ILM Top 100 2005-2009: TRACKS

J Fever otm. "umbrella" was prob the most overplayed radio hit of the last five years, everyone i know got incredibly sick of it.

terius told me he originally wrote "umbrella" with britney in mind, as a mother singing to her children; though iirc he did tell different stories to different journalists about that song

i'm never sick of "umbrella"

yeah now that summer is over it is easy to love again, like hey ya or crazy in love are now.

I never got sick of "Hey Ya!" or "Crazy In Love"

I didn't either. And I could listen to Umbrella, Hey Ya and Crazy In Love another 2,000 times each and still not be sick of them.

O_o i can't relate

it's always the case, after you cane an anthem like that 5m times in one summer you get sick of it and can't listen to it for at least a year, maybe two, and then rediscovering it is always such a joyous moment in your lifelong relationship with that song.

never did rediscover "hey ya" though, think i actively dislike it now

No Lindstrom....this is wack

Whack?

01. AMERIE "1 Thing" (2005) [1,114.5 points, 43 votes, 5 first place votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbqVg_23otg

were there a bunch of lindstrom tracks nominated? i can't believe he didn't make it unless there was massive vote splitting

"1 Thing" still brilliant.

he'll be all over the albums results, i'm sure xp

xxp <3<3<3

love those drums

Its not a terrible verse but it just seems like the first part of his downfall.

― fuque santa cruz (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, July 6, 2010 3:50 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it was post-Kingdom Come fyi

i really didn't know that ppl like "1 thing" that much!

would it beat "crazy in love" in a heads up poll?

Surely everyone can agree on I Feel Space though.

were there a bunch of lindstrom tracks nominated? i can't believe he didn't make it unless there was massive vote splitting

ilm dance heads have NOT been representing, in the light of the full results i'm more astonished that "rej" placed than "i feel space", "in white rooms", "ihre persönliche glücksmelodie", "way out" etc didn't - sure you've got dancey sounds all over the place but it seems ilm 2010 needs them presented in pop song form

i would vote for "1 thing" over "crazy in love"

tho i would also vote for "baby boy" over "crazy in love", which isn't a standout beyoncé single for me

"1 Thing" still brilliant.

― maciej recognizing trill, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 4:06 PM (1 minute ago)

incredibly otm display name

assuming your name is maciej

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 1 Thing

was it? oh, my bad jay-z, you sucked before then.

amerie is a #1 i think everyone can enjoy. even geir if he still exists, maybe.

johnny you are awesome and if we ever meet i will buy you a drink. jordan when does the album one start?

so is 'touch' garbage? i don't even think it was nominated (the album)

I knew this list would be very short on mainstream rock radio hits, but it's kinda cracking me up that alongside the predictable MGMT and Phoenix songs is the Killers' "When You Were Young," love that song.

lindstrom fans are very serious abt the feeling of space

Touch has a few great tracks but it's probably the weakest of Amerie's first 3 albums, or at least definitely the one that flows the least like an album

well, i can start the albums one tomorrow

i was gonna wait and see if this thread is still raging tomorrow -- if so i'll wait a day -- if it's died down by tomorrow afternoon (EST) i'll start it

touch is an ok album, love "talkin bout", "rolling down my face", "man up" and "all i need". and the t.i. remix of the title track. worth checking out.

Touch is a pretty big let down if you are hoping for 10 1 Things. Ok as just another r&b album. I'd recommened all her others first I think though?

woah

definitely the one that flows the least like an album

yup agree on this - all i have is her best album qua album, but it has fewer immediate O_O moments (though "why don't we fall in love"...i might prefer that even to "1 thing")

Hey, does anyone know how to insert a column in Excel that will serve as an ascending numerical list? I was gonna put up the whole spreadsheet in a few minutes so you can see how close some things got to making it into the top 100, but you'll either have to count yourself or just kind of guess the numbers things were ranked at.

so is 'touch' garbage? i don't even think it was nominated (the album)

― the boy boy young messi (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, July 6, 2010 1:10 PM Bookmark

naw, but it's only her 3rd best album. "Rolling Down My Face" is the other total jam from the album

i like "come with me" as well, but it's really low-key.. not really a jam.

can't you just put in 1 and 2 and then fill down and it'll pick up the pattern

talking of solid gold rich harrison-produced amerie jams, i always loved this one, which i think predates "1 thing", but i'm not sure when or where it was actually released, it's not on all i have -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXmglYuV5WA

i like "come with me" as well, but it's really low-key.. not really a jam.

― hobbes, Tuesday, July 6, 2010 4:15 PM (25 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

god yes, that song is so ominous

johnny: highlight the blank column and then edit>fill>series

i'm definitely curious to see what just missed the top 100

"Why Don't We Fall In Love" is better than "1 Thing" (and I love "1 Thing")

i know a lot of us have been kind of talking about what we voted for -- should we post ballots here, or start a new thread?

new thread IMO

Thid list sucks, congrats, also fukk y'all but this idea of 'impact' = 'out of touch critics listen to 1+ year old rap song' is dumb.

Everything abot "1 Thing" is awesome, but the thing that seals the deal for me is the brilliant drum sample from one of the best drummers of all time. This may sound like a rockist thing to say, but I kinda wish the video had in some way acknowledged the source instead of showing some good-looking young dude playing the drums.

most non-Houston non-regional nerd pedant rap fans would consider it an '05 hit, not just out of touch critics

at what point did you turn back into a douchebag, deej

And there was a diff version of still tippin that came out in 02 the varsion everyone knows came out in late/03, and sorry but acting like that is 'last half of decade' is just dumb esp when there's lots of non charting music here that operates by release date