For the first time ever, I thought I'd try something new. I'm always spending time looking at the stats of this blog and though the page views could be better, they're not too shabby. Of course, one of the most popular types of posts I put on John's World are my Songs of the Day. I've been faithfully posting daily songs for almost four full years now without missing too many days. I know if you're reading this, then you've definitely checked some of them out along the way.
I thought it'd be fun to see which songs got the most page views this year. I'm always a little surprised at which of my posts garner the greatest hits, and researching for this list confirmed my confusion. Take a look below at the top ten Songs of the Day on John's World for 2014. They're a mixture of new songs, Flashback Fridays, and others, and I have no idea how or why some of them made it...
#10 - All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor - 86 page views
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One of the biggest new artists of the year was Meghan Trainor, who is still hot with her hip retro style mixed together with some very adult and very catchy lyrics. This is the one that started it all, and so it's no surprise that this one landed within the top ten Songs of the Day. Check out All About That Bass.
#9 - Mercy - Duffy - 88 page views
Back in February, I posted Duffy's Mercy as a Flashback Friday Song of the Day and for whatever reason, people clicked.
#7-8 (tie) L8 Cmmr - Lily Allen / By Your Side - Sade 90 page views
These two are very different from one another in terms of old and new, yet they both got exactly 90 page views this year. The Sade post was made on June 4th, and it included some sappy sentimentality because that would have been Joe's and my 27th anniversary. Perhaps my inner circle made some clicks for that reason. As for Lily Allen, well this was a big year for her. Early on in , the year, she surprised a lot of people with a new album, Sheezus, and she got a lot of attention from me with plenty of posts. L8 Cmmr is one of the funnest tunes on Sheezus and I'm not surprised this one worked. (A second posting of the song garnered another 23 hits, so perhaps this one could've been a little higher.)
#6 - Hard Out Here - Lily Allen - 93 page views
The one that started it all this year for Lily earned a respectable number of hits here. Love this one!
#5 - Stir It Up - Bob Marley- 98 page views
Bob Marley's classic reggae jam was posted as a Flashback Friday Song of the Day back in February.
#4 - Bucket List - Nelly Furtado - 99 page views
I posted this one back in October, not long after school had started. I used the idea from the song (and the movie) for a writing exercise with my students and I had it in my head that whole week. Check it out right here.
#3 - Tell It to My Heart - Taylor Dayne - 103 page views
The second highest hit making Flashback Friday post of the year came from a Friday back in May. Taylor Dayne's very first single, Tell It to My Heart, was indeed and awesome, and very dancey tune, and I'm not surprised at all by this one.
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#2 - Don't Tell Me - Madonna 123 page views
Madonna is probably the most talked about musical artist on this blog (along with P!nk!), and this countryish tuneoff her 2000 album, Music, got plenty of attention as a Flashback in January.
#1 - Am I Wrong - Nico & Vinz 263 page views
By far the most viewed Song of the Day post comes from Norwegian duo Nico & Vinz with their tune infectiously smooth Am I Wrong. Even though the song was a #1 hit here in the States, I was a bit surprised that this one did as well as it did. Check it out...
So there you have it, the top ten Song of the Day posts o John's World for the year 2014. And just in case you were wondering, here are some other tunes that just bubbled under the surface:
Never Gonna Leave Me - Sia - (78)
I Wanna Dance with Somebody - Whitney Houston (77)
Problem - Ariana Grande (76)
Just Girly Things - Dawin (66)
Holiday - Madonna (65)
Stay tuned for more as I wrap up the year 2014 with my top ten posts, top ten pop songs and albums of the year, and of course my top thirty dance/club tunes of the year...
