January 1, 20196 yr Hi Pete I've been following this but I've hardly heard of any of the songs :kink: I have heard the Wombats song though and it's pretty nice. Nowhere near they're 'Moving To New York' peak though.
January 1, 20196 yr Author #49 | (1035pts) Galantis Satisfied (ft. MAX) - Chart Statistics NE (21/07/2018) | 52-35-15-11-8-11-15-17-22-33-45-56-75-82-97-xx Video WBn8UBci5cA Commentary After having a Galantis song at #98, we not have one at exactly half the number! If you knew me after I'd heard both this and Mama Look at Me Now, you would have known that I had much preferred the latter, even vocally stating how I disliked this. However it soon became clear that MLAMN wore off very quickly whilst this continued to grow and became their highest peaking track this year for me. MAX's vocals in this are quite a step away from what was reminiscent of an agitated 13 year-old in Matoma's Lonely, but great nonetheless. Although if that's him in the music video he looks mad. Top 100 Chart History Galantis 2016 03 No Money 2016 19 Make Me Feel (Galantis & East & Young) 2016 02 Love On Me (Galantis & Hook N Sling) 2016 23 Pillow Fight 2017 01 Rich Boy 2017 24 Hunter 2017 74 True Feeling 2017 49 Girls On Boys (Galantis & ROZES) 2017 01 Tell Me You Love Me (ft. Throttle) 2017 47 Hello 2017 53 Salvage (Up All Night) (Galantis & Poo Bear) 2018 09 Spaceship (Galantis ft. Uffie) 2018 32 Mama Look At Me Now 2018 08 Satisfied (Galantis ft. MAX) 2018 10 Emoji 2018 35 San Francisco (Galantis ft. Sofia Carson) MAX 2018 07 Lonely (Matoma ft. MAX) 2018 08 Satisfied (Galantis ft. MAX)
January 2, 20196 yr Author #48 | (1037pts) The Fleeting Ends 20 Something - Chart Statistics NE (31/03/2018) | 89-44-21-12-12-10-12-33-36-44-40-42-57-57-67-68-75-88-91-94-xx Video AKAQZ4-KP9I Commentary Next up we have obscure American band The Fleeting Ends with another UP entry (mine, in fact :o ). I stumbled across this completely accidentally - I was trying to find a song to send to UP called 'Something Fleeting' that I had got off a free music site in about 2013. Typing 'Something Fleeting' didn't find me that, but it did find me this earworm. It finished around mid-table, but it was certainly a discovery for me and was on my playlist for months on end, the guitar sections being some of the best I've heard. Bring on more Fleeting Ends! Top 100 Chart History 2018 10 20 Something 2018 32 Juniper
January 3, 20196 yr I’m glad Satisfied managed to become a hit for you :D Nothing since Love On Me has really hit me though aside from the odd alright song (ie Satisfied) which is a shame as I’d consider LON my favourite from them I think :( That or Runaway anyway
January 3, 20196 yr Nice to see "Lemon To A Knife Fight", "Like I Love You" and "Lullaby" being here! Also I'm happy that one of these songs (Like I Love You) is currently doing big in my chart!
January 3, 20196 yr Author Hi Pete I've been following this but I've hardly heard of any of the songs :kink: I have heard the Wombats song though and it's pretty nice. Nowhere near they're 'Moving To New York' peak though. The Youtube links are there for a reason! :P Most of the new Wombats songs have been good for me, on par with their oldies actually! Thanks Lewis :D 'Found Out' was a pleasant, slightly underrated Niceland treat :wub: Considering some of my entries that went Top 10 I thought this might as well, but you can never judge the BJSC crowd! Thanks Jordan :D I’m glad Satisfied managed to become a hit for you :D Nothing since Love On Me has really hit me though aside from the odd alright song (ie Satisfied) which is a shame as I’d consider LON my favourite from them I think :( That or Runaway anyway I think Galantis' stuff has actually been quite solid, hence why so much of it had charted for me, but I can see that people are clearly going off them :( Thanks Dexton! Nice to see "Lemon To A Knife Fight", "Like I Love You" and "Lullaby" being here! Also I'm happy that one of these songs (Like I Love You) is currently doing big in my chart! Glad you like them all! Thanks Sergej :D
January 3, 20196 yr Author #47 | (1038pts) Vargas & Lagola Roads - Chart Statistics NE (24/02/2018) | 13-10-7-4-6-10-22-35-54-83-81-82-xx Video Kd3s20GmPVE Commentary After reaching #1 with their amazing Avicii collab, I was certainly up for new Vargas & Lagola music, and this didn't disappoint. A simple but really effective guitar piece with a few dance-y vibes, this was a suitable song for them to come out with with their new-found fame. Much better than their previous single 'Rolling Stone', so they should be glad Avicii (RIP :cry: ) brought them back to my attention. Unfgortunately, as with most of the artists I've posted about recently., their follow up was too bland. Top 100 Chart History 2017 01 Friend of Mine (Avicii ft. Vargas & Lagola) 2018 04 Roads 2018 79 Selfish
January 3, 20196 yr Author #46 | (1040pts) Chicane Gorecki - Chart Statistics NE (09/12/2017) | 35-24-19-9-6-7-4-7-24-43-50-61-93-78-74-99-xx Video 7gCldnHqLUU Commentary Ew, look at that early-year chart run :puke2: Anyway, as you've guessed, this entered my chart towards the end of 2017 on recommendation from Dan. I hadn't hear anything from Chicane since that song he did in the 00s that was famous and I've forgotten about, but it's the vocals on this piece that really drew me in, reminding me of Saint Etienne at their peak. Of course the beat adds further to it, but it's definitely secondary to 'Lamb' who apparently this was taken from. Since this I think he released an album but I haven't heard anythiing from it except for that slightly unnecessary re-working of Nirvana. Top 100 Chart History 2018 04 Gorecki
January 3, 20196 yr Author #45 | (1040pts) C-BooL Wonderland - Chart Statistics NE (24/03/2018) | 55-42-38-25-15-5-1-3-10-21-26-34-40-64-94-xx Video garZAbhqOWI Commentary #1 alert! Since I've been following C-BooL, this is the first song he's put out with a male vocal, and so initially I was quite wary - the song didn't even debut Top 40. But I think this is a bit of a theme with C-BooL's stuff - I felt the same about DJ Is Your Second Name, and I'm beginning to feel it about his new one Fire In My Head as well. Needless to say, it ended up at #1 (after spending three weeks at a number ending with 5), and whilst only being a 1-weeker, is still pretty memorable. It's fall from #3 to #10 was down to Eurovision by the way, not just me getting very bored very quickly. Top 100 Chart History 2016 02 Never Go Away 2016 06 Magic Symphony (C-BooL ft. Giang Pham) 2017 01 DJ Is Your Second Name (C-BooL ft. Giang Pham) 2018 01 Wonderland 2018 47 Fire In My Head (C-BooL ft. Cadence XYZ)
January 4, 20196 yr Author #44 | (1051pts) The Kooks All The Time - Chart Statistics NE (02/06/2018) | 45-20-13-8-8-10-18-24-34-57-64-77-90-95-61-87-100-xx Video Ks1JUIwBV9Q Commentary So this track marked the (proper) return of 00s legends The Kooks, and like Galantis a few songs ago I actually preferred their other track No Pressure to begin with, but this very quickly took its place and became the biggest hit of this era. It's quite a step away from their older stuff (look to Four Leaf Clover if you want some of that) but it's great in its own way, and like I've said about loads of songs in this list, it's just so catchy. It had a decent run as well, getting a mini-boost from the album release. Top 100 Chart History 2017 05 Be Who You Are 2017 12 Broken Vow 2017 72 Bad Habit (Blossoms Remix) 2018 08 All The Time 2018 25 No Pressure 2018 25 Fractured and Dazed 2018 14 Four Leaf Clover 2018 13 Chicken Bone 2018 15 Pamela 2018 38 Believe 2018 49 Weight of the World 2018 59 Honey Bee 2018 53 Tesco Disco
January 4, 20196 yr Author #43 | (1052pts) Lost Frequencies Melody (ft. James Blunt) - Chart Statistics NE (05/05/2018) | 3-1-2-4-5-9-14-20-35-41-55-89-xx RE (11/08/2018) | 93-xx Video 4t6rQDxJwno Commentary Another #1 now, and the highest entry for everyone's favourite Belgian Lost Frequencies, alongside James Blunt who has somehow managed to salvage his career by featuring on European hit dance tracks. When I first heard this I was memorised, and was ready for this to be a very long-running #1. Then Eurovision happened, cutting it's run sadly short. It's still a great tropical house piece though, and the Clement Bcx sample at the end is cheeky but makes it even better. 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) James Blunt 2017 02 OK (Robin Schulz ft. James Blunt) 2018 01 Melody (Lost Frequencies ft. James Blunt)
January 5, 20196 yr ooh yay a song that I charted pops up! :kink: 'Gorecki' is brilliant and will be appearing very high in my EOY. which of his 00s songs do you mean then? quite a few were famous. :P I hope it's the wonderful 'Poppiholla' which is my favourite of his. 'Melody' was one of Lost Frequencies' better songs of recent though I didn't quite like it enough to chart it.
January 5, 20196 yr Yay! "Melody" reached the top 50! Really like this song more than "Crazy" in my opinion.
January 6, 20196 yr Okayyy, catching up! Wombats return, that one passed me by but Oceans charted for me, that was a good one. I've grabbed to watch later some of those pop punkier ones as I'm kinda getting back into that sound - you might want to check out The Maine, e.g. Sound of Reverie for a similar vibe. I didn't know Malinchak and Kiesza collabed again. I charted Weird Kid by them earlier but I'm totally missing the euphemism there if that's the one you're referring to! Is there an EP or smth? I'll have a look. Otherwise lots of dance songs as expected. Interesting to see Sigala going backwards for you over the years when he's only just rising for me - those early hits didn't top 20 for me as I wasn't in that space to enjoy them at the time. :D In any case, great writeup, v enjoyable read! You should look into doing reviews professionally, aren't you at uni now? Is there a paper or something? (Just a suggestion ofc, not aiming to control your life!)
January 7, 20196 yr Author ooh yay a song that I charted pops up! :kink: 'Gorecki' is brilliant and will be appearing very high in my EOY. which of his 00s songs do you mean then? quite a few were famous. :P I hope it's the wonderful 'Poppiholla' which is my favourite of his. 'Melody' was one of Lost Frequencies' better songs of recent though I didn't quite like it enough to chart it. I think I was thinking of Stoned ibn Love, I kind of assumed he was a one-hit wonder oops, didn't realise he had all those other songs :blush: I'm giving Poppiholla a listen now and I do recognise it, it's a good song! Thanks Dan :D Yay! "Melody" reached the top 50! Really like this song more than "Crazy" in my opinion. Agreed, Crazy must have been #1 when my charts were in a bit of a lull. Thanks Sergej :D Okayyy, catching up! Wombats return, that one passed me by but Oceans charted for me, that was a good one. I've grabbed to watch later some of those pop punkier ones as I'm kinda getting back into that sound - you might want to check out The Maine, e.g. Sound of Reverie for a similar vibe. I didn't know Malinchak and Kiesza collabed again. I charted Weird Kid by them earlier but I'm totally missing the euphemism there if that's the one you're referring to! Is there an EP or smth? I'll have a look. Otherwise lots of dance songs as expected. Interesting to see Sigala going backwards for you over the years when he's only just rising for me - those early hits didn't top 20 for me as I wasn't in that space to enjoy them at the time. :D In any case, great writeup, v enjoyable read! You should look into doing reviews professionally, aren't you at uni now? Is there a paper or something? (Just a suggestion ofc, not aiming to control your life!) Oceans is when The Wombats began to tail off for me, Lemon and Turn were the songs I was really obsessed with. Re Malinkiesza, I don't know whether its intentional or not but I'm not touching a song called '3 Ho's' with a bargepole :P I'll give The Maine a listen a bit later when I've got time but thanks for the recommendation! These commentaries are tapped out in a couple of minutes, I don't think I'd be great at professional reviews but then again I've never really thought about it! Thanks Jupiter :D
January 7, 20196 yr Author #42 | (1057pts) Vance Joy I'm With You - Chart Statistics NE (27/10/2018) | 15-16-12-10-7-9-13-26-22-17-21-... Video xr67ydtiI0M Commentary The fact that this didn't enter my chart on the Vance Joy Album Takeover week means that I can't have been initially impressed with this, but when it came out as a single I immediately embraced it. It's closer to Like Gold than either of the other singles, quite a sad sounding song but in such a way that you really get into it. It's beginning to rack up the weeks in my chart now, even managing to climb on the Christmas week. Another cryptic video from Vance though as I have no idea what's going on in it. Top 100 Chart History 2017 01 Like Gold 2018 01 We're Going Home 2018 02 Saturday Sun 2018 15 Bonnie & Clyde 2018 19 Little Boy 2018 19 One Of These Days 2018 39 Crashing Into You 2018 87 Call If You Need Me 2018 07 I'm With You
January 7, 20196 yr Author #41 | (1079pts) Mørland Leo - Chart Statistics NE (19/05/2018) | 32-13-8-7-4-5-6-8-11-14-27-45-69-86-xx Video mneGI4Fspn0 Commentary Norwegian singer Mørland managed to get my EOY #3 a couple of years back, and then seemingly faded into nowhere. Until we got a glimmer of hope with this one-off single about his son Leo. He says in the description of the video that initially he wanted to keep it to himself (WHY? Lukas Graham has basically written his whole album with this stuff) but decided to share it, and thankfully so as it got me another song to love. Unfortunately it wasn't as good as Skin and that is represented in its chart run, but it's a wonderful song with a wonderful message. Top 100 Chart History 2016 01 Skin 2016 33 Driving Home For Christmas 2018 04 Leo
January 7, 20196 yr Author Recap 41-100: 41 Morland Leo 42 Vance Joy I'm With You 43 Lost Frequencies Melody (ft. James Blunt) 44 The Kooks All The Time 45 C-BooL Wonderland 46 Chicane Gorecki 47 Vargas & Lagola Roads 48 The Fleeting Ends 20 Something 49 Galantis Satisfied (ft. MAX) 50 Derrival Found Out 51 AS IT IS The Stigma (Boys Don't Cry) 52 Klingande Wonders (ft. Broken Back) 53 Sigala Lullaby (ft. Paloma Faith) 54 Belle & Sebastian Poor Boy 55 KIESZA & Chris Malinchak Mother 56 Riton & Kah-Lo Ginger 57 Gromee Without You (ft. Lukas Meijer) 58 SeeB Cruel World (ft. Skip Marley) 59 Lost Frequencies Like I Love You (ft. The NGHBRS) 60 The Wombats Lemon to a Knife Fight 61 Ryan O'Shaugnessy Together 62 Tessa Violet Crush 63 Lukas Graham Stick Around 64 Nicky Romero & Deniz Koyu Paradise (ft. Walk Off the Earth) 65 Editors Magazine 66 Lucy Spraggan Stick the Kettle On (ft. Scouting For Girls) 67 Creye Christina 68 Billy Lockett My Only Soul 69 The Knocks Brazilian Soul (ft. Sofi Tukker) 70 Kodaline Head Held High 71 Gorgon City Motorola 72 Loud Luxury Love No More (ft. anders) 73 Boy Azooga Jerry 74 Lost Tiger Believe In Me 75 Kideko Dum Dum (ft. Tinie Tempah & Becky G) 76 Claudia Leitte Carnaval (ft. Pitbull) 77 Alexander Rybak That's How You Write a Song 78 The Knocks Ride or Die (ft. Foster the People) 79 COIN Simple Romance 80 Hooverphonic Romantic 81 KT Tunstall The River 82 Krishane Roses (ft. Barrington Levy) 83 lovelytheband these are my friends 84 Lukas Graham Lullaby 85 Sigrid High Five 86 Boston Bun Spread Love (Paddington) (ft. DNVO) 87 SAINT PHNX ONE 88 Deepend To Rome (ft. Janieck) 89 My Indigo My Indigo 90 Dennis Lloyd Nevermind 91 Rea Garvey Is It Love? (ft. Kool Savas) 92 Saara Aalto Monsters 93 One Bit My Way (ft. Noah Cyrus) 94 Redlight Zum Zum (ft. Sweetie Irie) 95 Crystal Fighters Yellow Sun 96 George Ezra Shotgun 97 Eleni Foureira Fuego 98 Galantis Spaceship (ft. Uffie) 99 Alex Cameron Runnin' Outta Luck 100 Michael Farren Oh Praise (The Only One)
January 8, 20196 yr Shame I'm With You didn't make Top 40 but I imagine it would have done if it's whole run was in one chart year! :D Another fantastic single choice from his album
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