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The Top Songs of 2013- RESULTS

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the results of the "Top Songs of 2013" poll! First off, I would like to thank all of the voters who contributed lists. Here they are, all 37 of them...

Absolutely
antonius
blackandbianco
Brad
Chambord
Charlie Driggs
Chilton
Craig
Dan
DaveC
DocBrown
Gillingham
Greg
guigs2910
Henrik
Henry
Jackson
jamieW
Jeff
Jonah
Kingoftonga
Maschine_Man
Michel
Miguel
Mindrocker
Moonbeam
Nassim
Nick
Otisredding
phil
PlasticRam
Romain
slick
sonofsamiam
Stephan
Timmywing
whuntva

Here are a couple notes about the presentation. First off, the "Fans" section is for people who placed a song in their top ten, or if nobody placed that particular song in their top ten, it is the person who gave the song its highest ranking. Second off, the "Critic's Ranking" section is the song's ranking on the EOY 2013 spreadsheet that Harold has meticulously compiled. Third off, I don't really have a set schedule as to when I will post updates, but you should expect at least two a day. And finally, all remixes of songs counted as votes for the original song too (like for a certain David Bowie song, which received votes for both a popular remix and the original song).

And without further ado, here's the first batch of songs in the top 50, starting off with a series of ties...

49. Unknown Mortal Orchestra- Swim and Sleep (Like a Shark)

Score: 50 points (2 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 265
Fans: phil (1), Brad (2)

49. Daft Punk- Contact

Score: 50 points (3 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 1525
Fans: Kingoftonga (2), Brad (9)

48. Haim- The Wire

Score: 52 points (3 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 15
Fans: guigs2910 (3)

46. Janelle Monáe (featuring Erykah Badu)- Q.U.E.E.N.

Score: 55 points (4 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 25
Fans: Moonbeam (6), Maschine_Man (10)

46. David Bowie- Love Is Lost

Score: 55 points (3 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 78
Fans: Chilton (1), Kingoftonga (10)

44. Pusha T- Numbers on the Boards

Score: 56 points (3 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 24
Fans: Chambord (3), Otisredding (6)

44. Disclosure- When a Fire Starts to Burn

Score: 56 points (4 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 35
Fans: Nick (6), Absolutely (9)

42. Mikal Cronin- Weight

Score: 57 points (4 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 72
Fans: Absolutely (8), phil (8)

42. Daft Punk (featuring Panda Bear)- Doin' It Right

Score: 57 points (3 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 112
Fans: slick (3), blackandbianco (3)

39. Sigur Rós- Brennisteinn

Score: 58 points (4 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 91
Fans: DaveC (1)

39. Lorde- Royals

Score: 58 points (5 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 3
Fans: guigs2910 (8), Dan (9)

39. Daft Punk (featuring Julian Casablancas)- Instant Crush

Score: 58 points (3 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 496
Fans: Jonah (1), jamieW (5)
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And here's your next batch of songs!

38. Kurt Vile- Wakin on a Pretty Day

Score: 59 points (4 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 37
Fans: phil (4), Greg (8)

37. Foxygen- Oh Yeah

Score: 60 points (3 votes)
Critic's Ranking: NR
Fans: Charlie Driggs (1), Henry (6)

36. Robin Thicke (featuring T.I. and Pharrell)- Blurred Lines

Score: 65 points (4 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 20
Fans: antonius (2), Nick (8)

35. My Bloody Valentine- Wonder 2

Score: 66 points (3 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 374
Fans: Jackson (3), TimmyWing (4), sonofsamiam (5)

33. Vampire Weekend- Diane Young

Score: 68 points (5 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 11
Fans: Nick (5), Dan (5)

33. Charli XCX- SuperLove

Score: 68 points (5 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 1321
Fans: Dan (3), Jackson (5)

31. Laura Marling- I Was an Eagle

Score: 70 points (4 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 682
Fans: Chilton (2), Mindrocker (6)

31. Foxygen- San Francisco

Score: 70 points (5 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 44
Fans: Jonah (3)
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Quality list so far! Thanks for doing this Nick!
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And here's your next batch!

30. Unknown Mortal Orchestra- So Good at Being In Trouble

Score: 72 points (4 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 193
Fans: Craig (6), Charlie Driggs (6), TimmyWing (10), Chambard (10)

29. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds- Jubilee Street

Score: 72 points (5 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 17
Fans: Gillingham (7), Michel (7)

27. The National- I Need My Girl

Score: 75 points (5 votes)
Critic's Ranking: NR
Fans: Stephan (6), DocBrown (7), jamieW (10)

27. Courtney Barnett- Avant Gardener

Score: 75 points (5 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 54
Fans: Nassim (2), Maschine_Man (4), sonofsamiam (9)

26. The National- Don't Swallow the Cap

Score: 78 points (5 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 84
Fans: Craig (2), Chilton (5)

25. Drake (featuring Majid Jordan)- Hold On, We're Going Home

Score: 81 points (5 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 10
Fans: Greg (3), guigs2910 (9), Dan (10)

22. Vampire Weekend- Ya Hey

Score: 82 points (6 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 27
Fans: guigs2910 (4), PlasticRam (9)

22. Justin Timberlake- Mirrors

Score: 82 points (5 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 14
Fans: Otisredding (5), Nick (7), PlasticRam (8), Jeff (9)

22. Deafheaven- Dream House

Score: 82 points (5 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 50
Fans: blackandbianco (1), Jackson (4), Chambord (9)
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You guys do know you're allowed to post comments here....right?......right??

Anyway, I will post the first part of the top 21 (there was a tie for 20th place, so it's a top 21 instead of a top 20) later tonight!
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I'm glad "I Need My Girl" got a high listing here, I'm surprised the critics totally missed this one. I feel it was overshadowed by some of the other stellar tracks on Trouble Will Find Me
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Oh man, I missed the day to send my list :-x

Nice job so far, Nick!
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20. Kanye West- New Slaves

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Score: 83 points (4 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 9
Fans: Kingoftonga (1), PlasticRam (4), slick (6)

20. Chvrches- The Mother We Share

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Score: 83 points (7 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 26
Fans: slick (1)

19. Prefab Sprout- The Best Jewel Thief in the World

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Score: 88 points (4 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 192
Fans: Greg (1), Henry (2), Otisredding (3)

17. Julia Holter- Maxim's II

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Score: 89 points (5 votes)
Critic's Ranking: NR
Fans: sonofsamiam (1), phil (2), Maschine_Man (8)

17. Chvrches- Recover

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Score: 89 points (6 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 23
Fans: Stephan (1), Nassim (4)

16. The Knife- Full of Fire

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Score: 90 points (6 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 16
Fans: Nassim (1), blackandbianco (5), Charlie Driggs (9)
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15. My Bloody Valentine- Only Tomorrow

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Score: 92 points (6 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 77
Fans: Nick (3), Charlie Driggs (3), blackandbianco (8)

14. John Grant- GMF

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Score: 96 points (6 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 40
Fans: Chambord (4), Brad (6), Stephan (9)

13. Kanye West- Blood on the Leaves

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Score: 101 points (7 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 59
Fans: Mindrocker (1), Absolutely (6), guigs2910 (6)

12. Autre Ne Veut- Play by Play

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Score: 103 points (7 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 19
Fans: TimmyWing (1), Craig (3), Jeff (7)

11. Vampire Weekend- Step

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Score: 106 points (7 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 18
Fans: Jonah (4), DocBrown (6), Chambord (7)
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That's all for tonight! Check back in tomorrow evening (EST time) for the start of the top ten!
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Wow - I've never heard most of these. I'll be interested in checking them out.
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I've heard most of them but "Step" was the first one from my ballot!
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I love the picture of Prefab Sprout, looks like it's at least thirty years old!
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Gillingham wrote:I love the picture of Prefab Sprout, looks like it's at least thirty years old!
Yes because Paddy McAloon's beard has grown a bit


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Nice to see pictures to the songs.
I think I'm slowly but surely falling in love with Lauren Mayberry (Chvrches) ...
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Andre wrote:Nice to see pictures to the songs.
I think I'm slowly but surely falling in love with Lauren Mayberry (Chvrches) ...
Me too......back off bro :angry-nono:
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And here is the start of the Acclaimed Music Form's top 10 songs of 2013!

10. Janelle Monáe- Dance Apocalyptic

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Score: 107 points (8 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 47
Fans: Moonbeam (2), Nassim (6), Jonah (10)

9. Disclosure (featuring AlunaGeorge)- White Noise

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Score: 119 points (6 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 4
Fans: Absolutely (3), Nassim (3), Nick (4), guigs2910 (5), Jackson (8)

8. Kanye West- Black Skinhead

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Score: 121 points (7 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 6
Fans: PlasticRam (3), Chilton (3), Dan (6), Otisredding (8), Nick (9)

7. Arctic Monkeys- Do I Wanna Know?

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Score: 133 points (9 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 7
Fans: Romain (4), Otisredding (9), slick (9), Nick (10), Craig (10)

6. James Blake- Retrograde

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Score: 146 points (8 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 5
Fans: Otisredding (4), Henrik (4), Dan (4), blackandbianco (6)
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Alright, you guys ready for this? You guys ready for the top 5?

Well here we gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

5. Vampire Weekend- Unbelievers

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Score: 156 points (8 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 230
Fans: Absolutely (1), Stephan (5), Craig (5), slick (5), antonius (7), Mindrocker (8), Henrik (10)

4. Daft Punk (featuring Giorgio Moroder)- Giorgio by Moroder

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Score: 194 points (11 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 118
Fans: Henrik (1), sonofsamiam (2), jamieW (2), Dan (2), Chilton (8), Charlie Driggs (8)

3. Phosphorescent- Song for Zula

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Score: 210 points (11 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 8
Fans: Craig (1), Chambord (1), Otisredding (2), guigs2910 (2), Stephan (4), Chilton (4), Henrik (5)

2. Arcade Fire- Reflektor

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Score: 306 points (16 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 2
Fans: Dan (1), Nick (2), Maschine_Man (2), Henry (3), jamieW (3), phil (5), Gillingham (6), blackandbianco (7), guigs2910 (7), whuntva (7), Nassim (7), Craig (8), Otisredding (10)

1. Daft Punk (featuring Pharrell)- Get Lucky

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Score: 364 points (18 votes)
Critic's Ranking: 1
Fans: Nick (1), Otisredding (1), whuntva (1), guigs2910 (1), Henry (1), Jackson (1), Romain (2), blackandbianco (2), Gillingham (4), Kingoftonga (4), Craig (7), Stephan (8), Dan (8), Henrik (9), Charlie Driggs (10)

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Well when it came right down to it, it was no surprise as to who won! Everyone knew "Get Lucky" would win, and look what happened! With 364 points, "Get Lucky" blows every other song out of the water. Only "Reflektor" stood a chance, and even that lost by a significant amount. Thank you all for voting and reading this thread! I hope to post the start of the albums thread in a day or two.
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STATS

There is only one artist with 3 songs in AMF EOY Top 10 this decade (2010s):

Janelle Monáe - Cold War (2010); Tightrope (2010); Dance Apocalyptic (2013)

There are 6 artists with 2 songs in AMF EOY Top 10 this decade:

Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) (2010); Reflektor (2013)
Daft Punk - Get Lucky (2013); Giorgio by Moroder (2013)
James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream (2011); Retrograde (2013)
Kanye West - Runaway (2010); Black Skinhead (2013)
PJ Harvey - The Glorious Land (2011); The Words That Maketh Murder (2011)
The Black Keys - Tighten Up (2010); Lonely Boy (2011)
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Thanks for the results and presentation, Nick!

#4 is a pleasant surprise, I love it. "My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio."
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Andre wrote:Thanks for the results and presentation, Nick!

#4 is a pleasant surprise, I love it. "My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio."
As seen in the fans section, no one is happier than me about this. I am really pleased to see that it got 10 more votes. It would actually have been number 4 even without my vote!

And thanks Nick! I thought the formula you chose would result in close to a copy of the EOY spreadsheet, but it turned out a lot different (and better!). Great show!
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Let's take a look at the AMF's previous winners of the song poll!

2008: Fleet Foxes- White Winter Hymnal
2009: Grizzly Bear- Two Weeks
2010: Kanye West- Runaway
2011: The Black Keys- Lonely Boy
2012: Frank Ocean- Pyramids

And now...

2013: Daft Punk- Get Lucky
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Nick wrote:Let's take a look at the AMF's previous winners of the song poll!

2008: Fleet Foxes- White Winter Hymnal
2009: Grizzly Bear- Two Weeks
2010: Kanye West- Runaway
2011: The Black Keys- Lonely Boy
2012: Frank Ocean- Pyramids

And now...

2013: Daft Punk- Get Lucky
In the 2012 all-time songs poll, the top song of 2009 was Benjamin Biolay - Brandt rhapsodie. In the 2009 poll, that song came in 18th (tied with El Perro del Mar - Change of Heart).
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Sweepstakes Ron wrote:
Nick wrote:Let's take a look at the AMF's previous winners of the song poll!

2008: Fleet Foxes- White Winter Hymnal
2009: Grizzly Bear- Two Weeks
2010: Kanye West- Runaway
2011: The Black Keys- Lonely Boy
2012: Frank Ocean- Pyramids

And now...

2013: Daft Punk- Get Lucky
In the 2012 all-time songs poll, the top song of 2009 was Benjamin Biolay - Brandt rhapsodie. In the 2009 poll, that song came in 18th (tied with El Perro del Mar - Change of Heart).
The only place I've seen songs like "Brandt Rhapsodie" and "Giorgio By Moroder" get so much attention is the AMF. No wonder I love this place. ;)

By the way, great job with the presentation, Nick! I'm thrilled to see two of my top five make the top five (including the aforementioned "Giorgio").
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Really great top, Nick, thanks! :music-listening:
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I really like our list this year. Great songs like "Get Lucky", "White Noise", "Retrograde" were obviously going to make it, and then 'surprise' "Giorgio by Morodor" (at least a surprise to those who didn't look in the individual list thread that much) has a great placement. Even the VW track was a surprise--didn't see it on many critics lists. The one track I really don't get is "Dance Apocalyptic"--as someone who voted for her two big 2010 singles in my top 10, I found this single disappointing and a tad hokey. I think "Q.U.E.E.N" would've been a better choice.

Some awesome selections down the list too. John Grant! The Knife! Julia Holter! Deafheaven! "Avant Gardener"! Nice voting this year, guys.
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Are we going to be doing an album list as well?
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Mattceinicram wrote:Are we going to be doing an album list as well?
You mean this?

http://acclaimedmusic.net/forums/viewto ... f=2&t=1694
I feel like that
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PlasticRam wrote:
Mattceinicram wrote:Are we going to be doing an album list as well?
You mean this?

http://acclaimedmusic.net/forums/viewto ... f=2&t=1694
ahh did not see that! Ignore my mistake :D
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