I feel like the thing that make this Pitbull song stand out is the country vibe and Ke$ha's vocals. This song previously charted in 2013, around the same position, and I still listened to it a lot in the beginning of the year.
It still sounds fresh. If it were to choose a Pitbull song to listen for the rest of my life it would be probably this or Feel This Moment
Again, a song that charted pretty high on my 2013 list, it was still around a part of 2014 so it's bound to be on the list.
This song is definitely inferior to Love The Way You Lie, and I feel like while on that one, both Eminem's and Rihanna's parts stand out, here, on The Monster, Rihanna's chorus is the most memorable.
Eminem's annoying "yodelayheehoo" ruins The Monster for me but Rihanna's chorus is, like you said, the most memorable and is good enough reason to endure the verses. Nice start to the singles countdown!
This is one of my two One Direction songs that I actually love. It's such a nice ballad and it was fitting with the winter season so good.
I love everything about it and the video is very cute.