ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2019

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

Still don't really get Cellophane but think Balloon is even more confusing.

Discovered Sondela on the playlist and it really stuck out. Gorgeous vocals.

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

Thank you Moka, ulysses and seandalai! This rollout has been a TURBO whirlwind of joy. Loved all the images and quotes and extras

probs my fave list in the decade ive been around here <3

#78 was Jenny Hval's "High Alice"; i imagine we'll get a full results thread soon.

Here's the full thread of Moka's images: https://imgur.com/a/kuhNrFM

I see one look like you, I see one look like me

Floating floating everybody

Dawson song (on first listen) veers wildly between unbearable and OMG Best Song Ever

Not feeling 'Not' (again, first listen though) unlike the other two Big Thief tracks that placed, which were lovely

yay Balloon. #1 was NID.

Thank you Moka, forks and seandadata!

hehe balloon

songs where the chorus is just one repeated word and it's a great word

wait is it over

who won

Huh, I've never even heard of #1 or #3!

Thanks to all pollrunners!

Well done poll runners!

Jogging at 3 is an ilm high point

I don't really get Balloon either but I'm glad it makes everyone so happy

same

OK, now let's see the non-joke #2 and #3.

'Not' is good but NOT top 2 good, etc.

9/8/1 are top 3 from the top 10. Wish Octa made it, what a track.

Loads of great Afro beats (maybe more than in prev years?).

Thanks for running it, poll people.

Great rollout, great images, thanks to the pollrunners!!

balloon is like balloon if balloon had a baby with balloon on acid

simon H have you maybe considered

balloon

balloon

can't think of a country single that everyone could've rallied behind last year, and i ... feel like i listened to a lot of country?

― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, January 30, 2020 1:13 PM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I'm assuming Miranda's votes got split up. I voted for "Mess With My Head" but would've supported "Track Record" if I knew there was consensus. Jon Pardi's "Old Hat" / "Heartache Medication" and Luke Combs' "Even Though I'm Leaving" / "Beer Never Broke My Heart" would've all been fine singles to support but somehow none of them got nominated.

is this our most idiosyncratic #1 since wut

#78 was Jenny Hval's "High Alice"

aw man

how did 'anybody' not win this poll

definitely more african stuff than years past

Balloon being #1 is amazing and dissolves my reservations

Day 3 > Day 4 > Day 1 > Day 2

Anybody shd've been higher yeah but Burna just couldn't match the sheer musicality and joy of *checks notes* some plodding clever clever dadfolk dirge

reaffirms the undiminished power of starting a thread for a song btw

"definitely more african stuff than years past"

Some way toward making up for the lack of rap.

Yeah the S African entries were a highlight for sure, and my vote didn't even place!

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Everyone itt listening to "Balloon"

ILM Tracks Poll 2019: Thread of Stats and Balloon Emojis

Is Balloon just an ILM phenomenon? 18k views on Youtube.

Balloon

Awesome result. Balloon was one of my last cuts. Figured it didn't need my help.

Thanks to the pollrunners for putting his all together.

"some plodding clever clever dadfolk dirge"

TORIES AMONG US!

I totally thought that was a still from The Loved Ones and had to check - pretty close tbh xp