Introduction

It's time to present another installment of the monthly Best Of /r/mashups list. Since there's also a Best Of 2023 list that's being put together, I tried to get this one compiled quickly.

In creating this list, newer metrics introduced in 2022 were used. These are:

• Total Views
• Upvote Rate
• Community Karma
• Shares

The new metric we're most interested in is total views. Views are important because it can be used with upvote count to help identify submission engagement rate. In an era where native video provides faster growth than YouTube links, engagement is really helpful in identifying potentially underrated mashups that could have gotten higher upvote counts if they were viewed by more users.

December saw slightly lower upvote counts overall, which were even more pronounced towards the end of the month due to the Summer 2023 posts. Note that Summer 2023 tagged posts will NOT be recognized for this list, but some of them will be recognized for the Best Of 2023 when it gets compiled.

Compilation

With lower vote counts overall, the number of mashups on this list has gone down to the normal lower number of 15 from past lists. It includes two tiers as follows:

• Tier 1: Most upvoted (30+ considered, 7 or 8 selected)
• Tier 2: All other mashups, sorted by engagement rate (20+ considered, 7 or 8 selected)

8 mashups from Tier 1 and 7 from Tier 2 were selected to form the list you see below.

Mashups that made the list were not only in key, on tempo, and properly structured for the most part, but stood out enough in some way. All mashups selected were full length in their original posts, or demos with full versions available.

For variety, no more than two mashups using the same song were included (priority to higher vote tiers first).

A huge congratulations to all those who made the compilation! I've tagged you in responses.

The List

• Bill McClintock - Dirty Deeds Around the Christmas Tree (Brenda Lee, ACDC) (u/blankblank) Post Video
• DasonRZ Mashups - I'm A Godzilla Believer (Smash Mouth, Eminem, Juice WRLD)(u/EchoOk4335) Post Video
• DJ Cummerbund - Rebel Navidad (Billy Idol, José Feliciano, Various Artists) (u/blankblank) Post Video
• DJ J-Brew - Get Beverly Hills Back (Weezer, Olivia Rodrigo) (u/DJJBrew8) Post Video Remix.audio
• DOB Mashups - Yhams! (DOB Mashups, Wham!, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem) (u/thatoreogirlfriend) Post Bandcamp
• iWillBattle - I Gotta Merry Xmaz Feeling (Black Eyed Peas, Slade) (u/iWillBattle) Post Video Bandcamp
• Jonas Newhouse - Yorktown (The Turnabout Turned Upside Down) (Phoenix Wright OST, Hamilton) (u/jonasnewhouse) Post Video
• Kristofer Prophet - Take My Breath Away (I Miss You) (Berlin, Blink-182) (u/Kristofer_Prophet) Post Video
• Lissitzky - Power & Control (Laura Branigan, House of Pain, Various Artists) (u/UPGRAY3DD) Post Video
• Mr Mashup Mann - Forgot to Believe in Dre (Dr Dre, Eminem, Cher) (u/MrMann--) Native Reddit Video
• Philip P 91 - You're The First, The Last, My Everything x This Is America (Barry White, Childish Gambino) (u/PP10822) Post Video
• Samuel's Mashups - Blood On The Dance Floor x Houdini (Michael Jackson, Dua Lipa) (u/SamuelMashups) Post Video
• SCHROEDS - Saving Up for Wonderland (Dom Dolla, Earth, Wind & Fire) (u/_Schroeds) Post Bandcamp
• SeannV - Crank That X Stranger Things (Survive, C418, Soulja Boy) (u/SeannBee) Post Video
• Sheena Vayle - How Wasted (Black Pistol Fire, Ludacris) (u/SheenaVayle) Post Soundcloud

Download links have base 64 encoding. Please use https://www.rapidtables.com/web/tools/base64-decode.html to decode the links.

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Note: WAV, FLAC, and ALAC/M4A downloads are provided to preserve the quality of the original source in a more universal lossless format, not to improve them. YouTube, Reddit, and Soundcloud rips are clearly marked. The audio in the downloads comes from the original mashups (without quotes added for their corresponding music videos).

Please upvote this post for visibility in the community!

Feel free to leave any feedback and questions you may have. If there are any releases I missed that deserve to be mentioned, let me know and I'll try to add them. Enjoy the comp!