[Shaun]

TiBB'S TOP SONG OF 2014

Welcome to the Top Song of 2014. If you're not sure of what this whole shebang is, here're a few links to previous years:

2013: "Work" by Iggy Azalea
2012: "Pyramids" by Frank Ocean
2011: "Midnight City" by M83
2010: "What's My Name (feat. Drake)" by Rihanna
2009: "Sweet Disposition" by the Temper Trap
2008: "Womanizer" by Britney Spears

We'll begin with a Top 200 of the year, hand-picked through the following methods:

- Any song that has appeared in the Top 15 of the UK single charts at any point from January 1 2013 to December 31 2013.
- Of those, songs released in 2012 - either as a single, or on an album released before July 2012 - have been removed.
- Also, songs that have appeared in previous editions of this game cannot count.
- And finally, re-releases of songs don't count (sorry, The Pogues), and charity singles don't either (because, really, who wanted to vote Band Aid 30 anyway?) I've also removed Dapper Laughs from the list because I have taste.
- I've shoved in a handful of songs that did well in critics' "end of the year" lists from the likes of NME, Popjustice and Pitchfork too. I have bolded these.
- To save the list from becoming too repetitive, artists are restricted to just their 3 highest-charting songs. This rule has only affected Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran and Calvin Harris this year.

So here's how it will work..

PRELIMINARY ROUND I've compiled a list of 200 songs below, picked from singles that made the top 15 of the UK charts this year, songs that did well in critics' end-of-year lists (bolded), and songs you've voted or randomised into the game (red).
Round 1: Out of the top 200, each member can choose their favourite FIFTEEN songs. The songs that get any votes will move onto Round 2.
Round 2: Out of the remaining 125, each member can choose their favourite TWELVE songs.
Round 3: Out of the remaining 90, each member can choose their favourite TEN songs, as well as their least favourite THREE.
Round 4: Out of the remaining 67, each member can choose their favourite TEN songs only. All songs with 1 vote or fewer shall be eliminated.
Round 5: Out of the remaining 52, each member can choose their favourite EIGHT songs, as well as their least favourite THREE.
Round 6: Out of the remaining 40, each member can choose their favourite SIX songs.
Round 7: Out of the remaining 32, each member can choose their favourite SIX songs. All songs with 2 or fewer votes are eliminated.
Round 8: Out of the remaining 24, each member can choose their favourite SIX songs, and TWO least favourite ones.
Round 9: Out of the remaining 20, each member can choose their favourite FOUR songs.
Final: Rank the final 11 songs from first to last in order of preference!
I'll leave it there because this is often too inconvenient and unpredictable to describe at the start of the game. WE WILL GET THERE, though.
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Final - 11 songs remain!

Clean Bandit - Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)
The Common Linnets - Calm After the Storm
Ella Henderson - Ghost
Ella Henderson - Yours
FKA twigs - Two Weeks
Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno Mars)
Rita Ora - I Will Never Let You Down
Royksopp & Robyn - Do it Again
Sia - Chandelier
Taylor Swift - Blank Space
Vance Joy - Riptide

Semi-Final - 9 songs eliminated!

Shamir - On the Regular
Conchita Wurst - Rise Like a Phoenix
Fifth Harmony - Sledgehammer
Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You)
Kiesza - Hideaway
Jessie J - Bang Bang (feat. Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj)
G.R.L. - Ugly Heart
Echosmith - Cool Kids
Beyonce - Drunk in Love (feat. Jay Z)

Round 8 - 4 songs eliminated

Calvin Harris - Blame (feat. John Newman)
Donaton & Cleo - My Slowanie
Molly - Children of the Universe
Saint Motel - My Type

Round 7 - 8 songs eliminated

Alesso - Heroes (We Could Be) [feat. Tove Lo]
Becky Hill - Losing
Beyonce - **Flawless (feat. Nicki Minaj)
Indiana - Solo Dancing
Jungle - Busy Earnin'
Katy B - Crying for No Reason
Nicki Minaj - Anaconda
Oliver Heldens x Becky Hill - Gecko (Overdrive)

Round 6 - 8 songs eliminated

Calvin Harris - Outside (feat. Ellie Goulding)
Charli XCX - Boom Clap
Duke Dumont - I Got U (feat. Jax Jones)
Lily Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer in C
Mr Probz - Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)
Neon Jungle - Welcome to the Jungle
Perfume Genius - Queen
RuPaul - Sissy That Walk

Round 5 - 12 songs eliminated

Cheryl - Crazy Stupid Love (feat. Tinie Tempah)
Foxes - Let Go for Tonight
Fuse ODG - Dangerous Love (feat. Sean Paul)
George Ezra - Blame it On Me
Olly Murs - Up (feat. Demi Lovato)
One Direction - Steal My Girl
Paloma Faith - Only Love can Hurt Like This
Pixie Lott - Caravan of Love
Sam Smith - Stay With Me
The Script - Superheroes
Sigma - Changing (feat. Paloma Faith)
+1 more to be decided

Round 4 - 14 songs eliminated

Ariana Grande - Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea)
DJ Fresh & Jay Fay - Dibby Dibby Sound (feat. Ms Dynamite)
Ellie Goulding - Beating Heart
Faul & Wad ad vs. PNAU - Changes
Fifth Harmony - Bo$$
Gorgon City - Ready For Your Love (feat. MNEK)
Jess Glynne - Right Here
John Martin - Anywhere for You
Klingande - Jubel
Lily Allen - Our Time
LuvBug - Resistance (feat. Talay Riley)
One Direction - Night Changes
Royksopp & Robyn - Monument
Tove Lo - Stay High (Habits)

Round 3 - 24 songs eliminated

5 Seconds of Summer - Don't Stop
A Great Big World - Say Something (feat. Christina Aguilera)
Ariana Grande - Break Free (feat. Zedd)
Avicii - Addicted to You
Cheryl - I Don't Care
Chris Brown - Loyal
Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars
Cuushe - Sort of Light
David Guetta - Shot Me Down (feat. Skylar Grey)
Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
Foo Fighters - Something from Nothing
iamamiwhoami - Hunting for Pearls
Iggy Azalea - Black Widow (feat. Rita Ora)
James Newton Howard - The Hanging Tree
Parra for Cuva - Wicked Games (feat. Anna Naklab)
Rixton - Me and My Broken Heart
Shakira - Can't Remember to Forget You (feat. Rihanna)
Take That - These Days
Taylor Swift - Shake it Off
Tom Odell - Real Love
Union J - You Got it All
The Vamps - Last Night
ZHU - Faded

Round 2 - 35 songs eliminated

5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks so Perfect
Beyonce - Yonce/Partition
Chris Brown - New Flame (feat. Usher & Rick Ross)
Christina Perri - Human
Clean Bandit - Real Love (feat. Jess Glynne)
Coldplay - Magic
Ella Henderson - Glow
Elyar Fox - Do It All Over Again
Enrique Iglesias - I'm a Freak (feat. Pitbull)
Fuse ODG - T.I.N.A.
George Ezra - Budapest
Iggy Azalea - Fancy (feat. Charli XCX)
Jamie T - Zombie
Kiesza - Giant in my Heart
Kiesza - No Enemiesz
Kylie Minogue - Into the Blue
La Roux - Uptight Downtown
Little Mix - Little Me
Little Mix - Salute
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
Michael Jackson - Love Never Felt so Good
Neon Jungle - Braveheart
Paloma Faith - Can't Rely on You
Pitbull - Wild Wild Love (feat. G.R.L.)
Pixie Lott - Nasty
Rixton - Wait on Me
Rizzle Kicks - Tell Her
Royal Blood - Little Monster
Shift K3Y - Touch
Sigma - Nobody to Love
Union J - Tonight (We Live Forever)
The Vamps - Wild Heart
Wankelmut & Emma Louise - My Head is a Jungle
Watermat - Bullit
will.i.am. - It's My Birthday (feat. Cody Wise)

ROUND 1 - 75 songs eliminated

5 Seconds of Summer - Amnesia
Aloe Blacc - The Man
Bakermat - One Day (Vandaag)
Bars and Melody - Hopeful
Ben Haenow - Something I Need
Blonde - I Loved You (feat. Melissa Steel)
Busta Rhymes - Thank You (feat. Q-Tip & Kanye West)
The Chainsmokers - #SELFIE
Calvin Harris - Summer
Caribou - Can't Do Without You
Cash Cash - Take Me Home (feat. Bebe Rexha)
Clean Bandit - Extraordinary (feat. Sharna Bass)
Clean Bandit - Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne)
David Bowie - Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)
David Guetta - Dangerous (feat. Sam Martin)
David Guetta - Lovers on the Sun (feat. Sam Martin)
Demi Lovato - Neon Lights
DVBBS & Gorgeous - Tsunami (Jump) [feat. Tinie Tempah]
DJ Cassidy - Calling All Hearts (feat. Robin Thicke & Jessie J)
DJ Fresh vs. TC - Make U Bounce
Duke Dumont - Won't Look Back
Ed Sheeran - Don't
Ed Sheeran - Sing
Ella Eyre - Comeback
Elyar Fox - A Billion Girls
Eminem - Guts Over Fear (feat. Sia)
Example - Kids Again
Example - One More Day (Stay With Me)
Flo Rida - How I Feel
Foxes - Holding onto Heaven
Fuse ODG - Million Pound Girl (Badder than Bad)
Gorgon City - Go All Night (feat. Jennifer Hudson)
Gorgon City - Here For You (feat. Laura Welsh)
Jason Derulo - Wiggle
Jeremih - Don't Tell 'Em (feat. Y.G.)
Kasabian - Eez-Eh
Labrinth - Jealous
Labrinth - Let it Be
Le Youth - Dance With Me
Lethal Bizzle - Rari Workout (feat. JME & Tempa T)
Lily Allen - Air Balloon
Lily Allen - Sheezus
Little Mix - Word Up!
Lizzo - Batches and Cookies
MAGIC! - Rude
The Magician - Sunlight (feat. Years & Years)
Maroon 5 - Maps
Martin Garrix - Wizard
Matrix & Futurebound - Control (feat. Max Marshall)
McBusted - Air Guitar
Melissa Steel - Kisses for Breakfast (feat. Popcaan)
Meridian Dan - German Whip (feat. Big H & JME)
MK - Always (Route 94 Remix) [feat. Alana]
Neon Jungle - Louder
Nico + Vinz - Am I Wrong
Oliver Heldens - Last All Night (Koala) [feat. KStewart]
Oliver $ & Jimi Jules - Pushing On
Olly Murs - Wrapped Up
OneRepublic - Love Runs Out
OneRepublic & Alesso - If I Lose Myself
Paolo Nutini - Scream (Funk My Life Right Up)
Professor Green - Lullaby (feat. Tori Kelly)
Route 94 - My Love (feat. Jess Glynne)
Sam Smith - Like I Can
Sam Smith - Money on My Mind
SecondCity - I Wanna Feel
St. Vincent - Digital Witness
Sub Focus - Turn Back Time
Ten Walls - Walking With Elephants
Tiesto - Red Lights
Tiesto - Wasted
Usher - Good Kisser
The Veronicas - You Ruin Me
Waze & Odyssey & R. Kelly - Bump & Grind 2014
will.i.am. - Feelin' Myself (feat. Miley Cyrus, French Montana & Wiz Khalifa)
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