Seven Cities is an absolute classic. One of the best trance tunes of all time.

#150 KC Lights - This Is For You (feat. Niki & the Dove)

 63-44-10-9-14-19-31-44-51-80-72-97-92-91-x [14 weeks]

I do love strings being prominent in a house record

#149 Avicii and Sandro Cavazza - Forever Yours

{1-1-5-5-10-12-15-21-21-26-30-31-43-57-54-35-55-60-74-61-53-46-47-45-55-x}-2-4-12-17-30-38-91-x [7 weeks {32 total}]

Originally put out in 2020 as remixed by Kygo, the long-awaited original version from 2016 was officially released this year.

#148 Nora En Pure and Richard Walters - Protected

 41-15-11-7-17-32-72-87-x [8 weeks]

Lush vocal deep house record from Nora

#147 Worakls and Carl Cox - No Boundaries

18-15-23-32-38-62-x-14-16-27-46-91-x [11 weeks]

Takes a while to get going but the orchestral bit is worth it.

#146 Mesa & Boss, Vorwerk and Haliene - Reach You

{100-31-52-54}-75-75-21-22-18-23-25-42-76-100-x [10 weeks {14 total}]

Vocalist Haliene the selling point on this one as ever.

#145 Phantogram - Attaway

{63-24-10-4}-5-5-3-3-9-18-23-41-69-99-x [10 weeks {14 total}]

Not a general follower of this band but this was rockier than I've heard from them before so a good surprise find

#144 Sub Focus and Bbyclose - On & On

 14-18-33-36-45-48-48-58-73-97-x [10 weeks]

Fun DnB track here, even the overly processed vocal works for it

#143 Avicii - Let's Ride Away [feat. Kacey Musgraves or Elle King]

 {2-11-29-35-46-67-x}-3-5-15-19-30-75-x [6 weeks {12 weeks total}]

Another Avicii track released from the vault this year, though likewise didn't make a huge impression here. I do wish they could've kept the better Kacey Musgreaves vocal for the official release...

#142 Lay of the Autumn - Lost In Your Eyes

 7-3-7-7-7-16-14-16-20-25-29-... [11+ weeks]

Well it's established now that I enjoy a symphonic metal epic and this was another lucky Spotify find.

#141 Ghost Cop - Problems

 35-12-13-20-18-25-29-36-35-55-71-... [11+ weeks]

Great bit of synthwave which impacted following the discovery of another song of theirs to appear higher up.

#140 Onlynumbers - Euphoric Night (feat. Lucie Hart)

 13-15-19-22-30-33-53-54-55-63-86-x [11 weeks]

Discovered thanks to Tiësto's remix, the original mix is a harder thumping track which works better for it.

#139 Fat Dog - Peace Song

{33-25-26-32}-69-69-27-28-26-34-27-30-52-70-x [10 weeks {14 total}]

Breakout band of 2024 Fat Dog put out two songs in the past 13 months. They both appear next to each other in a moment of coincidence.

#138 Fat Dog - Pray To That

 9-11-18-26-28-45-69-79-78-x-80-95-x-89-x [12 weeks]

And here they are again, this one is a bit more punky if you like that.

#137 I. Jordan and Tom Rasmussen - An Angel

 16-10-6-9-11-24-34-43-45-69-74-87-95-x [13 weeks]

I. Jordan had been on my radar for a while but this is quite easily their most dancefloor ready effort and so biggest hit with me.

#136 Craig Connelly - The Great Hall

 33-33-27-30-26-17-21-26-28-44-51-77-94-x [13 weeks]

His vocal collabs tend to be better however here we do have a strong trance instrumental hit

#135 Talla 2XLC and Fragma - Look At You Now

 63-22-13-16-17-23-30-36-81-100-x [10 weeks]

Who knew Fragma was still going? Good uplifting trance here anyhow.

#134 DJ Heartstring - Back To My Love

15-11-11-14-31-60-70-84-93-x-94-100-x [11 weeks]

Another high tempo dance bop from DJ Heartstring!

#133 Schrotthagen - Schattenkinder

 51-55-44-44-43-46-50-50-65-85-98-100-88-30-52-79-x [16 weeks]

Another rare vocal-led effort from the German techno duo.

#132 Addison Rae - Fame Is a Gun

 56-70-82-x-50-48-44-36-39-39-46-58-56-79-87-87-x [15+ weeks]

A surprise pop bop here as I hadn't particularly enjoyed any her material beforehand.

#131 Trovaire - To Leave the Sea

 55-16-15-13-25-24-24-46-74-76-x [10 weeks]

A nice chill indie-dance piece with French lyrics.

#130 Chrystal - The Days (Notion Remix)

{99-x}-26-27-14-17-22-39-60-54-x [8 weeks {9 total}]

One of the big dance hits of the year and whilst there were about 100 dance songs I preferred in the year this wasn't a bad choice at all for the UK to really get behind being quite high energy.

#129 John Summit - Tears (feat. Paige Cavell) [EOY #22, 2024]

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Perhaps my favourite John Summit effort yet, and this would surely have done better in BJSC than the two songs of his that did get sent but oh well, I didn't have enough room to enter it myself.

#128 Arkai - Sun Drifter

31-38-37-46-16-17-19-29-49-73-100-x [11 weeks]

A violinist duo here with an strong instrumental tune.

#127 Michael Cassette - Knight Rider

28-7-13-15-18-29-33-48-67-96-x [10 weeks]

Yes this is a house remake of that 80s theme tune.

#126 Metteson - Waves

{23-6}-23-23-14-14-20-26-29-44-63-76-x [10 weeks {12 total}]

A late 2024 BJSC find being a great dramatic dancepop track.

#125 Armin van Buuren - Viva l'Opera (feat. Natalie Gioia)

 {58-98-x-67}-90-90-40-43-34-41-59-x-18-22-34-62-x [11 weeks {14 total}]

Trance meets opera! Always great to have Armin doing proper trance every once in a while.

#124 Doechii - Denial Is A River

 82-31-32-39-32-39-47-60-72-98-x [10 weeks]

A great storytelling rap hit which we don't get very often, shame it quickly got overshadowed by the not-so-good 'Anxiety'.

#123 Nora En Pure - Space

 16-7-8-13-20-22-31-47-67-x-98-x [10 weeks]

Another vocal-led effort from Nora En Pure, lush as ever.

#122 John O'Callaghan and Hailey J. - Lost In Sound

 85-69-36-23-25-26-25-29-36-61-73-x [11 weeks]

Lovely vocal trance effort from someone who's been around for many years but hadn't made a whole lot of impact for me until recently.

#121 Arkai - The Sound of Silence

22-9-4-6-10-10-11-25-32-36-41-66-x [12 weeks]

Beautiful string interpretation of the Simon & Garfunkel classic which introduced me to Arkai.

#120 The Yagas - I Am

 13-13-18-47-67-85-x-57-60-90-x [9 weeks]

This year's breakout band who'll have a few entries very high up - this was the debut album impact song.

#119 Moliy and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max (Fly) (feat. Skillibeng and Sheseea)

 76-53-49-50-60-43-59-60-64-51-74-92-x [12 weeks]

Now this is just bopalicious.

#118 Lady Gaga - How Bad Do U Want Me

23-20-20-34-47-64-51-34-35-32-68-x [11 weeks]

One of a handful of standout Gaga album tracks, this had big pop hit written all over it but her team are infamously bad at doing post-album singles so...

#117 LSR/City [Gareth Emery and Annabel] - Come Home

 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-... [9+ weeks]

A beautiful bit of vocal progressive trance here and a big highlight of Gareth Emery and vocalist Annabel's recent LSR/City project. Alas released too late in the year to quite make it up the high end of this countdown but they'll make an appearance there anyway.

#116 Rose Gray - April

 20-11-8-8-9-11-19-21-24-39-60-84-... [12 weeks]

A highlight for her recent material, she has proved herself one of the more interesting dance-pop singers of the moment this year and here's hoping she can get a proper mainstream breakthrough in 2026.

#115 Lady Gaga - Vanish Into You

 16-21-38-37-42-42-49-32-31-29-65-92-x [12 weeks]

Another Gaga album track that was a missed opportunity for a single release! Big chorus to this one.

#114 Blackshape - Like the Fourth Wall

 6-16-10-6-14-13-15-19-38-41-... [10+ weeks]

After a lengthy wait for new material after breaking through with #1 hit "ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL" (catchy title x) we eventually got this which acts as a sort-of sequel, another anthemic prog rock song.

#113 Beyond the Black - Winter Is Coming

 {40-9-9-3}-4-4-6-9-19-29-58-x-28-29-22-30-31-... [12 weeks {16+ total}]

A metal song about the forthcoming of winter which explains it departing the chart quickly and coming back again recently!

#112 Aaron Hibell and Alex Wann - Set Me Free [EOY #156, 2024]

{31-42-51-69-75-77-81-53-46-41-55-62}-84-84-32-33-29-36-34-60-94-80-x [10 weeks {22 total}]

A bit different to Aaron's #1 hit from earlier in the countdown thanks to his collaborator here being an deep/afro house DJ - great grower of a track though.

#111 Sombr - Back to Friends

 89-87-86-66-75-92-82-x-86-79-86-87-97-81-91-87-98-x [16 weeks]

And here's a sleeper hit, I think the lowest-peaking song that features here. Certainly one of the better/more inspired singer-songwriter big real chart hits of recent.

#110 Carlita and Andre Zimmer - Raf

 94-85-52-22-22-35-40-45-67-80-x [10 weeks]

Another big house anthem in the countdown!

#109 Anamē - It Can Be Better Now (feat. Welt)

 {78-54-57-63}-87-87-37-39-32-38-41-82-x-37-73-88-x [11 weeks {15 total}]

More lush sounds from Anamē

#108 Patrick Topping - Want U

 46-29-32-54-56-48-49-26-36-52-64-71-76-x [13 weeks]

Well it took me this long to realise Nelly's 'Dilemma' ripped off an older song, which this is a house remake of.

#107 Alex M.O.R.P.H. and Woody van Eyden - One Spark (feat. Cari)

 8-4-11-11-13-21-25-28-26-45-44-... [11+ weeks]

Big vocal trance anthem with the voice behind former year-end #1 "What Matters".

#106 MK - Dior (Feat. Chrystal)

 29-19-14-18-18-24-43-80-88-82-x [10 weeks]

Fun generic dance bop, not one of MK's absolute best but great to see it hit big regardless.

#105 Nightwish - Lanternlight

 {39-15-5-3-3-2-3-11}-18-18-13-17-43-60-x-15-17-24-35-43-... [11 weeks {19+ total}]

Another winter-themed song, this one an orchestral ballad from Nightwish who had a breakout song in last year's top 10.

#104 Sonny Fodera and Clementine Douglas - Tell Me

 11-23-24-31-35-36-65-89-x-86-x [9 weeks]

Good to see Sonny Fodera continuing to get mainstream hits and Clementine's voice is lovely as ever.

#103 Fred Again.., Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax - Victory Lap

 11-17-20-25-29-25-29-36-40-60-62-80-81-84-x [14 weeks]

Fred has put out quite a lot of duds recently but this was a happy surprise being a total bop with Skepta actually trying again too.

#102 Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler

{39-49-91-x-85-89-x}-5-5-11-11-16-17-21-31-67-x [9 weeks {14 total}]

A mid 00s dance classic now that I rediscovered and sent to BJSC this year. It still sounds like a song that could've been released this year.

#101 Ben Hemsley and Gaskin - If Your Girl

 8-15-10-16-23-33-47-54-84-86-99-100-x [12 weeks]

Ben Hemsley went back to commercial house for this track and whilst I'm hoping for more trance from him next year this one's great for what it is.

🔥 The Hottest 200 | #101-150 RECAP 🔥

150 KC Lights - THIS IS FOR YOU (feat. Niki & the Dove) | 249,700

149 Avicii & Sandro Cavazza - Forever Yours | 251,300

148 Nora En Pure and Richard Walters - Protected | 252,600

147 Worakls and Carl Cox - No Boundaries | 252,900

146 Mesa & Boss, Vorwerk and Haliene - Reach You | 253,300

145 Phantogram - Attaway | 253,500

144 Sub Focus and Bbyclose - On & On | 254,000

143 Avicii - Let's Ride Away [feat. Kacey Musgraves] | 255,900

142 Lay of the Autumn - Lost In Your Eyes | 256,000

141 Ghost Cop - Problems | 256,200

140 Onlynumbers - Euphoric Night (feat. Lucie Hart) | 256,800

139 Fat Dog - Peace Song | 257,800

138 Fat Dog - Pray To That | 258,500

137 I. Jordan and Tom Rasmussen - An Angel | 259,000

136 Craig Connelly - The Great Hall | 260,600

135 Talla 2XLC and Fragma - Look At You Now | 260,900

134 DJ Heartstring - Back To My Love | 262,800

133 Schrotthagen - Schattenkinder | 263,600

132 Addison Rae - Fame Is a Gun | 263,800

131 Trovaire - To Leave the Sea | 264,200

130 Chrystal - The Days (Notion Remix) | 264,900

129 John Summit - Tears (feat. Paige Cavell) | 265,200

128 Arkai - Sun Drifter | 265,600

127 Michael Cassette - Knight Rider | 265,600

126 Metteson - Waves | 267,800

125 Armin van Buuren - Viva l'Opera (feat. Natalie Gioia) | 267,800

124 Doechii - Denial Is A River | 267,800

123 Nora En Pure - Space | 268,100

122 John O'Callaghan and Hailey J. - Lost In Sound | 272,300

121 Arkai - The Sound of Silence | 274,000

120 The Yagas - I Am | 275,900

119 Moliy and Silent Addy - Shake It To The Max (Fly) (feat. Skillibeng and Sheseea) | 278,100

118 Lady Gaga - How Bad Do U Want Me | 278,300

117 LSR/City [Gareth Emery and Annabel] - Come Home | 279,700

116 Rose Gray - April | 279,800

115 Lady Gaga - Vanish Into You | 281,800

114 Blackshape - LIKE THE FOURTH WALL | 283,200

113 Beyond the Black - Winter Is Coming | 284,300

112 Aaron Hibell and Alex Wann - Set Me Free | 284,400

111 sombr - back to friends | 284,700

110 Carlita and Andre Zimmer - Raf | 286,800

109 Anamē - It Can Be Better Now (feat. Welt) | 287,000

108 Patrick Topping - Want U | 287,400

107 Alex M.O.R.P.H. and Woody van Eyden - One Spark (feat. Cari) | 287,500

106 MK - Dior (Feat. Chrystal) | 289,500

105 Nightwish - Lanternlight | 290,800

104 Sonny Fodera and Clementine Douglas - Tell Me | 290,900

103 Fred Again.., Skepta and PlaqueBoyMax - Victory Lap | 291,500

102 Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler - Club Version | 292,500

101 Ben Hemsley and Gaskin - If Your Girl | 293,700

#100 Lola Young - Messy

 {52-73-97-43}-60-60-20-21-24-25-26-26-36-45-55-65-80-x [13 weeks {17 total}]

One of the year's biggest hits, and of the UK's year-end top 10 this is the highest to feature here. Quite an inspired mega-hit actually, but sadly the rest of her output that I've heard hasn't been to my taste.

#99 Nora En Pure - Memories

36-44-57-61-91-75-78-31-24-29-47-53-66-87-x [14 weeks]

Another lush instrumental from Nora - the ones with sting arrangements are often with the best. Also a BJSC hit of course though not for myself.

#98 Amelie Lens - Falling For You [EOY #196, 2024]

 {79-53-64-64-64-40-47-28-48-47}-78-78-29-29-28-35-33-50-68-50-44-42-49-60-98-x [15 weeks {25 total}]

Another song that I passed on for BJSC and in this case it went on to win it - the most commercially appealing song so far from techno DJ Amelie Lens.

#97 Delerium - Silence (John Summit Remix) (feat. Sarah McLachlan)

 28-8-12-17-20-37-53-58-58-70-95-x [11 weeks]

The classic from Delirium which has seen many a remix ended up getting another one from current EDM poster boy John Summit which is a solid modern update to it.

#96 L.O.E - After All Is Said & Done (feat. Alan Watts)

 49-66-67-57-65-25-34-10-21-21-24-26-30-40-48-76-x [16 weeks]

Time for some post-rock now then this being a YouTube algorithm find - guesting a speech from mid-20th century philosopher Watts.

Nice to see undressed in your mainstream nods! From the main countdown I'm most fond of the Gaga songs, Only You, High on Me, Fame is a Gun, Waves, Victory Lap, back to friends, Messy, and especially DENIAL IS A RIVER

#95 Celeste - Everyday

 39-31-9-9-22-26-37-45-58-71-x [10 weeks]

A great surprise at the start of the year from Celeste who essentially added lyrics to a slightly revamped Death In Vegas "Dirge" before she went back to her usual sound that I don't care much for.

#94 Nightwish - Perfume of the Timeless [EOY #6, 2024]

{9-10-12-13-16-17-14-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-4-4-3-9-11-15-13-11-16-17-17-18-18-22}-50-50-17-19-22-27-20-25-46-57-x [10 weeks {39 total}]

A proper epic of a song which was the biggest rock/metal entry in last year's chart.

#93 Flawed Mangoes - Surreal

 74-96-x-59-54-3-2-2-3-6-7-12-... [11+ weeks]

Another rock-adjacent track now and one of my more recent BJSC entries. An outstanding instrumental riff in particular which the vocal almost matches the intensity of.

#92 Klangphonics - You and Me (We Owned It) (feat. Anna Metko) [EOY #23, 2024]

 {4-4-5-10-7-12-11-8-7-10-12-5-5-6-7-11-12-26-45-52}-89-89-44-50-51-63-67-88-24-25-36-48-57-79-99-x [15 weeks {35 total}]

The big breakthrough electronica act of 2024 so we have a few repeats from them this year, starting off with the first song I discovered off them.

#91 Klangphonics - In Between (Memories and Dreams) (feat. Lucie) [EOY #36, 2024]

 {46-17-8-12-10-15-17-19-17-12-14-8-7-9-14-18-26-39-68-83}-98-98-66-69-68-87-97-x-31-31-51-55-68-86-x [13 weeks {33 total}]

...and here they are again!

#90 Anamē - Cloudwalking

 23-22-15-18-36-61-79-53-55-59-69-x [11 weeks]

Lush instrumental piece which commences their album that I rated second-favourite of the year.

#89 Josh Baker and Omar+ - Back It Up

 88-97-66-43-50-70-75-81-86-76-58-63-50-58-61-71-x [16 weeks]

Fun commercial house bop that was threatening to be a proper hit but never quite happened.

#88 Ghost Cop - A Shot in the Dark

 1-1-5-5-5-10-11-11-9-12-15-... [11+ weeks]

Amazing synthwave tune from a couple of years back that eventually made its way onto my YT algorithm, making the most of a 6 minute runtime. Another BJSC entry for me too - I'll be keen to check more of this duo out when I get a moment.

#87 Pawsa and The Adventures Of Stevie V - Dirty Cash (Money Talks)

 {50-57-77-65}-76-76-25-25-6-6-6-16-27-38-74-89-x [12 weeks {16 total}]

An actual chart hit now this one a perfectly serviceable update to the early 90s dance hit.

#86 Aaron Hibell and Dan Heath - Odyssey

 46-47-60-65-66-57-66-56-42-66-83-87-x [12 weeks]

Lovely cinematic instrumental piece, which of course Hibell did eventually remix into one of his more typical techno songs that also helped it up here.

I remember John O'Callaghan - Find Yourself was great!

'12 to 12' easily the best Sombr track for me, good indie disco, hope he comes back with that style of track! His other hits are a bit dreary.

'Shake It To The Max' is good fun!

The John Summit remix of 'Silence' was quite good too.

The PAWSA 'Dirty Cash' update was good too.

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#85 Hi-Lo [Oliver Heldens] and Tai Woffiden - The Orange Theme

 30-5-5-3-4-8-9-12-28-40-45-60-89-x [13 weeks]

A modern remake of the 90s trance classic with more of a thump to it.

#84 Sam Barber - Indigo (feat. Avery Anna)

 30-35-33-30-19-33-44-56-66-83-90-x [11 weeks]

A rare indie-leaning country hit now, and one of the more interesting songs that hit the UK top 40 in the year being a well written and sung duet.

#83 Argo - Korku

 5-3-3-5-13-24-22-26-31-33-30-28-46-48-... [14+ weeks]

One of those obscure BJSC finds that there'd have been little chance of me discovering elsewhere - being a Turkish rock song. Although as it turns out it may or may not be the first AI generated entry to ever make this list as some their follow-up singles sound rather sus and they've no online presence. :(

#82 Manni Dee - Crocodile (feat. Flohio)

 26-32-25-13-15-19-13-13-30-41-43-59-86-x [13 weeks]

Back to people we can verify are real now, here's a random rap/electronica crossover that made an impression on one of my regular song contest entry searches.

#81 Lane 8 - The Deep (feat. Art School Girlfriend) [EOY #124, 2024]

{9-6-7-13-22-28-46-60-76-84-99-86}-62-62-24-26-16-22-37-67-91-x [9 weeks {21 total}]

Standout piece from the latest Lane 8 album now which was a bit more of the same for him but this has a fair bit going for it

#80 Cristoph - Paradise (feat. Jem Cooke)

 23-12-15-16-27-28-33-45-63-90-99-x [11 weeks]

Cristoph & Jem Cooke are a familiar pair at this point and they indeed work well again for one of the producer's more commercial-friendly productions of recent.

#79 Levi.Sct - Asturias

20-18-14-11-19-28-38-35-38-65-43-58-71-x [13 weeks]

Originally a piece by 19th Century composer Albeniz, it is the first entry here for German pianist Levi.Sct who plays to electronic and hip-hop beats.

#78 Sleep Token - Emergence

5-3-4-5-7-7-14-15-19-66-95-x [11 weeks]

I had heard of this band before as my brother was a fan but it was this song that made me really take notice being quite the epic of a 6 minute track with a fair bit of variation. More along the lines of this for the next album hopefully..

#77 Chappell Roan - The Subway

 45-54-48-70-75-72-61-55-71-66-82-72-66-95-95-x-95-97-x [17 weeks]

This ended up being my second-favourite Chappell hit since her big mainstream breakthrough, quite an inspired single choice and progression from her previous hits which I'd be happy to see more of.

#76 LR Uplift and Julia Violin - Atlantis

 19-24-14-16-10-12-18-18-29-46-63-58-61-82-73-98-91-84-x [18 weeks]

A beautiful and big uplifting trance instrumental piece now, can't go wrong with a violin solo as the centrepiece.

🔥 The Hottest 200 | #75-100 RECAP 🔥

100 Lola Young - Messy | 297,000

99 Nora En Pure - Memories | 303,500

98 Amelie Lens - Falling For You | 304,400

97 Delerium - Silence (John Summit Remix) (feat. Sarah McLachlan) | 305,500

96 L.O.E - After All Is Said & Done (feat. Alan Watts) | 305,700

95 Celeste - Everyday | 306,300

94 Nightwish - Perfume of the Timeless | 307,700

93 Flawed Mangoes - Surreal | 309,300

92 Klangphonics - You and Me (We Owned It) (feat. Anna Metko) | 310,600

91 Klangphonics - In Between (Memories and Dreams) (feat. Lucie) | 310,800

90 Anamē - Cloudwalking | 312,100

89 Josh Baker and Omar+ - Back It Up | 312,300

88 Ghost Cop - A Shot in the Dark | 312,600

87 Pawsa and The Adventures Of Stevie V - Dirty Cash (Money Talks) | 314,800

86 Aaron Hibell and Dan Heath - Odyssey | 317,100

85 Hi-Lo [Oliver Heldens] and Tai Woffiden - The Orange Theme | 317,500

84 Sam Barber - Indigo (feat. Avery Anna) | 319,200

83 Argo - Korku | 319,700

82 Manni Dee - Crocodile (feat. Flohio) | 319,800

81 Lane 8 - The Deep (feat. Art School Girlfriend) | 320,200

80 Cristoph - Paradise (feat. Jem Cooke) | 326,000

79 Levi.Sct - Asturias | 335,500

78 Sleep Token - Emergence | 337,100

77 Chappell Roan - The Subway | 339,800

76 LR Uplift and Julia Violin - Atlantis | 340,200