July 14Jul 14 Some forgotten Buzzjack lore is that I predicted that We Found Love would get a rushed earlier release to coincide with Moves Like Jagger’s best shot at no.1 repeating Rihanna blocking Maroon 5 in 2007.
July 14Jul 14 Fantastic topper. 'We Found Love' was an omnipresent dance hit, and it feels strange to think of it as Calvin's big global breakthrough as he'd had considerable success in the UK with his earlier singles, but both he and Rihanna had UK #1s before and since that I prefer. However 'Someone Like You' is one of my favourite songs of the decade. The Brits performance is electric, you can feel it in the atmosphere and there's real emotion in Adele's voice - at the time I'd do most of my chart listening from the MTV Top 40 shows when they would play the video from that, so I rarely got to hear the studio version while it was at #1, and when I did, those high notes on the chorus were almost a jumpscare. However I soon became accustomed and downloaded that version, and even with the studio polish, Adele's vocals and lyrics landed in the gut with every listen, but the piano is like a warm hug to help accept that sometimes things last and sometimes they don't. At the time it was a rare case of my favourite song of the year being the best seller - although there'd be a few more that came close in future years, before it happened again at the end of the decade.Thanks Paddington for the countdown and your commentaries!
July 15Jul 15 'We Found Love' took a couple of years to hit me, but it did when I heard it on a night out. 'Someone Like You' is if course wonderful, and what a performance to catapult it into the stratosphere!
July 23Jul 23 Here's my ranking:2011-1. Adele- Someone Like You2. Rihanna ft Calvin Harris- We Found Love3. Rihanna ft Drake- What's My Name?4. JLS ft Dev- She Makes Me Wanna5. Pitbull ft Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer- Give Me Everything6. Bruno Mars- The Lazy Song7. Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull- On The Floor8. Wretch 32 ft Josh Kumra- Don't Go9. Nicole Scherzinger- Don't Hold Your Breath10. Example- Changed The Way You Kiss Me11. DJ Fresh ft Sian Evans- Louder12. Flo Rida- Good Feeling13. Bruno Mars- Grenade14. Olly Murs- Dance With Me Tonight15. Professor Green ft Emeli Sande- Read All About It16. Jessie J ft B.O.B- Price Tag17. Example- Stay Awake18. Olly Murs ft Rizzle Kicks- Heart Skips A Beat19. One Direction- What Makes You Beautiful20. Dappy- No Regrets21. The WANTED- Glad You Came22. LMFAO ft Lauren Bennett & GoonRock- Party Rock Anthem23. Nero- Promises24. Little Mix- Cannonball25. Jason Derulo- Don't Wanna Go Home26. Saka Noel- Loca People27. Military Wives ft Gareth Malone- Wherever You Are28. Ke$ha- We R Who We R29. Pixie Lott- All About Tonight30. The X Factor Finalists 2011 ft JLS & One Direction- Wishing on a Star31. Cher Lloyd- Swagger Jagger
August 18Aug 18 Belatedly my ranking:1 Price Tag (feat. B.o.B) — Jessie J2 What's My Name? (feat. Drake) — Rihanna3 Promises — Nero4 We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris) — Rihanna5 Someone Like You — Adele6 Louder (feat. Sian Evans) — DJ Fresh7 Give Me Everything (feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer) — Pitbull8 Heart Skips a Beat (feat. Rizzle Kicks) — Olly Murs9 Loca People (What the F**k!) — Sak Noel10 Grenade — Bruno Mars11 On the Floor (feat. Pitbull) — Jennifer Lopez12 Don't Go (feat. Josh Kumra) — Wretch 3213 Don't Hold Your Breath — Nicole Scherzinger14 Changed the Way You Kiss Me — Example15 Party Rock Anthem (feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock) — LMFAO16 Glad You Came — The Wanted17 Stay Awake — Example18 We R Who We R — Kesha19 Wherever You Are — Military Wives, Gareth Malone & London Symphony Orchestra20 What Makes You Beautiful — One Direction21 Dance With Me Tonight — Olly Murs22 All About Tonight — Pixie Lott23 No Regrets — Dappy24 Read All About It (feat. Emeli Sandé) — Professor Green25 The Lazy Song — Bruno Mars26 She Makes Me Wanna (feat. Dev) — JLS27 When We Collide — Matt Cardle28 Swagger Jagger — Cher Lloyd29 Cannonball — Little Mix30 Don't Wanna Go Home — Jason Derulo31 Wishing on a Star - X Factor Finalists
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