ILM's Top 100 Tracks of the 2010s

i quite liked Townie

this song feels like a "blast from the past" already, time is so fast

"your best american girl" has a great melody, and i probably appreciate the song more now that the "teenage dirtbag" associations have faded from my brain lol. if i voted for anything from that album, it probably would've been the ferocious "crushed little stars."

crazy how mitski has legions of young fans who've probably never even heard "ybag" before.

also forgot how much i liked "feel you" so thanks for the reminder, Voters

"never even heard" is probably an exaggeration, but 2016 me would've been shocked to hear that "i bet on losing dogs" has nearly twice as many streams

ybag? ibold!

major "ybag" alert

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90. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk (2014)
[310 points / 6 votes]
Previous Placement: 60 in 2014
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Those early HAIM singles are a masterclass in pop songwriting.

this is still ehhh

Uptown Funk has always left me cold

Well, I was going to 'blech' Haim, but now this has appeared, ewwwww it's a much bigger blech!

Yeah don’t really get the love for Uptown Funk, maybe I’m just numb to its charm after being overexposed to it.

Moving on

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89. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - If We Were Vampires (2017)
[311 points / 4 votes]
Previous Placement: 57 in 2017
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this was my number one back in 2017. still stunning imo

I stopped listening to HAIM after the first few singles. I really liked them, but played them out and then never jumped back in when the album was released. Listening back now, I really like it, although my favorite was probably Forever. That one might have made my ballot, but it's just been so long since I've thought about them.

Uptown Funk didn't make my ballot, but I can see why people voted for it. Hopefully, its placement is a sign that The Fox (What Does the Fox Say) or Gangnam Style will show up further down the line.

hadn't realised that his wife sings alongside him

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88. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)
[313 points / 6 votes]
Previous Placement: 16 in 2010
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DELIGHTED to see "Shadow" on here

See also: "Teenage Dream"

'couple sings together about how death will them part' could have felt a bit indulgent, but this doesn't

"uptown funk" and th whole nu-school bruno has always felt fairly unnecessary to me. i can go and listen to the gap band right now if i wanted to, why should i have to repeatedly hear a wedding band-style composite of the five best gap band songs?

i also felt that way about amy winehouse vis-a-vis the music that inspired her, but at least with amy there was a world class vocal performance.

this song sounds like adverts

god 2010 was so long ago

https://i.imgur.com/zaXyE2n.jpg
87. Pet Shop Boys - Love is a Bourgeois Construct (2013)
[316 points / 5 votes]
Previous Placement: 25 in 2013
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I don't hate Uptown Funk, but it doesn't deserve a place in the top 100 tracks of the 2010s.

oh, boom

my #25 and i probably put it too low, which it is also, here. indelible

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86. Purple Mountains - Snow Is Falling In Manhattan (2019)
[316 points / 6 votes]
Previous Placement: 4 in 2019
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“Teenage Dream” feels longer ago than 2010. my vote for a 2010 dance pop song that felt like it might have been from 2007 or something went to Alexis Jordan’s “Happiness” - that one jumped right at my throat from the noms spreadsheet and never let go.

“Teenage Dream” is still pretty damn good, “Bad Liar”, which I liked a lot at the time, pales beside it imo.

btw that Teenage Dream image is glorious! Katy Perry might be interested in buying it!

glad to see that PSB track place, I love it cuz it finally delivers on the promise of that Go West cover some 2+ decades ago

xxp Very good song - though I personally have not been able to listen to Berman's music since his passing.

Was 'Friday' nominated?

hell yeah it was

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85. HAIM - If I Could Change Your Mind (2013)
[321 points / 5 votes]
Previous Placement: 90 in 2013
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^that is the killer Haim jam, imo

If We Were Vampires is my first vote to make it, was very high on my ballot. Agreed that it could have been overindulgent but the singing is so restrained and tasteful they pull it off.

Loving the results today.

I'm surprised New Rules is so low. It was my number 50. Dua was one of the few artists to have more than one song on my tracks list. Don't Start Now has become my favourite of her big hits.

Bad Liar made my long list. Her finest moment.

Voted for Lapsley. I wasn't aware of it into its placement in the 2016 poll. Glad it snuck in here.

I was really surprised I didn't find any room for Mitski on either of my lists. Nobody or Be The Cowboy probably should have been on there.

Both the Haim singles still rule. Voted for the album.

As others have said, Teenage Dream feels like forever ago. I was tempted to vote for it but Last Friday Night has always been the one.

Aww, I'm so happy Pet Shop Boys made it. It was one of the very final cuts from my list. I went for the album instead. I might have gone for The Pop Kids if it had been nominated.

I think I voted for "Teenage Dream" and "Where Are U Now." I am part of the problem.

"If I Could Change Your Mind" also placed at #56 in the 2014 Tracks Poll.

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84. Tove Lo - Habits (Stay High) (2014)
[322 points / 5 votes]
Previous Placement: 16 in 2014
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polls are a bourgeois construct

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83. Tove Styrke - Ego (2015)
[324 points / 4 votes]
Previous Placement: 18 in 2015
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I'm seein' double: four Toves.

Ego was just outside my top ten I think. One of the best choruses of the decade.

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82. Weyes Blood - Andromeda (2019)
[327 points / 5 votes / 1 Nº1 vote]
Previous Placement: 18 in 2019
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Heck yeah, Ego!

(did I remember to vote for this?? *checks ballot* nope! shoulda placed higher even)

voted for another; this is truly incredible

Phew! I made it, sorry for the off times. Here's our last one for the day:

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81. Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX - I Love It (2012)
[329 points / 5 votes]
Previous Placement: 12 in 2012
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