Davido’s ‘AYE’ Makes Top 100 World’s Best Songs Of 2014

The Fadar, a New York based music publication has named Davido’s “Aye” in its list of top 116 tracks in the world, coming in at 81.

From The Fader:

Davido is one of his continent’s biggest names, if not the biggest. The Nigerian pop star’s international breakthrough singles—like 2012’s euphoric “Dami Duro,” and 2013’s compulsive viral dance record, “Skelewu”‘—were uptempo anthems, yet this year’s “Aye” (pronounced “ah-yay”) would seem, at first blush, to lack the urgency of its predecessors. Its pulse is evasive, with a complex mesh of cross-rhythms. This intricacy provides a nest for some gorgeous high-pitched guitar tones, which cut through the noise like birds chirping a love song. At the song’s heart, though, is Davido’s vocal performance, which communicates sincerity with a complete lack of self-consciousness or duplicity, a feeling of confident optimism bubbling over with certainty: Nobody can love you like I do/ No one can touch you like I do. This is the idealization of devotion, rendered in full color. - David Drake