Since I rarely like to follow convention, I am NOT sticking to the prescribed definition of a single for this list; after all, some artists resist releasing their best songs as singles, while others know what’s good for them.
Here are my top 75 songs/singles of 2009:
1) Will Young – Hopes and Fears
2) The Saturdays – Here Standing
3) RichGirl – He Ain’t Wit Me Now (Tho)
4) Marina and the Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot
5) 30 Seconds to Mars – Kings and Queens
6) Noah and the Whale – Blue Skies
7) Antony and the Johnsons – Another World
8] Lady GaGa – Bad Romance
9) Madonna – Celebration
10) Passion Pit – Sleepyhead
11) Erik Hassle – Isn’t It Obvious
12) Silversun Pickups – There’s No Secrets This Year
13) Kelly Clarkson – Don’t Let Me Stop You
14) Angel Taylor – Chai Tea Latte
15) Katharine McPhee – Say Goodbye
16) A Camp – Bear On the Beach
17) Chase & Status – End Credits
18) Miike Snow – Animal
19) Great Northern – Story
20) The Gossip – Pop Goes The World
21) White Lies – Death
22) Amerie – Heard ‘Em All
23) Nick Lachey – All In My Head
24) Mariah Carey – Obsessed
25) Owl City – Hot Air Balloon
26) Marmaduke Duke – Rubber Lover
27) The Low Anthem – Charlie Darwin
28) JLS – Everybody’s In Love
29) Alesha Dixon – Breathe Slow
30) Death Cab For Cutie – Mirror Speaks
31) The Swell Season – In These Arms
32) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
33) Mat Kearney – Closer To Love
34) Band of Skulls – I Know What I Am
35) The Sounds – No One Sleeps When I’m Awake
36) Little Boots – New In Town
37) LaRoux – Bulletproof
38) Booty Luv – Say It
39) Alphabeat – The Spell
40) Ke$ha – Tik Tok
41) Bat For Lashes – Daniel
42) Glasvegas – Geraldine
43) Hellogoodbye – When We First Met
44) Peter Bjorn and John – It Don’t Move Me
45) Mew – Beach
46) A Fine Frenzy – Bird of the Summer
47) Alexisonfire – Young Cardinals
48) Florence and the Machine – Bird Song
49) Bon Iver – Blood Bank
50) Britney – 3
51) Metric – Gimme Sympathy
52) Elizabeth and the Catapult – Apathy
53) Matthew Barber – Easily Bruised
54) Frankmusik – Confusion Girl
55) Lily Allen – The Fear
56) Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
57) Anouk – Lay It Down
58) Eulogies – Two Can Play
59) Weezer – (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
60) Mayer Hawthorne – Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out
61) Noisettes – Don’t Upset the Rhythm
62) VV Brown – Shark In The Water
63) Parachute – She Is Love
64) Mika – We Are Golden
65) St. Vincent – Actor Out of Work
66) Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
67) Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson – Relator
68) Cascada – Evacuate the Dancefloor
69) Lovemakers – Love Is Dead
70) Robbie Williams – Bodies
71) Nelly Furtado – Manos Al Aire
72) The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You
73) Alexandra Burke – Bad Boys
74) Adam Lambert – Time For Miracles
75) Imogen Heap – First Train Home
Well, that was quite lovely, now wasn’t it? Consider this the blueprint for a pretty kick ass play list; approved by me.