Songs of the Week 2009 Recap

I had a leftover post from the end of last year and unfortunately I'm way too busy this week to write anything else new, so you're getting this, which is a list of the #1 songs on the Vague Space weekly charts in 2009.  I've actually kept a spreadsheet of all my top songs of the week every week since March 27, 2004, when Modest Mouse's "Float On" was the first #1 of my iPod era.  And in the near six years since, somewhat unsurprisingly, a single band has dominated the top of my weekly charts.  Sunset Rubdown has had 9 #1 songs that have totaled 36 weeks at the top.  Next closest is Okkervil River, with 4 songs combining for 19 weeks and then Bright Eyes with 6 songs totaling 13 weeks, Arcade Fire with 3 songs for 13 weeks and Modest Mouse with 4 songs for 12 weeks.  But in 2009, here were the weekly champs (after the jump....)

• Download The Rural Alberta Advantage - "Four Night Rider".mp3

• Download The New Pornographers - "Hey Snow White".mp3

• Download Swan Lake - "Warlock Psychologist".mp3

• Download Modest Mouse - "The Whale Song".mp3
  

• Download Modest Mouse - "Float on (Alternate Version)".mp3

• Download Sunset Rubdown - "The Empty Threats of Little Lord (live)".mp3
  

• Download Nana Grizol - "Arthur Hall".mp3

3-Jan-09	Four Night Rider	The Rural Alberta Advantage
10-Jan-09	Four Night Rider	The Rural Alberta Advantage
17-Jan-09	Four Night Rider	The Rural Alberta Advantage
24-Jan-09	Ashes in the Snow	Mono
31-Jan-09	Radio Kaliningrad	Handsome Furs
7-Feb-09	Familiar Light	Asobi Seksu
14-Feb-09	Familiar Light	Asobi Seksu
21-Feb-09	Familiar Light	Asobi Seksu
28-Feb-09	Hey, Snow White	The New Pornographers
7-Mar-09	Hey, Snow White	The New Pornographers
14-Mar-09	Warlock Psychologist	Swan Lake
21-Mar-09	The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid	The Decemberists
28-Mar-09	The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid	The Decemberists
4-Apr-09	Learned to Surf	Superchunk
11-Apr-09	Learned to Surf	Superchunk
18-Apr-09	Idiot Heart	Sunset Rubdown
25-Apr-09	Idiot Heart	Sunset Rubdown
2-May-09	Idiot Heart	Sunset Rubdown
9-May-09	Idiot Heart	Sunset Rubdown
16-May-09	Coming to at Dawn	Sunset Rubdown
23-May-09	Silver Moons	Sunset Rubdown
30-May-09	Silver Moons	Sunset Rubdown
6-Jun-09	Silver Moons	Sunset Rubdown
13-Jun-09	Silver Moons	Sunset Rubdown
20-Jun-09	You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)	Sunset Rubdown
27-Jun-09	You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)	Sunset Rubdown
4-Jul-09	You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)	Sunset Rubdown
11-Jul-09	You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)	Sunset Rubdown
18-Jul-09	Dragon's Lair	Sunset Rubdown
25-Jul-09	The Whale Song	Modest Mouse
1-Aug-09	The Whale Song	Modest Mouse
8-Aug-09	The Whale Song	Modest Mouse
15-Aug-09	The Whale Song	Modest Mouse
22-Aug-09	Blinders (fast version)	Superchunk
29-Aug-09	Blinders (fast version)	Superchunk
5-Sep-09	Blinders (fast version)	Superchunk
12-Sep-09	Blinders (fast version)	Superchunk
19-Sep-09	Blinders (fast version)	Superchunk
26-Sep-09	Blinders (fast version)	Superchunk
3-Oct-09	Blinders (fast version)	Superchunk
10-Oct-09	Blinders (fast version)	Superchunk
17-Oct-09	Gold Rush	Basia Bulat
24-Oct-09	The Empty Threats of Little Lord (live version)	Sunset Rubdown
31-Oct-09	The Empty Threats of Little Lord (live version)	Sunset Rubdown
7-Nov-09	Building All is Love	Karen O and the Kids
14-Nov-09	Planting Seeds	Built to Spill
21-Nov-09	Planting Seeds	Built to Spill
28-Nov-09	Planting Seeds	Built to Spill
5-Dec-09	Planting Seeds	Built to Spill
12-Dec-09	Sign the Dotted Line	Jeff Mangum
19-Dec-09	Arthur Hall	Nana Grizol
26-Dec-09	Arthur Hall	Nana Grizol