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1. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
(240 points, 17 vote, 3 number ones)

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Other ILXors said...

Easy prediction : Crazy will be a massive mainstream hit
-snowballing

no fucking chance whatsoever.
-banana squad

― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:28 (sixteen years ago) link

i like the cover

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:29 (sixteen years ago) link

BOOOOOO (and I even started that Gnarls thread out of excitement, but talk about overplaying a song...). (nice work, though, musically!)

― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:32 (sixteen years ago) link

I was hoping one of the Calle 13 singles would make an appearance here somewhere.

― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:40 (sixteen years ago) link

results = zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

(but, big props to poll-master "musically"!)

― peepee, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:41 (sixteen years ago) link

yes, bad news never felt so good

xxpost thanks for nominating the calle 13, I voted for one of them. Biggest surprise: no Kleerup/Robyn, totally good totally ilm

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:45 (sixteen years ago) link

The Kleerup/Robyn song was #31.

― musically, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link

oh yeah, being lazy ctrl f

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:55 (sixteen years ago) link

haha i read that blurb already too i'm losing it

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 00:56 (sixteen years ago) link

O RLY @ Gnarls

My ballot....

TRACKS:
1 E-40 - Tell Me When To Go
2 Ghostface Killah - Shakey Dog
3 Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous
4 Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
5 Killer Mike - That's Life
6 Justin Timberlake - LoveStoned
7 Kleerup feat. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
8 Calle 13 - La Jirafa
9 T.I. - What You Know
10 Beyonce - Irreplaceable
11 My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
12 Cassie - Me & U
13 Ciara - Promise
14 Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
15 Beyonce - Get Me Bodied
16 Justin Timberlake - My Love
17 Prodigy - Mac 10 Handle
18 Basement Jaxx - Take Me Back To Your House
19 TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
20 panic! at the disco - i write sins not tragedies

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 02:03 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm pulling for Zeigeist!!

-- Curt1s Stephens, Friday, 11 May 2007 16:18 (Yesterday)

;_;

"What You Know" was totally my #2 though.

― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 12 May 2007 02:52 (sixteen years ago) link

Im so f'in sick of that Gnarls Barkley song.

― Trayce, Saturday, 12 May 2007 03:08 (sixteen years ago) link

Search: musically
Destroy: the voters

I mean, seriously - "Crazy"? I realize that in a poll like this you're torn between rating a song based on its initial impact and rating it based on a few months of hindsight, but I tend towards the "hindsight" camp myself and in hindsight "Crazy" is really annoying and thin. Actually, wait. I thought that in the first place. I thought it was overplayed the second time I heard it at the disco, but even on the twentieth such occasion there were throngs of people gleefully exclaiming when they heard that familiar repetitious whomp. I don't really know what else to compare the thing to except some malodorous cross between "Flat Beat" and "Connected" except with a guy doing some sort of keening-mewling atonal crap on top. GUYS. THIS SONG IS ANNOYING. AUGH.

― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 12 May 2007 03:37 (sixteen years ago) link

^ OTM

― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 12 May 2007 03:44 (sixteen years ago) link

the chorus goes absolutely nowhere.

― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 12 May 2007 03:45 (sixteen years ago) link

"Crazy" is great, however much people may be sick of it.

― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 12 May 2007 03:52 (sixteen years ago) link

47. Lil Wayne feat. Robin Thicke - Shooter
(40 points, 2 votes, 2 number ones)

I think it is significant that "Shooter" wins in the enthusiasm/passion stakes - average points = perfect 20. And it placed pretty low because not many people had heard of it.

― danzig, Saturday, 12 May 2007 04:30 (sixteen years ago) link

Also, shocking that "Maneater," "SOS," "Pull Shapes" and Escort's "Starlight" are missing from here.

Disappointing that other than the Ahmad Fathi wtf, there are no non-English language tracks. Calle 13 people! You all should go and seek out Snook.

― danzig, Saturday, 12 May 2007 04:35 (sixteen years ago) link

Also, The Reverend: I heart you for voting for "Get Me Bodied"

― danzig, Saturday, 12 May 2007 04:38 (sixteen years ago) link

watching the video for "Shooter" - I remember seeing this on MTVU, I'd forgotten about it. The little tinkly electric piano part is great, but I'm not sure I'd rank this song.

― Curt1s Stephens, Saturday, 12 May 2007 04:49 (sixteen years ago) link

"crazy" is insipid.

― lfam, Saturday, 12 May 2007 05:11 (sixteen years ago) link

I wonder if my first place vote would have gotten "Mac 10 Handle" into the top-50

― milo z, Saturday, 12 May 2007 05:12 (sixteen years ago) link

but i didn't vote

― lfam, Saturday, 12 May 2007 05:13 (sixteen years ago) link

"Shooter" is different, I guess.

Could Wayne not get the real JT to guest on his track or something?

― milo z, Saturday, 12 May 2007 05:14 (sixteen years ago) link

i heard crazy way after all the 'omg crazy' nonsense so i'll give it the benefit of the doubt and consider it 'tainted'. i don't think it would have cracked my top 25 in any case.

― tremendoid, Saturday, 12 May 2007 05:26 (sixteen years ago) link

Milo - Robin Thicke did the original "O Shooter," of which the Wayne track is a reworking.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 08:58 (sixteen years ago) link

Calle 13 probably suffered from a certain amount of vote-splitting.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 09:20 (sixteen years ago) link

My ballot:
1. Lil Wayne feat. Robin Thicke - Shooter
2. Ciara - Promise
3. Cassie - Me & U
4. Justin Timberlake (feat. T.I.) - My Love
5. Beirut - Postcards from Italy
6. Killer Mike - That's Life
7. TV On the Radio - Wolf Like Me
8. The Liars - Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack
9. Kleerup (feat. Robyn) - With Every Heartbeat
10. T.I. - What You Know
11. Beyonce - Irreplaceable
12. The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control (Soulwax Nite Remix)
13. Shirrelle C. Limes and the Lemons - A Toast to the Month of July
14. Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
15. Ghostface - Shakey Dog
16. Ciara - Promise (Quarterbar Remix)
17. Clipse - Mr. Me Too
18. Junior Boys - In the Morning
19. TV On the Radio - I Was a Lover
20. Kidz Bop Kids - Crazy Frog

― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link

Haha T.I. in there as #2 to Crazy yet again, like in every 2007 list ever.

― Matt DC, Saturday, 12 May 2007 17:39 (sixteen years ago) link

You know what dude? What the fuck. I figured this was the ONE place where T.I. actually would have had the song of the year. Fuck "Crazy."

― billstevejim, Saturday, 12 May 2007 17:45 (sixteen years ago) link

I want a CD of all of these songs. Who's going to make me one?

― billstevejim, Saturday, 12 May 2007 17:47 (sixteen years ago) link

my votes:

1. jt - sexy back
2. all american rejects - move along
3. lil wayne -hustler musik
4. nelly furtado - promiscuous
5. young joc - its goin down
6. beyonce - ring the alarm
7. kelis - bossy
8. simian mobile disco - hustler
9. jt - my love
10. justice vs. simian - we are your friends
11. fray - over my head
12. justice - waters of nazareth
13. panic! at the disco - i write sins not tragedies
14. chamillionaire - ridin'
15. basement jaxx - take me back to your house
16. T.I. - what you know
17. css - lets make love and listen to death from above
18. the field - over the ice
19. jt & andy samberg - dick in a box
20. fall out boy - dance, dance

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 12 May 2007 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link

cuz all of y'all are asking, here's mine:

1/ Ellen Allien & Apparat - Way Out
2/ Ratatat - Wildcat
3/ kelis – bossy
4/ lindstrom - the contemporary fix
5/ Junior Boys - In The Morning
6/ Justin Timberlake - Sexyback
7/ Liars - The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack
8/ Tortoise and Bonnie Prince Billy - Thunder Road
9/ Yo La Tengo - Beanbag Chair
10/ lindstrom - another station
11/ Cornelius - Gum

― peepee, Saturday, 12 May 2007 18:33 (sixteen years ago) link

Haha T.I. in there as #2 to Crazy yet again, like in every 2007 list ever.

so so wrong of everyone!

You know what dude? What the fuck. I figured this was the ONE place where T.I. actually would have had the song of the year. Fuck "Crazy."

dollarstore

anyway here is my list. note lack of shit indie

1. Ciara - Promise
2. Cassie - Me & U
3. Rasheeda - Georgia Peach
4. Ellen Allien & Apparat - Way Out
5. TI - What You Know
6. Paris Hilton - Stars Are Blind
7. Beyonce - Irreplaceable
8. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevee (Carl Craig remix)
9. Booka Shade - In White Rooms
10. Pussycat Dolls ft Snoop Dogg - Buttonz
11. Jenny Wilson - Let My Shoes Lead Me Forward (The Knife remix)
12. Jona - Tizia
13. Amel Larrieux - Gills And Tails
14. The Knife - Silent Shout
15. Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
16. Scritti Politti - The Boom Boom Bap
17. Antena - Camino Del Sol (Joakim remix)
18. Rihanna - Unfaithful
19. Cham - Ghetto Story
20. The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control

― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 18:46 (sixteen years ago) link

all of the ballots actually posted so far are pretty good, give or take a tv on the radio here, a panic at the disco there. so why is the overall list so...ugh? the ilm silent majority = chumps & idiots i guess

― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 18:47 (sixteen years ago) link

x-post: note lack of shit indie

Ain't that special. . .

I don't know why I voted for that Christine Aguilera song--I guess it was for the beats. Otherwise, my picks are a list of strategic, absurdist-strategic, and from the heart voting. I probably don't think "Don't Save Me" was the best song from last year, but I wanted it to make a respectable showing, and I do think it's very good.

1. Marit Larsen - Don't Save Me
2. Ahmad Fathi - La Tisafir
3. Andy Montanez/Daddy Yankee - Se Le Ve*
4. Michael Stuart - Mayor Que Yo*
5. Michael Stuart - Yo No Soy Tu Marido*
6. Monchy & Alexandra - No Es Una Novela*
7. Luny Tunes - Noche Entierro*
8. Calle 13 - La Jirafa
9. Calle 13 - !Atrévete Té, Té!
10. El Gran Combo - Arroz con Habichuela*
11. Andy Montanez/Voltio - En Mi Puertorro*
12. Son de Cali – Llorando
13. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
14. Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
15. Alexis & Fido – Tiburon*
16. Ayelet Rose Gottlieb – Tapuach*
17. Final Fantasy - This Lamb Sells Condos
18. Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man

― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 12 May 2007 18:50 (sixteen years ago) link

Asterisks, RS?

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link

My ballot:

1. Lil Wayne feat. Robin Thicke - Shooter
2. Midlake - Roscoe
3. Guillemots - Trains To Brazil
4. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
5. Beyonce - Ring The Alarm (Freemasons Club Mix)
6. Snook - Snook, Svett Och Tårar
7. Calle 13 - !Atrévete Te, Te!
8. Hot Chip - Over And Over
9. Jamelia - Beware Of The Dog
10. Nelly Furtado - No Hay Igual
11. Coldplay - Talk (Thin White Duke Mix)
12. Omarion - Icebox
13. LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez - Control Myself
14. The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car)
15. Rihanna - Unfaithful
16. Robbie Williams - Lovelight
17. Cham feat. Akon - Ghetto Story, Chapter 3
18. Escort - Starlight
19. Ciara - Promise
20. Amy Winehouse - Rehab

― danzig, Saturday, 12 May 2007 19:35 (sixteen years ago) link

That was for things I was willing to try to write a blurb for. (In the unlikely event. . .)

― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 12 May 2007 19:40 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm not one who loves tons of songs each year, so my list is only the ones I wouldn't want to be without. Lot's of other stuff I enjoy hearing on mixes or on the radio, but wouldn't particularly miss if they weren't around.

1.Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push
2.Turbulence - Notorious*
3.Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control
4.Marit Larsen - Don't Save Me
5.Muse - Knights of Cydonia
6.Coup - We Are The Ones

* I know it was out earlier in Jamaica (2005?), but became widely available last year which was when I was able to get a copy.

Beyonce's "Ring The Alarm" was my pick for worst single. If it had been a remake of the Tenor Saw song instead of poorly done histrionics things might have been different.

― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 12 May 2007 19:44 (sixteen years ago) link

I can't imagine not being able to fill the songs list. There have to be another 20-50 songs I'm really pissed I couldn't include.

I hated "Ring the Alarm" at first too. You have to listen to it really LOUD for it to make sense.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 19:52 (sixteen years ago) link

Can I mention how much I despise "Young Folks"? Yeah, the drumbeat is good, but it's a pure garden variety funk beat. Then I get to thinking that the whistle hook is the most anoying thing ever. But then come the most snively indie boy vocals in the world. Is the girl going to be better? No. She's just as bad, if not worse. And the video confirms my suspicions that everyone involved has Downs Sydrome.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link

the reverend dollarstore on 'young folks'; i don't think i voted for a worst song but if i had it would have been that twee retarded piece of shit. and i haven't even seen the video, i'll file that under DO NOT WANT.

― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link

I should play that "Ring The Alarm" really loud (the Tenor Saw song, no problem)? It find it rather grating at low volumes, and can't really picture it getting better louder.

I could have filled my list with other songs I liked, but those were just the ones I truly loved. I find myself obsessing over a smaller selection of things after sampling the great hordes of stuff, and it is that small selection I want to recognize for lists like this.

I also like to impose silly rules; in this case, no singles off albums if I really like more than one track, thus no T.I. or Nelly Furtado.

― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link

I'm agreeing with Lex and The Reverend here - "Young Folks" doesn't coalesce into anything I want to hear. "Amsterdam", on the other hand, totally works for me, though I can't explain why.

― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:07 (sixteen years ago) link

the reverend dollarstore on 'young folks'; i don't think i voted for a worst song but if i had it would have been that twee retarded piece of shit.

OTM

― groovemaaan, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link

Plz explain your 'dollarstore' usage, because you're totally confusing me...I mean, I get the nature of it, but I don't get why you used it where you used it. THX!

― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link

And BTW, I hate the TVOTR album except for those two songs, which both are awesome...In general, TVOTR is better in theory than in practice; those ("I Was a Lover" and "Wolf Like Me") are the only two songs where they really live up to my expectations...off that album, at least

― Tape Store, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link

i'd have thought that 'ring the alarm' loud would have just emphasised its screechiness! i loved it on first listen but i suspect that if anything helps one appreciate it, it's the mental video.

"dollarstore" = variant of on the money, right? i dunno.

― lex pretend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:27 (sixteen years ago) link

Well, yeah, the video, too.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 12 May 2007 20:29 (sixteen years ago) link

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