After spending an hour of two of my very precious free time going through the list, I realized that I have listened to only around 140 of the total 500. Here is the list of the top 20?
#20| The Walkmen – The Rat
#19| R. Kelly – Ignition (Remix)
#18| Hercules and Love Affair – Blind
#17| Annie – Heartbeat
#16| The Rapture – House Of Jealous Lovers
#15| The Knife – Heartbeats
# 14| Jay-Z – 99 Problems
# 13| LCD Soundsystem – Losing My Edge
# 12| Outkast – Hey Ya!
# 11| Gnarls Barkley – Crazy
#10| Arcade Fire – Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
# 9| Animal Collective – My Girls
# 8| Radiohead – Idioteque
# 7| Missy Elliot – Get Ur Freak On
# 6| Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps
# 5| Daft Punk – One More Time
# 4| Beyoncé – Crazy in Love (Feat. Jay-Z)
# 3| M.I.A. – Paper Planes (Diplo Remix) (Feat. Bun B and Rich Boy)
# 2| LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
# 1| Outkast – B.O.B.
There are two very pop songs that this top 20 list omits but I feel should be in the top 10. These songs had so much crossover appeal. #21 Kelly Clarkson-Since You Been Gone and #25 Rihanna - Umbrella. I would take out Animal Collective-My Girls because this song came out three months before this list so definitely suffers from premature evaluation.
But overall, I think the top 50 is pretty solid. #30 The White Stripes-Seven Nation Army did get the short end of the stick, because I can definitely hear that song on classic rock radio for the next 40 years. And while Paper Planes was a huge anthem and a great song it does use the Clash sample for which I don't think it belongs in the top 10, but I think the gunshots / cash registers may make up for it.
