Joops' tops of 2024!

Posted March 2Mar 2

Yes, I'm dropping one in March - mostly to replace the one in my sig for the new site! A top 20 at least should be doable :')

March 10Mar 10

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Lets start the party with some honorable mentions from this year's full list:

#28 Camila Cabello - I Luv It

This might be controversial (although I have seen some limited appreciation for this track in year-end lists) but... I loved Camila Cabello's 2024 album. For me it spawned three #1s, a further two top 3 hits and a sixth longrunning top ten; altogether Camila spent 39 weeks in my top 40 of 2024 across six tracks, by far her single most successful year on my charts. Sure, it's experimental. But I didn't like her pop songs anyway, so this was basically a new artist debut for me, and damn did I enjoy it. I'd love it if she kept up this angle (she almost definitely won't).

#32 Bjork & Rosalia - Oral (Olof Dreijer Remix)

I missed the original track when it was released, but came across this fun remix this year which gives it much more of a carnival sound and this was one of my early summer anthems of 2024 as a result, something I found myself listening to a lot on the Tube and walking around London for my annual summer visit. Incongruously this ended up being one of two chart toppers for Rosalia in a year where she didn't really put anything out solo; as well as giving Bjork a second 2020s #1 after the fabulous Atopos did it two years prior.

#34 SOPHIE & Kim Petras - Reason Why

A bittersweet one as SOPHIE's posthumous (and likely last) released album gave us this underappreciated slowburner pairing with frequent collaborator Kim Petras. Originally a minor hit on my charts this ended up resurging after I heard it out at the club in a mix with some other Kim and Charli XCX songs giving me a new appreciation for it.

#40 LISA & Rosalia - New Woman

Rosalia's second #1 of the year, and a very promising start to LISA of Blackpink's solo career, after what I choose to view as a series of false starts. She's a kpop star, so the authenticity is never going to quite be there the way it might be with a Western background, but she sells this inventive take on a pop song well, and Rosalia's portion is both screwy and heavenly.

#54 Kim Gordon - Bye Bye

What I think ended up being my most-enjoyed BJSC discovery of the year, from Persephonia this time which I don't think has happened before. This is a great weightlifting song which helped as I got back into fitness this year - at least until I got bronchitis and sprained my knee in the autumn!

#75 Kesha - Joyride

Kesha's latest comeback track - zany and out of control. Looking forward to seeing her later this year at MightyHoopla.

#80 Hole - Malibu

Another classic that kept coming up in my Youtube algorithm this year and is also one of the songs I learned to sing properly this year after getting back into that, helped by starting to go out with a musician again lol

#83 Pure Shores - Ear Candy

This is one that I didn't really appreciate the first time round (back when it was Ji Nilsson and Marlene still) but gained a much greater appreciation for this summer as another summer anthem.

#88 Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over

I'm vaguely aware this became a TikTok trend this year (iirc) but it's one that I came across following Miley Cyrus's cover of it as well as Crowded House's own return to releasing new music this year. Unfortunately for them I preferred this one.

#94 Peggy Gou - Nanana (last year's #1)

It's not every year my winner of the previous year makes the next year's top 100, but the festival/beer garden in the sun feel of this one is timeless; it's also versatile enough to slot onto a lot of different playlists.

#98 Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande - Defying Gravity

And finally, this squeaked its way in despite only coming out at the very end of the year. Yes, Ariana exceeded expectations in this role, but Cynthia Erivo showed that she is a star. Whatever she does next, I'm perched to watch.

March 10Mar 10

'Don't Dream It's Over' wub was hoping it would get a new UK chart peak last year, but great to see it back nonetheless. Crowded House's new songs were a bit hit and miss for me too, but I liked a few.