Day 83 equals Now! #83, which brings us to 19th November 2012 – just four days before mine and Geth’s wedding.
I am proud to report that we played absolutely none of the following songs at our wedding disco. Not even Gangnam Style.
Track 1: Psy – Gangnam Style
It’s still hilarious nearly six years later, and very danceable, even if you’re not inclined to do the comedy dance that goes with the song.
Track 2: Robbie Williams – Candy
Nice feelgood tune that gave Robbie Williams an unexpected number one later in his career. Good song.
Track 3: Swedish House Mafia and John Martin – Don’t You Worry Child
The theme is pretty cheesy, and the tune is a bit bland.
Track 4: Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
Great folk-pop track with an awesome singalong chorus – really like this one.
Track 5: The Wanted – I Found You
Good danceable track, but the tune’s a bit bland.
Track 6: Calvin Harris and Florence Welch – Sweet Nothing
Another boring tune – not keen on this one.
Track 7: Maroon 5 – One More Night
Great reggae-tinged beat – this one’s a great head-nodder.
Track 8: Wiley, Skepta, JME and Dayo Olatunji – Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya)
Love those steel drums at the start – good tune, great rhythm.
Track 9: Flo Rida – I Cry
I quite like the tune on this one – despite the title, it’s quite feelgood.
Track 10: Ne-Yo – Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)
Irritating tune, even more irritating theme.
Track 11: Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen – Good Time
Another annoying tune, and the theme is really cheesy.
Track 12: Katy Perry – Wide Awake
Again, a very bland tune.
Track 13: Pink – Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
Great beat, and I love the instrumentals.
Track 14: Little Mix – Wings
Good solid pop track – very danceable.
Track 15: Stooshe – Waterfalls
Uninspired cover of the TLC classic. What’s kind of irritating is that the surviving members of TLC show up in the video.
Track 16: JLS – Hottest Girl In The World
Good beat, but in general I find this track a bit messy and jarring.
Track 17: Nicki Minaj – Pound The Alarm
Another very danceable track, another fairly forgettable tune.
Track 18: Redlight – Lost In Your Love
Dull, repetitive tune, and the messy beat gives me a headache.
Track 19: Rita Ora – How We Do (Party)
Boring, bland track – not enough melody for me.
Track 20: Cheryl – Under The Sun
It’s got quite a nice retro tinge, but the tune’s fairly forgettable.
Track 21: Wiley and Dayo Olatunji – Heatwave
Double repeated artist alert! We’ve already had both Wiley and Dayo Olatunji on track 8.
Great rhythm, but the vocals are repetitive and irritating (and it’s never clear whether the lyric is ‘body‘ or ‘party‘).
Track 22: Sam & The Womp – Bom Bom
Daft track that’s a lot of fun. Happily chair-dancing right now.
Track 23: Labrinth and Emeli Sandé – Beneath Your Beautiful
I know the grammar of that title looks horrible – it’s actually because they’re using ‘beautiful’ as a noun rather than misspelling ‘you’re’. Still wrong, but not a your/you’re fail. ‘Beneath Your Beauty’ is what they actually mean.
Anyway, the song’s a slow, saccharine ballad, and I’m not keen on those.
Track 24: The Script and will.i.am – Hall Of Fame
Collaboration cooked up between will.i.am and Script singer Danny O’Donoghue, who were both coaches on The Voice at the time. It’s a bit awkward and poor.
Track 25: Florence & The Machine – Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix]
Not technically a repeated artist alert, but this is the second collaboration between Florence Welch and Calvin Harris on this Now! compilation.
This tune is epic and gorgeous. Lovely stuff.
Track 26: David Guetta and Sia – She Wolf (Falling To Pieces)
Boring, forgettable tune, and I don’t find any of the hooks very interesting.
Track 27: Calvin Harris and Example – We’ll Be Coming Back
Repeated artist alert! We’ve already had Calvin Harris on track 6, and sort of on track 25.
Nice atmosphere though, and the tune’s quite pretty.
Track 28: Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen
I find this one pretty dull.
Track 29: Naughty Boy and Emeli Sandé – Wonder
Repeated artist alert! We’ve already had Emeli Sandé on track 23.
Not keen on this tune – I find it a bit twee.
Track 30: Conor Maynard and Ne-Yo – Turn Around
Repeated artist alert! We’ve already had Ne-Yo on track 10.
This one’s another boring, uninspired tune.
Track 31: One Direction – Live While We’re Young
Extremely bland tune – very forgettable.
Track 32: Chris Brown – Don’t Wake Me Up
Irritating spoken word bit at the start, dull saccharine vocals. Not a fan.
Track 33: Amelia Lily – You Bring Me Joy
Another dull, forgettable song.
Track 34: Fun – Some Nights
Good tune – there’s something a bit folk-rock about this one.
Track 35: Example – Say Nothing
Repeated artist alert! We’ve already had Example on track 27.
This is another bland, uninspired tune.
Track 36: Lawson – Taking Over Me
Too cheesy for me.
Track 37: Karmin – Brokenhearted
Yet another forgettable song.
Track 38: Trey Songz – Simply Amazing
Again, this one’s far too saccharine for my liking.
Track 39: Simple Plan and Sean Paul – Summer Paradise
Nice jaunty track, though it’s a bit cheesy.
Track 40: Angel – Wonderful
This tune’s okay, and there are some interesting instrumentals going on too.
Track 41: Devlin and Ed Sheeran – Watchtower
The chorus samples/covers Bob Dylan’s All Along The Watchtower, and there’s also a bit of the guitar riff from the Jimi Hendrix version. Other than that, it’s mainly a rap, which I’m not keen on.
Track 42: Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait
I find this tune really dull, and a bit depressing.
Track 43: Elbow – One Day Like This
2008 hit that was back in the charts for 2012 – I can’t remember why. Classic tune though, and that repeated anthemic hook at the end is epic.
