What a phenomenal result for 'Blind Faith' this year :wub: really strong top 10 in general.

Just caught up, amazing results for I Follow Rivers (!), Changed the Way You Kiss Me, Young Blood, All of the Lights, The Edge of Glory, Rolling in the Deep, Midnight City & Blind Faith (!!!) in their last year <3 ouch WFL by contrast lol :P

 

Happy to see new peaks for Wish You Well, Kill v. Maim, I Could Be the One, Runaway (U & I), Stay High, West Coast, Try, Flesh Without Blood, Be the One & Faded :) I'd never noticed how stable Christine & 212's runs have been so far, impressive!

 

Interested to see where Midnight Sky ends up, I wouldn't be shocked to see Physical win at this point.

I like the Top 8 except Video Games which I don't hate but am surprised at all the love it gets. First heard it when I was in Australia in 2011 into 2012 backpacking and thinking it was so dull and slow. Has grown on me since then but don't think it is worthy of being this high at all! Definitely prefer Video Games and LOVE Summertime Sadness!

Edited October 21, 20213 yr by chrissmith276

Two songs climbing into the top 10 now. First up we have Arctic Monkeys who have had a long journey to get here having spent the last three years in the top 20. No longer lumbered with a #11 peak as they had in the official chart what we can definitively call their signature hit now 'Do I Wanna Know?' is at #8 this year. It once again topped the yearly poll for 2013 however 'Get Lucky' is still in the running in the final. The song also holds its place as Buzzjack's favourite guitar-based hit of the past decade which is certainly well-deserved, it's certainly aged well and is also still a staple of the Spotify top 200. It had support from 18 voters.

 

It is a good year for Billie Eilish as alongside Bad Guy climbing to #60 she's now at #7 with Everything I Wanted. Perhaps helped by the release of her second proper album or just the addition of a few more of her fans into the chart forum this year. This song does seem to get a lot of critical acclaim online and likewise a great reception on Buzzjack so perhaps the real surprise here is that it was as low as #52 last year. It is one of her better songs so I can't complain with it being here if we have to have one Billie song up high. It also received 18 votes.

 

08 11 437 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?

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1st, 2013

 

07 52 441 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted

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1st, 2019

 

“It is one of her better songs so I can’t complain with it being here if we have to have one Billie song up high” - I think that’s what they call damning with faint praise! :P

 

I’m not a Billie fan especially but Everything I Wanted is sooo beautiful. Great that it’s made the Top 10.

I like the Top 8 except Video Games which I don't hate but am surprised at all the love it gets. First heard it when I was in Australia in 2011 into 2012 backpacking and thinking it was so dull and slow. Has grown on me since then but don't think it is worthy of being this high at all!

 

100% agree

 

Daft Punk get an all-time high peak with 'Get Lucky', up 25 places to #6 having received 20 votes. It never made the top 10 prior, though with a perfect top 40 run. It comes in the year where Daft Punk ended their long hiatus to announce their permanent departure from music, when many of us were expecting them to finally return with new material. Perhaps that's given a few of us some newfound appreciation for this song or maybe it's just that the song hasn't got any worse with age and will no doubt be a timeless classic of the 2010s. It is the highest song this year that falls under the dance umbrella although being more influenced by dance music of the past than modern EDM.

 

It means Gotye starts off the top five with 'Somebody That I Used To Know', a new peak for the song having only made its way in the top 10 finally last year. It was a song that initially looked like it had a shot of winning the title this year but its votes dried up somewhat towards the end. It got 21 votes including one putting it right at the top of their ranking. The song seems to still be very fondly remembered nearly a decade on and that is very well deserved, it's another that sounds like a timeless classic - if it were up to me these two would be the top two out of this top ten however we still have three new entries to come alongside Lana Del Rey.

 

06 31 470 Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell Williams) - Get Lucky

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2nd, 2013

 

05 06 484 Gotye (feat. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used To Know

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1st, 2012

Wow - is 3 new entries in the Top 4 a first?

 

Midnight Sky is my favourite of those remaining, but I’d have thought is fairly unlikely to win.

So glad the Arctics have finally got a well deserved Top 10 position.

 

Everything I Wanted is just beautiful, one of my absolute favourites from Billie, hopefully this re-peaks again next time.

Would never have guessed 3 new entries in top 4, nor that Miley or Lana would get anything like this high

Miley Cyrus gets her biggest RotD hit instantly in her first year of 'Midnight Sky's eligibility, something we all saw coming really as the song got a load of hype and love on the forum last year. Miley wowed many of us including those who aren't usually fans of her material with her inspired take on the 80s throwback trend doing such a good Stevie Nicks impression that they ended up doing a duet/mash-up version. The song couldn't quite make UK #1 but it had a lengthy run to make up for it and now could very easily spend the next decade racking up lots of votes in this contest. It got 22 votes which was the most of any song, including one set of max points.

 

Meanwhile we say goodbye to Lana Del Rey's breakout hit 'Video Games' which once again proves to be her most well regarded on the forum. It also remains my favourite of her non-remixed material. In its final year it now surges to a new peak reaching #3 and being the highest song that didn't come out of 2020, being the top of five LDR songs here so it has been a very good year for her (perhaps helped by her doing two albums this year). It had 20 votes including three sets of max points. Therefore it is between Dua Lipa and The Weeknd for #1, which will be announced tonight..

 

04 ** 497 Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky 

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2nd, 2020

 

03 17 527 Lana Del Rey - Video Games

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2nd, 2011

Fantastic for Video Games to go out on such a high. 10 years ago it was possibly the last time I first heard something on the chart show that stopped me in my tracks. Yes she's honed her sound and productions since then, and I hope some of the NFR tracks can progress further in future years, but I don't think we'll get so many people agreeing on a career highlight beyond this one.

 

Out of the final two, I gave a few more points to Physical, but I'd be happy for either to win.

Everything I Wanted is soooo good, definitely one I underrated at the time but it's among my favourites from 2019 now

 

Much deserved new peaks for Lana, Gotye, Daft Punk and Arctics :heart:

 

Very happy to see Daft Punk and Gotye get new peaks, both absolute classics. Lana rising to #3 after all these years is great to see too :wub:

 

We've ended up with the top 2 that I expected, both really seemed to resonate with the site last year (together with the wonderful Midnight City) and I'm happy enough to see them so high already.

Awwww Video Games was 30 Pointer and Midnight Sky was my second choice to go all the way from what was still remaining- not that I don't really like the Top 2 as well but these were higher on my faves.

 

What can I say, both are phenomenal songs. On the positive side it's great for Video Games to go out on such a high and it bodes well for Midnight Sky in future competitions.

Finishing in a close second-place we have Dua Lipa, whose 'Physical' now overtakes 'Don't Start Now' in the affections of Buzzjack to be her most well-regarded hit on the forum. It remains to be seen if this will continue to hold up so high or if she'll out-do herself yet again but she had never been in the top five before now. The track's high energy and big hook had Buzzjack in love from day one and a few predicted it to be a contender this year, well it certainly was but ultimately couldn't beat the monster that is 'Blinding Lights'. 'Physical' had 20 votes with 6 top-ten votes - it had won 2020 by a substantial margin but lost a bit of support in the final.

 

So, winning by 14 points it is congratulations to The Weeknd. The song may only be just under 2 years old but already feels like one of the biggest hits ever released with its recording breaking American chart run and a huge British one too, just about to spend its 100th week in the chart. It got a universal appreciation across the site and the internet unlike most other songs and well yes, it is undeniably great. A bit early to be calling this the best of the last ten years? Perhaps but I've no doubt it will age very well. The song 'only' had 18 votes but with a lot of big scores - 12 placing it within their top ten.

 

02 ** 534 Dua Lipa - Physical

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1st, 2020

 

01 ** 548 Weeknd - Blinding Lights

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3rd, 2020

Great winner, I think it missed out on my votes but I can see it rising in there as the decade goes on, it doesn't sound old at all. And it's really nice to see a top 4 with 3 from the most recent year, we never had anything close back when I was running this.

 

Thanks for running this Dan and ElectroBoy, it was a very fresh edition with a lot of cool shakeups, and I know how much effort goes into this, excellent and well-presented work.

 

Blinding Lights is fantastic, and a well deserved #1.

 

But... Buzzjack... really voting for a male winner?

 

I daresay there'll be a few members clutching their pearls.

Edited October 24, 20213 yr by Shoat

FINAL RESULTS

Pos/LY Pos/Title/Points/Voters/Year/Year Pos/(SF#/SF Pos – if applicable)

 

001 *** Weeknd - Blinding Lights | 548 18 2020 03

002 *** Dua Lipa - Physical | 534 20 2020 01

003 017 Lana Del Rey - Video Games | 527 20 2011 02

004 *** Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky  | 497 22 2020 02

005 006 Gotye (feat. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used To Know | 484 21 2012 01

006 031 Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell Williams) - Get Lucky | 470 20 2013 02

007 052 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted | 441 18 2019 01

008 011 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? | 437 18 2013 01

009 007 Lorde - Green Light | 421 19 2017 01

010 051 Chase & Status (feat. Liam Bailey) - Blind Faith | 416 18 2011 04

 

011 008 Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now | 409 18 2019 03

012 026 Alan Walker - Faded | 408 13 2016 02

013 019 Bastille - Pompeii | 405 21 2013 04

014 013 Katy B - Crying For No Reason | 398 19 2014 01

015 009 M83 - Midnight City | 398 15 2011 01

016 004 Ariana Grande - No Tears Left To Cry | 395 16 2018 01

017 016 Swedish House Mafia (feat. John Martin) - Don't You Worry Child | 377 18 2012 06 1 01

018 005 Rita Ora - Anywhere | 370 17 2017 02

019 010 Sia - Chandelier | 367 20 2014 02

020 164 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors | 364 19 2013 05

 

021 027 CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share | 364 14 2013 10 2 2

022 002 Ariana Grande - Into You  | 362 16 2016 01

023 003 Rihanna (feat. Calvin Harris) - We Found Love | 354 15 2011 03

024 048 Adele - Rolling In The Deep | 348 18 2011 06 2 6

025 243 Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk | 348 16 2015 20 2 3

026 032 Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory | 346 17 2011 05

027 014 Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks  | 344 19 2012 02

028 112 Hozier - Take Me To Church | 333 18 2015 12 2 1

029 047 Fun. (feat. Janelle Monae) - We Are Young | 332 15 2012 12 1 09

030 033 Dua Lipa - Be The One | 330 19 2017 04

 

031 113 Kanye West (feat. Rihanna & Various Artists) - All Of The Lights | 323 18 2011 13 1 15

032 012 Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me | 323 12 2015 01

033 079 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood | 321 13 2015 11 1 03

034 050 P!nk - Try  | 318 14 2012 16 1 11

035 122 Kygo (feat. Conrad Sewell) - Firestone | 312 12 2015 07 1 04

036 128 Lana Del Rey - West Coast | 309 14 2014 13 2 12

037 036 Lana Del Rey - Born To Die | 305 16 2012 05

038 *** Dua Lipa (feat. DaBaby) - Levitating   | 302 12 2020 04

039 072 Tove Lo (feat. Hippie Sabotage) - Stay High (Habits Remix) | 299 15 2014 05

040 037 Azealia Banks (feat. Lazy Jay) - 212 | 298 16 2012 07 2 4

 

041 025 David Guetta (feat. Sia) - Titanium | 297 16 2012 04

042 045 Lilly Wood and The Prick - Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix)  | 297 12 2014 04

043 044 Rihanna - Diamonds | 295 16 2012 08 1 02

044 041 Mark Ronson (feat. Miley Cyrus) - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart | 292 17 2018 02

045 020 Adele - Someone Like You | 285 14 2011 09 1 10

046 035 Years & Years - King | 284 15 2015 03

047 *** SAINt JHN - Roses (Imanbek Remix) | 284 14 2020 06 1 23

048 124 Kungs vs Cookin On 3 Burners - This Girl | 282 15 2016 06 1 19

049 060 Mr. Probz - Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) | 281 14 2014 07 2 11

050 114 Galantis - Runaway (U & I) | 281 13 2015 05

 

051 105 HAIM - Falling | 275 15 2013 15 1 12

052 115 Naked & Famous - Young Blood | 274 10 2011 11 1 18

053 066 Rudimental (feat. John Newman) - Feel The Love | 273 16 2012 03

054 042 Christine And The Queens - Tilted / Christine | 273 13 2016 03

055 081 Weeknd (feat. Daft Punk) - Starboy | 272 15 2016 05

056 073 Taylor Swift - Blank Space | 270 14 2014 12 1 17

057 040 Taylor Swift - Style | 267 13 2015 04

058 272 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times | 266 11 2017 07 1 20

059 039 Arcade Fire - Reflektor | 266 11 2013 17 1 16

060 100 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy | 265 16 2019 02

 

061 018 Ariana Grande - One Last Time | 264 15 2015 02

062 038 xx - On Hold | 264 12 2016 04

063 181 Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix) | 262 12 2016 08 1 21

064 254 Example - Changed The Way You Kiss Me | 257 12 2011 12 2 13

065 *** Taylor Swift (feat. Bon Iver) - Exile | 255 10 2020 09 2 16

066 307 Avicii vs. Nicky Romero - I Could Be The One | 253 13 2013 19 1 07

067 *** Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain On Me | 252 12 2020 05

068 150 Avicii (feat. Aloe Blacc) - Wake Me Up | 252 10 2013 16 2 15

069 074 Kygo & Whitney Houston - Higher Love | 251 13 2019 04

070 092 Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks | 250 17 2011 16 2 17

 

071 084 Florence & The Machine - Shake It Out | 250 15 2011 10 2 5

072 028 Jennifer Lopez (feat. Pitbull) - On The Floor | 250 12 2011 07 1 08

073 054 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss | 249 14 2018 03

074 077 Clean Bandit (feat. Zara Larsson) - Symphony | 246 15 2017 05

075 214 Martin Garrix - Animals | 245 11 2013 14 2 24

076 086 Disclosure (feat. Sam Smith) - Latch  | 244 13 2012 10 1 05

077 098 Grimes - Kill V. Maim | 244 10 2015 13 1 25

078 *** Little Mix - Sweet Melody | 238 12 2020 08 1 06

079 065 Lana Del Rey - Ride | 238 11 2012 13 2 22

080 034 Arcade Fire - Everything Now | 236 11 2017 06 2 18

 

081 *** Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers | 234 16 2011 17 1 24

082 106 Paramore - Still Into You | 233 14 2013 07 1 14

083 058 Tame Impala - Let It Happen | 233 10 2015 16 2 19

084 101 Adele - Set Fire To The Rain | 230 15 2011 18 2 7

085 023 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow | 224 11 2018 04

086 059 Avicii - Levels | 222 13 2011 08 2 20

087 162 Sigala & Becky Hill - Wish You Well | 222 10 2019 05

088 220 London Grammar - Strong | 221 8 2013 18 2 14

089 057 Clean Bandit (feat. Jess Glynne) - Rather Be | 220 13 2014 03

090 091 Mabel - Don't Call Me Up | 220 11 2019 06 2 23

 

091 064 Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness | 213 12 2013 03

092 323 Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face | 212 13 2015 14 2 21

093 095 Major Lazer (feat. DJ Snake & MØ) - Lean On | 206 13 2015 06 2 10

094 068 Calvin Harris (feat. HAIM) - Pray To God | 202 11 2015 08 2 8

095 087 Disclosure (feat. AlunaGeorge) - White Noise | 201 14 2013 09 1 13

096 022 Loreen - Euphoria | 199 9 2012 11 2 9

097 062 Little Mix - Move | 196 15 2013 12 2 25

098 029 Dua Lipa - New Rules | 184 13 2017 03

099 119 Avicii (feat. Rita Ora) - Lonely Together | 184 6 2017 15 1 22

100 158 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood | 159 12 2018 05

Congrats to Abel - when was the last time a male artist even finished in the top 2? Well deserved for Blinding Lights, especially with the overplay supposedly counting against it!

 

Thanks Dan and Electroboy for running this again!