Best Song of the 2010s Bracket

Charm Bison · Post by **Charm Bison** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:28 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
my babies nooooo

As for one of my favorite songs of the decade: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SDZFWtWcnlo

rylltraka · Post by **rylltraka** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:36 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City
So, I was idly curious about what sort of cred this (to me, okay, and only okay) Robyn song had among the gay community, since that's a stated reason many posters have been using to justify their votes for it. Doesn't bother me; I'm just so detached from the general culture that I wouldn't catch these things even if I wanted to. Anyway, a friend invited me to a gay bar last night, and guess what song is playing as I'm walking through the door. Huh.

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids
Focused song vs. unfocused song.

Perhaps a different choice if I put more thought into it, but what comes to mind first is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okq8xHrIZ8I

Wartortullian · Post by **Wartortullian** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:40 pm

settlej wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:35 am
Fuddle Duddle wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:56 am
women, fire and dangerous things wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:28 am Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Sam · Post by **Sam** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:27 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

I don't think it encapsulated the decade or anything like that, but I greatly enjoyed "Beautiful" by Wussy.

kammajos000 · Post by **kammajos000** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 2:54 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Auroni · Post by **Auroni** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 4:02 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

"Amanaemonesia" by Chairlift is a standout on an album I love a whole lot. EDIT: and apparently has a great video that I'm choosing to interpret as a 2010s feminist update of David Byrne's dancing.

34 + P.J. Dozier · Post by **34 + P.J. Dozier** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 4:47 pm

settlej wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:35 am
Fuddle Duddle wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:56 am
women, fire and dangerous things wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:28 am Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Tippy Martinez · Post by **Tippy Martinez** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 5:21 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Looks like neither of these songs are going to win, which is a damn shame. While "Dancing on My Own" is great, the reason for like half of the "best of the decade" lists circulating on the internet (as well as quiz bowlers, it may seem) to unanimously declare this the best song of the decade eludes me. Hopefully Frank can at least put up a fight in the other match up.

In terms of songs I could theoretically call my "favorite" of the decade, here's "1539 N. Calvert" by JPEGMAFIA, which has some of the greatest bars of the decade:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO3mri47s7M

MiltonPlayer47 · Post by **MiltonPlayer47** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 5:34 pm

I missed the part about linking to your personal favorite song of the decade. I think that mine may be "Other Boys" by Eleanor Friedberger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peTHlafxhwg

Sun Dec 22, 2019 8:29 pm

Robyn
Frank

this bracket moved too fast for my feeble mind

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 9:19 pm

women, fire and dangerous things wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:28 am Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Seconding these votes.

mrtyrmystry wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:59 pm literally everything is better than Mr. Brightside

no

mrtyrmystry wrote: ↑Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:59 pm whatever wins this bracket is as good as hey ya!

extremely no

EDIT: oops, missed the "personal favorite" thing! I already posted a bunch of Sleigh Bells songs that I've fallen in love with recently, so in similar overproviding style, here's some other stuff I listened to a lot.

-"What's in the Box", "Go Down in History", and especially "We All Float Down Here" by Four Year Strong, a band I discovered by accidentally clicking on some sort of pop punk playlist in the Youtube suggested videos column
-"Can't Complain", by the dearly departed Bomb The Music Industry!
-"Worship You", the actual best song from Modern Vampires of the City, and "Harmony Hall", by Vampire Weekend
-"Fade Away", by Norwegian singer Susanne Sundfør
-"Out of the Woods", an underrated(?) Taylor Swift song
-"Foreign Object" and "The Legend of Chavo Guerrero", by the Mountain Goats
-"Rumor Mill" by We Are the In Crowd
-"Tear In My Heart" by Twenty One Pilots

okay that's almost certainly enough out of me.

Steeve Ho You Fat · Post by **Steeve Ho You Fat** » Sun Dec 22, 2019 11:02 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

We all know the real song of the decade is Despacito: massively influential and endlessly fun. However, I'll leave a link to something else.

mrtyrmystry · Post by **mrtyrmystry** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 2:57 am

Dancing on My Own

Runaway

lost meaning. in casting these votes, become vassal of nediger?

The Uncluded - Delicate Cycle

have enjoyed reading and listening.

TheScientists · Post by **TheScientists** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 3:15 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Asterias Wrathbunny · Mon Dec 23, 2019 12:43 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

CPiGuy · Post by **CPiGuy** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 7:04 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

as for my favorites:
It might be Pompeii by Bastille, but that's for sentimental reasons. My favorite song is probably Fourth of July, tbh. Or "I Am The One Who Will Remember Everything" by Dar Williams.

bolshevik · Post by **bolshevik** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 8:49 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

connor.mayers wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 5:21 pm the reason for like half of the "best of the decade" lists circulating on the internet (as well as quiz bowlers, it may seem) to unanimously declare this the best song of the decade eludes me

i second this; consider my mind boggled!

One of my personal favorite songs of the decade comes from one of my favorite video game soundtracks of all time (from one of the best video games of all time, if not the decade). C418's original soundtrack for Minecraft is a collection of 24 iconic, serenely beautiful songs (save for Thirteen) that all take me back to my childhood, and Subwoofer Lullaby is one of the most infectiously catchy, yet peaceful tracks on the album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpd85y_iTxY

other songs that I'd consider top favorites are Reborn - Kids See Ghosts, Endless Fantasy - Anamanaguchi, and Papaoutai - Stromae.

Og's Magog Bog · Post by **Og's Magog Bog** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 9:42 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Personal favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rdQSP7Dhck

CadenPetrosian · Post by **CadenPetrosian** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 10:11 pm

Kendrick Lamar
Frank Ocean

A heavenly piece of music tbh. This is technically a cover of two tracks but the original tracks are from this decade too so I'm counting it. Please check out the channel if you like the cover :

Gris Part 1 and 2
https://youtu.be/GmN9P8Tzx1c

I should clarify that it's not my channel because it kind of reads like that to me. I'm just a huge fan of the channel and it's massively underrated.

Sylvia Pankhurst · Post by **Sylvia Pankhurst** » Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:25 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

nicole. · Post by **nicole.** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:07 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids

Favorite 2010s song: Honestly, depends on what kind of mood I’m in. Happy: https://youtu.be/OS3GqQY4u54, Depressive yet Introspective: https://youtu.be/fEQyi6eCxWw https://youtu.be/JIitQNXVgb8 Angry: https://youtu.be/_f_jaqLLPTU and Introspective: https://youtu.be/rtL5oMyBHPs, and https://youtu.be/WQ_LD317pMM

One sentence summary on why each song is a fave

Touch-Tone Telephone: Touch-Tone Telephone is a ridiculously fun song that is great to sing in your head to. It also sounds like a less problematic early Oingo Boingo, which is great

Beautiful Blue Sky: Beautiful Blue Sky is a song that manages to achieve discomfort through its use of droning and it works to great effect. One of my two favorite songs if I need to invoke a form of discomfort.

Wasted Days: My other favorite discomfort track, but through completely different methods. Wasted Days builds power through catharsis, having a full 6 minute guitar solo section building to one haunting as hell climax. One of the most haunting and best songs of the 2010s

Brian Eno: A perfect song to rage to, without sounding like rage music to the outside ear.

Little Dark Age: A great listening song, plus probably the best synthpop/darkwave hook of the 2010s.

The Fog: Probably the most beautiful of the 2010s synthpop/darkwave revival, my favorite musical revival of the 2010s.

Sorry I went on for so long, I just feel a decade can’t just have one true best song. Thanks for reading

Quinctilius Varus · Post by **Quinctilius Varus** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 2:58 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d. City (14-12)

Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. Frank Ocean - Pyramids (17-9)

Finals time! It will run until Thursday the 26th at 11:59 p.m. central. With your responses, I encourage you to write down ways you would have improved this bracket, suggestions for brackets in the (not immediate) future, and/or some more songs people should hear from this decade.

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway

Sylvia Pankhurst · Post by **Sylvia Pankhurst** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:17 am

cant believe you're making me vote a kanye song for song of the decade

Auroni · Post by **Auroni** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:41 am

Dancing on My Own

"Night Shift" by Lucy Dacus is breathtaking and "Road Head" by Japanese Breakfast is alluring

As with all of these brackets, I greatly enjoyed listening to the songs I hadn't heard before and would like to participate in future music brackets that maximize that. Maybe we could do one themed around something broad (ie, "breakup songs" or "late 2000s jams") and then ask everyone to pitch into a collaborative playlist from which an appointed person could devise a march madness style bracket?

Wynaut · Post by **Wynaut** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:46 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway

Wartortullian · Post by **Wartortullian** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 8:05 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway

nicole. · Post by **nicole.** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 9:39 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway

It’s only fitting that the decade’s most prevalent yet polarizing artist would make its so called top song

Tippy Martinez · Post by **Tippy Martinez** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:26 am

this final sucks

kanye

34 + P.J. Dozier · Post by **34 + P.J. Dozier** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:39 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway

women, fire and dangerous things · Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:56 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway

MiltonPlayer47 · Post by **MiltonPlayer47** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:44 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway

Apocolocyntora · Post by **Apocolocyntora** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:53 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway

seconding Auroni's themed brackets idea

A Dim-Witted Saboteur · Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:05 pm

Robyn

kammajos000 · Post by **kammajos000** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:12 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway

Crazy Khan Tech · Post by **Crazy Khan Tech** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:23 pm

Kanye

ryanrosenberg · Post by **ryanrosenberg** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:08 pm

Runaway

VSCOelasticity · Post by **VSCOelasticity** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:53 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own

BenWeiner27 · Post by **BenWeiner27** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 4:54 pm

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway

Post by **Smuttynose Island** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 5:23 pm

Runaway

Bosa of York · Post by **Bosa of York** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 6:49 pm

Robyn

Charm Bison · Post by **Charm Bison** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 8:46 pm

Runaway

Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:08 pm

Robyn

Both are quite deserving.

bolshevik · Post by **bolshevik** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:18 pm

lmfao kanye

CPiGuy · Post by **CPiGuy** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:34 pm

connor.mayers wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:26 am this final sucks

robyn

karstenontheshore · Post by **karstenontheshore** » Wed Dec 25, 2019 1:58 am

robyn

Post by **Auks Ran Ova** » Wed Dec 25, 2019 2:44 am

Robyn - Dancing on My Own vs. Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway - I don't in any way think either of these songs are "the best song of the 2010s", but the nature of brackets means that I'm just gonna choose the one I like more. It's actually fairly close between these two--they're both perfectly fine songs!

The bracket could have been improved by consisting entirely of songs that I liked, to make (my) voting deliberations more interesting. I believe it is incumbent on all future bracket-makers to choose only songs that I either already like or will come to like in a relatively small number of listens. I will not, of course, be constructing any brackets myself.

Unironically, thanks for doing this, William!

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Wed Dec 25, 2019 9:20 am

Holy crap, how is this at the final already.

Runaway

rylltraka · Post by **rylltraka** » Wed Dec 25, 2019 6:22 pm

Runaway - I persist in my opinion that "Dancing on My Own" is merely okay.

As for bracket construction, I don't think it's the first time this has been said in this thread, but it wold have been nice to have had more representation from gigantic pop hits, perhaps by scouring "Weeks at #1" lists or top sales numbers of some kind. This bracket was good in having inclusions from many different genres, but the critic-focused criteria resulted in too many indie darlings and ambient songs replacing songs that were more lowbrow but undeniably popular.

mrtyrmystry · Post by **mrtyrmystry** » Thu Dec 26, 2019 3:54 am

Dancing on My Own

throw out ideas for bracket themes if you like that

Quinctilius Varus · Post by **Quinctilius Varus** » Fri Dec 27, 2019 2:56 am

Congratulations to Runaway for its win (14-12) over Dancing on My Own, meaning it is unequivocally and definitively the greatest song released between 2010 and 2019. In all seriousness, I hope y'all enjoyed this bracket and discovered some new music. See you in the 2020s!