Honorable Mentions will note my favorite songs of the year
that missed the TOP 40 list due to the song being released in 2013.
Katy Perry - Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)from PRISM
"So you wanna play with magic?"
One of Katy's bigger and better hit.
This single upped Katy's standards and may have played a big factor in Birthday and This Is How We Do under-performing,
especially since Dark Horse was exponentially better than the other two
Lorde - Ribsfrom Pure Heroine
"We're reeling through the midnight streets"
Lorde has surprised me in many different ways last year.
Despite my lack of interest for her breakout hit Royals, her debut LP Pure Heroine was excellent.
Couldn't believe a 17 year old girl was responsible for such an amazing album.
With that being said, Ribs was my favourite song from her album.
I've had chills listening to this song.
Beyoncé - XOfrom BEYONCÉ
"In the darkest night I search through the crowd"
Arguably her poppiest track from self-titled,
I honestly expected this song to be the next "Halo" .
The hit that got away
SHINee - Close The Doorfrom Everybody
"I would give you my everything, everything in my dreams and future"
An album track off of SHINee's 3rd release of 2013,
SHINee showcases that R&B is the genre they can slay the best.
Lucas Nord - Run On Love (feat. Tove Lo)
"We can run on love for a while"
When my interest for Tove grew after listening to Habits I decided to do some research and stumbled onto this song.
This song sounded like what might've happened before "Habits" even the music video was shot the same style
The QOTC edit on Tove's album kinda sucked tho