The Top Ten Best Hit Songs of 2018 (Pt. 2)

This is years late (I'm binging your videos lol) and I feel so vindicated by someone else liking Love by Kendrick Lamar. It's such a good song and probably my favourite song off of Damn.

So Todd not only predicted Ariana playing in the Wicked movie, but he also predicted Anxiety being a new emotion in Inside Out 2.

An artist Todd rooted for in the honorable mentions got a #1 hit this year, I wonder if he has anything to say about I Remember Everything

What on Earth was going on in my life in 2018 that I only recognise 4 of the songs on this list?
Oh right, clinical depression.

Gotta appreciate in 2023 that, of all musicals to compare Ariana's arc to, Todd chose Wicked

thank u,next was literally the best track to close 2018. damn! what a time it was😮‍💨🤧

This is probably one of the greatest Todd in the Shadows episodes ever.

oh man watching this in the future and seeing you compare ariana grande to wicked knowing that ariana grande is staring in the wicked film is crazy.

on sweetener (ariana's album from 2018) there is a song called the light is coming, it features nicki minaj and she references chun li very explicitly.

I will never not laugh at that one black lady being unenthusiastic as she replaces Todd’s n bombs

still thoroughly disappointed that Youngblood by 5sos is not on this list, Todd... song review plsssss

Chun Li was actually top tier in SF2

just going back on this and. "are they falling in love? breaking up? overthrowing the government" yeah todd, that is exactly the three things they're doing there. i don't think anyone has ever summarized defying gravity that succinctly actually. i do think you know what's going on

bro that karaoke shit has me for sure thinking you’re just drake in hiding 😂😂

Todd was so mad about putting drake on this list he got out of the shadows. Incredible!

The Wicked comparison aged amazingly considering Ariana is going to play a character in the Wicked musical

Ngl i still sometimes think about Ric Flair Drip, because that man is probably one of the most drippiest men ever, even when hes just in his red tights. To think a plane crash was the push his career needed.

Todd in the Shadows at a karaoke bar...is something I never thought I'd see, and never knew I wanted to see

I spent 2018 caring for and eventually losing my mother to cancer. Your number 1 hit for me too. I also found a lot of comfort in Francis and the Lights that year but I don't think he ever cracked the top 40.

Okay but the fact that he talks about "about to overthrow the government" as a joke possibility about Defying Gravity when that's exactly what Elphaba is planning to do in that song is really funny to me.

Wow. Nicki insisting "They need rappers like me" comes across as desperate pleading more than bold affirmation. The pride comes before the fall indeed.

This Is America by Childish Gambino didn’t even get an honorable mention for 2018?

really liked this video- thoughtful comments, informative without being preachy and legendary humor-cheers Todd you rock!!

When I hear chun li all I hear is “Medusa bought polarized sunglasses from Amazon prime”

I love how Todd basically predicted Ariana's role in Wicked

I love thank you next as a song but it really pissed me off that she got upset with Pete for making jokes about their relationship. Like you’re allowed to write a song about it for your job, but he can’t tell jokes about it for his job?! Hypocrite.

Pretty shit "music"

"Are they falling in love? Breaking up? About to overthrow the government?"
Yes.

Good vid

4 years later and we still need Breathin'

Janelle Monáe's next album would definitely be a hit

I literally only knew of 2 of these 10. Damn.

2018 me: Ok breathin is good and all but the best hit song of the year? Oh Todd
2022 me: It's genuinely the best hit song of the year no cap

Ik he only mentions them for about a second, but walk the moon is always gonna be a band that occasionally drops a hit

I lost the love of my life in 2018 to cancer. I don’t have accurate enough words to describe the pain. Also, I don’t like Arianna Grande. Her voice is annoying. She has that nasal quality to her voice I dislike.

Ariana/Wicked reference has come full circle, nice job Todd 🤠

"High school pics you was even bad then"

Drake's lines continue to age like milk

I'm just dying to know what you teach? Is it the obvious choice of music,or maybe you're a closet STEM teacher? Gym? Public health? You're such a strange guy (based solely on your musical tastes/choices), it could be anything. Willing to share?

I've only recently been introduced to your channel and loved the way you cover those Top Ten lists. But the most interesting thing about this particular video is how you managed to talk about music and also open up about your personal life.
Three years later, I hope you're having a good year and keep making these content, since you are one of the best! Keep rocking! [Also, loved the Nice for What karaoke!]

The karaoke was everything I love it

I actually wonder if that was actually Todd during the karaoke. Cause, if it was, he can rap way better than I expected and I feel cheated out of a full cover.

Well, that Wicked/Ariana comparison hits different today.

That last song was anti-climatic

Didn't expect you do get on nice for what like that. Respect

This Mai Shiranui erasure

Fuck cardi b yes, but god damn “I like it like that” fucking SLAPS

I hear "Nice for What" I think Aggretsuko

My own personal top 13 best hit songs of 2018 list:

Honorable mentions:
- Finesse by Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B
- High Hopes by Panic! at the Disco
- Killshot by Eminem
- Look Alive by BlocBoy JB ft. Drake
- Never Be the Same by Camilla Cabello
- Nice for What by Drake
- This is America by Childish Gambino

13. Yes Indeed by Lil Baby & Drake
12. Wait by Maroon 5
11. Mine by Bazzi
10. Fake Love by BTS
9. Sad! by XXXTentacion
8. Sicko Model by Travis Scott ft. Drake
7. King's Dead by Jay Rock ft. Kendrick Lamar, Future & James Blake
6. Gummo by 6ix9ine
5. I Liked it by Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin
4. Sunflower by Post Malone & Swae Lee
3. Breathin by Ariana Grande
2. Happier by Marshmello & Bastille
1. In My Blood by Shawn Mendes