TOP 100 SONGS OF 2017. This post: #40- 36. Continues tomorrow.

Caffé Latté presents…

THE 100 BEST SONGS OF

2017

It was the year of increased tension between the West and North Korea; progress was made against Islamic State while conflict and terrorism continued in locations such as London, Barcelona, Manchester and in the Middle East. There was tragedy in Las Vegas and a horrific fire in London’s Grenfell Tower.

Natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and mudslides affected locations such as Mexico, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, the Philippines and Colombia.

Macron won the French election. Trump was inaugurated. Teresa May lost her majority in an unnecessary British election. Robert Mugabe lost his long-held power in Zimbabwe.

Australia finally legalized same sex marriage after putting the population through an unnecessary and wasteful voting survey.

#MeToo and the Silence Breakers brought down media figures that included Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer and Kevin Spacey.

3AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young. Ed Sheeran dominated the charts around the world. Latin pop and EDM made further inroads into the mainstream.

As “Game Of Thrones” headed towards its final season, ‘The Last Jedi’ premiered.

40

HEART OF GOLD

BQL

Slovenian duo BQL comsists of brothers Anej and Rok Piletic. They made the national finals, vying for the opportunity to represent Slovenia at Eurovision with "Heart Of Gold" which spent a month on top of the charts in the siblings' homeland. Although they won the public vote at the Slovenian final, the jury result saw BQL finish in second place.

39

PERFECT

Ed Sheeran

By the end of 2016, 3 versions of "Perfect" had charted internationally for Ed Sheeran. First was this original solo version, followed by duets with Beyoncé and Andrea Bocelli. The latter 2 versions were listed as "Perfect Duet" and "Perfect Symphony" respectively. "Perfect" topped the charts in Britain, Europe, the Philippines, Malaysia and Australia.

38

AIN'T GONNA DIE TONIGHT

Macklemore ftg. Eric Nally

Eric Nally reunited with Macklemore on "I Ain't Gonna Die Tonight" from the latter's solo album 'Gemini'. Nally had contributed vocals on Caffé Latté's #1 song of 2015 "Downtown" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

37

CRYBABY

Paloma Faith

The release of 'The Architect' ended the 3 year gap between Paloma Faith albums. "Crybaby" was its lead single.

36

HAVANA

Camila Cabello ftg. Young Thug

Camila Cabello was born in Cuba. Her family moved to Florida when she was aged 6. Cabello was a founding member of Fifth Harmony. In December 2016, she announced her exit from the girl group. Solo single "Havana" features guest rapper Young Thug. The song peaked at #2 in the US and reached #1 in Britain, Europe, Canada, Australia and Israel.