68 SOMBies voted for a total of 1055 singles.

These are the top 100.


(Today we're doing #100-#71, tomorrow will be #70-#41, and then we'll finish on Friday with the top 40 and the SOMBie blurbs)




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100 Lykke Li - Breaking It Up
99 Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
98 Mystery Jets - Young Love (feat. Laura Marling)
97 Kanye West - Good Morning
96 Lupe Fiasco - Superstar (feat. Matthew Santos) / Superstar (Remix feat. Young Jeezy and T.I.)
95 Late of the Pier - Heartbeat
94 Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating
93 My Morning Jacket - I'm Amazed
92 Adele - Chasing Pavements
91 Paramore - That's What You Get
90 Fennesz - Saffron Revolution
89 The Killers - Spaceman
88 Kid Cudi - Day 'N' Night / Day 'N' Night (Crookers Remix)
87 Elbow - Grounds For Divorce
86 TV on the Radio - Golden Age
85 Miley Cyrus - See You Again
84 Gang Gang Dance - House Jam
83 AC/DC - Rock 'n' Roll Train
82 The Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next To Me / Sequels
81 Blitzen Trapper - Furr
80 Kylie Minogue - Wow / Wow (CSS Remix) / Wow (MSTRKRFT Remix)
79 Duffy - Mercy
78 Nas - Hero (feat. Keri Hilson)
77 Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You / Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover / I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (Twelves Remix)
76 Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook
75 British Sea Power - No Lucifer (10" release)
74 Friendly Fires - Paris / Paris (feat. Au Revoir Simone) (Aeroplane Remix) / Paris (Justus Köhncke Remix)
73 Radiohead - House Of Cards
72 Chris Brown - Forever
71 T.I. - Swagga Like Us (feat. Kanye West, Jay-Z and Lil Wayne)
70 Weezer - Dreamin'
69 Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines
68 She & Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
67 The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
66 Cut Copy - Hearts on Fire
65 T.I. - Whatever You Like
64 Panic At The Disco - Nine In The Afternoon
63 Aeroplane - Whispers (feat. Kathy Diamond) / Whispers (Hercules and Love Affair Remix)
62 British Sea Power - Waving Flags / Wandering Horn (Waving Flags Instrumental) / Everybody Must Be Saved / Elizabeth and Susan Meet The Pelican / Ooby Dooby Doo
61 Laura Marling - Ghosts / Ghosts (Instrumental) / The Man Sings About Romance
60 Feist - I Feel It All / I Feel It All (Diplo's Plastic Remix) / I Feel It All (Escort Remix) / I Feel It All (Britt Daniel Remix) / I Feel It All (Gonzales Remix)
59 Wiz Khalifa - Say Yeah
58 Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
57 The Kills - Last Day of Magic
56 Amadou and Mariam - Sabali
55 Air France - Collapsing At Your Doorstep
54 David Byrne and Brian Eno - Strange Overtones
53 Annie - I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me
52 Usher - Love In This Club (feat. Young Jeezy)
51 Beck - Gamma Ray / Jay Reatard - Gamma Ray
50 Wire - One of Us
49 Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream
48 Bon Iver - Skinny Love
47 Glasvegas - Geraldine / The Prettiest Thing on Saltcoats Beach / Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
46 Young Jeezy - Put On (feat. Kanye West)
45 Kings of Leon - Sex On Fire
44 Hot Chip - One Pure Thought - EP
43 Hercules and Love Affair - You Belong
42 T.I. - Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna)
41 Goldfrapp - A&E / A&E (Maps Remix) / A&E (Gui Boratto Remix) / A&E (Hercules and Love Affair Remix)
40 Rihanna - Disturbia
39 Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone / I'm Good, I'm Gone (Metronomy Remix) / I'm Good, I'm Gone (Fred Falke Remix) / I'm Good, I'm Gone (CB Remix) / I'm Good, I'm Gone (Black Kids remix)
38 Kanye West - Heartless
37 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
36 Santogold - Lights Out
35 Cut Copy - Lights & Music
34 TV on the Radio - Dancing Choose
33 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
32 Lil Wayne - A Milli
31 Jay Reatard - Always Wanting More / You Mean Nothing To Me
30 The National - Fake Empire
29 Lykke Li - Little Bit / Little Bit (Loving Hand Remix) / Little Bit (CSS Remix)
28 Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
27 Radiohead - Reckoner
26 Neon Neon - I Told Her On Alderaan / I Told Her On Alderaan (Richard X Andress Mix)
25 The Killers - Human
24 The Hold Steady - Sequestered In Memphis
23 The Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go
22 Jay Reatard - See/Saw / Screaming Hand
21 Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes / Creator
20 Lil Wayne - Lollipop (feat. Static Major) / Lollipop (Remix feat. Kanye West)
19 The Mae Shi - Run To Your Grave
18 M83 - Graveyard Girl
17 The Juan Maclean - Happy House
16 Coldplay - Viva La Vida
15 Weezer - Troublemaker
14 MGMT - Electric Feel / Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
13 Portishead - Machine Gun
12 Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
11 MGMT - Kids / Kids (Soulwax Remix) / Kids (Pet Shop Boys Synthpop Mix)
10 M83 - Kim & Jessie
09 Weezer - Pork And Beans
08 Portishead - The Rip
07 MGMT - Time To Pretend
06 Trai'd - Gutta Bitch / Gutta Bitch (Remix feat. DJ Khaled, Trina, Bun B, Ace Hood, & Hurricane Chris)
05 Kanye West - Love Lockdown / Love Lockdown (Remix feat. R. Kelly) / Love Lockdown (Mysto & Pizzi House Remix)
04 Weezer - The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations on a Shaker Hymn)
03 Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor / Shake A Fist (Diplo's Noise of Art Remix) / Bubbles They Bounce / Ready For The Floor (Smoothed Out On An R&B Tip Version) / Ready For The Floor (Soulwax Dub)
02 Estelle - American Boy (feat. Kanye West)
01 Hercules and Love Affair - Blind (feat. Antony Hegarty) / Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix)

First, is it too late to vote?

First Second, is it too late too vote?

first, is it too late to vote?
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hahaha, oh never gets old

only 68 people voted?

My thoughts exactly.

Weak showing, SOMB.

If You're Crossing The Street I Might Be There

#100.




Lykke Li - Breaking It Up
(1308 Points, 10 Votes)

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

The Lipster: The 25 Word Review: Stop-starts employed to rousing effect while kiddie choir and cathedral keys have Lykke’s breathless back, in this defiant confection about ditching your beau.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: n/a

Ranked Highest By: worrywort (#9)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Youth Novels




It was only 70 last year, so I'm not too disappointed with the turnout.

2007 singles - 70
2007 albums - 177

Hmmm, i realize the album turnout is higher, but i still figured we'd have a good 15-20% growth from the singles list since we have so many new boarders

Let me be the first to say, should have been higher.

Excellent start.

68 seems fine for singles poll, as long as a good number of them with large lists as well.

Always puzzled by the popularity of the album poll over the singles poll. Singles poll is so much more fun. But I guess that's the way it goes in the world of elite music.

There Are Days When Outside Your Window
I See My Reflection As I slowly Pass

#99.




Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
(1311 Points, 11 Votes)

US Chart Position: #70 (Hot 100), #6 (Modern Rock)

UK Chart Position: #85

Music Under Fire Review: First off, let me say that I was not expecting something 8:36 long and this is something most bands do not do since they want to get their point across for what the rest of the album sounds like. If I were to take anything from this song and make an album based on just this one song, I would stand by the fact that this album is not upbeat, nor is it going to be over the edge with poppiness or catchy hooks, like many bands do to throttle their stardom. Death Cab, having more than a following may just further showcase each instrument, which is something that has been overlooked on the course of their past two albums.

"I Will Possess Your Heart" would make me look so right if this were the case for Narrow Stairs. The song is really just your classic DCFC intrumental, like that in "Stability" from the Stability EP (which is their longest song - 12:22 to be exact). It only takes a mere four minutes and thirty-six seconds until we hear Gibbard chime in, yet the song still does not pick up.

I'll get straight to the point - you'll love this if you're a DCFC fan, but it is by no means better than FIVE of the songs on Plans. I'll even name them: "Soul Meets Body", "Your Heart Is An Empty Room", "Brothers On A Hotel Bed", "Summer Skin", and "I Will Follow You Into The Dark". For me, Death Cab's best songs have generally been around three and a half minutes.

I'm not quite sure the purpose of making this song their single, since it ranks up there with other songs I would put at the end of an album (this song falls second in their track listing), but I can appreciate the slowed down instrumentation they used, although it wouldn't surpass one of my favorites "Transatlanticism".

The song eventually picks up at 6:46, but alas, it is too long for me. Perhaps their plan is to throw everyone off with this song and leave the true gems on the album to be heard later, afterall, it IS the singles that are killing the artists, isn't it? Cough, Cough!

"I Will Possess Your Heart" may be the "Yellow" of Parachutes - 6.9 out of 10.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: "Soul Meets Body" (#55 in 2005)

Ranked Highest By: amotin (#9)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Narrow Stairs

I had it the highest on my list but we could be seeing four of her singles on the list so best not complain I guess.

I forgot to mention in the first post that this is, in my opinion, probably the strongest and most consistent top 100 we've had. Not to get anyone's hopes up or anything.

Thank god that Death Cab song isn't higher. I can't stand that shit at all.

Good call. I don't hate the song, it just really shouldn't be any higher.

The benefit of the people posting singles lists having good taste.

I went from initally loathing it to kind of enjoying it, so when you even the two out, #99 seems about perfect.

If this is how the list starts, I think I'm going to like the results.

"I Will Possess Your Heart" probably benefited from a good amount of mid level votes..... i had it on my list, but nowhere near the top ten

You Don't Need Eyes To See
If Someones Got A Heart Of Glass

#98.




Mystery Jets - Young Love (feat. Laura Marling)
(1316 Points, 8 Votes)

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: #34

Digital Spy Review: Mystery Jets were a bit too odd to be taken seriously on their 2006 debut, Making Dens. With their unhealthy fascination with prog rock, and one of their dads on guitar duty, they had many indie fans rushing for cover behind their Razorlight safety blankets. However, with new single 'Young Love', the band have ditched the prog waffle, replaced the old fella with the rather fetching Laura Marling and crafted a bona fide smash.

Based around Marling and Blaine Harrison's wistful tales of a night-stand, it features a fabulous array of edgy, alluring lyrics. Despite Blaine's amusing recollection: "Is that you on the bus? Is that you on the train? You wrote your number on my hand. And it came off in the rain," Marling's seductive and sardonic responses win out, as she croons: "You don't need eyes to see if someone's got a heart of glass." Boasting sublime harmonies and the sort of bouncy bassline The Kooks would mug their own mums for, it should turn Mystery Jets from indie oddities into chart sensations.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: n/a

Ranked Highest By: Mitchell (#7)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Twenty One

Ahhh, lovely song that. Great pop album, as well.

Damn, I forgot to vote. I thought the deadline was the 22nd

ya know, when i saw "feat Laura Marling" i had a good guess who the top voter was

Clearly I'll need to check out these Mystery Jets.

Look At The Valedictorian
Scared Of The Future While I Hop In The DeLorean

#97.




Kanye West - Good Morning
(1324 Points, 8 Votes)

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

MiLLViLLUpInYoGriLL3 YouTube comment: now thats a gansta ass bear,,,, fuccin trippy video tho... watch it high and get tripped out... good song btw

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: "Jesus Walks" (#10 of 2004), "Heard 'Em Say / Touch The Sky" (#69 of 2005, "Gold Digger" (#7 of 2005), "Drive Slow" (#67 of 2006), "Can't Tell Me Nothing" (#37 of 2007), "Flashing Lights" (#28 of 2007), "Good Life" (#16 of 2007), "Stronger" (#8 of 2007)

Ranked Highest By: theremin(#3)

Also Ranked By: MattDrufke (#5)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Graduation

It didn't take LM for me to know how good that second Mystery Jets album and it's singles are.

Kind of amazing Kanye's only had three top ten's on the SOMB list.

Didn't know this was eligible. Good song.

Love this song. Fantastic way to open an album.



Also, Paul, I like that you're putting where other singles placed on previous lists. Genius touch.

I need to reply quicker if I want to have a conversation, I guess.

Heh, yeah.

Mystery Jets made on of your 101 songs, right? Can't remember just now how it went or what I thought.

I was trying to post that before any songs were posted, but paul was so quick. I would never ACTUALLY say should have been higher/lower and mean it. It was just a joke.


That said, I Will Possess Your Heart should have been lower.

Two Doors Down, which is hopefully still to come!

I did know that but chose to add a sound opinion of my mine as the opportunity presented itself.

The Audience Ain't Fazed
And They Ain't Gone Clap And They Ain't Gonna Praise

#96.




Lupe Fiasco - Superstar (feat. Matthew Santos) / Superstar (Remix feat. Young Jeezy and T.I.)
(1370 Points, 11 Votes)

US Chart Position: #10

UK Chart Position: #4

B&S Online Review: As the Chicago-born visionary is showing with each new tune, the conscious hip hop crowd have a new hero.

Lupe joins the likes of Common and Talib Kweli in the eternal battle against mainstream hip hop’s material obsessions and imaginative subject matter vacuum.

The previous taster single from the upcoming ‘Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool’ album, ‘Dumb It Down’, was just a little too left-field and out there for many tastes, but ‘Superstar’ stands as a much more sensible choice of flagship single, blending Lupe’s characteristic easy vocal flow with a pleasantly lumbering piano-led beat, a soulful hook, and the odd sample and sound effect. Even Judge Jules played it on Pete Tong’s Radio One show recently!

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: "Kick, Push" (#16 of 2006)

Ranked Highest By: Asher Ford(#4)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: The Cool

my pimping for Lupe Fiasco has paid off..... let's see how "Hip Hip Saved My Life" will fare later

Pineapple Pieces In Brine, Fucking Around With Your Mind

#95.




Late of the Pier - Heartbeat
(1370 Points, 5 Votes, One #1 Vote)

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: #98

Clash Music Review: The Castle Donington group have lit up a pale, wane emotionally bereft British indie scene with a series of superb singles and a debut album that is by turns insane and utterly brilliant.

While their scenester clothes and oh-so-quirky dance moves may irk the indie purists, there is no denying that Late of The Pier have the tunes. “Heartbeat” opens like a lost relic from the 80s, all power dressing and Michael J Fox movies before taking a turn for the demented. With a sense of the operatic surely inherited from Freddie Mercury’s mic stand, “Heartbeat” explodes into a shrieking, writhing chant as catchy as it is confusing. A brilliant primer for one of the year’s best debut albums so far.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: n/a

Ranked Highest By: Mitchell (#1)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Fantasy Black Channel

I like Lupe, but I could never get into this song.

Stove Burns On My Hands
Show Them To My Friends
Make You Participate

#94.




Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating
(1392 Points, 9 Votes)

US Chart Position: n/a

UK Chart Position: n/a

GrandmasterBennyBen rateyourmusic.com Review: Relatively boring and somewhat inoffensive technoelectrowhatever.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: n/a

Ranked Highest By: undo (#2)

Also Ranked By: Culle (#4)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Crystal Castles

"Relatively boring and somewhat inoffensive technoelectrowhatever"

Disagree with inoffensive there tbh.

Good to see I didn't do an Epic Fail and not have my #1 on the chart.

Loving the formatting, Paul. You're amazing.

Though seeing these songs so far made me realize I should have made my own singles list waaaay longer. Oh well...

GrandmasterBennyBen seems totally too cool for school.

I’m Amazed At All That Has Been
I’m Amazed At All That Will Be

#93.




My Morning Jacket - I'm Amazed
(1394 Points, 7 Votes)

US Chart Position: #6 (Billboard Triple A)

UK Chart Position: n/a

Rolling Stone Review: The mammoth Southern-rock anthem on Evil Urges where MMJ let it all hang out: Check the guitar solo that shoots out to the cheap seats and beyond.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: "Off the Record" (#25 of 2005)

Ranked Highest By: Tracy Jacks (#6)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Evil Urges

i avoided that crystal castles lp for a long time, but if i am liking the singles would i like the rest?

I resemble that remark.

Somebody Still Loves You Pants McJickson

Very respectable pace being set here. It might be the mulled wine but Im struggling to keep up.

High points so far:
Jeezy
Lykke Li (She sounds arousingly small)

Low point:
Death Cab – just about managed to keep it on until he started singing….then I felt like id been frotted by the postal service.

Even If I Knew My Place, Should I Leave It There?

#92.




Adele - Chasing Pavements
(1395 Points, 7 Votes)

US Chart Position: #82

UK Chart Position: #2

Digital Spy Review: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins must be feeling the pressure right now. Though her career to date comprises just one 7"-only single, she's received almost as much press coverage as that other mouthy Londoner with a big, soulful voice and oodles of attitude. To put the hype into context, it took poor Amy a couple of years to nab a Brit Award; Adele's managed it in a couple of months.

'Chasing Pavements', her first proper single, is a mellow, sensuous slice of old-school soul. Its teenager-in-love lyrics are fairly unremarkable, but Adele's voice is a revelation, steering the big, brassy chorus through its melodic twists and turns with consummate ease. In fact, as you realise the precise nature of that haunting emotion in her voice – bruised defiance, we'd call it - everything falls into place. Now that's what all the fuss is about.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: n/a

Ranked Highest By: Andyroo (#7)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: 19

This almost makes up for "Misery Business" not making the top 100 last year. Almost.


This Heart Will Start A Riot In Me

#91.




Paramore - That's What You Get
(1398 Points, 8 Votes)

US Chart Position: #66 (Hot 100), #36 (Modern Rock)

UK Chart Position: #55

allgigs.co.uk Review: It's been such an incredible year or so for Paramore. With the band members being of ages 17-23, it seems impossible that they could become Grammy-nominated. Lead singer 'Hayley Williams' was voted by Rock Sound magazines readers as most influential female, and even the band's guitarist 'Josh Farro' recently got in a confrontation with Hilary Clinton during her election campaign.

The single 'That's What You Get' is the fourth release from their second studio album 'Riot!' The song itself is typically Paramore. It features the usual pop-punk based guitar and drums, with the addition of some heavier riffs and beats compared to previous efforts on 'Misery Business' and 'Hallelujah'. Hayley Williams's vocals work well with the song, the inclusion of a catchy chorus makes it easy listen too. This has always been Paramore's biggest appeal and their fan base has soared because of their bouncy and catchy songs. 'That's What You Get' will never achieve the success that 'Misery Business' has had, but it's a likeable number and anybody interested in pop, punk or emo based music should have a listen.

Artist's Previous Rankings on Our Singles Lists: n/a

Ranked Highest By: Saskadelphia (#7)

Can Be Most Easily Found On: Riot!