Poptimists Top 40 Of 2007 Part 7

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Right, here's the full list - INCLUDING those tracks that got more than 1 vote but didn't place in the Top 40. The huuuuuuge list of tracks that got 1 vote only will follow in a couple of hours.

52. Charlotte Hatherley - "Behave"
51. Patrick Wolf - "The Magic Position"
50. Battles - "Atlas"
49. Trina - "Single Again"
48. Eve - "Tambourine"
47. Enrique Iglesias - "Do You Know (The Ping Pong Song)"
46. Gui Boratto - "Beautiful Life"
45. Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"
44. Siobhan Donaghy - "Don't Give It Up"
43. Art Brut - "Direct Hit"
42. Amy Winehouse - "Rehab"
41. Cobra Starship - "Guilty Pleasure"
40. FEIST - "My Moon My Man (Boyz Noize Remix")
39. CASSIE - "Turn The Lights Off"
38. KATE NASH - "Foundations"
37. RIHANNA - "Lemme Get That"
36. CORTNEY TIDWELL - "Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan's Objects In Space Remix)"
35. ROISIN MURPHY - "Overpowered"
34. MIA - "Jimmy"
33. TIMBALAND ft KERI HILSON - "The Way I Are"
32. NELLY FURTADO - "Say It Right"
31. KLAXONS - "Golden Skans"
30. ASHLEY TISDALE - "Not Like That"
29. NATASHA BEDINGFIELD - "I Wanna Have Your Babies"
28. ALY & AJ - "Blush"
27. CASSIE - "Is It You?"
26. DRAGONETTE - "Competition"
25. COBRA STARSHIP - "Damn You Look Good And I'm Drunk (Scandalous)"
24. DIZZEE RASCAL - "Pussy'ole (Old Skool)"
23. FALL OUT BOY - "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race"
22. LLOYD ft LIL WAYNE - "You"
21. THE SOUNDS - "Tony The Beat (Rex The Dog Remix)
20. T2 ft JODIE AYSHA - "Heartbroken"
19. MIA - "Boyz"
18. GIRLS ALOUND - "Sexy! No No No"
17. FREEMASONS ft BAILEY TZUKE - "Uninvited"
16. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - "Someone Grebt"
15. GROOVE ARMADA ft MUTYA BUENA - "Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)"
14. KANYE WEST - "Stronger"
13. BRITNEY SPEARS - "Get Naked (I Has A Plan)
12. LIL MAMA - "Lip Gloss"
11. FALL OUT BOY - "The Take Over, The Break's Over"
10. AMERIE - "Gotta Work"
9. GIRLS ALOUD - "Call The Shots"
8. MIA - "Paper Planes"
7. KLEERUP ft ROBYN - "With Every Heartbeat"
6. MILEY CYRUS - "See You Again"
5. BRITNEY SPEARS - "Gimme More"
4. AVRIL LAVIGNE - "Girlfriend"

3. BRITNEY SPEARS - "Piece Of Me" (56 pts)

Gimme moar NON-DISABLED EMBEDDING PLS. Multiple Britney lookalikes in nightclub toilets or something. Derriere. Magazine.

2. ALY AND AJ - "The Potential Break-Up Song" (71 pts)

They want their stuff back. Arty!

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1. RIHANNA ft JAY-Z - "Umbrella" (133 pts)

Yes, that is more than #2 and #3 put together. Ay ay ay!

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Comments

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

and also this is the 2nd time that a poptimist thread has ignored Jay-Z's male rapping contribution to Umbrella! :-)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Not ignored!! I was just not counting it as a "lead vocal"

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Fair nuff - it is amusing to think of it as a reflection on the redundancy of the rap tho :)

I saw the video twice on Hits!TV yesterday - it's still well poor (apart from the 'all you need and moaaaar' bit which made me CRY the second time round! Still! After 100000x listens!) but I keep noticing new things about the SONG each time. Like how Jay-Z calls her 'Ree-harner' instead of 'Ree-anner'.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I pretty much know the Jay-Z rap off by heart, but it's got to the stage where I've heard it so much that I have no idea whether it's any good or not.

People say the Lil' Mama remix is better, and her rap is obv better, but it misses Rihanna's second verse :(

[koganbot]

I prefer the original because it's got more of the basic song itself, despite my liking for Miss Umbuberella Mama. I basically forget that Jay-Z has anything to do with this, since once he's done with the starting rap he's gone. If you took his rap out the song would be better, but it doesn't get in the way, is just an intro.

[edgeofwhatever.livejournal.com]

Actually, if you take his rap out it's kind of boring. I (badly) stitched together the intro from the Jayless version (which has a slightly different/annoying mix on Rihanna's vocals) and Rihanna's vocals from the single version (which is just better) to see if it made a difference, and Jay-free it's just...off.