Top Ten Songs of 2024: Number 10

My Number 10 0f 2024:

Brain Freeze – Everyone Says Hi

Everyone Says Hi is a band made up of members from, among other groups, Kaiser Chiefs (who had my number one song of 2019, Wait), The Kooks, and, The Dead 60s. The group’s name was indirectly inspired by a 2002 David Bowie song (which I know made at least one Top Ten group member’s Ten that year.) Brain Freeze is about a broken relationship where “you want it all and so do I.” While I don’t specifically relate to the lyrics I can respect and understand the sentiment. I also love the line, “I'll call you from my fantasy, I can't live in your galaxy.” What stands out to me more is the production. Starting slow and quite beautiful, the song eventually moves into a chorus that is big and brassy – something I love that is rarely heard in pop/rock music today. There’s also a great climactic bridge and big finish that pulls all the pieces and emotions together.

Others contributing their Number 10 favorites:

Kevin Alexander - On Repeat Records:

“Cloud Nothings-The Golden Halo: For almost 30 years, if you'd asked me what the loudest concert I'd ever been to was, my answer was always Sugar. No band ever came close until this summer when I saw Cloud Nothings. Everything was turned up to 11 and played at 150 mph. It's a great song for running, running red lights, etc.”

Steve Goldberg - Earworms and Song Loops:

“Storefront Church - The High Room: Storefront Church's Ink & Oil album (my #2 of the year) sounds like nothing else I heard in a long while, if ever. Epic, intimate, lush, dissonant, with a full orchestra. Lukas Frank's voice sounds like what you'd get if you took Morrissey and Frank Sinatra and added in indie rock and musical theater.”

Matt Madurski - Chart Chat:

“girl in red - Too Much: It's cut from the same cloth as Olivia Rodrigo and her ilk, but also has a slight alternative edge that I like. Feels a lot like Tove Lo, who I also enjoy. “

Mark Edward Randall - Musings of a Broken Record:

Burning in Flames - Kaiser Chiefs

Angela Yokoe: Rewind – Beth Gibbons (mourning Earth)

Christopher Bradley - Daydreamin’ ‘Bout The Way Things Sometimes Are

Me or Tennessee by Marcus King: “This song is so great and really exemplifies King's excellent songwriting. He is an underrated gem that I think everyone should be listening to.”

Matt Fish - Best Music of All Time:

"No Broke Boys" by Tinsahe—full of the best kind of R&B club-ready swagger. If this gets played at the NYE party I attend, things will pop OFF.”

What is your Number 10 of 2024?!