I know this is rather early but there's nothing decent coming out in the next two months that I haven't known for ages...

 

I've managed to get it down to a list of 200 and I hope to start it sometime in the week. Anything is included, whether I knew (or liked) it when it was out or not.

 

Year breakdown:

2000 - 8

2001 - 14

2002 - 14

2003 - 22

2004 - 19

2005 - 27

2006 - 19

2007 - 30

2008 - 28

2009 - 19

 

140 songs have male vocals, 51 female, 7 are pretty much equal duets and there are 2 instrumentals. 9 songs were UK number one singles. There are 150 different acts with entries, plus a couple more who are 'featured' artists. 4 acts have three seperate songs, 1 act has five!

 

 

 

Oh, and here are the 100 songs which I got rid of when taking the list from 300 to 200!

 

A 'Nothing'

A.R. Rahman ft M.I.A. 'O...Saya'

Arcade Fire 'Intervention'

Arctic Monkeys 'Brianstorm'

Arctic Monkeys 'Crying Lightning'

Arctic Monkeys 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'

Athlete 'Wires'

Basement Jaxx 'Plug It In'

Bat for Lashes 'Prescilla'

Beyonce & Shakira 'Beautiful Liar'

Beyonce 'Irreplaceable'

Black Eyed Peas 'I Gotta Feeling'

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 'Stop'

Chemical Brothers 'Do It Again'

Chemical Brothers 'Star Guitar'

Chemical Brothers 'The Golden Path'

Christina Milian 'Dip It Low'

Coldplay 'Viva La Vida'

Coldplay 'Yellow'

Cut Copy 'Lights & Music'

Daft Punk 'One More Time'

Dinosaur Jr 'Been There All The Time'

Dizzee Rascal 'Dance Wiv Me'

Dntel 'Roll On'

Dodos 'Winter'

Doves 'Kingdom of Rust'

Doves 'Pounding'

Elbow 'New Born'

Elbow 'The Bones of You'

Ellie Goulding 'Wish I Stayed'

Eminem 'Lose Yourself'

Estelle ft Kanye West 'American Boy'

Franz Ferdinand 'The Fallen'

Funeral For A Friend 'Jeneau'

Girls Aloud 'Love Machine'

Gorillaz 'DARE'

Green Day 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams'

Guillemots 'Annie, Let's Not Wait'

Head Automatica 'Beating Heart Baby'

Holly Valance 'Kiss Kiss'

Hope of the States 'Nehemiah'

I'm From Barcelona 'We're From Barcelona'

Incubus 'Megalomaniac'

Jimmy Eat World 'Sweetness'

Justice vs Simian 'We Are Your Friends'

Justin Timberlake 'Cry Me A River'

Kanye West 'Homecoming'

Kasabian 'LSF'

Keane 'Somewhere Only We Know'

Kings of Leon 'Sex On Fire'

Lady Gaga 'Poker Face'

Late of the Pier 'Bathroom Gurgle'

Laura Marling 'Ghosts'

Laura Veirs 'Don't Lose Yourself'

Liam Lynch 'United States of Whatever'

Lily Allen 'LDN'

Little Boots 'New In Town' [Fred Falke Remix]

Long Blondes 'Century'

Los Campesinos! 'My Year In Lists'

Louis XIV 'Finding Out True Love Is Blind'

Maximo Park 'Our Velocity'

Muse 'Uprising'

Nine Black Alps 'Unsatisfied'

Nine Inch Nails 'The Hand That Feeds'

Pendulum 'Propane Nightmares'

Phoenix 'Lisztomania'

Primal Scream 'Country Girl'

R Kelly 'Ignition (Remix)'

Richard Hawley 'Coles Corner'

Santogold 'L.E.S. Artistes'

Scissor Sisters 'Filthy/Gorgeous'

Shinichi Osawa 'Dreamhunt'

Simian Mobile Disco 'Hustler'

Stefy 'Chelsea'

Stellastarr* 'My Coco'

Stereophonics 'Mr Writer'

Sufjan Stevens 'Chicago'

Sugababes 'About You Now'

Sugababes 'Push The Button'

The Bravery 'Unconditional'

The Cribs 'Men's Needs'

The Futureheads 'Decent Days And Nights'

The Futureheads 'Walking Backwards'

The Good, The Bad & The Queen 'Herculean'

The Hives 'Hate To Say I Told You So'

The Hold Steady 'Massive Nights'

The Killers 'All These Things That I've Done'

The Libertines 'Can't Stand Me Now'

The Little Ones 'Oh, Mj!'

The Maccabees 'About Your Dress'

The Pigeon Detectives 'Take Her Back'

The Postal Service 'We Will Become Silhouettes'

The Shortwave Set 'Repeat To Fade'

The Sounds 'Tony The Beat (Push It)'

The Streets 'Don't Mug Yourself'

The Wombats 'Let's Dance To Joy Division'

Tokyo Police Club 'Tessellate'

Wheatus 'Teenage Dirtbag'

Willy Mason 'Oxygen'

Yelle 'A Cause Des Garcons'

 

TOP 200 SINGLES

 

200 The Prodigy 'Omen'

199 Tilly & The Wall 'Beat Control'

198 Train 'Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)'

197 VV Brown 'Crying Blood'

196 Arcade Fire 'Keep The Car Running'

195 Patrick Wolf 'The Magic Position'

194 Pet Shop Boys 'Integral'

193 Timbaland ft Keri Hilson 'The Way I Are'

192 Kanye West 'Jesus Walks'

191 Girls Aloud 'No Good Advice'

 

190 Magic Numbers 'Forever Lost'

189 Long Blondes 'Giddy Stratospheres'

188 Supergrass 'Kiss of Life'

187 Ian Brown 'F.E.A.R.'

186 Lostprophets 'Last Summer'

185 Underworld 'Two Months Off'

184 Foo Fighters 'Times Like These'

183 Thom Yorke 'Harrowdown Hill'

182 Red Hot Chili Peppers 'Can't Stop'

181 The Knife 'Like A Pen'

 

180 Graham Coxon 'Freaking Out'

179 The Shortwave Set 'Casual Use'

178 Outkast 'Ms Jackson'

177 Christina Aguilera 'Dirrty'

176 Stellastarr* 'Jenny'

175 Babyshambles 'Killamangiro'

174 Foals 'Hummer'

173 Britney Spears 'Piece of Me'

172 Liam Frost & The Slowdown Family 'The Mourners of St. Pauls'

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

 

170 Kasabian 'Club Foot'

169 MGMT 'Time to Pretend'

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

167 The Raconteurs 'Steady, As She Goes'

166 Reverend & The Makers 'Heavyweight Champion of the World'

165 Editors 'Munich'

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

163 Puddle of Mudd 'Blurry'

162 Biffy Clyro 'Just Boy'

161 Razorlight 'Golden Touch'

 

160 Imogen Heap 'Hide and Seek'

159 Little Boots 'Remedy'

158 Rihanna 'Don't Stop The Music'

157 Bloc Party 'I Still Remember'

156 Late of the Pier 'Heartbeat'

155 Dizzee Rascal 'Bonkers'

154 Antony & The Johnsons 'Hope There's Someone'

153 Mystery Jets' Two Doors Down'

152 Los Campesinos! 'The International Tweexcore Underground'

151 Dr Dre ft Eminem 'Forgot About Dre'

 

150 Malcolm Middleton 'f*** It, I Love You'

149 Kings of Leon 'Use Somebody'

148 Glasvegas 'Daddy's Gone'

147 LCD Soundsystem 'Someone Great'

146 Pendulum 'Slam'

145 Jane's Addiction 'Just Because'

144 Regina Spektor 'Fidelity'

143 Amerie 'One Thing'

142 Blink 182 'I Miss You'

141 Sleater-Kinney 'Entertain'

 

140 Maximo Park 'The Coast Is Always Changing'

139 Feist '1234'

138 The Enemy 'We'll Live & Die In These Towns'

137 Guillemots 'Made Up Love Song #43'

136 Wolfman ft Pete Doherty 'For Lovers'

135 White Stripes 'Seven Nation Army'

134 Ash 'Burn Baby Burn'

133 TV On The Radio 'Dancing Choose'

132 Stereophonics 'Dakota'

131 Digitalism 'Pogo' [shinichi Osawa Remix]

 

130 The Rumble Strips 'Girls & Boys In Love'

129 Franz Ferdinand 'Darts of Pleasure'

128 The Delgados 'Everybody Come Down'

127 The Futureheads 'Area'

126 Oasis 'Songbird'

125 The Knife 'Marble House'

124 Arctic Monkeys 'Fluorescent Adolescent'

123 Late of the Pier 'Space and the Woods'

122 Coldplay 'The Scientist'

121 Muse 'Bliss'

 

120 Dandy Warhols 'Bohemian Like You'

119 The Futureheads 'The Beginning of the Twist'

118 Placebo 'Slave to the Wage'

117 Van She 'The Cat & The Eye'

116 Ben Folds ft Regina Spektor 'You Don't Know Me'

115 White Lies 'Death'

114 Red Hot Chili Peppers 'By The Way'

113 Queens of the Stone Age 'No One Knows'

112 Roger Sanchez 'Another Chance'

111 Eminem 'Stan'

 

110 Interpol 'PDA'

109 Long Blondes 'Once and Never Again'

108 The Subways 'Rock & Roll Queen'

107 MGMT 'Kids'

106 The Bravery 'An Honest Mistake'

105 The Pipettes 'Dirty Mind'

104 Kasabian 'Underdog'

103 Doves 'Black and White Town'

102 Blur 'Out of Time'

101 Gorillaz 'Feel Good Inc'

 

100 Howling Bells 'Setting Sun'

99 Snow Patrol ft Martha Wainwright 'Set The Fire To The Third Bar'

98 Gnarls Barkley 'Crazy'

97 Goldfrapp 'A & E'

96 Death Cab For Cutie 'I Will Possess Your Heart'

95 Feeder 'Just A Day'

94 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 'Zero'

93 Kings of Leon 'The Bucket'

92 Missy Elliott 'Gossip Folks'

91 Idlewild 'American English'

 

90 The Go! Team 'Bottle Rocket'

89 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 'Maps'

88 Last Shadow Puppets 'The Age of the Understatement'

87 Goldfrapp 'Utopia'

86 Manic Street Preachers 'The Masses Against The Classes'

85 White Stripes 'Blue Orchid'

84 Elbow 'Fugitive Motel'

83 DB Boulevard 'Point of View'

82 Jose Gonzalez 'Heartbeats'

81 The Knife 'Heartbeats'

 

80 Daft Punk 'Aerodynamic'

79 Lostprophets 'The Fake Sound of Progress'

78 Bright Eyes 'If The Brakeman Turns My Way'

77 The Shins 'Australia'

76 LCD Soundsystem 'All My Friends'

75 Groove Armada 'Song 4 Mutya'

74 Isands 'Rough Gem'

73 Little Boots 'Earthquake'

72 Camera Obscura 'Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken'

71 Gang Gang Dance 'House Jam'

 

70 Flaming Lips 'Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt.1'

69 Mint Royale ft Lauren Laverne 'Don't Falter'

68 The Horrors 'Sea Within A Sea'

67 The Music 'Getaway'

66 The Postal Service 'The Disctrict Sleeps Alone Tonight'

65 Royksopp ft Robyn 'The Girl & The Robot'

64 Mystery Jets 'Young Love'

63 Noisettes 'Never Forget You'

62 Super Furry Animals 'Juxtaposed With You'

61 Jet 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl?'

 

60 Vampire Weekend 'A-Punk'

59 Idlewild 'These Wooden Ideas'

58 Snow Patrol 'Run'

57 Bodyrox ft Luciana 'Yeah Yeah'

56 Los Campesinos! 'You! Me! Dancing!'

55 Damien Rice '9 Crimes'

54 Rilo Kiley 'Portions for Foxes'

53 Katy Perry 'Hot N Cold'

52 M.I.A. 'Paper Planes'

51 The Libertines 'Time For Heroes'

 

50 Hot Hot Heat 'Bandages'

49 Kings of Leon 'Fans'

48 Girls Aloud 'The Loving Kind'

47 TV On The Radio 'Wolf Like Me'

46 The National 'Mistaken For Strangers'

45 The Hold Steady 'Stuck Between Stations'

44 The Shins 'Turn On Me'

43 Bright Eyes 'Take It Easy (Love Nothing)'

42 The Futureheads' Hounds of Love'

41 The Walkmen 'The Rat'

 

40 Interpol 'Evil'

39 Coldplay 'Shiver'

38 Guillemots 'Trains to Brazil'

37 Maximo Park 'Apply Some Pressure'

36 Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins 'You Are What You Love'

35 Blink-182 'Adam's Song'

34 The Pipettes 'Pull Shapes'

33 Interpol 'NYC'

32 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 'Young Adult Friction'

31 The Streets 'Weak Become Heroes'

 

30 Ladytron 'Destroy Everything You Touch'

29 Jimmy Eat World 'The Middle'

28 Stellastarr* 'Sweet Troubled Soul'

27 Royksopp 'What Else Is There?'

26 Monkey Swallows The Universe 'Bloodline'

25 Daft Punk 'Digital Love'

24 PNAU ft Ladyhawke 'Embrace'

23 The Libertines 'Don't Look Back Into The Sun'

22 Muse 'Butterflies and Hurricanes'

21 M83 'Kim & Jessie'

 

20 Bat For Lashes 'Daniel'

19 The Horrors 'Who Can Say'

18 Sigur Ros 'Hoppipolla'

17 Interpol 'The Heinrich Maneuver'

16 Peter, Bjorn & John 'Young Folks'

15 Deerhunter 'Nothing Ever Happened'

14 The Temper Trap 'Sweet Disposition'

13 Franz Ferdinand 'Take Me Out'

12 Camille 'Money Note'

11 Animal Collective 'My Girls'

 

10 Outkast 'Hey Ya!'

9 Animal Collective 'Summertime Clothes'

8 The Postal Service 'Such Great Heights'

7 Doves 'There Goes The Fear'

6 Robyn 'With Every Heartbeat'

5 Muse 'New Born'

4 Interpol 'Obstacle 1'

3 The Killers 'Mr Brightside'

2 Arcade Fire 'Rebellion (Lies)'

1 Elbow 'One Day Like This'

Oh, and here are the 100 songs which I got rid of when taking the list from 300 to 200!

 

Arctic Monkeys 'I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor'

Santogold 'L.E.S. Artistes'

Scissor Sisters 'Filthy/Gorgeous'

Stefy 'Chelsea'

Sugababes 'About You Now'

The Sounds 'Tony The Beat (Push It)'

What were you thinking?! :(

Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss?

 

that one surprised me :o

Holly Valance - Kiss Kiss?

 

that one surprised me :o

MWAH

 

 

 

 

It's wonderful. I've always given it 10 in #1s of the decade rates. ^_^

Will be keeping an eye on this - I started my own a couple of months ago too.

Some songs in there I wouldn't have imagined you liking - maybe I'm just being a bit narrow minded.

A good song is a good song, you'd be surprised. It does get less poppy and mainstream the higher it gets though... ^_^

200 The Prodigy 'Omen'

199 Tilly & The Wall 'Beat Control'

198 Train 'Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)'

197 VV Brown 'Crying Blood'

196 Arcade Fire 'Keep The Car Running'

195 Patrick Wolf 'The Magic Position

194 Pet Shop Boys 'Integral'

193 Timbaland ft D.O.E. & Keri Hilson 'The Way I Are'

192 Kanye West 'Jesus Walks'

191 Girls Aloud 'No Good Advice'

 

 

So starting with a song from this year in 'Omen' by The Prodigy, it's easily their strongest single for some time. Train appear with a forgotten song from the early part of the decade, it always feels like it should be a guilty pleasure when I listen to it... 2007 has the most entries but four appear straight away (in a row), a first entry for including Arcade Fire and one of 9 UK number ones in 'The Way I Are', something that was a real uni anthem. Kanye and Girls Aloud also commercialise this 10 a bit, both have produced some great singles this decade, only one finer than 'Jesus Walks' or 'No Good Advice'. Pet Shop Boys, Tilly & The Wall and Patrick Wolf also make appearences.

 

great opening ten! really looking forward to doing my top 100 of the decade now (next month that is, I'm still discovering fantastic music now :wub:)

190 The Magic Numbers 'Forever Lost'

189 The Long Blondes 'Giddy Stratospheres'

188 Supergrass 'Kiss of Life

187 Ian Brown 'F.E.A.R.'

186 Lostprophets 'Last Summer'

185 Underworld 'Two Months Off'

184 Foo Fighters 'Times Like These'

183 Thom Yorke 'Harrowdown Hill'

182 Red Hot Chili Peppers 'Can't Stop'

181 The Knife 'Like a Pen'

 

The Magic Numbers are a band I thought I'd get bored of fairly quickly, but I really haven't and 'Forever Lost' still sounds as great today as it did when it made number one in my Personal Chart in 2005. The Long Blondes get their first entry, as do Lostprophets, The Knife and Red Hot Chili Peppers, a band who I've not listened to much for a while but I've re-realised had some great singles off their 'By The Way' album. Foo Fighters enter with 'Times Like These', boosted by the Foos being so excellent live and this being a really strong part of their live set. Ian Brown, Supergrass ('Kiss of Life' is incredibly underrated) and Underworld appear, 'Two Months Off' is the longest single in the top 200. And there's also an appearence for Thom Yorke, not bad for somone I so openly dislike.

 

I will be following this chart sir. Good start sir. My faves so far sir:

 

200 The Prodigy 'Omen'

199 Tilly & The Wall 'Beat Control'

196 Arcade Fire 'Keep The Car Running'

195 Patrick Wolf 'The Magic Position

191 Girls Aloud 'No Good Advice'

190 The Magic Numbers 'Forever Lost'

189 The Long Blondes 'Giddy Stratospheres'

186 Lostprophets 'Last Summer'

184 Foo Fighters 'Times Like These'

183 Thom Yorke 'Harrowdown Hill'

182 Red Hot Chili Peppers 'Can't Stop'

Late.

 

BUT OMEN SHOULD BE MUCHMUCHMUCH HIGHER. ;o

 

Also, Tilly

great opening ten! really looking forward to doing my top 100 of the decade now (next month that is, I'm still discovering fantastic music now :wub:)

Thanks, I hope you continue to follow. I shall keep a close eye on yours, even if I don't imagine too much of it will be to my taste. ^_^

I will be following this chart sir. Good start sir. My faves so far sir:

 

200 The Prodigy 'Omen'

199 Tilly & The Wall 'Beat Control'

196 Arcade Fire 'Keep The Car Running'

195 Patrick Wolf 'The Magic Position

191 Girls Aloud 'No Good Advice'

190 The Magic Numbers 'Forever Lost'

189 The Long Blondes 'Giddy Stratospheres'

186 Lostprophets 'Last Summer'

184 Foo Fighters 'Times Like These'

183 Thom Yorke 'Harrowdown Hill'

182 Red Hot Chili Peppers 'Can't Stop'

Thanks. A good proportion there! :D

Late.

 

BUT OMEN SHOULD BE MUCHMUCHMUCH HIGHER. ;o

 

Also, Tilly

'Omen' is good, and it has certainly re-grown on me recently.

My Top 100 (& bottom 20) Albums of the decade is already compiled pending a couple of late changes / potential new entries; and I'm planning on getting to work on compiling my Top 200 Songs of the Decade at the weekend ready for posting in December when I plan to have a week off work.

 

In the mean time I'll enjoy watching this countdown, as I agree thanks to the musical cancer that is X-Factor not too many great songs are likely to be discovered in the last two months of this decade.

 

 

180 Graham Coxon 'Freakin' Out'

179 The Shortwave Set 'Casual Use'

178 Outkast 'Ms Jackson'

177 Christina Aguilera 'Dirrty'

176 Stellastarr* 'Jenny'

175 Babyshambles 'Killamangiro'

174 Foals 'Hummer'

173 Britney Spears 'Piece of Me'

172 Liam Frost & The Slowdown Family 'The Mourners of St. Pauls'

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

 

Another mixed bag here, some big hits from massive artists, some far from that. Another UK number one appears for Christina, the only song of hers I've properly loved, an early Stellastarr* single, the sole entry for Shortwave Set ('Repeat to Fade' wasn't far off though), a first entry for Outkast, Foals debut 'Hummer' and what is far and away the best single by Britney Spears. There are also 2004 personal chart #1s for Graham Coxon and Babyshambles, and two utterly beautiful songs (about death and funerals) from Liam Frost & The Slowdown Family and Death Cab For Cutie.

 

My Top 100 (& bottom 20) Albums of the decade is already compiled pending a couple of late changes / potential new entries; and I'm planning on getting to work on compiling my Top 200 Songs of the Decade at the weekend ready for posting in December when I plan to have a week off work.

 

In the mean time I'll enjoy watching this countdown, as I agree thanks to the musical cancer that is X-Factor not too many great songs are likely to be discovered in the last two months of this decade.

Yours is certainly one I look forwards too! :D

 

I certainly agree that the last two months of the year are usually amongst the slowest 3 or 4. But two of my top 100 I discovered last November/December! :lol: But even if I do discover a great song I'd find it hard to judge if I've only known it for a month, against songs I've known a lot longer. There are quite a few songs I love for a bit but not for too long...

178 Outkast 'Ms Jackson'

175 Babyshambles 'Killamangiro'

174 Foals 'Hummer'

173 Britney Spears 'Piece of Me'

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

 

I like these to varying degrees, bolds I like alot, I have heard the Shortwave Set song but cannae remember it, will check it out in a bit.

Edited November 2, 200915 yr by Ashford.

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