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100. Riptide - Vance Joy
Peak: 30 (January 31); Weeks on chart: 44; December 26 position: NR
It is interesting that this list begins with a song that references Michelle Pfeiffer in its lyrics; she'll come back up in about nine days. "Riptide" is a pleasant song that only managed to crack the top 30 at the start of the year. I imagine Vance Joy would have been good to see live when he opened for several of Taylor Swift's tour dates; unfortunately I was not able to see him at the show I attended.
99. This Summer's Gonna Hurt... - Maroon 5
Perhaps not quite the summer hit Maroon 5 had hoped it would be, perhaps because the ellipsis in the title are replaceable with the words "Like A M----f-----." This is certainly not M5's greatest song, but it is an earworm nonetheless.
98. Waves - Mr. Probz
One of the hottest house tracks of the winter, the Robin Schulz radio edit of "Waves" reached the top spot of nine different European charts but could not crack the top 10 in the United States. The majority of the song's American success occurred last year, but it charted just long enough in 2015 to reach the year-end 100.
97. Habits (Stay High) - Tove Lo
Peak: 3 (two weeks in 2014); Weeks on chart: 39; December 26 position: NR
Tove Lo's debut single, like Waves, was much more prominent in 2014. I had the opportunity to hear it live this year; Tove does a fantastic job performing the song. You'll be seeing more from Tove Lo in this countdown, be sure to check back each day to see where her second single landed.
96. Where Ya At - Future feat. Drake
Drake had another successful year in 2015; "Where Ya At" is one of five songs on this list that the Canadian rapper appears on as either a primary or featured artist. This is the most recent of his collaborations with Atlanta-based Future, whose biggest hit before this year was 2012's "Turn On The Lights." While the state of rap music in 2015 is slightly improved from that in 2014, the year's two Future/Drake collaborations are not enjoyable songs to me.
95. Blessings - Big Sean feat. Drake
Speaking of hits featuring Drake, this song had mild success in 2015. Shortly after its peak on the Billboard chart, "Blessings" was the soundtrack to this adorable press conference featuring NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry and his daughter, Riley.
94. I Want You To Know - Zedd feat. Selena Gomez
Peak: 17 (March 14); Weeks on chart: 16; December 26 position: NR
The next step in Selena Gomez's music career began last fall with her single "The Heart Wants What It Wants". The next track Gomez released was a collaboration with her then-sorta-boyfriend Zedd that peaked when it debuted in March but spent the next four months on the Hot 100. This was perhaps my favorite Gomez track of the year; her voice suits this style of music.
93. Bang Bang - Jessie J feat. Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj
Peak: 3 (two weeks in 2014); Weeks on chart: 31; December 26 position: NR
One of the hottest songs of 2014's latter half (it was the No. 14 song in my Top 100 of last year); "Bang Bang" stuck around the charts long enough to land a spot in the bottom 10 of the 2015 year-end list. Teens reacted to the lyrics of this song so I don't have to.
92. Elastic Heart - Sia
Peak: 17 (January 24); Weeks on chart: 30; December 26 position: NR
Another song that peaked when it debuted, "Elastic Heart" never gained the traction Sia's previous hit "Chandelier" did. This may have been the best music video of 2015's top 100 songs; Starring Shia LeBeouf (who had quite the unique year himself) and Maddie Ziegler, the caged dance from the video was alluded to in this year's YouTube Rewind.
91. Antidote - Travi$ Scott
Peak: 16 (December 26); Weeks on chart: 14; December 26 position: 16
Perhaps the hottest hip-hop song on the Hot 100 at the end of the year, "Antidote" has slowly been climbing the chart since its debut three months ago. This is another classic example of the decline of rap music; however, from a chart standpoint, rap is more popular now than it has been in two decades. Tomorrow, find out what one of my favorite hip-hop tracks of the year was.
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