January 16, 20196 yr Author #28 | (1172pts) The Wombats Turn - Chart Statistics NE (21/04/2018) | 57-42-24-8-11-8-7-6-10-13-23-27-41-47-70-99-xx Video AahUu7am5No Commentary The highest Wombats song in this countdown, and boy is it a good one. It took a little while to grow on me, but when it did it really blew up and became one of my favourite songs for quite a while. Unfortunately that was just as Eurovision happened, robbing it of an even higher peak. Lots of random lines in this, such as 'you could give an Aspirin the headache of its life', but then of course that just allows it to slot into prime position whenever someone mentions aspirin or headaches. Oh and there's swearing, but we ignore that. 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
January 16, 20196 yr Author #27 | (1172pts) Phlake IKEA Episodes - Chart Statistics NE (11/11/2017) | 30-17-15-19-17-10-12-7-9-14-22-27-39-57-71-74-xx Video UGJVrQClF_4 Commentary Well Lukas Graham did make their return this year, but whilst they were away I had to find a substitute. And who better than a Danish band who sound exactly the same as them. Who cares that they're singing about IKEA. This stuck around for a bit in my Top 40 until it really smashed in around December/January time. As above, this popped up into my head whenever I saw anything from IKEA - which was a LOT *.* And the fact that it really does sound like a serious song even though its about IKEA is iconic. Such an earworm and it really should have got to the final of BJSC! Top 100 Chart History 2017 07 IKEA Episodes 2018 60 Lost On You (Yellow Claw ft. Phlake)
January 16, 20196 yr Author #26 | (1219pts) Drones Club Raise It Up - Chart Statistics NE (21/07/2018) | 35-48-55-47-44-34-23-16-16-16-18-22-26-35-60-74-70-47-61-69-78-77-88-78-68-69-... Video m6GFYErRqPU Commentary I really didn't expect to hear much from Drones Club after their two tracks last year, let alone them get another song into the EOY and one much higher than Hurricane (which remains amazing and very underrated). It looked like this was going to be a one-week wonder as well after dropping out of the Top 40, but it of course made a re-entry and has been pretty much a permanent feature of the Top 100 since. It's that weird synth-y riff that gets it for me, making it ever fresh and refusing to grow old on me. The lyrics aren't amazing but with a tune like this, it doesn't matter. Top 100 Chart History 2017 10 Hurricane 2017 33 This House 2018 16 Raise It Up 2018 32 All Arise
January 16, 20196 yr Author #25 | (1219pts) Belle and Sebastian We Were Beautiful - Chart Statistics NE (17/12/2017) | 45-41-28-19-9-6-6-4-5-16-37-56-65-80-88-xx Video qlAfus-n9-U Commentary The highest Belle song now, and the one that got me back into them. It's a pretty odd song - I don't think anyone really falls in love with the verses, and if you just listen to a section of it you might never listen to it again. But thankfully I really gave this song a shot, and the chorus is insane and really wormed its way into my head at the start of this year. As usual, ignore the ugly chart run :P Top 100 Chart History 2017 04 We Were Beautiful 2018 16 I'll Be Your Pilot 2018 20 Poor Boy
January 16, 20196 yr Author #24 | (1235pts) Suzi Island Actor - Chart Statistics NE (25/08/2018) | 14-4-5-6-7-9-12-14-23-25-41-47-56-54-68-75-91-xx RE (05/01/2019) | 100-xx Video lKNZuJL1GXQ Commentary Indie overload in this part of the charts! This was Suzi Island's second track after the wonderful Show Me The Way and it's amazing. When I played it on Plug Buzzjack loved it a lot more as well, although it's about women in the film industry so of course they would. The reason I like it though is because it's wonderfully catchy and a proper earworm, and it's actually a follow up that's JUST AS GOOD which never happens with acts like this. It was a lot more instant that SMTW which meant it dropped off a lot quicker but it's made it this high! Top 100 Chart History 2018 03 Show Me The Way 2018 04 Actor
January 16, 20196 yr Author #23 | (1239pts) AJR Come Hang Out - Chart Statistics NE (24/03/2018) | 7-1-1-3-2-2-6-7-22-32-48-63-85-xx Video ZxLc6P2Ii5Q Commentary Whilst every other band I used to like has turned towards 'modern' music and forced me to turn away from them, AJR continue to improve, and somehow managed their first 2 #1 singles in my chart! This song is a real step away from anything else they've done, but then again no song they've done is remotely similar, and this clearly isn't an exception. It seems like they're going for the Owl-City-Fireflies vibe here, with his voice going through some sort of vocoder, but the effect really works. And just as you think the song is over, IT STARTS AGAIN, with a weird bridge that doesn't sound remotely like the rest of the song but sticks in your head itself, before going straight back into the final chorus. Top 100 Chart History 2016 05 I'm Not Famous 2016 05 Weak 2017 03 Sober Up (AJR ft. Rivers Cuomo) 2018 01 Come Hang Out 2018 01 Burn the House Down
January 17, 20196 yr Come Hang Out video makes me smile. I like that nice party atmosphere on it. Catchy song too. :P
January 19, 20196 yr Follow Your Fire was surprisingly good from Kodaline! I normally find them a bit uninteresting really but that one, while it was further removed from their usual stuff, was a nice surprise.
January 19, 20196 yr Author Come Hang Out video makes me smile. I like that nice party atmosphere on it. Catchy song too. :P I don't tend to watch videos much but it does look good! Thanks Jason :D Follow Your Fire was surprisingly good from Kodaline! I normally find them a bit uninteresting really but that one, while it was further removed from their usual stuff, was a nice surprise. I have been enjoying most of Kodaline's stuff actually (although there have been a few bad moments) but Follow Your Fire was solid as ever! Thanks Joseph :D
January 19, 20196 yr Author #22 | (1279pts) John Gibbons Sweat (A La La La Long) - Chart Statistics NE (14/07/2018) | 5-2-1-1-1-5-8-14-23-37-60-85-92-xx Video 5aN48XKVxdM Commentary Ahh, the 'sweaty girl' song, as my mother likes to call it. Come to think of it, the lyrics are a bit untasteful and it wasn't something I was that aware of until it was pointed out to me after it had hit #1 in my chart, but it was a cover of an Inner Circle song released in the 90s so I guess I can take some comfort in that. Or maybe he's just running a fitness class. Anyway, this was my summer dance smash this year, taking up three weeks at #1 at a time when it actually wasn't the only song contending for it and making me feel like being at the beach before I was even there. Top 100 Chart History 2017 07 Sunglasses in the Rain (John Gibbons ft. Ai) 2018 01 Sweat (A La La La La Long) 2018 01 A Spaceman Came Travelling (John Gibbons & Franklin ft. Nina Nesbitt)
January 19, 20196 yr Author #21 | (1322pts) Ikson Paradise - Chart Statistics NE (10/02/2018) | 69-41-26-16-14-13-13-15-18-17-25-23-22-42-34-40-43-46-58-54-54-66-78-76-64-80-85-94-xx- Video TiQ7aug-GwI Commentary This spent 28 weeks in my chart and I'm not entirely sure why. I heard this on my 'discover weekly' playlist and immediately really liked it, although I did think the lack of any words was a bit odd. Turns out that this Ikson guy makes dance music that people can use for free in their YouTube videos, hence it would be a bit weird to have vocals (although he did experiment with them in a future song 'Let Go'. From the start I sort-of decided that this would be my non-mainstream dance hit that would spend absolutely ages in the chart - and it did exactly that, breaking the record for most weeks in my chart (although I've got no idea whether that still stands because my charts have become rather stagnant recently). In fact this would have been #2 in this chart before I subtracted 300 points from it, and it even looks odd this high up. Top 100 Chart History 2018 13 Paradise 2018 54 Let Go 2018 100 Last Summer
January 19, 20196 yr Author #20 | (1322pts) Only Sun What a State - Chart Statistics NE (27/10/2018) | 1-4-3-5-6-7-8-13-18-21-24-27-32-... Video 1Y-7VMIO-HU Commentary This was the third song to debut at #1, and the first one not to do it off the back of something big (Eurovision and Lukas Graham's comeback if you were wondering). After a few singls which I did quite like but not enough for them to go Top 40, the October single for Only Sun really smashed it out the park for me. Initially I thought that it would merely be their return to the Top 40, but after a few more listens I began to realise that this did deserve #1. Despite being knocked off by three Lukas Graham tracks after just one week, it's had decent longevity and is still in my Top 40 now. I really like it as it sounds like something I heard on holiday when I was 10 or 11 but I've no idea what, and this would have just scraped into my Reshuffle, although this year I'm changing the rules so that the entire Top 100 are eligible as I think there will be a lot of chopping and changing this year. Top 100 Chart History 2018 98 So It Goes 2018 19 Song For Leila 2018 34 Indigo 2018 47 Youth 2018 52 Spiral 2018 01 What a State 2018 28 Happiness (All My Friends) 2018 23 NHS70
January 19, 20196 yr Author #19 | (1322pts) Lukas Graham Love Someone - Chart Statistics NE (15/09/2018) | 1-1-2-3-3-5-8-11-17-25-32-40-50-61-78-77-85-91-xx Video dN44xpHjNxE Commentary And as if by magic, we now have the highest song in the EOY to have debuted at #1! Goes to show that initial hype doesn't always define longevity. We had to wait what felt like ages for these guys to come back, the only thing to look at in 2018 being a My Little Pony soundtrack single, so of course I was excited. It is a bit of a weird choice of comeback single though, despite it being put on Hot Hits (and SO NEARLY making the official chart), it's not got the emotional impact of 7 Years and it isn't one of their more hard-hitting songs either, but I did love it for what it was, and of course the album was amazing :wub: Top 100 Chart History 2016 01 7 Years 2016 09 Golden (Brandon Beal ft. Lukas Graham) 2016 01 You're Not There 2016 02 What Happened to Perfect 2016 03 Funeral 2016 10 Don't You Worry 'Bout Me 2016 04 Take the World By Storm 2017 10 Drunk in the Morning 2017 01 Off to See the World 2018 01 Love Someone 2018 01 Not a Damn Thing Changed 2018 02 Say Yes (Church Ballad) 2018 03 Everything That Isn't Me 2018 04 Stick Around 2018 07 Lullaby 2018 28 Unhappy 2018 23 You're Not the Only One (Redemption Song) 2018 40 Promise
January 19, 20196 yr Author #18 | (1322pts) AJR Burn the House Down - Chart Statistics NE (10/11/2018) | 5-1-1-1-1-2-9-11-13-20-31-... Video UnyLfqpyi94 Commentary And the song that spent 4 weeks at #1 is out as well :o Don't trust anything in my chart. The truth is, whilst this song is amazing (and that trumpet riff is to die for), it wouldn't have spent four weeks at #1 if there was anything remotely in contention for the top spot. It took a big hit thanks to Christmas and never really recovered, dropping off quickly and even falling behind the song that it kept off #1 (Klingande - Wonders). Poor AJR. Top 100 Chart History 2016 05 I'm Not Famous 2016 05 Weak 2017 03 Sober Up (AJR ft. Rivers Cuomo) 2018 01 Come Hang Out 2018 01 Burn the House Down
January 19, 20196 yr Author #17 | (1322pts) Dean Lewis Be Alright - Chart Statistics NE (18/08/2018) | 7-1-1-2-3-2-4-4-8-14-27-48-65-69-77-87-83-71-86-86-90-100-xx Video I0czvJ_jikg Commentary And our last song for tonight is the song that appears to be such a marmite song here on Buzzjack. I have to be honest, when I first heard this I didn't think that much of it. It was nice enough, but the swearing in the middle pretty much put me off it (WHY do people think it's a good idea to put dirty words in the middle of lovely smooth pieces of music? it really baffles me). I gained interest again when it began to climb the Spotify charts and I remembered hearing it the first time. After hearing it again I immediately fell in love and it became one of the few mainstream songs to actually do well in my chart. His new one sounds decent as well! Top 100 Chart History 2018 01 Be Alright
January 19, 20196 yr What a flop fan you are. :P Be Alright only at #17 here really? I thought it was a contestant for your number 1 of the year.
January 20, 20196 yr Haven't cared much for any other AJR song but I love Burn The House Down, so uplifting!
January 22, 20196 yr Be Alright :wub: I don't know why I love it because it's essentially an Ed Sheeran song but it just feels much more authentic and believeable than anything he'd release and really hits me in the feels with the vocals.
January 22, 20196 yr Author What a flop fan you are. :P Be Alright only at #17 here really? I thought it was a contestant for your number 1 of the year. There were so many good songs this year! I guess it's an indicator of how few Top 20 hits I got on board with this year! Haven't cared much for any other AJR song but I love Burn The House Down, so uplifting! I guess that's the thing about AJR - all their songs are so different so there's always the potential to reach a new group of people with each song they put out! Be Alright :wub: I don't know why I love it because it's essentially an Ed Sheeran song but it just feels much more authentic and believeable than anything he'd release and really hits me in the feels with the vocals. I didn't think you'd be a fan of Be Alright :o Probably for the reasons you've said actually, glad you do like it :wub: Thanks guys :D
January 22, 20196 yr Author #16 | (1322pts) The Struts Body Talks (ft. Kesha) - Chart Statistics NE (22/09/2018) | 5-1-2-2-1-2-7-9-13-20-26-37-57-66-64-61-68-80-... Video GcvBnhq0lFA Commentary I've just moved this down two but now I'm hearing it I feel like that was a mistake :cry: Oh well, they're just positions in an imaginary EOY. Anyway, this song did another 'first' this year, becoming the first song ever to return to #1 (ever as in ever, including my Top 15 era and everything). I knew of The Struts from 'Should Have Been Me' back in 2015 but didn't really think anything of them, other than the fact that they were British and seemingly famous but I'd never heard of them (come on, I didn't really know about non-mainstream music back then). I listened to both the original and the Kesha version before deciding on which one to use, but I think that Kesha's vocals ultimately add another dimension to the track, and it somehow feels a bit 'dirty' without her. Oh and the drop from 2-7 was due to the Lukas Graham album release if you hadn't guessed. Top 100 Chart History The Struts 2018 01 Body Talks (The Struts ft. Kesha) 2018 53 Bulletproof Baby Kesha 2017 90 Good Old Days (Macklemore ft. Kesha) 2018 01 Body Talks (The Struts ft. Kesha)
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