The Top 45 Songs of 2013 According to Hits-1

Here is Hits-1’s Top 45 songs of 2013.  As a reminder, this isn’t particularly interesting because it’s just a ranking of how many times they played a given song during the calendar year.  

I’m very puzzled about how they determined which songs that debuted in 2012 were eligible for this list.  For example, Ke$ha – Die Young came out somewhere in the fall of 2012, but appears at #10 due to play count / hitting #1 a few times in 2013.  OK, makes sense.  And The Script Ft. will.i.am – Hall of Fame [#21] came out last year in December.  OK, makes sense, it was pretty significant in the early months of 2013.  But then you have Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child, which debuted the same week as Hall of Fame last year and is nowhere to be seen, despite the fact that it almost certainly was played more often in 2013 than the aforementioned Hall of Fame (it hung around the countdown for about 4 more months).

The other problem is that songs that debuted later in the calendar year (e.g. Lorde – Royals [#35], OneRepublic – Counting Stars [not even ranked], Imagine Dragons – Demons [ditto]) are at a serious disadvantage because they haven’t run their course yet and might catch up in 2014 (playcount-wise) to songs on this list that have been gone for awhile.  I don’t know if there’s a great way to get around that issue without converting to a more subjective ranking system.

So I guess here’s the list, if you’re curious.

1. Fall Out Boy – My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light 'em Up)

2. Imagine Dragons – Radioactive

3. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop

4. Olly Murs - Troublemaker

5. Macklemore Ft. Ryan Lewis - Can't Hold Us

6. Zedd Ft. Foxes - Clarity

7. Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell and T.I. - Blurred Lines

8. Capital Cities - Safe and Sound

9. Pink Ft. Nate Reuss - Just Give Me A Reason

10. Ke$ha - Die Young

11. Maroon 5 - Love Somebody

12. Florida Georgia Line - Cruise

13. Katy Perry - Roar

14. Hot Chelle Rae - Hung Up

15. Icona Pop - I Love It

16. Maroon 5 - Daylight

17. Paramore - Still Into You

18. Avicii Ft. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up

19. Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble

20. Calvin Harris Ft. Ellie Goulding - I Need Your Love

21. The Script Ft. will.i.am - Hall of Fame

22. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack

23. Ke$ha - C'mon

24. The 1975 - Chocolate

25. fun. - Carry On

26. Lady Gaga - Applause

27. Selena Gomez - Come & Get it

28. MKTO - Classic

29. Pink - Try

30. Anna Kendrick - Cups

31. Daft Punk - Get Lucky

32. Bruno Mars - Treasure

33. Little Mix - Wings

34. Taylor Swift - 22

35. Lorde - Royals

36. Bruno Mars - When I Was Your Man

37. Pitbull Ft. Christina Aguilera - Feel This Moment

38. Avril Lavinge - Here's To Never Growing Up

39. Labrinth Ft. Emeli Sande - Beneath Your Beautiful

40. Tegan and Sara - Closer

41. Fall Out Boy - Alone Together

42. Jason Derulo - The Other Side

43. Olly Murs - Dance With Me Tonight

44. Awolnation - Sail

45. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Ft. Mary Lambert - Same Love