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#34 (1475pts)

 

Tina Boonstra

City of Doubt

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NE (8/1/2022) 36-21-10-9-10-9-9-14-17-18-18-20-22-23-25-33-40-52-67-92-xx

 

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I did send Tina Boonstra to BJSC this year with the song 'Prodigal' (which I forgot I hadn't charted!) but I actually discovered this song before that one! I never liked it enough to put it into my chart when I first heard it in 2021, but once it got a video I was willing to give it a second chance, and became a big fan of it! It's a very nice indie-pop song with some great vocals, and Tina still has another song to come in my chart!

 

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Tina Boonstra

2022 09 City of Doubt

2022 01 Martha

 

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#33 (1490pts)

 

Son Mieux

Multicolor

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NE (1/10/2022) 15-6-4-4-4-6-6-9-11-15-19-24-34-38-46-...

 

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I discovered this song a few weeks before it was entered in BJSC, and coincidentially became a massive fan of it just at the point at which I realised it was in the other semi! It's a perfect mix of indie and funk, making it quite a brilliant song. Also - I'm sure it had a music video at one point!

 

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Son Mieux

2022 04 Multicolor

 

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#32 (1497pts)

 

CoCo and the Butterfields

Together Again

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NE (22/1/2022) 5-6-5-5-5-8-11-12-12-13-16-16-16-21-27-37-50-75-85-98-xx

 

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Well you can unintentially see the different varieties on their name I've charted these guys as in my chart history :magic: They haven't been as prolific at making new music this year as they were last year, but this song is fantastic, really got me emotional thinking about the power of friends and coming together after a long time!

 

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CoCo and The Butterfields

2017 03 Battlegrounds (CoCo & The Buterfields)

2018 12 Monsters (CoCo and the Butterfields)

2018 12 Puppets (CoCo and the Butterfields)

2019 20 Animals (CoCo and the Butterfields)

2019 63 Giants (CoCo & The Butterfields)

2020 10 Feel (CoCo & The Butterfields)

2020 01 Alone (Together) (CoCo & The Butterfields)

2020 03 Dance! (CoCo and the Butterfields)

2021 01 Night Avenue (CoCo and the Butterfields)

2021 13 K.O.T.C (CoCo and the Butterfields)

2021 30 Goodbye Now (CoCo and the Butterfields)

2021 37 Marching Home (CoCo and the Butterfields)

2021 13 Crash and Burn (CoCo and the Butterfields)

2021 16 No Mistakes (CoCo and the Butterfields)

2021 02 Ignite (CoCo and the Butterfields)

2022 05 Together Again (CoCo and the Butterfields)

2022 18 Love is Love (CoCo and the Butterfields)

 

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#31 (1508pts)

 

First Aid Kit

Angel

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NE (30/7/2022) 19-13-10-6-5-5-6-8-12-14-16-19-24-43-48-52-60-62-67-75-87-xx

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First Aid Kit are a duo I've been aware of for ages but have never had too much of an interest in. This song however really grabbed me, the country-esque vibe and sheer positivity of the chorus really grabbed me and it's just a fab song to sway along to!

 

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First Aid Kit

2022 05 Angel

 

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Hey Pete :hi: catch-up time, these are my favourites in your countdown since I last commented:

 

#67 George Ezra - Anyone For You

#52 KALUSH - Stefania

#46 Editors - Heart Attack

#44 Sam Ryder - SPACE MAN

 

'Anyone For You' turned out to be a big grower for me! I'm glad that it kickstarted this era off on the right foot after his previous one didn't quite get going until single #2.

 

'Stefania' and 'SPACE MAN' were a really strong Eurovision top 2 :wub: it was amazing to hear the former played on the chart. Shame that Sam didn't quite get a #1 single but he already feels like a bit of a national treasure anyway and did get that album #1 at least!

 

I was pleasantly surprised by how strong the new Editors material was after they hadn't really been on my radar for a good 15 years.

Agree with all the above! Stefania scraping into the Top 40 was one of my favourite chart moments of last year, and of course was fab to see SPACE MAN do so well! Thanks Jade ^_^

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31-100 Recap:

 

31 First Aid Kit Angel

32 CoCo and the Butterfields Together Again

33 Son Mieux Multicolor

34 Tina Boonstra City of Doubt

35 Rea Garvey, YouNotUs & Kush Kush Love Makes You Shine

36 Manor Collective Thank You, Sorry, Please (ft. Becca Folkes, Charlotte Kiwanuka & Elle Limebear)

37 Milow How Love Works

38 Casting Crowns Healer

39 Hippo Campus Ride or Die

40 Matt Redman Son of Suffering

 

41 The Sherlocks City Lights

42 Walk Off The Earth & Tenille Townes Tomorrow Can Wait

43 TobyMac The Goodness (ft. Blessing Offor)

44 Sam Ryder SPACE MAN

45 Built By Titan Wild World (ft. Skybourne)

46 Editors Heart Attack

47 Martin Smith Our Eyes Are On You (ft. Elle Limebear)

48 The Knocks Slow Song (ft. Dragonette)

49 Tom Chaplin Midpoint

50 Emissary I'll Be Your Guide

51 METRUTH It'll Be Okay (ft. Christian Singleton & Kumiko Bankson)

52 KALUSH Stefania

53 Klingande & Pool Blue Eye of the Storm

54 Colorvault Dwell In Your House (ft. Young Oceans)

55 AR/CO Call Me By My Name

56 Malik Harris Rockstars

57 Sheldon Riley Not The Same

58 Lion of Judah Kingdom Disposition

59 Mando Diao Fire in the Hall

60 Regen California

61 NEEDTOBREATHE Talk of the Town

62 Katy Nicole In Jesus Name (God Of Possible)

63 Imagine Dragons Love Of Mine - Night Vision Demo

64 Seafret Running Out of Love

65 Rend Collective Let It Roll

66 Sea Girls Paracetamol Blues

67 George Ezra Anyone For You

68 Jeangu Macrooy & Pete Philly A Little Greener

69 Bear's Den All The Wrong Places

70 Abi Gledhill Sunflowers (Through the Night)

71 The Slow Show Breathe

72 Sam Fender Getting Started

73 The Isomers From The Chaos

74 Dubdogz & Ofenbach On My Shoulders

75 The Vaccines Thunder Fever

 

76 Nico & Vinz Peace

77 Stephen Stanley Note To Self (ft. Riley Clemmons)

78 George Ezra Green Green Grass

79 Wyldest Tin Foil Girl

80 Valley of the Moon Lead Me Up the Mountain

81 LZ7 Energy

82 lovelytheband sail away

83 Regard & Kwabs Signals

84 Systur Með hækkandi sól

85 Fatherson Love For Air

86 Nothing But Funk So Good

87 Ochman River

88 MARO saudade, saudade

89 Sam Ryder Somebody

90 TobyMac Cornerstone (ft. Zach Williams)

91 TAYA For All My Life

92 Brother Leo Living In A Zoo

93 Naffymar & Marizu Power

94 Teleman Simple Like Us

95 Pyramid Park You Got Me

96 John Dhali Plain Sight

97 Oz or O & ZAA_MUSIC Dance Like David

98 Sigala, David Guetta & Sam Ryder Living Without You

99 Olu Meduoye Higher Ways

100 Red Rum Club Vibrate

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#30 (1528pts)

 

Tall Heights

The Weatherman

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NE (19/11/2022) 24-4-2-2-2-3-3-4-...

 

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A very different sound from Tall Heights to Hear It Again (although a bit more like Spirit Cold!), this is very mellow with only very basic guitars as a backing track and vocals that never go too 'powerful', but the idea of not being remmotely remarkable but still being able to be there for someone is what really grabbed me about this song.

 

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Tall Heights

2021 05 Hear It Again

2022 02 The Weatherman

 

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#29 (1534pts)

 

Colorvault

So Sure (ft. Young Oceans & Alex Taylor)

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NE (30/7/2022) 25-15-11-7-7-9-11-10-14-18-22-18-19-23-30-34-46-54-59-66-77-xx

 

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Another song from the fantastic Colorvault now, this song is also quite stripped-back but really grew on me as I listened to it. Definitely worth a listen, such a beautiful song speaking of all the places God's love might be foung in this world.

 

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Colorvault

2022 05 Dwell In Your House (ft. Young Oceans)

2022 26 Power in the Name (Colorvault & Alex Taylor)

2022 07 So Sure (ft. Young Oceans & Alex Taylor)

 

Young Oceans

2022 05 Dwell In Your House (Colorvault ft. Young Oceans)

2022 30 Same Side (Tenielle Neda ft. Young Oceans)

2022 07 So Sure (Colorvault ft. Young Oceans & Alex Taylor)

 

Alex Taylor

2022 26 Power in the Name (Colorvault & Alex Taylor)

2022 07 So Sure (Colorvault ft. Young Oceans & Alex Taylor)

 

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#28 (1580pts)

 

The Sherlocks

World I Understand

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NE (27/11/2021) 16-13-13-11-13-12-8-8-9-12-15-17-25-38-44-46-47-48-50-52-53-64-79-xx

 

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I'd sort-of forgotten this song was last year as well! This one was around throughout December 2021 but peaked in January of 2022, being my initial favourite of the two Sherlocks songs. It's another indie song with the winning formula with a good dose of positivity!

 

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The Sherlocks

2017 26 Chasing Shadows

2018 16 Will You Be There?

2019 07 NYC (Sing It Loud)

2019 48 Waiting

2021 33 End of the Earth

2021 68 Falling

2021 08 World I Understand

2022 10 City Lights

2022 58 Wake Up

 

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#27 (1584pts)

 

Rachael Lampa

Perfectly Loved (ft. TobyMac)

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NE (8/10/2022) 80-49-34-18-11-8-7-7-5-5-8-13-17-20-...

 

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This one took a while to grow on me, but I couldn't resist such a beautiful song about how we are all valued as people, regardless of how down-and-out we feel or how far we try and stray away. A really comforting and uplifting song over quite a simple piano backing!

 

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Rachael Lampa

2022 05 Perfectly Loved (ft. TobyMac)

TobyMac

2021 01 Help Is On The Way (Maybe Midnight)

2021 87 Promised Land

2022 07 The Goodness (ft. Blessing Offor)

2022 05 Perfectly Loved (Rachael Lampa ft. TobyMac)

2022 04 Cornerstone (ft. Zach Williams)

 

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#26 (1600pts)

 

Bear's Den

Spiders

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NE (5/2/2022) 4-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-10-11-17-25-46-60-75-84-95-xx

 

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The second-highest Bear's Den song, this is a bit more fast-paced than some of the others but still is filled with what feels like a sense of desperation of someone trying to pull themselves out of the darkness of their situation but realising they can't. I often mishear the chorus as 'Lord, I'm trying, but I can't pull myself out when the darkness comes' (instead of 'Love, I'm trying'), which seems a lot more fitting, and is something that I've sung quite a lot when I've struggled throughout the year.

 

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Bear's Den

2020 49 The Star of Bethnal Green

2022 03 Spiders

2022 03 Shadows

2022 23 Blue Hours

2022 10 All The Wrong Places

2022 79 New Ways

2022 75 On Your Side

2022 38 Frightened Whispers

2022 50 Please Don't Hide Yourself Away (Bear's Den & Jade Bird)

2022 54 Team (ft. Monica Martin)

2022 59 Stitch In Time

 

my faves from your top 75:

 

33 Son Mieux Multicolor

44 Sam Ryder SPACE MAN

48 The Knocks Slow Song (ft. Dragonette)

52 KALUSH Stefania – a very deserving winner really, even putting aside the obvious sympathy vote it was an inspired choice of song to enter and would've surely done well anyway

55 AR/CO Call Me By My Name – quite liked this in BJSC although they appeared in my EOY with 'Under the Sun'

I hadn't given First Aid Kit much of a go before but I saw them perform on Graham Norton last year and was really impressed. I'm giving Angel a listen now and I prefer the one they sung on Norton but this is pretty nice too!
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#25 (1601pts)

 

ANTYTILA

And you start

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NE (23/4/2022) 5-1-1-1-4-6-9-11-14-17-25-28-30-34-38-54-64-72-80-90-96-xx

 

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I discovered ANTYTILA when trying to find some music by Ukranian artists in order to support them after Russia first invaded. These guys got exposure due to not being allowed to perform at the Stand For Ukraine concert (and subsequently featuring on a remix of Ed Sheeran's 2Step), and I found that they had released this in the back end of last year. It's a really good song, and the main line of the chorus being 'I'm gonna fight for your freedom' is so poignant, even when they didn't know that they would all be supporting the military just a few months later.

 

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ANTYTILA

2022 01 And you start

 

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#24 (1602pts)

 

Alfie Templeman

Candyfloss

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NE (6/8/2022) 19-18-11-8-7-7-9-13-16-21-21-23-25-25-31-40-40-41-47-56-61-61-64-...

 

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The highest BJSC discovery in my chart, I've been really impresed in general by Alfie Templeman's funk-heavy music and this is one of, if not his best, yet. The whole candyfloss theme of the lyrics works fantastically, and the instruments and beat just make this a brilliant song!

 

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Alfie Templeman

2021 40 Obvious Guy

2021 12 3D Feelings

2022 46 Broken

2022 67 Dizzy (chloe moriondo ft. Thomas Headon & Alfie Templeman)

2022 07 Candyfloss

 

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#23 (1605pts)

 

Lathan Warlick

Look Up To The Sky (ft. Blessing Offor)

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NE (13/8/2022) 4-2-2-4-4-5-5-6-9-13-13-15-16-16-27-35-47-52-66-80-82-80-...

 

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The highest rap song in my chart, I've become quite the fan of Blessing Offor in the past year but hadn't heard of Lathan Warlick before. The song works really well though, Offor's fab voice in the chorus along with some well thought-out verses by Warlick over a very soft backing tune.

 

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Lathan Warlick

2022 02 Look Up To The Sky (ft. Blessing Offor)

 

Blessing Offor

2020 22 Tin Roof (Chris Tomlin ft. Blessing Offor)

2021 08 Brighter Days

2022 84 How Much You Mean To Me

2022 01 Believe

2022 07 The Goodness (TobyMac ft. Blessing Offor)

2022 02 Look Up To The Sky (Lathan Warlick ft. Blessing Offor)

2022 66 My Tribe

2022 28 Your Love

2022 22 Feel Good

 

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#22 (1610pts)

 

Jon Reddick

God, Turn It Around

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NE (19/3/2022) 83-24-4-1-1-4-5-7-9-20-23-25-30-36-43-55-63-61-59-75-86-98-xx

 

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This song was released a whole three years ago but really gained traction earlier this year. I discovered in on the Billboard Christian Music Chart recap videos and it slowly but surely grew on me, up to the point when I decided to listen to it in full and it blew me away. It's such a simple song, but the fact it's so simple means it can be used for encouragement in so many different situations, and all I need to do is put my hope in Jesus and trust that God will turn things around!

 

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Jon Reddick

2020 24 You Keep Hope Alive (Mandisa & Jon Reddick)

2022 01 God, Turn It Around

 

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#21 (1612pts)

 

Andrew Ripp

In Good Hands

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NE (13/8/2022) 43-28-6-2-3-4-4-5-7-9-11-13-20-26-36-45-38-44-52-62-59-63-...

 

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Oh this is a beautiful song, I'm struggling to put it into words as on one level it is just another stripped-back song but I think that's really needed for a song in which Ripp takes on the voice of God drawing the listener back to Him when they can't cope any more.

 

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Andrew Ripp

2022 17 Fill My Cup

2022 02 In Good Hands

2022 11 For the Love of God

 

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my faves from your top 75:

 

33 Son Mieux Multicolor

44 Sam Ryder SPACE MAN

48 The Knocks Slow Song (ft. Dragonette)

52 KALUSH Stefania – a very deserving winner really, even putting aside the obvious sympathy vote it was an inspired choice of song to enter and would've surely done well anyway

55 AR/CO Call Me By My Name – quite liked this in BJSC although they appeared in my EOY with 'Under the Sun'

Indeed, Stefania was such a great song! Whilst I did chart Under the Sun, it never grabbed me as much as this one although it's still a decent song! Thanks Dan ^_^

 

I hadn't given First Aid Kit much of a go before but I saw them perform on Graham Norton last year and was really impressed. I'm giving Angel a listen now and I prefer the one they sung on Norton but this is pretty nice too!

Glad you enjoyed whichever song they performed! I've not heard too much from them beyond Angel but I probably should delve a little further. Thanks Lewis!

Alfie Templeman is great from what I know! I think 'One More Day' (with April, very chilled :heart:) is my favourite to date but 'Candyfloss' is another pretty good one ^_^

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