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 I think It Was Always You is overrated.    Alone With Me is just okay for me. Not really a standout but not a bad track either.   
I love New Bitch, I would never get sick of that song.    Aw, All of the Stars.    It reminds me a lot of the movie.   
Leave Your Lover is my seconds fave song from In The Lonely Hour    Afire Love could be the best song in his album.    Wait, maybe second after Thinking Out Loud.    I agree about your write-up about Unkiss Me.    Yes, Human is on the same level with Sirens.    The chorus of Money, Power, Glory is everything.    
 
  
 
 
  
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				I watch that video at least once a week, it's like a spiritual baptism or something tbh. 
Naughty Bloomers I didn't know you were so kinky   
RIGHT    Bet   
Lana    
BANKS    But she's so much more than just moping    
			
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 A spiritual baptism    
Whatever takes you to church though 
  
It Was Always You is the redeeming non-Gwen featuring non-bonus track of V!
 
I don't know what a Sexotheque is, but it just sounds so peachy. It's a wonderful song.
 
You Don't Care About Me and Cold Sweat! Your taste homieground! It's impeccable!
 
Serious question though: why the love for Money Power Glory? It's the one track off Ultra I could never get into. Maybe it's because I have neither of those things?  
 
  
 
 
  
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 I Know Places is WAY too low   
Aquarius and Good Thing   
It Was Always You is AMAZING...should be a single   
and Cruel   
Leave Your Lover is just   
and You Dont Care About Me is my favs   
Unkiss Me :alexzx: and Cold Sweat    
 
  
 
 
  
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Sexercize 
One Last Time 
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The Crying Game (feat. Jessie Ware) 
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Running With the Boys 
Out of the Woods 
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Kylie Minogue 
Ariana Grande 
Ed Sheeran 
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"Hands On Me" is basically Ariana's Dirrty but with even dirtier lyrics ("I can take it whole"). And it's so me tbh, all sweet and innocent on the outside, yet secretly such a ho. Whoops, another song that unleashes the wh*re in me. I don't get the hate towards  "Sexercize", such a sexy song that really makes me wanna hump an exercise ball.
 "One Last Time" is such a classic contemporary pop ballad, deserves to be the next single.  "Bloodstream" is sonically one of the more interesting Ed songs, especially that outro. It really mirrors that drugged up messed up feeling in a very subtle way.  "The Crying Game" is perfect. Such a sad song and both Nicki's and Jessie's vocals are really tender and emotional.
 "Bind Your Love" was the first song other than Sirens and I Wish that I heard from the album, which got me really pumped for it cuz it's such a perfect pop bop that's not cheesy like Cher's usual cheeky songs.  "Portal" is such an amazing album opener. It's slow and understated, but it really takes your mind to a whole new place. 
 
No need to talk about  "Style", it's just perfect. It better go to #1!  "Running With the Boys" is a smash. When you think the chorus hits, you're wrong. I love it when that happens, a pre-chorus that's so high it basically sounds like the chorus. But then yet another climax hits and you're just left dead. Sorry Bloomers,  "Out of the Woods" just missed the top 10.    Can't have too many Taylor songs in the top 10.   
 
Clues for the top 10! - Two slower Taylor songs.
 
- A certain artist here appears twice too, one as the main artist and one as the feature. In fact, one of these is a top 3 song.
 
- The feature song's main artist appears in this set too.
 
- A really sad song about a death.
 
- A song from the artist who had my #1 song of 2015.
 
- I had this song as my Now Playing before.
 
- Polaroid.
 
- I Always Forget.
 
- An African-American political activist, who got referenced in many songs before.
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
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 I didn't realize I missed so much   
wait a second, Clean is your #1 from 1989?    I love Clean too    The lyrics are incredible   
actually, I agree with your Top 5 tracks from 1989    except I kinda wish I Know Places was there   
 
Nicki Minaj at #69 and Tove Lo at #66    Glad to see Lily, Tinashe, Charli, and Sam there too   
Walk the Line and Feels Like Vegas in your Top 50, both are flawless tracks!   
The Cher Lloyd tracks    Alone With Me, Human, and Bind Your Love are immaculate   
Lea Michele and Shakira in your Top 30    It Was Always You, New Bitch, and Just Askin' too   
One Last Time in the Top 20    I'm so happy this is Ariana's next single    
 
  
 
 
  
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 "Hands On Me" is basically Ariana's Dirrty but with even dirtier lyrics ("I can take it whole"). And it's so me tbh, all sweet and innocent on the outside, yet secretly such a ho. Whoops, another song that unleashes the wh*re in me. 
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 One Last Time is my favorite from this set! I love her first single but I need to check out LIGHTS' full album, her previous one was one of my favorites from 2011    
 
  
 
 
  
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				Idk, it's like watching a goddess doing out-of-the-world moves.   
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				The Gwen song is a bit basic tho    
A sexotheque is a place you love and frequent often! 
 
Yas Bloomie   
When she goes "I want moneeeeeey, poweerrrrr, and glorRRRRRYYYYYYYYYY", do you not feel things?     
			
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 Wait, a sexotheque is a real thing   
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 You can though    The holyground's turned out to be just trees   
Your write-ups for Sexercise and Hands On Me though       
 
I didn't see your clues when I was here earlier. I'm gonna guess your Taylro songs are "Clean" and "Wildest Dreams" 
The artist that appears twice is Ariana, maybe on Get On Your Knees and Why Try or something like that (hoping for Only 1) 
The political activist refers to looking ass? 
Work Song by Hozier 
"I always forget" You Don't Care About Me y Shakira? 
"A Song About Death?" - I Hold On by Dierks entley    
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
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				I didn't realize I missed so much   
wait a second, Clean is your #1 from 1989?    I love Clean too    The lyrics are incredible   
actually, I agree with your Top 5 tracks from 1989    except I kinda wish I Know Places was there   
 
Nicki Minaj at #69 and Tove Lo at #66    Glad to see Lily, Tinashe, Charli, and Sam there too   
Walk the Line and Feels Like Vegas in your Top 50, both are flawless tracks!   
The Cher Lloyd tracks    Alone With Me, Human, and Bind Your Love are immaculate   
Lea Michele and Shakira in your Top 30    It Was Always You, New Bitch, and Just Askin' too   
One Last Time in the Top 20    I'm so happy this is Ariana's next single    
			
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				"Hands On Me" is basically Ariana's Dirrty but with even dirtier lyrics ("I can take it whole"). And it's so me tbh, all sweet and innocent on the outside, yet secretly such a ho. Whoops, another song that unleashes the wh*re in me. 
I love you   
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				One Last Time is my favorite from this set! I love her first single but I need to check out LIGHTS' full album, her previous one was one of my favorites from 2011    
			
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Wait, a sexotheque is a real thing   
And no, I don't feel things. I'm numb
  
 
You can though    The holyground's turned out to be just trees   
Your write-ups for Sexercise and Hands On Me though       
 
I didn't see your clues when I was here earlier. I'm gonna guess your Taylro songs are "Clean" and "Wildest Dreams" 
The artist that appears twice is Ariana, maybe on Get On Your Knees and Why Try or something like that (hoping for Only 1) 
The political activist refers to looking ass? 
Work Song by Hozier 
"I always forget" You Don't Care About Me y Shakira? 
"A Song About Death?" - I Hold On by Dierks entley    
			
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 No it's not    At least that's what it seems like since all google results point to La Roux   
I guess you need it HARD in order to feel something?   
      
  Wtf that gif    What did he think he was gonna achieve   
  
  
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You didn't realise it has already appeared?   
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Hello? Hello? C-can you hear me?  "Why Try", just like One Last Time, is the perfect contemporary ballad. It would be nice as a single, if it's not mid-tempo overkill after One Last Time. Nothing else I could say about  "If You Say So", just devastating.
 "Work Song" is probably the only option as a follow-up hit after Take Me to Church. It's sufficiently different and catchy enough, even though it's quite a broody tune. The best part of  "Huey Newton" isn't the sudden switch in the middle of the song, but is that distorted guitars/synths before it. It just puts me in a trance. 
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I Never Learn 
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The opener of the album. Such a cathartic song. Splendid guitar opening, and the best part is that outro which I wish could go on for hours and hours. |    | 4 
Meltdown (feat. Lorde, Pusha T, Q-Tip & HAIM) 
Stromae  
So, apparently this song was a previous Stromae track and Lorde simply slapped some vocals on it. But the product is amazing. It's intense and gets me going when the beat first kicks in. Lorde is like the ringleader here. The only thing I could fault is that I wished HAIM did more. |    | 3 
Photograph 
Ed Sheeran  
This song is such a slow burner. The song slowly builds in this epic yet hushed final chorus. The atmospheric and spacey production wraps you in a cocoon as Ed croons smoothly. It's simply perfect. |    | 2 
Clean 
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Get On Your Knees (feat. Ariana Grande) 
Nicki Minaj  
Ariana getting nasty again! Disregarding the fact that it mirrors Dark Horse/Black Widow a tiny bit, this is the jam. I read this in some other Best Of I can't remember, but I legit want to have sex to this song. It's just ugh, makes me wanna beg for it beg for it. Iggy could neva!  |   
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
  
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 Clean is GODLY.  Such an amazing album closer, so happy to see it as your favourite (though I wish it was #1   ) and YES at Wildest Dreams making your top ten.
 
I Never Learn, Photograph, Huey Newton and Meltdown are great too!  
 
  
 
 
  
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 Great top 10. I love every song except 8-6 
  
 
  
 
 
  
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 I'm guessing this isn't supposed to be the description for every song in the top five    or is it?   
Wildest Dreams and If You Say So in your top ten, both are immaculate   
The top three with Photograph, Clean, and Get On Your Knees is flawless!    
 
  
 
 
  
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