2016 Was Mid

[@the_infinite_jukebox]

Disgusting how the avant-garde metal/psychedelic pop/jazz fusion/mongolian throat singing masterpiece "Sorry" by Justin Bieber didn't get the rare yet deserved S tier. You've fallen off, melon man. Resubscribed.

[@regularspecial1]

it's funny because you used an obscure ethnic group teehee xD

[@J2003-i8q]

@@regularspecial1 yeah it is 😂

[@zaiah9252]

Sorry is one of the only songs on this list that I would consider anything over a B Tier

[@ChadIs]

@@regularspecial1 you've never heard of Mongolian throat singing?

[@perplexed1783]

Sorry, What do you mean, Love yourself etc. The whole purpose album was filled with pop bangers and i am not even a Bieber fan, It's a shame he followed his legendary purpose era with boring, mid and forgettable eras like changes and justice

[@Setashi]

Anthony hating Closer but legit liking Don't Let Me Down is an absolutely insane plot twist.

[@philly_sports1558]

Meanwhile Todd in the Shadows has the exact opposite opinion lol

[@perplexed1783]

Both are awful imo but I get nostalgic for closer

[@jasperhohenegger6493]

the drop on don’t let me down is much worse than closer

[@SBRS47]

@@perplexed1783 I don't know what it is about the sound of Closer but the nostalgia is bananas

[@soaribb32]

Why? It's pretty much common sense lol

[@tonyhawksunderground2]

does this video feature anthony fantano? Yes. is he asking himself questions and answering them? yes. does he sometimes switch it up and ask two questions in a row before answering? is it impossible to ignore now that I've noticed it? Yes to both of those

[@tofu5259]

Does he really do this that often? How have I not realized this before?

[@i.lydsss]

and do his opinions directly before asking the question pretty much make it obvious what his answer to said questions will be and moreso serve as a recap to said opinions as a whole? probably.

[@aidenbags9398]

Glass shattering moment I can’t unhear it now

[@mikeygavin1949]

Hahahahahaahhahahahahaa aaaaaaaaayyyyyyeeeee!!!!!! 😂

[@mikeygavin1949]

I’m dead dude that’s so funny

[@MNTNPG]

It’s kind of amazing how 2016 was such a great year for albums but a mid year for top 10 songs

[@PrincessOfTheYew]

This needs to be the top comment

[@iangarcia1585]

Same with this year (2022)

[@amila_]

Honestly the top 10 for me was still fun??? 😭 like i still listen to most of those songs for fun. They’re enjoyable

[@karsdeelen2448]

What albums?

[@oyega1010]

@@karsdeelen2448 You can't be serious

[@cliffordohrnberger]

I am terrible with connecting Songs to their Names. Your singing of Adele helped significantly. Can you do that with all the songs?

[@lengthorwidth]

I agree, we need more Voicetano

[@virtueisdead]

please

[@Ass4ssinX]

I have to look up almost all these songs to remember them as I watch these videos.

[@AirGuitar]

Agreed!

[@aiwash2766]

Not gonna lie for the ones I don’t recognize I just search em up and I go oh yeah I remember that

[@turntprophet7960]

The top 10 might have been mid but overall the whole year of music was pretty great.

[@amila_]

Yess it was such a different atmosphere in 2016. Everyone talks about it but i think it’s so true. 2016 was awesome

[@theprecipiceofreason]

This was a year where a large amount of stupid people's opinions were given inflated importance, 2016.

[@Logoooo]

im sorry but i liked that trap era too

[@ablackwelltp1]

Worry by Jeff Rosenstock, need I say more

[@perplexed1783]

Nah this top 10 is pretty solid, Almost all of the songs in here I will put above B tier except the chain smoker singles

[@lucasvieira4171]

After the 2010s are over, we need a version with the 2000s top 10s

[@hurgcat]

do you know what you ask for?

[@daniellavaladez7820]

Yes!!!

[@akielsteewart8577]

get this comment to the top

[@marvox4520]

That would be bussin for real no cap

[@itskOOps]

I would like nothing less than to revisit a lot of 2000s pop music

[@alexflood7397]

Melon needs to revisit the 2000s after this.

[@BcBTheta]

A lot of bangers

[@LukeZuniga]

I'm honestly impressed with how many of these songs I just absolutely loathe. Like, I can distinctly remember each of these songs and how much every single one seemed to make me uncomfortable in their own exclusive circumstance; what a bad year.

[@seventeenseconds1698]

Awful year for mainstream music. Amazing year for music in general.

[@caitlynsult2685]

@@seventeenseconds1698 2017 is worst

[@stevedimmock930]

There were quite a few great albums that came out that year such as David Bowie's Blackstar, Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool, Beyonce's Lemonade and Nick Cave's Skeleton Tree though so actually wasn't all bad. Quite a few of the tracks listed in this video actually were released in 2015 such as the Adele and Justin Bieber singles, and I remember in Britain both of those two had singles that were on the radio a lot. I do like Adele quite a bit though and that year she did a brilliant set at Glastonbury

[@moogem5336]

you should do a tier list of the years once you've finished the decade

[@RhapsodyHC]

Then do 2000-2009 next.

[@TheHidalgo99]

This is actually a very good idea.

[@coffee_mouth]

Then, do a tier list of the tier lists.

[@alex_flamer]

I really like this series. If you ever decide to include bonus tracks, I would like to see you include songs from the year-end top 100 you thought were great but didn't land in the top 10. Any of the songs from 100-11 that you thought were S or A tier.

[@Birddog9213]

Putting Hello in the B row next to Panda is absolutely insane

[@Deltron3031]

Hello lyric-wise is absolutely cringe. Adele performs it exceptionally, but I can't get past the "I called you and you never called back, so I'm just gonna assumed you moved on and ah well we're good now..."

[@hidbid1]

both should be in A let’s be honest

[@emiliomarbanjr]

Pretty sure theneedledrop just has some broads in Atlanta.

[@CoconutGirl333]

@@Deltron3031 but that’s the point. Maybe you’ve never felt that way, but it’s a pretty common experience

[@byHexted]

Panda was pretty fun when it came out, I actually remember being kind of hyped for his debut back at the time Bc he had a couple of cool freestyles with a crazy fast flow, but then I remember listening to the debut tape when it dropped front to back and it being just AWFUL

[@Mayflower96]

@@mattilewis the only time I listen to Panda is in Father Stretch My Hands

[@man4437]

​@@Mayflower96 Part 2 is super underrated. "It's just a Panda remix" fuckin OK?? Yeah it doesn't thematically fit all that well to Pt. 1 maybe but it's great

[@expansivegymnast1020]

I still really like Timmy Turner but yeah nothing past that

[@DanielHernandez-td2yh]

The Chainsmokers unjustifiably DOMINATED this year holy shit

[@adimatondo284]

They only had two songs I wouldn’t call that domination

[@perplexed1783]

I will say it was Bieber and drake's year, both had huge singles and HUGE albums that year, Purpose and View were top 2 biggest albums of 2016

[@swans184]

They're the epitome of forgettable disposable factory-produced hitmakers

[@TypeLproductions]

@@swans184 respect to them to getting so many hits on the billboard though quality or not, it’s hard to achieve still.

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

In the year of scary clown sightings, not even Clown Core made an album so you know the year was mid.

[@georgebrown1807]

"Sorry" should have been S-tier. It's the definitive insincere apology song. If you ever need to apologize, but don't want to because you're an asshole, Justin Bieber's "Sorry" is going to be the soundtrack to your apology. Show the man some respect!

[@ryanfield4926]

Stressed out in the same tier as can’t stop this feeling is insane

[@BO2Letsplay]

Yeah, Can’t Stop This Feeling should be much higher

[@lionelmessisburner7393]

@@BO2Letsplay can’t stop the feeling sucks brah. Cmon now. Stressed out is much better

[@emiliomarbanjr]

Stressed is a god damn lullaby.

[@SahloFolina2161]

I’m honestly surprised the Clique hasn’t trashed this yet...for some reason.

[@fenzelian]

You have to dance to Can’t Stop This Feeling with a small child to get the full effect. But if you do it’s great.

[@SporadicV2]

I don’t particularly enjoy any of these songs, but I do have a special place in my heart for when I heard them on the school bus in my freshman year of high school.

[@fellahuman]

Putting a sex song in the E row (ero) was a big brained move

[@prodbyzaqq]

But 2016 XXL Freshman Cypher was da 🐐 no 🧢

[@caidenf.3229]

That shit aged like fine wine everyone was shitting on it at first

[@kylegonewild]

They did not want to hear the truth, but the truth would be heard.

[@wreeum799]

Can you do something besides repeat this dumb catch phrase literally everywhere? Chasing attention.

[@argonaww]

@@wreeum799 🎭🎭

[@attackthewack262]

Ahh 2016... I still remember that year like it was last month.

[@devzeppilin]

2016 had some mid singles but undeniably had many amazing albums: We Got It … by Tribe, ASATT by Solange, Flowerboy, Atrocity Exhibition, Blond & Endless, Blank Face. I could go on, it was a great year as well as 2017.

[@petertwins7223]

Agreed but flower boy was 2017

[@MelMelodyWerner]

2016 was also a watermark year in underground genres, such as the resurgence of synthwave. make no mistake, Para||el Lives by Meteor *_AND_* This Means War by Volkor X dropping in the same year is absurd.

[@cody_lit9280]

Dont forget TLOP

[@joshentertainment2]

I liked can stop the feeling

[@reuben3588]

Lemonade!!

[@xmattx315]

The Chainsmokers set EDM back at least a decade

[@infinityquartz4744]

The fact youre completely roasting the tracks Todd in the Shadows put in his top 10 is so funny to me

[@johnayers6951]

Todd also put Roar as the worst song of its year, so it’s a mutual roasting.

[@ecrxft]

I was not expecting you to actually like the drop on Don’t Let Me Down. I don’t hate the Chainsmokers like a lot of people seem to, and I actually like the rest of that song, but the drop genuinely causes me severe pain

[@emmzhu8910]

While I truly think the Chainsmokers have possibly the most mid music of all time I gotta give it up to them for one thing, on one of their international tours in Singapore, they inspired a Japanese game designer to make a whole musical game franchise around DJ performance units, called D4DJ 😅

[@jeffbenzos6344]

Not to defend the chainsmokers but you’re a weeb so what could you possibly know

[@ProletarianTakeover]

LOCKED UP LIKE DOBBY

[@palatonian9618]

I can’t believe one dance was more popular than hotline bling

[@pixelation6224]

Melon, you can’t just give S tier to all 22 songs from Angelic 2 The Core by Corey Feldman just because you find him “strikingly beautiful”.

[@okaight7248]

Y’all are wilding Sorry is an insane song

[@nikeshlilani5215]

What do you expect from fantano? 😂 He's a born Bieber hater 😂

[@Mr.Murasakino]

* insanely bad

[@perriwinkleiii5361]

Sometimes I really question why I'm subscribed to this man, with how different our opinions and tastes are when it comes to music

[@jacquin8511]

bc you're open minded and don't surround yourself with yes-men?

[@shoreZ]

Anthony out the gate with the HOT takes

[@brandon1402]

shit take

[@Cheeseborg68]

Yeah. This man has the hot take of being the busiest music nerd. I’m sure there’s others he’s discrediting smh

[@omiethamsia9009]

one dance getting D row next to that chainsmokers track is crazyyyyyy

[@adimatondo284]

Closer is way better than one dance for me. I actually agree with what he said about the song(which is something I don’t usually do)

[@omiethamsia9009]

@@adimatondo284 tbf i think both closer and one dance were absolutely rinsed for a year so i cant judge fairly, but one dance and that justin timberlake track on the same row is surely psychotic

[@LessGo7921]

2017 gave me the most nostalgia among the recent years so hopefully Fantano’s tier list will show the same 😂

[@jayfugazi9751]

not many see just how great that year was, but those that do, be seein that shit

[@maxmarks3503]

@@jayfugazi9751 people say it don't be like that but it do

[@all-caps3927]

same for me 2017 was a different vibe, man I loved that year so much.

[@broganpero]

Melon I do agree 2016 was overall mid, but did you really mean it when you said 'My House' by Flo Rida is a top 10 song of all time?

[@this_is_diamond_rot]

The fact that he came out and said these comments weren't funny makes them that much funnier when the fans just do it anyway out of spite

[@josiahhoffman4035]

Don't let me down - The Beatles vs. Don't let me down - The Chainsmokers, which song is better?

[@matthew4862]

Hey Anthony, have you considered doing the 2000s the closer to the present you get?

[@starcity751]

I don't think Tyler Joseph is putting the point across that we shouldn't push through times of feeling stressed out but more expressing that feeling of wishing things could be simpler when we feel stressed out, which everyone can relate to. He has many other songs expressing feelings of pushing through tougher emotions (like suicidal thoughts). I get not liking the song but acting like twenty one pilots are trying to push a peter pan syndrome solution to this feeling is a bit stupid to say.

[@hectorhervas3749]

Anthony Will Go crazy when he sees Closer again in the 2017 list

[@TrashPanda300]

billboard really forgot about legendary song redbone smh

[@lucaz_tnt1610]

And Closer actually made the top 10 on two different year ends lol

[@thegroove14]

The only track to do so in the 2010s

[@lucaz_tnt1610]

@@thegroove14 Yep, and sadly the song sucks

[@zaiah9252]

It’s funny how Fantano put Closer at E and put don’t let me down at C. I’m the complete opposite. Closer is def better than Don’t let me down

[@adimatondo284]

@@lucaz_tnt1610 the song actually bangs. I don’t know why so many people hate it I get it’s the chainsmokers and majority of their stuff isn’t good but the song is still a good dance song

[@thegroove14]

@@lucaz_tnt1610 Just goes to show how much The Chainsmokers dominated the mid-2010s.

[@V.F.D.DaleSalvador]

The note Melon hit was actually quite nice, with nice slight vibrato. And from his "longest shish" video, I would mind Melon dropping some tunes. Could be Interesting.

[@markop.1994]

Stressed out is an easy F from me. In a perfect world i would never hear that one again

[@alrob2224]

I got into music in 2016 while I was in eighth grade and i have so much nostalgia for this year. Such as closer…it slaps

[@CPNetherclift]

Please do this for every decade until the 60s - great concept

[@douglaswalker7707]

Probably the most outlandish and bold take he's had since he said segregation should have been legal

[@DaSpartanProductinos]

2016-2017 is maybe the greatest 2 year run ever in my life. Unreal music and great nostalgia. Those two years were my last 2 years of high school being a free teenage person. Really loved those times, but understand the mid comparisons

[@Cc-gh2qk]

I was graduating HS and going into college in 2016. 2016-2017 were top tier years for me too

[@baronvonbeandip]

Jesus... these comments make me feel old af

[@badbadchacha]

cubs won the world series and that's part of why it's nostalgic for me

[@idontcheckmynotifications]

2016 was the best for me too, love to see it

[@Iraxvii]

I totally get not liking closer, but personally I have a lot of amazing and nostalgic memories associated with that song. Idk. I love it tbh

[@aquestforthetruth1653]

It would be nice if you would include a snippet of each song because a lot of these I have a hard time remembering

[@sir_stretchmarks5559]

I am ver surprised goosebumps wasn’t in the top 10 of that year but now that I think about it, it did come out late that year

[@stolenshortsword]

you know anthony is a self assured truly qualified and free thinking music critic when he doesnt take every opportunity to lambast the chainsmokers. respect

[@lucymorrison]

Tegan and Sara’s Love You To Death came out in 2016, easily won the entire year for me

[@prodbyzaqq]

Fantano da 🐐 no 🧢. HAPPY BDAY BROSEPH🎂🎂🎂

[@zepolnaimad]

Zaqq da 🐐 no 🧢.

[@Stefan_Gerards]

S - A - Love Yourself, Hello B - Stressed Out, Sorry C - Don't Let Me Down, One Dance D - Can't Stop the Feeling E - Work, Closer F - Panda

[@Jab18]

Take a shot every time melon answers his own question.

[@danpewpewman9711]

Even if the songs are super generic many of these songs were the soundtrack to a special part of my childhood especially the summer I can remember vividly hearing that Cant stop the feeling song at the pool

[@lesryglrhfohser]

6 years ago was your childhood, so you’re 12 now?

[@thomasharper1927]

Somewhere in Kettering, James Acaster is smashing up a laptop...

[@JadAWESOME210]

I was actually hype for this bc 2016 was probably my fav year of music releases ever. Idk how I expected that to be reflected in the top 10 now tho. Was expecting "Into You" to be up there for some reason and it blew my mind to look it up and see it was only 51st

[@KusogakiRenfir]

Nah, man. Pop music was great in 2016, and lowkey had a renaissance at the time if you ask me. So many new artists that gained mainstream appeal that are a mainstay to this day. I never would have found those artists like Twenty One Pilots if they didn't release the bangers that blew them up that year. 2016 music will always hold a special place for me.

[@KusogakiRenfir]

NOBODY NOTICED MY COMMENT

[@KusogakiRenfir]

AND BTW CLOSER IS STILL THE BIGGEST SUMMER BANGER OF ALL TIME. THAT'S A SUMMER ANTHEM MAN

[@halkitchen1838]

Got to raise an eyebrow at One Dance making it to D when Anthony put it on his top 15 worst songs of 2016 list

[@spongy2733]

I was surprised too. Looking back he probably thinks it’s not as bad as he thought it was.

[@jonamcc]

“when the momma sang us to sleep” is the worst fucking line of any billboard hit ever.

[@Prodbyjah464]

Hella suprised the weeknd wasn’t there at all, at least for me the only songs I heard on the radio in 2016 were star boy and I feel it coming with hello and hotline bling coming up every now and then

[@renef.6648]

I never thought i would see The Chainsmokers above Twenty One Pilots in a tier list, but here we are.

[@Hydrolysis_Moment]

Melon, you can’t put every album below A because they aren’t Soulja Boy

[@0ktk]

I graduated high school in 2016. Summer 16 will always remind me of Lil Uzi Vert, Kodak Black, and MadeinTYO while playing Pokemon GO. It was a hell of a time to be alive and party!

[@dinglemccringleberry6258]

sorry was a bop, fantano.

[@johnindigo5477]

I've been saying to myself for song long that 2010-2013 was dark but upbeat and just full of bangers. Everything felt modern while the past hadn't let us wander forward. 2014-2017 felt so moody and washed out and disaffected to me as a kid. It was a peaceful time but another person would say that's boring. Everything just was. 2017-2019 felt like a possible Renaissance that brought new sounds new ideas but didn't go as far is could've.

[@RandomationsYt]

Idk if it’s the music or the time of my life but 2016 was such a great year for me and the music kinda has a special place

[@cjflash99]

Yet 2016 gave us some of the best albums BlackStar R.I.P Bowie! A Moon Shaped Pool Radiohead Dangerous Woman Ariana

[@adootledo]

Of the tracks I knew here I would rank them like this: S: A: Hello B: Love Yourself C: D: E: Sorry F: Closer (My personal least favorite song of all time), Can't Stop The Feeling, Don't Let Me Down, Stressed Out, Work 2016 might honestly be my least favorite year for the mainstream charts ever tbh.

[@jonatanrk]

You just made James Acaster your worst enemy, Anthony.

[@thethiccdonut5257]

2016 had plenty of good music, just not on the billboard lol. It was a great year for underground and SoundCloud hip hop.

[@ryanhoover8130]

Please go backwards and do the 2000s and 90s and even 80s. I love these

[@RyBrown]

2016 was fucking awesome for soundcloud rap.

[@anmolyadav3880]

Oh boy the nostalgia merchants (me) are not gonna like this

[@athinyamani9211]

Closer - D Can't Stop The Feeling - C Don't Let Me Down - D Hello - A Panda - B Stressed Out - A Work - A One Dance - S Sorry - A Love Yourself - S

[@danielt3104]

Where the hell was Broccoli?! Best song of 2016

[@jacquin8511]

These lists make me realise how much of the music I enjoy most comes from listening to albums. Long live the projects!

[@RhapsodyHC]

Melon has to roast Closer again for 2017 😅

[@sirgemini5743]

LET'S ARGUE: stressed out is basically the edgier version of hey soul sister

[@arrogantschmuck9593]

Next video in this series will once more display how rough it is to be a fan of both Imagine Dragons and Fantano 😔

[@doodoocheeks420ballsac5]

I have the most nostalgia for 2016

[@lam7982]

Same actually Really when I started to pay attention to music out of my country

[@SuttyNotSooty]

Couldn't agree more doodoocheeks420 ballsac

[@stevedimmock930]

Not me tbh, only great thing that happened that year was when Leicester won the Premier League. I mostly remember the political chaos in the UK and US, how there seemed to be a major terrorist attack every couple of weeks, how bad pop music was and iconic artists such as David Bowie, Prince and George Michael passing away

[@alex_flamer]

Also happy birthday Fantano!! 🎂🎉🥂 Keep up the awesome reviews and content!

[@dandyi14]

You should've added Panda Remix by Cal Chuchesta on the tier list, Anthony.

[@spenserwalker4361]

Unironically love every track on this list and I still listen to them all with some form of regularity. Adele and TOP are the GOATs though. Big fan of 2016.

[@TheBootyGhost]

The piano riff from Closer is literally just the piano riff from “Over My Head (Cable Car)” by The Fray

[@LYGANOTATIGER]

Sorry is a legit banger. The skrillex production is so catchy.

[@marshyflake]

I remember closer being played repeatedly on the radio whilst on a trip from Florida to Alabama and I probably heard it at least a hundred times and it made me hate the chainsmokers with a burning passion.

[@kokoBuSiLiCa]

You actually hit that note pretty well, with a melonish flavor of course

[@amandamadariaga7638]

happy birthday bald man

[@FierceFlame9001]

Anyone else remember how Desiigner's New English (the mixtape Panda was on) was the first album/mixtape to get a NOT GOOD?

[@Suspicious-Carl]

Lets not forget 2016's greatest hit angelic 2 the core

[@musiquemacabre]

Can you follow these up with reviews of your personal favorite picks from those same years? It would be cool to see how your own picks hold up for you!

[@hheerth]

Man I loved stressed out. One of my favorite radio songs of the decade

[@zackzallie8735]

2016 is a heaven year for albums but hell year for billboard hits. How can Radiohead, Nick Cave, Bowie, and Ocean released albums at the same time as Chainsmokers?? It feels unlikely

[@s.z8223]

2016 was the last year I felt happiness

[@SR-zv5ue]

Does he do this tiere list thing but with albums released in the same year?

[@JoeH679]

We've got to the point now where I don't know these songs. I must have stopped listening to the radio around this time.

[@salvatoresultana4058]

S tier: A tier: Hello B tier: Can't Stop the Feeling, Stressed Out, Work, One Dance C tier: Closer, Sorry, Love Yourself D tier: Don't Let Me Down, Panda F tier:

[@D-Side-D-Side]

panda is a modern masterpiece. “black X6, phantom. white X6 look like a panda.” genius. he almost topped it with tiimmy turner tho.