The Ting Tings' 'Great DJ' is most popular indie track of 2008
The Ting Tings, SXSW Music Festival, March 12, 2008. Pic: Jo McCaughey
The song is the most requested on the Shazam service
The Ting Tings' 'Great DJ' is the most popular independent track of 2008 so far, according to song identification service Shazam.
The service identifies any song played down a phone line and texts the user the title and artist of the track.
The Wombats' 'Moving To New York' and Hot Chip's 'Ready For The Floor' are the second and third most popular tracks people have asked to be identified.
Vampire Weekend, Foals and Bloc Party also feature on the list.
The full Top 20 is:
1. The Ting Tings - 'Great DJ'
2. The Wombats - 'Moving To New York'
3. Hot Chip - 'Ready For The Floor'
4. Vampire Weekend - 'A-Punk'
5. Kanye West Feat. Chris Martin - 'Homecoming'
6. Sam Sparro - 'Black And Gold'
7. Foals - 'Cassius'
8. Goldfrapp - 'A&E'
9. Biffy Clyro - 'Who's Got A Match?'
10. Lupe Fiasco Feat. Matthew Santos - 'Superstar'
11. MGMT - 'Time To Pretend'
12. Bloc Party - 'Flux'
13. Wiley - 'Wearing My Rolex'
14. Hercules And Love Affair - Feat. Antony Hegarty - 'Blind'
15. Alphabeat - 'Fascination'
16. Chromeo - 'Needy Girl'
17. Snoop Dogg - 'Sexual Eruption'
18. Mark Ronson Feat. Amy Winehouse - 'Valerie'
19. Paramore - 'Misery Business'
20. Gnarls Barkley - 'Run'
The service identifies any song played down a phone line and texts the user the title and artist of the track.
The Wombats' 'Moving To New York' and Hot Chip's 'Ready For The Floor' are the second and third most popular tracks people have asked to be identified.
Vampire Weekend, Foals and Bloc Party also feature on the list.
The full Top 20 is:
1. The Ting Tings - 'Great DJ'
2. The Wombats - 'Moving To New York'
3. Hot Chip - 'Ready For The Floor'
4. Vampire Weekend - 'A-Punk'
5. Kanye West Feat. Chris Martin - 'Homecoming'
6. Sam Sparro - 'Black And Gold'
7. Foals - 'Cassius'
8. Goldfrapp - 'A&E'
9. Biffy Clyro - 'Who's Got A Match?'
10. Lupe Fiasco Feat. Matthew Santos - 'Superstar'
11. MGMT - 'Time To Pretend'
12. Bloc Party - 'Flux'
13. Wiley - 'Wearing My Rolex'
14. Hercules And Love Affair - Feat. Antony Hegarty - 'Blind'
15. Alphabeat - 'Fascination'
16. Chromeo - 'Needy Girl'
17. Snoop Dogg - 'Sexual Eruption'
18. Mark Ronson Feat. Amy Winehouse - 'Valerie'
19. Paramore - 'Misery Business'
20. Gnarls Barkley - 'Run'
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