Songs of 2022 - Ranking!

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Songs of 2022 - Ranking!

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Yup it's that time of year where H!P of 2022 is closing for the year, so let's see where we all thought of the music! Also a little early yes, but it's decent time!

Morning Musume '22

- I WISH
- Chu Chu Chu Bokura no Mirai
- Dai Jinsei Never Been Better
- Swing Swing Paradise
- Happy birthday to Me!

ANGERME

- Ai Mashou
- Hade ni Yacchai na!
- Aisubekibeki Human Life
- Kuyashii wa
- Piece of Peace ~Shiawase no Puzzle~

Juice=Juice

- GIRLS BE AMBITIOUS 2022
- POPPIN' LOVE
- STAGE ~Agattemina~
- Mon Amour
- G.O.A.T.
- Noctiluca
- Ame no Naka no Kuchibue
- Platonic Planet (Ultimate Juice Ver.)
- Zenbu Kakete GO!!
- Eeny Meeny Miny Moe ~Koi no Rival Sengen~

Tsubaki Factory

- Adrenaline Dame
- Yowasa ja nai yo...Koi wa
- Idol Tenshoku Ondo

BEYOOOOONDS (CHICA#TETSU, Ame no Mori Kawa Umi, SeasoningS)

- Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~
- Hamkatsu Mokushiroku
- Koshi Tanta Turn
- Hey! Beyonder
- Namida no Castanet
- Never Never know ~Kome-ha to Pan-ha no Love Wars~
- GOGO Daijin
- Only Lonely
- Machiawase wa JR Umeda-eki de / CHICA#TETSU
- Junkan / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi
- Get Back! Vinyl Kasa no Dai Bouken / SeasoningS

OCHA NORMA

- Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta
- Koi no Crouching Start
- Omatsuri Debut da ze!
- Date Zenya Kyousoukyoku
- Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta (Single Ver.)
- Unmei CHACHACHACHA~N
- Uchira no Jimoto wa Chikyuu jan!
- Go Your Way
- Suhada wa Nettaiya

Other

- Moshimo... / Inaba Manaka
- Hello! Umareta Imi ga Kitto Aru / HELLO KITTY & OCHA NORMA
- Mikan / Morito Chisaki
- Sunset Summer Fever / L!PP
- Aoi Sangoshou / Kamikokuryo Moe & yonkey
- Ureshii! Tanoshii! Daisuki! / JUVENILE x Kiyono Momohime
- Give me Love / Kaga Kaede
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I’ll need to have myself a personal listening party because it’s been awhile since I’ve listened to some of these songs.
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Yeah, some of these are too new for me to properly rank. I'm just gonna do a Top 20 with maybe a couple of honorable mentions, and the bottom of the list is gonna be way tougher than the the top. 1 and 2 are set in stone.
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I tried to do a little playlist on Youtube, but it's still missing some songs, especially from Beyonds (there's basically nothing for the new RFRO song? And only a short cut for the CHICA#TETSU one? weird.). But... it's something?
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Aidoru!
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Unfortunately I don't do torrents, but I will find a way to listen to these songs. Just can't put them into my YouTube-playlist.
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I will try doing a ranking / coloured moodboard even though I'm still not sure of all the songs.

Like a lot - like - okay - don't care - go away

Morning Musume '22

Swing Swing Paradise
Happy birthday to Me!
I WISH
Chu Chu Chu Bokura no Mirai
Dai Jinsei Never Been Better

I actually don't dislike any of these but none of these are Mukidashi or Utakata level of greatness either.

ANGERME

Aisubekibeki Human Life
Ai Mashou
Kuyashii wa
Hade ni Yacchai na!
Piece of Peace ~Shiawase no Puzzle~

The weird thing about this is... Kuyashii wa and Hade ni Yacchai na would actually be right up my alley. But I can't get myself to care for them.
Same with Morning, nothing too bad... except for Piece of Peace. Yawn.

Juice=Juice

GIRLS BE AMBITIOUS 2022
Platonic Planet (Ultimate Juice Ver.)

Eeny Meeny Miny Moe ~Koi no Rival Sengen~
Zenbu Kakete GO!!
Ame no Naka no Kuchibue
G.O.A.T.
POPPIN' LOVE
Mon Amour
Noctiluca
STAGE ~Agattemina~


Girls be ambitious was already a heavy hitter on their first album, and the new, especially rawer voices definitely add to it in the new version.
Stage is the new Choice and Chance. The "unit" songs really don't do it for me.
It does feel wrong to say that the album was... okay. It wasn't bad! It was... okay.

Tsubaki Factory

Adrenaline Dame
Idol Tenshoku Ondo
Yowasa ja nai yo...Koi wa

Oh right, Tsubaki only had 3 songs. At least Adrenaline was great. The idol song fun but pretty cringe. The last one is like a poor man's Nogizaka to me (or at least what I'd imagine of them).

BEYOOOOONDS (CHICA#TETSU, Ame no Mori Kawa Umi, SeasoningS)

Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~
Hamkatsu Mokushiroku
Namida no Castanet

Machiawase wa JR Umeda-eki de / CHICA#TETSU
Only Lonely
GOGO Daijin
Koshi Tanta Turn
Get Back! Vinyl Kasa no Dai Bouken / SeasoningS

Never Never know ~Kome-ha to Pan-ha no Love Wars~
Hey! Beyonder


Junkan / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi

The RFRO is still out bc I haven't heard it yet :angry:
Man. Rough year for Biyo. I'm still lowkey mad they debuted Ocha while leaving Biyo hanging.

OCHA NORMA

Koi no Crouching Start
Omatsuri Debut da ze!
Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta

Date Zenya Kyousoukyoku
Uchira no Jimoto wa Chikyuu jan!
Suhada wa Nettaiya

Unmei CHACHACHACHA~N
Go Your Way
Date Zenya Kyousoukyoku


Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta (Single Ver.)

I honestly don't know the difference between the normal and the single ver. Ramen Daisuki song.
Anyways, I'm still not warm with Ocha. It feels like their songs are too H!P - a bit too weird, too try-hard, and a bit too low-budget. Weirdly low-budget for the new hot thing.

Other

Moshimo... / Inaba Manaka
Hello! Umareta Imi ga Kitto Aru / HELLO KITTY & OCHA NORMA
Aoi Sangoshou / Kamikokuryo Moe & yonkey
Mikan / Morito Chisaki
Sunset Summer Fever / L!PP
Ureshii! Tanoshii! Daisuki! / JUVENILE x Kiyono Momohime


Oof. At least we have Moshimo!

Overall Ranking
GIRLS BE AMBITIOUS 2022
Adrenaline Dame
Platonic Planet (Ultimate Juice Ver.)
Moshimo... / Inaba Manaka
Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~
Koi no Crouching Start
Hamkatsu Mokushiroku
Aisubekibeki Human Life
Eeny Meeny Miny Moe ~Koi no Rival Sengen~
Ai Mashou
Swing Swing Paradise
Happy birthday to Me!
I WISH
Omatsuri Debut da ze!
Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta
Namida no Castanet

Honestly I don't care enough to do the rest.
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DonJuan wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 10:27 am
I honestly don't know the difference between the normal and the single ver. Ramen Daisuki song.
Difference is that the single version added Roko and Sumire to the song...so not much? XD
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Updated with Kaga's graduation song!
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Top 20 in reverse order:

20. BIYO - Junkan / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi -- The best of the unit songs from BEYOOOOO2NDS. Deserved a better fate than being tacked onto an extra CD.

19. BIYO - Hey! Beyonder -- Bel Biv Devoe meets Naughty By Nature meets George Clinton meets H!P. On a different day this might place top 10.

18. J=J - Zenbu Kakete GO!! -- Diana Ross meets Chic meets H!P. This is a sneaky good song that grows with repeated listenings.

17. OCHA - Unmei CHACHACHACHA~N -- Yep, we were right about OCHA's identity being "very H!P." Nice slice of Country Girls jump swing here, with an odd rap tossed in because, H!P.

16. OCHA - Suhada wa Nettaiya -- Prime Shunsuke Suzuki funk. The instrumental bridge and guitar solo are ridiculously good. Is this their "Gannen Bungee Jump?"

15. ANJU - Piece of Peace ~Shiawase no Puzzle~ -- These H!P power ballads are automatic for me. Au. To. Matic. What the hell have I become in my old age?

14. J=J - Eeny Meeny Miny Moe ~Koi no Rival Sengen~ -- Super fun. Sounds like the backing music for a 2010's advert for corporate-bespoke tech, vegan non-GMO fair-trade processed foods, or any other product targeted at socially-conscious upper-middle laptop-class 30-somethings.

13. OCHA - Koi no Crouching Start -- Forgot how good this was until I made the playlist to sort these songs.

12. BIYO- Never Never know ~Kome-ha to Pan-ha no Love Wars~ -- One of the best tracks from Biyo's 2nd album. Amazing groove, chord progression and melody.

11. OCHA - Uchira no Jimoto wa Chikyuu jan! -- For this stop of OCHA's grand tour of H!P's history the girls cashed in their S/mileage points.

10. J=J - Platonic Planet (Ultimate Juice Ver.) -- Love that they finally recorded this concert gem and included it on terzo. The guitar solo is so fucking good.

9. OCHA - Omatsuri Debut da ze! -- The high point of OCHA's freshman year, it hangs with previous H!P festival themed songs and even bests a couple of them.

8. BIYO - Koshi Tanta Turn -- You can never have too much great H!P funk. Great album opener, but the rest of BEYOOOOO2NDS struggled to keep up with it.

7. J=J - STAGE ~Agatte Mina~ -- Speaking of great openers... oh wait. This feels more like old J=J than any other new song on terzo, and it really should've opened it.

6. ANJU - Ai Mashou -- In the history of H!P Latin-tinged songs, this is right up there with the best. The single was so good that this is the 2nd best song on it.

5. TF - Adrenaline Dame -- This single had two stark departures from TF's vibe, but only this one nailed the landing. Upbeat and funky yet more serious than fun, this hits a difficult sweet spot with soaring melodies and savvy key changes.

4. J=J - Ame no Naka no Kuchibue -- No seriously, I'm not joking here. This is a perfect lazy pop song, and it fits the junior members of J=J so damn well. The tempo and behind-the-beat groove drive the light-jazzy chords and pure pop melody, well, perfectly.

3. MM22 - Chu Chu Chu Bokura no Mirai -- The Volkswagon Bug of MM songs, people either love it or hate it. This is my favorite MM track since "Utakata Saturday Night."

2. ANJU - Aisubekibeki Human Life -- Another perfect marriage of song and arrangement, and probably the best ska track H!P has ever produced. The half-time c̶h̶o̶r̶u̶s̶ B-melody murders me every time. Should've been number 1, but Biyo gonna Biyo.

1. BIYO - Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~ -- The first new song of 2022 was also the best song of 2022. This arrangement is absurdly clever in the way each verse and chorus is slightly more intense than the previous, let alone how it works popular classical pieces into a conventional idol-pop song. Hits me just as hard now, nine months on, as it did when it was released.

Honorable Mention in no particular order
HPDT - Sunset Summer Fever
J=J - POPPIN' LOVE
J=J - Noctiluca
J=J - G.O.A.T.
BIYO - Hamkatsu Mokushiroku
BIYO - Get Back! Vinyl Kasa no Dai Bouken / SeasoningS
J=J - GIRLS BE AMBITIOUS! 2022
BIYO - Only Lonely

With full albums, the Biyo and J=J domination is no surprise, but they're mostly in the bottom 10 and honorable mention, which says something. OCHA scoring five of the top 20 with only two singles makes me happy. The first half of the year was incredible; the second half not so much.
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I'm gonna be honest with you. This was a bad H!P year for me. Life just decided it didn't want me to be a proper H!P fan. So I only sort of listened to a lot of stuff but didn't process it. And I only realize that now because of the way I ranked things.

Songs in ranking are in no particular order.

Songs I listened to more than a few times and still like.
I WISH MM'22
Aisubekibeki Human Life
Eeny Meeny Miny Moe ~Koi no Rival Sengen~
Zenbu Kakete GO!!
Idol Tenshoku Ondo
Eiyuu ~Waratte! Chopin Senpai~
Hamkatsu Mokushiroku
Unmei CHACHACHACHA~N
Omatsuri Debut da ze!
Uchira no Jimoto wa Chikyuu jan!


Listened to when it was released but it fell off my radar pretty quick. Still like, but they don't spark joy.
Chu Chu Chu Bokura no Mirai
Dai Jinsei Never Been Better
Kuyashii wa
Ai Mashou
Adrenaline Dame
Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san no Uta
Koi no Crouching Start
Date Zenya Kyousoukyoku
Hello! Umareta Imi ga Kitto Aru / HELLO KITTY & OCHA NORMA

Songs I listened to Once and Forgot. Skip.Skip.Skip.
Hade ni Yacchai na!
Yowasa ja nai yo...Koi wa
Go Your Way
Suhada wa Nettaiya
Piece of Peace ~Shiawase no Puzzle~

Didn't Listen, so have no opinion on them.
Sunset Summer Fever / L!PP
Aoi Sangoshou / Kamikokuryo Moe & yonkey
Ureshii! Tanoshii! Daisuki! / JUVENILE x Kiyono Momohime

Still Processing. I listened but I need another few listened to place them. (Juice/Beyooooonds Albums and new MM Single.)
Swing Swing Paradise
Happy birthday to Me!
GIRLS BE AMBITIOUS 2022
POPPIN' LOVE
STAGE ~Agattemina~
Mon Amour
G.O.A.T.
Noctiluca
Ame no Naka no Kuchibue
Platonic Planet (Ultimate Juice Ver.)
Koshi Tanta Turn
Hey! Beyonder
Namida no Castanet
Never Never know ~Kome-ha to Pan-ha no Love Wars~
GOGO Daijin
Only Lonely
Machiawase wa JR Umeda-eki de / CHICA#TETSU
Junkan / Ame no Mori Kawa Umi
Get Back! Vinyl Kasa no Dai Bouken / SeasoningS

Gradaution Song Ranking
Moshimo... / Inaba Manaka
Give me Love / Kaga Kaede
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Mikan / Morito Chisaki


Ocha Norma clearly is my top group of H!P this year and that just goes to show you what a good song can do for a group. I wish UF put this much effort into songs for ALL their groups, but they don't. Stingy bastards.
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