Top of the Pops: New Year 2019

Top of the Pops is back once again for New Year. You can watch it on the iPlayer if you missed it, here's what happened:

Freya Ridings - Love Is Fire

We begin with a record that never made the Top 40 from someone who appeared with her only Top 40 hit of the year on the Christmas episode. The audience are clapping which is annoying. Bit of a nothing song though.

Sigma ft Jack Savoretti - You And Me As One

They were introduced as one of the biggest names in Drum & Bass collaborating with everyone and everyone else and now here's a collaboration with Jack Savoretti. Had to wait until a minute into the performance for the name to come on the screen before I could find out who it was. They really like to push Jack Savoretti don't they? Yet another non-Top 40 hit. I like Drum & Bass but this is shit.

Tom Walker - Better Half Of Me

We finally get a Top 40 hit, this made 38. It's Ed Sheeran's Jamaican cousin who isn't Jamaican. He also appeared at Christmas. Is there really nobody else they could have had on?

The biggest stories of 2019: Lewis Capaldi becomes a household name, Stormzy headlines Glastonbury, Dave and Lizzo also played, Tones & I had a hit, Coldplay become environmentalists, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and Ariana Grande released new albums.


Lily Moore & Dan Caplen - Undo

Another record that never made the Top 40, this is their television debut apparently. Let's hope next time they're on TV it isn't to do music.

Dermot Kennedy - Power Over Me

Another Ed Sheeran clone who also appeared on the Christmas episode with a song that never made the Top 40. That's 5 performances so far, 4 feature acts who appeared at Christmas and 4 songs that never made the Top 40.

Stormzy - Blinded By Your Grace Pt.2

We now have someone who's been one of the biggest chart acts of the year with a performance from Glastonbury. Of all the hits of his they could have chosen to play, they pick a hit from 2017.

Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go

We finally get a song that's actually had a proper impact on the Top 40 this year. OK it's shit, but at least it represents the charts like Top of the Pops is supposed to.

Regard ft Jay Sean - Ride It

Jay Sean made a couple of good records back in 2004, then he started putting out crap like this, which has now been given a dance makeover by Regard.

Celeste - Strange

She keeps winning best new artist awards apparently. Proof that awards are a load of bollocks surely, this is fuckin miserable. Never made the Top 40 either.

The biggest stories of 2019: Billie Eilish makes an impact on social media , Lil Nas X collaborated with Billy Ray Cyrus, Ed Sheeran broke more records, Abbey Road 50th anniversary, Paul McCartney headlining Glastonbury, Taylor Swift also playing.

Blossoms - The Keeper

Is this what happened to Hanson? Another song that never made the Top 40.

Joel Corry ft Hailey May - Sorry

This one also appeared on Christmas day, I know we don't have the quantity of Top 40 hits we had in years gone by but having the same song on both episodes is ridiculous.

Mabel - Mad Love

Another act who appeared on Christmas Day with another shit song.

Ellie Goulding - River

The final number one of the year. Why anyone would listen to this instead of the Joni Mitchell original is beyond me.