February 7, 200719 yr Rare FM DJ Adam Freedman recently conducted his annual survey asking Rare FM DJs and listeners to determine Rare FM's unofficial Record of the Year 2006. No prizes, it's just for fun. In case you missed his two-part countdown of the Top 20 tracks, never fear, part one of the results is here, with part two due soon: 20 - Lily Allen - LDN 19 - Justin Timberlake - SexyBack 18 - Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down 17 - The Feeling - Fill My Little World 16 - Black Eyed Peas - Pump It 15 - Nelly Furtado - Maneater 14 - The Killers - When You Were Young 13 - Editors - Munich 12 - Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You're Dead And for your own interest, below is the original 'shortlist', in alphabetical order. 1. AFI – Miss Murder 2. Arctic Monkeys – No Buses 3. Arctic Monkeys – The View From The Afternoon 4. Arctic Monkeys – When The Sun Goes Down 5. Arctic Monkeys – Who The Fuck Are The Arctic Monkeys 6. Babyshambles – Janie Jones 7. Black Eyed Peas – Pump It 8. Bob Sinclair – World Hold On 9. Christina Aguilera – Ain't No Other Man 10. Coldplay – The Hardest Part 11. Corinne Bailey Rae – Put Your Records On 12. David Guetta – Love Don't Let Me Go 13. Dirty Pretty Things – Bang Bang You're Dead 14. Editors – All Sparks 15. Editors - Munich 16. Fall Out Boy – Sugar We're Going Down 17. Fedde Le Grand – Put Your Hands Up for Detroit 18. Gnarls Barkley – Crazy 19. Gorillaz – El Manana 20. Hot Chip – Over and Over 21. Infernal – From Paris To Berlin 22. Jack Johnson – Upside Down 23. James Morrison – You Give Me Something 24. Justice vs. Simian – We Are Your Friends 25. Justin Timberlake – SexyBack 26. Keane – Is it Any Wonder? 27. Lily Allen – LDN 28. Lily Allen – Smile 29. Muse – Knights of Cydonia 30. Muse – Starlight 31. Muse – Supermassive Black Hole 32. My Chemical Romance – Welcome To The Black Parade 33. Nelly Furtado – Maneater 34. Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous 35. Nerina Pallot – Everybody's Gone to War 36. Orson – Bright Idea 37. Orson – No Tomorrow 38. Paolo Nutini – Last Request 39. Razorlight – America 40. Razorlight – In the Morning 41. Richard Ashcroft – Break the Night With Colour 42. Richard Ashcroft – Music is Power 43. Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Dani California 44. Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Snow (Hey Oh) 45. Rogue Traders – Voodoo Child 46. Sandi Thom – I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker 47. Scissor Sisters – I Don't Feel Like Dancing 48. Shakira – Hips Don't Lie 49. Sigur Ros – Hoppipolla 50. Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars 51. Snow Patrol – You're All I Have 52. Starsailor – This Time 53. The Automatic – Monster 54. The Automatic - Recover 55. The Feeling – Fill My Little World 56. The Feeling – Never Be Lonely 57. The Feeling - Sewn 58. The Fratellis – Chelsea Dagger 59. The Fratellis – Whistle For The Choir 60. The Futureheads – Skip To The End 61. The Killers - Bones 62. The Killers – When You Were Young 63. The Kooks - Naive 64. The Kooks – She Moves In Her Own Way 65. The Kooks – You Don't Love Me 66. The Ordinary Boys – Boys Will Be Boys 67. The Racounteurs – Steady As She Goes 68. The Strokes – Juicebox 69. The Zutons – It's The Little Things We Do 70. The Zutons – Oh Stacey Look What You've Done http://www.rarefm.co.uk/station_updates/record_of_the_year_2006_the_top_20_countdown_part_1.html
February 7, 200719 yr 20 - Lily Allen - LDN - Shit 19 - Justin Timberlake - SexyBack - Good 18 - Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down - Good 17 - The Feeling - Fill My Little World - Shit 16 - Black Eyed Peas - Pump It - V. Shit 15 - Nelly Furtado - Maneater - Shit 14 - The Killers - When You Were Young - Shit 13 - Editors - Munich - V. Good 12 - Dirty Pretty Things - Bang Bang You're Dead - Good. Not looking good for the record of the year IMO
Create an account or sign in to comment