I just thought since we are just about at the end of the year; i thought it would be a good idea to recap and reveal favourite songs that you've heard over the last 12 months. I remember there had been something like this done last year.

To get the ball rolling; I'll put down my ones:

"Call Girl" by FFS
"Tutti-Frutti" by New Order
"Unstoppable" and "Green and Gold" by Lianne LaHavas
"Rock and Roll Love Affair" by Prince (revised version from his new album, "Hit 'n' Run Part II)
"Music of my soul"; "Mother May I" and "Smells Like Fire" by CeeLo Green
"Blackstar" by David Bowie
"High by the Beach" and "Terrence Loves You" by Lana Del Ray
"Forever" by Jack Pack (written by Randy Newman who I really love. He was so impressed with them; he gave them this unreleased gem to record.)
"I'll be there" by Chic featuring Nile Rodgers
"I will never let you go" and "Lay all your love on me" (featuring Ed Sheeran) by Rudimental
"Bang That" by Disclosure
"High Hopes" by Pixie Lott (she performed this at the Battle of Britain 75th anniversary concert via the red button on the BBC; BBC Radio 2 & selected cinemas. Since she co-wrote the song this year & uploaded a video on YouTube; I thought I would include it. It is just such a beautiful song and want to give her a bit of credit on here for a change. )

"War of Kings", "Hole in My Pocket" and "Days of Rock N Roll" by Europe
"Open Fire", "Barbarian" and "The Last of Our Kind" by The Darkness
"Scream", "I Am The Fire" and "I Like It Heavy" by Halestorm
"Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart" by Chris Cornell
"Black Cadillac", "Cut the Chord", "Dangerous" and "Thick as Thieves" by Shinedown
"Shudder Before the Beautiful", "Endless Forms Most Beautiful and "The Greatest Show on Earth" by Nightwish
"Black Water" by Thunder
"If Eternity Should Fail", "Speed of Light", "Death or Glory" and "Empire of the Clouds" by Iron Maiden
"Raise the Dead" and "Schools Out/Another Brick In The Wall" by Hollywood Vampires
"Catch Your Luck and Play", "Rock My Car" and "Rock N Roll Band" by The Scorpions
"Sex Metal Barbie" and "Big Bad Wolf" by In This Moment
"Wash It All Away" and "Jekkyl and Hyde" by Five Finger Death Punch
"Volume" and "Under Attack" by Skindred

I love "Somewhere Tonight" from my most favorite singer James Otto.

God bless you and him always!!!

Holly

Ok so mine are;

Jess Glynne - Hold My Hand/Take Me Home
The Vamps - Worry/Stolen Moments
Taylor Swift - Bad Blood
One Direction - Perfect
One Call Away - Charlie Puth
Kygo - Firestones
Little Mix - Black Magic/Love Me Like You
Years & Years - King/Shine

I'll just do one per artist, or I'll be here all day

"Leave A Trace" by CHVRCHES
"Firebird" by Galantis
"I Want You To Know" by Zedd
"Love Me Like You" by Little Mix
"Tompkins Square Park" by Mumford and Sons
"heartsigh" by Purity Ring
"Take Me Home" by Jess Glynne
"New Americana" by Halsey
"Looking Up" by SafetySuit
"Coming Home" by Sigma
"You Love It" by Becky G
"Emperor's New Clothes" by Panic! At The Disco
"Somebody" by RHODES
"Body Talk" by Foxes
"Scars" by James Bay
"Style" by Taylor Swift
"As We Are Now" by Saint Raymond
"Lean On" by Major Lazer & DJ Snake
"Wildfire" by Seafret
"Cassiopeia" by Deaf Havana
"Waiting For So Long" by Axwell
"Whip It" by Lunchmoney Lewis
"Love Yourself" by Justin Bieber
"Shades of Grey" by Oliver Heldens

Missy Elliot - WTF
Jazmine Sullivan - Let it burn
The Chemical brothers - Go!
Run the Jewels - Early
Big grams - Goldmine junkie
Alabama Shakes - Sound and Color
Blues Pills - No Hope
Hindi Zahra - Can we dance
Muse - Psycho
Mark Ronson - Feel Right
Years & years - Desire (zac samuel remix)
Karen Harding - Say Something (zac samuel remix)
Leftfield - Universal Everything
Cazzette - Blind Heart
Malev da Shinobi - Metanoia
Erick Sermon - Clutch
The Foreign Exchange - Asking for a friend
Opio. & Free the Robots - Let the bass go
Dilated Peoples - Show me the way
Disclosure - Holding On
The internet - Girl
Rudimental - Rumour Mill
Jean Grae - Underneathu
Izzy Bizu - Adam & Eve
A Tribe called Quest - Can i Kick it? (J.Cole remix)
Atmosphere - This lonely rose
Monica - All men lie
D'angelo - Sugah daddy
Method Man - The Purple tape
Roots Manuva - Don't Breathe out
The Weeknd - Cant Feel my face
The Black Eyed peas - Yesterday
Parov Stelar - Keep this fire burning
Jill Scott - You Don't Know

I remember seeing Izzy Bizu performing on last night's TFI New Year's Eve on Channel Four

I had forgotten about Muse and their album, Drones which had been released last year.
I am quite sure that The Weeknd was the musical guest on an episode of Graham Norton last year, but decided at the end of his performance not to come over onto the sofa to sit with the other guests because he doesn't like to talk to the media; he let's the music do the talking, I suppose.

I am going to add three more:

"Psycho" by Muse
"New Day" by Rudimental (featuring Bobby Womack)
"Black Muse" by Prince (from his album, Hit n Run Part II)

I have one more to add:

"Big City" by Prince (from the same album)

Tough one - I can't pick just one song, but here are several that spring to mind!

Muse - Psycho, Aftermath, Dead Inside
Of Monsters and Men - Thousand Eyes, Empire, Black Water
FFS - Police Encounters, Man Without A Tan, Call Girl
Coldplay - Fun, Adventure of a Lifetime, Amazing Day
Florence & the Machine - What Kind of Man, Queen of Peace, Delilah
Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do
Jess Glynne - Take Me Home
Editors - Forgiveness

Rhemi feat. Hanlei - Diamond
Eloni Yawn feat. Paris Toon – No Excuses
Sean McCabe - Reach Out
Ferry Ultra feat Gwen McCrae - Let Me Do My Thang
Dennis Ferrer feat. KT Brooks - How Do I Let Go
Winans Brothers Feat. The Clark Sisters - Dance
Deep Boyz feat. Byron Stingily - Father
Steven Stone feat. Anthony Moriah - Lay Your Hands

Seriously, that's fine Tejas The whole point was to name as many personal favourite songs of last year (now we are in 2016 ). Good list, I have got to admit.

Anyway, when I saw the mention of FFS, I couldn't help but think when both of my younger brothers went to see them - it was really to see Sparks really - in Edinburgh last year. To top it off they even met the Mael Brothers at the backdoor after the show.

Ghosttown - Madonna
WTF - Missy Elliott
Wildest Dream - Taylor Swift
Blank Space - Taylor Swift

Years & Years - King
Years & Years - Shine
Years & Years - Eyes Shut
Giorgio Moroder ft Kylie Minogue - Right Here, Right Now
Jess Glynne - Don't Be So Hard on Yourself
Ella Eyre - Together
Sigma ft Ella Henderson - Glitterball
Ellie Goulding - On My Mind

Sia - Alive
Adele - When We Were Young
Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Downtown
Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
Major Lazer - Lean On
Disclosure ft. Lorde - Magnets
Tazer & Tink - Wet Dollars
The Weeknd - The Hills
Florence & The Machine - What Kind of Man
Muse - Dead Inside
Marina & The Diamonds - Froot
Lianne La Havas - Unstoppable

Forgot to mention:

Richard Earnshaw - Can't Go Back
Diane Shaw - that Thing you Do
Alicia Myers - Right Here, Right Now

**These weren't necessarily released in 2015 (though some were), I just heard them first in 2015****

Flo Ride - Club Can't Handle Me
Martin Garrix - Don't Look Down
Kidnap Kid - So Close
MGMT - Kids
Charles Hamilton - New York Raining
One Direction - Stand Up
Carly Rae Jepsen - I Really Like You AND Run Away With Me
Cobra Starship - You Make Me Feel
Wiz Khalifa - See You Again
Charli XCX - Break the Rules
Ellie Goulding - Love Me LIke You Do
Calvin Harris, Ellie Goulding - Outside
CHVRCHES - Empty Threat
Marlon Roudette - When the Beat Drops Out
Usher - I Don't Mind
Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love
Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean?

Black Magic by Little Mix is my anthem for the year 2015.
I also loved Want to Want me by Jason Durelo, Perfect by 1D, Hello by Adele and What do you mean/Love yourself by JB.

Also:
Rudimental ft Ed Sheeran - Lay It All On Me
Demi Lovato - Cool for the Summer

Kendrick Lamar - "The Blacker The Berry" and "King Kunta"
Courtney Barnett - "Pedestrian At Best" and "Depreston"
Father John Misty - "Chateau Lobby #4 (In C For Two Virgins)" and "Bored In The USA"
The Libertines - "You're My Waterloo" [Though I prefer the original demo from about 1999]
FFS - "Johnny Delusional" and "Collaborations Don't Work"
Tame Impala - "'Cause I'm A Man" [Especially the Haim remix]
Benjamin Clementine - "Cornerstone"
Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind - "Boil Yer Blood"
David Bowie - "Blackstar"

Neon Indian - Annie/61 Cygni Ave
Kagoule - Glue
Spector - All the Sad Young Men
The Death of Pop - Gardens
La Luz - With Davey
LA Priest - Oino
Modest Mouse - The Ground Walks, with Time in a Box
Father John Misty - Strange Encounter/I Love You, Honeybear
Tame Impala - 'Cause I'm a Man/The Moment
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - The World is Crowded
Princess Chelsea - Too Many People
Yukon Blonde - Make U Mine/Saturday Night/You Broke the Law
Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Hush Down/Deeper Shadows
INHEAVEN - Bitter Town
Shopping - Straight Lines
Braids - Letting Go
Oscar - Breaking My Phone
Lonelady - Silvering/Hinterland

& more!

Florence and the Machine - What kind of Man
Florence and the Machine - Delilah
Florence and the Machine - Queen of Peace
Florence and the Machine - Mother
MIA - Borders
Sia - Alive
Rhodes - Somebody
Birdy and Rhodes - Let It All Go
Marina and the Diamonds - Blue
Marina and the Diamonds - I'm A Ruin
Marina and the Diamonds - Savages
Foxes - Feet Don't Fail Me Now

I just thought I would add two more when I was thinking about this last night :

"H-a-p-p-y" by JoCee (came across this little gem by this lovely singer who appeared as a contestant during the blind auditions on The Voice last year.)

"One Kind of Love" by Brian Wilson (from the "Love and Mercy" Soundtrack and his album, "No Pier Pressure". Heard it on the closing credits when I went to see the film during the Edinburgh International Film Festival and really love it. )