2014 Was Very Bad

[@jirehjirehjirehjireh]

Go to the comment sections of these songs and it’s thousands of people saying “We need music like this to come back”

[@superzrod7723]

😂

[@aliveslice]

They be literally saying this on songs from a year ago no matter what year it is. Yeah it's depressing. Like people who say black eyed peas peaked in 2009 when they fell off after 2005. Feel free to disagree but this is the power of nostalgia. Hard for a millennial to understand when a song from 2010s is someone's "childhood song"

[@brandonayong5823]

" Who's still listening to this in 2...." SHUT UP

[@stebe5999]

I can't fathom the type of human that searches up Happy to listen to casually

[@AI_support]

@@stebe5999 sounding pretty self-righteous, people can listen to what they like

[@polboye]

If you don't hate Pharrell William's "Happy", you have not worked in retail during that time. There's something truly sinister about the way Pharrell condescends you, telling you to be happy 10+ times a day over and over again when you just dealt with a customer insisting their McDonald's coupon will get them free sandwiches in the deli.

[@djjorix50]

If you don't hate Happy, I don't think you've felt human emotion

[@Jenniferlwarm]

Haha yes completely agree this song and another that was from the despicable me soundtrack were constantly playing in the store I worked in at the time. Even before it became a huge hit it was on alllll the time

[@El_Andru]

That era... I still have PTSD from it.

[@manifestationsofasort]

That's very specific... Did that actually happen?

[@ducksoop.x]

Didn't work retail during those years and I still hate it lol

[@dallas9858]

That Megan Trainer single art is cursed.

[@Free-4554]

😀

[@martindestefanimartinelli330]

Thankfully that’s not the official artwork tho

[@thegroove14]

It honestly looks like propaganda you would see in a Far Cry game.

[@Townstine]

@@thegroove14 The power of BASS

[@timefragment5387]

The cult of THE BASS

[@vxx363]

i was trying to figure out why i was having such viscerally angry reactions to every single song and i think i figured it out- this was the year i started working retail

[@knivespines935]

Relatable

[@tomaszurbanowicz1559]

Do we get that one Ed Sheeran single with the next year's list, or was it 2016? Because I feel like I'm going to relate

[@Nel_Annette]

Basically every retrospect he's done has just reminded me of songs I have a negative Pavlovian response to.

[@shrimpscampin4513]

Kroger only plays this and shit from the 2000s like Coldplay 🤮🤮

[@thenayancat8802]

Happy makes me so fucking mad to this day lmao

[@KirbyDerbi]

I’m genuinely surprised Royals and Pompeii werent top 10, they were inescapable at the time (and much better than pretty much every song in the top 10)

[@stvltiloqvent]

Royals came out in 2013 didn't it?

[@Mixedbag456]

Pompeii was pretty good all things considered

[@jakes1677]

AE OH! AE OH! OH AE OH! AE OH! Love that shit

[@frafrafrafrafra]

Both B tier

[@twink3448]

Its chart run was split between 2013/2014

[@heftylad]

To me Happy really comes across as a song where Pharrell is trying to convince himself he's happy rather than actually describing how he's feeling

[@jamesw.9256]

I'd assume he feels like a room without a roof

[@austins.2495]

I just imagine Pharrell, dirty and disheveled in a dark room, staying up for weeks at a time without food trying to produce the next big pop song. Somehow out of the madness and confusion comes Happy, and the word was never the same. Pharrell is happy…

[@Ruddline]

You can always play this song at .5x speed and you get the real version.

[@lostboycmd]

It's just "if you're happy and you know it clap your hands"

[@khalilabdul-waheed6791]

Pharrell is why Common named his album that year "Nobody's Smiling". One of his best late career albums too.

[@adeeb8606]

The fact that he had to cover up half of the megan trainer cover cuz of how creepy it looks is killing me

[@brandonayong5823]

I think it's not for laughs he is legit scared 😂

[@brind4001]

You mean Megh Train…😂

[@ArcherSuh4721]

It's the look that a stalker gives the target of their "affection" right before physically attacking them.

[@rumo510]

It's creepy as hell. I took issue with that "body positivity" song bec it shits on skinny people. How is it positive to maginalize and insult one body type to lift up your own?

[@reidye]

You know. It’s therapeutic for this man to absolutely demolish my childhoods music. I needed to hear that everything I grew up jamming was actually terrible.

[@f.v.e.-lafamiliaofficialch3052]

Damn you young asf lol 😂

[@JamesV1]

Your childhood??? I feel like an old head

[@NOTCOLEADA]

Why are you letting someone *else* tell you the quality of music?

[@MelissaKnox]

You grew up "jamming" to Katy Perry and Jason Derulo? That makes me feel so much better about my own childhood.

[@brandoncoxwell9181]

I'm about to go full oldhead and say your childhood sucked compared to mine like you weren't even around to hear Nelly and Tim McGraw drop their collab

[@Yanorestes]

Fun fact: the guy who wrote Counting Stars (the lead singer of OneRepublic) is kind of a lyrical genius in the pop music industry, he's written songs for Adele, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, 1D, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran and even Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney. He's won 3 AOTY grammys - for 21, 1989 and 25.

[@noahmay7708]

What has he written for Stevie Wonder? He hasn't release a song in decades.

[@Yanorestes]

@@noahmay7708 Faith, the song from the Sing movie lol. But he's written better songs for other artists lmao

[@bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594]

What songs did he write for 1D?

[@Yanorestes]

@@bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594 For 1d he's only written Right Now, from Midnight Memories. He also wrote Say It All for Liam Payne, from LP1.

[@ianlovestay1r]

You mean Ryan Tedder? (I'm a fan btw) He's insanely versatile when it comes to writing songs and song production. He has scored 3 Grammys for producing albums. No wonder Billboard gave him the nickname "Undercover king of pop" in 2016 😭😭

[@hithere5005]

A girl I had a crush on loved iggy so I ended up listening to every single one of her songs so we had something to talk about. It was not worth it.

[@zackzallie8735]

Luckily, my crush listened to James Taylor and I ended up bought Sweet Baby James.

[@TahtahmesDiary]

I’m sorry. I heard one song and thought she was actually from the South and then felt stupid when I heard an interview and realized she was Australian...my husband will likely bring it up when I’m 70.

[@LP-ct9nk]

That should’ve been your first clue she wasn’t the one 😂

[@R-H-B]

I did something similar lol a girl I liked in high school recommended me the K-12 movie and it was singlehandedly the worst film I’ve ever seen. It was literally hard to sit through

[@josephwoo69]

I was in 8th grade during the 2014-2015 school year. I remember my middle school used Happy by Pharrell Williams as the intro song for the school announcement videos every morning. Every. Single. F*cking. Morning. Even on my worst days I had to hear Pharrell singing about how happy he was. I can’t even describe how much I hate that song now.

[@leifschannel]

What in the north Korea are School announcement Videos? Daily?

[@truekebabpower]

I really don't think the song is bad though, it was just overplayed into the f*cking ground

[@simontheseshmaster9193]

Bruh my teacher used to do that too every Friday u sure we weren’t in the same class

[@dia9642]

@@leifschannel US HS student here. We had them in middle school-still do in HS. We have them everyday and ours are run by one of the school coaches. Idk if this is similar for other kids, but for ours the coach announces birthdays, games/practices, student achievements (like getting student of the month or something) and what’s for lunch that day. Pretty much exactly what it sounds like.

[@boheyo]

Did you feel like a room without a roof though?

[@goldenchi1d228]

To think that Charli would make a long lasting career out of a one hit wonder like Iggy is astounding.

[@SheenEstevezzz]

I'm not a fan of Iggy but she's definitely had a fair amount of success, idk about 1 hit wonder

[@faro8784]

iggy is actually a two hit wonder believe it or not. the song she did with rita ora popped off, peaked at like no 3

[@myles7453]

Don't forget Charli was also on that Icona Pop, I love it track as well.

[@Edud62Alugetha]

Charli's career is amazing too her lockdown album is so good

[@stephensmith7327]

She also made a song for The Fault In Our Stars that same year

[@AWall925]

For some reason when Juicy J said "She ride me like a roller coaster, turn the bedroom into a fair" I thought it was the greatest bar of all time 🤣

[@jandcstopmotion7774]

🔥🔥🔥

[@brandonayong5823]

When in reality it's a very simple analogy made on thousands of songs 😂

[@bigtony1434]

Mate same! I used to be terrified of the music video as well, shit was weird af

[@bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

hard af ngl

[@TheAoalec14]

Turn it in to a fair (an affair) it’s actually a clever little bar. Nothing groundbreaking but good for juicy j

[@KoopySandwiches]

Magic is one of the very few artists to have a song go all the way to number 1, and then never even touch the charts ever again.

[@Laz3rCat95]

Their name is fitting for them. One minute they're here then POOF! they're gone...

[@thefrog4990]

@@Laz3rCat95 LOL

[@literalwho9017]

thank god

[@itellyouaboutstuff]

Definetly up there with Gotye in the Hall of fame of one hit wonders

[@kcjc]

Rude has always made me kinda laugh because it’s just a song about a guy asking a father for his blessing and getting all miffed over being denied then repeating the process

[@jinxed7915]

Seriously, not enough people realize that each succession of the chorus is the dude asking again and being told no in different (and increasingly passive aggressive) ways. It's kinda hilarious but kinda sucks if the song is supposed to be taken seriously. That being said, I enjoy it and it's certainly better than most of what was on the list for 2014

[@ElevatedLevetator]

Its retarded but super catchy 🤣🤣

[@MitchellD249]

And he's so melodramatic about it. Like chill dude, him not giving his blessing for you to marry his daughter doesn't translate to him saying you're not even human. Maybe he just has higher standards for his daughter than "a human being".

[@smoothblink]

Rude is so weird I've never been able to figure it out.

[@TuesdaysArt]

He says "I'm gonna marry her anyway" but still asks the father two more times.

[@nrw5513]

That meghan trainor genuinely gave me a little shock...looks like something some nu-metal band would've used ironically in the late 90s, creepy af

[@Darkko88]

Someone should make a trainor - limp bizkit mashup and call it meghan starfish and the trainor flavoured water

[@malum9478]

@@Darkko88 i mean there already is a pretty solid death grips x meghan trainor mashup. close enough for me

[@panacea.palace]

@@Darkko88 cursed album title

[@LindsayHands]

Let's be real here, the only thing I can remember from Fancy is the Charli Xcx chorus.

[@TheGaryAir]

that and also... WHO DAT WHO DAT, I. G. G. Y.

[@jeccdog7584]

FIRST THING FIRST IM THE REALEST

[@krombopulos_michael]

@@jeccdog7584 I was going to say that was literally the only Iggy Azaela line I remember.

[@phillipbell4394]

@@jeccdog7584 yeah... the fact that she's from Austrailia is so so uncomfortable. The blaccent and the blackfishing is far beyond anything that could even remotely be considered acceptable levels of inspiration or cultural appreciation..

[@ForeheadForesight]

I SAID BABY, I DO THIS. I THOUGHT THAT TOU KNEW THIS!

[@Alookatportland]

One Republic has always seemed like a band that was made up for the plot of a Disney movie.

[@hollandscottthomas]

They look like they were assembled by a committee made of algorithms.

[@megadouche]

Literally

[@jirojhasuo2ndgrandcompany745]

holding on a rope got me 10 feet off the ground

[@sidperna2353]

You're actually not too far off cuz their song Secrets was used prominently in the Disney movie The Sorcerer's Apprentice LMAO

[@TheSkaOreo]

@@hollandscottthomas there one of those bands who only write music for trailers and car commercials

[@eddiemadec2760]

When I hear 'All of Me' by John Legend i fucking die inside.

[@milkgrapes6420]

Offensively unoffensive

[@seegecs1224]

I feel like throwing up when I hear: All of me by JL Shape of You by Ed Shitran Despacito by whoever sang that Happy by Pharell Blurred Lines by Robin Thick All about that bass Anything by Justin Bieber (especially love yourself or whatever that song is called) Old Town Road by Lil Nas X Anything by Sam Smith (especially that cringe ass song unholy) Abcdefu by Gay Last Christmas by Wham Kiki do u love me by Drake

[@matthewbell5142]

@@seegecs1224 Yes except for Last Christmas. That song's too funny 😂

[@moleethedon]

@@seegecs1224 "Edshitran" 🤣😂

[@rarestinternetcorner1236]

@@seegecs1224 all of them were in KZbin rewind. Now I know why so many ppl hated the series

[@niemandfaxenmindestlohn]

"cotton eye joe but worse" hits so much harder than every "NOT GOOD"

[@David-sk2kz]

Generic as counting stars sounds, its chorus is catchy af

[@harshmalhari8519]

I remember the Pokémon parody of it

[@elifishwhat]

exactly, imo there's no way it's worse than happy lol

[@lionelmessisburner7393]

It’s so good

[@HadirUntukAnda]

apologize is miles better than that trash

[@hhoopplaa]

Idk, I mean maybe the lyrics aren't all that interesting or inspired but I feel like there's a lot of structure and thought put behind a lot of small things in the song, I like how it's done a lot, and I don't know a lot of songs that are as mainstream and catchy and that I like in that way

[@BigmanO2]

“She’ll eat yo’ heart out, like Jeffrey Dahmer” -Juicy J

[@TuesdaysArt]

"She can be my Sleeping Beauty, I'm gon' put her in a coma." - Juicy J

[@tylerhackner9731]

Even as I have nostalgia for the early to mid 2010s, I have to admit this year was not up to par lol

[@brandonayong5823]

I have nostalgia for the 90s and the 2000s. Then techno mainstream happened in the late 2000s and I think it ruined a lot overall

[@user-gu1un7pb7k]

Here in the UK I feel like 2014 wasn't that bad for radio hits, there were some club songs I can't remember the name of now which were enjoyable. 2013 was awful though

[@8bitlucifer579]

@@brandonayong5823 Still called EDM, techno is a underground genre that never got popular in the mainstream.

[@xDTHx]

I feel like on everyone of these videos Someone has made this exact same comment and was also near the top.

[@ytlurker220]

@@user-gu1un7pb7k gecko (overdrive) would be one for sure

[@meowpacino21692]

We’ll just have to wait almost 10 years for Anthony to eviscerate “Dance Monkey” in retrospect

[@sirsmokeefortwence25]

Happy played on the radio like 3 times an hour. I don't know who was going out of their way to listen to it, because it was played consistently EVERYWHERE. It was like the simulation was trying to brainwash us all to just be happy. I worked at a subway and was miserable every time I heard it. Seriously cannot give it a score low enough for the trauma it induced on me every dang morning when I first heard it.

[@Blaze0647]

I was looking for this comment.. I was working at the Microsoft Store when it first dropped, and the GM loaded the KZbin video on the Xbox in the front of the store and made us repeat it all day long for like 2 and a half months. Bro it was torture.

[@vanman757]

😆🤣😂

[@lux-px2fp]

Watching Anthony always makes me want to eat some Pizza Hut.

[@kauterostaramas2168]

The moustache effect

[@nathonso_edits]

I never even thought about this, but somehow feel it in my soul 🤔

[@shawnhawes7545]

😂

[@helium3137]

Why do I feel this comment is sponsored?

[@krytolandros1775]

That's enough slices

[@chasem4774]

If you extended the list to the greatest hit of 2014: Bobby Shmurdas “Hot Boy”, this list would be a 10/10

[@johnwise9811]

You just gave me flashbacks to Vines that were buried deep in my memories. My day is ruined.

[@akamarux75]

yeah, i was waiting for "Hot Fella" since the video begin

[@bitticlan]

Hot Brother, Hot Friend, Hot Guy, Hot - , the way people tried to get around saying the word was so entertaining 🤣

[@roryalexanderm]

@@bitticlan hot neighbor

[@thisaintnoparty]

Hot Comrade

[@powerless_imp0682]

I don't think I've ever heard a song more in such a short amount of time than Happy. I hate that song with a passion, it came in at a time when middle school me did not want to be told how to feel by a song when my school played it, when it was in ads, popped up randomly on the radio or the internet, ugh

[@FameDemise17]

They play it practically every day at the place where I work. Feel my pain.

[@niftythegoblin]

God, I’m glad someone else holds this opinion. Literally every time I said I hated it, people told me I was crazy for it and I didn’t understand why. It was repetitive, obnoxious, and just INESCAPABLE . I remember they played it at my junior high prom and I literally left the dance hall until it was over, my friends wondered where I went lmao

[@brandonayong5823]

I mean people don't want to be told to be happy generally

[@JurgenBlitz]

@@brandonayong5823 I don't think the issue is people not wanting to be happy, but rather that being told that you have to be happy above everything else when you just can't find the energy for it is.... nauseating. It's like being told "just don't be sad" when you are depressed.

[@brandonayong5823]

@@JurgenBlitz True. We do have to remember that it's for a targeted kids audience though

[@semelo5075]

Tom Petty was really livin' up to his name with that Sam Smith Lawsuit

[@emmettsimon9487]

W

[@jessedekrossic]

I love Tom Petty, but the songs are nothing alike 😂

[@TrippedGian1]

I think it was more his management or label but... probably

[@pigeondance]

nice one!!!

[@humanbeing5300]

well he is a legend and sam smith is a fluke 1 hit wonder

[@willhalko8544]

I was a college freshman this year and our welcome concert was MAGIC, Dierks Bentley, and Kendrick Lamar, in that order. I distinctly remember MAGIC soundchecking rude outside of my dorm literally all morning long and it was hell on earth.

[@TrippedGian1]

What an odd mix... Kendrick should have been worth it tho

[@dorianruble7807]

Woah woah woah what the hell is a welcome concert? I only went to a community college 😭

[@benjiusofficial]

​@@dorianruble7807 I've been to both a uni and comm and I dunno wtf that is

[@redhotchilifan98]

Anthony shitting on a song never fails to make me laugh hysterically

[@emansfield2017]

Him singing happy killed me

[@refmed7794]

Updoot!

[@lauramobsby434]

The 'talk dirty to me' slating was exceptional

[@vanman757]

Funny isn't it ?.. 😆

[@silvaskiproductions3937]

for real I remember getting stoned and skimming through all of his "not good" reviews I'm crying laughing

[@raymondzrike]

Just saw an article that quoted director Terrence Malick as saying Talk Dirty to Me is his favorite song. I just thought I’d share this information.

[@therealpotpol4027]

@Rafa Truly one of the information of all time.

[@jarpyr6791]

What. The. Fuck. Malick is a genius so I’m baffled. This is like when Michael Mann put Avatar in his top 10 greatest films of all time submission for sight and sound.

[@marco_vz]

Holy shit

[@Pk1998AMG]

@@jarpyr6791 pretty sure "talk dirty to me" is a hair metal song from the 80s. They might mean that one. I believe it was prominently featured on the Guitar hero 3 track list as well.

[@davebryan8416]

@@Pk1998AMG ok but if that’s the song he meant, that’s not much better

[@radicard5193]

I wish Rather Be made it into the Top 10. It was kind of a shining gem in the turd.

[@WhySoPrettyJinsoul.]

The music video was so fun too

[@chrislondo2683]

I really love that song.

[@monochromeyoshi]

I hate how it was only #41…

[@luckyspurs]

Please tell me you're talking about the Clean Bandit song.

[@james-m-8285]

2013-2017 was truly the peak of the “everything is a shit slowdance or shit retail music” era of top 40. Streaming has some issues, but god I’m glad it took this era out behind the shed.

[@ezri85]

Call me Maybe is responsible for making me actively pay attention to chart music again after a few years of self-imposed hiatus, but holy shit 2013 and 2014 makes me wonder why I stuck around.

[@phillipbell4394]

I vauguely remember someone talking about "All About That Bass" being written and produced in 45 minutes. Normally, I'd be skeptical, but I don't know, something tells me that this is probably what happened.

[@AverageUser-]

Nobody cares. Time doesn’t really factor into a song being shit or the best thing ever.

[@superzrod7723]

@@AverageUser- it does sound minimal though

[@squatchjosh1131]

@@AverageUser- But there are instances when a song being underbaked really shows

[@spacebook8923]

@@superzrod7723 it also sounds like shit

[@markborishnikoff5485]

@@AverageUser-it clearly sucks though

[@fatehshoaib9423]

Lil Fantano making his rap debut was definitely an event that happened.

[@lachie__]

His rap name surely has to be Big Melon instead right. I mean its right there.

[@MMadMan-v4j]

Lil melon sounds like an actual Rap name 😂

[@damjanp7920]

biggie melons, post melone, da melon, deez melonz, melong dick. Also if he makes an indie rock album it must be titled melonerism

[@fatehshoaib9423]

@@damjanp7920 💀💀💀

[@garchompdude]

Fun fact, Fancy is the only number one hit to pass the Bechdel test

[@psychokitty444]

Hold on. Really? Holy shit.

[@R-H-B]

What’s the Bechdel test again?

[@cordelia5391]

WAP?

[@David-sk2kz]

Source?

[@MelMelodyWerner]

this is not true, but the Bechdel test has never actually been a serious metric of feminist critique outside of Buzzfeed. even Alison Bechdel, in the comic it comes from, was just using this "test" (for those unaware, whether a movie has a scene with two women talking with each other about something other than a man) as a joke. like, yeah, it's an interesting observation that so much of media thinks women can only ever think about guys, but the test Bechdel's characters came up with was just an excuse for them to go watch Alien (iirc-may have been Aliens) at the theater. it's cute and fun, a very quintessential queer comic, but not the unilateral, analytical framework it has been built up to be just cuz it has a catchy name and is a fun game to play. many movies pass the Bechdel test superficially, and are completely anti-feminist (see: the Pitch Perfect series and their fatphobia, queerbaiting, etc.), while lots of films with actually really great, empowering women leads fail the test (see: Pacific Rim). it has always been entirely meaningless by itself, and is only a decent tool for showing _wider trends_ in Western cinema. Bechdel herself has routinely had to clear this up for pop feminists who take it as gospel, recently creating a new proviso, so that white pop feminists don't go around degrading movies which, say, focus on the experience of gay men (as happened earlier this year when someone decided to act like a dingus and say a movie about gay Asian men got an "F-" on the Bechdel test; they apologized, but Bechdel also stepped in to say that the movie passed actually the test).

[@alex_flamer]

That Meghan Trainor single art is basically the Overly Excited Girlfriend meme from back in the day made to front a crossover pop song!

[@hayden-tan]

I am not even a fan of One Republic, but I think "Counting Stars" is a well-crafted hit song.

[@JenniferBrigitteOpticalVortex]

That song is incredibly well-written. The climax of that song is surging.

[@markborishnikoff5485]

It’s good. Not my favorite

[@javito_an]

Happy was a really nice song that was completely ruined when everyone was forced to listen to it a thousand times a week for several months.

[@joshDsho]

The true benefit of "Happy" existing is that we got another Weird Al track.

[@_polyavien_1356]

That is honestly the only positive that I can think of when it comes to that song.

[@khalidmonzur5333]

Don't forget "Handy" as well

[@ruizheli1974]

It was actually one of those songs that I wished Weird Al didn't do a parody of, just so I don't have to hear that deadly soulless choir that resembles total entropy once again.

[@onyx5827]

White and nerdy still clears

[@bitticlan]

When he pulled the artwork of All About That Bass onto the screen, that was a straight up jumpscare.

[@jwm1444]

2014 was a punishingly bad year. It was my first year of college and it wasn't until 2015 that the music at the parties I went to didn't feel like suffering.

[@RJTempo]

I worked at Aeropostale in 2014 (cringe) and quite literally ALL of these songs were played non-stop in the store, so now I’m having war flashbacks to folding graphic tees for pre-teens while All About That Bass, Problem, and especially Rude played for the 3rd time that shift ☠️😫 honestly this era of chart-topping pop music was so bland even back then. Love these year-in-review vids melon keep it up 👍

[@Mcat2040]

I had the same experience but working at a frozen yogurt store. EVERY SINGLE SONG!

[@markborishnikoff5485]

@@Mcat2040fast food for me lol

[@zazapachuliaisbetterthanjo6254]

Charli slayed Fancy tho

[@ianbyrne465]

@B M LeT's GeT dRuNk On ThE mInI bAr

[@Cynoteeria]

Fax

[@MelissaKnox]

I saw her perform at Lollapalooza earlier this year and we were all hoping she'd sing it but she didn't.

[@oliviahughes3158]

Charli is literally the only good part of the entire song

[@sybill123ful]

i get people hate iggy but i always loved that song lmaoo it’s like an embarrassing enjoyment

[@parhamabbaspour6353]

Pitbull was not even on the list yet Anthony somehow found a way to shit on him again 😂

[@musichere3287]

Now THIS year actually deserves to be called bad. I think you underrated many songs on the 2013 list

[@benb1159]

I am LIVING for this series Fantano… Please do not stop until you get through the entire 2010s and then go back and do the 2000s king bless thanks

[@LonkinPork]

Magic! is a super weird band for us up here in Canada. Down in the States, _Rude_ shot to #1 on Billboard and then nothing else they've done has even charted, but up here that song only hit #6 or so, and they've had blips on our charts since then, and they still get regular radio play.

[@987jof]

I remember as a teen in the early 2010s I used to think current pop music was shit and I was always self aware and felt weird that I could just be a contrarian and music snob. You have no idea how relieved I am to have it verified that it was just shit music that was coming out lol

[@brandonayong5823]

The 2010s were the perfect Era to be a snoby music teenager and to actually be right at the same time 😂

[@niftythegoblin]

Same lmao I think the only year I was wrong about in the moment was 2012, I love the music of that year in retrospect. But most of the 2010s was trash for music lol

[@swoopskee]

for real though, kids these days don't know how good they have it with the insane amount of great music

[@yemmohater2796]

@@swoopskee good music was still coming out beneath the limelight

[@ennuiii]

@@niftythegoblin early 10s was a golden age for hip-hop after a very mediocre 00s.

[@normalizenatalie]

even as a kid the lyric "cards on the table we're both showing hearts" from all of me made me irrationally angry couldn't even tell you why

[@ptuller99]

The outline of all the albums creates a hand giving the finger. The music itself has spoken it’s grievances for existence. Well done Melon.

[@Gabesgroovin]

personally I saw a ship that was sinking lol

[@ziad4826.]

Wake me up, bailando, let her go, roar, chandelier, shake it off, wrecking ball, radioactive, break free, royals, anaconda... All of these were also in the chart, it's definitely one of the years for pop music

[@thehecticchannel8054]

honestly yes counting stars was basic, but ryan tedder is the guy that writes music for dozens of artists. the melodies and instruments on counting stars go above and beyond bc he's a genius when it comes to that stuff, he's just also a genius with basic taste

[@RadicalQuail]

I just listened to dark horse for the first time in like 6 years and juicy J’s first line is “she eat your heart out like Jeffery dahmer” lmao the timing is perfect

[@SandorBundaMusic]

I will never forgive Keisza for making 2014 the year of ooh's and aah's.

[@Malc230692]

Haha I love that song. Production and the vocal heights. But I totally get hating it

[@hidbid1]

fun fact: that song was never a hit in the us

[@AcornFox]

@@hidbid1 i loved that song (from the US) and youre right. stumbled on it on youtube but no one i knew had heard of it.

[@TheTrueProxy]

Its funny because Kiesza makes great music now

[@christiangeraldmorenomungu8351]

You should rank all the Jason Derulo singles

[@GadBoDag]

Jasooonnnnnn Deruuullooooooo I have no idea who he is or what his songs are, but I know to shout his name from a Vine

[@forg8769]

savage loveeeeee

[@nbohr1more917]

2 row ranking. Top row: Jason. Bottom row: Derulo

[@boheyo]

I guess I'd pick Wiggle if I really had to.

[@harshmalhari8519]

Too many songs to but in F tier

[@manachicken]

I was on holiday in Ulan Batuur, Mongolia, a few years back. Me and my friends walked into some random restaurant for some authentic Mongolian food and 'Happy' was playing. It finished, gave a 5 second pause and then repeated. It played about 18 times in a row the whole time we were there. It felt like that John Mulaney bit about 'What's New Pussycat?' - 5 times in a row is hellish, but after like 13 plays in a row you become almost euphoric. It was a dry day apparently so no alcohol either. 'Happy' really is just that if you let it into your heart. Clearly the two staff running the place seemed to think so.

[@FabulousResults]

I can't believe we allowed Meghan Trainor and Iggy Azalea to happen

[@Lancelot30]

Say what you want about Counting Stars, but that chorus is undeniably monstrous.

[@oliverg9056]

‘lAtELy I’vE bEeN, ‘I’vE bEeN lOsInG sLeEp’

[@sclitchmusic]

@@oliverg9056 'dReaMiNg aBouT tHe tHingS tHat wE cOuLd bE'

[@Prod-MellowDrama]

The pre chorus get me goin too

[@nocoolkidsallowed8787]

I've never heard that song outside a store in my life, I had no idea it was so popular

[@donaldbaird7849]

@@nocoolkidsallowed8787 It was all over the radio back in the day, they wouldn't stop playing it.

[@AlmostInCompliance]

Extended the list to prove just how bad the year was 😭

[@laidback93]

Total garbage year for pop music.

[@peacebandit]

Hearing you sing that line from All Of Me made my week

[@ruizheli1974]

We hate that "happy" song not because it's bad, but because it's soul crushing.

[@kevincarvalho4018]

Megan Trainer artwork looks like a bad remake of the overly attached girlfriend meme

[@sleepygary2806]

Yeah Charlie’s awesome, but she made Iggy a superstar for a year. I can’t forgive her for that

[@yudhabagaskara98]

*superstar*😭 She's disappeared less than a year later

[@MelMelodyWerner]

Iggy would've gotten to stardom regardless of Charli. the music industry was trying to make an annoying white woman a major rapper for some time.

[@sybill123ful]

i mean iggy is still very much around.

[@sleepygary2806]

@@yudhabagaskara98 that’s why a said for a year

[@alicepaesleme313]

Iggy was really popular for like seven months, by September 2014 people already started dragging her

[@poncccceolymusica998]

Best year of my life. Thankfully I wasn't paying too much attention to the charts.

[@jarpyr6791]

Yeah this is when I started getting into music a lot more so I only remember the really great stuff whereas I had no idea what year most of this stuff came out.

[@SpeedWayDre]

That "👏🏾 along if you know what happiness is to you" inflection sold me on the song lol

[@ryanmoore4130]

It's a collective experience that Happy was an overplayed nightmare. Being a few years removed now the song actually goes hard

[@saeedbaig4249]

Pretty sure 8 years is more than a few

[@zakk2153]

I was having the time of my life when it came out. Mainly why im nicer towards it now.

[@idipped2521]

@@saeedbaig4249 it was still being played like crazy in 2018 when I worked in catering

[@quack9694]

I will need to give it another 8

[@alonsoarana5307]

I had to listen to it every day over my high school's speakers, every single goddamned morning

[@sandersondavid53]

What if you added a “hidden gem” that didn’t hit the top ten to each episode in this series?

[@olzz3309]

Anthony was hitting those yachty notes rather nicely at the beginning

[@Johnny-ux7yi]

The only redeeming factor from 2014 is that Paramore's Ain't It Fun peaked at No10 on the Hot 100 (even though it made it at No47 on the year end chart). It still slaps hard and it spawned the ''no hayley, it aint fun'' meme.

[@shmeal816]

that intro had me floating

[@lickitysplit3575]

I started the video while high and that intro took me tf out

[@laidback93]

Thank you Melon for reminding me how awful 2014 was. Not only did my relationship of almost 9 years end, but his new guy's favorite song was "All About That Bass".

[@thegroove14]

For those who are curious the songs that didn't make the top 10 were: Am I Wrong by Nico & Vinz Let Her Go by Passenger The Monster by Eminem ft. Rihanna Pompeii by Bastille Royals by Lorde Say Something by A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera Shake It Off by Taylor Swift Team by Lorde Timber by Pitbull ft. Kesha Turn Down for What by DJ Snake & Lil Jon

[@Johnny-ux7yi]

don't forget Ain't It Fun by Paramore. It peaked at No10 and while it ended up on No47 for year-end chart performance but it was single handedly better than most if not ALL of the big pop singles released that year imo.

[@langschwerts]

@@Johnny-ux7yi that’s the only song that I genuinely loved at the time all of these mid-ass songs were coming out. I guess some Lorde too

[@megadouche]

Timber was.

[@markborishnikoff5485]

I think a few of those were in 2013

[@C.G.Jr.]

These videos are very accurate to my experience in the early 2010s. Before 2015, shit was pretty rough lmao.

[@MichaelJoHarte]

'This biggity boi is a digggity dog' Pitbull - 2014

[@BibleStorm]

top ten greatest rapers of all time 1. pitbull 2. pitbull 3. pitbull 4. pitbull 5. pitbull 6. pitbull 7. pitbull 8. pitbull 9. pitbull 10. pitbull

[@WarningBFG-isHiring]

@@BibleStorm rapers? Lmao

[@thebeingdestroyerofworlds8690]

The more I watch melon, the more I realize we agree on everything that sucks, despite having completly different tastes in music

[@evilmario6061]

Game recognise game

[@vmrabello]

What is your jam

[@thebeingdestroyerofworlds8690]

@@vmrabello I like steven wilson, dark side of the moon m83, old pirter robinson, mbdtf... basicaly anything melon gave a 6 or 7 back in the day

[@athinyamani9211]

Stay With Me: A Problem: D All About That Bass: F Rude: B Talk Dirty: E Counting Stars: S Fancy: D All Of Me: C Dark Horse: C Happy: C Timber: C

[@phrnando]

what was with 2014 and throwing sax/horn sounds all over the song? was that residual from thrift shop the year before

[@kevinjurnack5240]

I think adding a very short snippet of the music video of the chorus or something would really help with the nostalgia and recollection of the songs in question. Short enough so there is no copywrite issues of course. Love these Fantano, keep em up!

[@leaanne8854]

I would agree with you but then that would mean we’d all be subjected to All About That Bass - which for even for a few seconds would definitely take years off my life.

[@bitticlan]

Happy is one of those songs that you *have* to be in the right mood to enjoy it. If you're having anything other than a really good day the song is gonna be annoying and patronizing as hell. Same thing with Can't Stop The Feeling by Justin Timberlake (another song made for an animated kids movie about feeling happy).

[@mrlevinielsen]

My jaw fell open at the fact Charlie XCX did the hook for Fancy. Wtf

[@4ofdubs]

Yeah, in early summer 2014 (after some brush-ins with Pokémon, Dragon Ball Z, Fairy Tail, Bleach and Bakugan) I got into anime on my own inspired by me watching an obscure anine named Myself ; Yourself with an older cousin of mine who was into Japanese animation at the time, effectively ending my Western animation phase and beginning my anime phase. Exactly 5 years later in 2019, my relationship with anime declined once I figured out how the Japanese anime industry works. Now, on the verge of getting back into Western animation this year (2024), these issues have affected me deeply that I can say I myself have to fix this or else I'm dropping out of the anime game entirely, either by tomorrow, the very end of this year or the first month of the next year (2025).

[@carlyslayjepsen]

Fancy kind of spoiled how Iggy and Charli’s future was gonna be: Charli being catchy, acclaimed, popular, great artist, great songwriter, great collaborator, meanwhile Iggy who?

[@TheVFDGamer]

i have a very vivid memory of all of me coming on at the local pool and 12 year old me going to the deep end and belting along thinking no one could hear me (i’m sure everyone could)

[@mrlevinielsen]

This comment is fking hilarious

[@littleb5204]

Patiently waiting for my boy Abel to tell everyone to sit down from the next episode onwards

[@milkdab6977]

Yessss 😭

[@Twayyyyyy]

I don’t like the phrase “guilty pleasure” really because you shouldn’t feel guilty for liking what you like. But if I had one it would be Fancy 😂

[@zaiah9252]

Fancy I agree is a guilty pleasure

[@PatrickWDunne]

I think it slaps and I don't feel guilty about it lol Enjoy what you enjoy. No shame in it.

[@zaiah9252]

@@PatrickWDunne me too. And sure Iggy is the worst part about it but the song is still good.

[@rodmunch6865]

I'm actually surprised by Anthony's placement of Counting Stars. Idk what exactly it is, but there's something just kind of inspiring about the song, as well as nostalgic to. This song is kind of like how on the surface, Jack-In-The-Box tacos are supposed to be absolutely shitty, but Jesus christ do those things make your day so much better (not an advertisement lol)

[@majortom4711]

Exactly! First heard it when I was 8 and in August saw OneRepublic with the love of my life. Is it fantastic? No but it's a memory I'll have until I die.

[@ghostpoopster]

It reminds me of a country themed bar full of college kids that commit hate crimes

[@SteeZy644]

I love how everyone heard Fancy and gradually left Iggy behind to worship Charli. Thank you for that.

[@tximinoman]

As a Spanish person, it's super weird to see these videos because I think our list would be much more different. Some of the songs here I'm not even sure I know because how little they got played here (in 2013 there was one I didn't even know)

[@Cynoteeria]

Yeaaa our list is completely different lol

[@AverageUser-]

No shit

[@CubilloMEN]

Soy español y la verdad es que personalmente recuerdo oír esas 11 canciones la pila de veces ese año, sobre todo si escuchabas emisoras del estilo de Los40 Principales y tal.

[@Solidlauti]

@@AverageUser- It's not that obvious, a lot of north american music actually makes it to this part of the world.

[@strange.person]

@@CubilloMEN Las únicas que no conocía fueron la de Jason Derulo y la de Sam Smith, el resto creo que todas fueron populares.

[@Ninjoth]

Happy makes people's soul fall into deep dark pits of sadness.

[@Trrade]

Timber is a great song for the dance floor cuz when the beat drops you do a trust fall with a partner and the crowd goes wild

[@CLagos39]

Just wanted to say I’m really enjoying these lists that you’ve been doing. I’d love to see you tackle 2000-2010 that would be awesome

[@Thecriticalplug]

It gets worse ..I took a look at the billboard charts going forward and I was like "Jesus now I know why people say today's music sucks" because they're not on channels that discuss great music they wouldn't find in the mainstream.

[@Why_It]

One Republic is one of those bands that are just there. I don't ever recall any crazy publicity stories or controversy in the news about them. They're a little bland, but sometimes I like a saltine cracker y'know.

[@TrippedGian1]

I mean... it's Ryan Tedder's band, who's big in the industry

[@clearboness]

I would unironically listen to an official anthony fantano remix of Poland from that intro alone

[@BaileyVogtOut]

My memories of this year were plagued by two giant, never ending tortures. My parents rejecting me coming out as gay and All Of Me by John Legend playing on repeat. Honestly I don’t know which one left worse scars

[@arvaakuka8568]

It's interesting looking back at these years. I started my teenage years in 2013 and the angst combined with the genuinely shit music made me develop a "pop music sucks" personality that it took a while to get out of.

[@tbhon]

omg same

[@giantsknicksfan1427]

Lmfao. You and me

[@quentinbringthenumetalchil5125]

True.

[@elliotblake8803]

I never had too much of a problem with "Happy," but looking at it through my 12-year-old daughter's eyes, it takes on a different connotation. She describes it as the forced music that schools often blast into gyms and auditoriums during assemblies, etc., to the point where it takes on a feeling of almost toxic positivity. She told me that this song feels to her like a school telling you "Be happy."

[@TrippedGian1]

It used to be Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin (who's actually very talented but that was his one semi-novelty hit)