Wednesday, December 12, 2007

BEST SONGS OF 2007




Once again, I've humbly assembled my list of what I consider to be the Top 100 singles of the year.

As one might have predicted twenty years ago, this year's #1 song is an R&B slow jam by the son of the star of Growing Pains. (For you purists, I realize that both #1 and #2 were technically released in 2006, but you're just going to have to deal.)

This is one of the most bizarre and unpredictable year-end song lists ever. My list includes "The Way I Are" and the grammatically preferable "The Way I Am." It also hosts both J-Ro and J. Lo, two songs about hospitals, two "chemical" artists, at least two French artists, two instrumental songs, and one totally a cappella track. Plus, the song with vocals in the highest pitch range is sung by a man, Christophe Willem. And what 2007 list would be complete without appearances by Paul Simon and Robert Plant?

Without further delay, herein lies my list of the top songs of the year.

  1. Lost Without U - Robin Thicke
  2. Naive - The Kooks
  3. Roc Boys (And The Winner Is.....) - Jay-Z feat. Kanye West
  4. Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire
  5. Keep Breathing - Ingrid Michaelson
  6. Good Life - Kanye West feat. T-Pain
  7. Discover Tokyo - Shuta Hasunuma
  8. Cinderella Under The Umbrella - Rihanna feat. Jay-Z and Chris Brown
  9. Talking Old Soldiers - Bettye LaVette
  10. The Way I Are - Timbaland Feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E.
  11. Sober - Kelly Clarkson
  12. Innocence - Björk
  13. Tenderoni (Radio Edit) - Chromeo
  14. Like This - Kelly Rowland
  15. D.A.N.C.E. (Benny Blanco Mix) - Justice Featuring Mos Def and Spank Rock
  16. They Call Me Mr. Tibbs Main Title (King Britt vocal reinterpretation featuring Mr. Lif) - Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
  17. Love Stoned/I Think She Knows (Justice Remix) - Justin Timberlake
  18. Wait For You - Elliott Yamin
  19. House Of Cards - Radiohead
  20. Take Me Home - Brother Ali
  21. The Game - Common
  22. The Midnight Choir - The Thrills
  23. Gimme More - Britney Spears
  24. Because Of You - Ne-Yo
  25. Easy Silence - Dan Wilson
  26. Gotta Work - Amerie
  27. Great Divide - Hanson
  28. Apologize - OneRepublic
  29. Kanske Ar Jag Kar i Dig - Jens Lekman
  30. Archangel - Burial
  31. Rehab (Desert Eagle Remix) - Amy Winehouse
  32. Hard Sun - Eddie Vedder
  33. Release - Timbaland Feat. Justin Timberlake
  34. Sucka Mofo - Northern State
  35. Inversion - Mark Ronson
  36. Long And Whining Road - Public Enemy
  37. Me And My Imagination - Sophie Ellis Bextor
  38. Late In The Evening - Spanish Harlem Orchestra
  39. Falling Slowly - Glen Hansard & Marketa Iglóva
  40. Stronger - Kanye West
  41. Happy Ending - Mika
  42. Ayo Technology - 50 Cent feat. Justin Timberlake
  43. Stick With Me Baby - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
  44. 1 2 3 4 - Feist
  45. Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem
  46. Oh Timbaland - Timbaland
  47. Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors - Editors
  48. Hip Hop Police - Chamillionaire feat. Slick Rick
  49. Ain't No Time - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
  50. The Pretender - Foo Fighters
  51. The Story - Brandi Carlile
  52. Sirens - Dizzee Rascal
  53. Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
  54. Hot Thing (Remix) - Talib Kweli feat. Jean Grae, Ne-Yo, and Luther Vandross
  55. Feel It (In The Air Tonight) - Naturally 7
  56. Lip Gloss - Lil Mama
  57. Famous In A Small Town - Miranda Lambert
  58. Hate That I Love You - Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo
  59. No One - Alicia Keys
  60. Ice Box - Omarion
  61. Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You) - UGK feat. Outkast
  62. Champion - Kanye West
  63. Rec-Room Therapy - Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon & U-God
  64. I'm Like A Lawyer With The Way I`m Always Trying To Get You Off (Me & You) - Fall Out Boy
  65. Tambourine (Remix) - Eve feat. Missy Elliott, Fabolous and Swizz Beatz
  66. Paper Planes - M.I.A.
  67. It Don't Make Any Difference To Me (Acoustic) - Kevin Michael feat. Akil Dasan
  68. Heart Made Of Sound - SoftLightes
  69. I Tried - Bone Thugs 'N' Harmony feat. Akon
  70. The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
  71. Bull In the Heather - The Go! Team
  72. Conquest - The White Stripes
  73. How Lucky We Are - Meiko
  74. Four Winds - Bright Eyes
  75. I Got It From My Mama - Wil.I.Am.
  76. Gotta Say It - Smif N Wessun
  77. Until The End Of Time (Remix) - Justin Timberlake feat. Beyonce
  78. Put It Down - Redman feat. DJ Kool
  79. Teknochek Collision - Slavic Soul Party
  80. Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis
  81. Come Around - M.I.A. feat. Timbaland
  82. The Anthem - Pitbull feat. Lil' Jon
  83. Bed - J. Holiday
  84. Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe - Okkervil River
  85. Sex Planet - R. Kelly
  86. Double Je - Christophe Willem
  87. You Call That Love - J-Ro feat. Chords
  88. Down The Line - Jose Gonzalez
  89. Boy With A Coin - Iron & Wine
  90. Shirk - Meshell Ndegeocello
  91. Imitosis - Andrew Bird
  92. Take Me To The Ballroom - Moonbabies
  93. Teenagers - My Chemical Romance
  94. Do It Well - Jennifer Lopez feat. Ludacris
  95. Do It Again (Ali Love) - The Chemical Brothers
  96. Going To A Town - Rufus Wainwright
  97. Whine Up - Kat DeLuna feat. Elephant Man
  98. Watch My Feet - Dude 'N Nem
  99. Nessun Dorma - Paul Potts
  100. F#@% Me - Wendy Ho
As an added bonus, I've uploaded all 100 Mp3s to imeem for your listening pleasure:




P.S. I am leaving the country tomorrow and will be mostly off-line until Kwanzaa. While I'm away, feel free to tear up my song choices, even though I won't be around to defend it and convince you that it's the perfect list.

Labels: 2007, lists, music

--Junichi

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