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I love Kala, but better songs like Bamboo Banga, Boyz and 20 Dollar are invisible in comparison with Paper Planes since Pineapple Express it seems

and slumdog millionaire, ugh.

Likewise, the Vampire Weekend songs have been floating around since the fall of 2007, yet "A-Punk" (and possibly "Oxford Comma") wasn't officially released until the top of 2008.

I guess the real argument is that it placed on the ILM poll two years running. Perhaps we can install a "Paper Planes" clause in the future that will prevent such a thing from happening.

Again, the public at large didn't give two shits about "Lust for Life" until 1996 and, if it was re-released as a physical single at the time, it would've probably been eligible for consideration.

― Johnny Fever, Friday, February 6, 2009 6:09 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

By this rationale, could "Bohemian Rhapsody" have been considered in a 1991 poll, or would it have been disqualified b/c it was also a hit the first time around (even though it was a bigger hit the second time)?

Naw, cause then you get things like "Rehab" or "With Every Heartbeat" that scrape in one year on certain demographics and then are consensus picks the next. xp

How many non-singles feature in this top 50? I know National Shite Day is one...

you'd think after years of those robyn/annie albums being part of polls, ilx would have come up with some sort of reasoning for this situation already.

xpost.

i dont think that there needs to be any rules - as i said earlier this is a pretty unique situation

i think the reasoning is, "who gives a shit, if they get votes they're a song of the year"

^^^^

I didn't expect "Paper Planes" to place, but I'm certainly not mad that it did.

caek otm

Would laugh my arse off if Brother Sport is next though.

Good point. If enough people had voted up "Lust for Life," maybe it should have ranked (had we done a poll in 1996). There was reason behind it. If it ranked in 2008, it would just be WTF.

Well, it seems this dilemma has been sorted out. On to number two then..

2 - The Pogues feat. Kirstie McCall - Fairytale In New York
336.5 points, 40 votes, 3 #1 votes

http://www.youtube.com/v/3VVuZIIB2hC0&hl=en

save the lolwinners for #1

lol "Auld Lang Syne" for #1?

Jeff Buckley's got it locked.

put a donk on it

okay, u guys earned it:

2 - Juan Maclean, The - Happy House
314 points, 22 votes, 8 #1 votes
37 in P&J, 20 in p4k

Happy House - the Juan Maclean

notice the number of #1 votes...nothing comes close (including the #1 song)

now time will be alloted for joek winners

SO EXCELLENT

http://regmedia.co.uk/2006/07/24/rocket_launch.jpg

too bad the youtube is only like 40% of the song

don't really get the love for this

-_-

Yeah, older Juan Maclean stuff really towers over this. *shrug*

The only thing Juan did (that I've heard) before "Happy House" within a nautical mile of it is "Give Me Every Little Thing"

1 - Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
486 points, 35 votes, 15 #1 votes
1 in P&J, 1 in p4k

Okay I'm still a bit nonplussed by the love for Happy House but mad props to ILM for a totally unpredictable top five. Give Me Every Little Thing is way better though.

lol @ that pause moment

So #1 pretty much has to be A Milli, right? Meaning Oxford Comma got the snub.

has a joke number 1 ever been funny?

THIS SEX IS ON FIRE

a milli already placed

"A Milli" was #7. It's "Blind". "Oxford Comma" got the snub.

Oh, duh. I missed it.

Yeah, "Blind" it is.

1 - Melis'a Morgan - Do Me Baby
10000000000.75 points, 100000000 votes, 150 #1 votes
1 in P&J, 1 in p4k

Hoping the Frankie Knuckles remix, which I nommed and voted for, does well.

JF, I think he's referring to an act of coitus whilst being literally set ablaze.

has a joke number 1 ever been funny?

― caek

joke #1s are classic

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@Pillbox: I just like writing that chorus in all caps. It's almost as dumb as ARE WE HUMAN OR ARE WE DANCER

1 - Soulja Boy - YAHHH!!!
394 points, 43 votes, 4 #1s
1 in P&J, 1 in p4k

STANDING ON THE SHOULDER OF GIANTS

mad props to ILM for a totally unpredictable top five

Oh come the fuck on. #s 5 and arguably 4, maybe. Everyone knew what the top 3 was gonna be.

Wasn't everyone saying A Milli really recently?

But order is everything.