ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2017

this rollout was dope! very nicely done, ILM and poll runners.

Wait did Charli XCX won this one for real? Ew worst ILM #1 of all time. Not even a top 10 song for her.

The rest of the results were overall pretty agreeable though! Good rollout JF!

Hilarious joke #1 but hurry up and post the real one.

congrats to all pollrunners!

if it's any consolation Boys isn't anywhere near the all-time list:

2012 Todd Terje - Inspector Norse (1676 points, 45 votes, 7 #1 votes)
2012 Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (1528 points, 48 votes, 6 #1 votes)
2015 Grimes - Realiti (Demo) (1357 points, 37 votes, 9 #1 votes)
2016 Rae Sremmurd - Black Beatles (1276 points, 37 votes, 5 #1 votes)
2013 Daft Punk - Get Lucky (1212 points, 38 votes, 3 #1 votes)
2014 Tinashe ft. Schoolboy Q - 2 on (1190 points, 39 votes, 4 #1 votes)
2013 Mariah Carey ft. Miguel - #Beautiful (1138 points, 37 votes, 4 #1 votes)
2011 Azealia Banks ft. Lazy Jay - 212 (1111 points, 34 votes, 2 #1 votes)
2011 Lana Del Rey - Video Games (1107 points, 40 votes, 2 #1 votes)
2015 Fetty Wap - Trap Queen (1063 points, 37 votes, 2 #1 votes)

CRJ is #2 on the all-time points list, ahead of every other year's #1. Good.

This was a great countdown even if the top three went all ILM £20 music prize.

I think New Rules was a more worthy winner but I dont hate Boys. At least Bodak Yellow didnt take it.

21 votes is insanely low, where would that have got you last year?

I like the lack of consensus though... only consensus artist could je Kendrick Lamar with two songs in here. In previous years we’ve had 3 or 5 by the same artist and a very predictable top 3.

763 points would have been 5th last year, I think.

only consensus artist could [b]e Kendrick Lamar with two songs in here

Lorde and Dua Lipa both also had two appearances each.

But yeah, six songs from three artists (not counting Avalon Emerson and her various remixes) is an all-time low record I'd think. Viva variety!

iirc we had about 20% fewer ballots this year but also there just wasn't a clear consensus pick. CRJ was in the lead for most of the voting period but the top 3 were pretty close throughout.

xp and Kelela, so eight songs from four artists

Thank u seandalai and Johnny Fever! Excellent poll as always.

just listening to some of the 177 playlist rn and holy shit @ ‘rain in soho’ - bravo djp!

I was also somewhat surprised that Rita Ora almost made it. I didn't have any hopes after the lukewarm reception it got in TSJ.

― daavid

This was my number three. I didn't really it had much support on here. Nice to see it get so close.

This was one of the most exciting polls I've seen on here. It truly felt so open after last year's predictable winner. I had Boys higher on my list, but in the end I wish it had gone to New Rules. The video and song have had incredible replay value over the last six months. As for Boys, after almost writing her off in 2016 with that terrible EP and single, it felt good to have her back with such a charming song that felt so effortless (something she did over and over on those first two albums). It's definitely not in the same league as Superlove (which should have won the 2013 poll IMO), I do think it's one the best things she's done.

I love all the songs in the top five, so I'm happy. I can understand why people were disappointed with these results. I doubt much from this top 10 will do well when/if we do the end of decade vote in a few years. I think the album list next week is going to have a much more predictable and crowd pleasing result.

Thanks to Seandalai and Johnny Fever. Great work as always.

eh my bristling at "boys" at no. 1 is p minor compared to how much i enjoyed the whole unpredictable rollout

wee lassies music.

lol

i am far less aligned with the winners on the albums than the singles which may be good news for some of you.

Dan S! Yo P&J, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but ILX had the greatest 2009 poll of all time! All time! (2009 ILX Trax Poll Results: TOP TEN TODAY)

haha

lol! I forgot about that

Boys, New Rules, the CRJ video, Bad Liar......*exactly* the kinds of videos my 9 year old goddaughter wants to watch with me! (It makes me see them with new eyes)

i don't get the disco tits hate. fn love that song. the album was my #1

Fuck me was that Kanye bit 9 years ago?

It's weird how Boys, New Rules and Bad Liar all have really great videos that got a decent amount of attention and add to the appeal of the songs (I know that's not the case for everyone with Boys). Whereas Cut To The Feeling has such a poor video that I have to block it out when I think about the song.

Soooo... it's totally possible I'll change my mind by December, but I'm pretty sure this was the final EOY poll I'll be administering a part of. Eight years of doing it (4 tracks years, 4 albums years) is the most fun I've had on ILM, but I'm kinda beat. Thanks for being so enthusiastic about turning out and voting every year, for commenting profusely during the rollouts, and for somehow predicting exactly when certain things are going to show up (it happens in every poll). Really, thank you all.

Love,
JF

thanks for saving us Johnny Fever :)

thx JF

can we re-write history and swap numbers 1 and 2 tho

xp I'm sure it's a lot of work, and it is very much appreciated! (I hope you do change your mind)

Xx

It'll be refreshing to be on the outside looking in again.

Thanks JF. These polls have been so much fun and always give me something to look forward to during my least favourite time of year. Really appreciate all the effort you've put in over the last eight years.

thanks jf and everyone else, the slickness and pictures and rollouts has been so good

Great work JF - this is always my favourite time of year on ILM Nd always brightens up the January gloom

in a strange way less voters make a more interesting rollout

Can someone fill me in? Lurker here. Where is lex at? I like reading his comments in these eoy list threads.

He's on (permanent?) sabbatical from ILM to work on a book, but he did put together a ballot.

what's a bodak?

https://genius.com/a/how-kodak-black-influenced-cardi-b-s-bodak-yellow

i'm stoked for lex' book

Thanks for your service, JF!

yes thanks JF and seandalai!! awesome work as always!

Thank you JF for excellence in poll roll-outs.

He's on (permanent?) sabbatical from ILM to work on a book, but he did put together a ballot.

It's a cook book right?

Dunno, all I know I learned from the nominations thread.

I listened to like 20 new songs this year so I don't really have the standing to comment here but man..."boys" is pretty minor

not bad! just...minor

damn just now listening to "Nightwork," that's really cool

full disclosure i'm 68 years old but uh,,,the whole top 10 sounds like random album tracks to me