January 30Jan 30 Author #20 (1608pts) WE ARE ONE Spitfire - Chart Statistics NE (23/12/2023) 19-13-6-3-3-1-3-9-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-31-42-52-61-68-81-96-xx Video ZmxSB3xIpyA Commentary My BJSC qualifier from last year! WE ARE ONE are another Christian band that are a little different to the usual, and this has almost an Avicii-dance feel with the brass in the chorus. The music video is very much a production as opposed to visuals for the song though! Top 100 Chart History WE ARE ONE 2023 02 Baby King - Manger Version 2023 01 Spitfire 2024 91 Future 2024 09 Up In My Bones --- #19 (1609pts) Axel Flóvent Wash It Away - Chart Statistics NE (11/5/2024) 46-37-5-4-4-5-5-6-7-8-9-11-12-20-28-33-40-47-52-65-79-90-xx Video D4K6a9WH_Qk Commentary At number 19 we have the highest appearance from Icelandic crooner Axel Flovent with this sad ballad. This sort of music just grabs me, it's slow but with so much character as well. Looking forward very much to seeing what's next for him! Top 100 Chart History Axel Flóvent 2024 04 Wash It Away 2024 14 This Feeling 2024 04 Away From This Dream --- #18 (1611pts) Amy Shark Beautiful Eyes - Chart Statistics NE (3/2/2024) 20-8-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-2-3-3-6-13-19-32-40-48-59-71-88-90-100-xx Video UvI4ElA-HbE Commentary It's been a while since Amy Shark has been in my chart since her initial burst - my tastes in music and lyrics have generally veered away from the sort of music she makes - but I was delighted to hear this song with its positive message to not let life pass you by and hold on to love if you think it's the right time. And amazingly it's only her second number 1 in my chart! Top 100 Chart History Amy Shark 2018 03 I Said Hi 2018 16 Don't Turn Around 2018 15 Idiot 2018 17 I Got You 2018 26 Psycho (ft. Mark Hoppus) 2018 46 Leave Us Alone 2018 31 Mess Her Up 2018 20 All Loved Up 2019 07 Mess Her Up (54-60-33-31-46-70-x 2019 37 Mess Her Up 2020 20 Everybody Rise 2020 10 C'MON (ft. Travis Barker) 2021 68 Love Songs Ain't For Us (ft. Keith Urban) 2021 57 Worst Day Of My Life 2021 01 Baby Steps 2021 33 I'm Not Giving Up (IndyAnna Baby & Amy Shark) 2022 38 Sway My Way (R3HAB with Amy Shark) 2024 01 Beautiful Eyes --- #17 (1619pts) Caleb Hearn & ROSIE Little Bit Better - Chart Statistics NE (14/9/2024) 83-68-68-51-19-7-6-5-4-4-4-4-8-8-18-23-23-29-33-45-... Video u9GqI2zfOZc Commentary Another slow guitar song, this is a duo between two people singing about how their love and pain intermingle and how they're able to hold each other through the hard times. I knew I'd enjoy this song from first listen but it took a few weeks for me to hear it enough times to really get on board. It's a really lovely song, and I should probably listen to more from these two! Top 100 Chart History Caleb Hearn 2024 04 Little Bit Better (Caleb Hearn & ROSIE) ROSIE 2024 04 Little Bit Better (Caleb Hearn & ROSIE) --- #16 (1626pts) Crowder & TobyMac - [DASH] - Chart Statistics And just outside the Top 15 we have a song by Crowder and TobyMac, both artists who have been around for quite some time! This is a fairly stark song talking about what you do in your life, as on gravestones there's only a 'dash' between your date of birth and your date of death. It's quite an earworm and certainly gets you thinking. NE (18/5/2024) 52-12-3-2-3-3-3-1-3-4-4-5-7-14-23-32-36-43-56-69-79-92-xx Video C2gtq2x5dPk Commentary Top 100 Chart History TobyMac 2021 01 Help Is On The Way (Maybe Midnight) 2021 87 Promised Land 2022 07 The Goodness (ft. Blessing Offor) 2022 05 Perfectly Loved (Rachael Lampa ft. TobyMac) 2022 04 Cornerstone (ft. Zach Williams) 2023 01 Faithfully 2023 01 Christmas Hits Different (TobyMac & Tasha Layton) 2024 01 - [DASH] (Crowder & TobyMac) 2024 90 Nothin' Sweeter Crowder 2024 16 Grave Robber 2024 01 - [DASH] (Crowder & TobyMac)
January 30Jan 30 Author Hi Pete! Love seeing "The Feeling", "Bright Lights", "Memories", "Hollow", "One Cry", "Rim Tim Tagi Dim", "Mon Amour" and "Head Down" since my last comment. I will return to finishing my Year-End list as well as commenting on all of your Year-end charts! Glad you're a fan of these! Interested as always to see what pops up in your EOY ^_^ Thanks Sergej! Cool to see Metric here! I enjoyed their Formentera album a lot a few years ago. Also very happy to see Metric here, it's always great to receive double figure points, but to make a lasting impression means a lot! It hit me the most on second listen with how the mood shifts over six minutes. Glad you're both happy to see Metric here! It really is a great song, definitely did make a lasting impression. Thanks Jade / Jim!
January 30Jan 30 my faves since my last comment: #70 Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim -> this was such fun, long live rock-adjacent dance tracks at Eurovision! should've won indeed #68 Slimane - Mon amour -> didn't have much replay value after Eurovision but this was an impressive performance #61 Lost Frequencies - Head Down (ft. Bastille) -> certainly one of his more interesting productions of recent #37 Metric - Days of Oblivion -> was expecting 'Doomscroller' to be a one-off for me that I'd like from them so this was a great find off Jim
January 31Jan 31 Author #15 (1630pts) Andrew Ripp Loves Got A Way - Chart Statistics NE (3/8/2024) 92-59-27-9-6-3-1-1-3-3-3-3-5-8-12-19-22-33-37-45-58-61-42-74-73-81-xx Video -V3vOXLyf9g Commentary There's definitely a grammatical error in the title of this song :lol: But it's yet another brilliant song from Andrew Ripp, focussing on the power of love and how it can bring healing and overcome hate. And it also reminds me of my holiday in the summer which is a bonus! Top 100 Chart History Andrew Ripp 2022 17 Fill My Cup 2022 02 In Good Hands 2022 04 For the Love of God 2023 01 Roses 2023 02 Somebody To You (Rachael Lampa ft. Andrew Ripp) 2024 01 Loves Got A Way 2024 01 City on a Hill --- #14 (1640pts) Blossoms Gary - Chart Statistics NE (3/8/2024) 69-13-1-1-2-2-3-3-5-11-14-19-22-32-38-45-51-60-59-69-94-100-xx Video C5UWge0rP-U Commentary Blossoms broke their seven-year streak of no Top 10 hits in style this year with their first ever number one in this tune. The first and probably only number 1 in my chart to be based on the story of a giant gorilla statue stolen from a garden centre in Lanarkshire, they somehow turn that into a real toe-tapping tune and earworm. And another one that conveniently reminds me of summer! Top 100 Chart History Blossoms 2016 15 Blown Rose 2017 26 Honey Sweet 2018 29 I Can't Stand It 2018 22 There's A Reason Why (I Never Returned Your Calls) 2018 30 How Long Will This Last? 2018 71 Wonderful Christmastime 2019 16 Your Girlfriend 2019 59 The Keeper 2020 61 If You Think This Is Real Life 2020 25 Christmas Eve (Soul Purpose) 2020 39 It's Going To Be A Cold Winter 2021 17 Care For 2022 30 Ribbon Around The Bomb 2022 84 Ode to NYC 2024 29 What Can I Say After I'm Sorry? 2024 01 Gary --- #13 (1642pts) Sam Fender People Watching - Chart Statistics NE (30/11/2024) 6-1-1-7-11-6-4-6-7-... Video DHzaHMmXB6Y Commentary The most recent chart-topper to make my EOY, this song managed to make a decent dent in the charts as well and is only the fourth-highest Top 40 hit in my chart this year - a good year for the mainstream songs! Sam really puts so much power into his songs, this one is about a close friend who passed away and all the emotions that come with that, but the gusto with which he sings makes you really want to relate to it. Top 100 Chart History Sam Fender 2019 49 Hypersonic Missiles 2020 30 Winter Song 2021 01 Seventeen Going Under 2021 32 Get You Down 2021 44 Spit of You 2021 21 Long Way Off 2022 20 Getting Started 2022 15 Alright 2024 01 People Watching --- #12 (1694pts) Zerb & Sofiya Nzau Mwaki - Chart Statistics NE (3/2/2024) 1-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-12-14-28-34-44-49-53-68-68-77-88-100-xx Video y6iMvNkAQt4 Commentary A chart-topper from some less well-represented nations now, as Brazil and Kenya join forces to create a really refreshingly-new sounding dance song (ignoring the follow-up which did chart, basically sounded the same and wasn't as good!) The song I think is about someone's parents not liking their boyfriend, but even after hearing one clip of it I was hooked (despite the really weird visualiser video that was released before the actual video came out) and it debuted straight in at number 1. Annoyingly the beat sounds a bit like my parents' car when it locks so that's what reminds me of it now! Top 100 Chart History Zerb 2024 01 Mwaki (Zerb & Sofiya Nzau) Sofiya Nzau 2024 01 Mwaki (Zerb & Sofiya Nzau) --- #11 (1698pts) Nathan Evans Heather On The Hill - Chart Statistics NE (27/1/2024) 82-14-2-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-4-6-10-17-24-31-45-57-66-78-86-xx Video A9dPtRFSfjg Commentary An artist no-one expected to make a mainstream comeback but did anyway this year was Scottish postman Nathan Evans (although I imagine he's not a postman anymore!) with this jaunty little tune, which was so close to making the Top 40 but fell just short. Nevertheless I loved this song and still love it, it's such a toe-tapper and his voice is delightful. And it's only the fifth-highest Top 100 song on my list! :o Top 100 Chart History Nathan Evans 2021 97 Wellerman (Nathan Evans, 220 KID & Billen Ted) 2024 01 Heather On The Hill 2024 35 Perfect Storm
January 31Jan 31 Author So here's the list so far for reference: 11 Nathan Evans Heather On The Hill 12 Zerb & Sofiya Nzau Mwaki 13 Sam Fender People Watching 14 Blossoms Gary 15 Andrew Ripp Loves Got A Way 16 Crowder & TobyMac - [DASH] 17 Caleb Hearn & ROSIE Little Bit Better 18 Amy Shark Beautiful Eyes 19 Axel Flóvent Wash It Away 20 WE ARE ONE Spitfire 21 Miki Berenyi Trio Vertigo 22 Pa Sheehy Wretched 23 St. Lundi Fall 24 bodie whisper and the wind 25 We Are Messengers A Thousand Times 26 John Mark Pantana & LOVKN never felt this before 27 Harrison Storm Tomorrow 28 Pa Sheehy Towards The Water 29 The Strumbellas My Home Is You 30 CalledOut Music Greatest 31 The Lottery Winners You Again (ft. Reverend & The Makers) 32 Brandon Lake That's Who I Praise 33 Forrest Frank Hallelujah 34 Benjamin William Hastings Set Me On Fire 35 Limoblaze & KB One Day 36 Pa Sheehy These Days 37 Metric Days of Oblivion 38 The Coronas & Gabrielle Aplin That's Exactly What Love Is 39 Tom Speight Beautiful Feeling 40 Andrew Ripp City on a Hill 41 Tom The Lion Amber 42 We Are Messengers Worthy Of Being Loved 43 The Coronas If You're Going 44 Reality Club Am I Bothering You? 45 Alice Merton how well do you know your feelings? 46 Kaiser Chiefs Burning In Flames 47 St. Lundi Say So 48 Tors If It Takes All Night 49 Ryan Stevenson Just As You Are 50 Chris Renzema Square One 51 Axel Flóvent Away From This Dream 52 Blessing Offor & Dolly Parton Somebody's Child 53 The Killers Spirit 54 Henry Moodie Orbit 55 Rend Collective Holy Trouble 56 The Coronas Ghosting 57 CalledOut Music Favour 58 Future Islands The Tower 59 Apollo LTD A Day In The Life 60 Rend Collective What I Was Made For 61 Lost Frequencies Head Down (ft. Bastille) 62 Rend Collective Reap That Joy 63 Grace Graber Grace of God 64 Benjamin William Hastings Still see you in it 65 Pyramid Park Queenstown 66 The Coronas Singing Just For You (On Occasion) 67 Elle Limebear Bye Fear 68 Slimane Mon amour 69 Kingfishr Shadow 70 Baby Lasagna Rim Tim Tagi Dim 71 Alex Warren Troubled Waters 72 Galantis One Cry (ft. Rosa Linn) 73 St. Lundi Nobody Like You 74 Dons Hollow 75 Florrie The Lost Ones 76 Ynys Shindig 77 Stanfour Memories 78 Joshua Luke Smith Love it All (ft. Dia Day & Dedani) 79 Chinese American Bear Yummy Yummy Yummy 80 Travis Bus 81 Stanfour Guide Me Home 82 Elderbrook Shallow Water 83 ben haydn Put That Pain On Me 84 Elbow Lovers' Leap 85 NEEDTOBREATHE I Don't Wanna Worry 86 David Kushner Darkerside 87 Kasabian Coming Back To Me Good 88 CoCo and The Butterfields Underground 89 The Killers Bright Lights 90 Natalia Barbu In The Middle 91 Kinnship Can You Do The Talking? 92 The Vaccines Heartbreak Kid 93 Jet Trouble Way Out 94 Kygo & Sigrid The Feeling 95 Blessing Offor Jordans 96 Manor Collective Paradise (ft. Junior Garr, Elle Limebear, Charlotte Kiwanuka & Féz) 97 The Snuts Circles 98 Martin Smith Joy (What The World Calls Foolish) 99 Sea Girls I Want You To Know Me 100 Rend Collective Homesick 101 Axel Flóvent This Feeling 102 Alicia Keys Lifeline 103 Petit Desk Is there anyone? 104 Courteeners Pink Cactus Café 105 Jon Foreman Eulogy 106 Josiah Queen & Henrik i need you more 107 Hollow Coves Milk & Honey 108 CalledOut Music Never Die Gang (ft. Guvna B) 109 Myles Smith Stargazing 110 Lake Malawi Do It 111 METRUTH Steady My Heart (ft. Christian Singleton) 112 CalledOut Music Avalanche 113 The Head And The Heart Tiebreaker 114 Vance Joy Rock It 115 WE ARE ONE Up In My Bones 116 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 117 The Avener The Morning Sun 118 Clinton Flames Loved (ft. Oba Reengy & Rehmahz) 119 Jamie Webster Sing Your Tears 120 Praise Lubangu & David Carpenter make it home - Jellis Re-Work 121 Son Mieux This Is The Moment (ft. Nile Rodgers) 122 Tinlicker Nowhere To Go (ft. Brian Molko) 123 Brandon Lake Tear Off The Roof 124 Jonas Blue & Galantis Mountains (ft. Zoe Wees) 125 Feeder Sahara 126 Steve Angello ME 127 Circa Waves We Made It 128 Bastille Seasons & Narcissus 129 SOFYKA Waterfall 130 Keane Love Actually 131 Noel Robinson & Steph Macleod Breaker of Chains 132 Billy Lockett I Could Use A Friend 133 Mark Ambor Belong Together 134 Forrest Frank MORE THAN A FEELING 135 Elle Limebear Soar 136 JERUB Carry The Load 137 Limoblaze Holy Father 138 Manor Collective Holy Spirit Move (ft. Sarah Bird) 139 Bad Sounds Aah Song 140 The Coronas Good Boy 141 The Coronas & Jamie Duffy Confirmation 142 Philip Jonathan Giant 143 Ladaniva Jako 144 Frank Walker Waiting (ft. Stephen Puth) 145 Grace Graber Breakthrough 146 Good Neighbours Home 147 Reblah & Jo Joey I'm Blessed 148 KEYS There's No I In Team 149 The Sherlocks Man on the Loose 150 Blanks Hopes Up High 151 Blossoms What Can I Say After I'm Sorry? 152 The Coronas At Least She's Laughing 153 Johnossi Forevers 154 Jenna Raine Roses 155 Felix Jaehn Without You (ft. Jasmine Thompson) 156 Jax Jones Never Be Lonely (ft. Zoe Wees) 157 Sheppard Edge of the Earth 158 Stevie Valentine All In 159 Skillet Unpopular 160 Coldplay WE PRAY (ft. Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & TINI) 161 Royal Otis Merry Mary Marry Me 162 Anna Ermakova Behind Blue Eyes 163 Gaetan Judd & CalledOut Music Let Me Know 164 Galactus Jack Words 165 Harrison Storm My Way Home 166 Saint Motel Stay Golden 167 ayokay Leave With My Love 168 Jacob Smith To Your River 169 JERUB Gonna Be Okay 170 KXC, Gas Street Music & Manor Collective Hallelujah Jesus Saves (ft. Rich Dicas & Millie Ferguson) 171 Jeremy Camp No Survivors 172 Unspoken What He Says About You 173 Forrest Frank UPS & DOWNS 174 Kaiser Chiefs The Lads 175 Skinny Living Thank You For Making Me Feel Good 176 Limoblaze & Princeton South Victory 177 Good Neighbours Daisies 178 Karma Kid The Gates Will Open 179 The Strumbellas Running Out of Time 180 NAKED KOALA Heat of the Sun 181 Walk Off The Earth Mom's Old Car 182 Bad Sounds Lovers 183 Annatoria Fountain (ft. Joe L Barnes) 184 Silvester Belt Luktelk 185 Kaiser Chiefs Sentimental Love Songs 186 Declan McKenna Honest Test 187 Declan McKenna Elevator Hum 188 Kingfishr Afterglow 189 Lost Frequencies & David Kushner In My Bones 190 Tom Speight Stay Alive 191 Red Rum Club Afternoon 192 Tali Fighter 193 Crowder Grave Robber 194 Pyramid Park Believe Ya 195 St. Lundi Following My Heart 196 Unspoken Say The Word 197 Madison Ryann Ward Amen 198 Manor Collective Amen (ft. Elle Limebear & Charlotte Kiwanuka) 199 Bisrat Surafel Erefi 200 Manor Collective How Good (ft. Becca Folkes, Junior Garr & Tertia May) Aaand my Top 10 in alphabetical order: Alex Warren - Carry You Home alyona alyona & Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria Amistat - hello Coldplay - feelslikeimfallinginlove DI-RECT - My Blood Darren Kiely - Sunrise Djo - End of Beginning Grace Graber - Superficiality Kinnship - Toiling The Coronas - Speak Up Feel free to hype your favourites!
February 1Feb 1 Author #10 (1727pts) Djo End of Beginning - Chart Statistics NE (6/4/2024) 1-2-2-3-4-4-10-20-23-25-28-34-38-44-54-63-69-75-79-84-90-98-96-xx Video oXSw8DGjf5E Commentary Sadly for Joseph, my mainstream song of the year doesn't quite hit the top spot here! It isn't actually the highest Top 20 song in this countdown but it is the highest-peaking in the Official Charts so still deserves that award. It's something so different and so alternative, with a focus on looking back to where the singer comes from. Plus a few synths to finish it off! Top 100 Chart History Djo 2024 01 End of Beginning --- #09 (1728pts) DI-RECT My Blood - Chart Statistics NE (6/4/2024) 3-1-1-1-2-2-5-7-9-15-18-25-25-28-34-35-49-55-60-67-73-78-79-99-xx Video DfAPU8TN_Ms Commentary I've been aware of Dutch band DI-RECT for quite a few years now (as my chart history betrays, they had a couple of minor hits at the start of the decade) but this song was on a completely different level to anything I've heard so far. It's a rousing indie-rock song which builds and builds as the song goes on, singing about giving someone the best of him and reminders that he's still alive and throws that into his actions. A brilliant track! Top 100 Chart History DI-RECT 2020 98 Soldier On 2021 39 Nightcrawler 2024 01 My Blood --- #08 (1749pts) Grace Graber Superficiality - Chart Statistics NE (17/2/2024) 8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-4-4-2-3-3-6-9-14-24-31-35-40-48-62-73-80-88-92-98-xx Video qwCGnpivbvY Commentary The highest non-Number 1 song in my chart lands here! Grace Graber is a Christian pop-rock artist with a special focus on mental health. This song is a real call-out of the superficial-ness that comes with the public sphere and life in general, pointing to a different way. This entered my chart just before Lent but continued to climb afterwards, eventually just missing out on the top spot. 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 2024 02 Superficiality 2024 15 Breakthrough 2024 14 Grace of God 2024 84 No Regrets (ft. PEABOD) --- #07 (1759pts) Coldplay feelslikeimfallinginlove - Chart Statistics NE (20/7/2024) 38-23-24-14-5-3-1-1-2-2-4-9-10-16-20-31-37-44-50-59-64-73-73-73-46-58-61-79-87-xx Video V3IVdLo-2NM Commentary Part One of 'songs that Buzzjack as a whole can't stand but are actually absolutely fantastic', when a love song like this enters the chart it's a real breath of fresh air amongst the array of songs about break-ups and unhealthy relationships that the general public tend to lap up. The instrumentation is beautiful and so soothing, and the song's focus of a hard heart being melted by love is just wonderful. More of this sort of music from Coldplay please! Top 100 Chart History Coldplay 2016 12 Hymn For the Weekend (Coldplay ft. Beyoncé) 2017 13 Something Just Like This (The Chainsmokers & Coldplay) 2018 05 Timbuktu (Cassper Nyovest & Los Unidades ft. Stormzy & Jess Kent) 2018 49 E-Lo (Los Unidades & Pharrell Williams ft. Jozzy) 2019 94 Orphans 2022 72 Humankind 2024 01 feelslikeimfallinginlove 2024 16 WE PRAY (ft. Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & TINI) 2024 39 All My Love --- #06 (1760pts) alyona alyona & Jerry Heil Teresa & Maria - Chart Statistics NE (18/5/2024) 2-1-5-8-9-13-12-13-16-17-18-18-24-32-40-43-48-55-66-80-91-xx Video k_8cNbF8FLI Commentary And we also have a Eurovision song making the Top 10! As per usual this song didn't grab me massively on first listen (the thing that grabbed me the most was the fact that Teresa & Maria weren't the names of the artists despite that being clearly what it said on the scorecard :lol:), but as I listened to it again it very quickly became my favourite song from this contest. The backing music and the almost chant-like chorus really bring this song to life - the song is about how women like Mary and Mother Teresa were born as normal humans, which indeed they were - God can use anyone! Top 100 Chart History alyona alyona 2024 01 Teresa & Maria (alyona alyona & Jerry Heil) Jerry Heil 2024 01 Teresa & Maria (alyona alyona & Jerry Heil)
February 2Feb 2 'Mwaki' is wonderful! Was impressed to see how relatively well-known it became outside their respective countries.
February 2Feb 2 'Teresa & Maria' was probably my biggest post-contest grower from Eurovision this year! A beautiful song and I appreciate the fusion of different genres.
February 2Feb 2 Nice to see "People Watching", "End Of Beginning" and "Feelslikeimfallinginlove" in your list for the top 15.
February 3Feb 3 Author my faves since my last comment: #70 Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim -> this was such fun, long live rock-adjacent dance tracks at Eurovision! should've won indeed #68 Slimane - Mon amour -> didn't have much replay value after Eurovision but this was an impressive performance #61 Lost Frequencies - Head Down (ft. Bastille) -> certainly one of his more interesting productions of recent #37 Metric - Days of Oblivion -> was expecting 'Doomscroller' to be a one-off for me that I'd like from them so this was a great find off Jim Glad you've had the time to read through and that you like these ones! Thanks Dan ^_^ 'Mwaki' is wonderful! Was impressed to see how relatively well-known it became outside their respective countries. Indeed, a brilliant song - I only wish it could have hit the UK charts! Thanks Jordan ^_^ 'Teresa & Maria' was probably my biggest post-contest grower from Eurovision this year! A beautiful song and I appreciate the fusion of different genres. Glad you were such a fan - it really does stick in the head doesn't it. Thanks Jade! Nice to see "People Watching", "End Of Beginning" and "Feelslikeimfallinginlove" in your list for the top 15. Glad you like all these songs!
February 3Feb 3 Author #05 (1768pts) Amistat hello - Chart Statistics At Number 5 we have Amistat, a German indie duo I hadn't heard of until they happened to pop up on my YouTube recommended in early November. This is beautiful song talking about the difficult time when a relationship you wanted to last longer falls away, and the singer coming to realise he is still worthy of love. Very excited to see what's next from these guys. NE (9/11/2024) 1-1-1-1-2-3-8-7-9-7-8-11-16-... Video iGuDXYFlrjY Commentary Top 100 Chart History Amistat 2024 01 hello --- #04 (1798pts) Darren Kiely Sunrise - Chart Statistics NE (9/12/2023) 41-25-18-11-1-1-1-2-2-5-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-21-26-37-49-54-68-85-96-xx Video 8fF4RgkI9Kg Commentary Going from one of the most recent number 1s in the countdown at number 5 to the first number 1 of the year at number 4, it's Irish strummer Darren Kiely. He impressed me with Lost and Found at the tail end of 2023, and so I was interested to see what else he was releasing. This song pushed through the Christmas rush to hit the top spot in the new year. It's a really beautiful song that just keeps building and has so much energy and determination in the vocals. Top 100 Chart History Darren Kiely 2023 05 Lost and Found 2023 01 Sunrise 2024 57 Ocean 2024 10 Late Texts --- #03 (2191pts) Alex Warren Carry You Home - Chart Statistics NE (14/9/2024) 91-4-2-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-4-7-15-17-17-24-25-25-29-... Video d4iGZ_jP-1U Commentary And moving into the Top 3 of 2024, we have a song that's made a grand resurgence in the charts in 2025! Alex Warren is definitely a mixed bag when it comes to his material, some being more positive whilst at other times being less flattering. But this is an absolute masterpiece, such a positive and uplifting song talking about lifelong love and being with that one person knowing they're the only love you'll need for the rest of your life. Love love love, more music like this in the charts please :wub: Top 100 Chart History Alex Warren 2024 34 Before You Leave Me 2024 01 Carry You Home 2024 12 Troubled Waters
February 3Feb 3 Author #02 (2242pts) Kinnship Toiling - Chart Statistics NE (4/5/2024) 1-1-3-4-6-7-7-8-7-8-9-11-12-13-22-29-35-41-50-57-70-83-97-xx Video GZO3UdON6io Commentary Whilst everything below this point was fairly variable as I was compiling this chart, the Top 2 were pretty much set in their place from the moment I started thinking about my overall list. As soon as the drums start in this song I can't help but get off my seat, it's such an earworm and Kinnship has an amazing vocal range which gives him a brilliant indie sound, and then the synths take it to a whole new level. And then after the verse and chorus, the bridge kicks in initially with just synths before building up to a massive climax before fading back to those captivating percussion rhythms at the end. And the lyrics are so thoughtful as well. Love this song, he is absolutely my artist discovery of this year. Top 100 Chart History Kinnship 2024 01 Toiling 2024 13 Can You Do The Talking? 2024 70 Except 2025 30 High Tide & The Rust 2025 53 All I Want Is You --- #01 (2703pts) The Coronas Speak Up - Chart Statistics NE (11/5/2024) 21-12-2-2-1-1-1-1-2-4-3-3-3-3-4-2-4-6-5-6-7-13-16-24-31-41-48-55-61-71-65-75-xx RE (4/1/2025) 44-57-51-65-77-... Video L6VMgBiRFr8 Commentary They've done it! After missing out in 2020 due to two Declan McKenna songs, this year there was absolutely no competition for what my Number 1 would be. Funnily enough this song didn't grab me immediately on first listen, and I was pondering whether it was even deserving of making #1 in my weekly chart, but as the weeks ticked by at #1 it became clear that it was no ordinary song for me. There's so much emotion in his vocals and I can never get over that, it has everything it needs musically to be a brilliant song and I'm so happy The Coronas decided to release this as the lead from their album. Fab fab fab song :wub: Top 100 Chart History The Coronas 2020 18 Haunted 2020 01 Lost in the Thick of It (The Coronas & Gabrielle Aplin) 2020 38 True Love Waits 2021 04 Cold 2023 01 Getaway Car 2024 01 Speak Up 2024 01 That's Exactly What Love Is (The Coronas & Gabrielle Aplin) 2024 05 Ghosting 2024 21 Confirmation (The Coronas & Jamie Duffy) 2024 07 Singing Just For You (On Occasion) 2024 23 Good Boy 2024 07 If You're Going 2024 39 Hearts For Eyes 2024 40 Still On Your Good Side 2024 62 Unbelievable Scenes 2024 26 At Least She's Laughing
February 3Feb 3 Author And that's your lot! Thank you so much everyone for commenting, it's been much appreciated! 1 The Coronas Speak Up 2 Kinnship Toiling 3 Alex Warren Carry You Home 4 Darren Kiely Sunrise 5 Amistat hello 6 alyona alyona & Jerry Heil Teresa & Maria 7 Coldplay feelslikeimfallinginlove 8 Grace Graber Superficiality 9 DI-RECT My Blood 10 Djo End of Beginning 11 Nathan Evans Heather On The Hill 12 Zerb & Sofiya Nzau Mwaki 13 Sam Fender People Watching 14 Blossoms Gary 15 Andrew Ripp Loves Got A Way 16 Crowder & TobyMac - [DASH] 17 Caleb Hearn & ROSIE Little Bit Better 18 Amy Shark Beautiful Eyes 19 Axel Flóvent Wash It Away 20 WE ARE ONE Spitfire 21 Miki Berenyi Trio Vertigo 22 Pa Sheehy Wretched 23 St. Lundi Fall 24 bodie whisper and the wind 25 We Are Messengers A Thousand Times 26 John Mark Pantana & LOVKN never felt this before 27 Harrison Storm Tomorrow 28 Pa Sheehy Towards The Water 29 The Strumbellas My Home Is You 30 CalledOut Music Greatest 31 The Lottery Winners You Again (ft. Reverend & The Makers) 32 Brandon Lake That's Who I Praise 33 Forrest Frank Hallelujah 34 Benjamin William Hastings Set Me On Fire 35 Limoblaze & KB One Day 36 Pa Sheehy These Days 37 Metric Days of Oblivion 38 The Coronas & Gabrielle Aplin That's Exactly What Love Is 39 Tom Speight Beautiful Feeling 40 Andrew Ripp City on a Hill 41 Tom The Lion Amber 42 We Are Messengers Worthy Of Being Loved 43 The Coronas If You're Going 44 Reality Club Am I Bothering You? 45 Alice Merton how well do you know your feelings? 46 Kaiser Chiefs Burning In Flames 47 St. Lundi Say So 48 Tors If It Takes All Night 49 Ryan Stevenson Just As You Are 50 Chris Renzema Square One 51 Axel Flóvent Away From This Dream 52 Blessing Offor & Dolly Parton Somebody's Child 53 The Killers Spirit 54 Henry Moodie Orbit 55 Rend Collective Holy Trouble 56 The Coronas Ghosting 57 CalledOut Music Favour 58 Future Islands The Tower 59 Apollo LTD A Day In The Life 60 Rend Collective What I Was Made For 61 Lost Frequencies Head Down (ft. Bastille) 62 Rend Collective Reap That Joy 63 Grace Graber Grace of God 64 Benjamin William Hastings Still see you in it 65 Pyramid Park Queenstown 66 The Coronas Singing Just For You (On Occasion) 67 Elle Limebear Bye Fear 68 Slimane Mon amour 69 Kingfishr Shadow 70 Baby Lasagna Rim Tim Tagi Dim 71 Alex Warren Troubled Waters 72 Galantis One Cry (ft. Rosa Linn) 73 St. Lundi Nobody Like You 74 Dons Hollow 75 Florrie The Lost Ones 76 Ynys Shindig 77 Stanfour Memories 78 Joshua Luke Smith Love it All (ft. Dia Day & Dedani) 79 Chinese American Bear Yummy Yummy Yummy 80 Travis Bus 81 Stanfour Guide Me Home 82 Elderbrook Shallow Water 83 ben haydn Put That Pain On Me 84 Elbow Lovers' Leap 85 NEEDTOBREATHE I Don't Wanna Worry 86 David Kushner Darkerside 87 Kasabian Coming Back To Me Good 88 CoCo and The Butterfields Underground 89 The Killers Bright Lights 90 Natalia Barbu In The Middle 91 Kinnship Can You Do The Talking? 92 The Vaccines Heartbreak Kid 93 Jet Trouble Way Out 94 Kygo & Sigrid The Feeling 95 Blessing Offor Jordans 96 Manor Collective Paradise (ft. Junior Garr, Elle Limebear, Charlotte Kiwanuka & Féz) 97 The Snuts Circles 98 Martin Smith Joy (What The World Calls Foolish) 99 Sea Girls I Want You To Know Me 100 Rend Collective Homesick 101 Axel Flóvent This Feeling 102 Alicia Keys Lifeline 103 Petit Desk Is there anyone? 104 Courteeners Pink Cactus Café 105 Jon Foreman Eulogy 106 Josiah Queen & Henrik i need you more 107 Hollow Coves Milk & Honey 108 CalledOut Music Never Die Gang (ft. Guvna B) 109 Myles Smith Stargazing 110 Lake Malawi Do It 111 METRUTH Steady My Heart (ft. Christian Singleton) 112 CalledOut Music Avalanche 113 The Head And The Heart Tiebreaker 114 Vance Joy Rock It 115 WE ARE ONE Up In My Bones 116 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 117 The Avener The Morning Sun 118 Clinton Flames Loved (ft. Oba Reengy & Rehmahz) 119 Jamie Webster Sing Your Tears 120 Praise Lubangu & David Carpenter make it home - Jellis Re-Work 121 Son Mieux This Is The Moment (ft. Nile Rodgers) 122 Tinlicker Nowhere To Go (ft. Brian Molko) 123 Brandon Lake Tear Off The Roof 124 Jonas Blue & Galantis Mountains (ft. Zoe Wees) 125 Feeder Sahara 126 Steve Angello ME 127 Circa Waves We Made It 128 Bastille Seasons & Narcissus 129 SOFYKA Waterfall 130 Keane Love Actually 131 Noel Robinson & Steph Macleod Breaker of Chains 132 Billy Lockett I Could Use A Friend 133 Mark Ambor Belong Together 134 Forrest Frank MORE THAN A FEELING 135 Elle Limebear Soar 136 JERUB Carry The Load 137 Limoblaze Holy Father 138 Manor Collective Holy Spirit Move (ft. Sarah Bird) 139 Bad Sounds Aah Song 140 The Coronas Good Boy 141 The Coronas & Jamie Duffy Confirmation 142 Philip Jonathan Giant 143 Ladaniva Jako 144 Frank Walker Waiting (ft. Stephen Puth) 145 Grace Graber Breakthrough 146 Good Neighbours Home 147 Reblah & Jo Joey I'm Blessed 148 KEYS There's No I In Team 149 The Sherlocks Man on the Loose 150 Blanks Hopes Up High 151 Blossoms What Can I Say After I'm Sorry? 152 The Coronas At Least She's Laughing 153 Johnossi Forevers 154 Jenna Raine Roses 155 Felix Jaehn Without You (ft. Jasmine Thompson) 156 Jax Jones Never Be Lonely (ft. Zoe Wees) 157 Sheppard Edge of the Earth 158 Stevie Valentine All In 159 Skillet Unpopular 160 Coldplay WE PRAY (ft. Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & TINI) 161 Royal Otis Merry Mary Marry Me 162 Anna Ermakova Behind Blue Eyes 163 Gaetan Judd & CalledOut Music Let Me Know 164 Galactus Jack Words 165 Harrison Storm My Way Home 166 Saint Motel Stay Golden 167 ayokay Leave With My Love 168 Jacob Smith To Your River 169 JERUB Gonna Be Okay 170 KXC, Gas Street Music & Manor Collective Hallelujah Jesus Saves (ft. Rich Dicas & Millie Ferguson) 171 Jeremy Camp No Survivors 172 Unspoken What He Says About You 173 Forrest Frank UPS & DOWNS 174 Kaiser Chiefs The Lads 175 Skinny Living Thank You For Making Me Feel Good 176 Limoblaze & Princeton South Victory 177 Good Neighbours Daisies 178 Karma Kid The Gates Will Open 179 The Strumbellas Running Out of Time 180 NAKED KOALA Heat of the Sun 181 Walk Off The Earth Mom's Old Car 182 Bad Sounds Lovers 183 Annatoria Fountain (ft. Joe L Barnes) 184 Silvester Belt Luktelk 185 Kaiser Chiefs Sentimental Love Songs 186 Declan McKenna Honest Test 187 Declan McKenna Elevator Hum 188 Kingfishr Afterglow 189 Lost Frequencies & David Kushner In My Bones 190 Tom Speight Stay Alive 191 Red Rum Club Afternoon 192 Tali Fighter 193 Crowder Grave Robber 194 Pyramid Park Believe Ya 195 St. Lundi Following My Heart 196 Unspoken Say The Word 197 Madison Ryann Ward Amen 198 Manor Collective Amen (ft. Elle Limebear & Charlotte Kiwanuka) 199 Bisrat Surafel Erefi 200 Manor Collective How Good (ft. Becca Folkes, Junior Garr & Tertia May)
February 8Feb 8 I remember 'Toiling' from BJSC although I was in the other semi, it deserved better than it got! 'People Watching' is my favourite of those I know from the top 20, although I gave 'Beautiful Eyes' a listen as I knew a couple of songs from Amy Shark and quite like this one too.
February 9Feb 9 Really liked seeing your list! I hope someday to finish my Year-End list, whenever I get the time!
February 9Feb 9 I like these from the top 15 ~ 2 Kinnship Toiling -> this was probably my top pick of your recent contest songs too 6 alyona alyona & Jerry Heil Teresa & Maria -> I'm always on board for something grand sounding like this at Eurovision 10 Djo End of Beginning 12 Zerb & Sofiya Nzau Mwaki -> this really ought to have been a UK crossover hit, it was rather big elsewhere in the world 13 Sam Fender People Watching
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