Olly's third appearance. This song draws my attention more than the other songs from him that came earlier. But Olly has two other songs that draw my attention even more.
129. Cassadee Pope - I Wish I Could Break Your Heart
One of three appearances by Cassadee Pope here on this countdown. This song is a nice single choice from her team so kudos to them on that. As for my personal taste this song is forgettable to me tbh. It just doesn't stick to me the way Wasting All These Tears did. That song was just EVERYTHING. This song...not so much. It's cute, upbeat and good to jam to, but that's about it. Luckily for Cassadee, her other entry will be appearing much higher on the list.
128. Icona Pop - All Night
This duo really broke out onto the scene with I Love It, but this song just failed to follow-up. And honestly, I can see why. The thing that made I Love It such a hit was the fact that it's lyrics were so in your face and outrageous that combined with its infectious, the song was just an anthem. All Night lacks ALL that. The lyrics are very generic, and the theme is very generic. I mean, how many songs this year had to do partying all night? I can think of at least 5 songs. This song is still a nice jam for parties but Icona Pop have other songs that are better and could've been their second hit.
One of five appearances by Icona Pop.
127. All Time Low f. Vic Fuentes - A Love Like War
All Time Low is a band that I'm slowly becoming a fan of, one song at a time. If I knew they existed in 2007, when I watched Fuse a lot, I probably would like them. I'm discovering their songs now at 19 and this is one of those songs I like. It's just a whole lot of fun and I like how Alex's voice is super energetic when he sings the word war. The song itself is a ball of energy though so I'm not surprised. They have better songs though so it comes in at #127 for me. They have one more entry on the list, but you won't see it for awhile.
One of two appearances by All Time Low
126. Katy Perry - Walking On Air
The first of four appearances by Katy Perry. I can see why this song lost to Dark Horse in the promo spot battle. It's the weaker of the two, and one of my least favorites from Prism. It's still a good song to jam to and i'm sure if this song was released the gay clubs would eat it up. They probably already do though. Anyways, this song is just fun and simple and that's all it was made for and so it's one of those songs that I'll listen to whenever I feel like every once in awhile.
125. Cher Lloyd f. T.I. - I Wish
First of two appearances by Cher Lloyd starts off with her latest single I Wish. Poor Cher. This song could've easily been at least a Top 20 hit had she not been on such a crappy label. Epic Records literally failed with all singles this year except Brave & Say Something and that is really horrible. Even though Cher is one of those artists where I like all their songs until their voice gets annoying to a certain point, after awhile of not listening to her they become jams again so it's impossible for me to hate anything she records tbh, at least with me. This song was full of flavor and personality like usual and I love that. Hopefully Cher's album is good.
124. Panic! At the Disco f. LOLO - Miss Jackson
Panic!'s final appearance comes in at #124 with Miss Jackson. That chorus gets stuck in my head so much. I swear, this song should've been a hit because it is just so damn catchy and mysterious and crazy at the same time. I love it for crying out loud.
Final appearance of Panic! At the Disco
123. Icona Pop - Girlfriend
Icona Pop's second appearance already arrives with the single Girlfriend. This song is better than All Night by a margin. I like the positive meaning behind it in that all you need to have fun is your best friend, but once again, this song just doesn't have that anthemic feel to it. This song could easily be a girls night out anthem for years to come if they had sung more anthemic lyrics to go with the beat. Oh well, the song is still good. Icona Pop has 3 entries in the Top 100 so stay tuned for them.
122. One Direction - One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)
1D makes their second appearance with their charity single cover One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks). I'm sure a lot of pretentious rock stans were having meltdowns when they found out that this Blondie song being covered by One Direction, but oh well. Blondie still has Call Me and Heart of Glass which slay the **** out of their original version of One Way Or Another as well as 1D's version so it's fine with me. This cover was catchy and fun to listen to, the video was fun to watch and everything went to charity. So all in all, everything worked out for the best and that is all that matters.
121. Ginny Blackmore - Bones
This song I discovered while hosting the short-lived iTunes New Zealand game. I actually really like Ginny's voice and this song is just so nice and relateable. I want to hear more from her in 2014.