Top 25 - 14 September, 2014

SAFIA, Damien Rice + Stella Angelico!

1. Tkay Maidza - Finish Them (#1 for 2 weeks!)





2. SAFIA - You Are The One (NEW)





3. Jack Ladder and The Dreamlanders ft. Sharon Van Etten - Come On Back This Way





4. Jessie Ware - Say You Love Me





5. Tkay Maidza - U-Huh





6. Saskwatch - A Love Divine (NEW)





7. Lanks - Brave Man





8. Damien Rice - My Favourite Faded Fantasy (NEW)





9. Bertie Blackman - War Of One





10. Swick and Lewis Cancut ft. Tkay Maidza - Wishes





11. Japanese Wallpaper ft. Jesse Davidson - Between Friends





12. Our Man In Berlin - Cirrhosis





13. Jack Colwell and The Owls - Seek The Wilde





14. BAD//DREEMS - My Only Friend (NEW)





15. Stella Angelico - Prey (NEW)





16. Seinabo Sey - Pistols at Dawn





17. Big Tree - Raise The Flag (NEW)





18. George Maple - Talk Talk (NEW)





19. Winters End - Walls (NEW)





20. Megan Washington - My Heart Is A Wheel





21. ODESZA ft. Zyra - Say My Name (NEW)





22. Deja - Sirens





23. Airling - Wasted Pilots




24. Kilter ft. Tkay Maidza - They Say (NEW)





25. The Preatures - Somebody's Talking

Top 300 Songs of the 2000s, #50 - 41



Arctic Monkeys: They think you'll look good whilst on the d-floor. Fools.


We've already seen 250 songs and now only 50 sweet, sweet tracks from the years 2000 - 2009 remain. There's only the best of the best from here on in. Any ideas about who had songs worthy of making the top 50 songs of the 2000s? You won't have to wait long to find out... here's the next ten.

#50 - Romeo (2001)

by Basement Jaxx

Cause you see my dear I have had enough,

Of keeping quiet about all this stuff...

The song, the video... it's all just so good. And Bollywood themed. How can you say no to a Bollywood theme. 

Top 300 Songs of the 2000s, #120 - 111



Britney's last stand... on this countdown.


This could be my favourite post of the entire countdown. Well, the songs aren't my favourite (clearly, or they'd be the top 10 no?), but the post get extra props for being the only one that features a song from every year in the decade. That's right, one song from the year 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Whatever, I think it's cool... here's the songs!

#120 - Hollaback Girl (2005)

by Gwen Stefani

So I'm ready to attack, gonna lead the pack,

Gonna get a touchdown, gonna take you out...

Brian Griffin - "I don't know what a Hollaback Girl is. All I know is that I want her dead." I can't say I feel as strongly as everyone's favourite talking dog, Brian. 

Don't You Forget About Me #3 - 9 Crimes

Damien Rice - 9 Crimes

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Depressingly amazing or amazingly depressing? Either or, nothing can take away from how beautiful this song really is. I won't pretend to know exactly what '9 Crimes' is actually about. Guesswork leads me to believe it's about a couple who are struggling to come to terms with the fact that they are growing apart and falling in love with other people. Sad? Yes, but it makes a fantastic theme for a song.

Like many of Rice's other songs, '9 Crimes' is based on a simple melody and thought provoking lyrics that rely on emotional vocal delivery. And the delivery from Rice and frequent collaborator Lisa Hannigan is definitely emotional. You can feel the despair as they ask each other if what they're doing is alright and you already know the answer is somewhere in the no department.

If you can't tell from the previous Don't You Forget About Me's, I enjoy a song that builds up throughout. This certainly happens here, as Hannigan and Rice take turns with verses before singing over the top of each other as strings and percussion build up in the background until the emotional climax that ends the vocals with Rice's, "no," before fading out with the opening piano melody.

The accompanying music video is pretty cool too. A bit bizarre, but they get points for trying something different. At first I was like, "why would they have a severed head singing?" But it's cool, it's actually a balloon. Duh. In case you're wondering where you might have heard '9 Crimes' before, it's appeared in the (lame) Shrek the Third movie and episodes of Grey's Anatomy, Jericho, CSI and The Inbetweeners.