Most Embarrassing ILM Top 3 Singles 2014-2002

I agree that having Battles come in at #2 is quite embarrassing.

2014: too soon to judge tbh, but i can't see any of these becoming 'embarassing' any time soon
2013: this is probably the worst. #beautiful though incredible is in retrospect kind of a minor work in the miguel oeuvre, and i maintain no one gets truly excited by get lucky. not a fan of paramore
2012: good year. still not crazy about norse but the other 2 are all-time. call me maybe still brings the house down at weddings
2011: three perfect songs that i still love and will always love
2010: damnnn 2010 was vintage, wut/hard in the paint is an amazing top 2. proud of us. apparently round & round is a selena gomez song. don't remember it
2009: i discovered ilx in '08 but this was the first year i followed the polls. tearing up just thinking about it
2008: complete vintage. three life-defining songs. i was a teenager in '08 so paper planes isn't as corny to me as it understandably is to some of you
2007-2002: i still love the music but we've talked big early '00s singles to death. no opinion but the answer is probably one of these

Wait a second. Is Round & Round the Selena Gomez song or the Ariel Pink song?

Ahh yes, I was right. It was Ariel Pink.

no shit? i guess 2010 is just that much more vintage

i maintain no one gets truly excited by get lucky
false

lots of shitting on dope songs in this thread

2014: perfect balance between capturing 2014 in a wider sense and being idiosyncratically ilxy
2013: excuse you "#beautiful" is about mariah's oeuvre not miguel's. 2 out of 3 but those 2 really make up for #1
2012: "inspector norse" still feels like a weird #1 in that while lots of fun it's not peak terje or peak nu-disco but just the point when lots of people realised about him
2011: all killer no filler, tempered by the unfortunate way "212" and "video games" beat "super bass" and "countdown"
2010: pretty amazing top 2 regardless of how well either have aged. the selena gomez song at #3 is aight
2009: completely forgot "daniel" existed but as the weak links in 2-out-of-3 years go it's inoffensive enough
2008: peak bobbins ilx! bit embarrassing "paper planes" placed twice i'm glad we have a rule to preclude this now
2007: this battles song might be the worst ever top 3 placer (well it's that ariel pink song technically but i'm down for rewriting history to make it selena gomez)
2006: smdh at "crazy" beating the other two. this year and 2013 are identical in many ways
2005: girls aloud have like 10 singles better than "biology", never understood why it's become canonised
2004: one of the best ever, still holds up now, though "toxic" was far from the best britney single of this year
2002: the streets are v embarrassing but this is probably his least embarrassing moment and the other two are unimpeachable, smh at lack of familiarity with sugababes. not even in a "know ur pop history children" way but in a "know ur ilx history if ur here posting now"

prob gonna go with 07 for battles and the double "paper planes" though really the embarrassing "paper planes" placement was the following year hmmm

i don't think that's a selena gomez song.

oh wait you explained it. if you imagine her singing "round & round" it doesn't sound bad.

2014 is def the best one.

i didn't realise til now that "2 on" didn't even go top 20 in the US (obv none of the top 3 were remotely chart hits in the UK)

most of these are fantastic, we rule like papa girl rappers

"2 on" wasn't really a top 40 smash, but it was played about once an hour on most US hiphop stations for about 6 months.

this battles song might be the worst ever top 3 placer

how dare an art-rock song traduce these hallowed steps eh

mind u battles haven't aged so well maybe

i actually only started liking "atlas" in the past 2 years.

There was an embarrassing 2003 tracks poll but not sure how it compares to 02 and 04 for turnout and badness of points system:
i'd like to do a 'tunes of the year' poll now

Having said that even with 100+ ballots and the same points system as now the top 10 would probably have been much the same as it was

ILM top 10 singles of 2003

1. Outkast - Hey Ya
2. Girls Aloud - No Good Advice
3. R Kelly - Ignition Remix
4. Beyonce ft Jay-Z - Crazy In Love
5. Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
6. Lumidee - Never Leave You
7. Kelis - Milkshake
8. Basement Jaxx - Good Luck
9. !!! - Me And Giuliani Down By The Schoolyard (A True Story)
10. 50 Cent - In Da Club

2010 I guess but none of these can touch P&J for embarrassment.

I don't even think 2010 is embarrassing. I just get no pleasure from 2/3 songs.

2012 I guess, though I still like 'Adorn'. Don't care for the other 2 songs at all. 2013 pretty meh as well.

Someone posted the full list of 2013 in the 2014 thread yesterday and I realised that a year removed I only still like 2 of the entire top 20.

2009, though I can't remember what the #2 and #3 of last year sound like, they might be really bad (I like 'Get Lucky', though).

That 2003 top 10 is great bar the number 1.

I think Daniel was the first time (of many) where ILX tracks poll introduced me to a song I would love.

Voting 2008 which is weird cuz I will still read through the albums poll thread from that year once every few years...

2011 is my favourite. Least favourite top three is either 2014 or 2009.

enjoy all years
therefore voted 2003

2012 the best for sure

i think i like 2010's disposable wackiness a shade more than i like 2013's boring songs by established acts.

fyi, given that "paper planes" would have been disqualified in 2008 under current rules, the #4 of that year was friendly fires ft. au revoir simone - paris (aeroplane remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzicqExJW3A

which is incredible, and that really would've been peak disco had it been in the official top 3

yea that song is dope

2007 - one of Rihanna's most annoying songs plus Battles, which has really not aged well.

2011: all killer no filler, tempered by the unfortunate way "212" and "video games" beat "super bass" and "countdown"

Tempted to vote for 2011 as the best top 3 for keeping "Countdown" at bay (Bey?)

Don't particularly love the group of songs on the whole, love the ILM idiosyncrasy:
2014: 2 On / Two Weeks / No Flex Zone
2010: Wut / Hard in da Paint / Round & Round

Don't particularly love the obviousness of the selections, but love the songs nonetheless:
2013: Get Lucky / #Beautiful / Still Into You
2011: 212 / Video Games / Super Bass
2007: Umbrella / Atlas / Paper Planes
2004: Toxic / Yeah (LCD Soundsystem) / Galang
2002: Work It / Weak Become Heroes / Freak Like Me

Love the selections, love the songs themselves:
2012: Inspector Norse / Call Me Maybe / Adorn
2005: 1 Thing / Biology / Since U Been Gone

Don't really like either:
2009: You Belong With Me / Daniel / Bad Romance
2008: Blind / Happy House / Paper Planes (well, that it got chosen a second time)
2006: Crazy / What You Know / My Love

Going with 2012 as the best year and 2006 as the worst.

yeah 2012 is my fav I think

fyi, given that "paper planes" would have been disqualified in 2008 under current rules, the #4 of that year was friendly fires ft. au revoir simone - paris (aeroplane remix)

which is incredible, and that really would've been peak disco had it been in the official top 3

― lex pretend, Friday, January 23, 2015 11:05 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The M.I.A. voters would have voted for "L.E.S. Artistes" or "Time To Pretend" though.

votesplitting still would have given us the most magical top three in history

thank you lex for this beautiful dream

*makes on-the-go playlist*

There was an embarrassing 2003 tracks poll but not sure how it compares to 02 and 04 for turnout and badness of points system:
i'd like to do a 'tunes of the year' poll now

Having said that even with 100+ ballots and the same points system as now the top 10 would probably have been much the same as it was

ILM top 10 singles of 2003

1. Outkast - Hey Ya
2. Girls Aloud - No Good Advice
3. R Kelly - Ignition Remix
4. Beyonce ft Jay-Z - Crazy In Love
5. Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
6. Lumidee - Never Leave You
7. Kelis - Milkshake
8. Basement Jaxx - Good Luck
9. !!! - Me And Giuliani Down By The Schoolyard (A True Story)
10. 50 Cent - In Da Club

― nashwan, Friday, January 23, 2015 2:08 AM Bookmark

Oh snap, I've never seen mention of this poll and wasn't able to find it even by looking up all threads with "2003" in the title. I'd always thought simply no one got it together to run a poll that year. Thanks!

Both these Girls Aloud songs way down otherwise awesome years.

yeah I would vote for the "Hey Ya" year as worst if it were here

Also found the results of these two polls

2000-2004 (From August 2004):
Hey Ya / Get Ur Freak On / Digital Love

2005-2009 (From July 2010):
1 Thing / Umbrella / Paper Planes

jesus christ, this board

Oh snap, I've never seen mention of this poll and wasn't able to find it even by looking up all threads with "2003" in the title.

Yeah it took me a while to dig it out last time (linked to it on another EOY ILM polls thread somewhere) and the 00-04 poll was the first to attempt the nominations-voting-slow rollout process now institutionalised.

2000-2004 (From August 2004):
Hey Ya / Get Ur Freak On / Digital Love

2005-2009 (From July 2010):
1 Thing / Umbrella / Paper Planes

I have literally no idea what would take a 2010-2014 tracks poll.

Rude

"adorn (2:19)" / "adorn (3:13)" / "adorn (ellen live version)"

seriously though, i could see the 2012 top 3 of "call me maybe", "adorn" and "inspector norse" being the 2010-2014 top 3. each one would have won in any other year and they're probably the consensus pop, r&b and dance tracks of the decade respectively.

"Inspector Norse" being the consensus dance track of the past four years is an overwhelmingly depressing thing

lol between that and ppl mistaking the ariel pink song for a selena gomez song idk if we can trust any votes for 2010

ended up voting 2003 b/c "Hey Ya"

2005 is maybe the best for me, w/ 1 thing my least fav of that group

Is anybody seriously embarrassed about liking "Hey Ya!" in 2003? Should they be? I mean it was seriously one of the most liked and likable songs going. I don't mind saying I got pretty sick of it at a certain point, but when it first dropped it was super fun.

yea hey ya is still a good song

actually that, ignition & the 4th place crazy in love would be really strong for 03

Never ever got tired of that one. xp

I think the first time I became aware of Hey Ya! was a friend's diaryland entry reading:

Don't want to be your daddy
Just want you in my caddy

that song is awesome

idk i just think hey ya is terrible & embarrassing, is that so hard to understand

i don't really care for DFA shit. i consider its hype kind of embarrassing. so 2008, easy.

2014

2008 certainly seems the most useless--2 pro forma dfa songs and a repeat entry--but 2013 has the songs i'd least want to listen to

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

"Happy House" is the best song released in ILX's history.

it's so excellent

"hard in da paint" is wretched

^ what the fuck u thinking

"Happy House" is so twee.

LAUNCH ME INTO SPACE

"loved up on e" getting confused with "twee" here

Oh my god why have I never heard "Happy House" on e. Probably cause I've only done it once but shit...