ILM's Top 77 Tracks of 2022: 17th Anniversary Edition

Jordan S., take your flowers!

been loving ruger - "girlfriend" ... just a sublime song

― J0rdan S., vrijdag 8 juli 2022 22:10

of course, I knew better:

“Girlfriend” spells out his cock bandit persona times two. it’s a great song, but I love “WeWe”, another new track on his upgraded The Second Wave EP even better

(and equally of course, I was wrong, because "Girlfriend" has the hook of the year - but "WeWe" remains an absolute stunner too)

top marks to the pollrunners, ofc! patience under assail and fine images alike

holy shit what a top 3

Maybe Rema is the least interesting song for me in the top 3 but it was one of my favorite mainstream hits of the year or at least one of the few that didn’t make me want to switch stations.

I think forks has taken off but here’s the link to the results on Google: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kYFwb3ju5ZnK1T8nJkOKmfqtQYoMej0Gf5Wu0c3uHLk/edit?usp=sharing

thanks to the poll runners!

Hearing both 'Girlfriend' and 'Calm Down' for I think the first time is among other things making me wish DaVido's 'Aye' could've won in 2014 (that was just as romantic a jam but a fair bit faster with it).

capital V there is some weird thing I can't stop doing ha ha

thank you pollrunners! seandalai, moka and forks, you have done an exceptional job on all fronts.

singling out forks for today, the buildup along this fully unpredictable top ten was masterful, with maximum suspense. I absolutely loved it!

(oh, and on a totally unrelated note: what a great result! is afropop the new scandiwave?)

(oh, and am I still allowed to complain? there has been waaay too little amapiano!)

You certainly can’t complain about the lack of afropop recognition this year ;)

1 | Ruger - Girlfriend | 451 | 14 | 1
2 | Rema - Calm Down | 389 | 14 | 1
3 | Hikaru Utada - Somewhere Near Marseilles | 376 | 15 | 0
4 | Big Thief - Spud Infinity | 376 | 9 | 1
5 | DJ Python - Angel | 350 | 11 | 1
6 | Sudan Archives - Freakalizer | 317 | 9 | 1
7 | Harry Styles - As It Was | 316 | 9 | 1
8 | Tove Lo - No One Dies From Love | 305 | 8 | 0
9 | NewJeans - Ditto | 277 | 9 | 2
10 | Sudan Archives - Selfish Soul | 276 | 9 | 0
11 | Sevyn Streeter - 23 | 258 | 11 | 0
12 | Duke Deuce ft. Glorilla - JUST SAY THAT | 257 | 8 | 0
13 | Burna Boy - Last Last | 244 | 8 | 0
14 | Shygirl - Firefly | 238 | 8 | 0
15 | Destroyer - June | 234 | 7 | 1
16 | Real Lies - An Oral History Of My First Kiss | 232 | 6 | 0
17 | SZA - Kill Bill | 231 | 8 | 0
18 | The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field | 226 | 7 | 0
19 | Ethel Cain - American Teenager | 225 | 6 | 3
20 | Braxe + Falcon ft. Panda Bear - Step by Step | 224 | 7 | 2
21 | Caroline Polachek - Billions | 219 | 7 | 0
22 | Rosalía - Saoko | 216 | 8 | 0
23 | Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero | 208 | 7 | 0
24 | Real Lies - Dream On | 206 | 7 | 0
25 | Jessie Ware - Free Yourself | 204 | 9 | 0
26 | Big Thief - Simulation Swarm | 204 | 6 | 0
27 | Vitesse X - Us Ephemeral (George Clanton Remix) | 200 | 7 | 0
28 | Beth Orton - Friday Night | 195 | 7 | 0
29 | Men I Trust - Billy Toppy | 192 | 7 | 0
30 | KH - Looking at Your Pager | 189 | 7 | 0
31 | Paramore - This Is Why | 186 | 7 | 0
32 | Nilüfer Yanya - stabilise | 184 | 6 | 0
33 | Sudan Archives - Home Maker | 181 | 7 | 0
34 | Karol G - Provenza | 174 | 6 | 1
35 | Mondo Grosso ft. Hikari Mitsushima - In This World (Extended) | 174 | 6 | 0
35 | The Garden - Freight Yard | 174 | 6 | 0
37 | The 1975 - Part of the Band | 170 | 5 | 0
38 | death’s dynamic shroud - Messe de E-102 | 169 | 5 | 1
39 | Ibibio Sound Machine - Protection From Evil | 168 | 5 | 0
40 | Arctic Monkeys - There'd Better Be A Mirrorball | 167 | 8 | 0
41 | Lady Aicha & Pisko Crane's Original Fulu Miziki of Kinshasa - Kraut | 167 | 6 | 0
42 | Carly Rae Jepsen ft. Rufus Wainwright - The Loneliest Time | 162 | 6 | 1
43 | Lil Yachty - Poland | 162 | 6 | 0
43 | Skeng - London | 162 | 6 | 0
45 | Omah Lay - Never Forget | 161 | 6 | 0
46 | ice spice - munch (feelin u) | 160 | 6 | 0
47 | Momma - Speeding 72 | 160 | 5 | 0
48 | Carly Rae Jepsen - Western Wind | 159 | 6 | 0
49 | Shabason & Krgovich - In The Middle of The Day | 157 | 6 | 0
50 | NIKI - High School in Jakarta | 154 | 5 | 1
51 | Objekt - Bad Apples | 154 | 5 | 0
52 | Confidence Man - Holiday | 152 | 4 | 1
53 | chat pile - why? | 148 | 5 | 0
54 | Oliver Sim - Hideous | 146 | 5 | 1
55 | The Beths - Silence is Golden | 144 | 6 | 0
56 | Sky Ferreira - Don't Forget | 143 | 5 | 0
57 | The Center for Understanding New Trigonometries - Common Shapes and Uncommon Shapes | 141 | 5 | 0
58 | Two Shell - Home | 140 | 6 | 0
59 | The Soft Pink Truth - Sunwash | 140 | 5 | 0
60 | koffee - pull up | 139 | 6 | 0
61 | beabadoobee - talk | 139 | 5 | 0
62 | Carla Morrison - Diamantes | 138 | 4 | 1
63 | Alex G - Runner | 137 | 6 | 0
64 | Vigro Deep ft. Murumba Pitch & Lady Du - Asijabule | 136 | 3 | 0
65 | Horsegirl - Anti-glory | 135 | 6 | 0
65 | Panda Bear/Sonic Boom - Edge of the Edge | 135 | 6 | 0
67 | Alvvays - Pomeranian Spinster | 135 | 4 | 0
68 | Beyoncé - Virgo's Groove | 132 | 4 | 1
69 | Carly Rae Jepsen - Talking to Yourself | 131 | 4 | 1
70 | Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - It Hit Me | 128 | 4 | 0
71 | Bad Bunny - Tití Me Preguntó | 127 | 4 | 0
71 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs ft. Perfume Genius - Spitting Off the Edge of the World | 127 | 4 | 0
73 | Asake - Peace Be Unto You (PBUY) | 126 | 5 | 0
74 | Perfume - Spinning World | 124 | 4 | 1
75 | Wet Leg - Ur Mum | 123 | 4 | 0
76 | DJ Sofa - So Soft | 121 | 5 | 0
77 | tops - perfected steps | 120 | 5 | 0
78 | Beth Orton - Weather Alive | 120 | 4 | 0
79 | Asake ft. Burna Boy - Sungba (Remix) | 118 | 4 | 1
80 | Caroline Polachek - Sunset | 118 | 4 | 0
81 | Hatchie - Lights Out | 118 | 3 | 0
82 | Sudan Archives - NBPQ (Topless) | 116 | 4 | 1
83 | Jamie XX - Let's Do It Again | 116 | 3 | 0
84 | Raye ft. 070 Shake - Escapism. | 114 | 5 | 0
85 | Red Velvet - Feel My Rhythm | 114 | 3 | 0
86 | Fever Ray - What They Call Us | 113 | 3 | 1
87 | Tyla - To Last | 112 | 5 | 0
88 | Little Simz - Gorilla | 112 | 4 | 0
88 | Megan Thee Stallion - Her | 112 | 4 | 0
90 | Veeze - let it fly | 112 | 3 | 1
91 | Kendrick Lamar - Rich Spirit | 111 | 6 | 0
92 | Rhyw - Honey Badger | 111 | 4 | 1
93 | Sza - Shirt | 110 | 3 | 1
94 | Charli XCX - Yuck | 110 | 3 | 0
94 | Hyolyn - Over You | 110 | 3 | 0
96 | Dry Cleaning - Gary Ashby | 107 | 4 | 0
97 | Angel Olsen - Big Time | 106 | 5 | 0
98 | Phoenix ft. Ezra Koenig - Tonight | 106 | 4 | 1
99 | Beyoncé - Break My Soul | 106 | 4 | 0
99 | Jim Legxacy - dj | 106 | 4 | 0

get acquainted with Ruger’s entry in the 2023 EOY:

”Asiwaju”

78 | Beth Orton - Weather Alive | 120 | 4 | 0
80 | Caroline Polachek - Sunset | 118 | 4 | 0
83 | Jamie XX - Let's Do It Again | 116 | 3 | 0
86 | Fever Ray - What They Call Us | 113 | 3 | 1
88 | Little Simz - Gorilla | 112 | 4 | 0
91 | Kendrick Lamar - Rich Spirit | 111 | 6 | 0
96 | Dry Cleaning - Gary Ashby | 107 | 4 | 0

would've particularly liked these all to have been 10 or 20 higher

Voted for the wrong Veeze track :(

Also, godspeed Tyla we almost made it.

“Sungba” got 79’d :-(
“To Last” got 87’d :-(

“Break My Soul” at 99 - that’s just perfect

Surprised “rich spirit” didn’t made it. Thought there was heavier consensus about that one.

Great poll! I think Somewhere Near Marseilles is my personal #1 of the top 3.

itching for the ballots thread already as ever

mega grateful to this poll for introducing me to "somewhere near marseilles," i would have been caning that if i'd known about it. perfect for a slopeside party this saturday!

thank you Forks and Moka!

If I were to re-arrange the top 10 by personal favorites I’d probably rank them as

1. Somewhere near marseilles
2. Freakalizer
3. Angel
4. Girlfriend
5. Selfish Soul
6. Calm Down
7. Ditto
8. Tove lo
9. Spud infinity
10. Harry styles

Overall a strong top 10 imho

just discovered there's a seriously lovely Arabic version of "Calm Down".

it's by Rachid Aseyakhe

Well idk probably Girlfriend in my own top 3 from these. It’s lovely.

It shouldn’t be but it is. Such a smooth track.

Btw Hikaru Utada album has two more tracks produced by Floating Points. They’re more pop than house but they’re good too!

wow "calm down" scans really well in arabic haha

That Arabic version of Calm Down is great!

live footage from Naija -
the news just got in

Halfway through maybe only my second listen of 'Angel' and I remember the first time thinking yeah cool I'll put it in my 2022 ah wait maybe he did something else I'll like even more then getting distracted. Loved 'Lampara' from a few years back too.

Somewhere Near Marseilles has gotten a big thumbs-up from my not-so-easily-impressed companion here!

obviously whatever on this because nothing i voted for even made top ten. but i found a ton of great stuff yet again thanks to you lot!

and one more round for sean, forks, and moka. well done + much appreciated!

^^^^^^^^

98 | Phoenix ft. Ezra Koenig - Tonight | 106 | 4 | 1

I can’t remember if this was my #1 but probably

Thanks to the poll runners for making it happen!

yes thanks to moka, forks, and seandalai

Thank you pollrunners, this year's tracks rollout has been a good one, had no idea what was going to place and discovered some great tracks ('Last Last' in particular).

Passing the ball to seandali for the ballots thread

14 voters deciding the best song of 2022 for all of ILM … what is this, a U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?

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Thanks again pollrunners! Couldn't even vaguely follow the thread this week so I have much reading, image-gazing and playlist-listening in my future...

I guess I haven't been paying attention (and I didn't vote this year), but I'm a little surprised "Break My Soul" didn't make it. I don't have strong feelings about Beyonce, but that song has always struck me as an undeniable jam. Did people just want to avoid the obvious critical favorite?

I'm surprised it didn't make it but I don't especially like the song either so

I'm guessing everyone picked their favorite cut on the Beyonce album and split the votes (I had a different one on mine, Break My Soul is definitely not my fave).

as far as Beyoncé in 2023 goes (and as someone that listed Renaissance as #1 in the album poll) I would only have countenanced a vote for the Queens Remix of "Break My Soul", despite the original technically being my most played track of 2022 (this is because it was released before the album, so I played it a bit then, and then once the album itself arrived it demanded a complete listen from beginning to end every single time, so, there wasn't much opportunity for any other track to beat it out in scrobble count).

A great song but I'd pick, like, 12 other tracks from the album over it easily. "Cuff It" not getting a single vote is more surprising to me honestly.

"Cuff It" wasn't nommed

I spent barely seconds on nominations this time, but I doubt I've had two of them ("Saoko" and "Gary Asby") making the top 100 before. Finger secretly very much on the pulse, lol.

I'm surprised it didn't make it but I don't especially like the song either so

― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Wednesday, February 22, 2023 7:11 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

sorry, "Cuff It" was nommed. I guess the only way to know is to show all posts on the nominations thread.

Giving my head a shake.

ILX is officially an anti-Beyonce zone