I’d never heard of Luke Combs before. Never watched The Voice, and country is typically not my cup of tea. After watching this video, I wanted to look him up to hear this song. I was not ready. My father passed away recently and this Christmas was the first I’ve been without him. This hit me like a ton of bricks. Been crying like a baby for ten minutes now. Thank you for turning me onto this song.
As someone who lost her mother a few years back, I feel you. It gets easier as time goes by. I hope life has been kinder to you since you commented this.
Blinding Lights might just be the most deserving year end #1 of all time. Right alongside Every Breath You Take, Yeah, Rolling in the Deep and Uptown Funk
And by "Every breath you take" you mean by the Police, right? Yeah...I think Puff Daddy's I'll be missing you is so much better. In my opinion anyways...
"Blinding Lights" is gonna top a lot of lists, I think. It's such a towering song. I'm a little surprised neither of Harry Styles's big hits got even an HM.
@Shock System It's a single sure, but even with the Super Bowl, I doubt it will be in the actual setlist. Im praying we get some traction for In Your Eyes.
In all fairness, Todd is literally the only person who I’ve heard say that he doesn’t like the song. And even he’s aware that it’s a pretty contrary opinion to the general consensus
Your points are valid, but I can’t bring myself to forgive “Dance Monkey” for how painstakingly staccato the hook is, and the vocals aren’t just bad. They’re distracting. I’ll admit it has strong qualities, namely in the production, but the vocals are worse than the rest of the song is good. It’s all I can hear when I hear the track come on. It’s hard to even listen to what she’s saying, so I find the lyrical relevance irrelevant. I don’t know. I’m glad you like it, and I love the list. I just can’t stand that song.
I wish Physical had become a hit in the US, this was one of the best songs this year imo. Same goes for Midnight Sky As for hits, Rain On Me was my favorite, Don't Start Now and WAP were really great too
The way I put it is that Blinding Lights, Levitating and Everything I Wanted are some of the best hits of all time. Physical is one of the best songs of all time
I disagree with you suggesting how barely anyone was thinking about "This is America". How could no one think about that song during the the massive BLM protests happening this year?
@@SpectrumPulse that’s fair maybe it’s just my personal experience but “This is America” got played a lot at the BLM protests I attended here in the states and were played over what felt like all protest montages of police brutality I saw on UA-cam and tik tok . I guess it did sorta die down past the mid point of the year after the initial protest wave happened
Yessss I'm so happy Blinding Lights was your number one. I thought it would be but you never know haha. Also so glad Mood made a spot, that song is fabulous. Kinda wish Don't Start Now made the list proper cuz it's my second favorite this year lol, but still glad it got a mention. 2020 sucked overall, but wow if I didn't love the music more this year than I have in a while. Great work as always Mark, so happy I found your channel this year :D
I always thought he liked it, maybe the Marshmello drop? Posthumous release? Or I don't really know why that hold back in that list also I'm surprise Does to me didn't get an honorable mention
Blinding Lights is a really, really good song, and I like it a lot. It's been a year now, and for the life of me I don't understand what everyone finds so special about it.
It gets a lot better in the context of the album, so if you haven't heard the album, maybe you're missing that. After spending eight songs of him being depressed that he couldn't make his ex stay, it is the moment where he decides he is going to call her back and change for the better.
Foreign countries have better taste in music than Americans. For example, metal festivals are cultural events in South America and in Europe. It's not seen as a niche, scary thing like in the US.
@@jayromeo940 Geographically bigger ;) I think the push to play more Canadian artists means that radio (and a lot of our TV as well) gets to dig a bit deeper and find stuff that’s just not getting traction in the US, but is pretty good. When Marianas Trench were getting the most radio play, they weren’t signed to an international label yet.
Marianas Trench. Making songs like Green Light, Symphony and Galway Girl hits in 2017. Even this year, they had In Your Eyes, Be Kind, Lover and Midnight Sky on their year end
I don’t know what you’re referring to with “This Is America” not being as important as people thought and people not thinking about for a long time. It literally went viral on TikTok this summer.
Some of my favourite hits this year 1. Say So 2. Come & Go 3. Death Bed 4. Everything I Wanted 5. Wishing Well 6. Blueberry Faygo 7. Don't Start Now 8. Adore You 9. Rain On Me 10. You Should Be Sad 11. Dynamite 12. Mood 13. Blinding Lights 14. Break My Heart 15. Juicy
*My Personal Top 10 Best Hit Songs Of 2020* 10. Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind 9. Olivia Rodrigo - All I Want 8. BROKCHAMPTON - Sugar 7. BTS - Blue & Grey 6. Taylor Swift & Bon Iver - exile 5. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain On Me 4. Harry Styles - Adore You 3. every Dua Lipa song released in 2020 2. Post Malone - Circles 1. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
I realize that Dance Monkey is supposed to make a point, but at the end of the day, making a song with obnoxious vocals still means the song has obnoxious vocals in them, and very few people, especially people who listen to music for the sake of listening to music, are going to want to listen to it. The fact that everyone came together and decided Blinding Lights was the greatest thing of the year in way I don't think I've seen since Yeah! means that 2020 produced something good, after all.
What i always find amusing is how the Scottish charts are to the UK charts what the Canadian charts are to the US charts (excluding the fact that the Scottish charts contributes to the UK charts). I will admit the Canadian charts are superior however. By quite a bit.
@@Suzyiz actually, it may have a chance at 2021's list after the Christmas music goes away, everything on the Hot 100 will gain, and maybe it will last long enough to make next year's YE, but that seems unlikely to me
Can someone please explain the appeal of “The Box”? I’ve tried numerous times, and I like other cuts from Roddy Richh, but that one has done nothing for me
Here is mark's best list for everyone who doesn't wanna watch the video 1. Bang! 2. Trollz 3. Say So (Nicki Remix) 4. Hard to Forget 5. Savage Love 6. Gooba 7. Stuck With U 8. One Margarita 9. Falling 10. Put Your Records On Exceptional Tier 0. Sunday Best -1. Intentions -2. Yummy -3. Lonely -4. Chasin You -5. RITMO
My Top 10 Songs Of 2020: 01. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 02. Morgan Wallen - More Than My Hometown 03. Carly Pearce & Lee Brice - I Hope You’re Happy Now 04. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain On Me 05. Surf Mesa Featuring Emilie - ILY ( I Love You Baby) 06. Lee Brice - One Of Them Girls 07. Luke Bryan - One Margarita 08. Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me 09. Gabby Barrett Featuring Charlie Puth - I Hope 10. The Weeknd - Heartless Honorable Mention: Maroon 5 - Memories Jack Harlow Featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez & Lil Wayne - What’s Poppin’ Sam Hunt - Hard To Forget Eminem Featuring Juice WRLD - Godzilla Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber 10,000 Hours Blake Shelton Duet with Gwen Stefani - Nobody But You Maren Morris - The Bones Trevor Daniel - Falling Morgan Wallen - Chasin’ You Luke Combs - Even Though I’m Leaving Dua Lipa - Don’t Start Now Harry Styles - Adore You Luke Combs - Lovin’ On You Billie Ellish - Everything I Wanted Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go
My best hit songs of 2020. The one that’s definitely NOT controversial. 1. I Hope - Gabby Barrett ft. Charlie Puth 2. You Should Be Sad - Halsey 3. Say So - Doja Cat 4. Break My Heart - Dua Lipa 5. Chasin You - Morgan Wallen 6. The Box - Roddy Ricch 7. The Bones - Maren Morris 8. Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey 9. The Woo - Pop Smoke ft. 50 Cent & Roddy Ricch 10. My Oh My - Camila Cabello ft. Dababy Honorable Mention * Pussy Fairy - Jhene Aiko * Juicy - Doja Cat & Tyga * Hard To Forget - Sam Hunt * Hot Girl Bummer - Blackbear * Heartless - The Weeknd * The Scotts - Travis Scott & Kid Cudi
Funny, the vocals are probably the only part of "Dance Monkey" I actually LIKE. The rest of the song is just cold, joyless and sour in a deeply unpleasant and non-cathartic way for me. I don't despise it, I just don't ever want to listen to it. On a different not, it's a shame "Midnight Sky" doesn't qualify for the list proper on the US charts, that song's probably my personal No. 1 or 2 of the year (I keep going back between it and "Blinding Lights", they're both excellent).
i've seen you make some controversial list picks before but "RYM's lowest-rated 2020 US year-end hit at no.7 on the best list" beats them all (i'm definitely on the hate train for that song but at least i think it's bad in an interesting way)
Before I got to #7 I thought this was a different song than it was, and tailored my remark around that. That said, my assertion is still true of that song as well: A large proportion of RYM's userbase is deeply humourless and self-important, culled from the backwash of Reddit and 4chan's notoriously pretentious music boards, and their collective opinions on pop and hip-hop tend to suck in a very predictable, not terribly fun way. And I say this as someone who uses RYM to find new music! It's not all bad! But a lot of it is indeed very bad. And I'm not even that big on that song. But at least it's interesting.
@@ConvincingPeople i have to admit i gave it a 0,5 on Rym 😅 but i understand your comment, it is interesting lyrically but i absolutely can never like how it sounds even if i have never heard it on the radio. im a huge poptimist on RYM, but dance monkey is painful
@@hyperionnova2854 The sheer number of creepy racist metalheads who call anything with a tune (that isn't Arghoslent) a sellout, ex-Tumblr social justice clout chasers obsessed with harassing and brigading minor fandom figures, vaguely misogynistic wannabe Scaruffi bros who use 1/5 scores as a baseline, and basic-ass teenagers who downvote anything more experimental than Yeezus is just stunning.
@@cioccolato2124 I've grown progressively more aggressively anti-poptimist over time, not because pop music can't be brilliant and groundbreaking and shouldn't be taken on its own terms, but because the whole endeavour critically speaking has kind of turned into an excuse to ignore or denigrate art which is actually challenging or uncommercial in favour of praising art of variable quality which has already been elevated by the industry and/or the public, insofar as those are separable things in certain aspects. Don't consider that an attack, but I'm just saying, I think I align more with This Heat's notion of promoting and creating art which is radical both in form and content, not to the exclusion of the popular (I'm here, aren't I? :P) but more to champion the unsung and uncompromising… insofar as I have a unifying philosophy of musical criticism, which I don't really think one needs. That prolly sounds hugely pretentious, but, I dunno, I find my fun in strange places, I like what I like, et cetera. You're free to do the same while feeling very differently. :3
My songs of the year: 10) Dua Lipa - Fever ft. Angèle No one seemed to notice this collab, but this song Is SOOOOO good, I love the chemistry between the two of them. 9) King Von - Took Her To The O Really liked the storytelling, sadly I discovered this really late this year. 8) Ava Max - Kings & Queens Didn't really like her debut album, but I still feel like she's still really underrated, there are some bops like this one in her album. 7) Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love Pop really has a classy vibe in this song, beat Is great and really cool production 6) Dua Lipa - Dont Start Now 5) Dua Lipa - Break my Heart These both songs are just great highlights from FN, sadly BMH didn't stay in the charts for a lot 4) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears Got a soft spot for this, It was my favourite song of the album for a while. 3) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights After hearing all of the songs out of After Hours I prefered In Your Eyes, but this Is still song of the year. 2) Dua Lipa - Levitating My favourite song from Future Nostalgia right from the beginning, really makes you feel like you're levitating 1) The Weeknd - In Your Eyes This was my song this year. Literally every time I heard it it was just a great vibe. It even gets better with the Kenny G. remix HMs: Jessie Ware - Save a Kiss 24kGolden - Mood ft Iann Dior Ava Max - Who's laughing now Ava Max - OMG What's Happening Miley Cyrus - WTF Do I Know Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky Megan Thee Stallion - Savage ft. Beyoncé Lady Gaga - Rain on Me ft. Ariana Grande Jack Harlow - What's poppin ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, Lil Wayne Dua Lipa - Physical Harry Styles - Adore You Megan Thee Stallion - Circles
Great list Mark, my favorite song of the year is probably also Blinding Lights, it in a way reignited my love for The Weeknd music when I heard it for the first time and months since didn't shrunk on me even a bit. Also, while I personally can't enjoy Dance Monkey (for same reasons as everyone- vocals), I get what it's trying to do and why you liked it, so I'm not gonna be a pissbaby like some people in the comments and say "not for me, but I'm glad you liked it".
Gotta be honest, I liked his honorable mentions way more than his top 10, with the exception of "Blinding Lights." Amazing how that song still holds up! I think I'll put After Hours in my "2020 Albvms" playlist now.
Mine is Luke Combs. my mom passed away shortly before COVID and last Christmas I had a tearful moment on the streets of new York listening to what had become my go to song since her passing. Breaking down and being about to feel so much emotion because if this song. I know the track is about sons and dads but it just hit me so when I needed it most.
I was about to throw a fit if Blinding Lights wasn't the top song on this list. Because, yeah, there's never been a more deserving No. 1 hit of the year!
My 5 best songs for 2020" 1. Blinding Lights by The Weeknd 2. Heartless by The Weeknd 3. In Your Eyes by The Weeknd 4. Don't Stop Now by Dua Lipa 5. Midnight Sky by Miley Cyrus Even though we had a terrible year, we still have some good to great music to listen to.
My thoughts... HM1: Like you said, this is a collaboration that shouldn't work, but it somehow does! I love the chemistry between all three artists here too. HM2: Man, I really wish this got to #1! It's such an uplifting, addictive banger that we all needed in 2020. HM3: I love the gentle vocals & deep lyrics here, but the production didn't hit as well as I've liked. Still good though! HM4: Probably Selena's best hit since 'It Ain't Me'! This really hit hard for me. HM5: Billie is an amazing songwriter, especially for her age! This feels like more of a story than a song to me, although 'No Time To Die' showcases her talents even more in my opinion. HM6: I feel I'm one of the few people who gave 'Chromatica' a decent replay factor! This was still the highlight of the album though, haha. HM7: This one snuck up on me! Sure, the lyrics are cheesy as hell, but I don't think this song was ever made to be taken seriously anyway. #10: I'm still not sold on the drippy production nor Lil Baby's warbling delivery, but man, I have to respect this for its important message alone. #9: I don't know what's happened with Mustard lately, but his production has really suited the artist that he's working with! 'Ballin' is yet another example of that. #8: 24kGoldn & Iann Dior both bring so much charisma for this! The melody is also so warming, especially with the hook & the electric guitars backing it up. #7: The vocals are indeed horrible, but that might actually fit the content here! I don't mind the groove either, but yeah, the overplay got to me on this one, haha. #6: Ooh... this is a polarising one! Cardi's rarely won me over with her flow sadly & I can't excuse some of the "lyrics" here either, but at least we got an absolutely fire verse from Megan. #5: I appreciate Roddy Ricch switching up his melodies so much (it shows he's a very competent rapper), but some of the punchlines didn't hit for me sadly & the "eeh-ooh"s kind of killed it for me a bit. #4: Hmm... I wanted to like this one way more than I did! The Weeknd sounds sincere on the hook, which adds to the brutality of the lyrics which he can sell very well, but he just sounds a bit strained on the hook for me. It's not bad, but he's done this kind of this darker vibe better many times before! #3: Jhene Aiko has a pleasant R&B tone, but again, this didn't really stick with me for some reason! It's easily the far better of the two "pussy" songs here though. #2: Man, this one got to me! Luke Combs' raw vocals sound incredible & the content is both heart-breaking but hopeful, even if the instrumentation does go a bit over-the-top on the hook for my liking. It's still among the highlights of country music in 2020 for me! #1: It's a very obvious choice, but come on, for a smash this euphoric, I can't blame you! The synth line is incredible & you just feel a huge rush of hype & excitement from this start to finish. Honestly, within the next few years, I could see this getting the same "modern classic" status that 2010's smashes like 'Uptown Funk' received, especially when the critical acclaim agrees with the commercial success! Even outside of the hits, this might be my favourite song of 2020 that isn't 'Head & Heart'. It really helped me keep my spirits high throughout lockdown! I also love all four of the Canadian chart shout-outs too! Impressive taste once again, Mark. :)
I agree with the Cardi point. Took me awhile to get on board with her voice and flow which isn't for everyone and while I'm not and given Cardi public behavior.... Look I don't hate her as much I did back in the day, but for women in hip-hop, eh you can do better, but much worse. Really what saves WAP for me beyond flat production (need to listen to more Baltimore Club) and Cardi's struggle with catching a good flow is the charisma and the quotables.
With the rules you use, here are my personal favorite hit songs of 2020. 10. Supalonely - Benee & Gus Dapperton. 9. Savage Love - Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo. 8. Mood - 24kgoldn & Iann Dior. 7. Adore You - Harry Styles. 6. Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa. 5. Savage Megan - Thee Stallion & Beyonce. 4. Break My Heart - Dua Lipa. 3. Say So - Doja Cat. 2. You Should Be Sad - Halsey. Honorable Mentions - literally everything on your list plus, Bluebird - Miranda Lambert. The Bones - Maren Morris. Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles. Roxanne - Arizona Zervas, sorry I just love that song. Come & Go - Juice Wrld & Marshmello. 1. Blinding Lights - The Weeknd. I also wonder if Graveyard by Halsey would've made your list if it became a hit?
My list: 10. Mood 9. Say So 8. Break My Heart 7. Watermelon Sugar 6. What's Poppin' 5. Come & Go 4. The Bones 3. Adore You 2. Don't Start Now 1. Blinding Lights HM1. Blueberry Faygo HM2. Dynamite HM3. WAP HM4. Roses HM5. I Hope HM6. Rain On Me HM7. Everything I Wanted HM8. Roxanne HM9. Heartless HM10. You Should Be Sad
my top 10 best hit songs (for a song to make it it has to of chart within the top 40 for at least 4 weeks or become a top 20 hit) 10) In your eyes - The Weeknd 9) Everything I wanted - Billie Eilish 8) The Bigger Picture - Lil Baby 7) Don't start now - Dua Lipa 6) WAP - Megan Thee Stallion Feat. Cardi B 5) ILY (I love you baby) - Surf mesa feat. Emilee 4) No Time To Die - Billie Eilish 3) I Hope - Gabby Barrett 2) Dance Moneky - Tones and I Honourable Mentions: Ballin - Mustard feat. Roddy Ricch The Box - Roddy Ricch Break My Heart - Dua Lipa Be Kind - Marshmello Feat. Halsey You Should be sad - Halsey Graveyard - Halsey Mood - 24kgolden feat. iann Dior my ex's best friend - Machine gun kelly feat. Blackbear Sunday best - Surfaces Die from a broken heart - Maddie and Tae Songs that did well on my personal chart that unfortunately didn't make it to the us ye: Simmer - Hayley Williams Exile - Taylor Swift Feat. Bon Iver Daisies - Katy Perry Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus Alone pt. II - Alan Walker feat. Ava Max Sugar - Brockhampton Physical - Dua Lipa The Kids Are Coming - Tones and I Secrets - Regard, Raye Mamacita - Black eyed peas 1) Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
Here Is My Top 10 Best Hit Songs of 2020 list: 10. Miley Cyrus- Midnight Sky 9. Dua Lipa- Physical 8. Billie Eilish- Everything I Wanted 7. Brockhampton- Sugar 6. Travis Scott- The Plan 5. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande- Rain On Me 4. Lil Baby- The Bigger Picture 3. Mac Miller- Good News 2. Post Malone- Circles 1. The Weeknd- Blinding Lights Honorable Mentions: Doja Cat- Say So (Again, Blame Dr. Puke For Me Not Putting this song on my list.) Iandior & 24Kgolden- Mood BTS- Dynamite Sam Smith- Diamonds SAINt JHN- Roses (Imanbeck Remix) Chloe & Haile- Do It Ariana Grande & Doja Cat- Motive Taylor Swift- Cartigan Demi Lovato- Anyone Harry Styles- Adore You Roddy Ricch- The Box
Loved this video. My list is more unusual, since I'm from Austria, so I also have German Songs in it and I couldn't decide so I have two #2. Not if anyone would care 😅 1. Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (obviously...) 2. Hardest To Love - The Weeknd 2. Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake& Lil Durk 3. Leichter - Revolverheld 4. Alone Again - The Weeknd 5. Bist Du Okay? - Mark Forster & VIZE 6. Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa 7. The Box - Roddy Rich 8. Heartless - The Weeknd 9. Algorithm - Childish Gambino 10. Too Late - The Weeknd Honorable Mentions: Play With Fire - Nico Santos Liebe Zum Mitnehmen - Pizzera& Jaus Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish You Should Be Sad - Halsey Really Love - KSI feat. Craig David& Digital Farm Animals Holiday - Lil Nas X Break My Heart - Dua Lipa Mood - 24kGoldn feat. iann dior
Looks like ‘Heart On Ice’ shrunk on more than just me. Shocked it wasn’t here. Anyways, I really loved my Top 10 this year, and there were a-lot of painful cuts. Here’s my list: HM: ‘Mood’ - 24kGolfn ft. iann dior HM: ‘You should be sad’ - Halsey HM: ‘Heartless’ - The Weeknd HM: ‘The Box’ - Roddy Ricch HM: ‘ROCKSTAR’ - DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch HM: ‘Wishing Well’ - Juice WRLD HM: ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ - Mariah Carey HM: ‘High Fashion’ - Roddy Ricch ft. Mustard HM: ‘Watermelon Sugar’ - Harry Styles HM: ‘WAP’ - Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion 10. ‘Adore You’ - Harry Styles 9. ‘Break My Heart’ - Dua Lipa 8. ‘Does To Me’ - Luke Combs ft. Eric Church 7. ‘Come & Go’ - Juice WRLD & Marshmello 6. ‘Ballin’’ - Mustard ft. Roddy Ricch 5. ‘Blinding Lights’ - The Weeknd 4. ‘P*$$y Fairy (OTW)’ - Jhené Aiko 3. ‘The Bigger Picture’ - Lil’ Baby 2. ‘everything i wanted’ - Billie Eilish 1. ‘Even Though I’m Leaving’ - Luke Combs
Blinding Lights causes a very specific feeling in me I can't quite explain that is deeply connected to lockdown and I don't think it coming at any other time would have produced the same visceral...something. It moves it from being a great song to me to one that is something even more than that.
The reasons I love WAP 1. It's intentionally over the top 2. They sound like they REALLY need a cold shower, but compared to raps from men about sex that sound degrading and gross, this is an improvement 3. You can't tell me that you wouldn't want your girlfriend/wife to be in that mood!
The point you made about the organic nature of Tones and I’s voice contrasting with the slickness and artificiality of the instrumental is actually one of the reasons I love Electric Blue by Arcade Fire. It’s in a similar ballpark for me, with a singer whose voice is, to say the least, an acquired taste coupled with really good production and overall atmosphere.
I'm not American, but here's my top 10 from the Belgian year end top 100: 1. Lost Frequencies - Sun Is Shining 2. Robin Schulz - In Your Eyes 3. Celeste - Stop This Flame 4. Lost Frequencies - Don't Leave me Now 5. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart 6. Meduza - Lose Control 7. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights 8. Regard - Ride It 9. Joel Corry - Head & Heart 10. Danny Vera - Roller Coaster
You all should check out the Bombay Bicycle Club and Rae Morris cover of “Lose You to Love Me” on Spotify. Their performance is better than Serena’s. And Mark, I’m so glad you’ve had that experience with “Blinding Lights”: great, timely yet timeless music is so special, and your description of it is some of the best writing I’ve heard on this channel!
My top 10: 10) Dynamite 9) You Should Be Sad 8) Break My Heart 7) Supalonely 6) Heartless 5) Dance Monkey 4) Don't Start Now 3) Rain on Me 2) Everything I Wanted 1) Blinding Lights
Wow, you're actually one of the few that actually likes Dance Monkey! Which is great because I still like it and am not sick of it, even after it got hella overplayed! And that's saying something because I'm in Australia, where the song broke the record for the longest time spent at #1 in the ARIA Singles Charts (the Aussie equivalent of the Billboard Hot 100), which is 24 weeks (almost half a year), and is still in this chart even today despite it being about 1.5 years since it first entered the charts. And yeah, I agree with WAP and Blinding Lights being on this list too, both great songs for different reasons imo.
SPOILER ALERT As a Luke Combs stan, I am thrilled to see him all the way up at #2 on this list. Hoping that he can make many more best lists to come throughout the decade.
I always thought that his best list will be battle between Blinding Lights and Even though I'm Leaving but still I'm legit shock that Blinding Lights won, I always knew ETIL is surely his no.1 since the beginning of 2020
My list 1. The Bigger Picture 2a. Heartless 2b. Blinding Lights 3. Ballin' 4. Adore You 5. High Fashion 6. everything i wanted 7. The Box 8. Mood 9. The Bones 10. Supalonely HMs ROCKSTAR Don't Start Now Break My Heart Wishing Well Be Like That Godzilla Circles (probably would've made it if it didn't chart last year) Life's A Mess (would've made it if it charted) Bandit Faith (would've been #1 if it charted) Dynamite Rain On Me Come & Go
This is simply an amazing list in many different ways. The amount of knowledge, skill, and detail that was put into this list is awesome and fantastic. You really stretch out your thoughts and you expand upon them in a whole different level imaginable because you were able to capture your personal thoughts on these entries perfectly. When you critiqued each entry and honorable mention, I love that you touched on all parts of the song and you also looked on to the artists who made the song and you do all of that with such a multi layered and great analysis on them. Also, your analysis and review on this years’ chart and music is also spot on with so many details and knowledge of it. This is such an excellent list.
here's my bad taste : 1) everything I wanted 2) Come & Go 3) Roses 4) Blinding Lights 5) Heartless 6) Hot girl bummer 7) Supalonely 8) Falling 9) Break My Heart 10) Be Like That HM: Heartless Don't Start Now You Should Be Sad death bed Wishing Well Mood Dynamite Rain On Me Slide P*$$y Fairy
@Cr1tikal’s Yu Gi Oh Collection Every artist has songs that don't work for certain people, he won't deny that and will point out flaws in a lot. And while WAP is good, not really an essential listen and I don't like elevating songs that have cultural impact on my list regardless of the scenario, and I think there were better songs released this year that deserves attention. But on that topic, if we want to talk about Mark's relationship with Bacardi, we be here all day.
Almost half on my top 10 includes The Weeknd lol #10: The Box #9: Lo Mein #8: The Code #7: Escape from LA #6: Yessirski #5: Martin and Gina #4: Heartless #3: Mood #2: Blinding Lights #1: Faith
Would somebody please explain to me how Blinding Lights is more than just another by-the-numbers retro track? Because that’s all I have ever gotten out of it and I feel like I must be missing something because everyone else has been heaping praises on it. I feel like I’m being astroturfed, Last of Us 2 style.
It’s the tension in the percussion and bass combined with the soaring synth line that creates a larger than life feeling. It combines dread, fear, adrenaline and excitement all in one, where you have no choice but to keep moving forward. And that’s just in the music, it doesn’t account for Abel singing about stumbling through an empty Las Vegas in the middle of the night, cocaine coursing through his veins, being overwhelmed by both the physical lights of the city and the “lights” emanating from the girl on the album who can set him free. If you aren’t feeling the song, drive down the highway in the middle of the night and see how much adrenaline you feel
I've explained it in videos, but in short, it's simply fantastic at being what it is, which is a retro throwback pop song. It just does that so well that everyone loves it.
I understand that it might feel pretty basic retro nostalgia at first. When I first heard it, I liked it a lot, but I wasn't necessarily wow-ed by it. But after a few more listens, I realized that the direct source of inspiration for this was a-ha, especially Take on Me. And it nails pretty much everything Take on Me did right - the romantic futurism, the synth riff, the driving beat. But the synths around it make it feel much more denser and futuristic than Take on Me, which is more spacious and dreamier (both songs are on the same par imo, which one I like more depends on my mood that day). You don't have to like the song, music is the most subjective form of art there is, after all, but maybe this will help you understand why it is so beloved by me and many others.
It kind of relates to his album the song was released on, After Hours, which was an album focusing on his past relationships and their effects on his life. By extension, Blinding Lights relates to both Heartless, which was a song where he embraced the self-destructive, playboy style life he had after his break-ups he had, and Faith, which reflected upon his drug usage and belief of losing his religion in that case, by being a point where he feels like he's running out of time with it, but is still embracing the blinding lights of the city he's in (Las Vegas), even if the city doesn't love him back (what with the city being cold and empty, as well as no one being around to judge him). It's somewhere listening to the album might help you understand better.
I think even though I'm leaving is gonna be the marry me this year, song is great. Surprised it only made number 2 on the list, does to me would probably also make my list.
I’d never heard of Luke Combs before. Never watched The Voice, and country is typically not my cup of tea. After watching this video, I wanted to look him up to hear this song.
I was not ready.
My father passed away recently and this Christmas was the first I’ve been without him. This hit me like a ton of bricks. Been crying like a baby for ten minutes now.
Thank you for turning me onto this song.
As someone who lost her mother a few years back, I feel you. It gets easier as time goes by. I hope life has been kinder to you since you commented this.
A rare sight, Mark being optimistic
YES YES YES, finally someone mentions the insane moment on “After Hours” of Heartless, Faith and Blinding Lights. That trio is fucking insane
Love the whole album, those three and save your tears are all top 15 songs of the year
Blinding Lights might just be the most deserving year end #1 of all time. Right alongside Every Breath You Take, Yeah, Rolling in the Deep and Uptown Funk
And by "Every breath you take" you mean by the Police, right? Yeah...I think Puff Daddy's I'll be missing you is so much better. In my opinion anyways...
You seem to have forgotten "Yeah!", my friend.
@@mightymosdef613 reread my comment. I assure you, I didn’t forget it
Old Town Road was at least twice as deserving of the year-end Number 1 as Blinding Lights was
When doves cry: “am i a joke to you?”
"Blinding Lights" is gonna top a lot of lists, I think. It's such a towering song. I'm a little surprised neither of Harry Styles's big hits got even an HM.
I mean I personally wasnt surprised cause I remember how disappointed I was that mark was dissapppokted with the album on the whole
I really wish "In Your Eyes" stayed longer on the charts to make the year-end list.
Same! That one was my favorite from the album.
@Shock System true but i doubt it. The after hours hype has died already. I dont it has any hits left
@Shock System How come? Is that even charting?
@Shock System It's a single sure, but even with the Super Bowl, I doubt it will be in the actual setlist. Im praying we get some traction for In Your Eyes.
How didn't that song reach the year end list??
I listened it everyday on the radio
I find it really funny how out of the two music reviewers I watch on UA-cam one put mood on the top 10 the other put it in their bottom 10
They do really explain the opposite sides of Mood ngl
In all fairness, Todd is literally the only person who I’ve heard say that he doesn’t like the song. And even he’s aware that it’s a pretty contrary opinion to the general consensus
@@mikerivera373 todd is a joke, he does not deserve to be taken seriously.
@@Ghost-fl7ej nah, Todd does a really good job. The only person on this site who I truly dislike is Buckley
cause people like different stuff
Dua Lipa’s songs are my favorite this year. I don’t know why but they’re just good
"Duh" indeed. After Hours singles game was just absolutely gargantuan
Your points are valid, but I can’t bring myself to forgive “Dance Monkey” for how painstakingly staccato the hook is, and the vocals aren’t just bad. They’re distracting. I’ll admit it has strong qualities, namely in the production, but the vocals are worse than the rest of the song is good. It’s all I can hear when I hear the track come on. It’s hard to even listen to what she’s saying, so I find the lyrical relevance irrelevant. I don’t know. I’m glad you like it, and I love the list. I just can’t stand that song.
Could not have said it better myself
@@TheMiels Me too bruh
I wish Physical had become a hit in the US, this was one of the best songs this year imo. Same goes for Midnight Sky
As for hits, Rain On Me was my favorite, Don't Start Now and WAP were really great too
The way I put it is that Blinding Lights, Levitating and Everything I Wanted are some of the best hits of all time. Physical is one of the best songs of all time
yes physical is my favorite from future nostalgia
Just remember that Blinding Lights was not nominated for the grammies.
I disagree with you suggesting how barely anyone was thinking about "This is America". How could no one think about that song during the the massive BLM protests happening this year?
@@SpectrumPulse that’s fair maybe it’s just my personal experience but “This is America” got played a lot at the BLM protests I attended here in the states and were played over what felt like all protest montages of police brutality I saw on UA-cam and tik tok . I guess it did sorta die down past the mid point of the year after the initial protest wave happened
Mark just said Nonbinary rights!
The biggest pleasant surprise of this list: Lose You To Love Me making the honorable mentions
I was caught off guard too! Selena deserved it!
Yessss I'm so happy Blinding Lights was your number one. I thought it would be but you never know haha. Also so glad Mood made a spot, that song is fabulous. Kinda wish Don't Start Now made the list proper cuz it's my second favorite this year lol, but still glad it got a mention. 2020 sucked overall, but wow if I didn't love the music more this year than I have in a while. Great work as always Mark, so happy I found your channel this year :D
You don't need to brag about how your charts are better you already have universal health care
Come and Go didn't even manage to get an honorable mention :(
I always thought he liked it, maybe the Marshmello drop? Posthumous release? Or I don't really know why that hold back in that list also I'm surprise Does to me didn't get an honorable mention
@@jvanapi1136 Does To Me was apparently the last song to get cut from the Best of.
@@RSully94 probably, since it's an Eric Chruch collaboration that Mark always liked and we know Mark always liked Eric Church
@@jvanapi1136 It's probably the drop and given that he was never the biggest fan of Juice even acknowledging that the post albums have better care.
Blinding Lights is a really, really good song, and I like it a lot.
It's been a year now, and for the life of me I don't understand what everyone finds so special about it.
@TrumpIsALOSER lmao Agreed. It is overrated a bit but it is still a fantastic song.
In your eyes deserved better though
Drive down the highway in the middle of the night while playing that song. See if it doesn’t give you a rush of adrenaline
That it's a hit song. Music of this quality rarely catches on.
It gets a lot better in the context of the album, so if you haven't heard the album, maybe you're missing that. After spending eight songs of him being depressed that he couldn't make his ex stay, it is the moment where he decides he is going to call her back and change for the better.
I have never been happier about a #1 rating than blinding lights. I found out about it a bit before everyone else and i absolutely love it
Mood, Heartless, Midnight Sky, Dance Monkey, and Blinding Lights were some of my favorite songs of this year.
Great list,
And why are the Canadian charts always better.
Foreign countries have better taste in music than Americans. For example, metal festivals are cultural events in South America and in Europe. It's not seen as a niche, scary thing like in the US.
It helps Canada is a smaller country than the US
@@jayromeo940 Geographically bigger ;)
I think the push to play more Canadian artists means that radio (and a lot of our TV as well) gets to dig a bit deeper and find stuff that’s just not getting traction in the US, but is pretty good. When Marianas Trench were getting the most radio play, they weren’t signed to an international label yet.
Dance Monkey is number 1 on the 2020 canadian year end chart instead of blinding lights
Marianas Trench. Making songs like Green Light, Symphony and Galway Girl hits in 2017. Even this year, they had In Your Eyes, Be Kind, Lover and Midnight Sky on their year end
Great take on Heartless, I also found it grew on me heaps in the context of the album
its his best song in my opinion
I don’t know what you’re referring to with “This Is America” not being as important as people thought and people not thinking about for a long time. It literally went viral on TikTok this summer.
Some of my favourite hits this year
1. Say So
2. Come & Go
3. Death Bed
4. Everything I Wanted
5. Wishing Well
6. Blueberry Faygo
7. Don't Start Now
8. Adore You
9. Rain On Me
10. You Should Be Sad
11. Dynamite
12. Mood
13. Blinding Lights
14. Break My Heart
15. Juicy
I’m so happy Heartless grew you on. I love blinding lights but Heartless just had a certain kind of energy
i have heartless and blinding lights tied for #1
*My Personal Top 10 Best Hit Songs Of 2020*
10. Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind
9. Olivia Rodrigo - All I Want
8. BROKCHAMPTON - Sugar
7. BTS - Blue & Grey
6. Taylor Swift & Bon Iver - exile
5. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain On Me
4. Harry Styles - Adore You
3. every Dua Lipa song released in 2020
2. Post Malone - Circles
1. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
I don’t know if there will be a hit in the 2020s better than Blinding Lights. I can only hope.
i hope not cuz im a weeknd stan 🤣😂🤣
@@fpalillero7304 It could be by The Weeknd as well...
@@megaascension2748 i hope so (kodak voice)
I realize that Dance Monkey is supposed to make a point, but at the end of the day, making a song with obnoxious vocals still means the song has obnoxious vocals in them, and very few people, especially people who listen to music for the sake of listening to music, are going to want to listen to it.
The fact that everyone came together and decided Blinding Lights was the greatest thing of the year in way I don't think I've seen since Yeah! means that 2020 produced something good, after all.
I honestly don't mind Tones & I's voice on the song.
I actually thought the voice was hilarious the first time I heard it. Then it got really annoying the more I listened to it. 🤷♂️
Very few people are going to want to listen to it yet it's one of the most popular song of the year?
i will absolutely agree that dont start now is not the best song on future nostalgia. Physical and love again are both excellent.
You're lucky - the UK charts were not nearly as strong, although many of the biggest hits were the same
What i always find amusing is how the Scottish charts are to the UK charts what the Canadian charts are to the US charts (excluding the fact that the Scottish charts contributes to the UK charts).
I will admit the Canadian charts are superior however. By quite a bit.
The UK charts were definitely better in 2020 than they were in 2019 though
@@slamwall9057 yes, true
As a Canadian myself I cannot BELIEVE midnight sky didn't chart in the states based on how much it plays, and also how good it is
it charted, just didn't make the YE list. It got caught between years.
@@urtarreviews6484 ah, fair enough
@@Suzyiz actually, it may have a chance at 2021's list after the Christmas music goes away, everything on the Hot 100 will gain, and maybe it will last long enough to make next year's YE, but that seems unlikely to me
I'm kinda thrilled how much your picks and mine either line up exactly or not at ALL! Great list as always, certainly with a fair few surprises!
Can someone please explain the appeal of “The Box”? I’ve tried numerous times, and I like other cuts from Roddy Richh, but that one has done nothing for me
I hate that song! I have no idea why people like it!
Holy shit this is a crazy list
Here is mark's best list for everyone who doesn't wanna watch the video
1. Bang!
2. Trollz
3. Say So (Nicki Remix)
4. Hard to Forget
5. Savage Love
6. Gooba
7. Stuck With U
8. One Margarita
9. Falling
10. Put Your Records On
Exceptional Tier
0. Sunday Best
-1. Intentions
-2. Yummy
-3. Lonely
-4. Chasin You
-5. RITMO
Lol 😂😂😂, was this meant to be a joke?
Lololol, the exceptional tier isn’t even Mark’s thing
Where’s Money over fallouts? That would easily be number 1!
@@mikerivera373 it's his thing (BEST OF THE WEEK and WORST OF THE WEEK)
If Mark had an exceptional tier songs would be here (not in order):
1. Freaky Friday
2. Birthday Cake
3. U.E.N.N.O
Dua & Taylor were amazing this year
My Top 10 Songs Of 2020:
01. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
02. Morgan Wallen - More Than My Hometown
03. Carly Pearce & Lee Brice - I Hope You’re Happy Now
04. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande - Rain On Me
05. Surf Mesa Featuring Emilie - ILY ( I Love You Baby)
06. Lee Brice - One Of Them Girls
07. Luke Bryan - One Margarita
08. Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me
09. Gabby Barrett Featuring Charlie Puth - I Hope
10. The Weeknd - Heartless
Honorable Mention:
Maroon 5 - Memories
Jack Harlow Featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez & Lil Wayne - What’s Poppin’
Sam Hunt - Hard To Forget
Eminem Featuring Juice WRLD - Godzilla
Dan + Shay & Justin Bieber 10,000 Hours
Blake Shelton Duet with Gwen Stefani - Nobody But You
Maren Morris - The Bones
Trevor Daniel - Falling
Morgan Wallen - Chasin’ You
Luke Combs - Even Though I’m Leaving
Dua Lipa - Don’t Start Now
Harry Styles - Adore You
Luke Combs - Lovin’ On You
Billie Ellish - Everything I Wanted
Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go
It's a real joy to hear you talk about music you love. Great list as always!
My best hit songs of 2020. The one that’s definitely NOT controversial.
1. I Hope - Gabby Barrett ft. Charlie Puth
2. You Should Be Sad - Halsey
3. Say So - Doja Cat
4. Break My Heart - Dua Lipa
5. Chasin You - Morgan Wallen
6. The Box - Roddy Ricch
7. The Bones - Maren Morris
8. Blueberry Faygo - Lil Mosey
9. The Woo - Pop Smoke ft. 50 Cent & Roddy Ricch
10. My Oh My - Camila Cabello ft. Dababy
Honorable Mention
* Pussy Fairy - Jhene Aiko
* Juicy - Doja Cat & Tyga
* Hard To Forget - Sam Hunt
* Hot Girl Bummer - Blackbear
* Heartless - The Weeknd
* The Scotts - Travis Scott & Kid Cudi
1. Hate
2. Hate
3. Meh.
4. Great.
5. Meh.
6. Good.
7. Amazing
8. Better as an instrumental
9. Meh.
10. Meh.
HM1: Meh.
HM2: Hate.
HM3: Fantastic.
HM4: Loathe.
HM5: Fantastic.
HM6: Never heard.
Your no. 1 is my worst hit song of 2020, the first time I heard that song I knew It's gonna be my worst hit song of 2020 and it's not even close, LOL
Funny, the vocals are probably the only part of "Dance Monkey" I actually LIKE. The rest of the song is just cold, joyless and sour in a deeply unpleasant and non-cathartic way for me. I don't despise it, I just don't ever want to listen to it.
On a different not, it's a shame "Midnight Sky" doesn't qualify for the list proper on the US charts, that song's probably my personal No. 1 or 2 of the year (I keep going back between it and "Blinding Lights", they're both excellent).
Interesting take.
Overall great list. I think this year generally had some killer hit songs.
i've seen you make some controversial list picks before but "RYM's lowest-rated 2020 US year-end hit at no.7 on the best list" beats them all (i'm definitely on the hate train for that song but at least i think it's bad in an interesting way)
Before I got to #7 I thought this was a different song than it was, and tailored my remark around that. That said, my assertion is still true of that song as well: A large proportion of RYM's userbase is deeply humourless and self-important, culled from the backwash of Reddit and 4chan's notoriously pretentious music boards, and their collective opinions on pop and hip-hop tend to suck in a very predictable, not terribly fun way. And I say this as someone who uses RYM to find new music! It's not all bad! But a lot of it is indeed very bad. And I'm not even that big on that song. But at least it's interesting.
@@ConvincingPeople i have to admit i gave it a 0,5 on Rym 😅 but i understand your comment, it is interesting lyrically but i absolutely can never like how it sounds even if i have never heard it on the radio. im a huge poptimist on RYM, but dance monkey is painful
The RYM community kinda sucks. Lol
@@hyperionnova2854 The sheer number of creepy racist metalheads who call anything with a tune (that isn't Arghoslent) a sellout, ex-Tumblr social justice clout chasers obsessed with harassing and brigading minor fandom figures, vaguely misogynistic wannabe Scaruffi bros who use 1/5 scores as a baseline, and basic-ass teenagers who downvote anything more experimental than Yeezus is just stunning.
@@cioccolato2124 I've grown progressively more aggressively anti-poptimist over time, not because pop music can't be brilliant and groundbreaking and shouldn't be taken on its own terms, but because the whole endeavour critically speaking has kind of turned into an excuse to ignore or denigrate art which is actually challenging or uncommercial in favour of praising art of variable quality which has already been elevated by the industry and/or the public, insofar as those are separable things in certain aspects. Don't consider that an attack, but I'm just saying, I think I align more with This Heat's notion of promoting and creating art which is radical both in form and content, not to the exclusion of the popular (I'm here, aren't I? :P) but more to champion the unsung and uncompromising… insofar as I have a unifying philosophy of musical criticism, which I don't really think one needs. That prolly sounds hugely pretentious, but, I dunno, I find my fun in strange places, I like what I like, et cetera. You're free to do the same while feeling very differently. :3
My songs of the year:
10) Dua Lipa - Fever ft. Angèle
No one seemed to notice this collab, but this song Is SOOOOO good, I love the chemistry between the two of them.
9) King Von - Took Her To The O
Really liked the storytelling, sadly I discovered this really late this year.
8) Ava Max - Kings & Queens
Didn't really like her debut album, but I still feel like she's still really underrated, there are some bops like this one in her album.
7) Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love
Pop really has a classy vibe in this song, beat Is great and really cool production
6) Dua Lipa - Dont Start Now
5) Dua Lipa - Break my Heart
These both songs are just great highlights from FN, sadly BMH didn't stay in the charts for a lot
4) The Weeknd - Save Your Tears
Got a soft spot for this, It was my favourite song of the album for a while.
3) The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
After hearing all of the songs out of After Hours I prefered In Your Eyes, but this Is still song of the year.
2) Dua Lipa - Levitating
My favourite song from Future Nostalgia right from the beginning, really makes you feel like you're levitating
1) The Weeknd - In Your Eyes
This was my song this year. Literally every time I heard it it was just a great vibe. It even gets better with the Kenny G. remix
HMs:
Jessie Ware - Save a Kiss
24kGolden - Mood ft Iann Dior
Ava Max - Who's laughing now
Ava Max - OMG What's Happening
Miley Cyrus - WTF Do I Know
Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky
Megan Thee Stallion - Savage ft. Beyoncé
Lady Gaga - Rain on Me ft. Ariana Grande
Jack Harlow - What's poppin ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, Lil Wayne
Dua Lipa - Physical
Harry Styles - Adore You
Megan Thee Stallion - Circles
Kinda based
Great list Mark, my favorite song of the year is probably also Blinding Lights, it in a way reignited my love for The Weeknd music when I heard it for the first time and months since didn't shrunk on me even a bit.
Also, while I personally can't enjoy Dance Monkey (for same reasons as everyone- vocals), I get what it's trying to do and why you liked it, so I'm not gonna be a pissbaby like some people in the comments and say "not for me, but I'm glad you liked it".
to replace my entirely cringe comment i left almost two years ago, mark has very good taste. thank you for your time.
That story about your #1 is haunting and fantastic.
Gotta be honest, I liked his honorable mentions way more than his top 10, with the exception of "Blinding Lights." Amazing how that song still holds up! I think I'll put After Hours in my "2020 Albvms" playlist now.
pissing off ben shapiro is one of the most admirable things you can do with your art argue with the wall
This was honestly a pretty surprising list! Loved it all the same!
Mine is Luke Combs. my mom passed away shortly before COVID and last Christmas I had a tearful moment on the streets of new York listening to what had become my go to song since her passing. Breaking down and being about to feel so much emotion because if this song. I know the track is about sons and dads but it just hit me so when I needed it most.
I definitely respect that. I hope you’re doing okay with her passing.
I was about to throw a fit if Blinding Lights wasn't the top song on this list. Because, yeah, there's never been a more deserving No. 1 hit of the year!
Wow someone who liked lose you to love me
My 5 best songs for 2020"
1. Blinding Lights by The Weeknd
2. Heartless by The Weeknd
3. In Your Eyes by The Weeknd
4. Don't Stop Now by Dua Lipa
5. Midnight Sky by Miley Cyrus
Even though we had a terrible year, we still have some good to great music to listen to.
Sugar leading to Blinding Lights is the best thing i've seen in this channel
Didn’t even realize Lover didn’t make the Hot 100 year end lists for this year or last year until now wow
lover had so many fcking bops which tay should hav made singles instead tay made me nd u need to calm donw singles
Cruel Summer from Lover is now locked for 2023 year-end list
My thoughts...
HM1: Like you said, this is a collaboration that shouldn't work, but it somehow does! I love the chemistry between all three artists here too.
HM2: Man, I really wish this got to #1! It's such an uplifting, addictive banger that we all needed in 2020.
HM3: I love the gentle vocals & deep lyrics here, but the production didn't hit as well as I've liked. Still good though!
HM4: Probably Selena's best hit since 'It Ain't Me'! This really hit hard for me.
HM5: Billie is an amazing songwriter, especially for her age! This feels like more of a story than a song to me, although 'No Time To Die' showcases her talents even more in my opinion.
HM6: I feel I'm one of the few people who gave 'Chromatica' a decent replay factor! This was still the highlight of the album though, haha.
HM7: This one snuck up on me! Sure, the lyrics are cheesy as hell, but I don't think this song was ever made to be taken seriously anyway.
#10: I'm still not sold on the drippy production nor Lil Baby's warbling delivery, but man, I have to respect this for its important message alone.
#9: I don't know what's happened with Mustard lately, but his production has really suited the artist that he's working with! 'Ballin' is yet another example of that.
#8: 24kGoldn & Iann Dior both bring so much charisma for this! The melody is also so warming, especially with the hook & the electric guitars backing it up.
#7: The vocals are indeed horrible, but that might actually fit the content here! I don't mind the groove either, but yeah, the overplay got to me on this one, haha.
#6: Ooh... this is a polarising one! Cardi's rarely won me over with her flow sadly & I can't excuse some of the "lyrics" here either, but at least we got an absolutely fire verse from Megan.
#5: I appreciate Roddy Ricch switching up his melodies so much (it shows he's a very competent rapper), but some of the punchlines didn't hit for me sadly & the "eeh-ooh"s kind of killed it for me a bit.
#4: Hmm... I wanted to like this one way more than I did! The Weeknd sounds sincere on the hook, which adds to the brutality of the lyrics which he can sell very well, but he just sounds a bit strained on the hook for me. It's not bad, but he's done this kind of this darker vibe better many times before!
#3: Jhene Aiko has a pleasant R&B tone, but again, this didn't really stick with me for some reason! It's easily the far better of the two "pussy" songs here though.
#2: Man, this one got to me! Luke Combs' raw vocals sound incredible & the content is both heart-breaking but hopeful, even if the instrumentation does go a bit over-the-top on the hook for my liking. It's still among the highlights of country music in 2020 for me!
#1: It's a very obvious choice, but come on, for a smash this euphoric, I can't blame you! The synth line is incredible & you just feel a huge rush of hype & excitement from this start to finish. Honestly, within the next few years, I could see this getting the same "modern classic" status that 2010's smashes like 'Uptown Funk' received, especially when the critical acclaim agrees with the commercial success! Even outside of the hits, this might be my favourite song of 2020 that isn't 'Head & Heart'. It really helped me keep my spirits high throughout lockdown!
I also love all four of the Canadian chart shout-outs too!
Impressive taste once again, Mark. :)
I agree with the Cardi point. Took me awhile to get on board with her voice and flow which isn't for everyone and while I'm not and given Cardi public behavior.... Look I don't hate her as much I did back in the day, but for women in hip-hop, eh you can do better, but much worse.
Really what saves WAP for me beyond flat production (need to listen to more Baltimore Club) and Cardi's struggle with catching a good flow is the charisma and the quotables.
No one wondering what happened under his left eye, huh.
With the rules you use, here are my personal favorite hit songs of 2020.
10. Supalonely - Benee & Gus Dapperton.
9. Savage Love - Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo.
8. Mood - 24kgoldn & Iann Dior.
7. Adore You - Harry Styles.
6. Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa.
5. Savage Megan - Thee Stallion & Beyonce.
4. Break My Heart - Dua Lipa.
3. Say So - Doja Cat.
2. You Should Be Sad - Halsey.
Honorable Mentions - literally everything on your list plus,
Bluebird - Miranda Lambert.
The Bones - Maren Morris.
Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles.
Roxanne - Arizona Zervas, sorry I just love that song.
Come & Go - Juice Wrld & Marshmello.
1. Blinding Lights - The Weeknd.
I also wonder if Graveyard by Halsey would've made your list if it became a hit?
My list:
10. Mood
9. Say So
8. Break My Heart
7. Watermelon Sugar
6. What's Poppin'
5. Come & Go
4. The Bones
3. Adore You
2. Don't Start Now
1. Blinding Lights
HM1. Blueberry Faygo
HM2. Dynamite
HM3. WAP
HM4. Roses
HM5. I Hope
HM6. Rain On Me
HM7. Everything I Wanted
HM8. Roxanne
HM9. Heartless
HM10. You Should Be Sad
Dance monkey? Aw hell no
I find it a really good song with a nice groove and bitterness in the lyrics and vocals. But I respect your opinion ✊
Worst hit of the year without a shadow of a doubt
Mark liked this song before it even charted so that’s not a surprise, and it is probably her best song
Nah it was a good choice
the melody of the song is catchy but her video ughh just no
my top 10 best hit songs (for a song to make it it has to of chart within the top 40 for at least 4 weeks or become a top 20 hit)
10) In your eyes - The Weeknd
9) Everything I wanted - Billie Eilish
8) The Bigger Picture - Lil Baby
7) Don't start now - Dua Lipa
6) WAP - Megan Thee Stallion Feat. Cardi B
5) ILY (I love you baby) - Surf mesa feat. Emilee
4) No Time To Die - Billie Eilish
3) I Hope - Gabby Barrett
2) Dance Moneky - Tones and I
Honourable Mentions:
Ballin - Mustard feat. Roddy Ricch
The Box - Roddy Ricch
Break My Heart - Dua Lipa
Be Kind - Marshmello Feat. Halsey
You Should be sad - Halsey
Graveyard - Halsey
Mood - 24kgolden feat. iann Dior
my ex's best friend - Machine gun kelly feat. Blackbear
Sunday best - Surfaces
Die from a broken heart - Maddie and Tae
Songs that did well on my personal chart that unfortunately didn't make it to the us ye:
Simmer - Hayley Williams
Exile - Taylor Swift Feat. Bon Iver
Daisies - Katy Perry
Midnight Sky - Miley Cyrus
Alone pt. II - Alan Walker feat. Ava Max
Sugar - Brockhampton
Physical - Dua Lipa
The Kids Are Coming - Tones and I
Secrets - Regard, Raye
Mamacita - Black eyed peas
1) Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
Wap being on the list is hilarious being on the list
Probably just me but Emotionally Scarred should be a honorable mention
Nah lil baby mid as hell.
Emotionally Scarred would have made my top 7
Here Is My Top 10 Best Hit Songs of 2020 list:
10. Miley Cyrus- Midnight Sky
9. Dua Lipa- Physical
8. Billie Eilish- Everything I Wanted
7. Brockhampton- Sugar
6. Travis Scott- The Plan
5. Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande- Rain On Me
4. Lil Baby- The Bigger Picture
3. Mac Miller- Good News
2. Post Malone- Circles
1. The Weeknd- Blinding Lights
Honorable Mentions:
Doja Cat- Say So (Again, Blame Dr. Puke For Me Not Putting this song on my list.)
Iandior & 24Kgolden- Mood
BTS- Dynamite
Sam Smith- Diamonds
SAINt JHN- Roses (Imanbeck Remix)
Chloe & Haile- Do It
Ariana Grande & Doja Cat- Motive
Taylor Swift- Cartigan
Demi Lovato- Anyone
Harry Styles- Adore You
Roddy Ricch- The Box
Loved this video. My list is more unusual, since I'm from Austria, so I also have German Songs in it and I couldn't decide so I have two #2. Not if anyone would care 😅
1. Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (obviously...)
2. Hardest To Love - The Weeknd
2. Laugh Now Cry Later - Drake& Lil Durk
3. Leichter - Revolverheld
4. Alone Again - The Weeknd
5. Bist Du Okay? - Mark Forster & VIZE
6. Don't Start Now - Dua Lipa
7. The Box - Roddy Rich
8. Heartless - The Weeknd
9. Algorithm - Childish Gambino
10. Too Late - The Weeknd
Honorable Mentions:
Play With Fire - Nico Santos
Liebe Zum Mitnehmen - Pizzera& Jaus
Therefore I Am - Billie Eilish
You Should Be Sad - Halsey
Really Love - KSI feat. Craig David& Digital Farm Animals
Holiday - Lil Nas X
Break My Heart - Dua Lipa
Mood - 24kGoldn feat. iann dior
Looks like ‘Heart On Ice’ shrunk on more than just me. Shocked it wasn’t here. Anyways, I really loved my Top 10 this year, and there were a-lot of painful cuts. Here’s my list:
HM: ‘Mood’ - 24kGolfn ft. iann dior
HM: ‘You should be sad’ - Halsey
HM: ‘Heartless’ - The Weeknd
HM: ‘The Box’ - Roddy Ricch
HM: ‘ROCKSTAR’ - DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch
HM: ‘Wishing Well’ - Juice WRLD
HM: ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ - Mariah Carey
HM: ‘High Fashion’ - Roddy Ricch ft. Mustard
HM: ‘Watermelon Sugar’ - Harry Styles
HM: ‘WAP’ - Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion
10. ‘Adore You’ - Harry Styles
9. ‘Break My Heart’ - Dua Lipa
8. ‘Does To Me’ - Luke Combs ft. Eric Church
7. ‘Come & Go’ - Juice WRLD & Marshmello
6. ‘Ballin’’ - Mustard ft. Roddy Ricch
5. ‘Blinding Lights’ - The Weeknd
4. ‘P*$$y Fairy (OTW)’ - Jhené Aiko
3. ‘The Bigger Picture’ - Lil’ Baby
2. ‘everything i wanted’ - Billie Eilish
1. ‘Even Though I’m Leaving’ - Luke Combs
Blinding Lights causes a very specific feeling in me I can't quite explain that is deeply connected to lockdown and I don't think it coming at any other time would have produced the same visceral...something. It moves it from being a great song to me to one that is something even more than that.
So happy to see Dance Monkey on that list!
It's a terrible song.
“I mean... duh”
I know, it makes me laugh every time he says that.
The fact he did the canadian contenders before saying a song by a canadian artist is his best hit of 2020 is something amazing
I really like the smile he has on his face constantly when talking about the best hits of current year
The reasons I love WAP
1. It's intentionally over the top
2. They sound like they REALLY need a cold shower, but compared to raps from men about sex that sound degrading and gross, this is an improvement
3. You can't tell me that you wouldn't want your girlfriend/wife to be in that mood!
1. No no and no
2. You contradicted yourself
3. I'm single
I agree with pretty much this entire list. Maybe I watch Mark's stuff too much, but this was an incredible ride. Thanks for making it.
The point you made about the organic nature of Tones and I’s voice contrasting with the slickness and artificiality of the instrumental is actually one of the reasons I love Electric Blue by Arcade Fire. It’s in a similar ballpark for me, with a singer whose voice is, to say the least, an acquired taste coupled with really good production and overall atmosphere.
Great list. I would add Supalonely to mine though. It grew on me a lot these past few months lol
That song too I forgot together with Come and go, why did Mark left these songs I wonder? I'm not shock in Supalonely but Come and go hmppp..
I'm not American, but here's my top 10 from the Belgian year end top 100:
1. Lost Frequencies - Sun Is Shining
2. Robin Schulz - In Your Eyes
3. Celeste - Stop This Flame
4. Lost Frequencies - Don't Leave me Now
5. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart
6. Meduza - Lose Control
7. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights
8. Regard - Ride It
9. Joel Corry - Head & Heart
10. Danny Vera - Roller Coaster
Roller Coaster is amazing
You all should check out the Bombay Bicycle Club and Rae Morris cover of “Lose You to Love Me” on Spotify. Their performance is better than Serena’s.
And Mark, I’m so glad you’ve had that experience with “Blinding Lights”: great, timely yet timeless music is so special, and your description of it is some of the best writing I’ve heard on this channel!
Holy didn’t realize mamacita was such a huge hit in Canada. Probably my dad’s favourite song this year.
It's good to see Mark bury the hatchet and rightfully award Bang! the best hit song of the year.
uh-oh, i think the fantano faucet is leaking
@TrumpIsALOSER lmao I really hope you aren't being sarcastic.
6ix9ine almost got it if he didn’t miss the year end 😔
Shame Tory Lanez's Money Over Fallouts, which Mark claimed to be the greatest piece of popular media since The Room, only charted for a week.
My top 10:
10) Dynamite
9) You Should Be Sad
8) Break My Heart
7) Supalonely
6) Heartless
5) Dance Monkey
4) Don't Start Now
3) Rain on Me
2) Everything I Wanted
1) Blinding Lights
Good list, aside from You Should Be Sad. I hate that song.
Why do people like dance monkey? its hell in a song.
Wow, you're actually one of the few that actually likes Dance Monkey! Which is great because I still like it and am not sick of it, even after it got hella overplayed! And that's saying something because I'm in Australia, where the song broke the record for the longest time spent at #1 in the ARIA Singles Charts (the Aussie equivalent of the Billboard Hot 100), which is 24 weeks (almost half a year), and is still in this chart even today despite it being about 1.5 years since it first entered the charts.
And yeah, I agree with WAP and Blinding Lights being on this list too, both great songs for different reasons imo.
Dance Monkey being here was a SHOCK
yep❤️
this list is legit👌🏾❤️
I really like your picks on here. 👍
Also, I really love that #1 intro. xD
Good video yeah this was a good year
yeah cuz of the weeknd, without him this year sucks
@@fpalillero7304 for music I mean
SPOILER ALERT
As a Luke Combs stan, I am thrilled to see him all the way up at #2 on this list. Hoping that he can make many more best lists to come throughout the decade.
I always thought that his best list will be battle between Blinding Lights and Even though I'm Leaving but still I'm legit shock that Blinding Lights won, I always knew ETIL is surely his no.1 since the beginning of 2020
My list
1. The Bigger Picture
2a. Heartless
2b. Blinding Lights
3. Ballin'
4. Adore You
5. High Fashion
6. everything i wanted
7. The Box
8. Mood
9. The Bones
10. Supalonely
HMs
ROCKSTAR
Don't Start Now
Break My Heart
Wishing Well
Be Like That
Godzilla
Circles (probably would've made it if it didn't chart last year)
Life's A Mess (would've made it if it charted)
Bandit
Faith (would've been #1 if it charted)
Dynamite
Rain On Me
Come & Go
This is simply an amazing list in many different ways. The amount of knowledge, skill, and detail that was put into this list is awesome and fantastic. You really stretch out your thoughts and you expand upon them in a whole different level imaginable because you were able to capture your personal thoughts on these entries perfectly. When you critiqued each entry and honorable mention, I love that you touched on all parts of the song and you also looked on to the artists who made the song and you do all of that with such a multi layered and great analysis on them. Also, your analysis and review on this years’ chart and music is also spot on with so many details and knowledge of it. This is such an excellent list.
here's my bad taste :
1) everything I wanted
2) Come & Go
3) Roses
4) Blinding Lights
5) Heartless
6) Hot girl bummer
7) Supalonely
8) Falling
9) Break My Heart
10) Be Like That
HM:
Heartless
Don't Start Now
You Should Be Sad
death bed
Wishing Well
Mood
Dynamite
Rain On Me
Slide
P*$$y Fairy
Not even that bad
37:13 Hahahahaha!! Nice intro into number 1!
You should do more world wide successes.
I agree with most of these. Don't really listen to too much country music tbh. 👨🏿🎤
Never in a million year would I have thought that i would see Lil Baby on a best list thumbnail
Honestly same but I am excited to see where The Bigger Picture will be
When almost every list in the comments has Blinding Lights on the top
We just know a potential modern pop classic is in the making.
It well deserves it!
@@AquilaSky21 ofc it does!
It’s probably going to be a classic for the rest of history
@@mikerivera373 I think the same
The most iconic song of 2020 and one of the most iconic after the 00's sounds like an 80's synthpop song
absolutely excellent list but I am extremely surprised and sad that "Heart on Ice" didn't make it
It was supposed to make it right? Why Mark you leave it off? You only spoil one song that almost close in making the HM (I hope you're happy now)
Heart on ice still one of the best hit songs of this year
It’s confirmed: Mark is officially a simp for Cardi B and Megan 🤣
@Cr1tikal’s Yu Gi Oh Collection well I know that and Rap Critic is a joke now I don’t fuck with him no more
@@kaninesenses why don’t you mess with rap critic?
@@isaiahlittle2180 I haven’t been fucking with his recent reviews, I’ll say that much
@Cr1tikal’s Yu Gi Oh Collection Every artist has songs that don't work for certain people, he won't deny that and will point out flaws in a lot. And while WAP is good, not really an essential listen and I don't like elevating songs that have cultural impact on my list regardless of the scenario, and I think there were better songs released this year that deserves attention.
But on that topic, if we want to talk about Mark's relationship with Bacardi, we be here all day.
You're a furry so your opinion does not matter
But wap kinda sucks.
Almost half on my top 10 includes The Weeknd lol
#10: The Box
#9: Lo Mein
#8: The Code
#7: Escape from LA
#6: Yessirski
#5: Martin and Gina
#4: Heartless
#3: Mood
#2: Blinding Lights
#1: Faith
Would somebody please explain to me how Blinding Lights is more than just another by-the-numbers retro track? Because that’s all I have ever gotten out of it and I feel like I must be missing something because everyone else has been heaping praises on it. I feel like I’m being astroturfed, Last of Us 2 style.
It’s the tension in the percussion and bass combined with the soaring synth line that creates a larger than life feeling. It combines dread, fear, adrenaline and excitement all in one, where you have no choice but to keep moving forward. And that’s just in the music, it doesn’t account for Abel singing about stumbling through an empty Las Vegas in the middle of the night, cocaine coursing through his veins, being overwhelmed by both the physical lights of the city and the “lights” emanating from the girl on the album who can set him free. If you aren’t feeling the song, drive down the highway in the middle of the night and see how much adrenaline you feel
I've explained it in videos, but in short, it's simply fantastic at being what it is, which is a retro throwback pop song. It just does that so well that everyone loves it.
I understand that it might feel pretty basic retro nostalgia at first. When I first heard it, I liked it a lot, but I wasn't necessarily wow-ed by it. But after a few more listens, I realized that the direct source of inspiration for this was a-ha, especially Take on Me. And it nails pretty much everything Take on Me did right - the romantic futurism, the synth riff, the driving beat. But the synths around it make it feel much more denser and futuristic than Take on Me, which is more spacious and dreamier (both songs are on the same par imo, which one I like more depends on my mood that day).
You don't have to like the song, music is the most subjective form of art there is, after all, but maybe this will help you understand why it is so beloved by me and many others.
It kind of relates to his album the song was released on, After Hours, which was an album focusing on his past relationships and their effects on his life. By extension, Blinding Lights relates to both Heartless, which was a song where he embraced the self-destructive, playboy style life he had after his break-ups he had, and Faith, which reflected upon his drug usage and belief of losing his religion in that case, by being a point where he feels like he's running out of time with it, but is still embracing the blinding lights of the city he's in (Las Vegas), even if the city doesn't love him back (what with the city being cold and empty, as well as no one being around to judge him). It's somewhere listening to the album might help you understand better.
I think even though I'm leaving is gonna be the marry me this year, song is great. Surprised it only made number 2 on the list, does to me would probably also make my list.
Your number one is kinda obviously gonna be number one on duckies commitee list
LOL Marry me also ended up at no. 2 on his best hit list of 2018
Blinding Lights being number one on this list is very satisfying. It wasn’t even a contest. Another great list, Mark.