Posted December 16, 200618 yr My Top100 Singles of The Year (2006) Yes it's that time of the year to review my favourite non-album tracks of 2006. I should mention that 3 songs would have made the countdown, but I've excluded them on the grounds that they appeared in 2005's countdown: Nizlopi - JCB Song Guillemots - Trains To Brazil Editors - Munich Also I've excluded songs that are receiving airplay at the moment (and are in my personal chart) but are not physically released to 2007. Before I start here was my favourite song from my 2005 countdown: NNfWC4Sgkcs Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies) These are the songs in my Top100 of 2006: A-ha - Analogue All Saints - Rock Steady Amy Winehouse - Rehab Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down Basement Jaxx - Take Me Back To Your House Belle and Sebastian - The Blues Are Still Blue Beyonce - Irreplaceable Charlotte Church - Moodswings Chicane ft Tom Jones - Stoned In Love Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man Christina Aguilera - Hurt Coldplay - The Hardest Part Corinne Bailey Rae - Like A Star Corinne Bailey Rae - Put Your Records On David Gilmour - On An Island David Gray - Alibi Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang, You're Dead Editors - All Sparks Embrace - Nature's Law Fergie - London Bridge Ferry Corsten ft Simon Le Bon - Fire Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine Fratellis - Henrietta Fratellis - Whistle To The Choir Girls Aloud - Something Kinda Oooh Gnarls Barkley - Smiley Faces Guillemots - Made Up Lovesong #43 Gwen Stefani - Wind It Up INXS - Afterglow Jamelia - Beware Of The Dog Jamelia - Something About You James Morrison - You Give Me Something Jealousy - Lucy Jewel - Goodbye Alice In Wonderland Joan As Police Woman - The Ride Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends Kasabian - Empire Keane - Nothing In My Way Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway Killers - When You Were Young Lemar - It's Not That Easy Lily Allen - LDN Lily Allen - Littlest Things Long Blondes - Once and Never Again Madonna - Jump Maria Lawson - Sleepwalking Mary J Blige & U2 - One Massive Attack - Live With Me Melanie C - First Day Of My Life Morrissey - You Have Killed Me Muse - Supermassive Black Hole Nelly Furtado - All Good Things Nelly Furtado - Maneater Nerina Pallot - Everybody's Gone To War Nerina Pallot - Sophia New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream Nina Simone vs Groovefinder - Ain't Got No, I Got Life Oakenfold ft Brittany Murphy - Faster Kills Pussycat OK Go - Here It Goes Again Orson - No Tomorrow P!nk - Stupid Girl P!nk - Who Knew Pet Shop Boys - I'm With Stupid Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks Pipettes - Pull Shapes Pipettes - Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me Primal Scream - Country Girl Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes Razorlight - America Razorlight - In The Morning Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California Regina Spektor - Fidelity Richard Ashcroft - Break The Night With Colour Richard Hawley - Coles Corner Rihanna - Unfaithful Robbie Williams - Lovelight Robbie Williams - RudeBox Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker Sandi Thom - Lonely Girl Sandi Thom - What If I'm Right Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing Shakira - Hips Don't Lie Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars Sugababes - Red Dress Take That - Patience The Automatic - Monster The Automatic - Raoul The Feeling - Fill My Little World The Feeling - Love It When You Call The Feeling - Never Be Lonely The Feeling - Sewn The Flaming Lips - The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song The View - Superstar Tradesman The View - Wasted Little DJ's Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill Upper Room - Black & White Will Young - All Time Love Will Young - Who Am I Zutons - Valerie
December 16, 200618 yr That's a pretty good 100 songs Rich. I hope Jewel goes pretty high. :wub: GBAIW is OUTSTANDING.
December 16, 200618 yr Author 100. Sandi Thom - What If I'm Right cvN9nRlfIt0 Sandi's second single only made #22 in the UK, after that debut single. According to her official website, the song "explores the bittersweetness of a newfound relationship, where the excitement of what there is to gain is eclipsed by the fear of what there could be to lose". Lyrics: Take me on a journey & be there till the end It wont be an uphill struggle, on you I can depend You'll promise me a dream home with roses round the door You'll cover me in diamonds, there's nothing I want more You'll be strong & you'll turn me on But I got my doubts & what if I'm right You'll be true & be faithful to But I got my doubts, & what if I'm right What if I'm right Cause if the rain starts falling, you'll protect me with your coat You'll always tape the football & let me watch my shows You'll always be this hansom, & your weight will never gain & when I give birth to our children, I will feel no pain You'll bring me flowers & you'll bring me showers But I got my doubts, & what if I'm right You'll say I'm thin & bring the washing in But I my doubts, & what if I'm right What if I'm right We'll always keep the magic, the tender love & care & when you need to change the light bulb you won't hand me the chair & when we're tired of the city, & we find a country home You'll sell your vinyl records & go get us a loan You'll be my sympathetic lover, & you won't steal the covers But I got my doubts & what if I'm right You won't forsake me, your mother won't hate me But I got my doubts & what if I'm right You'll be strong & you'll turn me on But I got my doubts &, what if I'm right You'll be true & be faithful to But I've got my doubts & what if I'm right What if I'm right
December 16, 200618 yr Author 99. Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child 2FwEQKiMmLA This Australian Dance track samples Elvis Costello's Pump It Up and made #3 in the UK charts, as well as #1 in Australia. Lyrics: Baby, baby, baby You are my voodoo child, my voodoo child You're like voodoo baby You just take hold Put your cards on the table baby Do I twist, Do I fold? You're like voodoo honey All silver and gold Why don't you tell me my future? Why don't I sell you my soul? So here it comes, the sound of drums (Here come the drums, here come the drums) [Chorus:] Baby, baby, baby You are my voodoo child, my voodoo child Don't say maybe maybe It's supernatural, I'm comin' undone [Chorus] You're like voodoo baby Your kisses are cold Feel your poison running through me Let me never grow old You're like voodoo honey My pictures you stole You play me like a puppet Sticking pins in a doll So here it comes, the sound of drums (Here come the drums, here come the drums) [Chorus][x2] Woo! Here come the drums, here come the drums [Chorus] Baby, baby, baby You just take hold Don't say maybe, maybe Do I twist do I fold?
December 16, 200618 yr Oh I loved What If I'm Right. I thought it was such a shame it didn't make top 10, let alone top 20. Rogue Traders I'm not too fussed about to be honest. I'll dance to it if it comes on in a nightclub, but if the video comes on TV then I'll quickly flick it over. Great list of songs thisispop! :D Can't wait for this countdown :cheer:
December 16, 200618 yr Author 98. The Automatic - Raoul CDvEMxc4ypk This was their second single and first chart entry (UK#32) by the Cardiff based four-piece, taken from their debut album "Not Accepted Anywhere". This song is being re-issued very soon - January 8th 2007. Their "Monster" hit is much higher in the countdown.
December 16, 200618 yr Author 97. Razorlight - In The Morning g_GlmF0qlbs The opening single (UK#3) from their second album "Razorlight" starts off with a very Clash like intro before Johnny Borrell's Bob Geldof-esque vocals kick in. Again, their follow-up single America is much higher in the countdown. Lyrics: I don’t know what I’m doing wrong Maybe I’ve been here too long The songs on the radio sound the same Everybody just looks the same But then last night was so much fun And now your sheets are dirty The streets are dirty too but You never look back on what you’re gonna do Remember when you were young You’d lose yourself In the morning, you know you won’t remember a thing In the morning, you know it’s gonna be alright I wake him up when I’m up When I’m on the stage, well A boy can’t help it, it’s not his fault Just a dangerous dangerous thing But then every night’s still so much fun And you’re still out at dawn I’m clinging on to the wrong ideas but I never regret anything I’ve done Remember when you were young You’d lose yourself In the morning you know he won’t remember a thing In the morning you know it’s gonna be alright In the morning, you know he won’t remember a thing In the morning, you know it’s gonna be all. . . In the morning, you know he won’t remember a thing In the morning, you know it’s gonna be all… In the morning, you know he won’t remember a thing In the morning, you know it’s gonna be alright Are you really gonna do it this time? Are you really gonna do it this time? Are you really gonna do it this time? Are you really gonna do it this time? Are you really gonna do it this time? Are you really gonna do it this time? Are you really gonna do it this time? Are you really gonna do it this time? You’ve got got to do it this time Are you really gonna do it do it do what? Are you really gonna do it do it do it yeah Are you really gonna do it what In the morning you know he won’t remember a thing No not a thing and In the morning you know he won’t remember a thing
December 16, 200618 yr Author 96. Guillemots - Made Up Lovesong #43 D-QgdL-agLw "Made-Up Lovesong #43" is the third single released by the British indie rock band Guillemots, their first to be chart-eligible (made UK#23). It is the only entry in my countdown for this avant-garde Mercury Music nominated act. Lyrics: I love you through sparks and shining dragons, i do, now there's poetry, in an empty coke can. I love you through sparks and shining dragons, i do, now there's majesty, in a burnt out caravan. you got me off the paper round, just sprang out of the air, the best things come from nowhere, i love you, i don't think you care. i love you through sparks and shining dragons, i do, and the symmetry in your northern grin I love you through sparks and shining dragons, i do, i can see myself in the refill litter bin. you got me off the sofa, just sprang out of the air, the best things come from nowhere, i can't believe you care
December 16, 200618 yr Author 95. David Gray - Alibi pk6CTW-KODI David Gray's final single (UK#71) from his album "Life In Slow Motion" is a beautiful, yet quite bleak ballad. Lyrics: Stone blind alibi I will eat the lie Find the word Could break any spell that binds you Prayers like ammonites Curl beneath the lights How i long to Bite every hand that feeds you more Where did it all go wrong My friday night enfant Where did it all go wrong My friday night enfant All night busz on a line It's only blood on the rime Wrecks my head every time It leads me on Where did it all go wrong My friday night enfant Where did it all go wrong My friday night enfant Tonight tonight Tonight i'm running wild i'm running Tonight i'm running wild i'm running Tonight i'm running wild i'm running Tonight i'm running wild i'm running Tonight i'm running wild
December 16, 200618 yr Author 94. Long Blondes - Once and Never Again nKeC9OSl29c The Long Blondes are a 5-piece indie rock band from Sheffield. They have a large underground following, with emphasis on their "glamorous punk" image, as coined by front-woman Kate Jackson. This was their latest single peaking at UK#30. NME Review: They may be a bunch of librarians, but The Long Blondes still have the capacity to shock. Having assumed that their days are played out in black and white, soundtracked by Wire B-sides and spent searching for Katharine Hepburn's tights on eBay, it turns out there's more to these chic cats. 'Once And Never Again' may be soaked in the black-coffee romance of the Blondes' sophisticated pop, but wipe the suave disco steam from your spectacles and there's a Jarvis-shaped explosion of warped erotica at its heart. "19, you're only 19 for God's sake/You don't need a boyfriend", wails Kate 'Icon' Jackson, slightly condescendingly before doling out love advice to her young listeners like Dear Deirdre in a beret. This may seem a bit much from a band so naff at getting laid that four of them have had to pair off with each other, but we'll let that slide. The track bounces along with more Britpop verve than a Supergrass energy drink, but the young thing of this story is less worried about keeping her teeth nice and clean than her wrists bloody and gushing. Isolation and self-mutilation are more the kind of subject Gerard Way should be intoning about pompously over Wagnerian guitar tsunamis, but there's a twist: as the song swoons to a climax, Kate is left dreaming of one night of Sapphic passion with her young ward. Bet you didn't see that one coming.
December 16, 200618 yr Author 93. The Feeling - Love It When You Call rVFQhfIXNWA The soft rockers 4th "proper" single taken from their debut album Twelve Stops And Home made UK#18. The video for the song (based on the film Casino) features the band dressed both as gangsters and FBI agents. One member of the gangsters makes a deal with the FBI, leading to a shoot-out at the end of the video. Lyrics: I found a switch Turned it on Hit the ditch And carried on I was so near Now you're so far Are you quite sure Just who you are O IIIII O you could chose a friend but you don't seem to have the time O IIIII I wonder if you ever get to say what's on your mind O take a little time, take a little time I love it when you call I love it when you call I love it when you call But you never call at all So what's the complication it's only conversation I love it when you call But you never call at all Remember me, I used to be the best time buddy Who you couldn't wait to see But getting old, it takes its toll And hearts getting broken lead to people growing old O IIIIII Im flipping with a coin that's got a tail on either side O IIIIII Im gonna be the one who makes you stop and realise You could have it all We should have it all I love it when you call I love it when you call I love it when you call But you never call at all So what's the complication it's only conversation I love it when you call But you never call at all Yea I wonder where you been Yea I wonder who you seen And I hope you find your train When you do a living and hope it's all it seems I love it when you call I love it when you call I love it when you call But you never call at all So what's the complication it's only conversation I love it when you call But you never call at all
December 16, 200618 yr Author 92. OK Go - Here It Goes Again GCjSwr7zYtE "Here It Goes Again" is a power pop song by OK Go, and is the fifth USA single (US#38/UK#36) from the album Oh No. The music video to this song is an elaborate performance where the band members are dancing on treadmills. Choreographed by Trish Sie and directed by Sie and the band, the video started off on YouTube and was viewed over 7.4 million times. OK Go performed this music video live at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. The video was referenced in a commercial for Cingular Wireless featuring people dancing on supermarket checkout conveyors instead of treadmills. OK Go has another unconventional music video, titled A Million Ways. Lyrics: It could be ten, but then again, I can't remember half an hour since a quarter to four. Throw on your clothes, the second side of Surfer Rosa, and you leave me with my jaw on the floor. Just when you think you're in control, just when you think you've got a hold, just when you get on a roll, here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again. Oh, here it goes again. I should have known, should have known, should have known again, but here it goes again. Oh, here it goes again. It starts out easy, something simple, something sleazy, something inching past the edge of the reserve. Now through lines of the cheap venetian blinds your car is pulling off of the curb. Just when you think you're in control,
December 16, 200618 yr Author 91. Corinne Bailey Rae - Like A Star aMIaApFCLu8 "Like a Star" was re-released in the UK in October 2006 due to the popularity of the song. There was a new video for the re-issue and the single peaked at #32, two places above where it originally peaked in 2005. Lyrics: Just like a star across my sky, just like an angel off the page, you have appeared to my life, feel like I'll never be the same, just like a song in my heart, just like oil on my hands, Oh.. I do love you, Still i wonder why it is, I don't argue like this, with anyone but you, we do it all the time, blowing out my mind, You've got this look i can't describe, you make me feel like I'm alive, when everything else is a fade, without a doubt you're on my side, heaven has been away too long, can't find the words to write this song, Oh.,.. your love, Still i wonder why it is, I don't argue like this, with anyone but you, we do it all the time, blowing out my mind, Yeah..... I have come to understand, the way it is, It's not a secret anymore, 'cause we've been through that before, from tonight I know that you're the only one, I've been confused and in the dark, now I understand, Yeah-yeah Oooh......Ooohhhh.. I wonder why it is, I don't argue like this, with anyone but you, I wonder why it is, I wont let my guard down, for anyone but you we do it all the time, blowing out my mind, Just like a star across my sky, just like an angel off the page, you have appeared to my life, feel like I'll never be the same, just like a song in my heart, just like oil on my hands.
December 16, 200618 yr Love The Feeling's entry and Razorlight's has grown on me a lot lately. Confession: I've not heard any of the others :kink:
December 16, 200618 yr Author 90. Rihanna - Unfaithful PgZgubuT2DM "Unfaithful" is a pop song written by Ne-Yo, Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel S. Eriksen for Rihanna's second album A Girl Like Me (2006). It was produced by Stargate and released as the album's second single in mid-2006. "Unfaithful" reached number one in seven countries and charted strongly across the world including UK#2/US#6. The song is a take on a woman who is in a relationship with a man but is seeing someone else on the side. The woman begins to realize that her partner is well aware that she is having an affair and it is hurting him badly, so she begins to regret her affair, stating "Everytime I walk out the door, I see him die a little more inside" and " I don't wanna be a murderer" Many radio stations, the majority of which are owned by Clear Channel, play an edited version of the song, in which the words "gun and" in the bridge is removed out of the part that says "I might as well take a gun and put it to his head. Get It over with..." The Barbadian-born Rihanna said on August 26, 2006 that her chart-topping hit Unfaithful†was birthed out of a relationship she outgrew when she was fourteen. She was quick to add though that the relationship was not physical. The song and the video seemed to be based on the movie of the same name starring Diane Lane.
December 16, 200618 yr Author 89. Oakenfold ft Brittany Murphy - Faster Kills Pussycat FzKW95f5W6w This dance track by top dance DJ Paul Oakenfold featuring actress Brittany Murphy reached UK#7. Lyrics: Faster kill faster still pussycat I cant stand to see you cry, Honey you know where the world is at, Get what you want with your lucky eyes You turn me on, You know your turning me, you know your turning me on, You turn me on, You know your turning me, you know your turning me on, Better wake up this sleep head, Big old world will pass us by, So many things we could do instead, Get what you want with your lucky eyes, Faster kill faster still pussycat, Those high heels are not your friends, Honey you know where the world is at, Come home with me when the party ends, You turn me on, You know your turning me, you know your turning me on, You turn me on, You know your turning me, you know your turning me on, You turn me on, You know your turning me, you know your turning me on, You turn me on, You know your turning me, you know your turning me on, Pussycat, Pussycat, Heaven knows I tried to let you go, I cant help myself you know I’m out of control, Heaven knows I tried to let you go, I cant help myself I think I’m losing control, You turn me on, You know your turning me, you know your turning me on, You turn me on, You know your turning me, you know your turning me on, You turn me on, You know your turning me, you know your turning me on, You turn me on, You know your turning me, you know your turning me on,
December 16, 200618 yr Author 88. Beyonce - Irreplaceable d8uYbfzW0p8 "Irreplaceable" is an R&B song written by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé, Amund Bjørklund, Espen Lind, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, and Ne-Yo for Knowles' second studio album B'Day (2006). Produced by Norwegian production team Stargate and Beyoncé, the song was released as the album's third single and second single outside the U.S. in October 2006. "Irreplaceable" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 16, 2006, making it Beyoncé's fourth solo Billboard number 1 (& UK#4), and her first without a guest rapper. Recently, a Spanish version called "Imprescindible" has been leaked to the Internet. Lyrically the song is from the viewpoint of a woman who is dismissing a cheating lover, assuring him that he is not irreplaceable. She also states that she can quickly "have another you in a minute." The song is notable for its sound with acoustic guitars prominent in the mix. Lyrics: To the left To the left To the left To the left To the left To the left Everything you own in the box to the left In the closet that's my stuff - Yes If I bought it n**** please don't touch And keep talking that mess, that's fine But could you walk and talk at the same time And It's my mine name that is on that Jag So remove your bags let me call you a cab Standing in the front yard telling me How I'm such a fool - Talking about How I'll never ever find a man like you You got me twisted You must not know about me You must not know about me I could have another you in a minute matter fact he'll be here in a minute - baby You must not know about me You must not know about me I can have another you by tomorrow So don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable So go ahead and get gone And call up on that chick and see if she is home Oops, I bet ya thought that I didn't know What did you think I was putting you out for? Cause you was untrue Rolling her around in the car that I bought you Baby you dropped them keys hurry up before your taxi leaves Standing in the front yard telling me How I am such a fool - Talking about How I'll never ever find a man like you You got me twisted You must not know about me You must not know about me I could have another you in a minute matter fact he'll be here in a minute - baby You must not know about me You must not know about me I will have another you by tomorrow So don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable So since I’m not your everything How about I'll be nothing Nothing at all to you Baby I wont shead a tear for you I won't lose a wink of sleep Cause the truth of the matter is Replacing you is so easy To the left To the left To the left To the left To the left To the left Everything you own in the box to the left To the left To the left Don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable You must not know about me You must not know about me I could have another you in a minute matter fact he'll be be here in a minute - baby You must not know about me You must not know about me I can have another you by tomorrow Don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable You must not know about me You must not know about me I could have another you in a minute matter fact he'll be be here in a minute - baby You must not know about me You must not know about me I can have another you by tomorrow Don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable
December 16, 200618 yr Author 87. David Gilmour - On An Island SROK4biHOPk The title track of his third studio album & the first since Pink Floyd's 1994 Division Bell album, peaked at UK#72 in the singles chart. Lyrics: Remember that night White steps in the moonlight They walked here too Through empty playground, this ghosts' town Children again, on rusting swings getting higher Sharing a dream, on an island, it felt right We lay side by side Between the moon and the tide Mapping the stars for awhile Let the night surround you We're halfway to the stars Ebb and flow Let it go Feel her warmth beside you Remember that night The warmth and the laughter Candles burned Though the church was deserted At dawn we went down through empty streets to the harbour Dreamers may leave, but they're here ever after Let the night surround you We're halfway to the stars Ebb and Flow Let it go Feel her warmth beside you
December 16, 200618 yr Author 86. Nina Simone vs Groovefinder - Ain't Got No, I Got Life ZYDJNQS2DSY (Not the official video) "Aint' Got No-I Got Life", a medley from the musical Hair, gave Simone a new and younger audience when it became a surprise hit, reaching #2 in the UK charts in 1968. It has since become one of her most popular songs. It has been used in a television advertising campaign in the United Kingdom for Müller Dairy and returned to the UK Top 30 in a remixed version by Groovefinder in 2006. Lyrics: Ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes Ain't got no money, ain't got no class Ain't got no friends, ain't got no schoolin' Ain't got no wear, ain't got no job Ain't got no man Ain't got no father, ain't got no mother Ain't got no children, ain't got no Ain't got no earth, ain't got no water Ain't got no ticket, ain't got no token Ain't got no love I got my hair, I got my head I got my brains, I got my ears I got my eyes, I got my nose I got my mouth, I got my smile I got my tongue, I got my chin I got my neck, I got my t*ts I got my heart, I got my soul I got my back, I got my sex I got my arms, I got my hands I got my fingers, Got my legs I got my feet, I got my toes I got my liver, Got my blood Got life , I got my life
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