Rage have dropped their annual list of the year’s most popular videos, as voted for by the public. Aussie talent reigned supreme with Perth’s own Birds Of Tokyo taking out the number one spot with their video for Lanterns, beating out the likes of Lorde, Arctic Monkeys, and Beach House.
Kiwi songstress Lorde, whose hit Royals was a ubiquitous presence in 2013, placed second, while Arctic Monkeys took third with their sultry single Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High? Beach House and their video for Wishes and James Blake‘s Retrograde clip rounded out the top five.
The 2013 list also featured 25 homegrown Aussie acts, including Karnivool, Flume, Dead Letter Circus, Vance Joy, Clubfeet, Parkway Drive, Kirin J Callinan, and Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys, with the latter concluding the list at number 50. Readers can browse the list in its entirety, below.
Watch: Birds Of Tokyo – Lanterns
Rage’s Top 50 Most Popular Videos of 2013
1. Birds Of Tokyo – Lanterns
2. Lorde – Royals
3. Arctic Monkeys – Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?
4. Beach House – Wishes
5. James Blake – Retrograde
6. Karnivool – We Are
7. Dead Letter Circus – Lodestar
8. Arcade Fire – Reflektor
9. Katy Perry – Roar
10. Vance Joy – Riptide
11. Clubfeet – Everything You Wanted
12. Macklemore And Ryan Lewis – Same Love
13. Flume And Chet Faker – Drop The Game
14. Tame Impala – Mind Mischief
15. Flight Facilities Ft. Christine Hoberg – Clair De Lune
16. Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball
17. Kingswood – Ohio
18. Robin Thicke Featuring T.I. And Pharrell – Blurred Lines
19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Sacrilege
20. Queens Of The Stone Age – I Appear Missing
21. Parkway Drive – Wild Eyes
22. Haim – The Wire
23. Major Lazer – Bubble Butt
24. Violent Soho – Covered In Chrome
25. Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
26. Vampire Weekend – Diane Young
27. The Paper Kites – Young
28. Josh Pyke – Leeward Side
29. Muse – Supremacy
30. Queens Of The Stone Age – If I Had A Tail
31. Thy Art Is Murder – Reign Of Darkness
32. Bluejuice – SOS
33. Cloud Control – Dojo Rising
34. Cut Copy – Free Your Mind
35. David Bowie – The Next Day
36. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Jubliee Street
37. Daft Punk Featuring Pharrell Williams – Lose Yourself To Dance
38. Lily Allen – Hard Out Here
39. Nine Inch Nails – Came Back Haunted
40. A$Ap Rocky – F**Kin’ Problems
41. Rudimental Featuring Ella Eyre – Waiting All Night
42. Sarah Blasko – God Fearing
43. Midnight Juggernauts – Ballad Of The War Machine
44. Thundamentals – Smiles Don’t Lie
45. British India – Blinded
46. Chvrches – Gun
47. Gesaffelstein – Pursuit
48. Andy Bull – Baby I Am Nobody Now
49. Kirin J Callinan – Landslide
50. Bed Wettin’ Bad Boys – Any Day Now
(Via FasterLouder)
