ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2017

music video with no boys in it vs. music video with mostly boys in it

We've all been thrown for a loop and it's going to go to Julien Baker.

sza suffering from unbelievable vote splitting is just as believable

didn't Ariel Pink get almost as many things nominated? def a bit odd for neither to get nothing in the 77 on that basis while other acts who will also do well in the albums list get two tracks no problem

Great song, voted this high on the back of the amazing 80s italo style initial talk remix but the original is undeniable too. Album great as well

it's been a weird year xp

I like CXCX just fine, but this is the weirdest #1 in this poll since "Wut."

https://i.imgur.com/8eLx6mN.jpg

01 CHARLI XCX "Boys" [763 points, 21 votes, 1 first place vote]
https://youtu.be/mPRy1B4t5YA

I was strongly opposed to Simon's views on music videos until I watched some of that Tove Lo one

― rob, Thursday, January 25, 2018 2:18 PM (thirty-seven seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol weren't his "views" merely "wait people still watch music videos?" *clicks on despacito as the 4,739,219,210th viewer*

― marcos, Thursday, January 25, 2018 2:21 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

:D
but srsly that Tove video is like pregnant spiderman goes to the dentist

can't remember we ever had a tracks poll where after #2 ppl still had no idea what #1 would be

The bass drop (?) in New Rules is the one of the most perfect things ever devised.

ah

That kinda year.

dere it is

SAER WAS ROBBED BLIND

a shadow of her former self :(

well that kinda blows but otherwise great list everyone

I'm stunned @ no SZA, holy crap

We should be glad she chose to sing about Boys rather than Republicans.

SZA better win albums to make up for this

lots of diversity lots of quality, shame it inevitably petered out a bit at the end

oof i hate this fucking song

i don't even think "boys" is a bad song but the video soured me on it so bad

I'm giving "Boys" another chance but before today it wasn't even in my top 10 Charli XCX tracks

New Rules was robbed, dammit

lol same amount of votes

list is super thin on rnb in general, though my tracks ballot is as much to blame as anyone's. I assume all the rnb albums I voted for will place

Huh, I really had no idea Boys was this popular. Thought to myself SZA would win for sure.

Is this the whole "ilxors voting on autopilot" thing Johnny was talking about? Because no ones excited about this

CTRL is one of those album's that if you ask 10 different people you'll prob get 9 different favorite songs, but still, it's shocking that not even Love Galore placed in the 77

so... er... what is good about this song / video?

pc music at #1

The "Boys" video isn't bad, but it's no "Ice Cream Truck."

i remember being enthralled by 'superlove' in this same poll rollout however many years ago but she's never made another song i like enough to vote for

srsly that Tove video is like pregnant spiderman goes to the dentist

lol

I never even heard "Boys" until I saw that it won.

god i forgot will.i.am is in the video

playlist now updated with the top 177
SZA at 81 and 94 respectively

pc music at #1

― ogmor, Thursday, January 25, 2018 7:29 PM (sixteen seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i was about to say

Huh.

Will once again plug the Howie Lee remix of Boys, though it just missed my ballot.

Interesting rollout. Can't believe SZA didn't make it. First year I don't catch up on the Singles Jukebox and "Akanamali" takes me by surprise, though I guess I don't follow South African stuff compared to Nigeria/Ghana/Angola/etc. Gorgeous track!

the mario sound effects are cute and i guess it's nice to have a gender-flipped version of ludacris' "area codes"

only one number 1 vote

SZA better win albums to make up for this

― ufo, Thursday, January 25, 2018 7:27 PM

and g-eazy's in the video too, fuckin' barf

I could bring back Arcade Fire if'n y'all want.

Here's an interesting piece of trivia: Emil Warren co-wrote bouth #1 and #2 on our list

great list. thanks guys!

the Mario coin sound is good. Song as a whole is whatever.

only one number 1 vote

― Badgers (dog latin), Thursday, January 25, 2018 7:30 PM (fifteen seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That would be me

pc music at #1

Sophie-produced 'Yeah Right' for Vince Staples nearly my own #1 tbh

and also somebody from the band slaves. i could probably assemble a worst list of men but it wouldn't be that much worse xxxp

thanks guys, indeed. today's run only had a couple of things i was interested in but nevertheless the rest of the poll was excellent.

this song had nothing to do with PC Music except some of them are in the video

the very PC Music-heavy album Pop 2 she released in December though is by far her best release and I hope it wasn't ignored in the albums poll