POPTIMISTS TRACKS OF 2009: The Also-Rans

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The wait is over: THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE tracks were mentioned in the votes for the Poptimists 2009 poll, and EIGHTY FIVE!!! of them got more than one vote. Today I'll be covering off the ones outside the Top 50 (so, erm, in the top 85) and for the rest of the week you'll be finding out answers to the crucial questions - what won? who got shafted by vote-splitting? WHERE DID "MY GIRLS" PLACE? And so on.

So here's 85-61. They don't get video links but if you love one of these tracks link it up in the comments, eh?

85. Jamie T - "Sticks And Stones"
84. Champion DJ - "Baako"
83. Fever Ray - "When I Grow Up" (some points for Lissvik remix)
82. Blackout Crew - "Dialled"
81. Britney Spears - "3" (some points for Bedbugs remix)
79=. Jeremih - "Birthday Sex"
79=. Mungolian Jet Set - "Creepy"
78. Taylor Swift - "Love Story"
77. Lily Allen - "Fuck You"
76. Julian Casablancas - "11th Dimension"
75. Lily Allen - "Who'd Have Known"
74. Chrisette Michelle - "Epiphany"
73. Keri Hilson - "Intuition"
72. Timberlee ft Tosh - "Heels"
71. Royal P - "Between Us"
70. Keri Hilson ft Ne-Yo and Kanye West - "Knock You Down"
69. David Guetta ft Kelly Rowland - "When Love Takes Over"
68. The Saturdays - "Forever Is Over"
67. Ke$ha - "Tik Tok"
66. Black Eyed Peas - "Boom Boom Pow"
65. Ms Dynamite - "Bad Gyal"
64. Jamie Foxx ft T-Pain - "Blame It"
62=. Moderat - "Rusty Nails"
62=. Baby Dollz - "My Cookie"
61. Ellie Goulding - "Under The Sheets"

Top 20s were scored as follows: 25-20-18-17-16..down to 1. Tracks are ordered based on 1. No. of points received, 2. No. of voters (higher=better), 3. Highest individual placing. Where two mixes were nominated points were combined and the highest voted mix declared the 'official' placing though alternatives will be linked in the countdown. That's it I think.

Comments

[mcarratala.livejournal.com]

Love Story was released in Europe (inc UK) in March 2009, and lingered on the music video channels all summer. However, as I have learned, sticking around on 4Music or The Hits forever is a poor predictor of Poptimist end of year success, as the Keri Kanye Ne-Yo track also proves.