Gabby Couter, Year 12
As my high school experience comes to a close here at Loreto, it’s a good time to think and reflect on everything that happened throughout my time here. A fun and less depressing way to do this is through songs! Whether they were the school bell at some point, the No. 1 song at the time, or just a solid bop, these songs were paramount to my high school experience.
Year 7 – 2013
- Chiddy Bang – Mind Your Manners
- Andy Grammer – Keep Your Head Up
- One Direction – Rock Me
- Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj – Beauty and the Beat
- Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
- Pink and Nate Russ – Just Give Me A Reason
- Miley Cyrus – We Can’t Stop
- The Whole Pitch Perfect Soundtrack
- Passenger – Let Her Go
- Vance Joy – Riptide
Year 8 – 2014
- MKTO – Classic
- R5 – Pass Me By
- Train – Drops of Jupiter
- Taylor Swift – Safe and Sound
- Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea – Problem
- Bastille – Pompeii
- Avicii – Wake Me Up
- OneRepublic – Counting Star
- San Cisco – Fred Astaire
- The Paper Kites – Bloom
Year 9 – 2015
- The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
- Ball Park Music – She Only Loves Me When I’m There
- James Bay – Let It Go (Does anyone else remember the Spotify ad this was on?)
- Nirvana – Polly
- Beyonce – If I Were a Boy
- My Chemical Romance – Famous Last Words
- San Cisco – About You
- Hozier – Cherry Wine
- One Direction – Fireproof
- Griswolds – Beware the Dog
- Foals – Mountain at My Gates
Year 10 – 2016
- James Blake – Retrograde
- Chance the Rapper and Saba – Angels
- Houndmouth – Sedona
- Frank Ocean – Self Control
- Matt Corby – Empires Attraction
- Sufjan Stevens – Death with Dignity
- Mac Miller – Congratulations
- The Avalanches – Because I’m Me
- Asgeir – Was There Nothing?
- Kendrick Lamar – Hood Politics
- Courtney Barnett – Dead Fox
- Kanye West and Chris Martin – Homecoming
Year 11 – 2017
- Radiohead – Present Tense
- Greta Ray – Drive
- Methyl Ethyl – No. 28
- Mac DeMarco – My Kind of Woman
- The Weeknd – I Feel It Coming
- Kendrick Lamar – PRIDE
- Harry Styles – Ever Since New York
- Frank Ocean – Ivy
- Billie Eilish – watch
- Calvin Harris, Migos and Frank Ocean – Slide
- Tyler, The Creator – Boredom
- Selena Gomez – Fetish
Year 12 – 2018
- Calvin Harris and Dua Lip – One Kiss
- ABBA – Dancing Queen
- Post Malone – Stay
- Joji – Demons
- Ollie MN – Disappear Daily
- Sound of Music Soundtrack – Sixteen Going on Seventeen
- Bon Iver – re:stacks
- The Cardigans – Lovefool
- Mac DeMarco – This Old Dog
- Shawn Mendes – Lost in Japan
Also a huge shout out to Spotify, as before it existed I had to use Vid2MP3 for every song I wanted to listen to which was the phattest trek.
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