hello and welcome to top X where we
count down the very best that YouTube
has to offer
I’m your host Dan and today we’re
getting all those songs that were stuck
in your head last year stuck in your
head again as we count down the top ten
YouTube music videos of 2014
for this list we took a look at the
videos with the most views in 2014 and
then rearranged the list slightly to
suit what we felt were the most iconic
songs from last year some artists
actually had multiple songs make the top
ten but unfortunately they can only have
one entry on this countdown number 10
anaconda Nicki Minaj if you were hoping
for subtlety you’ve unfortunately come
to the wrong place however if you like
clever similes and big booties then
Nicki’s got you covered
going twice swing the lip in Scituate
so then the money he was against the
Queen which was the shootouts with the
law but he live in the palace was bought
me Alexander McQueen he would keep Emmys
valley since this track heavily samples
the beat and classic line from Sir
mix-a-lot baby got back and given miss
Minaj’s ample frame it should come as no
surprise that this video features a
heavy amount of derriere the end of the
video even features Nicki performing a
lap dance for Drake who looks
I don’t know slightly traumatized by the
whole thing
this video actually broke the 24 hours
streaming record on VEVO previously held
by Miley Cyrus thus proving that Nicki’s
buns are even more powerful than I
reckon and as is often the case with
popular music videos tons of parodies
exist of this one my personal favorite
being college humors educational version
the and kind of grow the Anaconda grow
the Anaconda grow up to a quarter ton
number nine problem by ariana grande
featuring Iggy Azalea you may remember
that jay-z has 99 problems and a bitch
ain’t one
well little ariana does have a problem
of the man bitch variety apparently the
winner of MTV’s best pop video of 2014
the video features a retro 60s vibe with
gogo swirls and filled rain to push the
theme
perhaps most ironically the chorus also
features Ariana’s ex-boyfriend Big Sean
now I don’t know what happened between
the two of them but maybe they took the
lyrics to heart and rid themselves of
one less problem if you know what I mean
one quick
number eight lalala Brazil 2014
Shakira featuring Carlinhos Brown
continuing this countdown tradition of
powerful women who are about four feet
tall up next is the unofficial queen of
the World Cup
although the song was originally
released as dare for her tenth studio
album it was re-released with new lyrics
and a new collaboration with Carlinhos
Brown to serve as the anthem for the
2014 World Cup in Brazil even if you
didn’t know this before you watch the
video or heard the song it’s pretty easy
to guess the lyrics are clearly about
soccer / football and the multicultural
imagery sewn into nearly every shot is
pretty self-explanatory is it true that
you wanna act like you mean with
everyone watching
it’s true the
can you feel it now if you’re watching
this video and you’re wondering why
people keep painting little smiley faces
on their tummies that’s cuz they’re
trying to sell you something the video
was actually done in collaboration with
Activia
you know the Jamie Lee Curtis yogurt
that helps you poop so the smiling
tummies technically symbolise regular
bowels isn’t that great so with that in
mind try looking at those muddy shots
the same now all jokes aside
Activia and Shakira apparently used this
video to support the World Food Program
so you know they’re trying to sell you
something but it’s for a good cause
number seven bailando by Enrique
Iglesias featuring December bueno
and Gent a DS ona Spanish language
channels crushed it last year on YouTube
so it’s no surprise that one of the most
popular music videos would be Spanish as
well coming up at number 7 is that guy
you may be surprised to know is still
making music and regain Glacies yo meter
Simic $4 fee a fee on
I mean a semi-circle in case you aren’t
fluent in Spanish bailando means dancing
which makes a ton of sense if you’ve
seen the video shot in the Dominican
Republic it features all kinds of
dancing styles and even boasts
appearances by professional flamenco
dancers and Havana’s ballet lits Alfonso
now this is actually the eighth most
watched video in youtube history which
is kind of crazy when you consider that
there are alternate versions in say
Spanglish and Portuguese so if you were
to add all of those together who knows
how high it would hit not that eight
hundred million views and Counting is
anything to scoff at number six stay
with me
Sam Smith everyone’s felt a little down
after a one-night stand and no one knows
this better than the ultra-sensitive Sam
Smith he just wants you to stay guess
it’s true I’m not good at a one-night
stand but I still need love cause I’m
just in case you didn’t know
Sam crushed it this year at the Grammys
taking home Best Pop Vocal album and
song of the year for this song I’ll be
at the dark child version home shoot
cuz Oh Grammy judges were apparently not
the only people who thought that this
song was pretty sweet it’s been covered
by other big-name acts like Florence in
the Machine Chris Brown Kelly Clarkson
and Ed Sheeran who I still confuse with
Sam myself Oh
cuz you
unfortunately the resounding success of
this song was slightly tainted by a
lawsuit that Sam had to settle as many
people are quick to point out in the
comments it sounds a lot like Tom
Petty’s won’t back down so much so that
petty was awarded songwriting royalties
for the song damn Oh
number five shake it off by Taylor Swift
perhaps the catchiest song of last year
and definitely the most unavoidable from
last fall Taylor Swift shake it off is
definitely one of the defining hits of
2014 for someone who’s early career was
defined by songs that detailed
heartbreak after heartbreak she could
off delivered a pretty positive message
the video is a veritable mishmash of
Taylor taking part in different dance
styles ballet hip hop Lady Gaga s key
contemporary and is undeniably cheerful
fun
it is the sixteenth most viewed video in
youtube history so evidently I’m not the
only one who thinks oh this video is not
without its critics either some viewed
one of the dance bits to be the
appropriation of black culture and as
such as rather offensive regardless of
whether or not you think this is true a
much better example of this sort of
appropriation is coming up next number
four fancy by Iggy Azalea featuring
Charli XCX coming up next is the poster
child for the appropriation of black
culture the blonde bombshell from down
and up Iggy Azalea first things first
I’m the realest realest let the whole
world feel in Philly and I’m still in
the Murda bizness I go to Dan like I’m
given lessons in physics I work now if
you’re a young lady who grew up in the
nineties chances are you already know
what this video is based off but for
those of you who are clueless
essentially this whole video is a remake
at least by ways of look and style of
the classic 90s hit clueless most
evidently on display with the yellow
outfit that Iggy sports
I guess she’s supposed to be cher which
makes Charli XCX into time
number three chandelier by SIA those of
you that’s our episode last week we’ll
remember that SIA chandelier was one of
the most popular YouTube videos of 2014
period buddy girls don’t get Canada
and when I learn I push it down push it
down written and sung by Australian
singer SIA chandelier earned four Grammy
nominations and is currently the 19th
most viewed YouTube video of all time
SIA herself doesn’t actually appear in
the video although she did direct
instead video focuses on the young
dancer Maddie Ziegler clothed in what’s
quickly becoming her standard outfit
which you can also see on display in the
video for elastic heart
like I said before as with any popular
music video especially RC ones like this
a ton of parodies exist my personal
favorite of course being the one on SNL
with Jim Carrey
number two all about that bass by Meghan
Trainor and number two we have the
second video we’ll see today that takes
a direct lyrical shot at skinny bitches
I guess that’s a theme this year because
you know I’m all about that bass bout
that bass no treble I’m all about that
bass bout that bass no treble I’m all
about that bass bout that bass no treble
I’m all about that bass bout that as for
the song itself
it’s basically an anthem about being
comfortable with your own body
especially if your body is of ample
proportions yeah it’s pretty clear I
ain’t no size two but I can shake it
shake it like I’m supposed to because I
got that boom boom that all the boys
shakes all the right junk in all the
right places funnily enough some people
have pointed out that many people in the
video including Megan herself aren’t
really that big the only person who’s on
the heavy side is the fabulous male
dancer see Uncle Eppie who we all see
from time to time whether you think this
undermines the whole theme is really a
matter of opinion
the women certainly aren’t obese but
they’re certainly larger than anyone
you’d see in folks
so interpret at your own pleasure
a inch of you is perfect from the bottom
to the top before we get to the number
one YouTube music video of 2014 let’s
have a look at some honorable mentions
vagal wiggle their babble wiggle wiggle
wiggle wiggle
darling I will be loving you to 70
number one Dark Horse by Katy Perry
featuring Juicy J as I said last week
out of all the vevo channels that
dominate YouTube none is more dominant
than Katy Perry her video for roar was
huge in 2013 so it makes no surprise
that the number one VEVO video for 2014
is her video for Dark Horse featuring
Juicy J you’re gonna choose carefully
this song is a mashup of pop hip hop and
trap so it makes sense that the visuals
in the video would be a mashup as well
blending ancient Egyptian imagery with
Americana bright colors fancy costumes
and a nice amount of special effects
abound
as my fun little bit of controversy
trivia this one apparently had to have a
little piece of the video removed from
the final essentially one of Katie’s
potential suitors at a pendant that had
the Arabic word for Allah on it which
obviously had to be removed following a
petition that’s it for our countdown we
hope we didn’t bring back to many
traumatic memories from last year be
sure to check us out on Facebook
Instagram and Twitter
vote on upcoming episodes on our website
and for more great top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
count down the very best that YouTube
has to offer
I’m your host Dan and today we’re
getting all those songs that were stuck
in your head last year stuck in your
head again as we count down the top ten
YouTube music videos of 2014
for this list we took a look at the
videos with the most views in 2014 and
then rearranged the list slightly to
suit what we felt were the most iconic
songs from last year some artists
actually had multiple songs make the top
ten but unfortunately they can only have
one entry on this countdown number 10
anaconda Nicki Minaj if you were hoping
for subtlety you’ve unfortunately come
to the wrong place however if you like
clever similes and big booties then
Nicki’s got you covered
going twice swing the lip in Scituate
so then the money he was against the
Queen which was the shootouts with the
law but he live in the palace was bought
me Alexander McQueen he would keep Emmys
valley since this track heavily samples
the beat and classic line from Sir
mix-a-lot baby got back and given miss
Minaj’s ample frame it should come as no
surprise that this video features a
heavy amount of derriere the end of the
video even features Nicki performing a
lap dance for Drake who looks
I don’t know slightly traumatized by the
whole thing
this video actually broke the 24 hours
streaming record on VEVO previously held
by Miley Cyrus thus proving that Nicki’s
buns are even more powerful than I
reckon and as is often the case with
popular music videos tons of parodies
exist of this one my personal favorite
being college humors educational version
the and kind of grow the Anaconda grow
the Anaconda grow up to a quarter ton
number nine problem by ariana grande
featuring Iggy Azalea you may remember
that jay-z has 99 problems and a bitch
ain’t one
well little ariana does have a problem
of the man bitch variety apparently the
winner of MTV’s best pop video of 2014
the video features a retro 60s vibe with
gogo swirls and filled rain to push the
theme
perhaps most ironically the chorus also
features Ariana’s ex-boyfriend Big Sean
now I don’t know what happened between
the two of them but maybe they took the
lyrics to heart and rid themselves of
one less problem if you know what I mean
one quick
number eight lalala Brazil 2014
Shakira featuring Carlinhos Brown
continuing this countdown tradition of
powerful women who are about four feet
tall up next is the unofficial queen of
the World Cup
although the song was originally
released as dare for her tenth studio
album it was re-released with new lyrics
and a new collaboration with Carlinhos
Brown to serve as the anthem for the
2014 World Cup in Brazil even if you
didn’t know this before you watch the
video or heard the song it’s pretty easy
to guess the lyrics are clearly about
soccer / football and the multicultural
imagery sewn into nearly every shot is
pretty self-explanatory is it true that
you wanna act like you mean with
everyone watching
it’s true the
can you feel it now if you’re watching
this video and you’re wondering why
people keep painting little smiley faces
on their tummies that’s cuz they’re
trying to sell you something the video
was actually done in collaboration with
Activia
you know the Jamie Lee Curtis yogurt
that helps you poop so the smiling
tummies technically symbolise regular
bowels isn’t that great so with that in
mind try looking at those muddy shots
the same now all jokes aside
Activia and Shakira apparently used this
video to support the World Food Program
so you know they’re trying to sell you
something but it’s for a good cause
number seven bailando by Enrique
Iglesias featuring December bueno
and Gent a DS ona Spanish language
channels crushed it last year on YouTube
so it’s no surprise that one of the most
popular music videos would be Spanish as
well coming up at number 7 is that guy
you may be surprised to know is still
making music and regain Glacies yo meter
Simic $4 fee a fee on
I mean a semi-circle in case you aren’t
fluent in Spanish bailando means dancing
which makes a ton of sense if you’ve
seen the video shot in the Dominican
Republic it features all kinds of
dancing styles and even boasts
appearances by professional flamenco
dancers and Havana’s ballet lits Alfonso
now this is actually the eighth most
watched video in youtube history which
is kind of crazy when you consider that
there are alternate versions in say
Spanglish and Portuguese so if you were
to add all of those together who knows
how high it would hit not that eight
hundred million views and Counting is
anything to scoff at number six stay
with me
Sam Smith everyone’s felt a little down
after a one-night stand and no one knows
this better than the ultra-sensitive Sam
Smith he just wants you to stay guess
it’s true I’m not good at a one-night
stand but I still need love cause I’m
just in case you didn’t know
Sam crushed it this year at the Grammys
taking home Best Pop Vocal album and
song of the year for this song I’ll be
at the dark child version home shoot
cuz Oh Grammy judges were apparently not
the only people who thought that this
song was pretty sweet it’s been covered
by other big-name acts like Florence in
the Machine Chris Brown Kelly Clarkson
and Ed Sheeran who I still confuse with
Sam myself Oh
cuz you
unfortunately the resounding success of
this song was slightly tainted by a
lawsuit that Sam had to settle as many
people are quick to point out in the
comments it sounds a lot like Tom
Petty’s won’t back down so much so that
petty was awarded songwriting royalties
for the song damn Oh
number five shake it off by Taylor Swift
perhaps the catchiest song of last year
and definitely the most unavoidable from
last fall Taylor Swift shake it off is
definitely one of the defining hits of
2014 for someone who’s early career was
defined by songs that detailed
heartbreak after heartbreak she could
off delivered a pretty positive message
the video is a veritable mishmash of
Taylor taking part in different dance
styles ballet hip hop Lady Gaga s key
contemporary and is undeniably cheerful
fun
it is the sixteenth most viewed video in
youtube history so evidently I’m not the
only one who thinks oh this video is not
without its critics either some viewed
one of the dance bits to be the
appropriation of black culture and as
such as rather offensive regardless of
whether or not you think this is true a
much better example of this sort of
appropriation is coming up next number
four fancy by Iggy Azalea featuring
Charli XCX coming up next is the poster
child for the appropriation of black
culture the blonde bombshell from down
and up Iggy Azalea first things first
I’m the realest realest let the whole
world feel in Philly and I’m still in
the Murda bizness I go to Dan like I’m
given lessons in physics I work now if
you’re a young lady who grew up in the
nineties chances are you already know
what this video is based off but for
those of you who are clueless
essentially this whole video is a remake
at least by ways of look and style of
the classic 90s hit clueless most
evidently on display with the yellow
outfit that Iggy sports
I guess she’s supposed to be cher which
makes Charli XCX into time
number three chandelier by SIA those of
you that’s our episode last week we’ll
remember that SIA chandelier was one of
the most popular YouTube videos of 2014
period buddy girls don’t get Canada
and when I learn I push it down push it
down written and sung by Australian
singer SIA chandelier earned four Grammy
nominations and is currently the 19th
most viewed YouTube video of all time
SIA herself doesn’t actually appear in
the video although she did direct
instead video focuses on the young
dancer Maddie Ziegler clothed in what’s
quickly becoming her standard outfit
which you can also see on display in the
video for elastic heart
like I said before as with any popular
music video especially RC ones like this
a ton of parodies exist my personal
favorite of course being the one on SNL
with Jim Carrey
number two all about that bass by Meghan
Trainor and number two we have the
second video we’ll see today that takes
a direct lyrical shot at skinny bitches
I guess that’s a theme this year because
you know I’m all about that bass bout
that bass no treble I’m all about that
bass bout that bass no treble I’m all
about that bass bout that bass no treble
I’m all about that bass bout that as for
the song itself
it’s basically an anthem about being
comfortable with your own body
especially if your body is of ample
proportions yeah it’s pretty clear I
ain’t no size two but I can shake it
shake it like I’m supposed to because I
got that boom boom that all the boys
shakes all the right junk in all the
right places funnily enough some people
have pointed out that many people in the
video including Megan herself aren’t
really that big the only person who’s on
the heavy side is the fabulous male
dancer see Uncle Eppie who we all see
from time to time whether you think this
undermines the whole theme is really a
matter of opinion
the women certainly aren’t obese but
they’re certainly larger than anyone
you’d see in folks
so interpret at your own pleasure
a inch of you is perfect from the bottom
to the top before we get to the number
one YouTube music video of 2014 let’s
have a look at some honorable mentions
vagal wiggle their babble wiggle wiggle
wiggle wiggle
darling I will be loving you to 70
number one Dark Horse by Katy Perry
featuring Juicy J as I said last week
out of all the vevo channels that
dominate YouTube none is more dominant
than Katy Perry her video for roar was
huge in 2013 so it makes no surprise
that the number one VEVO video for 2014
is her video for Dark Horse featuring
Juicy J you’re gonna choose carefully
this song is a mashup of pop hip hop and
trap so it makes sense that the visuals
in the video would be a mashup as well
blending ancient Egyptian imagery with
Americana bright colors fancy costumes
and a nice amount of special effects
abound
as my fun little bit of controversy
trivia this one apparently had to have a
little piece of the video removed from
the final essentially one of Katie’s
potential suitors at a pendant that had
the Arabic word for Allah on it which
obviously had to be removed following a
petition that’s it for our countdown we
hope we didn’t bring back to many
traumatic memories from last year be
sure to check us out on Facebook
Instagram and Twitter
vote on upcoming episodes on our website
and for more great top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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