Global A Go-Go presents:
Top 10 new singles & EPs of 2024
I’ve been recapping my favorite singles and EPs of the year for each of the last six years. In the current era of home studios, direct-to-consumer distribution, mobile listening and streaming, the music industry has become more singles-focused than it’s been since before 1967. Singles aren’t just for Top 40 any more — whatever styles of music you like, if you’re ignoring singles you’re missing some of the best music being released today.
This year’s edition (Sunday December 22, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site) once again has killer material, every bit as good as what you heard on my best albums of 2024 episode last week.
Without further ado, here are my favorite singles and EPs of 2024:
Global A Go-Go’s Top Ten Singles & EPs of 2024
1. Kin’Gongolo Kiniata (RD Congo) | “Liseki Te” | Helico
2. Pambelé (Colombia-France-New Zealand-Panama-Italy) | “Te Entundo” | Palenque
3. Candeleros (Venezuela-Colombia-Spain-France) | El Bululú EP | Folcore
4. Dynamq (South Sudan-USA) | “Khamsa Degiga” | River Nile Entertainment
5. Mau Gatiyo Y Los Años Maravillosos (Colombia) | “420, Reloj” / “Poder Militar” | Names You Can Trust
6. Cheo (Venezuela-USA) | Refresco Vol. 2: Cheo Goes Funk EP | Nacional
7. Madalitso Band (Malawi) | “Lenisa” | Bongo Joe
8. Nusantara Beat (Netherlands-Indonesia) | “Mang Becak” | Bongo Joe / Lamunai
9. Newen Afrobeat (Chile) | Grietas EP | Lichens Family
10. Undercover Cockney (England UK) | “Am I Good Enough” (feat. Coco Malone & Horseman) | Double Double
Honorable Mention
Džambo Aguševi Orchestra (North Macedonia) | “Kucheka Bum Bum” | Asphalt Tango
Altın Gün (Netherlands-Turkey) | “Vallahi Yok” / “Kırık Cam” | ATO
Thiago França & A Espetacular Charanga Do França (Brazil) | “Toxic” | Mais Um
Leenalchi (South Korea) | Lesser Gods And Chimeras EP | Hike
Dizzy Mandjeku & Odemba OK Allstars (RD Congo-Belgium) | Odemba Nostalgie EP | Zephyrus
Oliver Nayoka (Nigeria) | “Iyi Eri Oba” | Odogwu Entertainment / Palenque
Pasnbesa (Seychelles-Australia) | “No Peace” | Ministry Of Reggae Sound
Prince Fatty (England UK) | “You Know I’m No Good” (feat. Hollie Cook) | Lovedub
Saturno 4000 (Germany-Colombia-Italy) | “Ma Belle Fille” / “Solar Heart” | Batov
Tribu Baharú (Colombia) | “El Cubo” (feat. La Octava Providencia) | Tambora
Global A Go-Go’s top 20 singles and EPs of 2024 are available as a Tidal playlist: bit.ly/3ZL4JcX
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Show Archive
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a Go-Go”
from Global a Go-Go
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001
England UK
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Saturno 4000, “Ma Belle Fille”
from Ma Belle Fille / Solar Heart - Single
Batov Records - 2024
Germany-Colombia-Italy
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Tribu Baharú, “El Cubo (feat. Octava Providencia)”
from El Cubo (feat. Octava Providencia) - Single
Tambora Records - 2024
Colombia
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Pambelé, “Te Entundo”
from Te Entundo - Single
Palenque Records - 2024
Colombia-France-New Zealand-Panama-Italy
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Prince Fatty, “You Know I'm No Good (feat. Hollie Cook)”
from You Know I'm No Good - Single
Lovedub Limited - 2024
England UK
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Undercover Cockney, “Am I Good Enough (feat. Coco Malone & Horseman)”
from Am I Good Enough - Single
Double Double Records London - 2024
England UK
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Dizzy Mandjeku & Odemba OK Allstars, “Odemba #1”
from Odemba Nostalgie - Rumba Congolaise - EP
Zephyrus Records - 2024
RD Congo-Belgium
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Altin Gün, “Vallahi Yok”
from Vallahi Yok / Kirik Cam - Single
ATO Records - 2024
Netherlands-Turkey
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Nusantara Beat, “Mang Becak”
from Mang Becak - Single
Les Disques Bongo Joe - 2024
Netherlands-Indonesia
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Newen Afrobeat, “Grietas (feat. Lido Pimienta)”
from Grietas EP
Lichens Family, distribuido por Altafonte - 2024
Chile-Colombia-Canada
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Cheo, “Quiero desintegrar a tu novio”
from Refresco, Vol.2: Cheo Goes Funk - EP
Nacional - 2024
Venezuela-USA
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Džambo Aguševi Orchestra, “Kucheka Bum Bum”
Asphalt Tango Records - 2023
North Macedonia
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