December 26, 20186 yr Author Quite like 'Paradise', though it wasn't quite memorable enough to make my weekly chart it's better than most of what Nicky Romero does these days. Glad you liked it, I need to keep my ears open for more Nicky this year! Eurovision slaying! Yes it is! Hello Pete! Nice to see "Romantic" and "Love No More"! Glad you like them I agree Good Thanks guys! and apologies for the slight irony I'm shattered
December 26, 20186 yr Author #60 (957pts) The Wombats Lemon to a Knife Fight - Chart Statistics NE (30/12/2018) | 97-42-22-8-5-2-4-10-18-40-37-56-70-83-xx Video nNh51G84WZY Commentary The comeback of another nostalgic Brit-indie outfit, this didn't really do much for me initially but it really blew up for me in the new year. Yes, the video is a bit (well, a lot) creepy but the chorus is incredibly catchy and I love the notion of bringing a lemon to a knife fight. I wholeheartedly prefer this to the much more acclaimed Cheetah Tongue, and whilst not as good as Turn it's still one of the songs of the year and certainly one I'll go back to. Top 100 Chart History 2017 02 Lemon to a Knife Fight 2018 28 Cheetah Tongue 2018 06 Turn 2018 12 Bee Sting 2018 60 Oceans
December 26, 20186 yr Author #59 | (960pts) Lost Frequencies Like I Love You (ft. The NGHBRS) - Chart Statistics NE (22/09/2018) | 23-14-8-6-6-9-15-24-35-45-56-73-93-xx Video Tf0cJGO52xc Commentary Another funky bop from Lost Frequencies, he's still not lived up to the amazingness of Reality (how many times can I fit that song into my EOY? :P ) but it's a good shot. Here he is with The NGHBRS, who I've never heard of and will probably never hear of again, but they add decent vocals to this. It's not an in-your-face type of track and it took a while for me to actually remember how the chorus went but I knew I liked it and that's all that mattered. Nice touring music video as well. Top 100 Chart History Lost Frequencies 2016 04 Beautiful Life (Lost Frequencies ft. Sandro Cavazza) 2016 20 All Or Nothing (Lost Frequencies ft. Axel Ehnstrom) 2017 24 Here With You (Lost Frequencies & Netsky) 2017 01 Crazy (Lost Frequencies ft. Zonderling) 2018 01 Melody (Lost Frequencies ft. James Blunt) 2018 06 Like I Love You (Lost Frequencies ft. The NGHBRS) The NGHBRS 2018 06 Like I Love You (Lost Frequencies ft. The NGHBRS)
December 26, 20186 yr Author #58 | (960pts) SeeB Cruel World (ft. Skip Marley) - Chart Statistics NE (18/11/2017) | 49-34-23-18-8-8-4-1-2-13-38-93-xx Video OhlxAxECLWQ Commentary Tropical house really did go downhill quickly didn't it. The first #1 of the new year, at the time it sort of felt like a non-#1 hence the ridiculously quick drop out of the charts but now I can see that this isn't the case. This is classic SeeB, the beats sounding amazing as usual and Skip's vocals work perfectly on it. This may possibly be the last time we saw decent SeeB though and I can now quite easily talk about the HORROR that is Grip ft. Bastille. I mean the song isn't horrendous but it's definitely not the artist I know on the track, and it's just an example of another once-decent artist tuning in to the horrendous future bass trend that is just nothing-y. Bye Bye SeeB until you release something different. Top 100 Chart History SeeB 2016 01 I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Mike Posner - SeeB Remix) 2016 01 What Do You Love (SeeB ft. Jacob Banks) 2017 70 Under Your Skin (SeeB ft. R. City) 2017 51 Boys in the Street (SeeB ft. Greg Holden) 2017 06 Rich Love (OneRepublic & SeeB) 2017 01 Cruel World (SeeB ft. Skip Marley) 2018 41 Lost Boys (Ocean Park Standoff ft. SeeB) Skip Marley 2017 20 Chained to the Rhythm (Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley) 2017 01 Cruel World (SeeB ft. Skip Marley)
December 26, 20186 yr Author #57 | (972pts) Gromee Without You (ft. Lukas Meijer) - Chart Statistics NE (17/12/2017) | 38-39-15-3-1-1-2-7-7-23-60-99-95-xx Video M4Ng9rOrMtI Commentary This replaced SeeB at the top and even spent two weeks there but when I think about my #1s this year I very often forget it even existed. It's a decent dance piece but due to it being instant I can't really see many memorable features present now. Since this Gromee released a Eurovision flop and seemingly went back into his hidey-hole for the rest of the year (although apparently he released a new song 4 months ago so I should probably check that out). Also as a side note, what was that chart run? Did my first taste of alcohol really ruin my senses that much? Top 100 Chart History Gromee 2016 01 Fearless (Gromee ft. May-Britt Scheffer) 2016 07 Spirit (Gromee ft. Mahan Moin) 2017 01 Without You (Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer) 2018 67 Light Me Up (Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer) Lukas Meijer 2017 01 Without You (Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer) 2018 67 Light Me Up (Gromee ft. Lukas Meijer)
December 27, 20186 yr Lemon To A Knife Fight is a great song. Love the irony established in the title, since bringing a lemon would most likely result in failing miserably. This year, I managed to get a copy of Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life from my local Oxfam for just £3.99
December 27, 20186 yr Author Lemon To A Knife Fight is a great song. Love the irony established in the title, since bringing a lemon would most likely result in failing miserably. This year, I managed to get a copy of Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life from my local Oxfam for just £3.99 Nice! Although for a charity shop that's quite expensive :o Thanks Dalek :D
December 27, 20186 yr Author #56 | (976pts) Riton & Kah-Lo Ginger - Chart Statistics NE (02/06/2018) | 53-16-1-1-7-9-12-13-22-31-49-59-72-93-xx Video ctxgzPGIXCo Commentary Who has the ginger? I have no idea who does, or what the ginger is, and let's face it I probably don't want to know. What I do know is that this song was at #1 the week I released my video Top 100 (and probably the last one as YouTube continues to convince me that it's not a good thing by blocking every YouTube downloader in the UK.) This is another banger from the dynamic duo, and makes me wonder even more how a 40 year-old English DJ and a clearly much younger Nigerian solo singer came to be such good friends. (apparently they met in an American bar, which makes the story even more weird.) Anyway, it's another one to add to their almost-identical chart histories. And let's be honest - Fasta has as much of Riton on as all the others, regardless of whether he is credited. Top 100 Chart History Riton 2016 02 Rinse & Repeat (Riton ft. Kah-Lo) 2017 05 Money (Riton ft. Kah-Lo, Mr. Eazi & Davido) 2017 15 Deeper (Riton ft. MNEK & House Gospel Choir) 2018 44 Fake ID (Riton ft. Kah-Lo) 2018 01 Ginger (Riton ft. Kah-Lo) 2018 37 Dangerous (Kid Enigma & Riton) 2018 54 Immigration (Riton & Kah-Lo ft. Mr. Eazi) Kah-Lo 2016 02 Rinse & Repeat (Riton ft. Kah-Lo) 2017 05 Money (Riton ft. Kah-Lo, Mr. Eazi & Davido) 2017 01 Fasta 2018 44 Fake ID (Riton ft. Kah-Lo) 2018 01 Ginger (Riton ft. Kah-Lo) 2018 54 Immigration (Riton & Kah-Lo ft. Mr. Eazi)
December 27, 20186 yr Author #55 | (979pts) Kiesza & Chris Malinchak Mother - Chart Statistics NE (10/02/2018) | 6-4-6-11-16-15-31-33-32-42-47-63-58-72-100-xx Video dob-nPMsbF0 Commentary Next up we have everyone's favourite slightly-quirky-world-music-influenced-nursery rhyme, featuring Kiesza (famous for Hideaway) and Chris Malinchak (famous for a song I've completely forgotten). Of course it's weird but that's what I love about it - it's a song that very easily gets stuck in your head and that you can really enjoy. I expected both of them to add a Christmas song to their chart history this winter, but they deleted the song I was hoping to hear and replaced it with a song which sounded pretty dull and had a euphemism as a title which is a real no-no for Pete. Top 100 Chart History Kiesza 2017 10 Don't Want You Back (Bakermat ft. Kiesza) 2017 08 Hello Shadow (Kiesza ft. SKYGGE) 2018 04 Mother (Kiesza ft. Chris Malinchak) Chris Malinchak 2018 04 Mother (Kiesza ft. Chris Malinchak)
December 28, 20186 yr Author #54 | (1022pts) Belle & Sebastian Poor Boy - Chart Statistics NE (05/05/2018) | 99-59-66-56-49-44-35-28-20-28-27-33-33-50-65-53-56-51-55-60-82-72-86-95-xx Video pETHnjMzZjk Commentary The first of two Belle and Sebastian tracks to grace the Top 100, and yet another example of a song peaking low but spending absolutely ages in the Top 100. This funky piece didn't do much for me initially, but its main line 'poor boy, I could never live up to your imagination' was just so grabbing, it was always in my head and was a favourite from just after Easter, all the way through the Summer holidays and beyond. I really recommend you give this one a listen! Top 100 Chart History 2017 04 We Were Beautiful 2018 16 I'll Be Your Pilot 2018 20 Poor Boy
December 28, 20186 yr Author #53 | (1030pts) Sigala Lullaby (ft. Paloma Faith) - Chart Statistics NE (03/03/2018) | 9-4-3-3-2-2-4-8-14-27-42-64-xx Video ghSQz2BcDQU Commentary Well writing up Sigala's chart history took longer than expected. That's probably because he released a lot of songs in the period in which it was easier to get a Top 10 in my chart than it was for me to send a Facebook message. The new format has clearly taken its toll though, as this is the only song from him to make the EOY Top 100 this year (whilst Feels Like Home has the same peak I grew tired of it almost immediately and I think it spent about 5 weeks Top 40). I remember deliberately keeping this off the top spot in favour of Owl City's Lucid Dreams as I knew airplay would make me sick of it and I didn't want another These Days scenario. As it was I did grow tired of it hence the very quick drop-off but a lengthy Top 10 run gave it this high position! Top 100 Chart History Sigala 2016 01 Give Me Your Love (Sigala ft. John Newman & Nile Rodgers) 2016 01 Don't Need No Money (Imani ft. Sigala & Blonde) 2016 09 Ain't Giving Up (Craig David & Sigala) 2016 08 Only One (Sigala x Digital Farm Animals) 2017 08 Came Here For Love (Sigala ft. Ella Eyre) 2018 02 Lullaby (Sigala ft. Paloma Faith) 2018 02 Feels Like Home (Sigala ft. Fuse ODG, Sean Paul & Kendrick Lamar) 2018 63 Just Got Paid (Sigala ft. Ella Eyre, Meghan Trainor & French Montana) 2018 15 All For Love (Sigala ft. Kodaline) 2018 18 Brighter Days (Sigala ft. Paul Janeway) 2018 42 What You Waiting For (Sigala ft. Kylie Minogue) Paloma Faith 2017 34 Crybaby 2017 69 Guilty 2018 02 Lullaby (Sigala ft. Paloma Faith) 2018 28 Til I'm Done 2018 96 Make Your Own Kind Of Music
December 29, 20186 yr a lot of ACR esque drops in those runs! loving Lullaby (this will be even higher in my EOY) and Mother from that section, Ginger is great too (one of their best). (I can send you the deleted Malinkiesza Xmas song if you want, though it's probably a bit late for that now!) Don't recall that Gromee song, I quite liked 'Light Me Up' but moreso for being a rare dance entry to Eurovision, I wasn't too keen on it after Eurovision ended (and I see you weren't that keen on it either). Seeb and Lost Frequencies have lost their spark for me, shame but tropical house has really got stale and whatever they're doing now isn't that great for me.
December 29, 20186 yr Wow @ The Wombats still making music, there's a throwback indeed. Cruel World was quite good for its genre, I like Marley's vocals in it. Ginger is a banger :music: much prefer that to Fake ID which whilst also good is a bit much with the weird production. Mother was absolutely terrible though, WHAT on earth was that sample?! :lol: Lullaby is a really good track once again from Sigala!
December 30, 20186 yr Absolutely adore Lullaby, my favourite Sigala song to date! Paloma's voice really elevates the track for me.
December 31, 20186 yr Haven't known or liked much so far oops, sorry for the lack of comments compared to you on mine :kink: Lullaby is a bop though, I wasn't sure Paloma would fit a Sigala song but I'd like to hear more from her like that actually!
January 1, 20196 yr Author a lot of ACR esque drops in those runs! loving Lullaby (this will be even higher in my EOY) and Mother from that section, Ginger is great too (one of their best). (I can send you the deleted Malinkiesza Xmas song if you want, though it's probably a bit late for that now!) Don't recall that Gromee song, I quite liked 'Light Me Up' but moreso for being a rare dance entry to Eurovision, I wasn't too keen on it after Eurovision ended (and I see you weren't that keen on it either). Seeb and Lost Frequencies have lost their spark for me, shame but tropical house has really got stale and whatever they're doing now isn't that great for me. Yeah, the start of the year was maybe a little... too accurate in terms of drops. I've softened it out a bit now even if it means songs stick around for a bit longer than I like them for sometimes. I'm going to hope that the Malinkiesza track will be saved until next Christmas and I can listen then! SeeB and Lost Frequencies for me are some of the few tropical house artists that can still release a good song, it's all the artists that are moving to horrendous future bass that turns me off. Without You was before Light Me Up and personally I thought it might have done better than it at Eurovision! Thanks Dan :D Wow @ The Wombats still making music, there's a throwback indeed. Cruel World was quite good for its genre, I like Marley's vocals in it. Ginger is a banger :music: much prefer that to Fake ID which whilst also good is a bit much with the weird production. Mother was absolutely terrible though, WHAT on earth was that sample?! :lol: Lullaby is a really good track once again from Sigala! The Wombats have been quite successful this era, a lot of people I know have had their music on. Fake ID wasn't great for me either but Ginger was amazing, and Mother is not terrible :angry: Thanks dobbo! Absolutely adore Lullaby, my favourite Sigala song to date! Paloma's voice really elevates the track for me. Glad you enjoy Lullaby, I think it's my favourite from Sigala's more recent songs - thanks Joseph! Haven't known or liked much so far oops, sorry for the lack of comments compared to you on mine :kink: Lullaby is a bop though, I wasn't sure Paloma would fit a Sigala song but I'd like to hear more from her like that actually! Agreed, Paloma works really well on Lullaby. Feel free to listen to any songs you don't know as well or just give your opinion, I appreciate any comments. Thanks Liam!
January 1, 20196 yr Author #52 | (1031pts) Klingande Wonders (ft. Broken Back) - Chart Statistics NE (17/11/2018) | 15-4-2-2-2-4-11-12-... Video e6t4Jxg3y60 Commentary So here's our offering from Klingande which *did* make the Top 100, and it's just outside the Top 50, and it's a collaboration with French singer Broken Back, who is interestingly enough named due to a vertebral displacement he has. Whilst the start of this song sounds a bit like an introduction to Madagascar, it goes on to be a really smooth song with a great melody and vocals. The drop from 4-11 is down to the Christmas influx, and only one Christmas song left the top 10 this week explaining why it hasn't climbed back in, although it's unlikely now with the New Year tracks. Top 100 Chart History Klingande 2016 04 Losing U (Klingande ft. Daylight) 2016 02 Somewhere New (Klingande ft. M-22) 2018 05 Rebel Yell (Klingande ft. Krishane) 2018 02 Wonders (Klingande & Broken Back) Broken Back 2018 02 Wonders (Klingande & Broken Back)
January 1, 20196 yr Author #51 | (1034pts) AS IT IS The Stigma (Boys Don't Cry) - Chart Statistics NE (21/07/2018) | 15-11-9-13-10-3-2-3-5-12-21-39-68-92-xx Video SxV1Jwg9xCk Commentary As well as Boy Azooga (who we've already heard from) and Only Sun (who we're yet to see), this episode of Unknown Pleasures also delivered this beauty. It's a really powerful song and tackles something that is a very big issue nowadays - because of course, boys do cry (especially us ones on the autism spectrum). Whilst I was certain this lot were American, I was surprised to find out that this was in fact a British band :o But upon further research, I did find out that the lead singer was American. He looks a bit like a fish on that thumbnail as well. Top 100 Chart History 2018 02 The Stigma (Boys Don't Cry) 2018 57 The Fire, The Dark
January 1, 20196 yr Author #50 | (1034pts) Derrival Found Out - Chart Statistics NE (20/01/2018) | 49-36-22-12-7-4-6-8-16-32-61-91-93-xx Video aCH_5fLVz_M Commentary And we land at yet ANOTHER Niceland BJSC bop. Before I begin, I must make it clear that I do NOT agree with the music video and that demons cannot be forced out of people by getting a Canadian band to sing in front of them them. Nor do they look like an ugly moving black liquid-y thing. Disclaimer over, this is an incredibly catchy indie piece which was not only an instant hit but also had an earworm-y chorus that was in my head for months. Hence I've bumped it into a prestigious Top 50 spot. Oh, and they had a more popular song with Sarah Jeffery later in the year but it was bland so let's ignore it. Top 100 Chart History 2018 04 Found Out 2018 67 Ghosts of Our Past (Derrival ft. Sarah Jeffery)
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