ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2019

if i have over four songs on the album i could vote for as singles, i just vote for the album.

Don't agree with this idea that if there are two polls and I love a number of specific songs from an album I should just vote for the album.

― Chris L, Wednesday, January 29, 2020 12:43 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

congratulations, you've won

I have a personal "no artist crossover" rule for the two lists (which I've broken only once, I think, for Algiers)

just like in 2001 it's different strokes for different folks

no one was really expecting both a grimes track that ilm seemed fairly lukewarm on overall and an ariana album track to place

Eh, they're both ilm favourites, it doesn't seem too out there to me. Mind you, I've been taking "crazy results" with a pinch of salt most of the way through this.

anyone else think that weyes blood song sounds a lot like the czars?

i broke the tracks/albums rule this year for tinashe ("touch & go" won't place but my god what a song) and burna boy, both deserved it

Okay, we’re gonna end things in the same way as we did yesterday: with everybody’s favorite, grammy-laden teenage mega-artist.

Top 15 to come tomorrow! Until then: discuss!

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16: Billie Eilish – “Everything I Wanted” - 354 points – 14 votes

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fwiw i haven't seen violence or ghostin on a single year-end list

pls pls pls signify that "bury a friend" is placing later

I'm still at zero! Woo!

I voted for this and knew it had to place. Gorgeous song, love the restrained mixing.

it's not that out there but i absolutely wasn't expecting that grimes track and could have easily seen no ariana tracks placing because people were pretty lukewarm on her singles this year despite the album being pretty good

"everything i wanted" is the best billie eilish track, happy to see this

i get why people love this but it is not even my favorite of her ballads. still great

"Bury A Friend" is definitely showing up imo

here's your current breakdown for those scoring at home:

16: Billie Eilish – “Everything I Wanted” - 354 points – 14 votes
17: Ariana Grande – “Ghostin” – 348 points – 10 votes – 2 #1 votes
18: Weyes Blood – “Andromeda” – 345 points – 10 votes – 1 #1 vote
19: Grimes and i_o – “Violence” – 342 points – 11 votes – 1 #1 vote
20: Caroline Polachek – “Door” – 342 points – 11 votes
21: Purple Mountains – “All My Happiness Is Gone” – 335 points – 10 votes
22: Fireboy DML – “Jealous” – 327 points – 9 votes – 1 #1 vote
23: Sharon Van Etten – “Seventeen” – 324 points – 12 votes
24: Rosalía and J Balvin featuring El Guincho – “Con Altura” – 324 points – 11 votes – 1 #1 vote
25: Vampire Weekend – “Harmony Hall” – 320 points – 11 votes
26: Ciara – “Thinkin’ Bout You” – 317 points – 10 votes - 1 #1 vote
27: Sun-El Musician and Ami Faku – “Into Ingawe” – 314 points – 13 votes – 1 #1 vote
28: Chari XCX featuring Christine & The Queens – “Gone” – 314 points – 11 votes – 1 #1 vote
29: The Comet Is Coming – “Summon the Fire” – 313 points – 10 votes – 1 #1 vote
30: Zero12Finest featuring ThaMagnificent2 – “Baby Are You Coming?” – 312 points – 11 votes
31: Billie Eilish - Bad Guy - 308 points - 11 votes
32: Wiley, Stefflon Don, Sean Paul & Idris Elba - “Boasty” - 266 points - 7 votes
33: Lizzo - “Juice” - 263 points - 12 votes
34: Caroline Polachek - “So Hot You’re Hurting My Feelings” - 260 points - 9 votes
35: Stormzy - “Vossi Bop” - 255 points - 7 votes - 2 number 1 votes
36 (TIE): Hatchie - “Stay With Me” - 254 points - 9 votes
36 (TIE): Koffee - “Toast” - 254 points - 9 votes
38: Schacke - “Kisloty People” - 250 points - 6 votes - 1 number 1 vote
39: Carly Rae Jepsen - “Want You In My Room” - 247 points - 7 votes
40: Underworld & The Necks - “Appleshine Continuum” - 244 points - 9 votes - 1 number 1 vote
41: Rema - “Dumebi” - 243 points - 8 votes - 1 number 1 vot
42: Samthing Soweto feat. Sha Sha, DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small - “Akulaleki” - 237 points - 7 votes - 1 number 1 vote
43: Weyes Blood - “Movies” - 228 points - 8 votes - 1 number 1 vote
44: FKA Twigs - “Sad Day” - 222 points - 6 votes - 1 number 1 vote
45: HAIM- “Summer Girl” - 214 points - 8 votes
46: Charlotte Adigéry - “Paténipat” - 210 points - 8 votes
47: Angel Olsen - “All Mirrors” - 210 points - 7 votes
48: Lana Del Rey - “Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me To Have - But I Have It” - 210 points - 6 votes
49: Clairo - “Bags” - 206 points - 8 votes - 1 number 1 vote
50: Purple Mountains - “Nights That Won’t Happen” - 204 points - 6 votes
51: SAULT - “Up All Night” - 197 points - 7 votes
52: DaBaby - “Suge” - 195 points - 7 votes
53: Erika de Casier - “Intimate (Club. Mix)” - 195 points - 6 votes - 1 number 1 vote
54: Normani - “Motivation” - 194 points - 8 votes
55: Holly Herndon - “Eternal” - 192 points - 7 votes
56: Raphael Saadiq feat. Rob Bacon - “Something Keeps Calling” - 192 points - 5 votes
57: Big Thief - “Cattails” - 191 points - 7 votes
58: Shura - “BKLYNLDN - 186 points - 6 votes
59: Charlotte Adigéry - “High Lights” - 181 points - 6 votes - 1 number 1 vote
60: Peggy Gou- “Starry Night” - 180 points - 6 votes
61: Weyes Blood- “Wild Time” - 177 points - 5 votes
62: Rosalía- “Aute Cuture” - 175 points - 7 votes
63: Burna Boy feat. Zlatan- “Killin Dem” - 175 points - 6 votes
64: Vampire Weekend - “This Life” - 172 points - 6 votes
65: KH - “Only Human” - 170 points - 5 votes - 1 number 1 vote
66: Kasper Marott - “Drømmen om Ø (Forever mix '19)” - 169 points - 6 votes
67: Jamila Woods feat. Saba - “Basquiat” - 168 points - 7 votes
68: Tayla Parx - “Me vs. Us” - 168 points - 5 votes
69: Mark Ronson feat. Angel Olsen - “True Blue” - 164 points - 6 votes
70: Purple Mountains - “Darkness & Cold” - 162 points - 7 votes
71: Cate Le Bon - “Daylight Matters” - 161 points - 5 votes
72 (TIE): Blanck Mass - “House vs House” - 160 points - 5 votes
72 (TIE): Anna Caragnano & Donnato Dozzy - “Parola (Rework)” - 160 points - 5 votes
74: Purple Mountains - “Margaritas at the Mall” - 158 points - 5 votes - 1 number 1 vote
75: Jenny Lewis - “Red Bull & Hennessy” - 158 points - 5 votes
76: Ariana Grande - “NASA” - 157 points - 5 votes - 1 number 1 vote
77: Mount Eerie feat. Julie Doiron - “Love Without Possession” - 157 points - 4 votes - 1 number 1 vote

everything you wanted is billie's lorde-est track

Three Billie Eilish songs placing would be a bit much.

I'm still at zero! Woo!

Me too! No idea how all my 25 are going to fit in the top 15 but I take my hat off to you guys

this is so bland compared to bad guy. wow

Agree that 'Bury a Friend' is where it's at.

This one's a non album single tho xps

love this song

lol still expecting 3 of my top 4 to place

hoping my #1 is the #1 overall, and it actually might happen

my no. 1 will not place

pretty sure two more of my top five will place, maybe three

Nor will mine...

rip If She Ever Leaves Me

this was my first year going unweighted on both ballots and it was, I must say, very freeing

Nice. Agree that this is Billie's best moment so far. I enjoyed the album a lot, but this totally took me by surprise. I love how she controls her voice in the chorus. Really interested to hear what direction she goes in next. I have high hopes for that Bond theme.. that's something I haven't said since the late 90s.

xp I had a lot more below the blank line in mixed ballots, same feeling here

What'd I miss

is 'bury a friend' the one that sounds like black skinhead?

tuomas no one was really expecting both a grimes track that ilm seemed fairly lukewarm on overall and an ariana album track to place

is 'bury a friend' the one that sounds like black skinhead?

yes

16: Billie Eilish – “Everything I Wanted” - 354 points – 14 votes
17: Ariana Grande – “Ghostin” – 348 points – 10 votes – 2 #1 votes
18: Weyes Blood – “Andromeda” – 345 points – 10 votes – 1 #1 vote
19: Grimes and i_o – “Violence” – 342 points – 11 votes – 1 #1 vote
20: Caroline Polachek – “Door” – 342 points – 11 votes

these last five are all pretty much shades of meh to me but i think i enjoyed the grimes song best

stupidly lost my ballot after I sent it but I've had 6 tracks max place.

unless there are a lot of people doing an album/track rule no doubt at least a couple more Big Thief songs to place - one of which I'm certain about, the other I would place a bet on

I... don't disagree with Tuomas.

I want to say I love "Seventeen" and consider it one of the decade's best, but she can't mesmerize me for a full album.

I get it that ILX has a "taste", nothing wrong with that, but it's a bit boring to see the same critical darlings again and again.

we took a vote on taking measures to fix this and it was decisively thrashed so no one gets to complain about repeats anymore imho

Lol

I think the criteria for appreciation should be higher than "pretty girl with mediocre voice whispers over a rejected Jason Derulo beat"

― totally unnecessary bewbz of exploitation (DJP), Wednesday, January 29, 2020 5:09 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah i mean if you don't know the context that makes those results a little surprising then it makes sense you wouldn't be surprised

this was my first year going unweighted on both ballots and it was, I must say, very freeing

― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Wednesday, 29 January 2020 19:54 (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I have never had such a luxurious lifestyle in which an unweighted ballot was even an option! I struggled to make 20 this year and 7 of them were made up!

near-certainties:
adore you
not
old town road
cellophane
now i'm in it
don't start now
balloon
frail state of mind

maybe?:
incapable
bury a friend
must be
about work the dancefloor
the greatest
snow is falling in manhattan

which still doesn't seem as crazy as claimed so idk hopefully my guesses are wrong, though i could only come up with 14

about work the dancefloor

i'll grimace if this places

i'm also fairly certain the 1975 will get shut out this year

I'm just now hearing this Blanck Mass track. Y'all like video gaming tournaments??

another certainty: "anybody"

Balloon - Old Town Road at 1 and 2. I'm calling it now.

oh yeah surely there'll be more burna boy, maybe even "dangote" or "pull up" too