the...poll...that...counts...

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

The Top 40 Singles poll for May saw the Pet Shop Boys and Hot Chip emerge as most popular hits with 'I'm With Stupid' and 'Boy From School' respectively, both accumulating 16 votes (but only 50% vote share) each. A gaggle of songs followed on 13 votes a piece.

Now the next Top 40 poll won't take place until the first Tuesday of July so in the meantime I am wondering, as we are now halfway through the year, what your favourite NON-TOP 40 tracks of the year so far are. Submit your choices (MAXIMUM OF THREE PLEASE) in the comments box and they will go into a poll next week, the results of which will combine with the existing Top 40 singles poll to assist us in establishing Poptimists most popular new songs of 2006. You had better believe this will be the most exhilirating experience of both yours and my life.

What are your one, two or three favourite songs from this year that DIDN'T get in the official UK top 40 singles chart?

Comments

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

my 3:

The Knife - We Share Our Mothers Health
El Perro Del Mar - I Can't Talk About It
Zeigeist - Tarheart

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I'm going to hold off on The Knife as it's being released pretty soon and might go top 40!

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

only just realised my three are ALL from Sweden!

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Ellen Allien And Apparat - Way Out
Scritti Politti - Robin Hood
Scritti Politti - Petrococadollar

[zenith.livejournal.com]

The first three that spring to mind (which means I'm probably neglecting January-March), are:

Fox 'N' Wolf - In Yr Underwear
(This may have surfaced in 2005, I have no idea, the internet confuses me.)

TI - What You Know
(This hasn't been a single in the UK yet, has it?)

Spank Rock - Backyard Betty
(SO HARD to choose between this and a couple of other Spank Rock tunes, so if anyone else nominates a different song, I might switch, tactially...)

[juror8.livejournal.com]

TI is being released this week, and should just about sneak into the top 40.

[miss-newham.livejournal.com]

I'm with boyofbadgers on 'Robin Hood', and I like 'Destroy everything you touch' by Ladytron really rather a lot, but don't know whether it charted. And also, um, I've forgotten.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Jo! I have been listening to yr Danish CD! I like the Superheroes track v much...

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

Destroy everything i think DID chart, but last year

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

I like 'Destroy everything you touch' by Ladytron really rather a lot

I refer you to my end-of-year review for 2005 (http://bengraham.livejournal.com/138618.html#cutid4)!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Ellen Allien & Apparat - Way Out
Booka Shade - In White Rooms
Uffie - Ready To Uff

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Actually scrap the Allien, Ricky T has already nominated it so it will go into the poll anyway. To replace it I choose:

Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Relevée (Carl Craig rmx)

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

having finally heard Orchestra of Bubble i'm a little baffled by the strength of feeling for it. it's OK (and Way Out is a lovely choon) but it's not setting my world on fire - not that much else is. i described it in the pub as "good old fashioned electronica" which feels about right.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

How did you hear it? Cos I reckon it will sound much less interesting when compressed to 192kps. This is big system music - the bass and the detail in the sound field are both v.important.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

"good old fashioned electronica" - I had a similar thought to this. For some reason the LP reminds me of Orbital. (Not a comparison one could ever have made with respect to anything in Ellen's back catalogue. I think we should not discount Apparat's contribution to the sound of OOB.)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Ellen Allieng has already been bagsied, so I'll go for:

Lily Allen - LDN (limited edition 7" release innit - I'm sure it'll be rereleased in the summer)

Ar5e. Can't think of anything else!

Oh I know, Troy Pierce - 25 Bitches.

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Seeing as the Knife has already been taken, here are mine:

Barbara Morgenstern - The Operator
Marit Larsen - Don't Save Me
Morningwood - Nth Degree

[avv.livejournal.com]

The Research - Lonely Hearts Still Beat The Same

Have no idea if it made the top 40, suspect it probably didn't.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

according to http://www.polyhex.com/music/chartruns/chartruns.php

'Lonely Hearts Still Beat The Same' reached #50 in February.

it's a bit of a grower i must say.

[juror8.livejournal.com]

Silvia Night- Congratulations
Tom Russell- Stealing Electricity
Bubba Sparxxx- The Other Side

[mindtaker-cro.livejournal.com]

Keri Hilson - Where Did He Go
Ashanti - Still On It (Juicy Joints Vocal Mix)
Kelly Rowland - Flashback

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Scritti Politti - 'The Boom Boom Bap'
Shimura Curves - 'Stronger'
Scott Walker - 'Clara'

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

Do they have to be singles??

1. Dragonforce - Trail of Brokenhearts
2. Ms John Soda - Hands
3. Polysics - Baby Bias

These are not singles as far as I am aware. I am not aware very far.

[jel-bugle.livejournal.com]

I see the problem with my selections, ignore if you like.

[koganbot]

Veronicas "4Ever"
Aly & AJ "Rush"
Young Jeezy "Trap Star"

I don't know what charted in Britain, so if "4ever" actually did go Top 40, you can replace it with Lillix's "Sweet Temptation."