Favorite Songs of 2021

[Jumpin' Jesse Walsh]

Guess I'll start it off:


"Good Days" by SZA
"Bouncin'" by Tinashe
"Take My Breath" by The Weeknd
"Monument" by KEiiNO
"Adrenalina" by Senhit ft. Flo Rida
"Resume" by Jenevieve
"24 Hours" by Agnes
"Hot N Heavy" by Jessie Ware
"Shum" by Go_A
"good 4 U" by Olivia Rodrigo
"The Only Heartbreaker" by Mitski
"Call Me By Your Name" by Lil Nas X
"Silk Chiffon" by MUNA ft. Phoebe Bridgers
"Last Day On Earth" by beabadoobee
"Higher" by Sun-El Musician ft. Simmy
"Zitti E Buoni" by Maneskin

[J is Justice]

Teardrinker by Mastodon
Transcending Time by Dream Theater

[Urethra Franklin]

- “VBS” - Lucy Dacus
- “Silk Chiffon - MUNA feat. Phoebe Bridgers
- “Black Illuminati” - Freddie Gibbs feat. Jadakiss
- “Good Ones” - Charli XCX
- “Poke It Out” - Wale feat. J. Cole
- “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” - The War on Drugs feat. Lucius
- “Head Cheerleader” - Pom Pom Squad
- “Steam” - Leon Bridges
- “good 4 u” - Olivia Rodrigo
- “Right Now” - Westside Gunn feat. Stove God Cooks and Jadakiss
- “Bunny Is a Rider” - Caroline Polachek
- “I Am Not a Woman, I’m a God” - Halsey
- “Last Day on Earth” - beabadoobee
- “Spinning” - No Rome feat. Charli XCX and The 1975
- “Survivor’s Remorse” - Benny the Butcher and Harry Fraud feat. Rick Hyde
- “New Shapes” - Charli XCX feat. Christine and the Queens and Caroline Polachek
- “no body, no crime” - Taylor Swift feat. HAIM

There’s probably more I can’t think of right now.

[G✇JI☈A]

I quite dug this track from St. Vincent.. I know it’s a hard sell but I liked it:

[4real]

So many to mention:

Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers Licence, Good 4 U
Coldplay - Higher Power
Lingua Ignota - The whole bloody album really I can’t narrow it to 1 song
Chvrches - He Said She Said, Good Girls, How Not To Drown
Weezer - Screens, Grapes of Wrath, All My Favourite Songs
Accept - Too Mean To Die, Overnight Sensation
Foo Fighters - No Son of Mine
Wolf Alice - Smile, How Can I Make It Ok?
Spellling - Little Deer
ABBA - Don’t Shut Me Down, I Still Have Faith In You
Ghost - Hunters Moon
King Woman - Morning Star
Employed To Serve - Exist
Cradle Of Filth - Crawling King Chaos
Limp Bizkit - Dad Vibes
Royal Blood - Limbo, Boilermaker
Foals - Wake Up
Wet Leg - Chaise Longue
St Vincent - Pay Your Way In Pain
Mastodon - Teardrinker, Pushing The Tides (I hated the album though)
Gojira - Into The Storm, Amazonia, Born For One Thing
Laura Mvula - Got Me
Black Midi - John L
Maneskin - I Wanna Be Your Slave
Machine Head - Become The Firestorm
Carcass - Again the whole album is just killer
Terra Odium - see above
Haunt - In Our Dreams
Years & Years - Starstruck
Dream Theater - The Alien
Silk Sonic - Smokin Out The Window, Leave The Door Open
Idles - The New Sensation, Wizz, Crawl! Car Crash
Mammoth WVH - Epiphany
The Weeknd - Take My Breath
Japanese Breakfast - Be Sweet
Helloween - Skyfall, Angels, Fear Of The Fallen
Every Time I Die - Dark Distance
Epica - The Skeleton Key
Mitski - The Only Heartbreaker
For Those I Love - You Stayed/To Live
Amenra - Ogentroost (Malaki Black’s theme)

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

In no order:

ABBA- I Still Have Faith In You
Cardi B- Up
Drake, Future, Young Thug- Way 2 Sexy
Mick Jagger & Dave Grohl- Easy Sleazy
Jake Shears- Do The Television
Lil Nas X- Montero (Call Me By Your Name), That's What I Want, Industry Baby
Gaspare Auge- Hey!, Force Majuere
Doja Cat- Streets
Limp Bizkit- Dad Vibes
Oliver Tree & Lil Yachty- Asshole
Young Thug- Tick Tock, Ski (w/Gunna)
BTS- Butter
Youngboy Never Broke Again- Life Support
Lil Durk and Morgan Wallen- Broadway Girls
Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar- Family Ties
The Weeknd- Take My Breath
Common & PJ- Majesty (Where We Gonna Take It)
Trippie Redd- Super Cell
Encanto Cast- The Family Madrigal, We Don't Talk About Bruno
Bruno Mars Anderson Paak, Silk Sonic- Smoking Out The Window
Kanye West- Off The Grid
Ginger Root- Loretta
Cannons- Bad Dream
Japanese Breakfast- Be Sweet
Rod Wave- By Your Side
Ollie Wride- A Matter of Time
Gorillaz & AJ Tracey- Jimmy Jimmy
Lil Uzi Vert- Demon High

[clodhopper]

Cygnus - Manchester

Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Too Cool To Dance

Viagra Boys ft Amy Taylor - In Spite Of Ourselves

Sleaford Mods ft Amy Taylor - Nudge It

All Elite Wrestling - Darkside Of TR.

Dynarec - Correlation

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Ghost- Hunters Moon

Jack White-Taking Me Back

Ouija Macc- Demon Seed

Edit: forgot Volbeat released two killer tracks this year: Don't Tread On Me (the only Metallica cover that's better than the original) and Shotgun Blues (which is NOT a cover of the GNR song like I was expecting it to be)

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

I don’t think I know any.

[Deleted]

One - Metallica

Just like every year.

[CeilingFan]

it is from 2019, but still a great song

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Dec 26, 2021 6:06:56 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

In no order:

ABBA- I Still Have Faith In You
Cardi B- Up
Drake, Future, Young Thug- Way 2 Sexy
Mick Jagger & Dave Grohl- Easy Sleazy
Jake Shears- Do The Television
Lil Nas X- Montero (Call Me By Your Name), That's What I Want, Industry Baby
Gaspare Auge- Hey!, Force Majuere
Doja Cat- Streets
Limp Bizkit- Dad Vibes
Oliver Tree & Lil Yachty- Asshole
Young Thug- Tick Tock, Ski (w/Gunna)
BTS- Butter
Youngboy Never Broke Again- Life Support
Lil Durk and Morgan Wallen- Broadway Girls
Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar- Family Ties
The Weeknd- Take My Breath
Common & PJ- Majesty (Where We Gonna Take It)
Trippie Redd- Super Cell
Encanto Cast- The Family Madrigal, We Don't Talk About Bruno
Bruno Mars Anderson Paak, Silk Sonic- Smoking Out The Window
Kanye West- Off The Grid
Ginger Root- Loretta
Cannons- Bad Dream
Japanese Breakfast- Be Sweet
Rod Wave- By Your Side
Ollie Wride- A Matter of Time
Gorillaz & AJ Tracey- Jimmy Jimmy
Lil Uzi Vert- Demon High

Good to see Ollie Wride getting a shout, saw him live about 3 weeks ago, ended up chatting to his mum in the crowd lol best live performer in YEARS

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

WELP
i guess i better get this started
like it's a party
and it's 1999

hehe
you all thought i
FORGOT
did you?

i did not forget

in total ONE HUNDRED SIXTY SIX songs of all quality gets into my listing of the

125th ANNUAL MR JENZIES SONGS OF THE YEAR THAT ISN'T IN THE SHADOWS

so as i start plonking text down like it's going out of fashion, then you look up the obscure songs on youtube, and bounce about your room while throwing up three quarters of your chocolate

we start with the songs that barely made it into this pot of stewing tunes ...

you right - doja cat / the weeknd
addicted - jorja smith
warning - skindred feat jacoby shaddix
lost cause - billie eilish
solar power - lorde
slumber party - ashnikko feat princess nokia
deal with it - ashnikko feat kelis
up - cardi b
deja vu - olivia rodrigo
morning - shift key feat karen harding
drive - clean bandit / topic / wes nelson
nda - billie eilish
don't you worry about me - bad boy chiller crew
goodbye - imanbek & goodboys
butter - bts
i still have faith in you - abba
break my heart myself - bebe rexha feat travis scott
love (sweet love) - little mix
a second to midnight - kylie minogue & years and years
our song - anne-marie & niall horan
mood ring - lorde
fleabag - yungblud
new love - silk city / elle goulding / diplo
bed - joel corry / raye / david guetta
typhoons - royal blood
chasing birds - foo fighters
john hughes movie - maisie peters
all i know so far - pink
your power - billie eilish
shum - go a
you - regard / troye sivan / tate mcrae
manchester super reds no 1 fan - don broco
one night - griff
heat - paul woolford & amber mark
heartbreak anthem - galantis / david guetta / little mix
roadside - mahalia feat aj tracey
good luck - james hype feat pia mia
industry baby - lil nas x / jack harlow
girls want girls - drake feat lil baby
shades on - raissa
10 years - dadi freyr
burning bridges - sigrid
treat people with kindness - harry styles
electric - katy perry
seventeen going under - sam fender
learning curve - aitch
risk it all - elle henderson / house gospel choir
need to know - doja cat
boyz - jesy nelson feat nicki minaj
woman - doja cat
shivers - ed sheeran
melon cake - demi lovato
cutthroat - imagine dragons
kiss me more - doja cat feat sza
good ones - charlie xcx
merry christmas - ed sheeran & elton john
leave the door open - silk sonic / bruno mars / paak
pressure - ari lennox
skate - silk sonic / bruno mars / paak
overpass graffiti - ed sheeran
telepatia - kali uchis
how does it feel - london grammar
patience - ksi feat yungblud & polo g
good without - mimi webb
look what you've done - zara larsson
what's next - drake
shame shame - foo fighters
motion - luke hemmings
marea (we've lost dancing) - fred again & blessed madonna
papercuts - machine gun kelly
kathleen - foxes
pma - all time low feat pale waves
brutal - olivia rodrigo
way too long - nathan dawe / anne-marie / mostak
dancing with the devil - demi lovato
i wanna be your slave - maneskin
goosebumps - travis scott & hvme
bussdown - jorja smith feat shaybo
overdrive - conan gray
strange - celeste
call on me - raye
killer - eminem
love line - shift k3y feat tinashe
in my head - nathassia feat d3fai
out out - joel corry / jax jones / charlie xcx
build a bitch - bella poarch
lo vas a olvidar - billie eilish & rosala
on the ground - rose
take my breath - the weeknd
your love (9pm) - atb / topic / a7s
beautiful mistakes - maroon 5 / megan thee stallion
pay your way in pain - st vincent
titans - major lazer feat sia & labrinth
remember - becky hill & david guetta
regardless - raye & rudimental
the darkness that you fear - chemical brothers
sun goes down - lil nas x
good days - sza
happier than ever - billie eilish
little bit of love - tom greenan
welcome to the internet - bo burham
didn't know - tom zanetti
love again - dua lipa
best friend - saweetie feat doja cat
don't play - anne-marie / ksi / digital farm
chicken tendies - clinton kane
drivers license - olivia rodrigueo
good girls - chvrches
not in love - franky wah feat lowes
lifestyle - jason derulo feat adam levine
breadwinner - kacey musgroves
holiday - ksi
follow you - imagine dragons
willow - t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l feat travis soul
wild side - normani feat cardi b
way 2 sexy - drake / young thug / future
girl like me - black eyed peas
my universe - coldplay & bts
all you ever wanted - rag 'n' bone man
demeanor - pop smoke feat dua lipa
no time for tears - nathan dawes feat little mix
wellerman - nathan evans / 220kid / billen ted

NEXT TIME

songs that were better

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

now we're getting the good stuff with the twenty six second level toe tappers, and they are really good too, which goes to show the quality for this year ... for me ...

save your tears - the weeknd
my head & my heart - ava max
oblivion - royal blood
streets - doja cat
losing my mind - angels and airways
kiss my (uh oh) - anne-marie & little mix
astronaut in the ocean - masked wolf
cold heart - elton john & dua lipa
i hope ur miserable until ur dead - nessa barrett
daywalker - machine gun kelly
not a soldier - willa amai
midnight - creeper
buzzcut - brockhampton feat danny brown
don't go yet - camila cabello
fake a smile - alan walker feat salem ilese
big - rita ora / david guetta / imanbek / gunna
skeletons - easy life
how not to drown - chvrches
stay - kid laroi & justin beiber
getting late - tyla feat kooldrink
every time i cry - ava max
bad habits - ed sheeran
dead girl (shake my head) - au/ra
by your side - calvin harris feat tom grennan
montero (call me by your name) - lil nas x
heat waves - glass animals

third part is the penultimate listing, but will it be unlucky thirteen?

don't be daft

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

TAKE MY POSTS ... AWAY ...

the third death star trench run is upon us, as the 13 songs vie to be fired from a desperate rebel ship and into a tiny hole

so here we go, and may the fourth of january be with you all!

jealous - mahalia feat rico nasty
mirror - sigrid
let them know - mabel
rasputin - majestic & boney m
i am not a woman i'm a god - halsey
my heart goes (la di da) - becky hill / topic
thats what i want - lil nas x
boilermaker - royal blood
energy - pa salieu feat mahalia
we're good - dua lipa
shy away - twenty one pilots
black hole - griff
starstruck - years and years

halseys song almost made it into the very pinnacle list too, but all these are what the kids call "slappy"
singing them all the time

final post is the TOP FIVE OF THE YEAR
and the reveal of my SONG OF THE YEAR!
this has been very close ...

*EDIT - 03/01/2022*
of course i would forget one, and it was a very good one too!

afraid - james hype feat harlee

even though it was last year i listened to it loads more this year, so it goes in to the second top level

[Natural Born Farmer]

"Hurt You" by Spiritbox

"Severing The Senses" by Dying Wish

"Butter" by BTS

"Misinterpreting Constellations" by Seeyouspacecowboy

"Tip Toe 5" by Riff Raff

"Midnight Society" by Inspirit

"Atlantic" by Sleep Token

"Lost Boy" by Whitechapel

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

YOU BENT MY WOOKIE Natural Born Farmer !!!


it's the
FIIIIIIIINAAAAAAAAL
COUNTDOOOOOOOOWN

as i present to you all

MY TOP FIVE SONGS OF THIS VERY LAST YEAR!

in no order of excellence, because they are all excellent!

NUMBER HAND

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i wasn't enamored with her first hit song DRIVING LICENCE, and DEJA VUE was pretty good ... then this monster rolled down the mountain!

infectious, rollocking, sad and crying on the bathroom floor, the top of her four songs in my list ... and it will be bouncing about my head for a long time to come!

NUMBER MIND QUAD

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a song that was top of my list for a long time this year, and was sooooooooooooooooooo close to making it number one

and as far as i'm concerned, the foo fighters are pretty much number one anyway

but my hopes for their new album fell very short of a putt with SHAME SHAME being less that i hoped for, especially after the superb 2017 THE SKY IS A NEIGHBOURHOOD ...

but my faith was rewarded with this astounding bangathon from the boys!

so close like i said ... but who will be that numero dinero?

NUMBER THREE SQUARED FIFTH

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and i'm nothing without this smooth as soup begging letter, from a gal that continues to hit it right out the park and onto the busy road with song after song, that just hits me right in the fells!

it took mahalia a few years to hit the heights, but she's done it with panache and stylee, and WHENEVER YOU'RE READY is like laying on a soft bed of nicely warmed towels wrapped around you ... well it does for me

also with four damn fine songs on my list, may she continue to bounce the charts of my heart!

NUMBER NUMBER

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what is it with this singing seductress that tugs at my uh-oh?

rita ora has always been a funny one, usually with songs that just float in my brain, while some fall flat on the floor like a bust balloon?

but not the song here, a lovely excuse to lazy about the pool and get your nice clothes all wet ... she needs a towel fast!

utterly infectious and a delight all round

AND FINALLY
IT'S THE SONG THAT AS PUZZLED MY SYNAPSES
SINCE THE VIDEO PREMIERED ON MAY 7TH ...

HOLD TIGHT
BECAUSE THIS IS
MY NUMBER ONE SONG OF THE YEAR OF 2021!

YES IT IS

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they've been one of my fav bands ever since wasting time on the beach singing about some colour ... or trying not to panic if you know what i mean

coldplay just keep doing things right and boy oh boy does this ultimate topper do that, with chris martins gorgeous vocals and the delicate but pulsating beat behind it, as well as some hologramatic dancing didgeridoo on the screen

this song man, this songs just lifts my heart and is just a joyous chorus, and reigns supreme at the summit of songs

WELL DONE LADS

so there we are

a triple fudge of cornucopia of sounds that sticks in your ears and you have to really dig it out with your pinkie

was it a vintage year for the tunes of glory?
no it wasn't
but heck it wasn't half bad
and i'm glad i finally got it out there for everyone to share ... or bask in my glory ...


and now i can get on with those other things i haven't done yet
some of y'all will KNOW what i mean by that

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR
IN 2023!!!

[RadcapRadsley]

My top 20 of the year in no particular order



Amyl And The Sniffers-Guided By Angels
Angel Olsen&Sharon Von Etten-Like I Used To
beabadoobee - Cologne
Colleen Green - Highway
Daniel Quién - Aroma A Nostalgia
Frances Forever-Space Girl
Girl IN Red-Seratonin
Gojira-Amazonia
Japanese Breakfast-Be Sweet
Kings Of Convenience - Rocky Trail
Lost Girls - Love, Lovers
Margaritas Podridas - Púrpura
Part Chimp - Back From The Dead
Silk Sonic-Leave The Door Open
Slowthai, A$AP Rocky-Mazza
Tati Falco-Selva y Mar
Trivium - From Dawn To Decadence
We the Pigs -- Anyway
Yuta Orisaka-Orka
Zoee-Microwave

[Push R Truth]

I don't have a favorite, but I do know of one song that's played on repeat in the bowels of Hell: That shitty ass Applebees Song


I was at a wedding where the DJ played it and the groom unplugged the speakers.