February 14, 201114 yr Arcade Fire are barely half the band they were when they did Funeral - really don't get why they've crossed over so much with this one. Finally got one of the tracks I voted for in at #8.
February 14, 201114 yr Author I did vote for all Arcade Fire songs bar 'Ready to Start' but I'm surprised at quite how well they did.
February 14, 201114 yr Author 03 Beach House 'Norway' (413 points) PHbtR8uO81M Top votes: Steph (2nd), SKOB (3rd), Titty (4th) One of the oldest tracks in the poll, 'Norway' was the lead single and early leak for Beach House's wonderful 'Teen Dream' album which was released last January. A huge critical favourite, they've transferred that appeal to this poll to confirm a top 3 finish it had for the majority of the voting.
February 15, 201114 yr Author I could say it didn't reach the top 40, but I doubt anyone will believe me.
February 16, 201114 yr Author 02 Arcade Fire 'Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)' (477 points) rH_7_XRfTMs Top votes: Cassidy (1st), RabbitFurCoat (1st), Space (2nd), Rich (3rd), Thomsen (4th), Pablo Honey (4th), Dandy (5th) If their three singles were all inside the top 10 it was obvious that this would be challenging for the win. A massive fan favourite, it's a song which Arcade Fire don't do that often, as Regine sings the entire thing. Incredibly anthemic and equally beautiful. I didn't think they'd ever top 'In the Backseat' as a Regine-only song, but they certainly have done. This was always a comfortable second, but never at any point did it look like it could challenge for the win.
February 16, 201114 yr Author 01 CRYSTAL CASTLES FT. ROBERT SMITH 'NOT IN LOVE' (570 points) 32udqal_lyQ Top votes: Brett-Butler (2nd), West (2nd), Titty (2nd), Dandy (3rd), Mikey (3rd), Cremey (4th), RabbitFurCoat (4th), Chris (5th), 152 Chris (5th) Well it had to be, didn't it? If at the beginning of the year someone said that the song of 2010 would be a cover of an 80s hair metal song by an electroinc duo with guest vocals from an 80s star who's not recorded a great deal in recent years then I'd have laughed, I'm sure most of us would. But here we are an it's fully deserving. The original cover was on their second album and didn't seem to generate a great deal of conversation. It was a good song, but not amongst the albums best. Then it was released as a single in November, featuring vocals from Cure frontman and 80s legend Robert Smith. It seemed to work so much better, his vocals add so much more to the song, turning it into one of the best songs of its type and a contender for the best cover version of all time. Weirdly, this didn't get a single top mark from anyone despite making 9 people's top 5. However, I only put it so low due to its relative newness, 6 weeks after voting I'd definitely put it 1st. This is now definitely my favourite song of 2010.
February 16, 201114 yr Author FULL RESULTS 1 Crystal Castles ft Robert Smith 'Not in Love' 570 2 Arcade Fire 'Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) 477 3 Beach House 'Norway' 413 4 Caribou 'Odessa' 396 5 Arcade Fire 'We Used To Wait' 379 6 Arcade Fire 'Ready to Start' 376 7 Arcade Fire 'The Suburbs' 372 8 Gorillaz 'On Melancholy Hill' 366 9 The Naked and Famous 'Young Blood' 347 10 The Drums 'Let's Go Surfing' 326 11 Crystal Castles 'Celestica' 324 12 Vampire Weekend 'Giving Up the Gun' 319 13 Mumford & Sons 'The Cave' 315 14 Hot Chip 'One Life Stand' 299 15 Kele 'Tenderoni' 290 15 Crystal Castles 'Baptism' 290 17 Muse 'Undisclosed Desires' 280 17 Hot Chip 'I Feel Better' 280 19 Gorillaz 'Stylo' 279 20 Joanna Newsom '81' 272 21 LCD Soundsystem 'Dance Yrself Clean' 269 22 Massive Attack 'Paradise Circus' 255 23 Marina and the Diamonds 'Numb' 248 24 Zola Jesus 'Night' 246 25 HEALTH 'USA Boys' 243 26 Big Boi 'Shutterbugg' 242 27 Groove Armada 'Paper Romance' 235 27 Caribou 'Jamelia' 235 29 Beach House 'Zebra' 234 30 Delphic 'Acolyte' 233 31 The Courteeners 'You Overdid It Doll' 230 32 Delphic 'Halcyon' 227 32 Sleigh Bells 'Infinity Guitars' 227 34 Yeasayer 'Madder Red' 211 35 Biffy Clyro 'Bubbles' 206 36 Sufjan Stevens 'I Want To Be Well' 187 37 LCD Soundsystem 'I Can Change' 185 38 Fever Ray 'Mercy Street' 179 39 Sleigh Bells 'Rill Rill' 170 40 Perfume Genius 'Learning' 164 41 Ariel's Pink Haunted Graffiti 'Round and Round' 162 41 Metric 'Eclipse (I'm Yours)' 162 43 Laura Marling 'Hope in the Air' 158 44 Salem 'King Night' 156 45 M.I.A. 'Born Free' 155 46 Owen Pallett 'E Is For Estranged' 153 47 Joanna Newsom 'Good Intentions Paving Co.' 151 47 Belle and Sebastian 'I Want the World To Stop' 151 49 Primary 1 ft Nina Persson 'The Blues' 150 50 Baths 'Maximalist' 146 51 Claire Maguire 'Ain't Nobody' 143 52 Lykke Li 'Get Some' 138 53 Gobble Gobble 'Boring Horror' 133 54 Interpol 'Barricade' 132 55 Teenage Fanclub 'Baby Lee' 131 56 Future Islands 'In the Fall' 127 56 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 'Say No To Love' 127 58 Frank Turner 'I Still Believe' 125 59 British Sea Power 'Living Is So Easy' 124 60 The National 'Conversation 16' 123 61 Ou Est Le Swimming Pool 'Dance the Way I Feel' 121 62 MGMT 'Brian Eno' 118 63 Kele 'Everything You Wanted' 115 64 MGMT 'It's Working' 114 65 The Divine Comedy 'At the Indie Disco' 113 66 Arcade Fire 'Suburban War' 108 67 Massive Attack 'Atlas Air' 105 68 Sufjan Stevens 'All Delighted People' 97 68 Klaxons 'Twin Flames' 97 70 Does It Offend You, Yeah? 'We Are The Dead' 93 71 Gaslight Anthem 'American Slang' 92 72 Crystal Castles 'Doe Deer' 91 73 Sleigh Bells 'Crown on the Ground' 89 73 Gorillaz ft. Daley 'Doncamatic' 89 75 Holy f*** 'Latin America' 88 75 Band of Horses 'Factory' 88 77 Fang Island 'Daisy' 87 77 Washed Out and Caroline Polachek 'You and I' 87 79 Antony & The Johnsons 'The Spirit Was Gone' 86 79 Vampire Weekend 'Diplomat's Son' 86 81 The National 'Lemonworld' 84 82 Tegan & Sara 'On Directing' 83 83 Wild Nothing 'Vultures Like Lovers' 80 84 Amy MacDonand 'Don't Tell Me That It's Over' 75 85 Women 'Eyeseore' 73 86 Tunng 'Hustle' 72 86 How To Dress Well 'Decisions' 72 88 Broken Social Scene 'Chase Scene' 71 89 How To Destroy Angels 'The Space In Between' 70 89 Sufjan Stevens 'I Walked' 70 91 Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster 'So Long, Goodnight' 68 92 Future Islands 'Walking Through That Door' 66 93 Sleigh Bells 'Rachel' 65 94 Band of Horses 'Infinite Arms' 64 95 The Count & Sinden 'After Dark' 62 96 OMD 'Sister Mary Says' 60 97 Steve Mason 'All Come Down' 54 98 Atari Teenage Riot 'Activate' 53 99 Zola Jesus 'Sea Talk' 45 100 The Wonder Villains 'Space Jam' 43 101 Errors 'Supertribe' 40 102 The Phantom Band 'O' 39 103 Los Campesinos! 'I Just Sighed. I just Sighed. Just So You Know' 36 104 Diamond Rings 'Show Me Your Stuff' 34 105 I Am Kloot 'Proof' 25
February 16, 201114 yr 60 The National 'Conversation 16' 123 Criminal! Did I (and everybody else) forget to vote for this? Thanks for doing the countdown!
February 16, 201114 yr 60 The National 'Conversation 16' 123 Criminal! Did I (and everybody else) forget to vote for this? I didn't forget. It's now my number 1 song of 2010 due to it being a colossal reminder of my current love sick state. :cry:
February 16, 201114 yr I actually didn't vote for that song. Shame on me now! Although Top 40 would've still been out of reach. Hope you'll feel better soon. I remember having several songs to remind me of my ex when we broke up. It was hard but I simply avoided listening to them for a while.
February 16, 201114 yr Show Me Your Stuff languishing at #104 :o :( Great top 2, can't really argue with them at all. I've just realised that Spanish Sahara wasn't even nominated, I bet it would have challenged for top 10 too.
February 16, 201114 yr Author Show Me Your Stuff languishing at #104 :o :( Great top 2, can't really argue with them at all. I've just realised that Spanish Sahara wasn't even nominated, I bet it would have challenged for top 10 too. You were the only person who voted for it! :o Agree about Foals too, really surprised they had nothing nominated.
February 17, 201114 yr Thanks for the countdown, nearly all my votes were in the last few - including my number 1 and 2. Guess I just don't roll with the rest of you cats...
December 7, 201113 yr Author I shall do this again at the end of the month, same format as last year unless anyone has any better suggestions?
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