George Ezra is well known throughout popular music circles for his deep crooning voice and melodic sensibilities in his music. This seems to attract a variety of listeners to his music. This Englishman skyrocketed to instant success with the radio hit, ‘Budapest’ and once again did the same with the song ‘Shotgun’ from his sophomore album.
Honourable mentions: ‘Cassy-O’, ‘Barcelona’.
Here is my pick of the top 5 George Ezra songs:
5. Don’t Matter Now
This single from Ezra’s second album, Staying At Tamara’s is one of Ezra’s most joyful and fun releases to date. The use of saxophone and trumpet adds to the atmospheric chorus where the use of ‘do, do, do, do, do, do’, together with Ezra’s ‘Don’t Matter Now’ creates a simple chorus that conveys the message superbly.

4. Paradise
This is one of my favourite George Ezra songs because of its musicality and fantastic flowing rhythm and its intricate musical parts that tie the song together.
‘My lover, lover, lover. I’m in paradise whenever I’m with you,’ sings Ezra in the opening verse and his magnetic voice draws the listener in. The simple kick drumbeat perfectly moves the song towards the energetic, head-bobbing chorus: ‘If it feels like paradise running through your bloody veins. You know it’s love heading your way.’
The song is a beautiful, descriptive and metaphoric explanation of how love feels and the euphoric nature of the track fits in well with the overall message of the song.

3. Blame It On Me
The acoustic guitar intro at the beginning instantly grabs your attention before Ezra’s baritone hits the fray in the verse. One of the most recognisable parts of this song is the chorus where Ezra sings ‘What you’re waiting for?’
The song focuses on how we often play the blame game in relationships and how there always seems to be a scapegoat of some sort. ‘When I dance alone, and the sun’s bleeding down Blame it on me. When I lose control and the veil’s overused Blame it on me. What you’re waiting for?’ The interesting part of the song is how the somewhat emotional lyrics juxtapose with the friendly sounding musical elements. One of Ezra’s biggest hits for a reason.

2. Shotgun
‘I’ll be riding shotgun underneath the hot sun. Feeling like a someone.’ This well-known lyric line in the chorus is one of the reasons why this catchy pop song is one of Ezra’s best. This track on his 2018 album has a bigger pop sensibility with fewer guitar elements and more interesting programmed elements that give the song a bouncy, fun feel. Ezra also shines vocally on this track, especially in his ‘I could get used to this,’ vocal line. ‘Shotgun’ is the perfect example of how a polished pop song should sound, especially a typically summer-sounding one.

1. Budapest
This to me is still the best George Ezra song that there is, mainly based on its originality, its interesting guitar and drum intro and Ezra’s crooning bass-baritone voice. His voice carries the song brilliantly in the verses and chorus with some memorable vocal lines: ‘My many artefacts. The list goes on. If you just say the words. I’ll up and run. Oh, to you, you. I’d leave it all.’ The song focuses on how the singer would leave all his possessions behind to spend time with that someone special in his life. One of the best parts of this song is the hummable nature of the song and its ability to stick in your head for a while.
The bass and drum lines are one of the most enticing parts of this track, especially when combined with the higher notes that Ezra sings in the outro.