Thanks to the 34 people who participated in each of the last pair of polls :jump: (and I'm only one week late to posting the next pair this time :cheer: :kink:)

 

Official results from week 11:

 

[ 30 ] Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) (#3)

[ 16 ] Ariana Grande - bye (#13)

[ 11 ] Jax Jones and Zoe Wees - Never Be Lonely (original / Cascada Remix) (#86)

[ 5 ] Galantis, David Guetta and 5 Seconds Of Summer - Lighter (#96)

[ 2 ] Gracie Abrams - I miss you, I'm sorry (#81)

[ 1 ] Clavish - Uh Uh (feat. Fredo) (#70)

[ 0 ] 4batz - act ii: date @ 8 (remix) (feat. Drake) / original (#18)

 

Official results from week 12:

 

[ 14 ] Meghan Trainor and T-Pain - Been Like This (#60)

[ 10 ] Mark Knopfler's Guitar Heroes - Going Home (#18)

[ 10 ] Mark Ambor - Belong Together (#94)

[ 6 ] Cardi B - Enough (Miami) (#85)

[ 5 ] ZAYN - What I Am (#89)

[ 2 ] V - FRI(END)S (#13)

 

BuzzJack's favourite top 100 hit for 2024 week 11 and auto-qualifying for the March monthly round is Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love).

BuzzJack's favourite top 100 hit for 2024 week 12 and auto-qualifying for the March monthly round is Meghan Trainor and T-Pain - Been Like This.

 

 

Week 11 was unsurprisingly dominated by Ariana Grande who claimed her second poll win with nearly unanimous approval for 'we can't be friends (wait for your love)', the second single from her 7th studio album 'eternal sunshine', earning the support of a stunning 88% of voters. She also finished in 2nd place with the album track 'bye', albeit with only just over half as many votes, a total of 14 votes behind. 5 further votes behind in 3rd was the only other song to hit double figures from Jax Jones and Zoe Wees (and/or Cascada). Just as many songs failed to hit the 5 vote threshold, with 4batz' song becoming (iirc) only the 4th member of the super exclusive 0 votes club to date, just behind Clavish who is one of the previous artists to achieve such a snub but managed to get 1 vote this time, and Gracie Abrams managing 2 votes.

 

Week 12 didn't have anything close to as overwhelming of a favourite, with the win going to Meghan Trainor and T-Pain, both unsurprisingly notching their first poll wins with 'Been Like This', the lead single to Meghan's 6th studio album 'Timeless'. A choice was made. But it was with the support of only 41% of voters. 4 votes behind in joint 2nd were the other two songs to just about hit double figures, both from people named Mark. I'd hoped Mark Knopfler's Guitar Heroes might eke out a niche win amongst a list which didn't have any particularly obvious BuzzJack faves but it wasn't to be. Mark Ambor probably benefits from the poll being months late as the song was a pretty obscure low top 100 scrape to begin with but of course went on to be a long running top 20 hit. Only one song failed to reach the 5 vote threshold here, the wooden spoon going to BTS member V who only managed 2 votes. 'None of the above' managed to hit 5 votes here, tying with ZAYN.

 

Weekly winners for 2024:

01 // 11/01/24 // The Cast Of Wonka - You've Never Had Chocolate Like This

02 // 18/01/24 // The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters

03 // 25/01/24 // Ariana Grande - yes, and?

04 // 01/02/24 // Noah Kahan - Homesick (w/ Sam Fender / solo) / Becky Hill and Sonny Fodera - Never Be Alone

05 // 08/02/24 // Justin Timberlake - Selfish

06 // 15/02/24 // goddard. and Cat Burns - Wasted Youth / Jazzy - Shooting Star / Cat Janice - Dance You Outta My Head

07 // 22/02/24 // Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM

08 // 29/02/24 // Dua Lipa - Training Season

09 // 07/03/24 // SZA - Saturn

10 // 14/03/24 // Charli xcx - Von dutch

11 // 21/03/24 // Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love)

12 // 28/03/24 // Meghan Trainor and T-Pain - Been Like This

 

Weekly winners for previous years: 2023

 

Qualified for the 2024 yearly round:

January // Ariana Grande - yes, and? / Becky Hill and Sonny Fodera - Never Be Alone / The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters

 

Qualified for the playoff for the 2024 yearly round:

January // Noah Kahan - Homesick (w/ Sam Fender / solo)

 

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Sorry for this being a week late again whoops (I partly blame the England match distracting me last Sunday night but then I partly wrote up this thread earlier in the week but abandoned it before posting :ph34r:). We now cover the last week of March and the first of April, the former of which I think must be the first one of these polls to have 3 different artists all having 3 new entries each (technically 4 if you count Metro Boomin separately).

 

 

Vote for as many or as few songs as you want and would be ideal if you can make sure you've heard all the songs before voting if possible!

 

I will again aim to get the next poll up next Sunday night / Monday morning x (and decided my new plan for the monthly rounds is to put up February and March together after the results of this pair of polls, we'll see if I can stick to that, aren't I a reliable host).

Annoyed Mark Knopfler missed out, especially to such garbage.

 

Week 13 will take some beating as the strongest of this year. I usually only find one or two I'd like to vote for but Week 13 has at least 4 really good ones.

week 13 is such a strong week omg i forgot how many solid entries we had! hozier, artemas, olivia x3 and benson all getting votes!

week 14 is also solid, becky, jolene and iluvitiluvitiluvitiluvit all getting my votes

Too sweet, Slow It Down, Art and Jolene.

week 13

01. Hozier - Too Sweet (#8)

02. Artemas - i like the way you kiss me (#13)

03. Olivia Rodrigo - so american (#24)

04. Hozier - Empire Now (#92)

05. Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed (#10)

06. Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar - Like That (#6)

07. Hozier and Allison Russell - Wildflower And Barley (#86)

08. Tyla - ART (#85)

09. Alek Olsen - someday i'll get it (#98)

10. Olivia Rodrigo - stranger (#58)

11. Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott and Playboi Carti - Type Shit (#18)

12. Tyla, Gunna and Skillibeng - Jump (#80)

13. Future, Metro Boomin and Travis Scott - Cinderella (#20)

14. Benson Boone - Slow It Down (#42)

 

Voted for 'Too Sweet', 'i like the way you kiss me' and 'so american' - good week!

 

week 14

01. Camila Cabello - I LUV IT (feat. Playboi Carti) (#61)

02. Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus - II MOST WANTED (#9)

03. Beyoncé - JOLENE (#8)

04. ILLIT - Magnetic (#80)

05. Becky Hill - Outside Of Love (#60)

06. j-hope, Gaeko and Yoonmirae - NEURON (#64)

07. Alex Warren - Save You A Seat (#93)

08. G-Eazy - Lady Killers II (#79)

 

Just voted for Camila this week. Not the best showcase for COWBOY CARTER although they did still make my top 3, not a vintage week :P

First week is much stronger than the second.

 

Hozier Too Sweet & Empire

Artemas

Olivia Stranger (first voter for that :o )

Benson

 

And then only G-Eazy

Week 13: Hozier, Artemas, Tyla/Gunna

Week 14: Becky Hill

Week 13:

 

Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar - Like That | 11/10

Olivia Rodrigo - so american | 10/10

Future, Metro Boomin & Travis Scott - Cinderella | 9/10

Hozier - Too Sweet | 9/10

Hozier - Empire Now | 8.5/10

Hozier & Alison Russell - Wildflower and Barley | 8.5/10

Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed | 8.5/10

Artemas - i like the way you kiss me | 8/10

Olivia Rodrigo - stranger | 8/10

Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott & Playboi Carti - Type Shit | 7.5/10

Tyla, Gunna & Skillibeng - Jump | 6/10

Tyla - ART | 6/10

Alex Olsen - someday i'll get it | 5/10

Benson Boone - Slow It Down | 3/10

 

 

 

'Like That' is one of the most exhilarating and instantaneously catchy songs to be released this year. The Metro production is fantastic as always and that Kendrick verse caught people's attention because it is an incredibly strong diss (same goes for the rest of his diss track tbh). Future's best performance on a song ever for me. In terms of the other 'WE DON'T TRUST YOU' tunes: 'Type Shit' starts a bit stale but once Travis serenades us with his atmospheric bridge, the song gets much better. 'Cinderella' is the better Future x Metro x Travis collab imo. The beat is just more production perfection from Metro and Future + Travis flow extremely well over the beat. 'Too Sweet' is probably the 3rd best #1 of this year for me (behind 'Stick Season' and 'Fortnight'), Hozier gives a great vocal performance and the production is continuing that 'Unreal Unearth' sounds very nicely. Big Gnarls Barkley 'Crazy' vibes from it additionally. It was delightful to see him secure a #1 in the UK after one of the greatest hits of all-time was robbed from the top nearly a decade ago :heart: And the bangers keep coming with ORod's 'obsessed'. The 'GUTS' deluxe defo has some songs that I would've preferred on the original (namely 'obsessed' and 'so american'). 'so american' is a really refreshing song lyrically for Olivia and it is so damn fun and memorable. It ranks in Olivia's all-time top 5 for me. 'stranger' is a lovely little tune :wub: 'i like the way you kiss me' is easily the best Artemas song I've heard, such a breath of fresh air in the charts. Before I heard 'Slow It Down' I didn't like any Benson Boone songs that I'd heard previously..... 'Slow It Down' doesn't change that at all :kink: 'Jump' is ok but it does feel a little mid, even if Tyla serves powerful vocals. Same goes for 'ART' as well oop. As for the other Hozier songs, they're both fab. The Alek Olsen track is pleasant enough...

 

Damn, this is such a strong week.

 

Voted for Future + Metro x3, Hozier x3, Olivia x3 and Artemas :o

 

 

 

 

Week 14:

 

 

Beyoncé & Miley Cyrus - II MOST WANTED | 8.5/10

Beyoncé - JOLENE | 7.5/10

Becky Hill - Outside Of Love | 7/10

ILLIT - Magnetic | 6.5/10

j-hope, Gaeko and Yoonmirae - NEURON | 6.5/10

G-Eazy - Lady Killers II | 3/10

Alex Warren - Save You a Seat | 2/10

Camila Cabello - I LUV IT (feat. Playboi Carti) | 1/10

 

 

'JOLENE' is far from the best track on 'COWBOY CARTER' but it is a lovely little interpretation of the Dolly classic. I've seen 'II MOST WANTED' get slated across the internet but I actually really like the track. I love the warmth that radiates between Bey and Miley's vocal chemistry! 'Outside Of Love' is seriously one of Becky's best songs from recent years, I think I ranked it comfortably at 2nd from the tracks on her new album (behind 'Right Here iirc). It is a tad generic but it does work well. What in god's name is 'I LUV IT'??? It felt like a terrible attempt at being 'out there' for Camila, the production is slightly ambitious but the hook is maybe the worst of this year. We also don't appreciate Carti's Minecraft villager-esque ramblings x. 'NEURON' is a surprisingly good j-hope song. A commercial comeback for G-Eazy is not something we needed in 2024... 'Magnetic' is my first time hearing ILLIT and it's pretty good, sounds like a grower! And to top it off, we have another disposable Alex Warren track.....

 

Voted for Queen Bey x2 and Becky

Week 13 voted Future/MB/Dot, Hozier x2, O-Rod, Artemas & Benson.

 

Week 14 voted Becky.

My rankings of each week:

 

 

W13

1. Excellent (9/10)
2. i like the way you kiss me

    

   Very Good (8/10)

3. Too Sweet
4. Wildflower & Barley
5. Cinderella
6. Empire Now
7. Art
8. stranger
9. Like That

    

   Solid (high 7)

10. obsessed
11. Jump
12. so american
13. someday i’ll get it

     

    Alright (low 7)

14. Slow It Down

     

    'Tis okay (6/10)

15. Type Shit

 

W14

1. Very Good (8/10)
2. JOLENE
3. Neuron
4. II MOST WANTED

    

   Solid (high 7)

5. Magnetic

    

   Alright (low 7)

6. Save You A Seat

    

   'Tis okay (6/10)

7. Outside Of Love

    

   Mixed (5.5/10)

8. I LUV IT

    

   Didn't like (5/10)

9. Lady Killers II

Week 13

 

1. Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed

2. Olivia Rodrigo - so american

3. Olivia Rodrigo - stranger

4. Tyla, Gunna and Skillibeng - Jump

5. Hozier and Allison Russell - Wildflower And Barley

6. Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar - Like That

7. Hozier - Too Sweet

8. Future, Metro Boomin and Travis Scott - Cinderella

9. Artemas - i like the way you kiss me

10. Hozier - Empire Now

11. Tyla - ART

12. Benson Boone - Slow It Down

13. Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott and Playboi Carti - Type Shit

14. Alek Olsen - someday i'll get it

 

 

Voting for the 3 Olivia Rodrigo tracks this week. 'obsessed' is definitely my favourite of the 3. It's so fun, I wish it held up more. 'so american' was a nice album track too. 'stranger' is a bit forgettable but still just about enough for a vote.

 

'Jump' is the best of the Tyla tracks. Skillibeng sounds great but the chorus is a bit meh that stops the track from being great. 'Art' is just pretty dull.

 

I liked 'Wildflower And Barley'. The voices voices blend great but I can see why it was 'Too Sweet' that became the hit. It's the catchiest song I've heard from him. 'Empire Now' is the least memorable of the three.

 

In terms of the Metro/Future tracks, 'Like That' is carried by Kendrick and 'Cinderella' is stronger than 'Type Shit' because it doesn't have Carti. The rest of the song is pretty repetitive too.

 

I don't mind the chorus in 'i like the way you kiss me' but never got into the verses. The high-pitched vocals work better than the low ones. 'Slow It Down' is ok for what it is but feels lesser than his #1 hit. 'someday i'll get it' makes 90 seconds feel like 90 minutes.

Week 14

 

1. Camila Cabello - I LUV IT (feat. Playboi Carti)

2. ILLIT - Magnetic

3. G-Eazy - Lady Killers II

4. j-hope, Gaeko and Yoonmirae - NEURON

5. Beyoncé - JOLENE

6. Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus - II MOST WANTED

7. Becky Hill - Outside Of Love

8. Alex Warren - Save You A Seat

 

Voting for Camila and ILLIT this week. I can see why 'I LUV IT' is so divisive but I'm really on board for Camila this era. I just wish Carti wasn't trying his hardest to bring it down. I'd never heard about ILLIT before but 'Magnetic' sounds pretty good.

 

G-Eazy is as mid as ever on 'Lady Killers II' but the remix works surprisingly well. 'Neuron' has my favourite chorus from a BTS solo-er. On a weaker week it may have picked up a vote.

 

The vocals on 'Jolene' feel a bit flat and 'II Most Wanted' might be more interesting without Miley.

 

I appreciate that 'Outside Of Love' is a slightly different sound from her hits but it's so bland. 'Save You A Seat' is a flush.

Week 13: even at the time, this seemed an unusually strong week - voted 'Too Sweet', 'obsessed' and Artemas

 

Week 14: no vote, sorry

someday ill get it must be the laziest top 100 single of all time.

Any chance of getting the next couple this week? Otherwise we aren’t catching up. x