Hi Pete!

 

Sorry if I wasn't commenting on your Year-End chart or continuing with my on Year-End list, I was very busy this christmas week and next week's as well.

 

First of all, happy that "(It Goes Like) Nanana" is your Mainstream Song of the Year.

And for the actual top 200, here are the songs I like from it so far are: "Revolution", "Because Of You", "Future Lover", "Put A Light On Me", "Dance of the Crab", "Black Friday", "Mountain", "Blue", "Woke Up In Love", "Adore U" and "Strong".

 

Great list so far!

Can't wait for the rest.

 

No worries! Glad there are so many songs in the early sections that you enjoy ^_^

 

'Strong' is still fab and 'Mountains' was alright but not one I came back to much.

That's fair - I really like 'Mountain' but get there are other songs people would have preferred to have been performed! Thanks Rob ^_^

120: Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana (889pts)

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Here we have Peggy again! As I mentioned above, I definitely underestimated this one with my chart run (and it's been bumped up 50 or so places here!) but here's where it lands.

 

119: Milky Chance - Living In A Haze (897pts)

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Milky Chance have definitely moved into more of a dance-y style of indie in recent years, and this is a good example of that! The highest appearance of this this year.

 

118: Amongst Wolves - Not Dead (905pts)

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A pretty catchy one with a quirky music video!

 

117: NEEDTOBREATHE - Dreams (ft. Judah and the Lion) (907pts)

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Another NEEDTOBREATHE album track lands here - this one is also fairly catchy, I hadn't heard of Judah and the Lion before but heard one of their songs in a Starbucks the other day so sould maybe give some of their other stuff a listen!

 

116: Hilltop Hoods - A Hard Day's Night (ft. Montaigne & Tom Thum) (913pts)

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The trio famed for their collaboration on '1955' re-convened on this one this year, this didn't have quite the bouncy-ness of that one but retains the fab vocals and brassy-ness.

 

115: LZ7 - Last Night (914pts)

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114: Katy Nichole - Please (919pts)

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113: Jet Trouble - Heaven Come Down (920pts)

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I discovered this one after enjoying 'I Need You' which is still to come here - this is a fab song which is more focussed on the emotion in the vocals than the instrumentation.

 

112: Belle and Sebastian - I Don't Know What You See In Me (921pts)

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111: Lukas Graham - One By One (922pts)

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The highest Lukas Graham track in here this year - this is an emotional one speaking about how life and time do pass by eventually.

 

110: Consumed By Fire - Goodbye Ole Me (926pts)

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This is a very cheesy worship song, but a very catchy one as well!

 

109: San Cisco - Under the Light (930pts)

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It took me a while to fully get into this one, but San Cisco do finally shake off the one-hit wonder tag here!

 

108: almost monday - only wanna dance (939pts)

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107: Joker Out - Carpe Diem (942pts)

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This didn't immediately strike me during Eurovision, but after a few plays it slowly became a favourite! As a result I didn't fully associate it with the contest and so it had a bit of a longer chart run - the guitar riff after the first chorus really does get it going.

 

106: The Big Moon - Trouble (943pts)

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105: NEEDTOBREATHE - The Cave (945pts)

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104: Tembalami - Misodzi (947pts)

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The highest song (I think!) from Zimbabwe, this is a fab song mixing African music with a more dance-pop style as a few other songs from the area have been doing!

 

103: Scouting For Girls - The Missing Part (947pts)

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Scouting For Girls still have the power to put out a good song! Again this is a little bit cheesy but fun to listen to as well.

 

102: Sam Bowman - Whisper (949pts)

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Despite being a Christian song, this one has a little bit more of a spooky vibe to it! Definitely worth a little listen.

 

101: Ed Sheeran - Boat (960pts)

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I realise technically this is the highest Top 20 song in my countdown as opposed to Peggy, but one week at 15 does feel like a bit of a cheat! This is a beautiful emotional track though, focussing on both hopelessness and resilience.

'Nanana' :dance: that's a fairly respectable result considering your chart is mostly not very mainstream!

 

'Boat' is okay!

Yay for Adore U and Strong both appearing, both amongst Fred's top efforts so far and both on my list too.

Peggy will be a lot higher up my chart.

#100 (969pts)

 

The Sherlocks

The Night

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At #100 we have what is almost certainly the shortest song in the Top 100, clocking in at 1 minute and 54 seconds. This is the only Sherlocks song to crack my chart this year but it's a good one, and a lot more mellow than their usual fare.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

The Sherlocks

2017 26 Chasing Shadows

2018 16 Will You Be There?

2019 07 NYC (Sing It Loud)

2019 48 Waiting

2021 33 End of the Earth

2021 68 Falling

2021 08 World I Understand

2022 10 City Lights

2022 58 Wake Up

2023 23 The Night

 

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#99 (970pts)

 

Voyager

Promise

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The first of a reasonable number of Eurovision tracks in my Top 100, the synth-pop verses combined with a cracking to chorus made a real first impression on me. It didn't stick around as long as some of the songs appearing further along, but still sounds great and ought to have gotten the same number of popular vote points in the Final as it did in the semi!

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Voyager

2023 02 Promise

 

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#98 (975pts)

 

Tina Boonstra

Circle Back, Start Again

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This is a fab song that slowly builds as the piece goes on, and it certainly became a slow burner in my chart. An interesting video taken from the Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling race as well!

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Tina Boonstra

2022 09 City of Doubt

2022 01 Martha

2023 32 Call Me Thomas

2023 23 Circle Back, Start Again

 

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#97 (981pts)

 

Armin Van Buuren & Gareth Emery

Forever & Always (ft. Owl City)

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It was nice to hear Owl City's voice again this year (he has another still to come!) - this dance song starts off quite calmly before throwing you headfirst into a completely unexpected drop, and gets Armin and Gareth their first chart appearances since 2021 as well.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Armin Van Buuren

2016 02 Heading Up High (Armin Van Buuren ft. Kensington)

2016 05 Freefall (Armin Van Buuren feat. BullySongs)

2017 02 I Need You (Armin Van Buuren & Garibay ft. Olaf Blackwood)

2017 12 Sunny Days (ft. Josh Cumbee)

2018 51 Therapy

2019 27 Don't Let Me Go (Armin Van Buuren & Matluck)

2020 40 Christmas Time (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike with Armin Van Buuren & Jeremy Oceans)

2021 49 Feel Something (ft. Duncan Lawrence)

2021 57 No Fun (Armin van Buuren & The Stickmen Project)

2023 15 Forever & Always (Armin Van Buuren & Gareth Emery ft. Owl City)

 

Gareth Emery

2016 03 Lost (ft. Janet Devlin)

2017 08 Saving Light (Gareth Emery & Standerwick ft. HALIENE)

2020 28 Yesterday (Gareth Emery & NASH ft. Linney)

2021 13 Sad Song (Gareth Emery & THE LASERS)

2023 15 Forever & Always (Armin Van Buuren & Gareth Emery ft. Owl City)

 

Owl City

2017 06 All My Friends

2018 01 Lucid Dream

2018 13 New York City

2018 19 Cloud Nine

2022 01 Let The Light In (Joshua Micah & Owl City)

2023 15 Forever & Always (Armin Van Buuren & Gareth Emery ft. Owl City)

2023 01 Kelly Time

2023 39 Vitamin Sea

 

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#96 (984pts)

 

for KING & COUNTRY

What Are We Waiting For? (The Single)

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And here falls my first #1! The chart run feels a bit unfair now as it's a pretty decent song, but I got into this one very quickly and it then tailed off fairly quickly too. The song is a call to action to be the change instead of waiting for someone else to do it, and is a different style to what I've come to expect from these two!

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

for KING & COUNTRY

2018 32 joy. (for KING and COUNTRY)

2020 14 O Come, O Come Emmanuel (ft. NEEDTOBREATHE)

2022 13 Love Me Like I Am

2022 61 Relate

2022 27 Do You Hear What I Hear

2023 01 What Are We Waiting For? (The Single)

#95 (986pts)

 

NEEDTOBREATHE

Temporary Tears (ft. Foy Vance)

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The first of four NEEDTOBREATHE songs in my Top 100, this is a beautiful song about getting over difficult times. Both Bear and Foy Vance sound great on this (infact they sound so similar I don't know which is which!)

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

NEEDTOBREATHE

2020 40 Hang On

2020 01 Who Am I

2020 07 Banks

2020 14 O Come, O Come Emmanuel (for KING & COUNTRY ft. NEEDTOBREATHE)

2020 67 Silent Night

2021 36 Survival (ft. Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb)

2021 08 Into The Mystery

2021 06 What I'm Here For

2021 32 Sunshine

2021 44 Carry Me (ft. Jon Foreman)

2021 38 I Am Yours

2022 06 Talk of the Town

2023 01 Everknown

2023 20 The Cave

2023 01 Hideaway

2023 07 Temporary Tears (ft. Foy Vance)

2023 44 Wasting Time (ft. Old Dominion)

2023 08 Reaching Out to Find You

2023 14 Dreams (ft. Judah and the Lion)

2023 15 When You Forgive Someone

2023 18 Fall On Me (ft. Carly Pearce)

2023 21 By and By

2023 31 How Wonderful We Are

 

Foy Vance

2023 07 Temporary Tears (NEEDTOBREATHE ft. Foy Vance)

 

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#94 (991pts)

 

Elevation Worship

Praise (ft. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore)

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This is one of the best put-together out-and-out worship songs in recent years - so easy to get into and all the different members of the collective come together to make this one sound brilliant.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Elevation Worship

2023 07 Praise (ft. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore)

2023 08 Runnin (ft. Brandon Lake)

2023 85 Jehovah (ft. Chris Brown)

 

Brandon Lake

2020 31 We Praise You (Matt Redman ft. Brandon Lake)

2021 17 Rest On Us (Maverick City Music & UPPERROOM ft. Brandon Lake & Eniola Abioye)

2022 58 Honey In The Rock (Brooke Ligertwood & Brandon Lake)

2023 89 Son Of David (Ryan Ellis ft. Brandon Lake)

2023 07 Praise (Elevation Worship ft. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore)

2023 08 Runnin (Elevation Worship ft. Brandon Lake)

2023 23 Praise You Anywhere

2023 39 COUNT 'EM

2023 73 Graves (KB & Brandon Lake)

2023 70 Coat of Many Colors

 

Chandler Moore

2020 49 Man of Your Word (Maverick City Music ft. Chandler Moore & KJ Scriven)

2023 07 Praise (Elevation Worship ft. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore)

2023 95 God Problems (Maverick City Music ft. Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine)

 

Chris Brown

2023 07 Praise (Elevation Worship ft. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown & Chandler Moore)

2023 85 Jehovah (Elevation Worship ft. Chris Brown)

 

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#93 (993pts)

 

Matt Redman

Praise God

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A more traditional worship song now, but I also found this a good song to 'Praise God' to, recognising that praise is something we can do regardless of how things are going for us.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Matt Redman

2020 31 We Praise You (ft. Brandon Lake)

2020 38 The Same Jesus

2020 82 Upon Him

2020 42 Nothing Can Separate (Lucy Grimble ft. Matt Redman)

2022 05 Son of Suffering

2022 35 The Praise Is Yours

2023 17 Halfway Empty

2023 26 Unconditional (Matt Redman & Matt Maher)

2023 04 King of Calvary

2023 03 Praise God

 

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#92 (996pts)

 

Esther Chungu

Asumbulwe

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Fourth worship song in a row! This was my only qualifier in BJSC this year (although not my highest BJSC entry here), the mix between the more traditional African vocals and a more contemporary dance beat clearly resonated with Buzzjackers.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Esther Chungu

2020 31 Chikangabwe (ft. 412)

2020 73 It's Coming (ft. Chef 187)

2022 30 Healing

2023 09 Asumbulwe

 

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#91 (1003pts)

 

Deeper Upper

Love Me

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Finishing off this section we have the first song to crack 100 points. I found this when searching for a song by a Lithuanian band, and was pretty enamoured by this catchie indie-rock track. It grew on me as the weeks went by, and eventually cracked my Top 20. Still another track by a Lithuanian artist to come though!

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Deeper Upper

2023 17 Love Me

'Nanana' :dance: that's a fairly respectable result considering your chart is mostly not very mainstream!

 

'Boat' is okay!

 

Glad you're a fan of Peggy and that you didn't mind 'Boat' - I get it's not the most punchy of tracks but for some reason it struck a chord with me. Thanks Rob!

 

Yay for Adore U and Strong both appearing, both amongst Fred's top efforts so far and both on my list too.

Peggy will be a lot higher up my chart.

Indeed, Fred again is fairly solid in general but I really liked these two. Thanks Dan!

Peggy Gou had one of the best dance chart hits of the year, (It Goes Like) Nanana is irresistible!

 

Mountain was a great track from Sam, if still not as good as SPACE MAN. I rather liked Voyager's Eurovision song too!

#90 (1011pts)

 

Ben Howard

Life In The Time

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Ben Howard's latest album seemed a bit more experimental than his previous ones, but I did grow to quite like this one. On first listen it sounds a bit jarring, but I've eventually grown into enjoying the jarring-ness.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Ben Howard

2021 05 Sorry Kid

2023 14 Life In The Time

 

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#89 (1018pts)

 

Victor Vernicos

What They Say

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This was the first year I made a deliberate effort to listen to the DNQs from this year's Eurovision post-contest, and this is the song which stuck out to me from the lot of them. Similar to Joker Out, as it entered my chart later it didn't feel Eurovision-y and therefore managed a fairly lengthy chart run. The lyrics about people who have been hurt don't want others to feel the same combined with a great melody really make this song.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Victor Vernicos

2023 27 What They Say

 

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#88 (1035pts)

 

d'Orkest

Wasting Time

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Similar to Deeper Upper, I found this catchy track when looking for indie bands from a particular country - this time it was Suriname. This is certainly one to bop along to but did drop off after my inintial appreciation of the song.

 

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d'Orkest

2023 06 Wasting Time

 

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#87 (1041pts)

 

Valley Of The Moon

Let Justice Roll

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A very undestated (and quite short) track about letting justice roll when the world isn't being run in the way it was intended to. A nice reflective one to listen to.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Valley of the Moon

2022 02 Lead Me Up the Mountain

2023 19 Let Justice Roll

 

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#86 (1047pts)

 

St. Lundi

Ready To Be Loved

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Listening to this for the first time in months and it still sounds fab! It took a while of this song being on my playlist for me to finally get round to listening to it, but when I did it made an instant impression on me. It's such a cheery guitar-pop track that brings positive vibes into the room.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

St. Lundi

2020 06 Colourblind (SeeB & St. Lundi)

2021 92 Heavy Words

2021 04 Lost in Love

2021 79 Nights Like This

2022 49 Fallen Like A Star

2023 06 Ready To Be Loved

#85 (1050pts)

 

Alex Yurkiv & Thelma Costolo

Take Me to the River (I Will Swim)

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A collaboration from two new artists, American Alex Yurkiv and Australian Thelma Costolo, I discovered this from its single week in Billboard's Christian chart and was intrigued. There's nothing groundbreaking about this one but it's a very pleasant listen and a good worship song!

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Alex Yurkiv

2023 07 Take Me to the River (I Will Swim) (Alex Yurkiv & Thelma Costolo)

 

Thelma Costolo

2023 07 Take Me to the River (I Will Swim) (Alex Yurkiv & Thelma Costolo)

 

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#84 (1068pts)

 

Seafret

Wonderland

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The first of two Seafret entries to crack my Top 100 this year, this one was a slow burner in my chart and ended up having a very respectable stint inside my Top 40. I love how it bulds up from the first verse to the chorus.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Seafret

2020 14 Magnetic

2020 15 Be My Queen

2022 07 Running Out of Love

2022 37 Everlasting

2023 01 See, I'm Sorry

2023 16 Wonderland

 

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#83 (1074pts)

 

Jeremy Camp

Anxious Heart

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I've not charted Jeremy Camp in a little while, but this one really grabbed me when I heard it! The tune is the sort that sticks in your head, plus the lyrics talking about God being the calm for an anxious heart.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Jeremy Camp

2017 06 Word of Life

2017 09 My Defender

2017 35 The Answer

2018 44 Storm

2019 40 Should've Been Me

2019 38 Father

2019 25 Only You Can

2020 23 Keep Me in the Moment

2020 21 Whatever May Come (Jeremy Camp & Adrienne Camp)

2020 53 Out of My Hands

2021 60 When You Speak

2023 10 Anxious Heart

 

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#82 (1100pts)

 

SYML

Chariot

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Another song that really grew on me as the weeks went on, the track has a feel to it that I can't really describe but I know is the hallmark of a good song.

 

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SYML

2023 17 Chariot

 

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#81 (1100pts)

 

Co-Pilot

Swim To Sweden

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Jim Noir returned this year, both with solo material (which he said might be his last) and a new project with singer Leonore Wheatley called Co-Pilot. The latter of that produced this quirky track, Swim to Sweden. Why would you want to swim to Sweden specifically? Not sure, but methinks there's probably an element of alliteration in there, as the rest of the lyrics don't make too much sense either, but still a good one to listen to!

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Co-Pilot

2023 25 Swim To Sweden

Peggy Gou had one of the best dance chart hits of the year, (It Goes Like) Nanana is irresistible!

 

Mountain was a great track from Sam, if still not as good as SPACE MAN. I rather liked Voyager's Eurovision song too!

Glad you're a fan of all these! There were indeed some good songs on the Eurovision final night. Thanks Joseph ^_^

Hi Pete just checking this out!

 

Home for your heart is a sweet tune! Glad it gave both cat and arrdee another top 40! Sam Ryder’s put a light on me is a major bop and I adore Black Friday! Boat was decent from Ed and although I don’t like the vocals, the instrumental of nanana is an Earwrm. Nice to see some Eurovision entries too, plus the syml track

Hi Pete

 

Like ever, I can't say there's much in your countdown that I've already heard but I'll give a couple of tracks a listen :lol:

 

It feels like ages since I've heard about Scouting For Girls so I've just listened to 'The Missing Part', It sounds pretty similar to what they were releasing when they were in the charts but even more saccharin. It's nice.

 

I also listened to 'The Night' because although I've seen their name loads I'm not sure if I had ever heard anything from The Sherlocks. Another nice track, I definitely prefer it to the Scouting For Girls one. It does feel too short for a ballad-y type track though.

 

I don't really remember Victor Vernicos's Eurovision entry but I've just re-read the rankings I did and I ranked it bottom from it's semi-final :kink:

'Promise' was one of my faves of Eurovision this year, was great to have Australia put in a great performance again as they'd sent a few songs I couldn't care for

yay for 'Forever & Always' making an impact here too, one of the best songs Armin's put his name on in years though mostly due to Gareth Emery's input

'Swim To Sweden' sounds the most intriguing here out of the ones I'm unfamiliar with

Even in years where I have kept up with music more I tend to not recognise most of the songs in your EOY so I suppose not too much change this year when I've been listening to less music :kink:

 

'Carpe Diem' has also grown on me more since initially hearing it in Eurovision, and 'Promise' is still one of my faves from this year's crop too. (Victor Vernicos less so :whistle:)

 

'Boat' was my favourite of Ed's charting songs of the year and '(It Goes Like) Nanana' is of course excellent so those are good choices to be the highest ranking UK hits! Also a handful of good songs lower down from Romy, Fred again.. and Tom Odell ~

Here are my late late picks from where I got left behind:

 

84: Seafret - Wonderland (giving a check on this one as it sounds interesting. Honestly, never heard of any Seafret songs other than Atlantis and the BJSC entry)

97: Armin Van Buuren & Gareth Emery - Forever & Always (ft. Owl City)

120: Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana

132: Kygo & Gryffin - Woke Up In Love (ft. Calum Scott) (yep, this is a mediocre-generic banger from the three. Would've easily become a UK hit after releasing that dire Robyn cover)

139: Sam Ryder - Mountain (I do love the Eurovision edit of the song. It elevated the original so much)

Thanks all for the plethora of comments!

 

Hi Pete just checking this out!

 

Home for your heart is a sweet tune! Glad it gave both cat and arrdee another top 40! Sam Ryder’s put a light on me is a major bop and I adore Black Friday! Boat was decent from Ed and although I don’t like the vocals, the instrumental of nanana is an Earwrm. Nice to see some Eurovision entries too, plus the syml track

Glad you're a fan of all these - a decent number you enjoy which is great to see!

 

Hi Pete

 

Like ever, I can't say there's much in your countdown that I've already heard but I'll give a couple of tracks a listen :lol:

 

It feels like ages since I've heard about Scouting For Girls so I've just listened to 'The Missing Part', It sounds pretty similar to what they were releasing when they were in the charts but even more saccharin. It's nice.

 

I also listened to 'The Night' because although I've seen their name loads I'm not sure if I had ever heard anything from The Sherlocks. Another nice track, I definitely prefer it to the Scouting For Girls one. It does feel too short for a ballad-y type track though.

 

I don't really remember Victor Vernicos's Eurovision entry but I've just re-read the rankings I did and I ranked it bottom from it's semi-final :kink:

Glad you're enjoying those two songs - The Night probably isn't representative of what The Sherlocks usually do but it's a really nice ballad (I agree another minute on it wouldn't go awry). I haven't listened to too much Scouting for Girls recently either (aside from their fantastic Christmas song) but this one really caught my attention!

 

'Promise' was one of my faves of Eurovision this year, was great to have Australia put in a great performance again as they'd sent a few songs I couldn't care for

yay for 'Forever & Always' making an impact here too, one of the best songs Armin's put his name on in years though mostly due to Gareth Emery's input

'Swim To Sweden' sounds the most intriguing here out of the ones I'm unfamiliar with

Glad you're enjoying these ones - indeed, I can certainly thakn you for introducing me to Forever and Always! I really liked Australia's entry last year but Voyager is certainly a key change for them as a nation and certainly not a bad one.

 

Even in years where I have kept up with music more I tend to not recognise most of the songs in your EOY so I suppose not too much change this year when I've been listening to less music :kink:

 

'Carpe Diem' has also grown on me more since initially hearing it in Eurovision, and 'Promise' is still one of my faves from this year's crop too. (Victor Vernicos less so :whistle:)

 

'Boat' was my favourite of Ed's charting songs of the year and '(It Goes Like) Nanana' is of course excellent so those are good choices to be the highest ranking UK hits! Also a handful of good songs lower down from Romy, Fred again.. and Tom Odell ~

Glad there are a decent number of songs you've enjoyed here! I guess Victor isn't too popular on Buzzjack then, ah well :lol: Glad you're a fan of Voyager and Joker Out though!

 

Here are my late late picks from where I got left behind:

 

84: Seafret - Wonderland (giving a check on this one as it sounds interesting. Honestly, never heard of any Seafret songs other than Atlantis and the BJSC entry)

97: Armin Van Buuren & Gareth Emery - Forever & Always (ft. Owl City)

120: Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana

132: Kygo & Gryffin - Woke Up In Love (ft. Calum Scott) (yep, this is a mediocre-generic banger from the three. Would've easily become a UK hit after releasing that dire Robyn cover)

139: Sam Ryder - Mountain (I do love the Eurovision edit of the song. It elevated the original so much)

Glad you enjoy Mountain and Peggy! I get there's not too much new about Woke Up In Love but it hit the mark for me.

Also - a small error on my part meant a song which appeared in my 2022 EOY was accidentally in my list higher up here. That's been removed now so everything posted so far moves up a spot. I'm not going to change all the numbers, but that means that 'Boat' is now inside the Top 100 and 'Time' by Corey Voss makes an appearance at 200.

#79 (1104pts)

 

Matt Maher

The Lord's Prayer (It's Yours)

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Chart Statistics

 

NE (27/5/2023) 100-62-49-42-40-39-16-13-11-12-14-18-27-37-54-63-69-74-87-91-99-xx

 

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Didn't expect a popp-y rendition of the prayer that Jesus taught us to make an appearance in the Top 100, but this just continued to grow and grow on me to the point where it only just missed out on the Top 10. This is very catchy so do give it a listen!

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Matt Maher

2017 01 Make Room (Casting Crowns ft. Matt Maher)

2018 12 Born on That Day

2020 20 Alive & Breathing (ft. Elle Limebear)

2023 26 Unconditional (Matt Redman & Matt Maher)

2023 11 The Lord's Prayer (It's Yours)

 

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#78 (1108pts)

 

Emiliana Torrini & The Colorist Orchestra

Hilton

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Chart Statistics

 

NE (15/4/2023) 61-15-9-11-13-22-26-20-23-26-28-37-44-53-66-78-83-95-xx

 

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Commentary

 

One of the songs I discovered from the music reviews in the Big Issue North (RIP), the idea of an Icelandic singer-songwrite working with a Belgian musical ensemble interested me so I gave it a listen. This is very experimental, there's nothing really like it elsewhere in my Top 100 but it stuck in my head enough to end up in my weekly Top 10.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Emiliana Torrini

2023 09 Hilton (Emiliana Torrini & The Colorist Orchestra)

 

The Colorist Orchestra

2023 09 Hilton (Emiliana Torrini & The Colorist Orchestra)

 

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#77 (1109pts)

 

Kingdmusic

Worry About Nothing

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Chart Statistics

 

NE (14/1/2023) 46-29-30-24-19-17-20-20-20-20-20-20-20-30-41-53-62-71-88-xx

 

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Commentary

 

A tune by South African gospel artist Kingdmusic, this is a very upbeat and cheery song about trusting in God.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Kingdmusic

2022 77 Nobody Like You (Kingdmusic & CalledOut Music)

2022 18 Protect Me

2022 92 Miracles

2022 93 Fire (Kingdmusic & CASS)

2023 17 Worry About Nothing

 

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#76 (1119pts)

 

The Natural Lines

Mahwah

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Chart Statistics

 

NE (15/4/2023) 32-5-5-6-8-16-22-32-31-32-35-50-54-62-72-88-98-xx

 

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I discovered this one very quickly after Hilton on account of the videos being posted on the same YouTube channel. Every now and again I enjoy a song which is a little more downbeat and quiet, and this song really provided this. Whilst I can't work out the exact lyrics, the song focusses on being in New Jersey (or 'Jersey' as the singer calls it!), and the vocals really work well with this sort of song.

 

 

Commentary

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

The Natural Lines

2023 05 Mahwah

2023 29 Person of Interest

#75 (1121pts)

 

Jono Peatman

Hope and Humility

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Chart Statistics

 

NE (17/12/2022) 57-39-27-17-15-13-11-12-13-22-40-40-40-40-40-40-40-53-64-72-86-100-xx

 

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Commentary

 

This is a fairly standard worship song but it certainly piqued my interest late in 2022, and shot into my Top 20 early in the new year, only just missing out on my Top 10.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Jono Peatman

2022 11 Hope and Humility

 

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#74 (1124pts)

 

Grace Graber

The Light

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Chart Statistics

 

NE (22/4/2023) 22-6-4-4-8-15-17-22-25-32-48-52-61-71-86-94-xx

 

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Commentary

 

I first heard this fantastic pop-rock worship song back in April and instantly fell in love with it - sadly it didn't have quite the same impact in BJSC and Eurovision pushed it out of the chart prematurely but it still remains a great song.

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Grace Graber

2023 04 The Light

2023 98 This One's for You (Grace Graber & Jason Dunn)

2023 26 As I Am

 

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#73 (1126pts)

 

Muse

Ghosts (How Can I Move On) (ft. Mylene Farmer)

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Chart Statistics

 

NE (28/1/2023) 97-92-46-32-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-16-23-32-45-57-75-84-94-xx

 

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Commentary

 

Looks like there were a few different versions of this song out (the Mylene Farmer one being just one of a few different features) but this was the one I was introduced to so this is the one that entered my chart. A fab ballad from Muse and amazingly their first Top 40 hit in my chart!

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

Muse

2018 58 The Dark Side

2023 10 Ghosts (How Can I Move On) (ft. Mylene Farmer)

 

Mylene Farmer

2018 29 N'oublie Pas (ft. LP)

2019 12 Désobéissance

2023 10 Ghosts (How Can I Move On) (Muse ft. Mylene Farmer)

 

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#72 (1131pts)

 

The Killers

Your Side of Town

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Chart Statistics

 

NE (2/9/2023) 19-16-14-11-13-13-12-11-16-27-41-47-57-64-73-88-xx

 

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Commentary

 

The highest Killers song, this could easily have debuted in my Top 10 but for whatever reason I didn't and it never made it there. A really interesting turn from them with the synths and altered vocals in the chorus!

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

The Killers

2017 73 The Man

2017 100 Run For Cover

2018 61 Rut

2022 01 boy

2023 11 Your Side of Town

2023 32 Spirit

 

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#71 (1132pts)

 

The Snuts

Gloria

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Chart Statistics

 

NE (10/6/2023) 76-50-31-29-21-18-16-15-15-21-24-34-41-55-62-68-79-77-83-86-98-xx

 

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Commentary

 

It's been a few years since The Snuts graced my chart (their last album wasn't really to my liking) but I stumbled across this one and it sounded great - a no-nonsense little love song which added a nice positive atmosphere to my chart!

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

The Snuts

2021 09 Somebody Loves You

2021 03 Glasgow

2023 15 Gloria