US #2s of 2013

Daft Punk vs Taylor.

Mirrors is OK from the two times I've heard it.

Rest is dire.

Real battle is being fought here, obv

Gut ranking would be:

Miley
JT
DP
Taylor

Dunno the Wanderection well because only saw via a jokey youtube view

Haven't heard the Pitbull

I think earlier in the year I might have voted Get Lucky without thinking twice, but at present I like I Knew You Were Trouble a whole lot more.

actually sorta like all of these to varying degrees, maybe except for the pitbull one, but even that is the least disagreeable pitbull thing i've ever heard

taylor definitely stands out to me tho.

Only six options? LOL there'll probably be 46 when Lex starts the "I hate this fvcking country" version of these polls.

"I Knew You Were Trouble" is my favorite Taylor Swift song I've heard and it's still maybe a 4/10 to me. Voted for Daft Punk.

Please rest assured that this year's polls are all "I hate this fvcking country" versions.

love these sooooo much more than the number 1s

Miley > JT > DP > Taylor > Pitbull >>> 1D

T. Swizz seems the best option, though I actually like a lot more here than on the 3#1 list.

"We Can't Stop" is the only one of these I really hate.

#1*, whatever. "We Can't Stop" really peaked at #2? That's kinda funny.

"Timber"'s very existence is hilarious to me. Like of fucking course someone as blatantly shameless as Pitbull is going Mumfordcore.

Daft Punk f/ Pharrell, "Get Lucky"
One Direction, "Best Song Ever"
Miley Cyrus, "We Can't Stop"
Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors"
Taylor Swift, "I Knew You Were Trouble"
Pitbull f/ Kesha, "Timber"

Daft Punk f/ Pharrell, "Get Lucky"
Taylor Swift, "I Knew You Were Trouble"
Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors"
Miley Cyrus, "We Can't Stop"
One Direction, "Best Song Ever"
Pitbull f/ Kesha, "Timber"

"Mirrors" sounds like JT singing a song that was written for Bieber

"Get Lucky." Fuck the rest.

"get lucky" is the only correct answer but I'm voting 1D out of sympathy. also dig "trouble"

sympathy for?

harry styles's mick jaggernes I guess. fuck it, I like the song.

we can't stop > get lucky > best song ever > i knew you were trouble > timber > mirrors

Has to be Get Lucky, as Daft Punk will never get this chance again. In another world, Mirrors.

all of these kinda suck but "mirrors" i guess

Ha -- I guess I'm the contrarian. "Best Song Ever" is obv the best song on this list. "Get Lucky" bores me, "I Knew You Were Trouble" is third-rate Swift with expensive production, "Mirrors" like I've said goes on and on and doesn't give me a chance to breathe. Pitbull and Miley I forgot minutes after hearing them.

and the 1D album is pretty good!

One Direction barely over Timberlake for me but I love both.

why so few?!

"i knew you were trouble" obv the best by miles but feels kinda 2012.

"we can't stop" was unremarkable at first but grew into a solid party jam with ubiquity.

"get lucky" is barely adequate but also fundamentally dull.

not interested in 1D for their music.

i should probably hear that pitbull single?

"mirrors" is hollow and woeful

voting t-swift

i more or less like all of these songs

"timber" is awesome, i love that song

Lex, there are very few because a few of these songs were #2 for long time and blocked from going #1 by the juggernaut that was Blurred Lines' 12 week run at #1. Also Royals' 8 week run at #1. Our top 5 has basically been the same 5 songs switching off places with each other for more than half the year.

My cousin sees Pitbull at his daughter's school. Devoted PTA parent apparently.

"Mirrors" sounds like JT singing a song that was written for Bieber

My thought on it is it sounds like what Nsync would be doing in 2013 if they were a going concern. Biebs pretty much occupies that niche now but it feels like a backward move for JT.

"Mirrors" sounds like JT singing three consecutive songs written for biebs

taylor swift easy and i am pretty definitely not a fan

it's pretty common that the amount of #2 singles in any given year is fairly low here. i think there have been some years with only 2-3 singles peaking at #2.

"Timber"'s very existence is hilarious to me. Like of fucking course someone as blatantly shameless as Pitbull is going Mumfordcore.

― The Reverend, Thursday, December 19, 2013 2:42 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

!!! nothing mumfordish about it, rednex all the way

also 100% support rednex revival so voting timber

1D is #2

i just can't even think about daft punk anymore

feels like the twift song was more of a 2012 song, idk, i like it

JT and miley the losers, but JT moreso

#3s through #5s would be 15 songs total

#6-#10 more interesting tho

The only one of these I haven't heard is the Pitbull song, which I voted for

yeah "timber" is a total hoedown song... it's dr. luke going cotton eyed joe

have jammed on repeat incessantly

Taylor Swift, "I Knew You Were Trouble"
Miley Cyrus, "We Can't Stop"

excited to hear on radio

Pitbull f/ Kesha, "Timber"

pleased (s/o kl0pper) to hear on radio

Daft Punk f/ Pharrell, "Get Lucky"
Justin Timberlake, "Mirrors"

can't even remember how it goes

One Direction, "Best Song Ever"

lol DJP

"Best Song Ever" is obv the best song on this list.

It'll do for our first dance togeths.

yeah "timber" is a total hoedown song... it's dr. luke going cotton eyed joe

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Thursday, December 19, 2013 10:55 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Haha just listened to Timber and started wondering if we were right to praise Miley for doing something new in '4x4'

oh my god "timber", why did i vote before hearing it!!!!

timbah!

Daft Punk.

I hate "We Can't Stop" so much. It is the rough-antidepressant-comedown of pop music.

that's more or less why i love it

Maura otm

noodle vague otm

it totally has that feel of hazy insomniatic intoxication but it's also the new "fight for your right to party"

those two things may be connected!

"Fight for Your Right to Party" wasn't a dreary dirge v

you've gotta kinda gloat over a boring piano track about how you don't need to fight for your right to party

"Fight for Your Right to Party" wasn't a dreary dirge v

― The Reverend, Friday, December 20, 2013 5:30 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

new times

and the 1D album is pretty good!

"you and i" <3 <3 it's so dramatic! that EPIC guitar solo and then zayn's perfect adlibs in the final chorus. so good.

anyway, this list is 3 amazing songs, 1 good one but the verses are a bit embarrassing, 1 boring one and one that lasts 8 mins for no reason & is also shit

"i knew you were trouble" > "we can't stop" = "timber" > "best song ever" >>>>>>>> "get lucky" >>>>>>>>>>>> "mirrors"

hmm miley v pitbull

feel my duties as astronomer royal of 'wcs' are complete so 'timber' it is... excellent tune (smh sb 'mumfordcore')

fwiw in years to come swift's will be the only one of these that won't elicit groans but who cares about that tbh

well, no, not groans exactly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujac8wi39vw

My boss forced me to watch that clip repeatedly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vysnVMPKBmM

still my favourite, sorry

haha big fan of that one as well

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I just heard "Timber" for the first time -- I guess the others can't be worse?

Correct.

Timber is so fucking cynical.

i love it

It was on three stations at once today. I wanted to throw my truck out the window.

I'M YELLIN TIMBERRRR

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changing my vote to "we can't stop"

i feel my resolve against "Timber" starting to...fall

You guys, I just heard Timber for the first time and it's totally hilarious

what i'm sayin! happy nü yr

It has visuals, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUbLv4ThOo

I had never actually heard Timber until now and was expecting to hate it, but some how it's not completely terrible. In fact, I'd say that Avicii's "Wake Me Up!" is still worse than this.

avicii's "wake me up!" is worse than everything that has ever been created in the entire universe

except the video for "wake me up!"

speaking of videos it should be noted that "WCS" is 100x better without the video

xp waaaaaaaaooow just watched that!