Galantis - Peanut Butter Jelly

I find following music charts a very fascinating thing. I mean that's surely pretty obvious, or otherwise I wouldn't spend so much time on such a site! While many out of touch adults* would be happy to make the argument that almost every popular song nowadays sounds the same, I think that's a very unfair and misguided assessment. There will always be trends and copycats in charts consisting of popular music, because like anything popular there'll always be people trying hard to fit in by liking/doing things that are similar. But some rather dire periods aside, there's generally a good amount of tracks that don't follow the common trends. I say this because this track is a very good example of a popular song not fitting the conventions of pop. Say what you will but I personally believe there's not much else like this out there, especially not near the top of the charts. For that reason it has made me very surprised that it has been a hit (and even outpeaking the relatively more conventional than "Runaway (U & I)"), because it does not sound like one at all!

What really grabbed me on first listen and what still does is how it doesn't sound much like anything I've ever heard before, not even previous single "Runaway (U & I)" and later on as I would find out, not a lot like the rest of the album either. To my surprise and unlike pretty much everyone else I know it grew on me very instantly, absolutely smashing the record for biggest jump to #1 on my chart!

Perhaps the lack of similarity to anything else is mostly noticeable in the drop. I really love how silly, random and odd the song as a whole is, it makes it a really satisfying listen like few other tracks from the past couple of years. The silly vocals (and things like "VISUALISE IT!" and "SPREAD IT LIKE!") really add to it too. The drop could very well be the best one of 2015 so far, it's absolutely crazy but just so satisfying and awesome. Especially satisfying the second time round especially after that tremendous build up. It's all just so good and still sounds rather fresh even after a lot of listens. Without a doubt not only one of the best chart hits of 2015, but also one of the best of the year so far in general. I have so much love for it <3 <3 <3

*and teenagers who try so hard to be edgy and different that their opinions actually sound more generic than most songs on a pop chart could ever be, while simultaneously also being just as much a sheep as the people who only like pop music. Honestly f**k those people and their irritating combination of self-importance and ignorance (among other things).