February 20, 20205 yr chunky was a rare great tech house tune, enjoyed it a fair bit myself king was my fave of their output too promesses and wish you were mine also top tunes, I loved that era of dance
February 20, 20205 yr Author Opposite of Adults, King, We No Speak Americano, Wish You Were Mine, Promesses all great tunes there, Pete. Glad you're a fan - thanks Mack! Ooh 'Chunky' what a forgotten gem *.* I love the video too! It really is brilliant isn't it! Thanks Jade :D chunky was a rare great tech house tune, enjoyed it a fair bit myself king was my fave of their output too promesses and wish you were mine also top tunes, I loved that era of dance Early 2015 really did have some tunes didn't it :wub: Glad you're a fan of these! Thanks Dan :D
February 20, 20205 yr Author #45 Showtek Booyah! (ft. We Are Loud! & Sonny Wilson) (2013) - Video QCyIY10KBnk Commentary This is another song I discovered from Chart Show TV when I was at Centre Parcs and hence another song that reminds me of one of my favourite holiday destinations. The music video is banging as well! ----------------------------------------- #44 Rudimental Toast To Our Differences (ft. Shungudzo, Protojé & Hak Baker) (2018) - Video o_zg-JLjs5I Commentary Rudimental's best song by quite a way, so of course it was never given a proper push :( Dance meets Caribbean influence to create an incredibly catchy song! ----------------------------------------- #43 Disclosure Confess To Me (ft. Jessie Ware) (2013) - Video P12_3x0xKPc Commentary Okay up until literally now I thought this was Disclosure's breakthrough hit but apparently it was just an album track, shows how clueless I am about the charts in the early part of the decade :') Anyway this is another brilliant dance banger complete with some great distorted vocals in the chorus which make this song so good. ----------------------------------------- #42 JP Cooper September Song (2016) - Video 9ORWF5RkdO0 Commentary I first heard JP Cooper in Perfect Strangers, as most of us did. However, I discovered this song on someone's YouTube chart (back when nothing existed of it but a lyric video) and fell in love. About a month later, it appeared on a NOW CD and I was ecstatic (despite everyone else asking what the song even was). Cue it being one of the first Top 10 singles of 2017 and making me a very happy bunny, such a brilliant tropical pop track! ----------------------------------------- #41 Tiesto vs. Diplo C'mon (Catch 'Em By Surprise) (ft. Busta Rhymes) (2010) - Video m1tr6qzIDgI Commentary And just missing out on the Top 40 is another sublime dance/rap collab (dance/rap really works so well together doesn't it :wub:), this appeared on Addicted to Bass 2011 and I was addicted, it works better with the robotic 'ministry of sound' introduction at the start but this is still great and the fast-rap bit by Busta really blows the reat out the water.
February 20, 20205 yr Author And as we get into the Top 40, just a quick rundown of what years we have left: 2010: 7 songs 2011: 4 songs 2012: 3 songs 2013: 5 songs 2014: 6 songs 2015: 5 songs 2016: 4 songs 2017: 3 songs 2018: 2 songs 2019: 1 song 2014 no longer leads the charge as it becomes clear that the start of the decade is clearly the most nostalgic for me! Another thing I actually hadn't noticed until now is that we haven't seen any songs from 2011 as of yet - how long will it be until we reach one? (oh and the 6-5-4-3-2-1 for recent years is interesting as well!)
February 22, 20205 yr Author #40 Owl City Lucid Dream (2018) - Video RMaLi0xsEWY Commentary I wasn't a massive fan of any of Owl City's output until his most recent output, and then suddenly his music clicked with me. This is the best from that album and the second-highest track from 2018 - it's just a brilliant mix of quiet bits and fun disco-ey bits that I don't think I've heard any other artist pull off this decade. It truly is a masterpiece :wub: ----------------------------------------- #39 Tujamo & Plastic Funk Dr. Who! (ft. Sneakbo) (2014) - Video swbjXKtkyLA Commentary Rap and dance goes together so well doesn't it :wub: (:kink:) This is another brilliant example of it, I was obsessed with this back in the day and knew all the lyrics ----------------------------------------- #38 Fuse ODG Antenna (2013) - Video pY-q7Bed6DU Commentary This is definitely second-best of Fuse's output but this was a brilliant introduction to the Ghanaian musician and definitely has it's merits, the best of a lot of songs I downloaded around the end of 2013. ----------------------------------------- #37 PSY Gangnam Style (2012) - Video 9bZkp7q19f0 Commentary This was my Mainstream song of 2012, however only the third highest from that year here (mainly because the other two didn't get anywhere near the charts). I remember being delighted this was out as I'd literally listened to no new music in 2012 and had to scramble to find a Song of the Year and this was a very convenient song to pick. Plus it's a tune. ----------------------------------------- #36 Far East Movement Like a G6 (ft. The Cataracts & Dev) (2010) - Video w4s6H4ku6ZY Commentary Even I'm surprised this was 2010 :o It feels a lot more recent! Anyway this was another song that Radio Aire gifted me and I listened to it non-stop for way too long. And apparently a G6 is a plane for anyone who didn't know.
February 22, 20205 yr 'Confess To Me' is probably my favourite album track on 'Settle' :wub: definitely should've been a single!
February 22, 20205 yr Author #35 Clean Bandit Stronger (2014) - Video _c_n0A3BFVE Commentary The second third highest Clean Bandit track and the highest of their successful songs, this was Clean Bandit at their best, an absolute dance banger which outclasses all their #1s for me! Although it hasn't held up as well as one of their other songs... ----------------------------------------- #34 Chromeo Jealous (I Ain't With It) (2014) - Video RhmUnk454MA Commentary Another one I discovered thanks to Radio 2, this was indie-pop at it's best, such a funky track with some fab vocals and a nice groovy beat. And of course it ended up in BJSC but that was just coincidence. ----------------------------------------- #33 Kygo Firestone (ft. Conrad Sewell) (2015) - Video 9Sc-ir2UwGU Commentary I remember being in the car in early 2015, listening to Radio 1, where some boring slow song was playing and I was switching off. Then suddenly a fantastic tropical melody started playing and my ears suddenly perked up again; so much that I decided to Shazam the song to find it was Firestone by Kygo. Of course I completely forgot about it until I was scrolling through the Top 100 playing songs I didn't know and stumbled across it again. The rest is history, it's a flawless piece of music and deserved all the success it got! ----------------------------------------- #32 Wretch 32 Unorthodox (ft. Example) (Moto Blanco Edit) (2011) - Video TwS8OTf3rsE Commentary Okay forget what I said about him being a one-hit wonder I'd forgotten about this (but he still hasn't released owt good since All A Dream). This dance/rap collab (I love them you know) works so well it genuinely sounds like it was the original track and actually makes the original seem quite disappointing. (and let's just breeze over the fact that Wretch 32 is at #32) ----------------------------------------- #31 Ylvis The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) (2013) - Video jofNR_WkoCE Commentary So we say a fond farewell to 2013 (actually not fond, I hated that year) with the song which was my mainstream #1 back then and is still the highest entry from 2013 (from the end of the year of course, when things were getting a little better). This is such a wacky random song and certainly deserved to be more of a hit than what it was, and of course I know all the lyrics (including the random noises).
February 23, 20205 yr 'Like A G6' is an absolute bop *.* Far East Movement and Dev each had some other bangers too but this one will always be special. 'Gangnam Style' is obviously amaze too, were you not able to witness its world domination at the time? :o
February 23, 20205 yr gangnam style was my eoy #1 that year and will also be making an appearance in my eod top 40 confess to me was one of my faves off that album, it made my eoy then too but isn't in my eod firestone remains kygo's best ever too and will be in my eod top 100Â also like booyah, september song, c'mon, dr who [although boneless was a lot better for me from tujamo], like a g6, stronger [though not a standout of theirs imo], the fox
February 24, 20205 yr Author 'Confess To Me' is probably my favourite album track on 'Settle' :wub: definitely should've been a single! Glad you feel the same :wub: Thanks Jade! 'Like A G6' is an absolute bop *.* Far East Movement and Dev each had some other bangers too but this one will always be special. 'Gangnam Style' is obviously amaze too, were you not able to witness its world domination at the time? :o I was very aware of it but it was probably the first pop song I really knew about when it was released (barring a few I heard on Radio 2 when I was panicking about not having a song of the year)! Thanks Jordan :D gangnam style was my eoy #1 that year and will also be making an appearance in my eod top 40 confess to me was one of my faves off that album, it made my eoy then too but isn't in my eod firestone remains kygo's best ever too and will be in my eod top 100 also like booyah, september song, c'mon, dr who [although boneless was a lot better for me from tujamo], like a g6, stronger [though not a standout of theirs imo], the fox Glad you're a fan of all these! Interested to see where PSY ends up in your EOD - thanks Dan!
February 24, 20205 yr Author #30 Princess Nyah Hooligans (ft. Ghetts & Griminal) (2010) - Video AaUq94PlfAg Commentary Guess which two genres this song blends together? :kink: Yes, dance and rap of course, they go together so well. I was obsessed with this at the start of the decade, I have fond memories of listening to this in our new car. ----------------------------------------- #29 Fedde Le Grand Running (2011) - Video xeqWHSiGvWs Commentary Who on earth are all the featured artists on this song? They weren't there back when I knew this song on Running Trax 3. This is a proper dance banger though, although I'm not sure what the music video is portraying, a guy on a treadmill with a noose round his head doesn't particularly inspire me to get out there and start burning any calories :unsure: Anyway, this reminds me of listening to music on my iPod in the back of my grandparents' car, although why I had headphones in in someone else's car I have no idea. ----------------------------------------- #28 Clean Bandit Telephone Banking (ft. Love Ssega) (2014) - Video GeynVBZjls8 Commentary Okay forget what I said about Stronger being the second highest Clean Bandit song, there's still one to come after this that I completely forgot about oops. This is an absolute tune though, the absolute peak of classical-robotic music with fantastic vocals from Love Ssega (who apparently was a member of the band at some point but when he left they just seemed to pretend he was a featured artist on a load of their songs). And it's a song about Japan and acquiring schools, what more do you want? ----------------------------------------- #27 Riva Starr Dance Me (2010) - Video SLzomguPGhs Commentary The highest song in the countdown you probably don't know (the original isn't even on Spotify :( ) this is an absolute TUNE with the 'dance me a dance' hook making me so obsessed that I had to download this. Way better than Eat Sleep Rave Repeat as well! ----------------------------------------- #26 Wideboys Shopaholic (ft. Sway & McLean) (2011) - Video IAY2_ZVR1C4 Commentary If you've not heard this song, you NEED to! Not only is it a brilliant tune, it had fabulous lyrics such as 'if you put all her clothes in a line we could reach Sweden', plus the bridge listing various shops in a robotic-y female voice. I know all the lyrics to this and I'm not ashamed.
February 26, 20205 yr Author #25 Foals Exits (2019) - Video V6YMCjpfH0c Commentary We get to the highest song from last year, now it's well out of my Personal Chart I can actually enjoy this a lot more again, it's a real tune and the epitome of indie music from this decade. Probably would have been a bit higher had it been released in the middle of the decade but that's how these things go. ----------------------------------------- #24 Declan McKenna The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home (2017) - Video 5FafAfiWtog Commentary This was the song that got me into Declan, a brilliant song about youth revolution and the lack of empathy from adults. His voice is fantastic and I've been a massive fan ever since. ----------------------------------------- #23 SeeB What Do You Love? (ft. Jacob Banks) (2016) - Video cW7yK0fCl4Y Commentary This only got to #20 in my EOY but that was definitely partly down to the fact it only topped my chart in December and has been growing on me ever since. It's the perfect winter warmer of a song, tropical house at it's finest and Jacob's voice just works so well with the song. ----------------------------------------- #22 LMFAO Party Rock Anthem (ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock) (2011) - Video KQ6zr6kCPj8 Commentary The highest song from 2011 now, this was never the best of songs but I definitely went along with the Year 6 hype train for it, with everyone randomly singing 'every day I'm shuffling' until I knew what the song was. Fond memories. ----------------------------------------- #21 DJ Fresh & Jay Fay Dibby Dibby Sound (ft. Ms. Dynamite) (2014) - Video 81Mw7Z9AOkw Commentary This was my Mainstream Song of 2014 back in the day but falls to the 5th highest 2014 song now. I was actually introduced to this song by my dad because of how odd it is, the music video is certainly weird but it is a tune and certainly resembles the genre climate it was in in the absolute best way. DIBBY SOUND! 21 DJ Fresh & Jay Fay - Dibby Dibby Sound (ft. Ms Dynamite) 22 LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock) 23 SeeB - What Do You Love (ft. Jacob Banks) 24 Declan McKenna - The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home 25 Foals - Exits 26 Wideboys - Shopaholic (ft. Sway & McLean) 27 Riva Starr - Dance Me 28 Clean Bandit - Telephone Banking (ft. Love Ssega) 29 Fedde Le Grand - Running 30 Princess Nyah - Hooligans (ft. Ghetts & Griminal)
February 28, 20205 yr Author #20 Amy Shark I Said Hi (2018) - Video 1K4KwuV2l4s Commentary My 2018 #1 now, this is such a beautiful song and certainly deserving of the position. The lovely guitar instrumentation, a fab melody and her infectious Australian accent just make this song absolute perfection, absolutely loving listening to it now! :wub: ----------------------------------------- #19 Avicii Friend Of Mine (ft. Vargas & Lagola) (2017) - Video IXNrHusLXoM Commentary This finished surprisingly low in my EOY but has held its ground here, it's also the highest Avicii song in the countdown. This was the first song I heard from the Avici (01) EP and was by far the best song from that, it is just Avicii at his absolute best and one of the many amazing songs I will remember him by. ----------------------------------------- #18 K'naan Wavin' Flag (2010) - Video WTJSt4wP2ME Commentary This song holds such a special place in my heart. Before 2010 I wasn't into football at all, but my primary school just got so into the spirit of it all, we learnt about all the countries, collected Panini stickers as a class and even had laminated flags to show what stage we were currently at in the game. And we all sung this amazing song. I now really enjoy watching the World Cup and this song is a real trailblazer for the diversity that it brings. ----------------------------------------- #17 Clean Bandit Come Over (ft. Stylo G) (2014) - Video aaXDzh_zoqM Commentary Now this is the actual highest Clean Bandit song :magic: Stylo G's voice is genuinely brilliant and sticking it on a dance song was a genius move. So of course it peaked outside the Top 40 :cry: You don't know the number of times I watched the UK Hot 40 on 4Music and they would announce there was a new #1 and I would get all excited that it might be this... albeit not. ----------------------------------------- #16 Jessy Matador Allez Ola Ole (2010) - Video IX2pxtkhx-M Commentary I sort-of remember this from Eurovision and that's the reason I downloaded it on my Eurovision download spree back in the day, and from then it's just continued to rise in my rankings. It really reminds me of my caravan holidays in Anglesey where I randomly stuck my Eurovision playlist on, I can even envisage leaving the caravan site with it on now (sadly we don't have a caravan any more :() I can even remember the point at which the iTunes 30-second clip starts so I must have listened to it on there a lot as well!
February 28, 20205 yr Author #14 Mandinga Zaleilah (2012) - Video eItAxqI2RlY Commentary Up until now I thought it was spelled 'Zalileh' oops (that's what they're singing anyway). As is usual with my eventual Eurovision faves, I wasn't that enamoured by it on first listen (Mandinga, everyday, Mandinga, Zaleilah! isn't exactly the most lyrically lovely start) but it soon grew on me and is the highest Eurovision song in my countdown. ----------------------------------------- #13 Alessia Cara Seventeen (2017) - Video dB1w9Yiu3zo Commentary My 2017 #1 now, listening to this makes me feel so sad now. This was my anthem when I was 17, wanting to freeze time before I became an adult - it was the last song I listened to before my 18th birthday. Now I'm 20 and I wish I was younger again, I'm so old :cry: ----------------------------------------- #12 Taio Cruz Dynamite (2010) - Video Vysgv7qVYTo Commentary This was my Mainstream Song of 2010 (however not the highest chart hit from 2010!), this is the first song I remember being genuinely obsessed with. I always got really excited when this came on on the radio and even recorded myself singing it when I got my first phone. Nowadays it's nothing particularly special but it's the sentiment that counts. ----------------------------------------- #11 MØRLAND Skin (2016) - Video A405Bfb5sQM Commentary This was the second 'slow song' I really got into (you know what the first one is), this is such a beautiful song in remembrance of his mother, it's so powerful and really etched itself into my mind for eternity.
February 28, 20205 yr Author You may have noticed that I've missed a number out, that is because I loved one song so much that I included it twice in the Top 10 :kink: So to rectify that, here is a corrected run-down of #11-#100: 11 Morland - Skin 12 Taio Cruz - Dynamite 13 Alessia Cara - Seventeen 14 Mandinga - Zalileh 15 Jessy Matador - Allez Ola Ole 16 Clean Bandit - Come Over (ft. Stylo G) 17 K'naan - Wavin' Flag 18 Avicii ft. Vargas & Lagola - Friend of Mine 19 Amy Shark - I Said Hi 20 DJ Fresh & Jay Fay - Dibby Dibby Sound (ft. Ms Dynamite) 21 LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem (ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock) 22 SeeB - What Do You Love (ft. Jacob Banks) 23 Declan McKenna - The Kids Don't Wanna Come Home 24 Foals - Exits 25 Wideboys - Shopaholic (ft. Sway & McLean) 26 Riva Starr - Dance Me 27 Clean Bandit - Telephone Banking (ft. Love Ssega) 28 Fedde Le Grand - Running 29 Princess Nyah - Hooligans (ft. Ghetts & Griminal) 30 Ylvis - The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) 31 Wretch 32 ft. Example - Unorthodox (Moto Blanco Edit) 32 Kygo - Firestone (ft. Conrad Sewell) 33 Chromeo - Jealous (I Ain't With It) 34 Clean Bandit - Stronger 35 Far East Movement ft. The Cataracts & Dev - Like a G6 36 PSY - Gangnam Style 37 Fuse ODG - Antenna 38 Tujamo & Plastik Funk - Dr. Who! (ft. Sneakbo) 39 Owl City - Lucid Dream 40 Tiesto vs. Diplo ft. Busta Rhymes - C'mon (Catch 'Em By Surprise) 41 JP Cooper - September Song 42 Disclosure ft. Jessie Ware - Confess To Me 43 Rudimental - Toast To Our Differences 44 Showtek - Booyah! (ft. We Are Loud! & Sonny Wilson) 45 Fall Out Boy - Centuries 46 Philip George - Wish You Were Mine 47 Grouplove - Ways to Go 48 Nico & Vinz - Another Day 49 Tchami - Promesses (feat. Kaleem Taylor) 50 Years And Years - King 51 MOWE - Lovers Friends (ft. Daniel Nitt) 52 Sheppard - Keep Me Crazy 53 Format:B - Chunky 54 The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa (So Shifty Remix) 55 Two Door Cinema Club - Talk 56 Caro Emerald - Liquid Lunch 57 Bakermat - Teach Me 58 Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup - We No Speak Americano 59 Chiddy Bang - Opposite of Adults 60 Mahmut Orhan & Colonel Bagshot - 6 Days 61 Wretch 32 - All a Dream 62 Cavetown - Home 63 Thomas Jack - Rivers 64 Alle Farben & Janieck - Little Hollywood 65 Blonde - All Cried Out (ft. Alex Newell) 66 Bipolar Sunshine - Daydreamer (Gryffin Remix) 67 Sub Focus - Turn Back Time 68 Galantis - Smile 69 Finn Kleffman - Head Over Heels 70 Blonde - I Loved You (ft. Melissa Steel) 71 Avicii - Trouble 72 Twin Twin - Moustache 73 Disclosure ft. AlunaGeorge - White Noise 74 Galantis - Rich Boy 75 HUMAN - ROBOT 76 Suzi Island - Show Me The Way 77 We the Lion - Found Love 78 Avicii - Peace of Mind (ft. Vargas & Lagola) 79 Tune-Yards - Water Fountain 80 Wiley - Boom Blast 81 3OH!3 ft. Katy Perry - Starstrukk 82 Bad Sounds - Meat on My Bones 83 Vance Joy - We're Going Home 84 KDA - Turn the Music Louder (feat. Tinie Tempah & Jess Glynne) 85 Avicii - Waiting For Love 86 Zara Larsson - Lush Life 87 Olly Murs - Seasons 88 MOWE - Back in the Summer 89 Nico & Vinz - In Your Arms 90 Tine Tempah - Not Letting Go (feat. Jess Glynne) 91 Sergey Lazarev - You Are the Only One 92 Wiley ft. JME & Ms. D - Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya) 93 Royce Lovett - I Wanna Love You 94 Jax Jones - House Work (ft. Mike Dunn & MNEK) 95 Wallows - These Days 96 Nico & Vinz - When the Day Comes 97 The Magician ft. Years & Years - Sunlight 98 Snow Patrol - Don't Give In 99 Walking on Cars - Don't Mind Me 100 Sia - Never Give Up I might edit the rest of the thread soon but that would be a lot of work, to see Sia's commentary just look in the 2017 honourable mentions ;)
February 28, 20205 yr Author Anyway, here are the years still in contention as we go into the Top 10: 2010: 1 song 2012: 1 song 2014: 3 songs 2015: 3 songs 2016: 2 songs But which year/song will come out on top?
February 29, 20205 yr I was also disappointed in 'Come Over' missing the top 40, it's a much more extraordinary song than 'Extraordinary' itself :(
March 1, 20205 yr Gangnam Style & The Fox are easily the 2 best novelty hits in the UK this past decade. I'm not sure we'll ever see a song take over the world in the same way Gangnam Style did again. Wavin' Flag is my favourite song you've mentioned so far though. Easily one of my favourite songs of all-time. It's so uplifting and the perfect choice for a World Cup song. The best thing Coca Cola have ever been involved in :lol:
March 3, 20205 yr Author I was also disappointed in 'Come Over' missing the top 40, it's a much more extraordinary song than 'Extraordinary' itself :( Glad we're on the same page with that one - thanks Jordan! Gangnam Style & The Fox are easily the 2 best novelty hits in the UK this past decade. I'm not sure we'll ever see a song take over the world in the same way Gangnam Style did again. Wavin' Flag is my favourite song you've mentioned so far though. Easily one of my favourite songs of all-time. It's so uplifting and the perfect choice for a World Cup song. The best thing Coca Cola have ever been involved in :lol: Wavin' Flag really is a tune isn't it, basically everything you've said :wub: Thanks Lewis!
March 3, 20205 yr Author #10 Walk Off the Earth Hold On (The Break) (2016) - Video XCSM3-mdSdA Commentary We kick of my Top 10 with the song that really got me into Walk Off the Earth and is easily their best song. It is the perfect mix of indie and pop, with brilliant instrumentals, great vocals and an inventive music video as well. Sadly the band lost their bearded pianist Mike Taylor last year and he is very sorely missed :( It is only right therefore that this manages to hit the Top 10 in my EOD. ----------------------------------------- #09 Walking On Cars Speeding Cars (2015) - Video w5h4yJ-BpL4 Commentary It's taken us 90 songs to get from the first Walking On Cars song to the second, but this truly does deserve to be so high. I didn't really notice it when it was a hit, but once I finally paid attention to it in mid-2016 it very quickly became a song I couldn't put down. It's a musical masterpiece and every syllable he sings just completely works, I just want to sing the whole song out loud and it is by far the best song of its genre this decade :wub:
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