25TH:

 

CALVIN HARRIS FT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, HALSEY & PHARRELL WILLIAMS- STAY WITH ME

 

168PTS

 

 

 

At #25, it is an all star collaboration with Calvin Harris, Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell Williams with 'Stay With Me'. This worked very well.

24TH:

 

2 PAC FT DR DRE- CALIFORNIA LOVE

 

168PTS

 

 

 

At #24, it is an hip-hop classic from the much-missed 2 Pac and rap legend Dr. Dre with their 1996 hit 'California Love'. It was thanks to Dr Dre's performance at the Super Bowl where I rediscovered my love for this song.

 

 

 

23RD:

 

TAYLOR SWIFT- ANTI-HERO

 

172PTS

 

 

At #23, it is Taylor Swift with 'Anti-Hero'. This was such a fantastic song from her and a truly deserved long running UK #1 hit for her. She doesn't really disappoint for me. It is another masterpiece from her.

 

22ND:

 

NICKELBACK- FAR AWAY

 

172PTS

 

 

At #22, be warned it is an unpopular choice, it is Nickelback with their underrated song 'Far Away' which was first released in 2006 where it would reach #40 in the UK, it was re-released in 2008 in the UK thanks to the success of 'Rockstar' and 'Photograph' which was re-released as well and would outpeak its original position of #28, it would reach #41. Yes I'm a fan of Nickelback and I definitely couldn't tire of this.

21ST:

 

AITCH & ASHANTI- BABY

 

176PTS

 

 

At #21, it is rapper Aitch with him samping Ashanti's 'Rock Wit U (Awww Baby). This was a good song from him and showed unlike Central Cee how sampling can work in a rap song.

 

20TH:

 

TION WAYNE & LA ROUX- IFTK

 

184PTS

 

 

At #20, it is rapper Tion Wayne featuring La Roux with what was another sample used by a rapper this time it was La Roux's 2009 #2 hit 'In For The Kill'. For me I felt that this sample worked well.

 

 

19TH:

 

ASHANTI- ROCK WIT U (AWWW BABY)

 

184PTS

 

 

 

 

At #19, you saw the sampled version of this song at #21, here at #19 we have the original from 2003 from Ashanti. The sample done by Aitch give me new love for this R&B classic from Ashanti.

18TH:

 

EMINEM- MOCKINGBIRD

 

188PTS

 

 

 

At #18, it is another blast from the past this time from Eminem with his 2005 UK #4 hit, 'Mockingbird' which got a surge thanks to the power of TikTok. It was great hearing this back in the charts. I do think 'Mockingbird' is underrated from Eminem.

17TH:

 

STEVE LACY- BAD HABIT

 

188PTS

 

 

At #17, it is an appearance from Steve Lacy with his hit 'Bad Habit'.

16TH:

 

RIHANNA- DON'T STOP THE MUSIC

 

192PTS

 

 

At #16, it is a classic from Rihanna with 'Don't Stop The Music'.

15TH:

 

COOLIO FT LV- GANGSTA'S PARADISE

 

196PTS

 

 

At #15, it is my favourite song from the 1990s from the late Coolio who sadly passed away last year, this song is probably one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time.

14TH:

 

THE KILLERS- MR BRIGHTSIDE

 

208PTS

 

 

 

At #14, an unpopular choice for some on here be warned. It is The Killers with their classic hit 'Mr Brightside' which came 35th back in My Top 100 songs of the 2000s which I did back in 2015.

 

 

13TH:

 

DRAKE- MASSIVE

 

216PTS

 

 

Welcome back to the countdown, at #13 it is sorry an unpopular choice it is Drake with 'Massive'.

12TH:

 

FUTURE FT DRAKE & TEMS- WAIT FOR U

 

220PTS

 

 

At #12, it is a rap collaboration between Future and Drake and Tems with 'Wait For U'.

11TH:

 

TIESTO & AVA MAX- THE MOTTO

 

224PTS

 

 

 

At #11, it is another appearance in this countdown for the second year in a row for both Tiesto and the underrated Ava Max. Tiesto + Ava Max = Another masterpiece from the both of them.

 

 

10TH:

 

NICKELBACK- SAN QUENTIN

 

228PTS

 

 

 

Into the Top 10 now, and it is the return of Nickelback with their lead single 'San Quentin' from their recent album 'Get Rollin'. I really enjoyed this track from Nickelback, I might be the only person on Buzzjack who probably liked this song but oh well.

 

 

 

My favourites from your selections so far are: "Green Green Grass", "Super Freak", "Lift Me Up", "21 Reasons", "About Damn Time", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "I'm Good", "Stay With Me", "California Love", "Anti-Hero", "Far Away", "Bad Habit", "Don't Stop The Music", "Gangsta's Paradise", "Mr. Brightside" and "The Motto".

Great mix of classics and new songs!

A few retro picks in here! I did quite like 'Bad Habit' as well whilst it was in the chart, it grew on me quite a bit.

9TH:

 

ADELE- OH MY GOD

 

240PTS

 

8TH:

 

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK- SUMMERTIME

 

244PTS

 

 

At #8, it is a blast from the past from the summer of 2008, we have New Kids On The Block with their comeback single 'Summertime'.