There’s a limited amount of big movement on my new personal chart, as one might expect for the first chart of January. The next few weeks will bring plenty of new songs for 2014 as last year’s faves exit the chart.
- It looks like our Top 2 songs might give way to new ones, but “An Open Heart” by Bright Light Bright Light has had 4 appearances at the top and “What’s Going On” by Monsieur Adi featuring A*M*E has held runner up for 5 appearances, which are stories unto themselves 🙂
- The big news in the Top 10 belongs (surprise, surprise) to Travis Garland! Two of the sexiest songs on his self-titled debut are moving up, first at #3 with the album track “Easy” (above), which could slide up to #1 – or could “Motel Pool” (below) do that instead, soaring 22-9 in its second appearance? You can’t lose with either song!
- One of the songs I’ve enjoyed most over the winter break and beyond is “Every Single Moment” by SIRPAUL, which advances 5-4. Gets cranked in the car every time 🙂
- “Animals” by Martin Garrix is a huge surprise, and should by all rights be a top pop hit around the world and not just in Europe. It moves up 6-5.
- UK singer Eurielle has big things coming for 2014, the start of which is her 3 song EP The Incarnation, featuring the stunning “Gold”, rising 7-6.
- “Breathe Me” is Carlos Nóbrega’s poignant take on the Sia song, and it jumps 10-7 and looks to be Top 5 bound 🙂
- Rounding out the risers within the Top 10 is another sad and beautifully sung tune, Jarell Perry’s “4th of July” (below), still available as a free download.
- The rest of the chart finds several recent additions caught in the middle, waiting for other songs to fall. The fastest risers of the bunch belong to Bright Light Bright Light’s “In My Care” (16-13), “Come A Little Closer” by Cage The Elephant (23-20) (below), and Své’s alt.pop beauty “Talking To The Walls” (28-25). And the “Glee”/Adam Lambert version of “Marry The Night” climbs to #11, one spot higher than Lady GaGa’s original – but does that make it better? Maybe!
- Our first of three newcomers arrived almost exactly two weeks ago as a free download, which made it to the chart blog post as an ‘extra’. Well Neverest’s anthemic and danceable “Take Cover” bows at #21 – can it get to #1 like last year’s “Rewind”? Watch the performance video above to give you a taste of the impact of a Neverest show 🙂
- Next up at #22 is what could be the “It Guy” of early 2014 😉 Jake Miller has a certain kind of charm with his mix of pop and rap that is definitely turning heads with his debut album Us Against Them. “Collide” is the lead single and it’s simply a winner to which North American radio is warming up.
- The song really didn’t need minions to become a hit, but certainly having two non-consecutive weeks at the top in the UK has helped it immensely. “Happy” (from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack) also happens to be by Pharrell Williams who is more than everywhere than he’s ever been (if you follow that 😛 ). It arrives on my chart at #27.
Listen to the songs or watch the videos using the links on the pictures on the pretty and detailed web edition of my chart.
01 01 AN OPEN HEART Bright Light Bright Light
02 02 WHAT’S GOING ON Monsieur Adi featuring A*M*E
04 03 EASY Travis Garland
05 04 EVERY SINGLE MOMENT SIRPAUL
06 05 ANIMALS Martin Garrix
07 06 GOLD Eurielle
10 07 BREATHE ME Carlos Nóbrega
03 08 CAN’T HOLD BACK Anton Ewald
22 09 MOTEL POOL Travis Garland
12 10 4TH OF JULY Jarell Perry
13 11 MARRY THE NIGHT Glee Cast featuring Adam Lambert
09 12 DO I HAVE TO DANCE Simon Curtis
16 13 IN YOUR CARE Bright Light Bright Light
15 14 DO WHAT U WANT Lady Gaga featuring R. Kelly
17 15 ROLLERCOASTER Corey Niles featuring Dru
18 16 KEEP ME RUNNING Andy Suzuki & The Method
19 17 I CAN’T HELP IT Dangerous Muse
21 18 MANiCURE Lady Gaga
08 19 I HAVE A NAME Osvaldo Supino
23 20 COME A LITTLE CLOSER Cage The Elephant
New 21 TAKE COVER Neverest
New 22 COLLIDE Jake Miller
11 23 WE CAN’T STOP SUMMERTIME SADNESS DATABOY
14 24 JULIET Lawson
28 25 TALKING TO THE WALLS Své
20 26 BERLIN WALL Simon Curtis
New 27 HAPPY Pharrell Williams
25 28 ADORN Miguel featuring Jessie Ware
27 29 IMPOSSIBLE Ryan Star
29 30 HEADHUNTER Parralox
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