The Sound of 2014: Top 10 Songs of the Year
top songs of 2014
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Happy by Pharrell Williams: It seems everyone, just everyone was singing this song - or dancing to it. Happy from Despicable Me 2 made many a soul happy this year. The Grammy nominated track was on the top of the party list and prompted a veritable deluge of videos featuring people, celebs and non-celebs, getting jiggy to it.
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Baby Doll from Ragini MMS 2: Put actress Sunny Leone in a video and you have a chartbuster guaranteed to rule airwaves. It helped that the Meet Brothers and Anjjan had delivered a tune so catchy you founf yourself humming it when least expected. The peppy song became an instant party anthem.
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London Thumakda from Queen: Meanwhile, Kangana Ranaut Queen-ed it over the charts with awkward-innocent thumkas that were replicated by everyone on the dance floor. The song's reverberating rhythm by composer Amit Trivedi forced many non-dancers onto the floors this year.
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Ata Majhi Satakli from Singham Returns: No song list is complete without a Yo Yo Honey Singh number. The actor-composer ruled the charts with filmy songs like Chaar Botal Vodka, Party With The Bhoothnath, Yaar Naa Miley and non-filmy ones like Hip Hop, Desi Kalakar and Love Dose. But Ata Majhi Satakli was a force of nature unto itself.
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Galiyaan from Ek Villain: Composers Mithoon and Ankit Tiwari followed the success of their soundtrack for Aashiqui 2 in 2013 with a score for Ek Villain that included tracks like Banjaara, Zaroorat. Our favourite was the soulful Galliyan, for which Ek Villain heroine Shraddha Kapoor provided the female vocals.
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Jumme ki Raat from Kick: Swag alert! This time Salman Khan, not particularly admired for his dance moves, stunned fans in this foot-tapping number from Kick. While Salman's antics had everyone in splits, Jacqueline's krumping and thumping solo in the song left everyone awestruck.
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Whistle Baja from Heropanti: Actor Tiger Shroff was this year's surprise dance package. You simply couldn't look away from the actor's rippling moves, helped by the fact that composers Sajid-Wajid had borrowed the famous musical refrain from 1983 film Hero, the movie that made Tiger's dad Jackie a star.
