February 12, 20205 yr Author #75 Galantis Rich Boy (2017) - Video jDvPGJX-HbE Commentary This was Galantis' best song since they hit the mainstream, so of course everyone hated it and it ended their chart career very abruptly :kink: It is a fab dance track though and I don't regret putting it this high up my countdown. Galantis do have another song to come though! ----------------------------------------- #74 Disclosure White Noise (ft. AlunaGeorge) (2013) - Video bkk2H3Ztrfk Commentary This was the second song I heard from Disclosure and the first from AlunaGeorge, this is an absolute tune despite not actually containing any white noise. (whenever I go to bed and say 'Alexa, play white noise' I always half-expect this to start pumping out :P ----------------------------------------- #73 Twin Twin Moustache (2014) - Video rwVDXWGXE_8 Commentary This is the absolute epitome of Eurovision, a comic group with a comic subject and of course very handy for consolidating my knowledge of French which I was learning at the time. Which made me even more shocked when not only did the song not win, it came... LAST :mellow: This is why people voted Brexit, guys! ----------------------------------------- #72 Avicii Trouble (2015) - Video GiuabrUp8zM Commentary The third Avicii song in quick succession, and the second album track, this is such a cheery track, describing how we've been through a lot and might not be the best at everything, however we're definitely not the worst. Definitely the best song from the Stories album for me! ----------------------------------------- #71 Blonde I Loved You (ft. Melissa Steel) (2014) - Video hqQY9UkGC_A Commentary Another song from my very brief obsession with Melissa Steel, another really good dance song with a great beat and great vocals, which paved the way nicely for me to immediately obsess over Blonde's next bit hit (still to come). This also isn't the highest for Melissa either! ----------------------------------------- 71 Blonde - I Loved You (ft. Melissa Steel) 72 Avicii - Trouble 73 Twin Twin - Moustache 74 Disclosure ft. AlunaGeorge - White Noise 75 Galantis - Rich Boy 76 HUMAN - ROBOT 77 Suzi Island - Show Me The Way 78 We the Lion - Found Love 79 Avicii - Peace of Mind (ft. Vargas & Lagola) 80 Tune-Yards - Water Fountain
February 13, 20205 yr 71 Blonde - I Loved You (ft. Melissa Steel) this was quite good but I much preferred 'All Cried Out' 72 Avicii - Trouble this is nice enough but wasn't one of the album standouts for me 74 Disclosure ft. AlunaGeorge - White Noise another one here that'll be high up my EOD 75 Galantis - Rich Boy as you probably know already I'm not at all a fan of this :( 79 Avicii - Peace of Mind (ft. Vargas & Lagola) one of the best from 'Tim' definitely
February 13, 20205 yr Sunlight was a favourite of mine at the time (it reached #1 in my chart) but it's one I haven't gone back to at all over the years. House Work is a massively underrated tune. That deserved the chart success that most of Jax's recent songs have got. Can You Hear Me is a great tune (and certainly did have a video which I remember pretty well). Boom Blast was ok but nowhere near his best. Lush Life is another I loved at the time but haven't listen to much since. It even made my EOY top 10 back in 2016. Turn The Music Louder (Rumble) is pretty fun too. I can't imagine a song like it getting to #1 again any time soon though. Starstrukk is a great bit of fun. Seemed to be everywhere at the start of the decade too. I Loved You was easily Blonde's best for me. Edited February 13, 20205 yr by LewisGT
February 13, 20205 yr Author 71 Blonde - I Loved You (ft. Melissa Steel) this was quite good but I much preferred 'All Cried Out' 72 Avicii - Trouble this is nice enough but wasn't one of the album standouts for me 74 Disclosure ft. AlunaGeorge - White Noise another one here that'll be high up my EOD 75 Galantis - Rich Boy as you probably know already I'm not at all a fan of this :( 79 Avicii - Peace of Mind (ft. Vargas & Lagola) one of the best from 'Tim' definitely Glad you like the songs you like! Shame you're not a fan of Rich Boy but it's a fairly common view sadly :( Thanks Dan! Sunlight was a favourite of mine at the time (it reached #1 in my chart) but it's one I haven't gone back to at all over the years. House Work is a massively underrated tune. That deserved the chart success that most of Jax's recent songs have got. Can You Hear Me is a great tune (and certainly did have a video which I remember pretty well). Boom Blast was ok but nowhere near his best. Lush Life is another I loved at the time but haven't listen to much since. It even made my EOY top 10 back in 2016. Turn The Music Louder (Rumble) is pretty fun too. I can't imagine a song like it getting to #1 again any time soon though. Starstrukk is a great bit of fun. Seemed to be everywhere at the start of the decade too. I Loved You was easily Blonde's best for me. I think I remember Lush Life make your EOY Top 10! I think part of the reason I've done my EOY is because I've not gone back to so many of these songs in a long time so i'ts a nice nostalgia trip, glad you're a fan of these ones anyway - thanks Lewis :D
February 15, 20205 yr Author #70 Finn Kleffman Head Over Heels (2017) - Video CUdHg_GxHns Commentary I think I discovered this from someone who posted one Personal Chart here and then disappeared off the face of the Earth but it is by far the best discovery I've made on this forum, this is such a beautiful song by a beautiful singer who really needs to come back! ----------------------------------------- #69 Galantis Smile (2014) - Video A-uU0hgRtQs Commentary (Don't watch that music video, it's awful) So we get to the highest Galantis song, the one that preceeds all their actual hits and is quite different in the sense that this has low-pitched robotic vocals as opposed to the high-pitched robotic vocals that appear in all their other songs. It always sticks in my head as the song that introduced me to Galantis though and is still my overall favourite! ----------------------------------------- #68 Sub Focus Turn Back Time (2014) - Video iEXSxUraLCI Commentary The second of two songs in a row that I discovered from the same Ministry of Sound Album, this song was the one that really stuck out for me from all the songs on that album, aminly because of the absolutely sublime drop that we really need to hear more of nowadays! It really reminds me of New Year walking round Fountains Abbey just as the Christmas festivities were coming to a happy end. ----------------------------------------- #67 Bipolar Sunshine Daydreamer (Gryffin Remix) (2015) - Video r4kUWyEAxSw Commentary Gryffin and Bipolar Sunshine have released a few songs together but this is the first one I heard and my first real introduction to tropical house. It's such a sublime track, taking the amazing vocals and putting them to such a good dance beat. I remember imagining myself singing this on a TV talent show sitting on a moon suspended from the ceiling :kink: ----------------------------------------- #66 Blonde All Cried Out (ft. Alex Newell) (2015) - Video xU9PpGecFuM Commentary Another song from 2015 now and the highest from Blonde, I remember hearing this song months before it was released and knowing the beat of the chorus but not being able to place the pitch of any of the notes for the words 'all cried out', it was so annoying :lol: Anyway this built on I Loved You brilliantly for an amazing new track!
February 15, 20205 yr Turn Back Time was one of my faves from Sub Focus and Blonde never topped All Cried Out for me either.
February 16, 20205 yr I didn't quite get Turn Back Time back then but I sure do now, what an awesome and unique top 10 hit that was! Daydreamer is indeed sublime :wub:
February 16, 20205 yr Head Over Heels sounds really lovely!!! I like it :D Lush Life my favourite so far :wub:
February 17, 20205 yr A lot of good dance tunes in these recent sections like those from Blonde, Disclosure + Sub Focus :wub: Disclosure are definitely one of my favourite dance acts to have emerged in the 2010s (along with Clean Bandit) - their 'Settle' era was just incredible.
February 17, 20205 yr Author White Noise and I Loved You both fantastic times from your 71-75 there, Pete. Glad you're a fan! Disclosure still have a song to come if you're interested ;) Thanks Mack! Turn Back Time was one of my faves from Sub Focus and Blonde never topped All Cried Out for me either. Agree with both of those statements - thanks Dan :D I didn't quite get Turn Back Time back then but I sure do now, what an awesome and unique top 10 hit that was! Daydreamer is indeed sublime :wub: Glad you're a fan of both, they are both indeed tunes and I get what you mean about Turn Back Time being unique - you wouldn't get anything like that in the charts nowadays :( Thanks Jordan! Head Over Heels sounds really lovely!!! I like it :D Lush Life my favourite so far :wub: Glad you've made a discovery Joseph - thanks for commenting! A lot of good dance tunes in these recent sections like those from Blonde, Disclosure + Sub Focus :wub: Disclosure are definitely one of my favourite dance acts to have emerged in the 2010s (along with Clean Bandit) - their 'Settle' era was just incredible. Disclosure really do have some wonderful tracks, in fact early 10s dance was just brilliant (as you can see in my list) - thanks Jade!
February 17, 20205 yr Author #65 Alle Farben & Janieck Little Hollywood (2017) - Video idVLI3s_CJo Commentary This is just absolutely amazing tropical pop, one of the best DJs out there collaborating with pretty much the best featured artist out there, it is such a moment and deserves to be a big part of my 2017 soundtrack :wub: ----------------------------------------- #64 Thomas Jack Rivers (2015) - Video g7ZsJ2vWR1Y Commentary Fairly ironic that I'm going with the original of this when the much more popular reworking features vocals from... Nico & Vinz :kink: Oh well, they've got plenty to be happy about on this countdown already. This is a song I always forget/underestimate in these lists just because it was just before my Personal Chart began and never charted officially, but each time I listen to it I'm reminded of how good it is! ----------------------------------------- #63 Cavetown Home (2019) - Video 2APLh8_ExU0 Commentary Think I've said everything I need to say about this, a brilliant song from one of my favourite emerging artists and it's only just dropped out of my Personal Chart! ----------------------------------------- #62 Wretch 32 All A Dream (ft. Knox Brown) (2016) - Video IaxmTm1UJFY Commentary Probably the biggest example of a one-hit wonder in my Personal Chart, this is a brilliantly positive song which I discovered thanks to Radio 1 and instantly became a favourite, didn't I say I liked dance/rap collabs? ----------------------------------------- #61 Mahmut Orhan 6 Days (ft. Colonel Bagshot) (2018) - Video 1W5BA0lDVLM Commentary Actually here's another fairly big one-hit wonder, a reworking of Colonel Bagshot's 1971 single 'Six Day War' complete with incredible Turkish instrumentation and people doing stereotypical Turkish things in the music video. 61 Mahmut Orhan & Colonel Bagshot - 6 Days 62 Wretch 32 - All a Dream 63 Cavetown - Home 64 Thomas Jack - Rivers 65 Alle Farben & Janieck - Little Hollywood 66 Blonde - All Cried Out (ft. Alex Newell) 67 Bipolar Sunshine - Daydreamer (Gryffin Remix) 68 Sub Focus - Turn Back Time 69 Galantis - Smile 70 Finn Kleffman - Head Over Heels
February 17, 20205 yr Author #60 Chiddy Bang Opposite of Adults (2010) - Video uavNUg0tRgw Commentary Back to the start of the decade now, this reminds me of being in my room listening to this on a NOW CD on my CD player (where the fish tank is now :o) I absolutely adored this, apparently it samples 'Kids' by MGMT but I would definitely excuse anyone who didn't notice as it's so cut up it is pretty much a different melody. ----------------------------------------- #59 Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup We No Speak Americano (2010) - Video 7E9Ed9DUQoQ Commentary I had known this song for ages before finally deciding to download it in 2011 after it reminding me of eating pasta during the Year 6 residential. It doesn't sound as good as I remember it now but still a really memorable one! ----------------------------------------- #58 Bakermat Teach Me (2015) - Video k9GrIodaeZI Commentary The follow-up to Vandaag, this song really grabbed me, mainly because of the absolutely brilliant drop, and continued to stick with me throughout the year, despite not being one of the more punchier songs. I used to imaging having my own intro to this in a car with the windows down in the sun, if only I was famous enoguh to be able to do that :( ----------------------------------------- #57 Caro Emerald Liquid Lunch (2013) - Video EUV2GPas4aY Commentary Discovered this one thanks to Radio 2 in my mum's car on the way to school one day (not the highest song I discovered this way though!), this is a fantastic swing song that will very easily get stuck in your head. ----------------------------------------- #56 Two Door Cinema Club Talk (2019) - Video Zsaz72OBT9s Commentary My #2 from this year, it probably would have benefitted from being a few years older to add some nostalgia but still a very catchy indie track! -----------------------------------------
February 18, 20205 yr Turn Back Time was a great tune but feels largely forgotten about now. I certainly haven't gone back to it as much as I should have. Opposite Of Adults :wub: :wub: :wub: Legitimately in my favourite top 20 songs of all-time. I'm surprised you don't think the MGMT sample is obvious, it was the first thing I noticed when I first heard the song. (May be helped by the pun title of the song) :lol: We No Speak Americano was a song I adored at the time but don't enjoy anywhere near as much anymore. Still fun for the occasional listen though.
February 18, 20205 yr 'We No Speak Americano' was a big fave for me in the decade and my #1 from 2010. 'Teach Me' was rather good too though I prefer 'Vandaag'. Didn't get into '6 Days' but really like 'Feel' from Mahmut Orhan.
February 19, 20205 yr Author Turn Back Time was a great tune but feels largely forgotten about now. I certainly haven't gone back to it as much as I should have. Opposite Of Adults :wub: :wub: :wub: Legitimately in my favourite top 20 songs of all-time. I'm surprised you don't think the MGMT sample is obvious, it was the first thing I noticed when I first heard the song. (May be helped by the pun title of the song) :lol: We No Speak Americano was a song I adored at the time but don't enjoy anywhere near as much anymore. Still fun for the occasional listen though. Glad you're such a big fan of Opposite of Adults! Although I've literally never noticed that the title was a pun on Kids :lol: That makes more sense as to why everyone knows the sample I guess. Glad you like the danc-ier ones as well - thanks Lewis! 'We No Speak Americano' was a big fave for me in the decade and my #1 from 2010. 'Teach Me' was rather good too though I prefer 'Vandaag'. Didn't get into '6 Days' but really like 'Feel' from Mahmut Orhan. Glad you're a fan of Teach Me, I guess I'll expect to see We No Speak Americano high up your EOY then! Sadly 6 Days is my only real favourite from Mahmut although Feel isn't bad by any stretch. Thanks Dan!
February 19, 20205 yr Author #55 The Very Best Warm Heart of Africa (So Shifty / Architecture In Helsinki Remix) (2010) - Video -gWrtpNuXwA Commentary Now I'm suddenly very confused. For the past 9 years I've assumed that the remix of this song was by So Shifty - both the official FIFA listing and YouTube seem to agree with this. However, when I come to play the song on Spotify, said 'remix' is in fact just an instrumental, whilst the version I love is apparently by 'Architecture In Helsinki'? It's very odd, particularly as the 'So Shifty Remix' I've linked also links to So Shifty's website, implying that it's definitely them that did the remix. So what's gone wrong? Who knows. What I do know is that the song is by London/Malawi collaboration project The Very Best and also features Ezra Koenig on vocals, and is a proper Afro-smash that just makes you feel so good! ----------------------------------------- #54 Format:B Chunky (2015) - Video vKiRgcbB6sQ Commentary Even now this feels like a very anomalous song to have made the UK Top 40, particularly in a week in which every other entry was by Justin Bieber. Regardless, this is a proper dance banger from German duo Format:B who have since vanished off the face of the Earth, but their iconic music video is something to remember them by. ----------------------------------------- #53 Sheppard Keep Me Crazy (2017) - Video CBKm4mr3heY Commentary This is pretty standard Sheppard, but when you hear pretty standard Sheppard for the first time it really makes a mark, and that's what this song did. This and Edge of the Night were the real big smashes for these guys for me, both real tunes! Sadly this isn't grabbing me as much as it used to, but I guess that's more down to the fact that I've heard so much Sheppard now. ----------------------------------------- #52 MOWE Lovers Friends (ft. Daniel Nitt) (2016) - Video kr_2sjRhUtw Commentary Now here's a song which is just as fabulous now as it was when it was released! This finished criminally low in my 2016 EOY because of my awful points system but has leapfrogged most of the songs here, a faultless example of tropical house from the Austrian duo that really perked my ears up and of course a dancing pirate in the music video makes it even more worthwhile! It's also my highest BJSC entry in this countdown. ----------------------------------------- #51 Years & Years King (2015) - Video g_uoH6hJilc Commentary I was aware of Years & Years thanks to the Magician collab earlier in the countdown, but this really topped it for them. Clearly it did the same for the public as it became their first and only chart topper, and brings back really fond memories of 2015 now! 51 Years And Years - King 52 MOWE - Lovers Friends (ft. Daniel Nitt) 53 Sheppard - Keep Me Crazy 54 Format:B - Chunky 55 The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa (So Shifty Remix) 56 Two Door Cinema Club - Talk 57 Caro Emerald - Liquid Lunch 58 Bakermat - Teach Me 59 Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup - We No Speak Americano 60 Chiddy Bang - Opposite of Adults
February 19, 20205 yr Author #50 Tchami Promesses (ft. Kaleem Taylor) (2015) - Video CH0FbBuPlaQ Commentary Another song from towards the end of the dance domination, this is a real tune with some great vocals, a great beat and yet again a great music video. ----------------------------------------- #49 Nico & Vinz Another Day (2014) - Video 9-m-_v1907o Commentary The second highest Nico & Vinz song and the highest album track from them in the countdown, this is a really poignant piece about the struggles of people living in poverty whilst war rages on around them. It is a really good song with a fantastic tune to go alongside it. ----------------------------------------- #48 Grouplove Ways to Go (2014) - Video VGvHnDeS12o Commentary I've always liked this song, but it's certainly moved up in my rankings over recent years, particularly as my taste has gone more indie. A really well put-together tune with such a good bridge and a video featuring a peaceful Kim Jong-Un lookalike, it has everything! ----------------------------------------- #47 Philip George Wish You Were Mine (2015) - Video d7ypnPjz81I Commentary A song from pretty much the exact same time as Promesses, this was the first new song of 2015 I heard and it instantly became a favourite, such a brilliant beat and the high-pitched Stevie Wonder works brilliantly as well. ----------------------------------------- #46 Fall Out Boy Centuries (2014) - Video LBr7kECsjcQ Commentary This came out the same week I went to Centre Parcs so was certainly my soundtrack for that holiday! Such a great track, and the screaming in the chorus just really makes it for me, even if it has fallen a bit in my rankings in recent years.
February 19, 20205 yr Opposite of Adults, King, We No Speak Americano, Wish You Were Mine, Promesses all great tunes there, Pete.
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