Throughout December, I'll be counting down my 100 favorite songs of the year. This was a hard list to make & I tried to make it as accurate as possible.
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100 Matchbox Twenty - She's So Mean
99 Ludacris - Jingalin'
98 M.I.A. - Bad Girls
97 Taylor Swift - Everything Has Changed (featuring Ed Sheeran)
96 Dawn Richards - Faith
95 B.o.B - Both of Us (featuring Taylor Swift)
94 Marina & the Diamonds - Lies
93 Florence + the Machine - Spectrum (Calvin Harris Remix)
92 Nas - Cherry Wine (featuring Amy Winehouse)
91 Matchbox Twenty - Overjoyed
90 Wiz Khalifa - Work Hard, Play Hard
89 Usher - Looking 4 Myself (featuring Luke Steele)
88 Melanie Fiona - Bones
87 Trey Songz - Heart Attack
86 Kanye West - Mercy (featuring Big Sean, 2 Chainz & Pusha T)
85 Melanie Fiona - 6Am (featuring T-Pain)
84 Chris Brown - Turn Up the Music
83 Lana Del Rey - Dark Paradise
82 Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire (featuring Nicki Minaj)
81 P!nk - True Love (featuring Lily Rose Cooper)
80 ADELE - Skyfall
79 Taylor Swift - Red
78 Future - Turn On the Lights
77 Of Monsters & Men - Little Talks
76 Karmin - Brokenhearted
75 Nicki Minaj - Roman Reloaded (featuring Lil Wayne)
74 Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble
73 Taylor Swift - State of Grace
72 Carrie Underwood - Good Girl
71 Imagine Dragons - It's Time
70 Taylor Swift - Treacherous
69 Nas - Summer On Smash (featuring Swizz Beatz & Miguel)
68 Carrie Underwood - One Way Ticket
67 Kendrick Lamar - Poetic Justice (featuring Drake)
66 Cher Lloyd - With Ur Love
65 Frank Ocean - Lost
64 Miguel - Adorn
63 Nicki Minaj - Va Va Voom
62 Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me (featuring Big Sean)
61 Gotye - In Your Light
60 Maroon 5 - Payphone (featuring Wiz Khalifa)
59 Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You
58 Rihanna - Numb (featuring Eminem)
57 No Doubt - Looking Hot
56 Dawn Richard - Heaven
55 David Guetta - She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) [featuring Sia]
54 Christina Aguilera - Blank Page
53 Ellie Goulding - Anything Could Happen
52 Usher - Sins of My Father
51 Azealia Banks - 212 (featuring Lazy Jay)
50 Cher Lloyd - Want U Back
49 Gotye - Save Me
48 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
47 Katy Perry - Wide Awake
46 T.I. - Love This Life
45 Alex Clare - Tight Rope
44 Kanye West - Clique (featuring Jay-Z & Big Sean)
43 Christina Aguilera - Your Body
42 Rihanna - Loveeeeeee Song (featuring Future)
41 Rihanna - No Love Allowed
40 Rihanna - Get It Over With
39 Yuna - Coffee
38 Maroon 5 - Lucky Strike
37 Imagine Dragons - Every Night
36 Imagine Dragons - Tiptoe
35 No Doubt - Push & Shove (featuring Busy Signal & Major Lazer)
34 Azealia Banks - 1991
33 Usher - I Care 4 U
32 Carrie Underwood - See You Again
31 Marina & the Diamonds - How to Be a Heartbreaker
30 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (featuring Wanz)
29 Lana Del Rey - Diet Mountain Dew
28 Maroon 5 - Wipe Your Eyes
27 Flo Rida - Wild Ones (featuring Sia)
26 Calvin Harris - I Need Your Love (featuring Ellie Goulding)
25 Carrie Underwood - Blown Away
24 P!nk - Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
23 Rihanna - Phresh Out the Runway
22 Imagine Dragons - Radiactive
21 Bruno Mars - Locked Out the Heaven
20 Calvin Harris - Sweet Nothing (featuring Florence Welch)
19 Alex Clare - Relax My Beloved
18 Ed Sheeran - The a Team
17 The Weeknd - Wicked Games
16 Alex Clare - Humming Bird
15 Marina & the Diamonds - Primadonna
14 Alex Clare - Up All Night
13 Usher - Twisted (featuring Pharrell)
12 Ed Sheeran - Give Me Love
11 Sabi - Where They Do That At (featuring Sabi)
10 P!nk - Try
09 Rihanna - Stay (featuring Mikky Ekko)
08 Usher - Climax
07 Rihanna - What Now
06 Fun. - Some Nights
#5-1
5 Maroon 5 - One More Night
This song gets a lot of flack on ATRL, but I personally think it not only the best song on Overexposed, but also on par with some of their best songs period. I'm not surprised it was such a huge radio hit, it sounds AMAZING on radio especially on a night out. It's overplayed, but hey, that's what happens when a song is a huge hit. The song is a unique blend of reggae-pop with kind even a hip-hop backdrop. It's interesting in the sense that the verses are bigger than the chorus (except for the final chorus where the beat goes off, though). It's interesting territory for M5, & one of the few very creative songs on Overexposed where I feel they hit a blend of radio-friendliness & experimentation. Max Martin really knew how to produce a great song here.
4 Alex Clare - Too Close
ATRL knows I was stanning for this song before it became such a huge hit. It's one of the best debut singles so far this decide. It's folk, it's pop, it has dubstep... wait, what kind of weird combo?! Clare has the talent to pull this off without leaving the listener scratching their head confused. He makes it seem effortless. Get into those vocals too.
3 Rihanna - Jump
I have been wanting Rihanna to experiment with a song like this for YEARS, and she finally heard my advice (or I'll just pretend she did). This song is so intense, dark, sexy, powerful, I can go on. The breakdown is insane and it sounds best blasted as loud as you can possibly blast a song. Definitely one of the best samples I've ever heard too. I feel as if Rihanna is the only pop girl capable of pulling a song quite like this off, honestly.
2 P!nk - Just Give Me a Reason (featuring Nate Reuss)
I'm not the biggest fan of Fun.'s record, but when Nate Reuss gets it really right, the results are phenomenal. He & P!nk seem like a musical pair fated to eventually meet up and record the perfect duet. Or, they make it sound like it here. There's so much emotion in their vocals and there's something about this song that makes me think it will make a huge impact on pop culture this coming year. It's so well composed and has so much going for it. I love when P!nk's voice is this raw and kind of rough, especially on the highest notes. Nate can hit all her high notes back. In short, I did not expect the result of them working together to be this amazing.
1 Rihanna - Diamonds
Rihanna's first singles have topped all my year-countdowns since I joined. But, they deserve to. Besides We Found Love, this is my favorite Rihanna song to date. Little surprise to me, it's written by the immensely talented Sia, and her musical style is all over this song. You can just tell it's her when you hear the lyrics. Rihanna not only elevates the song to another level, but she makes it such a unique sound for HERSELF. It stands out in her discography for sure. I don't know why almost all Rihanna's songs have a dark & sad feeling to them, but it works for her anyway and I love it. Even though the lyrics suggest otherwise, the song is kind of depressing. The video pretty much confirmed to me the song is not as happy as it would appear if you just looked up the lyrics online. But, it's an awesome video. Anyway, listen to queen her anThem.
Throughout December, I'll be counting down my 100 favorite songs of the year. This was a hard list to make & I tried to make it as accurate as possible.
So, what do you will think will make the list?
BUBBLING UNDER
105 Azealia Banks - Van Vogue
Have no fear, Azealia fans : there's more to come of her in my countdown. This is just one of my favorites from her excellent EP 1991. Her flow is incredible and I'm anxiously waiting for Broke With Expensive Taste.
104 Bruno Mars - Moonshine
Bruno serves retro-funk on this record (I will be buying Unorthodox Jukebox this month as well), a song that has character and depth. It takes me back to the 80s and those songs you hear late at night after a day of frustration and pain.
103 Matchbox Twenty - Like Sugar
One of the highlights from one of the most underrated albums of the year. The title suggests otherwise, but the song is not just filth. M20 are AC legends, and this could fit just right in on radio. Catchy as heck too!
102 Fun. - Stars
By far the most underrated song on their album (of which I find a bit overrated), it is a 7-minute escapade that is basically two songs in one - the beginning is a fast paced, rather bland 2-minute tirade, and the last 5 minutes are an expert showcase of excessive autotune usage down right. Highlight is when he screams : "no one's gonna save us, no one's gonna save me now" about 4 1/2 minutes in.
101 Bruno Mars - Young Girls
What will probably be the 2nd single from Bruno's new album is going to smash hard. It is Just the Way Are's superior sibling, without the cheesy factor to it that hindered Doo-Wops & Hooligans potential to be a wonderful effort. This song is a perfect example of how he has grown as an artist without going against everything he used to stand for.
The song is a unique blend of reggae-pop with kind even a hip-hop backdrop. It's interesting in the sense that the verses are bigger than the chorus (except for the final chorus where the beat goes off, though). It's interesting territory for M5, & one of the few very creative songs on Overexposed where I feel they hit a blend of radio-friendliness & experimentation. Max Martin really knew how to produce a great song here.
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