ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2012

'springsteen' is the one thing on this poll that i hadnt heard and that was any good

i shall now play it on repeat for the rest of the night, and never again

good list guys, thanks for all the hard work to those that rolled it out

glad to see icona pop in the top 20 and a bit surprised by the negative response? it's pure fun and exuberance. also smh at the solange haters.

The thing with "Springsteen" is these days I might actually like this one more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OZhw-aQTP8

heh i checked that one out too in the admittedly very slim hope of a bone thugs interpolation but i found it some vile shlock

nicki, terje and miguel were the only 3 from last year's top 10 to even place in this year's poll

When was the last time we had a top tracks poll with zero Robyn?

Granted, she didn't put anything out this year, but it seems weird that she's missing.

what year was robyn born?

also smh at the solange haters.

― monotony, Thursday, January 24, 2013 4:02 PM Bookmark

I don't hate Solange! but that song is the worst

I like "Creepin" more than "Springsteen".

Studies show it was actually the 15th best! xp

Granted, she didn't put anything out this year, but it seems weird that she's missing.

― Johnny Fever

Just read yesterday she hasn't even started writing her next album yet so it might be a while till we see her on these lists again.

lex rejoices!

Wait Lex hates Robyn, this is brand new information.

loooooooooool that owl city/CRJ song only got one vote?!!?

(it wasn't me!)

hahaha i kind of like "good time" now but it's def stockholm syndrome

Hold up my post earlier was a massive xpost and I hadn't realised inspector Norse made #1. Didn't have a lot of tracks place in this poll but I'm overjoyed that my fave track of the year won it.

Cheers guys for doing the poll. It's been a blast

Great work y'all. Now to disappear into the cold wintry night w/more Miguel...

Alright, but come back Monday for rekkids.

Nationality breakdown:

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US: Miguel (3), Usher, Sky Ferreira, Chairlift, Future (2), Eric Church, Solange, Cassie, Taylor Swift(2), Frank Ocean (2), Kendrick Lamar, Angel Haze (2), Scott Walker, Zebra Katz, KW Griff, Le1f, Jeremih, Chief Keef, Kanye West, Kalenna, Death Grips, Bruno Mars, Haim (2), Santigold, Twin Shadow, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Dawn Richard (2), Ty Dolla $ign, Andres, Chromatics

16
UK: Katy B, Blawan, Saint Etienne, Jessie Ware (3), Bat For Lashes, Cheryl Cole, Spiritualized, Burial, Hot Chip, Cher Lloyd, Nick Hannam & Tom Garnett, Donkie Punch & Lorenzo, Pulp, AlunaGeorge

5
Canada Carly Rae Jepsen, Grimes (2), Purity Ring, Japandroids

3
Trinidad & Tobago: Nicki Minaj (3)

2
Sweden: Icona Pop, Neneh Cherry & The Thing
Norway: Todd Terje, Mungolian Jetset
South Korea: Psy, G-Dragon
Chile: Alex Anwandter, Javiera Mena

1
Germany: Pachango Boys
Nigeria: D'Banj
Sri Lanka: M.I.A.
Barbados: Rihanna
Spain: John Talabot
Australia: Tame Impala
Ghana: Guru

no jamaica is a shocker

no big track tho this year it seemed like

the only one that really caught my ear was "chill spot" but that seemed very ephemeral in the grand scheme

Highlight of the countdown has to be the pure hate for Icona turning into warm fuzzy love for Pachango Boys. Separate by one place.

Ah, the mysteries of poll lyfe..

ah shit i totally forgot laza morgan. should've nommed him, i would've voted for that.

Glad that we've got this out the way (I didn't submit a tracks poll this year), looking forward to the albums roll out!

"chill spot" was the jamaican one that came closest to my ballot, had various other favs by timberlee, konshens and tifa but as you say none of them felt like THE anthem

which Laza track? needless to say I am sad at dancehall shut-out. thought Ex-Man had a shot.

"gimme little"

not trying to be pointy about this but if u dont really listen to dancehall dont feel bad about not voting for it. of course there were big songs this year!

xp
lol, I nommed that and then didn't vote for it :/

Yeah, felt a little twinge coming across "Nuh Pull It Up" in the 2011 graphics imgur link, but nothing felt like a rallying point - voted for "Chill Spot" & thought "Why Yuh Mad?" might have gotten more traction thanks to the video if it'd come out earlier in the year; seems like afrobeats was the dancehall stand-in this year tbh.

ah shit i totally forgot laza morgan. should've nommed him, i would've voted for that.

― d'eejban (J0rdan S.), Thursday, January 24, 2013 5:48 PM (50 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I voted for it. got 40 points just from me

it = gimme little

Yeah sorry I didn't join you. Afaict it never got an official release so we could just vote for it next year.

sounds good.

People should be mad at they selves for sleeping on "Lip Gloss"

Xxxpost:

Pachanga boys is superpitcher ÷ rebolledo so the actual nationality would be germany ÷ mexico.

wow. so i had to stop checking after sky ferreira due to life things buuuuut great results! though i will say i actually gasped when i saw miguel at number 3, i thought there was no way he wouldn't win

me too!

Thank you so much Jordan and seandelai I had to work and missed the top 15, but I was on the edge of my seat scrolling down, praying that Inspector Norse would take it. It was my single vote to place.

Amazing work with the screen caps

thanks tim

Yeah top marks on the design/rollout.

Had a great time reading this thread. I've been on ILX with different names for years, but I think this is the first tracks poll I've taken part in. Inspector Norse was my #1, so that was nice to see. Thanks to J0rdan & seandalai for your work on it.

what a great fuckin year

still catching up with everything on spotify, need to point out that the transition from "toccata" to "want u back" is all time, actually god bless spotify's lack of jessie ware

would like to see more rundowns of posters' thoughts, there were way more last year and the year before

thank you seandalai, j0rdan et al, this was lots of fun

― ogmor, Thursday, 24 January 2013 23:45 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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Trinidad & Tobago: Nicki Minaj (3)

I look forward to Trinidad James consolidating this success in 2013's poll.

It's nice to see results including two Korean songs, two from Chile and one each from Ghana and Nigeria not being seen as a big surprise, along with songs in Russian and Swedish picking up votes a bit lower down the table.