Poptimists Tracks Of 2008 APPENDIX

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

First of all the complete Top 50:

1. Estelle - "American Boy"
2. Jordin Sparks ft Chris Brown - "No Air"
3. Wiley - "Wearing My Rolex"
4. Goldfrapp - "A&E"
5. Santogold - "LES Artistes"
6. MGMT - "Time To Pretend"
7. Cassie - "Official Girl"
8. Lil Wayne - "A Milli"
9. Addictive Ft T2 - "Gonna Be Mine"
10. MJ Hibbett And The Validators - "It Only Works Because You're Here"
11. Kanye West - "Love Lockdown"
12. Solange - "Sandcastle Disco"
13. Hot Chip - "Ready For The Floor"
14. Rihanna - "Disturbia"
15. Alphabeat - "Fascination"
16. Beyonce - "Single Ladies"
17. Kleerup ft Marit Bergman - "3AM"
17. Lily Allen - "The Fear"
17. Maria Daniel y Su Sonido Lasser - "Duri Duri"
20. Girls Aloud - "The Promise"
21. Kanye West - "Say You Will"
22. H2O ft Platnum - "Whats It Gonna Be"
23. Ting Tings - "That's Not My Name"
24. Ashlee Simpson - "Outta My Head"
25. Ne-Yo - "Miss Independent"
26. Lil Mama - "Shawty Get Loose"
27. Cassie - "Thirsty"
28. Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love" (including Moto Blanco Club Mix)
29. Ashlee Simpson - "Little Miss Obsessive"
30. Elbow - "One Day Like This"
31. Noah And The Whale - "5 Years Time"
32. September - "Cry For You"
33. Beyonce - "If I Were A Boy"
33. Little Boots - "Stuck On Repeat"
35. David Archuleta - "Crush"
36. Annie - "Songs Remind Me Of You"
37. Alphabeat - "Boyfriend"
38. The Feeling - "I Thought It Was Over"
39. Ciara - "Echo"
40. Kylie Minogue - "The One"
40. Mariah Carey - "Touch My Body"
42. Paleface ft Kyla - "Do You Mind (Crazy Couzinz Remix)"
43. Ida Maria - "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked"
44. Pussycat Dolls - "I Hate This Part"
45. Black Kids - "I'm Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend"
45. Pussycat Dolls - "When I Grow Up"
47. Daveigh Chase - "The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA"
47. The Veronicas - "Untouched"
49. Blackout Crew - "Put A Donk On It"
50. Britney Spears - "Womanizer"

Also qualified:
La Roux - "Quicksand"
Miley Cyrus - "Fly On The Wall"
Cyndi Lauper - "Into The Nightlife"
Scooter - "Jumping All Over The World"
Frankmusik - "3 Little Words"
Scooter - "The Question Is What Is The Question"
T Pain - "Can't Believe It"
The Killers - "Human"
Ladyhawke - "Back Of The Van"
Vampire Weekend - "A Punk"
Kid Rock - "All Summer Long"
Alphabeat - "10000 Nights (Brodinski & Yuksek Mix)"
Danity Kane - "Bad Girl"
Mystery Jets - "Two Doors Down"
Fleet Foxes - "White Winter Hymnal"
Keane - "Spiralling"
Duffy - "Mercy"
MIA - "Paper Planes"
Miley Cyrus - "See You Again"

And now the tracks which got 1 vote each:

12 Points

Audio Bullys Gimme That Punk
Battlelore Guardians
Brandy 1st And Love
Brooke White Let It Be
Cassie Is It You
Elizabeth Carew Destructive
Glasvegas Fuck You, It's Over
Gwen Stefani Early Winter
Hercules And Love Affair Blind
Jamey Johnston High Cost Of Living
Kanye West Flashing Lights
Kathleen Edwards I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory
Lady Gaga Just Dance
Ludo Love Me Dead
McFly Corrupted
The Smittens Half My Heart Beats
Weezer Pork And Beans
Wiley If You're Going Out I'm Going Out Too
Wookie ft Ny Fallin Again

10 points

Aryeon Beneath The Waves
Ashlee Simpson Follow You Wherever You Go
Erykah Badu The Healer
Flo Rida Low
Girls Aloud Untouchable
Girlschool Spend Spend Spend
Hello Saferide X Telling Me About The Loss Of Something Dear At Age 16
Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire
Late Of The Pier Space And The Woods/Focker
Lykke Li Little Bit
Marit Larsen This Is Me, This Is You
Matias Aguayo Minimal
Midnight Juggernauts Into The Galaxy
Neon Neon Dream Cars
T Pain Chopped And Skrewed
The New Royal Family IWISHIWASGay
The School I Want You Back
Tinchy Stryder Stryderman
Yael Naim New Soul

8 points

Beyonce Halo
Grace Jones Williams Blood
Jay-Z Roc Boys
Ladyhawke My Delerium
Perempay & Dee In The Air
Portishead Machine Gun
Stereolab Three Women
Sugababes About You Now
The Music Tapes Minister Of Longitude
The School I Don't Believe In Love
Vampire Weekend Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Vampire Weekend Walcott

7 points

Biffy Clyro Mountains
Booka Shade Charlotte
Demi Lovato Mercy On Me
Empire Of The Sun We Are The People
Ex-Otago Rhythm Of The Night
Freemasons Uninvited
La Caza Azul La Revolucion Sexual
Midnight Juggernauts Road To Recovery
Nas Y'All My Niggas
Pocketbooks Falling Leaves
Sara Bareilles Love Song
She And Him Why Do You Let Me Stay Here
Solange I Decided (Freemasons Remix)
The Whitest Boy Alive Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)
This Will Destroy You A Three-Legged Workhorse

6 points

Be Your Own Pet Becky
Born Ruffians I Need A Life (Four Tet Remix)
Buraka Som Sistema Sound Of Kuduro
Das Pop Fool For Love (Aeroplane Mix)
Deerhunter Nothing Ever Happened
Elbow Grounds For Divorce
Goldfrapp Clowns
Heidi Montag No More
Hot Chip Shake A Fist
IAMX Think Of England
John Legend Green Light
Jordin Sparks Tattoo (Jason Nevins Remix)
Keri Hilson Energy
MGMT Electric Feel
Operator Please Leave It Alone
Paul Heaton God Bless Texas
Pink So What
Pixie Lott Moma Do
Pussycat Dolls Halo
Rihanna Rehab
Sway ft Stush F Ur X
The Galvatrons When We Were Kids
The Raconteurs Top Yourself

5 points

Ani Lorak Shady Lady
Britney Spears Unusual You
BWO Lay Your Love On Me
Cool Kids What Up Man
Disco Ensemble Headphones
Friendly Fires Paris (Aeroplane Remix)
Hot Chip Hold On
Islands J'Aime Vous Voir Quitter
Kish Mauve Lose Control (Fred Falke Remix)
Little Jackie 28 Butts
MGMT Kids
Oasis Shock Of The Lightning
Phil Vassar Love Is A Beautiful Thing
Presets This Boy's In Love
Private Crucify My Heart
Selena Gomez Everything Is Not What It Seems
Taio Cruz Come On Girl
The Academy Is About A Girl
The Indelicates America
TI ft Rihanna Live Your Life

4 points

Bloc Party Flux
Bon Iver Loving's For Fools
Ciara High Price
Colby O'Donis What You Got
Cole Medina Love You Inside Out (The Pinches Mix)
Estelle Wait A Minute (Just A Touch)
Janet Jackson Feedback
Jenni Vartainen Toinen
Jessica Mauboy ft Flo Rida Running Back
Johnny Foreigner Salt, Pepa And Spinderella
Madonna 4 Minutes
Martina Topley-Bird Poison
Ne-Yo Closer
Ne-Yo Mad
Peter Fox Alles Neu
Sister Sin One Out Of Ten
Spiritualized Soul On Fire
Surkin Next Of Kin
The Charlatans You Cross My Path
The Owls Apocalypse
The Saturdays Up
Urbnri Young Free And Single
Vampire Weekend Oxford Comma
Willie Nelson The Bob Song

3 points

Amy Diamond Thank You
Buraka Som Sistema Kalemba
Cassie 2 The Morning
Goldfrapp Happiness
Hercules And Love Affair Hercules Theme
Jay-Z Jocking Jay-Z
Katy Perry I'm Still Breathing
Little Boots Meddle
Marit Larsen If A Song Could Get Me You
Mystery Jets Young Love
Nas Hero
Radio Slave Grindhouse Tool
Red Hot Entertainment Junior Spesh
Rihanna Take A Bow
Robyn Who's That Girl?
Scooter Does The Fish Have Chips
Sean Kingstonm Take You There
The Hold Steady Stay Positive
The Very Best Tengazako
Vanessa Hudgens Identified
Vivian Girls Where Do You Run To
Wolf Parade Language City

2 points

Annie I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me
Ballboy A Relatively Famous Victory
Cahill ft Nikki Belle Trippin On You
Cherish ft Yung Joc Killer
Chris Brown Forever
Darin ft Kat DeLuna Breathing Your Love
Flo Rida In The Ayer
Gnarls Barkeley Run
Guns N Roses Street Of Dreams
Hood Headlinaz Rollin
Katy Perry Hot N Cold
Katy Perry I Kissed A Girl
Little Jackie The World Should Revolve Around Me
Ostich Sleepy Angels
Ron Browz Pop Champagne
Seal The Right Life (Tiesto Remix)
The Indelicates Sixteen
The Raconteurs Caroline Drama
TI ft Justin Timberlake Dead And Gone
Times New Viking Times New Viking vs Yo La Tengo
TV On The Radio Golden Age
Usher Love In This Club
Van Hunt Turn My TV On
VV Brown Crying Blood

1 point!!

Agnes Carlsson On And On
Ballboy Songs For Kylie
Britney Spears Piece OF Me
Bun B Underground Thang
Danity Kane Sucka For Love
Guns N Roses Catcher In The Rye
Kara DioGuardi Heart Like Mine
Kaskade 4AM
Kelly Rowland Work (Freemasons Remix)
Kylie Minogue Wow
Mariah Carey Side Effects
Parisiin Kevat Pikku Huopalahti
The Mountain Goats Wizard Buys A Hat
The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra Thank You For Not Discussing The Outside World
TV On The Radio Dancing Choose
Will I Am Heartbreaker

Comments

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

I very nearly voted 12 points for Early Winter, but decided it was a 2007 track. How things might have been different! I am surprised there were not more stray votes for Ladyhawke either, as I had no idea 'Back of the van' was a consensus pick. Vampire Weekend clearly lost out through lack of consensus, too.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Hmm, 19/41 of voters who failed to get anyone to vote for their top track seems a marker of a diverse year as much as the drop from third to fourth place. Though of course some of them are probably protest votes:)

Forgotten notables

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Brandy 1st And Love

seriously slept on - this is presumably b/c she slipped the album out in mid-December but it is really excellent, especially this one

Kanye West Flashing Lights
Wiley If You're Going Out I'm Going Out Too

both overlooked in favour of huge-profile hits but I agree with these voters here - these are the superior songs to 'Love Lockdown' and 'Wearing My Rolex'

Wookie ft Ny Fallin Again

COME ON PEOPLE

Erykah Badu The Healer

yeah this is definitely a track of the year but it felt weird putting Erykah songs in my tracks list - New Amerykah is such a strong album qua album that removing its constituent parts seemed to do both them and it a disservice

Matias Aguayo Minimal

no me hace pumpin' pumpin' pumpin'!

Beyonce Halo

we have not seen the last of this one I feel

Perempay & Dee In The Air

COME ON PEOPLE

Sugababes About You Now

a 2007 single off a 2007 album? can we have ~some~ attention paid to dates please. I guess I eagerly await 'Freak Like Me' topping the 2010 list

Rihanna Rehab

this song is really underrated - easily the best Rihanna single release of the year (counting 'Don't Stop The Music' as 07). though the best new Rihanna product was definitely 'Haunted'.

Sway ft Stush F Ur X

feel v guilty that I didn't make room for this in my own ballot

Oasis Shock Of The Lightning

oh I see we have "prankster" votes in poptimists now!

Ciara High Price

if we do not get a video with a trillion-dollar budget for this there will be trouble

Radio Slave Grindhouse Tool

banging! my pick is the Dubfire remix

Red Hot Entertainment Junior Spesh

see, when carsmile mentioned a shock top 10 entrant, I assumed it would be this, and would have been happy to see it there...

Hood Headlinaz Rollin

tripped-out ecstasy rap ft. huge Robert Miles sample not to poptimists' taste then? :(

Ron Browz Pop Champagne

HOLY FUCK, YES, this song is addictive like nothing else. I prefer the rmx with Lil' Kim and Ludacris to the original - Ludacris TEARS THE BEAT UP. Am thinking of doing a hip-hop round-up post next week - if I do this will be in it. OHHHH! We pop champagne!

TI ft Justin Timberlake Dead And Gone

again, I eagerly await the trillion-dollar video, and request nakedness on the part of both artists

Bun B Underground Thang

yeah this is awesome - the Bun B album barely sets a foot wrong

Danity Kane Sucka For Love

I like the way the Danitys' blatantly equate physical gratification with emotions on this - their idea of a sensitive, lovelorn ballad is possibly even whorier than their idea of a whorepop banger

Mariah Carey Side Effects

really deserved more than 1pt, though tbh at this point I blame Mariah more than anyone else, because it takes a special sort of genius to eff up the promotion of an album like E=MC2

Re: Forgotten notables

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

"Sugababes About You Now" a 2007 single off a 2007 album

this was me. my vote for this said something like, i guess this will be disqualified as a 2007 track, but i only got to like it this year somehow. so it was one of my singles of the year. what can you do.

Re: Forgotten notables

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

well, what I did with the old songs I grew to love in 2008 was leave them off my 2008 list.

Re: Forgotten notables

[mcarratala.livejournal.com]

As I said last year, probably, and this year, I was stunned I was the only person to vote for it at the time. Baffling.

Re: Forgotten notables

[koganbot]

The only reason I knew about "Rollin'" was because you mentioned it somewhere, so I'm guessing most people here never got around to even finding out whether or not it was to their taste. (Or did it chart somewhere? If so, I didn't remember this event.)

Re: Forgotten notables

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I assume it charted nowhere, but I'm pretty sure I have mentioned it loads.

It's one of the consensus rap picks on ILM which is another reason I post there again.

Re: Forgotten notables

[koganbot]

Is this guy one of you lot? He just made "Pop Champagne" his profile song on his MySpace.

Re: Forgotten notables

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

No idea who that is! Ron Browz is officially the new T-Pain now though. AUTOGOON.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Wow, didn't realize "Thank You" by Amy Diamond was 2008! Also can't believe I'm the only person to vote for "Is It You?" this year -- it was my number one. I love that I can immediately tell whose #1's some of those 12-pointers were.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

(I know that most people knew about "Is It You" -- myself included -- in 2007, but I thought "Step Up 2" qualified it as official-enough in 2008.)

[gingermint.livejournal.com]

if i were counting it, "Is It You?" would probably have been my #1 (or at least #2 - i certainly spent more time with it than with "sandcastle disco," but that's mostly a function of release dates.) not that i managed to get my votes in anyway...

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

my ballot:

1. Wiley - If You're Going Out I'm Going Too (1)
2. Little Boots - Stuck On Repeat (2)
3. Portishead - Machine Gun (3)
4. Midnight Juggernauts - Road To Recovery (4)
5. Das Pop - Fool For Love (Aeroplane Mix) (35)
6. Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor (36)
7. Surkin - Next Of Kin (21)
8. Goldfrapp - Happiness (19)
9. Alphabeat - Fascination (Bimbo Jones Mix) (23)
10. Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy (14)

different to what i finalised on my blog (final positions in brackets). daft to have included MJs, Das Pop and Surkin - no chance of any of them picking up votes from anyone else, but I only spent about 5 mins thinking about the top 10 I sent in.

[koganbot]

I'm delighted that someone voted for "Running Back." Just a good solid tune on the sweet side of r&b, with a talent-show runner-up giving it her all.

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

If you didn't guess which of the 12pts was mine you get the IJ FAIL stamp.

My ballot:
12pts Weezer - 'Pork & Beans'
10pts Yael Naim - 'New Soul'
8pts Noah & The Whale - 'Five Years Time'
7pts Biffy Clyro - 'Mountains'
6pts Pink - 'So What'
5pts MIA - 'Paper Planes'
4pts Urbnri - 'Young Free & Simple'
3pts Alphabeat - '10,000 Nights'
2pts Katy Perry - 'Hot N Cold' (*astounded* that no-one else voted for this)
1pt Ida Maria - 'I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked'

Songs getting 1 vote that would be somewhere between #11 and #80 on my list

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Jay-Z - Roc Boys
Solange - I Decided (but the original, not the Freemasons mix)
Buraka Som Sistema ft. MIA et al - Sound Of Kuduro
Pink - So What
Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane Remix ft. Au Revoir Simone)*
Hot Chip - Hold On
Oasis - Shock Of The Lightning
Ciara ft. Ludacris - High Price
Jay-Z - Jocking Jay-Z
Mystery Jets w/ Laura Marling - Young Love
Red Hot Entertainment - Junior Spesh
Flo Rida ft. will.i.am - In The Ayer
Little Jackie The World Should Revolve Around Me**


*actually, I only heard this for the first time in 2009, so it'll be on my candidates list for this year

**this was my #11, so very unlucky. I really wish I'd voted for it now.

Re: Songs getting 1 vote that would be somewhere between #11 and #80 on my list

[ijgrieve.livejournal.com]

Ladyhawke - 'My Delirium'
Vampire Weekend - 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa'
MGMT - 'Electric Feel'
Paul Heaton - 'God Bless Texas'
BWO - 'Lay Your Love On Me'
MGMT - 'Kids'
The Indelicates - 'America' *
The Saturdays - 'Up'
Marit Larsen - 'If A Song Could Get Me You'
The Hold Steady - 'Stay Positive'
Little Jackie - 'The World Should Revolve Around Me'
VV Brown - 'Crying Blood'

* This would've been in my Top 10 had I not restricted it to UK Chart Hits only

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Haha, Guns'N'Roses got a Poptimist vote!