ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2019

I have been pondering how many of this guy's songs would have placed like this were he still alive

I mean, go off I guess

Good job putting "Run For Your Life" into the top 3, everyone

"Old Town Road" sounds like someone covering Luke Bryan

OK I just listened to "What Makes You Country" and point taken but jesus why did you have to make me listen to "What Makes You Country"

Hm guess I need to figure out how I feel about Balloon winning this

Balloon better be number one

yeah the reaction kids had to "old town road" is enough for me to be like sure, do your thing novelty single

I have been pondering how many of this guy's songs would have placed like this were he still alive

― GK Chessington's World of Adventure (Noodle Vague)

Probably still a lot, honestly. He was much-loved before he died.

Not my favorite on the PM album, but definitely the biggest earworm.

I have been pondering how many of this guy's songs would have placed like this were he still alive

― GK Chessington's World of Adventure (Noodle Vague), Thursday, January 30, 2020 12:14 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

you've been on a roll today between this and thinking róisín murphy was dead

I guess the album was his pretty comprehensive suicide note. Like...The Bell Jar!

bitch better have my balloon

It's amazing in retrospect that "Baby Shark" didn't top the poll last year.

emily Yeah I know but

Since this isn't going to place, I'm going to post it here and encourage everyone to listen to it on their headphones because it's an astonishing production job:

https://youtu.be/aibv56K7y8A

As drab as I found PM the love is clearly sincere

At least one of three remaining songs is going to be a surprise to me.

Also I've got to say, despite the "this isn't crazy" discussions about the results, this is a pretty distinctive top ten so far.

yeah i've forgotten everyone's guesses so... i'm not really sure what's gonna happen

I can only think of two of the three, and they were both in my top 6 :D

also i feel like my ballot is pretty much done (outside of "balloon")

I think I know what the top three is.

Oh shit it's going to be Cellophane, OK forget that about the surprise.

Also this is only the second US rap and the only country song to place.

― Matt DC,

Less pop, rap and country, lots of kinda drab indie rock : Explains why this list feels so foreign to me this year I guess.

I only meant Roisin's career really Brad

Balloon has got this by a street btw

The most poignant lyric of the year

Songs build little rooms in time
And housed within the song's design
Is the ghost the host has left behind
To greet and sweep the guest inside
Stoke the fire and sing his lines

What a year for stretchy materials.

This had better be no. 1 (song itself starts at 1:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XojM2D3F-Dc

Spandex making up the last of the stretchy trifecta

"stfu!" is so fuckin good

yes

Yeah when I first heard it in the noms thread I was blown away

Going to log my entirely pointless opinion to the void that there should be a 2-tracks-per-artist limit. Nothing specific against Purple Mountains (though idrgi), but using 5 or 6 of your 25 votes for the same artist AND voting for the album feels excessive.

Can only guess one of the top 3 I think and feeling excited about that.

STFU! is so great

Alright I have to get on the road, so here’s what’s going to happen now: I’m going to post the top three. Due to a horrible tabulation mix-up, I am fairly certain… like almost positive that ONE of these songs doesn’t really belong. Seeing as it’s so easy to predict ILM’s current taste, it shouldn’t be any problem for you folks to figure out which is the faker. Take ten minutes after I post and let me know your best guess.

STFU is awesome and her single Cherry really should have placed last year.

I tried and failed to get limitations in, it's a closed issue AFAICT xxp

its a great triforce uptop

2-tracks-per-artist limit

If this is implemented, it should be a 2-tracks per album limit, IMO (not necessarily per-artist)

Already feel confused and fake hasn’t dropped

Honestly if you voted for five songs by the same artist and also the album then you probably just weren't into music that much this year.

as has been noted, people are free to use the data to see what the top 77 looks like with only 1 or 2 song songs per album, I expect someone will post it

more gecs

Here we go:

http://i.imgur.com/y2D17AS.jpg
3: Richard Dawson – “Jogging” – 625 points – 17 votes – 3 #1 votes

YouTube Video

Richard Dawson (raucous experimental UK folk racket w/ intense picaresque realness vox)

http://i.imgur.com/xDVKDO4.jpg
2: Big Thief – “Not” – 742 points – 21 votes – 6 #1 votes

YouTube Video

Big Thief - Two Hands

http://i.imgur.com/bhMY8Qh.jpg
1: FKA Twigs – “Cellophane” – 888 points – 22 votes – 2 #1 votes

YouTube Video

FKA twigs

Singles Jukebox

People should pick whatever they like the problem isn't numbers it's dullness

Ohhhh

"cellophane" didn't place and no. 1 is "balloon"

Lol of course people didn't like Cellophane that much

I agree with brad.