Dr Indies top 202 songs of 2018. # 1 Revealed

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Another ten and we crack the top 30.

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20 White Widdow - Last Chance For Love (2 weeks #4)

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If you loved 1988-1992 for the reasons I did than this AOR band is just your cup o tea. I have been charting this band since 2010. What I love most about Jules Mills vocals is that he sounds a lot like Warrant's Jani Lane. This song also reminds us of that "White" Glam Rock icons.





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28 James Bay - Pink Lemonade (3 weeks #6)

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Up next we have a great song that had a see-sawing hell of a good time on my chart before finally making it into the top 10. The result? One of my favorite songs of the year. You can only guess where I will rank this one on the PULSE YE rank down for Alt 2018? 




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26 Kitten - I Did It (5)

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We already ran into this band with their modern New Wave track "Pink Champagne". This song actually made the Alt adds list but never fully caught on.  I loved the peppy NRG vibe of this one. This one flows with a perfect poprock vibe and perfect 80's fade out.




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22 Kobra and The Lotus - Velvet Roses (2 weeks #5) 

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Up next is a great female fronted Metal band with the first of two songs on my YE chart. They have yet to really leave a mark on the Active chart, but they score huge on my personal charts. Kobra Paige has a really powerful vocal range, and she showcases it perfectly on this song's chorus.





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25 DIAMANTE - Had Enough (2 weeks #5)

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Now I know we just ran into Diamante Bovelli 10 songs ago, but here she is again. This time with her highest appearance on the chart. Technically she appears one more time with Bad Wolves, but for now lets enjoy her hard rocking cover of Lower than Atlantis's "Had Enough".





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22 Echosmith - Future Me (2 weeks #4)

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At #35 we have the third appearance by Indiepop sensations Echosmith. Three songs in one year end chart. Does that make me the biggest Echosmith fan on PULSE? hope so. "Future Me" has an interesting story. First  it's the single I decided to chart over their more tropical sounding"Goodbye", and second it makes better use of the "bird being sucked by a vaccum" sounds and melodies of Walk The Moon's "One Foot". 





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19 The Struts with Kesha - Body Talks (3)

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This song didn't quite get to use it's #1 song points for this YE chart, but I will surely bring it back next year. There were two versions released of this song, and I immediately fell for the one with Kesha. Her screams and tones add more to the already upbeat fun rock vibe of the song, and a little attitude never hurts a Rock song. I think this could become my favorite Struts' song yet.





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19 Pretty Boy Floyd - Feel The Heat (3 weeks #4)

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If you follow my own 1980's YE charts, then you know I have been charting this band since 1989. So naturally I jumped at the chance of charting them again this year. Their style is Glam/Sleaze Rock. Little but of Poison and a little bit Motley Crue with Guns N' Roses metal to even out the fiercness of the song. This was the first single off  their comeback album"Public Enemies". What I love most about Steve "Sex" Summers, is that he has conserves his vocal style through all these years. Something many 80's "screamers" have not been able to do. 





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19 Breaking Benjamin - Torn In Two (3)

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This is Breaking Benjamin's 15th time on my personal charts. Most of their songs go top 10 without hardly even trying, because I love their style of Metal. This is a pure Breaking Benjamin song part 9, but a damn great sounding part 9. We will definitely see them get some  "Tourniquet" action on my 2019 charts, but for now lets enjoy this Metal ballad.





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15 Guns N' Roses - Shadow Of Your Love (3 weeks #3)

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closing off this set is new/old Guns N' Roses song revamped for 2018. If you been following this band as long as me, you know this song was originally sung under their name Hollywood Rose. They sort of did what W.A.S.P did this year with 'ReIdolized (The Soundtrack to the Crimson Idol' by re releasing 'Appetite for Destruction' as 'Appetite for Destruction: Locked N' Loaded. By any case we got a fierce hard rock song that raced up everyone's chart. This song also one hell of a sleeve cover.




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[Leo ✔]

Amazing to see Blackpink inside top 60! Also Echosmith!! And Body Talks really high!!
Also, LODVG in your chart and really high too!

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

By the end of tonight we will be ready to crack the top 20. These reveals might tell to much about where I'm placing songs in the PULSEe alt 2018 rankdown, but I gotta keep consistent.



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29 Letters From The Fire - At War (5 weeks #1)

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We are up another one of my top 5 songs of 2017. It started out in the top 3 in 2018, so here it is one last time. I had great hopes for this band after this gorgeous Symphonic Power ballad, but nothing ever works quite like you want it and Alexa Kabazie left the band, but I will always have this song to remember them by. If you have ever lost somebody special in your life this lyrics to this one hit home hard.

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Lyrics:
The weight of your words on my shoulders
I've always carried on
I thought they'd get lighter as I got older
But all I know is wrong
Each minute that passes feels like a lifetime
The clock falls off the wall
I pick up the pieces but they have no meaning
Cause all I know is

Hold your breath
And pray for the world to end
Nothing's left
Some broken hearts will never mend
And every word's just a whisper to the wind
I pray to God for angels he'll never send
Hold your breath
And pray for the world to end

Caught in a hurricane of doubt
The deadweight drags me down
The fire within me is burning out slowly
Cause all I know is

Hold your breath
And pray for the world to end
Nothing's left
Some broken hearts will never mend
And every word's just a whisper to the wind
I pray to God for angels he'll never send
Hold your breath
And pray for the world to end

I've been a soldier in every battlebut my own
Never surrendering I fought each war alone
Only surviving, never winning
I've never had a life worth living

I'll just hold my breath
And pray for the world to end
Because nothing's left
Some broken hearts will never mend
And every word's just a whisper to the wind
I pray to God for angels he'll never send
Hold your breath
And pray for the world to end

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16 Dorothy - Flawless (3 weeks #3)

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This is a song I really got into just as it was about to exit the Active chart. I didn't want 2018 to pass me up without charting one Dorothy song, so I shot this one up my chart like a bullet. It only spent 16 weeks on my top 50, but the majority in the top 10. Dorothy also looks flawless in this MV.




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19 Zoe - Hielo (1)

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Up next is the former #1 song by Spanish Indierock band Zoé . This band will keep charting here as long as they keep putting out great songs like this. Zoé   have their own style and they stick to it time after time. This is a sound that would prove a winner if they would ever cross over into U.S. rock charts. 




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28 Pale Waves - Television Romance (2 weeks #5)


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Pale Waves has taken my weekly chart by storm. A storm that will continue into 2019. They have been constantly on my chart since this song debuted back in 2017. That's more than a year of single after single. This is a band I discovered by accident on youtube while searching for the 1975. "Television Romance" clicked with me the second I heard it for its perfect melody, and vocals.   I didn't even know they were from England until I looked them up. I thought female fronted 1975, and it turns out they are indeed on The 1975's Dirty Hit record label. No wonder its so good.




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22 Royal Blood - I Only Lie When I Love You (4 weeks #4)

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We are up to the hard rocking band Royal Blood. Normally the band is a hit or miss on my chart, but this song, with it's mad "cowbell" gave me perfect rock vibes. One of the best songs to start my daily work out. Its that fierce. Quite amazing for a two man band. Needless to add that this is my favorite song from the band.





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22 Alice Merton - Lash Out (2 weeks #4)

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Alice Merton is another new artist to hit my charts by storm. This is the first of the two major charting songs from the band. The band is also cleverly defining themselves with their own music vibe, which emphasizes heavily on a insanely catchy bass line, and that's all I really ask for. An insanely catchy bass line I can groove to.






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28 Go West - Determination (6 weeks #5)

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We are up another track off the 'Fly songs inspired by the film Eddie the Eagle' soundtrack. This time the song is from my favorite Sophistipop band of the 80's. Go West are no strangers to my charts charting music straight into the 90's. I have always admired Peter Cox vocals no matter what music he sang. "Determination" perfectly captures the vibe of their first record that included the classics  "We Close Our Eyes" and "Call Me".





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24 Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending (3 weeks # 4)

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I knew the Alt charts were heading for a huge downfall when this song couldn't crack the top 20. It was title track off their latest album , which in many ways is perfect Franz Ferdinand album. Many of us are most likely gonna put this one pretty high on our PULSE rank down for Alt 2018 lists. Just saying.  ;)






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23 Playa Limbo - Mi Perdición (2 weeks #3)

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I have always admired Playa Limbo for being a Dance Pop band with real musicians and instruments. I had not charted a Playa Limbo song since Maria Leon left the band. I almost charted "Sola" , but it was the new song with Jass Reyes as new vocalists that clicked with me. Mi Perdición was a very lucky song as it just sounded better and better as it rose up my chart. Perfect Spanish Dance Pop with a bit of a disco vibe ends up super high on my YE chart.




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26 MGMT - Little Dark Age (3)

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We end tonight's set with a major and I mean major comeback album for MGMT. So major that this is hands down my favorite song from them ever. It has everything to do with the 80's Dark Wave vibe of the song. Totally the opposite of "Me and Michael", but really showed how many sides to music this band really has. This is another monster song of my charts. It held on to #11 forever until the coast was clear enough to go top 10. finally reaching as high as #3. A chart run that defines a real classic in my music archives.





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[Leo ✔]

Alice Merton is a singer, not a band.
Great to see "Lash Out" really high.
"Mi Perdición" is a bop.
"I Only Lie When I Love You" rocks.

About "Always Ascending"... ooopss

[sadchild]

James Bay - Pink Lemonade
Royal Blood - I Only Lie When I Love You
Alice Merton - Lash Out

Guns N' Roses - Shadow Of Your Love

Good tune but I can see why they left it off of the album. Solid b-side to one of the best rock albums ever made. Better than most of the songs on Lies, Illusion 1 & 2, Spaghetti & Democracy.

Breaking Benjamin - Torn In Two

I really liked the singles from the comeback Dark Before Dawn, but the songs from Ember just didn't click with me. I wanted to love 'em but just couldn't get into 'em.

Go West - Determination

Wow! Another name I haven't seen in almost 30 years. Good for them for still going! "King Of Wishful Thinking" is still a big guilty pleasure of mine.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

By the end of tonight's reveals we will be knocking on the top 10's door, and if all goes as planed those will be out in the open tomorrow night.  ;)



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20 The Killers - Run For Cover (2 weeks #1)

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Staring off this year's top 20, is a song that is sure to be high on everybody's best of 2018 list. This song has one of my favorite guitar build ups of the year. The first comment on youtube best describes my feeling towards the song. "The Killers Are Back....with a Vengeance." 





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26 The Struts - One Night Only (1)

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As promised here is the highest Struts song on my chart this year. "Body Talks" will surely show up higher next year, but this is the one that racked up its points on its way up my charts. Some think this is the band's weakest single, but I think its one their strongest. It has that epic vibe many Queen songs had, and I could picture Freddy Mercury doing the vocals himself. It's not a "bop", but its not meant to be. This sounds more like a show opener or even an encore song. I could also see Luke Spiller performing it entirely on the piano and getting a standing ovation in the end.





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26 Kobra and the Lotus - Light Me Up (2 weeks #2 )

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Also returning to my YE chart are Kobra and The Lotus. This is the Power Ballad that put them on the charts. The song that inspired me to make that cover sleeve which the band themselves approved of, and the song that showed us the amazing vocal range of Kobra Paige. I would have loved to rank this one on the YE PULSE Active rank down. Easy top 5 for me.




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22 The Interrupters - She's Kerosene (2 weeks #1)

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I said it all year long and I'll keep saying it. We need more songs like this on the Alt charts. The Interrupters are first timers on my weekly charts and they already scored themselves a #1 monster hit.  easily the best Alternative Rock song of the year. The production is flawless. Everything from the music to the vocals to the playful lyrics , even the backup "ohoh's in the end. It all just fell into perfect sync. 





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29 Simple Minds - The Signal and The Noise (2)

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This slot brings us to another huge 80's comeback. Truthfully Simple Minds has been around for the last few years. They also had an album released in 2014 from which I charted the song "Human". A nice album ,but a bit to Electronically inspired. 'Walk Between Worlds' sounds much more like their progressive Alt sound of the 80's, and "The Signal and The Noise" really emphasizes on that sound.





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29 Fitz and The Tantrums - Walking Target (1)

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Fitz and The Tantrums are and will always be on of my favorite bands. I've completely forgiven them for a.k. a. "Handjob". That one was a mistake, but that album has a lot of great songs on it. They just didn't release the right singles.  "Walking Target" is the left over from 2017, but it did reach #1 in 2018. All that, and I still have one more Fitz and The Tantrums song to reveal. Here is a great live version MV of the song that reminds us that Fitz and The Tantrums are a band , and not just two members backed up by dancing clowns . I really hated that music video concept. 






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27 ABC - Living Inside My Heart (1)

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It's been almost two years since ABC finally released 'The Lexicon Of Love Part II'. I charted two song off that LP, but I need my ABC so I grabbed another track off the 'Fly (Songs Inspired by the Film Eddie the Eagle)'. This one also sounds like 1984, and went to number one. Giving the band their third #1 single on my charts. 




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28 MisterWives - Coloring Outside The Lines (5 weeks #2)

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The next two songs got their start in 2017, but got their high peaks in 2018.  The first is the last single off MisterWives'  'Connect the Dots'. I remember it scraping #47 on the Alt charts. On my charts MisterWives are established chart toppers, so naturally this bop a thon climbed my chart before peaking at #2 for five big weeks.




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28 Wayfarers - KINGS (2 weeks #1)

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 "KINGS" is an upbeat Indiepop song rose straight to the top of my charts for a two week run at #1. this is also the sort of song I can move my feet to. Here is a little something about the band. "Wayfareres the indie-pop duo formed by Katie Cecil, former guitarist of the Walt Disney / Buena Vista Records all-girl rock band KSM, and Anthony Purpura, who formerly played in bands such as For the Foxes and Stereo Skyline, has been on the rise since the debut of “Just Our Style” in 2015. Today, the group is thrilled to unveil a new infectious track, “KINGS,” premiering exclusively on Kick Kick Snare. “KINGS” is a wildly catchy tune of nostalgia, paying homage to the recklessness of our youth and love for music. The track is a more mature look into Wayfarers’ creative brain, while staying true to their upbeat, infectious roots. A more minimalistic approach to production than a few of the earlier songs, “KINGS” leaves room for the melody to shine above all else. Lyrically, “KINGS” paints a picture of young recklessness, being inspired by music and having it making you almost invincible, like the kings of the record store'. source: ventsmagazine.com/2017/03/08/indie-pop-duo-wayfarers-release-new-single-kings/    Couldn't have said it better myself.  BTW I'm now charting that first single they mentioned "Just Our Style"






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29 FOLLOW THE CIPHER - The Rising (1)

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We end off this set with one of my favorite Symphonic Metal songs of the year.  This band has been around since 2014, but just released their debut album this year on Nuclear Blast records. This is a song I came across without even trying. Youtube just knew exactly what I craved for that day. "The Rising" is a humongous Symphonic Power ballad which emphasizes on lead vocalist's  Linda Toni Grahn's larger than life vocal range. I also charted a few more songs of their's on my Metal Chart, but this is the one that broke barriers and rose to the top of my charts.





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ABC - Living Inside My Heart

Lexicon II was originally near impossible to even stream in the US. At first, I had to bookmark a European website that had the video for "Viva Love" on it just to hear the song because on sites like YouTube it was 'unavailable in your area'. It's a fantastic song! At first, I didn't like "The Flames Of Desire" but it grew on me. I'll have to check "Living Inside My Heart" now!

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Jan 11, 2019 15:08:24 GMT -5 sadchild said:

ABC - Living Inside My Heart

Lexicon II was originally near impossible to even stream in the US. At first, I had to bookmark a European website that had the video for "Viva Love" on it just to hear the song because on sites like YouTube it was 'unavailable in your area'. It's a fantastic song! At first, I didn't like "The Flames Of Desire" but it grew on me. I'll have to check "Living Inside My Heart" now!

If you like 80's chart toppers making music in 2016 that sounds like 1984 check out the 'Fly (Songs Inspired by the Film Eddie the Eagle)" soundtrack.  other tracks include songs by Howard Jones, Heaven 17, Kim Wilde, Nick Kershaw, Paul Young, Marc Almond and Holly Johnson just to name a few. It's the who's who in the New Wave British invasion.

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Ok let's get into my top 10 songs of the year. Including 2 80's Metal comebacks, 5 first time charting Artists, and 3 returning regulars to my top 10. Gonna try posting some bigger images too.


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25 Pretty Boy Floyd - We Got The Power (1)

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Starting off the action is the highest charting song by 80's Sleaze Rock bad boys Pretty Boy Floyd. Unlike "Feel The Heat" which was more fierce Sleeze style, this one was more Poison/Warrant party Rock vibe. Loved this song from the get go. Sounds like that perfect song to start off a concert set of songs. The kind that gets the audience shouting out the chorus. Devil Horns up, halter tops down, and a toast to pure Rock N Roll fun.






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29 Fitz and The Tantrums - Do What You Want (2 weeks #1)

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Here is the song I wanted to chart off their last album from the start. I let a whole year go by waiting to see if it would become a single? It never did so this year I unleashed it on my charts and it did excatly what I thought it would do? Go straight to #1. Short, but super catchy and flows at a perfect Indiepop pace anyone can awkwardly dance to





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31 Alice Merton - No Roots (4 weeks #1)

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At #8 is "No Roots" returning to my YE charts, but this time with all it's chart points on its side. It had just entered my top 10 late 2017, but soon rose to the top for 4 strong weeks. The groovey bass line of this song is what makes it stand out among the rest of the songs of the year. Sure other songs had great bass line, but this bass line was the heart of "No Roots".  Almost every year a new female indiepop artists makes their mark on my chart. We had Echosmith, MisterWives,  even a reborn Paramore, now Alice Merton joins the ranks.





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24 Bad Wolves - Hear Me Now feat. DIAMANTE (7 weeks #1)

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Up next is a song that is still on my charts. It spent 7 weeks at #1 but cannot compete with the chart runs my remaining 6 songs had this year.  It features my favorite female rock act of the year in a duet with the Bad Wolves. "Hear Me Now" is an epic power ballad that has gotten all the glory it deserves. For me DIAMANTE steels the show with her powerful vocals, but it couldn't have turned out better with both singers sharing the verses and chorus. 





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30 The Horrors - Something To Remember Me By (4 weeks #1)

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The Horrors are a New Wave band who are very popular my side of the border. If you own a New Order or Cure LP, you most likely own A Horrors album as well.Their style of music has been categorized as Neo- Psychedelia, Shoe-gaze, and Post Punk. I got straight out New Waves vibes from "Something To Remember Me By". Turning this songs I will surely be remembering the band by. 





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32 Little India - Backseat (4 weeks #1)

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Number 5 is an Doc Indie Party Rock only charting song. This song was released right at the hype of the DREAMCAR LP. So the style is very similar. The song's heart line is the melodic guitar that carries it from start to finish. By the time the chorus comes along you are already hooked. This is the type of song that if had found its way to the U.S. Alternative charts would become a favorite among the PULSE community. 

 



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32 Armored Dawn - Sail Away (2 weeks #1)

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This is my favorite Power ballad of the year. Those who follow my weekly chart know that this song has been on week after week for forever and a day. Nineteen of those have been in the top 10. Twelve of those weeks in the top 3, and two at #1. Armored Dawn is a Brazilian based Power Metal band who caught their big break this year with the album "Barbarians In Black". Believe it or not this song even got a bit of a buzz in the Active rock adds section. The style is almost like a Grunge rock power ballad style but with a much more epic vibe and much better vocals. If you love movies about Vikings and Medieval themes than you will also love the MV. It also tells a great story, so put your arm around your sweetheart,  and sway to awesomeness of this song.




3. 



34 Stephen Pearcy - Jamie (3 weeks#1)

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Number 3 is from none other than Stephen Pearcy. You know him best as the charismatic lead singer of 80's Metal Champs RATT. I actually became aware of "Smash" late in 2017, so I didn't start charting "Jamie" until this year. Stephen is another 80's Rocker who has conserved his vocals sounding just like he did in 1986. The song also sounds like a long lost RATT song that would have gone top 40 in 1987. "Jamie" was another song with an insane chart run of over thirty weeks. Eighteen of those in the top 10... of course everything great must also come to an end, but the great news is Stephen has just released "A View To A Thrill" which means he will return with more song in 2019.






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30 Ghost - Rats (10 weeks #1)

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Here it is the Monster Rock song of the year. From a Ratt song we go to a Ratt sounding song with a flawless 80's Metal vibe that floored me that first time I heard it. So many bands ran through my head. From Kiss to Y&T, Ratt ,Scorpions even Motley Crue. The thing about this song that clicked with me the most is how the Guitars were arranged. That's what gave this song that 80's Metal vibe. I thought "Square Hammer" would be a career best fro Ghost, but they really took me to another level with this song. and for its 80's vibe it was actually that Organ piano trademark they are known for that made this one the monster song on my charts. 




* ok that was probably a surprise to most of you, but there was still one song that beat "Rats".  The one song that left an even bigger lasting impression on me for its' full production and most of all Lyrical delivery, and its from a band that is no stranger to the apex of my charts. 




1.



41 DREAMCAR - Slip On The Moon (2 weeks #1)

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Guess who is back? That's right DREAMCAR returns to the top of my chart with the fifth track I decided to chart from their debut LP. This band really left an impression on me as far as  music is concerned. For this fifth song I decided to choose a more Alt ballad type of song but still with a strong 80's vibe to it. "Slip On The Moon" fit that bill perfectly. One of the aspects that drives me crazy about this song is the lyrics and even more how Davey Havok delivers them. They are very mystical and also the source of the inspiration of my fan made cover sleeve. With an incredible chart run to end all chart runs DREAMCAR was gonna drive this one home. 




Didn't you call me?

Well, I am listening

I can't stay here forever

Didn't they warn you?

Well, you weren't listening

I know that you're too clever


Speak my name into thin morning?

(Did you reach?)

Reach into the day's divide

Then walk into that place I hide

(Did you speak?)

Whisper to the wind that takes me

(Did you reach?)

Further than the night's divide

Hoping that you'll fall inside?


Admittedly, sometimes I'm hard to see

Just look for me

I will look for you

Admittedly, I may appear as night

Just wait for me

I will wait for you

Masking as moonlight


Did you look for me?

When you went missing

The world sent wolves to find you

I heard them tell you no one was listening

And when you wept I was beside you (oh)


Speak my name into new evening

(Did you reach?)

Reach into the day's divide?

Then walk into that place I hide?

(Did you speak?)

Stand against the wind that takes me?

(Did you reach?)

Further than the night's divide?

Hoping that you'll fall inside?

Admittedly, sometimes I'm hard to see

Just look for me

I will look for you

Admittedly, I may appear as night

Just wait for me

I will wait for you

Masking as moonlight


I will wait for you

Masking as moonlight

I'm hoping that you'll fall inside

I'm hoping that you'll fall inside

I'm hoping that you'll fall inside

I'm waiting for you!

(Will you wait for me?)

Admittedly, sometimes I'm hard to see

(Will you wait for me?)

Just look for me

I will look for you

(Will you wait for me?)

Admittedly, I may appear as night

Just wait for me

I will wait for you

Masking as moonlight



There you have them. The biggest songs of my music year. Thank all you who supported the list. The compliments and likes make the whole experience and time put into this list worthwile one hundred fold. let's all make 2019 an even more stellar year in music.

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[Leo ✔]

Love No Roots Inside your top 10 !!!
I thought Hear Me Now would've been your #1

Great chart !!

[Unhinged]

What a great list man! So many goodies and stoked to see “Rats” so high!