Dave's Totally Boss Musings

TOP 50 SINGLES OF 2004

Hey all...Pfork lists are due Friday, so I thought I'd post what is shaping up to be my final singles list for 2004. Great year for singles, so long as you didn't look to the radio, which didn't offer a heckuva lot of hits. My tastes in singles are in something of a transition period at the moment, so this list is a bit scattered. In the end I just went with my gut on most of this stuff. I won't comment on individual songs, but please use comments to applaud, criticize, point out omissions, and otherwise chat.

Drum roll please...the first OFFICIAL list of the year! I'll edit this post with any changes (a few of these have questionable "single" status, so a few might get knocked off for technicalities).

1. Annie – Heartbeat
2. Animal Collective – Who Could Win a Rabbit
3. Go! Team – The Power is On
4. Walkmen – The Rat
5. Annie – Chewing Gum
6. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
7. Mouse on Mars – Wipe That Sound
8. Belle and Sebastian – Books EP
9. Xiu Xiu – I Love the Valley OH!
10. Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1/My Buddy

11. Britney – Toxic
12. LCD Soundsystem – Yeah
13. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Rubicon
14. Of Montreal – Disconnect the Dots
15. Kylie Minogue – I Believe in You
16. Ratatat – 17 Years
17. !!! – Pardon My Freedom
18. Cee-Lo Green – The One
19. Art Brut – Formed a Band
20. Black Leotard Front – Casual Friday

21. Modest Mouse – Float On
22. Mirah – We're Both So Sorry/Jerusalem
23. Pixeltan – Get Up/Say What (DFA Remix)
24. Interpol – Slow Hands
25. Von Bondies – C’mon C’mon
26. Soulwax – NY Excuse
27. Kanye West – Jesus Walks
28. Bjork - Oceanic
29. Decembrists – Billy Liar
30. Les Savy Fav – The Sweat Descends

31. Loretta Lynn – Have Mercy
32. Jadakiss – Why
33. M.I.A. – Galang
34. Phoenix – Everything is Everything
35. Devendra Banhart – Little Yellow Spider
36. Fiery Furnaces – Single Again
37. Trillville & Lil Scrappy – Get Some Crunk In Your System
38. Lady Sovereign - Ch-Ching
39. Beyonce - Naughty Girl
40. Concretes – Chico (Avalanches Remix)

41. Sufjan Stevens – That Dress Looks Nice On You
42. Belle and Sebastian – I’m a Cuckoo
43. Futureheads – Decent Days and Nights
44. Agnetha Faltskog – If I Ever Thought You’d Change Your Mind
45. Shapeshifters – Lola’s Theme
46. Air – Cherry Blossom Girl
47. Estelle – 1980
48. John Vanderslice - Pale Horse
49. Gwen Stefani – What You Waiting For
50. Freeform Five – Strangest Things

EDIT: Listening to a few of these again, I decided to bump n' replace. Added: Beyonce - Naughty Girl (forgot about this one, but it's orsome), Lady Sovereign - Ch-Ching (this one seriously grew on me). Bumped: Ted Leo and Erlend Oye. Advanced placement: Black Leotard Front. Still debating Freeform Five and Estelle. Also struggling with the "Neighborhood #1" placement. The song is amazing, but does it work as a single? I'm almost tempted to exclude it entirely. But no, that would be impossible.