7 hours ago, Popchartfreak said:

Love the Kiezsa track, and the video, it reminded me of very early Madonna in attitude and dress but with a 90's vibe. Not heard it in ages but ti stands up as one of the best records of the year, top 10 for sure in this list. Also loved the photo and memory lane stuff, so sweet it was a first date! Awww! Talking about those Tower Of London ceramics, I also went to see them around that time and saw the Pet Shop Boys in the moat at the TOL. Not drowning! Another one of their unusual picks to play live - in this case as an event it didn't work audio-wise, and those nearer the back got more of a view of the walls than the stage, but hey ho, memorable!

I Got U is also a good track, and I like the video too. My Love Is Your Love is also one of Whitney's career highlights so that doesn't hurt either. I dont remember where I charted this - a quick confirmation Kiesza was a big long-running top 4, and Duke Dumont number 6, and a lear top 20, bordering on top 10 in the rundown here.

Great rundown Jester and thanks for the reviews and hard work, it's not easy covering that many tracks! Well done! 🤩

Thanks for your comments John, I’ve enjoyed reading your take on the music 😁

9 hours ago, gooddelta said:

I Got U is wonderful, a fantastic No.1, so uplifting, and I love the steel pans, the first big tropical house hit?

There's a bit of a musical connection I think with it being a cover of a Whitney song, to 'Take Me To The Clouds Above' by LMC in 2004.

And yes it was kind of the start of the tropical house trend with 'I Got U'.

Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better would be the next one in March 2015.

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by TheSnake

Excellent number 1 and one that would be the same for me *. I wasn't huge on Need U (100%), it just lacked that oomph, but this was much better, the sample works really well and the steel drums bring so much joy to it, it was a real pick-me-up on those dark winter nights when it came out.

Love Hideaway too, very quirky and alternative type of dance which you'd never expect to be a hit, a lot of these types of dance definitely benefitted from the low sales environment before streaming was brought in, but it really gave us some excellent number 1s.

Thanks for this Jester, been great to follow! This would be my own top 10:

01; Duke Dumont feat. Jax Jones - I Got U

02; Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer In C

03; Sigma - Nobody to Love

04; Kiesza - Hideaway

05; Ella Henderson - Ghost

06; Route 94 feat. Jess Glynne - My Love

07; Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

08; Calvin Harris - Summer

09; Nico & Vinz - Am I Wrong

10; Mr Probz - Waves

This is definitely the last year I have fond nostalgia for the charts before streaming was added, but there are still some interesting turns in the coming years.

7 minutes ago, Chez Wombat said:

Excellent number 1 and one that would be the same for me *. I wasn't huge on Need U (100%), it just lacked that oomph, but this was much better, the sample works really well and the steel drums bring so much joy to it, it was a real pick-me-up on those dark winter nights when it came out.

Love Hideaway too, very quirky and alternative type of dance which you'd never expect to be a hit, a lot of these types of dance definitely benefitted from the low sales environment before streaming was brought in, but it really gave us some excellent number 1s.

Thanks for this Jester, been great to follow! This would be my own top 10:

01; Duke Dumont feat. Jax Jones - I Got U

02; Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer In C

03; Sigma - Nobody to Love

04; Kiesza - Hideaway

05; Ella Henderson - Ghost

06; Route 94 feat. Jess Glynne - My Love

07; Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

08; Calvin Harris - Summer

09; Nico & Vinz - Am I Wrong

10; Mr Probz - Waves

This is definitely the last year I have fond nostalgia for the charts before streaming was added, but there are still some interesting turns in the coming years.

Oooh glad you share the same number 1 as me! I thought the sales were generally impressive, many of the dance songs were near or over 100k at the top, things would only go down from there generally.

Thanks for the comments throughout 😁😁

Excellent top two and the same number one as me, I was almost right with my guesses too! I put Need U very high in the 2013 rate but I agree I Got U is even better, and that’s an all round fantastic year for dance music.

Here’s my ranking

1. I Got U (feat. Jax Jones) – Duke Dumont

2. Nobody To Love – Sigma

3. Ghost – Ella Henderson

4. Gecko (Overdrive)– Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill

5. Am I Wrong – Nico & Vinz

6. Prayer in C (Robin Schulz Remix) – Robin Schulz & LILLYWOOD

7. Changing (feat. Paloma Faith) – Sigma

8. Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne) – Clean Bandit

9. Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars) – Mark Ronson

10. Timber – Pitbull & Kesha

11. Sing – Ed Sheeran

12. Waves – Mr. Probz

13. Hideaway – Kiesza

14. She Looks So Perfect – 5 Seconds of Summer

15. Summer – Calvin Harris

16. Bang Bang – Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj

17. My Love (feat. Jess Glynne) – Route 94

18. Happy – Pharrell Williams

19. Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea) – Ariana Grande

20. Tsunami (Jump) [feat. Tinie Tempah] – Borgeous & DVBBS

21. Lovers on the Sun (feat. Sam Martin) – David Guetta

22. Blame (feat. John Newman) – Calvin Harris

23. I Wanna Feel – Secondcity

24. The Man – Aloe Blacc

25. These Days – Take That

26. I Will Never Let You Down – Rita Ora

27. Me and My Broken Heart – Rixton

28. I Don't Care – Cheryl

29. Stay With Me – Sam Smith

30. All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor

31. Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran

32. Crazy Stupid Love (feat. Tinie Tempah) – Cheryl

33. Rude – MAGIC!

34. Money On My Mind – Sam Smith

35. Birthday (feat. Cody Wise) – will.i.am

36. Something I Need – Ben Haenow

37. Do They Know It's Christmas? – Band Aid 30

38. Wake Me Up – Gareth Malone's All Star Choir

Brilliant work Jester, I really enjoyed following along and especially reading your excellent engaging commentaries. Thanks so much!

I was hoping Kiesza might be #1 out of your top 3 - 'Hideaway' is great, but they're all good dance songs. 'Rather Be' survived its long chart run - although my favourite of their chart toppers will come in 2016. Tropical house would oversaturate somewhat a few years later, but the steel drums sounded good on 'I Got U' and it holds up as a whole.

My own top 10 would be quite different, but with half the songs in common including the same #7, and two more of yours just outside:

1. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud

2. Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer in C (Remix)

3. Mr Probz - Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)

4. Pharrell Williams - Happy

5. Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

6. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

7. Sigma - Nobody to Love

8. Kiesza - Hideaway

9. Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down

10. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

(11. Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne - My Love)

(12. Duke Dumont ft. Jax Jones - I Got U)

Great countdown through so many songs, thanks Jester!

And for Kiesza I preferred 'Giant In My Heart' as the 'drop' of the song that it builds up to is more interesting.

Edited 7 hours ago7 hr by TheSnake

A great countdown @Jester, thank you for doing it.

My Top 10 would be:

1. Ella Henderson - Ghost

2. Sigma ft. Paloma Faith - Changing

3. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

4. Pitbull ft. Kesha – Timber

5. Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

6. Calvin Harris ft. John Newman - Blame

7. Sam Smith - Stay With Me

8. Rixton - Me and My Broken Heart

9. Magic! - Rude

10. Take That - These Days