The 15 Best Remixes Of 2011

Many of these songs are in my proper tracks of the year countdown, so here’s a no-frills look at the very best remixes of 2011.

15. YOKO ONO Talking To The Universe (Ralphi Rosario Vocal Mix)
14. DARREN HAYES Talk Talk Talk (Out Of Talk) (Hall & Oates Mix)
13. KE$HA Blow (Cirkut Remix)
12. LADY GAGA Judas (Goldfrapp Remix)
11. NICOLA ROBERTS Beat Of My Drum (Loverush UK! Radio Mix)

10. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL Missing (Fedde Le Grand Remix – Radio Edit)
9. DAFT PUNK The Grid (The Crystal Method Remix)
8. YOKO ONO Move On Fast (Rich Morel Vocal)
7. KYLIE MINOGUE Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love) (Pete Hammond Radio Edit)
6. ADELE Set Fire To The Rain (Moto Blanco Edit)

5. BRITNEY SPEARS ft. NICKI MINAJ & KE$HA Till The World Ends (Femme Fatale Remix)
4. HURTS Sunday (Seamus Haji Remix – Radio Edit)
3. KELLY ROWLAND ft. LIL’ WAYNE Motivation (Diplo Remix)
2. MICHAEL JACKSON Hollywood Tonight (DJ Chuckie Radio Edit)

1. DARREN HAYES Black Out The Sun (7th Heaven Club Remix) 

Songs Of The Week: 18/09/11

1. DARREN HAYES Bloodstained Heart (LW: 2, WI: 2, HP: 1)

2. THE SATURDAYS All Fired Up (LW: 1, WI: 2, HP: 1)

3. LEONA LEWIS & AVICII Collide (LW: 3, WI: 2, HP: 3)

4. ADELE Set Fire To The Rain (LW: 5, WI: 2, HP: 4)

5. MELANIE C Think About It (LW: 9, WI: 2, HP: 5)

6. DEMI LOVATO Skyscraper (LW: 6, WI: 2, HP: 6)

7. FLORENCE + THE MACHINE Shake It Out (NEW, WI: 1, HP: 7)

8. KELLY ROWLAND ft. LIL’ WAYNE Motivation (LW: 4, WI: 2, HP: 4)

9. COLDPLAY Paradise (NEW, WI: 1, HP: 9)

10. YOKO ONO Talking To The Universe (LW: 10, WI: 2, HP: 10)

LW: last week
WI: weeks in
HP: highest position

Songs Of The Week: 11/09/11

So I’m going to try something I’ve thought about but never done: a list of my ten favourite current songs, every week. I can’t see this being super-interesting to anyone but me, but considering this blog is full of my stupid opinions, this list offers a snapshot of what current* songs I’m listening to/watching the music video of/cry-singing along to/dancing around to this week. Thrilling! Better than the ARIA charts, anyway.

*Current means a recent single, a track on a recent album, or an old song being re-released or re-promoted or remixed (see this week’s number 10).

1. THE SATURDAYS All Fired Up

2. DARREN HAYES Bloodstained Heart

3. LEONA LEWIS & AVICII Collide

4. KELLY ROWLAND ft. LIL’ WAYNE Motivation

5. ADELE Set Fire To The Rain

6. DEMI LOVATO Skyscraper

7. JAY-Z & KANYE WEST No Church In The Wild

8. NICOLA ROBERTS Beat Of My Drum

9. MELANIE C Think About It

10. YOKO ONO Talking To The Universe

Your Faves Could Never. Not Yet, Anyway: Yoko Ono, 78 Years Old And Number One

Legendary icon of my heart Yoko Ono is 78 years old, and is also currently number one on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Songs chart, which is usually the realm of veteran pop divas and pop divas who will one day be topping the chart as veterans, plus the occasional house DJ.

The track, ‘Move On Fast’, is from 1973 and is the latest in a long line of dance chart successes. This is her 16th dance hit, her 15th top 20, her 10th top 5, and her eighth – eighth – number one. Furthermore, ‘Move On Fast’ is Yoko’s sixth consecutive number one. I don’t know if she is the oldest person to ever top a Billboard chart (I don’t think she is because surely there would be a story on it if she was), but I do know that 78 is more than 25 years older than anyone who has ever topped the Hot 100.

Tonight, we drink for Yoko, and for many more decades of number one dance/club hits.