It's a little late in coming, but here is part one of the year's best songs...
50. "One Love" - David Guetta feat Estelle (One Love)
Brit pop star Estelle brings a gospel stomp to this techno gem.
49. "Telephone" - Lady Gaga feat Beyonce (The Fame Monster)
Beyonce may have struck first, releasing a remix of her I Am... Sasha Feirce single "Video Phone" featuring the Gaga one, but "Telephone" is ten-million percent better.
48. "Throwing My Arms Around Paris" - Morrissey (Years Of Refusal)
Paris the city. Not Paris Hilton.
47. "Evacuate The Dancefloor" - Cascada (Evacuate The Dancefloor)
One of the many trashy "Just Dance" rip-off from 2009, only featuring the greatest line in techno history: "Stop, this beat is killing me."
46. "When Doves Cry" - The Twilight Singers feat Appolonia (Purplish Rain)
From Spin magazine's tribute to the classic soundtrack to Purple Rain comes this moody, spooky reading of the title song.
45. "Story Of A Heart" - Benny Andersson Band (Story Of A Heart)
The closest thing to ABBA reunion we may ever get.
44. "Whatcha Say" - Jason Derulo (Jason Derulo)
Producer JR Rotem samples Imogen Heap for the strangest r&b single to top the Hot 100. True story.
43. "Sweet Dreams" - Beyonce (I Am... Sasha Feirce)
Queen B finally goes the entire electro pop route, and proves she can take any sound to the charts.
42. "Fireflies" - Owl City (Ocean Eyes)
Sometimes, a radio single is so delightfully giddy and insanely catchy, nobody cares it's about an insomniac counting fireflies.
41. "Feel It In My Bones" - Tiesto feat Tegan & Sara (Kaleidoscope)
Yes, lesbian twins like techno, too.
40. "Heartbreak On Vinyl" - Blake Lewis (Heartbreak On Vinyl)
So do American Idol runners-up.
39. "Love Sex Magic" - Ciara feat Justin Timberlake (Fantasy Ride)
Hot funky vibes and a sick as hell lyrical back and forth makes me wish JT and Ciara teamed up more often.
38. "Use Somebody" - Kings On Leon (Only By The Night)
Everybody covered this rock track, and radio played it so much I almost got sick of it. Almost...
37. "3" - Britney Spears (The Singles Collection)
Britney + Max Martin + dirty sex talk = pop gold.
36. "High Hopes & Heartbreaks" - Brooke White (High Hopes & Heartbreaks)
American Idol '08's resident good girl takes a ride on the sunny side of Cali pop and breaks her heart in the process.
35. "Good Girls Go Bad" - Cobra Starhip feat. Leighton Meister (Hot Mess)
Emo pop band meets Gossip Girl star and sparks fly.
34. "Down" - Jay Sean feat Lil Wayne (All Or Nothing)
Beautiful techno-pop with the Weezy cameo required to make it a smash hit.
33. "I Get Off" - Halestorm (Halestorm)
Female-fronted rock band enjoys vouyerism and hard guitars.
32. "Eat You Up" - BoA (BoA: The First Album)
Why America couldn't embrace a Korean chick with fly beats and funky dance moves I will never understand.
31. "Please Don’t Leave Me" - P!nk (Funhouse)
Please don't think I'm an obsessive stalker chick, just cause I am.
30. "You Found Me" - The Fray (The Fray)
They found God on the corner of Billboard and Number 13.
29. "Million Dollar Bill" - Whitney Houston (I Look To You)
Alicia Keys penned this funky ode to praiseworthy lovers. Why can't her upbeat stuff ever sound this good? Cuz she ain't Whitney.
28. "Fallin For You" - Colbie Calliat (The Breakthrough)
And to think, two years ago I hated Colbie Calliat. But when you create a song that mixes the best parts of Sheryl Crow, Fleetwood Mac and new love, you create a winner.
27. "The Room Where You Sleep" - Dead Man’s Bones (Dead Man's Bones)
Ryan Gosling is not just that hottie from The Notebook. He's also the frontman for a creepy children's choir-guesting southern Gothic rock band. This song is creepy as fuck. I like it.
26. "Hot Stuff" - Alison Ireheta (American Idol performance)
Taking Donna Summer's classic disco hit about working girls and amping up the rock beat to match your insane whisky-soaked vocals takes more balls than a 16-year-old girl should have.
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