Top 5 Singles of 2009

Another blinding year for music I reckon. Loads to get excited about. And who said the 'single' was dead?? Some 3 minute stormers this year....

1. The Veronicas - Untouched
2. Jay Z - Empire State Of Mind
3. Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets
4. Lady GaGa -Paparrazzi
5. Little Boots - New In Town

1. Xtatic Truth - Crystal Fighters
2. Baby I Can’t Stop It – Lindstrom & Solae (Aeroplane Remix)
3. Starry Eyed – Ellie Goulding (Jakwob Remix)
4. Cradle - The Joy Formidable
5. Theme of Palermo Disko Machine - Palermo Disko Machine

My 3 favourites, I can't remember what else has been out this year:

Doves - Winter Hill Florence and the Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) Editors - Papillon

Love that Ellie Goulding song, not sure if it's been a single yet over here.

Edit: Empire Of The Sun : Walking On A Dream and We Are The People

1. Snookered - Dan Deacon
2. Counterpoint - Delphic
3. Bye Bye Bayou - LCD Soundsystem
4. Papillon - Editors
5. Who Can Say - The Horrors
6. Death - White Lies
7. Kingdom Of Rust - Doves
8. The Reeling - Passion Pit
9. Kingdom Of Welcome Adiction - IAMX 10.This is Home - BL

Another great tunes of this year:

Daniel - Bat For Lashes 1901 - Phoenix

Missy Jem wrote: Doves - Winter Hill

I really adore that song

PiL Session wrote:

2. Baby I Can’t Stop It – Lindstrom & Solae (Aeroplane Remix)

Great call!! Aeroplane were undoubtedly the production team of 2009. They've really shaken things up. Everything they touch is sublime. The Sebastien Tellier, David Rubato and Grace Jones remixes were something else. If only they would get round to releasing an album!

Saw them DJ in Sheffield last month and they were a bit shit though. Hard to play 115bpm nu-disco when the guy before you is cranking it up to 130 I s'pose.

Missy Jem wrote:

Love that Ellie Goulding song, not sure if it's been a single yet over here.

It came out 3 weeks ago. Didn't bother the charts much unfortunately.

Tune of the year!

Andrès wrote:

Missy Jem wrote: Doves - Winter Hill

I really adore that song

Non interesting fact: I live at the bottom of Winter Hill.

Fix the fred Andres!

5 of my faves:

Bonkers

Meet me at the Equinox

MyDelerium

Pokerface (The KanyeWest version)

WeWalkInCircles-ComputersWantMeDead

Missy Jem wrote:

Andrès wrote:

Missy Jem wrote: Doves - Winter Hill

I really adore that song

Non interesting fact: I live at the bottom of Winter Hill.

I live on a hill and its winter... if that counts for anything

EdelBrock wrote:

Missy Jem wrote:

Andrès wrote:

Missy Jem wrote: Doves - Winter Hill

I really adore that song

Non interesting fact: I live at the bottom of Winter Hill.

I live on a hill and its winter... if that counts for anything

Fuck Edel,we have so much in common!

Of all artists mentioned here I heard of only three.

I guess I never really passed the 1997 mark. Remember Hong Kong??

Missy Jem wrote:

Andrès wrote:

Missy Jem wrote: Doves - Winter Hill

I really adore that song

Non interesting fact: I live at the bottom of Winter Hill.

Can you pop up and fix the aerial for me please. Reception's crap. Thanks.x

I still can't get ITV!

(Could be the metal plate in me head interfering I suppose.)

Shug wrote: In no particular order

Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon

Er, that came out in September 2008. (and it's shite an'all)

Shug 'Finger-On-The-Pulse' Sludden

1. 11th Dimension - Julian Casablancas
2. Paparazzi - Lady Gaga
3. Dance The Way I Feel - Ou est le Swimming Pool
4. Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
5. Counterpoint - Delphic

And also Mathematics & Stuck on Repeat by Little Boots, Untouched by The Veronicas, Papillon... There are too many to count!

counterpoint - delphic 11th dimemension - julian casablancas alexander - charlotte heatherly (however you spell it) tickle me pink - johnny flynn the fountain? - echo ....

in no particular order. or maybe this order.

1. empire state of mind - jay-z (feat alicia keys)
2. when i grow up - fever ray
3. help i'm alive - metric
4. sweet disposition - temper trap
5. something else i've doubtless forgotten.

i think it's been a terrible, retrograde year for pop music. bah humbug.

edit: #5 probably the fear - lily allen.

bloodynora wrote: in no particular order. or maybe this order.

1. empire state of mind - jay-z (feat alicia keys)
2. when i grow up - fever ray
3. help i'm alive - metric
4. sweet disposition - temper trap
5. something else i've doubtless forgotten.

i think it's been a terrible, retrograde year for pop music. bah humbug.

actually, i only bought one of those as a stand-alone track, so the others shouldn't count.

the single is dead.

ermm 10 in no particular order:

Deadmau5 feat Rob Swire - Ghosts n' Stuff Simian Mobile Disco (feat Beth Ditto) - Cruel Intentions Filthy Dukes - This Rhythm Doves - Jetstream Ladyhawke - Back of the Van Ou Est le Swimming Pool? - Dance the Way I feel White Lies - Farewell to the Fairground Empire of the Sun - We are the People Delphic - Counterpoint Filthy Dukes - Tupac Robot Club Rock

bloodynora wrote:

the single is dead.

it might be in Scunthorpe. C86 is dead.

Burt Reynolds wrote:

bloodynora wrote:

the single is dead.

it might be in Scunthorpe. C86 is dead.

is that supposed to be a witty riposte? it makes no sense whatsoever.

your choices owe a far greater debt to the past than mine.

bloodynora wrote:

Burt Reynolds wrote:

bloodynora wrote:

the single is dead.

it might be in Scunthorpe. C86 is dead.

is that supposed to be a witty riposte? it makes no sense whatsoever.

your choices owe a far greater debt to the past than mine.

you barely made any did you?

And music is cyclic, with new bits added on.

Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day..

Burt Reynolds wrote:

you barely made any did you?

And music is cyclic, with new bits added on.

i got closer to the requisite number than you did. in countdown that would be classed as a victory.

i wouldn't mind but the sorry examples of 80s pop that the charts have been riddled with this year have been lesser than the tunes they were ripping off. nothing added. like a shit audio shredded wheat.

My list reflects the only music stations we have here in New London!

1. TI feat. Justin Timberlake--Dead and Gone
2. Black Eyed Peas--Meet Me Halfway
3. Lady Gaga--Paparazzi
4. Black Eyed Peas--Boom Boom Pow
5. Green Day--21 Guns (the best thing they've ever done)

Another vote for JZ - Empire State Of Mind, bought the album on the strength of it. Not really my bag but I'll perservere withi it in the autochager.

3 songs remind me of summer in Cornwall when democracy dictated, I had the radio on for a change.

The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposion Friendly Fires - Kiss Of Life Bloc Party - One More Chance

Liked Lili's The Fear too.

also these two are actually my top two singles of the year!!!

Taylor Swift - that one about her daddy telling her to stay away from Juliette

Miley Cyrus - The Climb

Alicia Keys - It Doesn't Mean Anything (that Jay Z Empire State Of Mind thing would be nothing without her guest vocals)

Burt Reynolds wrote:

Filthy Dukes - This Rhythm

Yes. a stand out track for me also. hammered the video to death on music on demand earlier in the year

Best? I dunno.... here are some happy feel good tunes

cool dirtier, gayer with tits version of Lust for Life http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/3928-girls-lust-for-life-hardcore-version-true-panther

The song is shit, but what balls Lady Gaga has to make such pop culture bullshit, you have to be impressed or laugh

GlasVegas wrote: Another blinding year for music I reckon. Loads to get excited about. And who said the 'single' was dead?? Some 3 minute stormers this year....

1. The Veronicas - Untouched 2. Jay Z - Empire State Of Mind 3. Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets 4. Lady GaGa -Paparrazzi 5. Little Boots - New In Town

1. Agreed, a right pair o' minxes in that video....

As for number 5. that is my least favourite on the LB album - doesn't seem to fit with the rest of the mood...

Any old ravers recognise the 'Hoover Techno' anthem sampled in Lady GaGa's 'Bad Romance' track (on Youtube above)?

Calvin Harris - Im Not Alone Delphic - This Momentary

1. MGMT - Kids
2. Kleerup - Until We Bleed
3. Underworld - Crocodile
4. One Day as a Lion - Wild International
5. Peter Bjorn and John - Nothing To Worry About
6. Muse - Uprising
7. Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup
8. Depeche Mode - Wrong
9. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Battle Royale
10. Ladytron - Predict The Day

Sorry, couldn't stop at just five.

Shellshocker wrote:

1. MGMT - Kids
2. Underworld - Crocodile
3. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Battle Royale
4. Ladytron - Predict The Day

MGMT-Kids was released on december 2007 Underworld - Crocodile: was released on october 2007 Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Battle Royale was released on march 2008 Ladytron - Predict The Day was released on june 2008

Seems you're a few years back hahaha, well... it does not matter. You really have a great music taste

what does mean guerrilla sushi video??

Andrès wrote:

Shellshocker wrote:

1. MGMT - Kids
2. Underworld - Crocodile
3. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Battle Royale
4. Ladytron - Predict The Day

MGMT-Kids was released on december 2007 Underworld - Crocodile: was released on october 2007 Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Battle Royale was released on march 2008 Ladytron - Predict The Day was released on june 2008

Seems you're a few years back hahaha, well... it does not matter. You really have a great music taste

Thanks! :) Actually, blame my local radio station. They are now accepting votes for the top songs of 2009, and the ones I voted for here are the same ones I voted for from their list of songs. I just mindlessly copied & pasted them without thinking of when they really came out. And, I can't believe I forgot Spiralling (Keane) and Zero (Yeah Yeah Yeahs). Oh, wait, Keane is 2008, too. Well, Drown in the Now (Crystal Method), Jetstream (Doves), and Fire (Kasabian) belong on the top 10. So, they can replace the ones I voted for that aren't really 2009 releases.

[orange]State of Love and Trust [/orange] wrote:

ALIC are still around? Not sure if I like the sound without layne staley... kinda bland, sounds like a red hot chili peppers song covered by AIC.

0_o wrote:

cool dirtier, gayer with tits version of Lust for Life http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/3928-girls-lust-for-life-hardcore-version-true-panther

That was just downright disturbing

Gazman wrote:

EdelBrock wrote:

Missy Jem wrote:

Andrès wrote:

Missy Jem wrote: Doves - Winter Hill

I really adore that song

Non interesting fact: I live at the bottom of Winter Hill.

I live on a hill and its winter... if that counts for anything

Fuck Edel,we have so much in common!

If only the ocean wasn't between us... what could have been

That song Check my Brain by Alice in Chains sounds like the old alice. I mean...is the same thing

Sonic Youth-What We Know (The Eternal)

Zambri-W/Somebody (Bang For Changes)

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark-Sister Marie Says (Promo Demo Leak)

Ladytron-Tomorrow (Velocifero)

Aqua-Back To The Eighties (Greatest Hits)* *Because it's HILARIOUS.

Honourable mention:

Echo & The Bunnymen-Think I Need It Too (The Fountain)(Just barely...)

1. Kasabian - Fire
2. Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
3. Late Of The Pier - Blueberry
4. Girls - Lust For Life
5. The Drums - I Felt Stupid

I'll stick to five, because that's the minimum, but a couple of others I thought were good were Wild Beasts - Hooting & Howling, Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone.

1. Animal Collective: My Girls
2. Mumford & Sons: Little Lion Man
3. La Roux: In For The Kill (that Skream Mix)
4. Delphic: Counterpoint
5. The Big Pink: Velvet
6. Health: Die Slow
7. Fuck Buttons: Surf Solar
8. Phoenix: 1901
9. The Drums: Lets Go Surfing 10)Camera Obscura: French Navy

Next Ten: 11)Temper Trap: Sweet Disposition, 12)Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Zero, 13)Julian Casablancas: 11th Dimension, 14)Maccabees: Can You give it, 15)SMD with Beth Ditto: Cruel Intentions, 16)Jack Penate: Tonights Today, 17)Miike Snow: Animal, 18) Sleigh Bells: Crown On the Ground 19)Bloc Party: One More chance, 20) Florence & The Machine: You've Got the love (XX Remix).

Burt Burterson wrote:

Empire of the Sun - We are the People

know it was technically released as a single in 2009, but it's from a 2008 album

surely this thread should be rtacks of 2009 & not singles now that any single track can be purchased individually?

not really done a top tracks from last year, but am liking a lot of debaser's list above

Johnny Giles wrote: If you're looking for something new, fresh and will get you singing along, try these out....

My Sad Captains - Good To Go Lacrosse - We Are Kids Ravonettes - Bang Darren Hayman - Losing My Glue

that from their 4th album mark?

Saw the Raveonettes in London (Islington academy) just before Xmas. They sure play their guitars loud. On the plus side, They Rock! On the not-so-plus-side, the splendid vocal harmonies from both singers tend to get drowned out. Worth seeing though.