Top Ten Songs of 2024: Number 4

My Number 4 song of 2024 is…

Midnight Ride – Orville Peck, Kylie Minogue, & Diplo

Disguised, gay artist Orville Peck released a pretty great album earlier this year that featured duets with some pretty famous people. Neither Peck, Minogue, or Diplo ever made my Top Ten before but this track was just too irresistible. First off there is Peck’s bass-baritone voice, which is emotional and very cowboy masculine. He does a lot of country music that really highlights it. This song though is big and full of pop energy. With Minogue taking a verse and then harmonizing with Peck, it’s the perfect gay man/female icon combo. The lyrics are sexy and romantic:

“Let me take you on a midnight ride
Baby, you and I
Ooh, so much we could explore
Pull me closer under moonlit skies
Fire in your eyes
Ooh, you got me burning”

The beat and arrangement are infectious and the video…well, does it get any hotter?!

Number 4 songs of 2024 from other contributors:

Kevin Alexander - On Repeat Records:

“Nada Surf- In Front of Me Now: What a breath of fresh air this was! Thirty years on from "Popular," Nada Surf just casually dropped one of the best records of the year. And this track is one of the best on it. It feels like the first beautiful day after a string of foul weather. I can't get enough.”

Steve Goldberg -Earworms and Song Loops:

80 Favorite Songs of 2024 - Part 3

Noga Erez - Vandalist: “Shameless self-promotion. I just wrote about Noga Erez and her fantastic new album of the same name here. https://earworm.substack.com/p/80-favorite-songs-of-2024-part-3 It's an incredibly catchy tune, in the vein of Britney Spears' "Toxic."

Matt Madurski - Chart Chat:

“Chappelle Roan - HOT TO GO! Yeah, I've fallen into a weird place as a closet Chappelle Roan fan. In my Gen X brain, she's the modern manifestation of Cyndi Lauper crossed with Toni Basil, and it's that combo that shines through when I listen to "HOT TO GO!" I love her energy and enthusiasm, and her playful cheerleader-like aura, which she plays up perfectly in the music video.“

Angela Yokoe: All the Ways – The Secret Sisters and Ray LaMontagne (pure love song)

Christopher Bradley - Daydreamin' 'Bout the Way Things Sometimes Are:

I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of Us All by Father John Misty: “eight and a half minutes of smooth jamming of melodic storytelling. Tillman really went into overdrive with this one.”

Matt Fish - Best Music of All Time:

"Broken Man" by St. Vincent—another album from a high-profile artist that I didn't love all of but, my goodness, did this blazer of a track reinforce my St. Vincent fandom tenfold. She's insanely talented.”

Mark Edward Randall - Musings of a Broken Record:

Please, Please, Please- Sabrina Carpenter "Thea Wood from Herizon Music introduced me to Sabrina Carpenter when I put together my recent holiday post. I'd heard of her before but hadn't bothered to take a listen. Shortly after, this popped up as a recommended track on Tidal. I love Jack Antonoff's ABBA-esque production here. I like Bleachers so it makes sense why I've been playing this non-stop"

What is your Number 4 song of 2024?!