Every Friday, I’m publishing my top ten songs from a single year and this week it’s the turn of 2013.
For previous top ten tunes, please click on the year: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
In 2013, Margaret Thatcher dies at the age of 87, Fusilier Lee Rigby is murdered in a terrorist attack outside army barracks, Sarah McClay a 24 yr-old zookeeper is killed by a tiger at a zoo in Cumbria, Andy Murray wins Wimbledon– the first British man to do so since 1936, same-sex marriage becomes legal in England and Wales, Prince George is born and becomes third in line to the throne, 8 people are killed and 19 are seriously injured when a police helicopter crashes in to a pub in Glasgow, World War II computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing, who had been chemically castrated in 1952 following his conviction for homosexuality, is given a posthumous royal pardon, Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all of his Tour de France wins, two bombs explode at the Boston Marathon finish line killing 3 and injuring 264, Sopranos star James Gandoifini dies at 51 and Nelson Mandela dies at 95, the films Gravity, Captain Phillips, The Wolf of Wall Street, Frozen, American Hustle and 12 Years a Slave are released and I turn 37 years old.
Music is back on track this year. I love this year. Lots of great new tunes and first time appearances from several acts. Plus Beyonce is here again and after several years missing from these lists, Bowie is back. Here’s my favourites from 2013, in no particular order.
1. Gun by Chvrches
2. Talk Dirty by Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz
3. Q.U.E.E.N. by Janelle Monae & Erykah Badu
4. That’s Alright by Laura Mvula
5. The Wire by Haim
6. Sacrilege by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7. Royals by Lorde
8. XO by Beyonce
9. Strong by London Grammar
10. Where We Are Now? by David Bowie
This week, my favourite is the wonderful Janelle Monae with Queen Erykah. Which one is yours?
See you next week for 2014!
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Nope… you’ve lost me again this year lol! What about La La La by Naughty Boy?…
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Not even Bey? Ooh not such a fan of that track sadly.
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I missed a chunk of Bey stuff
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Not sure what was happening in life then! Ah yes I do. Started my career in school. Probably sucked my energy up and all I listened to was nursery rhymes and kids songs 😂
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Haha. Good ole nursery rhymes. I should’ve made room for one in at least one of top tens.
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Once you catch up to today’s year, maybe it’ll be a spin off post for you… Top ten Nursery Rhymes EVER! Followed by Top Ten Kids Songs That Make You Want To Kill Yourself .. 😜
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Hahaha. I could do this easily. As I bet you could too!
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I did the songs that drive me up the wall a couple of months ago… Could add Baby Shark to it!
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Oh yes you did, didn’t you! All awful songs.
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Totally 😝
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Some serious highs and lows this year! I thin Royals is my favourite from this list 🙂
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Yes, very good choice. Love Lorde.
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That shock when Andy Murray won Wimbledon!! 😀
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I remember it so well. I lept up and squealed so loudly, I terrified my daughter.
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Bwahaha! 😀
I think the whole of the UK had a similar reaction!!
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Hard one, but I think Royals for me… maybe. Jeepers, there wasn’t much in the way of good news was there!
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Oh here you are. Is this the comment you thought disappeared? And no, there really wasn’t a lot of good news in 2013.
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Yup. Andy won Wimbledon- not much else
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Our second child was born this year, so I don’t remember much beyond the fog of sleep deprivation. Has to be Q.U.E.E.N. by Janelle Monae & Erykah Badu for me, even though I don’t think I properly noticed it until the following year!
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Ah yes, that’s why 2010 was such a foggy year for me musically. Q.U.E.E.N. is just a brilliant track, so glad it’s proved quite popular this week.
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I think I watched that Q.U.E.E.N. video a million times when it came out. I love the lyrics, the vibe, everything! Yassssss!
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Yes! Everything about this track is just fantastic. I love both Janelle and Erykah, so I was always going to love this song. Love it so much.
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Got to Royals by Lorde from your list but my go to song that year was
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Lords has definitely proved popular this week. I love hearing what other favourites people have that didn’t make my list. Limiting myself to 10 Tunes was always going to make it tricky for me.
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Grrr. My comment didn’t show, adding my vote to Royals x
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Oh boo, but excellent choice of song. She’s been popular this week.
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David Bowie!!
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Yes! A vote for Dave. Great choice, Angela x
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It has to be ‘That’s Alright’. I had it on repeat that year. Really like Q.U.E.E.N and Sacrilege too.
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Three very good choices again. I had It’s Alright on repeat that year too. Such a great song with a great message.
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Haim is the only one that really sticks out from this list for me. I was studying two OU modules this year so I’m guessing any music was just background noise!
Wasn’t Gangnam Style 2013 😉
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You’re quite right. How I could I miss out Gangnam Style?! Oooooh sexy lady….
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I dressed up as Lorde and lipsynched Royales to the delight of about 450 high school students one Christmas assembly, so I’ll have to go with her!
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Haha brilliant! Yes, you definitely had to pick her then.
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