ILM's Top 100 Tracks of the 2010s

I'm team 'if it ended at Slowly it'd be literally perfect'

I've always loved what a weird closer Insects is. It doesn't really have anything to do with the rest of the album, but it somehow works.

First time hearing this. Or am I?

It sounds so much like something else to my ears but I think it might be something in Spanish.

Particularly the mmm is it the bridge? There’s so many hooks I’m not sure which one is the chorus. I mean the “safety net /// the strangest thing” part.

Anyways, cool song!

I need to listen to this album huh?

w h a t

Wonder what other songs besides "Delirious" will score higher in the decade-end poll than their respective year-end polls.

Onwards to the top 10

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10. Tinashe ft. Schoolboy Q - 2 On (2014)
[672 points / 11 votes]
Previous Placement: 1 in 2014
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Team "Accelerate and Fade Away are really one song actually"

well, yeah

Ratchet was the best thing in the world for a few years, very happy it made the poll. And Aquarius is still such a good album.

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09. Solange - Cranes in the Sky (2016)
[680 points / 11 votes]
Previous Placement: 3 in 2016
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So far so good!

I half-regret not nominating Die a little bit, Life is too short, Feel like Vegas, Bet, Hopscotch... a ridiculous list like that. Next to having 2 On in the top 10.

Both "Delirious" and "Fade Away" are so fucking great.

Glad Tinashe had an undeniable perfect mega hit and also that she now just makes great albums at her own pace

I'd forgotten how great 2 On was until going through the playlist, fairly late addition to my ballot.

On Solange: I think I might have listened to this one the first time through some bad speakers because I remember it sounded very dull and never gave it another chance but listening to it now on decent headphones it's kind of blowing my mind.

On Tinashe: completely forgot about this one but it's easily one of the best singles of the 2010s. It still sounds futuristic.

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08. Destroyer - Kaputt (2011)
[726 points / 11 votes / 2 Nº1 votes]
Previous Placement: 29 in 2011
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I was team Fade Away, but really I'm team every single song on that album.

― kitchen person, Friday, August 19, 2022 10:10 AM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this, and also "White Foxes" and "Undercover"

Yeah, i mean "Kaputt" is just perfect isn't it

Big points jump

voted for Kaputt, did not expect it in the top 10. I assumed most people would just vote highly for the album. Possibly the best Destroyer track.

Did not vote for Kaputt. I had "Laziest River" as my number 1.

Have never found a way to like anything by Destroyer as much as I like his best New Pornographers tracks

colouring of pigeons my knife jam of the decade

Pretty awesome top 20 so far.

I had Cranes In The Sky in my top five. It came out when I was really struggling with things and gave me a lot of comfort. The melody is so beautiful and her vocal is perfectly executed. Great video too.

Didn't vote for Kaputt but it is my favourite song on the album.

colouring of pigeons my knife jam of the decade

same, have it at number 6 on my ballot

I see probably one more track that I voted for showing up, and I accidentally had it twice in my ballot, I'm guessing it was only counted once despite this

"Kaputt" my number one! Did not even debate putting it on top.

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07. Sun-El Musician ft. Samthing Soweto - Akanamali (2017)
[857 points / 17 votes / 2 Nº1 votes]
Previous Placement: 6 in 2017
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boom

A consolation prize for the afropop lovers out there. Hey, it's in the top 10!

big jump in voters!

Brilliant!

great to see sun el musician make a deserved appearance

Forgot about '2 On' - also forgot how much I hate the Schoolboy Q part! Great track otherwise.

I rarely feel like listening to it, but the composition, tone and delivery of 'Cranes in the Sky' is just undeniably beautiful.

And yay for Afropop representation turning up at last!

these visuals are awesome, Moka

didn't pick up on Sun-El and Samthing stuff until the pandemic hit so this and a bunch of their other tracks I will always link with 2020 and major therapeutic listening

I think I've heard this 1975 song enough times now for it to make me like it.

i had missed fade aways microwave ping, glad to hear it again

ty indexed!

please at least one more non-english track altho if not happy this would be it

yeah I'm with you emil.y the only thing keeping that '2 on' track from being close to perfect is the Schoolboy Q part.

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06. Azealia Banks ft. Lazy Jay - 212 (2011)
[1008 points / 16 votes / 1 Nº1 vote]
Previous Placement: 1 in 2011
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I'd be hard pressed to think of a song that had a more immediate impact in the '10s

I mean you could probably make a similar argument for "Video Games".

uh

Ay yo

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05. Robyn - Dancing On My Own (2010)
[1029 points / 17 votes]
Previous Placement: 6 in 2010
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