ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2017

Looks bleak for any dancehall or soca noms - guess artists like Shenseea or Bunji Garlin having strong years contributed to vote-splitting etc :/

4 of my 25 have placed, not expecting my #1 to place now. Of the others on my list the only ones I think may place are Tove Lo and The Black Madonna.

ooh yeah Black Madonna almost certainly I would think

I'm expecting something by Julien Baker to show up, but that might end up only doing well in the albums poll.

Handy recap for ur criticisms...

77 LUIS FONSI ft. DADDY YANKEE "Despacito" [146 points, 8 votes]
76 AVALON EMERSON "One More Fluorescent Rush" [149 points, 7 votes]
75 MINOR SCIENCE "Volumes" [150 points, 5 votes]
74 GOLDLINK ft. BRENT FAIYAZ & SHY GLIZZY "Crew" [151 points, 5 votes]
73 KELELA "LMK" [151 points, 7 votes]
72 LAUREL HALO "Moontalk" [152 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote]
71 TORNADO WALLACE ft. SUI ZHEN "Today" [153 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote]
70 TAYLOR ALXNDR "Nightwork" [153 points, 6 votes]
69 KEDR LIVANSKIY "Ariadna" [156 points, 5 votes]
TIE-67 BULLION "Blue Pedro" [158 points, 5 votes]
TIE-67 TWICE "Likey" [158 points, 5 votes]
66 BLACKPINK "As If It's Your Last" [159 points, 6 votes]
65 FRENCH MONTANA ft. SWAE LEE "Unforgettable" [160 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote]
TIE-63 THE MOUNTAIN GOATS "Wear Black" [160 points, 6 votes]
TIE-63 JESSIE WARE "Midnight" [160 points, 6 votes]
62 TAYLOR SWIFT "Look What You Made Me Do" [163 points, 5 votes]
61 BRIAN ENO with KEVIN SHIELDS "Only Once Away My Son" [163 points, 6 votes]

TIE-59 DRAKE "Passionfruit" [164 points, 8 votes]
TIE-59 CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG "Deadly Valentine (Soulwax Remix)" [164 points, 8 votes] [80 points for original]
58 BURIAL "Rodent" [165 points, 7 votes]
57 JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT "If We Were Vampires" [166 points, 4 votes, 1 first place vote]
56 NILÜFER YANYA "Baby Luv" [168 points, 5 votes]
TIE-54 YEMI ALADE "Mon Lo" [170 points, 5 votes]
TIE-54 L'RAIN "Which Fork/I'll Be" [170 points, 5 votes]
53 THE XX "I Dare You" [170 points, 6 votes]
52 MAMA "Unmask Me" [172 points, 4 votes] [48 points for "(Ashley Beedle Vocal Mix)"]
51 ST. VINCENT "New York" [172 points, 8 votes]
50 PATRICE BÄUMEL "Glutes" [175 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote]
49 KAMASI WASHINGTON "Truth" [176 points, 7 votes]
48 DESTROYER "Tinseltown Swimming In Blood" [177 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote]
47 DUA LIPA ft. MIGUEL "Lost In Your Light" [179 points, 5 votes, 2 first place votes]
46 CHILDISH GAMBINO "Redbone" [181 points, 6 votes]
45 BICEP "Aura" [182 points, 8 votes]
44 LOOΠΔ/ODD EYE CIRCLE "Girl Front" [187 points, 7 votes]
43 ATELJE "50/50" [197 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote]
42 LITTLE BIG TOWN "Lost In California" [202 points, 5 votes, 1 first place vote]
41 WOLF ALICE "Don't Delete The Kisses" [202 points, 8 votes]

40 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM "Oh Baby" [208 points, 8 votes]
39 CHROMATICS "Shadow" [213 points, 9 votes]
38 RICHARD DAWSON "Ogre" [216 points, 5 votes, 2 first place votes]
37 RED VELVET "Red Flavor" [220 points, 7 votes]
36 PLAYBOI CARTI "Magnolia" [228 points, 7 votes]
35 MONDO GROSSO "Labyrinth" [231 points, 6 votes, 1 first place vote]
34 J HUS "Did You See" [234 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
33 S.A.M. "Pour Aisha" [236 points, 6 votes]
32 ALGIERS "The Underside Of Power" [238 points, 11 votes]
31 KELELA "Frontline" [244 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
30 ALVVAYS "In Undertow" [250 points, 8 votes]
29 LOOΠΔ/YVES "New" [250 points, 8 votes, 1 first place vote]
28 KARA-LIS COVERDALE "Grafts" [256 points, 7 votes, 1 first place vote]
27 OCTO OCTA "Adrift (Avalon Emerson's Furiously Awake Version)" [269 points, 9 votes] [93 points for original]
26 LORDE "The Louvre" [271 points, 8 votes]
25 SERGE BEYNAUD "Akrakabo" [276 points, 8 votes, 2 first place votes]
24 LIL UZI VERT "XO Tour Llif3" [280 points, 12 votes, 1 first place vote]
23 SUSANNE SUNDFØR "Undercover" [284 points, 9 votes, 1 first place vote]
22 YAEJI "Drink I'm Sippin On" [286 points, 11 votes]
21 LORDE "Green Light" [295 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]

20

bicep's glue could still show up

can't imagine it won't

at least 4 of mine have placed, possibly more. can't complain.

i have learned that lorde is not for me

Big For Your Boots by Stormzy is definitely placing in the top 20, maybe top 10 given he had no other songs nominated when I last looked.

Given the amount of bobbins in the list already then The Black Madonna's He Is The Voice That I Hear is in with a shout.

Reserve at least one place for whatever Carly Rae Jepsen released last year, because this is ILM. I'd guess Lemon by NERD/Rihanna and at least one Fever Ray as well.

I imagine Julien Baker got badly vote split, she had so many noms (I voted for "Funeral Pyre")

There's also a song I kind of expect to place that will likely be met with a lot of groans and comments about the album being disappointing and ILM voting on autopilot.

I think we have a very solid idea of the top 20 between the last few posts, hoping we all lose our minds tomorrow tho

can't imagine Lemon will place

i guess it's not impossible that another xx song shows up now but idk if there's room for it

Yeah I think there'll be an obligatory Lindstrom as well.

so i'm hardly surprised not to see any eminem but is no one repping Jay-Z any more?

the album will place for sure

I don't think anyone really liked the Lindstrom this year?

I'd be gutted if no soca placed. don't have my list with me but I'm sure I voted for Take Ah Bathe. Won't place though. Been such a great year for Caribbean music in general but maybe no clear standouts

lol 5 of my votes placed today. welcome to the hivemind, me.

I don't think anyone really liked the Lindstrom this year?

― ufo,

Yeah, the Lindstrom album was really disappointing.

ahhhhhh i forgot to vote for Take Ah Bathe, my bad

is no one repping Jay-Z any more?

ILM doesn't use Tidal.

Well except for that one guy who shows up in the Spotify thread to complain.

xp for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPo59ezlNVU

agh, that was not meant to post the youtube, apologies

xp

i think that guy was banned for being psycho

I was following on from MarkoP's post. Can't think what else he might be referring to except maybe the Arcade Fire and if they show up this year then I'm deleting ILM.

Go stand in the corner and think about what you've done, forks.

I assumed Malibu by Miley Cyrus would be in here somewhere. I'd be surprised if it was this high though.

Two of my votes so far. I am only expecting one more to show up for sure.

Starting to lose hope for Melanin :/

I think there's a chance for another Wolf Alice track, but maybe most of the people who would have voted for it just voted for the album.

feel like "feel it coming" missed its moment last year

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, January 24, 2018 12:08 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

then again i would've said this about childish garbaggio or whatever

― flamenco drop (BradNelson),

made my P&J ballot, part of my moment last year.

Melanin was a step too far into gloop territory for me

i guess you still feel it coming alfred

Predictions for top 20:

Bicep - Glue
saer - ::_::
Julien Baker (Appointments)
XCX
Kendrick
Slowdive - Sugar for the Pill
Lindström/J Hval

Probabaly not?
Aldous Harding - Imagining My Man
Superpitcher: vote split victim?

was hoping hurtin’ me would show up or does everyone hate that or something?

is there a link for that saer track? I actually meant to go back and sort those out; I loved watching that drive through the rain video after returning from a trip to the peak district in June

@Matt DC, Much more ILM friendly than Arcade Fire. Could be overestimating its chances of showing up in the top 20, or even the levels of groans it would receive.

ILM's gonna go nuts when thanks to LJ, Jute Gyte go top 10

i didn't know there was a consensus saer track or woulda voted that way

That was a terrible day today. k-pop really is not my cup of tea. It is pretty unbelievable but i guess the richard dawson middle ages folk song was my fave. I by no means like that kind of music very much but it made for a nice change after all that bloody contemporary stuff. Tomorrow can only be better, yesterday was quite decent. That kamasi washington track was godlike, phantastic cosmic-mystic pharoah sanders vibes.

is there a link for that saer track? I actually meant to go back and sort those out; I loved watching that drive through the rain video after returning from a trip to the peak district in June

― rob, Wednesday, January 24, 2018 7:45 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I nommed this one

bloody contemporary stuff

lmao

I've liked a lot of stuff all three days of the poll, maybe the most stuff I've vibed with ever

thanks LBI! it was "back in time for tea" I was talking about earlier--this is nice too

'back in time for tea' too is brilliant

Would be surprised if Cut To The Feeling missed out on the 77 altogether so perhaps that is still to come.

And more than five ilxors voted for Boys too surely?

no way in hell does CRJ not make it

Selena Gomez probably?