Post by Sam I Am on Dec 30, 2019 18:35:09 GMT -5
EOY time!
The biggest surprise in 2019 was how many "A-list" artists hit #1 for me this year, including first timers Pink, Ed Sheeran, Maroon 5, Harry Styles, Vampire Weekend and Dolly Parton. Some other "A-list" artists had massive comeback hits on my chart too, including Celine Dion (first #1 in 17 years), Elton John, Backstreet Boys and The Killers.
Special shoutout to my #1 of the year 'Nina Cried Power' by Hozier and Mavis Staples (who at 79 is the oldest #1 artist for me ever). This song invokes my #1 song of all time, "Sinnerman" by Nina Simone, in a powerful way. I actually only learned of its existence when I saw it on Barack Obama's favourite songs of 2018 list. Thanks Barack!! I don't think I've ever had a song dominate a year from the very start of January like this song did, and it's also noteworthy that it was the first song from both artists to ever make my chart.
There are two Disney covers in my top 10 of 2019. "A Whole New World" and "Circle Of Life" are both among my favourite songs of all time and I'm so pleased that both covers lived up to my anticipation of them (even if the movies were average). I actually prefer the new "Circle Of Life" to the one from the original, and Zayn is particularly excellent on "A Whole New World" while I grew to love Zhavia's parts.
Some other notes:
- "Amber Sun" (#3) is the highest-placing instrumental ever on my EOYs.
- "Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love" (#12) is the fourth Moulin Rouge-related song to place high in my EOY's after three songs from the movie in 2001. The song is a wonderful medley cover of Lorde "Royals", T.Rex "Children Of The Revolution" and Fun. "We Are Young".
- My top 100 of the year includes several covers of other songs including Iyaz "Replay", ATB "9pm (Til I Come)" and Pointer Sisters "Dare Me".
- In a weak year for big Australian hits on my chart, Tash Sultana "Can't Buy Happiness" (#24) was a standout.
tl;dr 2019 has been a great year for music.
p.s. the 5 old songs I've enjoyed the most in 2019:
1. Hammer To Fall - Queen
2. Love Is The Seventh Wave - Sting
3. Stay - Shakespear's Sister
4. Tired Old Souls - Marc Carroll [aka the Friends Ross/Emily wedding song]
5. Mule Train - Frankie Laine
Sam's Top 200 of 2019
The biggest surprise in 2019 was how many "A-list" artists hit #1 for me this year, including first timers Pink, Ed Sheeran, Maroon 5, Harry Styles, Vampire Weekend and Dolly Parton. Some other "A-list" artists had massive comeback hits on my chart too, including Celine Dion (first #1 in 17 years), Elton John, Backstreet Boys and The Killers.
Special shoutout to my #1 of the year 'Nina Cried Power' by Hozier and Mavis Staples (who at 79 is the oldest #1 artist for me ever). This song invokes my #1 song of all time, "Sinnerman" by Nina Simone, in a powerful way. I actually only learned of its existence when I saw it on Barack Obama's favourite songs of 2018 list. Thanks Barack!! I don't think I've ever had a song dominate a year from the very start of January like this song did, and it's also noteworthy that it was the first song from both artists to ever make my chart.
There are two Disney covers in my top 10 of 2019. "A Whole New World" and "Circle Of Life" are both among my favourite songs of all time and I'm so pleased that both covers lived up to my anticipation of them (even if the movies were average). I actually prefer the new "Circle Of Life" to the one from the original, and Zayn is particularly excellent on "A Whole New World" while I grew to love Zhavia's parts.
Some other notes:
- "Amber Sun" (#3) is the highest-placing instrumental ever on my EOYs.
- "Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love" (#12) is the fourth Moulin Rouge-related song to place high in my EOY's after three songs from the movie in 2001. The song is a wonderful medley cover of Lorde "Royals", T.Rex "Children Of The Revolution" and Fun. "We Are Young".
- My top 100 of the year includes several covers of other songs including Iyaz "Replay", ATB "9pm (Til I Come)" and Pointer Sisters "Dare Me".
- In a weak year for big Australian hits on my chart, Tash Sultana "Can't Buy Happiness" (#24) was a standout.
tl;dr 2019 has been a great year for music.
p.s. the 5 old songs I've enjoyed the most in 2019:
1. Hammer To Fall - Queen
2. Love Is The Seventh Wave - Sting
3. Stay - Shakespear's Sister
4. Tired Old Souls - Marc Carroll [aka the Friends Ross/Emily wedding song]
5. Mule Train - Frankie Laine
Sam's Top 200 of 2019
# | Title | Artist | Wks | Peak |
1 | Nina Cried Power | Hozier ft. Mavis Staples | 37 | #1 (10) |
2 | Free To Go | Seeb & Highasakite | 30 | #1 (3) |
3 | Amber Sun | Gareth Emery & Ashley Wallbridge | 32 | #1 (1) |
4 | Forgive Me Friend | Smith & Thell ft. Swedish Jam Factory | 16 | #1 (5) |
5 | A Whole New World | Zayn & Zhavia Ward | 20 | #1 (3) |
6 | Land Of The Free | The Killers | 31 | #5 |
7 | Swing | Sofi Tukker | 17 | #1 (3) |
8 | Tough Love | Avicii, Agnes, Vargas & Lagola | 22 | #3 |
9 | Circle Of Life/Nants' Ingonyama | Lindiwe Mkhize & Lebo M. | 15 | #1 (5) |
10 | We Belong Together | Vampire Weekend ft. Danielle Haim | 17 | #1 (3) |
11 | No Place | Backstreet Boys | 15 | #3 |
12 | Truth Beauty Freedom Love | Moulin Rouge! The Musical Original Broadway Cast | 12 | #1 (4) |
13 | Every Hour | Kanye West & Sunday Service Choir | 6 | #1 (1) |
14 | Set Me Free | Active Child | 12 | #1 (1) |
15 | Faith | Galantis & Dolly Parton ft. Mr Probz | 10 | #1 (1) |
16 | Walk Me Home | Pink | 20 | #1 (1) |
17 | Memories | Maroon 5 | 11 | #1 (1) |
18 | Never Too Late | Elton John | 17 | #2 |
19 | The Hard Way | Celine Dion | 7 | #1 (1) |
20 | 2021 | Vampire Weekend | 23 | #1 (1) |
21 | Bigger Than | Justin Jesso & Seeb | 7 | #1 (1) |
22 | Treat People With Kindness | Harry Styles | 3 | #1 (1) |
23 | Sun Is Shining | Lost Frequencies | 16 | #5 |
24 | Can't Buy Happiness | Tash Sultana | 18 | #2 |
25 | Be The One | Jason Derulo | 6 | #3 |
26 | New Brighton | Nakhane ft. Anohni | 21 | #1 (1) |
27 | Alligator | Of Monsters And Men | 20 | #7 |
28 | I Don't Care | Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber | 17 | #1 (1) |
29 | Get Owt My Ed | Hazard | 17 | #2 |
30 | Lay By Me | Ruben | 19 | #10 |
31 | Medicine | Jennifer Lopez & French Montana | 13 | #2 |
32 | Mbube | Lebo M. | 22 | #5 |
33 | Flying On My Own | Celine Dion | 17 | #5 |
34 | Raising Hell | Kesha ft. Big Freedia | 10 | #4 |
35 | Summer Lover (Summer Remix) | Cub Sport & Embrz | 16 | #4 |
36 | Funeral | Phoebe Bridgers | 18 | #1 (1) |
37 | Night Time | Open Till L8 | 11 | #4 |
38 | Hotel Walls | Smith & Thell | 11 | #2 |
39 | Hallelujah | Haim | 6 | #4 |
40 | Lover | Taylor Swift ft. Shawn Mendes | 7 | #5 |
41 | There You Are | Zayn | 20 | #7 |
42 | Higher Love | Kygo & Whitney Houston | 16 | #4 |
43 | This Is Real | Jax Jones & Ella Henderson | 17 | #7 |
44 | Way Down Hadestown | Hadestown Original Broadway Cast | 10 | #5 |
45 | Harmony Hall | Vampire Weekend | 20 | #10 |
46 | Therapy | Timmy Trumpet & Charlott Boss | 9 | #7 |
47 | Baiana | Bakermat | 14 | #8 |
48 | Way Too High | Mike Perry | 21 | #5 |
49 | Heaven | Avicii | 15 | #1 (1) |
50 | Good Mornin' | Meghan Trainor ft. Gary Trainor | 14 | #4 |
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# | Title | Artist | Wks | Peak |
51 | All My Love | Kolidescopes | 15 | #6 |
52 | The End Of The Game | Weezer | 14 | #3 |
53 | Laserface 01 (Aperture) | Gareth Emery | 19 | #10 |
54 | Whenever You Call | Kolidescopes | 17 | #4 |
55 | Hold You Down | X Ambassadors | 15 | #7 |
56 | Brown Skin Girl | Beyonce, Blue Ivy Carter, Saint Jhn & WizKid | 18 | #5 |
57 | Unlove You | Armin van Buuren & Ne Yo | 11 | #5 |
58 | Came For The Low | Zhu & Partywithray | 10 | #10 |
59 | This Life | Vampire Weekend | 14 | #1 (1) |
60 | Hold You Now | Vampire Weekend ft. Danielle Haim | 11 | #10 |
61 | Higher | DJ Khaled ft. Nipsey Hussle & John Legend | 15 | #3 |
62 | Dancing With A Stranger | Sam Smith & Normani | 18 | #5 |
63 | Alone | Marnik & KSHMR ft. Anjulie & Jeffrey Jey | 7 | #12 |
64 | Solid Gold | Pnau ft. Kira Divine & Marques Toliver | 18 | #1 (1) |
65 | Girls & Boys | Bali Bandits | 17 | #5 |
66 | Me! | Taylor Swift ft. Brendon Urie | 12 | #19 |
67 | A Little More Like You | Dropgun | 15 | #14 |
68 | I Found U | Passion Pit & Galantis | 10 | #4 |
69 | Foundations | Kolidescopes | 10 | #6 |
70 | Memories | DJ Paul Elstak & Klubbheads | 4 | #8 |
71 | When The Chips Are Down | Hadestown Original Broadway Cast | 10 | #9 |
72 | Canyon Moon | Harry Styles | 3 | #7 |
73 | Piece Of Your Heart | Meduza & Goodboys | 10 | #18 |
74 | Did You | 4B & Chris Brown | 6 | #12 |
75 | Back To Life | DubVision & Afrojack | 17 | #18 |
76 | Make Your Move | Anton Powers & Redondo | 16 | #14 |
77 | Staring At The Sun | Post Malone ft. SZA | 3 | #10 |
78 | Melody | The Boy Next Door & Rino Sambo ft. James Francis | 11 | #19 |
79 | After You | Meghan Trainor | 10 | #9 |
80 | The Archer | Taylor Swift | 11 | #10 |
81 | Monster | Blasterjaxx ft. Junior Funke | 8 | #19 |
82 | We Got That Cool | Yves V ft. Afrojack & Icona Pop | 18 | #9 |
83 | Nostalgic | Arizona | 11 | #8 |
84 | Wild At Heart | Bag Raiders & Mickey Kojak | 20 | #9 |
85 | Dance Monkey | Tones And I | 8 | #26 |
86 | Fury's Laughter | S.A.M. | 16 | #30 |
87 | Death Stranding | Chvrches | 13 | #9 |
88 | Bad Guy | Billie Eilish | 15 | #14 |
89 | Never Before | Gareth Emery & Ashley Wallbridge ft. Jonathan Mendelsohn | 13 | #2 |
90 | Make It To Heaven | David Guetta, Morten & Raye | 6 | #19 |
91 | No Regrets | KSHMR & Yves V ft. Krewella | 16 | #5 |
92 | Chances | Backstreet Boys | 12 | #37 |
93 | Halfway There | Rozes | 12 | #35 |
94 | Purple Hat | Sofi Tukker | 10 | #20 |
95 | Remember | Gryffin & Zohara | 14 | #3 |
96 | SOS | Avicii & Aloe Blacc | 23 | #15 |
97 | Exhale | Jay Hardway | 15 | #16 |
98 | Wassup (Listen To The Horns) | Timmy Trumpet & Kastra ft. Chuck Roberts | 14 | #6 |
99 | The Real Thing | Client Liaison | 12 | #4 |
100 | All My Friends | Madeon | 12 | #7 |
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# | Title | Artist | Wks | Peak |
101 | Aciiid (Kryder & Benny Benassi Remix) | Moguai | 6 | #9 |
102 | Pretty Baby | Redondo & Rockefeller | 13 | #5 |
103 | Peace Of Mind | Avicii ft. Vargas & Lagola | 15 | #18 |
104 | Joy | Bastille | 18 | #7 |
105 | Stranger | Vampire Weekend | 14 | #4 |
106 | What I'd Give | Lvndscape | 2 | #14 |
107 | A Thousand Bad Times | Post Malone | 3 | #9 |
108 | Slow Dance | AJ Mitchell & Ava Max | 13 | #30 |
109 | Follow God | Kanye West | 9 | #20 |
110 | Real Thing | La Felix ft. Becca Krueger | 10 | #7 |
111 | Now That I've Found You | Liam Gallagher | 13 | #10 |
112 | New Vibe Who Dis | Madison Mars ft. Little League | 12 | #8 |
113 | Crazy | Pink Panda | 13 | #12 |
114 | Dive | Hot Shade & Mike Perry ft. Chris James | 2 | #25 |
115 | Where You Are | Arizona | 11 | #8 |
116 | I'll Be Back Someday | Tegan And Sara | 11 | #4 |
117 | All Of Your Heart | Odd Mob | 11 | #10 |
118 | Shut Up And Raise Your Glass | Moulin Rouge! The Musical Original Broadway Cast | 9 | #5 |
119 | Sing It With Me | JP Cooper & Astrid S | 14 | #22 |
120 | Turn Me On | Riton & Oliver Heldens ft. Vula | 9 | #9 |
121 | Moderation | Florence + The Machine | 22 | #9 |
122 | Hold My Girl (Martin Jensen Remix) | George Ezra | 14 | #3 |
123 | Friday | Moti ft. Jguar | 13 | #13 |
124 | Think We're Not Alone | Safia | 11 | #15 |
125 | 3 Nights | Dominic Fike | 5 | #43 |
126 | All Of Us | Pnau ft. Ollie Gabriel | 8 | #3 |
127 | Snatch | Bassjackers | 10 | #60 |
128 | U (Man Like) | Bon Iver | 12 | #5 |
129 | Sometimes | DallasK & Nicky Romero ft. Xylo | 14 | #28 |
130 | Ride It | Regard | 11 | #8 |
131 | San Francisco | Galantis & Sofia Carson | 17 | #10 |
132 | Bambina | Vampire Weekend | 14 | #18 |
133 | Runaway | Mike Perry | 13 | #20 |
134 | Never Know | Jordan Jay | 16 | #13 |
135 | John's Church (Mousse T Remix) | Oliver Dollar ft. Nils Ohrmann | 17 | #25 |
136 | Recognize | DJ Snake ft. Majid Jordan | 9 | #10 |
137 | Changes | Mike Perry, Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman & Ten Times ft. The Companions | 8 | #16 |
138 | Starchild | Ummet Ozcan & PollyAnna | 10 | #16 |
139 | FU4E | Lost Kings | 12 | #6 |
140 | The Circus | Stace Cadet | 11 | #7 |
141 | Sunflower | Post Malone & Swae Lee | 7 | #28 |
142 | Don't Know Shit | Dante Klein & Greff | 14 | #8 |
143 | 6's To 9's | Big Wild ft. Rationale | 11 | #17 |
144 | Sugar | Peking Duk & Jack River | 20 | #7 |
145 | Hideaway | Grace VanderWaal | 13 | #18 |
146 | Doop (Sidney's Speedrun) | Doop | 9 | #5 |
147 | More More More! (Encore) | Moulin Rouge! The Musical Original Broadway Cast | 9 | #18 |
148 | You Remind Me | Gryffin ft. Stanaj | 12 | #25 |
149 | Bad Liar | Imagine Dragons | 18 | #20 |
150 | Isle Of Man | Jeff Retro | 10 | #7 |
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# | Title | Artist | Wks | Peak |
151 | Latin Lovers | Kim Kaey | 10 | #15 |
152 | Say Something | Lucas & Steve | 13 | #19 |
153 | Walidwipa | Jinaction | 12 | #37 |
154 | Is That Alright? | Lady Gaga | 12 | #5 |
155 | Video | Cub Sport & Mallrat | 19 | #7 |
156 | Never Alone | Felix Jaehn, Mesto & Vcation | 8 | #35 |
157 | Better Off Alone | Safia | 9 | #18 |
158 | Stop The Beat (Go) | Joshwa | 17 | #23 |
159 | Heart Of Glass | Celine Dion | 7 | #28 |
160 | You Mean The World To Me | Freya Ridings | 9 | #45 |
161 | Prayed For Love | Avalanche City | 17 | #9 |
162 | Hey, Ma | Bon Iver | 13 | #19 |
163 | What Is It | Kideko | 11 | #8 |
164 | Countin Cash | Danny Quest | 15 | #8 |
165 | Better Apart | Jai Wolf ft. Dresage | 9 | #34 |
166 | Breathe | Backstreet Boys | 7 | #16 |
167 | Never Seen The Rain | Tones And I | 9 | #16 |
168 | Losing It | Fisher | 5 | #23 |
169 | Dangled | CupcakKe | 20 | #9 |
170 | 8K | Giuseppe Ottaviani | 11 | #18 |
171 | Mezzanine | Gareth Emery | 11 | #12 |
172 | Die Waiting | Beck | 6 | #32 |
173 | OMG | Wiktoria | 11 | #36 |
174 | You Were Good To Me | Jeremy Zucker & Chelsea Cutler | 17 | #17 |
175 | I Feel It | Leftwing & Kody | 7 | #16 |
176 | By Myself | Fidlar | 11 | #17 |
177 | Rich Man | Vampire Weekend | 8 | #38 |
178 | Good Things (Disco Edit) | Cedric Gervais, Just Kiddin & Kyan | 12 | #4 |
179 | Hot Summernight (Papa Chico) | The Sunclub & Red Lemon | 10 | #22 |
180 | Mother's Daughter | Miley Cyrus | 10 | #23 |
181 | Been A Long Time | Neiked ft. Lil Indo | 9 | #29 |
182 | Caledonia | Damian McGinty | 8 | #4 |
183 | Jimmy | Tones And I | 10 | #4 |
184 | Top Down | Earthgang | 11 | #14 |
185 | Comet Bicycle | Yes You Are | 7 | #25 |
186 | Summer Lover (Chocolate Puma Remix) | Oliver Heldens ft. Devin & Nile Rodgers | 8 | #41 |
187 | Graveyard | Halsey | 3 | #42 |
188 | Kingdom United | Gareth Emery & Ashley Wallbridge | 7 | #3 |
189 | Stronger | Alex Adair | 6 | #34 |
190 | Elephant Love Medley | Moulin Rouge! The Musical Original Broadway Cast | 7 | #3 |
191 | Be The One | Cheat Codes & Kaskade | 10 | #18 |
192 | Don't Check On Me | Chris Brown ft. Justin Bieber & Ink | 12 | #39 |
193 | Come What May | Moulin Rouge! The Musical Original Broadway Cast | 10 | #2 |
194 | Million Voices | Armin van Buuren | 10 | #33 |
195 | Way Back Home (Sam Feldt Remix) | Shaun ft. Conor Maynard | 13 | #4 |
196 | Life Of The Party | Nils Van Zandt | 7 | #36 |
197 | Small Talk | Katy Perry | 13 | #24 |
198 | Problems | Arizona | 9 | #9 |
199 | Fire, Ready, Aim | Green Day | 7 | #10 |
200 | I Feel Love | Sam Smith | 9 | #36 |