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1720. Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand (#15, 2010)
90th of 2010

This is still perhaps the only time I've successfully predicted a hit before it was released. Even then it still kind of surpassed my expectations; it was out at a time when the top of the charts was homogenous beyond belief, and it stuck out like a sore thumb. The success is also a bit confusing because it's such a lazy song. 'oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo, Barbra Streisand', looped over a Boney M sample which is also looped. I do find it funny though that despite how old this is, it (along with the year older "aNYway") is going to be on Duck Sauce's long-awaited debut album.

1719. The Bloody Beetroots - Warp 1.9 (feat Steve Aoki) (#23, 2009)
90th of 2009

The original Skrillex really. Not that they sound particularly similar, but they both certainly spearheaded a way into dance that can be insanely frustrating, the kind that would make someone give up hope on the future of music. Though of course they both share the common thread of 'the drop', and while Skrillex can have a tendency to be very messy, at least it's more interesting than this, the original washing machine breakdown.

1718. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole (#18, 2006)
90th of 2006

As fate would have it, this is probably the first Muse song I ever heard. I started watching jtv right when "Starlight" dropped out, and somehow never really heard of them until they made a big dent on the Hottest 100 that year. This being the lower ranked of the two, I naturally heard it first. As it also got onto the Hottest 100 CD, I heard it a lot, and sadly rarely heard "Starlight" except on Video Hits, which was a shame as I really liked that one. This is just really average I think, but don't despair, they'll make up for it later on!

1717. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Otis (feat Otis Redding) (#33, 2011)
87th of 2011

This actually starts out great. There's no rapping and we're introduced with a sweet, soulful hook. It turns into a mess right after that when everything good about the sample is thrown away, and replaced by an utterly frustrating loop, while Jay & Kanye just brag about how awesome they are. Maybe it'd be better if they got rid of that loop during the song, or maybe they could just get rid of the whole song and just play "Try A Little Tenderness" uninterrupted, it'd be an improvement.

1716. Weezer - El Scorcho (#9, 1996)
83rd of 1996

Weezer's debut album "Weezer" is just filled with wall to wall alt rock anthems. It's just such a blast. But then it just makes it all the more shameful with how miserable the follow up was. Moody, sloppy, not at all fun, I can't imagine anyone still listens to it now. "El Scorcho" just happens to be the song from that album that got in, and it's probably the best one on there.

1715. Radiohead - No Surprises (#55, 1998)
89th of 1998

I am not a music critic. I say this because even though I was barely in primary school at the time, I distinctly remember this particular song getting some very hyperbolic praise. It didn't make much sense to me since the band came onto the scene pretty much as an innocuous one hit wonder, rightly so considering the mediocrity of the accompanying album. Their second album didn't produce any hits, but it did seem to get a bit more praise. Whether or not it's warranted, it does impress me that people can admit to praising such an un-noteworthy release, by comparison, can you see Capital Cities' sophomore effort making Pitchfork's end of year album list? I don't think so.

Anyway, despite utterly failing to achieve any success, Radiohead powered on for a third album, full of messy guitars, songs that fall outside the accepted 3:00-4:30 range, and all of them whiny. But of course sadly at this point, after making one pretty good album, those critics had to go nuts over this release, and particularly this song. It's always baffled me since I personally disagree, so obviously they're just pretending to like it; they even committed enough to the fraud to go out and buy the album, as well as the subsequent 5 they released in the next century, utterly ridiculous!

1714. Arcade Fire - Modern Man (#83, 2010)
89th of 2010

As most would know, some time around 2011 I suddenly became a massive Arcade Fire fan. I own all their albums, and if not for the fact that they have a slightly above average song length, they could easily be closing in on being my second most played artist on last.fm. I especially love their first album which sadly is not represented at all in this list. Clearly shows a flaw in the list as it's hard to imagine anyone genuinely preferring this track over any number of their classics that pre-date it. A shame.

1713. You Am I - Berlin Chair (#23, 1994)
81st of 1994, 96th of 20 Years

no1curr obviously, that's why this charted so poorly.

1712. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (N/A, 2008)
84th of 2008, 95th of 20 Years

Major chore of a listen at the best of times. The titular hook is just dragged out waaaaaaay too long, and it has the weakest backing known to man, where is rock!?!

1711. Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat Kimbra) (#1, 2011)
86th of 2011, 19th H100 Topper, 94th of 20 Years

Even though this went to #1 on my chart, I can't stress enough how much I generally prefer his other hits. I think pretty much everyone can agree that the success of this song was way, way overdone. I mean 8 weeks at #1 for this song with no beat, how am I supposed to dance to it?! And it had the nerve to steal the ARIAs show even though obvious classics like "We Run The Night" & "Own This Club" (I don't know if this one counts but if Kimbra is allowed to, then my man Marvin should be rolling in them) deserved the praise far more. The only reason it's not lower on this list is because Kimbra sounds like Katy Perry in her part, as she invented that husky female tone.