Any thoughts on this year's best singles so far?

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Just wondering. Me personally, I like "Float On," "Meant to Live," "Flap Your Wings, "Lean Back" and "Take Me Out."

― Chris O'Connor (Chris O'Connor), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:17 (twenty years ago)

Usher - 'Yeah'

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:21 (twenty years ago)

the knife 'heartbeats'
mia 'galang'
agoria 'stereolove (me & timy mix)'
jc chasez 'some girls (dance with women)'
girls aloud 'the show'
dizzee rascal 'stand up tall'
hystereo 'winters in the city'
phoenix 'everything is everything'
alcazar 'this is the world we live in'
the beta band 'assessment'

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:30 (twenty years ago)

My top 11:

'The Ubiquitous Toxic'
Jaxx and JC - 'Plug It In'
JC - 'ADLIDAS'
Cut Copy - 'Saturdays'
LCD Soundsystem - 'Yeah'
Rachel Stevens - 'Some Girls'
Ignition - 'Ignition FM'
The Rapture vs Ewan Pearson - 'I Need Your Love'
Ciara feat. Petey Pablo (forgot title)
Superthriller - 'Ahjustwannadance'
Benny Benassi - 'No Matter What You Do' Cagedbaby mix

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:35 (twenty years ago)

"Downfall" by Matchbox Twenty, fuck dammit.

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:38 (twenty years ago)

Forgot 'Assessment'. Few more:

Mylo - 'Drop The Pressure'
Sugababes - 'In The Middle'
Darren Hayes - 'Pop!ular'
The Prodigy feat. Ping Pong Bitches - 'Girls'
Busted - 'Thunderbirds Are Go!'
Chelonis R Jones vs Captain Comatose (what has happened to my memory today? I want to leave work now)

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:40 (twenty years ago)

i should check out that girls aloud song.

i think it's "galang" (and I wish it woul dhave fared better in the 00s poll) for me
folled by juve "Slow Motion" and nina sky "move ya body"
others
wiley "Wot U Call It"
christina milian "dip it low"
dizee "Stand Up Tall"
that ciara song "goodies" xpost
ashlee simpson "pieces of me"
ghostface feat missy "tush" - f u haters
and if "Ridin Big Yo" (title might be a little off) by pastor troy if it is or will be a single I don't really know I just dled it when i saw if on sfj's list

― artdamages (artdamages), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:50 (twenty years ago)

Vybz Kartel - "Picture This"
Ce'Cile - "Hot Like We"
Dizzee - "Stand Up Tall"
Usher - "Yeah"
Kiley Dean - "Keep it Movin"
Trillville - "Get Some Crunk in Yo System"
Rex the Dog - "Prototype"
T.I. - "Rubberband Man"
Nina Sky - "Move Ya Body"
Young Gunz - "No Better Love"

― djdee2005, Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:50 (twenty years ago)

my typos were especially bad in that last post.

oh and i forgot about ruberband man thanks for the reminder.

― artdamages (artdamages), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:53 (twenty years ago)

I feel ill....I thought it was "best" singles, not TOP 20 singles..oh well

― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Thursday, 2 September 2004 16:21 (twenty years ago)

out of curiousity, was "Keep it Movin" ever a single? Or should i take it off my list.

― djdee2005, Thursday, 2 September 2004 16:24 (twenty years ago)

it was a single, but take it off anyway

― Space Is the Place (Space Is the Place), Thursday, 2 September 2004 16:26 (twenty years ago)

Yes, sir! And by yes i mean no.

― djdee2005, Thursday, 2 September 2004 16:27 (twenty years ago)

nobody here has posted a top 20

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 16:30 (twenty years ago)

Incidently I should point out that I think "No Better Love" is going to be majorly slept on, which is really a pity. It's a helluva track (and it came out right around valentines day!)

― djdee2005, Thursday, 2 September 2004 16:32 (twenty years ago)

slither --- velvet revolver

― cw28 (cw28), Thursday, 2 September 2004 16:56 (twenty years ago)

My votes include:

Franz Ferdinand - "Take Me Out"
Loretta Lynn - "Portland, Oregon"
Von Bondies - "C'Mon C'Mon"
Blondie - "Good Boys"
Killers - "Somebody Told Me"
Modest Mouse - "Float On"
Polyphonic Spree - "Hold Me Now"
Alicia Keys - "If I Ain't Got You" (yeah, the album was last year, but the single's still on the charts)

Among songs that haven't (yet) been released as singles:
Franz Ferdinand - "Dark of the Matinee"
Prince - "A Million Days"
Loretta Lynn - "Van Lear Rose"

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 2 September 2004 17:15 (twenty years ago)

I like how the titles of three out of four of Chris O'Connor's favourites are imperatives.

― Wooden (Wooden), Thursday, 2 September 2004 17:21 (twenty years ago)

mine so far:

1. Gretchen Wilson: “Redneck Woman” (Epic)
2. Jay-Z: “99 Problems” (Roc-a-Fella)
3. M.I.A.: “Galang” (Showbiz, UK)
4. Go Home Productions: “Rock with Addiction (Awww)” (www.gohomeproductions.co.uk ‘03)
5. Mya ft. Chingy: “Fallen (Zone 4 Remix)” (Interscope)
6. The Walkmen: “The Rat” (Record Collection)
7. Big & Rich: “Wild West Show” (Warner Bros Nashville)
8. Alicia Keys: “You Don’t Know My Name/Will You Ever Know It (Reggae Mix)” (VP)
9. The Streets: “Dry Your Eyes” (Vice)
10. Big & Rich: “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” (Warner Bros Nashville)
11. Cécile: “Hot Like We” (Greensleeves)
12. Van Hunt: “Dust” (Capitol)
13. Vybz Kartel: “Buddy Nuh Done” (Greensleeves)
14. R. Kelly: “Happy People” (Jive)
15. The Streets: “Fit But You Know It” (Vice)
16. Usher ft. Lil Jon “Yeah!” (Arista)
17. Ms. Thing: “Get That Money” (Sequence)
18. J-Kwon: “Tipsy (Radio Mix)” (Arista)
19. Fiona Apple: “Extraordinary Machine” (MP3)
20. Beenie Man ft. Ms. Thing & Shawnna: “Dude (Remix)” (VP)
21. Devin the Dude: “Anythang”/“Too Cute” (Rap-a-Lot)
22. Gretchen Wilson: “Here for the Party” (Epic)
23. Strictly Kev: “Raiding the 20th Century: A History of the Cutup” (MP3)
24. Memphis Bleek ft. Jay-Z: “Murda Murda” (Roc-a-Fella)
25. Sleepy Brown ft. OutKast: “I Can’t Wait” (Interscope)
26. Elephant Man ft. Twista, Young Bloodz & Kiprich: “Jook Gal (Wine Wine)” (VP)
27. Robag Wruhme: "Wuzzlebud 'KK'" (Musik Krause)
28. Belle & Sebastian: “Your Cover’s Blown” (Rough Trade)
29. LCD Soundsystem: “Yeah (Stupid Version)” (DFA)
30. Christina Milian ft. Fabolous: “Dip It Low (Remix)” (Island)
31. Ben Watt ft. Sanada Mattreaya: “A Stronger Man” (Astralwerks)
32. Kanye West: “Jesus Walks” (Roc-a-Fella)
33. Todd Edwards & Filthy Rich ft. Damon Trueitt: “Stormy Day (Dubstrumental)” (i!)
34. Junior Boys “High Come Down” (Kin)
35. Wiley: “Pies” (XL)
36. Janet Jackson: “Love Me for a Little While” (Virgin)
37. The Mountain Goats: “Palmcorder Yajna” (4AD)
38. Ghostface ft. Jadakiss “Run” (Def Jam)
39. Tanya Stephens: “Pop It Off” (Greensleeves)
40. J.O.Y.: “Sunplus” (DFA)
41. Jae Millz: “No, No, No” (Warner Bros)
42. Belle & Sebastian: “I’m a Cuckoo (Avalanches Mix)” (Rough Trade)
43. Franz Ferdinand: “Take Me Out (Daft Punk Remix)” (Domino)
44. Courtney Love: “Mono” (Virgin)
45. Richie Feelings: “Dancin Class” (Greensleeves)
46. M.I.A. “Sunshowers” (XL)
47. Pixeltan: “Get Up/Say What (DFA Remix)” (DFA)
48. Lloyd Banks: “On Fire” (Interscope)
49. Matthew Dear: “Anger Management” (Spectral/Ghostly International)
50. N.E.R.D. ft. De La Soul, Q-Tip, Mos Def and Common: “She Loves to Move (Native Tongues Remix)” (Star Trak)
51. Kylie Minogue: “Slow (Chemical Brothers Remix)” (Capitol)

― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 2 September 2004 18:35 (twenty years ago)

So did Gretchen Wilson come out of nowhere or what? As it is I don't quite get the success.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 September 2004 18:53 (twenty years ago)

Dude, it's four out of five. And it's ironic that I go affirmative in the most non-affirmative year of my life. :-)

― Chris O'Connor (Chris O'Connor), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:20 (twenty years ago)

alphabetical:

Big and Rich "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)"
Big and Rich "Wild West Show,"
Terri Clark "Girls Lie Too"
Toby Keith "Whiskey Girl"
Kevin Lytle, "Turn Me On"
Martina McBride "This One's for the Girls,"
Measles Mumps Rubella "Fountain of Youth,"
Yolanda Perez con Don Cheto "Estoy Enamorada"
Phat Sk8trax "Boogie Back Rap"
Chris Ryan “East Coast Liner”
Red Swan "What Really Happened at Rose Lake"
Ric-A-Che featuring Darija "Coo Coo Chee"
Britney Spears "Toxic,"
Gretchen Wilson, "Redneck Woman"

― chuck, Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:23 (twenty years ago)

“Love Me for a Little While” over "All Nite (Don't Stop)"?

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:26 (twenty years ago)

DJ, do you actually think "No Better Love" is better than "Friday Night"? It's great and all, but I think "Friday Night" beats it to hell.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:29 (twenty years ago)

Actually, a couple Skye Sweetnam and maybe Montgomery Gentry singles should probably be on my list, too, though if I wind up voting for their album or Gretchen's I probably won't vote for their singles. Big and Rich I might make an exception and vote for singles and album both, though.

― chuck, Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:30 (twenty years ago)

Spirit Catcher-Dirty Circuit
Moonstar-Detriot
Hystereo-Winters In The City/Corporate Crimewave
The Knife-Heartbeats
Girls Aloud-The Show
Peaches-Shake Yer Dix (Tiga Remix)
Tiga-Pleasure From The Bass
Cursor Miner-The Sport Of Kings
Archigram-Padre
Headman-Birth, School, Work, Death.

and lots of stuff on other peoples lists too!

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:34 (twenty years ago)

The danceable "post-punk" guitar-rock
The enthusiastic rap
The vulnerable R&B
"Toxic"

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:39 (twenty years ago)

oh yeah and John Mayer's "Clarity" (fighting with "Toxic" and "Burn" for my single of the year, it'll probably depend on my state of mind at the end of the year and if something better comes along)

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:41 (twenty years ago)

Girls Aloud - The show
Rachel Stevens - Some girls
Mountain Goats - Palmcorder Yajna
Natasha Bedingfield - These words
NERD - She likes to move (DFA mix)
Franz Ferdinand - Take me out
Morrissey - English blood, Irish heart
Mylo - Destroy rock n'roll

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:47 (twenty years ago)

'Toxic' and 'Some Girls' are probably mine. Some other stuff I have no doubt forgotten over nine months. Oh, and 'Run' by Ghostface.

x-post Yeah, 'These Words' is good too, but I'm probably too embarassed by my love of it to say it's one of my year faves.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:51 (twenty years ago)

Oh, lots of things really. If 'Kim Wilde' by Charlotte Hatherley counts, I'll go for that.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:55 (twenty years ago)

My top 5 of 04 (in no particular order):

Jay-Z "99 Problems"
Nina Sky "Move Your Body"
Modest Mouse "Float On"
Britney Spears "Toxic"
Kanye West "Jesus Walks"

IMHO this has been a good year on the radio dial.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:56 (twenty years ago)

Oh shit, add a last minute additional 6th song on there with Cee-Lo's "The One"!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:57 (twenty years ago)

I still really hate that Modest Mouse single, even if the album wasn't all bad.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:58 (twenty years ago)

Do most radio stations play that shortened version of "Jesus Walks" that leaves out the last (best) verse? It's not that long of a song, I don't know why they insist on cutting that out.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:58 (twenty years ago)

They cut Mayer's girly shrieks at the end of "Clarity" in the radio edit. They fear evolution.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 2 September 2004 19:59 (twenty years ago)

Jay Z “99 Problems”
The Streets “Fit and You Know It”
Britney Spears “Toxic”
M.I.A. “Galang”
Usher featuring Lil Jon and Ludicrious “Yeah”
Keren Ann “Not Going Anywhere”
Gretchen Wilson “Redneck Girl”
Kayne West “Jesus Walks”
Outkast “Roses”
Nellie McKay “The Dog Song”
Big & Rich “Rollin’ (The Ballad of Big & Rich)”
Courtney Love “Mono”
Justus Kohncke w/ Meloboy "Frei/Hot Love"
Wiley “Pies”
The Hives “Walk Idiot Walk”
Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out”
Twista with Jamie Foxx and Kayne West “Slow Jamz”

― Not That Chucj, Thursday, 2 September 2004 20:13 (twenty years ago)

hip-hop radio is hurting right now, at least in nyc. "lean back" keeps getting played by default cuz i think pataki passed a law saying only 3456 usher tracks can be played per hour. what a h8r.

i can't believe you like "turn me on," chuck. it's "no letting go" without any heart or charm.

my list (in the order they appear on my mid-year singles mix):

1. Big & Rich, "Real World"
2. Britney, "Toxic"
3. Justus Kohncke, "Timecode"
4. Chromeo, "Needy Girl"
5. Rachel Stevens, "Some Girls"
6. Cobra Killer, "High Is the Pine"
7. Loretta Lynn, "Portland, Oregon"
8. Dios, "Starting Five"
9. The Fall, "Janet Vs Johnny"
10. Cottonbelly, "By Your Side"
11. Incubus, "Talk Shows on Mute"
12. Atreyu, "Right Side of the Bed"
13. Alicia Keys, "You Don't Know My Name (Reggae Mix)"
14. Nina Sky, "Move Your Body"
15. Montgomery Gentry, "I Got Drunk"
16. The Hold Steady, "Positive Jam"
17. Gretchen Wilson, "Redneck Woman"
18. Franz Ferdinand, "Take Me Out"
19. Electrelane, "On Parade"
20. JC Chasez, "Come to Me"
21. Brandy, "Talk About Our Love"
22. The Intelligence, "Telephone Wires"

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 2 September 2004 20:51 (twenty years ago)

I'm also digging the Headman Rave Mix of Matinée by Franz Ferdinand.

It's on his wicked new comp on Eskimo, "Dance Modern". think it was released on a very limited scale on vinyl too.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 2 September 2004 20:55 (twenty years ago)

Chuck - Yanc3y said *exactly* what I was going to say to you about the Kevin Lyttle track. I don't get it either.

Also I meant to put R. Kelly's "Happy People" on my list, and the Morrissey track might make it too after I listen to it a few more times.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Thursday, 2 September 2004 21:04 (twenty years ago)

the rasmus "in the shadows"

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 2 September 2004 21:15 (twenty years ago)

DJ, do you actually think "No Better Love" is better than "Friday Night"? It's great and all, but I think "Friday Night" beats it to hell.

I don't think its "better" neccessarily but I played the hell out of "Friday Night" when I first got it. Also I think "No Better Love" isn't getting enough attention.

I'm with Chuck re: Kevin Lyttle. Dude's voice is sweeeeeeet. I wouldn't say I like it more than the dancehall cuts I mentioned, but its beautiful in its own way.

― djdee2005, Thursday, 2 September 2004 22:00 (twenty years ago)

are you people perhaps too obsessed with forming these lists to actually hear how crummy most of these singles are??

― reo, Thursday, 2 September 2004 22:21 (twenty years ago)

maybe. name some songs that you think are better.

― artdamages (artdamages), Thursday, 2 September 2004 22:29 (twenty years ago)

are you people perhaps too obsessed with forming these lists to actually hear how crummy most of these singles are??

Which ones are crummy?

― djdee2005, Thursday, 2 September 2004 22:33 (twenty years ago)

Hate lists, hate life, man.

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 2 September 2004 22:46 (twenty years ago)

fiery furnaces "tropical ice-land"
bloc party "banquet"
art of fighting "along the run"

i could think of more but i'm being lazee

― purple patch (electricsound), Thursday, 2 September 2004 22:54 (twenty years ago)

a bunch that are high in the running for me:

Paula Campbell - “Take You Home”
J-Kwon - "Hood Hop"
Young Gunz - “No Better Love”
Alicia Keys - "If I Ain’t Got U"
Juvenile f/ Soulja Slim - “Slow Motion”
Yung Wun f/ DMX, David Banner and Lil Flip - “Tear It Up”
T.I. - “Rubber Band Man”
Norah Jones - “Sunrise”
John Mayer - “Clarity”
Elephant Man f/ Twista and Youngbloodz - “Jook Gal” remix
Josh Gracin - “I Wanna Live”
Sleepy Brown f/ Outkast - “I Can’t Wait”
Kay Slay f/ Three Six Mafia - "Who Gives A Fuck Where U From"
Lostprophets - “Last Train Home”
Jagged Edge - “What’s it LIke”
Sara Evans - “Suds In The Bucket”
Comp - “Harder”
Sean Paul feat. Sasha - "I'm Still In Love With You"
Yellowcard - “Ocean Avenue”
Montgomery Gentry - “If You Ever Stop Loving Me”
Nelly - “Tip Drill”
Lloyd f/ Ashanti - “Southside”
Terri Clark - “Girls Lie Too”
Blink 182 - “Down”
G-Unit f/ Joe - “Wanna Get To Know U”
David Banner - “Crank It Up”
Prince - “Call My Name”
8Ball & MJG - “You Don’t Want Drama”

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 3 September 2004 00:02 (twenty years ago)

I'm down w/ Tip Drill, Wanna Get to Know U, You Don't Want Drama, + the ones i already mentioned that you mentioned as well. I donno about Yellowcard and John Mayer though man.

― djdee2005, Friday, 3 September 2004 00:27 (twenty years ago)

this has been a GREAT year for un-edgy rock singles.

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 3 September 2004 00:29 (twenty years ago)

I've come around to that Yellowcard song, but its not like I am going to go out of my way to hear it.

― artdamages (artdamages), Friday, 3 September 2004 00:32 (twenty years ago)

Top 10 singles that haven't been picked yet :

Arno - Chic et pas cher
Annie - Chewing gum
An Pierle - Paris s'eveille
TTC - Dans le club
Mousse T - Is it cos I'm cool
Feist - Mushaboom
Prince Po - Hold dat
Kelis - Trick me
Max Sedgley - Happy
Clouddead - Dead dogs two (Boards of Canada remix)

― Sami (Sami), Friday, 3 September 2004 00:37 (twenty years ago)

no order yet

"galang"
"toxic"
"yeah (crass mix)"
"some girls"
"save a horse (ride a cowboy)"
"fallen (zone 4 remix)"
"just blaze, free, and bleek"
"rubberband man"
"tipsy"
"you don't know my name"

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 3 September 2004 00:57 (twenty years ago)

I really don't get the "Rubberband Man" love.

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 3 September 2004 00:59 (twenty years ago)

it's representin the struggle, man

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:01 (twenty years ago)

yeah I assume there's some level to the song I'm missing, cuz all I can remember is an annoying hook and a guy talking about rubberbands.

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:04 (twenty years ago)

"I'm a Cuckoo [by the Avalanches]", Belle and Sebastian
"Rubberband Man", T.I.
"Hot Like We", Ce'Cile
"You Don't Know My Name (reggae remix)", Alicia Keys
"Some Girls", Rachel Stevens
"Love Machine" and "The Show", Girls Aloud
"The Power Is On", The Go! Team
"This Is the World We Live in", Alcazar
"Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", Big & Rich
"Rocker", Alter Ego
"Toxic", Britney Spears
"Dip it Low", Christina Milian
"Happy People", R. Kelly
"Make Out Fall Out Make Up", Love Is All
"Let Me Go Home", Camera Obscura
"Galang" and "Sun Showa", M.I.A.
"Move Ya Body", Nina Sky
"Heartbeat", Annie

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:08 (twenty years ago)

oops, and "timecode"!

― scott pl. (scott pl.), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:09 (twenty years ago)

Somebody recommend me a pop single from this year that is nothing but beats and wails and has no personality to it (I'm serious, I think most of the pop figures this year should be boiled in oil -- and "Toxic" is severely overrated.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:12 (twenty years ago)

move ya body?

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:14 (twenty years ago)

I like it but its pretty generic

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:14 (twenty years ago)

Nina Sky, right? I've heard good things, I will keep that in mind -- often I appreciate the 'generic' more than the specifically monumental.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:15 (twenty years ago)

i'm not one of those people that have lists prepared and everyone keeps reminding me about songs I like. maybe thats what these threads are for.

but has anyone heard "Ridin Big (yo)"? The hook (or one of them) is "the hardest decision I've got to make is which car I'm gonna take when I *indecipherable word*"

― artdamages (artdamages), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:16 (twenty years ago)

maybe you should find some enya techno remixes, ned

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:16 (twenty years ago)

Hahah. Depends on the remixer. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:16 (twenty years ago)

Oh that Nina Sky song has personality. Granted it is a bland kind of personality, but they are cute in their amateurishness.

― artdamages (artdamages), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:18 (twenty years ago)

"Ridin' Big Yo" kinda sucks, at least as a first single.

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:21 (twenty years ago)

I disagree wholeheartedly, but don't have the time to say why.

― artdamages (artdamages), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:23 (twenty years ago)

Mouse On Mars - Wipe That Sound

It's the sort of thing I'm sure even kids who like Kelis or Beyonce or other names that are so daft they make mine look normal could get into.

― Sasha (sgh), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:30 (twenty years ago)

I made a top 100. Here's the top 50 of that.

50. The Streets - "Fit But You Know It"
49. Eamon - "Fuck You (I Don't Want You Back)"
48. Christina Milian - "Dip it Low"
47. G-Unit f/ Joe - "Wanna Get to Know You"
46. RJD2 - "Through the Walls"
45. Phantom Planet - "Big Brat"
44. Twista - "Overnight Celebrity"
43. Lenlow - "Last Night"
42. The Upper Room - "All Over This Town"
41. Kelis - "Trick Me"
40. Mario Winans - "I Don't Wanna Know"
39. Lloyd Banks - "On Fire"
38. Petey Pablo - "Freak-a-Leek"
37. Kanye West - "All Falls Down"
36. Felix da Housecat - "Ready 2 Wear"
35. MIA - "Galang"
34. Maroon 5 - "This Love"
33. Young Gunz - "No Better Love"
32. Bumblebeez 81 - "Pony Ride"
31. Pixeltan - "Get Up / Say What (DFA Remix)"
30. The Delays - "Long Time Coming"
29. Jay-Z - "Dirt off Your Shoulder"
28. The Cure - "The End of the World"
27. Lil' Flip - "Game Over"
26. Lloyd Banks f/ 50 Cent - "Smile"
25. Ferry Costen - "Rock Your Body Rock"
24. The Prodigy - "Girls"
23. Justus Kohnche - "Frei/Hot Love"
22. Yellowcard - "Ocean Avenue"
21. Taking Back Sunday - "A Decade Under the Influence"
20. Junior Boys - "High Come Down"
19. Phoenix - "Everything is Everything"
18. Madvillain - "All Caps"
17. Modest Mouse - "Float On"
16. R. Kelly - "Step in the Name of Love (Remix)"
15. The Killers - "Somebody Told Me"
14. Nina Sky - "Move Your Body"
13. Sean Paul f/ Sasha - "I'm Still in Love With You"
12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Maps"
11. The Walkmen - "The Rat"
10. Lil' Flip f/ Lea - "Sunshine"
9. Young Gunz - "Friday Night"
8. Jay-Z - "99 Problems"
7. Britney Spears - "Toxic"
6. Ratatat - "17 Years"
5. Twista f/ Kanye West & Jamie Foxx - "Slow Jamz"
4. Franz Ferdinand - "Take Me Out"
3. Soulwax - "This is the Excuse"
2. Usher f/ Lil' Jon & Ludacris - "Yeah!"
1. LCD Soundsystem - "Yeah"

Yeah.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Friday, 3 September 2004 02:10 (twenty years ago)

i'm gonna try this even though i'm bad at lists (and i'm going to sound like everyone else but whatevs)

timecode
rubberband man
wonderful people - q & not u (it's really good!)
this is the excuse
both "yeah"s
galang
welcome back
don't trespass- lady saw (and about 10 others on "red alert")
stand up tall
pies
cish cash (vitalic remix)
alpha beta gaga
i can see clearly now - seelenluft
what's happnin'
proton candy
the show
when i'm nothing - dmx
coo coo che
portland oregon
wipe that sound
get on dis motorcycle

probably some other stuff too!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 3 September 2004 02:55 (twenty years ago)

its not a single but Felix's "Ready 2 Wear" should've been #1 all over the world.

― kevin says relax (daddy warbuxx), Friday, 3 September 2004 05:51 (twenty years ago)

Loads of great songs this year, but so few of them singles...

Dizzee - "Stand up tall"
Lil Flip - "Sunshine"
Tiga - "Pleasure from the bass"
Feist - "Mushaboom"
Ce'Cile - "Hot like we"
Miss Ting - "Me ago laff"
Nio - "No strings"
The Knife - "Hearbeats"
Spektrum - "Kinda new" (Tiefschwarz remixes)
Seelenluft - "I can see clearly now"
Big and Rich - "Save a horse ride a cowboy"
The Streets - "Fit but don't you know it" (but only for the Kano and Lady Sov remix)
Wiley - "Pies"

― Jacob (Jacob), Friday, 3 September 2004 07:05 (twenty years ago)

Oh god, totally forgot "Get on dis motorcycle"

― Jacob (Jacob), Friday, 3 September 2004 07:06 (twenty years ago)

There's quite a lot I forgot, but I've decided that I need to hear 'Haedsprung' at full volume in a club while drunk off my ass and then I might add it to my list.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Friday, 3 September 2004 12:28 (twenty years ago)

Ned, you will probably hate it with the boiling fury of a thousand dying suns, but have you heard the Yellowcard song?

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Friday, 3 September 2004 13:55 (twenty years ago)

Oh god, totally forgot "Get on dis motorcycle"

Not a single folks.

― djdee2005, Friday, 3 September 2004 18:18 (twenty years ago)

Milan's "Dip It Low" seconded as a fucking great single. I don't get why everyone's picking "Toxic" instead of "Everytime" by Britney tho, and why no "Tush" love?

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Saturday, 4 September 2004 05:44 (twenty years ago)

Ned, you will probably hate it with the boiling fury of a thousand dying suns, but have you heard the Yellowcard song?

Not yet -- and the description I've heard of them as 'emo with violin' rather troubles my tender soul.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 4 September 2004 05:47 (twenty years ago)

Sterling related post

Dip It Low = wayyy overrated boring not all that special fun but not exactly top 20 material.

Good question re: TUsh though. THat single was hot.

― djdee2005, Saturday, 4 September 2004 06:12 (twenty years ago)

Re "Dip It Low" - I'm trying to whether I work out the original or the official released version more. The original is more melodramatic with the spare beats striking like thunderclaps, but the second version is easier to dance to (and has the great bass-driven Fabo rap section). I think it's an excellent single; it's not the monster that "Baby Boy" was because it's much more fragile, but that's one of its nice qualities.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 4 September 2004 08:19 (twenty years ago)

It's much sexier than Baby Boy.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Saturday, 4 September 2004 15:33 (twenty years ago)

If I heard more emo that sounded like Yellowcard, I would like more emo.

Sterl, people are picking "Toxic" over "Everytime" because "Toxic" is a decent song that's overrated while "Everytime" is fucking horrible nonsense that really should be taken out back, shot, chopped up into little pices, put into a sack, set on fire, scraped into ANOTHER sack with some rocks, pissed on, then dropped off of a bridge.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Saturday, 4 September 2004 16:18 (twenty years ago)

why no "Tush" love?

Well I mentioned it, but there is less "Tush" love because there is a lot of 'Tush" hate. See the Ghostface threads where a bunch of people say its the worst song on Pretty Toney.

btw thanks everyone that big upped "I Can Only be That Woman"

― artdamages (artdamages), Saturday, 4 September 2004 16:19 (twenty years ago)

If I heard more emo that sounded like Yellowcard, I would like more emo.

Yellowcard are kinda hinting at the pop-punk/emo covering cheesy 80s sdtk hits phenomenon. Except it's their song. I hope 'emo' moves further in this direction.

― artdamages (artdamages), Saturday, 4 September 2004 16:21 (twenty years ago)

'Galang' came out last year, though perhaps people know that.

― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 4 September 2004 17:02 (twenty years ago)

I don't get why everyone's picking "Toxic" instead of "Everytime" by Britney tho

I like both but "Toxic" doesn't require one to care about Britney-drama. Plus it's like stealth-Kish Kash where "Everytime" is more like a power ballad that never brings in the oomph (I'll take "My Immortal" over it).

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 4 September 2004 17:10 (twenty years ago)

"Everytime" made my low 60s.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Saturday, 4 September 2004 19:07 (twenty years ago)

i'm not sure that i've heard "no better love" (i certainly will, and soon), but somebody should've mentioned the young gunz's "friday night" by now. and, as any fule knos, phoenix's "if i ever feel better" is way better than "everthing is everything". another thing that i really like that no-one has mentioned is marques houston's "i like that". the word "better" appears four times in this paragraph.

― m. (mitchlnw), Saturday, 4 September 2004 21:36 (twenty years ago)

its not a single but Felix's "Ready 2 Wear" should've been #1 all over the world.

It will be the next one, with a Benny Benassi remix.

'Galang' came out last year

And again on XL, in a few weeks' time.

― JoB (JoB), Saturday, 4 September 2004 22:14 (twenty years ago)

People, did we do this one for nothing then?

― JoB (JoB), Saturday, 4 September 2004 22:16 (twenty years ago)

I'm also digging the Headman Rave Mix of Matinée by Franz Ferdinand.

Ronan, is this the same thing as the "headman vocal mix" that was on that colette comp? a handful of indiekids @ k1ss & make up (one of whom had come up to me at various points in my set w/"play some more rock" & "stop playing dance music"!) expressed how much better they thought it was than the original!

― etc, Saturday, 4 September 2004 22:29 (twenty years ago)

Probably not because the one on the Headman mix album is, in fact, a Rave Dub and does not contain the full vocal.

― JoB (JoB), Saturday, 4 September 2004 22:47 (twenty years ago)

didn't know it was a dub, sorry.

― etc, Saturday, 4 September 2004 23:06 (twenty years ago)

others not mentioned -

fabolous - breathe
cut copy - future
sia - breathe me (four tet remix)
cassius henry ft freeway - the one
the game ft kanye west & ludacris - whole city behind us
silvah bullet - se7en
infinite livez - adventures of the lactating man
nas - thief's theme

― Mil (Mil), Saturday, 4 September 2004 23:08 (twenty years ago)

Shamefully:

Dizzee - Stand Up Tall
Busted - Air Hostess
EIB - Torpedoes (okay, I am way more embarassed abt this than anyone here can like imagine, but I still can't hate this)
Jamelia - Thank You
Baxendale - Built This City
The Butterfly Stitch - You're my Kinda Girl
Lou Reed - Satelite of Love 2004
The Knife - Heartbeats

― Gregory Henry (Gregory Henry), Saturday, 4 September 2004 23:17 (twenty years ago)

That Dan post abt Toxic is so insanely great.

― Gregory Henry (Gregory Henry), Saturday, 4 September 2004 23:21 (twenty years ago)

OK, compiled from the other thread:

1. LCD Soundsystem - Yeah
2. Kanye West - Through The Wire
3. Wiley - Wot Do U Call It
4. Usher featuring Lil’ Jon & Ludacris - Yeah!
5. Mylo - Muscle Car (Freeform Reform)
6. Dizzee Rascal - Stand Up Tall
7. Comtron - Evil System
8. Beanfield Featuring Bajka - Tides (C’s Movement #1) (Carl Craig Remix)
9. Rachel Stevens - Some Girls
10. Alter Ego - Rocker
11. Cursor Miner - The Sport Of Kings
12. Spektrum - Kinda New (Tiefschwarz Remix)
13. Annie - Chewing Gum
14. Kanye West - Jesus Walks
15. Ghostface featuring Jadakiss - Run
16. Comp - Harder
17. Seymour Bits - Free
18. Soulwax - Ny Excuse
19. Green Day - American Idiot
20. Basement Jaxx featuring JC Chasez - 'Plug It In'
21. Luomo - What Good
22. Lucien-N-Luciano - Alain Brito
23. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
24. Kelis - Trick Me
25. Mathew Jonson - Decompression
26. Nina Sky featuring Jabba - Move Your Body
27. Felix Da Housecat - Rocket Ride
28. Dilated Peoples featuring Kanye West - This Way
29. Wiley - Pies
30. The Rapture - I Need Your Love (Ewan's Friends With Girls Mix)
31. Nas - Star Wars
32. The Streets - Fit But You Know It
33. High Contrast - Racing Green
34. Mylo - 'Drop The Pressure'
35. Djtal V/s Tiefschwarz - Digital World
36. Outkast - Roses
37. Art Brut - Formed A Band
38. Dr. Kucho - Lie To Yourself
39. Marco Passarani - I House U
40. Sleepy Brown Featuring Outkast - I Can't Wait

― JoB (JoB), Saturday, 4 September 2004 23:35 (twenty years ago)

who died and named dan alex in nyc?

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Sunday, 5 September 2004 00:56 (twenty years ago)

re: kevin lytle -- people call him "soca", but to me his single is totally (yeah, very very SWEET) brit-style r&b in the tradition of, like, junior and linx and mark morrison (and montell jordan, if he was british, and i forget who else before and since) (all of which had a certain caribbean lilt to begin with, of course) (but his album's a bore.)

― chuck, Sunday, 5 September 2004 10:23 (twenty years ago)

I don't know if I can think of a more obviously terrible single this year than "Turn Me On" (well, besides that Nelly single anyway). The love that this song gets will puzzle me to the grave.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Sunday, 5 September 2004 16:32 (twenty years ago)

For me personally I've found this thread to be a lot more useful than the rolling singles thread.

― billstevejim, Sunday, 5 September 2004 21:25 (twenty years ago)

I don't know if I can think of a more obviously terrible single this year than "Turn Me On" (well, besides that Nelly single anyway). The love that this song gets will puzzle me to the grave.

Whats so puzzling? He's got a sweet voice, the riddim is a pleasent carribean electro-ish bounce and its got a memorable melody.

― djdee2005, Sunday, 5 September 2004 22:01 (twenty years ago)

He's got a [nothing] voice, the riddim is a [grating] carribean electro-ish bounce and its got a [lame fucking] melody.

I re-iterate: "La Isla Bonita" goes dancehall.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:30 (twenty years ago)

You are ridiculous.

I don't know how anything abou this song could even be considered "grating", and his voice is sugary sweet...

― djdee2005, Monday, 6 September 2004 04:33 (twenty years ago)

um, that dmx song (when i'm nothing) is almost four years old, isn't it?

― adam west (adamwest), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:56 (twenty years ago)

I don't know how anything abou this song could even be considered "grating", and his voice is sugary sweet...

Saccharine, Deej. Saccharine.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Monday, 6 September 2004 04:58 (twenty years ago)

no love for estelle - "1980"!

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:09 (twenty years ago)

atlas "standing on shoulders" is lovely lovely

― purple patch (electricsound), Monday, 6 September 2004 21:39 (twenty years ago)

Kevi Lyttle is completely harmless.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 00:44 (twenty years ago)

Kevi Lyttle is completely harmless.

since when is "completely harmless" a compliment?

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 01:54 (twenty years ago)

Would 'mostly harmless' be more apt?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 02:19 (twenty years ago)

"completley harmless" is a pretty huge compliment, considering the amount of music that is actively repugnant.

― Daniel_Rf (Daniel_Rf), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 12:51 (twenty years ago)

I'd be fine with "completely dull".

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 12:56 (twenty years ago)

"completely harmless" = FIGHT THE REAL ENEMY (Le Tigre, the lead singer from Modest Mouse, Britney's ballads, etc)

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 13:00 (twenty years ago)

It does seem a shame to me that Kevin Lyttle has apparently succeeded where Wayne Wonder failed and people like Chico never even got a chance - I mean, I like wimpy high-pitched Jamaican/Carribean pop as much as anyone else, but Kevin doesn't seem to be an obvious choice either in terms of quality or crossover potential. Why "Turn Me On" and not, say, Nicky B's "It's On"?

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 13:08 (twenty years ago)

"It does seem a shame to me that Kevin Lyttle has apparently succeeded where Wayne Wonder failed"

"No Letting Go" was top 10 for me last year. Kevin Lyttle will be in my bottom 20 this year. Wayne Wonder's voice, the production, and the song itself are just that much better, imo.

― billstevejim, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 13:14 (twenty years ago)

I was gonna say, how has Hevin Lyttle beaten Wayne Wonder? They've both scored one mainstream dancehall hit each.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 13:21 (twenty years ago)

Oh I totally agree - I meant in terms of commercial success slash longevity. I loved No Holding Back - totally underrated album in my opinion (or rather, not rated at all; nobody seemed to care about Wayne beyond the single).

xpost: Dan - Kevin seems to be having (relative) follow-up singles/album success, at least in Australia. And Kevin's hit was a fair bit bigger than Wayne's.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 13:24 (twenty years ago)

Anyway, my favourite singles:

Vybz Kartel - Picture This
Ada - Lovelace
TOK - Sex on my Mind
Rachel Stevens - Some Girls
Britney Spears - Toxic
Nina Sky - Move Ya Body
Ciara ft. Petey Pablo - Goodies
Houston - I Like That
Memphis Bleek - Everything's A Go
Kanye West ft. Twista - Slow Jamz (Collipark Remix)

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 13:31 (twenty years ago)

I was thinking about this last night--

"Goodies" is such a bizarre #1 single. The "Milkshake"-esque aspects of the chorus are chart-friendly enough, but the song itself is this totally minimal semi-crunk number with a hook that's barely even there. I think it's fairly cool, but strange for such a smash hit.

I guess it's proof that the people will buy any song that has a semi-hot chick promising sex in very thinly-veiled metaphorical culinary terms.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 14:09 (twenty years ago)

Haha I love Tim's taste cuz I always agree with 80-90% of it and then its got something absolutely awful like that Houston song. Or perhaps its different bcuz maybe its not all over tha radio in Austr.?

― djdee2005, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 14:18 (twenty years ago)

the people will buy any song that has a semi-hot chick promising sex

Looking for the goodies? Keep on looking 'cause they stay in the jar doesn't sound too promising to me...

― JoB (JoB), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 14:26 (twenty years ago)

I like how Dan refuses to spell 'Kevin' correctly - shows how harmless he is.

I don't quite get the Houston single either, which just sounds charmless, banged-out and leaden. It also has Chingy, who I badly want to eviscerate after raping him with a jackhammer. Anywa, I had no idea 'Goodies' was no.1, but it's good alright. It's not too much weirder than 'Move Ya Body' anyway, which is lightweight, not-too special fun with an annoying middle-8 IMO.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 14:36 (twenty years ago)

Maroon 5 "This Love"
Slim Thug, Paul Wall & Mike Jones "Still Tippin"
Mike Jones f. Cyndee & Chelcie "Gone Head"
Young Buck f. David Banner & Lil Flip "Welcome To The South"
Akon f. Styles P "Locked Up"
Juvenile & the UTP Playas "Nolia Clap (remix)"
Slim Thug, TI & Bun B "Three Kings"
BG f. DJ Smurf "U Got It I Want It"
Pitbull f. Lil Jon "Culo"
JoJo "Leave (Get Out)"
Gemma Fox f Tinchey Stryder "Girlfriend Story (remix)"

Can't think of anymore right now. My favourites are in bold.

― scg, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 15:05 (twenty years ago)

JoJo rocks.

In other hata news, has everyone heard the new Fefe Dobson single? THAT POOR GIRL.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 15:06 (twenty years ago)

I have not heard this. Do tell me more.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 15:07 (twenty years ago)

The Houston track grew on me, though god knows the last think the world needs right now is another young, annoying southern rapper.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 15:08 (twenty years ago)

Jojo disturbs me. 13 year olds shouldn't be allowed to be that sassy and disillusioned.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 15:09 (twenty years ago)

i completely forgot my favourite song of 2004 so far -

Three 6 Mafia f. Frayser Boy & Lil Wyte "Who Gives A Fuck Where You From"

xpost yes god forbid

― scg, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 15:09 (twenty years ago)

In what universe are 13-year-olds not at the forefront of the sassy curve? They even have a magazine targeted towards them CALLED "Sassy!" (note exclamation point)

Ned, are you asking about JoJo or Fefe?

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 15:11 (twenty years ago)

I think JoJo is the white female little Michael Jackson of this generation, albeit without a family of third-wheels behind her.
'Levae' is good, but would be better without the shouts in the chorus - ow.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 15:23 (twenty years ago)

Aw, the shouts in the chorus are what make the song! (Also, they're very "aw, she's 13" cute.)

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 15:26 (twenty years ago)

"LEAVE OR FEEL THE FORCE OF MY TANTRUM!"

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 15:54 (twenty years ago)

Exactly!

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 15:54 (twenty years ago)

I had no idea anybody considered Kevin Lyttle's single "dancehall" at all till this thread. (And "La Isla Bonita" is one of Madonna's best hits ever, by the way. "Turn Me On" isn't quite as good as "La Isla Bonita goes dancehall" implies. But it's still good -- Give or take R Kelly, I can't think of a better r&b singing voice to hit the charts this year.)

― chuck, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:42 (twenty years ago)

I mean, maybe his voice is *too* sweet for some people; that's what this thread implies. But since when is bubblegum a bad thing?

― chuck, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:48 (twenty years ago)

Most dancehall and r&b these days isn't bubblegum *enough*, if you ask me! (Even when sung by 13 year olds.) (Actually, come to think of it, you know what "Turn Me On" is? It's like a real nice BILLY OCEAN single. And there are not nearly enough of those these days.)

― chuck, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:51 (twenty years ago)

"Turn Me On" is too coherent to be a Billy Ocean single!

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 16:51 (twenty years ago)

And "La Isla Bonita" is one of Madonna's best hits ever, by the way.

Craziness. I can probably think of at least thirty Madonna singles I like more--the only skippable track on Immaculate Collection (besides "Rescue Me" anyway, but that's the last track so it doesn't count).

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:27 (twenty years ago)

I mean, I'm not a dancehall purist or anything--I'm a sucker for the near sickly-sweet rhythms of Beenie Man's "Dude"--but goddamn it, we must draw the line somewhere.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 17:28 (twenty years ago)

I much prefer Kevin Lyttle to "Dude", but "King of the Dancehall" trumps them both.

― djdee2005, Tuesday, 7 September 2004 18:16 (twenty years ago)

Ned, are you asking about JoJo or Fefe?

The latter.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:08 (twenty years ago)

Oh. Argh.

Imagine, if you will, an synthpop throwback tune complete with neat plinky keyboard and robotic rhythms sung by a constipated mouse with pitch problems. That's what her new single sounds like.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:10 (twenty years ago)

So near and yet so far, then.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:39 (twenty years ago)

EXACTLY.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:40 (twenty years ago)

:-( Most distressing. But at least JC's "ADIDAS" was there for us this year.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 19:45 (twenty years ago)

I was ridin' my bike on 43rd street
Past the station and
There's one person without a seat
Got my sunnies 'cause the sun just
Keeps on lookin' right through me
Ain't nobody gonna stop me
Baby can't you see

[Chorus:]
Don't go
Girls and boys should be together
Don't go
Girls and boys can rule the world
Don't go
Boys and boys should be together
Don't go
Girls and girls can rule the world

I've got jumbo polka-dotted trousers
With the empty pockets
It's funny to me that the two of us
Could fit in one pair
Kings and queens on magazines
That have me on the cover
But none of that compares to
Just one night alone with you
And what you do

Don't go
Girls and boys should be together
Don't go
Girls and boys can rule the world
Don't go
Boys and boys should be together
Don't go
Girls and girls can rule the world [x2]

I was just ridin' my bike on 43rd street
Past the station and there's
One person without a seat
You got me wishin' I was just a little
Squirrel at your window
Got me whistlin' a song
I thought I never could like
Just for you

Don't go
Girls and boys should be together
Don't go
Girls and boys can rule the world
Don't go
Boys and boys should be together
Don't go
Girls and girls can rule the world [x3]

Boys and boys should be together
Don't go
Girls and girls can rule the world

― KILL ME NOW (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 20:56 (twenty years ago)

Argh my list is all wrong - I forgot "Was A Time" and "Love Is Here To Stay" and "Rubberband Man" which all totally throw the list out of wack.

I'd note though that Houston isn't a rapper but an R&B singer - and indeed his singing is a big part of why I like the song so much.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 03:50 (twenty years ago)

Damon could sing that lyric easily enough.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 03:55 (twenty years ago)

01 Ghostface f/ Jadakiss – Run (Ghost's headwear in the video puts this one over the top)
02 T.I. – Rubberband Man
03 Usher f/ Ludacris and Lil Jon – Yeah!
04 Twista f/ Kanye West – Slow Jamz
05 Young Gunz – Friday Night
06 Dizzee Rascal – Stand Up Tall
07 Mya f/ Chingy - Fallen (Zone 4 Remix)
08 Kevin Lyttle – Turn Me On (I like the comparison w/ Mark Morrison, I love both songs for the same reason, just one endlessly smooth groove you could just ride out forever)
09 Rachel Stevens - Some Girls
10 M.I.A. - Sunshowers
11 Method Man f/ Busta Rhymes – What’s Happenin’
12 Justin Kohncke f/ Meloboy – Hot Love
13 Gretchen Wilson – Redneck Woman
14 Nina Sky – Move Ya Body
15 The Walkmen – The Rat
16 Los Lonely Boys – Heaven
17 Ciara f/ Petey Pablo - Goodies
18 Avril Lavigne – My Happy Ending
19 Usher – Burn
20 Twista f/ R. Kelly – So Sexy
21 Fiery Furnaces – Tropical Ice-Land
22 Fiery Furnaces – Single Again
23 Lloyd Banks – On Fire
24 Britney Spears - Toxic
25 Twista - Overnight Celebrity

― Josh Love (screamapillar), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 06:34 (twenty years ago)

Dancehall bubblegum was pretty much perfected by Beenie and Mya's 'Girls Dem Sugar'. Those Fefe lyrics are teh crapper, but they'd be so appropriate for 'Hey Ya Pt. 2'.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 08:50 (twenty years ago)

are the 'Turn Me On' and 'La Isla Bonita' comparisons being made because of the bootleg that exists of the two (by BushNo.10 but inspired by a mix I did last year) or incidental of that? heard the bootleg last night at Popjustice thing (also incidentally).

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 11:32 (twenty years ago)

Dunno, but anyone picking 'Turn Me On' is against sanity.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 12:16 (twenty years ago)

Oh, has anyone else noticed that 'Let's Get It Started' is a rip off of the Spice Girls' 'Wannabe?' Listen to the Apl rap backing/ringtone in the video.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 12:20 (twenty years ago)

The best (worst) part of the Fefe song is the way she sings it. I'm tempted to post a phoenetic version of the lyrics.

A sample: "I've got jumbo pookie-dotted trousers/Wi' eh-empty pockehs"

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 12:48 (twenty years ago)

Was Fergie the 6th Spice Girl? Tranracial Spice must've proved too confusing for the target demographic.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 13:05 (twenty years ago)

are the 'Turn Me On' and 'La Isla Bonita' comparisons being made because of the bootleg that exists of the two (by BushNo.10 but inspired by a mix I did last year) or incidental of that?

Incidental. The bootleg is just that obvious.

― The Good Dr. Bill (Andrew Unterberger), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 13:33 (twenty years ago)

Was Fergie the 6th Spice Girl? Tranracial Spice must've proved too confusing for the target demographic.

ESPECIALLY since they already had Tranracial Spice.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 14:34 (twenty years ago)

Mel B and Geri were biracial, and Posh is just weird, so you can't mean them.

I guess Fergie was cheaper than Geri when it came down to choosing the female Black Eyed Spice.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 14:43 (twenty years ago)

Geri was mixed race?

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 14:48 (twenty years ago)

Ach, me head hurts. I think she was Spanish/English, though eh.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 14:51 (twenty years ago)

Supergrass - 'Kiss Of Life' aka 'Mixed Bizness 2004' is not bad.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 15:03 (twenty years ago)

Mel B was biracial AND often looked like a transvestite: hence, tranracial.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 15:05 (twenty years ago)

Fergie has the edge for attempting to become a whole new race.

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 15:17 (twenty years ago)

(Am I the only person who thinks Fergie looks like Genericly-Attractive White Girl?)

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 15:19 (twenty years ago)

i doubt it. i assumed she has Puerto Rican or Cuban roots somewhere tho.

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 15:28 (twenty years ago)

Past photos of Fergie show a big haired caucasian blonde with scary eyes and rubbery skin. Present photos of Fergie show a vaguely Cuban girl with occasional blonde hair and a face that looks like melting rubber that someone stuck bad lipstick on top of and resembles the answer to the question "What if Janet was Michael?"

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 15:44 (twenty years ago)

I'm getting somewhat tired of getting to know and like songs and then hearing them lyrically co-opted for the airwaves in a way that makes them not half as enjoyable. Examples include: "Tipsy", "Let's Get Retarded".

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 16:06 (twenty years ago)

Nothing would make me happier than for Dizzee to blow up so big in America that "Stand Up Tall" would replace whatever blander-than-water Maroon 5 song they keep playing twenty times a day on every station. I could never ever get tired of that song.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 16:14 (twenty years ago)

If they put Dizzee on a Lil Jon track, he very easily could blow up. Like on a posse remix or something.

― djdee2005, Wednesday, 8 September 2004 16:27 (twenty years ago)

I'm glad Chuch likes that Measles Mumps Rubella song so much! I always forget it, but it's great great great

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 16:47 (twenty years ago)

joseph m! 'matinee' (note the new title!)
*was* a single. it went top 10!

uh, unless u are in a country where it didn't.

― piscesboy, Friday, 10 September 2004 10:14 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

Is "NY Excuse" and "This Is The Excuse" the same song?

― billstevejim, Wednesday, 6 October 2004 22:31 (twenty years ago)

Some of my favs this year (in no particular order):

Sondre Lerche: Two-Way Monologue
Annie: Chewing Gum
Keane: Everybody's Changing

Also, Espen Lind wrote an absolutely marvellous song for this year's Norwegian Idol winner. Kartjan himself doesn't contribute much to the single being one of the best of the year, but it still is thanks to a truly great song by Espen Lind called "Standing Tall"

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 7 October 2004 10:16 (twenty years ago)

Turns out my list is very Norway-dominated. Oh well, it has been a great year for Norwegian pop singles ;)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 7 October 2004 10:17 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

heads very much up.

if we keep this rolling for a few more weeks we wont have to start the inevitable seperate official one in late november!

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 27 October 2004 18:25 (twenty years ago)

No love for the "Lean Back" Remix w/ Lil Jon, Eminem, and Ma$e?

― DOPESMOKER (smile), Wednesday, 27 October 2004 18:49 (twenty years ago)

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