These posts all, for one reason or another, remind me why I love DailyCrack so much. It’s been a very interesting year and I’m sure there will be many more to come.

In no particular order, here are my Top 5 Posts of the past year. I hope you all enjoy some of these as much as I have.

-CaliDre

• Chavela Vargas - Paloma Negra

posted by: CaliDre

My very first post. Especially special because I adore this song. So passionate and absolutely gorgeous whether you speak the language or not. A great song to get me rolling as a Crack staffer.

• Janelle Monae - Sincerely, Jane

posted by: Michi

It’s not often that a single song will get me hooked on an artist and this was one of those posts. I had never heard Janelle Monae before this song was put up and once I heard it it was absolutely infectious.

• Chin Chin - Go There With You

posted by: Opparaics

This post hooked not one, but TWO Crack staffers on the group. Aaaaaand…it was just a mad funny write up. If I hadn’t planned on listening to the song before, I definitely had to after my laughter subsided. Great song. Great write up.

• Leon Russell - A Song For You

posted by: Happy Mushroom

One of the things I love about this site is that all of the contributors have a genuine love for music. Whether its scholarly or casual, we all love to sit around with a few records and just groove. This song is one of those obscure songs that you just don’t get to hear very often but when you do…oh man. I love that we’re not focused on whats new or whats (insert adjective here). We just focus on what we love.

• Fiona Apple - Pale September

posted by: Skinny Miracle

Most of the DC contributors don’t know each other. Reading this post made me want to get to know Skinny Miracle. It was so thoughtful and vulnerable - I really just appreciated that someone could be real with a bunch of strangers. His story made the song more special for me when I listened to it because it was sharing a little piece of his soul. Hate to sound cheesy but it is what it is.

It’s hard to believe that YDC has reached it’s one year mark and while I am not a major contributor, I still love and enjoy posting music to share with the site. I’m hopeful that the site will continue to grow and be recognized for its diversity and greatness in the near future.

To celebrate, I was asked to post my favorite five tracks from the past year, so here they are.

5. Betty Davis-70s Blues

4. Broken Social Scene-7/4 Shoreline (feat. Feist)

3. Van Hunt-Who Will Love Me In Winter

2. Erykah Badu- Didn’t Cha Know

1. De La Soul- A Roller Skating Jam Named “Saturdays”

-spokenbeats

Happy birthday to Daily Crack. I’ve enjoyed being able to contribute when I could. There’s not much of a theme to the five posts that I selected. With the exception of the Moises post (My Weakness is just a great song) the other four songs are those that I think may have flew under the radar. The bonus video just needs to be viewed as often as possible and deserves all the attention it can get.

Post aside, thank you to anyone that follows. I hope you’ve enjoyed the we’ve music posted as much as we do. Happy Holidays!

- opparaics

1) A Place to Bury Strangers - My Weakness, posted by Moises, 3/18.

2) Darrin Kohavi - Please Believe Me, posted by Calidre, 5/12.

3) Clinic - Porno, posted by Skinny Miracle, 08/15.

4) Apparat - Arcadia, posted by Skinny Miracle, 06/22.

5) Jazzanova - Look What You’re Doing to Me (feat. Phonte), posted by Schwing, 03/29.

Bonus Video: Daryl Hall & Chromeo - I Can’t Go For That, posted by Schwing, 04/24.

we’re one now. go us! to celebrate, i put this list together. i’m the type who roots for the underdog, particularly that dog is a little guy like me. so when choosing my five songs, i decided to pick songs that hadn’t gotten enough love- the one note wonders. for those of you who aren’t tumblr residents, people with tumblr accounts can ‘like’ or reblog posts they enjoy. each like or reblog is called a note. the posts below are posts that were ‘liked’ or reblogged only once. i say we do something about that! support these posts! tell them they’re important! tell them that women are attracted to them and they WILL get married at some point. *ahem*

enjoy.

-the skinny miracle

1. the roots- clock with no hands
posted by vyrtue on february 12, 2009

2. kt tunstall- miniature disasters
posted by moises on may 2, 2009

3. cotton jones basket ride- up a tree (went this heart i have)
posted by vyrtue on february 2, 2009

4. noisettes- cannot even (break free)
posted by schwing on december 28, 2008

5. john williams, yo-yo ma, & itzhak perlman- the chairman’s waltz
posted by calidre on august 23, 2009

bonus. animal collective- my girls
posted by the skinny miracle on january 25, 2009

Today is DailyCrack’s 1 year anniversary and we thought we’d spend the day going through the 20 most played songs in the past year.

Thanks to everyone who has made our site a success. Click the song title to go directly to that song’s page.

Enjoy!

20. India Arie - Wings of Forgiveness

Plays: 532
Posted: August 6, 2009 
Contributor: 3LeafClover

19. Rufus & Chaka Khan - Do You Love What You Feel

Plays: 600
Posted: March 22, 2009
Contributor: Schwing

18. Floetry - I Want You (Yoruba Soul Remix)

Plays: 616
Posted: January 12, 2009
Contributor: Schwing

17. Michael Jackson - Liberian Girl

Plays: 640
Posted: June 26, 2009
Contributor: Special Feature - MJ Tribute

16. Sara Bareilles - Fairytale

Plays: 675
Posted: March 21, 2009
Contributor: Moises

15. Macy Gray - I Try

Plays: 692
Posted: May 29, 2009
Contributor: CaliDre

14. Nas - The World is Yours

Plays: 711
Posted: February 6, 2009
Contributor: Michi

13. Janelle Monae - Sincerely, Jane

Plays: 741
Posted: March 26, 2009
Contributor: Michi

12. Berlin - The Metro

Plays: 804
Posted: March 23, 2009
Contributor: The Skinny Miracle

11. Alicia Keys - Where Do We Go From Here

Plays: 840
Posted: February 26, 2009
Contributor: Vyrtue

10. TI - Ready for Whatever & Dead and Gone

Plays: 957
Posted: March 20, 2009
Contributor: Sparkman (Guest Contributor)

9. Jackson 5 - Maybe Tomorrow

Plays: 971
Posted: June 26, 2009
Contributor: Special Feature - MJ Tribute

8. Michael Jackson - Human Nature

Plays: 1005
Posted: June 26, 2009
Contributor: Special Feature - MJ Tribute

7. Lionel Richie - All Night Long

Plays: 1219
Posted: January 21, 2009
Contributor: Schwing

6.  Michael Jackson - Working Day and Night

Plays: 1448
Posted: June 26, 2009
Contributor:  Special Feature - MJ Tribute

5. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars

Plays: 2128
Posted: March 31, 2009
Contributor: Hess (Guest Contributor)

4. Michel’le - Something in my Heart

Plays: 2561
Posted: January 26, 2009
Contributor: Vyrtue

3. Marc Anthony - Y Hubo Alguien

Plays: 2696
Posted: March 20, 2009
Contributor: Calidre

2. Mariah Carey - My All

Plays: 3407
Posted: March 22, 2009
Contributor: Moises

1. Elton John - Tiny Dancer

Plays: 5865
Posted: June 7, 2009
Contributor: CaliDre

today i am 100 posts old. instead of posting one song, i thought i’d share five of my favorite songs posted by fellow daily crack posters and five of my own. i added ‘greasy spoon’ as a bonus track because it was my first contribution to the blog. this is by no means a comprehensive list; these aren’t my ten favorite songs on the blog. i chose the songs because i like them, but i also wanted to choose songs by five different crack staffers, songs from different genres, and songs that make the blog interesting to me. i know i left some people out, and i apologize. it was hard to choose (we can fight if you want to).

anyway, i’ve enjoyed doing this and look forward to my next 100 posts.

1. haiti
2. after the rain
3. go!
4. breathe again
5. soul amazing
6. comin’ out hard
7. rainha
8. in the mausoleum
9. millions
10. belarus

Bonus Track: greasy spoon

-the skinny miracle