ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2019

2020 had the arduous task of following up two of the best albums I've ever heard, and while it took many laudable risks it wasn't quite of the same quality. But it was still excellent, and in Jogging it had the anthem of a subdued and ruined nation and my song of the year. The melodies, the rickety production, the beautiful word-choices, the roller-coaster bridge and above all that tearjerking, pathos-soaked climax...it was everything I needed

It is a pretty unusual top 10, but wouldn't be totally surprised if the whole lot was a fake-out either

Melodies would be a good idea

I gestured at this earlier but "Jogging" is a deceptively beautiful song and it took on extra resonance for me following the Tory landslide (inasmuch as I get to feel emotional about that as a non-UK-er)

many people are saying that this thread is the equivalent of the first performance of rite of spring

one year it would be good to announce the fake entries like a month later

this confusion IS the future! it is the point. that's what they didn't understand at the time

i say we all riot and trash the theater on our way out

I stepped away briefly and this thread just charged along, glad to at least catch the final moments.

I'm happy 100 gecs got so much love, and I know ILM lurker and progeny Datapod will be super pumped because they are his favorite group.

Ok this Big Thief song is very boring and I can absolutely believe its in the top three.

Just finished the Dawson - what have we done?

888 points for Cellophane... 888 was famously the subtitles page on BBC Ceefax and if you want to 'see' the 'facts' the message is there that is obviously the fake entry! Case closed!

This fake stuff has all the dreary ritual of bands playing encores

"fallen alien" and "home with you" are better than all three of those songs

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Its got to be in the top three. Can see its appeal, its just good that we are leaving the EU tomorrow lol

This is the best top three in ILM history (once corrected)

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i'm actually really glad "cellophane" didn't actually place, my least fave twigs song by 1000 miles

With due respect and love to fka twigs (who actually placed “Cellophane” at #111 with 124 points and 6 votes), allow me to introduce you to ILM 2019’s For-Real-No-Fooling #1 song.

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1: Busy Signal – “Balloon” – 831 points – 24 votes – 2 #1 votes
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🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈BUSY SIGNAL • BALLOON (floating, floating, everybody floating)🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

“Busiest Signal ever. Beautifullest balloons ever. Best song ever. Best vibes ever.” - breastcrawl

“BALLOON.” – Matt DC

“BALLOON” – dog latin

“balloon” – BradNelson

“balloon” – onesecondbefore

“B A L L O O N” - pomenitul
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“balloon – Jordan

“Balloon.” – Josh in Chicago

“BALLOON BALLOON BALLOON BALLOON BALLOON BALLOON” – Noodle Vague

“BALLOON” - longneck

“balloon” - ogmor

“balloon” - ulysses

As a voter for both balloon and cellophane I'm not sure how to feel right now

BALLOON

Balloon emojis

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You Busy rascal

i love ilm

haha

Late to this but "Snow Is Falling In Manhattan" is really gorgeous and warm, not at all what I think of Berman as doing

balloon

Balloon is fun but all in all a pretty dire top 20 and a grey-ish list overall, no big songs!

Balloon kept me going even more than Juice did but it was gentler on the soul

Bernie Sanders

Woooooo! Righteous winner. Also lol breastcrawl's quote there is as adorable as the song

Yep, best top 3. Balloon was my #6 and every time I heard it it was beautiful and fresh and inspiring - it never came close to getting old. An absolute wonder of concept, production and execution that transcends its novelty-song cachet completely. Righteous winner. Knew it would🎈

a grey-ish list overall

hey i like moka's color scheme

FAKE twigs

Thanks to everyone for voting and playing along! Thanks to seanandalai and Moka for helping make it happen!

We'll do it again with albums next week!

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The ILM Top 77 Songs of 2019

1: Busy Signal – “Balloon” – 831 points – 24 votes – 2 #1 votes
2: Big Thief – “Not” – 742 points – 21 votes – 6 #1 votes
3: Richard Dawson – “Jogging” – 625 points – 17 votes – 3 #1 votes
4: Purple Mountains – “Snow Is Falling in Manhattan” – 563 points – 16 votes – 2 #1 votes
5: Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus – “Old Town Road (Remix)” – 509 points – 21 votes
6: 100 Gecs – “Money Machine” – 457 points – 15 votes
7: Billie Eilish – “Bury a Friend” – 431 points – 14 votes – 1 #1 vote
8: Tresor featuring Msaki – “Sondela” – 413 points – 15 votes
9: Burna Boy – “Anybody” - 407 points – 13 votes – 2 #1 votes
10: Jessie Ware – “Adore You” – 393 points – 13 votes
11: Roisín Murphy – “Incapable” – 376 points – 15 votes – 1 #1 vote (36 included total points from the Dmitri from Paris and Aeroplane Remix)
12: Octo Octa – “I Need You” – 370 points – 10 votes – 2 #1 votes
13: Big Thief – “UFOF” – 363 points – 13 votes
14: Aldous Harding – “The Barrel” - 359 points – 13 votes
15: Dua Lipa – “Don’t Start Now” – 357 points – 11 votes
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

balloon

I would still like to politely invite Richard Dawson to take a running duck at himself

iirc I listened to "Balloon" once and didn't get it.

THANKS MOKA AND CO.!!!!!

Great list, thanks all runners xx

Aw, well done 'Balloon'! Can't believe I forgot about it when making my ballot, not sure if it would have snuck in but it definitely would have had a chance. It didn't need my backing, anyway.

COLOURFUL. JOYFUL.

8: Tresor featuring Msaki – “Sondela” – 413 points – 15 votes
9: Burna Boy – “Anybody” - 407 points – 13 votes – 2 #1 votes
10: Jessie Ware – “Adore You” – 393 points – 13 votes
11: Roisín Murphy – “Incapable” – 376 points – 15 votes – 1 #1 vote (36 included total points from the Dmitri from Paris and Aeroplane Remix)
12: Octo Octa – “I Need You” – 370 points – 10 votes – 2 #1 votes

my fav section, heart eyes emoji

What was 78?

Great poll, great winner! Thank you to ILM's pollrunners!

Also "Spin Girl, Let's Activate!" was robbed