The final stretch, here's where it gets weird again.
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1982 - The Cure - One Hundred Years - 4.29
1983 - Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - 4.37
1984 - Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon - 4.21
1985 - Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill - 4.41
1986 - The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out - 4.44
1987 - The Cure - Just Like Heaven - 4.40
1988 - Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot - 4.34
1989 - The Cure - Disintegration - 4.42
1990 - Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas - 4.44
1991 - My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep - 4.46
1992 - My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow - 4.33
1993 - Sade - Kiss of Life - 4.30
1994 - Slowdive - Alison - 4.37
1995 - Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Part II - 4.40
1996 - Björk - Hyper-Ballad - 4.36
1997 - Radiohead - Let Down / Karma Police - 4.45
1998 - Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) - 4.40
1999 - OutKast - Da Art of Storytellin' (Part 1) - 4.26
2000 - Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely - 4.46
2001 - Björk - Pagan Poetry - 4.37
2002 - Interpol - Obstacle 1 - 4.28
2003 - Ween - Transdermal Celebration - 4.34
2004 - Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - 4.25
2005 - Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc - 4.18
2006 - Imogen Heap - Headlock - 4.21
2007 - LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends - 4.32
2008 - Radiohead - Reckoner - 4.36
2009 - Radiohead - All I Need - 4.23
2010 - Kanye West - Runaway - 4.30
2011 - Death Grips - Takyon (Death Yon) - 4.27
2012 - Frank Ocean - Pyramids - 4.27
2013 - Lorde - Ribs - 4.21
2014 - Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers - 4.28
2015 - Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker the Berry - 4.33
2016 - Kanye West - No More Parties in L.A. - 4.22
2017 - Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny - 4.30
2018 - Lana Del Rey - Venice Bitch - 4.19
2019 - Weyes Blood - Andromeda - 4.26
2020 - Adrianne Lenker - Anything - 4.22
2021 - JPEGMAFIA - Hazard Duty Pay! - 4.27
2022 - Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July - 4.37
2023 - Sufjan Stevens - So You Are Tired - 4.17
2024 - Kendrick Lamar - Meet the Grahams - 4.28
2025 - Ethel Cain - Nettles - 4.26
Previously - Rateyourmusic top singles Part 1 - 1888 to 1937 and Rateyourmusic top singles Part 2 - 1938 to 1981
Poll Results
| Option | Votes |
| 1996 - Björk - Hyper-Ballad | 5 |
| 1987 - The Cure - Just Like Heaven | 4 |
| 1995 - Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Part II | 4 |
| 1988 - Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot | 3 |
| 1982 - The Cure - One Hundred Years | 2 |
| 1984 - Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon | 2 |
| 1989 - The Cure - Disintegration | 2 |
| 2014 - Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers | 1 |
| 1997 - Radiohead - Let Down / Karma Police | 1 |
| 2021 - JPEGMAFIA - Hazard Duty Pay! | 1 |
| 2016 - Kanye West - No More Parties in L.A. | 1 |
| 2007 - LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends | 1 |
| 2008 - Radiohead - Reckoner | 1 |
| 1994 - Slowdive - Alison | 1 |
| 1983 - Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) | 1 |
| 1986 - The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out | 1 |
| 2011 - Death Grips - Takyon (Death Yon) | 1 |
| 1991 - My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep | 1 |
| 1993 - Sade - Kiss of Life | 1 |
| 1992 - My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow | 1 |
| 2022 - Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July | 0 |
| 2013 - Lorde - Ribs | 0 |
| 2025 - Ethel Cain - Nettles | 0 |
| 2015 - Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker the Berry | 0 |
| 2024 - Kendrick Lamar - Meet the Grahams | 0 |
| 2017 - Danny Brown - Ain't It Funny | 0 |
| 2023 - Sufjan Stevens - So You Are Tired | 0 |
| 2019 - Weyes Blood - Andromeda | 0 |
| 2020 - Adrianne Lenker - Anything | 0 |
| 2018 - Lana Del Rey - Venice Bitch | 0 |
| 2012 - Frank Ocean - Pyramids | 0 |
| 2010 - Kanye West - Runaway | 0 |
| 1990 - Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas | 0 |
| 1998 - Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) | 0 |
| 1999 - OutKast - Da Art of Storytellin' (Part 1) | 0 |
| 2000 - Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely | 0 |
| 2001 - Björk - Pagan Poetry | 0 |
| 2002 - Interpol - Obstacle 1 | 0 |
| 2003 - Ween - Transdermal Celebration | 0 |
| 2004 - Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) | 0 |
| 2005 - Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc | 0 |
| 2006 - Imogen Heap - Headlock | 0 |
| 2009 - Radiohead - All I Need | 0 |
| 1985 - Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill | 0 |
― Proust Ian Rush (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 12 September 2025 14:37 (one month ago)