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090 - 081 wJ6umyNCvqw 090 Röyksopp - Here She Comes Again 089 Oliver $ & Jimi Jules - Pushing On 088 FKA twigs - Give Up 087 Jhené Aiko - Spotless Mind 086 Röyksopp - Sordid Affair 085 Taylor Swift - How You Get the Girl 084 George Ezra - Budapest 083 Cyril Hahn feat. Rochelle Jordan - Slow 082 Higher Self feat. Lauren Mason - Ghosts 081 Ella Henderson - Yours Royksopp smashes come at you thick and fast: here we have the delicately constructed 'Here She Comes Again', with the gorgeously mournful vocals of Jamie Irrepressible, while on the epic 'Sordid Affair', Ryan James' soft tones fly across the glittering synth soundtrack. There are similarly gorgeous vocals elsewhere in this collection: one-time Syndare flop Rochelle Jordan channels Aaliyah on Cyril Hahn's intoxicating production 'Slow', owning that totally slick chorus; Jhené Aiko makes her first of three appearances with a slam dunk title on the sweetly sensual 'Spotless Mind'; and FKA twigs matches Royksopp's five with the first of her own quintet, the jerky kiss-off 'Give Up'. Ella's vocals on 'Yours', meanwhile, might be her best ever, making what could be a routine ballad a truly haunting experience as she echoes with such emotional clarity. The energy goes up a notch on two of the year's finest dance tunes: 'Pushing On' is a pulsating, gyrating house groove that slides coolly through its seven minute running time, while 'Ghosts' takes a darker tack, Lauren Mason's fiercely barbed vocals lording over a menacingly bouncing synth. Oh, and there's Taylor Swift back already, brushing past what might be the worst song intro of the year to get to a cracking pop tune, with a chorus that bangs in with such gusto it nearly knocked me flat first time I heard it.

Welcome. My presence on these forums has dwindled the past few months, for a variety of reasons, but I still read and appreciate and there's little in life I love more than lists, so I'm back to present my top 100 songs of the year. Simple as. Let's get stuck in. 100 - 091 QTqAKSD1nng 100 Banks - 099 Taylor Swift - Wonderland 098 Adore Delano - Give Me Tonight 097 Ella Henderson - Empire 096 TĀLĀ - Serbia 095 Ryn Weaver - Promises 094 Röyksopp & Robyn - Monument (The Inevitable End Version) 093 Tinashe - Wildfire 092 Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat 091 iamamiwhoami - Hunting for Pearls AG7_ih1SYnI It's not until you start compiling these lists that you realise just how good the year in music was. Never did I think that 'Serbia', the first thing we heard from the sensational TĀLĀ, would end up nearly outside the list altogether. Or that Ryn Weaver's 'Promises' - the confirmation of a genuine talent after her hyped introduction, still to appear here - would be its neighbour on these lowly ends. But such is life. Several entrants here have their first of three songs on the countdown - the morbid swirl of 'Drowning', the effervescent 'Wonderland', the dark beauty of 'Wildfire' and the strident howl of 'Give Me Tonight' all serve as this chart's introduction to some of the finest albums of the year. Ella Henderson bests them with 4, the first being the majestic boom of 'Empire', and Royksopp triumph all comers with 5, the first being their album's rework of Robyn collab 'Monument', which I found much more impactful in this abridged, punchier form. That leaves us with the last two of the section. Lorde's curated soundtrack for the latest Hunger Games instalment provided no tune finer than her own contribution, with its glorious marching chorus and rather mysterious lyrics, delivered with that rather sardonic drawl of hers. And iamamiwhoami, who'll return later, went under the sea on the production of this typically enigmatic song, synths scattered across a smooth, enchanting vocal.

think I've been put in LXIII's qualifiers accidentally! especially as iirc I didn't even Q that contest (ironically that dnq was one of my fave entries this year whereas I don't rly care for meadowlark anymore but HEY thanks for voting for me! nice to have something in the running at least, wasn't a stellar year rly) tchami :heart:

INJUSTICE Break the Ice again kthnx

Katy B - Crying For No Reason [fave] Ariana Grande feat. Zedd - Break Free G.R.L. - Ugly Heart Ella Henderson - Ghost Kiesza - Hideaway Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX - Fancy Sigma feat. Paloma Faith – Changing Charli XCX - Boom Clap Clean Bandit - Real Love Sigma - Nobody To Love Sia – Chandelier Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be

YESSSSSSSSS

L O V E 'Beggin for Thread' - still to decipher what exactly it's about but I love the swagger in the "my tracks are better" middle 8, which makes me think it's about another music artist maybe? great thread AS EVER, sorry I haven't commented before but I have been reading + loving!!

Tove Lo – Stay High [fave] The Magician - Sunlight Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill - Gecko Ella Henderson – Glow Katy Perry feat. Juicy J - Dark Horse Route 94 feat. Jess Glynne - My Love Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora - Black Widow Jess Glynne – Right Here FAUL and Wad Ad vs. Pnau – Changes Neon Jungle - Braveheart

this has been around for ages lewis dear it is fantastic though

this is absolutely exquisite. practically cried on the train during my first listen this morning.

3 to come <3 trifoski are forever faves

good to see I wouldn't have changed much - Para would've got big points from me anyway, so would mostly have pushed Tritonal and Hudson up a bit. Great winner!

bollocks I forgot about this :(

Take A Bow can stop now.

The Magician - Sunlight [best] Clean Bandit - Real Love Taylor Swift - Blank Space Hozier - Take Me To Church Olly Murs - Wrapped Up Duke Dumont - Won't Look Back Tom Odell - Real Love Cash Cash - Take Me Home Union J - You Got It All Sam Smith - Like I Can

Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX - Fancy [best] DVBBS & Borgeous feat. Tinie Tempah – Tsunami (Jump) Fuse ODG feat. Sean Paul – Dangerous Love Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass Coldplay – A Sky Full of Stars DJ Fresh – Dibby Dibby Sound Jeremih – Don't Tell Em Magic! - Rude Wankelmut and Emma Louise – My Head Is a Jungle Ed Sheeran - Sing jeeeeeeez.

Katy B – Crying For No Reason [best] George Ezra – Blame It On Me Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora – Black Widow Cheryl – I Don't Care Molly – Children Of The Universe Taylor Swift - Shake It Off 5 Seconds Of Summer – Don't Stop Foxes – Let Go For Tonight Zedd feat. Hayley Williams – Stay The Night OneRepublic – Love Runs Out

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YAY Embody :heart:

'Princes' is one of the finest entries of the YEAR so you beta be tripping Cal~

'Budapest' :( 01 Little Mix – Salute 02 Kiesza - Hideaway 03 Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang 04 Neon Jungle – Braveheart 05 Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down 06 Mr Probz - Waves 07 David Guetta feat. Sam Martin – Lovers On The Sun 08 Zhu – Faded 09 The Vamps feat. Demi Lovato – Somebody To You 10 The Script – Superheroes

01 Ella Henderson - Ghost 02 Katy Perry feat. Juicy J - Dark Horse 03 Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne - Rather Be 04 Pitbull feat. Ke$ha - Timber 05 Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This 06 SecondCity – I Wanna Feel 07 Idina Menzel - Let It Go 08 Sam Smith - Stay With Me 09 Pharrell Williams - Happy 10 Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne - Loyal

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MANS :heart:

can't believe you're backing this stronger after the britney mess