2012 Tracks Poll Theme Park of Ballots, Stats and Ephemeral Controversy

Actually I can't do that because it also has the album ballots.

Would that reveal album votes as well? May not want to do that.

yah

jaymc, al leong: ILXmailed ye

Interesting that Meek Mill's "Amen" (#89) got more total votes than Scott Walker's "Epizootics!" (#27).

if I could also have my ballot emailed it wld be grand

yep

thanks!

mixed ballot --

ranked

Saint Etienne - Last Days of Disco
Saint Etienne - Tonight
iamamiwhoami - Play
John Talabot ft. Pional - Destiny
Voices from the Lake ft. Donato Dozzy & Neel - S.T. (Vftl Rework)
Donald Fagen - I'm Not the Same Without You
Tindersticks - Frozen
Leonard Cohen - Show Me the Place

unranked

Allo Darlin' - Capricornia
Andy Stott - Numb
Christian Mistress - Haunted Hunted
Daphni - Yes, I Know
Deptford Goth - Life after defo
Diiv - Air Conditioning
Grimes - Oblivion
Holly Herndon - Breathe
Lindstrøm - Vōs-Sākō-Rv
Mirrorring - Silent From Above

Thanks again, seandalai.

And here's my (unweighted) ballot:

Alex Anwandter - Como Puedes Vivir Contigo Mismo?
Azealia Banks - 1991
Bat for Lashes - All Your Gold
Blondes - Pleasure
Cassie - King Of Hearts
Chairlift - I Belong In Your Arms
Kelly Clarkson ft. Vince Gill - Don't Rush
Dr. John - Ice Age
Grimes - Genesis
Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
Here We Go Magic - How Do I Know
Hot Chip - Motion Sickness
Icona Pop - I Love It
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Katy B - Aaliyah
Major Lazer - Get Free
Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
Metric - The Void
Barbara Morgenstern - Need To Hang Around
Santigold - Disparate Youth
Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
John Talabot ft. Pional - Destiny
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Wild Nothing - Disappear Always
Usher - Climax

"Lai Zhe Mo Jie" got four votes! I wish I had started the Sa Dingding thread earlier (and that Tuomas had voted).

Fwiw, four artists who finished in the top 25 of this poll I had on my albums ballot but not on my tracks ballot.

Has anyone pulled together links for all of the previous tracks/albums polls ILM has done? Shit's hard to locate just by searching if you don't remember what kind of titles they were given.

year-end polls, I mean.

I guess they're in here somewhere:

The ILX List of Lists

god, gnarls barkley beating t.i. in 2006 to #1 will never not look the most ludicrous thing

still angry about that

Top 77 artists (adding up the points for all their tracks), sorry for the ugly formatting:

Rank Artist Points Votes Top Votes
1 Miguel 1914 55 9
2 Todd Terje 1778 48 7
3 Carly Rae Jepsen 1646 52 6
4 Taylor Swift 1001 34 0
5 Katy B 866 27 0
6 Jessie Ware 833 29 1
7 Frank Ocean 771 27 4
8 Chairlift 719 22 2
9 Dawn Richard 712 23 0
10 Nicki Minaj 708 26 0
11 Grimes 701 28 0
12 Usher 659 25 0
13 PSY 638 27 0
14 Sky Ferreira 607 19 3
15 Kendrick Lamar 605 21 0
16 Angel Haze 603 23 1
17 Future 584 18 1
18 Chromatics 496 19 0
19 Eric Church 467 13 4
20 Pachanga Boys 465 15 1
21 Icona Pop 450 16 0
22 Blawan 449 18 0
23 Solange 438 17 2
24 Haim 436 16 0
25 D'Banj 423 15 0
26 Bat for Lashes 420 16 0
27 Cassie 411 15 1
28 Saint Etienne 411 13 1
29 Hot Chip 397 15 1
30 John Talabot 396 14 0
31 BIGBANG 374 12 0
32 Tame Impala 353 14 0
33 Andy Stott 341 13 0
34 Burial 330 11 1
35 Scott Walker 330 9 1
36 Fiona Apple 324 12 1
37 Zebra Katz 322 14 0
38 Jeremih 321 10 1
39 M.I.A. 314 11 1
40 AlunaGeorge 313 12 0
41 KW Griff 312 10 2
42 Le1f 302 11 0
43 Twin Shadow 294 11 0
44 Azealia Banks 292 12 0
45 Chief Keef 291 11 1
46 Santigold 289 11 0
47 Mungolian Jetset 288 11 0
48 Kanye West 286 12 0
49 Kalenna 286 9 1
50 Death Grips 284 8 0
51 Spiritualized 282 11 0
52 Lindstrøm 274 9 0
53 Rihanna 271 8 1
54 G-Dragon 268 8 0
55 Neil Young & Crazy Horse 265 11 1
56 iamamiwhoami 264 9 0
57 Killer Mike 263 11 0
58 Cheryl Cole 260 10 1
59 Neneh Cherry and the Thing 257 9 0
60 Alex Anwandter 250 8 1
61 Bruno Mars 246 7 0
62 Purity Ring 244 8 2
63 Goat 244 8 0
64 Can 236 7 1
65 Guru 226 7 0
66 Cher Lloyd 225 8 1
67 Farrah Abraham 221 8 0
68 Drake 219 8 0
68 Japandroids 219 8 0
70 Keith Fullerton Whitman 216 5 1
71 Nick Hannam & Tom Garnett 214 6 1
72 Charli XCX 207 10 0
73 Donkie Punch & Lorenzo 206 6 0
74 Beach House 205 9 0
75 Perfume 198 7 0
76 The xx 195 11 0
77 Frankie Rose 194 8 0

Doesn't count guest spots and I think each ballot can only vote once for each artist - if a ballot votes for an artist twice, the top-scoring one is used.

To give you an idea of how hopelessly, completely out-of-touch I am with the ILX tracks poll, I was *convinced* that Hacker by Death Grips would be a seriously big hitter this year. Not only did I have to nominate it at the last minute, but one other person voted for it. It's like there's been a gigantic disconnection somewhere and suddenly there's just a raft, an open sea and somewhere far away, a land populated exclusively by club DJs

it's all dream house at the end of the day though

only 3 of the top 10 are club tracks, really. 6 of the top 20

fair enough. ykwim. electronic/rnb/rap/house pop. not that I have a problem with it, house style yknow, as twere, but as said elsewhere the rock/indie/alt/experimental/pop-but-weird stuff that is making it through just isn't really scratching an itch this year, kfw, walker and cherry thing aside. but i'd be churlish to complain too much - the people have spoken. this website has given me the vast majority of my favourite bands and will continue to do so, this is just a weird disconnection, not a problem

One weird thing this year was the massive concentration of votes in the top 3 - Miguel's points total would have won any other year. Not sure that had any observable knock-on effects though.

i think a lot of people who would vote for more rock and shit would just vote for the ablums instead. i did, my tracks ballot was just a bunch of pop music and some dance cuts

yeah but the thing is, i'm just as interested in individual tracks as albums these days, so this poll has become a useful yearly resource

forgot 'bring in the katz', that was fun. and antwadter/andres/prosomething boys were v good house jamz. ok, fine.

1. “Driftin’ Back,” Neil Young & Crazy Horse
2. “Take Care,” Drake & Rihanna
3. “New for U,” Andrés
4. “Pizza King,” Wussy
5. “Inspector Norse,” Todd Terje
6. “Don’t Know How You Do It,” Imperial Teen
7. “Sore Tummy,” Paws
8. “Blessed,” Schoolboy Q
9. “Ima Read,” Zebra Katz & Njena Reddd Foxxx
10. “Devastating Bones,” Shrag
11. “You Could Get Lost Out Here,” A.C. Newman
12. “Grown Up,” Danny Brown
13. “Point,” Perfume
14. “Spitfire,” Public Service Broadcasting
15. “Passion for Water,” Liechtenstein

Or maybe it's "Perfume" by Point, how should I know?...I didn't keep a copy, so #11-15 may not be exactly right. Thought I might be the only "Driftin' Back" vote--seeing four others was nice. Thanks for putting together the poll.

i wanna see more ppls ballots

mixed ballot:

Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Blood Diamonds ft. Grimes - Phone Sex

Solange - Losing You
Kenton Slash Demon - Ore
Rita Ora - Radioactive
Miguel - Adorn
Mirel Wagner - No Death
Baunz - The Same Thing
Jessie Ware - Night Light
Santigold - The Keepers
Boody & Le1f – Soda
Die Antwoord - I Fink U Freeky
Mystikal - Hit Me
Usher - Climax
Major Lazer - Get Free
Blawan - Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage
Kendrick Lamar - Backseat Freestyle
MØ - Maiden
AlunaGeorge - You Know You Like It
Benoit & Sergio - Not in your nature
Creep ft. Tricky & Alejandra de la Deheza - Call Her
Angel Haze - New York
Tame Impala - Elephant

I made mine in like 5 min... it's weighted and doesn't really reflect any serious thought beyond the top 4

Miguel - Adorn
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You
Fatima Al Qadiri - Hip Hop Spa
F(x) - Electric Shock
Dawn Richard - Black Lipstick
Future - Turn on the Lights
Jeremih - 773 Love
Chromatics - Kill For Love
Miguel - Use Me
Ailee ft. Gi Kwang - Heaven
BIGBANG - Bad Boy
PSY - Gangnam Style
Skrillex - Bangarang
Miss A - I don't need a man
Ca$h Out - Cashin' Out
Javiera Mena - Luz de Piedra de Luna
Meek Mill ft. Drake and Jeremih - Amen
Angel Haze - New York
Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)
French Montana ft. Drake, Lil Wayne & Rick Ross - Pop That
Future - Same Damn Time
Chief Keef ft. Lil Reese - I Don't Like
Jessie Ware - 110%
Dawn Richard - Faith
BoA - Only One
Dawn Richard - Save Me From You (Remix)
Elle Varner - Refill
2 Chainz - I'm Different
A$AP Rocky ft. 2 Chainz, Kendrick Lamar & Drake - Fuckin' Problem
Nicki Minaj ft. Cassie - The Boys
Blawan - Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage
Drake - The Motto
Glam - Party (XXO)
Kanye West ft. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz - Mercy
Kendrick Lamar - Cartoons & Cereal
Korallreven - Sa Sa Samoa (Elite Gymnastics remix)
Melanie Fiona - 4 AM
Kendrick Lamar - Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe
Nicki Minaj - Beez in the Trap
Taylor Swift - The Moment I Knew

You do know that your numbers 26-41 didn't count?

thats like 100 songs

i call fowl

with a duck whistle

could i get my ballot, please? thanks in advance.

You do know that your numbers 26-41 didn't count?

― questino (seandalai), Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:32 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well it didn't hurt

*loosens collar* is it hot in here or is it just me

hey I think that's my ride, see ya'll later

amazed TNGHT - Higher Ground only got 2 votes

Can someone send my ballot? I have it at home (but I'm not at home).

Was going to wait but since some people are hungry for more ballots. (Just an excuse.)

It's not important though.

fair enough. ykwim. electronic/rnb/rap/house pop. not that I have a problem with it, house style yknow, as twere, but as said elsewhere the rock/indie/alt/experimental/pop-but-weird stuff that is making it through just isn't really scratching an itch this year, kfw, walker and cherry thing aside. but i'd be churlish to complain too much - the people have spoken. this website has given me the vast majority of my favourite bands and will continue to do so, this is just a weird disconnection, not a problem

― imago, Friday, January 25, 2013 1:10 AM (39 minutes ago)

I think one of the things that drives this is that the rock/indie/alt/experimental/pop-but-weird stuff tend to lack both the rolling threads and the "OMG this track" individual threads that the electronic/rnb/rap/house/pop/etc things that placed did, plus maybe it's slightly more international? IDK, for example I loved Sharpie Crows' Thank You Ladies For The Spread (Can w/bleary horns & postpunk guitars, vague Pulp vibes, ironic evocation of New Zealand southern Gothic Ronald Hugh Morrieson etc vibes) but I'd have no idea where to talk about it on ILx and didn't bother nominating it; as much as I prefer to listen to Beak>'s "Wulfstan II" over the album it didn't seem like anyone else felt the same way etc.

Huh, Julia Holter & Holly Herndon didn't do v.well in the tracks poll, did they?

well let's start a bloody rolling thread then ffs

there are rolling indie, punk, hard rock, noise, and psych threads every year

but I'd have no idea where to talk about it on ILx

People stretch thread boundaries all the time. If I have something that doesn't obviously fit one place or another, I will generally just go for close enough.

Or start a thread.

I even made a catch-all thread for other things last year called Johnny Fever's Not-Pop Not-Indie Shambhala, but it got very little action.

Weighted

Kevin Cossom - Anticipation
Alpoko Don - Get My Paypa Dog
Kendrick Lamar - Cartoons & Cereal
Miguel - Adorn
Clyde Carson - Slow Down
Laza Morgan - Gimme Little
A$AP Rocky ft. 2 Chainz, Kendrick Lamar & Drake - Fuckin' Problem
Future - Same Damn Time
2 Chainz - I'm Different
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
E-40 ft. YG, Iamsu! & Problem - Function
Elle Varner - Refill
Frank Ocean - Pyramids
Future - Turn on the Lights
Gunplay - Jump Out
Katy B - Aaliyah
King Louie - Val Venis
Melanie Fiona - 4 AM
Mystikal - Hit Me
Brianna Perry - Marilyn Monroe
Residue Reed - Where Da Stove @
Ty$ - My Cabana
Usher - Climax
Ca$h Out - Cashin' Out
BJ the Chicago Kid ft. Kendrick Lamar - His Pain II

rolling lamp music thread is vv good but no one posts there anymore RIP

very good list spottie, i would take it to a desert island

Only artist I voted for twice was Rhye because I thought he had a chance of placing. Seems asides mike diva and me noone else voted for him. The Fall is all the way down to #285. According to the results the song was #104 in P+J, #53 in Pitchfork. You're missing out on this one, ILM.

hey k-pop people, one thing i noticed while voting is that the big track i expected everyone to rep for (4minute's "volume up") wasn't even nominated

but maybe i love that song more than most

You're missing out on this one, ILM.

I made a mental note to investigate Rhye after hearing that song on the Pitchfork list (was that "The Fall"?). Seemed up my alley. But I haven't gotten around to it yet.

Only artist I voted for twice was Rhye because I thought he had a chance of placing.

Isn't he a they, actually? I didn't like "The Fall" as much as the tracks on the "Open" single, and still none of them made my ballot. Looking forward to an album at some point, though.

mixed ballot, lowest hivermind sore!

1 Dinosaur Jr. - Watch the Corners
2 The xx - Swept Away
3 Tindersticks - Frozen
4 Neil Young & Crazy Horse - She's Always Dancing
5 Tame Impala - Feels like we only go backwards

Allah-Las - Tell Me (What's On Your Mind)
Bob Dylan - Pay in Blood
Bobby Womack - Please Forgive My Heart
Dr. John - Ice Age
Giant Giant Sand - Slag Heap
Giant Giant Sand - Forever and a Day
Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
Jens Lekman - i know what love isnt
Lee Fields & the Expressions - I Still Got It
Lee Fields & the Expressions - You're the Kind of Girl
Lee Fields and the Expressions - Moonlight Mile
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ramada Inn
Saint Etienne - Last Days of Disco
Sharon Van Etten - Kevin's
Spiritualized - So Long You Pretty Thing
The xx - Chained
Tindersticks - Medicine
Tindersticks - This Fire of Autumn
Tracey Thorn - Hard Candy Christmas
Tracey Thorn - Tinsel and Lights

*daps* to other 'i know what love isnt' voter

questino, is it possible to get my ballot from you??

weighted, bold for what didn't place

Oneohtrix Point Never - I Only Have Eyes For You
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Jacob Mikesh Filburt - Philipp Dolphia
Frank Ocean - Pyramids
John Maus - Bennington
PSY - Gangnam Style
Keith & Supabeatz - The Most Beautiful ft. An-na (Todd Edwards Remix)
Mykki Blanco - Wavvy
Miguel - Gravity
Nick Hannam & Tom Garnett ft. Tom Zanetti - You Want Me
Alex Anwandter - Como Puedes Vivir Contigo Mismo?
Donkie Punch & Lorenzo - Snapbacks n Tattoos
Future - Turn on the Lights
Danny Brown - Grown Up
Young Smoke - Traps In Space
Nicki Minaj - Beez in the Trap
Maria Minerva & Ajukaja - Nii Hea
Kendrick Lamar ft. Dr. Dre - The Recipe
Rihanna - Birthday Cake (Funkystepz Miami Bass Mix)
Lil Chuckee - Wop
Mungolian Jetset - Smells Like Gasoline
Lindstrøm - Ęg-gęd-ōsis
ZZ Top - I Gotsta Get Paid
Lloyd - The Question
Gunplay - Definition Of A Plug

kind of surprised philipp dolphia didn't place, I think a lot of ppl wld like it -spotify - youtube

peepee: ILXmailed yr ballot

Only artist I voted for twice was Rhye because I thought he had a chance of placing.

Isn't he a they, actually? I didn't like "The Fall" as much as the tracks on the "Open" single, and still none of them made my ballot. Looking forward to an album at some point, though.

― Johnny Fever

Yeah you're right they're a duo. Mike Milosh (aka Milosh) and Robin Hannibal (from Quadron). Used to think there was a female fronting the band but it turns out Milosh sings like a lady.

I didn't realize their identities had been revealed. Check the ilm archives and see how many times I've stanned for Robin Hannibal projects over the years. It totally makes sense that I'd be down with this one as well.

Thanks questino. Great work all around!

I'm not sure why I'm posting this, but here goes:

(weighted)

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Swim And Sleep (Like A Shark)
Mouse on Mars - Polaroyced
Mungolian Jetset - Smells Like Gasoline
Lindstrøm - Vōs-Sākō-Rv
Can - Dead Pigeon Suite
Lindstrøm - Lamm-El-Aar
De La Soul's Plug 1 and Plug 2 - The Work
Django Django - Default
Escort - Caméleon Chameleon
Joakim - Nothing Gold (Todd Terje Remix)
Mungolian Jetset - Toccata
Tussle - Eye Context
Wild Nothing - Disappear Always
Neneh Cherry & The Thing - Dream Baby Dream (Four Tet Remix)
Mouse on Mars - They Know Your Name
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Madness - Death of a Rude Boy (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
Roll the Dice & Pole - The Skull Is Built Into The Version
Peaking Lights - Beautiful Son
Lindstrøm - Ęg-gęd-ōsis
Infinity Ink - Infinity (Todd Edwards Remix)
I:Cube - Lucifer en Discothéque
Can - Graublau
Clark - Com Touch
Death and Vanilla - Rituals

Maybe you're posting it here because it's the ballot thread?

...now I'm less sure

kind of surprised philipp dolphia didn't place, I think a lot of ppl wld like it

ya i was hoping it would place (probably fairly low bc it's not super popular) :(

weighted:

Frank Ocean - Pyramids
Miguel - Adorn
Death Grips - I've Seen Footage
Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Chairlift - I Belong In Your Arms (John Talabot & Pional remix)
Jessie Ware - Running
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang - Feba
Frankie Rose - Know Me
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Baby
John Talabot - When the Past Was Present
Jai Paul - Jasmine
Future - Same Damn Time
Kanye West ft. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz - Mercy
Chromatics - Lady
Santigold - Disparate Youth
Action Bronson feat. RiFF RaFF - Bird on a Wire
Kendrick Lamar - The Recipe
2 Chainz ft. Kanye West - Birthday Song
Sebastien Tellier - Cochon Ville
Riff Raff - Lil Mama I'm Sorry
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Earl Sweatshirt - Chum
The Crystal Ark - Rhodes
Alabama Shakes - I Found You
Psy - Gangnam Style

My (very lonely) ballot, weighted:

Purity Ring - Fineshrine
Dawn Richard - Save Me From You (Remix)
Wiley - Humble Pie
Jeremih - 773 Love
Rihanna - Birthday Cake (Funkystepz Miami Bass Mix)
Wynter Gordon - Waiting
Objekt - Cactus
Cooly G - What This World Needs Now
Nina Sky - Comatose
JoJo - Demonstrate
Kozzie ft. Merky Ace - Yeah (Remix)
Kendrick Lamar - Cartoons & Cereal
Nicki Minaj ft. Beenie Man - Gun Shot
Lea-Anna - Murder (1st Degree Remix)
Jubei ft. Flow Dan - Say Nothin'
Azealia Banks - NeedSumLuv
DJ Q - Brandy & Coke
Chronik - Man in the Boot
Rudimental - Deep In The Valley (Woz Remix)
Mike Delinquent Project ft. Lady Leshurr - Step In The Dance
Cassie - King Of Hearts
Rockwell - Tripwire
Swindle ft. Footsie & Nadia Suliman - Ignition
Disclosure - Latch
Usher - What Happened To U

Unweighted ballot:

Lonely votes:
Audacity - Punk Confusion
Royal Headache - Psychotic Episode

DNP:
Alabama Shakes - Hold On
Bear In Heaven - Sinful Nature
Bob Dylan - Duquesne Whistle
Macklemore ft. Wanz - Thrift Shop
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Driftin' Back
Norah Jones - Happy Pills

Hivemind approved:
Blawan - Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage
Eric Church - Springsteen
Frank Ocean - Pyramids
Grimes - Oblivion
M.I.A. - Bad Girls
Nicki Minaj - Stupid Hoe
PSY - Gangnam Style