{"id":849,"date":"2011-12-27T17:38:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T17:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olver.me\/?p=47"},"modified":"2026-02-21T21:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T21:29:11","slug":"the-music-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverneedham.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/12\/the-music-of-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"The Music of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since being involved in radio, music has been a big part of my life and I think it&#8217;s time to look back at this year&#8217;s music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s music has been non-stop and I have to say that my favourite songs of the year has particularly been dance music. Here&#8217;s my favourites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/0JhKJg5ejeQ8jq89UQtnw8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Avicii &#8211; Levels<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/6Wtc1K3dvTIEsWU3rSIZXn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calvin Harris &#8211; Feel So Close<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/02Zb13fM8k04tRwTfMUhe9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nero &#8211; Welcome Reality (album)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2Qs1T6PEF26dQoTD8egfO1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Foster the People &#8211; Pumped Up Kicks<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/1oMesUID2788elbHOFFs4y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rizzle Kicks &#8211; Down With The Trumpets<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7qCsypEBairW1WF0pgu92o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Calvin Harris &#8211; Bounce<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/65hRZOQkVjmBdusz1N7aOv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swedish House Mafia &#8211; Save The World<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/76Qu5nNpRchhZBmynWdIts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Two Door Cinema Club &#8211; Something Good Can Work<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Those are just some of the tracks I&#8217;ve enjoyed over the past year and have been played a fair bit from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spotify.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a> and my iPod!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Above this post is <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/ail7D_k0s9w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DJ Earworm Mashup &#8211; United State of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom)<\/a>. Usually he takes the Billboard Top 25, but this year he&#8217;s based it on other numbers. Either way; it is awesome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is the UK version of DJ Earworm&#8217;s 2011 mashup; Beat-a-Maxx&#8217;s 2011 mashup for the Official Charts Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cI9IuTrQgNs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cI9IuTrQgNs?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since being involved in radio, music has been a big part of my life and I think it&#8217;s time to look back at this year&#8217;s music. This year&#8217;s music has been non-stop and I have to say that my favourite songs of the year has particularly been dance music. 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