Most Embarrassing ILM Top 3 Singles 2014-2002

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

yup

"Inspector norse" is the kind of track that polls much lower with distance and really, I hope, not the consensus dance track

In some ways it would be fitting, as the last five years have felt like all of the "beige" music has bubbled to the top, ticking off enough boxes to cast a wide net of interest but being safe enough to not challenge anyone or push them out of a listening comfort zone.

Your buyers' remorse on Terje makes me sad, ILM.

Tho I would accept "Why They Hide They Bodies Under My Garage" as the acceptable consensus alternative dance pick.

I'll rep pretty unreservedly for all pre norse terje!

Tiresome.

Like all 3 songs:
2012: Inspector Norse / Call Me Maybe / Adorn
2008: Blind / Happy House / Paper Planes
2007: Umbrella / Atlas / Paper Planes

Like 2 of these songs:
2014: 2 On / Two Weeks / No Flex Zone
2006: Crazy / What You Know / My Love
2004: Toxic / Yeah (LCD Soundsystem) / Galang
2002: Work It / Weak Become Heroes / Freak Like Me

Like 1 song in here:
2005: 1 Thing / Biology / Since U Been Gone
2013: Get Lucky / #Beautiful / Still Into You
2011: 212 / Video Games / Super Bass
2010: Wut / Hard in da Paint / Round & Round

Like none of them:
2009: You Belong With Me / Daniel / Bad Romance

Did Paper Planes place two consecutive years in no. 3?

Didn't we have a rule of not nominating any songs that placed in the top numbers the previous year? Or was that rule imposed after this incident?

That was the incident which institutionalized the rule.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Someone (else who isn't me) needs to do an album version of this poll.

yeah I might

btw, I'm going to vote for the year Kaputt won. I don't care what else I've forgotten.

oh shit i just realized that was girl unit wut not le1f wut, hmm

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