2018 Australian Top 20 Ranked: Spring
crowdiegal We're reaching the end of spring in Australia so I thought it was time to do one of these again as my feelings on some songs have changed noticeably.Total Garbage (0/5)
20. “Arms Around You” by XXXtentacion, feat. Lil Pump, Maluma and Swae Lee (Currently: 17)
This song is a slice of atrocious grave robbery which I strongly object to. Hate the music industry is attempting to continually make money out of somebody who wasn’t a good person or wrote decent music. This song is trash anyway.
19. “Sicko Mode” by Travis Scott feat. Drake. (Currently: 16)
Here because it’s the worst song off “ASTROWORLD” and I am so god damn tired of Drake
Bad (1/5)
18. “In My Mind” by Dynoro (Currently: 13)
I know this song has been a major hit around the world especially in Europe, but I cannot understand or see the appeal of it, the production and the vocals are just so ridiculously grating and horrible, its close to unlistenable.
17. “This Feeling” by The Chainsmokers feat. Kelsea Ballerini (Currently: 20)
Can we just stop the practice of female country artists jumping in the studio with z-grade producers like The Chainsmokers to produce garbage like this song? Kelsea Ballerini, you are so much better than this crap
16. “Happier” by Marshmello and Bastille (Currently: 5)
Ehh. This song is a confused mess and Bastille doesn’t sound good over Marshmello’s EDM beat.
Mediocre (2/5)
15. “Without Me” by Halsey (Currently: 3)
This song lacks balance eg: what did the guy (presumably G-Eazy do for her), its all about Halsey taking credit for G-Eazy’s career and also the beat lacks anything substantial to make this relationship melodrama that Halsey regularly indulges in interesting. It’s not bad by any stretch…just painfully mediocre.
14. “Sunflower” by Post Malone and Swae Lee (Currently: 6)
I want to like this because of the melody and Post Malone’s cadence isn’t bad per se but the fact this is about being an arsehole to a woman kind of puts me off so yeah, I guess it fits in with the mediocre crew.
13. “Thank U, Next” by Ariana Grande (Currently: 1)
Oh wow, this song is pulling from Mariah Carey hard and I got to be honest I am not a fan of this at all. I get why she’s released and all of that but yeah not a fan at all especially when she has done better this year with “No Tears Left to Cry”.
12. “Body” by Loud Luxury (Currently: 9)
This song annoys me less than the others that I consider to be mediocre largely however that does change how the vocals just go that extra mile to be irritating and it does feel like there’s not a lot of depth to the song.
Decent (3/5)
11. “Better” by Khalid (Currently: 11)
This has been a year where I have come to really like Khalid while I wouldn’t say “Better” is the best song on the “Suncity EP”, there’s still plenty to like about the song with it’s somewhat melancholic R ‘n’ B production and Khalid’s vocals are almost way too relaxing.
10. “Be Alright” by Dean Lewis
This song has faded one me hard in recent weeks, it’s still a good song but some of the lyrics and even the vocal tone of the song feels off in a way that I never actually picked up on when I was head over for the song.
9. “Let You Love Me” by Rita Ora (Currently: 14)
Am in two minds as to whether I actually like this song or not. Rita Ora has this habit of songs that I like but never ever really stick with me or that stick with me but are downright atrocious. Ehh, it’s in the decent category for now.
8. “Always Remember Us This Way” by Lady Gaga (Currently: 15)
I got to be honest here, this is a song I don’t remember all that much from having listened to the A Star is Born soundtrack, its still good and Lady Gaga just kills vocally.
Good (4/5)
7. “When The Party is Over” by Billie Eilish (Currently: 10)
I can’t lie, it’s been kind of amusing watching everyone fawn over Billie Eilish this year when she was dropping fantastic songs last year but yeah while this song doesn’t quite reach my love of “Bellyache” or “Lovely” (feat. Khalid), this is still a good song.
6. “Eastside” by Benny Blanco feat Halsey and Khalid
My mind hasn’t changed on this song, I still really think it’s a good song that doesn’t quite reach great given the lack of chemistry between Halsey and Khalid.
5. “Shallow” by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper (Currently: 2)
This song is sooo close to being a great song to me, I can’t explain why I merely think it’s just good at the moment but it’s close to great. Consider this my 4.5
Excellent (5/5)
4. “Shotgun” by George Ezra (Currently: 3)
It’s the sort of cheery pop song that just kind makes me smile, we could do with some more pop in this vein. I get why some don’t like it but for me, I really dig the hell out of it and I am glad it went number one.
3. “Promises” by Calvin Harris and Sam Smith (Currently: 12)
This is a bit of a surprise considering I have mixed feelings on both but Sam Smith sounds amazing on this song especially with Calvin Harris’s production and while the Jessie Reyez giggle and “tonight” are annoying to a degree, it’s not quite enough to stop me loving this song
2. “Youngblood” by 5 Seconds of Summer (Currently: 19)
Thank goodness, this didn’t leave the top 20 last week, I still love this song, it’s got plenty of momentum and energy. I do wish sometimes that the chorus had a big rock guitar riff but the money isn’t in rock music, I get it but even with that it doesn’t stop me enjoying a pretty kick ass song.
1. 1. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen (Currently: 18)
Yeah, I would have been in trouble if this wasn’t number one but I’ll make it short and sweet, this song is a rock classic. Happy to see it back on the ARIA singles chart even if it’s because of the Freddie Mercury biopic.
Score: 55/100
Comment: Better than I expected. As I have said I have been reasonably happy with how things have gone on the ARIA charts this year but worrying that there’s still a lot of awful to mediocre songs on the chart right now.