Today at 2pm there’s a chart of the 40 most played tracks from 2010-2019 on Radio 2 hosted by Scott Mills. Compiled by PPL, this chart focuses on plays across radio, TV, cinemas, clubs, pubs, gyms, restaurants etc.

 

This chart was last compiled 10 years ago with Snow Patrol’s Chasing Cars coming out on top. Could it appear again?

 

I’ll reveal the Top 40 in turn with a post of the song, its video and where it peaked in the actual singles chart.

 

Feel free to listen along and join in with your thoughts and comments from 2-5pm ^_^

 

 

What do you think will be #1 this time around?

 

(If anyone has access to or has seen the chart already then no spoilers please as it is already out there)

1. Pharrell Williams - Happy

2. Adele - Rolling In The Deep

3. Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger

4. Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky

5. Justin Timberlake - Can't Stop The Feeling!

6. The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

7. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

8. OneRepublic - Counting Stars

9. Cee Lo Green - Forget You

10. Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire

 

11. Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know

12. Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven

13. Jason Derulo - Want To Want Me

14. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain

15. Jessie J - Domino

16. Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are

17. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

18. Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

19. Katy Perry - Roar

20. Avicii - Wake Me Up

 

21. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

22. Coldplay - Paradise

23. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa - Payphone

24. Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody

25. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)

26. Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World)

27. WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance

28. Plan B - She Said

29. James Bay - Hold Back The River

30. fun. feat. Janelle Monáe - We Are Young

 

31. Justin Timberlake - Mirrors

32. Katy Perry - Firework

33. Adele - Someone Like You

34. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

35. Train - Drive By

36. Ella Henderson - Ghost

37. Emeli Sandé - Next To Me

38. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You

39. Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

40. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

Intrigued to see how similar it looks to the sales/streaming EOD.

 

I'm gonna take a guess that Happy will be #1 but I don't pay close attention to the airplay chart so I could be well off.

 

Starts at 2pm by the way.

I’m going to guess Uptown Funk, however I might be way off. Maybe an Adele song, Rolling in the Deep or Someone Like You?

It's definitely Chasing Cars. Last July it was revealed as the most played song of the century, nearly a decade after being named the most played of the 2000s.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49008689

 

That either means:

 

1. It was played so much between 2006 and 2009 that even all the 2010s hits couldn't catch up

 

or

 

2. It continued to played so often post-2009 that it outperformed all the other songs

Edited April 13, 20205 yr by JCM20

surely most of Chasing Cars radio plays would’ve been pre 2010? can’t see that being in this chart myself.

This will be interesting

Nearly time folks! This'll get going after the news. Those who don't frequent listening to Radio 2, there'll be a news bulletin on the hour (if they have decided to keep them in).

I'd guess Happy, but Ed Sheeran should feature a lot near the top and also Rather Be.

 

Hold My Hand just scraped into the EOD Top 100 but it wouldn't surprise me if it were top 40 here.

40. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (#2 in 1997)

 

starting off with a song not even from the previous decade lmao

perhaps Chasing Cars will be high up then.

Torn at #40 for 2010-2019? Really? Is this just from Scott's personal last.fm or? :lol:

Edited April 13, 20205 yr by diva thin muffin

Torn at #40 for 2010-2019? Really?

 

It's still played to death on radio!

I don't think I've even heard Torn in the last 10 years :lol:

so that's the oldest song in the chart and the most played of the 90s

 

extra:

41 king

44 blurred lines

45 we found love

46 don't be so hard on yourself

48 hold my hand

49 don't stop believing

50 thinking out loud

39. Rag'n'Bone Man - Human (#2 in 2016)

 

Shock :lol:

Human is sounding pretty good having not heard it for a couple of years.

Surely Shape Of You will be really high on this list? And obviously a couple more Ed Sheeran tracks.

38. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (#1 in 2017)