Oh we're at the point that songs I LOVE are going Have to admit that it took the TikTok popularity for me to really get into The Cut That Always Bleeds but once it clicked, it clicked in a major way.

I'll never get why the Conan fanbase at large has issues with Found Heaven. Take the bops you are given, you cows! (xx) Lonely Dancers is definitely one of the highlights from that album.

16

Heather

Average score: 8.5

Highest scorer: 09.0 (Josh!, HarryGarfield, JosephBoone)

Lowest scorer: 07.0 (Calum)

15

Winner

Average score: 8.6

Highest scorer: 09.5 (HarryGarfield)

Lowest scorer: 07.5 (Josh!)

Given there's a lot of meat to the bones of Kid Krow it's hardly surprising its singles take up a chunk of the results, I'm just surprised that some of them are falling out as soon as this. Heather's one I would've predicted to be a fair bit higher (but then again of the five voters I dragged its average down). Another single that benefitted from popularity on TikTok, it was the sixth and final single to be released from the debut album and it's another where Conan is truly at his most vulnerable because it's one where it unravels your innermost thoughts. Conan's also said that Heather was almost not included on the album out of fear that nobody would or could relate to the lyrics. Admitting that you hate someone so much - no matter how lovely and kind a person they may be - because the person they're with is in love with them and not you is bold, and it's certainly something Conan conveyed so beautifully at an early point in his career.

And now the snowball continues for Found Heaven's singles as Winner is next, continuing with the really stark switch-up in sound for this era. It's completely different to Lonely Dancers but the eclectic sounds of the Found Heaven era do come together and make a wonderfully cohesive body of work. The second single from the album, Winner feels like a standalone moment where Conan's vocals really shine above everything else, and there are even comparisons among the fanbase to Family Line. What this song does really well (and with some of the visuals presented too, despite no official music video) is encapsulate the feeling of freedom and light at the end of the tunnel after realising you've been hurt by somebody; managing to move on from that hurt and pain and finding your path forward.

Fairly sure only between us BuzzJack voters could Heather land as low as 16th Oddly I wasn't all that into Heather during the time of its biggest popularity, but in the years since it has grown on me. Great to see Winner in the Top 15, love how triumphant it is lyrically and in how it sounds.

Heather this low feels wrong but also not surprising as it's never been hugely popular on Buzzjack...! I see why it's connected so well, it has such a great concept and is lyrically memorable too.

14

Never Ending Song

Average score: 8.7

Highest scorer: 10.0 (JosephBoone)

Lowest scorer: 07.5 (Calum)

13

Alley Rose

Average score: 8.8

Highest scorer: 10.0 (Calum)

Lowest scorer: 08.0 (Josh!, JosephBoone)

The snowball continues for Found Heaven as we lose two singles from the album in one go here; Never Ending Song and Alley Rose. It's quite interesting that all of the singles from that era have ended up mid-table (no spoilers where Killing Me finishes here though!) when they certainly have elements of grandiose about them compared to other singles in his discography. That said, first up is Never Ending Song, the lead single from Found Heaven and our first taste of what was to come from this bold, new era. Conan describes this song as a story about a relationship that just goes on and on, painfully and tumultuously, no matter how many times you try to end it or move on as well as the feeling of maybe secretly not actually wanting it to end and being drawn back in no matter how bad things may be. One thing I always find interesting is a quote from Conan where he says that he likes to disguise his sadness inside upbeat music, and it's true that all of his more up-beat songs tend to carry some of the deepest and darkest messages lyrically.

One thing I was thinking to myself going back and looking at the visuals for the Found Heaven era (particularly the music videos) is that none of them would seem out of place being used as the soundtrack to a season of Stranger Things, or inserting Conan into that world for the music videos and drawing parallels. But anyway, Alley Rose... initially when Found Heaven was released I found myself a bit indifferent to it; another ballad (albeit great) more in line with Kid Krow and Superache. But as time's passed this has slowly become one of my favourite songs by Conan, and probably among the top offerings on Found Heaven. It's Conan's favourite from the album too, and was the final song to be written for Found Heaven. The song was originally called Abbey Road too - from visiting London - but was changed to Alley Rose alluding to his first kiss being in an alley. It was after visiting London that he was dumped over text by his partner at the time while on the plane back home. Conan really can't catch a break, but when he pours his anger, frustration, whole heart and soul into lyrics like this and makes a song like Alley Rose it turns into something magnificent that he can share with the world.

I'm judging that 7.5, Calum x

Two corkers I think I'm overdue a full Found Heaven listen.

Admittedly I've not heard every song on this list, but of those I have 'Never Ending Song' might be my favourite!

Never Ending Song deserved top 10!

12

Memories

Average score: 8.9

Highest scorer: 09.5 (Calum, JosephBoone)

Lowest scorer: 08.0 (Josh!)

11

Killing Me

Average score: 8.9

Highest scorer: 10.0 (HarryGarfield)

Lowest scorer: 08.0 (Josh!)

Now for the final two results before we hit the top 10 and we lose one single from Superache as well as the last remaining single from Found Heaven. Memories is such a beautiful song, and in a way encapsulates everything about the Superache era so perfectly all on its own. And funnily enough, this song gives me another reason to dislike Olivia Rodrigo because apparently the first time Conan played this for her - one of his best friends - she turned around and told him 'I just think you've got better songs'. Thank god she had no input on shaping the final track list. Memories tells a story of someone turning up again out of the blue when you've moved them to the back of your mind and they've become a memory and in that moment you just can't escape it. I've said it a lot in these commentaries (but it speaks volumes about how in-sync with his own and other generations Conan is when describing love, loss, heartbreak and all of the turbulence in between) but this is something I'm sure a lot of us can relate to.

The lack of visuals for all of the singles in the Found Heaven era is certainly interesting given aesthetically it's likely his boldest and most striking era, so unfortunately we don't have a music video for Killing Me. However, the music does all of the talking in this case and it breaks away a little from the more typical storytelling. This song supposedly came about after Conan kissed a then-partner who gave him the flu that resulted in an infection, and Conan then had to undergo surgery to have his tonsils removed after six months of being ill. The relationship did end (shock!). It's interesting the kind of situations that can plant these little seeds of gold in Conan's head that end up becoming singles like this. Long may it continue, because having had time to digest Wishbone now too it seems Conan is on such a creative high round the clock, as he has been since he started out with Sunset Season.

Both of those are epic in different ways! Memories is one of his most emotive ballads, and Killing Me is such a banger.

Killing me and winning are gems glad to see them do wlel!!