ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2014

I think the Singles Jukebox has shaped this list quite a lot over the last couple of years actually, to the better. Like there's this parallel hive mind with a load of voters over here and it's helped spring a lot of surprises, tracks with a big following but seemingly little ILM buzz.

Gone 180 on Blank Space and now I love itg, but I voted for Out of the Woods.

holy shit I have never noticed that! I love this song EVEN MORE

i also love the way she sings "boyyyyyyys"

No matter my personal feelings on any song in the top 77, I love them each for keeping out Rude, All About That Bass and/or Fancy.

In the context of the album, the first two songs were always just setting up tracks 3&4 for me.

deeply regret not voting for "rude"

Lol I just watched the Sofi de la Torre video and the ad for it was that horrible Xmas Jammies family doing some kind of super bowl party rap.

Probably made the song sound slightly better by comparison.

xxxp idk I have an unsettling feeling that Iggy Azalea is gonna show up soon

It's supposed to say 'all my ex lovers' no?

I'm hearing starbecks lovers. I hate bourgueoise idealism videos.

This song is the most boring TS that has placed so far. I prefer the one that sounds like kare bush or cheerleader school.

well, lots of Singles Jukebox members and ILMers overlap.

she's a Battlestar Galactica fan.

The actual line is "Got a long list of ex lovers"

i feel like there has always been a big tsj/ilm overlap in terms of membership but even so many of the songs that did very well over at tsj did nothing over here

i think she actually says "long list of ex-lovers"?

blank space is fine, i always thought it was a lil too cutesy the player/game lines, kinda reminded me of that kasey musgraves song that uses 'mary/merry' 6 diff ways idk its offputting to me, that plus the halting delivery doesn't quite work for me, i agree there're abt 8 better songs on 1989 including shake it off

FWIW Blank Space is the first TS song I've ever put on intentionally. It's not exactly good but it's catchy in a more purely pop way than like Trouble. Haven't heard Style yet.

Yeah Shake It Off is way better than this

I think she does but were is the R sound coming from? I don't want to listen to it again.

Style is hte one where I was genuinely puzzled by all the admiration from TS stans

and yeah I couldn't not hear Starbucks lovers until like the 20th listen

well that's silly, listen to the guitar xpost

Do you know what she said? "Gunga galunga. Gunga gunga lagunga."

q: the blank space in the song - does that refer to swift writing a bunch of breakup songs and leaving a blank space for the person's name so that they're all ready to go the next time a relationship collapses?

No it's about the blank space at the top of a Starbucks cup - she's a barista in the song

A pretty face and an average voice will take you places.

Shake It Off is totally different! Breaks up the record nicely, would get a bit samey without it despite the greatness of the middle run.

what makes style is the guitar line obviously

Boys only want cups with a tortilla / Don't say I didn't warn ya

Agree with J0rdan S. on "Blank Space." I don't hate it, it just sounds sort of generic.

No it's about the blank space at the top of a Starbucks cup - she's a barista in the song

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damn, "Accidental Racist" will never be the same

vermillion is cool

lol xp

Got to say that for an 11min squally folk epic with terrible singing about alcoholism that Richard Dawson song is actually really stealthily catchy. Like the melody really stuck in my head.

http://i.imgur.com/zYLUvwJ.jpg

7 CLEAN BANDIT "Rather Be" Ft. Jess Glynne [562 points, 17 votes, 2 first place votes, The Magician remix: 52 points]
original: http://youtu.be/m-M1AtrxztU
The Magician remix: http://youtu.be/NeSTBM1p-W4

garbage

http://emojipedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/160x160xear-of-maize.png.pagespeed.ic.Wl4ekBHEwt.jpg

that screencap is not promising

thats a press photo not a screencap fwiw

this song is

1) corny
2) highly enjoyable

vermillion is nice. she lists the singles jukebox review on her www

This song is good, but I never knew what they looked like before now. Definitely a detriment.

My number 1. It's just such a perfectly produced song and it ruled my summer (and my autumn nd a good chunk of my winter). Love the way the initial violin vamp gets passed on from instrument to instrument as the song goes on. Love 'we never hesitate/kyoto to du-bay'. Love the 'DUN-DUN' piano just before the chorus. Love it all.

brad otm

I liked this when it came out a year ago but it has had serious diminishing returns.

The photo choices have been excellent.

this song seems to have some p fun beeps and boops I guess

the guy in the far right

1) is cute
2) is playing an Astroturf violin

deej did you vote this year?

also some fun clicky clacks

Did not get the hype for this the first time I heard it but after hearing out a fair bit throughout the year it crept up on me and has become one of my favourite songs of the year. Still really surprised just how big it was in the UK. It's already one of the 50 best selling singles ever there.