Its about time we digest some pop radio. Let the hip-hop ringtone, err, song slaughter begin! No, but this is where I try to convince you Top 40 radio ain’t so bad.

The Top 20 has officially bored me, a guy can only take so much of Fergie, Timbaland, and Rihanna. I was certain these tired acts would disappear now that the summer’s over and the REAL music surfaced. I guess I was wrong. One of the only songs that still has me reaching for the volume dial is Maroon 5’s unbelievably catchy “Wake Up Call” sitting neatly at No. 10 between “Crank That” and “Ayo Technology”, naturally.

But in the obscure depths of the list hide some truly marvelous songs. At No. 24, Alicia Keys pledges her indefinite love for a nameless partner over thumping percussion on “No One”. A few spots down, Hollywood Records’ next Plain White T’s the Jonas Brothers crooning over high school heartbreak in the sleek, healthy, teen tune “SOS”. At No. 29, Justin Timberlake enlists Beyonce to help him grab his, count ‘em, sixth Top 40 single, and one of my favorite slow jams of 2007, “Until The End of Time”. And finally to sum up this most polished cut from modern radio, Santana’s new classic “Into The Night”, sung by Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger.

MP3 | Maroon 5 ft. Mary J. Blige – Wake Up Call (Mark Ronson Remix)
MP3 | Alicia Keys ft. Kanye West – No One (Remix)
MP3 | Justin Timberlake ft. Beyonce – Until The End Of Time (Sam 998899s
Sticking Edit)
MP3 | Jonas Brothers – SOS

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