Here are your rankings for Week 45 (number of weeks on the chart so far in parentheses):
1. Sharon Van Etten - "Your Love Is Killing Me" (1)
2. Alvvays - "Archie, Marry Me" (2)
3. Hozier - "Take Me to Church" (2)
3. Run the Jewels feat. Zack de la Rocha - "Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)" (2)
5. TV on the Radio - "Careful You" (3)
6. alt-J - "Left Hand Free" (5)
6. Sharon Van Etten - "Every Time the Sun Comes Up" (5)
8. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - "Uptown Funk" (3)
9. Damien Rice - "It Takes a Lot to Know a Man" (5)
10. Haim feat. A$AP Ferg - "My Song 5 (Remix)" (1)
10. Swans - "Screen Shot" (1)
12. Lana Del Rey - "Florida Kilos" (9)
13. Kristin Diable - "I'll Make Time for You" (1)
14. I LOVE MAKONNEN - "Tuesday" (1)
14. Nicki Minaj feat. Beyoncé - "Feelin' Myself" (1)
14. Tanya Tagaq - "Caribou" (1)
17. SBTRKT feat. Ezra Koenig - "NEW DORP. NEW YORK" (2)
18. Beyoncé feat. Nicki Minaj - "Flawless (Remix)" (1)
18. Death Grips - "Inanimate Sensation" (1)
20. QT - "Hey QT" (1)
Total Votes: 80
Due to a tie for 10th, the top 11 songs from last week's chart went on to this week's. Unlike the week prior, which was an absolutely wreck in terms of veteran contenders, it seems that lasting quality has evened out a bit more since the EOY rule took effect. Still, the loss of yet another song on its 9th week is a hard one. We'll see how the rest of the year pans out (which is, as a reminder, only one more week following this one). I'd like very much to come up with a generally satisfying set of rule changes by then, so please continue to comment and suggest this topic! Last week's topic gave a lot of very viable and appreciated advice from everyone.
2014 Chart-Toppers by Week (by vote count, not chart position; total weeks atop chart in parentheses):
1. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - "Fuck Off Get Free (For the Island of Montreal)"
2. Damien Jurado - "Silver Timothy" / Warpaint - "Love Is to Die"
3. Warpaint - "Love Is to Die" (2)
4. Damien Jurado - "Silver Timothy" (2)
5. Young Fathers - "Get Up"
6. St. Vincent - "Digital Witness" / Warpaint - "Love Is to Die" (3)
7. Sun Kil Moon - "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes" / Warpaint - "Love Is to Die" (4)
8. The War on Drugs - "Red Eyes" / Warpaint - "Love Is to Die" (5)
9. Sun Kil Moon - "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes" (2)
10. Sun Kil Moon - "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes" (3)
11. Todd Terje feat. Bryan Ferry - "Johnny and Mary"
12. Sun Kil Moon - "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes" (4) / Todd Terje feat. Bryan Ferry - "Johnny and Mary" (2)
13. Sun Kil Moon - "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes" (5)
14. tUnE-yArDs - "Water Fountain"
15. Todd Terje feat. Bryan Ferry - "Johnny and Mary" (3)
16. The Black Keys - "Weight of Love"
17. The War on Drugs - "Under the Pressure"
18. The Black Keys - "Weight of Love" (2) / Lana Del Rey - "West Coast" / tUnE-yArDs - "Water Fountain" (2) / The War on Drugs - "Under the Pressure" (2)
19. The Black Keys - "Weight of Love" (3)
20. Lana Del Rey - "West Coast" (2)
21. First Aid Kit - "My Silver Lining"
22. Spoon - "Do You"
23. Lana Del Rey - "West Coast" (3)
24. Lana Del Rey - "West Coast" (4)
25. First Aid Kit - "My Silver Lining" (2) / Owen Pallett - "The Riverbed"
26. Jon Allen - "Night and Day"
27. Spoon - "Do You" (2)
28. First Aid Kit - "My Silver Lining" (3) / Interpol - "All the Rage Back Home" / Sun Kil Moon - "Micheline"
29. Spoon - "Do You" (3)
30. alt-J - "Every Other Freckle" / Interpol - "All the Rage Back Home" (2)
31. Spoon - "Do You" (4)
32. alt-J - "Every Other Freckle" (2) / Interpol - "All the Rage Back Home" (3) / Leonard Cohen - "Almost Like the Blues"
33. Leonard Cohen - "Almost Like the Blues" (2)
34. Interpol - "All the Rage Back Home" (4) / Röyksopp & Robyn - "Every Little Thing"
35. Leonard Cohen - "Almost Like the Blues" (3) / Marianne Faithfull - "Late Victorian Holocaust" / Röyksopp & Robyn - "Every Little Thing" (2) / Spoon - "Outlier"
36. Sharon Van Etten - "Our Love"
37. Sharon Van Etten - "Our Love" (2)
38. Leonard Cohen - "Almost Like the Blues" (4) / Sharon Van Etten - "Our Love" (3) / Spoon - "Outlier" (2)
39. Sharon Van Etten - "Our Love" (4)
40. Sharon Van Etten - "Our Love" (5)
41. Cold War Kids - "All This Could Be Yours" / Spoon - "Outlier" (3)
42. Cold War Kids - "All This Could Be Yours" (2)
43. Sharon Van Etten - "Every Time the Sun Comes Up"
44. alt-J - "Left Hand Free"
45. Sharon Van Etten - "Your Love Is Killing Me"
2014 Hall of Fame (10 weeks of advancing votes; automatically retired from chart):
St. Vincent - "Digital Witness" (Week 1-14)
Warpaint - "Love Is to Die" (Week 1-11)
Sun Kil Moon - "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes" (Week 2-14)
tUnE-yArDs - "Water Fountain" (Week 9-18)
Future Islands - "Seasons (Waiting on You)" (Week 10-19)
The War on Drugs - "Under the Pressure" (Week 10-19)
Lana Del Rey - "West Coast" (Week 15-24)
The Black Keys - "Weight of Love" (Week 16-25)
Owen Pallett - "The Riverbed" (Week 17-26)
Jon Allen - "Night and Day" (Week 18-27)
First Aid Kit - "My Silver Lining" (Week 19-28)
Spoon - "Do You" (Week 22-31)
Interpol - "All the Rage Back Home" (Week 25-34)
Röyksopp & Robyn - "Every Little Thing" (Week 27-36)
Sun Kil Moon - "Micheline" (Week 28-37)
Leonard Cohen - "Almost Like the Blues" (Week 31-40)
Sharon Van Etten - "Our Love" (Week 31-40)
Spoon - "Outlier" (33-42)
Here is this week's 18-song Spotify chart (with 2 songs included below via YouTube link):
Here is your 2014 AMF Chart playlist of all songs on the chart so far:
Thank you all for voting and nominating continuously every week! Please don't be afraid to supply us with nominations - all songs six months old and younger (or who have received promotion via album/video/single in the last six months) are accepted! And seconding nominations by others' gives those songs a better chance at making the next poll!
As per usual, the next poll will be created as close to Sunday at 19:00 GMT as I can make it. Best of voting!