Wednesday, December 31, 2014

The VS Top 40 Pop Songs of 2014: Honorable Mentions

Another year draws to a close. And while I will be expanding a bit on summing up 2014 for pop music over the next few posts as I present a fully annotated rundown of the top 40 "Top 40" pop songs of the year, I did want to take a moment to shout out some more releases that, while they didn't make the arbitrarily limited list of honor, are still quite worthwhile.

5 Seconds of Summer
5 Seconds of Summer looking so perfect
So take a gander at the Top 40 Pop Songs of 2014 That Didn't Make the VS Top 40 Pop Songs of 2014, in alphabetical order - and just think, if the tunes on this list seem pretty great, imagine how epic the real Top 40 will be!

The Vertigo Shtick Top 40 Pop Singles of 2014

Honorable Mentions


  • "Aerosol Can" (feat. Pharrell) - Major Lazer
  • "Afterlife" - Ingrid Michaelson  
  • "Alive" - Brittany McDonald
  • "All Them Boys" - LIZ
  • "Aviation High" - Semi Precious Weapons
  • "Beggin' For Thread" - Banks
  • "Break the Rules" - Charli XCX
  • "Catwalk" - Jeffree Star
  • "Chains" - Nick Jonas
  • "Chandelier" - Sia
  • "Every Little Thing" - Royksopp & Robyn
  • "F For You" (feat. Mary J. Blige) - Disclosure
  • "Faded" - Zhu
  • "Flashed" - DENA
  • "Flawless Remix" (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Beyonce
  • "Foil" - "Weird Al" Yankovic
  • "Free Falling" - Florrie
  • "Games We Play" (feat. Queen of Hearts) - The Soundmen
  • "Goody Goody" - Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
  • "Heavy Metal and Reflective" - Azealia Banks
  • "How Many Times" (feat. Future) - Tinashe
  • "I Luh Ya Papi" (feat. French Montana) - Jennifer Lopez
  • "Like A Drug" - Queen of Hearts
  • "Like 'Em Young" - Tove Lo
  • "Marilyn Monroe" - Pharrell Williams
  • "The Morning After" - Meg Myers
  • "No Enemiesz" - Kiesza
  • "No Mediocre" (feat. Iggy Azalea) - T.I.
  • "Not On Drugs" - Tove Lo
  • "Only" (feat. Drake, Lil Wayne & Chris Brown) - Nicki Minaj
  • "Original Beast" - Grace Jones
  • "Say It" - Jennifer Hudson
  • "She Looks So Perfect" - 5 Seconds of Summer
  • "Take Me Over" (feat. Erica Gibson) - Tim White
  • "Thanks for Leaving" - Alexandra Stan
  • "Vanilla Chocolat" (feat. Connect R) - Alexandra Stan
  • "Waves" (Robin Shulz Radio Edit) - Mr. Probz
  • "Yard Sale" - Neon Hitch
  • "Yellow Flicker Beat" - Lorde
  • "36" (feat. Lotti) - Redlight

Not bad, right? Hey, here's a handy Spotify playlist with 36 of the 40 songs on it for you to catch up on what you don't yet know. (The remaining four: "Alive", "All Them Boys", "Catwalk", and "36".)



    Stay tuned for the main event: The VS Top 40 Pop Songs of 2014!

    5SOS She Looks so Perfect
    5SOS frontman Luke Hemmings, presumably wearing American Apparel underwear

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