February 11, 20241 yr Author Ooh very good start to the top 10 so far! I think I charted almost everything there last year *.* 'Doomscroller' was of course my favourite from that Metric album but 'False Dichotomy' was still a highlight nevertheless. 'Magic', 'In A Dream' and 'Time Is Not A Healer It’s A Fuel For Resentment' are all very good BJSC entries <3 have you heard 'Desperado Vespa' by the latter artist? That was how I first discovered LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER via an Aelandor entry several years back :heart: Ooh yay for the taste *.* Metric have certainly been a huge find for me as I was only vaguely aware of them before 'Doomscroller'. Love the support for those BJSC entries :heart: can't remember if I'd sought it out before, but 'Desperado Vespa' sounds pretty good - several of his songs have come up on my Release Radar, including 'Night Or Day' which I also charted. Thanks Jade ^_^ now for the conclusion of this countdown!
February 11, 20241 yr Author _qhgIHYExKI #02 -> #01 #02 MRD - Last Dance (804 points) [24-12-09-05-03-02-01-01-01-01-01-02-04-05-07-06-08-10-11-15-15-18-21-21-25-35-40] The MRD song which takes the runner up spot comes from the same EP as 'Midsommar' and similarly infuses his deep vocals with layers of synth riffs and post-punkish guitar, however the expansive danceable production, bassline, and the little elements like a panpipe midway through lift it to another place - once I considered its potential crossover appeal, I sent it to BJSC 155, but never would have guessed it could finish as high as 3rd :o so a long chart run before and after that highpoint of my BJSC participation to date brings it to one place higher in this particular rundown! r0c0eBMLPzU #01 Rose Gray - Ecstasy (838 points) [06-02-01-02-01-01-01-01-02-03-03-05-07-06-04-06-08-09-10-13-16-19-22-22-31-31-37] However my song of the year belongs to Rose Gray - I'd already charted her 2022 release 'Promise Me' (#112 in this listing; her later release 'Happiness' is at #110) with a similar 90s-festival-friendly dance vibe, when this took a hold of me with its huge danceable riffs and builds and Rose's hedonistic vocals, and the titular metaphors of the lyrics are pure genius - so by a margin of 34 points (less than a quarter of the gap between 3rd and 2nd), she takes top spot for the year :cheer: congratulations Rose!
February 11, 20241 yr Author My full EOY top 100 of 2023 looks like this: 01 | 838 | Rose Gray - Ecstasy 02 | 804 | MRD - Last Dance 03 | 665 | LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Time Is Not A Healer It’s A Fuel For Resentment 04 | 664 | ACRAZE & Aviella - In A Dream 05 | 620 | MRD & TDJ - Memories Of You 06 | 618 | Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør - Stay Awhile 07 | 575 | Loreen - Tattoo 08 | 568 | Metric - False Dichotomy 09 | 562 | Geo22 - Magic 10 | 533 | Hannah Laing & RoRo - Good Love 11 | 527 | Panteros666 feat. Zorza - Ultra Ray 12 | 514 | DJ HEARTSTRING - It Ain't Over 13 | 502 | Milky Chance - Living In A Haze 14 | 431 | Patrick Topping feat. Might Delete Later - Make Me Happy 15 | 427 | Metric - Days Of Oblivion 16 | 425 | Rosa Linn - Never Be Mine 17 | 411 | Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wuh Oh - Hypnotized 18 | 406 | Sky Ferreira - Don't Forget 19 | 406 | hemlocke springs - heavun 20 | 397 | The Killers - Your Side Of Town 21 | 395 | Audio Bullys - As We Step 22 | 394 | Lanterns On The Lake - The Likes Of Us 23 | 393 | ARXX - God Knows 24 | 391 | Billy Gillies feat. Hannah Boleyn - DNA (Loving You) 25 | 391 | Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana 26 | 390 | Sam Fender - Angel In Lothian 27 | 386 | Cameo Blush, Pretty Girl - Millennium Fields 28 | 371 | The Lathums - Turmoil 29 | 369 | Patrick Topping feat. Raphi - Whisper 30 | 360 | Tove Lo - Borderline 31 | 355 | Ofenbach feat. Norma Jean Martine - Overdrive 32 | 351 | Armin van Buuren - Lose This Feeling 33 | 350 | Madame - ARANCIATA 34 | 343 | Röyksopp - Me&Youphoria 35 | 339 | 070 Shake - Black Dress 36 | 336 | Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - Miracle 37 | 336 | Broosnica - Enter The Energy 38 | 335 | Picture Parlour - Norwegian Wood 39 | 328 | SZA - Kill Bill 40 | 327 | Leony - Holding On 41 | 325 | Vandal Moon - Sweet Disaster 42 | 325 | Lucia & The Best Boys - Burning Castles 43 | 322 | Metric - Who Would You Be For Me 44 | 312 | HighSchool - Colt 45 | 309 | MRD & Narciss - Midsommar 46 | 295 | Sub Focus & Dimension - Ready To Fly 47 | 289 | Wet Leg - Angelica 48 | 289 | Depeche Mode - Ghosts Again 49 | 289 | Temples - Cicada 50 | 283 | Tove Lo - I like u 51 | 274 | Dagny - Same Again (For Love) 52 | 271 | Sølv - Past Life 53 | 269 | Queens Of The Stone Age - Paper Machete 54 | 264 | Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine 55 | 260 | Schak feat. Kim English - Moving All Around (Jumpin’) 56 | 260 | RAYE, 070 Shake - Escapism. 57 | 254 | Ash - Race The Night 58 | 252 | Rema feat. Selena Gomez - Calm Down 59 | 249 | Gusted - Jet Plane 60 | 248 | Noah Kahan - Stick Season 61 | 247 | Fanera - Euforija 62 | 244 | Shygirl - Firefly 63 | 242 | MUNA - What I Want 64 | 240 | Snow Strippers - Under Your Spell 65 | 235 | Kesha - Eat The Acid 66 | 230 | Sheryl Crow - Alarm Clock 67 | 227 | Chelsea Wolfe - Dusk 68 | 226 | Dua Lipa - Houdini 69 | 222 | The Blessed Madonna - Serotonin Moonbeams 70 | 219 | Hard Target, Clouds, Tommy Holohan - Echoes 71 | 218 | THUS LOVE - Repetitioner 72 | 216 | Leony, Niklas Dee, VIZE - I Can Feel 73 | 214 | Ava Max - Dancing's Done 74 | 211 | Let's Eat Grandma - Happy New Year 75 | 210 | TDJ - Save Me 76 | 208 | Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You 77 | 206 | Dani Sylvia - She Swam Higher 78 | 205 | ROSALÍA - LLYLM 79 | 204 | Samia - Honey 80 | 203 | LOWES - Game Of Love 81 | 202 | Aexhy - I Had A Dream 82 | 202 | CHVRCHES - Over 83 | 196 | cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe - Prada 84 | 195 | Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør - Oh, Lover 85 | 193 | MUNA - One That Got Away 86 | 190 | Lana Del Rey - A&W 87 | 187 | Olivia Rodrigo - ballad of a homeschooled girl 88 | 184 | Weyes Blood - Hearts Aglow 89 | 181 | BLACKSHAPE - ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL 90 | 179 | Sergey Salekhov, DJoy - Nocturne 91 | 176 | Alan Walker, Daya - Heart Over Mind 92 | 173 | Lanterns On The Lake - Real Life 93 | 171 | Maggie Rogers - Shatter 94 | 166 | Vicetone, Jordan Powers, Bekah Novi - Animal 95 | 166 | Hallan - The Colline Gate 96 | 162 | Pharmacist - OVERDO$E 97 | 162 | Olivia Rodrigo - vampire 98 | 157 | Allie X - Black Eye 99 | 156 | Aran Burn - Titan 100 | 156 | The Weeknd - Less Than Zero Thank you to everyone who has commented or followed this thread, or otherwise help shape my musical preferences during 2023 - it's a pleasure to be able to put such a comprehensive EOY together and to have come into contact with so much great music generally. As my weekly charts are currently on hold, I'll need a slightly different methodology for a 2024 EOY, but I'll definitely have something to count down here when that time comes!
March 28, 20241 yr Sorry I've not got round to checking this chart out yet Jim (and most of the others in the thread, sadly!), but you've got a sale out of it - I hadn't focused on the Rose Gray track till I saw it on your top spot, and it's rather good! Charting it soon-ish :dance: 01 | 838 | Rose Gray - Ecstasy 07 | 575 | Loreen - Tattoo 17 | 411 | Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wuh Oh - Hypnotized 20 | 397 | The Killers - Your Side Of Town 25 | 391 | Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana 31 | 355 | Ofenbach feat. Norma Jean Martine - Overdrive 36 | 336 | Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - Miracle 42 | 325 | Lucia & The Best Boys - Burning Castles 48 | 289 | Depeche Mode - Ghosts Again 60 | 248 | Noah Kahan - Stick Season 66 | 230 | Sheryl Crow - Alarm Clock 68 | 226 | Dua Lipa - Houdini 76 | 208 | Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You 83 | 196 | cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe - Prada 97 | 162 | Olivia Rodrigo - vampire 100 | 156 | The Weeknd - Less Than Zero (number 2 biggie in 2022 for me) These are the main ones I charted and bought, but a huge chunk of your chart I haven't heard, or at most have heard once, so that isn't in any way a reflection of whether I like them or not - I just havent heard them! On new releases I tend to focus on familiar names to give a spin on my phone, beyond that it's down to what I come across elsewhere, usually radio two or BJSC :lol:
March 28, 20241 yr Author Delighted to hear you enjoyed 'Ecstasy' enough for a sale! :dance: Well she's had two in a day as I'd been thinking I should actually buy some of these, so in fact I bought all my top 6 here. Glad to see you several others of these made your chart. I know there's some obscure ones here too - many of them are just from listening to playlists or songs others have charted and seeing what sticks! Thanks John ^_^
October 19, 2024Oct 19 Here are my picks from your EOY chart: 02 | 804 | MRD - Last Dance 04 | 664 | ACRAZE & Aviella - In A Dream 08 | 568 | Metric - False Dichotomy 20 | 397 | The Killers - Your Side Of Town 24 | 391 | Billy Gillies feat. Hannah Boleyn - DNA (Loving You) 25 | 391 | Peggy Gou - (It Goes Like) Nanana 36 | 336 | Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - Miracle 46 | 295 | Sub Focus & Dimension - Ready To Fly 56 | 260 | RAYE, 070 Shake - Escapism. 58 | 252 | Rema feat. Selena Gomez - Calm Down 60 | 248 | Noah Kahan - Stick Season 76 | 208 | Stephen Sanchez - Until I Found You 80 | 203 | LOWES - Game Of Love 90 | 179 | Sergey Salekhov, DJoy - Nocturne 91 | 176 | Alan Walker, Daya - Heart Over Mind 94 | 166 | Vicetone, Jordan Powers, Bekah Novi - Animal -> oh not expecting to see this here. It's an absolute Monstercat jam back then during the beginning of pandemic. :music: 100 | 156 | The Weeknd - Less Than Zero Great charts! ^_^
October 20, 2024Oct 20 Author Great picks, and very happy to see 'False Dichotomy' there - still my favourite by Metric though clearly overshadowed by 'Doomscroller' on this forum at least. I discovered 'Animal' from someone's chart last year and found out it was an older song, but it's really infectious! :music: Thanks Cow ^_^
November 20, 2024Nov 20 my belated faves of the top 15! #15 Metric - Days Of Oblivion -> another great song from them, glad it got a go at BJSC too. 'Doomscroller' now top 20 in RotD too!! #14 Patrick Topping feat. Might Delete Later - Make Me Happy #12 DJ HEARTSTRING - It Ain't Over -> a brilliant BJSC find here! #10 Hannah Laing & RoRo - Good Love #09 Geo22 - Magic #07 Loreen - Tattoo -> in hindsight this certainly deserved its Eurovision win, the 'controversy' seemed quite overblown indeed #06 Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør - Stay Awhile #04 ACRAZE & Aviella - In A Dream #03 LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Time Is Not A Healer It’s A Fuel For Resentment #02 MRD - Last Dance -> another of my top BJSC hits of the year #01 Rose Gray - Ecstasy -> great pick for #1, this surely would've won BJSC too if she wasn't too cheap to send by this point
November 23, 2024Nov 23 Author That's a great proportion of the top 15 *.* This was clearly the year for Metric to finish 18th, first in BJSC with my entry, then in RotD with 'Doomscroller'! Delighted the Kathaldazia entries from Geo22 and DJ HEARTSTRING did so well after I had a headstart on hearing them both from Kath's chart. 'Tattoo' might be my all-time favourite Eurovision entry, very happy it won after I got to know it pre-contest. Glad that 'Last Dance' became one of your top BJSC hits last year - I've returned to dance for my current entry. Yes 'Ecstasy' would have been huge in BJSC but was a fair veto for whoever sent it by then - hope Rose's album lives up to some of that promise. Thanks Dan ^_^
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