100 Favourite Tracks of 2009

1. Washed Out – Belong
2. The Juan Maclean – Tonight
3. Telefon Tel Aviv – The Birds
4. Secret Circuit – Roll
5. Röyksopp ft. Anneli Drecker – You Don’t Have A Clue
6. The-Dream – Fancy
7. The Juan Maclean – One Day
8. St. Vincent – Marrow
9. House Of House – Rushing To Paradise (Walkin’ These Streets)*
10. Richgirl – He Ain’t Wit Me Now (Tho)
11. Toddla T ft. Tinchy Stryder & Mr Versatile – Safe
12. Moderat ft. Paul St. Hilaire – Slow Match
13. Mungolian Jet Set – Creepy
14. Fever Ray – I’m Not Done
15. Animal Collective – Bluish
16. Electrik Red – Bed Rest
17. Andrew Weatherall – All The Little Things
18. El Perro Del Mar – L Is For Love
19. Major Lazer ft. Ms Thang – When You Hear The Bassline
20. Bat For Lashes – Two Planets
21. The Juan Maclean – No Time
22. Joy Orbison – Wet Look
23. Ciara ft. Missy Elliott – Work
24. Fever Ray – Seven (Martyn’s Seventh Mix)
25. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
26. Meanderthals – Andromeda (Prelude To The Future)
27. Little Boots – Remedy
28. Fall Out Boy – w.a.m.s.*
29. Memory Tapes – Bicycle
30. Röyksopp ft. Karin Dreijer Andersson – This Must Be It
31. Walter Jones – I’ll Keep On Loving You
32. T2 – Butterflies (Arms Remix)*
33. Roska – Our Father*
34. Washed Out – You’ll See It
35. Fever Ray – Coconut
36. DJ Sprinkles – Ball’r*
37. Azari & III – Hungry For The Power
38. Kris Menace vs Hexstatic – Invaders
39. Jay Jay Johanson – Lightning Strikes
40. Lindstrøm & Christabelle – Baby Can’t Stop
41. Pearson Sound – Wad
42. Toddla T ft. Serocee – Soundtape Killin’
43. Lady Gaga – Poker Face
44. Princess Nyah – Frontline
45. Major Lazer ft. Nina Sky & Ricky Blaze – Keep It Goin’ Louder
46. Fuck Buttons – Phantom Limb
47. Hudson Mohawke – Overnight
48. Electrik Red – We Fuck You
49. Flying Lotus – Parisian Goldfish*
50. The Juan Maclean – One Day (Surkin Mix)
51. Fever Ray – Seven
52. Animal Collective – My Girls
53. Röyksopp ft. Robyn – The Girl And The Robot
54. Culoe De Song – The Bright Forest
55. Donae’o – Watching Her Move
56. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Dull Life
57. Holy Ghost! – I Will Come Back
58. The xx – Islands
59. Subeena – Boksd
60. St. Vincent – The Strangers
61. Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension
62. Ebony Bones – The Muzik!
63. Ear Dis – Sexiboogie*
64. Falty DL – To New York
65. Falty DL – Play Child
66. Royal P – Between Us
67. Gossip – Heavy Cross
68. Broadcast & The Focus Group – The Be Colony
69. Black-Eyed Peas vs Bag Raiders – Boom Boom Stars
70. Rudimental & May – Sexy Sexy (All Up On Me)
71. The Veronicas – Untouched (Listen Deep Remix)
72. Buraka Som Sistema – General
73. Doves – Jetstream (Lindstrøm Mix)
74. Electrik Red – Friend Lover
75. Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy (Air France Mix)
76. Delorean – Seasun (John Talabot Kids & Drums Mix)
77. Lusine – Two Dots
78. Junior Boys – Hazel (Ewan Pearson House Mix)
79. Endgames – Ecstasy (Jam City Refix)
80. Circlesquare – Dancers (Lowfish ‘People In The Dark’ Mix)
81. Nite Jewel – All Out Of Order
82. Ciara ft. Ludacris – High Price
83. Raffertie – Antisocial (Rekordah Mix)
84. Saint Etienne – Method Of Modern Love
85. Heartsrevolution – Dance Til Dawn
86. Nina Sky – On Some Bullshit
87. Chelonis R Jones – Rehabilitation
88. Franz Ferdinand vs Kevin Rudolf & Lil Wayne – Lucid Rock
89. Air France & Roos – GBG Belongs To Us
90. Boys Noize – Starter
91. Cortney Tidwell – Watusii (Daphnii Mix)
92. Camera Obscura – French Navy
93. Joker – Snake Eater*
94. Lindstrøm & Christabelle – Keep It Up
95. Skepta ft. Jay Sean – Lush (Fuzzy Logik Mix)
96. Sally Shapiro – Miracle
97. The Dead Weather – Treat Me Like Your Mother
98. Air – Missing The Light Of The Day
99. Defend Moscow – Manifesto (KGB Mix)
100. Dilemn – Modern Slave

*released in 2008

That was ruthlessly whittled down from a shortlist of around 160 and that was without even thinking too hard about it.

Acts who made last year’s top 100 re-appearing here are Little Boots, Telefon Tel Aviv, The-Dream, Surkin, Air France, Friendly Fires, Kris Menace, Tinchy Stryder (both as a guest vocalist), Apparat (in 09 as half of Moderat), Skepta and The Juan Maclean.

Acts included with debut singles, EPs or LPs (not including remixers):
Washed Out
Secret Circuit
House Of House
Richgirl
Toddla T (+ Serocee & Mr Versatile)
Moderat (aka Apprat & Modeselektor)
Mungolian Jet Set
Fever Ray (aka Karin Dreijer Andersson of The Knife)
Electrik Red
Major Lazer (aka Diplo & Switch)
Joy Orbison
Meanderthals
Memory Tapes
Walter Jones
DJ Sprinkles
Azari & III
Pearson Sound (aka Ramadanman)
Lady Gaga
Princess Nyah
Hudson Mohawke
Culoe De Song
The xx
Subeena
Ebony Bones!
Ear Dis (aka Arms)
Falty DL
Royal P
The Focus Group (with Broadcast)
Bag Raiders (as part of a mash-up)
Rudimental & May
Nite Jewel
Raffertie
Heartsrevolution
Kevin Rudolf (as part of a mash-up)
Roos (with Air France)
Joker
The Dead Weather (ft. Jack White & Alison Moorhart)
Defend Moscow

SPOTIFY playlist (ft. 69 tracks)

YOUTUBE playlist (ft. 90 tracks)

Best song not from 2009 I heard for the first time last year: St. Etienne – Like The Swallow (Foxbase Alpha was my most listened to LP of last year and that’s even before the remastered edition!).

Stay tuned for a list of favourite albums from 2009, the final top 100 00s tracks and a 00s albums list soon.