Welcome to Spinnin’ Rabbit‘s “Top Picks of Each Year,” where I’ll be taking you back in time and sharing with you what were my favorite songs from the past. Here’s the list per year so far: 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, and last year.
John Mayer‘s debut single, ‘No Such Thing,’ was my song pick two decades ago. I still remember this was one of the songs played on Cebu CHR/Top40 radio station UR105Ultimate Radio before the frequency was reformatted to adult contemporary in the summer of 2002. Recently, I just found out the actual meaning of the song. It is about creating your career path.
Five years later, American singer, Akon released his third single, ‘Don’t Matter‘ from his second studio album, “Konvicted.” The reggae fusion-R&B song was my favorite back in 2007. We can hear the lively Calypso Remix in the final scene of the music video.
Looking for more throwback song picks from previous years? I got you. Listen to the Picks of the Decade 2000s Spotify playlist here:
Another [pandemic] year has passed. And I just can’t imagine what life would be like when this whole health crisis is over.
I became addicted to the TikTok app last year. The proof is in the song picks below. Can you guess how many of the tracks below are famous because of the short-form video app?
Butter – BTS McDonald’s 10-piece Chicken McNuggets with cajun and sweet chili sauces, a medium-sized Coca-Cola, and medium fries made me want to listen to this song.
HEARTBREAK ANNIVERSARY – GIVĒON Again: This is not a romantic song! Just because couples are dancing to this on the TikTok app doesn’t mean the meaning has changed. LOL.
Solar Power – Lorde Maybe because I’m into summer-sounding songs, I enjoy this comeback single from Lorde. (That outro feels like sunshine!)
deja vu – Olivia Rodrigo Upon first hearing Olivia’s second single, I knew she wasn’t gonna be our typical pop star. This follow-up to her successful debut (also part of the top 5!) sounds like an indie rock jam.
Kiss Me More – Doja Cat ft. SZA Doja’s lead single from her Grammy nominated album “Planet Her“ was one of the most infectious pop songs last year.
Heat Waves – Glass Animals I first heard this track back in August 2020. I’m biased and started to love this song when it went to the top of the Australian radio station triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2020 announced in January of last year.
drivers license – Olivia Rodrigo (February 2021 Top Pick) How a debut single became an instant commercial success blows my mind. The dreamy bridge (“I still f*g love you”) is one of the greatest, most beautiful moments I’ve heard for a pop song in a while.
Songs about my year 2021 in Spotify playlist below:
The time we listen to the Top 100 Songs of the year 2021 is here! But before that, I’ll take you back to 2016, 2011, 2006, and 2001. (Oh, and see also previous songs of the year here: 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2019, and 2020)
All I heard back in the year 2011 was “Nothing”! (pun intended) It was around that summer when I went to AstroVision (probably one of the last visits I had to a record store). They played the full Script’s sophomore album that made me a fan of the band.
I cannot believe it was already a decade ago. I remembered back in freshman college: “For The First Time,““Nothing,““If You Ever Come Back,“ and the album title track “Science And Faith” were always played in our drawing laboratory class.
The Top 100 Song Picks of the Year 2011:
Nothing – The Script
Rolling In The Deep – Adele
Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
Runnin’ On Sunshine – Sara Ramírez, Daniel Sunjata, Kevin McKidd, Scott Foley, Justin Chambers, Jessica Capshaw, Kim Raver, Chyler Leigh & Ellen Pompeo
You will hear nothing but all the songs we wanted if you follow my Spotify account and listen to the decade 2010s playlist. And check out parts 1 and 2 of the ’10s playlist.
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Sixteen years ago, my journey began. Semestral break or October of 2004 was when I started a hobby of making lists of my favorite songs of every month or year. I was in elementary back then. The following January was when I paid attention to what songs I enjoyed and resonated the most each month. (See the top picks of the years 2010, 2019, and 2020)
Nothing compares to the good times when Eric Kupper’s beach mix to Bonnie Bailey‘s dance anthem “Ever After” was a vacation soundtrack here in the Philippines. It spent 16 weeks at number 1 in Y101 Cebu’s Weekend Top 20 that eventually became their (and my personal) top song of the year 2005.
Ever After – Bonnie Bailey
Meanwhile, Akon‘s third single from his debut studio album “Trouble” was my second favorite pick of 2005.
Lonely – Akon
It was a long time ago. The full top 60 songs of 2005 recorded got lost. Here’s the surviving draft where I listed down five new songs that I wanted each month:
– – – i can’t think of any song i remember added to this list. i even forgot i used to love that eminem and that brian mcfadden song. lol – – –
Sandali lang: I didn’t make any list a decade later. Filipino indie rock band Ang Bandang Shirley‘s cult-favorite “Nakauwi Na” was my top pick for 2015. Check out the rest of the 2010s in this playlist.
Norwegian pop duo M2M‘s debut single was my pick when I was a kid in 2000 with Pokémon’s first movie soundtrack, “Don’t Say You Love Me”.
Follow my Spotify account to check out the picks of the noughties compiled into a playlist below. Click here to listen to part 2 and part 3 of the decade 2000s.
I won’t blame you if you’ve missed the list for the year 2019. Years 2005 and 2020 will be in the next posts.
Follow my Spotify account to check out that pop, that bass, and them rockin’ electronic beats the 2010s compiled into a playlist below. Click here to be in sync with part 2 and part 3 of the decade 2010s playlist.
This is the last lyric breakdown of the four-segment article. Read parts 1, 2, and 3 here.
“Salamat sa the Dawn. Ang tatay ko, si Jack Sikat Disyembre ni Binky Lampano, nangarap ang Identity Crisis Wag kalimutan ang Wuds namatay sa ingay ng Dead Ends Never meant to be Betrayed sa XB, NU at Club DREDD”
– From the last part of Pinoy rock band Sandwich‘s 2008 chart-topping hit “Betamax”.
Remember when this song took the number 1 spot in MYX Hit Chart and NU107‘s Stairway To Seven?
“Salamat sa the Dawn…”
As the last verse of “Betamax” continues, we are thankful for The Dawn‘s 1989 signature hit “Salamat”.
“Ang tatay ko, si Jack Sikat…”
The final and hilarious line “Ang tatay mong kalbo…” can be heard on “Golden Boy” by Jack Sikat‘s band Ethnic Faces from the new wave compilation album “10 Of Another Kind” released in 1989.
“Disyembre ni Binky Lampano…”
Another track from the best selling compilation album “10 Of Another Kind” comes the 1989 song “Healing” by Binky Lampano‘s rock and roll band Dean’s December.
“Nangarap ang Identity Crisis…”
Pinoy new wave band Identity Crisis dreams in “Pangarap” from the 1990 album “Water Came Running”.
“Wag kalimutan ang Wuds…”
Seminal punk trio Wuds and their 1994 anthemic tune “At Nakalimutan Ang Diyos”.
“Namatay sa ingay ng Dead Ends…”
Dead Ends is a punk band that came out during the Philippine punk movement in the 80s. Their 1995 hardcore track “Ingay” is part of their fourth studio album “Mamatay Sa Ingay”.
“Never meant to be Betrayed…”
“Never Meant To Be This Way”[1986] by Betrayed is Pinoy punk in a nutshell.
“Sa XB,…”
WXB 102 (simply known as XB) is a radio station in the 80s that dared to be different. The new wave station closed in 1987 after then-president Cory Aquino took over the office. WXB 102 continued its legacy through internet radio in 1998. And in 2006, they conducted the “102 Most Requested Songs of WXB” as voted by 800 listeners around the world. The Dawn hailed the top spot with “Enveloped Ideas”[1987].
“NU…”
After Corazon Aquino got elected and WXB 102 signed off the air in 1987, a “new rock” radio station in Mega Manila took over where XB had left and this time focused on mainly rock music. NU 107 shaped the Filipino rock genre both mainstream and underground for 2 decades. The official NU 107 requiem anthem “Ang Huling El Bimbo”[1996] by Eraserheads (the former band of Sandwich’s frontman Raymund Marasigan) was the last song played before the final sign off in 2010.
“at Club DREDD…”
Club DREDD is a night club that was popular among the rakistas (rock music fans) back in the 90s that discovered some of the biggest names in the industry including Color It Red, The Youth, Eraserheads, The Dawn, and AfterImage. Here’s Color ItRed‘s hit song “Paglisan”[1994]:
“Nagreklamo si Chickoy Pura sa balita ng ASIN Ang anak ni ka Freddie kinontra ni Edru Abraham Dumoo bidoo ang APO Hiking, mga kababayan ni Francis M Beh, buti nga sa Hotdog. Nosi ba lasi Sampaguita”
– The second stanza of popular band Sandwich‘s throwback-inducing song “Betamax”[2008]. Music video directed by Nico Puertollano.
“Nagreklamo si Chickoy Pura…”
Chickoy Pura is the lead singer and guitar player for The Jerks. Despite having been formed in 1979, the Pinoy rock band only released their self-titled album in the late 90s with the single “Reklamo Ng Reklamo”[1997].
“Sa balita ng ASIN…”
The legacy of folk-rock band ASIN and their song “Balita”[1979] can be heard as the Tagalog chorus of The Black Eyed Peas‘ “The Apl Song“[2003].
“Ang anak ni ka Freddie…”
Filipino folk singer Freddie Aguilar‘s 1978 song “Anak” generated a hundred covers and was released in over 50 countries and in 27 different foreign languages. A movie with the same title was released in 2000 with a plot inspired by the lyrics of the song.
“Kinontra ni Edru Abraham…”
This line from the song is a wordplay of the ethnic music and dance ensemble Edru Abraham At Ang KONTempoRAryong GAmelan PIlipino (Kontra-GaPi) formed in 1989. The gamelan has produced an album in 1997“Gong At Ritmo, Lunggating Pilipino” with one of the tracks titled “Ang Pilipinas Sa Timog Silangang Asya”.
“Dumoo bidoo ang APO Hiking…”
Before Kamikazee‘s fun and wild take of “Doo Bidoo” in 2006, the APO Hiking Society originally recorded the OPM song in 1980.
“Mga kababayan ni Francis M…”
Pinoy hip-hop pioneer Francis Magalona (or known by the moniker Francis M) sings his advice for the people in the Philippines on “Mga Kababayan”[1990].
“Beh, buti nga sa Hotdog…”
“Beh, Buti Nga”[1981] by the disco band Hotdog is about getting even with a past crush who never knew you existed.
“Nosi ba lasi Sampaguita…”
Sampaguita‘s “Nosi Ba Lasi”[1989] is a street phrase “sino ba sila” which translates to “who are they“.
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