Best song of 2005: NOMINATIONS

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

# 10 song per person limit on stuff that didn't chart in the UK top 40 in 2005 (except for koganbot, credoimprobus, friend_of_tofu and jeff_worrell who get 11).

# Nominate as many charting hits as you like.

# Nominating fewer than 10 non-charting songs is perfectly fine.

# Do check everyhit for chart placings: if your song might be spelled weirdly and doesn't show up in the results, try searching by artist instead of title (or vice versa) or using 'contains the word' instead of 'first few letters'.

# Posting nominations in a new comment thread rather than as a reply to another comment is strongly recommended, as I am lazy and therefore unlikely to go digging around in nested comments etc.

# Don't worry about repeating someone else's nomination - as far as humanly possible I'll let you know if one of your ten picks is already nominated so you can choose another one.

# Nominate double-A sides and EP tracks separately please!

# Any queries regarding years/chart positions shall be subject to my WHIM.

# Need more help? Have a look at the examples on the 2002 nominations post.

One extra rule for 2005: NO ELVIS RE-ISSUES ALLOWED.

What's been nominated already?

Amerie - 1 Thing
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
Blake Shelton - Nobody But Me
Britney Spears - Do Somethin'
Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick
Chemical Brothers - Galvanise
Ciara - Goodies
Ciara ft Ludacris - Oh
Ciara ft Missy Elliot - 1 2 Step
Crazy Frog - Axel F
Futureheads - Decent Days And Nights
Girls Aloud - Long Hot Summer
Girls Aloud - Biology
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
Gorillaz - Dare
Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
Jennifer Lopez - Get Right
Kanye West ft Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
Lady Sovereign - 9 To 5
Madonna - Hung Up
McFly - All About You
Missy Elliot - Lose Control
Pussycat Dolls ft Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha
Rachel Stevens - Negotiate With Love
Rachel Stevens - I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)
Rihanna - Pon De Replay
Sugababes - Push The Button
Will Smith - Switch

(my own charting nominations have been included already)

Nominations close next Thursday, 5pm GMT. Go go go!

Comments

My first 4 non-charting noms:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Justus Kohncke - Krieg (Kompakt Total 6 reprezent!)
No Bra - Munchausen (hilarious hipster one-upmanship)
Richie Hawtin - The Tunnel (techno madness)
Scooter - Apache Rocks The Bottom (no explanation required)

Another 2:

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Max Mohr - Old Song
Sébastien Tellier - La Ritournelle

(the last two tracks off Superpitcher's Today mix - goosebump-inducing, both of them)

[koganbot]

UK Top 40:
Ashlee Simpson - La La
Rachel Stevens - So Good
Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You
Kelly Osbourne - One Word
Daddy Yankee - Gasolina
t.A.T.u. - All About Us
Jessica Simpson - These Boots Are Made For Walkin'

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I forgot Schnappi! The diminutive reptile made it to no 32.

Schni Schna

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Ha! Kat and Frank between them have saved me a lot of typing.

But here's some more Top 40 hits:

Kate Bush - King of the Mountain
Schnappi - Schnappi Das Kleine Krokodil
Daft Punk - Robot Rock
Les Rhythmes Digitales - Jacques Your Body (Make Me Sweat)
The White Stripes - Blue Orchid
Rihanna - Pon De Replay
Brooke Valentine - Girlfight
Lil' Kim - Lighters Up
Sir Cliff Richard - What Car
Tony Christie ft. Peter Kay - Is This The Way To Amarillo?
Daniel Powter - Bad Day <= shhh I like it!
Coldplay - Speed of Sound
Hilary Duff - Wake Up
Saint Etienne - Side Streets
Narcade Fire - Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out)
Lethal Bizzle - Pow! (Forward)
Roll Deep - The Avenue
2Pac ft. Elton John - Ghetto Gospel
Ludacris - Number One Spot
Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone
Kanye West ft. Adam Levine - Heard 'Em Say
Trick Daddy ft. Twista & Lil Jon - Let's Go
Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz - What You Gon' Do (Jamaica remix)

[martinv.livejournal.com]

Man, my list for 2005 was pretty lame.

Chart
British Sea Power - Please Stand Up
Mylo - In My Arms
Hard-Fi - Living For The Weekend (yesyes I know..)
Basement Jaxx - Oh My Gosh
Bright Eyes - First Day of my Life
LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing My House
The White Stripes - My Doorbell
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
Royksopp - Only this Moment
Royksopp - What Else Is There? (/Thin White Duke mix)
Goldie Lookin Chain - Your Missus Is A Nutter
The Rakes - Work Work Work
The Rakes - 22 Grand Job
Black Eyed Peas - My Humps
Gorillaz - DARE
Juliet - Avalon


Non-chart
Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #2 (Laika)
Jamie Lidell - Multiply
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
Eels - Hey Man (Now We're Really Living)
The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
Stephen Malkmus - Baby C'mon
Mystery Jets - You Can't Fool Me Dennis
The Go! Team - Ladyflash
Brakes - All Night Disco Party

Hmm...

[meserach.livejournal.com]

See, I reckon the rules as construed have Giddy Stratospheres as a nomination for 2007 cos it reached number #37 then...?

[mrs-leroy-brown.livejournal.com]

Here Come The ABCs - They Might Be Giants
The Widow - The Mars Volta
L'Via L'Viaquez - The Mars Volta
Go It Alone - Beck
Devils & Dust - Bruce Springstee
My Doorbell - The White Stripes
Blue Orchid - The White Stripes
The Denial Twist - The White Stripes

Just so you know...

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Doorbell & Blue Orchid charted, so you've got 4 more spaces :)

[chuckeddy.livejournal.com]

From UK chart:

Towers Of London - On A Noose
Towers Of London - How Rude She Was
Darkness - One Way Ticket

Eight non-charters (will try to remember to fill in the other two later, depending on what songs other people nominate):

Shooter Jennings feat. George Jones - 4th of July
Rod Lee - Dance My Pain Away
Dierks Bentley - Lot of Leavin' Left to Do
Hope Partlow - Crazy Summer Nights
DJ Lil Jay - What Chew Know About Down the Hill
Kentucky Headhunters - Big Boss Man
Toby Keith - As Good As I Once Was
Little Big Town - Boondocks

(Feel like I should probably also be nominating a Hold Steady song from Separation Sunday too, but I have no idea which track. Which may well mean I shouldn't be nominating one after all.)

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

I was about to nominate Boondocks, 4th of July and As Good As I once was, so you just saved me 3 nomination slot (by 18 minutes!)

Non Chart Noms

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

Rachel Stevens - Nothing Good About This Goodbye
Aly & AJ - Rush
Anna Nalick - Breathe (2AM)
Lee Ann Womack - I May Hate Myself in the Morning
Ashlee Simpson - La La
Rachel Stevens - Dumb Dumb

I'll save the last 4 for later

Re: Non Chart Noms

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

"La La" did chart so you have 5 more :)

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

Chart:
Three 6 Mafia ft. Young Buck & Eightball & MJG - Stay Fly

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

I have that as 2006.

Non-charters

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Isolée - Schrapnell
Missy Elliott - Can't Stop
Stereolab - Interlock
Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony
Lindstrøm - I Feel Space
Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas - Feel AM
Major Swellings (Prins Thomas) - Flavoursaver
Fannypack - 718
Kate Bush - Nocturn
Kanye West - Gone

1 more left.

Re: Non-charters

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

...though I need about 5 more slots :(

Does anyone want to take any of the above off my hands?

Nonchahtas pt 1: the easy c&p edition (for Kat's benefit)

[credoimprobus]

In approximate order of Awesome:

Jori Hulkkonen feat. John Foxx - Dislocated
Rachael Starr - Till There Was You (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)
Disco Ensemble - We Might Fall Apart
iiO - Chastity
Vex'd - Lion VIP
Booka Shade - Mandarine Girl
iiO - Kiss You
Stam1na - Kadonneet kolme sanaa
Smithmonger vs. Kobi - Grizzle
Mice Parade - Milton Road (Kim Hiorthøy My Skull with Flowers Remix)
+1:
JME - Serious

Nonchahtas pt 2: the extremely longwinded edition

[credoimprobus]

(because you can never start repping too early!)

Jori Hulkkonen feat. John Foxx - Dislocated
would be my tune of the year if if 1 Thing (which may be my tune of the decade) didn't exist; may be familiar to peeps wut checked that I Has a Plan-centric mix of mine a couple of years (DEAR GOD) back.

Rachael Starr - Till There Was You (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)
massive, crushing, molasses-dark trance; unquestionably my remix of the decade. Because I am a GIANT GOTH.

Disco Ensemble - We Might Fall Apart
RIFF OF THE MF'IN YEAR. If anyone tries to tell me otherwise, they will be VERY WRONG.

iiO - Chastity
iiO - Kiss You
breaking my one track per artist rule because if I can't do it for my album of the decade, etc etc; one indulgent personal (as it were) pick (the hypnotically repetitive 9-min long one with only 3 mins of vocals in the middle, which incidentally is also THE BEST TRACK ON THE ALBUM), and the er more populist pick (as much as anything on Poetica can qualify as "populist", which is NOT A LOT -- still, was a single and everything! also is one of the album's hookiest numbers)

Vex'd - Lion VIP
SUPER SUPER SUPER (SUPER) BANGING, OMG. Aka the dubstep invasion starts HERE! Nothing like canonised, but it remains one of my favourite early(ish) dubstep tunes AAAAGH.

Booka Shade - Mandarine Girl
I trust someone more invested will be nominating The Obvious One, yes? Anyway, I really prefer the '06 album version (by a fair margin), but you gotta keep this stuff to year of impact innit!

Stam1na - Kadonneet kolme sanaa
because I can't be from Finland and not nominate Finnish metal at some point, right? XD Amazing debut single from what's become our possibly most critically acclaimed metal band; one of my domestic (and otherwise!) tunes of the decade. IMO they still haven't really topped this first heady height.

Smithmonger vs. Kobi - Grizzle
ridic awesome breaksy (?) stuff!

Mice Parade - Milton Road (Kim Hiorthøy My Skull With Flowers Remix)
Obligatory unnecessarily obscure pick; because I didn't have the heart to pick Roll Deep* over this one even though it is going to get NO TICKS. <33333

JME - Serious
JUST! BOP YOUR HEAD! TO THE BEAT!


*) if anyone else wld feel moved to nominate that Roll Deep track, though, I wouldn't mind in the least! That airy piano riff was one of the best things about my 2005, waaaah <3 <3

Charting

[credoimprobus]

Okay, HOW HAVE THESE NOT ALREADY BEEN NOMINATED:

Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake - Signs

I MEAN SERIOUSLY

...and the rest, ahaha:

Xzibit feat. Keri Hilson - Hey Now (Mean Muggin')
Destiny's Child feat. T.I. & Lil' Wayne - Soldier
Usher - Caught Up
Verbalicious - Don't Play Nice
Mario - Let Me Love You (aka HOW I LOVED NE-YO BEFORE I EVEN KNEW HIM)
Bobby Valentino - Slow Down
Deep Dish - Say Hello
Mariah Carey feat. Jermaine Dupri - Get Your Number
Lisa Scott-Lee - Electric
Kray Twinz feat. Twista, Lethal B & Gappy Ranks - What We Do
Stonebridge feat. Therese - Take Me Away
Roll Deep - Shake a Leg
Kelly Clarkson - Because of You

[credoimprobus]

AGH almost forgot:

DT8 Project feat. Andrea Britton - Winter

[meserach.livejournal.com]

Chart stuff, duplacation-riffic:

Ciara featuring Missy Elliott 1-2 Step
Lucie Silvas Breathe In
KT Tunstall Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
Foo Fighters Best Of You
Girls Aloud Biology
Kelly Clarkson Because Of You
Kelly Clarkson Behind These Hazel Eyes
Gwen Stefani Cool
Charlotte Church Crazy Chick
Usher Caught Up
Stereophonics Dakota
Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes Don't Cha
Scissor Sisters Filthy/Gorgeous
Gorillaz Feel Good Inc
Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx Gold Digger
Gwen Stefani Hollaback Girl
Hard-Fi Hard To Beat
Madonna Hung Up
Mario Let Me Love You
Girls Aloud Long Hot Summer
Black Eyed Peas My Humps
Nelly featuring Tim McGraw Over And Over
Kaiser Chiefs Oh My God
Basement Jaxx Oh My Gosh
Sugababes Push The Button
Kelly Clarkson Since U Been Gone
Jem They

The Pipettes - all non-top-40

[meserach.livejournal.com]

These were all released as singles in 2005, prior to the release of the We Are The Pipettes album in 2006. "Dirty Mind" got to number 63 tho!

The Pipettes - "I Like a Boy in Uniform (School Uniform)"
The Pipettes - "ABC"
The Pipettes - "Judy"
The Pipettes - "Dirty Mind"

Other stuff on the album, plus the two singles that did break the top 40, will have to wait until 2006.

Note re: The Long Blondes

[meserach.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming that "Giddy Stratospheres" has to wait until 2007, because that's when it managed to chart at #37 as a re-issue?

Might nominate some of their other singles tho...

[koganbot]

Okay, here are my first five non-charters:

T. Waters - Throw'd Off
Rich Boy - Get To Poppin'
Deana Carter - The Girl You Left Me For
Jamie O'Neal - Devil On The Left
Foxy Brown ft. Sizzla - Come Fly With Me

[justfanoe.livejournal.com]

A few more:

Hits:
Natalie Imbruglia - Shiver
Natalie Imbruglia - Counting Down the Days
Mariah Carey - Don't Forget About Us
Mariah Carey - Shake It Off
Backstreet Boys - Incomplete
Backstreet Boys - Just Want You To Know

NonHits
Amy Diamond - What's In It For Me
Richard Hawley - Born Under a Bad Sign
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene
Lindsay Lohan - I Live For the Day

Strategically leaving myself one slot.

1x PROPER SHAME

[meserach.livejournal.com]

You all FORGOT to nominate Mousse-T's "Is It 'Cause I'm Cool" for 2004 while I was netless! Sadface :(

Sex Bomb baby!

[koganbot]

I even forget to know who Mousse T. is. But this is a nice track.

She had on that scarf I gave you, and you got down and tie her laces

[koganbot]

More non-charters:

t.A.T.u. - Cosmos (Outer Space)
Ashlee Simpson - I Am Me
Ben Watt ft. Est'elle - Pop A Cap In Your Ass
Lindsay Lohan - First

And now, my final two will need a ruling from JUDGE KAT as to whether they qualify for 2005:

Robyn - Be Mine!
The Veronicas - 4ever

--"Be Mine!"'s chart peak in the U.K. was January 2008, but no freakin' way!
--"4ever"'s chart peak in the U.K. was October 2009, but no freakin' way!

(I hope those are cogent arguments. Let me know how you rule, cause if you rule agin' me I'll need to nominate two others.)

Re: She had on that scarf I gave you, and you got down and tie her laces

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

I was going to ask the same thing about the Robyn singles - it would be ridiculous to discuss them in 2008 (especially as any album tracks from the same album would be discussed in 2005 i think)

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Charting:
MIA - Bucky Done Gun
LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations
Goldfrapp - Oooh La La
Futureheads - Hounds of Love
Bloc Party - Helicopter
Robyn - Who's That Girl

Non-Charting:
DJ Earworm - Since U Been Gahan (Kelly Clarkson v Depeche Mode/Rex The Dog mashup)
Roisin Murphy - Sow into You
Wir Sind Helden - Nur Ein Wort
Rilo Kiley - Portions for Foxes
K-Maro - Femme Like U
Tres Bien avec Ilona - Un Monde Parfait
Martha Wainwright - Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole
Yolanda Adams – Victory
Kate Bush - Sunset
Robyn - Bum Like You

[lockedintheatti.livejournal.com]

Oh, and some early repping for the non-charters.

The DJ Earworm one is my favourite mashup ever, turning Kelly's marvellous Since U Been Gone into a marvellous electropop stomper by backing it with the Rex The Dog dub of Depeche Mode's Photographic. (Dave Gahan is mercifully absent in case the title put you off).
Embedding disabled so here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjZWwuf1MMk

& the Wir Sind Helden one, as well as being my favourite song of theirs, has an excellent video which is a nice modern twist on the old Bob Dylan lyrics on cards thing:

[koganbot]

Oh yeah, need another ruling from JUDGE KAT as to whether, if we count "4ever" and "Be Mine!" (and "Who's That Girl" in lockedintheatti's nominations) as '05, they nonetheless get considered "charting" songs since they eventually charted in the UK though not in '05. If they do count as charting songs, I get another two nominees.

[meserach.livejournal.com]

If this does happen, then Giddy Stratospheres should also count as a charting track for 2005 by similar logic, giving martinv an extra slot.

Wait (The Whisper Song)

[meserach.livejournal.com]

A non-chart nomination this (plus my Pipettes stuff, that's five), as it only reached #47 here:

Ying-Yang Twins - Wait (The Whisper Song)

Fantastic peace of gimmick sleaze this:



Video features members of Electrik Red! Before they were (marginally more) famous!

[martinskidmore.livejournal.com]

I hope I have my years right.

HITS
Game ftr 50 Cent - How We Do
Game ftr 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - Get Low
(has that been in already in another year or something?)

NOT HITS
GZA Vs DJ Muggs - Destruction Of A Guard
Lady Sovereign - Hoodie
Robyn - Should Have Known
Sugababes - 2 Hearts
Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
Vitalic - My Friend Dario

[koganbot]

"Before He Cheats" was on a 2005 album but was a 2006 single in the U.S., so we should let Kat put it in whichever year she wants. I'll vote for it no matter what.

We did "Get Low" in 2003, because I argued that, despite its having charted later in Britain, 2003 was the year it changed music. It made it to the next bracket, though as only the 28th best vote getter, which is even worse than Pazz & Jop gave it.

Another ruling needed

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Is Shakira's "Timor" 2005 or 2006? I think the album came out in the US at the end of '05 but not in the UK until well into '06. I'd rather save it for 2006 if poss.

If it is '06 then my last nomination for '05 is:
Aavikko - "Rosinante"

Re: Another ruling needed

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Rosinante is IN, Timor is 2006.