ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

There could be quite a lot of Jessie in the list, Finest Moments and 100% will surely be in there as well.

OG "Running" probably my favourite JW song.

that Mungolian Jetset track was incredible!! Totally rad!

Based on this, "110%", and "Aaliyah", I prob should give Devotion another shot - I was kind of in the wrong frame of mind when I first listened to it, I think.

Toccata is the first track to also appear on my list. Some of the tracks on the album suffer from what, for me, is often the problem of the MJS from the past: a basis of something fun/interesting that is kinda wrecked with something annoying, or at least distracts from the tune. But there's probably 4 songs on the album which should have been nominated.

Here's a great live version by Jaga Jazzist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28fk5jVxE2E

"Sweet Talk" is my favorite Ware song but this is a close second. The double-lead guitars! I always feel like I don't like Disclosure as much as I should tho.

...or, like MATT DC said
Toccata is wonderful, it's a reminder of how amazing Mungolian Jet Set can be when they tone down the wackiness and leave the annoying Muppet voices at home.

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55. JESSIE WARE "Wildest Moments" [224 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]

Spotify / Youtube

this song was almost ruined for me by rtc saying "wildest moomins" but i've prevailed

I dont remember if I ended up voting for 110% or if it was a late cut, but that wz def my Jessie W jam. But Running is v good too

wot's wildest moomins choon

"Wildest Moments" is a good song but I've kind of developed a visceral hate of big stadium-rock drums.

Not as into Wildest Moments tbh

how could moomins ruin anything

It'll be funny if the remainder of the 50s is all Jessie Ware due to vote splitting.

That's the one I voted for. I can never work out whether the BBC actually played it during the montage at the end of the Olympics or whether it's just totally tied up with that time and I'm imagining it, but it's still an amazing song.

i'm SURE it was played over at least some olympics montages

i mean if it wasn't, fire whoever was in charge of that

Forever is so good but now I'm obsessed with Don't Save Me and wish I'd voted for that as well. Love the brightness of the melodies, love the production, love all the distinct moments of pleasure in the vocals.

Voted for New York too but Azealia Banks told me Angel Haze isn't really from New York so now I hate it because she's a faker.

OG Running >>>> Disclosure. Speeding up the vocals works on the Night Light remix but annoys me here for some reason. Hope to see another couple of Jessie Ware tracks further up the list.

rev otm about the guitars in "running", just >>>>>>>>>

oh shit it already started and i need to read back 988 messages so excited brb

Jessie Ware will probably be top five in the albums so I wouldn't worry too much about vote-splitting here.

Jessie Ware album was my favorite thing about 2012 music. I did not vote for either of these tracks, though I like them both, but I did vote for 2 other JW tracks.

Love Wildest Moments, which overtook Running for me in my reassessment for this poll.

i just looked up jessie ware's chart positions and it's kind of weird to me that she's never actually had a (top 40) hit! like i really felt she got a lot of mainstream traction and wasn't just a critic fav.

I voted for two JW tracks - could easily have been five. Her lack of proper pop success is baffling to me.

Wildest Moments p much the only song on the Ware album I actively dislike, but I get why people would.

I hear her in clothes shops a lot but idk if that's a sign of anything.

Wildest Moment was the first one I've voted on so far! I'm really discovering a lot of amazing tunes. Love Angel Haze and Mongolian Jetset as well, hated the Haim-one, as I've hated every guitar-based song so far.

The album went top five in the UK though, she's still pretty successful.

Nothing placed from my list so far, which is only a good thing I suppose.

Jordan S., great gifs man!

is the jessie ware alb ever going to get a physical u.s. release? i want to dig into it but they are making it really hard on me.

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54. CHER LLOYD "Want U Back" [225 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote]

Spotify / Youtube

NNGH

Nothing placed from my list so far, which is only a good thing I suppose.

Jordan S., great gifs man!

― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, January 22, 2013 2:29 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

AWESOME

NNGGHHHH!

NNGGHHHH!

do i sound like a helicopter? brrrr

NNGGHHHH!

Never heard this one, I think.

the nnnnghh!!! is attempting to win me over on its own

just catching up to the 17min version on Issue Generator-- is the official version the one with ambient coughing/shuffling noises in the background?

cher lloyd is a bit..... extra for me

"want u back" is good but i think there's some "we want cher lloyd" to be a thing bias going on... rita ora made better tracks this year for instance

her enunciation of "res-tau-raaaaant" <3 <3 <3

"we want cher lloyd to be a thing"*

i want all my ballot choices to be a thing tbh

i think there's some "we want cher lloyd" to be a thing bias going on...

what does this even mean

rita ora made better tracks this year for instance

stop trolling

both the US & UK videos for that song are some of the worst of the year too btw

oh I have heard this somewhere, not really my thing I guess

this song put a big smile on my face whenever I heard it on the radio but I never really cared about it per se

rita ora has literally zero character in or out of her rihanna cast-off songs