After a conversation with a friend about top albums from 2011, which my list will be posted soon, she challenged me to come up with a list of top songs from the past year as well. As someone who likes to make lists, I gladly accepted this challenge. As someone who has a tough time making decisions, I kind of changed my responses into top songs that I adored over the past year that weren’t necessarily released in 2011. In alphabetical order by song title, with video links included, I give you the twenty songs that will stick with me the most once this year has ended…

• “Bad Habit” - Liz Longley
• “Bar on A” - Greg Holden
• “Born Bored” - The Rumble Strips
• “Broken” - Tift Merritt
• “Broken Bottles” - Sons of Bill
• “Brown Hair in a Bird’s Nest” - Owen
• “Call Your Girlfriend” - Robyn
• “DNA” - Darwin Deez
• “Fuck You” - Cee Lo Green
• “Generator (First Floor)” - Freelance Whales
• “Halo” - Harper Blynn (Beyonce cover)
• “Heavy Heart” - Madi Diaz
• “Leave No Trace” - Hillary Reynolds Band
• “No One Listens to The Band Anymore” - The Damnwells
• “Pumped Up Kicks” - Foster the People
• “Red & White & Blue & Gold” - Aoife O’Donovan
• “Settle Down” - Kimbra
• “Somebody That I Used to Know” - Gotye feat. Kimbra
• “Something Good Can Work” - Two Door Cinema Club
• “These Old Shoes” - Deer Tick 

8:19 pm  •  30 December 2011  •  1 note