twostepcubchart's Best of 2014: Part One - #100 to #91...

I cannot believe it's already time to start this year's rundown of the top 100 tunes of the year from my weekly blog. Where on earth did 2014 go? Well I tallied up all the numbers by rank each week and these are the songs that went the highest and/or stuck around the longest. And each weekday until New Years Eve (except Christmas) I'll bring out ten more until we get to the top. And away we go....

#100 - "I Got U" - Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones
          from the album EP1
          Highest Rank: 17 (two weeks)
          Weeks on the chart: 16

2014 was the year neo-house broke through in a big way, and I couldn't be more happier, as my garage-music days of the 90s finally made the tetro train. British DJ Adam Dyment, aka Duke Dumont, followed up his Grammy-nominated classic "Need U (100%)" from last year with this rework of Whitney Houston's "My Love Is Your Love" over breezy steel drums to make you feel like you're at the beach.

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#99 - "Who I Am With You" - Chris Young
         from the album A.M.
         Highest Rank: #18 (two weeks)
         Weeks on the chart: 15

The former Nashville Star winner who came in at #79 with "Aw Naw" last year, stayed apart from both the baseball cap and cowboy hat crowds and let his voice do the work with this straight-from-the-90s love ballad.

#98 - "Angel In Blue Jeans" - Train
         from the album Bulletproof Picasso
         Highest Rank: #29 (two weeks)
         Weeks on the chart: 18

Last year the middle-aged rockers came in at #54 with the countryfied nugget "Bruises" with Ashley Monroe. This time out they went western epic merges into hipster come-on with the first single from their seventh album.

#97 - "Whatever She's Got" - David Nail
         from the album I'm A Fire
         Highest Rank: #20 (two weeks)
         Weeks on the chart (in 2014): 13

The singer opened up about his fight with depression, and with this upbeat country chart-topper went to #1 as a just reward.

#96 - "Goodnight Kiss" - Randy Houser
         from the album How Country Feels
         Highest Rank: #17 (two weeks)
         Weeks on the chart: 16

This country "bear" landed at #51 on last year's list with "Runnin' Outta Moonlight", and its follow-up, another two-step rock-a-country winner continued his winning streak.

#95 - "Do It Again" - Royksopp & Robyn
        from the EP Do It Again 
        Highest Peak: #15 (three weeks)
        Weeks on the chart: 13

Norwegian electronica kings team up again with the Swedish pop star who isn't a pop star for this glorious song from their preparation for the duo's final album. Their concert in August was a highlight of my year.

#94 - "Sirens" - Pearl Jam
         from the album Lightning Bolt
         Highest Rank: #5 (two weeks)
         Weeks on the chart (in 2014): 10

Eddie Vedder and the guys found music video performance again, and racked up a fifth #1 album in the process. This reflective single helped greatly.

#93 - "Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About" - Thompson Sqaure
         from the album Just Feels Good
         Highest Rank: #20 (two weeks)
         Weeks on the chart: 16

This husband-and-wife country duo were at #93 on my 2013 year-end chart with "If I Didn't Have You", and with the luck of the numbers made the same exact grade on this years with his midtempo country-rock charmer.

#92 - "Waiting For Superman" - Daughtry
         from the album Baptized
         Highest Rank: #13 (five weeks)
         Weeks on the chart (in 2014): 11

The American Idol vet and his band play guardian angel in the video for the first single from their fourth album.

#91 - "Break Free" - Ariana Grande featuring Zedd
         from the album My Everything
         Highest Peak: #12 (two weeks)
         Weeks on the chart: 14

Is the new big-voiced diva turning into an uncontrollable nutjob? Is her over-the-top brother (Frankie from Big Brother) influencing her? What of her seemingly incongruous relationship with rapper Big Sean, of the "Dance A$$" fame? A third tier hookup under Beyonce/Jay-Z and Kanye Kardashian? Next year may tell. Until then this blippy dance number paired her with the Russo-German producer wunderkid who had the #3 song on my chart last year with "Clarity".

Well, that's it for the first part of my look back from last year...I'll be back tomorrow with and out and proud singer/songwriter, a couple of country crossover champs, a featured Brit comes out on her own, and more.