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Surrender To Daniel’s Top 250 Tracks Of 2017ish (Just The List, Please)

It’s a busy world out there and you could do with a version of this list without all the jackass commentary. Below are my Top 250 Tracks of 2017ish in countdown form. Thanks for hanging out. I look forward to listening to your list.

250. Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft (Cash Cash Remix)

249. Trinidad Cardona - Jennifer

248. Arcade Fire - Electric Blue

247. Valerie June - Shakedown

246. Rozwell Fitzroy - Block Game

245. Fickle Friends - Hard To Be Myself

244. Katy Perry featuring Migos - Bon Appetit

243. Chip - Snap Snap

242. Borussia - Kinda Love

241. Lady Gaga - The Cure

240. Sonamoo - I (Knew It)

239. Taylor Swift - …Ready For It

238. Joyride - Aunty Tracey’s Cookies

237. Carly Pearce - Every Little Thing

236. Eves Karydas - There For You

235. Vic Mensa featuring Pusha T - OMG

234. Tigertown - Warriors (St. Lucia Remix)

233. Lady Leshurr - Juice

232. Frank Ocean - Chanel

231. DYGL - Let It Out

230. Old Dominion - No Such Thing As A Broken Heart

229. Super Junior - Black Suit

228. Barenaked Ladies & The Persuasions - The Old Apartment

227. Ayo & Teo - Lit Right Now

226. LCD Soundsystem - Tonite

225. Pip Blom - Babies Are A Lie

224. Shay Lia - What’s Your Problem

223. Lauren Alaina - Doin’ Fine

222. Jachary - Yellow Vision

221. Cende - Bed

220. Waju featuring Phantom Thrett - If U Wanna

219. AOBeats & Annabel Jones - Strangers

218. CupcakKe - Barcodes

217. Aly & AJ - Take Me

216. Tyler, The Creator featuring A$AP Rocky - Who Dat Boy

215. Joe Goddard - Music Is The Answer

214. Gabrielle - Nye Joggesko

213. Amber Coffman - No Coffee

212. Diamond Platnumz, Harmonize, Rich Mavoko & Rayvanny – Zilipendwa

211. Ugly God - Fuck Ugly God

210. Royal Canoe featuring Begonia - Fussin’

209. Ah Mer Ah Su - Meg Ryan

208. Wesley Gonzalez - Piece of Mind

207. Smino - Anita

206. Hannah Jane Lewis - Raincheck

205. Mollie King - Hair Down

204. Ten Fé - Twist Your Arm

203. Charlie Worsham - Cut Your Groove

202. iLoveMakonnen featuring Rae Sremmurd - Love

201. Allison Crutchfield - I Don’t Ever Wanna Leave California

200. Drezus - Get Up

199. Aimee Mann - Patient Zero

198. Fekky x Ghetts - Call Me Again

197. Slow Dancer - Don’t Believe

196. Kiesza - Dearly Beloved

195. Cam’ron - 10,000 Miles

194. Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - I Gotta Praise

193. THANKS featuring Sam Sparro - Your Man

192. Desiigner- Outlet

191. Maya Killtron - Whiplash

190. Maty Noyes - Say It To My Face

189. Tee Grizzley featuring Lil’ Yachty - From The D To The A

188. Bhad Bhabie - These Heaux

187. Sean Nicolas Savage - Opposing Truths

186. 2 Chainz - Trap Check

185. Evening Glow - Love Tonight

184. Liv Dawson - Searching

183. Bruno Mars - Versace On The Floor

182. Paramore - Hard Times

181. Ghost Twin - Plastic Ghost

180. Lao Ra featuring Konshens - Boby Bounce

179. SOB X RBE - Lane Changing

178. PIXEY - Hometown

177. Feltworth - Forget This Feeling

176. Twice - Likey

175. Craig Finn - God In Chicago

174. Axolotes Mexicanos - Trececatorce

173. Charli XCX - Boys

172. Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Llif3

171. Steven Wilson - Permanating

170. Promiseland - Take Down The House

169. Estrons - Strobe Lights

168. Future Islands - Ran

167. Shamir - Straight Boy

166. St. Vincent - Los Ageless

165. Maluma - Felices los 4

164. John Maus - Touchdown

163. Sharon Needles - Battle Axe

162. Stormzy - 4PM In London

161. Adult Mom - Full Screen

160. Luke Combs - When It Rains

159. HAIM - Want You Back

158. RVIVR - The Tide

157. Torres - Helen In The Woods

156. Partner - Play The Field

155. Manuel Turizo - Una Lady Como Tú

154. The Moonlandingz featuring Rebecca Lucy Taylor - The Strangle Of Anna

153. April - Mayday

152. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie - Drowning

151. Cassius - Ibifornia (Myd Remix)

150. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Harajuku Iyahoi

149. Goodbye Honolulu - Typical

148. Electric Six - I’ll Be In Touch

147. DJ Khaled featuring Beyoncé and Jay-Z - Shining

146. Sløtface - Empire Records

145. Tank - When We

144. Jerry Williams - I’m Not In Love With You

143. Gothic Tropic - How Life Works

142. Girl Ray - Don’t Go Back To Ten

141. Ski Mask The Slump God - Babywipe

140. Mike WiLL Made-It featuring Big Sean - On The Come Up

139. Pkew Pkew Pkew - Before We Go Out Drinking

138. Brockhampton - Star

137. The Perfect Kiss - Broadcast (From You To Me)

136. Fishbach - Un Autre Que Moi

135. Surfbort - Back To Reaction

134. Highlight - Can Be Better

133. Dagny - Wearing Nothing

132. First Hate - The One

131. Sorority Noise - No Halo

130. Playboi Carti - Magnolia

129. Alex Cameron & Angel Olsen - Stranger’s Kiss

128. Real Numbers - Frank Infatuation

127. Rejjie Snow featuring Pell - Virgo

126. YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Untouchable

125. Kesha - Learn To Let Go

124. LOONA Odd Eye Circle - Girl Front

123. Middle Kids - Never Start

122. Kelela - LMK

121. Hey Violet - Break My Heart

120. Sean Paul featuring Dua Lipa - No Lie

119. Papooz - Trampoline

118. Lab Coast - Back To Your Future

117. Mise en Scene - Waster

116. Weaves - Walkaway

115. Aymee Nuviola - Rumba de la Buena

114. Plaitum - Ovation

113. New Swears - Dance With The Devil

112. The Regrettes - Seashore

111. Kane Strang - My Smile Is Extinct

110. Red Velvet - Red Flavor

109. Lovely Bad Things - Hiding to Nothing

108. Century Palm - King of John Street

107. Jessie Reyez - Gatekeeper

106. Jay Som - Baybee

105. YBN Nahmir - Rubbin’ Off The Paint

104. Milk Teeth - Owning Your Okayness

103. Bakermat featuring Kiesza - Don’t Want You Back

102. Jimmie Allen - Blue Jean Baby

101. FAUX - Take Back Time

100. Joey Bada$$ - Land of the Free

99. Tove Styrke - Mistakes

98. A$AP Ferg - Plain Jane

97. Astrid S - Such A Boy

96. Wax Idols - Everybody Gets What They Want

95. DeJ Loaf - No Fear

94. Hamell On Trial - Safe

93. Tay-K - The Race

92. Fazerdaze - Lucky

91. Jax Jones featuring Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don - Instruction

90. Jon Pardi - Heartache on the Dancefloor

89. Heart Attack Man - Taking Sides

88. RaeLynn - Lonely Call

87. Young Guv - Traumatic

86. Baka Not Nice - Live Up To My Name

85. John Moreland - It Don’t Suit Me (Like Before)

84. Lil Yachty - Bring It Back

83. The Drums - Blood Under My Belt

82. Amaal Mallik - Maine Tujhko Dekha

81. Jillian Jacqueline - Hate Me

80. Lizzo - Water Me

79. Joy Again - Kim

78. Yaeji - Last Breath

77. Daniela Spalla - Prometí

76. Peach Pit - Seventeen

75. Baio - Man of the World

74. Rostam - Bike Dream

73. Juiceboxxx - Freaking Out

72. Mabel - Begging

71. Bleachers - I Miss Those Days

70. The Killers - The Man

69. Dude York - Love Is

68. Pale Waves - There’s A Honey

67. TYSM - Honeymoon Phase

66. Artificial Pleasure - All I Got

65. Tei Shi - Keep Running

64. vivienxo - TTYN

63. Lanikai - Motor Inn

62. Midland - Drinkin’ Problem

61. Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs - Talk 2 Her

60. Thundercat featuring Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins - Show You The Way

59. Rozwell Kid - Wendy’s Trash Can

58. Jazz Cartier - Tempted

57. BØRNS - Faded Heart

56. Sigrid - Don’t Kill My Vibe

55. Leikeli47 - 2nd Fiddle

54. QTY - Rodeo

53. The Big Moon - Formidable

52. Kenshi Yonezu - Peace Sign

51. Ski Mask The Slump God - Catch Me Outside

50. Sampha - (No One Knows Me) Like The Piano

49. Danny L Harle - 1UL

48. Sälen - Heartbreak Diet

47. Iron Chic - My Best Friend (Is A Nihilist)

46. Phoenix - J Boy

45. Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling

44. Mozart’s Sister - Moment 2 Moment

43. Peter Perrett - An Epic Story

42. Miguel featuring Travis Scott - Sky Walker

41. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry

40. Cathedrals - Try to Fight

39. Janitor Scum & The Scums - Shopping Cart

38. ARY - Childhood Dreams

37. HMLTD - To The Door

36. KWAYE - Little Ones

35. Fitness Forever - Canadian Ranger

34. The Cornshed Sisters - The Message

33. BETSY - Little White Lies

32. Rae Morris - Do It

31. The Steves - I Feel Like Dying

30. Future featuring Kendrick Lamar - Mask Off (Remix)

29. Rita Ora - Anywhere

28. Needles//Pins - Miracle

27. Dream Wife - Fire

26. Ralph - Tease** **

25. Hall N Nash - Machine Gun Black

24. Pixx - I Bow Down

23. Starley - Call On Me (Ryan Riback Remix)

22. Dave x J Hus - Samantha

21. Charlotte OC - Shell

20. Slow Leaves - Enough About Me

19. PRETTYMUCH - Would You Mind

18. Kendrick Lamar - Humble

17. Amber Mark featuring Mia Mark - Monsoon

16. Denzel Curry - This Life

15. Breakfast Muff - RU a Feminist

14. Deem Spencer - Soap

13. ionnalee - Samaritan

12. Pristin - Wee Woo

11. Quay Dash - Decline Him

10. Confidence Man - Boyfriend (Repeat)

9. Dance Movie - Penny

8. Clairmont The Second - The Ave In You

7. MUNA - I Know A Place

6. Tierra Whack - Mumbo Jumbo

5. IU - Last Night Story

4. Tove Lo - Disco Tits

3. IU featuring G-Dragon - Palette

2. Dua Lipa - New Rules

1. Lorde - Green Light

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20. Slow Leaves - Enough About Me

Warm (like a foil-wrapped baked potato!) maximum dad singer-songwriter business that burrows its way into your resolve with every go-around.

19. PRETTYMUCH - Would You Mind

New Jack Swing breaded boy band perfection that is everything you could possibly want from a Simon Cowell shepherded pop act. Shit, “Would You Mind” gets things so right that I can picture lightning striking Teen Beat’s grave and a 6-month revival dramatically bursting from the ground.

18. Kendrick Lamar - Humble

“Humble” is such a dominant performance from Kendrick that it feels like watching a UFC knockout compilation, but all the KOs are from fights taking place 1-4 years into the future.

17. Amber Mark featuring Mia Mark - Monsoon

Amber Mark transforms feelings of grief, loss and undying love attached to her mother’s passing into the devastating yet uplifting “Monsoon.” It’s the sort of track you sink into deeply like it’s an ocean to be explored.

16. Denzel Curry - This Life

Getting the ol’ “video came out in 2017″ bullshit bump from yours truly, “This Life” is power ballad of the year for this doofus. I genuinely believe Denzel Curry is the most exciting rock act today despite not being a rock act.

15. Breakfast Muff - RU a Feminist

“And you're so scary when You say "I'll live for you, I'll die for you And if you ever leave me, I'll kill you And fucking kill me too"

Essential flamethrower garage fury that doesn’t let scumbags off the hook, but instead hoists every dirty rotten trick and tactic aloft for the world to see.

14. Deem Spencer - Soap

"Soap” is cinematic rap musing from Deem Spencer that’s infinitely smarter than me and I’m a better person for encountering it.

13. ionnalee - Samaritan

*John Popper voice activated* And the hook brings you baaaaack! And that you can rely! *Popper voice deactivated* “Samaritan” is the sort of thing that sounds like it’s from another galaxy if a strangely familiar one.

12. Pristin - Wee Woo

If this .gif doesn’t appeal to you please turn in all your pop fan credentials.

11. Quay Dash - Decline Him

Quay Dash’s “Decline Him” is hard like adamantium and can take anyone out Wolverine-style if pushed. She’s unstoppable on this.

10. Confidence Man - Boyfriend (Repeat)

A cruise ship ready fuckboy bonfire with pop cheek for days.

9. Dance Movie - Penny

Armed with a chorus that crashes down like a rushing waterfall, “Penny” is that special brand of indie sorcery that sounds enormous and impossibly intimate all at once.

8. Clairmont The Second - The Ave In You

WHIPPING WITH MY TEAM, WITH MY CLIQUE, WITH MY FREAKIN’ CREW! Do I have a team/clique/crew? Patient convenience store clerks? Also I thought I was slick because I “got” the Ness + bat line (GOTTA BE A BAD BOY THIS VIDEO REFERENCE SAYS MOLDY OLD MAN DAN) only to discover later that it’s an EarthBound nod which I guess makes more sense contextually and doesn’t require you having an investment in Making The Band 2.

7. MUNA - I Know A Place

I came close to crying in the dairy aisle to this on multiple occasions. That doesn’t sound like an endorsement but it is.

6. Tierra Whack - Mumbo Jumbo

Tierra Whack sacrifices perfect diction on this ambitious, visceral and brainy cut. Singing along isn’t a cakewalk but I try anyway.

5. IU - Last Night Story

IU takes on SoBangCha’s “Last Night Story” and transforms the track into a disco-pop masterpiece. Amazing.

4. Tove Lo - Disco Tits

“I'm sweat from head to toe, I'm wet through all my clothes, I'm fully charged, nipples are hard, ready to go“ sings Tove Lo and “Disco Tits” more than delivers in selling that feeling. A puppet goes down on Tove Lo a lot in the video if that’s a box you need ticked off.

3. IU featuring G-Dragon - Palette

MULTIPLE IU ENTRIES IN THE TOP 5! THE FUCK ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? Not sure why I got so confrontational there. “Palette” is impeccably crafted pop genius.

2. Dua Lipa - New Rules

A fling yourself across the room self-care thunderbolt with sensible advice that dusts your battle damage off and gets you back upright for the next adventure.

1. Lorde - Green Light

When I was assembling this silly list I did so with all the contenders in a playlist titled “Project Green Light” (WOOF!) so the #1 slot wasn’t really in doubt. “Green Light” is the sort of pop miracle that you know is in that extra tippy top shelf of the elite league of tunes off the first listen. Lorde has built a song that isn’t a song, it’s a living breathing entity. Of course, Lorde dances like a lunatic when she performs “Green Light.” You can’t tame this song. You just put a saddle on it and goes wherever it takes you. It’s not the same trip every single time, y’know.

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40. Cathedrals - Try to Fight

Something you’d have a fantastic time dancing to inside an empty laser tag arena. (Fog on, please.)

39. Janitor Scum & The Scums - Shopping Cart

Another late 2016 holdover. DAN DON’T GIVE A HOOT! GET YOUR FUCKING HOOTS OUT OF MY PERSONAL SPACE! Anyhoobastank, “Shopping Cart” is a bit like one of those novelty peanut brittle cans with gag snakes inside only it’s real snakes, they pop you in the face and make a lovely punk racket as they fly.

38. ARY - Childhood Dreams

Crackling pop that’s happy to kick you head-first down the rabbit hole.

37. HMLTD - To The Door

HMLTD feels a bit like a con, but what a con! “To The Door” is galloping glam with a camera-ready sneer and an eye on the dancefloor. Bless ‘em.

36. KWAYE - Little Ones

KWAYE provides a glistening emotionally potent synth-pop number that is a bit “MESSAGE!” and that’s perfectly alright.

35. Fitness Forever - Canadian Ranger

Italy’s premier fitness-based band (suck it, Berlusconi’s good grooves wing of A.C. Milan) continues to grow and amaze. “Canadian Ranger” is their finest achievement to date. A romantic fondue disco classic.

34. The Cornshed Sisters - The Message

The Cornshed Sisters (who are neither sisters, nor found at an all-edible Home Depot) see their partner with one foot out the door and offer them a nudge like they’re walking the plank. “The Message” is one of those lovely pop-rock tunes that swells and stockpiles until you’re wrapped around its finger by minute 2.

33. BETSY - Little White Lies

Breathtaking BIG pop from BETSY on “Little White Lies” which is like Cher kicking down the door and blasting pure beams of light at everyone in close proximity. Heavensent.

32. Rae Morris - Do It

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31. The Steves - I Feel Like Dying

“JESUS CHRIST! THEY’VE FOUND ME! BETTER RUSH ACROSS SEVERAL FIRE ESCAPES” garage magnificence.

30. Future featuring Kendrick Lamar - Mask Off (Remix)

Kung Fu Kenny pops by for the remix which only enhances the season finale style drama of “Mask Off.” The original is awesome too, but Kendrick’s “She said she broke down when Prince died (it's alright), Bitch, my hair down, Prince live through me (I am Prince)” portion is something else entirely.

29. Rita Ora - Anywhere

This seems like a good time to take back the bulk of what I’ve said about Rita Ora. Good lord, this could lead to Jessie J coming up 2018′s “Crazy In Love” if this keeps up. (If you’re reading this Rita, send me your address and I’ll send an apology and possibly a region-specific gift card. You did an amazing job!)

28. Needles//Pins - Miracle

Barbed wire power-pop that will inspire me to kick over things on instinct because “Miracle” deserves it, dude/dudette/duder.

27. Dream Wife - Fire

Dream Wife dole out Midas touch riffage, a chorus almost too beautiful to be true and the sort of rock that beams so brightly it could guide ships like a lighthouse.

26. Ralph - Tease

Ralph merrily picks apart a self-satisfied would-be lothario on this nü adult contemporary gem and does snow angels in the exposed dope’s corpse dust. (Try to do your corpse dust angels in a place with adequate ventilation.)

25. Hall N Nash - Machine Gun Black

The video’s premise makes zero sense (WHO IS FILMING THIS? WHO? IS IT MAGIC? DID HALL N NASH EDIT IT THEMSELVES? JUST TELL ME!), but that’s alright. “Machine Gun Black” fucking rules. Westside Gunn and Conway the Machine are ruthless over Just Blaze production that suits the duo like a glove. Quite possibly the biggest win Buffalo’s had since *checks notes* um *checks notes further* that year where the Bills Mafia had their tailgate injury rate dip slightly.

24. Pixx - I Bow Down

Slightly retro-kissed but operating in its own future, “I Bow Down” is new age pop that is its own mutant spawn with creative fire within. The video’s swell too.

23. Starley - Call On Me (Ryan Riback Remix)

Aside from a few minor touches, Ryan Riback’s rainbow fireworks remix of “Call On Me” could rub its elbows comfortably next to Donna Lewis’s “I Love You Always Forever” and Des’ree’s “You Gotta Be” on any Nope! No More Living In Bed This Week playlist.

22. Dave x J Hus - Samantha

“Samantha” boasts a hook that demands 50,000+ fans singing/screaming along in concert.

21. Charlotte OC - Shell

Charlotte OC guides us through the titular shell with visceral humanity and beckoning pop.

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60. Thundercat featuring Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins - Show You The Way

And in 2017 Koko was once again reborn amongst the stars thanks to the power of smooth music. Paradise.

59. Rozwell Kid - Wendy’s Trash Can

SHRED FOR ME! Chaos in a Saturday morning (or hangover joint and a Coke Sunday afternoon) cereal bowl dork-rock that gets a kickstart thanks to our narrator needing to ditch his wardrobe in a Baconater and chili bin and hit the ground scrambling.

58. Jazz Cartier - Tempted

Striding semi-hypnotic labyrinth hip-hop guided by Jazz Cartier that you may suitable for your next nightclub function or chin-stroking by a city skyline.

57. BØRNS - Faded Heart

Delirious singer-songwriter pøp drama worth getting wrapped up in. My pal Arianne likes BØRNS quite a bit. She’s right about the bulk of these sorts of things.

56. Sigrid - Don’t Kill My Vibe

AND WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO KILL SIGRID’S VIBE AND/OR BREAK HER STRIDE??? ARE YOU SOME KIND OF MANIAC? This tune is absolutely gigantic and can be seen from space.

55. Leikeli47 - 2nd Fiddle

”Played the back of the church, ski mask under my hijab, As I pray to Jesus for a few early releases,” offers Leikeli47 on this roaring fire of rap majesty and equally thrilling detours.

54. QTY - Rodeo

A 2016 holdover (or the last 50 years of NYC rock holdover) that warms, energizes and gets you back on your skates with rock & roll gusto. Clocking in at two-and-a-half minutes, the structure of “Rodeo” feels plotted out with Diamond Dallas Page match-prep poise, making the most of spots and knowing when to go home.

53. The Big Moon - Formidable

Sometimes it’s a lot of fun singing “formidable” the Francophone way. The regular way works too for this anthem that slashes through its obstacles like a knight from (The) Waterboys/(The) Church led territories.

52. Kenshi Yonezu - Peace Sign

I’ve never watched My Hero Academia (”Peace Sign” is the theme song from what I understand), but like other things that fly over my head (basic math, video games after the Berlin Wall fell, pleasuring a woman) I wish only the best for that television program. What Kenshi Yonezu’s crafted here is incredible. "Peace Sign” is a bit like Senseless Things meets 5 Seconds Of Summer but turned inside out and set to turbo.

51. Ski Mask The Slump God - Catch Me Outside

“Shout-out my mucus, 'Cause you know that be my slime!” God, I love this dude. Ski Mask The Slump God rides Missy and Timbaland’s “She’s A Bitch” like he’s on horseback and makes Blue’s Clues into THE shoulder shake cue of 2017.

50. Sampha - (No One Knows Me) Like The Piano

If you’re the sort of person that tears up while listening, it might be for the best not to watch the VR version of the video. Who wants all that VR gunk water splashing back into their face? Nobody. Song’s fantastic, by the way.

49. Danny L Harle - 1UL

Is this just ATC’s “Around The World” in PC Music giftwrap? Pretty much and that’s perfectly alright*.

*For whatever reason, the majority of PC Music affiliated things I come across haven’t clicked with me. It feels weird because I’m an easy mark for that output. “1UL” is tremendous, though.

48. Sälen - Heartbreak Diet

Sälen frontwoman Ellie Kamio unspools acidic wit over post-modern pop as she picks her teeth of past lovers.

47. Iron Chic - My Best Friend (Is A Nihilist)

Fist-pumping anthemic rock hymn with lines you can scream along to with much dramatic air grasping. Maybe a couch is hopped on. All that good stuff.

46. Phoenix - J Boy

Phoenix does fog machine synth-disco with winning results.

45. Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling

Christ, the video for this is awful. I’d rather gawk at a flaming diaper with the lyrics scrolling over top than that atrocity ever again.

44. Mozart’s Sister - Moment 2 Moment

An exhilarating bobsled ride of a dance-pop number powered by Caila Thompson-Hannant’s fluttering heart.

43. Peter Perrett - An Epic Story

Only Ones frontman Peter Perrett delivers on the titles promise with this sweeping love song that I’d compare to Badly Drawn Boy’s “You Were Right” if I weren’t worried someone would throw a rock or six at me. Ow! Ow! Okay, I’ll knock it off.

42. Miguel featuring Travis Scott - Sky Walker

Chilled out R&B fun that’s like a Gleemonex-esque dose of concentrated bliss.

41. Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry

Demi Lovato stomps on an ex’s neck in a way that you can dance to. In my case it’s tipsy pointy dancing, but you’re welcome to dance however you like.

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80. Lizzo - Water Me

“I am my inspiration,” declares Lizzo and who could possibly disagree? An absolutely radiant self-care anthem that moves like a (positive) force of nature.

79. Joy Again - Kim

Hopscotch indie that sounds like a kangaroo jacketed student passing around inside their own locker muttering their own talking points.

78. Yaeji - Last Breath

Bounding, measured house sorcery that pulls you under in the best possible way. The video has Yaeji doing a DIY makeup tutorial guiding us through the application of depression among other things. Superb.

77. Daniela Spalla - Prometí

Spotlight pop that hits all the dramatic beats like a goddamn sledgehammer. I could totally see myself being theatrically disemboweled* to this and I would be thrilled by the prospect. “Seems pretty cool,” I’d say before inadvertently spilling the grossest stuff out of my body.

*That said, please do not disembowel me. I had a tough 2017 (my brain broke again), but I would prefer not to die. There are still innovations in candy bars I’d like to live to see.

76. Peach Pit - Seventeen

Arriving courtesy of the “well, the video came out in 2017″ bump, Peach Pit delivers inviting caramel indie with “Seventeen,” a song about teenage dinkatude.

75. Baio - Man of the World

“My house is very spacious, oh there's so much room for two,” sings Chris Baio in this delightfully smarmy slice of retro-modern sophisti-pop. Don’t mistake “Man of the World” as just a novelty for being so arch. (NO! YOU CALM DOWN!) Baio sells his cad with Martin Fry-esque flair even if he’s not in the same league wardrobe-wise.

74. Rostam - Bike Dream

I imagine there’s an alternate reality where Baio goes by Chris as his artist name and Rostam rolls with Batmanglij. If Rostam were still in Vampire Weekend they could discuss this at length. Anyway, “Bike Dream” is a glowing UFO tractor beam of a pop confessional with visions of “two boys, One to kiss your neck, And one to bring you breakfast.”

73. Juiceboxxx - Freaking Out

World’s worst rapper™ Juiceboxxx does what the ‘90s (the decade that gave us Baked Lays) would consider “alternative.” Infinitely better than that description suggests and moves like a cloud of playground berserker fists-n-kicks.

72. Mabel - Begging

Once the chorus kicks in I do involuntarily do that intense air punch Tom Cruise does in Collateral. (It’s a hell of a chorus.)

71. Bleachers - I Miss Those Days

Some good ol’ fashioned pound on the anything ENORMO dad-pop.

70. The Killers - The Man

I know he’s looked at like Bono + War Crimes since like 2006, but I genuinely love Brandon Flowers leaning into whatever he’s doing at the time. He has the courtesy to play several characters with appropriate professional rock star zazz (but doomed zazz!) in the video. It’s fun, dammit! “The Man” is montage-ready disco-rock glory that struts like a glam wrestling antihero. *Letterman voice* Gimme all that you got! *Letterman voice deactivated*

69. Dude York - Love Is

Tear the wrapping paper off and roll in Giftwrap Mountain type rock majesty coming to you live from toxic relationship hell.

68. Pale Waves - There’s A Honey

Glimmering pop that you can see rising overhead like a tidal wave before sweeping you out into its dominion.

67. TYSM - Honeymoon Phase

There’s a very large rose (DEFAULT RED FLOWER SAYS MY BRAIN) in the video and I think it’s used effectively.

66. Artificial Pleasure - All I Got

Sebastien Torkia gives a spectacular performance in the promo. Whisk me away, chef Sebastien! Grant me sanctuary inside your gorgeous eyebrows! Artificial Pleasure’s “All I Got” is a whirling dancefloor anthem for the corduroy crowd plus us normals as well.

65. Tei Shi - Keep Running

I can picture roughly 20 different (imagined) romantic epics with “Keep Running” perfectly soundtracking the trailer. 16 of those have gratuitous mist. LOOK! I DON’T MAKE THE RULES!

64. vivienxo - TTYN

Total fuckboy annihilation. Let the chilled corpses pile up!

63. Lanikai - Motor Inn

"Motor Inn” captures the feeling of losing your shit while an invisible noose tightens around your neck and does so with a lovely retro-infused CBC Radio 7 (or higher) glaze.

62. Midland - Drinkin’ Problem

Neon-lit Bakersfield-indebted country brilliance that drapes itself over the bar and makes a fuss about how no one needs to make a fuss about them. Think first-rate AOR country that appears to have escaped from a Time Life infomercial roll call.

61. Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs - Talk 2 Her

Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs might be 2017′s spiritual answer to Doug & The Slugs. This is a firm belief I have. “Talk 2 Her” is romantic power pop with a bushy classic rock beard and your best interests at heart.

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Legal Disclaimer: Do not ride around on a bed DeJ Loaf style. That’s how Supergrass were killed and quietly replaced by Parlophone interns.

100. Joey Bada$$ - Land of the Free

"Sorry, America, but I will not be your soldier. Obama just wasn't enough – I need some more closure," explains Joey Bada$$ as he takes the podium for this editorial that reaches through directly through your listening device.

99. Tove Styrke - Mistakes

Laboratory pop with hot blood flowing to every extremity. I’m not sure if it’s just the video version, but I distinctly hear a zipper being deployed WITH SONGCRAFT GRAVITAS!

98. A$AP Ferg - Plain Jane

OH THE INVISIBLE WEIGHTS I LIFT TO THIS! HUGE FUCKING INVISIBLE BENCH PRESS TOTALS! OFF THE CHARTS SHIT! THROWING INVISIBLE SHIT ACROSS THE ROOM SHIT!

97. Astrid S - Such A Boy

“Say you need more space, what are you, an astronaut?” asks Astrid S off the hop and that’s an immediate 10/10 from this doof. Also, this cascading pop treasure isn’t wrong. Boys are a pain. I (a boy/man/beardo) sometimes think I’m pulling off Batman style brooding but really I’m just being a big ol’ brat. Not unlike Batman. SAY! Close enough!

96. Wax Idols - Everybody Gets What They Want

As far as I can tell, this is the best Sahara Hotnights single in years.

95. DeJ Loaf - No Fear

Romantic sparkling pop that rises and soars with earned confidence. I mean it about the bed thing.

94. Hamell On Trial - Safe

“Safe” is tightwire antifolk that pokes and prods as much as it offers comfort.

93. Tay-K - The Race

An evading authorities jaunt that has Tay-K’s moxie (youth term) and charisma dashing forward while encased in 16-bit armor.

92. Fazerdaze - Lucky

Hazy guitar-pop you swim through (happily) as well as listen to.

91. Jax Jones featuring Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don - Instruction

“If you're The Supreme then I'm Diana Ross,“ explains Demi on this dance number that feels like a Holodeck set to joy. (Holodecks routinely malfunction and let famous villains across fictions loose onto a spacecraft. Just stick with the song.)

90. Jon Pardi - Heartache on the Dancefloor

Laid-back country longing that’s irresistible while not letting our narrator’s loneliness off the hook.

89. Heart Attack Man - Taking Sides

Flaming arrows out of the treehouse style rock n wail.

88. RaeLynn - Lonely Call

“Let it ring” is a first rate mantra and one that Raelynn uses to marvelous effect in this quotable country drama.

87. Young Guv - Traumatic

Coiled power-n-glower pop that goes where it likes once the lid’s popped off.

86. Baka Not Nice - Live Up To My Name

I’ve put on makeshift long johns this winter so I can smoke dope and listen to “Live Up To My Name” outdoors. Featuring roughly 15-20 all-star lyrics that can inspire gang vocals in a heartbeat.

85. John Moreland - It Don’t Suit Me (Like Before)

Cards on the table, rain on the windshield country reflection artistry.

84. Lil Yachty - Bring It Back

Endearingly sloppy prom-pop from LIl Yachty complete with Dale Gribble action noises for flavor. Seeing Lil Boat truly love stomping on the video’s grad spread is 10000% what I want from a popular recording artist.

83. The Drums - Blood Under My Belt

Enough time has passed that I have absolutely no concept of how popular The Drums are in 2017. (Interpol headlines festivals these days, don’t cha know? The world’s fucking weird.) “Blood Under My Belt” is all the things I fell in love with during the very first go-around. Tightly coiled heart out-of-armor walls-are-leisurely-caving-in indie held in the grip of Jonny Pierce.

82. Amaal Mallik - Maine Tujhko Dekha

CHECK OUT THE VITALITY ON THIS MOTHERFUCKER! Holy shit, if I hear “Maine Tujhko Dekha” in my day-to-day you’re darn tootin’ I’ll feel compelled to full-body dance and sell with my face. If this came on during a dog’s funeral I’d encourage everyone to get the corpse out of the room so I could keep boogeying.

81. Jillian Jacqueline - Hate Me

Jillian Jacqueline asks her partner to do the humane thing and twist the knife as this relationship crumbles to bits. Sensational.

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120. Sean Paul featuring Dua Lipa - No Lie

Sean Paul’s “No Lie” is as good as of a tune as Liar Liar is a terrible movie. (Liar Liar is repugnant. Not sure why I’m on about Liar Liar right now.) Also if I were an iron-fisted dictator (lord willing) I’d have blimps flying over every city with a digital banner reading “Dua Lipa’s quite good, isn’t she?”

119. Papooz - Trampoline

Breezy retro-indebted pop that’s like a luxurious tchotchke that has a glamourous tackiness as a design. “Formidable!” declares French Dan!

118. Lab Coast - Back To Your Future

Negative-fi indie that triggers sense memories of the convenience store rental shelf seen for a split second in the video. I feel confident saying 1 out of 5 gas stations that offer video rentals in the prairies still have a sunbleached blue Now & Then poster on their wall.

117. Mise en Scene - Waster

Exquisite CanRock rumbling that travels with a shark fin visible at all times.

116. Weaves - Walkaway

Featuring a hook so massive you could park 50 Costcos on it, but why would you want to do that to this lovely Springsteenesque (thanks for putting that in my brain, NPR) anthem?

115. Aymee Nuviola - Rumba de la Buena

“Rumba de la Buena” is Gatorade for the soul. (And you choose the flavor! That’s how awesome this rumba sunbeam is!)

114. Plaitum - Ovation

Decadent stadium-electro that could and should double as video game final boss cut scene music*.

*Or maybe it shouldn’t? I haven’t played video games since like fucking Bre-X or whenever.

113. New Swears - Dance With The Devil

New Swears are as reliable a hosehead-rock vendor as we’ve got going these days. “Dance With The Devil” is like if a schooch less power-ampy Hellacopters was pushed through an Ottawa Valley and Labatt 50 filter.

112. The Regrettes - Seashore

“You’re talking to me like a child,” cautions Lydia Night before ticking off the starter domino that lets you know she’s the one leaving with her arm victorious and these shitbags on the canvas looking up at the lights. It’s a pop-rock music song.

111. Kane Strang - My Smile Is Extinct

Thorny boy feelings indie that is perfect for powersulking in some sort of hammock. This alternatweennip if I’ve ever seen it.

110. Red Velvet - Red Flavor

Towering K-pop&B that’s accompanied by a video that gives fruit its most compelling role since No Doubt’s “Don’t Speak” promo. (I know I’m forgetting six million videos between these two. LET ME REST, GHOSTS OF SHAME!)

109. Lovely Bad Things - Hiding to Nothing

I’ve done a lot of slow-motion air guitar to this and if you saw it out of context it probably looks like I’m trying to light a match on my belt followed by trying to hold back an invisible lightning monster and back to the match thing again.

108. Century Palm - King of John Street

My buddy Jesse is/was in this band. Hi Jesse! Remember when we used to work for a cable music network for a while? That reads weird on paper, eh? Anyway, “King of John Street” is a sublime post-punk minecart ride of a tune.

107. Jessie Reyez - Gatekeeper

Criminally undervalued recording artist Jessie Reyez kindly guides us on the scenic route through sexist hell.

106. Jay Som - Baybee

Grooving woozy indie that gets you cozy before it sinks in that coziness is part of the trap.

105. YBN Nahmir - Rubbin’ Off The Paint

King of the midway flexing with technicolor production that makes slaughtering the opposition sound like child’s play. Or Child’s Play as it were. (No Bushwick Bill or Ski Mask the Slump God gimmick infringement intended.)

104. Milk Teeth - Owning Your Okayness

Josta-splashed teeter-toter rock majesty plucked from the top of the alternative charts in some additional mid 90s year we had our memories MiB-wiped of. Like this was probably #1 for 8 weeks in 199#!

103. Bakermat featuring Kiesza - Don’t Want You Back

Speaking of charts of yore, if Electric Circus were still around *pulls cobwebs out of beard* this would be played EVERY GODDAMN WEEK FOR 96 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AND WE WOULD ALL BE FOR MORE! Kiesza does dumbbell choreo in the video for Christ’s sake! Incredible.

102. Jimmie Allen - Blue Jean Baby

The sort of romantic lite FM country confection that should have its own Lifetime or Hallmark movie by Q2 2018.

101. FAUX - Take Back Time

“Take Back Time” does naked 80s pop sophistication appreciation so kindly that I swear I’ve heard this song in the Coming Attractions of dozens of VHS rentals.

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140. Mike WiLL Made-It featuring Big Sean - On The Come Up

Sometimes right on the nose is the perfect call. “On The Come Up” has a condominium on said nose.

139. Pkew Pkew Pkew - Before We Go Out Drinking

“WE ARE GETTING DRUNK! BEFORE WE GOT OUT DRINKING! *slightly mournful framing* That is the best part of our night!” Pkew Pkew Pkew (THAT’S HOW YOU DO IT, YOU KNOBS FROM !!!) come out swinging with a cheerfully rowdy pre-drinking anthem that underlines how much better getting liquored up with your buds than trekking out to the bar or an abandoned K-Mart later. The bittersweet circumstances add a cherry on top. Beauty.

138. Brockhampton - Star

Hip hop’s premier boy band flexes muscles, puckers lips and tosses you face-first into a party you never knew existed. (Featuring the best Shawn Mendes nod you’ll hear in 2017!)

137. The Perfect Kiss - Broadcast (From You To Me)

There’s an Elefant Records piñata in the video and the first time I saw it I blammed so hard I was worried I caused nerve damage. Anyway, The Perfect Kiss does some spectacular cuddly darkness with the bopping “Broadcast (From You To Me)” about a two-timing schmuck getting worked online.

136. Fishbach - Un Autre Que Moi

Ambling in something Billy Ocean would have taken to the top of the charts in 1984, Fishbach’s “Un Autre Que Moi” does neon-pop right and brings out a lot of dramatic headturns out of this hotshot. (Me. I’m the hotshot.)

135. Surfbort - Back To Reaction

Shopping cart down-the-stairs punk mayhem that will give you a concussion if you’re not careful.

134. Highlight - Can Be Better

More boy bands should grill, toss snacks around and suggest the group is left for dead in a refrigerated meat truck in their videos. (IMAGINE WHERE 3DEEP WOULD BE TODAY!) I know Riverdale is very serious sternflaked seriousness a lot of the time, but this is the sort of shit The Archies should be making in 2017.

133. Dagny - Wearing Nothing

There’s a touch of Ned Flanders in this (y’know, cuz of the sorta overrated Simpsons gag connection), but “Wearing Nothing” is more like confident Springfield entertainment/business guru Lindsay Naegle strutting about.

132. First Hate - The One

The intensity of theatrical finger wagging I do to “The One” would chill you to your core. (Unless you’re into that sort of thing in which case let’s powerhang and sort out a 45 minute playlist.) “Life is not always about keeping your promises” we’re advised by First Hate on this quasi-throwback nightclub joint. It’s dreamy, features the overdue return of dance music harmonica and has the sweeping thump and bump Denmark has been exporting for decades.

131. Sorority Noise - No Halo

Sorority Noise unleashes a stadium-sized emo hymn that may have been Sliders’d into our dimension from a universe where My Chemical Romance were taken 5% more seriously.

130. Playboi Carti - Magnolia

Best use of a Jamie Foxx Show sample you’ll come across this decade, although I’d be happy to be proven wrong. Playboi Carti practically surfs overtop the production which sounds even better being blasted by a car rolling through your neighborhood.

129. Alex Cameron & Angel Olsen - Stranger’s Kiss

Alex Cameron and Angel Olsen trade barbs with flair in this acid-dripping adult contemporary through a funhouse mirror duet. “They made a meme out my legacy, darling” sings Olsen because there’s pathos too.

128. Real Numbers - Frank Infatuation

C-86-kissed bliss that hones in like a missile on my dorky hip-based attempts to “rock” along to this song.

127. Rejjie Snow featuring Pell - Virgo

I fear parties, but this is the sort of thing that has me fantasizing of having upwards of three people over to my apartment so we can do friendship things in slow motion to this effervescent hip-hop blessing.

126. YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Untouchable

Post-jail singer-songwriter self-reflection excellence from YoungBoy Never Broke Again.

125. Kesha - Learn To Let Go

Sincere pop that knocks me over like a Care Bear stare every single time. I flip out to this and sing (well lipsync 60% of the time) every line like it’s CBT* Idol.

*the therapy one, not the cock-n-ball torture one but no judgment if that’s your scene,

Also: American Idol was a show that was popular generations ago

124. LOONA Odd Eye Circle - Girl Front

Exhilarating K-Pop that would be my #1 choice to soundtrack this exciting waterslide-based sci-fi spy thrilling I’m working on. (Keep this in mind, industry insiders!)

123. Middle Kids - Never Start

To me, “Never Start” sounds like driving around at dusk in a 1985 something that still has a tape deck and too many Burger King wrappers on the floor. Think evergreen ramshackle “college rock” that could fit comfortably in a number of different decades and not seem out of date.

122. Kelela - LMK

Limo interior R&B that’s hypnotic, fun and travels within a forcefield of regal dignity.

121. Hey Violet - Break My Heart

“Break My Heart’ is a synthrock firework display of a break-up anthem and it ruuuuuuuuules.

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160. Luke Combs - When It Rains

Luke Combs leads the charmed life that having your redneck vices pay off for you can provide. It’s a country breakup anthem about the silver lining paying off as a golden ticket. Well, being required to go fishing sounds like a fate worse than death to this guy*, but that’s not the point I suppose.

159. HAIM - Want You Back

I’m not sure if it was the Taylor Instagram residue or what, but 2017 wasn’t a spectacular year for HAIM momentum. Arena conquering being put on hold and all that. It’s not like the sisters Haim lost the ability to craft weaponized soft rock numbers. “Want You Back” is five star proof of that.

158. RVIVR - The Tide

"The Tide” is burn the treehouse down type pop-punk fury that gets in your face like a sweaty hockey goon’s glove giving you a face wash.

157. Torres - Helen In The Woods

Lurching, advancing unhinged trauma-rock that knows exactly what it’s doing and practically throws itself across your speakers like it’s possessed or something.

156. Partner - Play The Field

Power pop fawning over an athlete that goes off like a roman candle and should be put in care packages for junior high students.

155. Manuel Turizo - Una Lady Como Tú

“Una Lady Como Tú” is a preposterously infectious love song that deserves its own modestly budgeted film based off of it.

154. The Moonlandingz featuring Rebecca Lucy Taylor - The Strangle Of Anna

"The Strangle of Anna” teeters into the realm of intended parody in its Lou Reed washed fuzz rock sway and acidic-yet-sweet core which only binds its properties into a more effective weapon.

153. April - Mayday

Kinetic pop that swirls around like a Gravitron that plays lost 80s buddy cop movie soundtracks at all hours.

152. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie - Drowning

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie flexes like rap’s Poseidon over soap opera intro piano. Why don’t more folks do this?

151. Cassius - Ibifornia (Myd Remix)

From what I can tell, last year’s Cassius record was about as warmly received as the return of whooping cough. No big deal, this ultra-danceable Myd remix completely justifies its creation. You should see the lummox grooving I do to this. (I’m the lummox. Not the song. It’s unlummoxlike.)

150. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - Harajuku Iyahoi

I’m not quite sure why the dancing logs in the video are wearing championship belts (has DDT taken that step?) but I wouldn’t want to live in a world without them. In standard Kyary style, it’s her command and poise leading this jumbo-sized J-Pop march that truly amazes. Once again, the dancing logs (log bears?) were pretty cool.

149. Goodbye Honolulu - Typical

Politely sleazy garage preening that feels like it fell out of a dimension where Big Shiny Tunes was still farting around.

148. Electric Six - I’ll Be In Touch

“I’ll Be In Touch” gets the “yeah the song’s 2016 but the video came out in 2017″ treatment and good fucking job Big Mac for making that call! MOVE OVER, HOT BENCH! I RENDER THE VERDICTS HERE! Anyway, the video’s spectacular, but the tune’s no slouch either. (I totally didn’t know get the Billy Joel homage business at first. Strip me of my judgedom!) “She’s the girl with the zits, I love her, I want her for Christmas,” wails Dick Valentine in the guise of a desperate man that falls into bouts of oozing toxic machismo. It’s much more danceable than I’m making it sound.

147. DJ Khaled featuring Beyoncé and Jay-Z - Shining

Beyoncé takes a well-earned victory lap and does it in a way where you truly feel blessed by her superhuman existence. Jay-Z is also on this from what I understand. I never really stick around that far.

146. Sløtface - Empire Records

"Empire Records” is whirling pop-punk that places several emotions into a capsule and slingshots it into your face with love.

145. Tank - When We

Christ, this is quite a concentrated dose of sex isn’t it? Reliable R&B hero Tank comes across like the inventor of fucking on this bedroom cut. Whenever I try to talk in a “sensual” manner I just sound like I’m loopy from a dangerous bout of sunstroke.

144. Jerry Williams - I’m Not In Love With You

Twinkling indie pop that packs a wallop. (Always be careful packing your wallop, buds.)

143. Gothic Tropic - How Life Works

Luxurious quicksand masquerading as detoxed L.A. pensive indie musing.

142. Girl Ray - Don’t Go Back To Ten

Girl Ray have crafted a strolling and vaguely shambolic swaying rock charmer that takes up residence in your soul and comes with some lovely video choreo.

141. Ski Mask The Slump God - Babywipe

There’s a portion of the video where a tiny Ski Mask The Slump God rocks out on a coffee table like he’s fucking Kim Mitchell in the “Go For A Soda” promo. I think I flipped a table and screamed the first time I saw it. There may have even been a “yippee!” in there. I feel no shame.

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180. Lao Ra featuring Konshens - Boby Bounce

When I’m low, I don’t really make my body bounce. I sort of turn my body into a vat of pudding that lays in bed for 18 hour stretches. Still, I understand the PRINCIPLE of this nourishing dance pop attraction and my does indeed bounce at select time during this cut.

179. SOB X RBE - Lane Changing

“Lane Changing” feels like what would happen if the Lucky & Wild machine at your local cheapo arcade gained sentience, blazed through traffic with you trapped in the seat and had you losing your shit the whole time. Partying outlaw hip-hop you could probably weasel onto any wedding reception playlist and even Sergeant Major Charles Monocle III (a character I just created!) wouldn’t complain.

178. PIXEY - Hometown

Somewhat of a spiritual throwback to the kitchen sink electro singer-songwriter works of yore (read: late 90s to mid 00s) but so much more than that. Whatever cats get out of sunbeams is what I get out of this.

177. Feltworth - Forget This Feeling

Canada’s favorite puppet rock outfit (move over, 54-40!) perform something that would have sounded incredible on the good bit of Sloan’s Commonwealth. Not that Feltworth and Sloan are connected in any way.

176. Twice - Likey

A proper K-Pop grower that reveals something even more gorgeous with every listen.

175. Craig Finn - God In Chicago

Craig Finn’s master storyteller chops are on display once again, this time with a minimal yet consuming piano-driven tale of venturing off to sell a dead friend/brother’s drugs (of course to a “Wayne from Winnetka”) and what came next.

174. Axolotes Mexicanos - Trececatorce

Axolotes Mexicanos unleashed an instant “what if Helen Love were kicking the shit out of Captain N: The Game Master” synthblitz classic with “Trececatorce.”

173. Charli XCX - Boys

Charli XCX goes boy crazy! Or maybe boy sensible. Nothing wrong with a healthy boy appetite. Particularly when it’s delivered in a pristine floating 8-bit package.

172. Lil Uzi Vert - XO Tour Llif3

Moody, messy and on the mark, of course everybody embraced Lil Uzi Vert’s pain this summer.

171. Steven Wilson - Permanating

Steven Wilson has sculpted a blast of piano-powered glowing pop with “Permanating” that hits the nerve of its forebearers in spectacular fashion.

170. Promiseland - Take Down The House

Thumping industrial chaos at the intersection of Andrew W.K. and Alec Empire.

169. Estrons - Strobe Lights

A jittery post-punk adjacent rock thunderbolt that inspires full bodied singalongs in the living room. You should see me swing that invisible microphone! It’s like I don’t even care about the ceiling overhead!

168. Future Islands - Ran

Like a lot of Future Islands songs, “Ran” provides the weird comfort that comes from hearing Samuel T. Herring expose his soul while wrapped in propulsive synthpop. It’s a testament to the power this band wields that a “gee, the road is tough” anthem connects on that personal level. Or whatever level leads you to do try Herring’s howls and just kinda do a Taz (WB not ECW) instead.

167. Shamir - Straight Boy

“'Cause being true is not their thing, oh it eats them up internally, then they take it out on people like me all the time,“ sings Shamir on the brilliant and brutally honest “Straight Boy.” Both the studio version and Shamir’s alternate take (which arrived after pulling the official video after the director was called out for sexual assault in the comments) are worth your time.

166. St. Vincent - Los Ageless

Good lord, that chorus grips you like fucking King Kong whenever it stomps into place. New Wave by way of steamroller.

165. Maluma - Felices los 4

You’re darn tootin’ there’s Wilmer Valderrama related sexual intrigue in the video for this intoxicating reggaeton miracle of a Maluma single.

164. John Maus - Touchdown

“FORWARD DRIVE ACROSS THE LINE!” Fuck this rules. John Maus melts football down to its essence to make this shimmering electronic hallucination. Bring your own forbidding mist and shoulder pads.

163. Sharon Needles - Battle Axe

She is indeed the boss. Applesauce. (Apologies to Judge Judy.) Sharon lights up the dancefloor with this hymn to the underestimated battle axe that’s too quotable to resist.

162. Stormzy - 4PM In London

Stormzy takes Drake’s “4PM in Calabasas” and upgrades it on this cut. It’s a State of the Stormzy address that has the London MC in prime form and crackling with passion.

161. Adult Mom - Full Screen

“Do you full screen your porn? Do you think about me as you watch her crawl across the floor?” asks Stephanie Knipe off the hop in this bittersweet and whip smart indie pop number addressing recognition and representation.

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200. Drezus - Get Up

Drezus once again serves up a galactic-sized Native Pride anthem that lands like a trolley tracks bodycheck.

199. Aimee Mann - Patient Zero

New Aimee Mann means new ways for Dan to drink and stare in the mirror for 45-60 minutes! “Patient Zero” is a bit like getting a backrub from your messy internal despair. The video (which is quite nice) has a Matthew Weiner cameo, so uh, watch the “Labrador” promo again?

198. Fekky x Ghetts - Call Me Again

Vacuum-sealed “rise of grime” style UK hip-hop cracked open to spectacular video game racing style effect in 2017.

197. Slow Dancer - Don’t Believe

Golden (and sorta gouda) soft rock that sits out on the deck alongside you and smells like a nicotine-stained windbreaker.

196. Kiesza - Dearly Beloved

Underutilized pop resource (YES I’M BANGING ON ABOUT THIS AGAIN) Kiesza unspools a beautiful guitar-pop tribute to the late Alicia Lemke on “Dearly Beloved,” a tune fucking crackling with life.

195. Cam’ron - 10,000 Miles

Cam bounds over top of Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Words” with ease in this relationship woes number.

“Cheat on your diet, not your girl.” This bit of the video still makes howl. It’s sorta weird to watch in the post-Juju era.

194. Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - I Gotta Praise

“I Gotta Praise” ticks all the boxes you want in a Heaton & Abbott cut (Beautiful South run or otherwise) by being lovely, witty and incredibly easy to get caught singing along to at whatever the opposite of parties are.

193. THANKS featuring Sam Sparro - Your Man

Anders SG and Anders B from Alphabeat align forces with Sam Sparro for this mirrorball souled disco romp. If I had an ass I’d shake it to this in a heartbeat.

192. Desiigner- Outlet

Desiigner comes out with all guns (and detours) blazing over a beat that sounds like fight club music from the afterlife.

191. Maya Killtron - Whiplash

Truth in labeling. This is exactly what you want from an act named Maya Killtron doing a number titled “Whiplash.” Namely, liberal use of whip sound effects and visions of shopping at what the 80s imagined shopping malls would look like now.

190. Maty Noyes - Say It To My Face

QUIT SENDING FAXES TO MATY’S HOLDING COMPANY, YOU UNNAMED CAD!

189. Tee Grizzley featuring Lil’ Yachty - From The D To The A

Traditionally titles like “From The D To The A” are more prevalent on XVideos and RedTube and what have you, but there’s this type of collaboration too.

188. Bhad Bhabie - These Heaux

The world’s going to festering liquid shit these days, but my spirits are genuinely lifted by the reminder that someone off Dr, Phil (THAT WASN’T IN THE HOUSE OF HATE) can achieve mild success as a novelty rap concern. “These Heaux” wasn’t just better than you’d expect, it’s funny, nasty and just plain good.

187. Sean Nicolas Savage - Opposing Truths

“Opposing Truths” has this remarkable quality of sounding like a misunderstood 80s CanCon mid-carder before metamorphosing into its own swirl of power pop lite gelato.

186. 2 Chainz - Trap Check

2 Chainz pays tribute to two Atlanta greats on a cut that advances forward like a cyborg that’s made some excellent portfolio investments. (Or however that goes. All I know about money comes from The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase.

185. Evening Glow - Love Tonight

As a kid, I fantasized about this mythical “college rock” I read about in like Entertainment Weekly or Chatelaine or whatever. I think Evening Glow was what my Sun Rype soaked brain was hoping for. But like with the Ninja Turtles showing up and telling me that deodorant ruuuuuules.

184. Liv Dawson - Searching

Climbing electro that places you at the summit whether you appreciate it or not.

183. Bruno Mars - Versace On The Floor

I shudder to think of the stains my parents have splashed out to this tune. Like fucking Typhoon Mountain around this thing.

182. Paramore - Hard Times

Cruise ship guitar-pop that has likely inspired many a youth drop-in center stampede.

181. Ghost Twin - Plastic Ghost

FUCK YEAH! SWEAT IT OUT, MODERN GOTHS!

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Surrender To Daniel’s Top 250 Tracks Of 2017ish (250-201)

Opening Blab

250. Kelly Clarkson - Love So Soft (Cash Cash Remix)

“Love So Soft” was always meant for a “the nice restaurant lounge at the good mall” EDM remix that could tear a dancefloor to shreds. Please don’t do that, though. That sounds expensive. 249. Trinidad Cardona - Jennifer

A sticky sweet singer-songwriter plea for forgiveness that might not win back Jennifer, but has done pretty well for itself. (As it should.)

248. Arcade Fire - Electric Blue

OH! I get the U2 jokes now! I kid. I kid. I really wanted to like the new Arcade Fire album for what it’s worth. I wish them no harm. Everything Now felt explicitly like the album in the 2-page magazine discography review that gets cut down to 10 words due to space limitations and WHO COULD ARGUE? I think “Electric Blue” is fantastic, though. It’s a smidge “Sprawl III (Electric Beyond Blue” and that’s cool by me.

247. Valerie June - Shakedown

“Shakedown” is the sort of tune that inspires me to dance around like I’m goddamn Scrooge McDuck doing a bunch of weird pointing and twirling and shit. (That doesn’t sound like an endorsement but it is. An enthusiastic one! “Shakedown” is probably a folk festival floorfiller parkgrassfiller of some sort, I imagine.)

246. Rozwell Fitzroy - Block Game

The ReBoot Reboot soundtrack is coming along nicely. (Let me imagine this.)

245. Fickle Friends - Hard To Be Myself

Sparkling youth activity centre pop that comes in its own shade of neon!

244. Katy Perry featuring Migos - Bon Appetit

Katy Perry’s Witness came across as a bit of a lame duck record after “Chained to the Rhythm” missed the mark, didn’t it? It didn’t really help that the videos seemed second tier (or like a “favor” from JibJab in the case of “Swish Swish”) and that clunky SNL showing. Even if Witness isn’t my cup of tea (I’m rooting for the next Katy cycle)“Bon Appetit” is a first-rate muff-diving anthem with Migos making a welcome showing.

243. Chip - Snap Snap

Wait! Wait! Wait! Is that? Could it be?

Holy moly! How did I not put it together that Chip is the artist formerly known as Chipmunk? Anyway, Chip would prefer if his partner cool it on all the Instagram posting. The music video presents a convincing argument about this lovely woman’s endless selfiecrafting. I’m onboard for some sort of rebuttal track if that’s in the cards.

242. Borussia - Kinda Love

An infectious dance colossus whose power only grows by the number of bright cocktails taken in during your evening. Or morning. Look, I’m not here to judge. (Outside of this silly music judging exercise.)

241. Lady Gaga - The Cure

It’s been AGES since we had a Lady Gaga Thanksgiving special. I wonder if we’ll get one in like 2018. I hope she hasn’t had a falling out with any of the Muppets.

240. Sonamoo - I (Knew It)

I go a little too hard stomping to this K-Pop kiss-off. Like T-1000 (or whatever) stepping through that skull quarry in Terminator 2 only I’m far more prone to slipping on most surfaces.

239. Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It

2017 Taylor was not elite Taylor. (”Look What You Made Me Do” was a music video masquerading as a proper song, for goodness sakes.) Non-elite Taylor is still capable of incredible feats. “...Ready For It” reaches the sublime as its meticulously built ULTRA STADIUM POP grandiosity consumes us all. Just blinding pop light. It took me a while to get on the “...Ready For It” trolley, but I’m happy to be here.

238. Joyride - Aunty Tracey’s Cookies

If you’re going to get creative with your cookies, do so with the hopes of having a blissed out anthem sung in your treat’s honor.

237. Carly Pearce - Every Little Thing

One of those classic country songs where if you see the listener’s face go a certain way you let them sing their heart out.

236. Eves Karydas - There For You An elegant and enormous part the seas anthem, plus Eves does some excellent slowly sliding down the stairs work in the promo.

235. Vic Mensa featuring Pusha T - OMG

A chain swinging, bubbling cauldron of a cut with Pharrell production teleported in from the ‘00s. By the way, if anyone needs a dopey white guy to say something like “oh my goodness” as the hook, gimme a call. Look for 21 Savage x Dan MacRae’s “Geez Louise” on iTunes in 2018.

234. Tigertown - Warriors (St. Lucia Remix)

A Capri-Sun kissed groovy remix of Tigertown with charm to spare.

233. Lady Leshurr - Juice

Lady Leshurr is the sort of entertainer where she’s do damn likeable that I’ve spent the past 3 hours imagining TV projects the English MC can do on the side.

232. Frank Ocean - Chanel

You know the Frank Ocean drill by now. Press play, immediately feel it in your chest.

231. DYGL - Let It Out

Albert Hammond Jr. endorsed Tokyo rock outfit DYGL have crafted a tightly wrapped indie gem with Britpop and Blogosphere First Wave tendencies.

230. Old Dominion - No Such Thing As A Broken Heart

The video for this is so quarter-assed (glass houses much, Dan?) that I have been increasingly MYSTIFIED with every rewatch. Like, the concept is that Old Dominion are in a video game world that’s stuffed with wacky high score gags and kwazy on-screen graphics. The execution doesn’t pan out, so instead it’s like you’re watching someone try to recreate a Christian edit version of Scott Pilgrim from memory and STARTED COOKING WITH GAS! The song’s fantastic, though. Arena country brimming with warmth and even a touch of Ed Robertson’s Barenaked Ladies output.

229. Super Junior - Black Suit

Unlike “No Such Thing As A Broken Heart,” the video for Super Junior’s “Black Suit” fudging ruuuuules, buds. The promo is the best piece of art involving an elaborate suit heist you’ll come across all 2017 and the entire operation looks awesome to boot. K-Pop’s Last Men Standing® teeter on the brink of jazztronica at times and it’s a treat DANG IT!

228. Barenaked Ladies & The Persuasions - The Old Apartment

Is this cheating? It is, isn’t? Whatever. BNL (a term used exclusively by cool insiders) and The Persuasions were a fantastic match in 2017 and combo performances like this update of “The Old Apartment” feel so damn alive I wish both parties would consider hanging out a lot more.

227. Ayo & Teo - Lit Right Now

As infectious as a yawn but lit (FUCK!) like a firecracker, Ayo & Teo are making Frosh bangers you want to throw paint to. Or maybe I just want to chuck paint. I dunno.

226. LCD Soundsystem - Tonite

Did LCD Soundsystem really need to come back? Probably not, but they’re welcome to stay. (Look at me! I’m doing rulings now, apparently. Ha ha, life.)

225. Pip Blom - Babies Are A Lie

Nothing will top “Babies Are A Lie” in the 2017 song title sweepstakes. Also the hook is an absolute dream.

224. Shay Lia - What’s Your Problem

Pulsating R&B brilliance that sometimes leads me to do ill-advised arm choreo on my balcony. (I’m allergic to rhythm so it’s a tragedy and I apologize to anyone that’s gone down George Street this year.)

223. Lauren Alaina - Doin’ Fine

Play this at just the right volume and you will be powerless to resist the urge to belt out this country anthem while wrapped in curtains, a comforter or both.

222. Jachary - Yellow Vision

An absorbing electronic pop blend (think a spiritual second cousin to Discovery) with a chorus that swings into action like a battering ram.

221. Cende - Bed

A melting ice cream cake of mid-misery assessment wailing power-pop. Or glower-pop if you will. You will not? I completely understand and apologize immediately.

220. Waju featuring Phantom Thrett - If U Wanna

Blissed out hip-hop soul that marinates nicely in the brain. The video’s pretty darn good too.

219. AOBeats & Annabel Jones - Strangers

“You run your heart like a club: One in, one out.” It’s important to note this is a fantastic dance number for anyone that enjoys doing mid-level theatrical glances in lieu of actual dancing. (Read: Me.)

218. CupcakKe - Barcodes

Burn your motivational posters, this horn-aided banger from CupcakKe will slap you in the face with ESSENTIAL life advice about knowing what you’re worth and not budging. Also CupcakKe has some awesome lines on “Barcodes” that made me legitimately guffaw. It’s not easy to pull the guffaw out of the Dan laugh library.

217. Aly & AJ - Take Me

I think I’ve been on about this before, but there was a brief time I confused Aly & AJ with Prussian Blue. Not important. What is important is “Take Me” which is a synth-soaked sledgehammer to the sky that sounds absolutely massive. It’s a big tune is what it is.

216. Tyler, The Creator featuring A$AP Rocky - Who Dat Boy

Ya blew it, Schoolboy Q.

215. Joe Goddard - Music Is The Answer

Hot Chip boy Joe Goddard turns in an engrossing frosted electronic effort that feels like backstroking through gel in the nicest possible way.

214. Gabrielle - Nye Joggesko

“Nye Joggesko” glides, strolls and spikes like hybrid pop should.

213. Amber Coffman - No Coffee

Pastel (but not Pastels) tinted guitar pop that gets the “breezy” tag even though I wouldn’t quite put it in the “breezy” camp.

212. Diamond Platnumz, Harmonize, Rich Mavoko & Rayvanny – Zilipendwa

Last I checked, “Zilipendwa” was embroiled in a saxophone copyright scandal. No matter where you stand on the issue, it’s 14 seconds of sublime saxophone worth fighting over.

211. Ugly God - Fuck Ugly God

“You act like a freak, but you ain't never sucked no toes.” Ugly God treats self-immolation like a superpower. Even though the dude is doing a vivisection of his own shame, "Fuck Ugly God” hits like you’re the one being powerbombed through a table.

210. Royal Canoe featuring Begonia - Fussin’

If this Western Canadian folk festival tent is rockin’, it’s cuz of what Royal Canoe and Begonia are clocking. (Or there’s a live ferret rescue on the grounds. Either way, respect people’s space.)

209. Ah Mer Ah Su - Meg Ryan

“I’m a white woman, I can do whatever I want,” declares Ah Mer Ah Su on the marvellously woozy pop carousel “Meg Ryan” and yes, she does mention City of Angels on the track.

208. Wesley Gonzalez - Piece of Mind

Nervy indie pop that lands somewhere between They Might Be Giants and XTC. But NOT Adam Ant. (WHO IS THAT JOKE FOR? IMPROV KIDS BEATEN WITH THEIR OWN MEAD BINDERS? WHO?)

207. Smino - Anita

The T-Pain remix is gorgeous too. Be sure to tell T-Pain if you happen to hang out with him in the future.

206. Hannah Jane Lewis - Raincheck

THIS TRACK IS BUOYANT AS FUCK, GANG! There’s also a great bit in the video where a cursor has to choose between “Accept (heart sign)” and “Raincheck” which is something I like in a music video. Play your ace, Hannah Jane Lewis.

205. Mollie King - Hair Down

This is tacky-as-you-like pop the way only the Brits can do it (you can practically see visions of loud Panto ads if you close your eyes) and should poured down your gullet like it’s Tetra Pak booze. In retrospect I should have watched E!’s Chasing The Saturdays when I had the chance.

204. Ten Fé - Twist Your Arm

A Guardian review pegged Ten Fé as something like Madchester meets Springsteen, but “Twist Your Arm” is more a glimmering ‘80s AOR creature than anything else. Probably goes down a storm with Q’s readership. (Not a dig.) I can totally picture a lot of spouses doing intense bicycle repairs with this CRANKED in the garage.

203. Charlie Worsham - Cut Your Groove

Full points to Charlie Worsham for having an first tier country name. Say it out loud right now for fun. It’s great, right? Charlie lays out a sweethearted country self-affirmation anthem that feels like warm embrace on “Cut Your Groove” and I’ve done some power twirling to this.

202. iLoveMakonnen featuring Rae Sremmurd - Love

This combo effort would be quintuple platinum if satellite radio were still “a thing.” I am 10000% convinced this would have been gargantuan in that era. Fight me and my ghost on this and I’ll fudge you up, bud. I also believe this would be fantastic on Riverdale.

Vaguely Related: I’m behind on Riverdale and need to catch up on season 2 so my dad and I can talk about it at length this Christmas.

201. Allison Crutchfield - I Don't Ever Wanna Leave California

“Darling, you're too mid-Atlantic,” begins (ex?) Swearin’ talent Allison Crutchfield on this solo cut and that’s an incredible way to start a song.

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