S5, EP1: ARIA Top 10 of 2012

Aleks: Welcome to Project Engaged, a podcast for fun loving couples planning their non-traditional wedding.

Eddy: We’re Eddy and Aleks, wedding DJs and celebrants who run a business in Melbourne called One More Song.

Aleks: On season five of Project Engaged, we decided to do something a bit different and bring it all back to the music.

Eddy: We’ll look at the most popular tunes in Australia by year, randomly choosing a different year for each episode.

Aleks: We’ll share our thoughts on the charts, plus tips for incorporating these songs into your wedding.

Eddy: For more wedding planning tips, please check out seasons one to four. For now, let’s get into the episode. Welcome back to season five.

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Aleks: Thank you so much for tuning in. We are so pumped for another season of Project Engaged.

Eddy: We are. And look, if you have stumbled across this podcast without looking into the first one to four seasons, this is a podcast all about weddings.

Aleks: Yeah.

Eddy: But we’re doing a bit of a spin this season.

Aleks: Yeah. So we’re taking it back to the music, really focusing on the music. So if you do want to listen to our chats with different wedding suppliers and past couples and just chats amongst ourselves, talking about various things to do with weddings, planning, all that sort of stuff, all the juicy things, season one to four, you can find that on our website, onemoresong.com au and of course on Spotify and whatever podcast app you listen to right now. But what are we focusing on for this season?

Eddy: Well, we are going to look at the ARIA charts.

Aleks: ARIA charts?

Eddy: ARIA charts for different years. And we’re going to be a bit random about it.

Aleks: I like that.

Eddy: We are going to jump in, choose a year per episode in a non sequential order and take a look and count down, I suppose, from 10 all the way up to 1. We’re going to talk about perhaps something about the artists, the songs. We’re going to talk about whether these songs are great for weddings or they’re not, or whether what memories we have about these songs in our own travels. And we’re also going to take a cheeky little look at the Triple J top 100 and the Billboard top 100 as well a bit later on, just to compare what was charting in the States and obviously what was charting in the more indie sphere in Australia.

Aleks: Yeah, good, because obviously the charts do sort of COVID the more mainstream pop side. But we will, don’t worry, we will provide our personal opinions on each tune as well. There’s obviously some tunes that have lasted the years and. And now classics, I suppose. And there are others that we probably won’t be playing or enjoying ourselves, let’s just put it that way. Brutal.

Eddy: Yes, brutal.

Aleks: I plan to be brutal.

Eddy: Okay, so what year are we doing this episode? What are we kicking off with?

Aleks: We are kicking off with 2012.

Eddy: 2012. Wow. So before we kind of kick things off, what were you doing in 2012, Alex?

Aleks: I was living in London, I think. You were living in London.

Eddy: I. Okay. So I actually went to London halfway through 2011 and came back halfway through 2012. So half of 2012 was. Was in London for me. Yes.

Aleks: Very nice. Very nice. Yes. So I don’t know if I will know all of the Aussie stuff, because it probably didn’t make its way to the UK shores, so to speak. So it’ll be very interesting to see the top 10. That’s what we’re looking at, right? Top 10.

Eddy: Yes. And it’s been so interesting going through this and, you know, doing our preparation for this podcast. And it sort of spurred from the fact that I was in my own music library, going through and adding a bunch of charts from the aria to my library. And my. Do you go down memory lane with this stuff?

Aleks: Oh, yeah.

Eddy: You’ll see a song, you know instantly where you were, what were you doing? And we’ll flesh this out, obviously, as well in this episode and the rest of them. But it’s been very, very interesting to look back at, you know, some of the things that we’re charting and ask yourself, why were these things?

Aleks: To be honest, I think it’s. I think it’s helpful for couples listening to this because, as you mentioned, you do associate certain songs with certain memories and certain moments, and it’s that nostalgia you want to tap into, particularly for your, you know, your loved ones to enjoy the tunes at your wedding as well. So I guess the best way to listen to this episode is maybe just note down if there are any tunes that we kind of flag as, you know, this pops off at a wedding or a party, and if it’s one that you particularly like or, you know, your friends and family will love, jot it down maybe for your requests.

Eddy: Exactly.

Aleks: So we’re being helpful.

Eddy: We are. We’re trying our best to be very helpful, but.

Aleks: Very good. You do raise a very good point in that when we are going through our music library, you know, obviously if you look at the top 100 songs of 2012, there’ll be a handful, right, that will stand out and that have lasted this long, 12, 13 years. And that still, you know, are really popular and are well known. So it is important to pick those gems out, I think.

Eddy: And on the other side of the coin, there are songs that have completely.

Aleks: Dropped off that we’d rather forget.

Eddy: Exactly. Okay, so before we jump straight, straight, straight in, let’s talk about some of the world events that were happening in 2020 12. So, yeah, speaking of memory lane, Julia Gillard was our Prime Minister.

Aleks: Right.

Eddy: She served from 2010 to 2013. I did not know she served for that long. To be honest, I thought it was short of it. There you go. Yeah, yeah, that was my memory. So it was good to. Good to know. Assuming, of course, that all of my research is correct. So I’ve been using Wikipedia, of using a little bit of Gemini and a few other sources just to kind of cross cheque these things because I have seen some variances.

Aleks: Oh, Google just went off too. Thanks, Google.

Eddy: Absolutely. So. So who was the. Who was the United States President?

Aleks: Barack Obama those days?

Eddy: Yes, I do.

Aleks: Oh, dear. What a flashback. Wow.

Eddy: Something a little bit more music based on. In April, I should say, the Lion King became the highest grossing Broadway show and overtook the Phantom of the Opera.

Aleks: Oh, really? Not that I’ve seen. I mean, you don’t like music.

Eddy: I saw the Lion King in London.

Aleks: Did you?

Eddy: It was a very good show.

Aleks: Really?

Eddy: Yeah, I saw it with my mum.

Aleks: Oh, that’s so sweet.

Eddy: I hadn’t seen. I’ve seen the Phantom movie.

Aleks: Phantom. I’ve always told you that’s my favourite. Well, apart from the Book of Mormon, the Phantom of the Opera is my favourite musical. You should go see it once time.

Eddy: We should, we should. And we sort of mourned the loss of the legendary singer Whitney Houston, who was unfortunately found dead in a hotel room in Beverly Hills in February of that year.

Aleks: Oh, see, I said to you, I thought this was the same year that David Bowie passed away, but that was a couple years after, wasn’t it?

Eddy: Well, I’m sure we’ll get to that.

Aleks: Oh, let’s not ruin it for everyone listening. All right, let’s get into it. Are we starting with 10 or one?

Eddy: With 10.

Aleks: All right.

Eddy: Count our way up to one.

Aleks: Oh, good, that’s much better.

Eddy: Okay, so do you want to kick things off? Yes.

Aleks: Oh, actually, I love number 10 just straight off the bat. Don’t you worry, child. Swedish House Mafia.

Eddy: Featuring John Martin.

Aleks: Featuring John Martin. Who is John Martin?

Eddy: John Martin did the vocals.

Aleks: Ah, fair enough. Fair enough. All right. This is a stone cold banger it really is.

Eddy: And it’s, you know, straight off the bat, it is a song that does appear here and there at weddings, depending on the crowd.

Aleks: Totally. I would say it’s a song that you would play in the last half hour. It’s a great final song. Yeah. Last half hour.

Eddy: Last half hour. Banger.

Aleks: Beautiful. Beautiful. And it was actually the last single that was released before Swedish House Mafia disbanded early.

Eddy: Yes. So Swedish have Mafia obviously consists of Axwell Sebastian in Grosso.

Aleks: Oh, so obvious.

Eddy: And Jello and. Yeah, so they. They’re. They created the group Swedish House Mafia, if I can get those words out. John Martin obviously was on the vocals. The song is about finding hope and strength in the face of adversity.

Aleks: Of course. Don’t you just love these commercial dance tunes? They have so many messages for us in them.

Eddy: They really do. So it was released as a single on February 11, 2012. So it’s very early on in that.

Aleks: Yeah. And I think because I thought they weren’t gonna tour anymore, but they’ve definitely been playing in Ibiza. Our good friend saw them this year. So what is going on? So bit like John Farnham.

Eddy: Yeah. So in March of 2018, the group actually reunited with surprise closing set at the 20th anniversary of the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida. I know that there was some rumours circling about them getting back together, but, yeah, it wowed a lot of people and they actually released their debut album in 2022. So they hadn’t actually released a debut album, so they were releasing a bunch of singles but nothing to tie in an album. So. Ah, yeah, yeah. So that there have been differences of opinions, I suppose, in them coming back on. I did a bit of Reddit reading and a lot of Uber fans have sort of said that them getting back together was a bit of an anticlimax.

Aleks: Oh, yeah.

Eddy: So I, to be fair, haven’t really listened to their new stuff and I know that it’s probably in the dance scene, but maybe hasn’t crossed over to pop music.

Aleks: Clearly not. Well, it’s not going to be in a top.

Eddy: I might eat my words when we.

Aleks: Do 2022’s charts, so just taking it back to weddings. So we love this song.

Eddy: We do love this song.

Aleks: Yes. What would you rate it out of ten?

Eddy: Out of ten? Oh, I give it a solid seven.

Aleks: I give it an eight.

Eddy: Yeah, yeah.

Aleks: Energy levels, I would say super high.

Eddy: Super high energy levels. It is a bit of an arm throw around each other type of track. Later on you can sing to it, which is Great. We love to sing along later on in the night. Yeah, it’s. It’s an epic track and it’s got those huge EDM sounds as well, so.

Aleks: Yeah, so if you like those.

Eddy: So would you still play it at a wedding?

Aleks: Yes.

Eddy: Yes.

Aleks: Would you?

Eddy: Yes.

Aleks: Done.

Eddy: For the right wedding? Yes.

Aleks: Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. All right, moving on, moving on.

Eddy: Number nine, Thrift Shop.

Aleks: Yes.

Eddy: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Featuring Wanz perhaps. I think it’s Wanz?

Aleks: Oh, yeah, I remember this tune.

Eddy: We all remember this tune. So it was released on 29th August, 2012 as the fourth single from the debut album, the Heist. Now, what else was from this album?

Aleks: Okay. Yeah, this is important. Can’t Hold Us and Same Love, they’re the two that pop out for me.

Eddy: There was also one called White Walls, which I’m not super familiar with. No, that was the. One of the later releases on that particular album. And the reason why I’m talking about albums and I saw you rolled your eyes at me when I was kind.

Aleks: Of a lot of detail.

Eddy: Yeah, it is. But it’s still important because we come from a generation where albums were important and it’s kind of nice and nostalgic to talk about an album where singles have kind of popped off from.

Aleks: All right, so the Aria charts, Right. I’m assuming, do they exist now? Is it based on streaming? Not on.

Eddy: Yeah. So this is where it gets interesting with. With Aria charts, particularly in the last. Say. I want to sort of say five years when streaming came into it, because when I was doing my crates from the Aria charts for the last handful of years, I started to find rando things getting into the charts like Mr. Brightside, the Killers, and, like, tracks that are older that obviously weren’t released in that year or the year before.

Aleks: Yeah.

Eddy: So what that tells me is streaming is having a lot to do with what’s charting.

Aleks: Yes.

Eddy: For instance, and I might be wrong on this, but I believe that Murder on the Dance Floor charted last year because obviously Saltburn came out and people were streaming the Aria chart, those songs and.

Aleks: Yeah, charts. So interesting.

Eddy: Yeah. So we will get to those and we’ll be able to discuss those if they fall in the top 10.

Aleks: Yes. Because they might not necessarily have been released that year, so it’ll be very obvious now. I remember hearing this song. It’s obviously about shopping at a thrift store and finding some. You know, it is.

Eddy: Exactly. Cool threads, unique and stylish clothing.

Aleks: Yeah.

Eddy: For cheap.

Aleks: Thank you, Gemini. I remember listening to these whilst shopping In a thrift store store in London. And I thought, this is a moment that I won’t forget. There you go.

Eddy: There you go.

Aleks: It is such a banger.

Eddy: You loved it.

Aleks: And how would you compare it, I suppose to the other kind of super popular like Macklemore bangers?

Eddy: I think it’s. It’s a lot more fun.

Aleks: Yeah.

Eddy: It’s a lot more nonchalant.

Aleks: Yeah. It’s not. It’s not a very serious song.

Eddy: Yeah, exactly. So it’s. It’s a fun romp. Do you play at weddings still?

Aleks: Yes, occasionally. I probably wouldn’t go out of my way to play it unless the couple had requested it or it’s a request on the night, if that makes sense. It’s not a default go to.

Eddy: I might be getting more into a bit more like of the weeds here, I suppose, in DJ world, but I find it’s a great song if you’re playing some R B to kind of slip back into pop with the same sort of tempo.

Aleks: Yes.

Eddy: And then kind of go into like a Dua Lipa or something like that. So I. I call them bridging songs.

Aleks: Nice.

Eddy: And I think it works really well for that.

Aleks: Okay, awesome. I will keep that in mind because that is a good tip and it’s good to have those at your disposal. I would give this a seven.

Eddy: Yes.

Aleks: For a banger.

Eddy: I give this a set. I know. I’ll give it a 7.5.

Aleks: All right.

Eddy: I think it’s great. I don’t think you need to play the whole of the song. No, I know there’s, you know, that’s a question we get asked very, very often.

Aleks: It’s a whole other topic.

Eddy: We could do a whole podcast series on that. Probably. Probably. Maybe next season.

Aleks: Yeah.

Eddy: But yeah, I’d give it a good 7.5. It is fun. I feel like when I play it, for instance, people go, oh, this song. They may have forgotten about it a little bit.

Aleks: I reckon it is one of those. Yeah.

Eddy: As opposed to Can’t Hold Us that I will play more often. And it’s like another one of those.

Aleks: Late night bangers, hold arms around each other.

Eddy: Well, just jumping up in the air sort of thing. And it’s really good for the Last sort of 15 minutes. Cart hold us to really reinvigorate the crowd before we get into the last few songs of the night. This one. Yeah. I wouldn’t necessarily play it later on. I might just. Just pop it in for a bit. For a bit.

Aleks: I reckon if people, you know, if. If they’re a bit crunk.

Eddy: Yeah.

Aleks: Or they’re on their way. This is a good one.

Eddy: Yeah.

Aleks: Nice.

Eddy: Yep, yep.

Aleks: So that was a number nine.

Eddy: Absolutely. That was number nine. Number eight. Birdies, Skinny Love.

Aleks: Oh, yeah.

Eddy: So I gotta admit, I’ve never played this song in a wedding straight off. But so Birdie, she’s a British artist and she released this as a cover version of the song. And who was the original band that played this song?

Aleks: Bon Iver.

Eddy: Bonivir or Bon Bon Iver?

Aleks: Yeah.

Eddy: Is that what we call.

Aleks: I’m glad you asked me because I used to say Bon Ivor and that was completely wrong?

Eddy: I said Bon Iver too. So I’m glad.

Aleks: Look, we’re not going to judge anyone for getting artist’s name names wrong. If we only have seen them written down before, that’s absolutely fine.

Eddy: Yep, yep. Absolutely.

Aleks: Now why did it make its way onto the chart?

Eddy: Oh this is where it gets interesting and let me tell you that when we go through the sort of 2005s and up sort of vibe of the charts, we’re getting a lot of this kind of stuff coming in and a lot of it’s been subsequently forgotten. And I am talking about shows like the X Factor and Australian Idol and the artists that were on those shows.

Aleks: Like, hey, those shows are still around.

Eddy: Shannon Noll. Yes. But I don’t think they’re in the sort of the public forum like they. They used to be. Now everyone’s on social media, everyone’s tick tocking.

Aleks: No one’s got time to watch actual TV. Come on, get real.

Eddy: Well, we have our shows ourselves, but we can’t really mention them because we’re supposed to be. What’s the word?

Aleks: Evergreen. This is evergreen content. So if it’s 2050 and you’re listening to this, welcome. Hey, 2012, flying car was a long.

Eddy: Time ago in your brain.

Aleks: And you know what’s funny about this song? I mean, apart from the fact that it is a cover and as you mentioned, was covered by an X Factor Bella Ferraro top four contestant. So this is a song or. Anyway the original is one that people often think is a romantic song, but it’s actually about. It’s not romantic at all.

Eddy: No. Okay, so there’s some research on this and it’s sort of a. Again, like a Gemini slash Wikipedia kind of hybrid in their response. But the original song, Skinny Love by Bon Ever, It’s. It’s a melancholic song. It’s about a relationship that is fading away. So it’s quite the Opposite. Yeah, yeah. So it’s not really wedding vibes. So he’s exploring the themes of heartbreak, longing, and the struggle to keep a love alive when it’s already slipping through your fingers.

Aleks: So what I would say about. And I think, I hope that you agree with me about this, but you just said this song is not wedding vibes. I don’t care about the lyrics. Yeah, I don’t care about the lyrics. And most of our couples don’t care about them.

Eddy: That’s true. That’s true.

Aleks: So it sounds soft. It sounds romantic. If that’s the kind of vibe that you want, say, for example, for pre ceremony or if you want it to be a key moment song, if you want to come down the aisle to this song or. Or you want it to be your first dance or something romantic.

Eddy: Yes.

Aleks: Go for it. Who cares? Clearly everyone thinks it’s a song about romance anyway, so.

Eddy: Yeah, exactly. It is a beautiful song. I’m actually referring to Birdie’s particular version of this. I have played Bon Iver’s version at weddings.

Aleks: Yes.

Eddy: And look, we can always just take the vocals out if you like, and we can just do instrumental. You know, do the instrumental for you.

Aleks: Love it.

Eddy: It’s a gorgeous song. I must say that I. Yeah, I prefer the Bon Iver version to the Birdie.

Aleks: Same.

Eddy: I’m quite surprised that it made it this far up. So obviously the X Factor must have had a lot to do with that.

Aleks: Clearly Aussies didn’t know anything about music in 2012. So what are we going to give it for? What are we going to rate it out of 10?

Eddy: I can’t believe we’re rating every single out of 10 here. Yeah, we are going to. The problem with doing this is we’re gonna then have to do our maths and then give the. The year itself rating. But. Oh, look, you know, sorry, Birdie. I’d give it a. It’s a cover. Right. So. I don’t know. It’s hard, but I’d probably give it like a six out of ten.

Aleks: I’d give it a four.

Eddy: Wow.

Aleks: No time for that song.

Eddy: Okay.

Aleks: Does that cover?

Eddy: Okay. All right, so number seven. Now, this one’s a funny one, I think, because I’ve got a personal. Not a personal connection. We’ve got a connection to this song in a weird way through a friend of mine. So it is Boom Boom by the Justice Crew.

Aleks: I. I literally turned around to you and said, who are the Justice Crew now? I do want to know a cup. I do know a couple of songs once I listen to them. But having been in the UK and having this, being an Aussie group, they definitely didn’t make it to the uk.

Eddy: They didn’t. And again, it was another one of these Australian music show type groups. So they were found on Australia’s Got Talent on the fourth season, Australia’s Got Talent. And, you know, they had four. So they had their first number one single, obviously, with this one, Boom Boom, which apparently was certified six times platinum, which is pretty crazy when you. When you think about that, Particularly when not many people remember this song.

Aleks: No.

Eddy: And anyway, they had a bunch of other hits as well. So they had one called the Best Night. They had one called Everybody and Que Sera.

Aleks: That’s the one. I know.

Eddy: I thought that might be the case. So they’re all in the top 10. And case is actually their second number one single. So they. They came out of the Gates on Fire and they did very, very well. The best thing I think about this group is that one of the members, and I don’t know who it is, became a Wiggle recently.

Aleks: Oh, yes.

Eddy: Which I think is awesome.

Aleks: How many original Wiggles are there?

Eddy: Four of the original.

Aleks: Wow. They’re really hanging in there, aren’t they?

Eddy: I mean, there were four originally, right?

Aleks: Yeah, yeah. But how many of the original ones? Just one, maybe. Yeah.

Eddy: Yeah.

Aleks: Wow. So one of these. Well, they go, yeah, well, that’s not bad. I can also see that they have toured with international artists.

Eddy: There’s some pretty cool names.

Aleks: Chris Brown, Janet Jackson, One Direction, Kesha.

Eddy: Yeah.

Aleks: Okay. Well, that’s not too bad.

Eddy: Very, very well in a very short amount of time. So maybe do cut them a little bit of slack. Would I play them at weddings? No, I wouldn’t. Unless, of course, our couple requests them. If I do play them, I don’t know how well they’ll go down. Particularly for anyone sort of older. I suppose there’d be a core group of friends, if they’re that age, that will be.

Aleks: Maybe it was an inside joke. Maybe it was something that this friendship group listened to a lot. Maybe a family. Yeah. These sorts of tunes that aren’t really that well known and haven’t really stood the test of time. They’re very difficult to spin unless there’s a story or a reason to play them at a wedding. So a bit risky.

Eddy: Bit risky.

Aleks: And really there’s a lot of good music around. But the song’s not that bad. It’s pretty catchy.

Eddy: Yeah. And I did mention a funny little connection between a friend and I on this song. Long story short, he’s a huge fan of the French duo Justice.

Aleks: Oh, yeah.

Eddy: And I used to just egg him on a little bit with playing Justice Crew songs instead of just a bit.

Aleks: Oh, no.

Eddy: But we mentioned it the other day. It was quite funny.

Aleks: Well, I mean, he’s British and he’s now moved to Australia, so maybe you should continue to play Justice Crew.

Eddy: Maybe I should. And I do remember playing Justice Crew out because I used to work Saturday nights at the Elephant & Wheelbarrow Hotel in the CBD.

Aleks: What a fine establishment that is.

Eddy: It really was. That’s how I cut my teeth. And, yeah, Justice Crew is popping at that time. So I’d lay them down and, you know, get a pretty good reaction.

Aleks: Okay. So not too bad.

Eddy: I think it was over time.

Aleks: Over time, yeah. I’ll give it a five. I’ll give it a five.

Eddy: You know, because I’ve got these memories. I’ll give it a six. But I’m never going to play at weddings unless it’s requested.

Aleks: Yeah. Specifically requested. All right. That was number seven. Number six. Starships. Nicki Minaj.

Eddy: Love it, love it, love this song.

Aleks: Same.

Eddy: So it was the lead single in her second studio album, if anybody cares.

Aleks: You’re really nerding out on this album stuff.

Eddy: Yeah, yeah. Thank you. Let’s see if it continues through the season. But it’s. It’s got that mix. You got that big EDM sound. That was huge back then. You’ve got her rapping. It’s a pop song.

Aleks: Yes.

Eddy: Even a little bit of a touch of Euro dance.

Aleks: We love a bit of Euro dance in there. Yeah.

Eddy: So, yeah, very, very cool track.

Aleks: That’s so true. And I have to say this, around this time and the 2010s, there was a lot of this kind of fusion stuff going on. There are so many songs. I was like, is this a pop song? Is this a dance song? Is this an R&B song? That kind of sound was very, very popular around this time. And the 2010s are massive. So, yeah, this song is a very good example of that.

Eddy: And you saw that with a bunch of other artists as well. Like Benny Benassi was obviously producing for Chris Brown and, you know, David Guetta was producing for, like, Snoop Dogg.

Aleks: Yes, exactly. They’re exactly the example.

Eddy: Yeah. Yeah. So there was a lot of that, and it was very, very cool. And I’d love to see that come back in some way, shape or form in the future.

Aleks: Maybe it will. I love this song. I have to say. Four Weddings. Absolutely. Absolute banger. It’s a really good, as you would say, bridging song to any pop, R B around the same tempo, even maybe some house stuff like it is. It’s very versatile, but it’s also super, super catchy. It actually had mixed reviews when it was released initially. Some bad, overly commercial and repetitive. Okay. I mean, it’s a. It’s a.

Eddy: It’s a pop song. Right.

Aleks: Pop song. But others praise its catchiness and energy, which I would agree with.

Eddy: I love that. Just some people on one side and the other side.

Aleks: Everyone’s got their opinions. It’s still a staple in her live performances, which doesn’t surprise me at all. And continues to be played on radio stations and at weddings, I should say.

Eddy: That’s right. I have very fond memories of this song. And yes, I would play it at a wedding. I’m going to give this a solid 8 out of 10.

Aleks: Same.

Eddy: Beautiful, beautiful. We whipped through Starships. Now we’re gonna whip through the next song, which is Wild Ones – Flo Rida featuring Sia. Number five. I don’t mind. This song is one of his better songs, I think.

Aleks: Yeah, Yeah. I mean, that’s not a massive achievement, is it?

Eddy: Look, I love. See his vocals on this song.

Aleks: Yeah. See, his vocals are great. For sure. Pitbull was around the same time as Flo Rida. If I had to choose between people and Flo Rida, hands down, people.

Eddy: Interesting. I would play Low – Flo Rida more than I would play any other.

Aleks: Yes. Okay. I was gonna say apart from low. Apart from Low. Everything else I could take or leave. Good feeling. Yeah. Okay.

Eddy: Good feeling is good with Avicii’s Levels.

Aleks: Yes. Now, they. .. did they come out the same time?

Eddy: I think so. Very similar. I don’t have the information in front of me, but yeah, very similar time.

Aleks: I’ve been trying to find it anyway. Wild Ones. Yeah. It was produced by David Guetta. He’s. He’s just. He’s just everywhere. He was definitely everywhere around this time, that’s for sure.

Eddy: Yes.

Aleks: Now, see, she was a bit mysterious around that time, wasn’t she? She had her bangs hiding her face.

Eddy: Have the old bangs. And she’s an Aussie artist.

Aleks: She’s an Aussie artist.

Eddy: You know, she is from Adelaide, I think she might be from Adelaide. Crazy.

Aleks: And she also. She continues to release stuff. And she’s also written and produced songs for artists such as Rihanna, Beyonce, and apparently David Bowie.

Eddy: Wow. Very, very cool.

Aleks: Very, very talented. Yeah, look, I don’t really play this at weddings. I would play it if the couple requested it specifically. I would not play it just off the back of my own thoughts or expertise. What do you think?

Eddy: I’m the same. If it’s requested by the couple, I will play it for sure. Because it’s an interesting song for me that I don’t play very often and you know, fitting it in will be fun, but I wouldn’t choose it of my own volition.

Aleks: No, that’s the word, volition. But I also feel like it’s slightly slower than it should be. Do you know what I mean?

Eddy: But we can speed it up.

Aleks: We can speed it up. But I’m like, I’ll just play a faster song. That’s better.

Eddy: And I’ve just picked another example of why you should always cross check all your information. So we took this particular chunk from Gemini and it’s. You mentioned David Guetta. It says this song was produced by the Swedish DJ and produced David Guetta, which is incorrect. He’s actually French.

Aleks: Well, I didn’t say it.

Eddy: I know you didn’t say it. You sidestepped that beautifully but.

Aleks: Well, guys have to check anyone who’s worried about their jobs being taken over by AI, don’t be yet. Unless you’re listening to this and it’s 2060 because this content is evergreen and then maybe your job has been taken over and I apologise for making such a throwaway comment.

Eddy: Well, you. Well, because you’re not working, the only thing you’ve got to do is listen to Project Obscure podcast.

Aleks: Yeah. So look, take these facts. Take these facts with a grain of salt.

Eddy: So I am cross checking these things. This particular one, I didn’t because like, oh, wild one. Anyway, how much have we got to talk about this?

Aleks: Yeah, I know. Anyway, the main, the main bit of it was, was, was correct. The nationality of David Guetta, it was incorrect.

Eddy: He’s French. Let the record show he’s French.

Aleks: Wild Ones. I give it a five.

Eddy: A solid five. Will I play it? Yeah, probably… probably not. But hey, if you are listening to this planning a wedding, you’ve booked one of us and you love this song, request it and it will be played.

Aleks: We’ll play it and we’ll surround it with bangers.

Eddy: Exactly, exactly. Okay, well we mentioned. Actually it’s funny we mentioned Pitbull is like, oh, you know, maybe alluding to the fact that the next one’s going to be people, but it’s not. It’s Flo Rida again. Number four whistle by Flo Rider.

Aleks: Even worse.

Eddy: Not a great song. Oh, not a great song.

Aleks: Oh, no. See this? He’s just a. Nah. Flo Rida. What are you doing?

Eddy: Now? You’ve got some interesting facts about Flo Rida. You’re not necessarily to do with this song, but we thought it’d be nice to kind of wedge this in.

Aleks: Yeah. And it’s because mainly Flo Rida, when I started looking him up, a lot of articles just said there’s not really much that’s interesting about Flo Rida. So I guess he’s not particularly controversial. He was just a bit. He was kind of annoying. Came out at a time when there were a lot of annoying radio songs on Poor, poor Flo Rida. But he was awarded, this is fairly recently, $120 million after a jury in the US found that the makers of an energy drink, Celsius Energy Drinks, breached a contract with him where he was basically a brand ambassador and they tried to rip him off. Well, they did rip him off. They didn’t pay him what he was owed. They were trying to hide money that he was owed. So he’s very happy to get his 120 meals. He still supports the brand and drinks the energy drinks.

Eddy: I’ve never heard of this energy drink.

Aleks: Well, it’s Celsius in the States. This is in the States, yeah.

Eddy: Okay.

Aleks: But I remember, and the reason I looked this up and it’s interesting is because you sent me a little video clip of him, his appearance in court, and he. They were playing his song, and for some reason he was singing along to his own.

Eddy: Was this you part of that?

Aleks: Yeah.

Eddy: Why were they playing his songs?

Aleks: Well, they were saying that he was kind of. He really became successful at the time that he was. Oh, that makes a brand ambassador. And he was actually the reason for their success. So he was arguing that not only was he ripped off. Yeah, they had actually.

Eddy: I do enjoy. Well, I did enjoy seeing those clips because he was just vibing his song.

Aleks: He was obviously. He obviously knew he was on a winning streak there. Yeah. Flow.

Eddy: Right.

Aleks: Look, this song, I’d probably play Wild Ones over this. Can’t say I’ve ever, ever, ever played this at a wedding. But again, if you want it, we’ll. We’ll chuck it in.

Eddy: Did you know that the song’s music video features a cameo by none other than the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders?

Aleks: That is fascinating. And I wrote down here other interesting fact about the song.

Eddy: We’re just, like, sidestepping and just giving you rando info.

Aleks: Yeah, I just literally wrote one other interesting fact… This song is really annoying.

Eddy: Oh, I do see that there.

Aleks: Yeah, I Just slipped that in.

Eddy: Very good.

Aleks: All right, well, interestingly, this song is at number four, but I will give it a number three. I’ll give it a three rating. No, I know. Come on.

Eddy: Like.

Aleks: Yeah, I know.

Eddy: Why did this get to number four?

Aleks: I just hope by the time we get to number one. Because, let me tell you, the other three. I don’t know by. Let’s. Can we have a look at the.

Eddy: Other number three is. You know, it’s. It’s an Australian artist and pretty big one.

Aleks: This is dismal. Now, I remember. Rihanna was massive. And maybe she didn’t make it to Australian shores until a bit later, but surely SoS and stuff was before 2012. Anyway, I don’t know why Rihanna’s not in the top 10. Very disappointing. What do you give Whistle out of 10? I give it a three.

Eddy: Yeah.

Aleks: God. And that’s generous.

Eddy: I’ve never.

Aleks: No, I’m gonna give it a two. Sorry.

Eddy: Never played this song again. Why would you play Whistle over a lot of his other stuff?

Aleks: Yeah.

Eddy: You know, even Wild Ones. Even Good Feeling. I mean, obviously, Low’s the main one. That’s the song for Flo Rida if you’re gonna play the song. Yeah, I. It’s a three. Two. I don’t know.

Aleks: And Flo Rida often makes his way onto our couples’ “do not plays”.

Eddy: Along with Pitbull.

Aleks: Along with Pitbull. Yes, Very interesting. So it’s a love or hate thing, I think, with those two artists. All right, let’s get into number three.

Eddy: Number three, Battle Scars, Guy Sebastian. Oh, and I’ve put in practice here. Australian artist. Australian artist, just in case I forget.

Aleks: Yes, I like that. Yes. Well, we all remember Guy Sebastian.

Eddy: Did you know about this song when it came out? Considering you were in the UK?

Aleks: No.

Eddy: Do you recognise it?

Aleks: No.

Eddy: Really? Wow. It was a pretty big hit. Obviously. It’s number three on the ARIA charts. in 2012.

Aleks: Was it a big hit?

Eddy: It was a big hit.

Aleks: Okay.

Eddy: I’ve had it requested at a few weddings and it’s been like part of the friends group requests.

Aleks: But it’s not like. Because it’s not a banger. It’s slow.

Eddy: Yeah, but it’s. It’s a different kind of banger.

Aleks: Is it like a late night?

Eddy: Just a Belcher. The lyrics. Banger.

Aleks: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just sing along.

Eddy: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Aleks: So I don’t. I don’t have a memory of this song, but I obviously have great memories of watching the first season of Australian Idol.

Eddy: Yeah. Well, this came after that.

Aleks: Shannon Noll versus Guy Sebastian.

Eddy: Yeah, those. That was.

Aleks: Australia was on the edge of its seat.

Eddy: Good old days. Did you think he should have won? Because Shannon, he was like a bit of the bad boy. Was. Guy was like them at the time. He was like. You were. He was Christian guy.

Aleks: Yeah, he’s a Christian guy.

Eddy: And now he’s sort of.

Aleks: He’s had a bit of. He’s had a bit of a makeover.

Eddy: Yeah. Now he’s kind of.

Aleks: He’s so fit.

Eddy: Oh, I thought he’s gonna look at the tatts and stuff.

Aleks: Yeah, yeah. But he’s like, you know, he’s gotten fit.

Eddy: Why don’t you marry him if you love him?

Aleks: No, I’m not interested in him. I don’t like his music. First of all, thank you very much. Was I only. No, I was 50/ 50. I don’t know whose team I was on, but they definitely had the good. Good versus evil kind of.

Eddy: I. Yeah, I definitely remember that song. When Angels Brought Me here or something.

Aleks: Oh, yeah, I liked that. And I remember I didn’t know any better.

Eddy: Confetti dropping from there when he won and stuff. That was a big moment in Australian TV.

Aleks: So Shannon all did. What about me for that, I believe. Final.

Eddy: So that’s not my favourite Shannon song, though. It’s a big black, shiny car song. What a banger.

Aleks: Do you love Shannon? The Flavour Saver?

Eddy: Not really.

Aleks: Oh, dear.

Eddy: Yeah. Anyway, let’s get back to Battle Scars. Any other. Any other memories or.

Aleks: I have no memories of this song. I have had a. Maybe requested for a couple of weddings. I’ve never played it.. I would play it if it was like in a must play situation or if I knew there was a certain memory. This is another thing. I think for couples it is really important if you put in a song that you’re like, this is not an obvious dance floor banger. Right. And you want it to be played during that time of the day or the night. I think it is good to provide a little bit of context. And we. We. I mean, a good DJ will flesh that out when they have kind of the final chat with the couple is to say, hey, that’s interesting that you’ve got this song. Is there a particular memory attached to it? Are your friends going to be into it? Do you want me to kind of play it later on? Is everyone going to sing along to it or is it kind of something you want to hear early in the night? Because it’s a special memory or something like that. So, yeah, it’s one of those Sort of tunes. I don’t. Yeah, I don’t think it’s. I don’t think it’s too bad. It’s better than Whistle.

Eddy: It’s better than Whistle. I like the fact that you have mentioned what you’ve just mentioned. Like, I. When sort of scanning through requests in, you know, if the couple makes a Spotify playlist or puts it in our party brief questionnaire as a sort of a must play or something like that, I do scan and kind of note up the ones that I want to question before the final chat just to give, you know, get it some contest. You know, sometimes we might jump on the mic very quickly and say, this is, you know, for this person or what have you. But, you know, we are very limited in what, you know, particularly when dance floor kicks off. We don’t really want to.

Aleks: We do try. No, but it does work well too, when you’ve got very, very obscure requests and you’ve got like the dance floor in the palm of your hands and you’re like, this is the. And. And then I don’t know, one of the. Say it’s. The groom has requested a song and they come back from the toilet and you’re like, hey, this is the only opportunity I really get to play this random. Yeah, Just to chuckle. Just to quickly go on the mic and say it. And it normally does get a much, much better response than.

Eddy: It’s a really powerful way to do it if you do it right. Absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. All right, well, any. Anything more to say about Battle Scars? Give it a rating.

Aleks: I reckon it’s a six.

Eddy: Yeah, give it a six.

Aleks: I want to give a six for being an Aussie.

Eddy: Oh, bonus points. So.

Aleks: And for getting tats and looking cool.

Eddy: So you just Guy Sebastian instead of the song?

Aleks: No, I think. I think it obviously has, you know, hit a note with a few people because I have. I’ve heard of the song. I don’t it that well, but yeah, I mean, I. I’ll be willing to give it a spin.

Eddy: Okay, let’s move on to number two. Oh, Gangnam Style. Sigh. What a revelation.

Aleks: What do you say? Obviously, South Korean singer, rapper and songwriter. And did you know? Well, the song’s music video became the first YouTube video to reach 1 billion views.

Eddy: Do you know what the highest viewed video is on YouTube now? Because I looked this up. Not related to this. I don’t know why I looked it up, but I. It’s something insane. But I can tell you what the song.

Aleks: Yeah, it’s a song oh, is it?

Eddy: Yes. And you’ll hate the answer.

Aleks: Tell me.

Eddy: Baby Shark. Baby Shark.

Aleks: Yeah.

Eddy: Yeah. That is the biggest, most watched YouTube video of all time.

Aleks: Well, that’s because parents will just put it on repeat.

Eddy: Correct.

Aleks: For their kids.

Eddy: Correct.

Aleks: How interesting. There you go. Sorry, Psy, you’ve been outnumbered by Baby Shark.

Eddy: I mean, 1 billion views is pretty good.

Aleks: Still, it’s not bad.

Eddy: Not bad at all. This song is requested a lot by a rogue aunt at a wedding.

Aleks: All right, let’s talk about the rogue aunts, though. If anyone’s going to request. Make a terrible request. It’s going to be a rogue aunt.

Eddy: Pretty much almost exclusively.

Aleks: Almost. Or. Or. Or a rogue uncle.

Eddy: Not as much.

Aleks: No, more.

Eddy: Not as much. The rogue aunt. They swoop in from. You don’t even know they’re there. You’ve not seen them the whole wedding. Bam. All of a sudden, they’re in front of you. They’re wanting. Sigh. And unfortunately, you have to give them the bad news of I can’t play that.

Aleks: It’s on the do not play.

Eddy: It’s on the do. Well, is it on the do not playlist or is it just always assumed it’s per game stuff?

Aleks: Yes, it’s a. It’s a. We don’t even need to mention that it has made its way on do not plays. But we also have a lot of our couples just requesting. Nothing with a choreographed dance or an obvious dance to it.

Eddy: Oh, yeah, that’s another one.

Aleks: And that’s where it falls into it. Yeah. Not. Maybe not as obvious to Australians as, you know, the Macarena, the nut bush, whatever else, but nonetheless, still one that has a choreographed.

Eddy: I mean, having said all that, it was a massive hit.

Aleks: Huge hit. Super catchy. You got to give him that.

Eddy: Oh, yeah. And the horse dance and everything was. Yeah, it was. It was. It was massive. And I. What else did he do after this? I mean, he made his multiple millions.

Aleks: Out of this, probably continues to release music and perform, and he also became a judge on the Korean version of the Voice.

Eddy: That’d be fun.

Aleks: That’s a great gig to get if you’re like, I don’t want to release that much more new music or it’s not going out.

Eddy: Like guys, Delta Goodrem, they all kind of do that.

Aleks: Exactly. I wonder if they get paid well for it. I reckon they would, yeah. I mean, what a great gig, honestly.

Eddy: Yeah. Why wouldn’t you? There you go. So number two. Psy – Gangnam Style. What are you gonna give this one out of ten?

Aleks: I’m going to give it a four. Because it is very high energy and it’s catchy, but I wouldn’t play it already.

Eddy: Yeah, I think I’d probably give it the same. Yeah, probably give it the same. All right, drum roll. Because We’ve reached number one of the 2012 ARIA charts and that number one.

Aleks: Song is Call Me Maybe. Carly Rae Jepsen. Wow.

Eddy: Yeah, I love this song. I love the cheese.

Aleks: But do you personally love this song?

Eddy: I love this song for weddings.

Aleks: Yes.

Eddy: I won’t listen to this song at home. It’s not on any of my personal Spotify playlists. But I enjoy the reaction that it gets at weddings where the crowd is into this sort of stuff.

Aleks: I agree with that. This is one of the most popular tunes I put in the same bucket as, like, Party in the USA. It’s a fun, sugary pop. Sing along.

Eddy: Yeah.

Aleks: What do you call it? Bubblegum pop. It’s not really a bubble gum pop.

Eddy: I. I sort of categorise this song as. It’s. It is hard to explain this phenomena, but it’s like you get something to do in this song. Like you say the lyrics and you do the hand movements. Like you just called me with your hand up to your face and all that kind of stuff.

Aleks: All those cool dance moves.

Eddy: An interactive song it is.

Aleks: Yeah.

Eddy: Sometimes you need that on a dance floor. And I’m not talking about, like, dance. Like, like a dance that’s out. No, something like this. It’s light, it’s fun, people love to sing it. People can talk the lyrics out if they’re not singing it. It’s. It’s a cute, fun song.

Aleks: I think also the beginning of the song, when people hear that, it’s like a little intro. I think it’s one of those perfect songs if, like, you want to get, like, I don’t know, the young ones to, like, run onto the dance floor. It’s got enough of an intro that you run on and you haven’t missed the beginning.

Eddy: I think some of the older crew like it too.

Aleks: Yeah.

Eddy: Not too old, but I think if your parents are in their, like, 50s.

Aleks: Unless you’re listening to this in 2060.

Eddy: Yeah, exactly. I mean, we just listen to a series of high pitched noises now.

Aleks: Oh, yeah, it’s just a bunch of robots listening to these podcasts now.

Eddy: Yeah, exactly.

Aleks: So she was also a former contestant on Canadian Idol.

Eddy: Oh, I didn’t know that, actually.

Aleks: Yeah. And apparently, according to Gemini, you have to fact check this. The song was originally written for Justin Bieber, but he declined it.

Eddy: I can see him singing this song at that time. Right now? No, absolutely not.

Aleks: No.

Eddy: He’s got the bad boy image.

Aleks: Yeah. Definitely changed. So it wouldn’t work. Absolutely. Now she’s pretty popular in Australia. She’s pretty popular in 2023. She performed at Golden Plains.

Eddy: I heard about that gig. I heard she was awesome.

Aleks: Yeah, I heard that too. And I was like, really? Okay, cool. I know maybe a couple other songs she’s got, but I wouldn’t say it’s a massive.

Eddy: This is the one. If you’re gonna play CRJ.

Aleks: CRJ.

Eddy: This is the one to play.

Aleks: I agree. I would give it a nine out of ten.

Eddy: Nine. Whoa.

Aleks: No. Okay, so I’m taking my personal. You know, I’ve given you my opinion of the song. I wouldn’t play it at home.

Eddy: Right.

Aleks: But for a wedding.

Eddy: Yeah.

Aleks: Everyone’s into mainstream pop. The reaction. I’ve never had a bad reaction to this song, so how could I not? I have to write it from that perspective.

Eddy: Yeah. So maybe at this point we should say our ratings are based on weddings.

Aleks: On. On. Yes.

Eddy: Like playability at weddings.

Aleks: Playability.

Eddy: There you go. So I. Solid eight for me, for sure.

Aleks: Now I regret saying nine.

Eddy: No, stand by that. Now I’m gonna save my nines for.

Aleks: Oh, yeah. See, I feel like I should, too. Can I. All right, I’m gonna give it an 8.5.

Eddy: No, you can’t go back. All right, that’s it.

Aleks: I’m sorry, everyone.

Eddy: That’s it. It’s like, you know, when nerding out, but when a video game comes out, sometimes it was, like, rated way too high and they have to stand by that and say, pretty ordinary video game. That’s where we’re at. So nine. Nine for Call Me Maybe. Carly Rae Jepsen. Any other memories about this song, either in weddings or in personal life?

Aleks: I don’t remember this song in personal life at all, I don’t think. I don’t remember it being in the UK.

Eddy: What about you again? You know, because of the time, I was doing a lot more public gigs and, you know, this came out a lot. I wasn’t doing as many weddings back there, so I don’t have that many wedding memories.

Aleks: Okay. We should probably also say that you were actually a DJ at this point, and I wasn’t yet. This is a couple of years. Few years before I became a dj. So your experience of these tunes a little bit different.

Eddy: Well, we will delve into many years where we both weren’t deejays because, you know, if we pick in the 90s or even sort of the late 80s. I think the Aria chart started at 87.

Aleks: Cool.

Eddy: So we’ve got year after 87. Yeah. Yeah. So I don’t. Wouldn’t have many memories of 87 tracks.

Aleks: No.

Eddy: Perfectly honest with you guys, but there you go. So I know we’ve given each track a wedding playability enjoyment factor rating, but let’s rate the year that is 2012 based on the top 10. I do want to go through and give some honourable mentions as well.

Aleks: Can we please look at the. Yeah, just have a quick look at the top.

Eddy: Let’s. Let’s rate it based on the top 10.

Aleks: All right, well, I’m going to write it based on how many songs I would reliably definitely play from this. I would say there’s probably five or six. Five.

Eddy: Yep. So I’d play. Don’t you worry. Charter Play.

Aleks: Yep.

Eddy: Thrift Shop.

Aleks: Yep. Starships.

Eddy: I’m playing Starships. That’s three.

Aleks: Maybe four. Four.

Eddy: Maybe that’s…

Aleks: That’s what it gets out of ten.

Eddy: Four out of ten. Yeah. There you go.

Aleks: Four.

Eddy: Great year.

Aleks: I had higher hopes for 2012. I remember loving the stuff that was on the charts in 2012. So I don’t know what’s happened here.

Eddy: Okay, so. Okay, you love what’s on the charts. Let’s go through. And I’ve literally just got the webpage open from the official Aria website.

Aleks: Please tell me this. And Rihanna in the top 20.

Eddy: Okay, cool. So we’re going to go from 11. I’m just going to call out the things I think are worth mentioning. Actually, this isn’t worth mentioning, but Good Time. Owl City featuring Carly Ray.

Aleks: That’s the other one. Yep.

Eddy: Yeah. I played this a lot, actually, in my pub gig days. What makes you beautiful. So sorry. So that was 16 Good Time. 17 was What makes you beautiful. One Direction.

Aleks: Yes, that’s it.

Eddy: That’s a fun song that gets plays. So I.

Aleks: That’s in the same category as Call Me maybe.

Eddy: Yep, absolutely. We have. Actually, this is one that disappeared. We have Bangarang by Skrillex, which is number 21. Yeah, that was played a lot and it’s gone now. Yeah, yeah, we’ve got more One Direction songs. We’ve got paradise by Coldplay at 24. Yeah, now that’s worth the mention because that does come up here and there.

Aleks: Yeah, I feel like Coldplay. I prefer the other ones. Was it Magic and Star. What’s it. What’s the star one?

Eddy: Yep, I know that one.

Aleks: Sky Full Of Stars.

Eddy: Sky Full of stars. There’s more floater in there. Number 29. Was. I cry.

Aleks: All right, can I just go back now? I know that Bruno Mars is a bit of a controversial artist for our couples, I think, because I don’t like Grenade and Marry you and that kind of stuff, but Locked Out Of Heaven. I remember specifically I was travelling in Dubai. Absolute banger.

Eddy: It was good. Wouldn’t play it anymore.

Aleks: Wouldn’t play it. Honestly, sometimes I throw it in.

Eddy: Yeah. Number 31, we have Feel The Love by Rudimental.

Aleks: Yes.

Eddy: Great wedding track. Really good again for those later moments.

Aleks: What a tune.

Eddy: Absolutely love that.

Aleks: Beautiful.

Eddy: What else do we have? We’ve got one of your favourites. Throw Your Hands Up. The Qwote featuring Pitbull.

Aleks: Throw Your Hands Up.

Eddy: Yeah.

Aleks: How does that go? Seeing it. Oh, no, that’s. Isn’t that. Danza Kudoro.

Eddy: Yeah. But that is it.

Aleks: Is it?

Eddy: Yeah.

Aleks: Oh, geez. Okay.

Eddy: I believe. Oh, geez. I hope I’m not wrong.

Aleks: Anyway, Pitbull. Definitely.

Eddy: I’m gonna check this. Yeah, I’m gonna check this. And if it’s not, I’m. You better be sure I’m editing this part out. LMFAO. 37. Sexy and I know it.

Aleks: Yeah. I feel like that one is a bit of a dividing one too. But fun, fun. All right. This is one that I really like. At number 42, Lonely Boy, The Black Keys.

Eddy: Yes. Fun, fun song for the Indie lovers.

Aleks: It’s great.

Eddy: Definitely.

Aleks: Come on, Australia. That should have been a bit higher.

Eddy: 52 again. I thought this would be higher with Spectrum. Say My Name.

Aleks: Florence. Great tune. Great for late in the night. Great as a key moment song. Oh, see, Where Have You Been, Rihanna? That’s quite an obscure one. I love that. That whole album was awesome.

Eddy: I tell you what song I believe may pop up either the year before Higher or the year after. Higher was number 63 this year at 2012 was. I Love It by Icona Pop.

Aleks: Yes.

Eddy: Huge banger for weddings.

Aleks: Massive. I feel like it’s gotten more popular with time, though.

Eddy: Yep. Because of KFC..

Aleks: Oh, yeah.

Eddy: Who we are not sponsored by.

Aleks: By the way, I’ll tell you one song I wouldn’t be playing number 67. A Thousand Years, Christina Perry. That can go in the bin.

Eddy: That can go in the bin.

Aleks: Gross.

Eddy: Looked at Levels was 76 again. We may find it was higher in another year because a lot of the time songs charted for two years when they were really, really popular.

Aleks: And funnily enough, Good Feeling Flo Rida was 75. So beat levels and that samples the same song.

Eddy: Same you bit like we may look at the next year or the year before. I think levels of 20 may have climbed the next year. And just to round it out, number 100 was the far East Movement. Do you remember the Far East Movement? Live My Life. It’s not something that I’m super familiar with. It was with Justin Bieber, but there you go. Right. So I did mention that we were going to look at the top 10 of the Billboard, which is the US charts and the triple J hottest 100. Just to give a bit of context about what may have been around. I’ll kick things off with. Let’s kick things off with Triple J. So I remember this being. Because I’ve oftentimes would listen to the hottest 100 when I wasn’t working. Let’s just go from one to ten.

Aleks: Yep.

Eddy: So Thrift Shop was number one.

Aleks: Yeah.

Eddy: Nice. Little Talks Of Monsters. Member number two, breeze blocks. Alt J. Number three, holding on by flume. Number four. Great song. I Will Wait Mumford and Sons.

Aleks: Great song.

Eddy: Number five. Number six was Get Free – Major Laser.

Aleks: Great song already.

Eddy: This chart’s way better.

Aleks: Way better. Maybe we should have done the Triple J.

Eddy: Maybe we should have. But hey, it’s. I know, I did think about that, but I think like the ARIA. I don’t know, it’s just.

Aleks: At least we’re covering the stuff for people who don’t just want the mainstream pop stuff, which we love indie stuff. So this is great.

Eddy: Number seven, Impala. Number eight was Frank Ocean’s Lost.

Aleks: Beautiful.

Eddy: Number nine, another  Tame Impala feels like we’re going to go backwards. And number 10 was My Gun, the Rubens.

Aleks: Oh, yeah.

Eddy: So a lot of Aussie artists in there. More Aussie artists in the Triple J. What? It’s 100 chart than ARIA chart, which is, you know, usually to be expected. Yeah, yeah. In America. So the Billboard top 100. Do you want to take these away.

Aleks: Yeah, sure. So number one was Somebody That I Used To Know.

Eddy: Which is hilarious considering this is an Australian artist. Where was that song in the Australia.

Aleks: I know. What the hell. Really low. I think number two was Call Me Maybe – CRJ, as you like to call her.

Eddy: Yes.

Aleks: Number three. We Are Young, Fun. I actually really love this song. It’s a really good late night. Sing along. And I’ve had it for many key moments as well.

Eddy: It’s like a newer late night banger.

Aleks: Yeah, Yeah, I like that. I’ve got to mark that down, actually. Pay Phone – Maroon 5 was number four. Okay. Number five, Light – Ellie Goulding. Number six. Glad You Came – The Wanted.

Eddy: I remember that song.

Aleks: No. Oh. Number seven. Stronger. Kelly Clarkson. Very American.

Eddy: Yeah.

Aleks: Oh, this next one is very, very interesting. So number eight was We Found Love, Rihanna, which was extremely low, but maybe it makes its way the next year.

Eddy: That’s what I’m thinking.

Aleks: Because that should have been higher.

Eddy: Yes.

Aleks: Number nine was Starships – Nicki Minaj. Similar. Number ten was what makes you Beautiful. One Direction. There you go.

Eddy: I like this top 100. Top 10 rather better than the ARIA.

Aleks: Same.

Eddy: In fact. I like the Triple J and the Billboards better than the ARIA this year. That might change.

Aleks: Yeah. So 2012, but I think what we’ll do is with the next one, we’ll go for a year that’s nowhere near 2012. We’re going to really.

Eddy: Yeah, we’re going to really confuse everyone, including ourselves. But we’re going to keep our notes so we can refer back when the years are kind of one after the other. We can have a look at, like, maybe what they charted at in previous years connected to them. But they have it. 2012.

Aleks: Yeah. Four out of ten. What can you say?

Eddy: Four out of ten, Matt plus Mayor plus. It was. Yeah, it was.

Aleks: It was a time.

Eddy: The year in music. And we’re looking forward to better years, I think.

Aleks: Well, but if you look at the top 100 overall, it was actually. There actually were quite a few bangers that we play regularly. Yeah. They just didn’t make it to the top 10.

Eddy: That’s right. That’s right.

Aleks: Well, we hope you enjoyed that. We certainly loved talking about it. We’d love to hear your feedback. What year do you want to hear about?

Eddy: What was your favourite year in music?

Aleks: Yeah, let us know.

Eddy: Let us give it a rating out of 10.

Aleks: Yeah, absolutely. As always, make sure you’re following us on Instagram: One More Song DJs and Project Engaged podcast, I think. But a lot of our content – more – there’s more content on One More Song than our podcast page. And leave us a. Like, subscribe, etc. On the podcast apps. Is that. Is that what you say…

Eddy: That is what you say.

Aleks: Season five. And I’m asking you what. What. What’s the call to action? Yeah.

Eddy: Well, I think if we were going to pluck a year out of a hat for next episode during. We can go into the 90s. Yeah, I reckon we should do. Yeah, we’ll do one in the 90s. Let’s say. Let’s go 96.

Aleks: Yes.

Eddy: We’re going to do 1996 next episode perfect. Very excited about it.

Aleks: Perfect. We’ll see you next time. Thanks for tuning in. And we hope you loved this episode.

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Aleks: See you next time.