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12 Days of Christmas: Day Five - Overplayed Pop Anthems Of 2015

2015 has been another year for those pop hits that everyone loves to hate and that you can't escape hearing, whether it be on the radio, in a club or on the Pop Party #1000 advert.



1. Cheerleader - OMI (Felix Jaehn Remix)

I think this track is the most overplayed of them all, the one hit wonder by Jamaican singer OMI reached number one in 20 countries and spent countless hours stuck in people's brains, driving them to bash their heads against a wall. We can all thank 21 year old German producer Felix Jaehn for creating the remix and adding awful digital trumpet instrumentation. 




2. Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
You can't deny that when this first hit the charts, it's success was well deserved. It received 118,000 sales in it's first week of being released and was at number one for seven non-consecutive weeks in the UK charts. Being 1 of 9 videos on YouTube with over one billion views, it's obvious that it's undeniably a brilliant funk fuelled dance track. However, I still can't help but sigh when I hear it now, it's not that I don't still enjoy the funky beats and catchy melodies, but they are starting to lose their value because of how overplayed it is. Radio stations need to learn that there can be too much of a good thing...



3. King - Years and Years
Another track which when first released in February 2015, I actually thought "how refreshing, a dance song that I like" (I even did a full review of it here). Along came Kiss FM and when at work, I heard this song at least three times a day and it got to the point where I was subconsciously singing along. That was my cut off point, it's definitely been over played this year but has earned it's place of being in the Top Ten charts of over ten countries and being at number one here in the UK.






4. FourFiveSeconds - Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney
Like many others, when I saw Paul McCartney's name next to Rihanna and Kanye - I really thought there had been a bad typo. It still doesn't sit well with me that he's one of the most iconic British musicians and was a part of composing such an awful song. I didn't warm to it even before it began to be ridiculously overplayed, simply because of the overuse of auto tune and my lack of ability to even hear how Paul McCartney features in it. I also find I start cringing at the awkwardness of the artwork if I look at it for too long. Despite all of this, it still got the number one spot in six countries and was in the UK's Top Ten.






5. Taylor Swift - Bad Blood ft. Kendrick Lamar
This track from Swift's hit album 1989 was re-released in May this year featuring American hip hop artist Kendrick Lamar. The remix topped the Billboard chart and became the fourth number one single from the album, selling 350,000 copies. Like many of these tracks, I'm going to sound like a broken record by saying this is another perfectly good pop song of 2015 that got ruined by radio for me. Although I'm fed up of hearing the song, I still like the dark artwork and elaborate music video where Tay Tay is looking pretty badass.









6. Ellie Golding - Love Me Like You Do
Mostly known for being the theme song for 50 Shades Of Grey, this 'romantic ballad' from singer/songwriter Ellie Golding spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart and was played like a broken record across all radio stations, including Kiss FM, a radio station I had to endure at one of my jobs... Before I felt that it was overplayed I didn't like the song mainly because of it's boring lyrics and melodies so having to hear it on the daily certainly didn't change my opinion.






7. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
If I had a pound for every time this was played on Magic FM on a Sunday afternoon - I wouldn't be bothering to do a degree that's for sure. Unfortunately, that was the radio station of choice at my old Sunday job. Despite the fact that I think Ed Sheeran is a talented musician, there's no way of me condoning the fact that I know all the lyrics because of the amount of times I had to hear it in one six hour shift. In June this year, it became the first single to spend a full year in the UK top 40.




8. The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face
I have no idea why he left the 'e' out of weekend but admittedly, I do have to give him credit for this song. I wouldn't go as far as some critics have, comparing it to Michael Jackson, but it does have elements of disco and funk which definitely bodes well at a party. The track was a Top Ten hit in four countries and number one in four other countries such as New Zealand and Denmark. Billboard also named it as one of the "Best Songs of 2015".









9. Carly Rae Jepson - I Really Like You
The dance pop single released by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepson peaked within the top ten charts in eight countries and remained at the number three spot in the UK for two onsecutive weeks. I quite liked her previous single 'Call Me Maybe' but this really didn't make a good follow up, the only way it can become bearable is if you take a shot every time she says 'really'.

10. Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass

It all started off as an innocent body positive message and a song that parents didn't mind their kids singing along to. Becoming the tenth most viewed video on YouTube with over one billion views, it was certainly on the playlist of any kids party. But after a while, the charm of it soon wore off for me and it became another song that radio stations didn't know when to stop playing. The doo-wop inspired pop track sold 11 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best selling singles of all time.