FragChart Top 200 of 2022

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Another year over, and after 3 PMs, 4 chancellors and 22 FragChart #1s (one of which lasted almost as long at the top as Liz Truss), it's time for the traditional Top 200.

2514 songs from my longlist were whittled down to 1176 (about 22 per week) in my weekly playlists, of which 604 made my top 60 (about 11 per week, and more than 2021 despite that year having an extra chart).

As usual, the songs are ranked statistically (60 pts for a week at #1, down to 1 point for a week at #60), and then the top 100 (plus a few wildcards) are re-ranked manually. Songs that were in last year's top 100 are excluded. This year, rather than cherry-picking a dozen or so, I've chosen just 5 wildcards: four songs from my current chart, plus the 101st-ranked song, which had exactly as many points as the 100th.

Let's begin!

200 - 176

200 Picture - The K's (#9, January)
199 Every Morning - The Avenues (#22, July)
198 You've Got a Friend - The Cloverhearts (#19, March)
197 STAY.GO. - Ultra Mega Cat Attack (#18, March)
196 Do You Know Better - The Pleasure Dome (#6, January)

195 Favourite Underdog - Twister (#10, December)
194 No Rules - The Venomous Pinks (#23, April)
193 Get out of My Way - Sator (#17, June)
192 Brassic - Grade 2 (#14, November)
191 Groovy Xmas - The Linda Lindas (#3, December)

190 Dance With Me - The Twenty Two (#7, December)
189 Fugazi - The Hunna (#16, September)
188 Merry Christmas Everyone - Cold Years (#2, December)
187 The Day Our Music Died - Andy and the rockets (#20, April)
186 From Hell to Here - Himalayas (#8, December)

185 Better Than Dead - Grumpster (#12, June)
184 IMPERIALISM (feat. Ashrita Kumar of Pinkshift) - Anti-Flag, Ashrita Kumar (#12, September)
183 I Ain't No Miracle Worker - The Hellacopters (#28, July)
182 Unknown Male 01 - Edit - Biffy Clyro (#17, August)
181 Witching Hour - Black Map (#16, January)

180 Unstoppable - MxPx (#13, October)
179 I Know - The Crooks (#16, October)
178 King of the World - Reno Divorce (#16, January)
177 All Your Bridges Are Burning - Long Version - The Chuck Norris Experiment (#18, June)
176 Bring Us Down - The Luka State (#15, May)

A couple of Christmas songs had enough of a run near the top of the chart to make the overall top 200, with Cold Years set to feature a few more times in this rundown. Biffy Clyro are no strangers to my year-end chart, clocking up a 14th entry but failing to crack the top 100 this time. Their best-ever is 'Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies', #9 in 2007. 'Unknown Male 01' was actually a re-issue: it only managed a single week at #60 during 2021, but was much more successful at the second attempt.

[greendemon]

You'll be shocked to hear that Biffy will also be in my year-end chart, though somewhat higher...

Also enjoyed Linda Lindas, Luka State and Ultra Mega Cat Attack (what a band name!) from this set.

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Jan 1, 2023 23:38:50 GMT 1 greendemon said:

You'll be shocked to hear that Biffy will also be in my year-end chart, though somewhat higher...

Also enjoyed Linda Lindas, Luka State and Ultra Mega Cat Attack (what a band name!) from this set.

Sometimes I do pick songs for my longlist purely based on the band name, and Ultra Mega Cat Attack is definitely one of the best I've heard this year!

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175 - 151

175 Haunted - The Young Rochelles (#9, January)
174 Around - Charlotte & the Harlots (#12, January)
173 I miss me - Zooparty (#15, January)
172 debbie downer - LØLØ, Maggie Lindemann (#10, February)
171 Talk & Walk - Mammoth WVH (#9, September)

170 Russian Attack - Covert Flops (#17, June)
169 Mercy - Declan Welsh and The Decadent West (#10, October)
168 Apocalypse Whenever - Captain Asshole (#20, March)
167 Kill Song - Out Of Love (#18, April)
166 Milk - Beddy Rays (#5, February)

165 Everybody's Cool - Two Door Cinema Club (#13, September)
164 What Have We Done - Crashed Out (#8, November)
163 i mean you - Eve 6 (#13, September)
162 Alcohol - Lazy Queen (#12, February)
161 Love You Forever - THICK (#12, March)

160 What Are the Odds - Death Valley Girls (#9, November)
159 Sold in Bunches - New Junk City (#13, October)
158 Fast Tracker - Cat and the Underdogs (#17, July)
157 Poor Old Me - Baby Strange (#9, May)
156 Material - The Maysides (#12, August)

155 Let's Go Down the Pub - Funeral Dress (#11, May)
154 Babada - The Waterfalls (#17, February)
153 Damn the Wolves - Damn The Wolves (#9, November)
152 The Funeral - YUNGBLUD (#8, March)
151 Judged - Billy Talent (#14, January)

Now I'm scanning for band names ...I quite like Charlotte and the Harlots.

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150 - 126

150 Can't Take It Anymore - TOUTS (#11, April)
149 She's Outta My League - Ballyhoo! (#9, January)
148 Radiation Suit - Nervous Triggers (#4, January)
147 The New Dark Ages - Marco Luponero & The Loud Ones (#19, February)
146 HADES - VUKOVI (#17, June)

145 f*** the Haters - Massive Wagons (#7, July)
144 Girl Sports - Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers (#13, April)
143 Lost Track of Time - C.C. Potato (#9, January)
142 Your Boy - The Hallingtons (#3, January)
141 Insomnia - Daggerplay (#12, May)

140 Oxygen Thief - The Luka State (#11, January)
139 NVREVR (feat. Stacey Dee of Bad Cop/Bad Cop) - Anti-Flag, Stacey Dee (#9, November)
138 Delilah - PLAIINS (#6, November)
137 Wonderful Life - Edit - Two Door Cinema Club (#26, June)
136 Till the End - Lumpen (#15, June)

135 Sweet Tooth - Electric Enemy (#18, February)
134 Little Black Box - BRKN LOVE (#10, June)
133 Jill Was an Anarchist - Ming City Rockers (#10, November)
132 CSTS - The Joy Formidable (#10, October)
131 On the Run - The Sherlocks (#9, February)

130 Mars - Pollyanna (#7, May)
129 If You're Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough (From "Jackass 4.5") - Starcrawler (#4, June)
128 Am I Really Going To Die - White Lies (#11, January)
127 Fortune Favours the Brave - Guitar Gangsters (#6, January)
126 Better Than You - The Notions (#15, November)

A few top 5 hits sneaking in here - only 85 songs made my top 5 in total, so these will mostly be short-lived chart runs. A few bands here have had success in previous years notably Two Door Cinema Club and The Sherlocks.

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125 - 101

125 Ride or Die - The Moröns (#12, July)
124 Choc Mint - MID CITY (#12, May)
123 Jane - Cold Years (#11, April)
122 You're A Killer - The Virginmarys (#17, August)
121 He's My Demon - Head Smashed (#9, February)

120 Gin And Tonic - Joker's Republic (#15, July)
119 War Boys - Dead Pony (#8, September)
118 HONEY (feat. Softcult) - REMIX - LUNA AURA, Softcult (#9, February)
117 No Tomorrow - zebrahead (#4, October)
116 Ten Times More - Dropkick Murphys (#8, September)

115 Reap A Hurricane - The Hellacopters (#7, January)
114 Whatshername? - The Cloverhearts (#4, March)
113 Dance Monkey - Giant and the Georges (#14, July)
112 These Times Have Got Me Drinking / Tripping Up The Stairs - Flogging Molly (#9, March)
111 Burner - Them Evils (#13, March)

110 Lunatics - The Drowns (#8, April)
109 Whiplash - Catalina (#10, March)
108 The Kids Can't Be Trusted With Rock 'n' Roll - Cyanide Pills (#12, March)
107 Do You Wanna Talk - Circa Waves (#8, September)
106 I.N.V.U. - Kid Kapichi (#6, September)
Not Going Anywhere - Potty Mouth: skipped due to being in last year's top 100

105 Beds Are Burning (feat. Tim Mcllrath of Rise Against) - AWOLNATION, Rise Against (#7, March)
104 Lucky - edit - Two Door Cinema Club (#15, August)
103 Way Too Good For Me - Her Burden (#7, January)
102 Good Advice - Bayside (#7, August)
101 Lost - Special Version - Hangtime (#11, January)

Head Smashed burst onto the Spotify scene this year, and have a couple more hits further up - one for fans of The Offspring. Cold Years have more to come, but at #101 is this year's highest offering from Hangtime, who had more success in 2020, including the year-end #2 that year.

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100 - 91

100 Sort It Out - Beddy Rays (#9, May)
99 Live Like Yer Dyin - The Drowns (#5, March)
98 HAPPY - Sløtface (#8, October)
97 Scared Together - Silversun Pickups (#11, July)
96 toxic energy (with Bert McCracken of The Used) - blackbear, The Used (#10, August)

95 Weird - The Cog is Dead (#6, November)
94 I Don't Want It - Crawlers (#4, September)
93 As The Sun Sets - Taipei Houston (#16, August)
92 I EXIST - VUKOVI (#9, July)
91 I Can’t Grow Up - Tegan and Sara (#5, October)

Into the top 100 we go, and it's a return to the year-end chart for Tegan & Sara, who reached #42 on debut in 2008 with 'The Con'. A year later, Silversun Pickups were #24 with 'Panic Switch'.

Previous entries from this set:
Sløtface: 'Pitted', #150, 2017
Silversun Pickups: 'Panic Switch', #24, 2009; 'It Doesn't Matter Why', #162, 2019
The Used: 'Over And Over Again', #141, 2017
The Cog Is Dead: 'Old Merkwerkee', #136, 2021; 'Across The Sea', #31, 2021
VUKOVI: 'CLAUDIA', #158, 2019; 'Run/Hide', #175, 2019
Tegan & Sara: 'The Con', #42, 2008; 'Back In your Head', #166, 2008

[greendemon]

'Scared Together' is a banger! Did quite well in my chart

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90 - 81

90 Bounding Main - The Rumjacks (#3, January)
89 Zero - Dead Pony (#4, June)
88 Interstellar Communication - The Young Rochelles (#6, June)
87 Reno - Jaws the Shark (#2, November)
86 Spaceship - All Waffle Trick (#6, February)

85 The Boy I Was Before - The Howlers (#9, September)
84 Honeybrains - Royal Blood (#8, March)
83 32 - Cold Years (#4, March)
82 f*** Me It's All Gone Wrong - Dirt Box Disco (#5, January)
81 Chasing Down The Sun - The Continentals (#11, July)

Royal Blood are chart stalwarts since the 2017 reboot, with three top 100 entries in 2017 followed by five (including three of the top 12) last year. 'Honeybrains' is their only entry this year, but their 10th overall. I'm extremely excited to be seeing them supporting Muse in June.

Last year, Cold Years beat all of those hits with 'Headstone' at #6, and they've bested Royal Blood again, with more to come too.

Dead Pony previously appeared as CRYSTAL in my year-end charts; this is their first time in the top 100, but their second time won't take as long...

Previous appearances:

Cold Years
2021: #6 - Headstone
2022: #123 - Jane
2022: #188 - Merry Christmas Everyone

CRYSTAL/Dead Pony (new peak)
2019: #153 - Speak Of The Devil
2020: #110 - Sharp Tongues
2022: #119 - War Boys

Royal Blood
2017: #33 - How Did We Get So Dark?
2017: #57 - I Only Lie When I Love You
2017: #71 - Hook, Line & Sinker
2021: #8 - Oblivion
2021: #9 - Limbo
2021: #12 - Hold On
2021: #37 - Typhoons
2021: #75 - Boilermaker
2021: #140 - Sad But True

The Young Rochelles (new peak)
2022: #175 - Haunted

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80 - 71

80 Eyes Of Oblivion - The Hellacopters (#5, January)
79 Young Meteors - The Vaccines (#10, April)
78 I Don't Need A Lot - CRYSTAL (#10, September)
77 Sorry - Flatfoot 56 (#6, May)
76 Problem - The Dreadnoughts (#4, May)

75 Morning View - Sophisticated Dingo (#8, July)
74 Slay - Nerf Herder (#4, October)
73 My Love - Florence + The Machine (#3, March)
72 DEEP CUTS - You Me At Six (#9, August)
71 Inflame the Light - Head Smashed (#4, February)

...in fact, the second Dead Pony entry is right here! This set also sees The Hellacopters' first top 100 hit - the best of their three year-end chart entries this year. Two other bands debuting this year, Sophisticated Dingo and Head Smashed, have more to come.

Meanwhile, You Me At Six narrowly beat their previous best, achieved 12 years ago. Florence + The Machine make their 9th YEC entry, with the 10th yet to come. 'Shake It Out' would have done very well, had I done a year-end chart in 2011.

Previous appearances:

CRYSTAL/Dead Pony (new peak)
2019: #153 - Speak Of The Devil
2020: #110 - Sharp Tongues
2022: #89 - Zero
2022: #119 - War Boys

Florence + The Machine
2009: #5 - Rabbit Heart (Raise Me Up)
2009: #19 - Drumming Song
2009: #51 - Dog Days Are Over
2009: #196 - You've Got The Love
2010: #60 - Cosmic Love
2010: #67 - Heavy In Your Arms
2010: #72 - Dog Days Are Over
2019: #94 - Moderation

Nerf Herder
2019: #61 - Gary and the Princess

The Vaccines
2018: #80 - Surfing in the Sky
2018: #119 - Nightclub
2021: #60 - Jump Off The Top
2021: #78 - Alone Star

You Me At Six (new peak)
2010: #74 - Underdog

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70 - 61

70 Hometown - The K's (#5, April)
69 Forever's Enough - BRKN LOVE (#8, August)
68 Metronome - Charlie Bit My Finger (#4, January)
67 Desperate - Ming City Rockers (#8, November)
66 Lucille - Pinoles (#6, July)

65 Fever Dream - BRKN LOVE (#3, October)
64 This Road Of Mine - Flogging Molly (#4, August)
63 She Sells Sanctuary - Cold Years (#4, October)
62 Feeding Time - Sophisticated Dingo (#10, April)
61 Lily I Think It's Time - Rookie (#6, May)

Those of you still scanning for band names might notice Charlie Bit My Finger, presumably named after the famous YouTube video. This set also includes two songs from BRKN LOVE, one of my favourite bands of the year - still more to come from them.

Previous appearances:

The K's
2018: #7 - Glass Towns
2018: #40 - Got a Feeling

Cold Years
2021: #6 - Headstone
2022: #83 - 32
2022: #123 - Jane
2022: #188 - Merry Christmas Everyone

Sophisticated Dingo
2020: #44 - Don't Wanna Be
2021: #25 - Wasted
2022: #75 - Morning View

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60 - 51

60 sh*t's Gonna Be OK - I Fight Dragons (#1, January)
59 Curious - Franz Ferdinand (#1, February)
58 Focus Coin - Gogol Bordello (#6, July)
57 I've No More f***s to Give - Electric Timebomb Remix - Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq, Victor Ghastly's Electric Timebomb (#1, July)
56 Blood Red Rain - Head Smashed (#5, April)

55 Tough Luck - Mayleaf (#3, December)
54 High On Stress - The Manges (#4, May)
53 I Hate This House - Church Girls (#4, October)
52 The Emperor - YUNGBLUD (#3, August)
51 Hell On Earth - Circa Waves (#4, September)

The 'sweary outlook on life' battle has finished - victory for 'sh*t's Gonna Be OK' (#60) over 'f*** Me It's All Gone Wrong' (#82). After evaluating these two options, you might find yourself without any more f***s to give, as Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq did in July.

A third #1 in this set comes from Franz Ferdinand - their first #1 since 2004, and their first year-end top 100 entry since 2017.

Previous appearances:

Circa Waves (new peak)
2017: #124 - Somebody Else
2019: #185 - Jacqueline
2022: #107 - Do You Wanna Talk

Franz Ferdinand
2004: #2 - Take Me Out
2004: #29 - The Dark Of The Matinée
2005: #52 - Do You Want To
2005: #72 - Walk Away
2006: #73 - The Fallen
2006: #106 - Eleanor Put Your Boots On
2006: #133 - Walk Away
2009: #76 - No You Girls
2017: #51 - Always Ascending
2018: #130 - Lazy Boy
2018: #195 - Feel The Love Go

Gogol Bordello (new peak)
2007: #144 - Wanderlust King

Head Smashed (new peak)
2022: #121 - He's My Demon
2022: #71 - Inflame The Light

I Fight Dragons
2020: #103 - A New Brain
2021: #17 - Move

YUNGBLUD (new peak)
2021: #101 - acting like that (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)
2022: #152 - The Funeral

[greendemon]

I think Sophisticated Dingo is my favourite of the recent band names

'Curious' did very little for me. I do like BRKN LOVE though; their album should be coming up in my year-end list.

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50 - 41

50 Alone - Himalayas (#3, August)
49 Work of Art - Ricky Rochelle (#4, July)
48 Karma Climb - Editors (#11, June)
47 Free - Florence + The Machine (#1, April)
46 Every Living Creature - Spielbergs (#2, July)

45 Black Wax - The Subways (#6, October)
44 mr. darkside - Eve 6 (#6, August)
43 Stress - bis (#2, December)
42 Better Than Me - Her Burden (#5, July)
41 We've Had Enough - Spanish Love Songs (#2, August)

Into the top 50 we go! Himalayas are at base camp (on their first climb into the top 50); as we make our own Karma Climb, we might see Every Living Creature. Watch out for the Black Wax - it might give you Stress, unless you're Better Than Me.

OK, OK, I hear you all saying: We've Had Enough!

Previous appearances:

bis
2019: #2 - Sound of a Heartbreak
2019: #14 - There Is No Point (Other Than the Point That There Is No Point)

Editors
2005: #7 - Munich
2005: #14 - Blood
2005: #79 - Bullets
2006: #5 - Munich
2006: #70 - Blood
2006: #188 - All Sparks
2007: #68 - The Racing Rats
2007: #128 - An End Has A Start
2009: #60 - Papillon

Eve 6 (new peak)
2021: #109 - can we combine

Florence & The Machine
2009: #5 - Rabbit Heart (Raise Me Up)
2009: #19 - Drumming Song
2009: #51 - Dog Days Are Over
2009: #196 - You've Got The Love
2010: #60 - Cosmic Love
2010: #67 - Heavy In Your Arms
2010: #72 - Dog Days Are Over
2019: #94 - Moderation
2022: #73 - My Love

Her Burden (new peak)
2018: #70 - f*** You!
2018: #181 - Motivation

Himalayas (new peak)
2017: #183 - Sigh on a Hurricane
2018: #91 - If I Tell You
2020: #140 - We Love to Hate

The Subways
2005: #35 - Oh Yeah
2005: #127 - Rock And Roll Queen
2005: #138 - With You
2005: #96 - No Goodbyes
2006: #113 - No Goodbyes
2006: #144 - Rock And Roll Queen

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40 - 31

40 Villain - Crash Romeo (#2, October)
39 The Streets I Call My Own - Booze & Glory (#2, May)
38 Under The Surface - Baby Strange (#5, February)
37 Let It Die - Ellie Goulding (#1, November)
36 P.A.R.T.Y. - Alestorm (#3, May)

35 Crazy - Dirty Fences (#3, June)
34 Any Minute Now - Screeching Weasel (#5, June)
33 June Carter Cash (Lost and Found) - Bowling For Soup (#1, April)
32 I Killed Dee Dee R. - Ratbones, The Jasons (#9, May)
31 Every Night - flor (#2, September)

I tend to compile these charts by splitting the songs into rough groups of 15-20, and then ranking the groups in turn, starting with the lowest. Each year, there's a song or two that bubble up and ends up much higher than their seeded spot - Alestorm's 'P.A.R.T.Y' is one of those this year, rising from the 4th group to #36.

Ellie Goulding's 'Let It Die' was the #1 with the lowest initial entry position, rising from #55 to #1 in the space of a month.

Previous appearances:

Baby Strange (new peak)
2022: #157 - Poor Old Me

Bowling For Soup
2002: #27 - Girl All The Bad Guys Want
2002: #179 - Emily
2007: #127 - High School Never Ends
2021: #56 - Getting Old Sucks (But Everybody's Doing It)
2021: #85 - Where's the Love (with Hanson)

Dirty Fences (new peak)
2021: #68 - One In Ten
2021: #200 - Heartache Parade

Ellie Goulding (new peak)
2010: #118 - Starry Eyed

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30 - 26

Getting into the business end now!

30: It's Always Sunny in Quarantine - Space Monkey Mafia (#1, December)

"When I said take my breath away, this wasn't what I meant" - a charming story of love and betrayal in a COVID climate.
Chart debut.

29: Tooth & Claw - Lawmaker (#3, April)

Definitely the band of the year, Lawmaker are a regular fixture with their shouty, defiant Irish-pub rock and heavy-hitting instrumentals.
Chart debut.

28: Don't Put the Chimp in Charge - Ricky Rochelle (#1, January)

Ricky Rochelle spent the first three weeks of the year at #1 with this... cautionary tale of the havoc an intelligent escaped monkey can do.

Previous appearance:
2022: #49 - Work Of Art

27: Will Of The People - Muse (#1, June)

"We'll smash your institutions to pieces"
Protest-rock from Muse? Of course it's going to be a #1 for me. This was the third time Muse were #1 on my birthday. Oddly, one of these ('New Born') was also year-end #27. This is their sixteenth year-end top 30 appearance and 29th overall.

Previous appearances*:
2001: #4 - Bliss
2001: #27 - New Born
2001: #28 - Plug In Baby
2001: #69 - Hyper Music
2001: #135 - Feeling Good
2002: #7 - Dead Star
2002: #11 - In Your World
2002: #54 - Feeling Good
2002: #152 - Hyper Music
2003: #4 - Time Is Running Out
2003: #113 - Hysteria
2004: #10 - Hysteria
2004: #79 - Sing For Absolution
2006: #1 - Knights Of Cydonia
2006: #18 - Starlight
2006: #35 - Supermassive Black Hole
2007: #7 - Map Of The Problematique
2007: #28 - Invincible
2009: #27 - Uprising
2009: #46 - Undisclosed Desires
2010: #7 - Resistance
2010: #90 - Neutron Star Collision
2017: #34 - Dig Down
2018: #30 - Pressure
2018: #106 - The Dark Side
2018: #109 - Thought Contagion
2018: #124 - Something Human
2021: #24 - Citizen Erased (XX Anniversary RemiXX)


26: The Lightning II - Arcade Fire (#5, March)

"A day, a week, a month, a year"
The Arcade Fire have sometimes failed to match the heights of their first album, but this track would fit right in there. Full of energy and instantly recognisable as one of their hits, this deserved higher than their #5 placing back in the Spring.

Previous appearances*:
2005: #1 - Rebellion (Lies)
2005: #6 - Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out)
2005: #18 - Cold Wind
2005: #27 - Wake Up
2005: #53 - Neighbourhood #2 (Laika)
2006: #126 - Wake Up
2007: #3 - No Cars Go
2007: #5 - Intervention
2007: #19 - Keep The Car Running
2010: #9 - Ready To Start
2017: #13 - Signs of Life
2017: #18 - Everything Now
2017: #113 - Creature Comfort

* - some years' charts were statistical, and thus songs whose chart runs spanned multiple years may appear twice.

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25 - 21

25: Kings Of No Hope - The Stereo (#2, March)

Googling this pop-rock act lead me to find that they were around 20 years ago before reforming this year - this is their FragChart debut.

24: 5 Days On (2 Days Off) - Kid Kapichi (#2, August)

As you might guess, this concerns the weekly grind - sure to resonate with anyone who's found themselves unsatisfied at work.

Previous appearances:
2020: #115 - Household Shame
2022: #106 - I.N.V.U.

23: Vex Machine - The Subways (#1, November)

"My baby's a T*ry, it's the end of our story" - the Subways back to their best and achieving a new peak with this energetic song, the B-Side to 'Black Wax'.

Previous appearances:
2005: #35 - Oh Yeah
2005: #127 - Rock And Roll Queen
2005: #138 - With You
2005: #96 - No Goodbyes
2006: #113 - No Goodbyes
2006: #144 - Rock And Roll Queen
2022: #45 - Black Wax

22: Hate To See You Tortured - The Blinders (#2, February)

"I wouldn't say I'm depressed, but every morning on my way to work I hope the car does crash into a ditch"
This expression of depression was a slow-burner for me, starting off going 50-54 before climbing all the way to #2 in the space of three weeks.

21: I Sold My Soul - Remix - Tir Nan Og (#1, July)

Now for something completely different - a Bavarian-Irish folk band singing about drinking (what else?). Not to be confused with Tír na nÓg, an Irish folk band from the 70s.

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20 - 16

20: Won’t Stand Down - Muse (#1, January)

Muse enter the year-end top 20 for the first time since 2010, and the 10th overall. The screamy bit at the end prevented this one from being higher.

Previous appearances*:
2001: #4 - Bliss
2001: #27 - New Born
2001: #28 - Plug In Baby
2001: #69 - Hyper Music
2001: #135 - Feeling Good
2002: #7 - Dead Star
2002: #11 - In Your World
2002: #54 - Feeling Good
2002: #152 - Hyper Music
2003: #4 - Time Is Running Out
2003: #113 - Hysteria
2004: #10 - Hysteria
2004: #79 - Sing For Absolution
2006: #1 - Knights Of Cydonia
2006: #18 - Starlight
2006: #35 - Supermassive Black Hole
2007: #7 - Map Of The Problematique
2007: #28 - Invincible
2009: #27 - Uprising
2009: #46 - Undisclosed Desires
2010: #7 - Resistance
2010: #90 - Neutron Star Collision
2017: #34 - Dig Down
2018: #30 - Pressure
2018: #106 - The Dark Side
2018: #109 - Thought Contagion
2018: #124 - Something Human
2021: #24 - Citizen Erased (XX Anniversary RemiXX)
2022: #27 - Will Of The People

19: Peoples Champ - Lawmaker (#7, May)

The only Lawmaker hit to date not to make either #1 or #2, but that's the company the People's Champ is keeping here - a tune about the popular underdog.

Previous appearance:
2022: #29 - Tooth & Claw

18: Ellen - Sitting on Stacy (#2, March)

Chart debut and only hit to date for this SoCal "wack rock" three-piece, reminiscent of The Randells, who had a few highly-placed hits last year.


17: Alone Again (Naturally) - The Dollyrots (#1, June)

This is a punk cover of Gilbert O'Sullivan's 1971 song, and much less depressing for it.

Previous appearance:
2019: #6 - Everything

16: Like A Drug - BRKN LOVE (#3, April)

Like Royal Blood? You'll enjoy these Canadian rockers, who are the best newcomers this year behind Lawmaker. Still more to come from them.

Previous appearances (all 2022):
#134 - Little Black Box
#69 - Forever's Enough
#65 - Fever Dream

[Milliways]

Are you putting a Spotify playlist of the full chart up when you get to #1?

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Jan 21, 2023 13:05:34 GMT 1 Milliways said:

Are you putting a Spotify playlist of the full chart up when you get to #1?

Yep! It's not a private playlist, so can be sourced from my profile if you want spoilers :-)