I wouldn’t be surprised if some of you didn’t agree with Sanna’s track being in my top 3. Is it the 3rd BEST single of the year? Probably not. But this isn’t about the BEST songs… it’s about my favorite songs! And Sanna sung one of my top 3 favorite songs of the year. To have a song that was released almost a year ago now still playing almost every day in my iPod!? That means it must be good!
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The track was her entry into Melodifestivalen 2007 and she made it to the final round with it! She sung her heart out on the night of the final but with such tough competition it was clear fans were looking for something a little more different from Carolas ‘Invincible.’ I WISH I could hear this song in english… but I’m afraid these kinds of songs end up losing some of their punch when you translate them into english. Take Evighet or Vindarna Vander Oss… while they were still amazing… neither of them were as good in english. Something about the Swedish language that really packs a punch!
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I only hope that this time next year her new track ‘Empty Room’ will make an appearance on my favorite songs of 2008! Not long to wait now!
Initially I wasn’t a huge McFly fan. I thought they were a cheap, younger version of ‘Busted’ and I really didn’t give them the time of day. But after seeing them live I remember leaving and I couldn’t stop singing the infectious ‘Obviously.’
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It wasn’t until their 2nd album ‘Wonderland’ that I really became a big McFly fan. The second album was a lot more mature sounding and a bit more mellow than their first. It really proved that the band has a lot of talent. The album is still one of my favorites to this day! That being said I haven’t really been impressed with the songs they’ve released since ‘Wonderland.’ It got so bad that I stopped listening to their new songs when they were being released. I simply lost interest in the band completely and what they were doing.
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Then for some random reason I decided to listen to ‘The Heart Never Lies’ and I was hooked. Just the way the song starts off slow and builds up as it goes along. The lryics are great and the guys sound amazing. This song is definitely worthy of a spot on anyones year end coundown.
So I know I posted about this song during my ‘Men Of Sweden’ post, but I really can’t get enough of Jimmy Jansson. I actually bought his album on a whim without hearing any of his songs besides Amanda and Som Sommaren which was posted by PPG on her blog.
Lets just say that it was one of my best album purchases of the year. Of all the great tracks on the album this song it the one I still cannot stop playing. It doesn’t matter that I don’t understand a word of what he is saying
Actually if anyone knows what the song title means it would be great if you would let me know! I could look it up but i’m far too lazy!
The moral of this post: This song rocks and is in my top 5 of the year!
We’re now at the halfway mark! Only 5 songs left in my Final Countdown of my favorite songs of 2007.
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This song is actually not a very good representation of the rest of their album… it seems the band got extremely lucky with this track because they’ve failed to have anymore major chart success with the album.
So it seems that the stars aligned when they recorded ‘Here In Your Arms.’ It was one of those perfect summer songs. One you could blast and all your friends could sing and dance along to. The lyrics are simple and easy to sing along to (except for the chorus… you can just make up words for the chorus and noone will be able to tell the difference… it’s all part of the fun really!) So thankyou Hellogoodbye for giving me one of my favorite songs of the year!
One of the most memorable moments for me this year was at the Globen in Stockholm during ‘Melodifestivalen.’ Various celebrities were coming on stage to read the results from various cities in Sweden. Every time a new celebrity came out they received a round of applause… nothing special… until they announced Magnus Carlsson and started to blast his entry that had already been eliminated ‘Live Forever.’ No one… not even Carola received the same kind of reception as Magnus. It was clear from his face that he was extremely surprised by the reaction as well. It was as if the audience was saying… “We’re sorry for not voting for your song, you should have been up there tonight.” It was an amazing moment… and the look on his face was priceless. If my voice wasn’t gone from screaming for Sanna and Mans already… it was definitely gone once Magnus hit the stage!
Although his song ‘Live Forever’ didn’t make it to the final in Melodifestivalen, Magnus went on to release a great first English solo album. It was exactly what you would have wanted from a summer album and ‘Waves Of Love’ was definitely a summer anthem for me. A great song to blast from the car when you’re driving around in the summer.
I wanted to get through the countdown before I posted anything new for all of you…
But unfortunately this cannot wait. If I had heard the song earlier it most definitely would have been in my top ten for sure. I’ve JUST got this song and have already played it about 15 times in a row now.
It’s not very ‘pop’ but it’s great nevertheless… If you appreciate good songs across different genres then you will be able to appreciate this song from Peter Cincotti who is only 24 years old!
He has actually been around for quite sometime now. His new album of original material will be released in the USA in 2008 and you can expect to hear more about him very soon.
*I don’t know if anyone ever watches the youtube links that I post… but if there is one video you need to watch… it’s this one; Sugababes perform About U Now (Acoustic)*
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I feel like I keep repeating myself lately with some of these artists and songs… but It’s just a lot of these songs are really just that great! I tried to stay away from some of the songs that are going to be on everyones top 10… but there was no staying away from this track. If you haven’t heard it you must have been living under a rock this year. The single has just made another jump back up the Singles chart in the Uk last week from #19 to #12! Why is this such a big deal? Because the song was released September 19th 2007! It’s still in the top 20 almost 4 months after it’s initial release! The song spent 4 weeks at number one and is now officially the girls biggest hit to date.
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Most acts peak early in their careers and never truly reach the heights that they started off at… but depite a number of problems, mostly involving line up changes… the band continues to have success. Why? Because they are genuinely talented and release great songs. I’ve been lucky enough to see them live twice now… and each time they blew me away with how great they sounded live. Something that one has to respect in a pop artist. In the comments section Paul from
‘The Zapping.com’ mentioned the 3 album/Greatest Hits/Split curse that has plagued so many other bands… it’s a formula that the Sugababes I’m happy to say, have broken.
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The winner of Swedish Idol 2006 and his debut album included this gem of a track. It’s a bit of rock with a bit of pop… I love the backing vocals in the chorus… when I was trying to decide if I really wanted to put this song in my top 10 all it took was hearing those vocals again and I knew it belonged as one of my top 10 faves this year. His album ‘Echo Heart’ is full of edgy rock/pop tracks and has already gone double platinum in Sweden.
This is it… my top 10 favorite songs of 2007… lets begin with #10!
For those of us that were slightly dissapointed with the new Girls Aloud album, one of the bright spots on the album is this hard hitting track. When I really think about it I don’t actually know if it would do that well as a single actually… but that doesn’t make me love it any less. The girls have really shown a lot of maturity in their image and sound in 2007 and I think this is key to their staying power. They really are a group that has been on the cutting egde of pop music since they were formed almost 5 years ago now! They’ve outlived almost every pop act around and they’re still going extremely strong in the charts. I for one can’t wait to see what they’re going to do next.
This will be the last post before we get to my TOP TEN of 2007!! These are the songs that I would consider to be runners up… I LOVED them this year… but they didn’t get as much ‘play’ as the rest of the songs on my list. Still they deserve to be mentioned!
I’ve posted acouple songs from Danish band C21 this year… Soren used to be a part of C21 and he released his solo album ‘Life Is Simple, Not Easy’ this year. While I found the album to be a little lacklustre… this song stood out and I played it regularly over the past few months.
Erik Segerstedt – 2 Happy 2 Soon
Back in the spring I posted a comparison of Erik Segerstedt vs Markus Fagervall. At the time I said that Erik’s album was superior to Markus’. While I still agree that Erik’s album is better overall, Erik failed to have a song in my top ten… can the same be said for Markus? Check out my next post for the answer.
Backstreet Boys – Any Other Way
Backstreet Boys – Something That I Already Know
‘Unbreakable’ is probably the first BSB album to really flop… and I say it’s because the band didn’t work with Max Martin at all which is a crime! But still… I’ve always been a huge BSB fan and I did enjoy the new album. ‘Inconsolable’ was a lame first single I thought… but there are definitely some bright spots on the album. The album also did extremely well in Canada where there has always been a lot of support for the band. At the end of the day I think this might be the end of BSB. These songs are some of the best songs from ‘Unbreakable.’
Ultra – Feeling Alive
Uk Band ‘Ultra’ came back out of nowhere and released an independant pop album… something that is rarely seen in the world of pop. While no one even knew they did it… the album was really good… Feeling Alive is a great song from the alb.
BWO – The Destiny Of Love
BWO continue to show us that they know how to make the oddest videos in the history of Pop. Every video they release is more creative and odd than the last. While I wasn’t truly impressed by any of their singles this year, Destiny Of Love was a solid track backed by a wonderfully strange video.
Danny – Feat. Therese – If Only You
One of the smartest moves in the world of pop in 2007 was deciding to add Therese to this track from Danny’s album and release it as a single!
Alphabeat – 10′000 Nights Of Thunder
I dedicated a post to Alphabeat last month and I think you all should go out and buy their album!
Da Buzz – Take All My Love
Da Buzz showed us just how many hits they’ve had in the last 10 years with the release of their Greatest Hits album this year which gave us this amazing track.
This song only gets posted because I think the song has wonderful lyrics. I’d actually love to hear someone cover it and make it better, I don’t think Damien does it justice. He does sing it quite nicely live though!
Girlband – Electric
Australia shows us that the ‘Popstars’ brand isn’t dead with ‘Girlband’
Girls Aloud – Call The Shots
One of the girls best selling singles in sometime… it stayed in the top 5 for ages in the Uk.
Enrique Iglasias – Wish I Was Your Lover
These are the kinds of songs Enrique needs to be releasing as singles!
The Sugababes really brought me back as a fan this year… their album was spectacular!
