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best songs of 2014

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I know this is a few months late, but it’s better late than never. I am also slowly working on my favorite albums of 2014 post, which will be posted eventually. What can I say, when you are a nurse, you relax on your days off, and when you are grad school full time as well, you end up doing that when you aren’t resting. Not a lot of time left for blogging. Either way, I am going to do my best! So… here is a list of the songs I was digging the most in 2014; some really great songs came out last year, and here are my 68 favorite ones!

1. Sia – Chandelier
2. Jessie Ware – Say You Love Me
3. Sam Smith – Stay With Me
4. You+Me – You and Me
5. Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX – Fancy
6. Betty Who – Somebody Loves You
7. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
8. Taylor Swift – Shake It Off
9. Broods – Bridges
10. Danity Kane – Lemonade feat. Tyga
11. Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass
12. FKA Twigs – Pendulum
13. Sigma – Changing feat. Paloma Faith
14. Katy Perry – Dark Horse feat. Juicy J
15. Beyonce – Drunk In Love
16. Ariana Grande – Break Free feat. Zedd
17. Charli XCX – Boom Clap
18. Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj – Bang Bang
19. Royksopp & Robyn – Do It Again
20. Oh Honey – Be Okay
21. Tove Lo – Habits (Stay High)
22. Olly Murs – Up feat. Demi Lovato
23. Brandi Carlile – The Eye
24. City and Colour – Nowhere, Texas
25. Bear’s Den – Above the Clouds of Pompeii
26. Nina Persson – Silver
27. Lady GaGa – Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
28. Sheppard – Geronimo
29. Fifth Harmony – Sledgehammer
30. One Direction – Steal My Girl
31. Ingrid Michaelson – Open Hands feat. Trent Dabbs
32. Nicole Scherzinger – Run
33. Kiesza – Hideaway
34. The Script – Never Seen Anything ‘Quite Like You’
35. Jessie J – Personal
36. Calvin Harris – Pray To God feat. Haim
37. Bleachers – I Wanna Get Better
38. Phantogram – Black Out Days
39. Ella Henderson – Ghost
40. Lea Michele – Cannonball
41. G.R.L. – Rewind
42. BLUSH – Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That
43. Kim Cesarion – Undressed
44. Adore Delano – I Adore U
45. Ella Eyre – Comeback
46. The Summer Set – Lightening In a Bottle
47. Trampled By Turtles – Wild Animals
48. R3hab & NERVO & Ummet Ozcan – Revolution
49. Tiesto – Wasted feat. Matthew Koma
50. Clean Bandit – Rather Be feat. Jess Glynne
51. The Saturdays – What Are You Waiting For?
52. Bebe Rexha – I Can’t Stop Drinking About You
53. MAGIC! – Rude
54. AJR – I’m Ready
55. Neon Trees – Sleeping With A Friend
56. Grouplove – I’m With You
57. Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
58. May Kearney – Heartbeat
59. Jason Mraz – Love Someone
60. Nick Jonas – Jealous
61. Cheryl Cole – Crazy Stupid Love feat. Tine Tempah
62. Tegan and Sara feat. The Lonely Island – Everything is AWESOME!!!
63. Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake – Love Never Felt So Good
64. Rita Ora – I Will Never Let You Down
65. Maroon 5 – Maps
66. Jennifer Lopez – First Love
67. K. Michelle – Love ‘Em All
68. Becky G – Shower

There you have it! A fun mix tape of great songs from 2014! Hope you enjoyed it! Anything I missed? Please let me know in the comments; I always seem to miss something, and I really want to know what that is, especially if it is something amazing!

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the best songs/singles of 2009

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Since I rarely like to follow convention, I am NOT sticking to the prescribed definition of a single for this list; after all, some artists resist releasing their best songs as singles, while others know what’s good for them.

Here are my top 75 songs/singles of 2009:
1) Will Young – Hopes and Fears
2) The Saturdays – Here Standing
3) RichGirl – He Ain’t Wit Me Now (Tho)
4) Marina and the Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot
5) 30 Seconds to Mars – Kings and Queens
6) Noah and the Whale – Blue Skies
7) Antony and the Johnsons – Another World
8] Lady GaGa – Bad Romance
9) Madonna – Celebration
10) Passion Pit – Sleepyhead

11) Erik Hassle – Isn’t It Obvious
12) Silversun Pickups – There’s No Secrets This Year
13) Kelly Clarkson – Don’t Let Me Stop You
14) Angel Taylor – Chai Tea Latte
15) Katharine McPhee – Say Goodbye
16) A Camp – Bear On the Beach
17) Chase & Status – End Credits
18) Miike Snow – Animal
19) Great Northern – Story
20) The Gossip – Pop Goes The World

21) White Lies – Death
22) Amerie – Heard ‘Em All
23) Nick Lachey – All In My Head
24) Mariah Carey – Obsessed
25) Owl City – Hot Air Balloon
26) Marmaduke Duke – Rubber Lover
27) The Low Anthem – Charlie Darwin
28) JLS – Everybody’s In Love
29) Alesha Dixon – Breathe Slow
30) Death Cab For Cutie – Mirror Speaks

31) The Swell Season – In These Arms
32) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
33) Mat Kearney – Closer To Love
34) Band of Skulls – I Know What I Am
35) The Sounds – No One Sleeps When I’m Awake
36) Little Boots – New In Town
37) LaRoux – Bulletproof
38) Booty Luv – Say It
39) Alphabeat – The Spell
40) Ke$ha – Tik Tok

41) Bat For Lashes – Daniel
42) Glasvegas – Geraldine
43) Hellogoodbye – When We First Met
44) Peter Bjorn and John – It Don’t Move Me
45) Mew – Beach
46) A Fine Frenzy – Bird of the Summer
47) Alexisonfire – Young Cardinals
48) Florence and the Machine – Bird Song
49) Bon Iver – Blood Bank
50) Britney – 3

51) Metric – Gimme Sympathy
52) Elizabeth and the Catapult – Apathy
53) Matthew Barber – Easily Bruised
54) Frankmusik – Confusion Girl
55) Lily Allen – The Fear
56) Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
57) Anouk – Lay It Down
58) Eulogies – Two Can Play
59) Weezer – (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
60) Mayer Hawthorne – Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out

61) Noisettes – Don’t Upset the Rhythm
62) VV Brown – Shark In The Water
63) Parachute – She Is Love
64) Mika – We Are Golden
65) St. Vincent – Actor Out of Work
66) Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
67) Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson – Relator
68) Cascada – Evacuate the Dancefloor
69) Lovemakers – Love Is Dead
70) Robbie Williams – Bodies

71) Nelly Furtado – Manos Al Aire
72) The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You
73) Alexandra Burke – Bad Boys
74) Adam Lambert – Time For Miracles
75) Imogen Heap – First Train Home

Well, that was quite lovely, now wasn’t it? Consider this the blueprint for a pretty kick ass play list; approved by me.

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sotd: Noah and the Whale – Blue Skies

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I posted about this amazing track on the 5SF a few weeks ago, and I have been loving it more and more with each listen. In order to celebrate the release of their new album, The First Days Of Spring in the US today, I really wanted to shine some more light on this song, because I love it so much. The arrangement is interwoven quite delicately with many layers, and the lyrics are comforting, like a warm blanket on a cold day. I find myself listening to this one over and over and, each time I do, I truly appreciate how magnificent it is. I absolutely love stumbling on amazing music like this, and can’t wait to share it with anyone who will listen. Take another listen to Noah and the Whale’s Blue Skies, the song of the day for today; I am sure that you will love it as much as I do (if you don’t already).
[audio:http://www.duanemoody.com/audio/fsf_918_noahandthewhale-blueskies.mp3]
(download it here!!!) — as of posting this, the song is free, so you should hurry over and get this gem while the deal lasts!!

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5SF: august 22

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It may not be the last Friday of August, but it IS the last Friday of my 20s. The end of a decade, and the beginning of another. My thirtieth birthday is quickly approaching this Tuesday, but I find myself not really focused on it. I want to hang with friends and have a good weekend (and next week), but nothing over the top. As for the music this week, I have a couple of new, hot tracks, and a couple of “oldies” that I recently rediscovered; one that takes me all of the way back to high school!! Let’s do this!

Solange – Sandcastle Disco
Holy shit, this song totally took me by surprise. I mean, I remember Solange’s last effort to take the music industry by storm, and to step out of Beyonce’s HUGE shadow, and needless to say, it fell a little flat. After hearing this gem the other day, I really believe that Solange has a chance for the second go round. Her CD is full of fun songs like this one, with that throw-back sound that everyone seems to be trying to do these days. I have to say, that it is almost impossible to listen to this song and sit completely still; I am tapping my toes and bopping my head as I listen to this right now. Also, be careful about this one, because it is a major grower, and will get even better with each listen… and the chorus WILL get stuck in your head! Bay-B-B-B-baby! I love it! Great choice, Solange!

Oakenfold feat. Britanny Murphy – Faster Kill Pussycat
I heard this song randomly on the radio again the other day, and instantly, I was like, “OMG! I remember this song… it is GREAT!”. As such, I have been listening to it all week, and totally wanted to “bring it back” and post it this week. This song is a thrill ride of a club track, and is totally fun. I am honestly surprised that more didn’t come from Britanny after this song, because her vocals are HOT on this track. The beat is banging, and the riff is delicious. This song is pure energy, and sounds like it should be a backing track on a race car game… it is fast and furious! Also, I have to say, that I love when sexy women laugh all seductively in a song, and Britanny does that in this one… swoon. Seriously, bring us more music, Britanny! All the other actors are doing it these days! If that never happens, at least she gave us a killer track to show us that yes, she has the goods… even if she is currently keeping them mostly to herself.

Juliana Hatfield – Universal Heart-beat
This is one of the songs that I literally listened to on massive repeat when I was in my first years of college. I was majorly into alternative music, and this song was one of those alterna-indie tracks that I really got into. I even managed to see Juliana in concert, and she was fantastic. This song came out of retirement for me this week when I noticed that Juliana had recently released a new CD. Naturally, seeing her name sparked the memory of this song, which I haven’t heard in probably a decade. After scouring the internets, I got my hands on it again, and I was taken right back to those days when I would ride around in my ’87 Sentra jamming out to Juliana. This song is awesome, and totally stands the test of time; and it really, really brings back some fun memories.

Lindsay Lohan – Bossy (Mike Rizzo Funk Generation Radio Edit)
[audio:http://www.duanemoody.com/audio/fsf_822_lindsaylohan-bossy(mikerizzo).mp3]
Okay, it was probably a couple of months ago that Lindsay’s new song, Bossy hit the internets, and I have to admit that I didn’t initially like it that much. However, it really grew on me, and I have been enjoying it thoroughly. However, it wasn’t until I heard Mike Rizzo’s AMAZING remix that I really fell HARD for this track. The disco feel that he gives to this song makes it PERFECT for dancing and having fun on a Saturday night. I love this mix, and I just had to share it. A special thanks to Mr. Popmuse for hooking me up with it!

Brandy – Right Here (Departed)
[audio:http://www.duanemoody.com/audio/fsf_822_brandy-rightheredeparted.mp3]
A couple of weeks ago, a new Brandy track leaked, and I have to say, that I was super happy to hear Darkchild doing his signature announcement at the beginning… I sat up and listened intently at that point. I have always been a fan of Brandy’s, and have seen her through some major ups and downs. I am really glad that she has a potential hit on her hands here, and I have been enjoying it, letting this track marinate, and it has only gotten better with each listen. I am curious to see what her next record will bring, because Brandy is actually capable of some hits if she puts her mind to it… she’s done it before, and I believe that she can do it again. I for one, am looking forward to the future of music for Ms. Norwood. The song ends and then does this weird re-loop thing for some reason, so please ignore the very end.

And with that… I leave you for a four day weekend. I’m not working the day before, or the day of my birthday… I think that I’ve deserved some time off!! Hope everyone has a great weekend, and if you live in ATL, let’s have some fun this weekend, shall we?