Saturday at 11:593 days Author 39. Gorillaz- On Melancholy Hill (712 points)Writer: Damon AlbarnProducers: GorillazUK chart peak: 78 (2 weeks in the top 100)Achieved platinum status on 07/03/2025Top scorers: CianS 49, seven. 49, Jade 47Lowest scorers: Mangø 4, Maestro 5, …ready for it 5Taken from the virtual group's 2010 album Plastic Beach, "On Melancholy Hill" was written by Damon Albarn while producing The Good, The Bad & The Queen's first album. The music video features every collaborator on the album, amongst them Lou Reed and Snoop Dogg. It was the only song from the album to reach the UK top 100, though "Rhinestone Eyes" has also been certified silver.
Saturday at 14:423 days Author 38. Woodkid- Run Boy Run (725 points)Writers: Yoann Lemoine, Ambroise WillaumeProducers: The Shoes, WoodkidUK chart peak: 44 (6 weeks in the top 100)Achieved platinum status on 18/04/2025Top scorers: dandy* 50, …ready for it 49, CowTzy 47Lowest scorers: chartjack2 1, Mangø 2, Mack 3, Maestro 3, Severin 3Woodkid directed music videos for the likes of Katy Perry and Taylor Swift before releasing his own music, this track was included on the first of his two studio albums The Golden Age. Later adopted as an LGBTQ anthem, "Run Boy Run" is his biggest hit and has been used in lots of adverts over the past decade. Woodkid directed the song's music video himself.
Saturday at 14:532 days A couple of big losses there - 'On Melancholy Hill' was in my top 5 I'm glad the Plastic Beach era is getting its flowers nowadays after producing no top 40 hits at the time. 'On Melancholy Hill', 'Rhinestone Eyes' and 'Empire Ants' are all within their top 10 popular songs on Spotify at the moment.'Run Boy Run' was another BuzzJack Song Contest winner before my time. I can't remember when I first heard it but I was immediately a fan, very atmospheric, so it's no wonder that it soundtracks media quite a lot.
Saturday at 16:342 days Author 37. Duke Dumont- Ocean Drive (730 points)Writers: Adam Dyment, Timucin Lam, James Norton, Hal RitsonProducer: Duke DumontUK chart peak: 42 (13 weeks in the top 100)Achieved platinum status on 28/02/2020, 2x platinum 27/06/2025Top scorers: Nick F1 49, Jason 48, detonate 47Lowest scorers: Chez Wombat 2, Jaz13music 2, chartjack2 3He had 2 UK number ones but the biggest global hit for Duke Dumont was this song from 2015, which features uncredited vocal from Boy Matthews and peaked in the top 5 in Australia. In the UK it is his second biggest seller behind "I Got U" with Jax Jones who is also a co-writer on this track.
Saturday at 18:502 days Author 36. Oasis- Morning Glory (732 points)Writers: Noel Gallagher, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, Bill BerryProducers: Owen Morris, Noel GallagherUK chart peak: did not chartAchieved platinum status on 17/05/2024Top scorers: Mangø 50, Uls2000 44, Jade 43Lowest scorers: detonate 1, AaronTM 4, CianS 7, danG 7, Jaz13music 7With a riff that sounds suspiciously similar to "The One I Love" by R.E.M., "Morning Glory" is the title track of Oasis' second album, the biggest-selling album of the 90s in the UK. It was released as a single in Australia, New Zealand and Japan only, while getting a radio push in the US and Canada. The song's lyrics make reference to "Tomorrow Never Knows" by the Beatles. The song segues into "Champagne Supernova" on the album.
Saturday at 19:012 days Author Thoughts on today's songs:Wish You Were Here- the intro drags on quite a bit but otherwise I enjoy this one from Floyd. Always found the radio tuning transition really cool. They have a better track on the way in this final though. If "Money" had gone platinum before round 1 started that would've been my pick of their platinum non-top 40 songsOn Melancholy Hill- love the atmosphere on this, one of my favourite Gorillaz songs. Always felt Plastic Beach was unfairly overlooked so I'm glad this had enough fans to make the final!Run Boy Run- can't remember where I first heard this (probably on an advert) but that epic instrumental has always stuck with me. I prefer listening to the version without vocals but even with them it's a good song.Ocean Drive- why can't Jax Jones make more songs like this nowadays? Love this style of dance, and this song sounds particularly great on a late night drive.Morning Glory- my favourite Oasis song! Much prefer their songs where the lyrics aren't the main focus, the instrumental rocks hard and Liam sounds fairly listenable! The R.E.M. riff definitely helps matters too and I actually think it's put to better use on this song 😆 Can't believe they didn't get writers credits (same with Marc Bolan on "Cigarettes And Alcohol")
Saturday at 21:302 days I discovered Run Boy Run when it went viral on TikTok couple years ago for its "If I was..." trend!
Saturday at 22:572 days Now the real losses start! 'Ocean Drive' is brilliant, Duke's best song by miles. And then there's 'Morning Glory', which I rated above everything else, a timeless classic from the best album ever written, which I was lucky enough to hear live at Wembley last week
Saturday at 23:192 days I actually lost my bottom 6 before the top 40, but my +7 will probably be here for a while. Of today's losses 'Wish You Were Here' should be much higher, 'Ocean Drive' won the "casualties of streaming" rate hosted by Dan in 2019 (where it finished a long way ahead of some songs still in this rate) so is perhaps something of a surprise early exit, and I'd never noticed the 'Morning Glory' / 'The One I Love' similarity before but it sounds obvious now!
Sunday at 09:412 days Author 35. Oasis- She's Electric (749 points)Writer: Noel GallagherProducers: Owen Morris, Noel GallagherUK chart peak: did not chartAchieved platinum status on 25/06/2021, 2x platinum 25/10/2024Top scorers: Mangø 49, CowTzy 42, Uls2000 42Lowest scorers: Jaz13music 1, Julian_ 4, detonate 6, seven. 6Back to back Oasis! Track 9 on Morning Glory was originally going to be included on Definitely Maybe but was replaced by "Digsy's Diner" which the band thought was a better live song. It was never released as a single. It would've made the top 40 when Oasis announced their reunion in 2024 but the 3-track rule prevented this. Just one more track from the band left now...
Sunday at 11:582 days Author 34. Van Morrison- Brown Eyed Girl (763 points)Writer: Van MorrisonProducer: Bert BernsUK chart peak: 60 (6 weeks in the top 100)Achieved platinum status on 11/05/2018, 2x platinum 30/04/2021, 3x platinum 07/07/2023, 4x platinum 31/01/2025Top scorers: Mack 47, Maestro 43, GreyAsh 40Lowest scorers: …ready for it 3, Scone1 5, Jade 8Based on certification dates, this is tied with "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" as the most successful single from the 60s in the digital era though it is likely that this track is ahead. Originally called "Brown Skinned Girl", the title was changed when Morrison subconsciously sung "brown eyed" instead. It was his first solo single after a successful period with Them and reached number 10 in the US. It failed to chart in the UK initially and only charted for the first time in 2013 after iTunes discounting. The song almost made the 2024 year end list thanks to really strong streaming. Morrison claims he has never received royalties for the song and refuses to perform it live, calling it one of his worst songs.
Sunday at 12:062 days Agreed that 'Ocean Drive' has the perfect late night drive feel to it. Both of those Oasis tracks are fab too!
Sunday at 12:132 days Hopefully Champagne Supernova is a fair bit higher up for Oasis xRun Boy Run is another loss, although I'm pleasantly surprised it's made it this far and has managed to make a dent in the public consciousness outside of BJSC, it always sounded like a huge and distinctive song.
Sunday at 14:082 days Author 33. The Beatles- Blackbird (765 points)Writer: Paul McCartney, John LennonProducer: George MartinUK chart peak: did not chartAchieved platinum status on 11/04/2024Top scorers: Uls2000 46, chartjack2 44, …ready for it 43Lowest scorers: Nick F1 1, Cymro87 4, Mack 4Taken from the Beatles' 1968 album, Paul wrote "Blackbird" after hearing a blackbird's chirps while the band were in India. The lyrics were inspired directly by the civil rights movement in America. Only Paul performs on the track and he was its sole writer despite the Lennon-McCartney credit.
Sunday at 15:591 day 21 hours ago, gasman449 said:With a riff that sounds suspiciously similar to "The One I Love" by R.E.M.Ah, now that is a great song!
Sunday at 16:071 day 1 hour ago, gasman449 said:33. The Beatles- Blackbird (765 points)Writer: Paul McCartney, John LennonProducer: George MartinUK chart peak: did not chartAchieved platinum status on 11/04/2024Top scorers: Uls2000 46, chartjack2 44, …ready for it 43Lowest scorers: Nick F1 1, Cymro87 4, Mack 4Taken from the Beatles' 1968 album, Paul wrote "Blackbird" after hearing a blackbird's chirps while the band were in India. The lyrics were inspired directly by the civil rights movement in America. Only Paul performs on the track and he was its sole writer despite the Lennon-McCartney credit.Apparently one of Beyoncé’s favourite songs (she covered it on her Cowboy Carter album) due to it’s connection to the American civil rights movement. A very simple but powerful song! Edited Sunday at 16:141 day by Jaz13music
Sunday at 16:221 day Author 32. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell- Ain't No Mountain High Enough (771 points)Writers: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie SimpsonProducers: Harvey Fuqua, Johnny BristolUK chart peak: 80 (5 weeks in the top 100)Achieved platinum status on 19/10/2018, 2x platinum 02/07/2021, 3x platinum 04/08/2023, 4x platinum 31/01/2025Top scorers: AaronTM 49, Slick 49, Cymro87 46Lowest scorers: WhoOdyssey 2, Chez Wombat 3, Mack 5This Motown classic is the most successful song released by the label in the digital era. Dusty Springfield wanted to record the single originally but Ashford and Simpson declined her offer in the hopes of building a connection with Motown. Marvin and Tammi's version was the first version of the song to be released and reached number 19 in the US. It failed to chart in the UK until 2013 thanks to iTunes discounting, and became a strong streamer following its use in 2014's Guardians Of The Galaxy. Fellow Motown artist Diana Ross' version reached number 6 in 1970.
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