Global A Go-Go presents:
Top ten singles & EPs of 2019
This week on the December 30th edition of Global A Go-Go, I’ll unwrap my favorite singles and EPs of 2019.
I’ve been doing top ten album lists since WRIR went on the air in 2005, but this is the first time I’ve ever done a singles chart. It’s an acknowledgement of changing times. I became an adult in the album era: we listened to LPs front to back and valued them for their sequencing and artwork as much as for the individual songs. Today we’re living in a world of streaming and Spotify; the individual song is king again, much as it was when I bought my first 45 way back in 1969.
Everything I’m playing this week was initially released as a single or EP. Some would be on albums later in the year, but none of the tracks are merely album cuts that I think would make good singles. They’re all the actual item.
Top Ten Singles & EPs of 2019
1. Bomba Estereo Y Systema Solar (Colombia) | “Carnavalera” | Sony Latin
2. Miramar (RVA USA) | “Salida / Urgencia” | Daptone
3. Dubioza Kolektiv feat Manu Chao (Bosnia & Herzegovina-France-Spain) | “Cross The Line” | Menart
4. Los Bitchos (England UK-Uruguay-Australia-Sweden) | “Pista (Great Start)” | self-released
5. Jamesy P (St. Vincent & The Grenadines) | “Soca Land” | Monk Music
6. Phonosonics & Leroy Sibbles (Canada-Jamaica) | “Me And Mrs. Jones” | self-released
7. Bolga All-Stars & The Polyversal Souls (Ghana-Germany) | “This Is Bolga!” | Philophon
8. Penny Penny (South Africa) | “Shilungu” | Soundway
9. Deuce Eclipse Y Los Leones De La Cumbia (USA) | “Charamusca” | Freedom Style / Discos Resaca
10. Chris De Wise Shepherd (Ghana) | “Nera Wo’o Soke” | Localophone
Honorable Mention
Antibalas (USA) | “Fight Am Finish” | Daptone
Combo Chimbita (USA) | “Esto Es Real (8100 mg)” | Anti-
Claude Fontaine (USA) | “Cry For Another” | Innovative Leisure
Alemayehu Eshete & The Polyversal Souls (Ethiopia-Germany) | “Feqer Feqer New” | Philophon
Guts (France-Spain) | “Kenke Corner” | Heavenly Sweetness
Ibibio Sound Machine (Nigeria-England UK-Ghana) | Wanna Come Down” | Merge
Muito Kaballa (Germany) | “Lugar Ao Sol” | Switchstance
Jaakko Laitinen & Vaara Raha (Finland) | “I Taget Finns En Restaurangvagn” | self-released
Orchestra Gold (USA-Mali) | Orchestra Gold I (EP) | self-released
Zenobia (Israel) | Zenobia (EP) | Acid Arab / Crammed
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Show Archive
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a Go - Go”
from Global a Go - Go
Hellcat/Epitaph - 2001
England UK
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Dubioza Kolektiv, “Cross The Line (feat Manu Chao)”
Menart - 2019
Bosnia & Herzegovina-France-Spain
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Jaakko Laitinen & Väärä Raha, “I tåget finns en restaurangvagn”
from I tåget finns en restaurangvagn (Remixes) - Single
Playground Music - 2019
Finland
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The Polyversal Souls, “Feqer Feqer Nèw (feat. Alemayehu Eshete)”
Philophon - 2019
Ethiopia-Germany
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Polyversal Souls, “This is Bolga! Pt. 1 & 2 (feat. Bolga All-Stars)”
from This Is Bolga! Pt. 1 & 2 (feat. Bolga All-Stars) - Single
Philophon - 2019
Ghana-Germany
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Ibibio Sound Machine, “Wanna Come Down”
Merge - 2019
Nigeria-England UK-Ghana
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Penny Penny, “Shilungu (Esa & Mervin Granger '99 Mix)”
from Shilungu - Single
Soundway Records - 2019
South Africa
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Phonosonics, “Me and Mrs. Jones (feat. Leroy Sibbles)”
from Me and Mrs. Jones (feat. Leroy Sibbles) - Single
Phonosonics - 2019
Canada-Jamaica
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Los Bitchos, “Pista (Great Start)”
from Pista (Great Start) - Single
Los Bitchos - 2019
England UK-Uruguay-Australia-Sweden
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Deuce Eclipse & Los Leones de la Cumbia, “Charamusca”
from Charamusca - Single
Freedom Style Records and Discos Resaca - 2019
USA
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Bomba Estéreo & Systema Solar, “Carnavalera”
from Carnavalera - Single
Sony Music Latin - 2019
Colombia
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Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go December 30th, 2019
Posted In: Charts, Music Shows