Best of 2010: Songs of the Year

Best of 2010: EPs/Singles | Songs | Albums | Rawky Awards

In the five years or so I’ve been doing this, I can’t remember a better year for songs. I actually spent most of Saturday ordering a top 100, went a little crazy and decided nobody needed me to rank seven hours of tracks. So here’s a top 50. Every single one of these tracks is incredible, and yes, even Ke$ha. For the record, I allowed two songs per band in a few special cases because not including both Sally Seltmann jams would be a lie (though I did cut two Best Coast songs). Also, No. 51 is Lady Gaga (“Telephone”) and if Nicki Minaj had done all the verses on “Monster,” it’d be No. 1 (but you already knew that). Have at it:

1. Warpaint – “Undertow” | mp3
2. Sleigh Bells – “Rill Rill” | mp3
3. Scott Bartenhagen – “Beacons” | mp3
4. The Radio Dept. – “Heaven’s On Fire” | mp3 |
5. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – “Round and Round” | mp3
6. Sky Larkin – “Still Windmills” | mp3
7. Sally Seltmann – “Harmony to My Heartbeat” | mp3
8. Young Hunting – “Into Yr Mind” | mp3
9. Twin Sister – “Lady Daydream” | mp3
10. Kanye West – “Power”

11. Best Coast – “When the Sun Don’t Shine” | mp3
12. Memoryhouse – “Lately (Deuxieme)” | mp3
13. Jens Lekman – “The End of the World is Bigger than Love” | mp3
14. Joanna Newsom – “Good Intentions Paving Company”

15. Magic Kids – “Summer” | mp3
16. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – “Everlyn”
17. Allo Darlin’ – “Dreaming” | mp3
18. The-Dream – “Love King”

19. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – “Bright Lit Blue Skies”

20. Sally Seltmann – “Dream About Changing”

21. Janelle Monae – “Tightrope” (ft. Big Boi) | VIDEO
22. The National – “Conversation 16”

23. Ke$ha – “TiK ToK”

24. Avi Buffalo – “What’s In It For?” | mp3
25. Deerhunter – “Helicopter”
26. Real Estate – “Out of Tune”

27. Kanye West – “Monster”

28. Baths – “Seaside Town” | mp3
29. Summer Fiction – “By The Sea”

30. The School – “Is He Really Coming Home?” | mp3
31. Judson Claiborne – “Twilight Spirit”| mp3
32. The Clientele – “Jerry” | mp3
33. Rose Elinor Dougall – “Fallen Over” | mp3
34. Charlie Wadhams – “People Want to Get Lost” | mp3
35. Tokyo Police Club – “Boots of Danger (Wait Up)”

36. The Soft Pack – “C’mon” | mp3
37. Mighty Clouds – “Spell It Out” | mp3
38. The New Pornographers – “Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk”

39. Arcade Fire – “The Suburbs”

40. The Idaho Falls – “The Spark” | mp3
41. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – “Vocal Chords”

42. Carl Hauck – “Coming Away” | mp3
43. ARMS – “Floaters” | mp3
44. Beach House – “Norway” | mp3
45. A Classic Education – “Gone To Sea” | mp3
46. Taylor Swift – “Speak Now”

47. Rufus Wainwright – “Who Are You New York?”

48. Lucky Soul – “Upon Hilly Fields” | mp3
49. Big Boi – “Shine Blockas” (ft. Gucci Mane)

50. Belle & Sebastian – “I Want The World To Stop” | mp3

Best of 2010: EPs/Singles | Songs | Albums | Rawky Awards

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