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My Top 5 of 2013 Singles!
Singles of 2013
5. Will Young - Runaway
This song for me is one I didn't expect to grow so much on. It started around the early summer after a miniature Will Young song resurgence. This lead to the song to vault ahead. Its also been a song that has had an up and down kind of reign as one week it would be in the top 3, the next two weeks it was down in the lower 20's. When i finally got that song on a mix CD, finally did the song pull consistent plays and it was able to hit #1 in the end of the year in November/December. This song, like Hearts On Fire, is a very calming song. It's general message (I know its around a loved one), it kept it on topic for me in regards of not avoiding the truth. It was also a song I used as my anthem for getting eliminated for in the game Choose an Album, Then a Song and yes Kavish, wherever you are, I am still seething I got a 0 on that entry
4. Pitbull - Feel This Moment
Lol this is going to be the only song people will know in my top 4 (just like how everyone only knew about "Feels So Close at my #4 last year and could care less about my top 3 lol). Anyway, this song i didn't realize was this huge on my chart. It only claimed 1 week at #1 on my chart, I was deceived of its chart success I guess. The song started off slow in its success. I can actually remember hearing this in the car in November of 2012 when I was in traffic driving home thinking "oh this song is a cute song to bop to". Around January when the song became a single, I became hooked! I mean the club atmosphere of the song is probably the appeal of most Pitbull songs, The sample is from a great a-ha song from back in the day (it eventually re-entered my chart this year at #6), and of course the Money Maker with CHRISTINA AGULIERA'S amazing hook in the chorus. It is everything! I mean I remember screaming a lot with her "Wooo aohaoh" a lot when driving. UGH this song was everything!
3. Will Young - Hopes & Fears
This song I expected in my top 2 actually. This song came charging in late April when I had what I called Will Young Chart Takeover, where many Will Young songs hijacked my chart and took many Will Young songs to my top 40. Well this is where the song started. It shot from the 20's to #3 in a week. It eventually fell down the chart, but increased and increased plays & positions into July when it finally topped my chart. From there, it coasted downwards as smooth as its ride upwards to the #1. This was how I saw it to be my Song of the Summer. What First drew me into the song was the Jason Derulo like intro (which reminded me a bit of In My Head specifically), and then from there as I shaded it and hardly wanted to give it a chance, IT GREW ON ME!!!! Like I never thought I would see it grow on me like that. It really is a smooth but uppity track for when I am driving during the summer. What a great summer and great track by Will
2. Alexandra Burke - Tonight
OH WOW. Okay I never thought this song would get this high in 2013. I mean it started off Strong in 2012 (where at the end of 2012 it got 7 week at #1 and #7 on the year end chart for 2012). But seeing at I thought it peaked in 2012, I expected this to eventually drop in February. Well it rode strong on its success well into September! I like the song because of the piano drift leading one throughout the song and then to incorporate a very EDM-Eastern Europiean style of Dance Music beat to it. I am always rather addicted to this song probably because the instrumental is everything, and Alexandra Vocals work perfectly with this whole Dancefloor jam.
And My Number 1 Song of 2013 IS!!!
1. Will Young - Believe
Is this even a shocker? I have been playing this song all year long. It started in late January and topping the chart on the last week of January. From there it stayed at my #1 spot 3 different times for an 11 week span at #1. Its also my longest running #1 on my Top 40 chart during my SC Chart period. For me the song is a bit creepy, has a percussion background that seems like something I would continuously listen to, the drifts of electro pop is just enough for it to be cool with me, and its Will Young, a great vocalist who needs to release a new album This song was able for me to help me through this year of him doing Kabaret instead of recording music. UGH. But its a great song to drive to. By far it is the best song from this year to drive to (although most of the top 10 was my favorite songs to drive with lol). Time will tell if this song will be a great recurrent song in the future. CONGRATS TO WILL SNATCHING THIS YEARS #1
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