UK No 1s of 2008

Haha now I have to vote "Take a Bow" for real unless I can bring myself to vote for Calving Harris which I can't see happening. How did "No Air" not make number 1?

seriously, a "which is worst" poll would probably have been more apt, because this really is just an estelle v beyoncé two-horse race, w/maybe ne-yo as sleeper. then the lead single from the worst madonna album of her career is the 4th best here, and then 'take a bow' is...not intolerable, i guess? and then everything else is just fucking awful.

"Closer" goddamn

Nah the Dizzee is upsettingly good and I don't get what you don't like about "Take a Bow"? It's her best single of this year for me, easy. The vocal is fire.

'no air' made no 3. did jordin come over here to promote it? it was pretty big.

(the worst is easily the ting tings btw. i have almost never felt quite that much hatred for a band before.)

Considering how much pleasure "American Boy" has given me I don't really need to hear it for at least 6 months.

Easily Coldplay

i don't dislike 'take a bow', it's just...there. it's kind of a blah melody, rescued by good lyrics & vocal performance, but it's pretty much the worst GGGB ballad.

'dance wiv me' is embarrassing, so cheesy, and calvin harris will never not be punchable.

"Basshunter ft. DJ Mental Theo's Bazzheadz - Now You're Gone"

Somehow I'm happy I don't listen to music much anymore. This has got to be a joke, right?
DJ Mental Theo? Dutch dude?

There's lots of good songs in it and a whole bunch of stinkers. I think I'll probably opt for Estelle.

I like that Basshunter record Nath but I've been addled by years of gabba and whatever you call slow lumpen-gabba like this I guess. It's no "Jumpin' All Over the World", to be fair.

i think the best poll would've been "which uk #1 did lex enjoy most in hip-hop dance class"

im voting "closer" by the way by the length of the english channel

also i thought "wearing my rolex" went #1 >_<

which uk #1 did lex enjoy most in hip-hop dance class

prob Kid Rock

i think the best poll would've been "which uk #1 did lex enjoy most in hip-hop dance class"

'american boy' out of a choice of two (the other being fucking 'mercy', which the teacher tried to play once but everyone literally stopped and refused to dance to it)

Hahaha Duffy Revolution

'wearing my rolex' and h2o ft platnum's 'what's it gonna be? are the two great lost No 2s of the year

I ended up lecturing my son over and over one night playing him the riff to "Werewolves of London" then the Kid Rock tune going "YOU SEE? YOU SEE? IT'S NOT LYNYRD BLEEDING SKYNYRD"

it was a weird hip-hop rmx of 'mercy' with a rapper on it :/

If that H20 joint had been number 1 I'd be voting it in a heartbeat.

haha i thought it was lynrd skynyrd

also, how did u guyz not get bit by kevin rudolf? that shit sounds EXACTLY like kasabian. maybe they aren't popular anymore i guess

I think it might be a micro-sample in there somewhere. I just hate the Kid Rock even more than I otherwise do because every time it came on there'd be a 2-second moment when I thought Wooooo "Werewolves of London".

Kasabian not popular "anymore"

kevin rudolf currently lurks ominously at no 73, and his PR is the most hassly person ever, so i assume that particular joy will be saved for 09 :(

'low' was another lost No 2 :(

Was really fun the whole family singing "Low" in the car this year. A lot.

idk i thought kasabian was big shit over there - in any event it sounds like some shit glastonbury ppl would dig. maybe im underestimating your country.

i kind of think "low" sucks. i hate the fuck out of flo rida as a rapper especially the way he emphasizes the "OOHHH" at the end of that one verse in "low"

My lit prof this spring randomly starting singing "Low" in class one day, cracking up everybody

it's weird that "low" got "yeah" big - i guess since critics weren't talking about it as much it didn't feel as impactful

I've only actually knowingly heard one of these songs, and I managed to get the sound off on that in about 15 seconds. (The video accidentally came up on YouTube.)

From the comments on this thread, I'm thinking that's not necessarily a bad thing.

i have knowingly heard only one of these songs.

woah, i didn't read kate's message above me.

it's weird that "low" got "yeah" big - i guess since critics weren't talking about it as much it didn't feel as impactful

not that weird, it's super super catchy. it's not a critics' song but it is definitely a great party tune. i slightly preferred 'in the ayer' though - OH HOT DAMN. THIS IS MY JAM. KEEP ME PARTYING TO THE A.M.

(americans should click that h2o video btw, just to restore some semblance of pride to this country.)

That's the vid with the hilarious "Uptight School Teacher in a Mortarboard finally cracks and starts groovin'" storyline, right?

"Ghetto Techno" is a jam, all the other Flo Rida stuff I've heard is kind of middling

i think that's the "dream sequence" :/ xp

'birthday' is a great flo rida track too. i think i've joined a fbook group called "i don't want no cake on my birthday, i want my cake err day, err day"

in the ayer (actual str8 up jam)>>>>elevator (mildly okay as far as a 2008 timbaland production goes)>>>low

the best flo rida thing of the year was his awesome hook on brisco/wayne's "just know that" which im too lazy to link to

thankfully no one respects dude as a rapper so he hasn't shown up on anyone else's songs or remixes

Will never get tired of big booties getting slapped.

well that's true

here's that brisco, wayne, flo-rida song

1. Ne-Yo - Closer (by a mile)

2. Estelle ft. Kanye West - American Boy (I loved it when it came out but for some reason I've got a bit bored with it)

3. Duffy - Mercy (her vocal style is unconvincing to me but every time I hear this record I can't deny that I like it; it is an inconvenient fact that dodgy people occasionally make a very good record)

Forgot to say I was semi-joking about Kasabian, Jordan. I guess they are still pretty popular with mid-20s to mid-30s people who mainly like classic Indie/Dadrock/usual 60s suspects stuff. Like you said, Glastonbury types I suppose. But those guys rarely make much of a dint on the singles chart, it's all about downloading or buying the albums with them.

I just hate the Kid Rock even more than I otherwise do because every time it came on there'd be a 2-second moment when I thought Wooooo "Werewolves of London".

On a long car ride with my dad in September, I did this four times in an hour. (And every time, after I quickly changed the station because I figured out it was Kid Rock, my dad would say, 'why did you change that? I like that song,' and I had to explain that Kid Rock ruined Christmas.)

I'm still not bored with that TingTings number one. Or the album.

(I know, I know)...

Whenever I hear "Mercy", it reminds me of the Specials' version of "Sock it to em, JB", and reminds me that I'd rather be listening to that.

Voted Basshunter.

Would have voted for "Low" if it'd deservedly got to #1 though.

which is worst? dizzee or kings of leon or some true british interest shit like x factor finalists?

KoL is really midtable when it comes to this list, it's that bad.

Perry is probably the most aggravating, Dizzee ft Calvin is most "representative of what's wrong with this generation", Krock is probably objectively the worst.

ting tings easily the worst.

stuff like the x factor finalists thing isn't worth hating on really.

Dizzee ft Calvin is most "representative of what's wrong with this generation

yeah otm - at least in the US we get jim jones remixing mgmt except no one cares

i cant even imagine what the US equivalent would be cuz we don't have a calvin harris type here - im sure that the rappers would be the clipse though

Lex hating on the TingTings is like Geir loving on the Beatles.

Easily Coldplay

Not a bad year at all. 'American Boy' a strong contender, but ultimately disqualified for Estelle's lack of charisma. Between Dizzee and Ne-Yo I think - I'll stick with Dizzee as I was the only one to give him a shout in the NME poll

Five of these have made my draft "Best Tracks of 2008" list, and two of them ("American Boy" and "If I Were A Boy") are in my Top Ten.

Basshunter ft. DJ Mental Theo - Now You're Gone, but really I only like the original vocal version (and vid w/Basshunter in a pedalo).

another basshunter vote here.

shouldnt everyone who breathlessly rode for all the psuedoeuro whiz khalifa/timbaland jawns also be voting basshunter btw?

The Basshunter track is great. I am sleepy and have been drinking so I take no responsibility for my sudden desire to be informed of some weird scene in Belgium or The Netherlands or whatevs where the only stuff they play is poppy hard house versions of "I Kissed A Girl", "Womaniser", "I Don't Care" et. al.

I also like "If I Were A Boy", "Viva La Vida", "Closer" and "American Boy". I haven't knowingly heard "Run" but i liked Leona's "Better In Time". I hate Calvin Harris but curiously don't hate "Dance Wiv Me" as much as I expected to.

certainly when you stack it up next to the litany of aborted filth in the same vein that skepta and wiley et al tried this year then 'dance wiv me' (and its vid, maybe importantly) seems like pretty harmless fun.

sort of have a soft spot for the girls aloud song actually! the "promise i made, started to fade" bit is just hooky enough to keep me trying to figure out how the rest of the trademark odd shapeless song w/ bewildering keychange goes. also it is not really obnoxious enough for me to care, so i do.

can't really get with 'if i were a boy' on the radio, but i sit thru it without complaint on the telly.

although really that's kind of a cop-out diffusion on my part - it's just that compared to other stuffz on the radio it's too much like a big bright torch in my face from the ballad police.

I sorta felt like the only R&B I liked this year waz ballads and slow stuff. That's not true but it felt that way.

Of course "Don't Stop The Music" = best wedding song ever.

Oh no I am at that age aren't I.

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Oh Lex will be sooooo soooooo sad.

Dance With Me gets far too much hate

ting tings is one of only two songs i utterly, utterly despise from this year. i have no understanding of the mentality that leads someone to like that song.

if "ipod commercial" were a genre it would be the ting tings

oh man that ting tings song sucks so so much

ugh son

it's better than their other song

Pleased to see Madonna getting nothing. Vile record.

actually '4 minutes' is the most fun to dance to. beat so slamming it doesn't matter how lame madge is being.

and "keep it up, keep it up, don't be a pri - madonna" might be the last great pop moment on a madonna record. treasure it!

it's not a great pop moment. it's anything but