July 7, 20195 yr +30 Fleet Foxes - Mykonos +29 Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition +28 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll +27 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance +26 Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over +25 Biffy Clyro - The Captain +24 Animal Collective - My Girls +23 Pet Shop Boys - Love Etc +22 La Roux - In For The Kill +21 Dizzee Rascal vs Armand Van Helden - Bonkers +20 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero +19 La Roux - Bulletproof +18 deadmau5 & Kaskade - I Remember +17 Prodigy - Warrior's Dance +16 Noisettes - Never Forget You +15 xx - Crystallized +14 deadmau5 (feat. Rob Swire) - Ghosts N Stuff +13 Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People +12 Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone +11 Lady Gaga - Paparazzi +10 Marina & The Diamonds - Obsessions +9 Kasabian - Fire +8 Lily Allen - The Fear +7 Florence & The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) +6 Phoenix - Lisztomania +5 Little Boots - Remedy +4 Veronicas - Untouched +3 Cheryl Cole (feat. Will-i-am) - 3 Words +2 Tommy Sparks - She's Got Me Dancing +1 Freemasons (feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor) - Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer)Â
July 7, 20195 yr I've been giving 'Zero' my +30 in recent rounds of this but it's my last chance to put The Prodigy's 2 songs in my top 2 so... +30 The Prodigy - Warrior's Dance +29 The Prodigy - Omen +28 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero +27 Chase And Status - End Credits (feat. Plan B) +26 Paramore - Ignorance +25 The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition +24 Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone +23 Florence + The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) +22 The xx - Crystalised +21 Sub Focus - Rock It +20 Biffy Clyro - The Captain +19 deadmau5 - Ghosts 'N' Stuff (feat. Rob Swire) +18 Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over +17 Chicane - Poppiholla +16 Muse - Uprising +15 Animal Collective - My Girls +14 Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man +13 The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow +12 Little Boots - Remedy +11 Lily Allen - The Fear +10 Bat For Lashes - Daniel +9 Nneka - Heartbeat (Chase And Status We Just Bought A Guitar Remix) +8 Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden - Bonkers +7 Gossip - Heavy Cross +6 Agnes - Release Me +5 Paolo Nutini - Pencil Full Of Lead +4 Fleet Foxes - Mykonos +3 Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People +2 Kid Cudi vs. Crookers - Day N Nite +1 Daniel Merriweather - Red
July 7, 20195 yr +30 Paramore - Ignorance +29 Muse - Uprising +28 Paramore - Careful +27 Linkin Park - New Divide +26 Kasabian - Fire +25 Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition +24 Shakira - She Wolf +23 Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man +22 Fray - You Found Me +21 Chase & Status (feat. Plan B) - End Credits +20 Prodigy - Omen +19 Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone +18 Lily Allen - The Fear +17 Green Day - 21 Guns +16 Killers - Spaceman +15 P!nk - Sober +14 Lady Gaga - Poker Face +13 Fever Ray - When I Grow Up +12 Paolo Nutini - Pencil Full Of Lead +11 Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over +10 Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People +09 30 Seconds To Mars - Kings & Queens +08 deadmau5 & Kaskade - I Remember +07 Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You +06 Biffy Clyro - The Captain +05 Fleet Foxes - Mykonos +04 Taylor Swift - Love Story +03 P!nk - Please Don't Leave Me +02 La Roux - In For The Kill +01 Veronicas - Untouched Why can't I have these too not fair: Agnes - Release Me Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor Daniel Merriweather - Red deadmau5 (feat. Rob Swire) - Ghosts N Stuff Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream Florence & The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) Ke$ha - Tik Tok La Roux - Bulletproof Little Boots - Remedy Prodigy - Warrior's Dance Rihanna - Russian Roulette Royksopp & Robyn - The Girl And The Robot VV Brown - Shark In The Water xx - Crystallized Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
July 7, 20195 yr Sorry that these are a bit late, underestimated how long I'd be in town today! +30 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance +29 Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone +28 Chase & Status (feat. Plan B) - End Credits +27 Agnes - Release Me +26 Paramore - Ignorance +25 deadmau5 (feat. Rob Swire) - Ghosts N Stuff +24 Lady Gaga - Monster +23 AR Rahman & Pussycat Dolls - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) +22 Girls Aloud - Untouchable +21 The xx - Crystallized +20 Steve Angello & Laidback Luke (feat. Robin S) - Show Me Love +19 Lady Gaga - Poker Face +18 Lady Gaga - Paparazzi +17 Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition +16 The Prodigy - Omen +15 Prodigy - Warrior's Dance +14 Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love +13 Kid Cudi - Day N Nite +12 Lily Allen - The Fear +11 Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow +10 Florence & The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) +09 La Roux - Bulletproof +08 VV Brown - Shark In The Water +07 Shakira - She Wolf +06 Muse - Uprising +05 Tinchy Stryder (feat. N-Dubz) - Number One +04 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll +03 Dizzee Rascal vs Armand Van Helden - Bonkers +02 Kasabian - Fire +01 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero
July 7, 20195 yr Author Nah, sincerest apologies for my horrific non-show on the deadline, I was out tonight and stayed out a lot longer than I had planned to. As such I'm in no fit state to be adding the last few votes and writing commentary right now so I shall do them when I wake up - therefore, expect to see the results + the new rounds when you wake up. deadlines will continue at the same basic times week to week
July 8, 20195 yr Author RESULTS: Position / Last Year (if applicable) / Artist / Song / Points 111 Jennifer Hudson - If This Isn't Love 10 110 Alphabeat - Hole In My Heart 17 109 Miley Cyrus - The Climb 25 108 Timbaland (feat. Nelly Furtado & SoShy) - Morning After Dark 42 107 Tommy Sparks - She's Got Me Dancing 43 106 86 Alphabeat - The Spell 43 105 88 JLS - Beat Again 59 104 Fleet Foxes - Mykonos 63 103 Ne-Yo - Miss Independent 64 102 Fever Ray - When I Grow Up 64 101 85 Saturdays - Issues 65 100 96 Katy Perry - Thinking Of You 65 99 Cheryl Cole (feat. Will-i-am) - 3 Words 69 98 Fray - You Found Me 70 97 58 VV Brown - Shark In The Water 72 96 71 Noisettes - Don't Upset The Rhythm 74 95 Marina & The Diamonds - Obsessions 75 94 Pet Shop Boys - Love Etc 76 93 Booty Luv - Say It 76 92 Phoenix - Lisztomania 77 91 95 Jade Ewen - It's My Time 77 90 Lady Gaga - Monster 78 89 Mariah Carey - Obsessed 80 88 Carrie Underwood - Cowboy Casanova 80 87 68 Pixie Lott - Boys & Girls 84 86 92 Paramore - Careful 85 85 Nneka - Heartbeat 85 84 82 Sub Focus - Rock It 88 83 Lady Gaga - LoveGame 89 82 74 Paolo Nutini - Pencil Full Of Lead 90 81 Cobra Starship (feat. Leighton Meester) - Good Girls Go Bad 91 80 79 Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas 92 79 Pussycat Dolls - Hush Hush; Hush Hush 94 78 70 Little Boots - New In Town 94 77 90 Jay-Z (feat. Alicia Keys) - Empire State Of Mind 97 76 Enrique Iglesias (feat. Ciara) - Taking Back My Love 99 75 73 Linkin Park - New Divide 101 74 Tinchy Stryder (feat. N-Dubz) - Number One 102 73 Animal Collective - My Girls 103 72 62 Ciara (feat. Missy Elliott) - Work 107 71 65 Biffy Clyro - The Captain 108 70 76 Saturdays - Work 109 69 89 Daniel Merriweather - Red 110 68 59 Steve Angello & Laidback Luke (feat. Robin S) - Show Me Love 112 67 32 Sugababes - About A Girl 113 66 75 30 Seconds To Mars - Kings & Queens 113 65 49 P!nk - Sober 116 64 Star Pilots - In The Heat Of The Night 120 63 69 Killers - Spaceman 120 62 Royksopp & Robyn - The Girl And The Robot 123 61 83 Green Day - 21 Guns 123 60 54 Noisettes - Never Forget You 126 59 Bat For Lashes - Daniel 127 58 Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream 129 57 25 Mini Viva - Left My Heart In Tokyo 132 56 66 Gossip - Heavy Cross 133 55 51 Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor 133 54 38 P!nk - Please Don't Leave Me 134 53 56 deadmau5 (feat. Rob Swire) - Ghosts N Stuff 135 52 53 David Guetta (feat. Akon) - Sexy Bitch 146 51 33 Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow 146 50 55 Keri Hilson (feat. Kanye West, Ne-Yo) - Knock You Down 147 49 28 Ciara (feat. Justin Timberlake) - Love Sex Magic 150 48 67 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero 152 47 17 Rihanna - Russian Roulette 153 46 52 Prodigy - Warrior's Dance 154 45 40 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll 159 44 13 Alexandra Burke (feat. Flo Rida) - Bad Boys 161 43 xx - Crystallized 162 42 21 Beyoncé - Sweet Dreams 166 41 81 Ian Carey Project - Get Shaky 168 40 47 Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway 171 39 34 Freemasons (feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor) - Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer) 172 38 20 La Roux - In For The Kill 175 37 48 Kid Cudi - Day N Nite 176 36 37 deadmau5 & Kaskade - I Remember 180 This particular divide doesn't mean anything here, but in later years it'll decide the game for next time. Notable movements below this line include the highest song that wasn't here last year in the XX's Crystalised, a huge fall out of the top 20 fo Russian Roulette (a plague on all of you), Bad Boys and In For The Kill, a huge improvement from irrelevance for Get Shaky and Zero and Jennifer Hudson bringing up the rear with merely 10 points. Will that be the lowest score in this year's ROTD? Stay tuned as the competition of the summer hots up. AQs 35 23 Ke$ha - Tik Tok 181 34 42 Florence & The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) 183 33 46 Kasabian - Fire 184 32 27 AR Rahman & Pussycat Dolls - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) 185 31 50 Beyoncé - Halo 192 30 29 Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love 193 29 36 Miley Cyrus - Party In The USA 194 28 35 Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind 196 27 64 Chicane - Poppiholla 205 26 45 Dizzee Rascal vs Armand Van Helden - Bonkers 211 25 11 Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You 213 24 44 Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man 218 23 31 Britney Spears - 3 218 22 7 Lady Gaga - Paparazzi 226 21 22 Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People 229 Not going to the semi-finals is former top 10 Paparazzi! Representing a breaking of at least some of the 2009 stranglehold, though it's always been one of the weaker ones. Gaining an honorary new AQ however are songs like Poppiholla, Bonkers and Little Lion Man, all great representation to get immortalised. And Party In The USA too, I guess. Semi-finalists 20 43 Taylor Swift - Love Story 232 19 24 Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over 233 18 14 Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition 234 17 16 Girls Aloud - Untouchable 235 16 57 Prodigy - Omen 237 15 6 Lady Gaga - Just Dance 240 14 12 Jordin Sparks - Battlefield 251 13 15 David Guetta (feat. Kelly Rowland) - When Love Takes Over 253 12 30 Shakira - She Wolf 257 11 10 La Roux - Bulletproof 263 10 19 Paramore - Ignorance 277 9 9 Little Boots - Remedy 300 8 26 Chase & Status (feat. Plan B) - End Credits 319 7 4 Veronicas - Untouched 337 6 3 Lady Gaga - Poker Face 343 The biggest story of the semi-finalists is twofold. Imagine two musicians, one an up-and-coming young country artist singing a sweet song about young love, and on the other hand, a veteran dance act unleashing their last major hit on the charts. That Taylor Swift and The Prodigy charted highly in the same year is nothing short of amazing, and even more so that after not doing great in this same competition last year, they advance this time. It's... an Omen, so just say yes. That Omen did well but Warrior's Dance didn't is a bit weird, I do consider the latter far better, but your choice Buzzjack, your choice. Other notable things are Poker Face and Untouched not going straight to the final this time, She Wolf putting in a very respectable improvement and End Credits bouncing back into the top 10 after falling away from it last year. Oh, and Paramore's Ignorance finishing its ever upward climb in 2009 in 10th place. Justice. Direct Finalists 5 2 Lily Allen - The Fear 350 4 18 Muse - Uprising 359 3 5 Agnes - Release Me 365 2 8 Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone 432 1 1 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 470 Something rather unusual has happened at the top end of 2009. Not Bad Romance winning, it does that all the time and it's completed the 10-year Gold Award Super Maximized Trophy Achievement for doing so, but rather the songs that are just behind it, and how close they are. Normally, the closest rival is Lily Allen's The Fear, which has to settle for 5th this time, and normally it's trailing Bad Romance by at least 100 points. But no, this time, if there were a couple of more votes that went the way of Calvin Harris' revolutionary I'm Not Alone, then it would have won and we'd all be shell-shocked. This is still an outstanding performance, and it goes to the final only a short distance behind the touted winner. Does this mean Bad Romance's 'coronation' this year is under threat? Not necessarily, the yearly rounds haven't always had a correlation with the final at all, that ends up being a different round entirely. But what it does mean, is GAME. f**king. ON!  In other news, that may be more immediately noticeable, Uprising puts in a cracker of a performance to also go DIREKT TIL FINALEN, and I couldn't be happier. This glorious, revolutionary in another fashion, track has been my highlight of 2009 for a long time and it got enough high points this time round (it almost always trades off of those) to push through the pop barrier and guarantee a Muse song in the final. Pretty stunning performance by Release Me too, you might have expected 5th place to drop with all this shakeup but it was getting reliable votes from all over the place.
July 8, 20195 yr Feel free to continue doing the results at this hour, it works well for my timezone :kink: Congrats 'Morning After Dark' getting 53% of its points from me :cool: Pleased to find there are (possibly) 3 other people who still listen to it in the year 2019 though!! Not an exceptional performance for '3 Words', 'Monster' or 'LoveGame' either but I'm glad to have given them a try, particularly 'LoveGame' as it always feels like a notable omission when the rest of her 2009 singles are permanently entrenched here. (feels like an annual tradition of being surprised 'Bonkers', 'Day 'N' Nite' and 'Get Shaky' aren't on the list)^ All on the rise this year! 'Bonkers' even becoming an "AQ" in the minor chance the list is ever used for something in the future *.* 'End Credits' falling to #26 of 2009 after making #29 in the whole thing last year?! :cry: Better luck next year.My wish succeeded! :magic: Good to see 'Ignorance' top 10 too, I'd never heard it before the last few years but repeated exposure in games on this site has gotten me really loving it. it does that all the time and it's completed the 10-year Gold Award Super Maximized Trophy Achievement for doing so
July 8, 20195 yr 34 42 Florence & The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) 183 33 46 Kasabian - Fire 184 27 64 Chicane - Poppiholla 205 26 45 Dizzee Rascal vs Armand Van Helden - Bonkers 211 24 44 Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man 218 19 24 Florence & The Machine - Dog Days Are Over 233 16 57 Prodigy - Omen 237 8 26 Chase & Status (feat. Plan B) - End Credits 319 4 18 Muse - Uprising 359 2 8 Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone 432 Is this one of those fabled ROTDs that actually has good results? Calvin Harris of all people (with his best song) running 'Bad Romance' so close is a great surprise, would never have predicted such a huge rise for Muse and a big YES to 'End Credits' rebounding and 'Omen' shooting upwards to progress, I was expecting The Prodigy's run in this this year to be over already. (Actually have they ever got past the first round? I forget). Shame 'Warrior's Dance' didn't get the same spike though. And for all the nothing it's worth that's also a nice little selection of 'new AQs'. Also a lol at the big drops for 'Bad Boys' and 'Left My Heart In Tokyo', and not a terrible performance for 'Crystalised'.
July 8, 20195 yr Author Is this one of those fabled ROTDs that actually has good results? Calvin Harris of all people (with his best song) running 'Bad Romance' so close is a great surprise, would never have predicted such a huge rise for Muse and a big YES to 'End Credits' rebounding and 'Omen' shooting upwards to progress, I was expecting The Prodigy's run in this this year to be over already. (Actually have they ever got past the first round? I forget). Shame 'Warrior's Dance' didn't get the same spike though. And for all the nothing it's worth that's also a nice little selection of 'new AQs'. Also a lol at the big drops for 'Bad Boys' and 'Left My Heart In Tokyo', and not a terrible performance for 'Crystalised'. Warrior's Dance has reached a high of #199, but that was back when the semis didn't extend to the entire top 200. So this is the first time either of them has gotten to the semi-final. Omen has historically done a lot worse, not even making it to the final 60 in 2016 or 2017 (that year being the last with two rounds for each year), but unless it literally comes last in the next round, it's getting a higher peak. and yes, this round really shocked me with how good it was, I hope it remains the same for future rounds.
July 8, 20195 yr Ahhh I forgot Poppiholla, I had it lined up and obviously missed it last minute, looks like an extra 15/20 or so wouldn't have helped it anyway, still good performance for it. YES at Uprising and Omen among others, I like Warrior's Dance but I always preferred Omen? Been getting really into it again the past few days. Pretty decent results! :o
July 9, 20195 yr 102 Fever Ray - When I Grow Up 64omg this not scraping its way out of the bottom 10 songs! thank you to everyone who contributed to its results, I'd wondered if it was a bit of a risky nomination :P Also pleasantly surprised for Obsessions - I didn't know how loved it was by anyone on here but I'd easily rank it amongst my favourite Marina songs :wub: - and Heartbeat too (especially glad to see the official title for the remix written out by both Rush & Bré *.* ) Otherwise I love a good half of this list so I could mention everything but very pleased The Girl and the Robot & Crystalised entering higher than expected, as well as the noteworthy gains for Zero, Get Shaky, Day n Nite, The Loving Kind, Bonkers, Omen & She Wolf :) It's also a pretty great top 10, delighted to see both Ignorance & End Credits (I guess not at the expense of Paparazzi but anyway). A fantastic top 2 and the correct winner for sure :heart: Edited July 9, 20195 yr by brokenrecords
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