Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 2004 poll

"the rat" but "little house of savages" is better

Looking at this list I think we can say that this year was pretty much rock music's last hurrah. Never again would it dominate charts like this. It had been going for a good sixty years, it had a hell of a run. Anyway, I'm voting for "Take Me Out" but I could've just as easily gone for "The Rat" or "Somebody Told Me" or "Can't Stand Me Now". All great stuff. Where's "Mr. Brightside"? Was that not 2004?

"Since U Been Gone" still sounds like it was made today.

Yea "Mr. Brightside" was '04 but I think acclaimed music includes it with '05 singles.

I remember this era lasting a few years past 2004, but I guess everyone has their own perception. 2000-2003 had very few college-rock crossovers. Actual chart toppers were douchey bullshit like Vertical Horizon, Crazy Town, Nickleback. Then suddenly for no apparently reason, 2004-2006 launched a brief era where Top 40 programmers added collegey stuff to their playlists, like "Take Me Out," "Float On," The Killers, Green Day, "Beverly Hills," "Feel Good Inc." It wasn't like "buzz clips" all over again, but the small handful was refreshing. By 2007, the Fueled By Ramen bands were still kicking around Top 40, but Franz Ferdinand and Modest Mouse were long gone.

Galang vs Heartbeat vs Mushaboom for me.

A sprinkling of good stuff. Annie probably wins. Not crazy about the official version but I LOVE the demo of 'Mushaboom'.

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

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/embed/user/frazze/playlist/37uXs32qtwdZ7q4f33mdTO

considering this was such a great year for music, this is an appalling list

Went for The Rat over Jesus Walks

1 53 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
4 396 Modest Mouse - Float On
6 412 Kanye West - Jesus Walks
7 514 Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
8 571 Bloc Party - Banquet
10 651 M.I.A. - Galang
12 825 Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell - Drop It Like It's Hot
21 1612 Usher feat. Ludacris - Yeah!
27 2057 Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For?
29 2086 Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
33 2144 LCD Soundsystem - Yeah
34 2151 Snoop Dogg - Signs
35 2164 U2 - Vertigo
36 2276 The Killers - Somebody Told Me
39 2408 Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
40 2450 Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams

^^^ one of these

there are songs i like more, but i feel like the answer has to be Since U Been Gone

for all their sins, I still really really like Rebellion (Lies) by Arcade Fire

Ha ha haven't' thought about Art Brut in a while. God, they were awful.

Yeah I don't get Art Brut at all.

Definitely a weaker list than the previous '00s ones (nos. 32 and 35 are two of my least favourite songs ever) but there's still a fair amount of great stuff here:

2 254 Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
5 397 The Walkmen - The Rat
6 412 Kanye West - Jesus Walks
7 514 Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
10 651 M.I.A. - Galang
12 825 Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell - Drop It Like It's Hot
14 1025 Annie - Heartbeat
22 1829 Phoenix - Everything Is Everything
27 2057 Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For?
30 2109 Joanna Newsom - Peach, Plum, Pear
33 2144 LCD Soundsystem - Yeah
34 2151 Snoop Dogg - Signs
38 2402 Nathan Fake - The Sky Was Pink

Jesus Walks narrowly takes it for me but very close between that and Heartbeat for the bit when the live disco drumming comes in and of course the unabashed sweetness of the vocal melody. Jesus Walks is just wonderful though.

Yeah!

Where's "Mr. Brightside"? Was that not 2004?

it was polled in 2003, was the number 7 song and finished with two votes:

7 326 The Killers - Mr. Brightside 2

1. The Killers - All These Things That I've Done
2. Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
3. Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)

'Take Me Out' ... that first Franz LP still does it for me.

Take Me Out is good, played that cd to pieces

"Float On" over "The Rat" and Arcade Fire.

That Spotify playlist has way more than 40 songs?

I still love Art Brut, even if the whole project was an extended knowing wink to a particular crowd of arty hipsters.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

I still love Art Brut, even if the whole project was an extended knowing wink to a particular crowd of arty hipsters.

― Tom Violence,

Same here. I still play the first and third albums a lot.

"Galang" would probably be the most startling song on the list in 2004, but "Heartbeat" is the easiest choice now.

drop it like it's hot

I guess I will just have to adjust.

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

That Walkmen song is good but I never really got how it always beats out all these other singles. Pretty sure it made p4k's top 20 in their 2000s list.

Excellent result. Heartbeat is perfection.

decent top 3, I'm not sure I was familiar with 'Yeah' but it's a jam

on first listen the live at madison square sounds better than the studio version though

it's like he does v karl hyde inspired vocals

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ILM members in "too scared to admit what they were really listening to in 2004" shocker

Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 2005 poll

Damn, would have voted for Johnny Boy.