Best Song of 2001: Heat #1

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Ladies and gents, it's time for 2001: A Poll Odyssey! Mumpop fans are wailing and gnashing their teeth at the news that two of the top three album artists of the year (David Gray and Robbie Williams) are nowhere to be found in these heats, and the third (Dido) just scraped in by the skin of her teeth (courtesy of justfanoe). Can teenpop, hiphop and chart bosh save the day? There's only one way to find out.

So let's get cracking with a high-charting heat - ten top 5 hits and three number ones. Happy ticking!

• 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.



• Rep for your favourites in the comments! Youtube embeds very welcome.

[Poll #1430999]

You have until next Tuesday lunchtime to vote.

Comments

[chuckeddy.livejournal.com]

Voted nine from the top of my head for now, at least three of which -- Ludacris ft Nate Dogg - Area Codes (25), Nelly & St Lunatics - Batter Up (28), Afroman - Because I Got High (1), The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You (5) -- could easily go by the wayside if I have time to check out other songs I don't know. We'll see. (Included Blake Shelton's "Austin" on a hunch, and on the basis of me living in Austin now; vaguely remember liking it, but honestly can't recall anything else about it. So that could conceivably go, too.)

[chuckeddy.livejournal.com]

"at least FOUR of which," I meant

[chuckeddy.livejournal.com]

Of the ones I bumped, I probably regret leaving "Area Codes" off my list most, but not that much; might've picked the Britney or Fennesz over it, too. Also thought the Human League and Bran Van 3000 weren't awful. Afroman's rhythm sounded thinner and less organic than it had in my memory (still own a green vinyl 7-inch of it.) Really hated Busta's "Break Ya Neck," which just seemed like ugly unrocking speed-for-speed's sake, like 99% of hardcore punk. ("Ante Up" isn't as fast, obviously, but rocks a LOT harder.)

[chuckeddy.livejournal.com]

Blake Shelton's "Austin" on a hunch, and on the basis of me living in Austin

Plus I also might want to give it the benefit of the doubt because (1) he was a super nice guy when I interviewed him for Billboard last year and (2) I'm still totally pissed off about NO country songs getting anywhere near enough votes in the '00 poll. (No rock songs did, either, right? Which also stinks, though the country tended to rock more than the rock.)

[koganbot]

My "Austin" tick gives it the benefit of the doubt too, since I could not find the original streamed online, so relied on the live versions, which are OK, but... well, the song is nice, sentimental, but could get beaten if I have time to listen more by Tuesday.

[koganbot]

To listen to more of what's on the list, that is.

[bengraham.livejournal.com]

Good call on 'Area Codes' - that was one of my ticks, great track.

Bad call on 'Because I Got High'

[chuckeddy.livejournal.com]

Bumped Luda, Afroman, Shelton; kept Nelly (for baseball and Jeffersons references plus funk) and Warhols (for Stones rip which is exactly as interesting as Destiny's Child's Survivor rip.) Added two UK grime whatevers and German fellow updating Kraftwerk.