ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS

would have really tutted at that one but then i played rock band and it's not bad is it?

no lol on this one. I love the shit out of this Killers song. If it had been "Human" I'd have been lolling the loudest.

Hey, I wonder how much Rock Band has to do with it being here. I've only ever played once, but I played this and it was really fun. (I liked the song before then, though.)

yeah "when you were young" is a bangerrrr

Springsteen 4 Life.

so glad certain ilxors have taken issue with jackie chain's lyrics - a truly heroic position to take

i trust someone has already linked "mack a bitch"

"Mack a Bitch" is a bridge too far imo.

it's just not as clever/funny as the great jackie songs

bitch too far morelike xpost

"Haze" is the one I like the most so far, but I only heard it for the first time last night.

The list so far:

100. NE-YO "Because of You" (2007) [195.5 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
99. DAMIAN "JR. GONG" MARLEY "Welcome to Jamrock" (2005) [197 points, 11 votes]
98. CHAMILLIONAIRE ft. KRAYZIE BONE "Ridin'" (2005) [198.5 points, 10 votes]
97. RÓISÍN MURPHY "Overpowered" (2007) [199.5 points, 10 votes]
96. THE KNIFE "Marble House" (2006) [204.5 points, 10 votes]
95. CAMERA OBSCURA "Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken" (2006) [204.5 points, 11 votes]
94. THE-DREAM "Fancy" (2009) [205.5 points, 8 votes]
93. BIG BOI ft. GUCCI MANE "Shine Blockas" (2009) [206 points, 8 votes]
92. CORTNEY TIDWELL "Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson Objects in Space Remix)" (2007) [207.5 points, 10 votes]
91. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "45:33" (2006) [208 points, 10 votes]
90. WASHED OUT "Feel it All Around" (2009) [208.5 points, 10 votes]
89. GIRLS "Lust for Life" (2008) [209 points, 8 votes]
88. LADY GAGA "Paparazzi" (2009) [209 points, 10 votes]
87. ROBYN "Be Mine" (2005) [209 points, 12 votes]
86. THE HOLD STEADY "Stuck Between Stations" (2007) [210.5 points, 8 votes]
85. JACKIE CHAIN ft. JHI ALI "Rollin'" (2008) [212.5 points, 7 votes]
84. FEVER RAY "Seven" (2009) [212.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
83. FUTURE OF THE LEFT "Arming Eritrea" (2009) [213.5 points, 10 votes]
82. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE "SexyBack" (2006) [216 points, 9 votes]
81. JOY ORBISON "Hyph Mngo" (2009) [219.5 points, 9 votes]

80. YEAH YEAH YEAHS "Zero" (2009) [221.5 points, 9 votes]
79. CHROMATICS "In the City" (2006) [223.5 points, 8 votes]
78. THE FALL "Blindness" (2005) [225.5 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
77. MAXWELL "Pretty Wings" (2009) [227 points, 9 votes]
76. ÂME "Rej" (2005) [228 points, 10 votes]
75. GHOSTFACE KILLAH "Shakey Dog" (2006) [228 points, 11 votes]
74. MGMT "Time to Pretend" (2007) [228 points, 13 votes]
73. DJ QUIK & KURUPT "9x Outta Ten" (2009) [229.5 points, 10 votes]
72. GANG GANG DANCE "House Jam" (2008) [230.5 points, 11 votes]
71. KANYE WEST "Love Lockdown" (2008) [230.5 points, 12 votes]
70. GRINDERMAN "No Pussy Blues" (2007) [232 points, 9 votes]
69. HOT CHIP "Ready for the Floor" (2008) [237.5 points, 11 votes]
68. THE XX "Crystalised" (2009) [239 points, 12 votes]
67. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE "Fireworks" (2007) [240 points, 11 votes]
66. JUNIOR BOYS "In the Morning" (2006) [240.5 points, 12 votes]
65. OF MONTREAL "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal" (2007) [241.5 points, 10 votes]
64. FEVER RAY "When I Grow Up" (2009) [243 points, 11 votes]
63. NELLY FURTADO "Maneater" (2006) [243.5 points, 13 votes]
62. KANYE WEST "Can't Tell Me Nothing" (2007) [249.5 points, 15 votes]
61. AMY WINEHOUSE "Rehab" (2006) [250.5 points, 12 votes]

60. WILEY "Wearing My Rolex" (2008) [252 points, 12 votes]
59. TAYLOR SWIFT "Love Story" (2008) [259 points, 12 votes]
58. KANYE WEST ft. JAMIE FOXX "Gold Digger" (2005) [261.5 points, 12 votes]
57. CIARA ft. LUDACRIS "Oh" (2005) [262.5 points, 11 votes]
56. PANDA BEAR "Bros" (2006) [262.5 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]
55. GWEN STEFANI "Hollaback Girl" (2005) [265.5 points, 12 votes]
54. STUDIO "Out There" (2006) [269.5 points, 12 votes]
53. R. KELLY ft. T.I. & T-PAIN "I'm a Flirt" (2007) [275.5 points, 14 votes, 1 first place vote]
52. RADIOHEAD "Reckoner" (2007) [280 points, 12 votes]
51. PHOENIX "Lisztomania" (2009) [281 points, 17 votes]
50. JUSTICE "D.A.N.C.E." (2007) [282.5 points, 16 votes]
49. MARIAH CAREY "We Belong Together" (2005) [283 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote]
48. ESTELLE ft. KANYE WEST "American Boy" (2008) [284 points, 12 votes]
47. ERYKAH BADU "The Healer" (2008) [285.5 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
46. KANYE WEST "Flashing Lights" (2007) [288.5 points, 15 votes]
45. MIDLAKE "Roscoe" (2006) [289 points, 13 votes, 1 first place vote]
44. THE GAME ft. 50 CENT "Hate It or Love It" (2005) [293.5 points, 14 votes]
TIE 42. HOT CHIP "Boy From School" (2006) [295.5 points, 13 votes]
TIE 42. BEYONCÉ "Irreplaceable" (2006) [295.5 points, 13 votes]
41. THE KILLERS "When You Were Young" (2006) [296.5 points, 14 votes]

xps no "mack a bitch" isn't a great song or anything, just thought someone woulda posted it amid all the "OH MY LORD THAT MAN IS SAYING BITCH AND HO *DOES SIGN OF CROSS*" purely for trolling purposes

Yeah, I only heard "Mack a Bitch" for the first time last night too, and by the third time through I was already bored with it.

eh I think the whole thing only came up because Lex was saying that Animal Collective were antisocial in their infantilism while endorsing Jackie, or something.

I do like an awful lot of stuff in that there list.

too much kanye west up in here for me but i guess he is a big deal even artist to alot of people who were listening to music the past five years, after all. good list though, eight of my votes have placed so far and i like pretty much everything else a whole lot

i feel like "flashing lights" got a bit overrated in general -- it's a very good song but... idk

agree w/that

it feels like a good album track to me that got elevated to a status above it's head because 'graduation' was a weaker album

oh yeah? i think that's my favourite of all the ones that have placed so far, besides american boy but i kinda hate his verse on that. i wasn't really paying attention to music/reading the internet around the time of ubiquitous kanye hype, so besides hearing "jesus walks" and some other stuff on the radio all the time he means nothing to me and i don't totally get the bfd. i kinda get it, though, like, cool beats ya know?

yeah i don't know if this is a weird opinion but i feel like graduation is basically even quality across the board; there are prob 4 or 5 songs i'd pick before flashing lights

Flashing Lights for me isn't about Kanye's verses at all, it's about the music behind him. That track itself is bonkers good, and I'm mad that it's as short as it is. I want a 15-min version.

yeah that's the thing it's a great track with subpar kanye

Can I just put in a word for "Gold Digger?" It was my #2 and I'm fully convinced that is is the canniest pop song of this period and the best Kanye's ever done. He crams it full of little micro-hooks, and I love how each verse ends with a sharp little dig, but always directed at a different person.

Two more of my votes in this section, Wiley & Mariah. I'm up to 5!

I haven't even figured out how many of votes made it. I'll have to go look at my ballot again.

I've got 8/60 so far, but a few more to come.

6 songs i voted for today, after only 1 each previous day!

9/40 so far for me, and i probably would have voted for 'zero' and 'shine blockas' if i hadnt glazed over them when i was making my ballot

'Love Story' started out real slowly as my least fave track on the album and now I probably think it's better than 'You Belong With Me'. The transformation from the coy, careful opening to the soaring chorus and later the big climax is satisfying to the absolute max.

not to mention the (perhaps unintentional) depressingly realistic subject matter

I think only four of mine so far. I kicked myself the second after I sent my ballot for forgetting American Boy. Would've placed that like top 3 or something. Rehab was on my longlist but got bumped off the bottom (Back in Black made it though).
So: "Overpowered", "Maneater", "Lisztomania" and "Wearing My Rolex". Fairly good results so far though, I suppose. If a bit poptimist heavy, surprise surprise.

Tracks lists always lean pop where albums lists always lean rock. Not that that's a bad thing, really, but I've really followed singles/tracks more than albums the last five years and I guess I've been dragged into the popist camp without much fuss.

I still can't abide by "American Boy" at all :(

nope, me either

What's not great about it?

it really annoys the shit out of me

it's her voice + the way the hook is written + kanye

that song is like a mosquito to me

bad singing, stupid lyrics, lame kanye verse, good beat that was recycled wholesale from a song released months earlier (xpost)

J0rdan hittin the nail on the head imo

most cringeworthy part is the line about how she doesn't like his baggy jeans but might like what's underneath them x_X

You cats is no fun.

ugh yes such failed sexy (xpost)

also i still thing the chorus sounds like the Green Acres theme

failed sexy is one of the worst qualities music can have

^ how I feel about Barry White's whole catalogue.

we are not going to see eye to eye

i loved that estelle single with sean paul tho -- think it's def in the canon of classic sean paul duets

I mean obviously what is sexy and what is not is totally subjective, but goddamn