ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS

and btw danger mouse has not ever done "far better"

wow the point distances between consecutive songs now are getting enormous.

at least there's no Gorillaz tracks to come or I'd really hate this top 10.
Lex, you will agree with me on that too I'm sure!

so, top three are 1 Thing, Umbrella, and Paper Planes?

i think it's clearly a classic, not like i want to hear it anymore but yeah

― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:53 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

there's a lot of first place votes to come, unless people didn't rank their ballots

Ugh. I should quit now then.

I don't like anything else Gnarls Barkley's done, but "Crazy" is still dope. The bass sample is some deep shit, and Cee-Lo's little laugh is a cool moment mid-song. But I agree that Cee-Lo's done better things on his own ("Glockappella"!), not sure about Danger Mouse though.

and btw danger mouse has not ever done "far better"

― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:53 (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxVVmze4J-g

Yay for "Happy House", my number one!

ha actually both non-gb ceelo/dm songs >>>> gnarls barkley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCMCiokExJk&feature=related

love crazy to death, stan forever. amazing track, so deep and haunting, timeless vocal, will still sound great 50 years from now. like several DM & jem tunes almost as much (what u sittin on, ghetto pop life).

speaking of beyonce, how come no one did put a thug on it? seems like a missed opportunity...

The only problem with Crazy was that it was super overplayed.

Still tippin was 04 u goofs

it didn't chart until 2005

now i'm trying to remember who it was that rhymed gnarls barkley with charles barkley as if it was a coincedence that they sounded similar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yDXm9cZ7aA

IMO this tune is better than "Crazy" or pretty much any rap tune on this poll, but unfortunately the album it's on came out in summer 2004, so it was ineligible here. (Though that didn't stop "Still Tippin'", apparently.)

I am still holding on to ridiculous hopes that Paper Planes doesn't make it.

i'm just holding out hopes that it doesn't win

what won the 00-04? Hey Ya?

yeah

right now all i want is for 1 Thing to win.

ditto.

i want 1 thing to win. i actually gave points to the other two but i really didn't want to see either of them win... will have to keep that in mind next time i think of voting for such ridiculously popular tracks. :(

Can I just point out that getting all up in arms about "Crazy" not being as good as solo Cee-Lo (which for the most part isn't that great) instead of, you know, fucking GOODIE MOB is kind of madness.

1 Thing is my favourite too, gave points to the other two songs as well, but only half as much.

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Cee-Lo's both solo albums are great, but I know not too many others share this opinion.

"1 Thing" was the only one I voted for. "Pon De Replay" and Arular got my Rihanna and M.I.A. votes.

Tbh, I never even checked out Soul Machine cause Perfect Imperfections pissed me off so much.

Maybe I'm wrong but if we were doing a 70s list would u really count a song based on when it charted instead of its release date?? Esp a song that spent such a long time bubbling up... its not like it came out dec. 04 or something

Can I just point out that getting all up in arms about "Crazy" not being as good as solo Cee-Lo (which for the most part isn't that great) instead of, you know, fucking GOODIE MOB is kind of madness.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 3:17 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^

And I do rep for some stuff on that album, but a "Big Ole Words" is not worth a "Gettin' Grown". xps

Or five of them, really.

i'm not the biggest Rihanna fan but it is kind of a shame that 5 years of constant huge hits has been boiled down to just "Umbrella" here -- i voted for "Don't Stop The Music" personally

Hey deej, no one but you gives a fuck. Peace.

yeah, otm xp

Tbh, I never even checked out Soul Machine cause Perfect Imperfections pissed me off so much.

You should give it a try, it's rather different from Perfect Imperfections: more mainstream, but also more deep sounding. Or check out "Glockappella" at least (the link's above), that tune is seriously one of the best of the decade.

03. M.I.A. "Paper Planes" (2007) [731.5 points, 30 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewRjZoRtu0Y

Maybe I'm wrong but if we were doing a 70s list would u really count a song based on when it charted instead of its release date?? Esp a song that spent such a long time bubbling up... its not like it came out dec. 04 or something

― blap...tremendo (deej), Tuesday, July 6, 2010 3:22 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

like most tracks/singles lists this one is based on impact and not exact release date. a lot of songs here were released on major label albums and cracked singles charts in late '04 ("Since U Been Gone," "Oh," "Hollaback Girl"), "Still Tippin'" did neither until '05

Not one first place vote!

Hey deej, no one but you gives a fuck. Peace.

― The Reverend, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 3:24 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

Stylus singles jukebox reviewed "Still Tippin" for the first time today. Slowly but surely.
― deej., Friday, March 18, 2005 9:25 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I dont care that i sound anal retentive but seriously folks - no way is "still tippin" a 2005 song. Didn't Hell Breaks Loose pt. 2 come out in 2003!?
― deej.., Monday, August 22, 2005 11:25 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Guys still tippin came out in late '03 which is why I'm not voting for it, even though its chart peak was this year. I didn't hear it til '04 but it was in my top ten in '04 and had a fairly high profile that year.
― deej.. (deej..), Wednesday, December 7, 2005 5:16 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Everybody gets mad when I do this sort of thing, and I dont really care but I thought I'd point it out anyway - not only was "Bring Em Out" released back in fall of 04, but it peaked on the charts in '04 too. I mean, Still Tippin may have been out longer but at least it peaked in '05 (although I still consider it '04 on my list)
― deej.., Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:01 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

still tippin came out in 2002!

glockapella is cool, but i can't imagine a world in which it would sound better than crazy

jaymc your ability to collate information always astonishes me

I was just going to come out and say I'd be satisfied with a M.I.A. win. "All My Friends," "Crazy" and "Paper Planes" were all on my best-of-decade list last year, but "Paper Planes" is the only one I voted for here.

oh good, "paper planes" didn't win

don't mind which of "1 thing" and "umbrella" comes first, though i voted for the latter

xxp It's not hard!

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glockapella is cool, but i can't imagine a world in which it would sound better than crazy

Maybe you're right, I guess my view on those two songs was coloured by "Glockappella's" parent album being a positive surprise and "Crazy's" parent album being a huge disappointment.