Hello all! As the year’s passing, it is time for me to share my list of favorite songs of the year. I hope we can enjoy it, even though it’s compiled of a fairly diverse genre of music, but generally rock. Also, I’m really open to hear your favorites too, so let me know in the comment section below. Thank you!
Chart order: 25 to 1.
25. Everything Turns Around by Dogstar.
24. Blood and Sugar by Boys Like Girls.
23. Mountains at Midnight by Royal Blood.
22. Wings by Jonas Brothers.
21. Lowest in Me by Staind.
20. Halo by Pendulum feat. Matthew Tuck of Bullet for My Valentine.
19. Beyond by Corey Taylor.
18. Wild Dogs (Running in a Slow Dream) by Matchbox Twenty.
17. Trial by Fire by Judas Priest.
16. Atomic City by U2.
15. Your Side of Town by The Killers.
14. The American Dream Is Killing Me by Green Day.
13. Love from the Other Side by Fall Out Boy.
12. Rise by Extreme.
11. Landmines by Sum 41.
10. One More Time by Blink-182.
9. The Narcissist by Blur.
8. Easy Now by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.
Hi readers! As the year goes to an end, it’s time for me to share my list of favorite songs of the year, compiled of songs released this year as an album track, album single, promotional song for an album and/or standalone single. While it is mainly from rock and its subgenres, I’ll include other tunes that turns out to be songs that I played repeatedly this year.
Personal Chart: Top Song of 2021. (Chart order: 20 to 1)
20. Love Under Pressure by James Blunt. Atlantic Records. Album: The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021).
19. No Son of Mine by Foo Fighters. RCA Records/ Roswell Records. Album: Medicine at Midnight.
18. Harridan by Porcupine Tree. Music for Nations. Album: Closure/Continuation (to be released in 2022).
17. Christmas Truce by Sabaton. Nuclear Blast. Album: The War to End All Wars (to be released in 2022).
16. All It Takes by Karnivool. Sony Music Entertainment/ Cymatic Records. Album: Standalone single. Album to be announced.
15. I Wanna Be Your Slave by Måneskin. Sony Music Entertainment/ RCA Records. Album: Teatro d’ira: Vol. I.
14. Typhoons by Royal Blood. Warner Records Inc. Album: Typhoons.
13. Easy on Me by Adele. Columbia Records. Album: 30.
12. The Bandit by Kings of Leon. RCA Records. Album: When You See Yourself.
11. All Too Well (10 Minute Version) by Taylor Swift. Republic Records. Album: Red (Taylor’s Version).
Plus the accompanying short film that made the whole album release so fascinating…
10. Good 4 U by Olivia Rodrigo. Geffen Records/ Interscope Records. Album: Sour.
Plus the song that inspires it… (just so we remember)
9. Dead Inside by Nita Strauss feat. David Draiman. Sumerian Records. Album: Standalone single. Album to be announced.
8. Wait a Minute My Girl by Volbeat. Vertigo Records/ Republic Records/ Universal Records. Album: Servant of the Mind.
7. I Need Some of That by Weezer. Atlantic Records/ Crush Music. Album: Van Weezer.
6. Heat Above by Greta Van Fleet. Lava Records/ Republic Records. Album: The Battle at Garden’s Gate.
5. Bite Me by Avril Lavigne. DTA Records/ Elektra Records. Album: Standalone single. Album to be announced.
4. Hunter’s Moon by Ghost. Loma Vista Recordings. Album: Standalone single.
Plus the movie Halloween Kills’ end credit version where the song served as its soundtrack.
3. Just a Notion by ABBA. Polar Music/ Universal Music. Album: Voyage.
2. Hard Skool by Guns N’ Roses. Geffen Records/ Universal Music Group. Album: Hard Skool [EP] (to be released in 2022).
1. The Chapeltown Rag by Slipknot. Roadrunner Records. Album: Standalone single. Album to be announced.
That’s it folks! Hope you enjoyed it. I’d also like to hear your picks, so leave it in comment section below if any!
Alter Bridge are once again makes us keen with the new song ‘Addicted to Pain’. The song proved us that they’re still making music that we’ve known. Let’s keep the power on!
‘Addicted to Pain’ will be released to radio on Aug 12 (UK) and Aug 20 (US).
New album ‘Fortress’ coming on:
Sept 30th (UK) via Roadrunner Records
Oct 8th (US) via Capitol Records/ EMI Music
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