July 7, 20195 yr +30 Owl City - Fireflies +29 B.o.B (feat. Hayley Williams) - Airplanes +28 Pendulum - Watercolour +27 Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill +26 Plan B - Stay Too Long +25 Keane - Stop For A Minute (feat. K'naan) +24 Muse - Neutron Star Collision +23 Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) +22 Pretty Reckless - Make Me Wanna Die +21 Kylie Minogue - Get Outta My Way +20 Mumford & Sons - The Cave +19 Plan B - She Said +18 Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) +17 Train - Hey Soul Sister +16 Brandon Flowers - Crossfire +15 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream +14 Ellie Goulding - Guns And Horses +13 Sleigh Bells - Infinity Guitars +12 xx - Islands +11 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home +10 Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror +09 Diana Vickers - Once +08 Katy B - Katy On A Mission +07 Ellie Goulding - The Writer +06 Florence & The Machine - You've Got The Love +05 Eminem & Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie +04 K'Naan - Wavin' Flag (CocaCola Celebration Remix) +03 Edward Maya (feat. Vika Jigulina) - Stereo Love +02 Shakira - Waka Waka +01 Marina & The Diamonds - Hollywood  Want these too oops soz to the following: 3OH!3 (feat. Katy Perry) - Starstrukk Diana Vickers - The Boy Who Murdered Love Diana Vickers - My Wicked Heart Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed Florence & The Machine - Cosmic Love Hurts - Wonderful Life Hurts - Stay Kylie Minogue - All The Lovers Lady Gaga - Alejandro Lena - Satellite Mark Ronson & The Business Intl (feat. Q-Tip & MNDR) - Bang Bang Bang Robyn - Dancing On My Own Sdney Samson (feat. Wizard Sleeve) - Riverside (Let's Go!) Swedish House Mafia (feat. Pharrell) - One (Your Name) Taylor Swift - Mine Tim Berg - Seek Bromance Tinie Tempah - Written In The Stars Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk
July 7, 20195 yr Sorry that these are a bit late, underestimated how long I'd be in town today! [2] +30 Lady Gaga - Alejandro +29 Edward Maya (feat. Vika Jigulina) - Stereo Love +28 The xx - Islands +27 Owl City - Fireflies +26 Mumford & Sons - The Cave +25 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream +24 Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill +23 Ellie Goulding - Guns And Horses +22 Roll Deep - Good Times +21 Inna - Hot +20 Tim Berg - Seek Bromance +19 Swedish House Mafia (feat. Pharrell) - One (Your Name) +18 Pretty Reckless - Make Me Wanna Die +17 The Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) +16 Tinie Tempah - Pass Out +15 M.I.A - XXXO +14 Hurts - Wonderful Life +13 Kylie Minogue - All The Lovers +12 Tinie Tempah - Written In The Stars +11 Drake - Find Your Love +10 Alexis Jordan - Happiness +09 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé - Telephone +08 Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed +07 Far East Movement (feat. Cataracs & Dev) - Like A G6 +06 Rihanna (feat. Drake) - What's My Name +05 Pendulum - Watercolour +04 Katy B - Katy On A Mission +03 Kanye West (feat. Pusha T) - Runaway +02 Plan B - She Said +01 Diana Vickers - Once
July 8, 20195 yr Author Results: Position / Last Year (if applicable) / Artist / Song / Points 103 113 Hurts - Stay 8 102 Diana Vickers (feat. Red Hot Chilli Peppers) - My Wicked Heart 26 101 N-Dubz (feat. Bodyrox) - We Dance On 28 100 One Eskimo - Kandi 30 99 Jessy Matador - Allez Ola Ole 38 98 74 Roll Deep - Good Times 53 97 97 Justin Bieber (feat. Ludacris) - Baby 58 96 83 Kate Nash - Do-Wah-Doo 60 95 Travis McCoy (feat. Bruno Mars) - Billionaire 60 94 84 B.o.B (feat. Bruno Mars) - Nothin On You 61 93 101 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home 67 92 85 Taylor Swift - Mine 71 91 Keane - Stop For A Minute (feat. K'naan) 79 90 M.I.A - XXXO 80 89 54 Alexandra Burke - Broken Heels 82 88 41 Usher (feat. Will.i.am) - OMG 83 87 104 Train - Hey Soul Sister 87 86 94 Beyoncé - Why Don't You Love Me 89 85 Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk 90 84 50 Alexandra Burke (feat. Pitbull) - All Night Long 93 83 Diana Vickers - The Boy Who Murdered Love 102 82 100 Sidney Samson (feat. Wizard Sleeve) - Riverside (Let's Go!) 103 81 90 Muse - Neutron Star Collision 104 80 David Guetta (feat. Kid Cudi) - Memories 106 79 72 Wanted - All Time Low 109 78 Adam Lambert - Whataya Want From Me 112 77 53 Shontelle - Impossible 112 76 Chase & Status (feat. Mali) - Let You Go 114 75 Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand 116 74 Lena - Satellite 121 73 63 Marina & The Diamonds - Oh No 121 72 Jason Derulo - In My Head 122 71 Avicii & Sebastien Drums - My Feelings For You 123 70 75 Yolanda Be Cool vs Dcup - We No Speak Americano 123 69 Janelle Monae (feat. Big Boi) - Tightrope 124 68 Selena Gomez & The Scene - Naturally 125 67 Drake - Find Your Love 126 66 Ke$ha - Take It Off 128 65 Enrique Iglesias (feat. Nicole Scherzinger) - Heartbeat 129 64 34 Rihanna - Te Amo 129 63 68 Brandon Flowers - Crossfire 130 62 43 Ellie Goulding - The Writer 131 61 37 Diana Vickers - Once 132 60 46 K'Naan - Wavin' Flag (CocaCola Celebration Remix) 134 59 70 Plan B - Stay Too Long 136 58 48 Flo Rida (feat. David Guetta) - Club Can't Handle Me 137 57 80 Nicole Scherzinger - Poison 137 56 88 Sleigh Bells - Infinity Guitars 139 55 73 DJ Fresh - Gold Dust 143 54 98 Foals - Spanish Sahara 143 53 36 Cee Lo Green - f*** You 145 52 Eminem - Not Afraid 149 51 Pretty Reckless - Make Me Wanna Die 149 50 64 Florence & The Machine - You've Got The Love 154 49 35 Plan B - She Said 156 48 67 Kanye West (feat. Pusha T) - Runaway 159 47 51 Timbaland (feat. Katy Perry) - If We Ever Meet Again 159 46 28 Shakira - Waka Waka 160 45 45 Inna - Hot 162 44 69 Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror 166 43 60 Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) 169 42 9 Katy Perry - California Gurls 173 41 Far East Movement (feat. Cataracs & Dev) - Like A G6 175 40 56 Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill 184 39 47 Florence & The Machine - Cosmic Love 186 38 49 Tinie Tempah - Written In The Stars 186 37 19 Rihanna - Rude Boy 190 36 31 Alexis Jordan - Happiness 191 The first thing to note is that Stay has, despite coming last, registered a 10-place climb from last year. It's a good song it doesn't really deserve that! The other thing is the total dismissal of California Gurls, which somehow got 9th last year when I wasn't paying attention and couldn't ban it first. It falls ignominiously to 42nd, about as fast as the interest of any pop fan or normal person when I tell them about the My Little Pony parody and subsequent film franchise (Equestria Girls).  Happiness also falls out of the AQ position. This is a travesty and has been added to my list of reasons to delete Buzzjack. AQs 35 30 Lady Antebellum - Need You Now 195 34 39 Swedish House Mafia (feat. Pharrell) - One (Your Name) 199 33 26 3OH!3 (feat. Katy Perry) - Starstrukk 200 32 15 B.o.B (feat. Hayley Williams) - Airplanes 200 31 18 Katy Perry - Firework 204 30 52 Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) 206 29 25 Kelly Rowland (feat. David Guetta) - Commander 212 28 21 David Guetta (feat. Rihanna) - Who's That Chick 216 27 42 Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed 217 26 33 Mark Ronson & The Business Intl (feat. Q-Tip & MNDR) - Bang Bang Bang 218 25 27 Kelis - Acapella 219 24 32 Marina & The Diamonds - Hollywood 226 23 40 Mumford & Sons - The Cave 228 22 24 Hurts - Wonderful Life 229 21 13 Saturdays - Higher 235 Oh you know, actually, it's all good. Sprawl II has gotten its AQ back! That was the important thing, as an Arcade Fire song that is both naturally incredible in lyrical and musical quality and connects to the masses by having Regina singing. What's also incredible is Hollywood, which sees an improvement but not enough for my liking. As I said on Skype yesterday, Hollywood is 100x better than Dancing On My Own, change my mind. The Cave and Starry Eyed and One also make for some fairly interesting new AQs as the year goes into its final bout. Semi-finalists 20 57 xx - Islands 241 19 16 Swedish House Mafia vs Tinie Tempah - Miami 2 Ibiza 243 18 23 Pendulum - Watercolour 255 17 38 Ellie Goulding - Guns And Horses 258 16 8 Eminem & Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie 258 15 12 Kylie Minogue - All The Lovers 258 14 29 Katy B - Katy On A Mission 272 13 10 Saturdays - Ego 272 12 11 Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart 278 11 20 Tim Berg - Seek Bromance 306 10 22 Tinie Tempah - Pass Out 310 9 14 Owl City - Fireflies 316 8 6 Lady Gaga - Alejandro 347 7 7 Kylie Minogue - Get Outta My Way 354 6 17 Edward Maya (feat. Vika Jigulina) - Stereo Love 359 Fans of the XX will surely be pleased as Islands rips through the competition to earn a well deserved semi-place, sitting alongside such Buzzjack faves as Miami 2 Ibiza and Watercolour. Apparently Ellie Goulding isn't entirely bad either as Guns And Horses also joins us, as do Katy On A Mission and Pass Out, which are both rebounds I believe. Most heartbreaking for me is track of the summer, leader of the Romanian movement and something I've always thought should be a ROTD standout performer, Stereo Love. For most of the adding up it was on track to go to the final, but in the end falls just TWO points short. I was tempted to switch my votes. Too tempted. Let's see it on an easy route through the semi-final, then, guys. Direct Finalists 5 4 Rihanna (feat. Drake) - What's My Name 361 4 2 Lady Gaga & Beyoncé - Telephone 365 3 1 Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World) 384 2 5 Katy Perry - Teenage Dream 386 1 3 Robyn - Dancing On My Own 483 because otherwise this is just the normal top 5 pop songs reshuffled and I can't say anything much new about it, although Teenage Dream taking the runner-up is cool, but then this Robyn song everyone seems to love despite it becoming more painful to listen to as the years go by is almost 100 points in front. That goes into the final looking, for now, to be the frontrunner.
July 8, 20195 yr Wow since when did 'Like A G6' get popular enough to be almost top 40?! :o I suppose it helps that there's no negative voting. Pencil in my re-nomination for next year already. *Very* surprised at 'Not Afraid' doing so well too, thanks Bré for recycling my aborted nomination. Nice to see 'Memories' and 'Heartbeat' get a decent amount of voters too. I quite liked 'Sprawl II' this year after suddenly realising it sounds a lot like 'Time To Pretend' (to me at least), so hey that's an interesting AQ. 'Starry Eyed' too because I clicked on the poll of Ellie's top 10 hits the other day and it made me realise it's by far one of her best. Good year for 'Watercolour' and 'Katy On A Mission'! Fully support 'Stereo Love' powering through the semi-finals. Wouldn't mind a switch-up in the top 5 one of these years as 'Telephone' is the only one I really love nowadays.
July 8, 20195 yr 34 39 Swedish House Mafia (feat. Pharrell) - One (Your Name) 199 27 42 Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed 217 23 40 Mumford & Sons - The Cave 228 20 57 xx - Islands 241 18 23 Pendulum - Watercolour 255 17 38 Ellie Goulding - Guns And Horses 258 14 29 Katy B - Katy On A Mission 272 10 22 Tinie Tempah - Pass Out 310 And I have pretty much nothing to complain about here either! Would have loved to see 'Stereo Love' sneaking into the top 5 but still a good improvement for it so hopefully it can make the final anyway. All of those songs climbing into the top 20 are great (especially 'Islands' with that huge ride *.*) and a good handful of new AQs too one of these years I really need to familiarise myself more with 'Sprawl II'. Also... 🦀🦀🦀 CALIFORNIA GURLS IS GONE 🦀🦀🦀 Starting the campaign now for 'Cosmic Love' and 'Infinity Guitars' to go out next year as honorary AQs.
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