ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

ugh yes, this deserves its place. better than adorn imo

Yay! My Miguel pick. Love so many things about this song.

Even the "rock/paper/scissors" bit, why because that's the corny stupid stuff that people do in relationships.

possibly my fav screencap of all time

damn who voted for this shit?

― J0rdan S., Thursday, January 24, 2013 2:06 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

every Miguel song just missed my ballot, apparently (I thought I'd voted for at least one...)

i listen to this song for hours on end

ugh yes, this deserves its place. better than adorn imo

― teledyldonix, Thursday, January 24, 2013 7:09 PM (34 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

way better

absolutely love "do you...", it asks all the important questions and is one of the only songs i've heard that makes drugs sound romantic and tender because actually they ARE - captures the intimacy of it

i heard it on the radio for the first time semi-recently and lol'd a little at the radio edit

the chiming guitars that come in on the second verse - now THAT'S a headrush. so perfect that the video cuts to his gf just vibing out on headphones at that point

"archipegiation"? does richard x turn tracks into an archipelago?

lol

respect my archipegiation

yeah he's British innit

if I ran the world, "Adorn"-haters would be subject to mental examination

I've gotten used to "Do You.." I guess but its still the low point of the album, for me.

resolve to play rock paper scissors with miggy someday

this is actually second string Miguel for me but am glad to see it. Last year I made a mix CD of the top 15 and I am slightly bummed that this won't be on it if I do the same this year.

I mean, that slap bass! Loved that Tim F compared this to Me'Shell

i don't think anyone has expressed "adorn"-hate itt

Meant "arpeggiation". Least that's what it says on the dial.

"Adorn" is great obv, probably my #3 on the album. Happen to prefer "Do You...".

personally feel like it would have been nice if 'do you' and 'use me' places were switched but i'm happy for miggy either way

xp TS: rtc calling Cassie "a bit of crumpet" vs doglatin calling Sarah Cracknell someone's tipsy mum.

"Adorn" is a fine song and "Do You" is just ok but I wish Miguel would move over on this poll for some dance music. We've seen so little thus far.

"use me" is great but sometimes i think there's maybe one too many repetitions of the chorus

Yey! More Miguel. I was very off in my idea for this top 20. I guess I'd better redo it. So here's 15 and there's at least 5 which I'm not sure if they'll place at all (major lazer, grizzly bear, sky ferreira, icona pop and.... psy)

Todd Terje - Inspector Norse
Usher - Climax
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Miguel - Adorn
Solange - Losing You
Grimes - Oblivion
D'Banj - Oliver Twist
Katy B x Geeneus x Jessie Ware - Aaliyah
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools
Psy - Gangnam Style
Sky Ferreira - Everything is embarrasing
Major Lazer - Get Free
Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
Charli XCX - Nuclear Seasons
Pachanga Boys - Time
Icona Pop - I Love It

I like 'Do You' a lot.

someone's comment about "Use Me" being sexy r&b vocals over shoegaze instrumentals got me thinking about Meshell too, cause she's the only other person I can think of who really goes for that. xps

i am going to be devastated if sky ferreira doesn't place. :(((

TS: rtc calling Cassie "a bit of crumpet" vs doglatin calling Sarah Cracknell someone's tipsy mum.

"Crumpet" has its own (quite negative) connotations whereas comparing Sarah Cracknell being like someone's tipsy mom in a crowd half her age describes a situation and not her personally.

please 51 me for calling cassie a bit of crumpet, i can literally think of no finer way to go

It's the bassline that makes it. Also the lyrics.

in what world is psy not a lock for this poll

Major Lazer - Get Free
Grizzly Bear - Yet Again
Charli XCX - Nuclear Seasons
Icona Pop - I Love It

no. and you're still leaving out Nayvadius

i am going to be devastated if sky ferreira doesn't place. :(((

I can't imagine that not happening.

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16. D'BANJ "Oliver Twist" [423 points, 15 votes]

Youtube

good song

this was a great song to listen to in an ice cream parlour

SEE I LIKE BEYONCÉ

one of my favourite moments of this year: had to review an open-air multi-artist afrobeats gig over the summer. of course this is britain and it was absolutely tipping it down on the night. if it hadn't been for work i would have unhesitatingly bailed but i sighed and packed my umbrella and trekked into town anyway. anyway it all ended with cis & i dancing to this in the rain with massive grins on our faces and it was kind of perfect (but not as perfect as it would've been with better weather)

remember when mannie fresh was in a d'banj video

Top YT comment, from the president of Romania.

never fell in love with this song but it's very fun

i like "do you..." but i sorta ruined it for myself by imagining it as a lenny kravitz song

oof why

never fell in love with this song but it's very fun

― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:26 AM Bookmark

yeah, same

I think I prefer the Guru track quite a bit more to this, but it's still excellent

'do you' was my #1 iirc (though last week suddenly adorn overtook it in my heart). it's a perfect record, the warmth of it, how confident the mix of desire and familiarity and flirtation.

xpost AZONTO IN THE RAIN <3 actually i associate that evening more w/ 'boom boom tah' and 'chop my money'? neither of which is going to place, i'm guessing.

I can kinda get with the melody in parts of this track, but the relentlessness of the beat is murdering my brains.

xpost AZONTO IN THE RAIN <3 actually i associate that evening more w/ 'boom boom tah' and 'chop my money'? neither of which is going to place, i'm guessing.

"boom boom tah"!!!!! god, should've hyped that so much more this year

lol "do you.." is nothing like Kravitz, the guitars are 10 billion times better for a start.

then there's everything else.