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TOP 50 SONGS

 

30. Brooke Borg - Golden

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This Katy Perry-esque empowerment anthem came 2nd in the Maltese selection for the Eurovision in 2016. They went on to spend €1,000,000 on their flop participation with their biggest pop girl, which got them 16 televote points in total.

 

29. Katy Perry feat. Migos - Bon Appétit

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One of the most undeserved flops ever. This song is a major bop and the video is a masterpiece. The fact that year-end lists have been bashing it just because it flopped is beyond me!

 

28. Kalomira - Secret Combination

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Another Eurovision relic, this time from Greece, and from 2008. A folk bop that never gets old. Kalomira's performance still remains my favorite ever at the contest to date.

 

27. Katy Perry - Roulette

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This song's peak in my year-end list is lower than its peak on the Russian charts. It's the reason why Katy is now a Communist icon. Russia truly saved her global status, who would've thought?

 

26. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry

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The pentasexual and pentaracial queen, Demetria Devonne Penelope Keyshia "Demi" Lovato came back with this sassy smasher which is currently #15 on the Billboard Hot 100, six months after its release. The fact that it's a Christina Aguilera reject probably made me like it more than it should.

 

25. Rita Ora - Anywhere

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I was never a fan of Your Song, which shares the title for most generic song of the year with The Cure, but with Anywhere she fully redeemed herself. Hopefully its success will convince her team to put out an album!

 

24. Katy Perry - Hey Hey Hey

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A big beautiful song with a horrid music video, yeah. Despite having the worst lyric of 2017 ("LOL at all your limits"), the chorus is super catchy and the fact that it only charted at #95 in Sweden is beyond me.

 

23. Taylor Swift - This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things

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By far the catchiest thing Taylor delivered during this era, this bitter bop is everything I needed from her. A great contrast to the not-so-well-accomplished "serious" first part of the album, which bores me to death if I'm honest.

 

22. Adelén - Bombo

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This dated electropop Norwegian summer smash from 2013, sung by one of the most atrocious live vocalists you could think of, was heard almost 200 times by me because you know how much I love catchy bops.

 

21. Jana Burčeska - Dance Alone

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The #Burčesquad did anything to support this banger. I even traveled to Jana's home country, Macedonia, one month before the Eurovision to be blessed by her talent. And then she decided to screw it up with a messy performance... but we still love this bop that the tasteless Europeans didn't appreciate enough.

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Mind you, Miss You More is actually one of the better ones on Witless :cm: 

Well I'll say I actually like all the Katy songs here, even Hey Hey Hey

Sorry Not Sorry :katie2: 

Stan a bit for TIWWCHNT tho! That's unexpected

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Bye Bye Bye above Roulette and Bon Appetit? NOT on my watch

 

Can't wait for Bigger Than Adele to reign

 

edit: I meant bigger successfully, don't report me :skull:

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BA and TIWWCHNT :clap3: I think Power, Tsunami and BA is my listenable trinity from Witness so rooting for Power now

Not here for the shade @ the first half of rep tho :biblio:

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Secret Combination is an iconic and talented bop. Did Shady Lady also make the list? :keir: 

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Sorry Not Sorry + Bon Appetit are my two most favorites from this set. :worship: 

 

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22 hours ago, Lazuli said:

Mind you, Miss You More is actually one of the better ones on Witless :cm: 

Well I'll say I actually like all the Katy songs here, even Hey Hey Hey

Sorry Not Sorry :katie2: 

Stan a bit for TIWWCHNT tho! That's unexpected

How is it unexpected when I stan every pop girl basic bop in existence? :fan:

 

21 hours ago, theblackestday said:

Bye Bye Bye above Roulette and Bon Appetit? NOT on my watch

 

Can't wait for Bigger Than Adele to reign

 

edit: I meant bigger successfully, don't report me :skull:

Who even reports in these threads? :dies: Yeah, you have to wait for the final update to see it.

 

20 hours ago, Unoriginal said:

BA and TIWWCHNT :clap3: I think Power, Tsunami and BA is my listenable trinity from Witness so rooting for Power now

Not here for the shade @ the first half of rep tho :biblio:

There's a couple of Witness songs in my top ten, stay perched! :)

 

17 hours ago, Legend E said:

Secret Combination is an iconic and talented bop. Did Shady Lady also make the list? :keir: 

It barely missed it, actually. You know Secret Combination is my favorite Eurovision song of the 00s!

 

13 hours ago, lhdang2000 said:

Sorry Not Sorry + Bon Appetit are my two most favorites from this set. :worship: 

 

Well, check out this new update for further songs from your fave! :)

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TOP 50 SONGS

 

20. Atomic Kitten - Whole Again

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This song from 2000 is such an earworm for me. Known as one of the best-selling physical singles of the decade in several European countries, including the United Kingdom and Germany, it never gets old.

 

19. Liis Lemsalu - Keep Running

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That one song that made me and @Lukey agree. It ain't no Verona, but it's a dreamy bop that's perfect to listen to on repeat during a winter nap.

 

18. Dihaj - Skeletons

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Azerbaijan's Eurovision 2017 entry, which sounds a lot like something Halsey would record. This alternative bop got all of my five televotes both in the semi-final and in the final--and the Italian jury gave it 12 points.

 

17. Alex Florea & Ilinca - Yodel It!

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Usually considered one of the most annoying Eurovision entries of the recent times, it still came 5th in televote thanks to its catchy hook where the girl is literally yodeling.

 

16. O'G3NE - Lights and Shadows

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The Dutch entry is surprisingly my most played Eurovision 2017 finalist. An underdog until the contest, the simple and emotional performance totally won me over.

 

15. Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me

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While it didn't really impress me when it came out as a promo single, Demi's album's title track gradually grew on me until it became my favorite song on the record. The video is a disappointment, though.

 

14. Brooke Borg - Unstoppable

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This Maltese candidate for the Eurovision that came 4th in the national selection outstreamed all of the contest's finalists in my yearly chart. I love the Katy Perry-esque empowering sound, and Brooke's performing skills.

 

13. Ace Wilder - Busy Doin' Nothin'

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This Swedish club banger about being lazy is perfect for me to listen to when I'm procrastinating... which is pretty much all of the time.

 

12. Katy Perry - Wide Awake

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Wide Awake is my favorite song of all time, and my third-most streamed song after Give Me All Your Luvin' and Mr. Saxobeat. I love everything about it: from the lyrics, which are about a disappointment that gave a revelation--a very general topic perfect for many occasions--to the haunting, dreamy music, to the way Katy's vocals are edited. The music video is an all-time favorite for me as well. Despite not being a fan at the beginning, I fell in love with it on July 15, 2012 during the afternoon when I fell asleep with this song on repeat. I had a dream about sitting alone in my room and ghostwriting Taylor Swift's songs.

 

11. Miley Cyrus - Younger Now

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Younger Now is my 11th most played album, and my 11th most played track. I fell in love with this song right away, because it makes me feel at peace, and because I can relate: I used to be such a ho, but now I've stabilized!

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Ahhh Keep Runnin' :smitten: 

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TMYLM is great tbh, took a bit to grow on me too

The story about Wide Awake :dies: 

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TMYLM, Wide Awake :clap3: 

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5 hours ago, KillingYourCareer said:

16. O'G3NE - Lights and Shadows

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The Dutch entry is surprisingly my most played Eurovision 2017 finalist. An underdog until the contest, the simple and emotional performance totally won me over.

oh wow you played it more than me

congrats on being officially dutch now

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The video for TMYLM was great tho. :angry: 

Her best MV. :angry: I know that doesn't mean much tho. :dies: Her videography is horrible. 

 

Younger Now is such an awful track to me.

Glad you relate to it tho. :clap3: 

 

Wide Awake is cute. :clap3: 

 

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TMYLM :clap3: 

Wide Awake still being here :dies: Good song tho

Younger Now almost making the top 10 is a touchy subject :keir: 

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On 11/1/2018 at 2:10 PM, Lukey said:

Ahhh Keep Runnin' :smitten: 

I appreciate it even more now that this year's Estonian selection sux. :'(

 

On 11/1/2018 at 4:53 PM, Unoriginal said:

TMYLM is great tbh, took a bit to grow on me too

The story about Wide Awake :dies: 

There are SO many stories about Wide Awake, it's my go-to song when I'm sad. :)

 

On 11/1/2018 at 8:07 PM, Navyofbadgals said:

oh wow you played it more than me

congrats on being officially dutch now

Yas I'm one of the most beautiful Europeans now. :clap3:

 

On 12/1/2018 at 0:34 AM, lhdang2000 said:

The video for TMYLM was great tho. :angry: 

Her best MV. :angry: I know that doesn't mean much tho. :dies: Her videography is horrible. 

 

Younger Now is such an awful track to me.

Glad you relate to it tho. :clap3: 

 

Wide Awake is cute. :clap3: 

 

I can't think of a Demetria Lovato video that I like, actualy. :dies:

 

On 12/1/2018 at 4:39 AM, Lazuli said:

TMYLM :clap3: 

Wide Awake still being here :dies: Good song tho

Younger Now almost making the top 10 is a touchy subject :keir: 

A Demetria Lovato peaking at #11 on the Hot 100 and at #2 on the Billboard 200 during the Confident era tea. :)

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TOP 50 SONGS

 

10. Kati Wolf - "What About My Dreams?"

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This Hungarian electropop eccelence from 2011 is still here (@prézli where you at? Hopefully sleeping). It was the first year I watched the Eurovision, and I fell in love with this song in particular.

 

9. Halsey - Bad at Love

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The pentasexual and pentaracial legend had be shook with this top ten smash hit. It's such an earworm. When I start listening to it, I can't stop.

 

8. Edyta Górniak - To nie ja

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As I promised to @lightstheyblindme, here is the 1994 song that made it to my list. It's the runner-up at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, from Poland. This is one of my all-time favorites: from the Mariah-esque vocals (albeit stronger), to the fantastic lyrics about being different in a world where everybody's the same, to the beautiful and simple performance.

 

7. Wiktoria - Save Me

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I fell in love with this Swedish girl and her girly voice, electro-country style that's always cheerful and positive, and lyrics about being in the middle of nowhere and trying to find the way home.

 

6. Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley - Chained to the Rhythm

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The smash hit that cemented Katy Perry's legend status in Eastern Europe was also a hit in my own airwaves. Of course, it's the comeback single from my fave, so I was going to overplay it.

 

5. Dua Lipa - New Rules

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Dua Lipa was the surprise of the year. When I first bought the album I didn't notice the smash potential in this song, and I'm so happy that she did find success. Hopefully, IDGAF follows the same path, as it's my most played song of 2018 so far!

 

4. Wiktoria - As I Lay Me Down

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It's Save Me 2.0, but better. Between the more guitar-y instrumental and the post-chorus breakdown that sounds exactly like Shawn Mendes' in There's Nothin' Holdin' Me Back (except Wiktoria released her Swedish smash hit months earlier), it's an improvement from her previous work, which was already great.

 

3. Katy Perry - Bigger Than Me

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The Europop classic of Witness was, of course, my favorite. It sounds like something Belgium would send to the Eurovision and achieve 4th place with. I love the lyrics, which are about fighting for your own rights even if everyone is against you--it's sad to see many people looked past this message and just got on the hate bandwagon, because this song is brilliant.

 

2. Koit Toome & Laura - Verona

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This one goes out to my fellow #MafiaDiVerona men, @Navyofbadgals, @Alpha, @Kylie Jenner, @IMadeYouReadThis, @MayorOfTrollTown, and many others. The song that defined my 2017. Laura Põldvere a.k.a. Lucifer Remmel a.k.a. Paula Mustikas provided us with a gifboard for a lifetime. Fun fact about this song: I talked about this song so much that my boyfriend eventually became a stan too and purchased both the English and the Italian versions on iTunes.

 

1. P!nk - Beautiful Trauma

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Verona might be THE classic of 2017, but P!nk's latest single takes the crown as my most played song of the year. While with Verona it took me a few weeks in order to appreciate it, I loved Beautiful Trauma right away. I'd listen to it for hours without getting tired of it, and whenever I hear it now I still want to put it on replay. It's not the typical P!nk song sonically--you could think that music was written by Bonnie McKee for Katy Perry--but the lyrics couldn't be anyone else's. The video elevated the song to an even higher level, and even though for now it hasn't been doing sparks on the charts, I hope it does achieve better commercial results.

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On 11/1/2018 at 2:10 PM, Lukey said:

Ahhh Keep Runnin' :smitten: 

I appreciate it even more now that this year's Estonian selection sux. :'(

 

On 11/1/2018 at 4:53 PM, Unoriginal said:

TMYLM is great tbh, took a bit to grow on me too

The story about Wide Awake :dies: 

There are SO many stories about Wide Awake, it's my go-to song when I'm sad. :)

 

On 11/1/2018 at 8:07 PM, Navyofbadgals said:

oh wow you played it more than me

congrats on being officially dutch now

Yas I'm one of the most beautiful Europeans now. :clap3:

 

On 12/1/2018 at 0:34 AM, lhdang2000 said:

The video for TMYLM was great tho. :angry: 

Her best MV. :angry: I know that doesn't mean much tho. :dies: Her videography is horrible. 

 

Younger Now is such an awful track to me.

Glad you relate to it tho. :clap3: 

 

Wide Awake is cute. :clap3: 

 

I can't think of a Demetria Lovato video that I like, actualy. :dies:

 

On 12/1/2018 at 4:39 AM, Lazuli said:

TMYLM :clap3: 

Wide Awake still being here :dies: Good song tho

Younger Now almost making the top 10 is a touchy subject :keir: 

A Demetria Lovato peaking at #11 on the Hot 100 and at #2 on the Billboard 200 during the Confident era tea. :)

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Chained :!ohno:

Bad at Love :clap3: wasn't expecting it on this list let alone so high

New Rules just snatching that top five position :jonny:

Bigger Than Me is... a choice :eli:

I enjoyed What About Us but then kinda just didn't listen to Beautiful Trauma at all :dies: I feel like I should tho

 

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20 minutes ago, Unoriginal said:

Chained :!ohno:

Bad at Love :clap3: wasn't expecting it on this list let alone so high

New Rules just snatching that top five position :jonny:

Bigger Than Me is... a choice :eli:

I enjoyed What About Us but then kinda just didn't listen to Beautiful Trauma at all :dies: I feel like I should tho

 

Most of my What About Us plays come from the radio because it gets spammed so hard here. :dies: Beautiful Trauma is that pure pop that never fails on me!

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What a weird number one. :eek:

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Verona deserved #1 :(

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well thats a very um eclectic collection haha, go verona

 

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