Uptown Funk was written and produced by Mark Ronson, with vocals by Bruno Mars, and appeared on Ronson's 2015 album Uptown Special. A love letter to 80s funk music, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks, while the music video has… Read more

This Ed Sheeran song appeared on his third studio album, ÷ (Divide), released in 2017. It reached Number 1 in the US and UK, and two alternate versions were released as duets with Beyoncé and with Andrea Bocelli. Sheeran wrote the lyrics for Perfect… Read more

Co-written with her frequent collaborators Ilya Salmanzadeh and Savan Kotecha, Santa Tell Me is a 2014 Christmas song by Ariana Grande. Grande had previously released four Christmas songs on her 2013 EP Christmas Kisses, including a cover of Wham's… Read more

Released in 2017 as one of the lead singles from Ed Sheeran's third studio album ÷ (Divide), Shape Of You became the biggest track of 2017, breaking records for most-streamed track ever on Spotify and most weeks ever in the Billboard Top 10. Sheeran… Read more

With its disco, funk and soul influences, Dynamite is an exuberant throwback to the sounds of the 1970s. It's also the first song to be recorded fully in English by K-pop superstars BTS (방탄소년단). Dynamite became the band's first song to reach No. 1… Read more

Electric Love was the first single from American singer BØRNS. It was released in 2014 and certified Platinum in 2017, but had a resurgence of popularity in 2020 thanks to the Electric Love Challenge (aka Kissing My Best Friend Challenge) on TikTok… Read more

Count On Me was released on Bruno Mars's debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans in 2010. The laid-back groove has been said to evoke Mars' background in Hawaii, where he was born and raised. It has also been compared to a famous recording by… Read more

Variously described as electropop, dance-pop, pop-trap, and even nu-goth pop, Bad Guy was written and produced by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas. With its minimalist instrumentation and dark lyrics, it was praised as a "low-key banger"… Read more

Zach Herron, Jack Avery, Daniel Seavey, Jonah Marais and Corbyn Besson make up the band Why Don't We, which formed in 2016 in Los Angeles. Chills was released at the end of 2019 as the last song in the band's "one song per month" project. Read more

Blinding Lights was released as the second single from The Weeknd's 2020 album After Hours. A number one hit in thirty-four countries, it was described as "a glorious blast of air punching Eighties synth-pop" in an Evening Standard review. On… Read more

Before rising to Number 1 and staying there for a record nineteen consecutive weeks, Old Town Road had a slow start. It was originally released independently in December 2018 but was re-released in March 2019. TikTok virality helped spark its… Read more

Australian singer Tones And I (real name Toni Watson) wrote this song about her experiences as a busker and the pressure she felt to "always be entertaining". Originally from Victoria, she spent years busking up and down Australia's East Coast… Read more

Happier is a 2018 song by American producer Marshmello and British band Bastille. The song's original writer Dan Smith had intended it to be for Justin Bieber before deciding to keep it for his own band Bastille. They sent the song to Marshmello… Read more

Released in 2020, Jason Derulo's song Savage Love came under fire for sampling Jawsh 685's "Laxed – Siren Beat" without permission or credit. After the two artists came to an agreement, "Laxed – Siren Beat" was added to the song's title and Jawsh… Read more