The Absolute Best Songs of 2009
21 Dec
Artwork by the talented and generous Adam Sarpalius.
The final list is here. We have been working on this Absolute (sarcasm) Best Songs of 2009 list all year, updating it at the end of every quarter. I was only going to have PMA’s Top 50 of the year listen, but I couldn’t narrow it down beyond the top 75. This list will represent and acknowledge some of the artists I felt had to be left out of our Best Albums of 2009 list.
As always, I upheld only one rule while making this list: a song cannot be on this list, unless it was released as a single. As a reminder, here is my definition of the word “single” — 1) A song that has been given away for free to promote an upcoming album (known as a promotional single). 2) A song that has been played on TV or the radio (two of the largest mediums of discovering new music). 3) A song with its own music video and/or EP. 4) Loophole: an album-track that has attracted enormous amounts of attention that it’s become that artist’s “calling card” of sorts.
I want to thank everyone who takes the time to leave a comment, even if its obvious that you came here through Google (PMA pops up when you google “Best Songs of 2009″). As always, don’t be shy to share your personal favorites of the year. Trust me when I tell you I didn’t go out of my way to list all of your favorite songs of the year, so if you want those songs represented, list them yourselves in the comments. I also want to thank the wonderful contributors this site has for helping me with this list. And finally, Adam Sarpalius, whose work as graced this list since July.
Now, onto the Top 75:
75. Drake – Best I Ever Had
Drake dazzled audiences on a national level this summer with his perfectly sun-kissed and jaunty “Best I Ever Had”, with absolutely no backing from a label. At least that’s how the story goes.
74. jj – Ecstasy
On “Ecstasy” jj samples Lil’ Wayne’s “Lollipop” and drags it through a lethargic yet compelling haze, shifting it’s signature hip hop lilt into something more subversive, yet equally brash in its own manner. -Jason Oberholtzer
73. Sleigh Bells – Crown on the Ground
After a string of energetic shows at this year’s CMJ Marathon, Sleigh Bells were catapulted to the indie blogosphere spotlight, with a handful of demos to prove themselves. All they ever needed was “Crown on the Ground”.
72. Little Dragon – Runabout
Elegant percussion flourishes abound, the bass-line hits that unobtrusive-yet-omnipresent spot all good bass-lines strive for, and Yukimi Nagano’s light-as-a-feather voice repeating “Runabout… runabout the streets…” sounds like a prescription for fun. -Daniel S
71. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs came back as strong as ever with “Zero”. They promised us a album that was more dance influenced, so we didn’t know what to expect. They released “Zero” not only calming our nerves, but rocking our bodies, making us want to dance. -Will Oliver
70. Girls – Lust For Life
With a beach-punk attitude, Girls longingly depict the perfect summer scenario, in a starry-eyed, out-of-reach manner that almost convinces you that you too are “crazy and fucked in the head” without a beach house, a boyfriend, and a sun tan.
69. The Sound of Arrows – Into The Clouds
Nothing can stop us if we stick together chant The Sound of Arrows over lush synth-pop that’s sunnier than their American brethren, MGMT. With an emphasis on positivity and staying away from the fast life, “Into The Clouds” just might be the best pick-me-up in 2009.
68. The Decemberists – The Rake’s Song
Like any Decemberists song, “The Rake’s Song” is grossly violent and creepy; but throughout the humble narrator‘s recounting his children’s deaths, Colin Meloy never loses an ounce of charm, or our attention for that matter.
67. Matt & Kim – Lessons Learned
The song’s hilariously explicit music video might have overshadowed its merits, but unlike Matt & Kim’s clothes, they are definitely there. “Lessons Learned” follows indie-pop structure fine, but Matt & Kim perform with an honesty and energy that make up for the lack of artistry.
66. Neon Indian – Deadbeat Summer
The perfect summer anthem to just not doing not too much at all, “Deadbeat Summer” has the feeling that it would have just stopped if it weren’t pulled along by those brilliantly pulsating waves of synths. Simultaneously, Neon Indian effortlessly set the benchmark for the inevitable wave of electronic experimentalism. The most lazy of trend-setters. -Phil Gwyn
65. Sunset Rubdown – Idiot Heart
On “Idiot Heart” Sunset Rubdown really hit their groove. “Idiot Heart” has a melody that is instantly memorable, seemingly already familiar on first listen. It’s like meeting an old friend who you don’t really remember – but they’re so cool that of course you were friends! -Chris Barth
64. Neko Case – People Got A Lotta Nerve
It’s hard not to stop what you’re doing and tap your toes to Neko Case’s maneating anthem, when it comes on. This is Neko Case giving her most alt-country accessible performance of her career, claiming new fans left and right.
63. Janelle Monae – Come Alive (The War of the Roses)
I don’t think anyone expected this gritty girl power energy from Janelle Monae after last year’s Neo-Urban oprah, and I’m positive no expected that excruciating high note at the end there. It goes to show that Janelle Monae is one of the post unpredictable artists we’ve come across.
62. Yes Giantess – Tuff ‘n’ Stuff
Boston’s Yes Giantess inject Grade A pop magic into their signature sugary-sweet synthesized love song “Tuff ‘n’ Stuff”. With simple lyrics and a smooth time signature, Yes Giantess have opted to create short-and-sweet pop tunes full of youthful vim and refrain from over-exerting themselves, a lesson a lot of bands should learn.
61. Hockey – Too Fake
As soon as the LCD Soundsystem blips introduce “Too Fake”, your toe is tapping. You might even catch a few James Murphy vocal cues before roaring Strokes-like guitar riffs. But Hockey don’t sound like their New York godfathers, instead they’ve created a jam that will appeal to fans of the DFA-set and the Strokes-set.
60. Washed Out – Feel It All Around
“Feel It All Around” is an appropriate title for a song that sounds like partying all night in a dark, sweaty room and waking up on a beach at dawn next to someone you like, cold sand in your hair. It doesn’t sound like dance music or party music or techno music – it is a sensuous electronic whirlwind, but that isn’t really a genre, is it? -Genevieve Oliver
59. Discovery – Orange Shirt
Discovery is Ra Ra Riot’s Wes Miles and Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij, and instead of churning out lovely orchestral pop, they churn out… jams. “Orange Shirt” is one of these Z100-style club-banger jams, with autotune and fuzzy synth and lyrics like “google yourself when you get home.” Jams of the caliber of “Single Ladies” or “Yeah!”-era Usher, and not just for the indie kids. -Genevieve Oliver
58. Japandroids – Wet Hair
Though I wasn’t listening to many other songs on Japandroid’s Post-Nothing in the beginning, I always had some fascination with “Wet Hair,” which happily prevented me from writing off Post-Nothing as just another loud, albeit fun, album. For those of us who crave strong and heartfelt melody with their noise, “Wet Hair,” really might be the best place to start. -Ricky Schweitzer
57. Röyksopp – The Girl and the Robot (feat. Robyn)
Inspired by the marriage of melody and technology, masters of their craft, Royksopp worked with Scandinavian songstress Robyn on the icy “The Girl and the Robot”. Robyn tells the story of living with a robot; an absent, workaholic lover, with a fiery passion that cuts through the immense electro backdrops presented by Royksopp with one of the biggest hooks I have heard all year.
56. Beach House – Norway
Although it’s unmistakably a Beach House track, “Norway” suggests that they might have built upon their signature languid tone on their Teen Dream. It seems less dreamy than their previous work, and Victoria Legrand’s warm, full-bodied tone gives weight to the track’s heartfelt and picturesque restraint. It is as she sings: “We were sleeping ‘til you came along” – and now, Beach House has woken up. -Elle Hunt
55. Tiesto – Feel It In My Bones (feat. Tegan and Sera)
The collaboration between Tegan and Sara and Dutch trance DJ Tiesto was an unexpected one. On “Feel It In My Bones”, Tegan and Sara are undoubtedly out of their element, but somehow it works, it works surprisingly well. The sisters’ light-as-air vocals float through the waves of Tiesto’s grainy synths, so effortlessly and so skillfully that you begin to wonder if Tegan and Sara have found their true calling.
54. Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity of Huge (feat. Chris Keating)
Huge was this name-dropping, Kanye ego-sized, gloating summer anthem, paired with a bodacious mother-of-all bass-lines and none other than Chris Keating, lead singer to the equally-trippy art-rocking Yeasayer, on the mic. While “Audacity of Huge” was a step towards the Chemical Brothers and away from Attack Decay Sustain Release, it held dance floors and iPods in a headlock for months this summer.
53. Free Energy – Dream City
“Dream like there’s nothing to scream about” sing Philly’s absurdly-named Free Energy on one of this summer’s best feel-good tunes. We owe most of the magic that surrounds Free Energy to James Murphy, who has produced the band’s debut long player and signed them to DFA. “Dream City” is an infectious anthem, a beach fire sing-along, an ode to wholesome city fun, and a mainstay in summer night soundtracks.
52. Miike Snow – Animal
In their polarizing debut single “Animal”, the mask-wielding Miike Snow raked in unexpected and often laughable comparisons, like Daft Punk meets The Empire of the Sun, or my favorite, Animal Collective meets Phoenix. As crazy as it sounds, that last suggestion of the marriage of experimental freak-folk and French indie-rock seems to fit Miike Snow and “Animal” nicely.
51. YACHT – Psychic City (Voodoo City)
I’m convinced 2009 was the year of the summer song. At least it was for me. I don’t think anyone expected “Psychic City” from YACHT. I didn’t think they had a pop song this joyous and wonderful in them. While the song is self-indulgently showered in bubble-gum pop bliss, we never forget that this is YACHT we’re listening to. Throughout the song we are treated to rubbery, light but finely tuned electronic flourishes that have definitely made DFA proud.
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Wow. This list is epic. I love that it includes the good pop songs of 2009 along with the prolific tunes of the year. Big props for this one.
boom boom pow come on
Dirty Projectors – Stillness Is The Move
Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
Passion Pit – Sleepy Head
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
Animal Collective – My Girls
What’s up with the Animal Collective lovefest? #1 and #5? That’s a little overboard. I didn’t think “Summertime Clothes” was that good of a song in the first place.
My top 3 songs of the year are:
Grizzly Bear “While You Wait For The Others”
Animal Collective “My Girls
Bon Iver – Blood Bank
Nice list. I love Girl and The Robot!!
Here are mine:
Royksopp – The Girl and the Robot
Phoenix – Lisztomania (Classixx Remix)
Annie – Antonio
Bat For Lashes – Daniel (Duke Dumont vs. Youth Attack! Remix)
Pony Pony Run Run – Hey You (Mondkopf Remix)
La Roux – In For The Kill
WHERE IS LA ROUX?!!!!!
La Roux- Bulletproof <– my favorite song of the year.
Yesss ! Love that song (:
Good list overall, but it’s missing some key ingredients, I think.
This is what it needs…
Patrick Wolf – The bachelor
The xx – Crystalised
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Runawayy
Bat for Lashes – Pearl’s dream
Maybe instead of “Boom Boom Pow” or 2 Lady GaGa songs, you could have added one of those
cool list, it’s pretty varied. here are mine:
tommy sparks – shes got me dancing, tiga – shoes, phoenix – 1901, röyksopp – the girl and the robot…
and even more… such a good year!!
This list is Pretty Much Amazing, lol. It’s just missing ONE song: “Two” – The Antlers. It’s bloody brilliant! Download it NOW.
Thank you.
There needs to be some Little Boots up in here! “Remedy” is so good. Listen to it.
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omg. this shit is massive/////////////////////////
This list was too long. Ugh. What’s wrong with just putting up a simple Top 5 or something?
Aside from that, I think your Top 20 are great. I’d take my Top 5 from there:
My Girls
Heads Will Roll
Blood Bank
oops.. that was there, here are the other two:
Stillness Is The Move
Moth’s Wings.
Interesting Top 5 choices… double Animal Collective? that non-single Sufjan Stevens song? … it’s your list, i guess…
The Killers – A Dustland Fairytale
You are seriously awesome for including that song. It’s criminally underrated. Ignored, actually.
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Marina And The Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot
Florence And The Machine – Cosmic Love
Röyksopp – I Am Not A Robot
My top 3.
Where is La Roux?
In For The Kill is good but I believe the real GEM to be “Cover My Eyes.” Who has not had a time when they can not stand to see someone with someone else. That sour feeling you get in your stomach when you see this is brilliantly captured in the song.
Where is Britney Spears?
“If You Seek Amy” may not be the smash hit it deserves to be, but it ever solidifies Britney’s weird fetish underground following she seems to have with blogs and DJ’s. Plus the princess of pop, now Queen of pop, has had quite the comeback.
Even though both Phoenix’s “1901″ and “Lisztomania” would’ve been in my Top 10, I still think this list is great!!
And of course… you had to put Beyoncé in there… lol.
Come On!
No Chiddy Bang!?
Not even Kids Remix?
Thank you for the comments everyone!
@Jonathan Moldenhauer – La Roux is absent from this list because the only single of hers I truly loved was Quicksand, and that was released in 2008. Once/If “Tigerlily” is released, then we’ll talk
Re: Britney, “If U Seek Amy” was definitely catchy and likable, but hardly a candidate for this list. The novelty rubbed off rather quickly, in my opinion.
@Tyler – because of the “Single” rule I placed, Chiddy Bang doesn’t qualify for this list. “Kids” would have easily been on this. Maybe once they release their mixtape…
@Anonymous #9 – YES! I’m just waiting for “Remedy” to be released – that song is great.
Can’t claim to be as on top of new music as I probably should be, but I’m noticing three pretty glaring omissions IMO:
Metric – Gimme Sympathy
Silversun Pickups – The Royal We
Crystal Method – Falling Hard
Ahhh, “singles”. Lame on my part.
We Were Promised Jetpacks – Quiet Little Voices
I can’t stop listening to that song, can listen to it for hours.
I’m dissapointed about you… That’s my Top-50 singes of first half 2009: http://sharkeen.private.lt/2009/06/22/geriausios-2009-m-pirmo-pusmecio-dainos/
Leading:
1. 0909 Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream 18
2. 0894 White Lies – To Lose My Life 19
3. 0852 La Roux – In For The Kill 19
4. 0828 Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses 18
5. 0765 La Roux – Quicksand 19
Nice top 5 picks!
First Communion and Mykonos are definitely from last year, unless I’ve mastered time travelling without knowing.
Oh, and if you listened to the entire BEP album, you’d like “Alive” more than “Boom Boom Pow.”
Thanks Anon #25! re: Mykonos and First Communion — they were officially released as singles in 2009. That’s the rule of this game, singles only
I love Summertime Clothes. Definately deserves that #5 spot.
However, I never really liked My Girls… i don’t think its as amazing as everyone seems to think…
This is a really good list but BBU should have been way up there
i would totally say “New in town” by little boots but i can’t stand the version that was released. i like when it was “leaked” or whatever, there seemed to be a lot less polish which was good in the situation.
“The list is life.”
Great songs. Sadly, I haven’t had a chance to keep up with music this year, and I feel like this list is keeping me in the game!
If only I had a way of easily playing this playlist at my Float of July party this Saturday….
Defunder, I feel your pain! But for the safety of the blog… I couldn’t put up a 50-song .zip file, ya know?
The best you can do is sign up with Lala.com, “add” this songs to your Lala collection w/ your 50 credits (1 song = 1 credit) and you can play the songs from your laptop/computer at your party… or pay for each one, 89c.
Good luck!
I was going to write an article like this with maybe my top 10 songs of the year so far, but then last night you beat me to the punch with this top 50 list that includes every song I was considering.
So instead, I wrote a feature on some of the albums we’re all anticipating in the SECOND half of 2009. Here’s the article. It’s been an astounding year for music so far, and there’s a lot more to come.
Oooh man, 50 songs and still FULL of holes. Here are the odd numbers from TBE’s Best 20.9 Songs of 2009 So Far. (My rules were different so don’t flip if my shit don’t fully vibe.)
20.9 – Das Racist – Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell (Wallpaper. Remix)
19 – The Sounds – Dorchester Hotel
17 – N.A.S.A. – Gifted ft.Kanye, Santogold, & Lykke Li
15 – Wild Light – California On My Mind
13 – Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity Of Huge ft. Chris Keating
11 – Harlem Shakes – Strictly Game
9 – Passion Pit – Little Secrets
7 – The Maccabees – Love You Better
5 – Daniel Merriweather – Change ft. Wale
3 – Filthy Dukes – Nonsense In The Dark (Ft. Orlando Weeks)
1 – Bike For Three! – All There Is To Say About Love
Check out the full list.
Grizzly Bear wins 2009!
Best songs out there. MPP has grown tiresome to me sadly
Stillness is the move rules though! Nice to see that Gossip track get some love too, however, nobody should encourage people to listen to the black eyed peas, it’s just irresponsible
would have put sex on fire on there- oh wait that was 2008 wasnt it
the top 5 sucks. deal with it.
Eh. Okay list. But…
1- Solange’s “T.O.N.Y.” was released in 2008.
2- As was Kanye West’s “Paranoid.”
3- N.A.S.A.’s “Gifted” was leaked late in 2008 too.
Erm. Wait. Nevermind. I didn’t read your qualifiers carefully enough to understand what you meant.
I’m also a bit cool to the top 5, but as a whole, this is a great list! I would have pushed ‘Daniel’ and the incredible ‘Moth’s Wings’ up a couple spots though and dropped in some Handsome Furs (‘I’m Confused’). My top two non-singles so far this year are ‘Help I’m Alive’ and ‘All We Want Baby Is Everything’.
Nice list. I cannot find your tracks on the Hype Machine. It says that they don’t follow you anymore. When will this be fixed?
Mike Bones “What I Have Left” (and the quite beautiful b-side version of the same track by Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor)
Chew Lips “Solo”
and if these were out as singles:
Neon Indian “Deadbeat Summer”
Nottee “Young Modern Life”
If you measure “goodness” in singles, you are a moron. Not to mention your taste is repugnant. It’s all about the albums. Have a lovely day.
Great list! good mix of songs
the only thing else i would include is The Letter by The Veils
Pitchfork review of the album here
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12955-sun-gangs/
where’s peaches?
swimming in speakers “in knowing”
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OMDZ! this is alllllllll so wrong so many should be put higher and lower!!! i could think of soooooooooo many gooooooood songs that arnt on der!!! go on the big40 and u will know
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BLACK EYED PEAS? OH GOD.
lady gaga lol
black eyed peas bahahaha
TIGERSAPIEN !!!!????
you have some shit taste in music. Its kinda a shame that your blog is popular when your promoting such shitty music.
decent list, i was surprised that there wasn’t
basement jaxx – raindrops
passion pit – little secrets
metric – help i’m alive
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Raindrops is on there, right? Anyway, Metric is incredible and this new album is there best yet.
this list is fucking lame
no im not saying you should you should just put obscure bands…but like Green Day…Eminem? Those songs were just crap, what is this website offering? 21 guns? that sounds like an avril lavigne song
haha. then put up your own list, so we can pick on it.
daylight by matt & kim gets snubbed on a list with green day?
totally agree. and greenday doesnt even fit in with list but matt&kim totally complement these artists
I’m disappointed not to see Britney Spears on this list.
PMA has been such a great fan of hers.
“Circus,” “If U Seek Amy,” and “Radar” deserve to be on this list.
Circus and If U Seek Amy were made in 2008. Radar is an old song which came out in 2007 so no they dont deserve to be on this list
yes they do !!!!!
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Ok so daylight didn’t make the list.. wtf..
white rabbit – percussion gun didn’t make the list.. wtf.
those 2 songs are at least in the top 10 so far. at least.
oh and how did 1901 fall below lisztomania. and why isn’t 1901 in the top 15? a brief explanation would be nice.
that eminem song is a 5 out of 10 and the green day song is too simple. doesn’t deserve mention.
you need to listen to all the songs us users are suggesting before making this your final list.
go listen to the two songs i mentioned and also..
yeasayer – tightrope
noisettes … theres several to choose from.
coconut records – microphone
oh and do not put the metric song on the list. everyone of their old songs is better.
but pleease, i repeat, please put white rabbits – percussion gun in the top 10…. AT LEAST!
thank you for your suggestions. this is the upside of doing these lists every quarter — it gives me time to build up the list properly for the actual final list in late dec / early january.
and you’re right, the absence of “Daylight” and “Percussion Gun” is completely and utterly wtf-worthy.
RE: 1901 v Lisztomania. The reason is simple. I like Lisztomania better. And to be honest, I wish 30 songs would fit into the Top 15
ps. bloc party one month off is from 2008
wow… how many lady gaga songs does it take to make a list lose all credibility.. none! because you also have britney spears on this list.
wheres matt and kim – daylight? are you on crack
No offense…but this list was wack.
This sucks.
Daylight, nuff said
Boom boom pow….
Awful…
u suck BALLS
noshit
you guys are such indie heads, lol. really i felt animal collective should have been number one i don’t have many other gripes. not every list is catered to your off beat marriwether pavillion-esque opinions.
Nice list. thats all. im happy you put paparazzi higher than love game. Heavy cross should be a bit higher.
N.A.S.A.’s gifted is rightfully placed. its a shame that album bombed because nothing else was good.
If luis was trying to be ‘indie’ he wouldn’t put animal collective as #1.
You’re an idiot.
All together great list….
BUT i think you put a few songs on the list for the “mtv pop”crowd i.e black eyed peas/lady gaga/eminem…
Which i think is wrong…these songs don’t come close to being in the top 50 and i think most reviewers would agree..
your website is 80% on the button most times when it comes to reviews and music…
ALL UP KEEP IT UP,I LOVE YOUR WORK!!
P.S thanks for the new music,without this list i would’nt of found some great new artists/music…much appreciated!
YOU FORGOT DAY N NITE
no they didn’t…its just reeeeeeeally mediocre….
ur a fucking retard punk bitch
i feel u he’s a cock sucking faget
djdnfon is right he didnt forget its just not that great….
pretty solid all around. except that Zero should be in the top 10.
animal collective – you’re right!!
half this list is pretty much absolute garbage, no offense to those who made the music.. your music is indeed appreciated by some, like the dude that created this list..
anyway if you want my approval please change your links to zshare.
hey man.. this not what i call real music,…. I dont think I like This…
what about The Airborne Toxic Event’s “sometime around midnight?”
All these people who think all these songs suck need to rethink the reason we have lists like this, so I can find new music!
Animal – Miike Snow is enough of a good song for me to think this list is totally worth it. I really like 1901 and raindrops as well. I don’t quite know why you put Heads Will Roll on there instead of Hysteric which is by far (my favorite) song on the whole album.
It’s too bad no one likes The Prodigy anymore cause they have some great songs on their new album Lost Beats like, Warriors Dance and Thunder. I suppose it’s a more acquired taste.
Anyways I’m still going to go through every song on here, you did a great job!
Thank you Sean!
Oh and RE: “I don’t quite know why you put Heads Will Roll on there instead of Hysteric which is by far (my favorite) song on the whole album.”
Hysteric, unfortunately, isn’t a single.
But yes, it is a great song. My personal favorite from that album is Dull Life or maybe Runaway.
OHHHHHHH haha, everything makes sense now.
I’m usually out of touch with non-mainstream music until the year end best of lists and then I go crazy.
So, this is awesome. Christmas come early.
cool list … I’d put Phoenix and Passion Pit higher, though
here’s my take on the year so far:
http://blog.jeffreygeoffrey.com/2009/07/top-songs-of-2009-so-far.html
“mykonos” was from 2008. early 2008 at that.
i’m tired of people saying this. lol
HERE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykonos_(song)
Animal Collective’s “My girls”, is number one. (:
I’m so elated about that, so I can’t really complain.
I thought maybe “1901″ could have been lower, but then again I was happy with “Listzomania”.
Oh, and I’m sure many people have also mentioned this… (so I feel bad for repeating it), but “Daylight” by Matt & Kim is missing…. (well maybe this is strictly my opinion, but I was disappointed when I didn’t see it. )
I think you guys did pretty good, no list is perfection, and I agreed with a good amount of it.
Keep up the good work, and this might be a lot too ask but, I really hope you all put Imogen Heap in the next list…. I’m a huge fan and her new song is amazing.
If you are going to do Eminem why wouldnt you do crack a bottle?
How is Cudi/Kanye Poker Face that far down on the list? 1 Franz Ferdinand? how is Mike Snow that low? How did Carby by Discovery not make it?
where’e Cam’Ron i hate my job? No Chiddy Bang?
Most of these songs are crap, like Welcome to Heartbreak, CRAP!!! But even though everyone has their own tastes, the “Absolute Best Songs of 2009″ should be chosen by their overall populatiry status, not by one persons opinion. A song that stayed at number one on the charts, like Boom Boom Pow deserves to be high up, but Bloc Party doesn’t need to be on here, and neither does Taylor Swift. Majority rules. Period.
Holly, come on, you ought to know better than “majority rules. period.” If that were the case, if the list were what “the majority” likes, then Miley Cyrus would be on here, you’d have no argument against Taylor Swift and Beyonce would be on here for “Put a Ring on it.”
lol, actually. “I” rule. since, well, I pay the hosting bills for this site.. heh
and anyone that knows me/reads this blog knows that the “absolute” part is a bad joke and exaggeration.
Maybe I should put it in italics. Hmmm…
boom boom pow….
black eyed peas fucking lol
Nah, Luis. Leave it as it is. There is no pleasing the Holly’s of the world. Anyone with even the smallest slice of intelligence understands that you are playing with the word “absolute.” It takes a lot of work to post an informed list of this sort. Sensible people understand. The problem is that sensible people often fail to take the time to post their thoughts on blogs like this. They check it out, admire the work, then move on to the other things in their well-rounded lives. Just thought I’d be the exception and stop and say, “nice work!”
Amen.
Great list man.
these suck
PMA – what a consistently good source for catching up! agree totally with the guy up there who says it’s like christmas come early…
somehow i had missed dragonette but thanks to this list i’ve found a gem.
do agree with those calling for daylight but that aside, great work!
I love bleeeding love. (: and america’s favorite dancers.. keep bleeeeding love i keep bleeding.
holy crap what garbage …
thats not nice to say garbage say it in a proper way say not a good website
ur a bitch
that shit was fucking garbage
This is my issue:
You say that If U Seek Amy was released in 2008, and Radar in 2007.
I agree that Circus was released in 2008 (as the 2nd single)
but the former two songs were released in 2009…IUSA in March and Radar in June
You cant say they were released before because Lady GaGa’s album (The Fame) came out in 2008…therefore it shouldnt be on the list if britney’s not on the list
shame no jack penate……am i the only one to think his new album is genius?
and no little boots…..or la roux?
I agree. Little Boots and La Roux definitely deserve a place on here!!
This website is not good at all i only got 1 song: Love game by Lady Ga Ga!!! Not very successful!!!
But they could change some stuff but this website is like crap right now but i really wish they changed th song like in Kiss FM!! It would be better i mean do any of you know some of these songs i mean i know 1!!! Only one love game by lady Ga Ga it sucks its not good wish they changed it!!! I mean do you wish they changed this????? Please Please Please reply to me and tell me what ya think ttyl to ya all!!!
great list. i found some real gems in here that i would have missed otherwise. this helps me and the artists. mission accomplished and thank you for investing your time for me and others. i will be returning in future.
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WTF OMFG!! why is my girls the no 1 song its so fucken retarded
this list suckssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
This mother fucker list sucks this songs isn’t the best songs of 2009, this songs is a BIG shit and this list need to be remaked!!!
Every Body GO TO SHIT!!!
hahahahahahaha if this songs is the bests in the world , i think that we are near of the end of the world!!!
Becuse this songs sucks!!!
As you can see the retards who have posted comments right above me cannot grasp the concept of the difference between a blog and fucking news site.
Well i think that this list has some really good music that i would not have found otherwise. Thanks heaps.
And to everyone who thinks the list is “shit” don’t read it and get over yourselves.
P.S.
Thanks to people who have added more music in the comments, they have also been helpful
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Put on arma-godam-motherfuckin-geddon by marylin manson
that was the worst songs ever ithoght u sid best songs not worst songs
props for your number 1 choice. i love “my girls”
21 guns…you’ve gotta be kidding me. Maybe you just got impatient.
I know this song didnt come out in 2009 but Where’s the weed at by Kottonmouth kings shld b on here!