I dropped the ball on Tegan and Sara "Back in your Head". This was supposed to be a top 10 single for me. But I was keeping track of "07 singles" in an iTunes playlist and that's what I worked with to compile my list. Somehow I never had that in the playlist, so it missed entirely.

While you guys are generally right on here, I think "Mistaken For Strangers" might end up doing pretty well. I wasn't the only one with it in my top 10.

Yeah I'm actually really disapointed with the "Back In Your Head" placement. Especially since it's quite like, the only thing I like on The Con.

wow, i am downloading all of these, and if i knew anything about music i would've voted for half of these already.

fuck the thin white duke, throw some d's on that has the best remixes of the year

louis that
gucci this

Yeah, EOY time is always a lesson in what I should've bben listening to all year.

The year end singles poll results are my favorite Christmas present! I love hearing what everyone else has been loving, I love to see where everything places, and I love being able to download stuff that I missed. Thanks Paul, for taking this on.

Is it too late to vote?

Kate and Duff extremely OTM. You're a good man Paul, thanks for all of this.

Cool, excited to hear these, I'm way behind on singles this year. Also, as someone mentioned earlier it'd be nice to see the total number of votes for each entry (or was that something saved until later in the countdown? Can't remember).

Usually reserved for the top 40 and then revealed after the poll in one final list.

Man's Needs Are Full Of Greed

#85.




The Cribs – Men’s Needs / Men’s Needs (CSS Remix)

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: #17

Pitchfork Forkcast Review: “For Brazilian electro-punk partiers, CSS are pretty plugged into the UK indie scene. Klaxons' Simon Taylor-Davis has CSS singer Lovefoxxx's name tattooed to his stomach. Lovefoxxx gets "super-duper Kelly Cooper fucking double super legal" on the 1990s' B-side "Super-Legal". And now CSS have taken the skinny ties off the Cribs' greed-conscious battle of the sexes, "Men's Needs". Given how closely CSS's mantra "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above" recalls a line from the Normal's scene-starting 1978 single "Warm Leatherette", perhaps none of this should be a surprise.

CSS's remix downplays the original's jittery new-wave guitars, refashioning the track as something Swedish pop brutes the Tough Alliance might've included on their first album. Cheesy spring-break synths and heavy bass beats make singer Ryan Jarman sounds less like Julian Casablancas and more like an earnest clubgoer straining to be heard over the electronic din. Mars and Venus probably won't ever align, but CSS's needs agree with this Cribs song better than one might expect.”


Ranked Highest By: Elemeno P.T. (#4)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever

I Ain't Got No Red American Express

#84.




Timbaland – The Way I Are (feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E.)

US Chart Position: #3

UK Chart Position: #1

Pitchfork Forkcast Review: “Shock Value is still a pretty unfortunate album, aesthetically and pop-chart-wise (current position: #60; #59 is Starbucks' Monterrey International Pop Festival CD), and "The Way I Are" is one of its more perplexing tracks: even if you're highly attuned to the artifice that dictates the flexible "sincerity" of a pop star's first-person in-song exploits and tend to ignore the logicistical inconsistencies, hearing Tim flatly drone about how he doesn't have any money on an album where he spends the rest of his time talking about how he does, in fact, have huge fucking piles of it kind of squashes the sentiment. That, plus the beat is a bad pseudo-trance version of "Push It". At least Keri Hilson sounds good, and not just as the only person on this track that doesn't sound less melodious than Gary Numan.

Since it's the latest single from Shock Value, there's a video, which (if you view it on the official Timbaland site) is "presented by McDonald's Double Quarter Pounder." This might tangentially fit the song's "I am broke yet I still love you" theme if you act under the assumption that broke people tend to gravitate towards low-cost high-calorie fast food, or maybe under a different assumption that a post-MTV economy requires videos from modestly-successful or unsuccessful albums to be subsidized by non-music industry sponsors. Pointless Adbuster-ness aside, though, Timbaland doesn't do much to act on the conceit of the track, unless you count "the video budget gave us just enough room for some stadium lights and a fog machine; hopefully we can scout a decent warehouse basement on the cheap" as a good signifier of everyman low cash flow situations. I don't know any poor people with suits that nice, I'll say that much.

Also, there's some soccer players.”

Ranked Highest By: concertgoer (#9)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Shock Value

Saw The Cribs on Conan I think last week, and man do they earn those checks. My jaw hurt just watching that yelling bastard.

On the right day this could've easily been my number one.

Lil' Jon, He Always Tells The Truth

#83.




Vampire Weekend – Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa / A-Punk / Oxford Comma

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

Pitchfork Forkcast Review: “New York's Vampire Weekend come from a minimal guitar pop tradition that stretches from Young Marble Giants to the Whitest Boy Alive, but their approach is more matter-of-fact and less self-consciously arty while taking on new wave from a different angle. "This feels so unnatural, Peter Gabriel, too," sings Ezra Koenig on "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa", the first track from their self-titled EP. Hard to say what he's talking about with the lyric, but the track's instrumentation and bubbly beat evoke another baby boomer songwriter who spent the 80s exploring what was just starting to be called "world music." Paul Simon's Graceland (and the African pop that inspired it) is perhaps an odd touchstone for a small indie rock band releasing music on their own label, but "Cape Cod" transforms the buoyant spirit of "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" to a cheaply (but cleanly) recorded, stripped-down, no-fuss context. Musicians of Simon's generation call recordings this simple "demos," and they have a point; but something about the unassuming nature of the production works in Vampire Weekend's favor, allowing subtle pleasures like that sunny falsetto vocalese at the end and the purity of the guitar tone to shine through.”


Ranked Highest By: solace (#3)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: EP

hmm.... really that low?

Dang--if I had known "Oxford Comma" was eligible it would've gone top 15 for me easy.

Mansard Roof might be up there still.

The idea of an official single from a self-released demo CDR must make Mitchell's head spin.

Out loud. For real.

Then Just Sing What You Feel / Don't Let Anyone Say It's Wrong


#82.




Wilco – What Light

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

Pitchfork Forkcast Review: Wilco have always been generous about giving away their music, and this first free track from their forthcoming album, Sky Blue Sky, not only continues that tradition, but also addresses it. "What Light" is musically as pleasant and sweet as its counseling lyrics. More sweep and feeling than hooks and melodies, the song sways back and forth on acoustic guitar and piano. Jeff Tweedy's advice is simple: "If the whole word's singing your songs/ Just remember, what was yours is everyone's from now on."

Ranked Highest By: Duff. (#3)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Sky Blue Sky

bah. the EP gives you 3 songs that are (imo) better than Mansard

also, the EP was released before the Blue CD-R started circulating i believe.

Wilco, dear lord.

Is it fair to assume that that'll be the only Timbaland single (with him as the featured artist, anyway) to place? I like the other two much, much more, but that's still a pretty great song.

And forgot about the '06/'07 contro for TSD's. Still a shame, especially since there was no way in hell that was placing last year.

yeah, on the whole I'm not huge into VW but those three songs are all killer

I have a feeling this would have been much higher without any tabloid backlash...


I’d Rather Be At Home With Ray

#81.




Amy Winehouse – Rehab / Rehab (Remix feat. Jay-Z)

US Chart Position: #9

UK Chart Position: #7

top40.about.com Review: “Alcohol has caused difficulties in the career of powerful singer Amy Winehouse, and this is where she lays out her story. According to the lyrics of "Rehab," the drinking was primarily fueled by remorse at the end of a relationship and since her dad said she was fine, rehab was not the right solution. The real-world inspiration for the song is the attempt by Winehouse's management team to get her to check in to alcohol rehabilitation. They were soon fired.

Beyond lyrical content, "Rehab" is absoutely infectious. Challenge yourself to not sing along with the "No, no, no" refrain. The early 60's style horn-fueled arrangement is instantly familiar to generations of pop music fans. "Rehab" is a slice of soulful pop to relish.

"Rehab" reached the UK top 10 in the fall of 2006 with the release of the album Back to Black. It has received loads of critical accolades including the prestigious Ivor Novello songwriting prize. In the US, the album was not released until March, 2007. Upon that release, "Rehab" was not chosen as the initial single, but a bravura performance of the song at MTV's Movie Awards along with rising radio airplay has helped drive the song toward the US pop top 10.

Pros

* Personal drama made catchy and fun
* Big, throaty vocals
* Retro early 60's pop sound

Cons

* No significant negatives here

Description

* Horn-drenched early 60's style pop arrangement
* Attitude-filled singing
* Words of independence

Ranked Highest By: RadioHitchcock, agimorfee (#1)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Back To Black

yeah it prolly woulda been higher, but it's probably like the 8th best song on the album.

Easily the worst song to chart so far.

This list is pretty interesting so far, not much that I voted for but it's still cool... show's what a great year this was!

It's Impossible If Possible

#80.




Silversun Pickups – Lazy Eye

US Chart Position: #5 Modern Rock / #2 Bubbling Under Hot 100

UK Chart Position: n/a

kewlmuzik Review: "Silversun Pickups (SSPU) is from Los Angeles. This is a great indie rock track, it's getting some airplay actually with local tastemakers Live 105.

The singing is subdued at first, then kinda gets outta control at the end (I like). I was talking to a friend about it and we weren't sure if it was a guy or girl singing (though it's quite obvious later that it's a dude). There is actually a bassist/vocalist who's a chick. Anyway, the song is a glorious guitar joint clocking at almost 6 minutes. I kinda dig how the track just keeps going. I have no idea why this is called "Lazy Eye". I'm a bit notorious for not listening to lyrics"


Ranked Highest By: Man Is Matter (#9)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Carnavas

there were a few things like that song that i didn't vote for simply because i didn't even hardly listen to them much in '07, no matter how much i loved them last year (see: Stuck Between Stations).

I had the same dilemma. Although there were one or two 2007 singles from albums released last year that I voted for, merely because I didn't really listen to the albums then.

Yancy, I can tell the difference between a band released demo album and a proper single thanks.

Good to see the cribs not as good to see stuff that should have paced last year, if at all.

best list of the year, because I know nothing about music and don't vote, so now I can find out in hindsight

Mitchell: what should have placed last year?

Lazy Eye, for one.

The 2006 stuff!

It's Rehab, I just find it odd that The Pippettes and Lily Allen that are US 07's chart this year and Crackhouse ends uo being this. No biggie though.

The overly-ignored R.Kelly single of the year. It smoked "I'm A Flirt" with its badass beat that evoked (at least for me) Wham's "Careless Whisper". I was surprised how much I loved it, considering Young Jeezy is usually the worst part of any song he appears on (Like that awesome Christina Milian single last year where he went on and on about being a deadbeat dad).

Awesome job Paul.

was the single 2006?

Yep. I voted for it back then.

Hej vom Svergie anyhow.

Log off and enjoy it, ya bum.

In taxi. It's gone midnight, beer me.

And trust me even I wouldn't be checking in unless it was year end.

Switch up the downloads between Sendspace and something else, maybe zshare? Yousendit?

Voted for it last year as well. Couldn't bring myself to vote for this one two years in a row either.

"Lazy Eye" was definitely hurt by its 'tweener status. Released as a solid mid-year single, don't see how this could've been kept out of the top 20.

I prefer "You Know I'm No Good" to "Rehab" anyway. Not that I expect it placing.

oh yeah, and despite all my bitching, pretty good list so far. Downloading a whole bunch of these for the first time.

95 out of 100 songs that will place on this list will be in the very listenable to great range.

I haven't voted for many of the placing so far, but they're all pretty good.

79 will be Jens. I can feel it.

I've felt Jens. It's nice.

I think only one of the songs I've voted for has placed so far. Boo.

so far I'm 1 for 20..I mean to hear that Tegan & Sara song, but scary that the only songs so far I'd want to hear were the bottom 2.

agreed.