Best Song of 2000: Heat #4

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Heat #3 was even closer than Heat #2! Kelis gets two more songs through with the help of ODB; the rest of the Wu Tang Clan join Spiller & Sophie E-B in the final. But it's a six-way stalemate for 5th place! Look for the tie-breaker at the end of this poll...

• You get a maximum of TEN TICKS over the three bits of the poll. The top five will go through to the next stage.



• If you want to change your vote (or tick too many by mistake), you can edit your votes by clicking on 'Poll #12345' then 'Fill Out Poll'.



• UK chart placings given in brackets.



• You have until Friday lunchtime to vote.



• Rep for your favourites in the comments!

[Poll #1416502]

Comments

Livin' together alone

[koganbot]

Best song I'd not heard before: Sonique "It Feels So Good" (currently hanging onto fifth place by the skin of its teeth). Simultaneously austere and voluptuous.

Song that I ticked that Lex might like even less than Radiohead: "Kryptonite." Sorta sounds like the Nickelback guy with pants that aren't quite as tight but with more of a whine. I sometimes like whine.

Cliffhanger: "I Need" is only 7 votes out of fifth place.

Surmise: My suspicion is that many poptimists are not using this competition as a chance to explore country music.

Hilarity: SHeDAISY's "Lucky 4 You" barely squeaked onto my tick list (edging out Beanie Sigel) but is quite funny so you should make an effort to listen.

More hilarity: Martina McBride's "Love's The Only House" is even funnier than "Lucky 4 You" and it's not trying to be ("And we got teenagers walkin' around in a culture o' darkness livin' together alone"). It's a better song too, a big-hearted shouter that manages to be haunting as well, like if Springsteen had ever managed to untangle his muscles. (The link is the only one I could find with the original video; if Yahoo won't let Brits play it, scroll up a few posts to where Greg's embedded the tune.)