Panda's Top 100 of 2023 (THE TOP 10)

[Panda]

Back for the 5th year in a row, 20th in terms of compiling at the end of the year and 26th if you count retro charts, it's PANDA'S END OF YEAR CHART!

The first positions will be announced in the coming days (yes, there will be videos again) but first, here is the top 200, in alphabetical order:

7ebra - Secretly Bad
86TVs - Worn Out Buildings
Adore - Postcards
Alex Amor - Time To Smile
Alex Lahey - Good Times
Alias Kid - She Don't Yeah Yeah Yeah
Alanis Morissette - No Return
Arctic Monkeys - Sculptures Of Anything Goes
Arlo Parks - Devotion
Astrid Cordes - Too Soft
Asylums - If You Can't Join Them Beat Them
Bad//Dreems - See You Tomorrow
Bad Nerves - USA
Bar Italia - My Little Tony
Bar Italia - Nurse!
BC Camplight - I'm Ugly
BC Camplight - Kicking Up A Fuss
bdrmm - It's Just A Bit Of Blood
Beach Riot - Tell Me I'm Wrong
Beach Riot - Tramlines
Beatles - Now And Then
Belle And Sebastian - When You're Not With Me
Benefits - Warhorse
Big Joanie - Your Words
The Big Moon - 2 Lines
Big Special - Desperate Breakfast
Billie Marten - I Can't Get My Head Around You
Billy Nomates - Vertigo
Black Honey - OK
Black Honey - Tombstone
Blokeacola - Tiny Turtle
Blondshell - Salad
Bloxx - Happy Anniversary (To Being Lonely)
Blur - St. Charles Square
Blur - The Narcissist
Bobby Saffron - Oceana (ft Eliza Shaddad)
Body Type - Holding On
Body Type - Miss The World
Bombay Bicycle Club - Diving (ft Holly Humberstone)
Boy & Bear - Silver Moon
Boygenius - Cool About It
Boygenius - Not Strong Enough
Chappaqua Wrestling - Wide Asleep
Chemical Brothers - Live Again (ft Halo Maud)
Cherry Fuzz Club - Dental Work
Chloe & The Brainwaves - Expensive Things
Chloe & The Brainwaves - Mind Running Wild
Chroma - Don't Wanna Go Out
Ciel - Somebody
Civic - Fly Song
Claudia Fenoglio - Stay With You
Cloth - Secret Measure
Clt Drp - I See My Body Through You
CMAT - Stay For Something
Coach Party - All I Wanna Do Is Hate
Coach Party - Micro Aggression
Coach Party - Parasite
Congratulations - Junk
Corinne Bailey Rae - New York Transit Queen
Cruush - Sombre By The Weekend
Cucamaras - Cotton Wool
Daughter - Party
The Day - Hide
Dead Pony - About Love
Declan McKenna - Nothing Works
Declan Welsh & The Decadent West - First To Know
Declan Welsh & The Decadent West - I Don't Know Why
Demob Happy - Run Baby Run
Demob Happy - Sweet & Sour America
Desire Lines - Integer
Dream Wife - Love You More
Dry Cleaning - Swampy
Eaves Wilder - Are You Diagnosed?
Echo Ladies - Coming Home
En Attendant Ana - Same Old Story
English Teacher - Nearly Daffodils
English Teacher - Song About Love
English Teacher - The World's Biggest Paving Slab
Everything But The Girl - Nothing Left To Lose
Eyesore & The Jinx - No More Nails
Feeder - Playing With Fire
Fez - Best Friend
Fizz - High In Brighton
Flints - Different Drum
Flowvers - Comes Apart
Foo Fighters - Show Me How
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - Brambles
Future Utopia - Something Real
Gaz Coombes - Long Live The Strange
Gen & The Degenerates - Big Hit Single
Go! Team - Look Away, Look Away
Gretel Hanlyn - King Of Nothing
Grian Chatten - Bob's Casino
Guilty Party - Lemonade
Gurriers - Approachable
Halo Maud - Terres Infinies
Helena Deland - Spring Bug
Hives - Bogus Operandi
Honeymoan - Sorry Like You Mean It
HotWax - Treasure
Hozier - Francesca
Hussy - Mona's Trinkets
Hutch - Mechanical Bull
Idles - Dancer
Into Yesterday - Eyes All Over You
James Ellis Ford - I Never Wanted Anything
Jealous Nostril - Lovebomb
Joesef - Moment
John (TimesTwo) - Service Stationed
Katy J Pearson - Willow's Song (ft Broadside Hacks)
Killer Mike - Yes!
Kills - LA Hex
Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam
Lankum - Go Dig My Grave
Lanterns On The Lake - Real Life
Lanterns On The Lake - Rich Girls
Lanterns On The Lake - The Likes Of Us
The Last Dinner Party - My Lady Of Mercy
The Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters
The Last Dinner Party - Sinner
Law Of All - Now Watch Me
Libertines - Run Run Run
Living Body - Consumer
Lizzie Esau - Lazy Brain
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete - Invisible
Low Hummer - Connected
Mandy, Indiana - Pinking Shears
Mannequin Death Squad - Monsters
Marika Hackman - No Caffeine
Marika Hackman - Slime
Melanie Baker - All My Plants Have Died
Metric - Just The Once
Middle Kids - Dramamine
Miss Tiny - The Sound
Mitski - Bug Like An Angel
Mitski - My Love Mine All Mine
Mother Mother - Normalize
Mysterines - Begin Again
Nadia Sheikh - Neverending Trial
Nadine Shah - Topless Mother
NewDad - Angel
Obey Robots - Porcupine
Orla Gartland - Kiss Ur Face Forever
Oscar Lang - One Foot First
Oya Paya - Operator
The Pale White - Taste The Sun
Paramore - The News
Party Dozen - Wake In Might
Picture Parlour - Judgement Day
Picture Parlour - Norwegian Wood
Picture The Scene - First One In... Last To Leave
Pigeon Detectives - Falling To Pieces
Pit Pony - Accidental Doom
Polly Gibbons - The Hare And The Toilet Seat
Public Service Broadcasting - This New Noise (Live) (ft BBC Symphony Orchestra & Jules Buckley)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Emotion Sickness
Queens Of The Stone Age - Negative Space
Queens Of The Stone Age - Paper Machete
Rachel Chinouriri - The Hills
Richard Dawson - Horse And Rider
Rocket - Portrait Show
Royal Blood - Mountains At Midnight
RVG - Brain Worms
Shelf Lives - All The Problems
Sleater-Kinney - Hell
Slipknot - Bone Church
The Smile - Bending Hectic
Smol Fish - Sweet Taste
Snooper - Powerball
Soft Play - Punk's Dead
Sorry - Screaming In The Rain Again
Special Interest - Cherry Blue Intention
Speedy Ortiz - You S02
Spunsugar - It Never Gave Me Anything
Spyres - Money
Squirrel Flower - Full Time Job
Steve Mason - The People Say
Stone - Left Right Forward
Sun Mahshene - Reverie
Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers - I Love You
Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers - I Used To Be Fun
They Watch Us From The Moon! - On The Fields Of The Moon
This Is The Kit - Inside Outside
Tiberius B - HHB
Treeboy & Arc - Retirement
Tribes - Hard Pill
Trout - In My Room
Twin Atlantic - Stuck In A Car With You
Upchuck - Freaky
Viji - Sedative
The Waeve - Kill Me Again
Wax-Tree-Cast - Oliver Reed
Wednesday - Bath County
Wednesday - Chosen To Deserve
Weyes Blood - Children Of The Empire
Whitelands - Born In Understanding
Whitelands - Setting Sun
Wild Spelks - Black Spores
Yard Act - The Trenchcoat Museum
Yumi & The Weather - Start As You Mean To Go On

[Panda]

The countdown will begin later on Thursday but in keeping with tradition, here is the song that missed the top 100 by one place:

LANKUM - Go Dig My Grave





Songs that were no.101 in previous years:
2002: Hell Is For Heroes - Night Vision
2003: Libertines - Don't Look Back Into The Sun
2004: Keane - Bedshaped
2005: New Order - Krafty
2006: Four Day Hombre - The First Word Is The Hardest
2007: Super Furry Animals - Run-Away
2008: Attic Lights - God
2009: My Chemical Romance - Desolation Row
2014: Darlia - Dear Diary
2015: Gengahr - She's A Witch
2016: Warpaint - New Song
2019: Drenge - Never See The Signs
2020: Babeheaven - Cassette Beat
2021: Childcare - Juice Is Loose
2022: Vernon Jane - Fall 4 Me

[TheThorne]

I am going to catch up on some albums I missed that are doing well in year-end polls and Lankum will be one for sure.

[Smurfie]

We have a crossover of two songs!  

[Panda]

Dec 14, 2023 12:57:09 GMT 1 Smurfie said:

We have a crossover of two songs!  

Obviously Kylie and Slipknot.

[Panda]

PART 1 (100-91):




100. POLLY GIBBONS - The Hare And The Toilet Seat

Panda Pop positions: 6-6

Chart debut.


99. BDRMM - It's Just A Bit Of Blood

Panda Pop positions: 11-12

4th appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
2020: A Reason To Celebrate (#5)
2020: Happy (#44)
2021: Port (#66)


98. TEEN JESUS & THE JEAN TEASERS - I Love You

Panda Pop positions: 4-

Chart debut.


97. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - When You're Not With Me

Panda Pop positions: 5-6

9th appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
1997: Dog On Wheels (#28)
1997: Lazy Line Painter Jane (#45)
2000: Legal Man (#5)
2003: Step Into My Office Baby (#46)
2004: Wrapped Up In Books (#13)
2004: I'm A Cuckoo (#17)
2022: Talk To Me, Talk To Me (#26)
2022: Unnecessary Drama (#92)


96. BAR ITALIA - Nurse!

Panda Pop positions: 5-9

Chart debut.


95. PICTURE PARLOUR - Judgement Day

Panda Pop positions: 12-

Chart debut.


94. YARD ACT - The Trench Coat Museum

Panda Pop positions: 32-22

Chart debut.


93. MELANIE BAKER - All My Plants Have Died

Panda Pop positions: 11-

Chart debut.


92. PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING & THE BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA with JULES BUCKLEY - This New Noise (Live)

Panda Pop positions: 3-11

2nd appearance for Public Service Broadcasting.

Previous appearance:
2015: Go! (#12)

Debut for the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jules Buckley.


91. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - Emotion Sickness

Panda Pop positions: 14-13

9th appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
2000: The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret (#75)
2000: Feel Good Hit Of The Summer (#88)
2002: No One Knows (#29)
2003: Go With The Flow (#28)
2003: First It Giveth (#75)
2005: In My Head (#21)
2007: 3's & 7's (#46)
2014: Smooth Sailing (#12)

Josh Homme has 3 previous appearances with Eagles Of Death Metal and 1 with Them Crooked Vultures.

[TheThorne]

Quite a few I know here


98. TEEN JESUS & THE JEAN TEASERS - I Love You       
97. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - When You're Not With Me 
96. BAR ITALIA - Nurse!
95. PICTURE PARLOUR - Judgement Day

special note, the bass player not in your clip!! Is one of my new crushes of 2023, I love a red head bass player!!

94. YARD ACT - The Trench Coat Museum
91. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - Emotion Sickness



The ones new to me

100. POLLY GIBBONS - The Hare And The Toilet Seat :/
99. BDRMM - It's Just A Bit Of Blood :/
93. MELANIE BAKER - All My Plants Have Died
92. PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING & THE BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA with JULES BUCKLEY - This New Noise (Live)

[greendemon]

Yard Act, bdrmm and QOTSA all good'uns, not sure if I can recall most of the others.

[Panda]

Dec 15, 2023 8:54:54 GMT 1 TheThorne said:

special note, the bass player not in your clip!! Is one of my new crushes of 2023, I love a red head bass player!!

She certainly has a bit of an Isla Fisher vibe about her. I find bass players are often the hottest member of any band.

[Panda]

PART 2 (90-81):




90. DESIRE LINES - Integer

Panda Pop positions: 9-

Chart debut.


89. PARTY DOZEN - Wake In Might

Panda Pop positions: 8-

Chart debut.


88. ALEX LAHEY - Good Time

Panda Pop positions: 4-7

Chart debut.


87. BILLIE MARTEN - I Can't Get My Head Around You

Panda Pop positions: 10-11

3rd appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
2014: Ribbon (#53)
2016: Milk & Honey (#56)


86. TIBERIUS B - HHB

Panda Pop positions: 10-9

Chart debut.


85. COACH PARTY - Micro Aggression

Panda Pop positions: 9-13

4th appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
2020: Breakdown (#20)
2022: Weird Me Out (#35)
2022: S**t TV (#69)


84. BODY TYPE - Miss The World

Panda Pop positions: 8-8

Chart debut.


83. TRIBES - Hard Pill

Panda Pop positions: 6-10

Chart debut.


82. ENGLISH TEACHER - Nearly Daffodils

Panda Pop positions: 5-

Chart debut.


81. SHELF LIVES - All The Problems

Panda Pop positions: 10-12

Chart debut.

[TheThorne]

Quite a few bands that I have meant to pay more attention too, nothing I love though in this batch.


90. DESIRE LINES - Integer 

89. PARTY DOZEN - Wake In Might :/

88. ALEX LAHEY - Good Time

87. BILLIE MARTEN - I Can't Get My Head Around You

86. TIBERIUS B - HHB :/

85. COACH PARTY - Micro Aggression

84. BODY TYPE - Miss The World :/

83. TRIBES - Hard Pill

82. ENGLISH TEACHER - Nearly Daffodils

81. SHELF LIVES - All The Problems

[Panda]

PART 3 (80-71):




80. UPCHUCK - Freaky

Panda Pop positions: 5-

Chart debut.


79. FEEDER - Playing With Fire

Panda pop positions: 10-

5th appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
1999: Day In Day Out (#44)
2001: Just A Day (#36)
2001: Buck Rogers (#72)
2021: Magpie (#90)


78. SOFT PLAY - Punk's Dead *

Panda Pop positions: 17-8

5th appearance in chart. (All previous appearances were as Slaves)

Previous appearances:
2015: The Hunter (#61)
2015: Cheer Up London (#68)
2015: Feed The Mantaray (#81)
2016: Spit It Out (#53)


77. MITSKI - My Love Mine All Mine

Panda Pop positions: 7-

Chart debut.


76. BIG JOANIE - Your Words

Panda Pop positions: 22-8

Chart debut.


75. CONGRATULATIONS - Junk

Panda Pop positions: 22-8

Chart debut.


74. PIT PONY - Accidental Doom

Panda Pop positions: 5-

3rd appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
2022: Supermarket (#78)
2022: Just That (#89)


73. LAW OF ALL - Now Watch Me

Panda Pop positions: 9-5

Chart debut.


72. THE SMILE - Bending Hectic

Panda Pop positions: 7-10

Chart debut.

Thom Yorke has 23 previous appearances with Radiohead, 3 solo and 1 uncredited appearance with Drugstore.
Jonny Greenwood has 23 previous appearances with Radiohead.


71. BENEFITS - Warhorse

Panda Pop positions: 20-8

2nd appearance in chart.

Previous appearance:
2021: Flag (#94)



* - features an uncredited appearance by Robbie Williams

[Panda]

PART 4 (70-61):




70. SLIPKNOT - Bone Church

Panda Pop positions: 6-6

5th appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
2001: Left Behind (#15)
2004: Duality (#84)
2019: All Out Life (#9)
2019: Solway Firth (#76)


69. SNOOPER - Powerball

Panda Pop positions: 7-7

Chart debut.


68. LANTERNS ON THE LAKE - Rich Girls

Panda Pop positions: 9-6

4th appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
2015: Faultlines (#1)
2020: Baddies (#6)
2020: Blue Screen Beams (#39)

Philip Selway has 23 previous appearances with Radiohead and 1 previous solo appearance.


67. HELENA DELAND - Spring Bug

Panda Pop positions: 15-8

Chart debut.


66. MARIKA HACKMAN - Slime

Panda Pop positions: 4-

2nd appearance in chart.

Previous appearance:
2015: Ophelia (#83)


65. FLINTS - Different Drum

Panda Pop positions: 6-7

2nd appearance in chart.

Previous appearance:
2022: 100 Million Lightyears (#54)


64. THE LAST DINNER PARTY - Sinner

Panda Pop positions: 8-5

Chart debut.


63. CLT DRP - I See My Body Through You

Panda Pop positions: 4-

Chart debut.


62. PICTURE THE SCENE - First One In... Last To Leave

Panda Pop positions: 3-

Chart debut.


61. CUCAMARAS - Cotton Wool

Panda Pop positions: 9-12

Chart debut.

[TheThorne]

80. UPCHUCK - Freaky

79. FEEDER - Playing With Fire

78. SOFT PLAY - Punk's Dead ? (But I am in 2 minds it is a terrible name, they didn't need to change it and you shouldn't attack your fans but on the other hand it is their band) 

77. MITSKI - My Love Mine All Mine Like this more now than I did at the time, I wasn't ready for it.

76. BIG JOANIE - Your Words

75. CONGRATULATIONS - Junk  :/

74. PIT PONY - Accidental Doom 

73. LAW OF ALL - Now Watch Me

72. THE SMILE - Bending Hectic :/ don't get them

71. BENEFITS - Warhorse

[TheThorne]

70. SLIPKNOT - Bone Church

69. SNOOPER - Powerball :/

68. LANTERNS ON THE LAKE - Rich Girls

67. HELENA DELAND - Spring Bug

66. MARIKA HACKMAN - Slime

65. FLINTS - Different Drum :/

64. THE LAST DINNER PARTY - Sinner

63. CLT DRP - I See My Body Through You :/

62. PICTURE THE SCENE - First One In... Last To Leave (need to watch out for these guys)


61. CUCAMARAS - Cotton Wool

[greendemon]

Quite a few here I've missed over the course of the year but I did like Soft Play, Mitski, Feeder (of course), Clt Drp and The Last Dinner Party to name a handful.

Dec 20, 2023 8:50:59 GMT 1 TheThorne said:

78. SOFT PLAY - Punk's Dead ? (But I am in 2 minds it is a terrible name, they didn't need to change it and you shouldn't attack your fans but on the other hand it is their band) 

It's a brilliant name because now you can say 'I'm taking the kids to Soft Play' and be both entirely accurate and completely disingenuous

[Razzle Dazzle]

Dec 20, 2023 11:21:29 GMT 1 greendemon said:

Quite a few here I've missed over the course of the year but I did like Soft Play, Mitski, Feeder (of course), Clt Drp and The Last Dinner Party to name a handful.

Dec 20, 2023 8:50:59 GMT 1 TheThorne said:

78. SOFT PLAY - Punk's Dead ? (But I am in 2 minds it is a terrible name, they didn't need to change it and you shouldn't attack your fans but on the other hand it is their band) 

It's a brilliant name because now you can say 'I'm taking the kids to Soft Play' and be both entirely accurate and completely disingenuous

This reminds me of going to see Ninja Sex Party in Manchester and they have about 3 gig venues with the same/similar name all in the same area and me and Hupin got to the first entrance had to ask if this was the place that was hosting the Ninja Sex Party

The guy on the door just looked at us like we were crazy perverts

[Panda]

PART 5 (60-51):




60. BEACH RIOT - Tramlines

Panda Pop positions: 2-5

3rd appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
2021: Wraith (#57)
2021: Sofa Surfer (#70)


59. BLUR - St. Charles Square

Panda Pop positions: 3-5

24th appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
1992: Popscene (#2)
1993: For Tomorrow (#26)
1993: Sunday Sunday (#87)
1994: To The End (#21)
1994: Girls And Boys (#28)
1994: Parklife (#46)
1994: End Of A Century (#78)
1995: The Universal (#34)
1996: Charmless Man (#28)
1996: Stereotypes (#39)
1997: Song 2 (#2)
1997: MOR (#9)
1997: Beetlebum (#24)
1997: On Your Own (#57)
1999: Coffee & TV (#2)
1999: Tender (#57)
1999: No Distance Left To Run (#75)
2000: Music Is My Radar (#38)
2003: Out Of Time (#5)
2003: Crazy Beat (#10)
2003: Good Song (#37)
2015: Lonesome Street (#6)
2015: Go Out (#84)

Damon Albarn has 4 appearances with Gorillaz, 1 with The Good, The Bad & The Queen, and 1 solo.
Graham Coxon has 5 solo appearances and 1 with Jaded Hearts Club.


58. TROUT - In My Room

Panda Pop positions: 11-10

Chart debut.


57. LANTERNS ON THE LAKE - Real Life

Panda Pop positions: 7-11

5th appearance in chart.


56. GURRIERS - Approachable

Panda Pop positions: 17-9

Chart debut.


55. EN ATTENDANT ANA - Same Old Story

Panda Pop positions: 10-6

Chart debut.


54. ARLO PARKS - Devotion

Panda Pop positions: 5-4

2nd appearance in chart.

Previous appearance:
2020: Black Dog (#37)


53. DRY CLEANING - Swampy

Panda Pop positions: 3-2

5th appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
2019: Sit Down Meal (#51)
2021: Scratchcard Lanyard (#1)
2021: Strong Feelings (#30)
2021: Unsmart Lady (#70)


52. CORINNE BAILEY RAE - New York Transit Queen

Panda Pop positions: 4-8

Chart debut.


51. GAZ COOMBES - Long Live The Strange

Panda Pop positions: 7-4

4th appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
2015: Detroit (#25)
2015: 20/20 (#53)
2019: Salamander (#35)

14 previous appearances with Supergrass.

[TheThorne]

60. BEACH RIOT - Tramlines

59. BLUR - St. Charles Square Least favourite Blur single

58. TROUT - In My Room

57. LANTERNS ON THE LAKE - Real Life

56. GURRIERS - Approachable

55. EN ATTENDANT ANA - Same Old Story Never heard this very Stereolab

54. ARLO PARKS - Devotion

53. DRY CLEANING - Swampy

52. CORINNE BAILEY RAE - New York Transit Queen so crazy and unexpected

51. GAZ COOMBES - Long Live The Strange

[Panda]

PART 6 (50-41):




50. QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE - Paper Machete

Panda Pop positions: 12-7

10th appearance in chart.


49. HIVES - Bogus Operandi

Panda Pop positions: 3-7

4th appearance in chart.

Previous appearances:
2002: Hate To Say I Told You So (#14)
2002: Supply And Demand (#99)
2007: Tick Tick Boom (#30)


48. LANTERNS ON THE LAKE - The Likes Of Us

Panda Pop positions: 8-6

6th appearance in chart.


47. COACH PARTY - All I Wanna Do Is Hate

Panda Pop positions: 8-10

5th appearance in chart.


46. INTO YESTERDAY - Eyes All Over You

Panda Pop positions: 3-

Chart debut.


45. LORELLE MEETS THE OBSOLETE - Invisible

Panda Pop positions: 10-6

Chart debut.


44. HUTCH - Mechanical Bull

Panda Pop positions: 4-3

Chart debut.


43. THE WAEVE - Kill Me Again

Panda Pop positions: 16-7

Chart debut.

Graham Coxon has 21 appearances with Blur, 1 with Jaded Hearts Club and 5 solo.
Rose-Elinor Dougall has 1 appearance with the Pipettes and 1 solo.


42. BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB ft HOLLY HUMBERSTONE - Diving

Panda Pop positions: 31-6

8th appearance in chart for Bombay Bicycle Club.

Previous appearances:
2008: Evening/Morning (#43)
2009: Magnet (#44)
2009: Dust On The Ground (#70)
2014: Luna (#31)
2014: Carry Me (#63)
2014: Feel (#85)
2019: Eat Sleep Wake (Nothing But You) (#23)

Debut for Holly Humberstone.


41. WEYES BLOOD - Children Of The Empire

Panda Pop positions: 23-4

Chart debut.