Top 50 Singles of 2009: 50-46
50. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero
The furthest they’ve come to obtaining that infamous label of poptastic. The video, especially, shows Karen O at the height of her power.
49. Alphabeat - The Spell
A reinvention of sorts, which took some getting used to. The adlibs and synthesizers are ever better than the main melody.
48. Aqua - My Mamma Said
The group’s most mature, achingly beautiful song with a dark, artsy video to match. Far removed from novelty pop.
47. Carolina Liar - Show Me What I'm Looking For
The biggest radio ballad of the summer, they stuffed this one to the brim with drama and layered a hands-swaying-in-the-air chorus on top.
46. Janet Jackson - Make Me
The most Janet Jackson sounding single she’s released in a long while, it’s not among her best, but even autopilot Janet is better than most.
The furthest they’ve come to obtaining that infamous label of poptastic. The video, especially, shows Karen O at the height of her power.
49. Alphabeat - The Spell
A reinvention of sorts, which took some getting used to. The adlibs and synthesizers are ever better than the main melody.
48. Aqua - My Mamma Said
The group’s most mature, achingly beautiful song with a dark, artsy video to match. Far removed from novelty pop.
47. Carolina Liar - Show Me What I'm Looking For
The biggest radio ballad of the summer, they stuffed this one to the brim with drama and layered a hands-swaying-in-the-air chorus on top.
46. Janet Jackson - Make Me
The most Janet Jackson sounding single she’s released in a long while, it’s not among her best, but even autopilot Janet is better than most.
Labels: Alphabeat, Aqua, Carolina Liar, countdowns, Janet Jackson, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
posted by Nick at 10:38 AM
1 Comments:
I'm so behind on commenting on your year end posts so I'm having a mammoth catch up now... The Spell by Alphabeat was rather marvelous; still is. I'd have preferred DJ for the second single but Hole in my Heart will do equally nicely :) Janet made me actually pay attention to her for the first time in ages, and the Caroline Liar song - well I finally got into that when they overused it for a Time Traveller's Wife commercial on tv over here!! Now wouldn't that have made a better winner's single for the X Factor if they were going to pilfer from this year...
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