The Best Songs of 2014 (according to Melismatic)

Here it is -- The Big Kahuna. Every blog around this time is putting on proud display their list of what was the "cream of the crop" in 2014. Here are the songs that I felt most deserve a spot on your music player of choice. Please note the ranking is pretty arbitrary. Basically, these 100 tunes are good 'uns.

100. KIESZA - "Giant In My Heart"



99. KELIS - "Jerk Ribs"
98. KATY B - "What Love Is Made Of"
97. ELLE KING - "Ex's & Oh's
96. BROOKE CANDY - "Opulence"

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95. ELLA EYRE - "Comeback"

94. ARIANA GRANDE - "Break Free (feat. ZEDD)"
93. YOU + ME - "Break The Cycle"
92. TOVE LO - "Moments"
91. ZELLA DAY - "Sweet Ophelia"

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90. TOVE STRYKE - "Even If I'm Loud It Doesn't Mean I'm Talking To You"


89. SHAKIRA - "Dare (La La La)"
88. THE FRAY - "Love Don't Die"
87. SIA - "Chandelier"
86. TENSNAKE - "Love Sublime (feat. NILE ROGERS & FIORA)"

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85. RUPAUL - "Sissy That Walk"


84. LENA FAYRE - "Love Burning Alive"
83. KATY B - "Aaliyah (feat. JESSIE WARE)"
82. NICK JONAS - "Chains"
81. PANAMA WEDDING - "All Of The People"

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80. KYLIE MINOGUE - "Million Miles"


79. LILY ALLEN - "URL Badman"
78. KIMBRA - "90's Music"
77. KATE BOY - "Northern Lights"
76. JESSE MCCARTNEY - "Young Love"

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75. SUPER JUNIOR - "MAMACITA"


74. JAZMIN SISTERS - "You"
73. CALVIN HARRIS - "Pray To God (feat. HAIM)"
72. FALL OUT BOY - "Centuries"
71. BROODS - "Mother & Father"

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70. INGRID MICHAELSON - "Warpath"


69. BEBE REXHA - "I Can't Stop Drinking About You"
68. WRATHSCHILD - "Angeles"
67. RIXTON - "Me And My Broken Heart"
66. PHARRELL WILLIAMS - "Come Get It Bae"

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65. NONONO - "Like The Wind"


64. NICO & VINZ - "Am I Wrong"
63. NEON JUNGLE - "Braveheart"
62. NATALIA KILLS - "Trouble (Cherry Cherry Boom Boom Remix)"
61. MO - "Walk This Way"

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60. MADDIE & TAE - "Girl In A Country Song"


59. LORDE - "Yellow Flicker Beat"
58. LITTLE MIX - "Move"
57. JESSI MALAY - "Fetish"
56. HILARY DUFF - "All About You"

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55. JENNIFER LOPEZ - "Booty"


54. HAIM - "My Song 5 (feat. A$AP FERG)"
53. FIFTH HARMONY - "Sledgehammer"
52. ED SHEERAN - "Sing"
51. DJ SNAKE & LIL JON - "Turn Down For What"

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50. BETTY WHO - "Glory Days"


49. BECKY G - "Shower"
48. ASTR - "Operate"
47. 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER - "She Looks So Perfect"
46. VERITE - "ECHO"

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45. MIRANDA LAMBERT - "Somethin' Bad (feat. CARRIE UNDERWOOD)"


44. LILY ALLEN - "Hard Out Here"
43. LA ROUX - "Uptight Downtown"
42. KYLIE MINOGUE - "Sexercise"
41. EDEN XO - "Too Cool To Dance"


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40. DISCLOSURE - "F For You (feat. MARY J. BLIGE)"


39. BLEACHERS - "I Wanna Get Better"
38. STRANGE TALK - "Young Hearts"
37. ERIK HASSLE - "Pathetic"36. ROYKSOPP & ROBYN - "Do It Again"

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35. TAYLOR SWIFT - "Shake It Off"


34. M.O. - "For A Minute"
33. KARMIN - "I Want It All"
32. CHRISTINA GRIMMIE - "Must Be Love"
31. CHLOE HOWL - "Rumour"

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30. DANITY KANE - "All In A Day's Work"


29. COLBIEI CAILLAT - "Live It Up"
28. CHROMEO - "Jealous (I Ain't With It)"
27. LINDSEY STIRLING - "Shatter Me (feat. LZZY HALE)"
26. KONGOS - "Come With Me Now"

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25. IGGY AZALEA - "Black Widow (feat. RITA ORA)"


24. SAM SMITH - "Stay With Me"
23. DJ CASSIDY - "Calling All Hearts (feat. ROBIN THICKE & JESSIE J)"
22. MEGHAN TRAINOR - "All About That Bass"
21. RAIN - "30 Sexy"

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20. KATY PERRY - "Birthday"


19. FIFTH HARMONY - "Bo$$"
18. TOVE LO - "Thousand Miles"
17. PALOMA FAITH - "Only Love Can Hurt Like This"
16. NICK JONAS - "Jealous"

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15. NEON HITCH - "Yard Sale"



14. ARIANA GRANDE - "Problem (feat. IGGY AZALEA)"
13. KATE BOY - "Self Control"
12. ED SHEERAN - "Don't"
11. GORDON CITY - "Ready For Your Love (feat. MNEK)"

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10. G.R.L. - "Ugly Heart"



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9. SHEPPARD - "Geronimo"



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8. CHARLI XCX - "Boom Clap"



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7. PHARRELL WILLIAMS - "Marilyn Monroe"

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6. MARK RONSON - "Uptown Funk (feat. BRUNO MARS)"

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5. JESSIE WARE - "Tough Love"



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4. JESSE McCARTNEY - "Superbad"



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3. KATY B - "Crying For No Reason"



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2. KIESZA - "Hideaway"


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1. JESSIE J - "Bang Bang (feat. ARIANA GRANDE & NICK MINAJ)"