Original Version
1. Bruno Mars – “When I Was Your Man”
2. Justin Timberlake ft. Jay-Z – “Suit & Tie”
3. Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko – “Stay”
4. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz – “Thrift Shop”
5. Drake – “Started From the Bottom”
6. P!nk ft. Nate Ruess – “Just Give Me a Reason”
7. will.i.am ft. Britney Spears – “Scream & Shout”
8. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”
9. Lil’ Wayne ft. Drake and Future – “Love Me”
10. Maroon 5 – “Daylight”
11. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
12. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
13. fun. – “Carry On”
14. Of Monsters and Men – “Little Talks”
15. Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida – “Troublemaker”
16. Fall Out Boy – “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)”
17. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – “Sweet Nothing”
18. A$AP Rocky ft. Drake, 2 Chainz, and Kendrick Lamar – “F***in’ Problems”
19. The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
20. Swedish House Mafia – “Don’t You Worry Child”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Radioactive
2. Little Talks
3. Thrift Shop
4. Stay
5. Ho Hey
6. Sweet Nothing
7. Troublemaker
8. Don’t You Worry Child
9. I Knew You Were Trouble
10. F**kin’ Problems
11. Carry On
12. Suit & Tie
13. My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
14. Just Give Me a Reason
15. Started From the Bottom
16. When I Was Your Man
17. I Will Wait
18. Scream & Shout
19. Love Me
20. Daylight
Taking a cue from The A.V. Club, this feature is a list of ten episodes from a particular television show that more or less best represents that program.
If I’m the one making the decision, then Will Ferrell is the best Saturday Night Live cast member of all time. His seven seasons on the show (1995-1996 to 2001-2002) were marked by character-driven (as opposed to concept-driven) sketches and a spirit of collaboration. The latter is due a great deal to Ferrell, who, though he was a star during his time on the show, was also one of the best utility players and probably the best team player in SNL history. He had memorable moments with literally every one of his castmates during his tenure. When choosing a set of episodes that show off all that SNL has to offer, one thing to keep in mind is that every era has had its mix of good and bad. Luckily, almost every episode also has that mix, so there’s no need to go out of my way to make sure the particular weaknesses of the era are represented. These 10 episodes offer a variety of essential recurring and one-off sketches, many of them – though not all – featuring Will Ferrell prominently.
Season 21, Episode 20 – Jim Carrey/Soundgarden (Original Airdate: 5/18/96)
The 95-96 season was the last true transitional season of SNL. With a young cast and not really any established stars, Carrey was able to stamp his own personal brand of humor onto the show. While Will Ferrell was yet to be as big a star as he would become, he was already the centerpiece of the cast, and it shows in two classic sketches that could have only occurred in an episode hosted by Jim Carrey – the insanely overprotective Jacuzzi lifeguard and the insanely drug-fueled Jimmy Tango’s Fat Busters. Also of note is Carrey’s bravura impression of Jimmy Stewart squaring off against Mark McKinney as Carrey in Jim Breuer’s showcase sketch, the Joe Pesci Show. http://www.hulu.com/watch/285279
Season 22, Episode 10 – Kevin Spacey/Beck (Original Airdate: 1/11/97)
The Star Wars screen test audition sketches – with Spacey as Walter Matthau for Obi-Wan and Christopher Walken for Han Solo, Darrell Hammond as Richard Dreyfuss for C-3PO, Ana Gasteyer as Barbra Streisand for Leia, and, of course, Norm MacDonald as Burt Reynolds for Darth Vader – set the template for all future impression showcase sketches. Also, Michael Palin and John Cleese stopped by for a recreation of the Dead Parrot sketch.
Season 22, Episode 16 – Mike Myers/Aerosmith (Original Airdate: 3/22/97)
Before a time when every other monologue was a singing monologue, Mike Myers sang about the joys of a former cast member returning to host, and it may just have been the best SNL monologue of all time (bonus points for Tim Meadows having his own verse to decry the pitfalls of 30-year contracts). This episode serves as a prime example of a returning host bringing back some of his best recurring sketches and sticking the new current cast into them, particularly with Will Ferrell’s Helmut joining Dieter in a “Sprockets” sketch for the “Insane Academy Awards” (George Jetson wins “Best Shegro in a Musical” for My Left Foot). http://www.hulu.com/watch/276364
Season 23, Episode 17 – Steve Buscemi/Third Eye Blind (4/4/98)
When I first started really getting into SNL in the late nineties, there were certain sketches I referred to as “What were the writers smoking?”-sketches. Appropriately enough, just about every sketch in the 1998 episode by Steve Buscemi fits into this category, particularly the Job Interview, with Buscemi as the most overly aggressive and oversharing interviewer of all time. He also shone as the most intense Grease fanatic of all time, a school janitor given to taking his pants off, and a hip-hop dance instructor appearing before Judge Judy. This episode is also an example of a strange trend from the 97-98 season in which the musical guest only performed one song. http://www.hulu.com/watch/285847
Season 22, Episode 9 – Alec Baldwin/Luciano Pavarotti and Vanessa Williams (12/12/98)
This episode features two sketches that have become more or less synonymous with Alec Baldwin on SNL: the 6-year-old who looks like a fully grown man and seduces the hospital clown, and, of course, Schweddy Balls – which interestingly enough, isn’t very representative of most “Delicious Dish” sketches, which mainly made fun of the dry enthusiasm of NPR broadcasters. This episode was also very much of its time with the commercial parody for the long-distance phone service 10-10-1776-5-28-1830-242-3-316-68-22. And if you’re going to talk about essential episodes from Will Ferrell’s tenure, you’ve got to have at least one with a Bill Brasky sketch. http://www.hulu.com/watch/4156
Season 25, Episode 1 – Jerry Seinfeld/David Bowie (Original Airdate: 10/2/99)
A solid collection of recurring sketches (the daffy talk show Morning Latte, with Seinfeld as a guest pitching the new diet “The Realm,” a Mary Katherine Gallagher sketch featuring a Catholic school vs. Jewish school basketball rivalry) and highly memorable odd original bits (following the series finale of Seinfeld, Jerry is transferred to Oz, where his exploits with the other prisoners resemble classic Seinfeld episodes; after ABC changes the title of 2 Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place to just 2 Guys and a Girl, NBC picks up …and a Pizza Place; the Action 8 News Watch keeps previewing its stories without ever getting to any of them) all done with a Seinfeldian viewpoint. And there’s the Seinfeld vs. Seinfeld (Jimmy Fallon) debate on Weekend Update.
Season 25, Episode 3 – Norm MacDonald/Dr. Dre (Original Airdate: 10/23/99)
Considering that Norm MacDonald is one of my favorite funny people ever, this was actually a somewhat disappointing episode, but it is worth mentioning for what may be the best SNL sketch of all time: the Celebrity Jeopardy with Sean Connery, Burt Reynolds, and French Stewart. It gave us funny oversized hats, “Moo – that’s the sound your mother made last night,” “Ah, ruff, just the way your mother likes it,” Turd Ferguson, Texas with a dollar sign, and many others. Also memorable was Norm’s monologue, in which he pondered how he could possibly be funny enough to host the show after being fired less than two years ago. http://www.hulu.com/watch/12203
Season 25, Episode 16 – Christopher Walken/Christina Aguilera (Original Airdate: 4/8/00)
The Behind the Music with Blue Oyster Cult, a.k.a. “More Cowbell,” is rightly remembered as a classic, for performances from a mostly affectless Walken and a no-vanity, midriff-baring Will Ferrell, Jimmy Fallon cracking up before it was an epidemic, and rich dialogue (“Before we’re done here, y’all be wearing gold-plated diapers”). But “More Cowbell” is not the best SNL sketch with Walken; in fact, it is not even the best from this episode. That distinction belongs to the census interview, with brilliant straight man Tim Meadows as the interviewer and Walken (at his glued to the cue cards best) as Mr. Leonard, a convicted criminal who lives alone with a bobcat and works 56 hours a week as a street performer. http://www.hulu.com/watch/4165
Season 26, Episode 1 – Rob Lowe/Eminem (10/7/00)
The best SNL season ever when it comes to politics (thank you, Florida) began here, with “strategery” and “lockbox.” This season premiere also saw the debut of Jimmy Fallon and Tina Fey as co-Weekend Update anchors, whose brother/sister-style repartee brought unheard-of mainstream press buzz behind the desk. http://www.hulu.com/watch/284761
Season 27, Episode 9 – Ellen DeGeneres/No Doubt (Original Airdate: 12/15/01)
Another great Christmas episode! This episode features a bunch of fun (with a capital “F”) sketches. The Culps Christmas Pageant is perhaps the best appearance of Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer’s “hip” middle-school music teachers. Ellen falls for Chris Kattan’s exotic dancer character Mango, and it leads to an homage to A Hard Day’s Night. There is also the family on the road to vacation worrying that they may have left doors open and appliances running at home. Dad – played by Ferrell – is certain that he left two cans of gas in the sun under a magnifying glass. Finally, there is the perennial holiday classic “The Narrator That Ruined Christmas,” a pitch-perfect TV Funhouse parody of Rankin-Bass specials. http://www.hulu.com/watch/284766
Ten More: Robert Downey, Jr./Fiona Apple (11/16/96), Sylvester Stallone/Jamiroquai (9/27/97), Ray Romano/The Corrs (3/13/99), Christina Ricci/Beck (12/4/99), Freddie Prinze, Jr./Macy Gray (1/15/00), Charlize Theron/Paul Simon (11/4/00), Tom Green/David Gray (11/18/00), Conan O’Brien/Don Henley (3/10/01), Jon Stewart/India.Arie (3/9/02), Winona Ryder/Moby (5/18/02)
Again and again, the hits (from years ago) just keep on comin’.
Original Version
1. Maroon 5 – “Daylight”
2. fun. – “Carry On”
3. Bruno Mars – “When I Was Your Man”
4. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz – “Thrift Shop”
5. Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida – “Troublemaker”
6. Emeli Sandé – “Next to Me”
7. Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
8. Kelly Clarkson – “Catch My Breath”
9. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
10. Justin Timberlake ft. Jay-Z – “Suit & Tie”
11. Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko – “Stay”
12. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – “Sweet Nothing”
13. OneRepublic – “If I Lose Myself”
14. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
15. Alabama Shakes – “Hold On”
16. Train – “Mermaid”
17. P!nk ft. Nate Ruess – “Just Give Me a Reason”
18. Bon Jovi – “Because We Can”
19. Youngblood Hawke – “We Come Running”
20. Hunter Hayes – “Wanted”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Hold On
2. Thrift Shop
3. Stay
4. It’s Time
5. We Come Running
6. Sweet Nothing
7. Troublemaker
8. I Knew You Were Trouble
9. Carry On
10. Suit & Tie
11. Next to Me
12. Just Give Me a Reason
13. Mermaid
14. When I Was Your Man
15. I Will Wait
16. Wanted
17. Catch My Breath
18. If I Lose Myself
19. Daylight
20. Because We Can
“Magnitude, you’re not to say ‘pop pop’ ever again.”
One criticism that people (including myself a few times) have been making about Community Season 4 is how overly busy the episodes have been. “Economics of Marine Biology” was among the busiest, but that wasn’t really a problem, as most of the plot sprang from the same point. Only Troy and Shirley’s storyline stood out as its own thing, but it was small-scale enough for its relatively little screen time to not cause it to suffer.
The only significant problem with the a-plot was that the “whale” (a rich potential student with plenty of money to spend freely while at Greendale) that the Dean was after didn’t make much of an impression. In fact, I had to look up his name (Archie), even after watching the episode twice. His description started out promisingly enough: SAT score of “0,” “high lack of ambition.” But he ended up not having much of a personality beyond “entitled” and “likes snowboarding.” And he didn’t provide much of a conflict either, as he didn’t require much convincing when the Dean insisted that he accommodate himself to Greendale. Luckily, though, this storyline did not hinge on Archie as much as the Dean and Annie’s reactions to him. While I was happy to see Annie actually have something significant to do, I would have liked if she had actually been given more to say, though her expressions were great, particularly when she and the Dean made pleading faces to Jeff (who couldn’t bear them for various reasons) and when she had to whisk Magnitude away. Speaking of Magnitude, it was brilliant that Archie stealing his catchphrase was the point at which things had gotten out of hand, and it was a great way to keep “Pop! Pop!” relevant.
The Delta Cubes business was amusing enough and certainly felt like something Abed would do. Actually, it felt like something Season 1 Abed would do, specifically, something he would do in “The Art of Discourse,” when he was trying to experience everything that movies told him were essential aspects of college. Maybe he just didn’t get a chance to pull a frat vs. dean stunt freshman year, and he jumped at the opportunity when it happened to arrive.
I have been hearing a lot that this season feels like Season 1 for some viewers, and that can be seen with Troy and Shirley’s Physical Education Education (P.E.E.) subplot, in that it focused on a class that doesn’t necessarily have much bearing on a season-long storyline. It managed to make Chang useful AND funny, with an inspired montage of Shirley teaching Troy to teach Chang. The golf swing sequence was the quite the sight gag. “I was supposed to teach you two to teach others, but instead, you ended up teaching me” was a nicely ridiculous tweaking of the often cliché story of teachers and students inspiring each other.
For those of you who have been getting worked up about Pierce reverting to a racist monster, this episode shows that it is best not to overreact to any one particular episode. And we have got to just keep praising Joel McHale. Jeff’s reaction to Pierce telling him that he’s proud of him for standing up to his father was reminiscent of the talk the two had in “The Politics of Human Sexuality.” But this time, Jeff saw no reason to say, “I was waiting for that to become inappropriate or racist.” His chiding to Annie and the Dean to not “talk about Pierce like that” conveyed in one sentence how much Jeff has matured. Annie’s expression of not being quite sure how to react was also telling. If Season 5 happens, I’m really going to miss Pierce. B+
Original Version
1. Bruno Mars – “When I Was Your Man”
2. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz – “Thrift Shop”
3. Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko – “Stay”
4. Justin Timberlake ft. Jay-Z – “Suit & Tie”
5. Drake – “Started From the Bottom”
6. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”
7. will.i.am ft. Britney Spears – “Scream & Shout”
8. P!nk ft. Nate Ruess – Just Give Me a Reason”
9. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
10. Lil’ Wayne ft. Drake and Future – “Love Me”
11. Maroon 5 – “Daylight”
12. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
13. The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
14. Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida – “Troublemaker”
15. fun. – “Carry On”
16. Of Monsters and Men – “Little Talks”
17. Fall Out Boy – “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)”
18. Swedish House Mafia – “Don’t You Worry Child”
19. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – “Sweet Nothing”
20. A$AP Rocky ft. Drake, 2 Chainz, and Kendrick Lamar – “F**kin’ Problems”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Radioactive
2. Little Talks
3. Thrift Shop
4. Stay
5. Ho Hey
6. Sweet Nothing
7. Troublemaker
8. Don’t You Worry Child
9. I Knew You Were Trouble
10. F**kin’ Problems
11. Carry On
12. Suit & Tie
13. My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
14. Just Give Me a Reason
15. Started From the Bottom
16. When I Was Your Man
17. I Will Wait
18. Scream & Shout
19. Love Me
20. Daylight
The past few weeks, Vulture has been has been having a bracket-style “Sitcom Smackdown” to determine the best sitcom of the the past 30 years. Yesterday, The Simpons was chosen as the winner. Today, however, Arrested Development was crowned in the readers’ bracket. Here’s how I how I would have ranked the shows that were in contention. (I haven’t been a regular viewer of all of them, so for some, I had to guess based on reputation. I’ve indicated how much I’ve seen of each show in parentheses.)
1. Arrested Development (seen every episode, most – possibly all – multiple times)
2. Seinfeld (seen most episodes, most of them multiple times)
3. Community (seen every episode at least twice)
4. The Simpsons (started watching regularly in season 11, seen a handful of episodes from before then)
5. Cheers (only seen clips)
6. The Larry Sanders Show (not sure I’ve even ever seen clips)
7. Louie (started watching regularly in Season 3)
8. 30 Rock (seen every episode)
9. The Office (seen every episode)
10. South Park (seen several episodes here and there)
11. The Cosby Show (only seen clips)
12. Roseanne (seen a few episodes)
13. Friends (seen a few episodes)
14. Malcolm in the Middle (watched it regularly until it moved to Fridays, then lost track of it)
15. Golden Girls (seen bits and pieces)
16. Sex and the City (walked through the room while my sister watched it a few times)
Some Good Shows That Could Have Made It:
-The Wonder Years – More of a dramedy, and thus it initially feels weird to include it a best sitcom discussion, but it was excellent.
-Parks and Recreation – If I were going to leave out one of the late 00’s/early 10’s NBC Thursday standbys, it wouldn’t be Parks and Recreation. Actually I probably wouldn’t leave out any of them.
-Curb Your Enthusiasm – Maybe it loses influence points by virtue of its Seinfeld connection, but it is still curmudgeonly hilarity to the nth degree.
-It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – It’s strange that a show with a decidedly anti-mainstream sensibility has lasted 8 seasons. It feels like it should have been a one- or two-season cult oddity. That it’s not is surely some sort of accomplishment.
-NewsRadio – I’ve never seen it, but from what I’ve heard it was the little quirky comedy that could of the nineties.
-Archer – Comedy may be subjective, but Archer is the most purely funny sitcom on the air right now.
-King of the Hill/Beavis and Butt-Head – Mike Judge, never getting any respect.
-Frasier – The best spin-off of all time was different enough from its predecessor to earn recognition all its own.
-Futurama – The best sci-fi sitcom of all time. Not that there have been that many of those, but this is still no faint praise.
-Family Guy – Before it became weighed down by a shock for shock’s sake sensibility in its current state, its mess of pop culture-saturated cutaways was innovative.
-American Dad! – What was once a Seth MacFarlane also-ran has now surpassed its predecessor.
-Murphy Brown – I’ve never watched, but I’ve heard that while it is a bit dated, it is worth remembering for how important it was at the time to the TV landscape.
Some Good Shows With Fewer Than Three Full Seasons (And Thus Not Meeting Vulture’s Criteria):
-Bob’s Burgers – Currently the best show on Fox’s Sunday animation block, and possibly the best show on TV right now.
-Stella – A one-season wonder that may have limited appeal, but if you are part of that appeal, then you are devoted to it.
-Flight of the Conchords – When I first read a review ofFOTC, Gillian Flynn said that the show it most closely resembled was Stella. So I was immediately on board. But despite its uniqueness and surreality, FOTC is goofy and lighthearted enough to appeal to the masses.
-Happy Endings – I’ve never really watched Friends, but HappyEndings totally out-Friends Friends, doesn’t it?
-Girls – It provokes strong reactions from a great varitey of people – that is like the definition of great art.
-Enlightened – I haven’t started watching this, but I’ve been hearing several times this year that it’s the best show on TV right now.
Original Version
1. Kelly Clarkson – “Catch My Breath”
2. Maroon 5 – “Daylight”
3. fun. – “Carry On”
4. Bruno Mars – “When I Was Your Man”
5. Calvin Harris ft. Florence Welch – “Sweet Nothing”
6. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
7. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz – “Thrift Shop”
8. Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida – “Troublemaker”
9. Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
10. Emeli Sandé – “Next to Me”
11. Justin Timberlake ft. Jay-Z – “Suit & Tie”
12. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
13. Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko – “Stay”
14. OneRepublic – “If I Lose Myself”
15. will.i.am ft. Britney Spears – “Scream & Shout”
16. Bon Jovi – “Because We Can”
17. Alabama Shakes – “Because We Can”
18. Train – “Mermaid”
19. Hunter Hayes – “Wanted”
20. P!nk ft. Nate Ruess – “Just Give Me a Reason”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Hold On
2. Thrift Shop
3. Stay
4. It’s Time
5. Sweet Nothing
6. Troublemaker
7. I Knew You Were Trouble
8. Carry On
9. Suit & Tie
10. Next to Me
11. Just Give Me a Reason
12. Mermaid
13. When I Was Your Man
14. I Will Wait
15. Wanted
16. Scream & Shout
17. Catch My Breath
18. If I Lose Myself
19. Daylight
20. Because We Can
“Why can’t you ever make a documentary about the thing you plan to make a documentary about?”
The subjects of Abed Nadir’s documentaries – his relationship with his parents in “Introduction to Film,” Pierce’s hospital stay in “Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking,” and the shooting of Greendale’s commercial in “Documentary Filmmaking: Redux” – have never been fully clear until the end of each episode. In the advanced stage of Abed’s documentaries, with the seemingly nonsensical “Changnesia” as the nominal subject, that uncertainty seems to be the whole point. Abed gives the first indication of this, when Jeff declaring his plan leads him to note his film just took a completely unexpected turn à la Capturing the Friedmans. Then there’s the moment when he opts to show himself reacting to overly intense footage instead of the footage itself – a reference to Grizzly Man, a documentary by Werner Herzog based on somebody else’s footage. Overall, this episode was giving me an Exit Through the Gift Shop vibe – as in, whose documentary was this really? More on that later…
For now, the funny: Ken Jeong was the best he’s been in a good long while. His attempt at re-learning How to Wear a Hat was delightful, and his word-for-word repetition of the conversation Jeff and Shirley had in front of him was a comedic tour de force. Annie and Troy’s detective partner routine was also satisfactory, with Troy really committing to doing the opposite of everything Annie did. Sighing and then turning his head the opposite way that Annie turned hers while sighing was a prime example of this gag.
The real meat of this episode was once again a dramatic breakthrough for Jeff, and bizarrely enough this moment came via his relationship with Chang, or Kevin … Chang. Jeff has momentarily become a pariah because of his skepticism about the legitimacy of a man who attempted to destroy the school and kill him and his friends, which bizarrely nobody else seems to care about. I never bought that “Kevin” might actually be suffering from Changnesia, and I don’t think Jeff did either, but he and I were both led into thinking that he might be pretending for the sake of being granted a second chance. It was positively touching that Jeff was able to marry his (reasonable) skepticism with forgiveness.
But then that tag happened, and it seemed crystal clear that Chang was not really trying to make a fresh start. I am generally of the mind that a bad ending does not necessarily undercut all the good that came before it. The ending isn’t the whole thing – the journey does not depend on its destination to be meaningful. But this particular ending must have been planned from the beginning, so it is not unfair to say that it throws everything that came before it in a new light. So Chang’s appeal for a fresh start wasn’t genuine, and he fooled everyone. But in a weird way, I actually think this reveal made this episode’s meaning even more profound. Yes, everyone was fooled, but the fact that they allowed themselves to be fooled in this situation proved just how kindhearted they really are. As for what this tag bodes for the future, I understand that people are wary of another Chang takes down Greendale arc, and I’m not excited about it either. But let’s see this play out. Maybe Chang will be affected by how he’s been embraced by those who have every reason to hate him. Maybe it wasn’t actually City College on the other end of the phone. It probably was, but my point is, let’s see what this is all about before throwing up our hands. A-
When I first heard Tegan and Sara’s “Closer,” I thought, “Uh-oh. Are their fans going to think they’ve sold out?” But then I got to thinking about their earlier songs and I realized that even though they’ve spent their career as an “indie” band, they’ve always had a pop sensibility. They just haven’t had the polished production that can be heard on “Closer.” But it certainly sounds like something they’ve always wanted to do. And if it makes them more accessible, then great, more people ought to be listening to them.
Now we are at the point of year when my weekly FUSE viewing will not include Billy on the Street.
Original Version
1. Bruno Mars – “When I Was Your Man”
2. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz – “Thrift Shop”
3. Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko – “Stay”
4. Drake – “Started From the Bottom”
5. Justin Timberlake ft. Jay-Z – “Suit & Tie”
6. Taylor Swift – “I Knew You Were Trouble”
7. will.i.am ft. Britney Spears – “Scream & Shout”
8. The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
9. Lil’ Wayne ft. Drake and Future – “Love Me”
10. Imagine Dragons – “Radioactive”
11. Nelly – “Hey Porsche”
12. Maroon 5 – “Daylight”
13. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
14. Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida – “Troublemaker”
15. fun. – “Carry On”
16. P!nk ft. Nate Ruess – “Just Give Me a Reason”
17. Of Monsters and Men – “Little Talks”
18. A$AP Rocky ft. Drake, 2 Chainz, and Kendrick Lamar – “F**kin’ Problems”
19. Swedish House Mafia – “Don’t You Worry Child”
20. Alicia Keys – “Girl on Fire”
Jmunney’s Revision
1. Radioactive
2. Little Talks
3. Thrift Shop
4. Stay
5. Girl on Fire
6. Ho Hey
7. Troublemaker
8. Don’t You Worry Child
9. I Knew You Were Trouble
10. Carry On
11. F**kin’ Problems
12. Suit & Tie
13. Just Give Me a Reason
14. Hey Porsche
15. Started From the Bottom
16. When I Was Your Man
17. I Will Wait
18. Scream & Shout
19. Love Me
20. Daylight
Jmunney's Blog 