Biggest Fan Songs - January 2021

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Welcome to the January 2021 edition of Biggest Fan. Let me explain for those who only join now. It's about those songs that only got one vote in our recent All-Time Best Song Poll. There were over 13.000 of them! That's too much to get collectively into, but through this series we are going to introduce you to one of them every day. A randomly selected song, so you never know what you're gonna get.

There is also a game element, to make things more interactive. You can give a grade to each song, from 1 (for the worst of them) to 10 (the masterpieces). A 0 will be counted as a 1. Every 100 days I will calculate the average grades and post the current top 100. At the end of each year I'll post the whole list as is.

Some points of note:
- A topic for each song would be a little much, but all songs in one topic too. That's why I make monthly new topics for the entries of that month.
- There will be links to old topics in each new one, so you can easily go back. Once we have collected a decent amount of songs, I will also post a topic with all the songs listed and a link to their initial appearance.
- There is gonna be a Spotify playlist (see below). Each new song will be put atop of the playlist! If songs aren't on Spotify there will be a link to YouTube or any platform it's available on. I will contact the biggest fan through a message if I can't find the song anywhere.
- You can always still vote for each song, even months later. Just go to the right topic.
- You can always change your grade. Again, place it in the right topic.
- You don't have to vote for each song if you don't want to.
- I think this goes without saying but still: always name the artist and title of the song you vote for. I'm not going to guess for which song you vote.
- Comments on the song are more than welcome. Nobody is probably going to review them all, but if you have something to say, please do.
- I know some wanted to go faster. Two songs a day, 10 songs a week, something like that. I'm decided against this, because I wanted to keep it small. We can't deal with over 13.000 songs, so I'm not trying. I just want to give you all one small discovery (or re-discovery) for the day. We'll never get all these songs done before the next All Time Song poll rolls along, but we can have fun getting there.
- I'll try to get each new song up soon after awakening, so in most cases it should be here relatively early.
- Feel free to ask questions or make general comments about this poll if you think it could be better.

You can still vote for the songs of earlier months, but please so do that in it's own topic.

January 2019
February 2019
March 2019
April 2019
May 2019
June 2019
July 2019
August 2019
September 2019
October 2019
November 2019
December 2019
January 2020
February 2020
March 2020
April 2020
May 2020
June 2020
July 2020
August 2020
September 2020
October 2020
November 2020
December 2020

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And let’s start 2021 with a happy confirmation. This song ranks on AM at #3297. Happy 2021 everyone!

722. Jessy Lanza – It Means I Love You
Year: 2016
Album: Oh No
Biggest Fan: Jackson (#629)

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Rob wrote: Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:10 am722. Jessy Lanza – It Means I Love You
1

I'll tell you anything you want to know, just turn that fucking record off!
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Jessy Lanza – It Means I Love You: 7

This is actually quite fun. A bit like Grimes, but even more idiosyncratic, focusing almost exclusively on odd beats.
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722. Jessy Lanza – It Means I Love You 5
"On a mountain range, I'm Dr. Strange"
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722. Jessy Lanza - It Means I Love You: 4/10
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Today we celebrate two years of Biggest Fan!

723. Oingo Boingo – Home Again
Year: 1987
Album: Boi-Ngo
Biggest Fan: Live in Phoenix (#824)

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Oingo Boingo – Home Again: 7
Sounds familiar. Has is appeared somewhere? I expected something weirder, but this is some catchy new wave.
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722. Jessy Lanza – It Means I Love You - 8
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Rob wrote: Sat Jan 02, 2021 9:13 am723. Oingo Boingo – Home Again
3
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723. Oingo Boingo – Home Again

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722. Jessy Lanza - It Means I Love You: 3

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The third appearance by Raul Seixas.

724. Raul Seixas – Cowboy fora da Lei
Year: 1987
Album: Uah-Bap-Lu-Bap-Lah-Béin-Bum!
Biggest Fan: andyramones (#55)

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724. Raul Seixas – Cowboy fora da Lei


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Raul Seixas – Cowboy fora da Lei: 6

Brazilian country? It was bound to happen sometime. It's pretty good too.
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Rob wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:53 am724. Raul Seixas – Cowboy fora da Lei
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The third appearance by Bruce Springsteen.

725. Bruce Springsteen – Two Faces
Year: 1987
Album: Tunnel of Love
Biggest Fan: Live in Phoenix (#865)

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722. Jessy Lanza – It Means I Love You - 6.5
723. Oingo Boingo – Home Again - 8
724. Raul Seixas – Cowboy fora da Lei - 7
725. Bruce Springsteen – Two Faces - 8
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722. Jessy Lanza – It Means I Love You 5.5
723. Oingo Boingo – Home Again 7
724. Raul Seixas – Cowboy fora da Lei 5
725. Bruce Springsteen – Two Faces 6
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721. Carla Bley - Why : 4
722. Jessy Lanza – It Means I Love You : 6
723. Oingo Boingo – Home Again : 5
724. Raul Seixas – Cowboy fora da Lei : 6
725. Bruce Springsteen – Two Faces : 5
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Rob wrote: Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:58 am725. Bruce Springsteen – Two Faces
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723. Oingo Boingo – Home Again: 4.5
724. Raul Seixas – Cowboy fora da Lei: 4.5

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Bruce Springsteen – Two Faces: 7

Tunnel of Love never has been and probably never will be a go-to Springsteen album for me, but I can't deny its songs are solid, like this one.
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Hymie in the year 2021.

726. The Moonglows – See Saw
Year: 1956
Album: Rock, Rock, Rock [A Various Artists soundtrack]
Biggest Fan: Hymie (#650)

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Rob wrote: Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:39 am726. The Moonglows – See Saw
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725. Bruce Springsteen – Two Faces: 6

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The Moonglows – See Saw: 6
A rare doo-wop song I can enjoy. The sax does a lot of wonder for it.
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726. The Moonglows – See Saw - 6.5
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The second appearance by The Libertines. The last time they rose to #1 on our list, even if only for one rendition of it. Will they be able to repeat the success. The song ranks at AM at #6555.

727. The Libertines – Gunga Din
Year: 2015
Album: Anthems for Doomed Youth
Biggest Fan: Krurze (#742)

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726. The Moonglows – See Saw: 5.5

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727. The Libertines – Gunga Din - 6
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Rob wrote: Wed Jan 06, 2021 9:36 am727. The Libertines – Gunga Din
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727. The Libertines – Gunga Din: 8 (#5916 on my AT list)

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The Libertines – Gunga Din: 7
By no coincidence at all I saw the 1939 movie Gunga Din yesterday, which did not help me much in liking this song more, as the two have not much to do with each other. The movie is losely based on a poem by Rudyard Kipling. The song refers to the most famous line from the poem: "You're a better man/ than I am Gunga Din", but otherwise has no story or thematic semblance to anything Kipling. It's just a good self-loathing song. This was the comeback single for The Libertines after a 10 years hiatus and they sound more subdued and less rough, which is a shame, but the hooks are still there and the song ends up being catchy.
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722. Jessy Lanza – It Means I Love You: 3
723. Oingo Boingo – Home Again: 7.5
724. Raul Seixas – Cowboy fora da Lei: 6
725. Bruce Springsteen – Two Faces: 6.5
726. The Moonglows – See Saw: 4
727. The Libertines – Gunga Din: 8
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728. XTC – Earn Enough for Us
Year: 1986
Album: Skylarking
Biggest Fan: Jackson (#960)

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728. XTC – Earn Enough for Us
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728. XTC – Earn Enough for Us - 6
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Rob wrote: Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:47 am728. XTC – Earn Enough for Us
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Jessy Lanza - It Means I Love You: the drums alone warrant an 8
Oingo Boingo - Home Again 6
Raul Seixas - Cowboy fora da Lei 7
Bruce Springsteen - Two Faces 4
The Moonglows - See Saw 5
The Libertines - Gunga Din 6
XTC - Earn Enough for Us 5
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XTC – Earn Enough for Us: 6

It's okay, but with these guys I expect a lot more creativity. This feels like filler in the bigger view of their career.
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729. Black Sabbath – Under the Sun/ Every Day Comes and Goes
Year: 1972
Album: Vol. 4
Biggest Fan: Depeche Mode (#336)

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Rob wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:43 am729. Black Sabbath – Under the Sun/ Every Day Comes and Goes
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725. Bruce Springsteen – Two Faces - 6
726. The Moonglows – See Saw - 5
727. The Libertines – Gunga Din - 5
728. XTC - Earn Enough for Us - 8
729. Black Sabbath – Under the Sun/ Every Day Comes and Goes - 8
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Black Sabbath – Under the Sun/ Every Day Comes and Goes: 7

Heavy guitar riffs for days!
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730. Orbital - Belfast
Year: 1991
EP: III (but it also appeared on the self-titled album later the same year)
Biggest Fan: JohnnyBGoode (#799)

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Rob wrote: Sat Jan 09, 2021 10:22 am730. Orbital - Belfast
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Orbital - Belfast: 9
I have heard songs of this artist before, but always randomly here and there. They always impress. Time to take a deep dive, because this is almost transcendental electronic music.
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Orbital - Belfast - 6,5

Try "The Girl With The Sun In Her Head" also.
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731. Michael Bublé - Lost
Year: 2007
Album: Call Me Irresponsible
Biggest Fan: Neil (#266)

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