ILM TOP TRACKS OF 2004

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Basement Jaxx - "Good Luck"

Much as I love modern dance music, my greatest love is old soul music, and my teen love was rock music. Basement Jaxx have been maybe the most consistently wonderful act of any kind to have come along in the last decade, and the tracks I've always loved most have tended to be the ones with the potent, fiery and soulful female vocals - this is now alongside 'Red Alert' as one of my all-time favourites of theirs. It's a spectacularly thrilling performance, which is what BJ deserve, with their fantastically energetic and exciting music. -Martin Skidmore

Other ILXors Say:

"It's not really a "we are HERE!" song. How many times should the Jaxx say "we are HERE", anyway?" -Donut Bitch

"I find it hard to believe there's a song better than "Good Luck" that was released in 2003." -DJDee2005

Other ILXor Stats:

MattDC's nominee for Most Exciting Intro Evah
One of Mike TD's Favorite Songs at the Moment (c. September 26, 2003) and Todd Swiss's (c. Dec. 13th, 2003)
Stevem's nominee for Music to Play To Most Impress Upon Someone Living in 2004 That You Really Were From the Future
Made JeffW and Forksclovetofu's lists of Songs to Play While Running REALLY FAST

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Annie - "Me Plus One"

So 'Chewing Gum' may be nominal Best Single Ever and 'Heartbeat' looks set to solve third world debt/broker global unity by the end of 2005 but on first play, this was the sparkliest gem in the Anniemal crown – heady and elastic, luscious and buoyant, a standalone paeon to resilience and optimism in the face of isolation. Annie is desolate but Annie will not revel in it, Annie Will Get On, because, who knows what's/who's just around the corner? So she dons her crash helmet, discreetly metamorphoses into Cristina For The Xenomania Generation and crisply vogues through fluorescent lagoons of molten glee, shimmying through the tropics with her intrepid team of celestial multitracked backing voxsters, and splashy bass is spanked, and bubbles burst percussively, and Tribe Annie lurch into the sunshine on another glorious expedition, and it is D.I.F.F.I.C.U.L.T. but this only serves to make it more B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. because on this one occasion Annie is cackling in the face of potential disappointment, revelling in the tentative, basking in the joy of wrangling with logistics as she concludes that the best things come to those who wait and the pops-topping strength drawn from her prospective Other is worth throwing caution to the wind and risking rejection/heartbreak for. Annie is a glass-half-full kind of lady. Annie is wise. Alex in Doncaster

Other ILXors Say:

"'Me Plus One' MUST be the third single. It's the 2nd coming of 'Let's Hear It For The Boy'." -B.A.R.M.S.

Other ILXor Stats:

Stevem's nominee for the 100 Happiest Songs of All-Time
Piecesboy's Out and Out Proper POP Song of the Year
One of The Lex's Top 11 Songs at the Moment, Fuck (c. Nov. 27th, 2004)

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Animal Collective - "Who Could Win a Rabbit?"

The most eagerly joyful song on Sung Tongs, "Who Could Win a Rabbit" follows the tripped-out, equally stimulating "Leaf House" with a vigorous campfire sing-along, complete with a burst of restlessly strummed guitars and a steady sheet of shakers. The ensuing babble is highly infectious, too: many times I've caught myself whisper-singing "hungry bread-and-butter hustle" or, simply, "a rabbit, a habit, a rabbit, a habit," like it was some kind of weird nature-kid mantra. -Jaymc

Other ILXors Say:

"I like Animal Collective but absolutely abhor "Who Could Buy a Rabbit"! It reminds me of all the things I ever hated about Elephant 6." -Adam Bruneau
"The Beach Boys get lost in Woburn." -doglatin

One of FrankE's Top 12 Favorite Songs at the Mo' (c. Jul. 21, 2004)
Stevem's prediction for the ILM's #1 song of the last half-decade

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Uh, I don't think so...most of this stuff is copied and pasted from Microsoft Word. They don't look weird to me.

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Dizzee Rascal - "Dream"

What I want to know is: how did Dizzee come up with this idea? Let's flip Captain Sensible's take on Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific song and make the ungrimiest, most cuddlesome record I'll ever make. Take the opportunity to thank everyone who bought my last album. Make the cutest video of the year. I bet Dizzee has a really comfy bed, in which he dreams the loveliest of dreams. -JoB

Other ILXors Say:

"There are people out there who apparently reckon this song is not a good idea. Bollocks to they." -William Bloody Swygart
"Maybe the best video of the decade" -Alex in SF

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T.I. - "Rubberband Man"

Hip-Hop Trends “Rubberband Man� Will Hopefully Perpetuate:

1. Repeating the song’s producer’s name several times before the song kicks off. Helpful to us rap amateurs.
2. The use of Playboy Bunny CD-Making factories in music videos. New Jack City’s topless crack facilities taken to their logical extreme.
3. Lyrical references to the Taliban. If we can’t laugh, we’d have to cry.
4. Southern Rap that sounds this joyous and celebratory. And no, it’s not just because there are kids singing on the chorus.
5. Jazzy Phe dancing around in the back of every video. Wait, he already does that. -The Good Dr. Bill

Other ILXors Say:

""Rubberband Man" is prob my favourite hip hop track of the year." -Tim Finney

"DAAAA DATDADAAAAA DAAAAAA DATDADAAAAAA" -Deej

Other ILXor Stats:

Spongebob's nominee for 1000 Most Whistlable Tunes
mayor motrcade's nominee for 100 Best Organ Riffs
One of Colin Beckett's Own Fucking Ten
William Wiggins' #1 Remix of the Year (for Remix f/ Trick Daddy, Mack 10 and Twista)

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Or, “The Song That Unreasonably Lifted Our Low Expectations For The New Prodigy Album�. Those motherfuckers. -The Good Dr. Bill

Other ILXors Say:

"one of the freshest tunes ive heard in ages." -Davey C

"first single is false advertising, mannn" -Scott Warner

Other ILXor Stats:

One of Stevem's and Michael B's Favourite Top 12 Songs of the Mo' (c. Jul 12, 2004)
danny boy's nominee for Remix of the Year (for the Rex the Dog remix)

You said it about a year and a half ago. Song's been around for a while.

whats with the formatting btw? is my browser fuxored or is everything full of foreign vowels and euro signs?

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Kanye West - "Through the Wire"

A great advantage of being your own producer is that you can synch everything up perfectly. Such is the case with "Through The Wire"--Kanye's rhymes are nothing technically spectacular and the narrative is just a simple, self conscious retelling of a personal (and quite nasty) misfortune. Yet, combined with the giddy backing track of a chipmunk speed Chaka Khan, off beat handdrums, handclaps, and ripping bass playing, it's clear that "Through The Wire" is a celebration of life from a guy who almost didn't make it, and leave it to the guy with the near-death experience and wired jaw to know how to make it fun for everyone. -DOPESMOKER

Other ILXors Say:

"I for some reason get really moved by [the video for] Kanye West's Through the Wire....it's kinda like his scrapbook or something, very nostalgic." -Matt Helgeson

"A if Kanye West reads this, I want to let him know that even though you did get into that accident and fucked yo-self all up, you still fine azz hell." -Valencia Rozetta Cook

Other ILXor Stats:

Chris V's nominee for Songs That are Better Than the Songs They Sample
One of Andy K's Favourite 12 Songs at the Mo' (c. Oct. 11, 2003)

What does this do?

The blurbs don't look any different after I do this. I'll try it with the next one though.

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33. Kings of Convenience – “I’d Rather Dance With You�

Erlend Øye's foray into the DJ game had a lot of people wondering whether any of it would rub off onto the latest Kings of Convenience record. For the most part, it didn't, with the wonderful exception of this cut, an uptempo bossanova anchored by a rhythmic string quartet. The scene is a party or a club, and the woman that Øye's flirting with is presumably of the "fit but she's chatty" sort. The straightforward shut-up-and-dance strategy that our narrator adopts provides a nice counterpoint to the song's sophisticated pizzicato bounce. Apart from the lovely "Misread," no other track on the sorta-boring Riot On an Empty Street comes close to matching its heights. -Jaymc

Other ILXor Stats:

rentboy's nominee for Remix of the Year for the Cornelius remix (seconded by Jaymc)

ooh - nice detective work, simon. I'll leave it on that till I get some weird repercussions on some other webpage.

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Ghostface f/ Jadakiss - "Run"

Run! The highpoint of his Pretty Toney Album, the Killah's paranoia-soaked tale of fleeing from the cops is totally different to the string-drenched soul samples of the rest of the album - it's all police sirens and horns and Ghostface bawling away at a million miles an hour. Run! You can't fault his acting out the role of the pursued hustler - listen to him gasping for breath as Jadakiss enters the fray. Run! Jada's verse isn't as wound-up, but his close-to-the-mic delivery keeps the pressure bubbling. Run! -Haitch

Other ILXors Say:

"...and why are Ghostface and Jadakiss on the run in the first place? Why, they were caught, George Michael style, in a public bathroom. These cocksuckers got nerve raps Ghostface, and he isn't talking about the police..." -JoB

Other ILXor Stats:

The Most Played Song on Brock's Media Player
rentboy and Forksclovetofu's choice for Songs to Play While Running REALLY FAST
One of Alex in SF's 11 Favourite Songs of the Moment, Fuck

Whoops, that was JoB. Apologies.

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Morrissey - "First of the Gang to Die

Morrissey sure loves those Mexicans, huh? -The Good Dr. Bill

Other ILXors Say:

"i heard 'first of the gang to die' the other day, i thought it was Spearmint until his voice came in. it's nice" -The Surface Noise Made By People

"Yeah, I think First of the Gang to Die might be the best song on the album..." -Kevin Gilchrist

Other ILXor Stats:

Daavid's nominee for Summer Anthem 2004

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Felix da Housecat - "Ready 2 Wear"

In the pantheon of songs that recall Depeche Mode's "Get the Balance
Right", this track has obliterated my former favourite, Covenant's "Dead Stars". Both have that electro-bounce, the sense of flashing lights and spinning disco balls, but "Ready 2 Wear" trumps Covenant by being the slickest, sexiest track I've heard in ages. The cheesy, evocative synth riff is pure 1982, and the smooth, drawling vocals are the drama-free cousin to Clapton's overwrought "Wonderful Tonight" -- "yes, yes, honey you look fucking fantastic in that, now let's dance". A stellar testament to the Power of Clothes. -MindInRewind

Other ILXors Say:

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

Other ILXor Stats:

Made myke boomnoise's Top 15 Summer '04 Tunes to Dance and Strip Naked to While the Sun is Shining

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Kylie Minogue - "I Believe in You"

If Kylie was just some typical pop moppet, she'd no doubt be nothing more than footnote in an I Love 1998 programme. That she's still producing work as good as “I Believe in You� 17 years on, when others would have slid into self parody or tired retreads is pleasantly surprising for those who remember the gauche young, ingenue from Ramsay street. Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears helps manage the neat trick of going back to the optimism and sensuality of classic disco while sounding utterly prescient. What could have been a calamitous exercise in camp instead works as an elegant, sophisticated performance. “I Believe in You� is a sparkling glitterball of a record. -Billy Dods

Other ILXors Say:

"this sounds like kylie dry humping Orchestral Mabnoueveres in the Dark while channeling Prince who's doing it doggie style to Dannii Minougue." -mcluskey's brother

""I Believe In You" is like the singles off Body Language but even better. My favourite Kylie is sadly v obvious, "Confide In Me"." -The Lex

"I am thinking 'I believe in you' might be my favourite single of the year. This is odd, really." -Hobart Paving

Other ILXor Stats:

Made rentboy's list of the Best Remixes of the Year (for the Mylo Vocal version).

JoB and I each had about 50-60 entries in that "Best Remixes of the Year" thread

no big deal, just thought i'd point that out.

nice thread, btw

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Ciara f/ Petey Pablo - "Goodies"

Proof positive that if you’ve got food-as-sex metaphors in your song’s hook, it will make the U.S. Top Five. Minimalist beat optional. –The Good Dr. Bill

Other ILXors Say:

" I love the way each of those is so bare, so sparse, and yet they'd each sound awesome in a club - as if Ciara is trying to strip her songs down to the bare minimum of sound with which she can still get crunk." -The Lex

Other IlXor Stats:

One of Stevem's 11 Favourite Songs at the Moment, Fuck (c. Oct 12, 2004) and Bojan's (c. Jun 28, 2004) and The Lex's (c. Nov. 27th, 2004) and Tim Finney's (c. Jun 15th, 2004)

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Freiland - "Frei / Hot Love" (Justus Kohcnhe f/ Meloboy)

Justus Köhncke takes 'Frei' – perhaps the most joyfully tight and straightforward 'THIS IS SCHAFFEL!' track there is – and welds it to its rhythmic forefather, glam, with serious 'who needs chemicals?' results. When I hear it, I think of it being dropped into a roomful of people ready to peak, but with no idea that they're going to peak to a camp german disco version of a T-Rex song. Could probably just about make it as a novelty No.1 and end up driving everyone demented, but until that happens all is right with the world. -Alba

Other ILXors Say:

"lalalaladidadaaaaaaa" -Deej

Other ILXor Stats:

Spencer Chow's nominee for Remix of the Year
One of Etc's 11 Favourite Songs of the Moment, Fuck (c. June 29th, 2004) and Adam L.:)'s (c. June 14th, 2004)

I didn't even think of this.

Fucking rock.

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Girls Aloud - "Love Machine"

If the Xenomania soundlab is increasingly staffed by jagged electro shards and characterised by glistening chromey surfaces then at first this seemed something
of an anomaly; Girls Aloud do backalley skiffle shuffle via washboard and elastic band, state-of-the-art-ery kept to a minimum as Real Instruments! assume control and all involved whirl back into oldendaye thymes and make a wholesomely organic record For The Dads, or something... but ahhhh, we cannot be fooled, because this is really
just a deft restringing of the GA/Higgins bow; every bit as precision-tooled and synth-succulent as anything else on the album and considerably lighter on its feet, they are kitty cats and likewise it is and it scampers and thrums as giddily and deliriously and irresistably as any single this year. The snowballing genius of Girls Aloud is that EVERY record is a statement of intent, cutesy/steely sloganeering shoehorned into every available crevice; eskimos, tigers, Two Tribes, every line geniusly self-consciously throwaway in a way that only the truly agonised-over can be; this record is like being mugged by rainbows inside a kaleidoscope and it is made by the best group in the world. -Alex in Doncaster

Other ILXors Say:

"Can I add another vote to "Love Machine" over "The Show", although both obviously kick arse. They seem to wheel out the monster single for the second release from both albums" -Nick H.

Other ILXor Stats:

One of The Lex's 11 Favourite Songs of the Moment, Fuck (c. Oct 12th, 2004) and Zebedee's (Oct. 13th, 2004)
Matthew Perpetua's nominee for Out and Out Proper POP Song of the Year

Freiland - "Frei / Hot Love" (Justus Kohcnhe f/ Meloboy)
This seems to be the unanimous choice for Best Kompakt Campy Singalong Track of the Year, but for me, that honour overwhelmingly goes to Kohncke/Modernist -- Weiche Zaeune. I think I forgot to vote for it. Oh well.

Got some love for the Kylie and Felix too.

I'll be finishing 25-21 singles momentarily, then on to albums 50-26. The rest is tomorrow.

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Gretchen Wilson - "Redneck Woman"

The line between OMGWTFLOL(ROFFLE) appeal and actual quality gets thinner every year. -The Good Dr. Bill

Other ILXors Say:

"This is now officially way out of hand. If there was a death penalty for writing about this stuff as if it shows some aspect of genuineness, these people would all be at the bottom of a trench with lime sprinkled on them." -Harry Klam

""redneck woman" would sound FANTASTIC on a honky-tonk oldies station." -Fact Checking Cuz

Other ILXor Stats:

Nominated by Begs 2 Differ as one of 1000 Perfect Pop Songs

Surprisingly, I didn't even think of this. Pretty good odds.

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Soulwax - "NY Excuse"

Unrivaled king of the American dance underground, James Murphy waved his magic wand over two singles in 2004, which somewhat uncoincidentally also turned out to be the two best dance songs of the year. One, LCD Soundsystem’s “Yeah,� stunned with tension, never revealing what it would choose to unleash on you next, but the other, Soulwax’s “NY Excuse,� was all release. Just when you want the beat to kick in, it does, just when you want them to get louder, they do, just when you want the song to release you from its grip, it complies. The song even provides cues (“I didn’t shout! Well, start making me then!�) just to let you know how far ahead of you it is. And they say discopunk is over? Umm...excuse me? -The Good Dr. Bill

Other ILXors Say:

"I've found it's actually called 'NY Excuse'. And fuck it's good!" -Alba

Other ILXor Stats:

Recommended by Ronan as Something New and Exciting
One of S1ocki's 11 Favourite Songs at the Moment, Fuck
Made Myke Boomnoise's list of Top 15 Ideal Summer '04 Blistering Tunes to Dance and Strip Naked to When the Sun is Shining

I've been waiting all my life for that tag.

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Girls Aloud - "The Show"

I liked this the first instant I heard it, and kinda sensed I'd get tired of it soon. Thankfully, I was wrong. The weird structure is one of the key aspects of its allure: it's ALL CHORUS! Wasting no time, right after the 15-second intro "The Show" hungrily plunges into the first chorus, with the girls fighting for space against the towering crunchy synths which almost eat the whole track up like a "Milkshake" bassline...and then it switches lanes to the long second chorus, sleek and sassy, split into two or three choruses, orbiting above the molasses of neon sparkle. And then the beat stops, a shower of glittery synth notes rains down, and the track plunges straight back into the first chorus, combat-ready as ever! The lyrics don't make any goddamn sense, but it's the least of worries when caught in the relentless stealth drama of it all. -Mind Taker

Other ILXors Say:

"i like it. a bit gay-euro-house-sounding, but its a good pop-bopper." -dickvandyke

"best thing they've released imo, the first line makes me cringe a bit but the chorus is great along with the sound in general. B+ ladies." -Stevem

Other ILXor Stats:

One of Stevem's Top 12 Favourite Songs at the Mo' (c. Jul. 20, 2004)
One of M.'s 11 Favourite Songs at the Moment, Fuck (c. Jun. 27, 2004)and Dave Stelfox's (c. Jun 29th, 2004) and The Lex's (c. Jun 28, 2004)
May's Pop Hit of the Summer

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The Streets - "Blinded By the Lights"

“One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer� for the E generation. -The Good Dr. Bill

Other ILXors Say:

"I love it! It's so sad. The strobing stagger of that beat is so on point - slow panic at realizing that you're doing it big just to keep from going nuts, instead of to add rapture to an already satisfied you (like you used to)." -LC

"I was listening to it the other day and was struck again how brilliant he is at picking out the evocative little things that are so blindingly obivious but often unmentioned. Like Nicholson Baker or that 'most boring blog in the world' bloke." -N.

"Blinded By The Lights is the nasty, unpleasant, introverted cousin to Weak Become Heroes, its not meant to recapture that lush feel, its meant to turn it inside out. Its the bit on which the story hinges as well - Mike's too out of it to really pay attention to the fact that Simone and Dan are copping off in the club." -Matt DC

Other ILXor Stats:

One of Juiceboxxx's Top 11 Favourite Songs at the Moment, Fuck (c. June 15, 2004), as well as Nate in ST.P's (c. May 21, 2004) and Noodle Vague's (c. May 20, 2004)
Nominated by Forksclovetofu as a Song to Listen to While Running REALLY FAST (??????)

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The Shapeshifters - "Lola's Theme"

'Lola's Theme' is a great one for inspiring false memory syndrome. I keep believing I first heard it out clubbing, the euphoric anthem of 3am eternal on some beach somewhere. But I didn't. I just heard it recommended on an ILM filterdisco thread, downloaded it and listened to it a lot on my iPod. I even associate it with Glastonbury. But I don't think I head it played it there either. It was the week afterthat that it really stuck, listening to it and Mylo at night in the fields at the back of my parents' house. Dancing on my own. What a menko!
Then all of a sudden it was on telly and the radio in some crappy mix with with daft verses added. Still, that fanfare remains as sweet, memories of a mostly-invented halcyon summer. -Alba

Other ILXors Say:

"Basically, this summer was all about "Lola's Theme". Obvious, but true." -mike t-diva

"'Lola's Theme' is uplifting, with great sentiments, a fat beat and those horns. Plus it's summer. As soon as I heard it I loved it." -David

Other ILXor Stats:

Suggested by William Bloody Swygart as a Single Marilyn Manson Can Cover Note for Note Whilst Just Shouting the Lyrics in a Stupid Voice Over the Next Five Years Hoping to Get Some Kind of Notoriety by Proxy
Nominated by Marcello Carlin as Out and Out Proper POP Song of the Year
Pretty much nominated by Everyone as Summer Anthem of 2004

also, thanks bill, this frei-love joint is a fucking hammer. right in time for my train-ride-to-the-club mix CD. SCHAFFEL IN THE CLUB BITCHES HOLLA AT SUPERPITCHER NIGGA

yeah.

MY GOD I'VE BECOME AN OLD MAN!!!

... Which is why it says his name several times at the begining of the song.

... Which is why it says his name several times at the begining of the song.

Phew.

#25. Gretchen Wilson - "Redneck Woman"

Apropos, isn't it? What with our wannabe redneck president, red state
akshun, that Gretchen Wilson's "Redneck Woman" rocked the Billboard
charts, plus middle-country female (and male) legions in 2004. It's a
gimmicky single, with its built-in Shania responses (Hell yeah!) and
take-me-or-leave-me feminisms, but, dude, she's talking about buying
underpants at Walmart and drinking beer on a "four wheel drive"
tailgate. It rode or was rided by Big and Rich's own gimmicky (and
lesser) single, but "Redneck Woman" is a grassroots success because
its identity is sealed in the vast stretches of peoples of this great
country, the Majority--why being a redneck is suddenly, or always has
been, cool. It's something like Eminem's debut statement "The Real
Slim Shady" -- "There's a slim shady in all of us." A redneck woman,
too. -MCD

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Kelis - "Trick Me"

The song which confirmed Kelis's status as the coolest woman in pop. Both casually insouciant and deeply heartfelt, it does for the word 'trick' what "Papa Don't Preach" did for the word 'baby', and in so doing contained one of the best lyrics of the year - "freedom to us has always been a trick/freedom to you has always been whoever landed on your dick" - delivered with a perfect blend of strength, sorrow and anger. Combined with that loping cod-reggae strut, the infectious "wo-oh-oh-oh"s and the Pet Shop Boys-referencing rap (Kelis doing it for herself!) - irresistible. 2004's summer anthem. -The Lex

Other ILXors Say:

""Trick Me" is twattingly good. I wuv Dallas Austin." -Nick H.

Other ILXor Stats: One of William Bloody Swygart's 11 Favourite Songs of the Moment, Fuck (c. May 21, 2004)
Listed by Miloauckerman as a Song That Everybody Else Probably Knew Was Great But To Your Shame, You Have Only Discovered Recently

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The Streets - "Dry Your Eyes"

All's pretty low and your mates take you out for a drink, and sure they don't say it, but you know what they're thinking, because they've all been there before. Maybe they'll offer you some advice, but it's pretty run-of-the-mill, because they know it can't be put into words, so they just let you talk and talk, ramble on over your ale, and every
so often they'll punctuate it with a pat on the back and a point to the beautiful girls in the place and say, "See? Chin up, the next one's out there." And if you're lucky, maybe they'll spot you that grand you lost awhile back... -Alba

Other ILXors Say:

""Dry Your Eyes" by the Streets is the most depressing song about a lover leaving. Or maybe it isn't! Know what I mean?" -Mr. Snrub

""Dry Your Eyes" is just horrible and caused me to wonder "This is what everyone on ILM is on about?"" -sundar subramanian

Other ILXor Stats:

Listed by Nickalicious as one of 100 Great Breakup Songs

Made William Bloody Swygart and The Lex's lists of the 10 Best #1s of the 00s.

It made my list of 10 No 1s from this decade that I'd DESTROY.

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Destiny's Child - "Lose My Breath"

Destiny’s Child make a single that isn’t about how much men suck and doesn’t include the words “bug-a-boo” or “automobills” once. Unsurprisingly, it’s probably their best. -The Good Dr. Bill

Other ILXors Say:

"Hot. That is some straight-up Southern marching band shit, I love it." -Jordan

"This blows! It sounds like a halftime show!" -Stockholm Cindy

"Wow. Methinks it's rhythmically exciting and filled with a certain restraint of attitude, almost the total opposite of that shrill "Survivor" garbage. It might be my fave single of theirs since Ind't Women....if not Bug-a-Boo!" -Vic

Other ILXor Stats:

Listed by Spencer Chow as one of 100 Uplifting Songs to Counter the Incessant Melodrama...

Yeah, it was Riot Gear! who wrote that blurb. I'm an idiot.

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Dizzee Rascal - "Stand Up Tall"

Clearly, Boy in the Corner went to his head and where Dizzee usually relies on frenetic beats and a stuttering, tourette's suffering, delivery, here, he's spraying confidence with the simplified, cell line hook, the steady beat and the amiable (and audible!) boasts. His tempo relents and he pads the newfound space with singsong rhymes and share-the-wealth chants and for a moment, on an otherwise paranoid or headcentric record we're asked to join Dizzee's party. -Dan H.

Other ILXors Say:

"Stand Up Tall is classic, like igloo pitched down a few octaves and properly beefed up. love all those £10 casio strings in the top of the mix. Crap lyric about nothing, but completely hypnotic." -Soc

Other ILXor Stats:

Listed by Nickalicious as one of the Best Examples How to Start a Song
Made The Lex's Own Fucking Ten
One of M.'s 11 Favourite Songs at the Moment, Fuck (c. Jul 30, 2004) and Jacob's (c. Oct 13, 2004), and Ana's (c. Nov 24, 2004)

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The Streets - "Fit But You Know It"

Grand is my favourite album of the year, but I had my doubts whether it would work split into singles - would fragments of a very cohrerent whole, chapters of a story, work on their own? This seemed the most obviousvsingle, punchy and laddish and not much of a part of the narrative. It'sv hocking to me that an idea I've heard expressed so many times, I don't think I've ever heard sung (in the broadest sense of the term, obv) before. The other thing that made this a tremendous single was the riff - it's an irrestible driving guitar force. -Martin S.

Other ILXors Say:

"fit but you know it" = elastica's "line up" + mpc2000 + helium + a pinch of benny hill" -Mark P.

"it's making me laugh a little, but i'm not sure of it's durability" -Stevem

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Big and Rich - "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)"

I review the album elsewhere, but it was this that sold me on it – I talked about it on Freaky Trigger a little at the time, and it remains my favourite record of the year. It's the most exciting rock record of 2004. It's the most inspiring country record of 2004. Disco is long gone, so it's pointless saying the same of that genre, and I don't think it's the best hip hop record of the year, but it makes me smile broadly and feel like swaggering and punching the air every single time I've heard it, and that's been a lot of times. It doesn't surprise me that some loathe it, but I was still mystified that, unless I was missing something, it didn't tear up the charts over here in the UK – the U.S. was lucky to get this one. -Martin S.

Other ILXors Say:

"Oh my god are these guys terrible. When my mom told me my grandfather died, it sounded better than that fucking Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy song." -David Allen

"I just saw the CMT premiere of Big & Rich's new vide, "Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)", it was the most delightfully over the top thing I've ever seen." -Al

Other ILXor Stats:

Nominated by Whatever for The Worst Mixtape in the History of Ever

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Modest Mouse - "Float On"

Providing the opportunity for us to hear a bunch of pre-teens singing “I drove my car into a cop car the other day” on Kidz Bop, Vol. 7 -The Good Dr. Bill

Other ILXors Say:

"What bandwagon is Modest Mouse jumping on? The "good pop song with decent backbeat" bandwagon? Since when is having a decent rhythm section some kind of evil trend? " -Matthew Perpetua

""float on" is actually Not Bad. and that's harder to say than you might think, considering modest mouse (well, "moon & antarctica") basically signalled the end of my close relationship with indie." -M.

"C'mon, it's like "Once In A Lifetime" covered by the Pixies! What's not to like!" -Anthony Miccio

Other ILXor Stats:

Nominated by reo as one of The Worst Songs That Have Been Over-Played on Radio
One of Nichole Graham's 11 Favourite Songs at the Moment, Fuck (c. Jul 30, 2004) and Alex in NYC's (c. May 20, 2004)

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The Knife - "Heartbeats" / Rex the Dog Remix

It’s one better than “Heartbeat,” you see. -The Good Dr. Bill

Other ILXors Say:

"It's like Cyndi Lauper and Kate Bush's bastard cyborg lovechild." -Flyboy

"It feels like ages since I wholeheartedly fell in love with a song, but I've really got it bad for this one." -Anna

"still can't decide if i love the Rex The Dog mix of 'Heartbeats' more than the original - what sounds like combination of pain and ecstasy in their voices is just beautiful." -Stevem

Other ILXor Stats:

Nominated by Toby as one of 2004's Best Tracks for Dancing
Michael F Gill's Out and Out Proper POP Song of the Year
One of B.A.R.M.S.'s 11 Favourite Songs at the Moment, Fuck (c. Dec 1 2004), Joseph's (c. Nov 29, 2004), Jacob's (c. Nov. 24 2004), and Tannenbaum Schmidt's (c. Nov 27, 2004)

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Twista f/ Kanye West & Jamie Foxx - "Slow Jamz"

(copied from Stylus's year-end list)

Like so many other great hip-hop singles of 2004, "Slow Jamz" was a group effort. Kanye, with his gorgeous sped-up soul samples and clever-the-first-couple-times pop culture references, laid the ground work. Twista, given one of the great introductions in hip-hop history ("damn, baby, I can't do it that fast, but I know somebody who can!"), broke out his lightning-fast delivery, tongue twisting verses and pinchable cherubic cheeks. And Jamie Foxx, with his still-hysterical crooning about some of the lamest music in history and surreal overacting in the music video, provided the slam dunk. While the three would ultimately go on to even bigger and better things throughout the year—Foxx, for instance, shows distressingly little of the subtlety he would later bring to his performances in Collateral and Ray—with "Slow Jamz", the mission statement of three of the biggest crossover stars of 2004 was unleashed. -The Good Dr. Bill

Other ILXors Say:

"slow jamz is like the worst single ever!! i cant believe twista finally has a solo break and its some shit hes barely even on" -$

"I probably would like "Slow Jamz" more if they didn't give all that love to Ready For The World. Those fucks watered down "Lady Cab Driver" and I'll never forgive them." -Anthony Miccio

Other ILXor Stats:

Nominated by Wooden as one of 100 Tracks Where You Have to Wait and Wait for Till the Really Cool Part Comes In (But It's Worth It)
Nominated by Alan Conceicao as one of 118 Songs William Hung Should Cover

Damn straight!

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Franz Ferdinand - "Take Me Out"

(coped from Stylus's year-end list)

Torn between those twin pillars of crippling insecurity, emo and nu-metal, the modern rock world has recently been missing the necessary confidence, swagger, and BIG FUCKING RIFFS to give us youths a couple rock anthems to throw back in the faces of our Nirvana and Green Day-listening older brothers and our Zeppelin and Floyd-listening fathers. Enter, surprisingly enough, a group of fey, indie post-punkers from Scotland. Who came and saved the world in 2004 with "Take Me Out", one of the best and biggest rock singles of the year, and the first true classic rock tune in ages. Everything about the tune screams MASSIVE—the chant-along chorus shout, the transition from indie rock to disco at the :50 mark, and most importantly, that BIG FUCKING RIFF. It was classic the first time you heard it and it was classic the 100th time you heard it, and in 2004, not even the emo kids or nu-metallers could deny it. We'll brag to our kids about "Take Me Out" someday. -The Good Dr. Bill

Other ILXors Say:

"Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" is the first song that inspired me to immediately invent my own dance in ages. It's a variation on the Safety Dance except that you never actually make an S with your hands. Basically you hop around like an idiot." -Anthony Miccio

"shocked, but seriously - it sounds like a poncy Scottish Daft Punk! Ace!" -William Bloody Swygart

Other ILXor Stats:

Nominated by My Name is Kenny as one of the Top 100 Songs That Sound Like They're Really 2 or 3 Songs Cobbled Together
One of o. nate's 11 Favourite Songs of the Moment, Fuck (c. Nov 28 2004)

1. "Heartbeat," Annie
2. "Toxic," Britney Spears
3. "Yeah!," Usher ft Lil Jon and Ludacris
4. "Chewing Gum," Annie
5. "Galang," M.I.A.
6. "Yeah," LCD Soundsystem
7. "99 Problems," Jay-Z
8. "Some Girls," Rachel Stevens
9. "Drop It Like It's Hot," Snoop Dogg ft. Pharrell
10. "What You Waiting For," Gwen Stefani

I can see "Chewing Gum" finishing at #3, and I think "What You Waiting For" will be top five.

Single of the year. Man I fucking love rock music.

"STOMP! STOMP! STOMP!"

I don't remember saying that about Good Luck, but I stand by it nonetheless.
I don't recall saying what I'm supposed to have said about the same song either but what the hey, I have a credit.

Now to find out what's No.39...

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Gwen Stefani - "What You Waiting For" / Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Remix

10. Gwen Stefani – “What You Waiting For?” / “What You Waiting For (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)”

I downloaded this track along with a bunch of electribe 101 songs and burnt the whole lot onto a CD in a random order. The CD went into my discman, and I began the commute. And in the first few minutes there was a whole bunch of pleasant warbling by Billie Ray Martin and then in the next few minutes god said "let there be a synth riff". And my
god was there a synth riff. A proper touch-the-ceiling synth riff. A Van Halen's "Jump"-sized synth riff. Except it's over this kind of pretty electro beat with tick-tockery happening. And then there's some singing from La Stefani, at which point only did I realize that this wasn't actually an 80s record. And then in rolls this Peter Hook style bassline, except better ‘coz it's, like, danceable, and instantly eclipses Freeform Five's "Strangest things" for bassline of the year combining shoulder wiggle with rocky skronk in just the right proportions. And the whole thing adds up into one of those records
that just DOES NOT GO ON LONG ENOUGH. I mean it clocks in at about 7 minutes, I think, but it could never be enough - I firmly believe that when I go to heaven there'll be a bit of a "tick tock" at the pearly gates and when I get inside that synth riff will be playing on a constant loop for eternity. Dunno what the original sounds like, couldn't give a shit really... -Jacob W.

Other ILXors Say:

"Worst single of 2004. And that video - ugh. Man, I'd love to hit her in the face with a claw hammer" -roger fidelity

"Yeah so I'm listening to the remix basically over and over again." -DJDee2005

"OK so I''ve finally heard this song and it's utterly bonkers. I really love it, but I have no idea what Gwen is thinking." -The Lex

Other ILXor Stats:

One of Jacob's 11 Favoruite Songs of the Moment, Fuck (c. Nov 29, 2004) and artdamage's (c. Nov 30 2004)

#9.

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Annie - "Chewing Gum"

Having read a bit about this song's greatness, I visited Annie's website out of curiousity. Consequently I listened to this 22 times in a row before the shitty media player there crashed my browser.
The slinky backing track is a sly nod to "Genius Of Love" by the Tom Tom Club and is as busy as any percolating electro-funk groove is ever likely to get, with a slew of clicks, whirrs, beeps and squeals courtesy of Richard X. The hilarious “men are gum who I chew up and spit out” lyric should be a duet, but Annie poses questions, then breathily replies to herself - “It makes me smile and it keeps my teeth clean”.
Surely, this would be huge! And yet just as it began to rake in the plaudits and seemed ready for chart success, her record label decided on some "soft launch" nonsense, and the single withered once released on the UK charts. Oh NO, they got it all wrong, as Annie herself might have said. -Haitch

Other ILXors Say:

""Chewing Gum" is so much better than all other records isn't it?" -Marcello Carlin

""Chewing Gum" is great. There's something woozy and nauseous and dazed about it, too, though, like if it stood up it might fall over." -You've Got to Pick Up Every Stitch

"Theer hasn't been a better record than Chewing Gum EVER. And I haven't even been able to hear the other ones yet." -Alex in Doncaster

Other ILXor Stats:

Chewshabadoo's choice for Out and Out Proper POP Song of the Year
Hari Ashurst's nominee for a single Marilyn Manson Can Cover Note for Note Whilst Just Shouting the Lyrics in a Stupid Voice for the Next Five Years Hoping to Get Some Kind of Notoriety by Proxy

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Rachel Stevens - "Some Girls"

Released in July, Richard X and Rachel Stevens loaded up Some Girls with just enough tricks to take the song through summer. A designer beat, to get things going, effervescent AND gritty synth sounds, call-and-response-ish vocal chants in the oh-so-popular "hey" and "uh huh" form, seductive chorus and a lyrical departure, to keep things interesting, all bounded by before summer, and the song’s longevity came to an inevitable end. Four months on, most of the song's charm is worn down and the tune stands as a soiled little dance track with enough exposed, bristly details to keep it going on those dreary winter days when tales of a girl's dashed flash dreams are all some of us need for a good time. -Dan H.

Other ILXors Say:

"Rachel Stevens: shuffletech's ambassador to pop, or pop's ambassador to shuffletech? This isn't just about the groove though - Rachel sounds wonderfully silly, and there's these great Wicked Witch of the West Henchmen groans running through the arrangement." -Tim Finney

"Rachel Stevens however is just incredibly -nothing- banal and dispassionate in all ways possible." -grumpy bastard

Other ILXor Stats:

Nominated by Stevem as one of the Top 100 META Songs of All Times
Listed by Alisa as a Song Guaranteed to Make You Happy
One of M.'s Top 11 Favourite Songs at the Moment, Fuck (c. Jun 27, 2004) and Etc.'s (c. Jun 29, 2004)
Several People's Out and Out Proper POP Song of the Year

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Annie - "Heartbeat"

An ancient philosopher once said: “only when I'm dancing can I feel this free.” That this was Madonna shouldn't distract from the essential truth contained therein. Annie's heartbeat shares the same feeling of escape. It starts nervous, tense and coy, not sure what's going to happen then the chorus starts, stuttering at first but sunnier and more open (feel my heartbeat) then the drums comes in, in a joyful release which sets the pulse, the heart and the feet racing. There’s still some doubt and uncertainty in her, but she finally realises she must grab the moment, as it may be gone when the party ends. It shares an urgency common to all great pop records, as it tries and succeeds in capturing the mercury moment of falling in love or just the joy of being alive. Truly one of the greatest moments in pop music. -Billy Dods

Other ILXors Say:

"I want to feel her heartbeat." -Deej

"If I had to pick a favorite, it's probably "Heartbeat" -Matthew Perpetua

Other ILXor Stats:

Listed by Ana as a Song You Are ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS In the Mood To Hear
no I don't's choice for Out and Out Proper POP Song of the Year
One of M.'s Top 11 Favourite Songs at the Moment, Fuck (c. Jul 30 2004) and Spencer Chow's (c. Jun 14 2004)
One of Jaymc's Own Fucking Ten and Mike H.'s

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Jay-Z - "99 Problems"

For me, hip-hop minimalism in 2004 was all about Dizzee Rascal’s “Everywhere” and Jay-Z’s “99 Problems”. The former is sparse, driven by little more than a thick, stuttering bassline. On the other hand, the latter is filled to the brim with a dense, cavernous drum loop and jagged guitar samples. As if that weren’t enough, “99 Problems” ups the mimimalist ante by having a video featuring the artist and the producer doing almost nothing other than walking around looking like badasses. Huh. -MindInRewind

Other ILXors Say:

""99 Problems" really does get worse each time I hear it." -Dom Passantino

"I'm glad he's not pushing 99 Problems...talk about a "lets appeal to the white folks" track. Of course it's awesome, but I mean, really...they can't bang that in the clubs." -DJDee2005

Other ILXor Stats:

Listed by 6335 under Rap-Rock Songs That Don't Suck
One of The Lex's 11 Favourite Songs at the Moment, Fuck (c. Oct 12 2004)

(x-post to "Heartbeat" although I suppose it applies to "99 Problems" as well)

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Snoop Dogg f/ Pharrell - "Drop It Like It's Hot"

The Neptunes and Snoop Dogg are two artists that really needed each other in 2004. Snoop, legend though he is, has only had one real hit in the decade it’s been since Doggystyle (and guess who was helming that one, too), and The Neptunes have somewhat stagnated since the days—a mere couple years ago—where it seems like they could do no wrong. But when paired up, the results are nothing short of magical. Pharell and Chad lace a beat that snaps and buzzes like neon ice water falling on a bowl of electrically charged Rice Krispies, over which Snoop delivers what are possibly his best set of rhymes since “Doggy Dogg World,” rapping only in the Mike Skinner sense of the world, too cool to raise his voice a decibel more than necessary. In a year where the Neptunes produced the most annoying Nelly single to date and Snoop Dogg’s most notable contribution to pop culture was his appearance in Soul Plane, “Drop It Like It’s Hot” packs enough cred to keep both artists respectable well into the second half of the decade. –The Good Dr. Bill

Other ILXors Say:

"Holy hell, it's like "Grindin'" on codeine!" -Roger Adultery

"Yeah, it's weird: ordinarily I'd say it's WAY too minimalist for me, but there's something oddly compelling about individual bits: the SNOOOOOOOP bit, the keyboards, etc." -Jaymc

"I think "Drop It Like It's Hot" is my favorite Neptunes beat since "Got Your Money"." -Nickalicious

Other ILXor Stats:

AlexTC's Choice for the Most Overproduced Single of the Past 25 Years
Made Charlie No4, Jaymc, Jedmond and Rentboy's Top Ten US #1 Singles of the 00s

(re: "Heartbeat")

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Usher f/ Lil' Jon & Ludacris - "Yeah!"

Irresistable disco crunk that makes you want to run out and turn on every single strobe light in the country. Unfortunately, the eurorave remix I was hoping for never materialised, and neither did Atlanta's first annual Love Parade. Can you image Lil' Jon up on one of those PA trucks, millions of gyrating honeys trying to get close, shiny beats blasting across the boulevard? Coca-Cola, make it happen. -JoB

Other ILXors Say:

A Lot of Things

Oh man, I'd like this song A LOT more if it actually DID have a little disco in it.

iLCD Soundsystem - "Yeah" vs. Usher - "Yeah"

M.I.A. - "Galang"

Taking the pop trend of making the harshest, most abrasive noises sound smooth to an extreme, MIA's debut single (which feels like it's been around forever, and still no one else has caught up to it) features volcanic off beats, bombs exploding around MIA as she darts nimbly through the minefield of an immigrant's life in south-east London. They're backed by some popping, some buzzing, some cowbells, and someone sharpening a knife. It all sounds so natural, though, whether in a club or on the street or in fucking Top Shop, where I perturbed fellow shoppers the other day by squealing excitedly when this came on the in-store radio. And that "Walk Like An Egyptian"-esque coda, just when you thought the song couldn't have gotten any better! -The Lex

Other ILXors Say:

"It's a kind of Bhangraesque sense assault. I love it. " -N.

"galang needs to be 4x as long as it is." -Jed

"Just absurdly catchy, I think I've listened to it about eight times in a row." -Matt in DC

Other ILXor Stats:

Suggested by AdamL for a remix/boot/mashup/cover of Whale's "Hobo Humpin'" Slobo Babe"
What The Lex Would Play to Most Impress Upon Someone Living in 1994 That You Were Really from the Future

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Galang, galang, galang.

Galang-Galang?

Galang.

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LCD Soundsystem - "Yeah"

"Yeah" is fun. It has something for everyone. It makes the indie kids dance. It's another hilarious, hipster slagging pop song. It's a rock song in the dance format (or is that the other way around). It's ear candy that just doesn't get old. What's best is it just gets better and better every minute of its epic 9:25 running length as it builds toward the "acid freakout" - like the excitement of seeing your favorite band when you're 16 canned and melted down into a hyperactive keyboard blast. I could write about how we needed a song this fun so badly in such a globally awful year, but I have a feeling that "Yeah" will be touching our fun nerves and filling dance floors for years longer than our collective moping will last. -DOPESMOKER

Other ILXors Say (besides the obvious):

"For the record, I like the first three minutes. That would be fine on its own, but the way it builds into the escalating madness of the second part of the song makes the instrumental parts that much more satisfying." -Matthew Perpetua

"Oh my god this is amazing! It's like this enormous fuck you to every other indie-dance pretender out there. How can anyone compete?" -Tim Finney

"Much like sex, I crave a cigarette when it's finished." -Johnny Fever

Other ILXor Stats:

Nominated by R.I.M.A. as one of the Top 100 Most META Songs of All Times
Omar's choice for the Song You Would Sing if You Were a Wandering Homesless Person, Brain Hopelessly Damaged By Drugs & Or Booze

#1.

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Britney Spears - "Toxic"

Everyone wants for their favourite artists to do well, but us Britney fans feel especially vindicated for every battle she wins. Because there are so many, many people--from rockist foes to tabloid journalists who gleefully gloat at every small gain of body fat--that really, really, REALLY want her to fail. With "Me Against The Music" they had a field day, but then "Toxic" came out and - booom!!! WHO'S LAUGHING NOW, EH? Those brief few months when "Toxic" ruled the charts were an exciting time, with just about all of my friends, one by one, falling for its charms, everyone finally agreeing this frenzied modernist juggernaut is THE SHIT. And then afterwards everyone was like "hey, this new ballad of hers ain't bad either!", and any ideas of Britney being irrelevant were rendered completely... well, irellevant! "Toxic"is maximalist, brutalist, mindless exoticism at its most glorious. Screaming Bollywood strings! Spy-western guitar! Crunchy garage beatz! Sleazy electro pulsating! The middle eight where for a moment it threatens to morph into "Rock Lobster"! And the grandest video of 2004 to boot, too. -Mind Taker

Other ILXors Say:

"Rockist means you don't like "Toxic"" -Forksclovetofu

"TOXIC is my favorite song of the moment, it's a hit of ecstacy." -reo

"'Toxic' is a definite '04 top 10 contender. Love the video too." -Barima

"Britney's "Toxic" might be my favorite pop song of the past 3 or so years." -Nickalicious

Other ILXor Stats:

Listed by Astroblaster as a Moment You Were Awestruck By Pop
Nominated by Symplistic as an example of You Really Wish There Was An Instrumental Version Cuz You Really Like The Music And You Really Don't Like The Vocals
Nominated by Begs2Differ as one of the 100 Greatest Fake Sly Stone Songs
Alicia and The Lex's choice for Out and Out Proper POP Song of the Year
What Phil Freeman Would Play to Most Impress Upon Someone Living in 1994 That You Were Really from the Future

531 Zero 7 Home 1 1
530 Superpitcher Traume 1 1
529 Sonic and Silver On the Waterfront 1 1
528 Ruff Sqwad Raw 2 the Core 1 1
527 Ruff Sqwad Anna 1 1
526 Pinback Non-Photo Blue 1 1
525 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Nature Boy 1 1
524 Nelly Na Na NaNa 1 1
523 Misc. Flow Control 1 1
522 Ludacris The Potion 1 1
521 Karl Bartos I'm the Message 1 1
520 Joss Stone Super Duper Love 1 1
519 Johnny Cash A Satisfied Mind 1 1
518 Handsome Boy Modeling School f/ Cat Power I've Been Thinking 1 1
517 Handsome Boy Modeling School Breakdown 1 1
516 Graham Coxon Bittersweet Bundle of Misery 1 1
515 Deerhoof Milkman 1 1
514 Deep Dish Flashdance 1 1
513 N.E.R.D. She Wants to Move 1 1
512 Jamelia See it in a Boy's Eyes 1 1
511 OutKast The Way You Move 1 1
510 Luomo What Good 1 1
509 Jens Lenkman Do You Remember the Riots? 1 1
508 Ruslana Wild Dances 1 1
507 Young Gunz Friday Night 2 1
506 Trick Daddy 4eva 2 1
505 Taking Back Sunday A Decade Under the Influence 2 1
504 Sugarcult Memory 2 1
503 Sean Paul We Be Burning (a.k.a. Legalise It) 2 1
502 Rilo Kiley The Absence of Good 2 1
501 R. Stevie Moore Take Me Back 2 1
500 McFly 5 Colors in Her Hair 2 1
499 Faithless Mass Destruction 2 1
498 Ash Orpheus 2 1
497 Nxus f/ Darren B. I Want You 2 1
496 Sufjan Stevens A Good Man is Hard to Find 2 1
495 Iron and Wine Naked as They Come 2 1
494 Ashlee Simpson La La 2 1
493 Lopazz I Need Ya 2 1
492 Drive-By Truckers The Day John Henry Died 2 1
491 JC Chasez 100 Ways 2 1
490 Trembling Blue Stars Helen Reddy 3 1
489 Tom Waits Day After Tomorrow 3 1
488 Ordinary Boys Talk Talk Talk 3 1
487 Mario Let Me Love You 3 1
486 Lars Horntveth Pooka 3 1
485 Hot Snakes This Mystic Decade 3 1
484 Ferry Costen Rock Your Body Rock 3 1
483 CocoRosie Good Friday 3 1
482 Chelonis R. Jones I Don't Know 3 1
481 Bjork The Pleasure is Mine 3 1
480 Avril Lavigne Don't Tell Me 3 1
479 Alicia Keys Diary 3 1
478 Radio 4 Absolute Affirmation 3 1
477 VS. Call You Sexy 3 1
476 Pixeltan Get Up / Say What 3 1
475 Royce da 5'9" I Promise 3 1
474 The Arcade Fire Neighborhoods #2 (Laika) 3 1
473 Kelly Clarkson Since You've Been Gone 3 1
472 Wonder f/ Kano What Have You Done? 3 2
471 Trent Willmon Beer Man 4 1
470 The Thrills Whatever Happened to Cory Haim? 4 1
469 The Organ Brother 4 1
468 The Hives Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones 4 1
467 The Highway Stars Funky Fucky Music 4 1
466 Rilo Kiley Portions for Foxes 4 1
465 Radio Dept Why Won't You Talk About It? 4 1
464 Modest Mouse Ocean Breathes Salty 4 1
463 Mannie Fresh Real Big 4 1
462 Kylie Minogue Slow 4 1
461 Kaiser Chiefs I Predict a Riot 4 1
460 Justus Kohnche The Answer is Yes 4 1
459 De La Soul Shopping Bags 4 1
458 Bugz in the Attic Booty La La 4 2
457 Boredoms Seadrum 4 1
456 Apparat Can't Computerise It 4 1
455 A.C. Newman The Cloud Prayer 4 1
454 Gadjo So Many Times 4 1
453 Lostprophets Last Train Home 4 1
452 Tiga Pleasure from the Bass 5 1
451 The Killers Jenny Was a Friend of Mine 5 1
450 Pastor Troy Ridin' Big 5 1
449 Niva Dinova and Bright Eyes Poision 5 1
448 Nas Thief's Theme 5 1
447 N.O.R.E f/ Big Yankee, Tego Calderon, Gem Star and Nina Sky Oye Mi Canto 5 2
446 Marvia Providence Hear My Cry O Lord 5 1
445 Madvillain All Caps 5 1
444 Ludacris Stand Up 5 1
443 Counter Strike The Sentinel 5 1
442 Cam'ron f/ Kanye West and Syleenah Johnson Down and Out 5 2
441 Eminem Just Lose It 5 1
440 Non-Phixion Caught Between Worlds 5 1
439 Janet Jackson All Nite (Don't Stop) 5 1
438 Beanfield f/ Bajka Tides (C's Movement #1) (Carl Craig Remix) 5 1
437 Devin tha Dude Unity 5 1
436 Javine Best of My Love 5 1
435 Yin Yang Twins What's Happnin'! 6 1
434 The Good Life A New Friend 6 1
433 Squarepusher Iambic 5 Poetry 6 1
432 Shaznay Lewis Never Felt Like This Before 6 1
431 Orbital Acid Pants 6 1
430 No Doubt It's My Life 6 1
429 Nelly Furtado Try 6 1
428 Montgomery Gentry If You Ever Stop Loving Me 6 1
427 Lil' Flip Game Over 6 1
426 Language of Flowers If Its Not You 6 1
425 Junior Boys Bellona 6 1
424 Jim Guthrie Lovers Do 6 1
423 Graham Coxon Freakin' Out 6 1
422 Fierce Girl Double Drop 6 1
421 Elephant Man Blessed 6 1
420 Disco Toiseen Suuntaan 6 1
419 Counting Crows Accidentally in Love 6 1
418 Courtney Love I'll Do Anything 6 1
417 Yolanda Perez Cuando 7 1
416 Xiu Xiu Suppor Our Troops OH! 7 1
415 The Streets Get Out of My House 7 1
414 The Beta Band Out Side 7 1
413 The Bees Wash in the Rain 7 1
412 R.E.M. The Ascent of Man 7 1
411 LCD Soundsystem Movement 7 1
410 Hystereo Coporate Crimewave 7 1
409 DJ Koze Brutalga Square 7 2
408 Dem Franchize Boyz White Tees 7 1
407 Busta Rhymes, Chingy, Fat Joe, Nick Canon & Just Blaze Shorty (Put it on the Floor) 7 1
406 Britney Spears My Prerogative 7 1
405 Ghostface f/ Missy Tush 7 1
404 Christina Milian I Need More 7 1
403 Lady Sovereign Sad-Ass Stripper 7 1
402 3 of a Kind Babycakes 7 3
401 Van Hunt Dust 8 1
400 Tom Waits Moist That Rag 8 1
399 The Rapture Sister Saviour 8 1
398 Method Man f/ Busta Rhymes What's Happenin' 8 1
397 Keren Ann Not Going Anywhere 8 1
396 Kate Ryan Only If I 8 1
395 Kano Ps and Qs 8 1
394 Islaja Kammen, Kynsi, Kieli 8 1
393 Franz Ferdinand Jacqueline 8 1
392 Faust / Delek T'Electronique 8 1
391 Cassius Henry f/ Freeway The One 8 1
390 Brian Wilson Gee / Heroes and Villains 8 1
389 Black Devil Disco Club Timing, Forget the Timing 8 1
388 Aldan Tyrell Disco Lunar Module 8 1
387 Twista Overnight Celebrity 8 1
386 Mania Looking for a Place 8 1
385 Victor Malloy Night in Vegas 9 1
384 The Tea Party Stargazer 9 1
383 The Concretes You Can't Hurry Love 9 1
382 Nelly f/ Tim McGraw Over and Over 9 1
381 Misc. Rocket Kontrol 9 1
380 Les Savy Fav The Sweat Descends 9 1
379 Kenney Chesney I Go Back 9 1
378 Juvenile f/ Soulja Slim Slow Motion 9 1
377 Ja Rule f/ Fat Joe & Jadakiss New York 9 1
376 Destiny's Child f/ T.I. and Lil' Wayne Soldier 9 1
375 Craig Taborn Mystereo 9 1
374 Busted Air Hostess 9 1
373 Audion Kisses 9 1
372 Keane Somewhere Only We Know 9 1
371 Matthew Johnson Decompression 9 2
370 Dallas Crane Dirty Hearts 9 1
369 Luna Cindy Tastes of Barbecue 9 1
368 Scissor Sisters Return to Oz 9 1
367 Yin Yang Twins Salt Shaker 10 1
366 Trillville f/ Lil' Jon & Twista Neva Eva 10 1
365 The Hold Steady Positive Jam 10 1
364 The Delgadoes Sink or Swim 10 1
363 Sia Breathe Me 10 1
362 Shitmat Tuff Babylon 10 1
361 Petey Pablo Freak-a-Leek 10 1
360 Narcotic Syntax Drumpads of Jehrico 10 1
359 Mos Def Blue Black Jack 10 1
358 Mobb Deep Got it Twisted 10 1
357 Maroon 5 She Will Be Loved 10 1
356 Ludacris Get Back 10 1
355 Kanye West Last Call 10 1
354 Ikara Colt Modern Feeling 10 1
353 Fiery Furnaces Single Again 10 1
352 Boys A New Girl Born 10 1
351 Anajo Ich Hol Dich Hier Raus 10 1
350 Alicia Keys If I Ain't Got You 10 1
349 Air Alone in Kyoto 10 1
348 Bubba Sparxx Back in the Mud 10 1
347 Blink-182 I Miss You 10 3
346 Blonde Redhead Elephant Woman 10 1
345 The Hives No Pun Intended 10 1
344 Wilco Company in My Back 11 1
343 Tortoise Crest 11 1
342 The Modern Suburban Culture 11 1
341 The Go! Team Bottle Rocket 11 1
340 The Concretes Warm Night 11 1
339 The Allman Brotherse Instrumental Illness 11 1
338 Ratatat 17 Years 11 1
337 Nellie McKay Sari 11 1
336 Mylo Destroy Rock n' Roll 11 1
335 Morrissey The World is Full of Crashing Bores 11 1
334 Los Lonely Boys Heaven 11 1
333 Lloyd Banks f/ Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent I Get High 11 1
332 Lenny Kravitz California 11 1
331 Gypsy Kings Nuages 11 1
330 Franz Ferdinand The Dark of the Matinee 11 1
329 Elliot Smith King's Crossing 11 1
328 Cut Copy Time Stands Still 11 1
327 Chromeo Needy Girl 11 2
326 Bucci Bag More Lemonade 11 1
325 Brad Carter Morning Always Comes Too Soon 11 1
324 Beenie Man f/ Ms. Thing Dude (Remix) 11 1
323 Atreyu Right Side of the Bed 11 1
322 Air Universal Traveler 11 1
321 The Von Bondies C'Mon C'Mon 11 2
320 Dave Clarke What Was Her Name 11 1
319 Young Gunz f/ Rell No Better Love 11 1
318 Freeform Five Strangest Things 11 1
317 Black Strobe The Abwehr Disco 11 2
316 Yellowcard Ocean Avenue 12 1
315 The Zutons You Will You Won't 12 1
314 The Streets Empty Cans 12 1
313 Stereolab Vonal Declusion 12 1
312 Stars Set Yourself on Fire 12 1
311 Sonic Youth New Hampshire 12 1
310 Sonic Youth Mariah Carey & the Sir Arthur Doyle Handcream 12 1
309 Slim Thug f/ T.I. and Bun B. Three Kings 12 1
308 RTX Low Ass Mountain Song 12 1
307 Robbie Williams Radio 12 1
306 Patrick Wolf Bloodbeat 12 1
305 Nellie McKay The Dog Song 12 1
304 Maximo Park The Coast is Always Changing 12 1
303 Linkin Park Breaking the Habit 12 1
302 Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boys f/ Lil' Scrappy What U Gon' Do 12 1
301 Kaiser Chiefs Oh My God 12 1
300 Depeche Mode Something to Do 12 1
299 De La Soul The Grind Date 12 1
298 Bonnie "Prince" Billy Lullaby 12 1
297 Ghostface Holla 12 1
296 Felix da Housecat Rocket Ride 12 2
295 The Arcade Fire Neighborhoods #1 (Tunnels) 12 1
294 Andreas Dorau & Justus Köhncke Durch Die Nacht 12 1
293 Wolf Eyes Stabbed in the Face 13 1
292 The Robot Ate Me I'm OK 13 1
291 The Magnetic Fields I Don't Believe You 13 1
290 The Concretes Chico 13 1
289 The Beta Band Assessment 13 1
288 The Bees These are the Ghosts 13 1
287 Scissor Sisters Comfortably Numb 13 2
286 Prince Musicology 13 1
285 Mystic Chords of Memory Last One 13 1
284 Mr. Vegas and Irishman Never Leave You Lonely 13 1
283 Monkeyshop Niagra Flow 13 1
282 McLusky She Will Only Bring You Happiness 13 1
281 Matchbox 20 Downfall 13 1
280 Masta Ace f/ Strick F.A.Y. 13 1
279 Madvillain Accordian 13 1
278 Kevin Lyttle Turn Me On 13 1
277 Justus Kohnche b/w Erlend Oye 2 After 909 / Intergalactic Autobahn (a capella) 13 1
276 Green Day American Idiot 13 1
275 Gravenhurst The Diver 13 1
274 Feist One Evening 13 1
273 Dizzee Rascal Everywhere 13 1
272 Depeche Mode Photographic 13 1
271 Basement Jaxx f/ JC Chasez Plug It In 13 1
270 Paps n Skar Mirage (La Luna) 13 1
269 Bjork Who Is It? 13 2
268 J-Kwon Hood Hop 13 1
267 Ricardo Villalobos Dexter 13 1
266 Drive-By Truckers Never Gonna Change 13 1
265 2Raumwohnung Spiel Mit 13 1
264 Tiger Baby Shy 14 1
263 The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Maps 14 1
262 Steve Earle F the CC 14 1
261 Soulwax E Talking 14 1
260 Mouse on Mars Send Me Shivers 14 1
259 Iron and Wine Cinder and Smoke 14 1
258 Inspector Ska Voovie Boobie Baby 14 1
257 Gwen Stefani Luxurious 14 1
256 Gift of Gab Ride of Your Life 14 1
255 Dominik Eulberg Basstoelpek 14 1
254 Califone 2 Sisters Drunk on Each Other 14 1
253 Brandy f/ Kanye West Talk About Our Love 14 1
252 Blig Dawg Yeah Yeah 14 1
251 Art Brut Formed a Band 14 1
250 Animal Collective Leaf House 14 1
249 Air Surfing on a Rocket 14 2
248 Air Alpha Beta Gaga 14 1
247 A Girl Called Eddy People Used to Dream About the Future 14 1
246 The Libertines Can't Stand Me Now 14 3
245 Devin tha Dude Briarpatch 14 1
244 Client Radio 14 1
243 William Shatner Common People 15 1
242 The Mekons Work All Week 15 1
241 The Killers Somebody Told Me 15 1
240 The Go! Team Ladyfish 15 1
239 Teedra Moses You Better Tell Her 15 1
238 Superpitcher Happiness 15 1
237 MURS Walk Like a Man 15 1
236 Ma$e Into What We Say 15 1
235 Luomo Talk in a Danger 15 1
234 Lethal B Pow 15 1
233 Kanye West All Falls Down 15 2
232 Exceptor Vacation 15 1
231 Brandy Who is She 2 U 15 1
230 Ash Evil Eye 15 1
229 Aluminum Group Mr. Butterfly 15 1
228 Dead Prez f/ Jay-Z Hell Yeah (Pimp the System) 15 1
227 Tube and Berger Straight Ahead 15 1
226 Liars There's Always Room on the Broom 15 1
225 Junior Boys High Come Down 15 3
224 Juvenile Nolia Clap 15 2
223 John Mayer Clarity 15 1
222 Devin tha Dude What? 15 1
221 Nancy Sinatra Baby's Coming Back to Me 15 1
220 United State of Electronica IT IS ON! 16 2
219 TV on the Radio Staring at the Sun 16 2
218 Tiefeschwartz Ghostrack 16 1
217 The Zutons Don't Ever Think Too Much 16 1
216 The Killers Mr. Brightside 16 1
215 Superpitcher Baby's on Fire 16 1
214 Saul Williams Telegram 16 1
213 Liquid Liquid Bellhead 16 1
212 Linkin Park vs. Jay-Z Numb / Encore 16 1
211 Jens Friebe Gespenter 16 1
210 Interpol Evil 16 1
209 Destroyer An Actor's Revenge 16 1
208 Clouddead Dead Dogs Two 16 1
207 Animal Collective We Tigers 16 1
206 Ada Luckycharm 16 1
205 !!! Dear Can 16 1
204 Anastasia Sick and Tired 16 2
203 Ada Lovelace / …and More 16 1
202 Jon Brion Phone Call 16 1
201 Radio Dept Strange Things Will Happen 16 1
200 Zach de la Rocha We Want it All 17 1
199 Velvet Revolver Fall to Pieces 17 1
198 Toby Goodshank Student Activity Fee 17 1
197 The Decemberists The Tain 17 1
196 Stereolab Rose, my Rocket-Brain! (Rose, le cerveau éléctronique de ma fusee!) 17 1
195 Stereolab Margarine Melody 17 1
194 Shannon Wright Black Little Stray 17 1
193 Phoenix Run Run Run 17 1
192 Phoenix If I Ever Feel Better 17 1
191 OutKast Ghettomusik 17 1
190 Nellie McKay David 17 1
189 Modest Mouse Blame it on the Tetons 17 1
188 Los Tigres del Norte Jose Perez Leon 17 1
187 Jim Jones Certified Gangster 17 1
186 Jadakiss f/ Anthony Hamilton Why? 17 2
185 Holly Golightly Dear John 17 1
184 George Michael Cars and Trains 17 1
183 Billy Talent Try Honesty 17 1
182 The Delays Long Time Coming 17 1
181 Inifnite Livez f/ Sir Ster Claati Bros 17 1
180 Jessica Simpson Witih You 17 2
179 Danzel Pump it Up 17 1
178 Electrelane The Valleys 17 1
177 The Hives Walk Idiot Walk 17 2
176 Ulf Lohmann Because Before 18 1
175 Trashcan Sinatras Weightlifting 18 1
174 The Flaming Lips Spongebob and Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy 18 1
173 Scissor Sisters Mary 18 1
172 Predator Mad Sick 18 1
171 N.E.R.D. Wonderful Place 18 1
170 Les Mouches Carload of Whatever 18 1
169 Kanye West Family Business 18 1
168 Jimmy Eat World Pain 18 1
167 American Music Club Home 18 1
166 Nas f/ Quan Just a Moment 18 1
165 Terror Squad Lean Back 18 3
164 Christina Milian I Can Be That Woman 18 1
163 Broken Social Scene Backyards 18 1
162 Belle and Sebastian Your Cover's Blown 18 2
161 Dogs Die in Hot Cars Godhopping 19 2
160 TTC Dans Le Club 20 1
159 Trim Boogeyman 20 1
158 The Blood Brothers Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck 20 1
157 The Arcade Fire Wake Up 20 1
156 Target f/ Riko Chosen One 20 1
155 Phoenix Victim of the Crime 20 1
154 Pet Superpet / Snooze 20 1
153 Mouse on Mars Wipe That Sound 20 1
152 Mikkel Metal Dorant b/w Kaluga 20 1
151 Jentina Bad Ass Strippa 20 1
150 Ciara Hotline 20 1
149 Bjork Oceania 20 1
148 Big & Rich Holy Water 20 1
147 Air Cherry Blossom Girl 20 2
146 The Alchemist f/ Prodigy, Illha Gee and Nina Sky Hold You Down 20 1
145 Junior Jack Stupidisco 20 2
144 Armand Van Helden f/ Spalding Rockwell Hear My Name 20 1
143 Devin tha Dude Motha 20 1
142 The MFA The Difference it Makes 21 1
141 Jamelia Thank You 22 2
140 Tom Waits Sins of the Father 22 2
139 Lloyd Banks On Fire 22 2
138 Junior Boys Last Exit 22 2
137 J.O.Y. Sunplus 22 2
136 The Cure The End of the World 22 2
135 Dani Siciliano Walk the Line 22 2
134 Natasha Bedingsfield These Words 23 2
133 Feist Mushaboom 23 2
132 Xiu Xiu I Luv the Valley OH! 23 2
131 Kanye West We Don't Care 23 2
130 Mike Jones f/ Slim Thug & Paul Wall Still Tippin' 24 2
129 Lethal B Forward 24 2
128 Interpol Slow Hands 24 2
127 Avril Lavigne My Happy Ending 24 2
126 Spektrum Kinda New 24 2
125 Nas f/ Olu Dara Bridging the Gap 24 2
124 The Delgadoes Everybody Come Down 25 2
123 Stars Your Ex-Lover is Dead 25 1 1
122 Stars Ageless Beauty 25 1 1
121 PJ Harvey Who the Fuck? 25 1 1
120 Loretta Lynn Portland Oregon 25 1 1
119 Lloyd Banks I'm So Fly 25 1 1
118 Kanye West The New Workout Plan 25 2
117 John Lord Fonda Music is Not Computer Algebra 25 1 1
116 Grupo Climax El Za Za Za (Mesa Que Mas Aplauda) 25 1 1
115 George Michael Amazing 25 1 1
114 Fiery Furnaces Tropical Ice-Land 25 1 1
113 Decibully Tables Turn 25 1 1
112 Ce'Cile and Beenie Man The Thing (a.k.a. Doctor's Orders) 25 1 1
111 Boom Bip Last Walk Around Mirror Lake 25 1 1
110 Beyonce Naughty Girl 25 1 1
109 The Divine Comedy Come Back Billy Bird 25 2
108 Cee-Lo I'll Be Around 25 1 1
107 Maroon 5 This Love 25 2
106 Emma Bunton Crickets Sing for Anamaria 25 2
105 Wiley Wot U Call It? 25 2
104 Bloc Party Helicopter 25 3
103 Ada Maps 25 2
102 Luna Astronaut 25 1 1
101 Alcazar This is the World We Live In 26 4
100 Ghostface f/ Trife Biscuits 26 2 1
99 The Magnetic Fields I Thought You Were My Boyfriend 26 2
98 Big & Rich Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich) 27 2
97 Ashlee Simpson Pieces of Me 27 2
96 R. Kelly Happy People 28 2
95 OutKast Roses 28 4
94 Kylie Minogue Chocolate 29 2 1
93 Eamon Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back) 29 3
92 Big & Rich Wild West Show 29 2
91 Mountain Goats Palmcoder Yanja 29 2
90 Courtney Love Mono 29 2
89 Goldfrapp Strict Machine 30 2
88 Estelle 1980 30 4
87 Kanye West Jesus Walks 30 4
86 The Bees Chicken Payback 31 2 1
85 Portobella Covered in Punk 32 2
84 Nathan Fake The Sky Was Pink 32 3
83 Ciara f/ Missy Elliot 1,2 Step 33 2 1
82 Alan Braxe and Fred Falke Rubicon 33 3
81 The Streets Could Well Be In 33 2
80 M.I.A. Sunshowers 33 3
79 Rex the Dog I Look Into Mid Air 34 3
78 Johnny Boy You are the Generation That Bought More Shoes and You Get What You Deserve 34 3
77 Eminem Mosh 34 2
76 Alicia Keys You Don't Know My Name 34 3 1
75 Usher Burn 35 4
74 Scissor Sisters Take Your Mama 35 3
73 Riko + Target Chosen One 35 3
72 Pet Shop Boys Flamboyant 35 2
71 Cut Copy Saturdays 35 3
70 Bloc Party Banquet 35 4
69 Kelis f/ Andre 3000 Millionaire 35 4
68 Kelis Get Along With You (Fake ID Mix) 35 2 1
67 Wiley Pies 36 3 1
66 Kelis Milkshake 36 2
65 Superpitcher The Long Way 36 2
64 Alter Ego Rocker 38 5
63 Christina Milian Dip it Low 38 4
62 Phoenix Everything is Everything 38 4
61 Vitalic Fanfares 38 4
60 Black Leotard Front Casual Friday 39 2 1
59 Nina Sky f/ Jabba Move Your Body 39 6
58 Girls Aloud Graffiti My Soul 39 2 1
57 Trick Daddy f/ Lil' Jon & Twista Let's Go 40 4
56 Britney Spears Everytime 40 3
55 Hystereo Winters in the City 41 3
54 The Walkmen The Rat 42 6
53 Rex the Dog Prototype 42 3
52 Ted Leo Me and Mia 43 2 1
51 Mya f/ Chingy Fallen 43 4
50 J-Kwon Tipsy 43 4
49 Justus Kohnche Timecode 44 4
48 Rex the Dog Frequency 44 3 1
47 Anthony Hamilton Charlene 45 3
46 Morrissey Irish Blood, English Heart 46 4
45 Black Strobe Italian Fireflies 46 4
44 Belle and Sebastian I'm a Cuckoo 50 4
43 O-Zone Dragostei Din Tei 51 3 1
42 Fabolous Breathe 53 5
41 Lady Sovereign Ch-Ching 58 4 1
40 Basement Jaxx Good Luck 58 5
39 Annie Me Plus One 60 4
38 Animal Collective Who Could Win a Rabbit? 62 4
37 Dizzee Rascal Dream 62 5
36 T.I. Rubberband Man 62 4 1
35 The Prodigy Girls 64 5
34 Kanye West Through the Wire 65 5
33 Kings of Convenience I'd Rather Dance With You 65 4 1
32 Ghostface f/ Jadakiss Run 66 8 1
31 Morrissey First of the Gang to Die 68 5
30 Felix da Housecat Ready 2 Wear 70 4 2
29 Kylie Minogue I Believe in You 75 7 1
28 Ciara f/ Petey Pablo Goodies 77 6
27 Justus Kohnche w/ Meloboy Frei / Hot Love 78 9 1
26 Girls Aloud Love Machine 79 8
25 Gretchen Wilson Redneck Woman 81 8
24 Soulwax NY Excuse 81 6
23 Girls Aloud The Show 88 5 1
22 The Streets Blinded By the Lights 92 7
21 Shapeshifters Lola's Theme 94 7 1
20 Kelis Trick Me 100 11
19 The Streets Dry Your Eyes 101 7
18 Destiny's Child Lose My Breath 103 9 1
17 Dizzee Rascal Stand up Tall 106 12
16 The Streets Fit But You Know It 110 8 1
15 Big & Rich Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy) 117 9 1
14 Modest Mouse Float On 119 10
13 The Knife Heartbeats 125 9 1
12 Twista f/ Kanye West & Jamie Foxx Slow Jamz 135 12
11 Franz Ferdinand Take Me Out 172 14
10 Gwen Stefani What You Waiting For 184 16
9 Annie Chewing Gum 184 11 3
8 Rachel Stevens Some Girls 186 15 3
7 Annie Heartbeat 213 13
6 Jay-Z 99 Problems 215 15
5 Snoop Dogg f/ Pharrell Drop It Like It's Hot 232 18 1
4 Usher f/ Lil' Jon & Ludacris Yeah! 250 21 1
3 M.I.A. Galang 251 19 2
2 LCD Soundsystem Yeah 266 17 3
1 Britney Spears Toxic 406 28 5

"WHO ET ALL DE PIEZ?"

id like to think more than three ilxors heard this track out (the holden mix) and just didnt know it by name.

However, one thing: it needs to be reiterated that the ORIGINAL of What You Waiting For absolutely pwns the remix, which is also good but come on, not even close to the original's magnificence.

THANKEW DR. BILL!!!!!

I've been quoted a disproportionate number of times considering how little I actually post on ILM.

That was the only thing close to a track of the summer this year.

I nominate it for most overlooked track in the poll.

the Top 10 is mostly fine by me (LCD and the two Richard X productions all overrated IMHO, but I don't dislike them). Looking forward to the rest of the albums rundown, which has so far been really interesting, probably due to the relatively low number of voters.

I can't believe they made albums, though.

Who was the other person to vote for this?

does anyone still have a copy of kelis - fake id mix

kickass results except for #1

wut?

lol @ results -- wtf @ all those streets tracks

haha old ILX's love for the Streets is super-inexplicable

i mean id even say im a big fan of like 3/4ths of the first streets album but seeing 'fit but you know it' beat like rubberband man is just o_O for all time

oi oi oi oi

i was actually shocked that "rubberband man" made it at all

eh ilx was going thru a p pro-southern rap thing at the time what w/ crunk & all that

My number 2 single for that year i think. Would probably be no. 1 now.

Really mad looking at these results. Was that shapeshifters track really 2004? Feels much much older. Don't see what was so lol about Streets. Guy's stuff has aged/fallen out of style but it was a good album and I can see it being revisited in years to come.

i still love the streets \(o_O)/

Dry your eyes, mate

never again am i gonna be late

haha old ILX's love for the Streets "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" is super-inexplicable

Also otm.

i was so POed about that

all the critics were in a race to like that first

http://www.sweetslyrics.com/images/img_gal/1133_00014728.jpg

How the hell did a Shapeshifters song get 7 votes?!!!

it was number 1 in the uk charts for a while iirc.

Oh it's some electronic thing, not the American Shapeshifters :/

they are the same band just shapeshifted

yeah, it was a passable vocal house anthem. i remember thinking it sounded kind of old fashioned by at least 5-6 years at the time, but it's no doubt a catchy hit cos i can't get it out my head now.

I don't even remember anyone particularly repping for that Shapeshifters song at the time.

"lola's theme" is great just like sonique's "it feels so good" is great

the streets are definitely one of the worst acts of the past decade, even with a debut that wasn't that bad at the time

i can't believe i'd never heard the groove mix of "hot like fire" until now

yall have known me for so many years now and no one bothered telling me about it? i am never forgiving you

oh wrong thread

save a horse ride a cowboy owned

^my first memories of ilx are all the ridic over-the-top effluvia abt that song by c.eddy? i think & a few otehrs

I never really understood or got involved with the Big & Rich hype. Years later I did really get into "Saved" though - brilliant track.

I think Big & Rich mania was probably the last time any American music critic had an independent thought that they didnt cross-reference with Pitchfork first

I don't even remember anyone particularly repping for that Shapeshifters song at the time.

WBS repped passionately for it on his UK Top 40 threads, and it was my #1 single of the year!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlEb3L1PIco

this song reminds me of shit ilx liked ~early 2004

Sounds like a headache on a stick, as bad as the horrific displays of environmental destruction in the top tracks of 2015 list