Top 100 of 2017

 100 . Mick Jagger - Gotta Get A Grip (PEAK: # 25 )
 99 . Neon Trees - Feel Good (PEAK: # 16 )
 98 . Haim - Little Of Your Love (PEAK: # 7 )
 97 . Alyssa Reid feat. Likewise - Badlands (PEAK: # 6 )
 96 . Hanson - I Was Born (PEAK: # 15 )
 95 . Mollie King - Hair Down (PEAK: # 12 )
 94 . TLC feat. Snoop Dogg - Way Back (PEAK: # 15 )
 93 . Taylor Swift - Gorgeous (PEAK: # 8 )
 92 . Macklemore feat. Kesha - Good Old Days (PEAK: # 10 )
 91 . Robbie Williams - Run It Wild (PEAK: # 2 )
 90 . Goo Goo Dolls - Use Me (PEAK: # 13 )
 89 . Steps - Neon Blue (PEAK: # 15 )
 88 . Alessia Cara - How Far I'll Go (PEAK: # 1 for 3 Weeks )
 87 . Rita Ora - Anywhere (PEAK: # 2 )
 86 . 3 Doors Down - The Broken (PEAK: # 7 )
 85 . Bruno Mars - Versace On The Floor (PEAK: # 5 )
 84 . Kelly Clarkson - Meaning Of Life (PEAK: # 6 )
 83 . Foo Fighters - Run (PEAK: # 15 )
 82 . Harry Styles - Kiwi (PEAK: # 5 )
 81 . We The Kings - Planes, Trains & Cars (PEAK: # 15 )
 80 . Neck Deep - In Bloom (PEAK: # 13 )
 79 . Lara Fabian - Growing Wings (PEAK: # 14 )
 78 . Depeche Mode - Where's The Revolution (PEAK: # 15 )
 77 . Nick Jonas - Find You (PEAK: # 9 )
 76 . Bleachers - Don't Take The Money (PEAK: # 14 )
 75 . Barenaked Ladies - Lookin' Up (PEAK: # 12 )
 74 . Kate Voegele - Free & Wild (PEAK: # 1 for 4 Weeks )
 73 . Kelly Clarkson - It's Quiet Uptown (PEAK: # 1 for 4 Weeks )
 72 . Michelle Branch - Hopeless Romantic (PEAK: # 2 )
 71 . Steps - Story Of A Heart (PEAK: # 11 )
 70 . Pink - What About Us (PEAK: # 1 for 1 Weeks )
 69 . Katy Perry - Save As Draft (PEAK: # 8 )
 68 . Steps - Scared Of The Dark (PEAK: # 11 )
 67 . Needtobreathe feat. Andra Day - Hard Love (PEAK: # 13 )
 66 . Michelle Branch - Fault Line (PEAK: # 13 )
 65 . Sting - One Fine Day (PEAK: # 14 )
 64 . Imagine Dragons - Walking The Wire (PEAK: # 12 )
 63 . Adelitas Way - Tell Me (PEAK: # 17 )
 62 . Adele - All I Ask (PEAK: # 10 )
 61 . You Me At Six - Heavy Soul (PEAK: # 7 )
 60 . Liam Gallagher - Wall Of Glass (PEAK: # 8 )
 59 . Phillip Phillips - Miles (PEAK: # 8 )
 58 . Naomi Striemer - Even Now (PEAK: # 8 )
 57 . Courage My Love - Animal Heart (PEAK: # 14 )
 56 . Blondie - Fun (PEAK: # 6 )
 55 . Lights - Giants (PEAK: # 10 )
 54 . Foxygen - Follow The Leader (PEAK: # 9 )
 53 . Keshia Chante - Lights Out (PEAK: # 6 )
 52 . Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It? (PEAK: # 6 )
 51 . Fastball - I Will Never Let You Down (PEAK: # 7 )
 50 . Goo Goo Dolls - The Pin (PEAK: # 5 )
 49 . Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill (PEAK: # 5 )
 48 . Papa Roach feat. Skylar Grey - Periscope (PEAK: # 5 )
 47 . Lorde - Green Light (PEAK: # 3 )
 46 . Shawn Mendes - There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back (PEAK: # 5 )
 45 . Niall Horan - Slow Hands (PEAK: # 7 )
 44 . Stevie Wonder & Ariana Grande - Faith (PEAK: # 1 for 2 Weeks )
 43 . Scott Helman - Kinda Complicated (PEAK: # 7 )
 42 . The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This(PEAK: # 6 )
 41 . Stef Lang - Stronger (PEAK: # 1 for 2 Weeks )
 40 . Demi Lovato - Sexy Dirty Love (PEAK: # 1 for 2 Weeks )
 39 . Madyx - Bad Decisions (PEAK: # 6 )
 38 . Blondie - Long Time (PEAK: # 9 )
 37 . The Cranberries - Why (PEAK: # 12 )
 36 . Michelle Treacy - Colours (PEAK: # 2 )
 35 . Adele - I Miss You (PEAK: # 8 )
 34 . Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl (PEAK: # 9 )
 33 . Kate Voegele - Bad Bad Drug (PEAK: # 3 )
 32 . Demi Lovato - Tell Me You Love Me (PEAK: # 4 )
 31 . Kesha - Praying (PEAK: # 2 )
 30 . Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie - In My World (PEAK: # 6 )
 29 . Switchfoot - I Won't Let You Go (PEAK: # 1 for 1 Weeks )
 28 . Kelly Clarkson - Move You (PEAK: # 2 )
 27 . Niall Horan - Too Much To Ask (PEAK: # 1 for 1 Weeks )
 26 . Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do (PEAK: # 1 for 1 Weeks )
 25 . Harry Styles - Two Ghosts (PEAK: # 4 )
 24 . Simple Plan - Problem Child (PEAK: # 1 for 1 Weeks )
 23 . Lady GaGa - The Cure (PEAK: # 1 for 1 Weeks )
 22 . Bruno Mars - That's What I Like (PEAK: # 5 )
 21 . Kelly Clarkson & Aloe Blacc - Love Goes On (PEAK: # 1 for 2 Weeks )
 20 . U2 - You're The Best Thing About Me (PEAK: # 1 for 1 Weeks )
 19 . Kate Voegele - Sun Will Rise (PEAK: # 4 )
 18 . Maggie Lindemann - Pretty Girl (PEAK: # 4 )
 17 . Paramore - Hard Times (PEAK: # 2 )
 16 . Tyler Hilton - Overtime (PEAK: # 1 for 2 Weeks )
 15 . Pat Benatar - Dancing Through The Wreckage (PEAK: # 1 for 2 Weeks )
 14 . Ed Sheeran - Perfect (PEAK: # 1 for 1 Weeks )
 13 . Kiesza - Dearly Beloved (PEAK: # 1 for 2 Weeks )
 12 . Pat Benatar - Shine (PEAK: # 3 )
 11 . Michelle Branch - Best You Ever (PEAK: # 1 for 2 Weeks )

10 . Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley - Chained To The Rhythm (PEAK: # 1 for 3 Weeks ) Even though, overall, I was disappointed with the "Witness" album, this lead single still showed Katy Perry doing what she does best - catchy pop songs. Combined with deeper lyrics on here that get you thinking, it's no surprise that she finds herself in a familiar place - indeed, 8 of the past 10 years have had a Katy Perry song in my year-end top 10!  9 . Kate Voegele - Don't Count Me Out (PEAK: # 2 ) Much like back in 2009 and 2010, my favourite singer, Kate Voegele, gets three of the year-end top 10! This time, they all come from her album "Canyonlands", which was released in late 2016. This song, with uplifting lyrics about never giving up, became an early highlight for me and, despite failing to reach #1, still finds itself in my top 10 of the year!  8 . John Mellencamp feat. Martina McBride - Grandview (PEAK: # 2 ) It seems like every year, I have a "geezer" artist in my year-end top 10. I've enjoyed many of John Mellencamp's classics from the 80's and 90's, but lately he hadn't quite been up to the same quality. This changed here, as this song's imagery of a vacation getaway and heartland rock sound, coupled with a guest appearance by country legend Martina McBride, was a return to form for him that ranks up there with his classics. It's also the highest entry here that never reached #1 on my weekly chart.  7 . Kate Voegele - Catch Me On Fire (PEAK: # 1 for 2 Weeks ) And here she is again! The second of three Kate songs in the top 10 really drew me in from its upbeat, pulsating intro with a high-energy guitar sound throughout. I knew from the time I first heard her sing this live several years before the album's release that it would be one of her best songs ever, and the studio version definitely lived up to the promise! Still one more to come, but how high did "World Stops Spinning" rank?  6 . Calvin Harris feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean - Feels (PEAK: # 1 for 3 Weeks ) Calvin Harris is one of those artists who I've usually found decent but never quite strong enough for a huge personal hit. However, here he takes a break from his usual EDM sound for a more old-school, funk-influenced jam that, combined with vocals from Pharrell Williams and Katy Perry, really became a winner with one of my top hits of the summer! It's the highest appearance for all artists involved.

5 . Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft (PEAK: # 1 for 6 Weeks ) It seems to be an inevitability whenever Kelly Clarkson releases new music, that it will shoot straight to the top of my chart and stay there. That is indeed true in this case as "Love So Soft" spent 6 weeks at #1 on my chart - longer than any other song last year! And due to that long run at #1, she finds herself all the way in the top 5 for the entire year! The switch in sound to a more classic soul-influenced track with a hand-clapping rhythm worked well for her here, and this joins in her classics from 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015 in making the year-end top 10! It's true that Kelly has remained a core artist for much of her career, and she has shown no signs of slowing down yet - "Medicine" is already showing promise for 2018! 4 . Lorde - Perfect Places (PEAK: # 1 for 2 Weeks ) Well, if there was an artist I certainly didn't expect to do as well as she did for me in 2017, it was Lorde! I felt her earlier stuff like "Royals" and "Team" was just ok but nothing really remarkable, but wow, did she ever blow me away with her second album "Melodrama"! This was the second single from the album, which showed her lyrical skills at her best and quickly gave her the first #1 of her career! Not only that, but due to a fair bit of longevity (25 weeks on the chart total), the points added up and she gets my #4 song of the year! Things definitely looked up for Lorde in 2017 and I hope she can continue with this high standard she has set for herself here! 3 . Harry Styles - Sign Of The Times (PEAK: # 1 for 3 Weeks ) It was really a mixed bag for the One Direction soloists in 2017... some of them had big hits, others had songs that failed to chart entirely. After a few disappointments from the other members earlier in the year, Harry Styles was the one I had the most faith in to deliver... and not only did he deliver, he blew me away! His debut solo album was one of my favourites of the entire year, and the rock-leaning direction really suited him well. This lead single, a nearly six-minute epic reminiscent of 70's classic rock, became a fast hit for me and spent a total of three weeks at #1, becoming his biggest hit ever for me. 2 . Kate Voegele - World Stops Spinning (PEAK: # 1 for 3 Weeks ) It is always inevitable that, whenever Kate Voegele has something out, she'll always end up very high on my year-end chart! And this is exactly what happened here! I actually first heard her perform this live back in 2014 when she was testing out new tracks; out of those performed, "Just Watch Me" ended up on her "Wild Card" EP, "Must Be Summertime" was released as a standalone single in 2016, while the other three all ended up on the "Canyonlands" album. This was one of the highlights of the album for me, an energetic upbeat track with a memorable piano intro and a catchy chorus, the kind of song I feel that Kate excels the most in. It was clear that I had to chart this, and it ended up as my second biggest hit of the year, spending 3 weeks at #1, 20 weeks in the top 10 and 26 weeks in the top 100! It doesn't quite match her four year-end #1's ("Only Fooling Myself" - 2008, "99 Times" - 2009, "Heart In Chains" - 2011 and "Must Be Summertime" - 2016), but it comes as close as she can get - and it was indeed a fairly close battle this year! 1 . Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling (PEAK: # 1 for 4 Weeks ) So if Kate couldn't get my #1 of the year... who could? Back in 2008, I first heard this singer who got her start on "Canadian Idol", and she got off to a slow start for me; the singles from her debut album "Tug Of War" peaked at the modest positions of #100, #89, and #67. But deep down inside, she had something special that would really take off on her second album "Kiss". Its lead single "Call Me Maybe" was a huge viral hit with an earworm of a pickup line, and despite only reaching #5 on my chart while it was a #1 hit on worldwide charts, it had incredible longevity, spending 34 weeks on my chart. The album would have a total of five top 10 hits on my chart, including her first #1 - "This Kiss", which would spend 29 weeks on total, and "Tonight I'm Getting Over You", which peaked at #2 but was my biggest non-#1 of 2013 in a 27-week chart run; it was my #7 song that year and spent more time in my top 10 that year than any other. And that summer, she had a second #1 - "Take A Picture", which topped my chart the week I got to see her in concert. (The only other artist who has been #1 the week I saw them in concert? Kate Voegele, of course, who did it twice in 2009, then again in 2015.) Anyone else would have had their place in the history books already by this time... but things were only getting warmed up for Carly. In 2015, she released the critically acclaimed cult classic album "Emotion", which netted three top 3 hits on my chart, including the massive #1 hit "Run Away With Me", showing a more mature but still catchy pop sound and spending 31 weeks on the chart total, and was my #5 song of the year (my highest ranked of 2015 not by ultimate core artists Kate Voegele or Kelly Clarkson!) This wasn't the end of it... she had a full EP of leftovers that she released as the side B, and two more tracks from that one made my top 10 as well! However... this was not the end of things! Yet another track from the sessions, "Cut To The Feeling", was released in 2017. Upon its release, it was an instant hit for me, spending a total of four weeks at #1, 19 weeks in the top 10 and 31 weeks in the top 100! In a year where very few songs had true longevity, Carly pulled off what we knew she could do all along - a bonafide hit - and indeed, she has her very first year-end #1 on my chart! It's been a long time coming, but Carly, you've deserved it! Congratulations on your #1 hit for the entire year 2017 - she is now the third Canadian artist to have this honour, following Nelly Furtado ("Turn Off The Light", 2001) and Avril Lavigne ("Complicated", 2002 and "When You're Gone", 2007)!