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Top ten singles of the century so far...


Larsen B

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In the spirit of civilivised debate :help:, i thought we could all list ours, because singles are ace cos any shit band can release an ace single i.e. Blink 182 - Always (or whatever the cure rip off one was):

1. Hope of the States - Black Dollar Bills

2. Mansun - I Can Only Disappoint U

3. Arab Strap - The Shy Retirer

4. At the Drive-In - One Armed Scissor

5. Mew - Comforting Sounds

6. Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart

7. Modest Mouse - Float On

8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

9. Hot Hot Heat - Bandages

10. Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure

Note: edited for inclusion of bandages and now maps

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IMO' date=' they are all pish singles. Surely a good single should have an element of poppiness?

Hey Ya! by Outkast gets my vote, and Gold Digger by Kanye West.[/quote']

Clive is right, Float On is ultrapoppy as is Apply Some Pressure. And Crystal, Oxygen, Irish Blood, English Heart, the Shy Retirer and even One Armed Scissor alll have poppy elements. Hey Ya i definitely agree with, but Gold Digger is tuneless ramble. You're entitled to your opinion of course, and if you think they are pish that is fine, but your reasoning that they are not poppy is bollocks.

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I Believe In You was a great single, it was the first single I'd bought for a good few years.

Sugababes, Girls Aloud and Goldfrapp and Outkast have all had some crackers. The Masses Against the Classes by the Manics just scrapes it in by a couple of weeks.

I think of the past couple of years my favourite single has been Portions for Foxes by Rilo Kiley, it should have been huge.

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1. Don't Look Back Into The Sun - The Libertines

2. Dreaming Of You - The Coral

3. The People - The Music

4. Black And White Town - Doves

5. Impossible - The Charlatans

6. The Importance Of Being Idle - Oasis

7. F.E.A.R. - Ian Brown

8. C'mere - Interpol

9. Whatever Happened To My Rock 'N' Roll - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

10. Remember Me - British Sea Power

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More than 10

Outkast - Hey Ya

Franz Ferdinand - Take me out

Franz Ferdinand - Do you want to

White Stripes - Fell in love with a girl

Girls Aloud - Sound of the underground

Annie - Chewing gum

Rilo Kiley - Portions for foxes

Radiohead - Pyramid Song

Rachel Stevens - Some Girls

Tv on the Radio - Staring at the Sun

Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood 3 (Power Out)

Radiohead - There There

Gorrilaz - Feel Good Inc

Electric Six - Danger High Voltage

The Hives - Hate to say I told you so

Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist

Dizzee Rascal - Fix up look sharp

Junior Senior - Move your feet

The Strokes - Last Night

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1. beyonce - crazy in love (possibly the greatest single of all time)

2. outkast - hey ya

3. kelis - milkshake

4. arctic monkeys - i bet that you look good on the dancefloor

5. gwen stefani - what you waiting for

6. johnny cash - hurt

7. coldplay - the scientist (me and my friends once put this on 5 times in a row in the pub, surely the sign of a good song)

8. yeah yeah yeahs - maps

9. qotsa - no one knows

10. the futureheads - decent days and nights

11. interpol - slow hands

i was gonna edit interpol into the top ten(which is in no particular order) but then couldn't be bothered so it's a top 11.

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1. The Cooper Temple Clause - Promises promises

2. Oasis - Stop crying your heart out

3. BRMC - Aint no easy way

4. Ian Brown - Dolphin were monkeys

5. Kayne West - Gold Digga

6. Jet - Are you gonna be my girl

7. Prodigy - Girls

8. Coldplay - Rush of blood to the head

9. Death in Vegas - Scorpio Rising

10. The Killers - All these things that ive done

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