Top Songs of 2014: #42 - #35
#42 - Magic! - “Don’t Kill the Magic”
Favorite Line: “I’m not ready to give up just yet/ we can’t stay until we both forget”
#41 - Cobra Starship f/ Icona Pop - “Never Been in Love”
Not their best song, but certainly not their worst. It’s enough to get me hyped for their next album though (which I hope comes out soon!).
#40 - Shakira f/ Blake Shelton - “Medicine”
It’s partially country, so I’m surprised I like it. It works though.
#39 - Rita Ora - “I Will Never Let You Down”
#38 - Lana Del Rey - “Florida Kilos”
#37 - Bastille f/ Haim - “Bite Down”
The first of many Bastille. Thank goodness they blessed us with a mixtape this year. Unfortunately, I didn't make a list last year. If I did songs from Bad Blood and All This Bad Blood would have dominated!
#36 - Maroon 5 - “Animals”
I love this song for the pre-chorus vocal melody alone. Even at their most generic, they can still win me over somehow.
Favorite Line: “Yeah, you can start over, you can run free/ You can find other fish in the sea / You can pretend it's meant to be/ But you can't stay away from me”
#35 - Stromae f/ Lorde, Pusha T, Q - TIP, Haim - “Meltdown”
This song is amazing. Usually I cringe when I see 6,000 people featured on a song, but it works really well here.