ILM'S TOP 77 TRACKS of 2010

77. DIDDY-DIRTY MONEY "Ass on the Floor" [222 points, 7 votes]
76. VAMPIRE WEEKEND "Giving Up the Gun" [222 points, 10 votes, 1 first place vote]
75. AZARI & III "Reckless (With Your Love) (Tensnake remix)" [228 points, 8 votes]
74. CRYSTAL CASTLES "Celestica" [232 points, 8 votes]
73. TAYLOR SWIFT "Mean" [232 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote]
72. MARINA & THE DIAMONDS "Shampain" [234 points, 10 votes]
71. RIHANNA "What's My Name" [234 points, 11 votes]
70. THE FIVES ft. VANYA TAYLOR "It's What You Do (Hottest By Far)" [236 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote]
69. YUNG HUMMA ft. FLYNT FLO$$Y "Lemme Smang It" [236 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes]
68. RICK ROSS ft. STYLES P "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)" [238 points, 12 votes]
67. THE KNIFE "Colouring of Pigeons" [242 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
66. CASSIE "Skydiver" [242 points, 8 votes]
(TIE) 64. KELIS "Acapella" [242 points, 9 votes]
(TIE) 64. FOUR TET "Love Cry" [242 points, 9 votes]
63. JAVIERA MENA "Hasta La Verdad" [244 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote]
62. SWANS "No Words/No Thoughts" [248 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
61. GAMES "Strawberry Skies" [250 points, 7 votes]

60. TAYLOR SWIFT "Mine" [250 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
59. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "I Can Change" [250 points, 8 votes]
58. GIL SCOTT-HERON "Me and the Devil" [254 points, 10 votes]
(TIE) 56. KE$HA "We R Who We R" [254 points, 11 votes]
(TIE) 56. NICKI MINAJ ft. EMINEM "Roman's Revenge" [254 points, 11 votes]
55. JUSTIN BIEBER "U Smile (Ambient Version)" [256 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
54. DRAKE "Fireworks (Deadboy Slo Mo House Edit)" [260 points, 10 votes]
53. LADY ANTEBELLUM "Need You Now" [262 points, 11 votes]
52. BEACH HOUSE "Zebra" [266 points, 9 votes]
51. GAYNGS "The Gaudy Side of Town" [266 points, 13 votes]
50. TAIO CRUZ "Dynamite" [270 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
(TIE) 48. KANYE WEST "All of the Lights" [270 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote]
(TIE) 48. ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI "Bright Lit Blue Skies" [270 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote]
47. TAYLOR SWIFT "Back to December" [270 points, 10 votes]
46. JANELLE MONÁE "Cold War" [272 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
45. NICOLAS JAAR "WOUH" [274 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote]
44. CARIBOU "Odessa" [278 points, 11 votes]
43. EL GUINCHO "Bombay" [280 points, 11 votes]
42. HOT CHIP "One Life Stand" [288 points, 11 votes]
41. LADY GAGA ft. BEYONCÉ "Telephone" [294 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]

40. GUCCI MANE "Lemonade" [300 points, 10 votes]
39. LIL B "The Age of Information" [302 points, 11 votes]
38. KATY B "Katy on a Mission" [322 points, 13 votes]
37. JAMIE WOON "Night Air" [324 points, 13 votes]
36. CARIBOU "Sun" [330 points, 11 votes]
35. WIZ KHALIFA "Black & Yellow" [330 points, 13 votes]
34. M.I.A. "Born Free" [340 points, 13 votes]
33. THESE NEW PURITANS "We Want War" [342 points, 10 votes]
32. TENSNAKE "Coma Cat" [342 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
31. EARL SWEATSHIRT "Earl" [344 points, 10 votes]
30. ROBYN "Hang With Me" [346 points, 14 votes]
29. GYPTIAN "Hold Yuh" / "Hold Yuh (Funkystepz remix)" [380 points, 12 votes]
28. CIARA ft. LUDACRIS "Ride" [394 points, 12 votes]
27. LINDSTRØM & CHRISTABELLE "Lovesick" [394 points, 18 votes]
26. KANYE WEST ft. PUSHA T "Runaway" [396 points, 13 votes]
25. TINIE TEMPAH "Pass Out" [398 points, 14 votes]
24. KANYE WEST ft. DWELE "Power" [410 points, 15 votes]
23. SADE "Soldier of Love" [410 points, 16 votes]
22. KE$HA "TiK ToK" [424 points, 14 votes, 3 first place votes]
21. JOANNA NEWSOM "Good Intentions Paving Company" [428 points, 13 votes]

20. E-40 ft. CLYDE CARSON & HUSALAH "Lightweight Jammin'" [432 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
19. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "Dance Yrself Clean" [434 points, 13 votes]
18. ERYKAH BADU "Window Seat" [436 points, 15 votes]
17. SCISSOR SISTERS "Invisible Light" [438 points, 12 votes, 2 first place votes]
16. KATY PERRY "Teenage Dream" [438 points, 15 votes]
15. WILLOW SMITH "Whip My Hair" [456 points, 17 votes, 1 first place vote]
14. SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS "I L U" [466 points, 14 votes]
13. SLEIGH BELLS "Rill Rill" [532 points, 19 votes, 1 first place vote]
12. CRYSTAL CASTLES ft. ROBERT SMITH "Not in Love" [546 points, 18 votes]
11. CEE-LO GREEN "Fuck You" [586 points, 19 votes, 2 first place votes]
10. KANYE WEST ft. RICK ROSS, JAY-Z, NICKI MINAJ & BON IVER "Monster" [596 points, 20 votes]
9. RIHANNA "Rude Boy" [628 points, 23 votes, 2 first place votes]
8. JANELLE MONÁE ft. BIG BOI "Tightrope" [642 points, 24 votes, 1 first place vote]
7. BIG BOI ft. CUTTY "Shutterbugg" [672 points, 26 votes]
6. ROBYN "Dancing on My Own" [674 points, 22 votes, 5 first place votes]
5. ARCADE FIRE "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" [694 points, 22 votes, 2 first place votes]
4. THE-DREAM "Yamaha" [764 points, 26 votes]
3. ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI "Round and Round" [794 points, 25 votes, 2 first place votes]
2. WAKA FLOCKA FLAME "Hard in Da Paint" [902 points, 30 votes, 2 first place votes]

All of this ^ brings us to this...

http://i56.tinypic.com/n63y39.jpg

1. GIRL UNIT "Wut" [996 points, 31 votes, 3 first place votes]
Youtube

Having now listened to "Hard in Da Paint," I'm not crazy about it.

The Lex explodes.

yaaaaay

If you want to get this polls results out before P&J in future then you can always do it when we do the metal poll. I'm sure we could bring forward the metal poll results by a week. I just like having it run out first so that no-one is suffering from poll fatigue by the time it drops. I do wish it could generate more posts though. 80 ballots but about a dozen posters :(

cant really argue w/ this-- GREAT tune

I love ILM

wow

also deej i'm 29 & american???

funny how similar this jonsi track is to both the arcade fire track and that last robyn. obv different in that it's given a dance music makeover with lots of attention to the build & release, but not all that different in basic tone and melodic character.

Wut is very pleasant and pretty, but in no way is it a #1 monument of anything.

omfg i'm so incredibly happy at this - when i posted the WUT thread i remember thinking, god, this is probably going to get maybe 3 replies. and here it is at the top of the ilm poll!!!!!! LUV U GUYS

(this was my #1 obv, and i adore it.)

waka flocka flame just sounds so good to say as I think maybe j0rdan pointed out on another thread.

never heard this song before now and <333

wow... turns out ilxor was completely otm on the top 10.

a jam for sure, but I never would have pegged it for #1

just sent this to a friend and this was his reaction:

5 seconds in
amazing
just fucking amazing
its fucking awesome
no kidding
i can tell why its #1
cause its perfect
the british are awesome

would've voted for "wut" had i voted a bit later -- really been spinning it the last few weeks like whooaaaa

yeah it's a cool song but

some dude: what post did you not understand?

LJ: love ur sn--YOU ARE A BRO

deej i LIKE hard in da paint, i just agree w/ LJ that it feels "big" w/o really bowling me over

― the new mordant & zingy ilxor persona (ilxor), Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:56 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

important distinction

can't believe Underworld - Scribble didn't place.

wow... turns out ilxor was completely otm on the top 10.

good thing i didnt predict rankings, i'd have put waka & girl unit was down in the 8/9/10 slots

wasn't blown away by 'hard in da paint' on first hearing, but there's something impressive about a whole cd with an energy level that high

had not heard this! not as good as waka but its neat

can't believe Underworld - Scribble didn't place.

vote splitting-- i voted for "always <3 a film" & no doubt others did too

wut winning this poll basically proves everything ive suspected abt ilx's continued interest in indie-not-indie

I've had more arguments about Night Slugs and the whole "global bass" aesthetic than I'd like to have about anything and I'm still kind of lukewarm on the aesthetic but even *I* think 'Wut' is fucking brilliant. First time I heard it was in a rather drab and moody set and then I heard this mixed in with Justin Timberlake's My Love and it just sounded like this shining light.

NB don't listen on Youtube, you won't get the bass and most of the impact.

yeah it's a cool song but

― call all destroyer, Thursday, January 27, 2011 4:00 PM (24 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

pretty much my reaction to wut

wut is pretty good!

ILM 2010 Tracks Poll Ballots/Stats/Banter/Recriminations Thread

flocka coming 2nd in this poll basically proves everything I've suspected about ILX's incredibly narrow sense of what music should be

AMIRITE

why "wut" and not "mindreader"?

Really don't get the everybody jumping in the boat for Wut, but it's not an offensive track at all. think i might prefer "Showstopper" honestly.

i hope shipz was being ironic with his "too similar to p&j" comment, what with girl unit and waka flocka flame being our 1 and 2!

u&k viewing: crowd video of "wut" being dropped at november night slugs. that is what it does to a dancefloor.

the other tracks on the ep, which are almost as amazing - "showstoppa", "every time".

WUT WUT WUT WUT~~~

wut winning this poll basically proves everything ive suspected abt ilx's continued interest in indie-not-indie

how is "wut" in any way "indie-non-indie" pls explain this to me

Or if you want to stay here: Full results

why no toot it and boot it

wut is nowhere near as good as that nicholas jaar song btw

a jam for sure, but I never would have pegged it for #1

― beer, beer, beer (Pillbox), Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:59 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

yup. though maybe i'd feel differently if i was out clubbing all the time or something?

yeah I also think it's a good song but it leaves me a tad lukewarm about it being the supreme track of 2010. I guess it found a way of sneaking into lots of lists without it being necessarily the top pick.

ty for the poll tho folks, sterling job and quite a lot to check out now!

what is indie-non-indie

why "wut" and not "mindreader"?

yeah "mind reader" was one of a few i was surprised didn't place at all (also storm queen's "look right through")

but yeah, thx dudes, now i have something else to waste my time :)

flocka coming 2nd in this poll basically proves everything I've suspected about ILX's incredibly narrow sense of what music should be

AMIRITE

― 2010 was a great year for highly-credible pop-ambient (acoleuthic), Thursday, January 27, 2011 3:02 PM (44 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

proud to be on the opposite side of LJ in this argument

Wut is a hip-hop beat AND a shimmery indie electronica instrumental AND a huge dancefloor anthem. It's number one because it unites different groups of listeners in a way that Mindreader doesn't.

"look right through" and "mind reader" were on my ballot ;_;

Thanks to j0rdan, johnny and seandelai for polling. And also to Lex for his quarterly reports without which I wouldn't have had about 1/4 of my ballot.

yeah storm queen was my #1, really disappointed that it didn't place

I don't really get "wut" tbh, it's cool and everything but I don't see what the big deal is... maybe if I was more familiar with the scene