ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2019

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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

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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.

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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

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

― GK Chessington's World of Adventure (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 30 January 2020 19:50 (forty-eight seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

sorry dude but this is a risible mischaracterisation. also lol I know you're baiting xyzzzz but Dawson is like the most obvious lefty UK songwriter since like Robert Wyatt