Year of release: 2014, Genre(s): Pop Ballad, Dance, Language(s) - Korean, Album - Be Back (2014)
Honestly, I think this song is kind of brilliant. It mixes ballad and dance really well; it's seamless, actually! It's beautiful and energetic, emotional and uplifting, just so much of everything in a perfect balance. Only reason it's not higher is because I don't listen to it often.
64. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Cry to the Beat of the Band
Year of release: 2014, Genre(s): Baroque-Pop, Language(s) - English, Album - Wanderlust (2014)
I don't usually listen to this type of music, as evident by the usual songs on the countdown, but due to a recommendation from someone in Random Thoughts, I gave the Wanderlust album a listen. I didn't really like the album much, but this was a huge standout for me. It has a bit of a dark choir feel to it, sort of melancholic in a way, and I really enjoyed it.
Year of release: 2011, Genre(s): Dance Pop, Language(s) - English, Album - Suave (Kiss Me) (2011)
I was really confused as to if I should label this as English, English/Spanish, or Spanglish, but I decided on English because the majority of the song is in English, even though Spanish phrases are in the song.
Year of release: 2014, Genre(s): Pop, Language(s) - English, Album - Till Death Do Us Party (2014)
This is the song that introduced me to Adore's music, and this was stuck in my head for the LONGEST time. Just everything about this song is catchy. It also helped that it had a good video to go with it. I don't think this was the strongest song on the album, but it was the perfect choice for a lead single...if that makes any sense.
Year of release: 2014, Genre(s): Pop, Language(s) - English, Album - Till Death Do Us Party (2014)
Back-to-back Adore?
When I had heard the iTunes snippets before the album was released, this song was my favorite. It sort of had this magical upbeat feel to it that I really enjoyed. I still loved the song when the whole album came out, but I guess it just wasn't what I was expecting. I also didn't expect to end up liking another song more.