February 27, 20232 yr Hoping for Charli/Rina but not a huge fan of that Top 5. Really don't get the love for the Ghost song at all but probably just not my thing.
February 27, 20232 yr Very happy that There'd Better Be A Mirrorball, Numb Little Bug and The 30th all made it into the top ten here, wouldn't have predicted it for any of them! :wub: Hoping for a very unlikely win for The Foundations of Decay but would be happy with a Stefania win too, expecting neither though.
February 27, 20232 yr Hoping for a Ghost win! I didn't vote for the rest of the top 5 in the final - I gave MCR a few points in the previous round, but don't think it'll be them.
February 28, 20232 yr Author #05. Kalush - Stefania UK chart run: {38}->1 Points: 75 | Positive votes: 13 | Negative votes: 00 Winners of last year's Eurovision, Kalush represented Ukraine just months after Russia's invasion. As widely predicted they won by a landslide as the rest of Europe voted to show their support although it certainly helped that the song itself was a very inspired choice and one of the contest highlights. In the chart they did what the two previous Ukraine winners could not and scrape the top 40. Of course it fell right out the following week however Buzzjack seem to still fondly remember it. #04. Tiësto & Charli XCX - Hot In It UK chart run: 42-29-27-30-33-29-{24}-28-30-33-32-39->12 Points: 88 | Positive votes: 15 | Negative votes: 00 It was a good year for Charli XCX who scored her first #1 album and also managed two top 40 hits, both of which appear in the top five in this rundown unsurprisingly (it is Buzzjack) but not undeservedly. First up it is her collab with Tiësto, who himself won the non-top 10 hit contest this year. This couldn't quite follow 'The Motto' into the top 20 despite a quicker start. It is a great dance track of course, going for a commercial tech house vibe in the production not too dissimilar to the Acraze hit earlier in the year - certainly deserved better than to stall outside the top 20. #03. My Chemical Romance - The Foundations of Decay UK chart run: {37}->1 Points: 95 | Positive votes: 13 | Negative votes: 00 My Chemical Romance finally made a comeback to music after having teased it for a while. Although what we got was a bit unexpected direction from them, most of us agreed that it was a great effort and for me at least it was their best since their Black Parade album. The hype of the return thankfully allowed this to scrape a top 40 position, however it dived out the chart completely the following week and their fanbase quickly got back to streaming their old music instead. So far this seems to have been a one-off from them but at least what we did get was this good, and #3 is a surprisingly great position for it here. Now we have Charli XCX vs. Ghost for #1...
February 28, 20232 yr Glad the Arctics, Fred Again and both Billie songs made the top 10! :wub: Hopefully Ghost wins.
February 28, 20232 yr Ghost and 2x charli for the top 3, all bops! ALso like both of billies one, TV is the better of the two imo but both are lovely and heartbreaking EDIT: hadn't seen the 5-3 had been posted on next page. Hot in it is a bop that deserved more but beg for you is superior so glad thats in the top 2. ghost to win this but either way both are incred!
February 28, 20232 yr Pleased Mirrorball, the Billie songs and Numb Little Bug did well! Surprised Beg For You is top 2 - like Charli and Rina but it’s a pretty uninspiring reworking for me.
February 28, 20232 yr Author #02. Charli XCX feat. Rina Sawayama - Beg for You UK chart run: 29-34-35-35-32-38-38-{24}-27-36-42->11 Points: 99 | Positive votes: 13 | Negative votes: 00 The better-performing of the two Charli hits of the year now, assisted by its sample of 'Cry for You' and production by Digital Farm Animals. It also saw another Buzzjack favourite Rina Sawayama make the chart and for the first time. The song followed on from 'Good Ones' which just missed out a top 40 position. #01. Ghost - Mary On A Cross UK chart run: 54-43-33-{28}-29-35->6 Points: 136 | Positive votes: 17 | Negative votes: 00 Taking the title this year however it is Swedish rock band Ghost. Their win was never in question as they scored 7 sets of maximum points, and more positive votes than any other title. They had been a popular band for a while although a chart hit hadn't been on the table until this single from 2019 gained vitality on TikTok. As a more inspired song choice for that app's users to latch on to it quickly gained many fans here and managed to spend a month in the top 40 before it was taken by premature ACR. This winning makes for a great result here anyhow, well done. Final Result: 01 136 Ghost - Mary On A Cross 02 99 Charli XCX feat. Rina Sawayama - Beg for You 03 95 My Chemical Romance - The Foundations of Decay 04 88 Tiësto & Charli XCX - Hot In It 05 75 Kalush - Stefania 06 65 Fred Again.. - Delilah (Pull Me Out Of This) 07 63 Billie Eilish - TV 08 58 Billie Eilish - The 30th 09 58 Em Beihold - Numb Little Bug 10 56 Arctic Monkeys - There'd Better Be A Mirrorball 11 56 SZA - Nobody Gets Me 12 53 Becky Hill & Galantis - Run 13 52 Wilkinson feat. Issey Cross - Used to This 14 48 Lil Nas X - Star Walkin' 15 47 Seafret - Atlantis 16 46 Diplo & Miguel - Don't Forget My Love 17 46 Metallica - Master of Puppets 18 46 Latto & Mariah Carey feat. DJ Khaled - Big Energy 19 43 Southstar - Miss You 20 42 Charlie Puth - Light Switch 21 42 Shawn Mendes - When You're Gone 22 42 The 1975 - I'm In Love With You 23 41 Fred Again.. & Swedish House Mafia feat. Future - Turn On the Lights Again.. 24 41 Tom Grennan - All These Nights 25 39 Nicky Youre & Dazy - Sunroof 26 39 Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa - Sweetest Pie 27 37 Arctic Monkeys - Body Paint 28 36 Doja Cat - Vegas 29 31 Lady Gaga - Hold My Hand 30 30 Dean Lewis - How Do I Say Goodbye 31 29 Rosa Linn - Snap 32 29 The Weeknd - How Do I Make You Love Me? 33 28 Leah Kate - 10 Things I Hate About You 34 27 D4VD - Romantic Homicide 35 25 Mimi Webb - Ghost of You 36 21 Years & Years & Galantis - Sweet Talker 37 16 Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5 38 15 The Kid Laroi - Thousand Miles 39 13 The 1975 - Oh Caroline 40 12 Harry Styles - Matilda SF1 Result: 01 144 Ghost - Mary On A Cross 02 139 Charli XCX feat. Rina Sawayama - Beg for You 03 122 Tiësto & Charli XCX - Hot In It 04 115 Fred Again.. - Delilah (Pull Me Out Of This) 05 101 SZA - Nobody Gets Me 06 99 Metallica - Master of Puppets 07 80 Billie Eilish - The 30th 08 76 Charlie Puth - Light Switch 09 72 Kalush - Stefania 10 69 Diplo & Miguel - Don't Forget My Love 11 67 The Weeknd - How Do I Make You Love Me? 12 65 Rosa Linn - Snap 13 59 Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa - Sweetest Pie 14 59 The 1975 - Oh Caroline 15 55 Mimi Webb - Ghost of You 16 53 Lady Gaga - Hold My Hand 17 44 Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5 18 42 Leah Kate - 10 Things I Hate About You 19 41 The Kid Laroi - Thousand Miles 20 39 D4VD - Romantic Homicide --- 21 36 Alesso & Zara Larsson - Words 22 29 Blackpink - Shut Down 23 29 Lil Yachty - Poland 24 27 Blackpink - Pink Venom 25 25 Blink-182 - Edging 26 22 Jae5 feat. Dave & BNXN - Propeller 27 20 Omar Apollo - Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me At All) 28 19 Aitch - 1989 29 15 The Game & Kanye West - Eazy 30 15 Juice Wrld - In My Head 31 13 Burna Boy - Alone 32 12 Tate McRae - Chaotic 33 12 Meekz feat. Dave - Fresh Out the Bank 34 11 David Kushner - Miserable Man 35 11 Montell Fish - Hotel 36 11 Central Cee - Straight Back To It 37 10 N-Dubz - Charmer 38 09 Bugzy Malone & Mist - Energy 39 07 KSI - Summer Is Over 40 06 Drake - Sticky 41 06 DJ Khaled feat. Drake & Lil Baby - Staying Alive 42 05 Headie One, Abra Cadabra & Bandokay - Can't Be Us 43 03 Jack Harlow - Dua Lipa 44 03 Tion Wayne & M24 - Knock Knock 45 01 D-Block Europe - 4 The Win 46 00 Central Cee - LA Leakers Freestyle 47 00 D-Block Europe - Black Beatles 48 00 D-Block Europe - Man In the Mirror 49 00 Digga D - Hold It Down 50 00 Juice Wrld - Cigarettes 51 -02 D-Block Europe - Conor McGregor SF2 Result: 01 124 My Chemical Romance - The Foundations of Decay 02 106 Billie Eilish - TV 03 95 Lil Nas X - Star Walkin' 04 87 Em Beihold - Num Little Bug 05 81 Southstar - Miss You 06 80 Latto & Mariah Carey feat. DJ Khaled - Big Energy 07 75 Arctic Monkeys - There'd Better Be A Mirrorball 08 68 Seafret - Atlantis 09 64 Wilkinson feat. Issey Cross - Used to This 10 64 Arctic Monkeys - Body Paint 11 62 Doja Cat - Vegas 12 62 Becky Hill & Galantis - Run 13 61 The 1975 - I'm In Love With You 14 58 Years & Years & Galantis - Sweet Talker 15 57 Fred Again.. & Swedish House Mafia feat. Future - Turn On the Lights Again.. 16 55 Dean Lewis - How Do I Say Goodbye 17 53 Tom Grennan - All These Nights 18 44 Nicky Youre & Dazy - Sunroof 19 43 Shawn Mendes - When You're Gone 20 42 Harry Styles - Matilda --- 21 41 Arctic Monkeys - I Ain't Quite Where I Think I Am 22 41 Vibe Chemistry - Balling 23 39 Stormzy - This Is What I Mean 24 36 Jax - Victoria's Secret 25 36 Nat "King" Cole - The Christmas Song 26 34 Benson Boone - In the Stars 27 29 Joji - Die For You 28 26 Joel Corry, David Guetta & Bryson Tiller - What Would You Do? 29 24 Sigala - Melody 30 24 Tyga & Doja Cat - Freaky Deaky 31 24 Metro Boomin feat. Future & Chris Brown - Superhero (Heroes & Villains) 32 22 Oxlade - Ku Lo Sa (A Colors Show) 33 20 Gunna feat. Future & Young Thug - Pushin P 34 18 Tom Grennan - Remind Me 35 15 Machine Gun Kelly feat. Bring Me The Horizon - Maybe 36 15 Post Malone - Lemon Tree 37 09 Dylan Conrique - Birthday Cake 38 08 ArrDee feat. Kyla - Hello Mate 39 07 Fredo - I'm Back 40 05 BTS - Yet to Come 41 05 Tion Wayne feat. Aitch - Let's Go 42 02 Hstikkytokky & J Fado - Hold This 43 01 Central Cee - Retail Therapy 44 01 D-Block Europe - She's Not Anyone 45 00 Central Cee - Cold Shoulder 46 00 Central Cee - Daily Duppy 47 00 Central Cee - Khabib 48 00 Diane Guerrero & Stephanie Beatriz - What Else Can I Do? 49 00 Kanye West & XXXTentacion - True Love 50 00 Lil Baby - California Breeze 51 00 Lil Baby - Real Spill 52 -01 Nicki Minaj feat. Lil Baby - Do We Have A Problem?
February 28, 20232 yr Perfect winner :wub: happy to see MCR and Kalush in the top 5 too. Thank you for running this ^_^
February 28, 20232 yr Really don't get the love for the Ghost song at all oops but each to their own!
February 28, 20232 yr Delighted with the Ghost victory :wub: 6 months since it debuted in the Top 40 and for me there's yet to be a better song to do that since. Strange that the same top two songs were much closer in the semi! Thanks Dan for running this and the non-Top 10 rate!
February 28, 20232 yr Very happy with that top 10 overall. The right song won, and MCR, Kalush, double Billie and Arctics in the Top 10 is a great effort Buzzjack!
March 1, 20232 yr Oops I didn't vote for any of the top 4 there although Ghost and My Chemical Romance were both very narrow misses - glad that Ghost obviously didn't need my votes to win pretty easily anyway, a very standout hit and a great song (can the zoomers discover 'Square Hammer' and make that a hit next pls). I do like 'Beg For You' too although took a while to grow on me and there's much better songs on Charli's album. 'Hot In It' is ok but I feel like it wears itself out before it finishes despite being so short (which is why I never understood people complaining about its length). A handful of my votes did make the top 10 though - great to see 'Stefania' in the top 5, I do think it's a song that would have done well in Eurovision on musical merit anyway even without the Russian invasion although maybe not a winner, in any case still easily one of my favourite songs from this Eurovision season. 'Delilah (pull me out of this)' is such a beautiful song and I think my favourite from Fred to date, and 'The 30th' is right up there with my fave ever Billie songs too (top 3 with 'when the party's over' and 'everything i wanted' I'd say), 'TV' I never loved quite as much but still very good and can see why it was the bigger hit as it is more accessible / replayable. And I had mixed feelings on Arctic Monkeys' album as a whole but 'There'd Better Be A Mirrorball' is lovely, the best song they've released since the 'AM' era for me. Good to see Lil Nas X top 15 and Metallica and southstar top 20 too. A bit disappointingly low for 'Vegas' though, although I do remember it not getting amazing reception here by her standards so shouldn't be surprised really. Thanks for running this again Dan!
March 2, 20232 yr Really don't get the love for the Ghost song at all oops but each to their own! Well I don't see you ever commenting on liking a rock song tbf so not surprised you aren't a fan! -- I'm pleased Ghost won but I like 'Beg For It' also so a good top 2 there and MCR 3rd is also great to see. Happy to see Fred Again.. top 10 too. southstar, Dean Lewis and Shawn Mendes too low though for my liking.
March 6, 20232 yr I wasn't aware that 'Mary On A Cross' was so popular here, let alone more popular than 'Beg For You' :o Definitely a surprise winner for me even if it wasn't for others here. Incredible result for My Chemical Romance too. Thanks for hosting, Dan!
March 9, 20232 yr (Belatedly) very surprised to see 'Mary On A Cross' not only #1 but by such a large margin :o Well done to it! Glad to see MCR and Tiësto top 5 as well.
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