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So here it is: my somewhat WTF-worthy, pizzaz-y, eclectic, mega-mixtape of 2007 – a week into 2008 – of course. I gave up on trying to rank all the songs somewhere at No. 45 so I just split them up into smaller playlists. Here are my definite 10 Favorite Songs of 2007, beyond this, rank as you please.
NOTE: MY GOAL HERE IS NOT TO BULK UP YOUR IPOD. DON’T PISS AND MOAN TO ME.

10 Favorite Songs of 2007
1. Justice – D.A.N.C.E .
2. Los Campesinos! – You! Me! Dancing!
3. Kanye West – Stronger
4. LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
5. Arcade Fire – Intervention
6. Rihanna – Umbrella
7. Spoon – Finer Feelings
8. M.I.A. – World Town
9. Britney Spears – Piece of Me
10. Arcade Fire – Keep The Car Running

Lets kick this off…

Gimme That Indie
Spoon – Black Like Me
Arcade Fire – Intervention
Radiohead – 15 Step [live]
Los Campesinos! – You! Me! Dancing!
Blonde Redhead – 23
Explosions In The Sky – Welcome, Ghosts
Bloc Party – The Prayer
Of Montreal – Suffer For Fashion
Ryan Adams – Halloweenhead
Black Kids – I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent
A Place To Bury Strangers – To Fix The Gash In Your Head
Spoon – Don’t You Evah
Stars – Take Me To the Riot
Grizzly Bear – The Knife (covered by CSS)
Deerhunter – After Class
!!! – Heart of Hearts
Panda Bear – Bros
Beurit – Elephant Gun
Iron & Wine – Boy With A Coin
Sunset Rubdown – The Mending of the Gown
Bloc Party – The Once And Future King
Band Of Horses – Is There A Ghost?
White Stripes – You Dont Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)
Bright Eyes – Four Winds
Rilo Kiley – Silver Lining
Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah – Underwater (You and Me)
Radiohead – Reckoner
Cold War Kids – Hang Me Up To Dry
Arcade Fire – Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
Arctic Monkeys – Teddy Picker
Wilco – Impossible Germany
Spoon – Finer Feelings
Chris Walla – Sing Again
Of Montreal – The Past is a Grotesque Animal
Grizzly Bear – He Hit Me
Interpol – Pioneer to the Falls
The Knife – Silent Shout
Liars – Houseclouds
The New Pornographers – Myriad Harbour
Vampire Weekend – Oxford Comma
Los Campesinos! – We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives
Radiohead – Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Arcade Fire – (Antichrist Television Blues)
Cold War Kids – We Used To Vacation
The Shins – Phantom Limb
Raveonettes – Aly, Walk With Me
Black Mountain – Tyrants
Of Montreal – Gronlandic Edit
The Cribs – Men’s Needs
Battles – Atlas

Mellow Out, Pop!
Feist – 1234
Suzanne Vega – New York Is A Woman
Colbie Caillat – Bubbly
Feist – My Moon My Man
Sarah Bareilles – Love Song
Kate Nash – Foundations
Kelly Clarkson – Sober
Ingrid Michaelson – The Way I Am
Hilary Duff – With Love
Fray – Look After You
Tegan And Sara – The Con
Marie Digby – Umbrella (Rihanna Cover)
Amy Winehouse – Tears Dry On Their Own
Lily Allen – Littlest Things
Mark Ronson – Toxic (Britney Spears Cover)

You Rawk So Hard
Foo Fighters – The Pretender
Queens Of The Stone Age – Make It Wit Chu
White Stripes – Icky Thump
Smashing Pumpkins – Doomsday Clock
Nine Inch Nails – Survivalism
Coheed and Cambria – The Running Free
Velvet Revolver – She Builds Qu
ick Machines
Foo Fighters – Long Road To Ruin
Kelly Clarkson – Haunted
Paramore – Misery Business
Baby Shambles – Delivery
Jimmy Eat World – Big Casino
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Hump De Bump
Daughtry – Over You
Fall Out Boy – This Aint a Scene, Its An Arm’s Race
Against Me! – Thrash Unreal
Evanescence – Sweet Sacrifice
Buckcherry – Sorry
Finger Eleven – Paralyzer
Paramore – Hallelujah

Dirty Pop
Britney Spears – Gimme More
Amy Whinehouse – Rehab
The Go! Team – Grip Like a Vice
Rihanna – Umbrella
Justin Timberlake – Love Stoned
Mark Ronson ft. Lily Allen – Oh My God
Britney Spears – Piece of Me
Kylie – Love Is A Drug
Robyn – With Every Heartbeat
Groove Armada ft. Mutya – Song For Mutya
Fergie – Glamorous
Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse – Valerie
Lily Allen – LDN
Kylie – 2 Hearts
Avril Lavigne – Girlfriend (Lil Mama Remix)
Nelly Furtado – Say It Right
Rihanna – Shut Up And Drive
Robyn – Handle Me
Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
Madonna – Candy Shop
Kate Nash – Mouthwash
Aly & AJ – Potential Breakup Song
Justin Timberlake – Summer Love
Nelly Furtado – Do It

You’re Every Woman!
Beyonce & Shakira – Beautiful Liar
Mary J Blige – Work That
Keyshia Cole ft. Missy Elliot, Lil Kim – Let It Go
Alicia Keys – No One
Jordin Sparks – This Is My Now
Fergie – Big Girls Don’t Cry
Beyonce – Upgrade U
Lil Mama – Lip Gloss
Rihanna – Breakin’ Dishes (Soul Seekerz Remix)
Britney Spears – Toy Soldier
Mary J. Blige – Just Fine
Ciara – Like A Boy
Vanessa Carlton – Nolita Fairytale
The Pippettes – Pull Shapes
Miranda Lambert – Gunpowder & Lead
Carrie Underwood – Before He Cheats

The Bangers
Kanye West – Stronger
M.I.A . – Bamboo Banga
50 Cent – I Get Money
Common – Driving Me Wild
Lupe Fiasco – Superstar
Jay-Z – Roc Boys
DJ Felli Fel – Get Buck In Here
Outkast – The Art Of Storytelling Pt. 4
The Clipse – Roll With The Winners
DJ Khaled – I’m So Hood
Ice Cube – Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It
Chamillionaire – Wont Let U Down
Rich Boy – Throw Some D’s
Kanye West ft. the Clipse – Flashing Lights (Benzi Refix)
50 Cent – Ayo Technology
Timbaland – Give It To Me
Soulja Boy – Crank That
Lupe Fiasco – The Coolest
Will.I.Am – I Got It From My Mama

It’s Weezy Baby!
Upgrade U
I Feel Like Dying
Dough Is What I Got
La La La
Help!
Dj Khaled – We Takin’ Over
Jay-Z – Hello Brooklyn V2
Kanye West – Barry Bonds

Hey Shawty
Flo Rida – Low
Chris Brown – Kiss Kiss
Rihanna – Hate That I Love You
J Holiday – Bed
Ne-Yo – Because of You
R. Kelly – I’m A Flirt
T-Pain – Bartender
Akon – Don’t Matter
Fabolous – Make Me Better

Do The D.A.N.C.E.
Justice – D.A.N.C.E.
Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
Chemical Brothers – Chemical Beats
LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great
Daft Punk – Around The World/Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
Air – Mer du Japon (The Teenagers Remix)
Justice – The Party
Burial – Untrue
Stars of the Lid – The Evil That Never Arrived
Thom Yorke – Cymbal Rush (The Field Late Night Essen Und Trinken remix)
LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
M.I.A. – Paper Planes
Simian Mobile Disco – Wooden
Calvin Harris – Acceptable In The 80’s
CSS – Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above (Diplo Remix)
Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
Bloc Party – Flux (JFK Remix)
Burial – Unite
Justice – DVNO
Bright Eyes – Easy/Lucky/Free (Hot Chip Remix)
Britney Spears – I Got A Plan (Get Naked)
Hilary Duff – Stranger
Chemical Brothers – Do It Again
Crystal Castles – Air War
Paul van Dyke – White Lies

Life In 2007
Arcade Fire – Windowsill
Kanye West – Can’t Tell Me Nothing
Lupe Fiasco – Dumb It Down
LCD Soundsystem – Watch The Tapes
M.I.A. – World Town r />Fall Out Boy – The Take Over, The Break’s Over
Hilary Duff – Dignity
Spoon – Don’t Me A Target
Arcade Fire – Neon Bible

Tags: Los Campesinos, Playlist

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