45. ELASTIC HEART- Sia (1,115,000)

 

 

PEAK POSITION: 10

YEAR: 2015

 

First appearing in 2013 as a collaboration between Sia, Diplo and Weeknd and featured in the film “Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, this got re-recorded as a Sia sole track for release two years later. It came with a mildly controversial video featuring actor Shia LeBeouf and which caused some to comment on paedophilic undertones which were addressed by Sia on Twitter.

 

 

Elastic Hearts sales! Didn’t realise it had sold as much as that!

 

Love Skyfall, Be The One and Blank Space too.

 

Domino is alright but not top tier Jessie and Don’t Call Me Up has already aged for me but I did love it at the time.

2 more great songs there - I am also surprised to see 'Elastic Heart' so high, forgot how long it stuck around for. 'Skyfall' is my fave Bond theme I think, real shame that it missed out on what should have been an extremely easy #1.

Skyfall and Elastic Heart :wub: both 10/10s. And obviously more Adele and Sia to come, which I'm looking forward to!

44. DANCE MONKEY- Tones & I (1,122,000)

 

 

PEAK POSITION: 1

YEAR: 2019

 

An Australian No 1 for 24 weeks!!!! It also broke records in the UK when it topped the charts for 11 weeks (more than any other record ever by a female solo act) and dropped from 1-10 as it hit ACR (though its reign would have ended regardless). That made it the 8th biggest record in the UK last year, not bad for a song about busking, as she explained it “"I wrote this song when I was busking, and about the pressure that I felt to always be entertaining people on the street. And if they didn't like it, when they looked at their phones they could just click something else; ... we are all so used to being entertained at the click of a button."

 

"So when you're busking on the street, .. to command your attention, people would be like: 'again! again!' .. 'more! more!' .. or they would just leave. So if you replace the lyric: 'dance for me, dance for me' with 'sing for me, sing for me,' it's pretty literal,"

 

 

43. I’LL BE THERE- Jess Glynne (1,138,000)

 

 

PEAK POSITION: 1

YEAR: 2018

 

First single from Glynne’s second album predictably became her 7th chart topper on release though its solitary week at No 1 saw sales of just 38k needed- that was the lowest weekly tally of the entire decade (she only made it to the top by under 900 copies as well). Not to worry as it remained a strong seller for the rest of the decade and her ability to generate massive sellers remains intact. It was written by her friend and reflected events in both their lives which they had supported each other through.

 

 

Gross

A double dosage of horror

 

Much love for '7 rings' and 'Be The One' since I last posted in here :heart:

Dance Monkey + I’ll be there = trash

I'm not here for the 'Dance Monkey' hate. I just wish it would have got a few more weeks at number one :wub:

I notice Dance Monkey is now the 4th most streamed song of all time on Spotify now and now far behind 2nd.

 

I hope she eventually topples Sheeran :kink:

Dance Monkey was overplayed but for a time it was great.

 

I’ll Be There is cute as well. One of Jess’s best.

Dance Monkey would surely be very near the top if you included figures up to today (in fact if it was an all time list of female hits it would be very near the top).

 

Another great run of songs for me. I'll be there is my favourite from Jess Glynne. I'm lukewarm about much of Adele's stuff but Skyfall is brilliant. Elastic Heart is pure genius, and I didn't know it was a millionaire so that's great news. :wub:

42. HALO- Beyonce (1,139,000)

 

 

PEAK POSITION: 45 (in the 2010’s)

YEAR: 2009

 

Another one of those WTF moments- this ladies and gentlemen is the best selling solo Beyonce record of the 2010s and is now one of her signature tracks. It was the subject to a number of rumours- firstly that Ryan Tedder (OneRepublic lead singer and writer of the track) had reused the melody from the Kelly Clarkson track “Already Gone” and secondly that he had offered it first to Leona Lewis whose schedule didn’t lend itself to her recording the track, both of which Tedder disputed. Total sales are now over 1.6 million and an amazing performance for a record that only charted for 12 weeks in the decade!

 

The singer reflected “The song feels angelic, like you see angels when you hear it. It's saying I had this wall built up about love and you completely tore it down, so I look at you and see your halo”.

 

 

41. WHEN WE WERE YOUNG- Adele (1,145,000)

 

 

PEAK POSITION: 9

YEAR: 2015

 

The official second single from “25” it benefited from a live BRITS performance which saw it rocket into the top 10 though it didn’t exactly replicate the success of her 2011 performance. Another million seller it helped the singer to be the biggest UK female act of the decade- how many songs has she placed on the list?

 

Adele said “It was based on us being older, and being at a party at this house, and seeing everyone that you’ve ever fallen out with, everyone that you’ve never loved, and stuff like that, where you can’t find the time to be in each other lives. You’re all thrown together at this party when you’re like 50, and it doesn’t matter and you have so much fun and you feel like you’re 15 again. So that’s the kind of vibe of it really.”

 

'Halo' being that big is definitely a WTF moment!! I always found the song a bit over-rated anyway.

 

WWWY again isn't Adele's best but it's nice enough.

I never ever connected with Halo.

 

I’ll Be There really grew on me.

I'll Be There outselling as it should, one of Jess' best :wub: (didn't think it was a millionaire however). I used to hate Dance Monkey at the start but then loved it, her voice is a bit grating I must admit.

 

Skyfall should have been #1 but that would have meant blocking Diamonds or Don't You Worry Child both of which are classic #1s in their own right as well so I'm not too fussed about that.

How the f*** did I’ll be there sell so much?

76. PARTY IN THE USA- Miley Cyrus (869,000)

 

 

PEAK POSITION: 37 (in the 2010’s)

YEAR: 2009

 

The first of those 8 tracks which charted before 2010 is this track famously co-penned by a pre fame Jessie J and intended for her debut album but passed up as it wasn’t “edgy enough”, some lyrics were re-written to reflect Cyrus’ personality and demographic and we got this. The track sold 116k in 2009 so is now approaching 1 million overall and was first performed at the Teen Choice awards in 2009 which caused minor controversy around the overly sexual performance given its audience. Clearly it’s now a fan favourite shifting steadily over the decade even if Cyrus is allegedly not keen on it now.

 

 

 

 

68. WRECKING BALL- Miley Cyrus (899,000)

 

 

PEAK POSITION: 1

YEAR: 2013

 

Cyrus’ first No 1 in the US it quickly became her second chart topper in a row here, and it’s the third of 28 number ones on the survey. Penned with Beyonce in mind, Cyrus snapped it up for her “Bangerz” album and debuted at No 1 in the same week as the album did the same. It opened with 21k less sales than “We Can’t Stop” but ended up beating it in total sales maybe it was the mildly controversial video that helped? At any rate Cyrus regrets the promo now “Swinging around naked on a wrecking ball lives forever, once you do that it’s forever, I’m never living that down I will always be the naked girl on a wrecking ball…I should’ve thought [about] how long that was going to follow me around. That’s my worst nightmare”

 

 

 

Iconic!

 

I’m guessing Party In The USA will overtake Wrecking Ball as PITUSA seems to hang around Spotify a lot! Will PITUSA become her first million seller?