catchy and clever rhymes and it doesn't feel like half the other uninspired rap songs in the chart.

#

. Stonebank ~ Ripped to Pieces (feat. EMEL)
Date entered: 19/01/18
Chart sales: 302,900
Chart run: 79-29-23-27-34-41-57-47-71-93-x [10 weeks]

You may recognise the names from a former BJSC entry of ours, though this is with a different song which I discovered shortly afterwards. Hardstyle, or whatever this technically is, isn't really my thing these days but this song does it well.

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. Omnia ~ Cyberpunk
Date entered: 03/08/18
Chart sales: 304,400
Chart run: 60-67-49-50-60-48-49-53-61-79-91-x [11 weeks]

A great trance (mostly!) instrumental, I like the technological theme to it and it's banging. It also starts off Armin van Buuren's EOY mix so it must be great!

#

. Alex Ross and Futureclub ~ Deep In Your Heart
Date entered: 22/08/18
Chart sales: 305,000
Chart run: 64-37-42-52-56-56-64-58-59-83-100-x [11 weeks]

Quite a basic house bop with token diva vocals, but sometimes they just work for me, bit of a tune this.

#

. Drake ~ I'm Upset
Date entered: 01/06/18
Chart sales: 308,700
Chart run: 33-47-60-76-75-8-10-32-x [8 weeks]

Not anywhere near his best (and we'll see a fair bit more from him this EOY season) and it grew off me fast after getting a short lived album boost, got a decent hook tho.

#

. DJ Licious ~ I Hear You Calling [#15, 2017]
Date entered: 26/05/17
Chart sales: 313,400 (1,566,500 total) :plat:
Chart run: 54-32-26-21-26-26-16-15-8-5-3-3-6-7-7-5-6-7-8-8-7-8-11-20-31-43-37-62-70-91-x-72-71-69-68-x [7 weeks (34 total)]

DJ Licious broke out with this brilliance which ended up becoming another hit for me in BJSC, becoming my third top 10 hit of the year. It's exactly the type of dance I love and would like to see more of in the charts (sadly this is one of the many dance bangers that never went near the chart). With power vocals and great production it was always going to be a hit in my chart, even if it took a little while to really get going. It's just great to have a dance song that's really unashamedly dancey, and basically a modern version of the 90s diva house. He's already lost his one-hit wonder tag so hopefully we get to hear more in 2018.

We will get to more from him later on, this however remains his best by some distance.

#

. Mr. Belt & Wezol ~ Let's All Chant
Date entered: 13/04/18
Chart sales: 313,800
Chart run: 43-28-65-47-34-47-56-65-76-x [9 weeks]

They're rather consistent. even now when I'm not so excited by future house generally, they manage to pump out the tunes.

#

. Floating Points ~ Ratio
Date entered: 24/11/17
Chart sales: 317,500 (330,800 total)
Chart run: 78-56-53-48-56-x-44-53-56-61-77-x [9 weeks (10 total)]

Interesting electronic production and just dancey enough to make the lower end of my chart for a while too. No way am I ever listening to the full 19(!) minute version though. :lol:

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Hi Dan!! Loving She Loves Control, Blue Lights, Emoji and Mad Love from the last section. Blue Lights becoming a top 40 hit was such a welcome surprise this year, I adored it when it got entered to BJSC a couple of years ago and remains my favourite Jorja track.

Jorja's follow ups just didn't interest me but Blue Lights is great.

 

Hey Dan <3 Catch up time *.*

 

241-250: Bodak Yellow is a bit of a bop, yasss at Came Here For Love - easily one of Sigala's best and Hearts Aren't Gonna Lie or whatever its called deserved better in the charts

231-240: Hurtin Me *.* a bop, seeing her live was so fun <3 Instruction also remains a bop and yasss at new eternal Christmas classic One More Sleep slaying the top 250 <3

Out Of My Head also slays, one of Charli's best for a while *.*

She Loves Control is such a bloody bop, raging at her team not releasing it as a single :(

Emoji & Mad Love are also bops *.*

 

Fab start Dan <3

Didn't expect HAGL to get a push seeing as Arlissa is a no-name and she had lead credit, would've been nice for Jonas to push it as he had nothing else at the time though.

One More Sleep seems to be a staple of the UK Christmas chart now which is really great to see, it's also back in my personal top five!

OOMH wasn't half as good as her song from last year '3AM' but was good to get that and a few other good songs from her this year when she is rather hit and miss.

Camila's team really messed that up, could've been a big top 10 :')

 

thanks!

Omg yes LOVE Cyberpunk :wub: had considered sending to BJSC a few times earlier this year!

Funky Friday :music: what a song, I'd rank it at the best #1 of the year now (just ahead of Promises)

Thermo's hot hits | EOY 2018 | #171-180

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. Jay Hardway ~ Coffee Please
Date entered: 13/04/18
Chart sales: 319,700
Chart run: 79-44-82-87-60-55-48-53-57-72-92-99-99-100-x [14 weeks]

You may recall him from the Martin Garrix collab, well this doesn't sound a whole lot like that, he's branched out into light electro future house bops, and the pro-coffee title can be forgiven for this being a fun tune (it is instrumental).

#

. Arty ~ Rain
Date entered: 11/05/18
Chart sales: 323,000
Chart run: 87-72-63-58-56-71-77-80-82-97-98-x [11 weeks]

This one really should've peaked a bit higher, and likely would've done with more of a vocal, this year we saw Arty return to his progressive trance style from whatever else he was doing recently and brought us some tunes. His Avicii tribute was decent too, though that didn't do enough to make the top 250.

#

. Oliver Moldan ~ High & Low (feat. Jasmine Ash) [#02, 2017]
Date entered: 27/01/17
Chart sales: 323,100 (2,184,100 total) :plat:
Chart run: 64-15-5-6-5-5-5-4-6-6-3-2-2-2-3-3-4-3-3-4-4-11-16-22-22-21-21-19-18-25-32-35-41-49-50-62-65-56-56-51-67-71-80-60-x-80-73-83-x-63-70-68-74-96-x [8 weeks (52 total)]

And so this year's second-biggest song goes to Oliver Moldan and Jasmine Ash, with a song you're unlikely to have heard of unless you closely follow my charts or BJSC as it unfortunately did not manage to become a chart hit, other than being a minor Spotify hit in Moldan's home country of Germany. Released late in 2016 it only appeared on my radar a few months later but quickly rose into the top ten to spend 19 consecutive weeks there. It was going to be my BJSC entry for the 92nd contest, before finding 'Saving Light' last minute and sending that, but this eventually got send in '94 and got us another top 20 finish. The song has all the right ingredients of a fab dance song, with hooks all around, I especially love the saxophone bits and personally I'd love to see sax solos make another comeback in dance music. It's proper upbeat and energetic all throughout, and if it passed you by I strongly recommend it (of course, it's my 2nd fave song of 2017). Moldan sadly has yet to follow-up the song and so far looks likely to become not just a one hit wonder but the biggest one this chart has ever had.

We finally got a follow-up, which was actually two songs, but neither were very good oops.

#

. LIONE ~ Glimmer (feat. Heather Sommer)
Date entered: 09/03/18
Chart sales: 328,200
Chart run: 85-69-30-30-31-30-37-76-95-83-96-98-x [12 weeks]

If you liked their BJSC entry 'Leave This Place' this one is also worth a listen, it sounds even more like Porter Robinson than Porter's Virtual Self material.

#176. SOPHIE ~ Immaterial
Date entered: 22/06/18
Chart sales: 331,900
Chart run: 4-5-11-13-38-87-80-x [7 weeks]

I gave the album a listen as she'd done some interesting songs before, ultimately there wasn't a whole lot I really enjoyed but this was a big stand out, this is the kind of PC Music I can get behind (which we don't seemingly get that much of these days, Danny L Harle and A. G. Cook have been very quiet this year).

#

. M-22 ~ How Does It Feel
Date entered: 21/09/18
Chart sales: 332,000
Chart run: 57-26-28-40-45-53-63-73-87-76-73-… [11+ weeks]

The follow-up to 'First Time' (yet to come) which very much did the same job but it's a well done commercial house tune anyway, shame it didn't do anything but 'First Time' getting big was such a fluke so I'm not surprised.

#

. Cardi B ~ I Like It (feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin)
Date entered: 15/06/18
Chart sales: 332,200
Chart run: 90-56-27-28-33-30-40-45-58-x [9 weeks]

One of the biggest hits in the world this year, I haven't been too much of a fan of certain artists cashing in on the Latin trend (Clean Bandit) but this one's done well, the production/sample and Cardi's hook really improve what would otherwise be a standard reggaeton trap song.

#

. Sofi Tukker ~ Batshit
Date entered: 13/04/18
Chart sales: 333,000
Chart run: 55-27-67-45-32-41-47-52-62-80-93-x [11 weeks]

More of a novelty song than anything, but that beat drop is too good to ignore.

#

. Alan Walker ~ Diamond Heart (feat. Sophia Somajo)
Date entered: 05/10/18
Chart sales: 334,100
Chart run: 24-11-10-10-14-16-17-18-18-… [9+ weeks]

I went off him for a bit but he's seemingly got better again with this and another song still to come (though I still haven't heard the album), and with the best Sia impression I've heard yet. Worth a listen if you liked 'Faded' then forgot about him.

#

. Jess Glynne ~ Thursday
Date entered: 19/10/18
Chart sales: 335,900
Chart run: 4-13-12-4-1-2-2-… [7+ weeks]

The chart, music and topical Queen had more #1s this year on my chart than anybody, though this hasn't had enough time to make my top 100 (the other three will). This one particularly seems to have a lot of undeserved hate but I really like it, it's an uplifting song and very much suits her voice (I can't imagine I'd like it too much if given to Little Mix or Anne-Marie). It led a very solid album which cements her place as my current fave pop singer.

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Omg yes LOVE Cyberpunk :wub: had considered sending to BJSC a few times earlier this year!

ooh interesting. I imagine it'd only finish in the lower section of a BJSC final anyhow.

 

Funky Friday :music: what a song, I'd rank it at the best #1 of the year now (just ahead of Promises)

well it's not quite there for me, and as a big Calvin Harris fan it's no spoiler that One Kiss is my fave UK #1 of the year... but where will it end up in my EOY? :o

big tune though! hope to hear more from him soon.

I didn't like Diamond Heart at first but it's really grown on me, not enough to chart in my EOY though :(

 

Giving CYBERPUNK a listen, quite liking this one as well! Not my usual 'type' of music but I could see it being on my playlist.

Thermo's hot hits | EOY 2018 | #161-170

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#170. Charli XCX ~ Focus
Date entered: 06/07/18
Chart sales: 336,400
Chart run: 95-36-22-35-38-39-44-62-84-x [9 weeks]

Another great Charli song here, good to see her branch out into this sort of music with this and Out Of My Head this year.

#

. Arty ~ Perfect Strangers
Date entered: 05/10/18
Chart sales: 336,600
Chart run: 38-41-44-42-32-24-8-6-8-… [9+ weeks]

Arty's best song yet since his comeback for me (though not the highest due to its release date), it's more 'dance pop' by recent standards but still has great production of course.

#

. Clean Bandit ~ Solo (feat. Demi Lovato)
Date entered: 25/05/18
Chart sales: 336,800
Chart run: 13-25-28-40-35-38-50-61-91-x [9 weeks]

Not one of their best for me (which seems to be an unpopular opinion), it still (bop-bop-)bops but it is a bit 'basic' (which seems to be the new form for them now, I miss what made them unique).

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. Nora En Pure ~ Waves [#56, 2017]
Date entered: 30/06/17
Chart sales: 337,000 (1,110,400 total)
Chart run: 62-61-56-43-43-53-48-52-45-49-56-61-66-50-49-43-39-29-30-37-48-48-64-66-69-96-x-83-63-65-72-x [8 weeks (30 total)]

Nora En Pure has been around for a few years now but only makes her first appearance in the year-end list now, and with two songs. 'Waves' is a mostly instrumental track which is rather groovy and actually uses samples of crashing waves. It ended up being a big sleeper hit in my chart, it isn't the most instant of songs but it really hit me after a load of listens.

She'll have 3 more appearances in the countdown, including our BJSC entry 'Trailblazer' which could be a top 10 contender.

#

. Clean Bandit and Zara Larsson ~ Symphony [#3, 2017]
Date entered: 24/03/17
Chart sales: 337,200 (1,999,200 total) :plat:
Chart run: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-5-9-15-16-17-17-17-17-21-21-25-24-27-31-37-39-34-32-33-48-56-59-50-69-51-56-76-x-45-41-46-55-68-x [9 weeks (45 total)]

Clean Bandit really impressed me with 'Rockabye' so naturally I was excited for the follow-up, and they only went and delivered a true 13/10 life anthem in 'Symphony'. Instantly debuting at #1 and spending eleven weeks there, it is easily this year's biggest #1 single on the chart, but that is not enough to make this year's EOY #1, and it's not even close. With lush vocals from Zara (:basil:) and beautiful lyrics, alongside amazing production which includes Clean Bandit strings at their best, it truly lives up to its name. I was so pleased to see this get a week at #1 in the UK, but it really deserved the chart run that 'Shape Of You' got.

Now this, this is still brilliant and they'll definitely never top it. Yes it really is ahead of 'Solo' for this year (and miles ahead of 'Baby').

#

. Camila Cabello ~ Havana (feat. Young Thug) [#72, 2017]
Date entered: 11/08/17
Chart sales: 337,500 (998,100 total)
Chart run: 62-57-55-39-30-24-19-21-24-16-17-18-13-11-15-19-20-27-32-46-x-31-34-39-53-92-x [9 weeks (25 total)]

Well this is going to appear on pretty much every mainstream chart fan's end-of-year list and with good reason, it's bang on trend and irresistibly catchy. She sounds a lot more comfortable doing this than her Sia imitation and so I'm glad it was this song that became her big hit. She definitely made the right decision to get off the sinking ship that was Fifth Harmony. Also I'm not a fan of Young Thug as a rapper but his verse here was surprisingly good. And it's good to have the sax solo making its way back into pop music. *_

Easy to forget how good this is when it was everywhere for a while which I eventually got tired of. She hasn't come close to topping it since.

#

. Migos ~ MotorSport (feat. Nicki Minaj and Cardi B)
Date entered: 03/11/17
Chart sales: 339,100 (547,400 total)
Chart run: 8-5-10-8-19-21-23-42-x-41-47-57-86-82-x [9 weeks (13 total)]

Really enjoy the beat on this more than anything, and also Nicki and Cardi on the same song when we could all see their future beef coming from a mile away. *_* (and Cardi's Offset split too oops, looks like that porn won't be getting sold anytime soon)

#

. Big Shaq ~ Man's Not Hot [#170, 2017]
Date entered: 29/09/17
Chart sales: 339,400 (693,300 total)
Chart run: 60-19-14-19-21-17-18-16-16-10-13-16-31-71-16-28-38-82-x [9 weeks (18 total)]

A very memetastic song which has proven to have legs too, I love how much this was embraced by The Internet™ and the charts. Full of quotable lyrics.

Well the joke eventually had to get stale and his follow-up was dire but this was good fun to listen to at the time and will most likely provide good future nostalgia. Unlucky for it to have been entirely split down the middle between the years, almost the same position this year too.

#

. Raye ~ Decline (feat. Mr Eazi)
Date entered: 10/11/17
Chart sales: 342,800 (438,400 total)
Chart run: 95-53-49-32-29-28-37-x-30-26-24-39-86-x [9 weeks (12 total)]

Remember when Raye seemed like a viable solo artist for 15 minutes anyone? This is a good tune though, and (unpopular opinion alert) I prefer it to the song it samples too.

#

. Kristine Blond ~ Love Shy (James Hype Remix)
Date entered: 27/10/17
Chart sales: 343,200 (600,200 total)
Chart run: 40-19-14-19-23-25-31-34-67-x-48-55-60-66-91-x [9 weeks (14 total)]

A great reworking of 'Love Shy' which ended up being a lot better than James Hype's actual follow up, the underwhelming 'No Drama'.

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Thermo's hot hits | EOY 2018 | #151-160

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. Kojo Funds ~ Check (feat. RAYE)
Date entered: 09/02/18
Chart sales: 343,400
Chart run: 51-66-76-62-62-40-48-59-59-74-90-x [11 weeks]

An otherwise standard UK rap track but the sample and RAYE's parts push it above most of the rest of the genre, a sensual bop.

#

. Bolier and Joe Stone ~ Keep This Fire Burning
Date entered: 20/07/18
Chart sales: 345,200
Chart run: 47-49-42-42-39-45-56-72-94-86-87-x [11 weeks]

A banging house reworking of the Robyn track, Joe Stone is semi-reliable for these.

#

. Wilkinson ~ Decompression
Date entered: 16/02/18
Chart sales: 349,400
Chart run: 36-26-32-29-28-43-65-65-x [8 weeks]

Not really into heavy drum n' bass but this just hit me, best thing Wilkinson has produced for years.

#

. Nicki Minaj ~ Chun-Li
Date entered: 20/04/18
Chart sales: 351,100
Chart run: 52-88-60-52-39-27-35-39-46-43-61-58-82-x [13 weeks]

Nicki is well past her creative (and commercial) peak now but this was rather good, a clever backslap at her critics.

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. Gareth Emery ~ Call To Arms (feat. Evan Henzi)
Date entered: 13/07/18
Chart sales: 351,700
Chart run: 65-80-96-97-94-75-57-41-53-68-64-65-80-85-98-x [15 weeks]

Was initially rather underwhelming (not helped by it being the long awaited follow-up to 'Saving Light' so I was expecting something really good) but it was a bit of a grower, hope to hear more from him in 2019 (and we have a new single this week, yay!)

#

. Avicii vs. Nicky Romero ~ I Could Be The One (feat. Noonie Bao) [#3, 2013]
Date entered: 07/01/13
Chart sales: 352,700 (2,395,100 total) :plat:
Chart run: 3-2-2-3-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-6-18-42-x-29-33-x-46-x-6-19-22-22-26-34-38-74-x [8 weeks (25 total)]

Starting off the top 3 is the first of two Avicii entries. Yes that means sadly one song got in the way of an all-Avicii top 2. It is the biggest 'selling' song on the countdown, but that is largely down to the number of remixes this had and the fact that this was released months before the songs in my top 2. Avicii started off the year with this debuting straight in the top 3 and climbing to #1 a few weeks later where it would stay for 5 n/c weeks. The song is brilliantly produced, especially the buildup where you can hear Avicii's contribution to the record - he just has that 'sound' that I love so much. The drop is not a disappointment havingsaidthat, it's far from it actually; perfect for a bedroom rave :lol: The song's just brilliant in every way and for a few months I thought this would easily take the YE #1 unless something really impressive were to come out. And it did, and you can find out very shortly whether Avicii or Daft Punk has followed the footsteps of Yolanda B Cool/D Cup, LMFAO and PSY to become Thermo's Tune of the Year. [edit for context: 'Wake Me Up' was #1 that year, 'Get Lucky' made #2]

One of my absolute faves of all time which re-entered this year for unfortunate reasons. He has a few entries in the top 100 so I'll elaborate further then.

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. Drake ~ Don't Matter To Me (feat. Michael Jackson)
Date entered: 06/07/18
Chart sales: 353,500
Chart run: 13-7-11-32-34-37-43-71-96-x [9 weeks]

Great to hear some more unheard MJ vocals and on a smooth Drake jam too. It eventually got replaced for In My Feelings otherwise it may've been a bit higher.

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. Sammy Porter ~ What We Started (A Bit Patchy) (feat. Jessica Agombar)
Date entered: 16/02/18
Chart sales: 356,200
Chart run: 46-48-48-30-31-33-46-46-63-77-x [10 weeks]

The 'Apache' sample feels underused here, but it's still a bop.

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. The Thrillseekers ~ How Will I Know (Club Mix) (feat. Stine Grove)
Date entered: 23/03/18
Chart sales: 359,300
Chart run: 95-40-40-39-39-79-75-70-70-60-77-78-98-x [13 weeks]

Simply great progressive vocal trance. Take a listen if you're into that sort of thing.

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. Justin Timberlake ~ Filthy
Date entered: 12/01/18
Chart sales: 360,800
Chart run: 3-11-14-38-34-43-67-71-90-x [9 weeks]

I was rather excited for JT's comeback which led to this #3 debut, but it definitely shouldn't have got that higher looking back, it fell off fast. I like the quirky production but it's not hard to see why it underperformed.

Personal recommendation


The chart so far can be enjoyed on Spotify.

What are your favourites from the chart so far? Any comments are appreciated.

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Thermo's hot hits | EOY 2018 | #151-200 RECAP

200 Simon Patterson ~ Fall For You (feat. Lucy Pullin)
199 Martin Garrix ~ High On Life (feat. Bonn)
198 Camila Cabello ~ She Loves Control
197 Savoy ~ Let You Go
196 Disclosure ~ Funky Sensation (feat. Gwen McCrae)
195 BUNT. ~ Little Secrets (feat. DamienDamien)
194 Shadow Child ~ Ooh Tune
193 Jorja Smith ~ Blue Lights
192 Au/Ra ~ Emoji
191 Sean Paul and David Guetta ~ Mad Love (feat. Becky G)
190 Armin van Buuren ~ Wild Wild Son (feat. Sam Martin)
189 Don Diablo ~ Don't Let Go (feat. Holly Winter)
188 Dave ~ Funky Friday (feat. Fredo)
187 Stonebank ~ Ripped to Pieces (feat. EMEL)
186 Omnia ~ Cyberpunk
185 Alex Ross and Futureclub ~ Deep In Your Heart
184 Drake ~ I'm Upset
183 DJ Licious ~ I Hear You Calling
182 Mr. Belt & Wezol ~ Let's All Chant
181 Floating Points ~ Ratio
180 Jay Hardway ~ Coffee Please
179 Arty ~ Rain
178 Oliver Moldan ~ High & Low (feat. Jasmine Ash)
177 LIONE ~ Glimmer (feat. Heather Sommer)
176 SOPHIE ~ Immaterial
175 M-22 ~ How Does It Feel
174 Cardi B ~ I Like It (feat. Bad Bunny & J Balvin)
173 Sofi Tukker ~ Batshit
172 Alan Walker ~ Diamond Heart (feat. Sophie Somajo)
171 Jess Glynne ~ Thursday
170 Charli XCX ~ Focus
169 Arty ~ Perfect Strangers
168 Clean Bandit ~ Solo (feat. Demi Lovato)
167 Nora En Pure ~ Waves
166 Clean Bandit and Zara Larsson ~ Symphony
165 Camila Cabello ~ Havana (feat. Young Thug)
164 Migos ~ MotorSport (feat. Nicki Minaj and Cardi B)
163 Big Shaq ~ Man's Not Hot
162 Raye ~ Decline (feat. Mr Eazi)
161 Kristine Blond ~ Love Shy (James Hype Remix)
160 Kojo Funds ~ Check (feat. RAYE)
159 Bolier and Joe Stone ~ Keep This Fire Burning
158 Wilkinson ~ Decompression
157 Nicki Minaj ~ Chun-Li
156 Gareth Emery ~ Call To Arms (feat. Evan Henzi)
155 Avicii vs. Nicky Romero ~ I Could Be The One (feat. Noonie Bao)
154 Drake ~ Don't Matter To Me (feat. Michael Jackson)
153 Sammy Porter ~ What We Started (A Bit Patchy) (feat. Jessica Agombar)
152 The Thrillseekers ~ How Will I Know (Club Mix) (feat. Stine Grove)
151 Justin Timberlake ~ Filthy

Funky Friday and I'm Upset are okay

Glad to see someone else who likes Ratio.

I Like It? I Like It!

I heard Immaterial on an NME list of Best Songs Of 2018 so far. It sounds really good.

Solo, Focus and Motorsport are pretty good

Man's Not Hot. One of my favourite memes of 2017.

Decline and Check are decent.

Batshit is a fun song

Symphony, Havana and Chun Li are some other good ones.

I Could Be The One is a modern dance classic. Tim Berg, may you rest in peace.

Filthy has been panned by quite a lot of reviewers, but I myself like it.

Symphony is an absolute masterpiece :heart: they'll never top that I agree

 

I was a bit disappointed with the Drake x MJ track, didn't ever return to it after I heard it on the Chart Show

 

Glad to see some Filthy appreciation here!

I forgot Filthy was a top 3 hit for you *.* Still a good song albeit not great compared to the FS/LS it tried to replicate

 

I Could Be The One still slays :dance: RIP King, looking forward to seeing what else of his charts higher up