TIPs Top 200 "Singles" of the Decade

 

Some Tasty stats:

 

 

Year / Number of Songs

 

2000 22

2001 26

2002 21

2003 10

2004 26

2005 17

2006 21

2007 21

2008 20

2009 16

 

Counting Artists as the main acts in collaborations ......

Only two acts have three tracks; and 26 have two songs each.

 

 

Sexual Breakdown:

 

Groups/Duos/Collaborations 116

Female Solo 66

Male Solo 18

 

Of the 116 Groups/Duos/Colloborations the featured vocalist sex was:

 

Male 76

Female 36

Mixed 4

 

Which means even I have failed to avoid a greater female to male ratio 104:96

 

The Acts Country of Origin (Groups/Duos/Colloborations I have split 50:50 based taking into account the nationality of the featured vocalist as 50%)

 

UK 102

USA 60

CAN 10.5

AUS 5.5

NOR 4.5

FRA 4

NZ 3.5

IRE 3

ICE 2

SWE 1.5

ITA 1.5

GER 1

HOL 0.5

RUS 0.5

 

 

The countdown will start tomorrow in groups of fives .......

look forward to seeing this :D don't you mean 'best of the last 120 months though'? 10 years with 12 months each :unsure:

 

only 10 songs from 2003 - I'm glad we agree that it was the worst year of the decade! Based on the amount of songs in the countdown at least, I had only 6 out of 100 from 2003, 2 of those between 96 and 100 :/

2003 wasn't a great year but it was certainly a good year. It had 3 of my top 10! :o

2003 wasn't a great year but it was certainly a good year. It had 3 of my top 10! :o

 

To be honest, my father was taken very ill right at the beginning of the year, and as a result my interest in music disappeared into the background; other than being aware of the charts which were largely awful in 2003 IMHO.

 

Of the 10 songs included from 2003 none of the songs failed to reach the UK Top 40 because I did not have the time or inclination to look beyond the charts that year.

For #200 - 101 I will attempt to copy with video links, but highlight one video in each segment of five:

 

200 Blur - Music Is My Radar 2000 UK#10

199 Alisha's Attic - Push It All Aside 2001 UK#24 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YXtLiqcrwQ

198 Jay-Z - 99 Problems 2004 UK#12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etl9kkIGaHo

197 Go! Team - Ladyflash 2006 UK#26

- The Brighton based act only appearance on the countdown with their reworking of their 2004 single.

 

196 Adele - Hometown Glory 2007 (2008 reissue UK#19)

excellent start, love the Alisha's Attic song, such a forgotten gem - I have their greatest hits album (unlike anybody else I expect :lol:)

195 OutKast - B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) 2000 UK#61 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2-IVJ2NL58

194 Breaks Co-Op - The Otherside 2005 UK#43

193 Beverley Knight - Shoulda Woulda Coulda 2002 UK#10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bug-hnPxFaY

192 Feeling - Never Be Lonely 2006 UK#9

 

191 Rose Elinor Dougall & the Distractions - Start/Stop/Synchro 2009 UK Flop

This divine track was released by the former Pipette featuring folk/rock musicians who had been previously working with Elly Jackson before she jettisoned them to jump on the retro synth pop bandwagon.

190 Candie Payne - One More Chance 2007 UK Flop (#122)

This perennial under Nonsuch BJSC consideration track performed by the former LIPA student and frequent model and younger sister of two Liverpudlian brothers one of whom is a Zuton and the other a member of The Stands , was produced by Mark Ronson and featured a Bonnie & Clyde-esque video. Incredibly it still flopped.

 

189 Athlete - Wires 2005 UK#4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uriGngTXyrE

188 Kings Of Convenience - Toxic Girl 2001 UK#44 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAx6-7ZIdjM

187 Montell Jordan - Get It On Tonite 2000 UK#15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nqo46NmjNU

186 Pet Shop Boys - Flamboyant 2004 UK#12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gYW6V4UrIo

185 Camera Obscura - French Navy 2009 UK Flop

184 Melys - Chinese Whispers 2001 UK Flop

This Welsh indie rock band topped John Peel Festive Fifty countdown by his listeners in 2001. Sadly no chart success was forthcoming from this wonderful track.

 

183 Rufus Wainwright - The One You Love 2005 UK Flop

182 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero 2009 UK#49 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxZGYGojPeE

181 Emma Bunton - Maybe 2003 UK#6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r57pS5lPUUI

 

198 Jay-Z - 99 Problems 2004 UK#12

197 Go! Team - Ladyflash 2006 UK#26 :yahoo:

196 Adele - Hometown Glory 2007 (2008 reissue UK#19)

193 Beverley Knight - Shoulda Woulda Coulda 2002 UK#10

192 Feeling - Never Be Lonely 2006 UK#9

189 Athlete - Wires 2005 UK#4

186 Pet Shop Boys - Flamboyant 2004 UK#12 :yahoo:

182 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero 2009 UK#49

181 Emma Bunton - Maybe 2003 UK#6

 

Amazing!

Shoulda Woulda Coulda & Maybe :wub: Both utterly brilliant imo.

180 Katie Melua - Closest Thing To Crazy 2003 UK#10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCANRxAy4oA

179 Ladyhawke – Paris Is Burning 2008 UK#61 (UK#47 in 2009 Reissue)

178 Metric - Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT remix) 2006 UK#55

This Canadian #1 smash hit is equally brilliant in its indie disco original version or this brilliant MSTRKRFT remix which added to the zombie horror video and the very stong anti-war message make a very potent recording that should have been far more successful in the UK for Emily Haines' outfit.

 

177 Mousse T ft Emma Lanford - Is It Cos I'm Cool? 2004 UK#9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzc_DJARYIY

176 Robbie Williams - Eternity 2001 UK#1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzFV5X9Qbgc

 

175 Sugababes - About You Now 2007 UK#1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPPgHlh1PVI

174 Jem - It's Amazing 2008 UK Flop

173 Amy Winehouse - Take The Box 2004 UK#57 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0CUxRG9Y8Q

172 Beck - Lost Cause 2002 UK Flop

This maverick artist released his most introspective album in 2002. This track is rather personal to me at a time when things were not so great, and some how made things seem not so bad .....

 

171 Cat Power - The Greatest 2006 UK Flop

170 Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch 2005 UK#42

Where can you go wrong an electropop group formed in 1999 at Paul McCartney's LIPA Fame school, named after the best track on Roxy Music debut album. One thing is certain this is far less annoying than the Ting Tings and musically superior to any act that Simon Cowell could manufacture.

 

169 Badly Drawn Boy - You Were Right 2002 UK#9

168 Embrace - Wonder 2001 UK#14

167 Liam Lynch - United States Of Whatever 2002 UK#10

166 Low - Just Like Christmas 2000 UK FLOP

 

165 We Are Scientists - After Hours 2008 UK#15

164 Supermen Lovers/Mani Hoffman - Starlight 2001 UK#2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsio3uDnwm4

163 New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream 2006 (Originally FLOP) 2007 Reissue UK#40

162 Justice Vs Simian – We Are Your Friends 2006 UK#20

 

161 Depeche Mode - John The Revelator 2006 UK#18

The best Depeche Mode song since Enjoy The Silence IMHO. The lyrics are incredibly potent political stuff. Just watch the video to see why.

160 Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Beds 2007 UK#7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBhWAvsLH6A

159 Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do 2007 UK Flop (#141)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EICkZWEzFGE

158 Aimee Mann - Save Me 2000 UK Flop (#102)

This song was a Grammy & Oscar nominated track that help catapult this acclaimed melancholic singer/songwriter briefly back into the lime light.

 

157 Foo Fighters - Long Road To Ruin 2007 UK#35 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9xiobb4yqM

156 Nelly Furtado - Try 2004 UK#15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOY6IeQS6KA

 

155 Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Sophisticated Side Ponytail 2008 UK Flop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvaaRlCKc5c

154 Richard Hawley – Tonight The Streets Are Ours 2007 UK#40 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eBkrs4YpzI

153 Alanis Morissette - Eight Easy Steps 2004 UK Flop http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1g0vg_al...asy-steps_music

152 Charlotte Hatherley - Behave 2007 UK Flop

 

151 Amanda Palmer - Oasis 2009 UK Flop

The former(?) Dresdon Doll released this sarcastic Beach Boys inspired Ben Folds produced track about being raped to critical acclaim, even though the song and video got banned for its flippant delivery of the serious subject matter.

 

150 Lucie Silvas - What You're Made Of 2004 UK#7

149 Super Furry Animals – Juxtaposed With U 2001 UK#14

148 Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows 2002 UK#15 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x86ly3_qu...-one-know_music

147 Modest Mouse – Float On 2004 UK#46 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOzphMgOETA

 

146 Kate Bush - King Of The Mountain 2005 UK#4

Her only single of the past 15 years saw Britain's greatest female singer/songwriter return with an enigmatic song about running away from fame. The perfect antidote to Reality television that has dominated the decade and produced nonentities like Paris Hilton; Jade Goody & Katie Price.

 

145 Client - Zerox Machine 2007 UK Flop

144 Jayhawks - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me 2000 UK Flop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP_ROIFMd08

143 Nerina Pallot - Alien 2001 UK Flop (#98)

The song that made me (musically) fall in love with the Jersey born Arsenal (boo hoo :cry:) supporting singer/songwriter. Why she was never a Dido sized popularity success as a recording artist remains one of the great musical mysteries of the decade to me.

 

142 PNAU ft Ladyhawke - Embrace 2008 UK Flop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_4y31whgcU

141 White Stripes – Fell In Love With a Girl 2002 UK#21

 

Some fantastic singles here. :wub: Fell in Love with a Girl, Embrace, King of the Mountain, Float On, and No One Knows are all excellent.