Next up my favorite Finnish songs of the year 2024. As usual this is pretty much just a giant playlist for the onechordnet history books, because all the on-going playlists will move to 2025. But here’s some sort of top 20 to go with the playlist. After that everything is in completely random order and I’m sure there’s stuff still missing. The trouble with the mega lists is that at some point I just completely lose track what I’ve added and what I haven’t and therefore something important might be missing, because I assumed it’s already there. So feel free to send hate mail, if your song is missing. It’s most likely by accident.
Anyway, this is an important category, because the song Mehiläisille by Olva defined my year in music. There’s nothing music-related that I loved as much as I loved this song. Actually there’s very few music things I’ve loved as much during the 23 years I’ve been making this blog. What a special song where bees try to thrive on a planet that the humanity failed. So poignantly beautiful and while there’s melancholy, it doesn’t sound anything like a cold and dark dystopian nightmare. Instead it’s warm-hearted and even somehow comforting. Incredible song.
This was also the year of ITE EEROLA and Leija Lautamaja when it comes to Finnish songs. Leija Lautamaja made my Finnish album of the year and that album has so much great songwriting. I went with Ylpeästi sun on this one, but on another day it could have been Sinun takiasi, Jos jos or Ilman sua tää ei ois elämää just as well and I did sneak them all into the playlist. All five hearts songs in my books (yes, back when I wrote reviews I gave hearts, not stars). And yeah, there’s more greatness on that record, but those are my own favorites.
ITE EEROLA didn’t release an album this year, but there’s four songs available and I love them all. I listen to hundreds of artists and love many of them, but if someone would force me pick just one favorite songwriter, lately the answer to that question has been Reetta Eerola. Somehow their songs really resonate with me almost every time. I chose Näidenkin seinien takana to this list, because it hits close home on a personal level. But it really could be anyone of them and yes I definitely included all of them on the playlist part of this.
And of course anything else mentioned here and/or featured on the playlist also rules. And yeah, there’s probably some additions coming to the playlist when I figure out what I forgot to include.
20. Lala Salama – Aurinko sulattaa mun pään (All That Plazz)
19. Toinen Maisema – Usvaa
18. Pekka Laine feat Jay Nemor – Sorrow and Pain (Svart Records)
17. Antti Autio – Tähti (Soit Se Silti)
16. Litku Klemetti – Jos olisin koira (Is This Art!)
15. Kumma Heppu & Lopunajan Voidellut – Tuttua katua (Rockadillo)
14. Ne Lintuizet – Stadion (Texicalli)
13. Poni – Vauvoi (Minna Records)
12. Vähäsarja – Pääskyset (Helmi Levyt)
11. Sonja Selene – Pimeä pää (Helmi Levyt)
10. Huonosti puetut lapset – Mikset voisi minua
9. myrtsi – Ehkä syksy muuttaa kaiken
8. Viitasen Piia – Jano (Utopiia)
7. Rosita Luu – Leipäkivet (Playground)
6. Joni Ekman Group – Beibi, mua pelottaa (Näkki-levyt)
5. Hattara – Halla (Cotton Candy Company)
4. Nikita Titov – Kirkas tähtiyö
3. Leija Lautamaja – Ylpeästi sun (Leija Organs Records)
(+ Sinun Takiasi, Jos Jos, Ilman sua tää ei ois elämää)
2. ITE EEROLA – Näidenkin seinien takana (Panama-levyt)
(+ Mulla on sulle jotain, Linnut, Kiviä ja laivoja)
1. Olva – Mehiläisille (Minna Records)
