Hello!

 

Pure/honey is defiyths highlight of the album for me. I was literally gagging for it to be a single. This whole album has been a squandered mess much like Adele's kabum unfortunately.

Western wind is pretty decent though not the best comeback single I wouldn't say. She's done much better on all of her albums.

I really wish I could have likes sunset but it was a bit too far out there for me. I donlive Caroline though and her newest track is a bop!

PURE/HONEY would've been a great single! Maybe not the most commercial-sounding song (I'd probably go for VIRGO'S GROOVE or COSY next) but it would've been a real moment for sure.

I've grown to appreciate Western Wind even more than when it came out, for me it's a great lead! But I can see it might not be everyone's favourite. Ah it's a shame Sunset hasn't done much for you, but I'm glad you're enjoying Welcome To My Island more! ^_^

25. Charli XCX ft. Rina Sawayama - Beg For You

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 1,288,000 (2x Platinum) Weeks on chart: 13

Chart run: 1 - 1 - 3 - 6 - 8 - 8 - 13 - 25 - 29 - 29 - 30 - 35 - 37 - X

Beg For You is Charli's biggest song of 2022! The promise of a Rina collab was always going to be a Moment™, and the result was an instant success: 2 weeks at #1 with a further 4 in the top ten. While it's a shame Rina doesn't feature more heavily, it's still a massive bop. The sample doesn't feel forced and I'm so glad it turned into a big UK hit too. So kind of Rina to do charity and give Charli a top 40 hit :kink:

 

Charli's EOY history:

2020 34 claws

2020 39 i finally understand

2021 09 Good Ones

2021 22 CHARGER (with ELIO)

2021 71 911 Remix (with Lady Gaga & A.G. Cook)

2021 96 New Shapes (ft. Christine and the Queens & Caroline Polachek)

2022 25 Beg For You (with Rina Sawayama)

2022 27 Baby

2022 29 Used To Know Me

2022 39 Every Rule

2022 44 Yuck

2022 46 Crash

2022 59 Constant Repeat

2022 63 Lightning

2022 80 Twice

 

Rina's EOY history:

2020 04 XS

2020 19 Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)

2020 42 Paradisin'

2020 43 Tokyo Love Hotel

2020 100 Dance in the Dark

2022 25 Beg For You (ft. Charli XCX)

2022 51 Imagining

 

24. ROSALÍA - CHICKEN TERIYAKI

Chart peak: 4 Sales: 644,000 (Platinum) Weeks on chart: 8

Chart run: 5 - 4 - 6 - 10 - 18 - 23 - 33 - 39 - X

Pa' ti, naki, chicken teriyaki! I know this song gets criticised a lot online but I'm a big fan. It's a banger, even if it does sound like an attempt at a commercial smash. It kick-started a big year for ROSALÍA, with one more mega-smash (which some might call the song of the summer) still to come...

 

ROSALÍA's EOY history:

2020 09 TKN (ft. Travis Scott)

2022 24 CHICKEN TERIYAKI

2022 91 SAOKO

 

23. FKA twigs ft. Jorja Smith & Unknown T - darjeeling

Chart peak: 2 Sales: 1,104,000 (Platinum) Weeks on chart: 10

Chart run: 12 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 - 9 - 14 - 18 - 27 - 37 - X

In its first week this song was overshadowed by two other CAPRISONGS tracks (jealousy & papi bones) but 'darjeeling' soon took the crown. It's a drill-influenced track with lyrics about finding a home, and the Jorja/Unknown T features work perfectly. Also the You're Not Alone sample is a great addition!

 

FKA twigs' EOY history:

2022 23 darjeeling (ft. Jorja Smith & Unknown T)

2022 65 jealousy (ft. Rema)

2022 81 papi bones (ft. Shygirl)

 

Jorja's EOY history:

2020 29 Rose Rouge

2021 56 Gone

2022 23 darjeeling (with FKA twigs & Unknown T)

 

Unknown T's EOY history:

2022 23 darjeeling (with FKA twigs & Jorja Smith)

 

22. Yeah Yeah Yeahs ft. Perfume Genius - Spitting Off the Edge of the World

Chart peak: 3 Sales: 874,000 (Platinum) Weeks on chart: 10

Chart run: 13 - 15 - 3 - 7 - 9 - 14 - 18 - 23 - 33 - 39 - X

Until the release of this song, the only Yeah Yeah Yeahs song I knew was Heads Will Roll thanks to the A-Trak remix's total omnipresence during my first two years of uni. When I heard it would feature Perfume Genius (arguably the Ed Sheeran of my chart :kink:), I struggled to imagine how he'd fit into their sound! This song is on the slower side though, and suits both acts perfectly. It's a big dramatic track that just feels huge.

 

Yeah Yeah Yeahs' EOY history:

2022 22 Spitting Off The Edge Of The World (ft. Perfume Genius)

 

Perfume Genius's EOY history:

2020 01 On the Floor

2020 38 Describe

2020 58 Without You

2021 36 Your Body Changes Everything (Boy Harsher Remix)

2022 22 Spitting Off The Edge Of The World (with Yeah Yeah Yeahs)

 

21. MUNA - Anything But Me

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 1,265,000 (2x Platinum) Weeks on chart: 17

Chart run: 14 - 9 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 14 - 18 - 26 - 28 - 29 - 34 - 37 - 40 - X

MUNA have had a massive year - they still have two songs left to come! Anything But Me was a big smash early in the year, climbing to the top spot where it stayed for 2 weeks. It's definitely since been overshadowed by their follow-up hits, but the iconic opening lines "you're gonna say that I'm on a high horse, I think that my horse is regular-sized" still let you know you're about to witness a major bop.

 

MUNA's EOY history:

2021 08 Silk Chiffon (ft. Phoebe Bridgers)

2022 21 Anything But Me

2022 70 Kind Of Girl

 

Hi Ansel!

 

Here are my picks so far:

 

100. Harry Styles - As It Was (I indeed also get tired of this being number one for a long time on my radio, but it's still a great track by Harry nonetheless)

98. My Chemical Romance - The Foundations Of Decay

97. RAYE ft. 070 Shake - Escapism.

93. Leony - Remedy

84. Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

61. Måneskin - THE LONELIEST

57. Calvin Harris with Normani, Tinashe & Offset - New To You

49. The Weeknd - Out Of Time

Hi Ansel!

 

Here are my picks so far:

 

100. Harry Styles - As It Was (I indeed also get tired of this being number one for a long time on my radio, but it's still a great track by Harry nonetheless)

98. My Chemical Romance - The Foundations Of Decay

97. RAYE ft. 070 Shake - Escapism.

93. Leony - Remedy

84. Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

61. Måneskin - THE LONELIEST

57. Calvin Harris with Normani, Tinashe & Offset - New To You

49. The Weeknd - Out Of Time

Hey! Great choices, there's two more songs to come from The Weeknd - one is coming in a few minutes!

20. Rina Sawayama - This Hell

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 1,150,000 (Platinum) Weeks on chart: 18

Chart run: 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 8 - 7 - 9 - 11 - 15 - 21 - 28 - 34 - 31 - 36 - 40 - 40 - 40 - X

This Hell - the lead from Rina's smash album Hold The Girl - burst onto the scene and spent two weeks at #1 (holding off Shygirl's Firefly - you'll see that soon-ish). This country-pop track with shades of Shania Twain is a celebration of the LGBT community, embracing and subverting common homophobic tropes. :mabel:

 

Rina's EOY history:

2020 04 XS

2020 19 Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)

2020 42 Paradisin'

2020 43 Tokyo Love Hotel

2020 100 Dance in the Dark

2022 20 This Hell

2022 25 Beg For You (ft. Charli XCX)

2022 51 Imagining

 

19. The Weeknd - Sacrifice

Chart peak: 2 Sales: 1,196,000 (2x Platinum) Weeks on chart: 10

Chart run: 2 - 2 - 7 - 10 - 14 - 16 - 22 - 27 - 31 - 38 - X

Sacrifice is a glorious disco-funk track that recalls the best disco hits. It's unmistakably The Weeknd but with perfect sound flourishes to really embed it in the era it's trying to replicate. Easily a favourite of mine from Dawn FM!

 

The Weeknd's EOY history:

2021 39 Save Your Tears

2022 19 Sacrifice

2022 49 Out Of Time

 

18. King Princess - For My Friends

Chart peak: 3 Sales: 966,000 (Platinum) Weeks on chart: 15

Chart run: 20 - 8 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 12 - 15 - 23 - 28 - 32 - 30 - 30 - 36 - 40 - X

After a few very pop singles, King Princess returned to a more indie sound. One thing that didn't change was the success: this song spent 15 weeks on my chart with a peak of #3. It's a reflective track that builds to a big anthemic chorus.

 

King Princess's EOY history:

2020 64 Only Time Makes It Human

2022 18 For My Friends

 

17. Mitski - Love Me More

Chart peak: 3 Sales: 1,265,000 (2x Platinum) Weeks on chart: 15

Chart run: 11 - 15 - 22 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 7 - 11 - 23 - 36 - 33 - 36 - 38 - 40 - X

This song was a huge hit at the start of the year, and I kind of forgot it existed! It's Mitski's biggest hit ever on my chart, going 2x Platinum (which is totally real and not something I made up). Like previous single The Only Heartbreaker, this song sees Mitski trade the usual guitars for a synthier backing, without sacrificing any of her emotional urgency. It's hugely dramatic and moving.

 

Mitski's EOY history:

2021 97 The Only Heartbreaker

2022 17 Love Me More

16. Cast of tick, tick... BOOM! - 30/90

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 1,311,000 (2x Platinum) Weeks on chart: 13

Chart run: 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 7 - 10 - 13 - 20 - 33 - 35 - 34 - 39 - 39 - X

Who would've thought one of the biggest hits of the year would come from Andrew Garfield? :cheeseblock: the new main pop boy! Anyway I saw this song climbing the Spotify charts and figured I'd check it out, absolutely loved it. It reminds me of the more theatrical My Chemical Romance songs (e.g. from The Black Parade), and lyrically it's about not quite accepting that you're growing up. I watched the film (tick, tick... BOOM! on Netflix, it's based on the autobiographical stage musical of the same name by Jonathan Larson, who went on to write Rent) soon after, and absolutely loved the entire soundtrack. I especially enjoyed the more rock-leaning tracks like No More.

 

Cast of tick, tick... BOOM!'s EOY history:

2022 16 30/90

Hiya! My favourites since I last commented are You’re On Your Own Kid, The Great War and Karma (all highlights from midnights for me! :wub:), ALIEN SUPERSTAR, Beg For You, This Hell and Sacrifice.

 

Looking forward to seeing your top 15 <3

Here are my favourites from your latest selection:

45. Beyonce - BREAK MY SOUL

43. Måneskin - SUPERMODEL

41. Carly Rae Jepsen - Talking To Yourself

40. Taylor Swift - You’re On Your Own, Kid

37. Taylor Swift - The Great War

34. Carly Rae Jepsen ft. Rufus Wainwright - The Loneliest Time

31. Taylor Swift - Karma

29. Charli XCX - Used To Know Me

28. Carly Rae Jepsen - Western Wind

26. Caroline Polachek - Sunset

25. Charli XCX ft. Rina Sawayama - Beg For You

22. Yeah Yeah Yeahs ft. Perfume Genius - Spitting Off the Edge of the World

20. Rina Sawayama - This Hell

19. The Weeknd - Sacrifice

17. Mitski - Love Me More

Hiya! My favourites since I last commented are You’re On Your Own Kid, The Great War and Karma (all highlights from midnights for me! :wub:), ALIEN SUPERSTAR, Beg For You, This Hell and Sacrifice.

 

Looking forward to seeing your top 15 <3

Yesss some Midnights taste :clap: all great choices, there's more to come from Rina and The Weeknd!

 

Here are my favourites from your latest selection:

45. Beyonce - BREAK MY SOUL

43. Måneskin - SUPERMODEL

41. Carly Rae Jepsen - Talking To Yourself

40. Taylor Swift - You’re On Your Own, Kid

37. Taylor Swift - The Great War

34. Carly Rae Jepsen ft. Rufus Wainwright - The Loneliest Time

31. Taylor Swift - Karma

29. Charli XCX - Used To Know Me

28. Carly Rae Jepsen - Western Wind

26. Caroline Polachek - Sunset

25. Charli XCX ft. Rina Sawayama - Beg For You

22. Yeah Yeah Yeahs ft. Perfume Genius - Spitting Off the Edge of the World

20. Rina Sawayama - This Hell

19. The Weeknd - Sacrifice

17. Mitski - Love Me More

Great choices Sergej! ^_^

15. Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 805,000 (Platinum) Weeks on chart: 11

Chart run: 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 6 - 9 - 11 - 8...

Taylor burst back onto the scene with Anti-Hero in October, and it's already picked up enough momentum to land just outside my top ten of the year! Considering how active Taylor's been over the last few years, it's really impressive how much this managed to still feel like a long-awaited comeback - just testament to her ability to build up hype. It's a vulnerable song on which Taylor sings about her insecurities and the side-effects of fame. I feel like this song just goes to show the public reappraisal she's had since the Reputation era, when a song like this would almost certainly have been overanalysed and critiqued. I'm really pleased that Taylor's somehow managed to become bigger than ever before, proving that it's absolutely possible to adapt to (AKA utterly obliterate) the streaming era.

 

Taylor's EOY history:

2020 67 cardigan

2021 17 All Too Well

2021 42 Renegade (with Big Red Machine)

2021 45 'tis the damn season

2022 15 Anti-Hero

2022 31 Karma

2022 37 The Great War

2022 40 You're On Your Own, Kid

2022 47 Snow On The Beach (ft. Lana Del Rey)

2022 64 Labyrinth

2022 68 Bigger Than The Whole Sky

 

14. Stars - Patterns

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 966,000 (Platinum) Weeks on chart: 13

Chart run: 16 - 8 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 11 - 17 - 25 - 27 - 28 - 33 - X

Canadian band Stars had 2 #1s this year, and here is one of them. Perhaps counterintuitively, this is the bigger-selling of the two and spent more weeks at #1, but appears lower in my countdown! That's because I've recently started to prefer the other, which will show up pretty soon. Patterns is a slow, reflective track, and I'm not entirely sure what it's about - the chorus is all conditionals which might make you think it's about a past relationship, but the verses are more optimistic. It ends with "watch the garden grow, a bended knee for hope" - suggesting better things are yet to come.

 

Stars' EOY history:

2022 14 Patterns

2022 77 Build A Fire

 

13. Rina Sawayama - Catch Me In The Air

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 1,058,000 (Platinum) Weeks on chart: 20

Chart run: 19 - 8 - 9 - 4 - 7 - 6 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 12 - 11 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 7 - 8 - 17 - 23 - 30 - 38 - X

This song's chart run is the definition of "fighting for its life". First it spent a lengthy stay in the top ten before dropping out for a bit. Then it was straight back in at #1! In the end it spent 20 weeks charting, one of the longest runs in chart history. It's a beautiful song about growing up with in a single-parent family, which is something I can relate to. It's drenched in 90s pop-rock balladry, with heavy Corrs vibes along with an opening reminiscent of My Heart Will Go On.

 

Rina's EOY history:

2020 04 XS

2020 19 Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)

2020 42 Paradisin'

2020 43 Tokyo Love Hotel

2020 100 Dance in the Dark

2022 13 Catch Me In The Air

2022 20 This Hell

2022 25 Beg For You (ft. Charli XCX)

2022 51 Imagining

 

12. El Columpio Asesino - Preparada

Chart peak: 3 Sales: 1,058,000 (Platinum) Weeks on chart: 15

Chart run: 4 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 10 - 12 - 16 - 21 - 26 - 34 - 37 - 39 - 36 - 39 - X

A Pestolian flop courtesy of Spanish rock band El Columpio Asesino. One place it did not flop was on my chart, where it reached a peak of #3 and stuck around for 15 weeks. In BJSC I sent the David Kano remix as it packs a bit more punch, but the original has a slightly haunting yet exciting quality the remix perhaps lacks. One of my favourite things about this song is that the lyrics are just at the right speed that I can actually understand them! *cough cough Rosalía*

 

El Columpio Asesino's EOY history:

2022 12 Preparada

 

11. King Princess ft. Fousheé - Little Bother

Chart peak: 3 Sales: 1,219,000 (2x Platinum) Weeks on chart: 9

Chart run: 13 - 3 - 4 - 7 - 10 - 15 - 22 - 25 - 37 - X

King Princess may have lost a lot of her indie credibility after people found out she's the heiress to the Macy's fortune (apparently this is inaccurate on a technicality but idk), but the musical quality is certainly still there. Little Bother, or Little Brother as autocorrect likes to call it, was a great intro to King Princess's latest album following some more pop-leaning singles in 2020. Fousheé's verse is a great addition, turning up the lyrical vulnerability for a few quick lines. The chorus is a really anthemic moment and the whole song feels straight out of some coming-of-age movie.

King Princess's EOY history:

2020 64 Only Time Makes It Human

2022 11 Little Bother (ft. Fousheé)

2022 18 For My Friends

 

Fousheé's EOY history:

2022 11 Little Bother (with King Princess)

Nice to see "Anti-Hero" and "Catch Me In The Air" reaching the top 15!

I'm happy to see Beg For You and Anti-Hero so high :wub:

 

It was great to see Taylor dominate so much on Spotify worldwide and get such a long running #1 hit.

Nice to see "Anti-Hero" and "Catch Me In The Air" reaching the top 15!

Thanks Sergej! I'm just about to post another Rina song 👀

 

I'm happy to see Beg For You and Anti-Hero so high :wub:

 

It was great to see Taylor dominate so much on Spotify worldwide and get such a long running #1 hit.

Yeah it was amazing to see Taylor smashing that hard, I really didn't expect another hit of that size for her again! Thanks Lewis ^_^

10. MUNA - What I Want

Chart peak: 2 Sales: 897,000 (Platinum) Weeks on chart: 16

Chart run: 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 8 - 9 - 11 - 13 - 17 - 19 - 26 - 30 - 40 - 40 - X

MUNA just refused to stop scoring hits this year - and this particular one is a massive bop. What I Want is all about doing whatever you want without fear of judgement, and finally doing all the things you previously didn't have the confidence to do. MUNA have long represented The Queer Experience™ in their music and that is absolutely the case here, a rallying call to have a good time.

 

MUNA's EOY history:

2021 08 Silk Chiffon (ft. Phoebe Bridgers)

2022 10 What I Want

2022 21 Anything But Me

2022 70 Kind Of Girl

 

9. Stars - Pretenders

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 920,000 (Platinum) Weeks on chart: 12

Chart run: 3 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 10 - 15 - 20 - 22 - 29 - 31 - 36 - 40 - X

Stars released Pretenders as the lead single from From Capelton Hill in early 2022, and it's easy to see why. It's by far the most energetic song on the album, uplifting and somewhat nostalgic for another time. I've always felt the chorus sounds exactly like something Kirsty MacColl might have put out (bear in mind I know like 3 of her songs but this sounds like all of them). As I've said before I really wish Stars held more of a place in the indie canon, their 00s output is such an incredible example of worldbuilding in music (their albums The Five Ghosts and In Our Bedroom After The War really draw you into their imagined worlds, while Heart and Set Yourself On Fire are more grounded but similarly emotionally rich).

 

Stars' EOY history:

2022 09 Pretenders

2022 14 Patterns

2022 77 Build A Fire

 

8. Jessie Ware - Free Yourself

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 1,127,000 (Platinum) Weeks on chart: 13

Chart run: 6 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 6 - 6 - 12 - 16 - 22 - 27 - 35 - X

Free Yourself is an anthem - instantly infectious and so danceable. The little production flourishes and shouted backing vocals make it feel like a true diva house classic (I'm fully just plagiarising Wikipedia for these commentaries at this point). With uplifting, inspirational lyrics about "moving up that mountain top", Free Yourself became Jessie's first #1 on my chart, but I'm sure it won't be her last.

 

Jessie's EOY history:

2020 78 Step Into My Life

2020 84 What's Your Pleasure?

2022 08 Free Yourself

 

7. Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 1,035,000 (Platinum) Weeks on chart: 16

Chart run: 10 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 10 - 11 - 23 - 27 - 28 - 36 - X

Hold The Girls opens with a stunning Like A Prayer-esque choral sequence, later evolving into a country-tinged ballad before a chopped-vocal breakdown. This combination could so easily be a disaster but in Rina's hands it works perfectly, reminding me a lot of the genre-mixing found on Gaga's Born This Way album. As the title track of Rina's album it really sums up the experimentation and range of genres on show. Chart-wise, it spent 3 weeks at #1, and a total of 16 weeks in the top 40, making it Rina's biggest song of 2022.

 

Rina's EOY history:

2020 04 XS

2020 19 Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)

2020 42 Paradisin'

2020 43 Tokyo Love Hotel

2020 100 Dance in the Dark

2022 07 Hold The Girl

2022 13 Catch Me In The Air

2022 20 This Hell

2022 25 Beg For You (ft. Charli XCX)

2022 51 Imagining

6. The Weeknd - Less Than Zero

Chart peak: 6 Sales: 1,265,000 (2x Platinum) Weeks on chart: 10

Chart run: 7 - 6 - 10 - 13 - 18 - 22 - 28 - 29 - 26 - 33 - X

Less Than Zero hardly needs an introduction, it seems to have become the big "single that got away" of 2022 on this forum. It's a synth-heavy soaring pop track that definitely feels like the Save Your Tears of the album, I really think it could become a classic. However I sort of wonder if Abel is shying away from doing so because of how much the continued success of the After Hours singles overshadowed Dawn FM. Despite not having the most amazing of chart runs, I just can't get tired of this song and I've been playing it all year. The extent to which it's stuck around throughout the year is really demonstrated by its chart peak - despite peaking at #6 it's the 6th biggest song of the year, outlasting many huge #1s.

 

The Weeknd's EOY history:

2021 39 Save Your Tears

2022 06 Less Than Zero

2022 19 Sacrifice

2022 49 Out Of Time

 

5. ROSALÍA - DESPECHÁ

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 874,000 (Platinum) Weeks on chart: 12

Chart run: 3 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 7 - 7 - 11 - 15 - 21 - 26 - 34 - X

Not content with releasing one of the greatest albums of the year, ROSALÍA came for the song of the summer crown with DESPECHÁ, an upbeat commercial anthem. I know I say this every time I talk about ROSALÍA lately and it's probably getting annoying, but this song is MASSIVE in Spain. Everyone knows it, it's constantly on the radio (wedged in between SloMo and Tacones Rojos). I work in a school and I have to tell literal 4-year-olds to stop singing it in class! And just yesterday an awkward silence in the staffroom was broken by one of the teachers belting out the opening lines and everyone joining in (I haven't yet built up the courage to shout out the lyrics to SAOKO but watch this space). It's genuinely just so bizarre after coming from the UK where ROSALÍA's very much on the underrated side, but at the same time it's very satisfying to see her getting the success she deserves here.

 

ROSALÍA's EOY history:

2020 09 TKN (ft. Travis Scott)

2022 05 DESPECHÁ

2022 24 CHICKEN TERIYAKI

2022 91 SAOKO

 

4. Caroline Polachek - Billions

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 1,472,000 (2x Platinum) Weeks on chart: 15

Chart run: 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 16 - 24 - 21 - 23 - 30 - 32 - 37 - 38 - 38 - 40 - X

Lately Caroline has been switching genres faster than I can keep track of - flamenco (Sunset), R&B-pop (Bunny Is A Rider), and now trip-hop. Lyrically, Billions doesn't seem to be about anything, unless a TikTok I saw suggesting it might be about a certain bodily fluid holds any truth. But it's a great atmospheric slice of trip-hop excellence, complete with a children's choir. All of Caroline's singles this year have been so exciting, her new album can't come soon enough!

 

Caroline's EOY history:

2020 11 La vita nuova (with Christine and the Queens)

2020 99 So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings

2021 16 Bunny Is A Rider

2021 47 Breathless

2022 04 Billions

2022 26 Sunset

2022 96 Welcome To My Island

Hey Ansel :hi: some more favourites since I last commented:

 

35. Beyoncé - PURE/HONEY

33. Beyoncé - ALIEN SUPERSTAR

22. Yeah Yeah Yeahs feat. Perfume Genius - Spitting Off the Edge of the World

20. Rina Sawayama - This Hell

19. The Weeknd - Sacrifice

17. Mitski - Love Me More

15. Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

13. Rina Sawayama - Catch Me In The Air

11. King Princess feat. Fousheé - Little Bother

8. Jessie Ware - Free Yourself

6. The Weeknd - Less Than Zero

5. ROSALÍA - DESPECHÁ

 

'PURE/HONEY', 'Anti-Hero' and 'Less Than Zero' are my favourites from their respective albums and all #1s in my chart :wub: looking forward to finding out the top 3!

Hey Ansel :hi: some more favourites since I last commented:

 

35. Beyoncé - PURE/HONEY

33. Beyoncé - ALIEN SUPERSTAR

22. Yeah Yeah Yeahs feat. Perfume Genius - Spitting Off the Edge of the World

20. Rina Sawayama - This Hell

19. The Weeknd - Sacrifice

17. Mitski - Love Me More

15. Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

13. Rina Sawayama - Catch Me In The Air

11. King Princess feat. Fousheé - Little Bother

8. Jessie Ware - Free Yourself

6. The Weeknd - Less Than Zero

5. ROSALÍA - DESPECHÁ

 

'PURE/HONEY', 'Anti-Hero' and 'Less Than Zero' are my favourites from their respective albums and all #1s in my chart :wub: looking forward to finding out the top 3!

Hi Jade! Great choices all round there - I'm glad PURE/HONEY and Less Than Zero have proven so popular on this site! Looking forward to seeing if those 3 do well in your countdown ^_^

And here's the top 3 all in one ~

3. Tove Lo - No One Dies From Love

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 1,449,000 (2x Platinum) Weeks on chart: 17

Chart run: 1 - 6 - 9 - 9 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 17 - 20 - 25 - 31 - 32 - 38 - 38 - 40 - 37 - 40 - X

No One Dies From Love burst onto the scene with a #1 debut, and deservedly so: it's a synth-pop banger that serves as the perfect introduction to Dirt Femme, Tove's latest album.

 

Tove's EOY history:

2022 03 No One Dies From Love

2022 55 Pineapple Slice (ft. SG Lewis)

2022 94 How Long

 

2. MUNA - Home By Now

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 1,495,000 (2x Platinum) Weeks on chart: 24

Chart run: 16 - 10 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 10 - 14 - 17 - 24 - 30 - 37 - 40 - RE - 40 - RE - 36...

Home By Now is MUNA's typical anthemic brand of pop, with a hugely infectious chorus. The lyrics are addressed to a former partner, learning that they've moved on ("heard that you were selling your piano and your car") and beginning to question what could have been ("would we have turned a corner if I had waited?"). Despite its reflective subject matter this song's production is undeniably feel-good. Like its predecessors Silk Chiffon and I Know A Place, I can definitely see this becoming a Netflix soundtrack staple. It's a euphoric track which is firmly one of the band's best.

 

MUNA's EOY history:

2021 08 Silk Chiffon (ft. Phoebe Bridgers)

2022 02 Home By Now

2022 10 What I Want

2022 21 Anything But Me

2022 70 Kind Of Girl

 

1. Shygirl - Firefly

Chart peak: 1 Sales: 1,564,000 (2x Platinum) Weeks on chart: 25

Chart run: 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 11 - 15 - 14 - 14 - 16 - 16 - 19 - 22 - 27 - 33 - 38 - RE - 39 - RE - 33...

2022 was the year of Shygirl, and here she is with the biggest song of 2022! It's been a monster smash on my chart, with 3 weeks at #1, a mammoth 3 MONTHS in the top 10, and 25 weeks in total on the chart (that's the longest ever chart run, tied with Charli XCX's Good Ones but likely to overtake next week!). Musically, it's a 00s-inspired R&B track that sounds quite different from Shygirl's previous dark house/club sound. In places Firefly reminds me of something Tinashe might release, and perfectly sets up the Nymph era which features a lot more genre exploration. I still can't get enough of this song and it obviously made #1 on my Spotify Wrapped (causing multiple people to think I'd been playing Owl City's "Fireflies" all year instead :lol:). Congrats to Shygirl!

 

Shygirl's EOY history:

2022 01 Firefly

2022 81 papi bones (with FKA Twigs)

 

And that's it! Thank you to anyone who's commented and read along ^_^

Less Than Zero is my absolute favourite in your top 10 and I really like "Hold The Girl" too :wub:

 

I actually haven't heard a lot of the songs including your number #1 but I'll make sure to give them all a listen! Really enjoyed following this ^_^

Less Than Zero is my absolute favourite in your top 10 and I really like "Hold The Girl" too :wub:

 

I actually haven't heard a lot of the songs including your number #1 but I'll make sure to give them all a listen! Really enjoyed following this ^_^

Both great choices , Less Than Zero deserves to be massive ^_^ I'd definitely recommend Firefly (my #1), it's such a bop! Thanks Lunar!

Less Than Zero is my favourite from your top 10 too. It's sound like a massive hit and I guess there's still time.

 

Great countdown :D