During the next month or so, I'll be counting down my Top 40 songs of 2024.

 

I have this points system e.g.

 

40- #1

36- #2

32- #3

28- #4

24- #5

20- #6

16- #7

12- #8

8- #9

4- #10

 

Enjoy the countdown.

Missing Out On The Top 40:

92PTS:

blink-182- All The Small Things

Michael Jackson- Human Nature

Kelly Clarkson- Underneath The Tree

88PTS:

Gotye ft Kimbra- Somebody That I Used To Know

84PTS:

Taylor Swift- Elizabeth Taylor

80PTS:

Tate McRae- Just Keep Watching

The Pogues ft Kirsty MacColl- Fairytale of New York

76PTS:

Wham!- Last Christmas

72PTS:

Nickelback- How You Remind Me

68PTS:

Doechii- DENIAL IS A RIVER

64PTS:

Tyler, The Creator ft Lola Young- Like Him

60PTS:

Eminem- Survival

Nickelback- Rockstar

Jose Feliciano- Feliz Navidad

Greg Lake- I Believe In Father Christmas

56PTS:

Wheatus- Teenage Dirtbag

Radiohead- Let Down

52PTS:

J-Kwon- Tipsy

Lil Tecca- Dark Thoughts

Lord Huron- The Night We Met

The Wurzels- I Am A Cider Drinker

David Essex- Hold Me Close

Drake- Started From The Bottom

Soft Cell- Tainted Love

48PTS:

Lola Young- messy

Kendrick Lamar ft lefty gunplay- tv off

Sabrina Carpenter- Espresso

Fleetwood Mac- Dreams

Supertramp- Breakfast In America

Rihanna- Shut Up And Drive

Shakin' Stevens- Merry Christmas Everyone

44PTS:

Chris Rea- Driving Home For Christmas

40PTS:

Coldplay- Yellow

Chappell Roan- Pink Pony Club

Chappell Roan- Good Luck, Babe!

Doja Cat- Jealous Type

The Weeknd ft Justice- Wake Me Up

Sabrina Carpenter- House Tour

36PTS:

Billie Eilish- WILDFLOWER

Hozier- Too Sweet

Tate McRae- Revolving Door

Steve Harley & The Cockney Rebel- Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)

Kings of Leon- Sex On Fire

The Kooks- Naïve

Black Sabbath- Paranoid

Lily Allen- P***y Palace

Dean Martin- Let It Snow!, Let It Snow!, Let It Snow!

32PTS:

Chappell Roan- HOT TO GO!

LISA ft Doja Cat & RAYE- Born Again

Sabrina Carpenter- Busy Woman

Lady Gaga- Abracadabra

Lorde- What Was That

Drake- What Did I Miss?

Fred again....., Skepta & PlaqueBoyMax- Victory Lap

Skye Newman- Family Affairs

Radiohead- Creep

28PTS:

Kendrick Lamar, SZA- luther

Chrystal, NOTION- The Days (NOTION REMIX)

Playboi Carti- EVIL J0RDAN

WizThe Mc & bees & honey- Shew Me Love

Ariana Grande- twilight zone

OneRepublic- Stop And Satar

KAJ- Bara Bada Bastu

Gym Class Heroes ft Patrick Strump- Cupid's Chokehold/Breakfast In America

Ariana Grande- we can't be friends (wait for your love)

Chicane ft Bryan Adams- Don't Give Up

Rob Thomas- Lonely No More

Kelly Clarkson- Behind These Hazel Eyes

The Pogues & The Dubliners- The Irish Rover

Ariana Grande- Santa Tell Me

24PTS:

Doechii- Anxiety

Maroon 5 ft LISA- Priceless

Lil Wayne ft Static Major- Lollipop

RAYE, 070 SHAKE- Escapism.

Oxide & Neutrino- Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)

Dave ft James Blake- History

20PTS:

Sabrina Carpenter- Bed Chem

Sabrina Carpenter- Taste

Nora Fetchi & Jason Derulo- Snake

Nickelback- Photograph

Ginuwine- Pony

Paul McCartney- Wonderful Christmastime

16PTS:

Coldplay- Viva La Vida

Maroon 5 ft Wiz Khalifa- Payphone

Natasha Bedingfield- Unwritten

Chris Brown ft T-Pain- Kiss Kiss

The Cranberries- Dreams

Olivia Dean- Nice To Each Other

Gorillaz ft Shaun Ryder- DARE

Kirsty MacColl- Days

12PTS:

Johnny Tilotson- Poetry In Motion

Scooter- The Logical Song

Sabrina Carpenter- Manchild

The Weeknd- Blinding Lights

Justin Bieber- Mistletoe

8PTS:

Louane- Maman

HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & K-Pop Demon Hunters Cast- Golden

Eminem ft Nate Dogg- Shake That

Sabrina Carpenter- Go-Go Juice

Ariana Grande- One Last Time

Elton John- Step Into Christmas

4PTS:

Sleepy Hallow ft Doechii- Anxiety

Snoop Dogg ft Pharrell Williams- Drop It Like It's Hot

The Police- Every Breath You Take

Ozzy Osbourne- Crazy Train

Stereophonics- Dakota

Post Malone ft Travis Scott & Ozzy Osbourne- Take What You Want

Andy Williams- It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

40TH=

UNITING NATIONS- OUT OF TOUCH

96PTS

Uniting Nations

40 2025- Out of Touch

BLACK EYED PEAS- ROCK THAT BODY

96PTS

Black Eyed Peas

15 2010- The Time (Dirty Bit)

22 2011- Just Can't Get Enough

40 2025- Rock That Body

39TH-

OASIS- ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR

96PTS

Oasis

36 2024- Rock 'n Roll Star

37 2024- Wonderwall

40 2024- Don't Look Back In Anger

39 2025- Rock 'n' Roll Star

38TH-

RAYE- WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

104PTS

RAYE

08 2017- You Don't Know Me (Jax Jones ft RAYE)

15 2020- Secrets (Regard & RAYE)

16 2021- Bed (Joel Corry x RAYE x David Guetta)

08 2023- Escapism. with 070 Shake

38 2025- WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!

37TH-

OASIS- WONDERWALL

104PTS

Oasis

36 2024- Rock 'n' Roll Star

37 2024- Wonderwall

40 2024- Don't Look Back In Anger

37 2025- Wonderwall

39 2025- Rock 'n' Roll Star

36TH-

BILLIE EILISH- BIRDS OF A FEATHER

104PTS

Billie Eilish

35- 2024- Wildflower

36- 2025- BIRDS OF A FEATHER

You always have some interesting retro entries in your EOY! Nice to see a couple of Oasis songs pop up. And also some good Christmas songs missing out - I wonder if any have made it in?

35TH-

CHRIS BROWN- RESIDUALS

108PTS

Chris Brown

07- 2011- Beautiful People ft Benny Benassi

09- 2011- Yeah 3x

15- 2011- Champion (Chipmunk ft Chris Brown)

23- 2012- Don't Wake Me Up

40- 2012- International Love (Pitbull ft Chris Brown)

33- 2015- Do It Again (Pia Mia ft Chris Brown & Tyga)

39- 2015- Five More Hours (Deorro x Chris Brown)

15- 2017- Questions

04- 2018- Freaky Friday (Lil Dicky ft Chris Brown)

09- 2019- No Guidance ft Drake

26- 2019- Undecided

24- 2020- Go Crazy with Young Thug

01- 2022- Under The Influence

09- 2023- Play No Games (Big Sean ft Chris Brown & Ty Dolla $ign)

18- 2023- Under The Influence

31- 2023- Pot of Gold (The Game ft Chris Brown)

40- 2023- Summer Too Hot

12- 2024- Angel Numbers/Ten Toes

18- 2024- Beg Forgiveness (Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign ft Chris Brown)

35- 2025- Residuals

34TH-

LIAM PAYNE FT QUAVO- STRIP THAT DOWN

108PTS

Liam Payne

05- 2017- Strip That Down ft Quavo

29- 2024- Strip That Down ft Quavo

34- 2025- Strip That Down ft Quavo

Quavo

01- 2017- I'm The One (DJ Khaled ft Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne)

05- 2017- Strip That Down (Liam Payne ft Quavo)

40- 2017- Know No Better (Major Lazer ft Travis Scott, Camilla Cabello & Quavo)

13- 2018- No Brainer (DJ Khaled ft Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper & Quavo)

29- 2024- Strip That Down (Liam Payne ft Quavo)

34- 2025- Strip That Down (Liam Payne ft Quavo)

33RD-

KENDRICK LAMAR & SZA- ALL THE STARS

112PTS

Kendrick Lamar

25- 2015- Bad Blood (Taylor Swift ft Kendrick Lamar)

26- 2016- Don't Wanna Know (Maroon 5 ft Kendrick Lamar)

40- 2016- The Greatest (Sia ft Kendrick Lamar)

33- 2017- HUMBLE.

30- 2018- Pray For Me (The Weeknd ft Kendrick Lamar)

35- 2018- All The Stars with SZA

33- 2025- All The Stars with SZA

SZA

35- 2018- All The Stars (Kendrick Lamar & SZA)

04- 2021- Kiss Me More (Doja Cat ft SZA)

25- 2021- Good Days

30- 2023- Kill Bill

17- 2024- Rich Baby Daddy (Drake, Sexyyy Red, SZA)

33- 2025- All The Stars (Kendrick Lamar & SZA)

Hi there Mack!

Like seeing "Rock That Body", "Where Is My Husband!", "Wonderwall", "Birds Of A Feather", "Strip That Down" and "All The Stars" on here!

32ND-

WHAM!- FREEDOM

116PTS

Wham!

30- 2017- Last Christmas

36- 2021- Last Christmas

35- 2023- Freedom

37- 2023- Last Christmas

32- 2025- Freedom

At #32, it is Wham! with what appears to their bi-annually return to an End of Year Top 40 with 'Freedom'. This for me, is an song that I just couldn't really tire from Wham!.

31ST-

ONE DIRECTION- STEAL MY GIRL

116PTS

One Direction

22- 2012- Little Things

07- 2014- Steal My Girl

20- 2016- History

16- 2024- Steal My Girl

31- 2025- Steal My Girl

At #31, it is an appearance from One Direction with their 2014 hit 'Steal My Girl', this was an song that I played quite heavily in the early part of the year, having rediscovered this due to the sad passing of Liam Payne back in 2024. It's an song that I couldn't tire from them.

30TH-

THE GOO GOO DOLLS- IRIS

120PTS

The Goo Goo Dolls

24- 2024- Iris

30- 2025- Iris

29TH-

PHARRELL FT JAY-Z- FRONTIN'

128PTS

Pharrell

02- 2013- Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke ft T.I & Pharrell)

03- 2013- Get Lucky (Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams)

01- 2014- Happy

07- 2017- Feels (Calvin Harris ft Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean)

25- 2022- Stay With Me (Calvin Harris ft Justin Timberlake, Halsey & Pharrell Williams)

29- 2025- Frontin' ft Jay-Z

Jay-Z

29- 2025- Frontin'

28TH-

JUSTIN BIEBER- YUKON

132PTS

Justin Bieber

02- 2015- What Do You Mean?

06- 2015- Sorry

40- 2015- Love Yourself

10- 2016- Love Yourself

13- 2016- Cold Water (Major Lazer ft Justin Bieber & MO)

15- 2016- Let Me Love You (DJ Snake ft Justin Bieber)

32- 2016- Sorry

01- 2017- I'm The One (DJ Khaled ft Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne)

02- 2017- Despacito (Remix) [Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee ft Justin Bieber]

10- 2017- Friends with BloodPop

12- 2017- 2U (David Guetta ft Justin Bieber)

13- 2018- No Brainer (DJ Khaled ft Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper & Quavo)

36- 2020- Yummy

08- 2021- Stay (The Kid LAROI with Justin Bieber)

20- 2021- Anyone

32- 2022- Somebody To Love (Remix) ft Usher

28- 2025- YUKON

27TH-

RIHANNA- BREAKIN' DISHES

136PTS

Rihanna

01- 2010- Love The Way You Lie (Eminem ft Rihanna)

03- 2010- Only Girl (In The World)

07- 2010- Rude Boy

22- 2010- What's My Name? ft Drake

02- 2011- We Found Love ft Calvin Harris

13- 2011- S&M

34- 2011- Take Care (Drake ft Rihanna)

36- 2011- Fly (Nicki MInaj ft Rihanna)

06- 2012- Diamonds

18- 2012- Where Have You Been

19- 2012- Princess of China (Coldplay & Rihanna)

07- 2013- Stay ft Mikky Ekko

24- 2013- The Monster (Eminem ft Rihanna)

04- 2015- FourFiveSeconds with Kanye West & Paul McCartney

07- 2016- This Is What You Came For (Calvin Harris ft Rihanna)

17- 2016- Work ft Drake

25- 2016- Too Good (Drake ft Rihanna)

17- 2017- Wild Thoughts (DJ Khaled ft Rihanna & Bryson Tiller)

16- 2022- Don't Stop The Music

35- 2022- Lift Me Up

27- 2025- Breakin' Dishes

26TH-

MK FT CHRYSTAL- DIOR

136PTS

MK

26- 2025- Dior ft Chrystal

Chrystal

26- 2025- Dior (MK ft Chrystal)

At #26, in this countdown it an first time in this countdown for MK and Chrystal with their collaboration 'Dior'. This was an enjoyable summer track to listen to from them and one that I couldn't tire of.

25TH-

AMERIE- GOTTA WORK

136PTS

Amerie

25- 2025- Gotta Work

At #25, it is an unlikely appearance from Amerie with her 2007 UK #21 hit 'Gotta Work', This song I remember very well particularly for it featuring in an 2007 ITV F1 end of season montage:

This is an motivational song for me just this year I listened to this quite a bit. I very much it prefer it to '1 Thing'.