Louis native raps in his breezy, sing-song flow, “Bing! How that spotlight beam on you/ Green light, you better go” - at least that’s what it’d look like on paper, without his croon stretching the words in various buttery directions. Over Monte Booker’s warm production, the 26-year-old St. It’s a love song, but the rare sort that makes room for platonic and familial love, in addition to the romantic variety. One of the most joyful songs of the year, “Anita” is Smino’s ode to the women in his life. CHRIS PAYNEīuilding his cachet over the past few years by co-producing every song on Lady Gaga’s Joanne and a handful off Madonna’s Rebel Heart, BloodPop reunited with Justin Bieber - he also produced five songs on 2015’s Purpose, including the achingly affecting Hot 100-topper “Sorry” - for his co-billed single “Friends,” lifting Bieber out of his tropical house haze and thankfully centering him once again in propulsive electro-pop. When Fifth Harmony’s Lauren Jauregui takes the reins on verse two, lovesick desperation drips from her husky croon, enough to match Halsey’s opening yearning (“She doesn’t kiss me on the mouth anymore”) and channel a whole relationship’s worth of severed nerve endings. 100 on the Hot 100 in its lone week on the chart) but certainly not over a lack of chemistry between Halsey and her duet partner. So far, it’s remained just a sterling album cut (it peaked at No. Our staff favorite from Halsey’s sophomore album, this sultry, Greg Kurstin-produced synth-pop firework was the 23 year old’s self-described stab at getting an all-female love song on pop radio. On the title track, Baker finds clarity in the emptiness that colors her darkness by embracing the parts of herself that only come to light when “there’s no one left/ Between myself and me,” leading to one of the most cathartic climaxes of the year. The devastating imagery in Baker’s songwriting has always felt relatable and raw, but on her sophomore album Turn Off The Lights, she’s paired her incisive insights with a sonic balm of beautifully layered reverb guitar. Listening to the confessional musings of 22-year old singer-songwriter Julien Baker can sometimes feel like looking in a mirror and seeing your truest self exposed. Over a decade later, Flowers and his glamorous blazers are still headed for the frontman hall of fame. The song radiates confidence with a disco stomp as glitzy as the Las Vegas strip, and guitar riffs that demand a Travolta-like strut.
“The Man” is a satirical look back at a brazen, young Brandon Flowers circa 2003-04 during the band’s introduction to the world. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Alternative Songs chart. 1 on the Billboard 200 and its lead single “The Man” hit No. Their fifth studio album Wonderful Wonderful debuted at No. In 2017, we welcomed back synth-rock veterans The Killers with open arms. And not to oversell it, but this just may be the best Cure to hit radio since “Friday I’m In Love.” - JOE LYNCH Even so, the track is unmistakable Stefani Germanotta, from the smoky coo on the verses (hello, jazz chanteuse Gaga) to the full-throated, mountain-top-tickling bellow that announces the chorus. From “Paris” to “Malibu,” “North East South West” and everywhere in between, here are Billboard‘s 100 favorite songs of 2017.įollowing her rootsy, personal Joanne LP, “The Cure” comes across like Gaga’s concession to radio’s (now waning) love affair with trop-pop. Nearly 1 in 4 Albums Sold Last Week Were Taylor Swift's Re-Recorded 'Speak Now'Īnd even with all this, it was still a year where the very best singles might not have been the very biggest.
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