https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/4...y-perry__38301/

 

2022 was a big year for the Official Singles Chart.

 

Not only did it celebrate its 70th anniversary - with celebrations for Lewis Capaldi, whose Someone You Loved is Officially the most-streamed song in UK chart history and Taylor Swift, who becomes the latest member of the Million Sellers Club with her 2014 career-recalibrating mega-hit Shake It Off - but 16 singles hit Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart in 2022, two up on the 14 Number 1s of 2021.

 

But what about the songs that didn't get to Number 1? What about the songs that never even made it to the Top 40 at all?

 

According to Official Charts Company data, D.O.D and Carla Monroe's electro-house track Still Sleepless was the biggest song of 2022 to not hit the Official Singles Chart Top 40.

 

Despite receiving heavy rotation on BBC Radio 1 and support from tastemakers such as Danny Howard and Annie Mac, it seemed Still Sleepless struggled to be heard over ascendant dance anthems like LF SYSTEM's Afraid To Feel and Eliza Rose's B.O.T.A (Baddest of them All) over the summer. Despite only managing a Number 46 peak, Still Sleepless' chart units in 2022 racked up to a respectable 292,000 - the most of any track to miss the Top 40 last year.

 

Taking second and third place are two songs from the Encanto original soundtrack; Sebastian Yatra's Dos Orguitas and Stephanie Beatriz's Waiting On A Miracle, which didn't enter the Official Singles Chart, thanks to the overriding popularity of the Number 1 hit We Don't Talk About Bruno and further Top 10 singles Surface Pressure and The Family Madrigal.

 

Pop superstar Harry Styles ranks fourth on the list with Harry's House album track Daylight, while Little Freak and Satellite are also present it the Top 10.

 

Sam Fender came the closest to breaking into the Top 40 with Spit Of You, which peaked at Number 41. Two other songs on the list also peaked at Number 41 - Doja Cat's Get Into It (Yuh) and pop songwriter to the stars Muni Long's Hrs and Hrs.

 

The Top 10 is rounded out by Tom Santa's Rainfall and Jnr Choi & Sam Tompkins' viral single To The Moon, which samples the hook from Sam's cover of Bruno Mars' Talking To The Moon.

 

Other big tracks to miss out on a place in the Top 40 last year included Dermot Kennedy's launch single for his second Number 1 album Sonder, Something To Someone, and Alesso & Katy Perry's frantic dance collaboration When I'm Gone, which saw Katy firmly back in big pop girl mode.

 

The Official Top 40 biggest songs that missed the Top 40 in 2022

 

POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK

1 STILL SLEEPLESS DOD & CARLA MONROE 46

2 DOS ORUGUITAS SEBASTIAN YATRA N/A

3 WAITING ON A MIRACLE STEPHANIE BEATRIZ N/A

4 DAYLIGHT HARRY STYLES N/A

5 SPIT OF YOU SAM FENDER 41

6 LITTLE FREAK HARRY STYLES N/A

7 GETTING STARTED SAM FENDER 47

8 RAINFALL TOM SANTA 42

9 SATELLITE HARRY STYLES N/A

10 TO THE MOON JNR CHOI & SAM TOMPKINS 48

11 SOMETHING TO SOMEONE DERMOT KENNEDY 44

12 FINESSE PHEELZ & BNXN 52

13 WHEN I'M GONE ALESSO/KATY PERRY 49

14 BRAVE ELLA HENDERSON 42

15 IN A MINUTE LIL BABY 44

16 STREETSIDE BRU-C & BOU 84

17 LOS POLLOS HERMANOS KNUCKS 96

18 KEEP DRIVING HARRY STYLES N/A

19 BONES IMAGINE DRAGONS 51

20 TOXIC BOYWITHUKE 62

21 MIXED EMOTIONS CHASE & STATUS 44

22 ALL OF YOU BEATRIZ/MEREDIZ/LEGUIZAMO N/A

23 GET INTO IT (YUH) DOJA CAT 41

24 GRAPEJUICE HARRY STYLES N/A

25 CINEMA HARRY STYLES N/A

26 LOVE OF MY LIFE HARRY STYLES N/A

27 WET DREAM WET LEG 74

28 4AM JBEE 90

29 DAYDREAMING HARRY STYLES N/A

30 YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN KID TAYLOR SWIFT 65

31 ACAPULCO JASON DERULO 65

32 MESMERISED BRU-C N/A

33 NOTION RARE OCCASIONS 72

34 MONEY CALLING BEATFREAKZ/RAYE/RUSS/WWW 48

35 BAD LIFE SIGRID & BRING ME THE HORIZON 50

36 WYD NOW SADIE JEAN 81

37 DON'T BREAK THE HEART TOM GRENNAN 49

38 HRS AND HRS MUNI LONG 41

39 BEJEWELED TAYLOR SWIFT 63

40 MIDNIGHT RAIN TAYLOR SWIFT N/A

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It’s interesting but where on Earth is Middle Of The Night? I’m thinking that would be close to the top, maybe 2nd behind Still Sleepless. I know it was released just before the beginning of 2022 but so were others like the Encanto songs.

 

I can understand excluding Dandelions, Lost , 505 and Sweater Weather as they’re much older, although in the case of Dandelions it hadn’t charted before 2022 and was reset as a current single so I’d probably include it. (To be honest I’d probably include them all - anything that has never been Top 40 should be there in my view.)

I was certain it'd be Ruth B - Dandelions or Muni Long - Hrs & Hrs ....

Surprised Ruth or Elley aren't here let alone top 5 as they both peaked at #42 and hung around quite a long while (Ruth for 30 weeks!).

 

Is it because both weren't released in 2022?

Surprised Ruth or Elley aren't here let alone top 5 as they both peaked at #42 and hung around quite a long while (Ruth for 30 weeks!).

 

Is it because both weren't released in 2022?

Perhaps, but ‘Notion’ by The Rare Occasions was released in 2016 and that’s on there…

Pretty bad to exclude both then as they were two of the best ones to miss top 40 last year! :(

The exclusion of Ruth and Elley seems ridiculous, I can't give this any credence whatsoever.

I assume those two Encanto at #2 and #3 would have been Top 40 hits had they not been started out so doesn’t really make sense to include them to me.

I assume those two Encanto at #2 and #3 would have been Top 40 hits had they not been started out so doesn’t really make sense to include them to me.

 

Plus the Harry songs.

 

A mess all round, really...

Yeah Ruth B is very much a “2022” single

Ruth would be easily #1 for info with about 360k, and Elley probably #2 though close between that and DOD / Carla.

This list is perfectly described by the (still, for another few hours ) current #1 single.

I can understand them wanting to exclude the likes of Summer Of '69 and The Chain, but with fairly recent songs also excluded they've rendered this list pretty much useless.

Nice idea but definitely a flawed list by the occ. including tracks starred out because of chart rules defeats the point a bit.

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/4...y-perry__38301/

 

 

 

Here's my ranking of them

 

 

GOLD

1. Wet Dream by Wet Leg
2. Getting Started by Sam Fender

    

   Excellent

3. Satellite by Harry Styles
4. Daylight by Harry Styles
5. Love Of My Life by Harry Styles
6. Daydreaming by Harry Styles
7. Los Pollos Hermanos by Knucks
8. Spit Of You by Sam Fender
9. Cinema by Harry Styles
10. Notion by The Rare Occasions

     

    Very good (8/10)

11. Keep Driving by Harry Styles
12. Grapejuice by Harry Styles
13. Bejeweled by Taylor Swift
14. Little Freak by Harry Styles
15. You’re On Your Own Kid by Taylor Swift
16. 4am by J-Bee
17. Bones by Imagine Dragons
18. Get Into It (Yuh) by Doja Cat
19. Rainfall (Praise You) by Tom Santa
20. To The Moon by JNR Choi and Sam Tompkins
21. Still Sleepless by DOD and Carla Monroe
22. Streetside by Bru-C x Bou
23. Mixed Emotions by Chase & Status
24. Toxic by BoyWithUke
25. Midnight Rain by Taylor Swift
26. Hrs And Hrs by Muni Long
27. Money Calling by Da Beatfreakz feat. RAYE, Russ Millions and wewantwraiths
28. In A Minute by Lil Baby

     

    Solid (high 7)

29. Brave by Ella Henderson
30. When I’m Gone by Alesso and Katy Perry
31. Bad Life by Sigrid and Bring Me The Horizon
32. Finesse by Pheelz and BNXN aka Buju

     

    Decent (low 7)

33. WYD Now by Sadie Jean
34. Something To Someone by Dermot Kennedy
35. Acapulco by Jason Derulo

     

    Okay (6/10)

36. Don’t Break The Heart by Tom Grennan

 

Haven’t listened to: Dos Oruguitas, Waiting On A Miracle, All Of You, Mesmerised

I imagine the exclusions of Ruth and Elley were just glaring oversights - but the inclusion of songs that only 'missed the top 40' due to being starred out does make this list spurious at best and who knows if they made any other unexplained omissions.