Well now that you've checked out my Top 50 Dance Songs of
2015, it's time to look at my favorite pop tunes from the year. Since dance music is mainly my thing, this
pop list will only include my favorite 20 songs for the year 2015, with of
course some honorable mentions. Like my
dance tunes list, this one is based solely on my own musical taste and what I
listened to the most this year. I hope
you'll agree with most of them. Now, on
to the list...
#20 - Lay It All On Me - Rudimental, featuring Ed Sheeran
I know that the monumentally talented Ed Sheeran had a lot
of other songs to hit the big time in 2015, but my favorite of them all was
this guest spot on Rudimental's Lay It
All On Me.
#19 - All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor
Here's a retro feeling tune by newcomer Meghan Trainor that
was simply everywhere earlier in the year when it was at its peak. It was cutesy at first, but got old
fast. It's still good enough, though, to
have hit my top twenty. Check it out on John's
Music World.
#18 - Riptide - Vance Joy
Here's another late 2014 tune from Aussie Vance Joy that
carried its way into 2015. I'm not
really sure exactly how well it fared here, but I simply love the melodies, the
lyrics and the vocals, too. Check out Riptide...
#17 - Cheerleader - OMI
Here's a reggae-ish tune that was resurrected from three years
prior to become a smash hit this year. I
first discovered it on Spotify and then suddenly I was hearing it
everywhere. Check it out right here.
#16 -Lean On - Major Lazer & DJ Snake
This one scored high on my Top 50 Dance Songs of
2015, and it has enough of a pop flavor to score here, too.
#15 - FourFiveSeconds - Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul
McCartney
Here's what I wrote about this
superstar collaboration when I first posted it the day after the Grammys:
Okay, so despite the participation of one ignorant idiot in
this trio, I'm posting this tune after actually liking it for the first time
after seeing it performed at the Grammys the other night. I had the
notion of posting it a lot earlier, but upon the first few listens I really
didn't like it too much, but now I kinda do!
Yeah, now go check out FourFiveSeconds on John's
Music World.
#14 - Goodbye - Who Is Fancy?
There was a lot of mystery to the singer of this song when
it was first released. I'll admit, I
thought the Justin Bieber lookalike in the video was "Fancy," but
it's not. The singer was born to the
name Jake Hagood, and he's got a really smooth, suave voice. The song reminds me a little of a 50's
ballad, perhaps, and it's really good.
Check out Goodbye...
#13 -Shut Up and Dance - Walk the Moon
This is not one of my favorite songs...I think I've heard it
about a zillion too many times, but it is a great, fun tune and it deserves a
spot in the top 20 of the year. It was
my final Song of the Day post of the
year and you can check it out right here.
#12 - Jealous/Levels - Nick Jonas
Here's a double entry at #12 as Nick
Jonas picked up where he left off in 2014 with the rising popularity of Jealous
and an awesome new track called Levels,
which you can check out right here.
#11 - Want to Want Me - Jason Derulo
Here's a fun and happy tune that's so nice, I posted
it twice this year.
#10 - Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding has had a nice 2015, and it all began with
this beautiful love song from the Fifty Shades
of Grey soundtrack. Check it out
right here.
#9 - On My Mind - Ellie Goulding
Yes, Miss Ellie has had a nice 2015 and from the sounds of
her new album Delirium, 2016 is going
to be even better. Check out the
radio-friendly On My Mind...
#8 - Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Yes, Taylor Swift has had quite a few songs to hit it big in
2015, and though this was a late entry for last year, it still got a lot of airplay
this year and is by far my personal favorite of her songs. Check out Shake
It Off.
#7 - Where Are U Now? - Skrillex & Diplo, with Justin
Bieber
As I mentioned in my Top
50 Dance Songs of 2015, this soulful and hypnotic tune started off a
big year for Justin Bieber, whose voice seems to have matured into a very
golden one. Surely one of my favorite
tunes of the year.
#6 - Ex's and Oh's - Elle King
#5 - Love Yourself - Justin Bieber
So if you love, the way, you look that much, then maybe you
should go and love yourself...
Justin Bieber's latest single off of his Purpose album is a tender, in-your-face
ballad that's just soooo much fun to sing along to. Check it out on John's
Music World.
#4
-Can't Feel My Face - The Weekend
The hottest funky jam of the year!
#3 -Sorry - Justin Bieber
Can you tell I've become a Belieber this year? Lol.
Anyway, this one is so pleasant and so danceable and fun, I just
couldn't help myself but to put it here at #3.
Check out the fun video for Sorry
right here.
#2 - Hold My Hand - Jess Glynne
Now here is a song that I do not know anyone that doesn't
like it. It's so spiritual, so uplifting
and fun I get all oogey when I listen to it.
Hehe. Check it out on John's Music World right here.
#1 - Hello - Adele
Ah, 2015 saw the much-anticipated of Adele and her new
record 25. If anyone had been wondering if the 25
year-old phenom from England still had it after a much-heralded 21 record, they've gotten their answer
with this one. Adele's newest record is
simply spectacular from start to finish and in a much more light-hearted way
than before. You go girl! I posted the tune here today as my first Song of the Day for 2016 and you can
check it out by clicking the link. So hello
from the other side...
So there ya go, my 20 favorite pop songs from 2015. Like I said, you may or may not agree with me
on some of my choices, but you can't deny that they all made a splash in
2015. Please keep checking into John's Music World for more Songs of the
Day, music news and most of all, music appreciation. After all, doesn't music = life?
Here are some honorable mentions from the pop music world
that didn't quite make it into my Top 20:
Ghosttown -
Madonna
Chains - Nick
Jonas
See You Again -
Wiz Khalifa
Yoga - janelle
Monae
Bad Blood - Taylor
Swift
What Do U Mean? -
Justin Bieber
Sugar - Robin
Schulz, featuring Francesco Yates
Love Me Again -
John Newman
Same Old Love -
Selena Gomez
Take Me to Church
- Hozier
Stitches - Shawn
Mendes
Living for Love -
Madonna
Oh, and if you haven't done so already, please check out my list for the Top 50 Dance Songs of 2015.
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