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@Pillbox: I just like writing that chorus in all caps. It's almost as dumb as ARE WE HUMAN OR ARE WE DANCER

1 - Soulja Boy - YAHHH!!!
394 points, 43 votes, 4 #1s
1 in P&J, 1 in p4k

STANDING ON THE SHOULDER OF GIANTS

mad props to ILM for a totally unpredictable top five

Oh come the fuck on. #s 5 and arguably 4, maybe. Everyone knew what the top 3 was gonna be.

Wasn't everyone saying A Milli really recently?

But order is everything.

I wouldn't have put Happy House anywhere near the top ten at the start of this list.

And having just heard (half of) it, I wouldn't have even remembered I'd heard it come January.

I certainly wouldn't have predicted Noah and the Whale's glorious victory.

Will have to double back and think about a lot of these, and I've never really sat down to figure out why I love "Paper Planes" so much. But "Time To Pretend" deserves its place here. Cunga identifies the territory of its excellence but doesn't quite nail whey I love it so much...

The other thing Hoffer mentioned was that being a kid in the post-sixties Western world meant that you were simultaneously and unprecedentedly sheltered AND jaded to the world's pleasures and sins. [...] As it turns out the pampered and well-off children of the Western world were also victims of a world where disintegrating values left them out in the cold with nowhere to go but inwards, into the world of solipsism and status updates.

To me the issue isn't so much being stuck in a meaningless contemporary world, etc., but living in this artificially extended childhood with the knowledge that that's what it is. Going to shows, getting cool haircuts, meeting girls, and whirling around bonfires on the beach, all full of joy and beauty but also knowing that sooner or later you're going to graduate and have to "get jobs at offices and wake up for the morning commute." That line could have been a disaffected sneer, a hope-I-die-before-I-get-old moment, but there's a great sadness in teh performance; even as they say they're choosing their life of inane rock and roll adventure over the morning commute, they seem painfully aware a) that the rock and roll thing has its own miseries, and b) that they most likely WILL end up getting jobs at offices. The song's not a manifesto for debauchery, it's a lament for the end of youth.

Of course, I'm 27 and under the growing impression that grad school has not been a temporary interruption in the bohemian idyll of 23, but a sobering preview of where the rest of all this is going. So I may be reading a lot into this. But it's a damn good song, deserving not only of its place on this countdown but of its success in the market at large; clearly these guys struck a chord.

(P.S. If I had remembered to nominate "Yahhh!" it would have been #1 on my ballot.)

You haven't been launched into spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayce tho. xxp

xxxpost: What if you'd listened to it on December 31?

lol i have had a boozy lunch and got to the airport and this still isn't done with!!!

not as bad as i thought it would be but ehhhhhhh

I used to be a DFA loyalist, until they started giving me a reason not to be. Out of all the stuff they've ever released/produced, I'd put "Happy House" in the bottom 10%.

xpost to myself: another exploratory stab at grand rock critic pronouncement undermined by "the" -> "teh"...

omg you are reading far too much into that nothingy mgmt song

also

boo hiss at M.I.A. voters. I'll forgive those that voted for "With Every Heartbeat" and "Rehab" as being unaware the first time around - but who the heck on ILM hadn't heard "Paper Planes" in 2007?

― danzig, Friday, February 6, 2009 11:00 PM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^exactly

We're fated to lex pretend.

Oh for 2007, when ILM was collectively amped for things that I liked, such as Studio or Caribou

Pillbox, it's actually so forgettable I couldn't tell you how it goes now, 10 minutes after hearing it. One of the linked videos was Aphex Twin's XTAL and I've got that stuck in my head instead :)

since it's pretty obvs I guess I'll post the number 1 now, I have a list of all the placers and all the tracks that received a vote and I'll post those as well.

1 - Hercules & Love Affair - Blind
322.5 points, 31 votes, 1 #1 vote
(6 votes, 42 points for Frankie Knuckles Remix)
7 in P&J, 1 in p4k

Frankie Knuckles Remix

OK, I've listened to "Blind" 20 times today. It's the harmonies on that "I feel blind" that get me each time (something that gets lost in the Frankie Knuckles remix), and the beat right after that where the horns come in and I imagine all the dry ice around the dance floor going whoooosh and all the shirts coming off.
― Eazy

"blind" when played in a club (and preferably the "club mix") just sounds like it has come from outer space. the vocal makes me feel how i imagine it would be to be on opium. so warm inside!
― stirmonster

i know im just jockin but that frankie knuckles remix with antony makes me want to go down on dudes, in a good way
― max

TS: Original vs Knuckles remix. I'm generationally pre-disposed to side with the smoooooth dad-house of the latter...
― mike t-diva

I think (maybe with some time, to echo arguments made elsewhere on ilm these days) that knuckles remix might stand out as one of the better things to come out of H&LA. in context, it's proper garage, done like no other nowadays. it's lush, the production is both restrained and faultless. and I agree that tune is impossibly catchy!
- blunt

trying to fight "paper planes" as the crit song of 08 is futile guys

To me the issue isn't so much being stuck in a meaningless contemporary world, etc., but living in this artificially extended childhood with the knowledge that that's what it is. Going to shows, getting cool haircuts, meeting girls, and whirling around bonfires on the beach, all full of joy and beauty but also knowing that sooner or later you're going to graduate and have to "get jobs at offices and wake up for the morning commute." That line could have been a disaffected sneer, a hope-I-die-before-I-get-old moment, but there's a great sadness in teh performance; even as they say they're choosing their life of inane rock and roll adventure over the morning commute, they seem painfully aware a) that the rock and roll thing has its own miseries, and b) that they most likely WILL end up getting jobs at offices. The song's not a manifesto for debauchery, it's a lament for the end of youth.

^^this is not actually a profound revelation, like, in the slightest, it's a feeling which is barely important enough to mention in passing on a livejournal, let alone have a pop song about

I'm still kinda weirded out about "The Rip"'s placement and people preferring anything on that album to "Machine Gun" in general.

the final score:

50 - Flo Rida - Low (69.5 points, 7 votes)
49 - Air France - No Excuses (70 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote)
48 - Kleerup Feat. Lykke Li - Until We Bleed (73.5 points, 7 votes; 3 votes, 29.5 points for Mikael's Cello Version)
47 - Kelley Polar - Entropy Reigns (In The Celestial City) (74 points, 7 votes)
46 - The Bug - Poison Dart feat. Warrior Queen (75.5 points, 7 votes)
45 - Katy Perry - Hot N Cold (76 points, 7 votes)
44 - Crazy Cousinz - Bongo Jam (77 points, 6 votes)
43 - MGMT - Kids (82 points, 9 votes)
42 - TV On The Radio - Family Tree (83 points, 6 votes)
41 - T.I. - No Matter What (83.5 points, 5 votes, 1 #1 vote, )
40 - Cassie - Official Girl (83.5 points, 6 votes, 2 #1 votes)
39 - Matias Aguayo - Minimal (84 points, 7 votes, 4 votes; 51.5 points for DJ Koze Maxi Version)
38 - Half Man Half Biscuit - National Shite Day (86 points, 6 votes, 1 #1 vote)
37 - Lil Wayne - Got Money (Ft. T-Pain) (90.5 points, 7 votes)
36 - Ting Tings, The - That's Not My Name (91.5 points, 8 votes)
35 - Rihanna - Disturbia (92 points, 9 votes)
34 - Lil Wayne feat. Static Major - Lollipop (94 points, 8 votes)
33 - Lindstrøm - The Long Way Home (97 points, 10 votes; 3 votes, 23 points for Prins Thomas Edit)
32 - Goldfrapp - A & E (98 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 vote)
31 - Ne-Yo - Closer (98.5 points, 10 votes)
30 - Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened (101.5 points, 10 votes)
29 - Gang Gang Dance - House Jam (102.5 points, 8 votes)
28 - Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (106 points, 8 votes)
27 - Alphabeat - Fascination (111 points, 7 votes, 2 #1 votes)
26 - Ida Maria - Oh My God (116 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 vote)
25 - Erykah Badu - The Healer (117 points, 9 votes, 1 #1 vote)
24 - Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (120.5 points, 12 votes)
23 - Vampire Weekend - A-Punk (121 points, 11 votes)
22 - T.I. Feat. Rihanna - Live Your Life (123.5 points, 10 votes)
21 - Air France - Collapsing At Your Doorstep (135 points, 13 votes, 1 #1 vote)
20 - Jordin Sparks And Chris Brown - No Air (139 points, 11 votes, 1 #1 vote)
19 - Grace Jones - Williams' Blood (142 points, 12 votes, 1 #1 vote; 7 votes, 81.5 points for Aeroplane Remix)
18 - M83 - Kim & Jessie (142.5 points, 13 votes, 1 #1 vote)
17 - Kanye West - Love Lockdown (144 points, 12 votes)
16 - Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor (144.5 points, 11 votes, 1 #1 vote)
15 - MGMT - Electric Feel (151 points, 12 votes; 2 votes, 27.5 points for Aeroplane Remix)
14 - Aeroplane feat. Kathy Diamond - Whispers (158 points, 13 votes, 1 #1 vote)
13 - Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire (161.5 points, 16 votes)
12 - Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes (171.5 points, 15 votes)
11 - Portishead - Machine Gun (173 points, 16 votes, 1 #1 vote)
10 - Young Jeezy Ft. Kanye West - Put On (174.5 points, 15 votes)
9 - Wiley - Wearing My Rolex (187.5 points, 16 votes, 1 #1 vote)
8 - MGMT - Time To Pretend (203 points, 15 votes, 3 #1 votes)
7 - Lil Wayne - A Milli (203.5 points, 19 votes, 1 #1 vote)
6 - Estelle Feat. Kanye West - American Boy (209.5 points, 19 votes, 1 #1 vote)
5 - Portishead - The Rip (214.5 points, 16 votes, 1 #1 vote)
4 - Friendly Fires - Paris (236.5 points, 20 votes; 14 votes, 163.5 points for Aeroplane Remix feat. Au Revoire Simone; highest placer without a 1st place vote)
3 - MIA - Paper Planes (253.5 points, 22 votes, 2 #1 votes; 6 votes, 48 points for DFA Remix)
2 - Juan Maclean, The - Happy House (314 points, 22 votes, 8 #1 votes)
1 - Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (322.5 points, 31 votes, 1 #1 vote; 6 votes, 42 points for Frankie Knuckles Remix)

Hahahaha worth it for the Max quote alone.

I repeat: out of interest, how many of those WEREN'T singles?

I'm still kinda weirded out about "The Rip"'s placement and people preferring anything on that album to "Machine Gun" in general.

― The Reverend (rev), Friday, February 6, 2009 11:52 PM (10 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dittz. my favourite off the album was 'we carry on', and i fully expect it to place justifiably high in the albums poll, but it seems...odd to nominate/vote for tracks separately. it's a coherent body of work and pulling it apart makes as much sense as pulling the erykah or lindstrom albums apart into their constituent parts, and maybe misses the point somewhat

I didn't specify if a remix version also got points (if it shows a remix it probably means the remix is the only thing that got voted for), this was a v quick and dirty list. Some of the numbers might be off since I just put it together but I will stand by it being 99.9% accurate.

68.5 - Fall, The - 50 Year Old Man
68.5 - Lady Gaga - Just Dance
68.5 - Taylor Swift - Love Story
68 - Air France - June Evenings
67 - Gang Gang Dance Feat. Tinchy Stryder - Princes
66 - Wiz Khalifa - Say Yeah
64.5 - Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
64 - Cut Copy - Lights & Music
64 - TV On The Radio - Golden Age
63 - Torche - Amnesian
62.5 - M83 - We Own The Sky
61 - M83 - Graveyard Girl
61 - Annie - Songs Remind Me Of You
60.5 - Erykah Badu - The Cell

58.5 - Ne-Yo - Miss Independent
58.5 - Paavoharju - Uskallan
57.5 - Kanye West - Heartless
57.5 - Beyonce - If I Were A Boy
57 - H Two O Ft Platnum - What's It Gonna Be
56 - Sebastien Tellier - Divine
55.5 - Empire Of The Sun - Waking On A Dream
55.5 - Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
55 - Dizzee Rascal - Dance Wiv Me
54.5 - Hot Chip - One Pure Thought
54.5 - Chaz Jankel - Get Myself Together
54.5 - Crystal Castles - Crimewave
53 - Jesu - Farewell (Alternative Version)
52 - El Guincho - Palmitos Park
51.5 - Presets, The - This Boy's In Love
51.5 - Hood Headlinaz F/ Jackie Chain & Jhi-Ali - Rollin'
51 - Jamie Lidell - Another Day
50.5 - David Byrne And Brian Eno - Strange Overtones
50 - Omar S - Psychotic Photosynthesis
50 - Paleface W/ Kyla - Do You Mind (Crazy Cousinz Remix)

48.5 - Roisin Murphy - You Know Me Better
47.5 - Goldfrapp - Clowns
47.5 - Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules Theme
47.5 - Sun Kil Moon - Moorestown
47.5 - Q-Tip - Gettin' Up
47 - Veronicas, The - Untouched
46.5 - Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part
46.5 - Young Jeezy Feat. Nas - My President
46.5 - Animal Collective - Brothersport
46.5 - Late Of The Pier - The Enemy Are The Future
46 - Lil Mama - Shawty Get Loose (Feat. Chris Brown & T-Pain)
46 - Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone
45.5 - Wiley - If You're Going Out I'm Going Out Too
45.5 - Fuck Buttons - Sweet Love For Planet Earth
45 - M83 - Couleurs
45 - Solange - Sandcastle Disco
44.5 - DJ Koze - I Want To Sleep
44 - Cut Copy - So Haunted
44 - Coyote - Too Hard (Aeroplane Mix)
44 - Max Tundra - Which Song
43.5 - Young Jeezy - Circulate
43 - Hercules And Love Affair - You Belong
42 - Of Montreal - An Eluardian Instance
41.5 - Invisible Conga People - Cable Dazed
40 - Enur Feat. Natasja - Calabria 2008
40 - Kylie Minogue - The One
40 - Grind Mode - I'm So High
40 - Wire - One Of Us

39.5 - Adele - Chasing Pavements
38.5 - Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook
38.5 - Glass Candy - Rolling Down The Hills
38 - Britney Spears - Womanizer
38 - Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat
38 - Cut Copy - Far Away
38 - Ladyhawke - Delirium
37.5 - Sanatagold - Lights Out
37.5 - Walkmen, The - I Lost You
37.5 - Teedra Moses - So Kool
37 - Esoteric - Circle
37 - Spiritualized - Soul On Fire
36.5 - Bug, The - Murder We (Featuring Ricky Ranking)
36 - TV On The Radio - DLZ
36 - DJ Ng Ft Baby Katy - Tell Me
36 - Whitest Boy Alive, The - Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)
36 - Ravonettes, The - Aly, Walk With Me
35.5 - Stereolab - Three Women
35 - Erykah Badu - Soldier
35 - No Age - Teen Creeps
34.5 - Sara Bareilles - Love Song
34.5 - Ariel Pink - Can't Hear My Eyes
34 - Annie - I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me
34 - Sally Shapiro - I'll Be By Your Side (Tensnake Remix)
34 - Drive-By Truckers - That Man I Shot
34 - Surkin - White Knight Two
34 - School Of Seven Bells - Half Asleep
33.5 - Low Motion Disco -Love Love Love (Aeroplane Mix)
33.5 - Blackout Crew - Put A Donk On It
33 - Mountain Goats, The - San Bernadino
33 - Cahill -Trippin On You (Wideboys London Mix)
33 - Chris Brown - Forever
32.5 - T-Pain - Chopped N Skrewed
32.5 - Portishead - We Carry On
32.5 - Mole, The - Baby, You're The One
32.5 - Rubies - Room Without A Key (Studio Version)
32 - Mountain Goats, The - Sax Rohmer #1
32 - Perempay & Dee Ft. Katie Pearl - In The Air
32 - Wookie Ft Ny - Falling Again
31 - T.I. - Swagga Like Us
31 - Pink - So What
31 - Coldplay - Violet Hill
31 - Morten Sorensen - Start Something
31 - Quiet Village - Pillow Talk
30.5 - Presets, The - If I Know You
30.5 - Gotye - Hearts A Mess (Supermayer Remix)
30.5 - Cut Copy - Feel The Love
30 - Luomo Ft. Sascha Ring Aka Apparat - Love You All
30 - Jazmine Sullivan - Dream Big
30 - Santogold - Say Aha
30 - Chris Brown - With You
30 - Bjork - Earth Intruders (Xxxhchange Remix)
30 - Usher - Love In The Club

29.5 - Ciara - Echo
29.5 - Guns N' Roses - Better
29.5 - Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Out Of Reaches
29 - Beck - Gamma Ray
29 - Keane - Spiralling
29 - John Legend F/ Andre 3000 - Green Light
28.5 - Runaway - Brooklyn Club Jam
28.5 - Drive-By Truckers - Self-Destructive Zones
28.5 - Grace Jones - This Is
28.5 - Donaeo - African Warrior
28.5 - Walkmen, The - On The Water
28.5 - Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning
28.5 - Marit Larsen - If A Song Could Get Me You
28 - Lambchop - Natl Talk Like A Pirate Day
28 - Glass Candy - Rolling Down The Hills
28 - Colby O'Donis - What You Got(Ft Akon)
28 - Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight (Quentin Harris Mix)
27.5 - Bodies Of Water - Gold, Tan, Peach & Gray
27.5 - Rihanna - Rehab
27.5 - Rihanna - Please Don't Stop The Music (Wideboys Bassline Mix)
27 - T-Pain - Can't Believe It
27 - Dø , The - On My Shoulders
26.5 - Headless Heroes - The North Wind Blew South
26.5 - Ricardo Villalobos - Minimoonstar (Shackleton Remix)
26 - Neon Neon - I Told Her On Alderaan (Richard X Mix)
26 - Scooter - The Question Is What Is The Question
26 - Barbara Morgenstern - Come To Berlin (Telefon Tel Aviv Mix)
25.5 - Breeders, The - Night Of Joy
25.5 - Geeneus ft. Katy B - As I
25 - Santogold - Lights Out
25 - R.E.M. - Living Well Is The Best Revenge
25 - Ting Tings, The - Be The One
24.5 - DJ Mujava - Township Funk
24.5 - Hold Steady, The - Sequestered In Memphis
24.5 - Larkin Grimm - Blond And Golden Johns
24.5 - Soulja Boy Tell 'Em - Donk
24 - Kelly Rowland - Work (Freemasons Remix)
24 - Bug F/ Killa P & Flowdan, The - Skeng
24 - Sexy Kids - Sisters Are Forever
24 - Bob Dylan - Red River Shore*
24 - Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating
24 - TV On The Radio - Halfway Home
24 - Kid Rock - All Summer Long
23.5 - Girls Aloud - The Promise
23.5 - Bon Iver - Skinny Love
23.5 - Jazmine Sullivan - Need U Bad
23 - T2 - Heartbroken
23 - northern portrait - the fallen aristocracy
23 - Those Dancing Days - Hitten
23 - Alphabeat -Boyfriend
22.5 - Jamie Lidell - All I Wanna Do
22 - Solange Knowles - I Decided Pt. 1
22 - My My - Everybody's Talkin
22 - Fleet Foxes - Your Protector
22 - Los Campesinos! - My Year In Lists
22 - Fall, The - Taurig
22 - British Sea Power - No Lucifer
21.5 - Syclops - Where's Jason K?
21.5 - Very Best Feat. MIA And Santogold, The - Get It Up
21.5 - Raphael Saadiq - Big Easy
21.5 - Belong - Late Night
21.5 - Britney Spears - Break The Ice
21 - Los Campesinos - Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks
21 - Lykke Li - Little Bit
21 - B-52's, The - Eyes Wide Open
21 - Jim Jones - Pop Champagne
21 - Cure, The - Underneath The Stars
21 - Cole Medina - Love You Inside Out
21 - Trina Ft. Killer Mike - Look Back At Me
21 - Of Montreal - Id Engager
20.5 - Late Of The Pier - Focker
20.5 - Hot Stylz F/ Yung Joc - Lookin' Boy
20.5 - Dungen - Satt Att Se
20.5 - Sis - Trompeta
20.5 - Lykke Li - Little Bit
20 - Guilty Simpson - Almighty Dreadnaughtz
20 - Ladytron - Runaway
20 - Zinc & Geeneus Ft Nikki Benoit - Emotions
20 - Sweet Disposition, The - Sweet Disposition
20 - Volcano - Palimpsests
20 - Drive-By Truckers - Bob
20 - Elisabeth Carew - Destructive

19.5 - D-Malice - Gabryelle Refix
19.5 - Alicia Keys - No One
19 - Sound Stream - Live Goes On
19 - Magnetic Fields, The - Too Drunk To Dream
19 - Fall, The - Wolf Kidult Man
19 - Robert Forster - The Evangelist
19 - Conor Oberst - Cape Canaveral
19 - school - let it slip
19 - Yo Majesty - Don't Let Go
19 - Portable - Release
19 - Lloyd - Girls Around The World
19 - Lil Mama - L.I.F.E.
19 - Kid Cudi - Day And Night (Crookers Remix)
19 - Tinchy Stryder - Stryderman
19 - Al Green - Lay It Down
18.5 - Cherish - Killa (Feat. Yung Joc)
18 - Danny Byrd - Shock Out
18 - Sofia Marikh - Kelmet Hobb
18 - Janet Jackson - Rock With U
18 - Golden Silvers - Arrows Of Eros
18 - Dop - I'm Just A Man
18 - David Archuleta - Crush
18 - Dirk Leyers - Alma
18 - kaputt - family tree
17.5 - Morgan Geist - Detroit
17 - Rachel M - Losing Me (Jamie Duggan 4 4 Remix)
17 - ruling class - if you wonder / flowers
17 - Whitey - Do The Nothing
17 - Anoraak - Nightdrive With You
16 - T.I. Feat Ludacris - On Top Of The World
16 - Roisin Murphy - You Know Me Better
16 - Wedding Present - The Thing I Like About About Him (Is His Girlfriend)
16 - Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up
16 - Chap, The - Proper Rock
16 - Miley Cyrus - See You Again
16 - Shortwave Set, The - Glitches N' Bugs (Mungolian Jet Set Remix)
16 - T.I. F/ Swizz Beatz - Swing Ya Rag
16 - carrots - doing our part
16 - Ny - Fire (T2 Remix)
15.5 - Ryan Leslie - Addiction Remix (Ft/ Cassie And Fabolous)
15 - Ebony Bones - We Know All About You
15 - Cyndi Lauper - Into The Nightlife
15 - Youthmovies - Surtsey
15 - Jamie Lloyd - May I? (Quarion Mix)
15 - Randy Newman - Feels Like Home
15 - Sprengjuhollin - Keyrum Yfir Island
14 - Steinski - Number Three On Flight Eleven
14 - D1 - I'm Loving
14 - Alphabeat - 10000 Nights (Brodinski & Yuksek Remix)
14 - Death Set, The - Negative Thinking
14 - Scarlett Johannson - Falling Down
14 - domino state - what's the question
14 - Treasure Fingers - Cross The Dancefloor
14 - Farley "Jackmaster" Funk - Love Can't Turn Around (Boy's Noize Remix)
14 - Thomas White - The Silence Stops Tonight
14 - White Denim - All You Really Have To Do
14 - Pete And The Pirates - Mr. Understanding
14 - Ne-Yo - Single
14 - High Contrast - If We Ever
14 - Hervé & Kissy Sell Out - Rikkalicious (12 Version)
13.5 - Phil Collins - I'm Not Moving (Idjut Boys Remix)
13 - Erykah Badu - Honey (Seiji Mix)
13 - Nu Brand Flexx - I Feel So Good
13 - Danity Kane - Damaged
13 - Aquasky Feat. Acafool - Have A Good Time
13 - Bon Iver - Re: Stacks
13 - Kathleen Edwards - I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory
13 - Stimming & H.O.S.H. - Radar
13 - Lil Wayne - Mrs. Officer
13 - Shut Up & Dance - Glory Days
13 - Cocknbullkid - Shake
12.5 - Britney Spears - Piece Of Me
12.5 - Santogold - You'll Find A Way
12.5 - Sigur Ros - Ara Batur
12.5 - Usher - Trading Places
12 - Palm Tree Family & Tahiti Boy - 1973
12 - John Maus - Do Your Best
12 - Samamidon - Saro
12 - Brandy - Right Here (Departed)
12 - Mogwai - The Sun Smells Too Lou
12 - Mystery Jets W/ L. Marling - Young Love
12 - Bon Iver - Flume
12 - 3 Doors Down - Not My Time
12 - Sugababes - Denial
12 - DJ Q Ft MC Bones - You Wot
12 - Tony Christie - Louise
12 - T-Pain Ft. Teddy Verseti - Church
12 - Shit And Shine - Toilet Door Tits
12 - Mahjongg - Rise Rice
11.5 - Fan Death - Veronica's Veil
11.5 - John Daly - Solitaire
11 - Virgin Passages - This Is Not The End Of The World Again
11 - Solange - T.O.N.Y.
11 - Miley Cyrus - 7 Things
11 - Richard Bartz - Diamond Girl
10.5 - Saint Etienne - Burnt Out Car 2008
10.5 - La Roux - Quicksand
10.5 - Embassy, The - State'08
10.5 - Kuniyuki Takahashi - Dear African Sky (Henrik Schwarz Remix)
10.5 - Ghost Note - Pissed And Passed Out
10.5 - Jay-Z - Dope Boy Fresh (Jockin' Jay-Z)
10.5 - Jean-Jacques Perrey & Dana Countryman - Funky Little Spacegirl
10.5 - Girls Aloud - Theme To 'St. Trinians'
10.5 - Cure, The - The Only One
10.5 - Joker - Gully Brook Lane
10.5 - Kanye West Feat Young Jeezy - Amazing
10.5 - Maelstrom - The Duke (Maelstrom Edit)
10.5 - Jolie Holland - Mexico City
10.5 - Grackle - Jungle (T. Keeler And Capablanca Mix)
10.5 - T2 Feat. Addictive - Gonna Be Mine
10.5 - Kanye West - Street Lights
10.5 - Mary J. Blige, Growing Pains - Work That
10.5 - Department Of Eagles - No One Does It
10.5 - Williams - Love On A Real Train (Original)
10.5 - Cassie - 2 The Morning
10.5 - Beach House - Heart Of Chambers
10.5 - Wild Beasts - Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants
10.5 - Little Jackie - The World Should Revolve Around Me
10.5 - Death Cab For Cutie - Cath...
10.5 - Nine Inch Nails - 1,000,000
10.5 - Lovelock - Don't Turn Away (From My Love)
10.5 - Mari Boine Vs. Mungolian Jetset - It Ain't Necessarily Evil
10.5 - Jacques Renault - Bad Skinned
10.5 - Ruby Suns, The - Tane Mahuta
10.5 - Plastique De Rêve - Lost In The City (Feat. Ghostape)
10.5 - Playaz Circle Feat. Lil Wayne - Duffel Bag Boy
10.5 - Flo Rida Ft. Will.I.Am - In The Ayer
10.5 - Deastro - The Shaded Forests
10 - David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens
10 - No Age - Eraser
10 - T-Pain Ft. Chris Brown - Freeze
10 - Kylie Minogue - Heart Beat Rock (Benny Blanco Remix Feat. Spank Rock)
10 - Wideboys Feat Shaznay Lewis - Daddio
10 - Mariah Carey - O.O.C.
10 - Heltah Skeltah - The Art Of Disrespekinazation
10 - Keri Hilson - Return The Favor
10 - DJ Mehdi - Pocket Piano (Joakim Remix)

9 - Mariah Carey - Touch My Body
9 - Kaskade - 4 AM (Adam K & Soha Remix)
9 - Myriam Fares - Mosh Ananiya
9 - Panic! At The Disco - Nine In The Afternoon
9 - Mock & Toof - Big Hands For A Lady
9 - Audion - Billy Says Go
8 - Dancing Days - Hitten
8 - Lil Kim - Fuck You
8 - Cassy - April
8 - Sway Featuring Stush - F Ur X
8 - Jazmine Sullivan - Bust Your Windows
7 - Booka Shade - Charlotte
7 - Raveonettes, The - Blush
7 - Sam Sparro - 21st Century Life
7 - Hot Chip - We're Looking For A Lot Of Love
7 - Prgz - Bama Gettin' Money
7 - High Places - From Stardust To Sentience
6 - Roska - Feeline (VIP Mix)
6 - Fake Blood - Mars
6 - 3 6 Mafia (Featuring Project Pat, Young D, And Superpower) - Lolli Lolli (Pop That Body)
6 - Eric Prydz - Pjanoo
6 - Mariah Carey - Lovin' You Long Time
6 - Roots, The - 75 Bars (Black's Reconstruction)
6 - Chymera - Parelo (Original Mix)
6 - Ting Tings, The - Shut Up And Let Me Go
5 - Akon - I'm So Paid
5 - Shortwave Set, The - No Social (Optimo Espacio Mix)
5 - Shackleton - Death Is Not Final
5 - T.I. - I'm Illy
5 - Britney Spears - Unusual You
5 - Ting Tings, The - Great DJ
5 - Kylie Minogue - Wow
5 - Sam Sparro - Black & Gold
5 - Woolfy vs. Projections - Absynth
4 - Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire
4 - Mark E & Dragon - Good Times
4 - Bon Iver - Blindsided
4 - Wire - Perspex Icon
4 - DJ V - If You
4 - Tough Alliance, The - Lucky
4 - Bird And The Bee, The - Birthday
4 - Panthers - Goblin City (Holy Ghost! Remix)
4 - LSB - Loco Motion
3 - Veronicas, The - This Love
3 - Delinquent Ft. Kcat - Get On The Floor (Delio D'Cruz Remix)
3 - Wolfgang Gartner - Circles
3 - Ray J - Sexy Can I
3 - Black Moth Super Rainbow - Zodiac Girls
3 - Sugarush Beat Company - Sugarush (Jamie Duggan Meets Da Booda Suga Lik Refix)
3 - Lullabies In The Dark - Code 742
2 - Janet Jackson - Feedback
2 - Rufus Wainwright & Supermayer - Lost In Tiergarten
2 - Taio Cruz - Come On Girl
2 - Ying Yang Twins Feat Gucci Mane - Drop
2 - Tim Green - Revox (Justin Martin Mix)
2 - Peverelist - Infinity Is Now
2 - Juliana Hatfield - Such A Beautiful Girl
2 - Jurgen Paape - Come Into My Life
1 - Animal Collective - Cobwebs
1 - Oracy - Hold Me
1 - Nas Ft Keri Hilson - Hero
1 - Ayumi Hamasaki - Part Of Me (Carl Craig Remix)
1 - Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes
1 - Arto Mwambe - Une Suele Nuit (Mix De Danse)

lol @ max

Was just thinking about how I went to see Hercules & Love Affair a few months ago, and the best thing about the show was hearing the opening DJ play "Happy House," which sounded amazing in a club.

damn that top 4 is awesome. no other songs i voted for made the countdown until #4, and then #2 and now #1.

The Rip did win Portishead - Third (THE POLL)

^^this is not actually a profound revelation, like, in the slightest, it's a feeling which is barely important enough to mention in passing on a livejournal, let alone have a pop song about

Dude, it's fucking rock and roll - the documentation of all of youth's woes, simple or complex, is what it's all about!

pretty great list imho

btw it's not missing the point to pick your favorite song from an album and nominate and vote for it in a songs poll - it's actually exactly the point

Non singles = Lindstrom, HMHB, the Air France ones, maybe The Rip.

1 - Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes

This is hilarious.

WAU @ "Happy House" coming within mere points of winning the poll. I thought it would place at like, #18.

46.5 - Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part
37.5 - Teedra Moses - So Kool
32 - Wookie Ft Ny - Falling Again
21 - Trina Ft. Killer Mike - Look Back At Me

^^^heyyyy who was with me on these ones? show your faces so i can give u a hi-5 <3

TVOTR & Badu also non-singles

1 - Madonna & Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes

This is hilarious.

― Maximo Park Ji-Sung (Matt DC)

i wanted to put a list together of the things that didn't get ANY votes just for the lulz but it would be wayy too much work.

Dude, it's fucking rock and roll - the documentation of all of youth's woes, simple or complex, is what it's all about!

no no no no no no no just everything about that sentence makes me break out in hives

Thanks very much for putting this together musically, I owe you five pleasant evenings

"The Rip" was the second single from Third btw

I gave "I Hate This Part" 9 pts

oh and btw...

MUSICALLY IS AN ABSOLUTE HERO AND WE <3 HER!

oh yeah hi-5 and <3 <3 to musically obv. AND she voted for 'i hate this part'. the best ilxor!

damn my #1 (The Fall) just missed being top 50. I can take consolation in that.

Sleeve, I haven't heard that Fall song but I gave it a point or 2 on account of having seen descriptions of it. If I'd known, I'd have given it a few more.

"11 minutes of MES ranting about his age over varied and raucous instrumentation, including a crazed banjo" sounds like a riot IMO

btw it's not missing the point to pick your favorite song from an album and nominate and vote for it in a songs poll - it's actually exactly the point

I think the point is when it applies to albums that are well more than the sum of their parts.

A+++++ job, musically