Energizing Songs

Nov. 20, 2024
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Writer: ParaMhor

A List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1She Sells SanctuaryThe CultVikingchild
2You Really Got MeThe KinksNoodsy
3I Believe in MiraclesJackson SistersToffeeBoy
4AtomicBlondieUncleben
5When Baby's Beside MeBig StarFred Erickson
6Blues From a GunJesus & Mary Chainhappyclapper
7ShakeOtis ReddingMussoliniHeadkick
8The Power is OnThe Go! TeamSweetHomeAlabama
9Club CountryThe AssociatesMaki
10Amped UpRobert Randolph & the Family Bandtincanman
11Gazette (Kazet)Mahlathini & the Mahotella QueensNicko
12Ride Your Horse 騎你的馬Gong Gong GongTraktor Albatrost
13Get HappyArt TatumNilpferd

B List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1MonaBo DiddleyTarquinSpodd
2ShoutLuluAltraEgo
3Shake Your Body Down to the GroudThe JacksonsSweetHomeAlabama
4Pass the HatchetRoger & the Gypsiespejepeine
5Zing ZongKanda Bongo ManNicko
6Night TrainJames BrownMarconius7
7ADTVESSPXLUTSoteTarquinSpodd
8Get Up and Use MeThe Fire EnginesMussoliniHeadkick
9HigherNice as Fucktincanman
10Guided by AngelsAmyl & the SniffersCarpgate
11West OneThe RutsShoegazer
12RedKing CrimsonBanazirGalbasi
13Toccata op. 11Sergei Prokofievajostu

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Mysterious and Puzzling Songs

Nov. 13, 2024
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Writer: severin

A List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1Fingers Become Thumbs!Future of the Lefthappyclapper
2Perfect MysteryGongTarquinSpodd
3Angie La La (Ay Ay Ay Ay)Nora Deanpejepeine
4Casablanca MoonSlapp Happynosuchzone
5OctopusSyd BarrettTarquinSpodd
6The Mystery of ManSarah Vaughanpejepeine
7Pachuco CadaverCaptain Beefheart & his Magic BandUncleben
8Honky TonkMiles DavisNilpferd
9BluebirdsAdam GreenShoegazer
10Decent Days and NightsThe Futureheadsvanwolf2
11The PuzzleAne BrunBanazirGalbasi
12Who Killed Cock Robin?John Jacob NilesNicko
13See SawAmelia CoburnMaki
14The Fat Lady of LimbourgBrian EnoVikingchild
15StarsailorTim BuckleyFred Erickson
16Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of NightmaresTangerine Dreambluepeter

B List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1Mystery DanceElvis CostelloAltraEgo
2RosemaryGrateful DeadChris7572
3You Do Something to MeSinéad O'ConnorMarconius7
4Menuet sur le nom d'HaydnMaurice RavelBanazirGalbasi
5She Is Still a MysteryThe Lovin' SpoonfulMarconius7
6Who Are the Mystery Girls?New York DollsTarquinSpodd
7Labyrinthine Dreams (excerpt)Peter HammillTatankaYotanka
8ObsessionSiouxsie and the BansheesCarpgate
9FamiliarAgnes ObelUncleben
10This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)Talking Headshappyclapper
11The Bogus ManRoxy MusicVikingchild
12Open the BoxoctosisThe FallShoegazer
13Nimrod (Enigma Variations)Edward Elgarajostu
14Mysterious DrugstoreShonen KnifeTarquinSpodd
15Son mystere17 HippiesMaki
16It's a MysteryToyahVikingchild
17She's a Mystery to MeRoy OrbisonParaMhor
18Jigsaw Falling into PlaceRadioheadShoegazer
19Lilac WineNina Simonenosuchzone
20Blue LinesMassive Attackhappyclapper
21Riddles Wisely Expounded (Child 1)Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson HamerNicko
22BelovedVNV Nationtincanman
23Prelude 5: Music of the SpheresJohn ZornBanazirGalbasi
24Modul 35Nik Bärtsch's RoninNilpferd

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Songs From or About Japan

Nov. 6, 2024
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Writer: ajostu

A List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1Battle Without Honor or HumilityTomoyasu HoteiShoegazer
2Bling-Bang-Bang-BornCreepy NutsMarconius7
3LifeGen HoshinoLoud Atlas
4Point of View PointCorneliusUncleben
5The Bamboo PrincessWednesday Campanellapejepeine
6Iuta Upopo (Pestle Song)Umeko AndoNicko
7Shirahama BluesYara FamilyTarquinSpodd
8FlowersYanawarabaTarquinSpodd
9SukiyakiKyu SakamotoSweetHomeAlabama
10New WorldTamurapanTarquinSpodd
11OvertakeAKB48Marconius7
12Fin GirlSeiko OomoriTarquinSpodd
13Twiggy TwiggyPizzicato FiveUncleben
14Carbon RoseUyama HirotoNilpferd
15MeguruKodōbluepeter

B List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1TokyoNitin Sawhneyseverin
2CopyPlasticsFred Erickson
3C'Mon and Feel the Terrible NoiseThe WankysCarpgate
4Riff ManZazen BoysMalcolm Short
5Fu-RenKazumi WatanabeBanazirGalbasi
6Tsugaru Jongara BushiTakeshi Terauchi & Blue JeansTraktor Albatrost
7Tsugaru Jongara BushiChizukan TakahashiNicko
8Is Not All OneTony ScottNicko
9Kiso-BushiKoichi SugiiNicko
10Shin-SekaiDJ Krush ft RinoTraktor Albatrost
11Tokyo After DarkGBHCarpgate
12Ebisu Animal AnthemEbisu MuscatsTarquinSpodd
13Soapland SerenadeVeda HilleTatankaYotanka
14Midnight Pure Heterosexual RelationsSeiko OomoriTarquinSpodd
15(I Miss the) Tokyo SkylineManic Street Preachershappyclapper

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Songs About Castles and Palaces

Oct. 30, 2024
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Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)

A List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1VersaillesThylacineMaki
2Al Pie de la AlhambraMedina AzaharaMaki
3Phillip My DearMighty Sparrowtincanman
4Blues PalaceJohn GorkaFred Erickson
5Just the Two of UsGrover Washington Jr. ft Bill WithersNicko
6Keeper of the CastleFour TopsFred Erickson
7Castle WallsStyxFred Erickson
8Ooh My LoveStevie NicksFred Erickson
9West Canterbury Subdivision BluesThe StonemansFred Erickson
10Château de SableRokia TraoréNicko
11There Goes MavisRichard ShindellSuzi
12The Queen and the SoldierSuzanne Vegatincanman
13Bedtime StoryTammy WynetteFred Erickson

B List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1Outside the PalaceViolent Femmeshappyclapper
2Castles in the AirDon McLeanbluepeter
3Burn the CastleNew Model Armyhappyclapper
4March to the Witch's CastleFunkadelicTarquinSpodd
5AlhambraEstrella MorenteMaki
6Chateau Lobby # 4Father John MistyVikingchild
7I Am Michael FaganThe C33sMaki
8Xica da SilvaJorge Benpejepeine
9Castles in the AirHoodoo GurusNicko
10Palace of the KingFreddie KingUncleben
11SanssouciRufus WainwrightSweetHomeAlabama
12Concrete Castle KingDennis BrownNicko
13Sand CastlesElvis PresleyNicko
14Gruesome CastleThe Wakevanwolf2
15AndaluciaJohn Cale & Terry RileyTarquinSpodd
16Palace of GoldBlue RodeoFred Erickson
17Buckingham PalaceDillingerNicko
18The Lady of ShalottLoreena McKennittincanman
19Have You Got Any Castles, Baby?Tommy DorseyNicko
20Castle RockSy OliverNicko
21Irgendwie, Irgendwo, IrgendwannNenaVikingchild
22Old CastlesPaul WellerFred Erickson
23Castles and TasselsAdam GreenTarquinSpodd
24Castles and DreamsBlackmore's NightFred Erickson
25Darby's CastleKris KristoffersonFred Erickson

C List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1Ritual (Palace)Jon Hopkinsseverin
2Frente A Palacio (In Front of the Palace)Los Pekenikespejepeine
3Where Eagles DareRon GodwinBanazirGalbasi
4Merry-Go-Rpund of LifeJoe HisaishiBanazirGalbasi
5The PalaceDavid Arkenstone & Andrew WhiteFred Erickson
6Ghost Dragon Attacks CastleCarbon LeafFred Erickson

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Songs About Underdogs

Oct. 23, 2024
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Writer: Loud Atlas

A List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1UnderdogSly and the Family StoneTraktor Albatrost
2Down City StreetsArchie RoachNicko
3Always Lift Him Up and Never Knock Him DownBlind Alfred ReedTarquinSpodd
4You Don't Mess Around with JimJim CroceAltraEgo
5The UnderdogSpoonvanwolf2
6Sink the BismarckJohnny HortonMarconius7
7Small AxeBob Marley & the Wailersseverin
8Eve Was BlackAllison Russelltincanman
9Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?Peter Sarstedtbluepeter
10I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'Todd DuncanNicko
11Pick Yourself UpNat King ColeMarconius7
12Joe HillPaul RobesonSuzi
13Gonna Fly NowBill ContiMarconius7

B List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1Big Time OperatorKeith HampshireMarconius7
2TubthumpingChumbawambaShoegazer
3UnderdogAlicia KeysBanazirGalbasi
4In the CityJoe WalshMaki
5Power to the PeoplePublic EnemyMussoliniHeadkick
6Tobacco RoadThe Nashville Teensbluepeter
7Joey's on the Streets AgainThe Boomtown RatsMaki
8WeedsPulphappyclapper
9I'm Not DownThe ClashNicko
10Fight DirtyGuignol and Mischief BrewEnglishOutlaw
11UnderdogsManic Street PreachersBanazirGalbasi
12The Ugly DucklingDanny Kayebluepeter
13Love Song of the Beta MaleStornawayhappyclapper

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Songs About Chairs & Other Sitting Furniture

Oct. 16, 2024
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Writer: Paul Hayes (DiscoMonster)

A List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'Ella FitzgeraldNilpferd
2My Tennessee Mountain HomeDolly PartonMarconius7
3No Mama - No PapaPatti JeromeNicko
4Folding ChairRegina SpektorMarconius7
5Chaise LongueWet LegUncleben
6Rockin' ChairGwen McCraeAltraEgo
7Send Me to the 'Lectric ChairBessie SmithNicko
8Picture on the WallNatural Ites & the RealisticsUncleben
9Historia de las SillasSilvio Rodríguezpejepeine
10A House Is Not a HomeDionne WarwickSuzi
11Shine OnThe House of LoveShoegazer
12On the Pale Silver SofaCold Gawdvanwolf2
13For Pat (on the Chaise Longue Dreaming)The Bevis FrondTatankaYotanka
14Rocking Chair (It's Gonna Be All Right)Dean FriedmanToffeeBoy
15My ChairJill Sobuletincanman
16I'll Keep Sittin' on ItGeorgia WhiteNicko
17The Bauhaus ChairThe NitsVikingchild
18Are You Sitting Comfortably?Harry BeckettShoegazer
19Sitting on a Poor Man's ThroneCopperpennySweetHomeAlabama
20Rockin' ChairHoagy CarmichaelMarconius7
21Tree and Two ChairsUnderworldShoegazer

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Album Tracks Better Than the Singles

Oct. 9, 2024
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Writer: Paul Hayes (DiscoMonster)

A List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to GoCurtis Mayfieldpejepeine
2Light My FireThe DoorsSweetHomeAlabama
3Suavecito MaloSweetHomeAlabama
4Black Magic WomanSantanaAltraEgo
5"Heroes"David Bowieseverin
6BluebirdBuffalo SpringfieldAltraEgo
7Come and Get Your LoveRedboneSweetHomeAlabama
8Cosmic SlopFunkadelicTarquinSpodd
9The Look of LoveIsaac HayesUncleben
10This Is What She's LikeDexys Midnight RunnersCarpgate
11La FolieThe StranglersMaki
12NightporterJapanVikingchild

B List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1Close to MeThe Curehappyclapper
2IntegralPet Shop BoysVikingchild
3Being BoiledThe Human Leagueseverin
4Like a MotorwaySaint Etiennehappyclapper
5King of My CastleWamdue ProjectUncleben
6Strawberry Letter 23The Brothers JohnsonAltraEgo
7Slippin' into DarknessWar AltraEgo
8Time Has Come TodayThe Chambers BrothersShoegazer
9(Don't Fear) The ReaperBlue Öyster CultFred Erickson
10Welcome to the PleasuredomeFrankie Goes to HollywoodMaki

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Songs About the Frozen North

Oct. 2, 2024
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Writer: Marco den Ouden (Marconius7)

A List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1North to AlaskaJohnny HortonSweetHomeAlabama
2Iditarod TrailHobo JimBanazirGalbasi
3Northwest PassageShow of HandsSuzi
4Trans Siberian ExpressMomusVikingchild
5Siberia / SibirijáTorgeir VassvikTraktor Albatrost
6Sámiid ædnanSverre Kjelsberg & Mattis HættaTraktor Albatrost
7SivulivinivutTanya Tagaqtincanman
8People of the DeerThe Trewstincanman
9People of the SnowTechno Sound GroupFred Erickson
10Arctic FoxJenny RäisänenSuzi
11Midnight SunRedgumNicko
12MaroonedWirevanwolf2
13Elegy for the ArcticLudovico Einaudiseverin

B List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1Northern LightsLucinda Belle Orchestraseverin
2Great SkuaBritish Sea Powerhappyclapper
3Return to TunguskaAlan ParsonsBanazirGalbasi
4Martin Hartwell StoryStompin' Tom ConnorsMaki
5Greenland Whale FisheriesThe Poguesseverin
6Kaelen MiklaSólstöðurVikingchild
7JojkKornetpejepeine
8Song of the IcebergBilly BraggMaki
9Tuktoyaktuk HymnVeda HilleTatankaYotanka
10Shores of Prudhoe BayBill StainesBanazirGalbasi
11Lord FranklinMartin CarthySuzi
12American ChildJohn DenverFred Erickson
13Be the RainNeil YoungUncleben
14Alaska CountryShocking BlueNicko
15The Alaska SongLucy J. DaltonFred Erickson
16AnchorageThe ChurchNicko
17Guovssahasaid ájagáttisMari BoineAltraEgo
18PoutapilvetKardemimmitSuzi
19Flight of the Snow GooseCamelAltraEgo
20The KurskMatt ElliottTatankaYotanka
21Min drøm er midnattsolens landJet BlacksTraktor Albatrost
22Magnetic NorthAlestormBadu
23Alaskan PipelineGladys Knight & the PipsLoud Atlas
24Murmansk Run / Ellis IslandAl StewartTatankaYotanka
25When It's Springtime in AlaskaJohnny HortonTarquinSpodd
26Les EsquimauxJocelyne DorianTatankaYotanka
27Seal Hunt version APamyuaTarquinSpodd
28Dear Old GreenlandAndrew Bird's Bowl of FireFred Erickson

C List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1Pohjola’s DaughterJean SibeliusVikingchild
2Land of the Midnight SunAl di MeolaBanazirGalbasi
3Northwest PassageOregonBanazirGalbasi
4SvalbardtemaGeir Bøhren & Bent ÅserudTraktor Albatrost
5Northwest PassageWoody HermanBanazirGalbasi
6ChuckchiBoreal TaigaBanazirGalbasi
7Chukhon FantasiaAlexander DargomyzhskyBanazirGalbasi
8Midnight SunAustralian AllstarsNicko
9LapplandFinn EriksenTraktor Albatrost
10Aurora BorealisSun RaLoud Atlas
11Polka des EsquimauxCharles Verstraete et Son OrchestreTatankaYotanka
12IglooTerje IsungsetTatankaYotanka

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Songs About Bad Boys & Bad Girls

Sept. 25, 2024
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Writer: tincanman

A List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1Super FreakRick JamesSweetHomeAlabama
2I Know What Boys LikeThe WaitressesLoud Atlas
3Just for KicksMike SarneTarquinSpodd
4Lazy Line Painter JaneBelle and SebastianParaMhor
5ScallywagJake ThackraySuzi
6Jet Song (from West Side Story)Leonard Bernstein & Stephen SondheimMarconius7
7Your Mamma Won't Like MeSuzi QuatroSweetHomeAlabama
8He's Gonna Step on You AgainJohn KongosTraktor Albatrost
9SisterShe Wants RevengeVikingchild
10TroubleElvis PresleySuzi
11Crawdaddy SimoneThe SyndicatsTraktor Albatrost
12Automatic LoveThe VibratorsCarpgate
13Nice BoysRose TattooNicko

B List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1Don't Call Her No TrampBetty Davisseverin
2Poison IvyThe CoastersMussoliniHeadkick
3Black Magic WomanFleetwood MacAltraEgo
4It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me CryGlasvegasvanwolf2
5Good Girls Don'tThe KnackMarconius7
6I'm a Leather BoyLeather BoyTarquinSpodd
7Till the Cows Come HomeLucille BoganNicko
8Bad GirlsM.I.A.Vikingchild
9ManeaterNelly FurtadoTatankaYotanka
10TroubleP!nkCraftyYarnster
11Live with MeThe Rolling StonesAltraEgo
12I Wouldn't LieSplodgenessaboundsCarpgate
13Rose of Killer十四代目トイレの花子さん (14th Generation Toilet Hanako-san)TarquinSpodd

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Songs About Bears

Sept. 18, 2024
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Writer: Carpgate (Wyngate Carpenter)

A List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1Teddy Bears' PicnicAnne MurrayMarconius7
2RupertJackie LeeVikingchild
3House at Pooh CornerLoggins and MessinaSweetHomeAlabama
4Bird Mad GirlThe CureNoodsy
5The Grizzly BearShel SilversteinLoud Atlas
6Gus: The Polar Bear from Central ParkThe Tragically HipMarconius7
7Dakota the Dancing Bear, Part 2David Allan CoeFred Erickson
8Les OursNick Cave & Warren EllisUncleben
9Grizzly Bear BluesCorb Lundtincanman
10Bear by the BonfireMudslideTraktor Albatrost
11Bear on the BeachA Camphappyclapper
12L'oursChristophe Maé & Youssou N'DourTatankaYotanka
13Right to Arm BearsPaul Westerbergtincanman
14BearsZebraFred Erickson

B List

Song TitleArtistNominated by
1Edward the BearThe DamnedVikingchild
2Don't Sit Down Cause I've Moved Your ChairArctic MonkeysVikingchild
3EisbärGrauzoneBadu
4Bear CageThe Stranglershappyclapper
5A Guide to MenFuture of the Lefthappyclapper
6Di Eagle an' Di BearLinton Kwesi JohnsonUncleben
7Sometimes You Get the Bear (And Sometimes the Bear Gets You)Sugaray RayfordBanazirGalbasi
8ConvoyC.W. McCallShoegazer
9Bears Don't Dig on DancingTim MinchinNoodsy
10PaddingtonBlancmangeVikingchild
11Eaten by BearsNervous NellieBanazirGalbasi
12Oso PolarNiños MutantesMaki
13The Bear and the Maiden FairTall Like TyrionSuzi
14Have You Got Any News of the IcebergThe Mrs. Ackroyd BandSuzi
15Me and My Teddy BearPeter GabrielRicharDeLyne
16Teddy BearYoko OnoUncleben
17Ursa MajorThe Cosmic DeadBanazirGalbasi

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