It’s become a holiday tradition, like hot mulled cider and egg nog double chin. Welcome to our annual look back through the Stereogum database, into which we’ve fed an algorithm that crunched out a spreadsheet with html formatting our most downloaded MP3 files of the year. Just like mom used to make. For all the critics picks, there’s something refreshing about a list that reflects a track’s actual internet popularity (give or take a few cuts with creeper-bots jacking up download counts, you know who you are and why you aren’t invited here), which is why MGMT’s first Congratulations single and Major Lazer’s “Halo” cover will perform better here than most any other “Top Singles” list, and why Hole’s “Samantha” is posting up better than Caribou’s “Odessa” (though, that said, good job Caribou’s “Odessa”). It’s just one more way of looking at the year in music to make sure you covered the bases you wanted, and that Balam Acab didn’t slip through your cracks. That said, let’s get to the peoples’ choice, Top 50 style:
Merry listmas.
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I love how there are no comments as of yet, mainly because this list is fact based, therefore there is literally no bitching that can be done, i.e “WHERE’S THE KANYE AT?!!” Or, “THE BLACK KEYS ARE SOOO UNDERRATED!!” This list is, in effect, a complete waste of our time. We want opinions, Stereogum, opinions! Something we can read and tell you you are incredibly wrong about.
can’t believe u guyz snubbed the get up kids. B-S!
nice to see flash delirium so high, cause that song was unreal this year
Wow, I am really surprised to see “Samantha” that high on the list.
Actually I say thanks for this list ’cause I’ve been meaning to check out a bunch of these and now they’re ALL IN ONE PLACE! “How To Be Cool”, in one easy-to-use, convenient list.
Why does the Balam Acab track give me ‘growing up in the 80s’ flashbacks? I think I like it.
Yeah man, I went on a downloading spree last night. So many bands I’ve been meaning to check out.
bummer that more didnt download sharon van etten
http://stereogum.com/503982/sharon-van-etten-dont-do-it-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/
mountain man at 14? SWEET! also, thx stereogum, i too share cassies sentiments
are you guys counting the hundred million songs that are just streams, or links to a website where you have to give them your email in order to get the actual mp3?
No, this list is limited to MP3s that we host/track.
I wish Stereogum would tell us a little bit more about the methodology behind the list. I like it because it has so few mainstream artists (Radiohead, Phoenix and … any others?). There aren’t too many sites where you can discover a band and then download it immediately.
true… but i’m probably not going to download Bloodbuzz Ohio from your site because i already have the album. you know what i’m saying??
http://www.fellinlovewithadrummer.com/
Put all 50 songs into a single download here: http://www.fileserve.com/file/GMH3jvP enjoy. :)
Thanks!
No end of the year mashup? I really do enjoy those…
team9 is on hiatus. Maybe next year!
Woooo! I’m loving this list. Found so much great stuff that passed me by this year, namely the DOM and BALAM ACAB tracks. Hmm, come to think of it, I also totally forgot about “Colouring Of Pigeons” by The Knife. Time to re-visit that.
Theres so much good music in this list! Love the Delorean and The National themes, but i tought Sufjan Stevens – “I Walked” would be at least Top 10…such a nice song!
Probably because Sufjan is fairly recent.
Thanks for the great list. I featured it and some other year-end lists on my “Best of the ‘Best of 2010′” blog post.
http://loveyourmusic.tv/content/best-best-2010
http://www.facebook.com/ViolentVickieMusic