The Top 100 Songs of 2014: 70-61

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70. Tuesday - I LOVE MAKONNEN feat. Drake



Peak: 12 (November 29); Weeks on chart: 12; December 27 position: 16

This is surprisingly one of my jams right now, partially so I can mock the way the chorus is sung and partially because it has an enjoyable beat. "Tuesday" wrapped up 2014 with seven straight weeks in the Top 30 and held steady at No. 16 for the final three weeks of the year.

69. Shower - Becky G

Peak: 16 (August 9); Weeks on chart: 20; December 27 position: NR

"Shower" was the ultimate guilty pleasure song of 2014, which makes sense because guilty pleasure songs are typically the ones we sing in the shower. Becky G appears to be just another dime-a-dozen, cookie-cutter pop star whose 15 minutes came and went with this summer jam. "Shower" spent nine weeks in the Top 30.

68. Me And My Broken Heart - Rixton



Peak: 14 (May 17); Weeks on chart: 20; December 27 position: NR

"Me And My Broken Heart" earned my first ever "Best Song That Sounds Like A Maroon 5 Song But It Isn't" Award when it took me approximately a month to realize that this was not, in fact, a Maroon 5 track. This song also provided one of the best covers of 2014. The Rixton version of the song had a 10-week run in the Top 30 during the first half of the summer. The band's second single "Wait On Me" - which also could have been a Maroon 5 song - failed to live up to its predecessor's success, not reaching the Top 30 at all this year.

67. Love Runs Out - OneRepublic


Peak: 15 (July 12); Weeks on chart: 20; December 27 position: NR

OneRepublic's follow-up hit to the massively successful "Counting Stars" fell short of the former's lofty No. 2 peak, but was a mildly popular song during the summer months. With a music video that looks about 15 years old in quality, "Love Runs Out" spent 10 weeks in the Top 30, remaining in the Top 20 for a month and a half. "I Lived" is the next single to have been released from the band's album Native; expect it to be one of the better hits to begin 2015.

66. I Don't F**k With You - Big Sean feat. E-40

Peak: 11 (December 6); Weeks on chart: 12; December 27 position: 14

Perhaps the hottest hip-hop song at year's end, this Big Sean hit spent the last six weeks of 2014 as one of the 15 biggest songs in America. The whiny, expletive-ridden lyric stays true to form for most current rap hits.

65. Uptown Funk! - Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars



Peak: 3 (December 27); Weeks on chart: 5; December 27 position: 3

Ronson and Mars burst onto the scene late in 2014 with this hot track. "Funk" has a vintage Michael Jackson sound with the closest modern voice to that of Pop's King. This could easily become Bruno Mars's next No. 1 hit. It closed out the year with five straight weeks of chart ascension; after debuting in November at No. 65, "Funk" jumped to No. 18 in December's first chart followed by appearances at 8, 5 and its No. 3 peak to close out the year.

64. Wrecking Ball - Miley Cyrus

Peak: 1 (3 weeks in 2013); Weeks on chart: 32; December 27 position: NR

Miley's emotional follow-up to "We Can't Stop" was one of the biggest hits at the end of 2013 and had respectable holdover success into the start of 2014. "Wrecking Ball" started this year at No. 9 and remained in the Top 30 until March. The song is undoubtedly Cyrus' most successful to date and will likely remain so for a long time.

63. Hey Brother - Avicii

Peak: 16 (April 12-19, May 3); Weeks on chart: 23; December 27 position: NR

Avicii's folksy EDM mix "Hey Brother" is truly a class of its own. The song never cracked the Top 15 in any weekly Hot 100 but had seven Top 20 weeks and 12 straight Top 30 positions. This song was a favorite of mine this year, mostly because of the potential for a third harmony that was not included in the track.

62. Jealous - Nick Jonas

Peak: 8 (December 6); Weeks on chart: 14; December 27 position: 11

Disney's boy band heart throb is all grown up, with the signature single from his eponymous second album spending the last five weeks of 2014 jumping in and out of the Top 10. If you think the song sounds too pop-y, just listen to his acoustic performance for What's Trending and become Nick's newest fan.

61. This Is How We Roll - Florida Georgia Line feat. Luke Bryan

Peak: 15 (June 21); Weeks on chart: 28; December 27 position: NR

Florida Georgia Line's follow-up to their breakout hit "Cruise" entered the Hot 100 in December 2013. The song cracked the Top 30 on the January 18 list and remained there through the end of June, making "This Is How We Roll" the top country hit of the first half of 2014. A hip-hop remix with Jason Derulo did not gain the traction that the "Cruise" remix with Nelly gained last year.