Top 50 Songs of 2017

Dave’s Music Database: Top 50 Songs of 2017

These are the top 50 songs of the year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from year-end lists. Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here. DMDB Top 1%: Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect” Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” Camila Cabello with Young Thug “Havana” Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar” The Chainsmokers with Coldplay “Something Just Like This” Bebe Rexha with Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be” Cardi B “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” Kendrick Lamar “Humble” DMDB Top 2%: Lizzo “Truth Hurts” Portugal.the Man “Feel It Still” Imagine Dragons “Thunder” Imagine Dragons “Believer” DJ Khaled with Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, & Lil Wayne “I’m the One” Sam Hunt “Body Like a Back Road” DMDB Top 5%: Dua Lipa “New Rules” Taylor Swift “Look What You Made Me Do” Charlie Puth “Attention” DJ Khaled with Rihanna & Bryson Tiller “Wild Thoughts” Lil Uzi Vert “XO Tour Llif3” Logic with Alessia Cara & Khalid “1-800-273-8255” Future “Mask Off” Harry Styles “Sign of the Times” Sam Smith “Too Good at Goodbyes” French Montana & Swae Lee “Unforgettable” NF “Let You Down” Ed Sheeran “Castle on the Hill” Taylor Swift “Delicate” Demi Lovato “Sorry Not Sorry” Imagine Dragons “Whatever It Takes” Camila Cabello “Never Be the Same” Zedd with Alessia Cara “Stay” Keala Settle & the Greatest Showman Cast “This Is Me” Julia Michaels “Issues” Måneskin “Beggin’” Brandi Carlile “The Joke” Kendrick Lamar “DNA” Lorde “Green Light” Khalid “Location” Khalid “Young, Dumb & Broke” G-Eazy with Halsey “Him & I” G-Eazy with A$AP Rocky & Cardi B “No Limit” Bazzi “Mine” Niall Horan “Slow Hands” U2 “You’re the Best Thing About Me” Arcade Fire “Everything Now” Beck “Up All Night” Kendrick Lamar with Zacari “Love” Taylor Swift “Ready for It?” Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: Top Songs and Albums by Year lists Dave’s Music Database: Songs of the Year lists First posted 12/26/2021; last updated 1/17/2023.

Chainsmokers and Coldplay “Something Just Like This” premiered at Brit Awards

Something Just Like This The Chainsmokers with Coldplay

Writer(s): Andrew Taggart, Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin (see lyrics here) Released: February 22, 2017 First Charted: March 11, 2017 Peak: 3 US, 11 RR, 14 AC, 17 A40, 15 AA, 16 MR, 2 UK, 3 CN, 2 AU, 22 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 10.0 US, 0.76 UK, 21.50 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 2802.5 video, 2194.29 streaming

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About the Song: The DJ and production duo of Alex Pall and Drew Taggart formed The Chainsmokers in 2012. They experienced their first chart success with 2014’s “#Selfie,” a #16 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. They followed with top-ten hits “Roses,” “Don’t Let Me Down,” “Paris,” and, most notably, “Closer,” a chart-topper for 12 weeks. “Something Just Like This” was the second single from Memories…Do Not Open, a #3 album in the UK and a million-selling, chart-topper in the United States. Coldplay had an even deeper history, forming in London in 1997. They’d already chalked up seventeen top-ten hits in the UK, including #1 songs “Viva La Vida” and “Paradise,” before their collaboration with the Chainsmokers hit #2. In the United States, it was their fourth top-ten. Meanwhile, they’d topped the album chart eight times in the UK and four in the United States. Both bands were involved in writing the song. Most of the song was written when the Chainsmokers first met with Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay. SF The Chainsmokers said, “We found some chords that everyone loved and then Chris…freestyled for an hour.” SF The Chainsmokers explained it is about “a relationship that doesn’t need to be superhumanly perfect, an ordinary love.” SF Martin sings about wanting to be like Hercules or Batman, he knows he isn’t like them but fortunately his girlfriend just wants “a simple relationship with a straightforward guy.” SF The lyric video set a record for single-day views with more than nine million in its first 24 hours. SF The previous record holder, with 8.2 million plays, was Justin Bieber’s “What Do You Mean?” SF “Just Like This” has gone on to amass more than two billion views. The song was premiered with a live performance by both bands at the Brit Awards on February 22, 2017. It debuted at #56 on the Billboard Hot 100 and soared to #5 the next week. Resources: DMDB encyclopedia entry for The Chainsmokers AMG All Music Guide SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia Related Links: First posted 7/30/2023.