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