Chachi’s Top 100 Videos of the Year End Extravaganza Disco Dancing Party!
Long ass name I will admit. Let’s get this Countdown party started right!
100. James Morrison – You Give Me Something
We start with James Morrison, who made a pretty low-key debut when this song was featured in a commercial for the FX lineup. Well, this song is bleeping awesome and that is why it is on here. Oddly enough, he never really followed it up with anything which is lame because he grew on me after a while.
99. Jewelry – Everybody Shhh!!!
98. Inoue Joe - Closer
97. Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
96. New Kids on the Block – Summertime
95. YA-KYIM respects KOME KOME CLUB – Kimi Ga Iru Dake De
94. RSP with DA BUBBLE GUM BROTHERS – LA.LA.LA LOVE SONG
93. ASIAN KUNG FU GENERATION – After Dark
92. Yuna Ito – Urban Mermaid
91. Aqua Timez – Velonica
90. Paramore - Decode
89. Nana Mizuki – TRICKSTER
88. Uhm Jung Hwa featuring TOP – D.I.S.C.O.
Okay, first off this song is fricking awesome. Second off, this video is fricking trippy. Third off I TOTALLY ALMOST PULLED THIS OFF AT KARAOKE LAST NIGHT! Sadly, I only know the hook which is English and easy Korean but still. This is one of those videos that flew under the radar until the end of the year for me and I am glad I saw it because it is great!
87. Big Bang - Lies
86. Maroon 5 – Goodnight, Goodnight
85. T.I. – Whatever You Like
84. Chris Brown – With You
83. Big Bang – Number 1
82. UVERworld – Just Break The Limit!
81. Colbie Caillat – Realize
80. HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR – Remember
79. Yuna Ito – Miss You
78. Rihanna – Take A Bow
77. Alicia Keys - Superwoman
76. Halcali – LONG KISS GOODBYE
75. Aqua Timez - Niji
74. Seamo feat Ayuse Kozue - Honey
73. Game featuring Lil’ Wayne – My Life
72. Hearts Grow - Kasanaru Kage
71. Snoop Dogg – Sexual Seduction
70. Tommy Heavenly6 – PAPER MOON
Wizard of Oz + hot Japanese lady rock singer = LOVE! First off, when I heard this as the opening to Soul Eater I was all over it (Especially after it followed TM REVOLUTION!). Combine that with a great video and you have the number 70 video. Not hard to do the math on that.
69. Alicia Keys – Teenage Love Affair
68. Ikimonogakari – Kimagure Romantic
67. Chris Brown - Forever
66. UVERworld – Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi
65. Southern All-Stars – I AM YOUR SINGER
64. Ne-Yo – Closer
63. RBD - Empezar Desde Cero
WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BREAK UP?! In what may be RBD’s last video, they really just did what they always do: LOOK DAMN HOT. Especially Anahi. She reminds me of a girl I once knew…she was special. VIVA LA REBELEDE!!!
62. Kumi Koda - Taboo
61. Rain – Love Story
60. YUI – I’ll Be
59. L`Arc~en~Ciel – DRINK IT DOWN
58. Bennie K feat SOFFet – Music Traveler
57. NLT – He Said, She Said
You know, NLT really disappointed me. After their first video, I never heard from them after that. However, I was all about this song because I was going through my Timbaland phase like I am going through my Runners phase now. That and boybands are awesome.
56. Lupe Fiasco – Hip Hop Saved My Life
55. Usher – Moving Mountains
54. The Roots feat. Chrisette Michelle & Wale – Rising Up 53. Nelly Furtado – In God’s Hands
52. Hyori Lee – Hey Mr. Big!
51. DJ Khaled featuring Kanye West & T-Pain – Go Hard
50. T.I. featuring Alfamega & Busta Rhymes – Hurt
49. FLOW – WORLD END
48. Erykah Badu - Honey
47. Jazmine Sullivan – I Need You Bad
46. The Roots feat Dice Raw & Peedi Crack – Get Busy
45. UVERworld – ROOTS
44. Lupe Fiasco featuring Matt Santos – Superstar
Okay, this was actually one of my favorite videos of late 2007 because I am kind of a Lupe Fiasco stan. However, due to YouTube blocking the shit out of everything last year it was never officially on the Countdown. So this is a bit of a thanks to Lupe for changing hip hop a little for us.
43. John Legend – Show Me
42. HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR – Amazing
41. Lil Wayne featuring Static Major - Lollipop
40. YUI – Laugh Away
39. Ikimonogakari – Bluebird
38. Mihimaru GT - Diverge
37. BACK-ON – Sands of Time
36. YUI - NAMIDAIRO
35. NERD featuring Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco & Pusha-T – Everybody Nose (Remix)
34. UVERworld - Koishikute
33. T.I. – What Up, What’s Happenin’
32. KELUN – SIXTEEN GIRL
31. RBD - Inalcanzable
30. Rain – Rainism
IT WAS THE YEAR OF RAIN! Bi made his comeback this year after laying kind of low in 2007 (Rain’s World Vol IV came out in 2006) in a big way! An album considered for Album of the Year and one of the most visually entertaining videos of the year! Rain isn’t coming…IT’S BACK!
29. Ikimonogakari – Kimagure Romantic
28. Hyori Lee – U-Go-Girl
27. YUI – SUMMER SONG
26. Alicia Keys – Like You’ll Never See Me Again (One Week at #1)
25. Foxxi MisQ – X.B.F. (One Week at #1)
24. Game featuring Keyshia Cole – Game’s Pain (One Week at #1)
23. KELUN – CHU-BURA (One Week at #1)
22. May J. – Do Tha’, Do Tha’ (One Week at #1)
In a year of artists getting their first number one videos after being held back multiple times (Game, Paramore, Foxxi MisQ and Hearts Grow for starters), May J started the trend of redemption! Not only was this one of the hottest videos of 2008 (Not involving lolis I mean. Sun I am looking at you! Damn you, Wonder Girls!) but it was one of the best dancing sequences as well…not done by Rain of course. I MISS MY MAY J!
21. Wonder Girls – Nobody (One Week at #1)
20. T.I. – No Matter What (One Week at #1)
19. Kanye West featuring Chris Martin – Homecoming (One Week at #1)
18. John Legend featuring Andre 3000 – Green Light (One Week at #1)
17. NaNa – Movin On (Six Weeks at #1, One Week at #1 in 2008)
16. Duffy – Warrick Avenue
15. HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR – HOT LIMIT (Two Weeks at #1)
WHY GOD WHY?! First RBD broke up and to cap off the worst year ever, HIGH AND MIGHTY COLOR are breaking up as well! Luckily, one of the videos they had as their swan song was a cover of the TM REVOLUTION CLASSIC! This video was number one before you could blink and for a final hurrah it was well worth it. I will miss you Hiroko!
14. NaNa – SHOW GIRL (Two Weeks at #1)
13. Paramore – That’s What You Get (Two Weeks at #1)
12. Kanye West – Love Lockdown (Two Weeks at #1)
11. Fonzworth Bentley featuring Kanye West & Andre 3000 – Everybody (Don’t Stop) [Two Weeks at #1]
AND NOW WE ARE DOWN TO THE TEN BIGGEST VIDEOS OF 2008!
10. Wonder Girls – So Hot (Two Weeks at #1)
We begin with the tenth biggest video of 2008! The Wonder Girls made their triumphant return to the K-Pop world and solidified my vendetta against Chris Hansen. This video is hilarious and yet surprisingly awesome at the same time. And yet I cannot shake the feeling every single time I watch this video, the party van comes a little closer to my house.
9. Usher feat Young Jeezy – Love In This Club (Three Weeks at #1)
At number nine we have the returning Usher! I had a threat-watch for Usher just as I did for Rain and Usher heeded my threat and came out with a kick ass video this year. Not only was the song great, he brought along hip hop’s biggest surprise in Young Jeezy which began HIS huge year as well. More from him later…
8. BoA – Eat You Up (Two Weeks at #1, Currently at #1)
BoA has returned! After only being released for about two months or so, BoA ranks in at number eight on 2088’s biggest videos! It is the current number one video and she has proven that she can dance and sing as well as her not as talented American counterparts. Oh, I so went there. This song is the ringtone, too!
7. Toshinobu Kobuta featuring Misia - Flying Easy Loving Crazy (Two Weeks at #1)
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The Legend finally gets his due! Toshinobu Kobuta was on the Countdown longer than any video in its three year history and even topped off that by taking the number one spot for two weeks this spring. It was well deserved for someone that has been laying it down for R&B in Japan for YEARS.
6. Hearts Grow – Sora (Three Weeks at #1)
When Hearts Grow breaks through, THEY BREAK THROUGH! After being held back from the top spot twice, the third time was the charm enough to put them at number six on the biggest videos of 2008, right outside of the Top Five! After a pretty lengthy journey, they not only took number one but took it for almost a month! Here is hoping for an album in 2009. We are down to FIVE!
5. Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West – Put On (Three Weeks at #1)
We begin the Top Five with one of the biggest suprises of 2008! Young Jeezy had been one of the mid-range rappers on the Countdown but this year he came out with a vengeance, pulling down the fifth biggest video of the year! This video was topical and hard at the same time. Let’s not forget he brought Kanye West along for the ride which always helps out. He put it on for the Countdown!
4. YA-KYIM – Super Looper (Three Weeks at #1)
So we move up to number four and we have the fine, sexy ladies of YA-KYIM! They had arguably the biggest year of all the female artists with this video. It was catchy, had great dancing and did I mention that Yurie is damn fine? Because if I didn’t…she SO IT. I totally love her.
WE ARE DOWN TO THE THREE BIGGEST VIDEOS OF 2008!
3. CRS (Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco & Pharrell) featuring Thom Yorke – Us Placers (Four Weeks at #1)
Hard to believe that an obscure track on a Kanye West mixtape would be the third biggest video of 2008. Yet, when you have an outside of the box video such as this you have to take notice. The song is meaningful (Especially Pharrell who gains a new level of respect from me for this one) and the video is so different that you have to sit back and watch. Combine those factors and CRS takes the bronze!
2. T.I. featuring Rihanna – Live Your Life (Five Weeks at #1)
Okay, we are at the runner up spot and if it wasn’t for BoA, this video may have ended up being number one! However, since Eat You Up knocked it off, T.I. and Rihanna will have to take home the silver for 2008. T.I. actually had the biggest video of 2006 and after a slow 2007 he came back to have four videos in the Top 40! This was the crown jewel and tosses his hat in the ring for not only the King of the South, but the King of the Countdown! Well, with T.I. and Rihanna at number two, we KNOW WHO THE CHAMP IS!
1. Bennie K – Monochrome (Seven Weeks at #1)
The Queens are back! How fitting that one of the groups that made me fall in love with J-Pop have the biggest video of the year almost 10 years to the date I took to the whole Asian music scene? Well, if any video deserves it, it is Monochrome. It spent an ASTOUNDING seven weeks at number one this year and is hands down the biggest video on the Countdown for 2008, and maybe ever! Yuki and Cico are two of my faves and it will be interesting to see what 2009 brings!
That is all! Tune in Friday for the FIRST PASSION OF CHACHI TOP 20 VIDEO COUNTDOWN of 2009! Bennie K took it this year but look out for BoA, Ikimonogakari, Aqua Timez and even more Kanye West and Game! 2009 is looking up!
Well, I want to thank everyone who visited the blog this year. Whether you cared about the Countdown or not, it is good to have you visit and take a look. Stay tuned for the 2008 Year In Review Omnibus which I will work on tomorrow (Once I sober up and all…) and have up this weekend. If you still have questions to ask, lay them on me before then. Thank you again to all of the fans out there and I will put in the work to keep you coming. Until next time, stay up peeps. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Chachi Out
