Tuesday at 17:434 days Author Thanks Sergej, those are all great choices!30 Showbiz - Hayley Williams [02 - 02 - 01 - 01 - 02 - 04 - 04 - 04 - 04 - 08 - 11...]The final song to be released from Hayley's iconic 20-single album, and the only one to go #1! That actually feels so wrong because I love the whole album so much. 'Showbiz', like the other 2 tracks belatedly added to the album's tracklist, is much more explicitly about what seems to be the end of a relationship and not being quite sure how to process that. I think the production is so interesting, especially the vocal effects, which is something it's been especially interesting to see Hayley experimenting more with on this whole project.Hayley Williams' EOY history:2020 02 Simmer2020 16 Over Yet2020 17 Sugar On The Rim2020 21 Dead Horse2020 50 Pure Love2020 54 Leave It Alone2020 63 Taken2020 70 Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris2020 71 Watch Me While I Bloom2020 83 Crystal Clear2021 27 My Limb2021 29 Inordinary2021 72 Colour Me In2021 93 Over Those Hills2021 95 First Thing To Go2025 30 Showbiz2025 93 Discovery Channel29 Pussy Palace - Lily Allen [01 - 02 - 02 - 04 - 06 - 08 - 07 - 12 - 15 - 25 - 36...]The Lily Allenaissance this year has been so thoroughly deserved and I love that she managed it with something so deeply personal. Like, can any of us really relate to visiting your second home and finding out that your husband is not in fact using it to practice martial arts? But nonetheless, everyone becoming so firmly team Lily is so valid and it was great to see her back in the top ten after so long!Lily Allen's EOY history:2025 29 Pussy Palace2025 81 Ruminating28 Illegal - PinkPantheress [21 - 23 - 02 - 06 - 05 - 07 - 07 - 13 - 15 - 19 - 23 - 25 - 33 - 34 - 36 - 37 - 37]The first two weeks of this song's chart run are genuinely criminal (/illegal x), what was I thinking? Luckily I soon realised it's a banger and corrected that, and while Stateside (the original!) has overtaken it in my estimations now, I do think this is one of Pink's best.PinkPantheress' EOY history:2021 21 Just for me2023 14 Angel2023 45 Boy’s a liar2025 28 Illegal2025 47 Tonight27 FUFN (f*** You For Now) - JADE [03 - 01 - 04 - 04 - 05 - 08 - 12 - 12 - 17 - 20 - 27 - 34]None of the singles from JADE's album disappointed, including this one. It's a great cold-hearted piece of electro-pop, slightly more on the Ava Max side than the all-to-the-wall Angel Of My Dreams but still pop perfection!JADE's EOY history:2024 28 Angel Of My Dreams2025 27 FUFN (f*** You For Now)2025 42 Backbone2025 55 gossip (with Confidence Man)2025 89 Plastic Box 26 True Believer - Hayley Williams [02 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 08 - 09 - 12 - 16 - 21 - 22 - 27 - 31 - 37 - 38 - 38 - 38 - 38]'True Believer' is such an insightful song, covering gentrification, enshittification, gun violence, racism, and religious corruption in less than four minutes. I'm glad this one got a good deal of attention on release via TikTok, because the lyrics are really brave for an artist with a decent amount of profile - the section after 'the south will not rise again' especially always gives me chills. Hayley Williams' EOY history:2020 02 Simmer2020 16 Over Yet2020 17 Sugar On The Rim2020 21 Dead Horse2020 50 Pure Love2020 54 Leave It Alone2020 63 Taken2020 70 Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris2020 71 Watch Me While I Bloom2020 83 Crystal Clear2021 27 My Limb2021 29 Inordinary2021 72 Colour Me In2021 93 Over Those Hills2021 95 First Thing To Go2025 26 True Believer2025 30 Showbiz2025 93 Discovery Channel
Thursday at 20:522 days Author Thanks Sergej!25 RADIO - Frost Children ft. Kim Petras [01 - 03 - 03 - 05 - 08 - 08 - 10 - 13 - 16 - 21 - 27 - 30 - RE - 33 - 33]'RADIO' is what Frost Children do best - big throwback 2010s EDM pop, and was an instant #1 for me. It's their highest song in my countdown, and I have no doubt they'll appear again in future years as their album 'SISTER' was one of my favourites of 2025!Frost Children's EOY history:2025 25 RADIO (ft. Kim Petras)2025 74 WHAT IS FOREVER FOR2025 78 CONTROL2025 80 FallingKim Petras's EOY history:2025 25 RADIO (with Frost Children)2025 34 I Like Ur Look24 Girl Feels Good - FKA twigs [02 - 03 - 03 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 11 - 15 - 15 - 22 - 29 - 31 - 37 - 37 - 37]A lot of 'EUSEXUA' has a Madonna-esque feel to it, and this song could easily pass for a 'Ray of Light' album track. I genuinely cannot understand why Twigs took this song off the deluxe edition, it's an immediate highlight for me!FKA twigs' EOY history:2022 23 darjeeling (ft. Jorja Smith & Unknown T)2022 65 jealousy (ft. Rema)2022 81 papi bones (ft. Shygirl)2025 24 Girl Feels Good2025 82 Got To Feel2025 96 Childlike Things (ft. North West)23 The Boys & The Girls - Babymorocco [06 - 06 - 04 - 04 - 06 - 07 - 11 - 17 - 18 - 24 - 24 - 28 - 29 - 32 - 34]Babymorocco has had a big year with 4 EOY entries, and this is his highest. It's pop in a similar vein to Frost Children, with a real throwback sound. The rap chorus sound easily be cringe but I think Babymorocco's persona makes it work really well and fit the 2000s/2010s era he's referencing.Babymorocco's EOY history:2025 23 The Boys & The Girls2025 40 Jean Paul2025 59 Really Hot2025 99 Redeye22 Outbound - After [01 - 02 - 03 - 05 - 06 - 08 - 11 - 12 - 21 - 24 - 27 - 31 - 34 - 31 - RE - 36 - 36 - 40]After are one of my favourite discoveries of the year, they make such great 00s-influenced pop. 'Outbound' is slightly less electronic and more acoustic than their earlier songs, but it's a gorgeous song that would sound great in a coming-of-age movie.After's EOY history:2025 22 Outbound21 Mirtazapine - Hayley Williams [06 - 08 - 02 - 02 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 13 - 16 - 19 - 25 - 29 - 33 - 36 - 36 - 37 - 37]One of the rockier tracks on Hayley's album, 'Mirtazapine' is an ode to an antidepressant drug. Like the rest of the album, it's very open and personal, and I love the heavier, intenser sound than what's found across most of the record.Hayley Williams' EOY history:2020 02 Simmer2020 16 Over Yet2020 17 Sugar On The Rim2020 21 Dead Horse2020 50 Pure Love2020 54 Leave It Alone2020 63 Taken2020 70 Roses/Lotus/Violet/Iris2020 71 Watch Me While I Bloom2020 83 Crystal Clear2021 27 My Limb2021 29 Inordinary2021 72 Colour Me In2021 93 Over Those Hills2021 95 First Thing To Go2025 21 Mirtazapine2025 26 True Believer2025 30 Showbiz2025 93 Discovery Channel
Friday at 22:411 day Author 20 Shapeshifter - Lorde [08 - 03 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 08 - 12 - 16 - 22 - 24 - 28 - 33 - 35 - 35 - 38 - 38]'Shapeshifter' was one of the album tracks from Virgin that really hooked me on first listen. I'd describe it as the equivalent of Supercut, with the lyrics quite literally shapeshifting between the different roles Lorde describes herself playing.Lorde's EOY history:2021 24 Solar Power2021 34 Mood Ring2024 02 Girl, so confusing (with Charli XCX)2025 20 Shapeshifter2025 49 Broken Glass2025 91 David19 Playing Classics - Water From Your Eyes [02 - 01 - 03 - 04 - 06 - 08 - 10 - 10 - 12 - 18 - 25 - 36 - 39 - 40 - 23 - 24 - 34]A BJSC discovery now, the highest BJSC-related song in this countdown except one of my own entries which is coming up soon! The band have said they were trying to write a Charli XCX song when they wrote this, and while I don't quite hear the similarities it does make sense that I'd gravitate to it if that was their intention! I really love the deadpan vocal delivery and the strange piano instrumentation.Water From Your Eyes' EOY history:2025 19 Playing Classics18 Stateside - PinkPantheress [04 - 02 - 02 - 02 - 03 - 07 - 07 - 09 - 13 - 24 - 30 - 34 - 35 - 33 - 38]I hardly need to introduce this song anymore considering what a smash it's gone on to become! I honestly don't listen to the Zara remix that much, although I love how much of a moment it's become and the music video builds on each artist's hype so well. For me it's all about The Dare's production on the solo version, but overall it's just great to see PinkPantheress getting another hit and reclaiming that overly British-ised (?) aesthetic.PinkPantheress' EOY history:2021 21 Just for me2023 14 Angel2023 45 Boy’s a liar2025 18 Stateside2025 28 Illegal2025 47 Tonight17 First - Rose Gray [07 - 06 - 05 - 05 - 07 - 07 - 08 - 14 - 18 - 18 - 25 - 31 - 26 - 33 - 28 - 28 - 40 - 39 - 40 - 40 - 40 - 40]Rose has had an incredible year and it's been so rewarding to see her finally getting her flowers (although not enough of them!). 'First' became a fast fave of mine as one of the most high-energy songs on 'Louder, Please', with lyrics about competitiveness in a relationship. The 'da-da-da-da' chorus kind of reminds me of 'My Favourite Game' by the Cardigans if that makes sense?Rose Gray's EOY history:2020 44 Same Cloud2021 66 Easy2021 70 Nothing Can Stop Us2022 32 Prettier Than You2022 38 Cupid2022 75 Promise Me2023 10 Ecstasy2023 59 Sun Comes Up2023 96 Promise Me2024 47 Angel Of Satisfaction2025 17 First2025 52 Lotus2025 57 Everything Changes (But I Won't) (ft. Shygirl & Casey MQ)2025 61 April2025 79 I Don't Speak French16 Headphones On - Addison Rae [01- 02 - 03 - 04 - 04 - 06 - 11 - 13 - 15 - 17 - 27 - 32 - 36 - 37 - 36 - 40 - 40 - 40 - 40 - 40 - 40 - 40 - 40 - 40 - 40 - 40 - 40]Typing out that chart run is actually sending me why did I give this song TWELVE WEEKS at #40 😭😭 justified though because it's a stunning song, with Addison really getting into her trip-hop bag for the first time and setting up the main sound of her album. The music video is stunning too - and who knew the supermarket Iceland actually exists in Iceland?Addison Rae's EOY history:2024 84 Aquamarine2025 16 Headphones On2025 75 Aquamarine
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