Robyn only #6 :o although she's lower in mine, slightly...

 

like that Doves song but I preferred the follow up Pounding :wub:

I hope LeToya hit the money note well enough for you to warrant giving her FOUR MORE POINTS than Robots In Love received in XVII :smoke:

Yeah, but LeToya didn't beat Robots In Love to #1 in my chart - RIL got #1 of that month and possibly more

 

I gave it 12 in the Best Of so SHUSH!

Yeah, I reference Rich to this statement :kink:

010 Outkast 'Hey Ya! - Very good.

009 Animal Collective 'Summertime Clothes' - I really should give their album a proper listen, very good.

008 The Postal Service 'Such Great Heights' - AMAZING.

You definitely should listen to 'Merriweather Post Pavillion'! I can't imagine you disliking it...

Robyn only #6 :o although she's lower in mine, slightly...

 

like that Doves song but I preferred the follow up Pounding :wub:

 

Were you expecting it higher then? :o

 

'Pounding' is great too. :wub:

Here we go then....

 

005 Muse 'New Born' (#1 of 2001)

 

 

I remember when I first took any notice of this. I must have downloaded it and completely ignored it then one day when my iPod was on shuffle it came on and I was hooked. I had no idea who it was until the vocal kicked in! It quickly became something I got more and more into until, IIRC, I once announced this as my favourite song of all time. Whilst I don't quite love it that much now, it's still absolutely superb. The intro is proabably my favourite part but all of it is fantastic, the way it builds into something so loud and wonderful. People have said that 2009's resistance is too OTT. Haven't they always been OTT?

004 Interpol 'Obstacle 1' (#1 of 2003)

 

 

With four singles in the top 40 you can probably tell by now that I'm rather fond of Interpol, and this is the song that started me off. I'd heard 'Antics' singles 'Evil' and 'Slow Hands' but they hadn't really captured me like this did. I'd seen people say it was good so downloaded it, I can't say I was expecting it to be quite this good. People have criticised them (and many others) as being Joy Division rip-offs, but they're certainly more than that. Influenced by them? Yes. But rip-off? No. I love the ever so slightly distorted vocal on this and the bassline is superb.

 

 

So, three to go. Three songs which have, between them, spent 18 weeks at the top of my personal chart.

003 The Killers 'Mr. Brightside' (#1 of 2004)

 

 

This song has gone on to become one of the most ridiculously overplayed songs of all time. But every time I've ever heard his I can't help but admire it. Many millions of people went and bought 'Hot Fuss' but I bought it on its release day. It was a long while since I'd done that, and it was all because of this song. I was in love with it for such a large part of 2004 and haven't stopped loving it since. I think it's safe to say that it's regarded as a modern classic, and the impact it still has today is phenomenal. I love nothing more than making a complete twat of myself, dancing around to this in some student club, pissed beyond all recognition on cheap 'buca, whilst wearing my 'Mr Brightside' t-shirt of course. And it does happen quite a lot, given that it's played absolutely everywhere on every single night.

005 Muse 'New Born' - Awesome.

004 Interpol 'Obstacle 1' - Really good.

003 The Killers 'Mr. Brightside' - Awesome.

Edited November 12, 200915 yr by Ashford.

Interpol is niceee. Dislike Muse. D; Awful band. Mr. Brightside is a nice track though.

002 Arcade Fire 'Rebellion (Lies)' (#1 of 2005)

 

 

When I first heard this song, it changed my opinion of a band so much I thought it was unbelievable. I'd heard their previous singles and thought they were all OK. Then I heard this and one word came to mind; wow. How can something over 5 minutes long seem like the perfect 3 minute pop song? It made me buy the album almost straight away and I loved it, but nothing they've done has ever come remotely close to matching this. I'm still completely mesmerised everytime I listen to it. When I first compiled this list, this was number one, but then when I listened to it side by side with the number two, I realised that it was in a different league.

002 Arcade Fire 'Rebellion (Lies)' - Awesome again.

 

Think I can guess the number 1. :D

Ahahaha, most predictable #1 of the decade goes to...:kink:

001 Elbow 'One Day Like This' (#1 of 2008, #1 of the Decade, #1 of all time)

 

 

From about 2001 when I first heard 'New Born' and 'Powder Blue' Elbow had always been one of those bands that I thought were alright, had decent singles but I'd never feel compelled to listen to one of their albums. This way of thinking kept up and stayed that way until last years lead single 'Grounds for Divorce'. As usual it was a decend enough song but it didn't make me want to seek much more. Then I decided it would be worth checking the follow up single; this. I thought it was a lot better and within a fortnight or so I was completely obsessed. When I worked last year I used to wake up to this as my alarm. Every single day for three months.

 

It wasn't long before I realised just how perfect this was, by the end of the year this was my favourite single of 2008 by a resounding margin. A year later and it's no less special, infact it only seems even more special, certainly helped by the wonderful performance for the BBC with their Concert Orchestra earlier this year where watching it you felt that Guy Garvey could really tell what a masterpiece he'd created such was the emotion he portrays. It is his voice that's the probably the best part of the song, so soothing and calm, almost angelic. I've come to realise that this is as perfect as I could ever hope for a song to be. It's not just my favourite song of last year, or even my favourite song of the decade, it really is my favourite song of all time. Nothing, absolutely nothing, makes me feel like I do when I hear that opening note and the first few strings. Goosebumps every time, it's beyond stunning. It's also perfect to listen to in any situation, to uplift, to calm down, when you want to be serious, in the background.

 

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001 Elbow 'One Day Like This' - Really good song, amazing performance! :o

Love Robyn, like it much more than I did when I first heard it as well. :wub:

 

'Mr Brightside' is by far and away my favourite from The Killers too.

Were you expecting it higher then? :o

 

'Pounding' is great too. :wub:

 

top 3 if I'm honest :o

Elbow was the other song I expected to be top 3 for sure, nice chart topper, it even managed to make my chart at the time, which is rare for a song like that!

003 The Killers 'Mr. Brightside' (#1 of 2004)

 

 

This song has gone on to become one of the most ridiculously overplayed songs of all time. But every time I've ever heard his I can't help but admire it. Many millions of people went and bought 'Hot Fuss' but I bought it on its release day. It was a long while since I'd done that, and it was all because of this song. I was in love with it for such a large part of 2004 and haven't stopped loving it since. I think it's safe to say that it's regarded as a modern classic, and the impact it still has today is phenomenal. I love nothing more than making a complete twat of myself, dancing around to this in some student club, pissed beyond all recognition on cheap 'buca, whilst wearing my 'Mr Brightside' t-shirt of course. And it does happen quite a lot, given that it's played absolutely everywhere on every single night.

Sorry I haven't commented in a while, but I don't need to now this is Top 3 :wub: My absoloute, most favourite song ever! :wub: Like you said the reaction it gets on nights out and stuff is just epic! I want to go to a Killers gig anyway as I love them, but this is one of the main reasons as the atmosphere is meant to be one of the most amazing things ever. (Or so I heard :o)

Mr. Brightside is soooo good! I like your number 1!

200 The Prodigy 'Omen' 2009

198 Train 'Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)' 2001

196 Arcade Fire 'Keep The Car Running' 2007

194 Pet Shop Boys 'Integral' 2007

193 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson 'The Way I Are' 2007

192 Kanye West 'Jesus Walks' 2004

191 Girls Aloud 'No Good Advice' 2003

184 Foo Fighters 'Times Like These' 2003

182 Red Hot Chili Peppers 'Can't Stop' 2003

178 Outkast 'Ms Jackson' 2001

177 Christina Aguilera 'Dirrty' 2002

173 Britney Spears 'Piece of Me' 2008

171 Death Cab For Cutie 'I Will Follow You Into The Dark' 2006

170 Kasabian 'Club Foot' 2004

169 MGMT 'Time to Pretend' 2008

168 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 'Higher Than The Stars' 2009

167 The Raconteurs 'Steady, As She Goes' 2006

165 Editors 'Munich' 2005

164 Amy Winehouse 'You Know I'm Not Good' 2007

163 Puddle of Mudd 'Blurry' 2002

162 Biffy Clyro 'Just Boy' 2001

159 Little Boots 'Remedy' 2009

158 Rihanna 'Don't Stop The Music' 2008

157 Bloc Party 'I Still Remember' 2007

155 Dizzee Rascal 'Bonkers' 2009

151 Dr Dre ft Eminem 'Forgot About Dre' 2000

149 Kings of Leon 'Use Somebody' 2008

147 LCD Soundsystem 'Someone Great' 2007 :wub: :wub:

145 Jane's Addiction 'Just Because' 2003

142 Blink 182 'I Miss You' 2004

139 Feist '1234' 2007

132 Stereophonics 'Dakota' 2005

129 Franz Ferdinand 'Darts of Pleasure' 2003

124 Arctic Monkeys 'Fluorescent Adolescent' 2007

121 Muse 'Bliss' 2001

120 Dandy Warhols 'Bohemian Like You' 2001

115 White Lies 'Death' 2008

114 Red Hot Chili Peppers 'By The Way' 2002

113 Queens of the Stone Age 'No One Knows' 2002

111 Eminem 'Stan' 2000

107 MGMT 'Kids' 2008

104 Kasabian 'Underdog' 2009

103 Doves 'Black and White Town' 2005

102 Blur 'Out of Time' 2003

101 Gorillaz 'Feel Good Inc' 2005 :wub:

 

Some many great songs I love, but I also a lot I haven't heard! I should check those out! :)

Thus far, this is by far the best Top 200 I've seen :dance:

Edited November 15, 200915 yr by West