Like all the Top 5 - would like Glimpse Of Us to win but know it divides the crowd.

I quite like 'Anyone For You' and 'Everything's Electric' from that batch. Like Dot I'm also rooting for 'The Motto' to win but would be satisfied with Beyoncé or Joji too.

Everything I voted for is top 15 so I'm happy with that, and 4 of them made the top 5 (bit surprised to see the other one there but it's also decent). Shame for George to miss out but nice to see his comeback song was well received anyway.

Hoping it's a win for Joji or Tate McRae, would be fine with Tiesto & Ava Max taking it too.

And I still have 3 of my votes left, including 2 of my top 3! Liam Gallagher was also very close to my votes though and I like the Bieber and Ezra ones too (certainly much more than certain other songs from their respective albums x). 'Kiss Me' is one of Dermot's best songs too. Joel is way too high.

 

Pleased enough at Joji being anywhere in the top 5 but now fingers crossed for top 3 I guess (not getting my hopes up for him having any chance of winning)! I do at least like all of the top 5 now, Lizzo is the only one not on my big shuffle playlist but still a solid 7/10 song.

#05. Beyoncé - Alien Superstar

 

UK chart run: {16}-33-40-45-62-67-73->7

Points: +122 | Positive votes: 16 | Negative votes: 00

 

 

Becoming one of two Beyoncé tracks to enter the chart the same week she had the #1 album - the other in 'Cuff It' eventually reaching the top 10, however this fell off reasonably quickly without a further push. The song was assisted by its interpolation of 'I'm Too Sexy' and it seems that clearly made it a hit with Buzzjack then.

 

#04. Lizzo - 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)

 

UK chart run: 74-73-71R(4)-58-38-34-28-21-20-{16}-21-20-22-22-52-72->16

Points: +152 | Positive votes: 23 | Negative votes: 00

 

 

Following on from her big top three hit 'About Damn Time' Lizzo proved it wasn't just a fluke TikTok boosted hit getting herself another reasonably sized hit with '2 Be Loved', helped by its 80s production style and big pop hook. It was her 4th to reach the top 20 with a 5th to come shortly afterwards thanks to Amazon Alexa.

 

#03. Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be

 

UK chart run: 24-29-28-24-27-27-21-16-16-17-{14}-16-16-16-19-15-19-21-21-26-28-29-62-71->24

Points: +195 | Positive votes: 29 | Negative votes: 00

 

 

With over a year having passed since 'You Broke Me First' being a top three hit it looked as if it may have ended up as Tate McRae's only hit - however she proved us wrong getting a rather long running top 20 hit with this track - a fair bit different stylistically to her breakthrough hit and a bit more to Buzzjack's taste at that.

 

#02. Joji - Glimpse of Us

 

UK chart run: 31-14-{12}-13-16-18-19-22-26-62-74-34R(11)-37-50-67->15

Points: +197 | Positive votes: 24 | Negative votes: 01

 

 

Japanese singer Joji already had a few big global sleeper hits and so a proper chart hit seemed an inevitability eventually which happened with this track being his first to reach the top 40. Being a singer-songwriter ballad it had a rather mixed reception on the forum however its fans eventually heavily outweighed its haters. It got 10 sets of maximum points, the most of any song in the rundown, and came very close to winning...

 

#01. Tiësto & Ava Max - The Motto

 

UK chart run: 61-70-37R(7)-41-35-33-26-22-19-22-19-17-15-13-{12}-14-16-15-20-23-23-68-66->23

Points: +202 | Positive votes: 29 | Negative votes: 02

 

 

However Joji was no match for the combined effort of Tiësto & Ava Max. Indeed, it is Ava Max's second consecutive win and her fourth consecutive time in the top three of this contest. Time will tell if she can get another top 20 hit before 2023's end. I won't make it a secret that I much prefer this to the remainder of the top five, so very well done on the taste Buzzjack! Tiësto himself could also challenge for a second time #1 here in 2023 with '10:35' unless that eventually lucks out a top 10 position. The song managed "only" four maximum scores, however it had 29 votes - the joint-most of the contest (with Tate McRae) and the most medalist positions (12s/10s/8s) - 13 of those to Joji's 12.

 

So tell us again Ava how do you like your Italian ice cream? We promise not to censor you! :P

 

Recap:

01 202 Tiësto & Ava Max - The Motto

02 197 Joji - Glimpse of Us

03 195 Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be

04 152 Lizzo - 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)

05 122 Beyoncé - Alien Superstar

06 116 George Ezra - Anyone for You

07 103 Justin Bieber - Ghost

08 95 Liam Gallagher - Everything's Electric

09 89 Joel Corry & Becky Hill - History

10 86 Dermot Kennedy - Kiss Me

11 78 Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

12 75 Kendrick Lamar - United In Grief

13 74 Calvin Harris feat. Dua Lipa & Young Thug - Potion

14 74 Imagine Dragons feat. JID - Enemy

15 70 SZA - Shirt

16 69 Sigala feat. Talia Mar - Stay the Night

17 63 Bru-C - No Excuses

18 42 The K***s - Prince Andrew Is A Sweaty N***e

19 40 Post Malone feat. Doja Cat - I Like You (A Happier Song)

20 40 Benzz - Je M'appelle

21 40 Hazey - Packs and Potions

22 33 Stormzy - Mel Made Me Do It

23 27 Burna Boy feat. Ed Sheeran - For My Hand

24 25 Lauren Spencer-Smith - Flowers

25 24 Cian Ducrot - All For You

26 23 D-Block Europe feat. AJ Tracey - Make You Smile

27 18 Potter Payper feat. Tiggs Da Author - Gangsteritus

28 17 ArrDee - Come & Go

29 15 Russ Millions, Buni & YV - Reggae & Calypso

30 14 Post Malone feat. Roddy Ricch - Cooped Up

31 10 A1 x J1 & Tion Wayne - Night Away (Dance)

32 09 K-Trap - Warm

33 07 D-Block Europe & Ghost Killer Track - Elegant & Gang

34 04 Jack Harlow feat. Drake - Churchill Downs

35 00 Central Cee - One Up

35 00 Liilz feat. ZieZie - Glad U Came

35 00 Lil Tjay - In My Head

 

Buzzjack's honorary UK top 10s – previous medalists:

2022: 1st: Tiësto & Ava Max - The Motto / 2nd: Joji - Glimpse of Us / 3rd: Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be

2021: 1st: Ava Max - My Head & My Heart / 2nd: Måneskin - Zitti E Buoni / 3rd: Doja Cat - Need To Know

2020: 1st: The Weeknd - In Your Eyes / 2nd: Ava Max - Kings & Queens / 3rd: The Weeknd - After Hours

2019: 1st: Meduza, Becky Hill & Goodboys – Lose Control / 2nd: Katy Perry - Never Really Over / 3rd: Ava Max - So Am I

2018: 1st: Panic! At The Disco – High Hopes / 2nd: Charli XCX & Troye Sivan – 1999 / 3rd: Mabel – Fine Line (feat. Not3s)

2017: 1st: Lorde - Green Light / 2nd: Jax Jones – Instruction (feat. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don) / 3rd: Disciples – On My Mind

2016: 1st: Ariana Grande - Into You / 2nd: Dua Lipa – Hotter Than Hell / 3rd: Christine and the Queens – Tilted

2015: 1st: Little Mix – Love Me Like You / 2nd: Tove Lo - Talking Body / 3rd: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Downtown *

2014: 1st: G.R.L. - Ugly Heart / 2nd: Ariana Grande – Break Free (feat. Zedd) / 3rd: Idina Menzel - Let It Go *

2013: 1st: Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know? / 2nd: Foxes – Youth / 3rd: London Grammar – Strong

2012: 1st: Azealia Banks – 212 (feat. Lazy Jay) / 2nd: Disclosure – Latch (feat. Sam Smith) / 3rd: Of Monsters And Men – Little Talks

2011: 1st: Adele – Set Fire To The Rain / 2nd: Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks / 3rd: Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out

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2010: 1st: Kylie Minogue - Get Outta My Way / 2nd: Tim Berg - Seek Bromance / 3rd: David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi - Memories

2009: 1st: MGMT – Kids / 2nd: Noisettes – Never Forget You / 3rd: Empire Of The Sun – We Are The People

2008: 1st: M.I.A. – Paper Planes / 2nd: Adele – Hometown Glory / 3rd: Paramore – Misery Business

2007: 1st: Peter Bjorn And John feat. Victoria Bergsman – Young Folks / 2nd: Amy Winehouse – Tears Dry On Their Own / 3rd: Amy Winehouse – You Know I'm No Good  

2006: 1st: Snow Patrol feat. Martha Wainwright – Set The Fire To The Third Bar  / 2nd: Muse – Starlight  / 3rd: Supermode – Tell Me Why  

2005: 1st: Gwen Stefani – Cool  / 2nd: KT Tunstall – Other Side Of The World  / 3rd: KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See  

2004: 1st: Motorcycle – As The Rush Comes / 2nd: Jay-Z & Linkin Park – Numb/Encore / 3rd: Keane – This Is The Last Time

2003: 1st: No Doubt – It's My Life / 2nd: Linkin Park – Numb / 3rd: Nelly Furtado – Powerless (Say What You Want)

2002: 1st: ATC – Around The World / 2nd: Pink – Family Portrait / 3rd: Alanis Morissette – Hands Clean

2001: 1st: Daft Punk – Digital Love / 2nd: Linkin Park – Crawling / 3rd: Sum 41 – In Too Deep

2000: 1st: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication / 2nd: Mint Royale – Don't Falter (feat. Lauren Laverne) / 3rd: Blink 182 – What's My Age Again?

 

And as perfectly timed this is my 70,000th post! :cheer: Thanks y'all for voting and following as ever. Now go see the non-top 20 semi-finals!

Thanks Dan! Aww so close for Joji but I do really like The Motto too - Ava the queen of the mid tier hit clearly.

Ava Max queen of the mid table. We stan. :cheeseblock:

 

Yesssss at this justifying that the Motto should have been a bigger hit!

Oh wow 'Glimpse of Us' just 5 points away from winning :o I was happy to see Joji blowing up with something as I really liked: 'SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK', 'Sanctuary', '777', 'Reanimator' and 'Gimme Love' in the past, this was very different to that sound I knew, but lovely.

 

However... I'm happy with 'The Motto' as champion as it was my silver (only behind Kendrick) - a basic bop I can get behind :lol:

 

Thank you for running this!

Great top three! Thanks for running this!

Aww 'The Motto' is an ok winner (took a while to grow on me enough to playlist it but got there eventually) but I am pretty gutted that my 1st and 3rd faves both lost to it by only a few points :( 2nd is great for Joji though considering the negative comments drowned out the positive ones on here a lot of the time, so it's great to know there were so many big fans of it, absolutely beautiful song and pretty sure it was my favourite new top 40 hit of the year.

 

'she's all i wanna be' was really a surprise favourite for me considering I basically hated everything I'd heard from her before (and not been that much of a fan of her output since either, though I did like 'chaotic' too), but she captured lightning in a bottle for that one song. 'ALIEN SUPERSTAR' initially underwhelmed me a bit but has grown to be among my favourite tracks on Beyoncé's album now.

 

Thanks for this Dan ~

Ava queen of non-top 10 hits :wub:

Amazing top 4 :wub:

WD Ava Max finishing top 3 in this 4 years in a row. I like 'The Motto' and gave it my +4, but I wouldn't consider it one of my favourites from either artist. I'm surprised 'Glimpse Of Us' is that much better rated than the other 2 ballads (Lauren/Cian) both of which I much prefer. I'm surprised you consider 'No Excuses' a rap song because I definitely think of it as dance, but comparing it among the former makes its position look much more impressive so I'll take it :P Good to see HAZEY be one of the higher rap songs. I like about half of the batch of rap songs stacked at the bottom but none were higher than my +2 so I can't really complain.

 

Haven't seen those 2000s results before - great to see 'As The Rush Comes' be a winner!

I'm surprised 'Glimpse Of Us' is that much better rated than the other 2 ballads (Lauren/Cian) both of which I much prefer.

 

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Aw very close to a Joji win, I saw that hoovering up the 12s (mine included) so knew it stood a chance of winning but Ava Max is seemingly quite the opposition in this particular contest.

Ugh. I haven't enjoyed anything by Ava Max and The Motto felt like a particularly lazy effort. The love for her music, and for this song in particular, has always puzzled me. Oh well. Don't feel as if any other songs were particularly deserving winners... a weak year for the 20-11 zone in general.

 

Thank you for running the rate!

The Motto was decent and still get some points from me, but I thought and really wish Joji won this one. :(

Edited January 31, 20232 yr by Cow Cow

Unsurprising to See ava winning agqin, she really deserves another top 10 as everything she puts out is a bop. I was one of the vocal haters of joji xoxo and still am, so dreary, he took anything good you could possibly have in a ballad. Tate deserved top 10 after all those weeks, plus it was my #1 song of 2022 so i'm biased, glad it got a good number of votes here too. Lizzo too, such a brillint song, deserved top 10 over about damn time and especially the christmas flop imo!

Good to see The Motto top it and a fanatsic result for Joji!