January 23, 20205 yr Author #13 (1604pts) Billy Lockett Covered in Chaos - Chart Statistics NE (29/12/2018) | 18-5-2-3-5-6-8-7-10-12-13-19-26-25-31-35-56-61-77-97-xx Video YRXybl_HgJs Commentary If I tell you that there were only 55 points between 13th and 5th then you'll know that this section was very close. This is definitely the power ballad of the year, an incredibly emotional song about loss and grieving, his amazing vocals keeping this in my head for half the year. This was very unlucky to miss the top spot and certainly deserves its position here. Top 100 Chart History 2018 17 Feels So Good 2018 15 My Only Soul 2019 02 Covered in Chaos 2019 33 Every Time You're High 2019 31 Hard Act to Follow
January 23, 20205 yr Author #12 (1605pts) Lost Frequencies Sun Is Shining - Chart Statistics NE (17/08/2019) | 25-1-2-2-2-3-5-7-10-12-12-16-18-16-21-27-38-46-59-59-66-65-77-... Video V-5Daa7QJJg Commentary From the saddest song left in my EOY to the happiest one, this was the song of the summer this year, mainly because it made it through the summer and is still in my cahrt even through the sun isn't shining. It took a while to hit me as I only discovered it midway through my holiday, although it was once I had come home that I really realised that this was the best song of the moment, and it has continued to be up until now! Top 100 Chart History 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) 2019 62 Recognise (Lost Frequencies ft. Flynn) 2019 33 Truth Never Lies (Lost Frequencies ft. Aloe Blacc) 2019 01 Sun Is Shining 2019 31 Paninaro 2019 02 Beat of My Heart (Lost Frequencies & Love Harder)
January 23, 20205 yr Author #11 (1642pts) Cavetown Telescope - Chart Statistics NE (21/09/2019) | 50-36-21-3-1-2-2-1-1-1-2-2-4-8-14-12-14-19-... Video arhVOqG_xZ4 Commentary Cavetown was SO close to getting three songs in the Top 10 (actually he wasn't because I deliberately moved this one out) but all certainly deserve to be this high. The thing with Cavetown songs is that they really don't feel like anything on first listen, and then they grow and grow on you and suddenly they're your favourite song. This is no exception and if you give it the time of day you won't regret it. Top 100 Chart History 2019 01 Green 2019 01 Home 2019 20 Feb 14 2019 01 Telescope 2019 04 Things That Make It Warm
January 23, 20205 yr Author Recap 11-100 11 Cavetown - Telescope 12 Lost Frequencies - Sun Is Shining 13 Billy Lockett - Covered in Chaos 14 Suzi Island - The Real Life 15 Kaiser Chiefs - Record Collection 16 Fall Out Boy - Dear Future Self (Hands Up) (ft. Wyclef Jean) 17 AURORA - The Seed 18 Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall 19 Keane - Love Too Much 20 Zala Kralj & Gasper Santl - Sebi 21 Walking on Cars - Monster 22 Jack Savoretti & MIKA - Youth & Love 23 Crystal Fighters - All My Love 24 Rea Garvey - Kiss Me 25 Teleman - Between the Rain 26 Georgia - About Work the Dancefloor 27 Julian Lamadrid - Mess 28 Dido - Hurricanes 29 Duncan Lawrence - Arcade 30 Lola Marsh - Echoes 31 The Dangerous Summer - Where Were You When the Sky Opened Up 32 KAWALA - Play It Right 33 I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - Do It All the Time 34 Kokab & Beatchild - Bottom of You 35 Leon Else - Signs 36 MORLAND & MIIA - How to Lose Something Good 37 Kadebostany - Mind If I Stay 38 Justin Jesso - Bigger Than (ft. SeeB) 39 Bantu & Jonas Blue - Roll With Me (ft. Shungudzo & ZieZie) 40 The Knocks - Lucky Me (ft. Great Good Fine OK) 41 Mando Diao - One Last Fire 42 Keuning - Boat Accident 43 Passion Pit & Galantis - I Found U 44 Whethan & The Knocks - Summer Luv (ft. Crystal Fighters) 45 MIKA - Sound of an Orchestra 46 Skillet - Anchor 47 The Makemakes - The Beach 48 Gemini Rising, Tensnake & Fiora - Speed of Sound 49 Cavetown - Things That Make It Warm 50 Built By Titan - Ghost (ft. Joe Kirk) 51 Blanks - Let's Get Lost 52 Walking on Cars - When We Were Kids 53 Elderbrook - Old Friend 54 Avicii - SOS (ft. Aloe Blacc) 55 Ina Wroldsen & Dynoro - Obsessed 56 Desert Star - Carissa 57 Walking on Cars - Coldest Water 58 Cerrone - The Impact 59 CLiQ - Anything I Do (ft. Ms. Banks & Alika) 60 Keane - The Way I Feel 61 Alle Farben - Walk Away (ft. James Blunt) 62 jens - Any Other Way 63 X Lovers - Play Your Game 64 Wallows - Are You Bored Yet? (ft. Clairo) 65 Feeder - Fear of Flying 66 Lost Frequencies & Love Harder - Beat of My Heart 67 Electric Guest - Play With Me 68 WE ARE MESSENGERS - Maybe It's Okay 69 Metronomy - Salted Caramel Ice Cream 70 Queen Zee - Loner 71 Cassper Nyovest & Los Unidades - Timbuktu (ft. Stormzy & Jess Kent) 72 Orla Gartland - Why Am I Like This? 73 Peter Bjorn & John - Wrapped Around the Axle 74 Drab Majesty - Ellipsis 75 Victor Crone - Storm 76 The Sherlocks - NYC (Sing It Loud) 77 Rat City - Kind of Love (ft. Isak Heim) 78 ROMANS - Oxygen 79 Ofenbach - Rock It 80 Blossoms - Your Girlfriend 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 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 The Top 10 (in alphabetical order) Alle Farben - Fading (ft. ILIRA) Avicii - Peace of Mind (ft. Vargas & Lagola) Badflower - Promise Me Cavetown - Green Cavetown - Home Foals - Exits Martin Jensen - Somebody I'm Not (ft. Bjornskov) Sam Martin - Sabotage Two Door Cinema Club - Talk Walk Off the Earth - Mike's Song Make your predictions!
January 23, 20205 yr quite enjoyed Harmony Hall, it must've been one of a very few indie band songs that made my top 100 last year. not sure what to expect to top your chart but hopefully Avicii is top five!
January 24, 20205 yr Oops I missed five songs in a row that I recognized!! 'Sebi' was my runaway fave from Eurovision this year too :wub: 'Love Too Much' and 'Harmony Hall' were solid comebacks for Keane and Vampire Weekend, 'Dear Future Self' I'm still undecided on but it finally clicked when I heard it yesterday, and 'The Seed' is AWESOME, probably my fave Aurora song!
January 25, 20205 yr Just listened to Covered In Chaos for the first time, it's a really lovely track - simplistic yet powerful!
January 25, 20205 yr Author quite enjoyed Harmony Hall, it must've been one of a very few indie band songs that made my top 100 last year. not sure what to expect to top your chart but hopefully Avicii is top five! Glad you were a fan of Harmony Hall, it really is one of the best indie songs of the year - thanks Dan! Oops I missed five songs in a row that I recognized!! 'Sebi' was my runaway fave from Eurovision this year too :wub: 'Love Too Much' and 'Harmony Hall' were solid comebacks for Keane and Vampire Weekend, 'Dear Future Self' I'm still undecided on but it finally clicked when I heard it yesterday, and 'The Seed' is AWESOME, probably my fave Aurora song! Glad you're a fan of all of them and that Dear Future Self has finally hit you! Thanks Jordan :D Just listened to Covered In Chaos for the first time, it's a really lovely track - simplistic yet powerful! Glad you're a fan, it really is beautiful :wub: Thanks Joseph!
January 25, 20205 yr Author #10 (1643pts) Badflower Promise Me - Chart Statistics NE (22/06/2019) | 17-7-7-6-6-5-6-7-5-6-7-8-11-12-22-32-43-54-61-71-97-xx Video yhNp7i4xaUU Commentary Kicking off my Top 10 we have the second highest American act in the countdown. Badflower first caught my attention with their BJSC entry last year, and I was very keen to hear their follow-up. Turns out it was even better, an incredibly emotional track about growing up too quickly which never really grew old on me and spent most of the summer on the Top 10 Top 100 Chart History 2018 10 Ghost 2019 05 Promise Me 2019 70 The Jester
January 25, 20205 yr Author #09 (1645pts) Martin Jensen Somebody I'm Not (ft. Bjornskov) - Chart Statistics NE (22/12/2018) | 42-20-9-8-4-4-4-2-4-4-5-7-11-16-22-30-32-60-70-78-93-xx Video IePIi6lpurQ Commentary The highest Danish act in my countdown (sorry Lukas Graham) clicks in at #9. Another song with an important message, this one describes the difficulties of being famous - very poignant timing following Avicii's death earlier in the year. I lost interest in Martin after a few bad singles but this song put him right back on the map in my Personal Chart. It was a great song to enter the New Year with and very worthy of a position within my Top 10. Top 100 Chart History Martin Jensen 2016 05 All I Wanna Do 2017 01 Solo Dance 2017 12 Wait (Martin Jensen ft. Loote) 2018 02 Somebody I'm Not (Martin Jensen & Bjornskov) 2019 40 Nobody (Martin Jensen ft. James Arthur) 2019 77 Louder Bjornskov 2018 02 Somebody I'm Not (Martin Jensen & Bjornskov)
January 25, 20205 yr Author #08 (1647pts) Sam Martin Sabotage - Chart Statistics NE (20/04/2019) | 19-1-1-1-1-5-7-5-7-8-12-20-26-37-44-49-63-81-77-76-76-86-97-xx Video cr11JmoXJuw Commentary Sam Martin is more well known for his dance features, but this gritty indie track really allowed him to shine as a solo artist. Incredibly catchy, another song with a backstory and a grower with every listen, it became only the second song to spend 4 weeks atop my chart, and held firm in the Top 10 even when being battered by Eurovision tracks. Top 100 Chart History 2018 11 Nothing Scares Me Anymore (Steve Angello ft. Sam Martin) 2019 01 Sabotage 2019 18 Love You Forever (Nicky Romero & Stadiumx ft. Sam Martin)
January 26, 20205 yr Hey Pete! :D Rather amusingly I only know 3 songs from your entire Top 100! :lol: These being the 3: 29 Duncan Lawrence - Arcade 54 Avicii - SOS (ft. Aloe Blacc) 87 Marshmello - Here With Me (ft. CHVRCHES) SOS is my favourite! I wonder which songs from your Top 100 would most appeal to me? :thinking:
January 26, 20205 yr Somebody I'm Not is a brilliant track! Love Bjornskov's vocals and it's definitely one of my fave Martin Jensen songs.
January 27, 20205 yr Author Hey Pete! :D Rather amusingly I only know 3 songs from your entire Top 100! :lol: These being the 3: 29 Duncan Lawrence - Arcade 54 Avicii - SOS (ft. Aloe Blacc) 87 Marshmello - Here With Me (ft. CHVRCHES) SOS is my favourite! I wonder which songs from your Top 100 would most appeal to me? :thinking: Hmm, maybe Mother's Heart / Youth & Love might appeal? I feel like I'm ebbing further and further away from mainstream music as you can probably see :lol: but holding out hope for a good year chart-wise this year! Thanks Jay :D Somebody I'm Not is a brilliant track! Love Bjornskov's vocals and it's definitely one of my fave Martin Jensen songs. Glad you're a fan, one of my favourites as well - thanks Joseph!
January 27, 20205 yr Author #07 (1650pts) Cavetown Green - Chart Statistics NE (28/01/2019) | 1-2-4-5-6-6-5-3-5-8-13-19-35-37-40-51-61-92-91-xx Video hjr4wfnVmpE Commentary My highest BJSC entry is here at #7. I think this was the first song to debut at #1 by an artist I'd never heard of before and could easily had missed had I not been looking at a specific website at a specific time. The one week at #1 is completely unrepresentative of how much this song took over my year, being such a beautiful and understated yet incredibly emotional and powerful piece of music. Ultimately it DNQ'd in BJSC but the impact this song has had on me (and the artist I discovered from it) is much more important. Top 100 Chart History 2019 01 Green 2019 01 Home 2019 20 Feb 14 2019 01 Telescope 2019 04 Things That Make It Warm
January 27, 20205 yr Author #06 (1653pts) Alle Farben Fading (ft. ILIRA) - Chart Statistics NE (24/11/2018) | 21-12-9-7-14-8-6-6-8-10-12-10-15-18-21-25-37-57-70-76-91-xx Video cRy2qWpRJfc Commentary By late 2018 I think I'd pretty much given up on Alle Farben as he had failed to produce a Top 40 hit since his collab with Janieck (who of course could probably get a #1 all by himself). Then this came out. It took me a few weeks to fully grow into it, but the brassy tropical dance track became a staple of my Top 10 during the start of 2019 and stuck around in my Top 100 for long afterwards. It has sparked a new burst for Alle Farben, however the same cannot be said for Swiss vocalist ILIRA, whose solo music... isn't really my thing :kink: Top 100 Chart History Alle Farben 2016 01 Please Tell Rosie (Alle Farben ft. YOUNOTUS) 2016 06 Bad Ideas 2017 01 Little Hollywood (Alle Farben & Janieck) 2018 45 Only Thing We Know (Alle Farben & YOUNOTUS ft. Kelvin Jones) 2018 55 Boyfriend (Mousse T - Alle Farben Remix) 2018 06 Fading (Alle Farben ft. ILIRA) 2019 04 Walk Away (Alle Farben ft. James Blunt) 2019 38 Comfort Zone (Alle Farben ft. Quarterhead) 2019 57 As Far As Feelings Go (Alle Farben ft. Justin Jesso) 2020 73 The Night We Met ILIRA 2018 06 Fading (Alle Farben ft. ILIRA)
January 27, 20205 yr Author #05 (1659pts) Walk Off the Earth Mike's Song - Chart Statistics NE (01/06/2019) | 1-1-1-1-1-2-2-7-8-10-13-18-25-38-42-54-63-78-75-88-94-xx Video 4DFgtsWnRQM Commentary In early 2019, Walk Off the Earth's iconic keyboard player Mike "Beard Guy" Taylor passed away. Admittedly I didn't realise this had happened until this song came out, however having seen them live in concert it did have an effect on me. This is a tribute that came out in April, a beautiful song that would probably be very high anyway even if not for the sad circumstances. It's a pure example of what music really is like with all the gizmos taken away and just with a guitar and the vocals. May Mike rest in peace. Top 100 Chart History Walk Off The Earth 2016 02 Hold On (The Break) 2016 04 I'll Be Waiting 2017 20 Fire In My Soul 2017 03 Taekwondo 2017 89 NOMAD 2018 03 Fifth Avenue 2018 06 Paradise (Nicky Romero & Deniz Koyu ft. Walk Off the Earth) 2018 20 Santa Baby 2018 26 Deck the Halls 2019 01 Mike's Song 2019 04 I'll Be There 2019 13 Home Alone 2019 36 HERE WE GO! (Overtime) 2019 52 Addicted 2019 47 I Do It All For You
January 27, 20205 yr Author #04 (1786pts) Avicii Peace of Mind (ft. Vargas & Lagola) - Chart Statistics NE (15/06/2019) | 2-3-2-3-4-2-3-3-4-7-10-19-25-27-34-44-56-61-68-76-84-xx Video i5L9gHsqSQk Commentary And just missing out on the last day of my EOY is Avicii with the best track from his posthumous album (at least in my opinion). It was the stand out right from the get go, and whilst it never hit the top spot on my chart it continued to bounce back up to #2, showing how much of a stunning track it is. I never really took that much notice of the lyrics until recently either, but it really does feel like a cry for help following his death. Top 100 Chart History Avicii 2017 01 Friend of Mine (Avicii ft. Vargas & Lagola) 2017 27 Without You (Avicii ft. Sandro Cavazza) 2017 23 Lonely Together (Avicii ft. Rita Ora) 2017 65 You Be Love (Avicii ft. Billy Raffaoul) 2018 09 Trouble 2018 18 Somewhere in Stockholm 2018 32 Back Where I Belong (Otto Knows & Avicii) 2018 46 Can't Catch Me 2018 58 Hey Brother 2018 76 Levels 2018 94 Broken Arrows 2019 02 SOS (Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc) 2019 21 Tough Love (Avicii ft. Agnes & Vargas & Lagola) 2019 02 Peace of Mind (Avicii ft. Vargas & Lagola) 2019 09 Bad Reputation (Avicii ft. Joe Janiak) 2019 24 Heaven 2019 32 Excuse Me Mr Sir (Avicii ft. Vargas & Lagola) 2019 69 Hold the Line (Avicii ft. ARIZONA) Vargas & Lagola 2017 01 Friend of Mine (Avicii ft. Vargas & Lagola) 2018 04 Roads 2018 79 Selfish 2019 39 Since 99 2019 21 Tough Love (Avicii ft. Agnes & Vargas & Lagola) 2019 02 Peace of Mind (Avicii ft. Vargas & Lagola) 2019 32 Excuse Me Mr Sir (Avicii ft. Vargas & Lagola) 2019 47 Forgot to Be Your Lover 2020 65 Somebody That Understands Me (Vargas & Lagola ft. Ludwig Goransson)
January 28, 20205 yr Yes, it doesn't matter if Green DNQ'd in BJSC. It sounds good to me and I like that cute video. :P Amazing to see Avicii in the top 5 here even if it's not my fave Heaven. :cheer:
January 28, 20205 yr Author Yes, it doesn't matter if Green DNQ'd in BJSC. It sounds good to me and I like that cute video. :P Amazing to see Avicii in the top 5 here even if it's not my fave Heaven. :cheer: Glad you're a fan of the video for Green, it really is lovely :wub: Heaven is a really nice song as well but not up there with Peace of Mind and SOS for me. Thanks Jason!
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