#83 (873pts)

 

Walking on Cars

Waiting on the Corner

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NE (09/01/2019) | 25-24-22-26-27-32-38-46-42-49-53-63-76-73-72-78-100-xx

 

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Album tracks in my chart often debut at their peak and then fall away fairly quickly, leaving the singles as the main masterpieces. For some songs from the Walking on Cars album however, this just couldn't be the case as they remained solid favourites well past the release of the album and in some cases were even better than the singles. This song in particular is just so well-written, with how the lyrics are put together and how they are sung, plus the instrumental chorus, makes for a very good track which is much more than just another song on an album.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2016 01 Don't Mind Me

2018 01 Monster

2019 04 Coldest Water

2019 27 Somebody Else

2019 07 Too Emotional

2019 23 Two Straight Lines

2019 22 Waiting on the Corner

2019 19 One Last Dance

2019 17 When We Were Kids

2019 87 Pieces of You

#82 (873pts)

 

Alec Benjamin

Must Have Been the Wind

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NE (06/07/2019) | 43-35-25-25-33-51-59-43-48-46-55-60-72-76-83-81-63-59-79-81-100-xx

 

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This is a fairly odd one, as it peaked fairly low down my chart and only spent 4 weeks in my Top 40, at which this song was very firmly second to Alec's actual chart hit Let Me Down Slowly (let's just take a moment to squirm at how a guy who's in hit mid 20s and looks like he is has the voice of a 12 year-old). It was only as it kept popping up on my Spotify playlist that I realised how much of a masterpiece it is, as the song never seemed to get old, and of course the lyrics certainly play a part in it. I just never really wanted it to leave my chart, and even now it's a real delight to hear this again.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2019 13 Let Me Down Slowly

2019 25 Must Have Been the Wind

#81 (874pts)

 

HAYES

Where I Belong (ft. Nico & Vinz)

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NE (31/08/2019) | 14-11-9-8-11-13-19-26-38-48-75-82-86-96-xx

 

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Nico & Vinz had a fairly quiet year this year, their only release being this one with Norwegian actor-turned-producer HAYES (I believe this was his debut single?). I was hoping for this to be a dance song but alas it was not, it was good to hear Nico & Vinz' voices anyway, especially on something that wasn't massively urban, although I was never really mad for this song and I do feel like I probably would have ignored it if it wasn't Nico & Vinz. Come back with some proper Afro-beats guys!

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

HAYES

2019 09 Where I Belong (HAYES ft. Nico & Vinz)

2019 64 Now Or Never (HAYES & Mugisho)

 

Nico & Vinz

2016 09 Hold It Together

2016 08 Our Love

2016 07 Praying to a God

2016 02 Not For Nothing

2017 02 Intrigued

2017 33 What I Came Out For

2017 08 Listen

2017 46 So Bad

2017 52 Love 2 Feel

2019 09 Where I Belong (HAYES ft. Nico & Vinz)

Had a skim through your chart so far and 'The River' sounds like the best from what I've not heard already.

I liked 'Here With Me' a bit although it fell off fast and won't be making my EOY.

'After Hours' didn't hit with me as much as M-22's other tracks, so basically the opposite to how they've performed in your chart.

Glad you've given a few songs a listen, The River is a pretty solid track so glad you liked it! Interesting about M-22, I guess the others were a tad more generic for me but they were all still solid dance tracks (and the fact they were releasing summer bangers in winter didn't help). Thanks Dan!

Recap 81-100:

 

81 HAYES - Where I Belong (ft. Nico & Vinz)

82 Alec Benjamin - Must Have Been the Wind

83 Walking on Cars - Waiting on the Corner

84 Vulfpeck - Darwin Derby (ft. Theo Katzmann & Antwaun Stanley)

85 Stefanie Heinzmann - Mother's Heart

86 AURORA - The River

87 Marshmello - Here With Me (ft. CHVRCHES)

88 Youngr - Superman

89 Walk Off the Earth - I'll Be There

90 Shallou - All Your Days (ft. Emmit Fenn)

91 Bilal Hassani - Roi

92 James Blunt - Cold

93 Mans Zelmerlow - Walk With Me (ft. Dotter)

94 M-22 & Kiara Nelson - After Hours

95 Empire of the Sun - Chrysalis

96 DJ Bitman - Para Ti (ft. Caesee)

97 The Strumbellas - I'll Wait

98 The Interrupters - Gave You Everything

99 LVNDSCAPE - What I'd Give

100 Hot Chip - Hungry Child

#80 (876pts)

 

Blossoms

Your Girlfriend

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NE (06/07/2019) | 28-24-16-19-21-20-27-28-28-29-32-47-64-69-87-xx

 

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Blossoms have had a good number of hits in my chart, but this is the first one to make my Top 100. It took me a few listens to really get into this as it's quite different to their usual style, however their new funky tune was too good to miss out on. It is just so good, and it's made their next track pale in comparison despite being just as good as some of their previous work.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2016 15 Blown Rose

2017 20 Honey Sweet

2017 72 Bad Habit (The Kooks - Blossoms Remix)

2018 29 I Can't Stand It

2018 22 There's A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls)

2018 30 How Long Will This Last?

2018 71 Wonderful Christmastime

2019 16 Your Girlfriend

2019 59 The Keeper

Your Girlfriend was quite good for Blossoms although they're still yet to have ever made my chart. Did eventually suffer from overplay on Radio X anyway (my parents have it on).

Hey Pete! :hi: Catching up~

 

Looking at your worst songs of the year - and I instantly recognised those Blueface people. Is that the same people that have a residency in Vegas? :lol: If so, they were performing at the hotel I stayed at there earlier this year lmao. If not, awkward oops.

 

Good to see Piece of Your Heart in your honourable mentions *.* I'm not normally keen on all the dance stuff in the charts, but that one I found myself bopping along to in the car almost every day haha.

 

Here With Me too :wub:

 

Great countdown so far!! Lots of stuff I don't know, but will need to give the YouTube videos a watch/listen!

Your Girlfriend was quite good for Blossoms although they're still yet to have ever made my chart. Did eventually suffer from overplay on Radio X anyway (my parents have it on).

I think moving away from home has meant I've not listened to Radio X in ages! (plus the fact my family are all fully converted to Spotify now). Thanks Dan!

 

Hey Pete! :hi: Catching up~

 

Looking at your worst songs of the year - and I instantly recognised those Blueface people. Is that the same people that have a residency in Vegas? :lol: If so, they were performing at the hotel I stayed at there earlier this year lmao. If not, awkward oops.

 

Good to see Piece of Your Heart in your honourable mentions *.* I'm not normally keen on all the dance stuff in the charts, but that one I found myself bopping along to in the car almost every day haha.

 

Here With Me too :wub:

 

Great countdown so far!! Lots of stuff I don't know, but will need to give the YouTube videos a watch/listen!

I genuinely don't know about those people, I just searched 'blue face' and that's what came up :lol: Hope you do give some songs a listen, you might need to as there aren't any more songs that are as well known as the two you've mentioned :kink: Thanks Calum!

#79 (878pts)

 

Ofenbach

Rock It

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NE (20/04/2019) | 9-9-10-7-9-24-27-35-53-80-xx

RE (27/07/2019) | 83-93-xx

 

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This was Ofenbach's big offering this year, and it showed a grittier side to their production in quite a stark contrast to their two previous singles which had been 100% cheesy dance music. It caught me off guard initially but I soon learned to love it, and it stuck about for a while in the lower ends of the Top 10 before by absolutely slaughtered by the Eurovision takeover, otherwise they would certainly have had a lot more longevity (and I've bumped them up a bit here because of that)

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2017 04 Katchi (Ofenbach ft. Nick Waterhouse)

2018 01 Paradise (Ofenbach ft. Benjamin Ingrosso)

2019 07 Rock It

2019 36 We Can Hide Out (Ofenbach ft. Portugal the Man)

2019 33 I Got Burned (Ofenbach ft. Tim Rogers)

2019 74 Feeling Good (Ofenbach ft. Alexandre Joseph)

2019 85 Insane

hmm, i've never been keen on ofenbach and this new one isn't doing much for me either. :( not a fan of the distorted guitars and vocals.

#78 (880pts)

 

RØMANS

Oxygen

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NE (12/01/2019) | 65-45-35-20-20-20-21-24-24-34-47-56-73-71-94-87-xx

 

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ROMANS appear to have released a lot of songs I've not noticed but the one I'm listening to now sounds much more soul than dance.

Fast forward a year and his (not their) other tracks have resonated me a lot more than I expected them to on first listen. This song's inclusion here is somewhat bittersweet as it became the soundtrack of being homesick during Term 2 of Uni when we were struggling to find houses and I wasn't able to sleep. The fact that this song is incredibly sad (and it's about someone not being there) didn't really help. Another case of the lower-peaking song sticking around longer here, as Important just missed the EOY Top 100.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2018 02 Dancing Alone (Axwell /\ Ingrosso ft. ROMANS)

2019 11 Important

2019 20 Oxygen

#77 (892pts)

 

Rat City

Kind of Love (ft. Isak Heim)

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NE (20/03/2019) | 17-13-15-12-17-18-19-26-31-42-64-68-75-87-xx

 

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Another BJSC entry now, this tune from Norwegian animated project Rat City did receive my +18 back in March and is a really funky dance tune with both really well put-together verses and an incredibly catchy chorus. I wasn't as enthusiastic to listen to their new music after their part in that atrocious cover of 'Down Under', and their new one with Kiesza sounds... well typical Kiesza and probably won't get very high in my chart.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Rat City

2019 12 Kind of Love (Rat City ft. Isak Heim)

 

Isak Heim

2019 12 Kind of Love (Rat City ft. Isak Heim)

#76 (895pts)

 

The Sherlocks

NYC (Sing It Loud)

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NE (07/09/2019) | 17-10-7-9-16-13-17-23-34-54-65-71-83-100-xx

 

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I first heard this when The Sherlocks played it at Elland Road as one of five acts supporting Kaiser Chiefs for their special Leeds United gig. I then completely forgot about it until it was released, however it's a fab song and has managed to earn the band their first Top 10 hit. There isn't really anything particularly defining about this, it's just a really good song and I just wish they were a proper chart force!

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2017 26 Chasing Shadows

2018 16 Will You Be There?

2019 07 NYC (Sing It Loud)

2019 48 Waiting

Literally only two crossovers for me so far, Alec Benjamin & Hot Chip! Unforts so far I've not been so taken with their latest album!

hmm, i've never been keen on ofenbach and this new one isn't doing much for me either. :( not a fan of the distorted guitars and vocals.

That's a shame, I get they might be a bit too much but they are one of my favourites at the moment. Thanks Dan!

 

Literally only two crossovers for me so far, Alec Benjamin & Hot Chip! Unforts so far I've not been so taken with their latest album!

Glad there's at least some crossover there! I can't say I've heard too much of the Hot Chip album, I liked what I heard but it didn't stand out to me massively - thanks Jupiter!

#75 (897pts)

 

Victor Crone

Storm

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NE (25/05/2019) | 3-6-7-11-20-34-29-31-38-47-57-72-82-87-94-xx

 

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Our second Eurovision track in our countdown, this was Estonia's offering this year (except the guy was actually from Sweden and doesn't seem to have any link to Estonia). This is the definition of an absolute pop banger, I heard a little bit of it before the contest but was completely blown away when I heard it in full. Initially I thought it would fall away fairly quickly, however every time I listened to it it continued to hit me, hence extending its run in the Top 40. Much better than the actual Swedish entry anyway.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2019 03 Storm

that was one of my faves from this years eurovision!

not surprised to read he is swedish actually considering it sounds rather Avicii influenced.

#74 (908pts)

 

Drab Majesty

Elllipsis

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NE (10/08/2019) | 42-39-38-26-23-19-20-25-30-36-39-53-62-80-76-90-xx

 

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Another BJSC entry here, and this is one which actually won for Aeroche (and the winner I'm probably most surprised won as I didn't see it appealing to a Buzzjack audience at all but very happy it did). This song brings real 80s vibes into a modern-day indie track, giving me a song I couldn't get enough of. When it scraped my Top 40 I really didn't see it spending much longer there but it ended up having a very decent run, and as usual I've just noticed that he/they have released two songs since this that I ignored. Oops (again).

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2019 19 Ellipsis

#73 (912pts)

 

Peter Bjorn & John

Wrapped Around the Axle

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NE (02/02/2019) | 26-18-16-16-10-10-12-18-30-46-57-86-88-86-94-xx

 

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The creators of 00s favourite Young Folks came back once again this year to release a plethora of fab (and not so fab towards the end of the year) songs, and in doing so managed their first Top 10 single in their chart. This song is infectiously catchy, and whilst the music video is fairly lacking (what have the skeletons got to do with anything) this song really deserves a listen.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

2016 11 Breakin' Point

2016 14 Dominos

2019 10 Wrapped Around the Axle

2019 33 Living a Dream

2019 42 Sick and Tired

2019 27 Bones

2019 36 Darker Days

2019 28 Rusty Nail

2019 89 Reason To Be Reasonable