Best Songs Of 2013: #35-31

35. "Safe With You" by Alex Metric & Jacques Lu Cont feat. Malin (from Niki & The Dove)

"Safe With You" literally has everything: Pop's premier DJ Alex Metric, superstar producer Jacques Lu Cont aka Stuart Price, singer Malin from Niki & The Dove, the best electronic duo to come out of Sweden, ice skating, video game blips, soulful choruses, and that X factor to make it special. Why couldn't Cheryl Cole have done that for her comeback single?

34. "Need U (100%)" by Duke Dumont feat. A*M*E

Collaborations just keep getting better at this point. "Need U (100%)" gave Duke Dumont a trend-setting hit single, A*M*E got her first #1, and MNEK got a Grammy nomination for helping to write it.  Here's to more hits for all of you!

33. "Bon Voyage" by Marlene ∞

Sweden once again brings us a great new talent in Marlene (infinity sign). "Bon Voyage" is a classic Scandinavian pop song that combines strong organic beats with that undeniably catchy chorus. Makes you want to take a trip over there doesn't it?

32. "Lost In The Mix" by YYZ

The English by Canada pop group that is YYZ made a huge splash with bonkers song "Lost In The Mix." Nothing beats a good four on the floor beat and YYZ has made a dance song that has enough attitude to slay all the soul queens in the world. Should have asked for a song like this while you could Adele!

31. "I Wish" by Cher Lloyd feat. T.I.

Cher Lloyd is an underrated pop star and "I Wish" was an underrated pop single. A cute song about wishing to change for a hot guy always has a place in my heart and will have a place in yours too. Probably would have made the top 10 if T.I. hadn't ruined the bridge with his craziness. 

Future Smash Alert: Jax Jones Takes Us Deep With New Single

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There's nothing better for the end of summer than a tropical dance song that takes you to the islands whenever you play it. It's even better when the song samples a classic by one of the greatest popstars in the world. Jax Jones has managed to do both of those things amazingly in his new song "Go Deep." For those unfamiliar, Jax is a DJ who helped create the waterslide summer anthem "I Got U" by Duke Dumont, which happened to sample the late and great Whitney Houston, #GodBlessHerSoul, and immediately shot to number 1 in the UK.

Jax has decided to use this winning formula for his own song that uses the vocals from Janet Jackson's own "Go Deep" to create a bouncy trop-pop banger. While the original was more of a midtempo R&B jam, Jones has warped Jackson's vocals to make it more girly and paired with that funky cowbell and jungle sounds instantly takes you away to paradise. And if things couldn't get better, Jax decided to add his signature steel drum hook that takes the best of Melissa Steel and Kyla La Grange's "The Knife" to shoot this straight to the dancefloor stratosphere and hopefully Jax Jones's first number 1 hit. And just think, an album of these songs may be on its way! Keep going at it Jax!