I don't think I'd ever heard of this until just now. Sadly it didn't really do much for me at all. ☹️

Not much a fan of this one either, although it was interesting the sheer mix and depth of dance songs and genres able to reach No.1 in 2013 and 2014.

I am sad at the lack of love for this (although expected).

Still, makes me even happier I get to rank 2014 as it gets its deserved top 5 place in my little world. 🥴😤

12 minutes ago, Jester said:

I am sad at the lack of love for this (although expected).

Still, makes me even happier I get to rank 2014 as it gets its deserved top 5 place in my little world. 🥴😤

I remember similar reactions when I put Madison Avenue 4th of the 42 2000 No.1s! I always thought that was popular though but apparently not compared to some of the other chart toppers that year.

I love the beauty of the personal ranks though as they throw up quirks like this.

1 hour ago, gooddelta said:

I remember similar reactions when I put Madison Avenue 4th of the 42 2000 No.1s! I always thought that was popular though but apparently not compared to some of the other chart toppers that year.

I love the beauty of the personal ranks though as they throw up quirks like this.

I'm with you. Don't Call Me Baby is an amazing song. I'm sure it'd most likely be in my top 5 of the 2000 #1's as well.

8 hours ago, gooddelta said:

I remember similar reactions when I put Madison Avenue 4th of the 42 2000 No.1s! I always thought that was popular though but apparently not compared to some of the other chart toppers that year.

I love the beauty of the personal ranks though as they throw up quirks like this.

I don't think I ever did a top 10 for your 2000 thread, as I think I was on holiday at the time. I sit too late to go back and do one?

2 hours ago, Paddington James said:

I don't think I ever did a top 10 for your 2000 thread, as I think I was on holiday at the time. I sit too late to go back and do one?

Go ahead!

I also love Don’t Call Me Baby!

Though no other real love for I Wanna Feel yet 😤😂

4. Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne – My Love

Chart run: 1-2-2-4-4-8-10-17-18-19-29-28-34-36-42-42-40-42-43-47-50-62-58-64-71-64R(5)-72 (27 weeks)

Sales at number 1: 120,770

Year End: 16

Number 2 peaks behind the chart topper: None

The follow up number 1 from Jess Glynne and just 3 weeks between one yet to appear and this crashing in there. Both are her best songs imo (plus the number 2 peaking Real Love) and Jet2 isn’t involved so a win all round.

My Love was the breakthrough single from Route 94, otherwise known as Rowan Tyler Jones (another dance Rowan after the name behind Secondcity. Odd!) who had already produced tracks for various artists like Katy B and Storm Queen. A nice little piece of trivia, Route 94 is named after the US highway which links Chicago (the home of house) to Detroit (the birthplace of techno) – very clever!

This is Jess Glynne’s debut in my rate, but there is more to come and what a start to her career! My Love is a deep house track, I especially love the chiming beats, thudding piano and the start where it sounds like the song is playing in the next room (somewhere I would now like Jess Glynne to stay frankly) and it has a satisfying 90s vibe to it. I really am a sucker for a good house track and this is one of the best things Jess Glynne has been involved with.

My Love was sampled later by rappers Lil Keed and Yo Gotti – further showing what an influential track it is. It was successful across Europe making top 10 in five countries and to me is an essential slice of 2010s dance.

Fantastic track, very understated but such high quality and great vocals.

Another great dance number one from a year stacked with them. I’ve done a list now, and my numbers 13, 8 and number 1 are remaining. But in what order?!

And Don’t Call Me Baby is fantastic btw!

Edited Sunday at 13:322 days by Jaz13music

Just now, Jaz13music said:

Another great dance number one from a year stacked with them. I’ve done a list now, and my numbers 13, 8 and number 1 are remaining. But in what order?!

You could have a guess now we are down to the top 3! I love them all, but it was a clear order for me. I will give a hint, I suspect most people’s number 1 won’t be the same as mine.

7 minutes ago, Jester said:

You could have a guess now we are down to the top 3! I love them all, but it was a clear order for me. I will give a hint, I suspect most people’s number 1 won’t be the same as mine.

In that case I’ll change slightly what I initially thought! I don’t want to give any spoilers for your reveal (in case anyone hasn’t checked what’s left) so I’ll use abbreviations

1 IGU

2 RB

3 H

Anywhere close?

1 minute ago, Jaz13music said:

In that case I’ll change slightly what I initially thought! I don’t want to give any spoilers for your reveal (in case anyone hasn’t checked what’s left) so I’ll use abbreviations

1 IGU

2 RB

3 H

Anywhere close?

Close, but not quite!

I think 'Nobody To Love' is marginally my favourite of the eight remaining after the Robin Schulz remixes dropped out, a great DnB song and I particularly like the piano riff. I was never as keen on 'Changes' but it's not bad.

I actually don't mind 'I Wanna Feel', but it's the sort of thing that could only have made #1 in 2014 - even though the year 2000 had even more #1s, I can't see that something so anonymous would have done quite as well then.

'My Love' is a good deep house song and quick return to #1 for Jess Glynne. There's a deep house #1 in 2015 that I like even more, plus another Jess Glynne #1, though not the one that would be picked up by Jet2!

Not really a fan of My Love at the time it sounded downbeat and I preferred more euphoric dance.

2 minutes ago, jimwatts said:

I actually don't mind 'I Wanna Feel', but it's the sort of thing that could only have made #1 in 2014 - even though the year 2000 had even more #1s, I can't see that something so anonymous would have done quite as well then.

2000 and 2014 were probably the biggest years ever for dance producers in the UK chart.

2011- 2012 was massive for the dance sound too but most of those were dance songs credited to pop/R&B acts.

Edited Sunday at 15:542 days by TheSnake

Jess Glynne was big in in 2014/15. Nothing wrong with "My Love", just find it a bit stagnant in parts. #20 in my final ranking,

02. Sam Smith - Money On My Mind (34)

04. Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass (32)

05. Rixton - Me And My Broken Heart (27)

06. Oliver Heldens x Becky Hill – Gecko (Overdrive) (15)

07. Mr Probz – Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) (09)

08. Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz – Prayer In C (10)

09. Ella Henderson - Ghost (11)

10. Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk (13)

11. David Guetta ft. Sam Martin – Lovers On The Sun (20)

12. Cheryl Cole - I Don't Care (29)

13. Nico & Vinz - Am I Wrong (19)

14. Calvin Harris – Summer (08)

15. Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – Timber (12)

16. Sigma ft. Paloma Faith – Changing (06)

17. DVBBS & Borgeous ft. Tinie Tempah – Tsunami (Jump) (28)

18. Sam Smith - Stay With Me (31)

20. Route 94 ft. Jess Glynne – My Love (04)

21. Ed Sheeran - Sing (18)

22. Magic! - Rude (33)

23. Sigma - Nobody To Love (07)

24. Pharrell Williams – Happy (14)

25. Calvin Harris ft. John Newman – Blame (16)

26. Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down (25)

27. 5 Seconds of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (22)

28. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (21)

29. Cheryl Cole ft. Tinie Tempah – Crazy Stupid Love (30)

30. Aloe Blacc - The Man (23)

31. Take That - These Days (17)

32. Secondcity – I Wanna Feel (05)

33. Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea – Problem (26)

34. Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang (24)

35. Gareth Malone’s All Star Choir – Wake Me Up (36)

36. Will.i.am ft. Cody Wise – It's My Birthday (37)

37. Ben Haenow – Something I Need (38)

38. Band Aid 30 – Do They Know It's Christmas? (35)

So we have two songs in common in our Top 3 + my #19.

"Don't Call Me Baby" is awesome and would also be in my Top 5 #1's of 2000. Well deserved!

'My Love' is alright but again not a big fave or anything. I liked it for a month or so but got bored of it pretty fast oops. I would say Jess was at her best on dance collabs though!

No memory of Secondcity. Very rave-retro sounding, and have never been aware it's Toni Braxton sampled onto a chart-topper. I like the rhythm vibes but it's a too repetitive for me to latch onto it, I can't hear any variation thoughout. So what did I think of it at the time? Not much, I didnt bother to chart it.

Route 54 is a step-up, more subtlety in the production, but I have the same basic problem with the repititive vocals. The arrangement around the vocals is nicer though. If Jess gets a feature credit, surely Toni should have as well on Secondcity? This did much better in my charts though - peaked at 70! Sorry, but both of these would be lower half tracks for me! Pleasant but there are others I like more.

20 hours ago, jimwatts said:

'My Love' is a good deep house song and quick return to #1 for Jess Glynne. There's a deep house #1 in 2015 that I like even more, plus another Jess Glynne #1, though not the one that would be picked up by Jet2!

Ooh dont get me going on Jet2...hearing that on hold trying to get money back for a holiday that wasnt available but paid twice for! Got one payment back, waiting for the other one to turn up before I resort again to listening to Hold My Effing Hand again 😐 I suggest they replace that song with Money On My Mind....😇