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Best chart singles of 2011?
Posted by BigJimBob on 2 November 2011 - 11:41am.
I am sure someone will cover the albums of 2011, BUT I have always had a soft spot for quality pop. Yes, I know it is a bit early, but lets face it, two reality distortion fields will be affecting the charts from here on: The X-factor and Christmas. So the chances of Good Stuff coming out in the 7 or so charts before year end are pretty low.
So - in kind of a tribute to the late Jimmy Salville - I ask what are your suggestions for the best chart singles of the year, you-see, you-see, Guys and Gals [insert Donkey braying noise here]? Here are mine:
[The Wanted - Lightning]
[Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (which is also my nomination for best pop video)]
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There's...
...still a singles chart?
blimey...
Yeah
that is why I ask: I think the single chart needs some TLC. That said, if you have any kids of say 9 and upwards, you'll know that Weggie Yates on Sundays is still a fixture for lots of people.
For me...
...I think you'd have to go a long way to beat Beyoncé's current single, "Countdown". A great late entrant.
This, THIS
A million times THIS.
The first single from Beyoncé's current album was none too shabby either...
And then there's Cher Lloyd's Swagger Jagger, which somehow manages to be pop genius and the most irritating song in the history of sound at the same time:
That Beyonce
is ace.
I'm not a big Beyonce fan (save a couple of her poptastic hits) as I think her LPs are choc-full of filler and think loads of stuff is dull, so hadn't bothered listening to this. I was wrong.
I'd go for Katy On A Mission by Katy B as one of this year's stand-out chart moments.
Beyonce - B'day
Not a duff track on it and has Deja Vu. Jay-Z's size 9 all over it.
Beyoncé
- this is the best thing I've heard her do in years.
Kanye West & Jay-Z feat. Beyoncé - Lift Off
Genuinely exciting and unpredictable - Kanye may be annoying at times but he is clearly touched by genius.
A few from me...
... nothing wrong with a bit of quality pop
Nicola Roberts - Lucky Day (just about made the charts!)
Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend
Rihanna - We Found Love
Joe Goddard - Gabriel
Robyn!
No secret how much I love Robyn and Body Talk, but because the LP was 2010, I completely forgot about the singles.
Good call and correct.
Also, I'm not sure if Lucky Day actually charted. Did it? Should have done, obv.
Was CYG a single this year then?
Wow. Totally forgot about that. It's obviously completely amazing.
Good call on Nicola. Beat Of My Drum does it for me too: makes me grin like an idiot every time I hear it. I find it just head-shakingly inexplicable that she's selling so badly.
Jo, I'm totally with you on Beyoncé. I wouldn't buy an album, but I always make a point of listening out for the singles as about 1 in 3 is so good it absolutely mops the floor with everything else.
Lucky Day peaked at number
Lucky Day peaked at number 40 in the charts - not sure how many it sold but it can't have been many (it was the week before the album release though) A pity as it's a great tune.
Just pressed play...
...on "Call Your Girlfriend". Haven't listened to it for a few weeks. Just forcibly reminded how completely wonderful it is. It raises the hairs on my arms. Gives me all those feelings we associate with amazing music.
(And I love that dance routine. I think one of my 2012 new year's resolutions will be to learn how to dance. I'm a chubby 33 year old teacher, and it's high time I felt OK about dancing. I so want to. It's what music's for. Fuck it if I look ridiculous. I'll be happy.)
I have Jo to thank for Robyn, really. She was the one who put me onto her, and "Body Talk" is now close to being one of my favourite albums ever. I cannot tell you how much I love it, how thrilling I still find it. So thanks, Jo.
I may have mentioned it before, but I love music. Sometimes when I'm grumping on about the bits of music I hate, I wonder if the amount I love it gets a bit lost. Can't have that. I love it.
Robyn is excellent - she
Robyn is excellent - she does a great job of doing catchy pop songs with oodles of credibility. Here is a re-working of Call Your Girlfriend that I also love;
Robyn! Again!
Thanks, Bob. What a great thing to say.
I've always enjoyed pop, and one of my criteria for liking music is "can someone dance to it?" but in the last couple of years, I've almost completely lost my appetite for any new "boys/men/miserable looking people with guitars". I'm sure it will come back at some stage, but at the moment it's upbeat stuff that is wetting my whistle.
That Joe Goddard
track should have been huge, as should Nicola Robert's first single:
"Beat Of My Drum".
Bruno Mars..
good song in this or any other year..
The boy
is a bit talented isn't he? Check out his writing credits - which include co-writing Forget You. He is a bit of throw-back to the Brill building.
Indeed BJB..
good old-fashioned songwriting skills, not exactly that widespread any more.
Love Katy B
but the single came out August 2010 so disqualified :(
Bugger
Thought Broken Record came out first.
May I have Movement from the Katy B LP then?
Two stand out for me
Jessie J- Price Tag
Maroon 5- Moves Like Jagger
price tag is brilliant, but aren't y'all forgetting...
(anything that, ahem, borrows from Billy Jean is still good. See also Don't Stop Moving)
Robyn, Nicola and this:
nero:Promises
Hooray!
I came in to nominate this, and Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor.
'twas you
that identified it for me on this here blog, I believe. Its a great track.
Metronomy
The Look
Stormed the charts by reaching no.190 in April.
Finger on the pulse, me.
I hated
"Swagger Jagger", but I absolutely love this...
Cher Lloyd - "With Ur Love"
Could live without the idiot rapper and textspeak spelling though.
I'm in complete accord with you, KDH
the swagger song (I hate it so much I can't even type the full title) was the worst song of the last ten years, so the brilliance of this is beyond surprising. Great pop.
Much to relish there
And how about this trio?
Foster The People: Pumped Up Kicks
Yasmin: Finish Line
Emeli Sandé: Heaven
Yes to
Katy Perry - Firework
Adele - Rolling In The Deep
Jessie J - Price Tag
and...
Noel's new one which I much prefer to the one before. Suddenly something he's done has made me sit up and take notice once more after all these years, well since Setting Son or something. A strong showing. Not too much like the usual fare we've got used to either. Quite refreshing. 'Aka What A Life'.
You're right on AKA What A Life...
I can already tell that it's going to be part of many compilations I make for the purpose of 'driving on wide roads rather fast'
Fireworks
was last year I think...that is why I chose Last Friday Night
Can I
have this, an airplay hit but not a chart hit, produced by Bernard Butler:
Nerina Pallot - "Put Your Hands Up".
This one
Do you know what would be public spirited?
If somebody made a Spotify playlist of all this and posted the link.
Like this?
Word Blog Singles of 2011
Couldn't get that Yasmin track.
Thanks, Mr (Ms?) Potato
I am a male potato
More details available at the other end of that Spotify link ;-)
You're welcome - I was already compiling the playlist when El Hep posted the above! And thanks all for the ideas anyway, as I am completely unaware of what happens in the singles universe. It made an interesting playlist for the office.
Cheers Roast Potato - that's
Cheers Roast Potato - that's my music sorted for the morning! :)
As i'm here i'll throw another into the mix - I loved this when it came out;
Wretch 32 feat Josh Kumra - Don't Go
Chase & Status
'Blind Faith'
The Mummers 'Fade Away'
Great album, too
http://www.emusic.com/listen/#/album/The-Mummers-Mink-Hollow-Road-MP3-Do...
Tune-Yards 'My Country'
Not sure that was
a Chart single though!
Tru
I didn't read the post properly...
Blimey
just realised I don't know 1 chart song from 2011. Can we choose ones from the TOTOP re runs? If so I'll go for Sssingle bed by Foxx although Hozat by Sherbert is running it a close second at the moment.
CAN YOU FEEL THAT
BOOM-B-BOO-BOOM BOOM-B-BOO-BOOM BASS?
(Apologies in advance, the video is one of the worst things I've ever seen)