Rolling Stone's 100 best songs of 2008

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

100 will.i.am - "Yes We Can"
99 The Enemy - "You're Not Alone"
98 Teyana Taylor - "Google Me"
97 Sheryl Crow - "Now That You're Gone"
96 Little Joy - "Brand New Start"
95 Lucinda Williams - "Real Love"
94 Los Campesinos - "Miserabilia"
93 Madonna - "Candy Shop"
92 White Denim - "Shake Shake Shake"
91 O'Neal McKnight - "Check Your Coat"
90 Busta Rhymes - "Don't Touch Me (Throw da Water on 'Em)"
89 Old Crow Medicine Show - "Alabama High-Test"
88 Bon Iver - "Skinny Love"
87 Friendly Fires - "Jump in the Pool"
86 The Rumble Strips - "Cowboy"
85 M83 - "Kim & Jessie"
84 Lil Wayne - "A Milli"
83 Get 'Em Mamis - "Cold Summer"
82 Santogold & Diplo - "Icarus"
81 The Knux - "Cappuccino"
80 Mudcrutch - "Crystal River"
79 Kid Cudi - "Day 'N' Nite"
78 Love As Laughter - "Holy"
77 Hercules And Love Affair - "Blind"
76 The Roots - "Rising Down"
75 Flo Rida feat. T-Pain - "Low"
74 Ra Ra Riot - "Dying is Fine"
73 Ciarra feat. Ludacris - "High Price"
72 Sam Sparro - "Black and Gold"
71 Phantom Planet - "Do the Panic"
70 Busy Signal - "Tic Toc"
69 Missy Elliott - "Ching-A-Ling"
68 Fall Out Boy - "I Don't Care
67 M.I.A. - "Shells"
66 Jenny Lewis - "Acid Tongue"
65 The Virgins - "Rich Girls"
64 She and Him - "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here"
63 LCD Soundsystem - "Big Ideas"
62 The Gaslight Anthem - "The '59 Sound"
61 Robyn - "Cobrastyle"
60 Ne-Yo - "Closer"
59 Low vs Diamond - "Don't Forget Sister"
58 Jazmine Sullivan - "Bust Your Windows"
57 Charles Hamilton - "Brooklyn Girls"
56 The Hold Steady - "Constructive Summer"
55 Sigur Rós - "Gobbledigook"
54 Cat Power - "I Believe In You"
53 AC/DC - "Big Boi"
52 Lee Ann Womack - "Last Call"
51 Ashlee Simpson - "Rule Breaker"
50 Jackson Browne - "Time the Conqueror"
49 Jonas Brothers - "Video Girl"
48 John Mellencamp - "Troubled Land"
47 Janelle Monáe - "Many Moons"
46 Taylor Swift - "Fifteen"
45 Foals - "Cassius"
44 Panic At The Disco - "Nine in the Afternoon"
43 Erykah Badu - "The Healer"
42 The Raconteurs - "Salute Your Solution"
41 Duffy - "Warwick Avenue"
40 Kings Of Leon - "Sex On Fire"
39 The Academy Is... - "About a Girl"
38 Jamey Johnson - "High Cost of Living"
37 Bob Dylan - "Someday Baby"
36 Usher feat. Beyoncé and Lil Wayne - "Love in this Club, Pt. 2"
35 Kaiser Chiefs - "Addicted to Drugs"
34 Gnarls Barkley - "Run"
33 The Raveonettes - "Aly, Walk With Me"
32 N.E.R.D. - "Everyone Nose"
31 Conor Oberst - "Moab"
30 Weezer - "Pork and Beans"
29 Pink - "So What"
28 Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil Wayne - "Let It Rock"
27 The Ting Tings - "Shut Up and Let Me Go"
26 The Rapture - "No Sex for Ben"
25 Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Heart"
24 Lykke Li - "I'm Good, I"m Gone"
23 The Black Keys - "I Got Mine"
22 Jay-Z and T.I. - "Swagga Like Us"
21 Vampire Weekend - "One (Blake's Got a New Face)"
20 Katy Perry - "I Kissed a Girl"
19 Guns N' Roses - "Better"
18 Kid Rock - "All Summer Long"
17 The Killers - "Spaceman"
16 Young Jeezy - "My President"
15 Al Green - "Lay It Down"
14 The BPA feat. David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal - "Toe Jam"
13 Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - "Magick"
12 TV On The Radio - "Golden Age"
11 Rihanna - "Disturbia"
10 T.I. - "No Matter What"
09 Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"
08 My Morning Jacket - "I'm Amazed"
07 Estelle feat. Kanye West - "American Boy"
06 Beck - "Gamma Ray"
05 Lil Wayne - "Lollipop"
04 Blitzen Trapper - "Furr"
03 MGMT - "Time to Pretend"
02 Santogold - "LES Artistes"
01 Beyoncé - "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

http://stereogum.com/archives/yearend-list/rolling-stones-100-best-singles-of-2008_040851.html

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. ...

:popcorn:

[Lucian]

2. I've heard of two of those songs.

I'm totally lost with the rest of the list.

[Iggo]

3. 100 songs and not one metal song.

That's par for the course for RS, though.

[MrSlayer]

4. I've only heard about 5 of those songs and they all suck.

Obviously 2008 was not a banner year for music.

[LynneSin]

10. Hey I've heard #100 and that one did NOT suck

that was the Obama song and personally it should be #1. The fact that Jann Wenner who is an asshole but also a raging liberal is the reason that song made the list. (He's an asshole for keeping prog-rock bands out of the Hall of Fame btw)

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

5. WTF -Kid Rock's lazy cut-and-paste desecration of Warren Zevon and LS makes the list

but R.E.M.'s kick-ass comeback single gets ignored.

also missing and infinitely better than 90% of the list- The Verve, The Cure, Ray Davies, The B-52s, Juliana Hatfield, Paul McCartney (who put out one of the best albums of his career this year) and Fleet Foxes

Jenny Lewis makes the cut way down, but they pick the title track (did they bother to listen to the album?), which, while good, was hardly the best thing on Acid Tongue

Pretty lousy selection of songs
Just when you think Jan Wenner couldn't be anymore pathetic...

[peekaloo]

8. Thank you. nt.

[Sultana]

6. Beyaki is number one, really Rolling Stones?

LAME :eyes:

I am one of few who have never heard that song, thank God.


Anyways, :popcorn:

[know_your_enemy]

7. Twas a Bad Year for Music

Lollipop was number 5?

I love my life. It's such an inspiring time to live when a top song is instructions on giving fellatio.

[Dr. Strange]

9. Congratulations to Joe Satriani on making number 9!

[Twillig]

21. Best. Post. Ever.

:thumbsup: :patriot:

[Dr. Strange]

23. I couldn't resist.

Interestingly enough, I heard Viva la Vida this morning at the grocery store. And I couldn't stop thinking of Satriani!

[Mad_Dem_X]

11. I know maybe three of these

"Single Ladies" is #1??? :wtf: Number One Most Annoying, maybe.

[DS1]

12. looks like a load of garbage

[Maestro]

13. Lucinda Williams and Kid Rock on the same list

just ain't right! I own that song, the song by the Killers, AC/DC, John Mellencamp, Sheryl Crow and Weezer. That's it.

[TZ]

14. I'm an old fart.

I don't think I know a single song on that list...

[Mr. Blonde]

15. I have 23

what do I win.

Carolina Drama and *not* Salute Your Solution should be The Ractontuer's song on the list though. It should also be #1.

[jobycom]

22. Could have had both. I woudln't complain.

I guess Salute was a bigger hit.

[jobycom]

16. Oh shut up, you silly old whiners. It's a good list.

#30--the video is genius: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WanLLnVixC4
#14-- recognizethe voice and style? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_wR22jTyyY
#19--Yeah, it's not really the same band, but still not bad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8shnOcVmZg

And you want good old-style rock?
#23--The Black Keys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5FW8Xo8ENo
#42--The Raconteurs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqSO8WeSz8U
#29--Pink: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bNDr1A6dTU

#48--John Mellencamp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTLDNcak67w

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Grow a little. Be not proud of ignorance! Check out a few more. Yeah, a lot of them aren't meant to appeal to you, just as the music you liked didn't appeal to your parents. Some of it's darned good, anyway.

[tigereye]

18. yeah, there's some great stuff on there, but Beyonce ahead of all of it?

I've heard of a number of songs/artists on the list. In some ways, it's a very adult alternative and hip-hop playlist.

[jobycom]

20. Yeah, well...

They do give a nod to popularity and profitability, and Beyonce has both. Face it, RS makes more money on a Beyonce cover than on The Black Keys.

And though she doesn't use it to the best of her artistic ability and far too often just takes the popular and profitable route, she really can sing. The song isn't bad. Number one is a stretch, but you know how industries work.

[tigereye]

32. Lucinda WIlliams could take her....

:rofl: Sorry, I couldn't help myself!

[jobycom]

36. Meh. She probably doesn't wiggle as much.

:rofl:

She's a great songwriter and a good singer, but overrated as a singer. I love hearing others do her songs more than her. Especially Emmylou Harris, who really gets her. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0qYoT5dECM

[tigereye]

17. Beyonce ahead of all those great song-writers? That's just sad.

but then again, it is Rolling Stone.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

19. The AC/DC entry is BOGUS

"Big Boi" is a rapper.

"Big JACK" is AC/DC's song.

The error is in Rolling Stone's Web Site...when you click through the correct title is posted, but in the list, they effed up.



Number 53: AC/DC's "Big Jack"

Photo: Guido Karp

[malta blue]

24. as I was going down the list, I realized I knew TWO of the songs

and was a tad embarrased, but then it seems there are other DUers who I respect who are in the same 2-5 category as me, sooooo.....

[Deep13]

25. There were songs in 2008?

Those must be the strange noises they play between commercials on FM radio.

[MrScorpio]

26. Only three of these songs ever made it to my show

Needless to say, I don't use Rolling Stone magazine to enhance my playlists

[flvegan]

27. Gaslight Anthem should have been higher.

Most of that list is either crap, or stuff I've never heard of-by artists I've never heard of, and I'll assume 80% of it is still crap.

[Forkboy]

28. I heard over 200 CDs this year and know one song on there.

Sigur Rós.

Outside of that and Beck I don't listen to a single one of those artists. Well ok, AC/DC is on there, but I only like the Bon Scott stuff, so they count anymore. :P

[graywarrior]

29. Beyonce?

WTF?

I never heard of half those people.

[JCMach1]

30. What a load of crap...

polluting the airwaves these days...

[mvd]

31. Well, as, expected..

I like some here and don't like some. But overall, a balanced list.

[ghostsofgiants]

33. A few really good songs, a bunch of really shit songs.

Good job, Rolling Stone.


85 M83 - "Kim & Jessie"
76 The Roots - "Rising Down"
56 The Hold Steady - "Constructive Summer"
55 Sigur Rós - "Gobbledigook"
45 Foals - "Cassius"
33 The Raveonettes - "Aly, Walk With Me"
32 N.E.R.D. - "Everyone Nose"
31 Conor Oberst - "Moab"
21 Vampire Weekend - "One (Blake's Got a New Face)"
12 TV On The Radio - "Golden Age"
06 Beck - "Gamma Ray"

There, I trimmed the fat.

[bbernardini]

34. "Google Me"? REALLY?

Did they accidentally mix up their best and worst lists? I've actually heard that song more than once, and it's a god-awful piece of crap. I'd rather listen to a recording of a constipated Kid Rock trying to take a dump than "Google Me".

[Radical Activist]

38. That's number 18 on the list.

[leftyclimber]

35. I am officially old.

I recognize hardly anyone in that list.

[last_texas_dem]

37. The fact that "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry is on there calls into question the validity

of the whole list, IMNSHO. :-)

[mvd]

39. Hi, last_texas_dem

I love our music discussions, but I think that song is a lot of fun. Her vocals sound kind of weirdly different on it, too. Overall, I like more songs on the list than not. Glad the Gaslight Anthem got props. :thumbsup:

[last_texas_dem]

40. Hey mvd

I enjoy discussing music with you as well... and, admittedly, I do find that song kind of catchy. I think the whole straight-girl-pretending-to-be-a-lesbian thing is more what bugs me about it. I was just kind of surprised to see it ranked as highly as it was, but, then again, there are a large number of songs on the list that I haven't heard, so I can't really compare them to it fairly!

[mvd]

43. I really don't think the song has much of a real message

It seems to have been written to be a hit and get people talking, like the record company needed that in an American pop star. "Ur So Gay" bothers me because of how the phrase is thrown around, but Madonna likes it, so maybe I'm missing something. :shrug: "If You Can Afford Me" also seems gratuitous. I like her voice and the sound and the album overall, but because of the lyrics, the album could get no more than a weak honorable mention of 2008 (probably the weakest.) :hi:

I do doubt that Katy is a conservative, having rebelled against her Christian family.

[Rob H.]

41. Reading that list makes me realize

how long it's been since I've listened to the radio--I have absolutely no idea who most of those people are. I feel like I should be wearing bermuda shorts hiked up to my nipples, a Hawaiian shirt, and sandals with black socks while yelling at those damned kids to get off my lawn! :mad:

[southpaw]

42. Damn... so many song with 'feat.' in the artist field

That truncated piece of word is evidence right up front that what follows will likely push the boundaries of suckage.

So few decent songs... so much excrement. All topped with a steaming Beyonce turd.

Nice.

[Danger Mouse]

44. This list sucks hard. Really really hard.

Poor showing.

[grannylib]

45. I've only heard of about 10 of these artists, and only heard maybe

5 of the songs...
Dylan, of course is great. Just got introduced to "My Morning Jacket" this past weekend. Coldplay is pretty good.
I love the title of the Beck tune; "GammaRae" is what I blog under on Kos and a couple other sites *lol*
Guns 'n' Roses suck, always have, always will. Slash is a great guitar player, but Axl Rose's voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Nice to see artists like Al Greene, Jackson Browne, and John Mellencamp still around and recording.

I would have thrown in a tune or two from Elbow; they're my favorite discovery of the past year so far.

Most of these artists I wouldn't know from Adam/Eve.