Fave Songs of 2010

Over the last couple of months I've put together a list of my favorite songs this year. It's not based on anything at all, just how much I liked the songs, so that's why there might be some songs on the list that you've never heard of. I had a little trouble choosing where the cutoff should be; I ended up deciding that songs like "Bad Romance" and "TiK ToK" were really from 2009 and songs like Taio Cruz's "Higher" and Diddy-Dirty Money's "Coming Home" would be saved for 2011. So here's the top 40 that I ended up with, 1 being my absolute favorite.


40. Rock that Body
-Black Eyed Peas-

39. Rocketeer
-Far East Movement and Ryan Tedder

38. Please Don't Go
-Mike Posner-

37. Telephone
-Lady Gaga and Beyonce-

36. Letting Go
-Sean Kingston and Nicki Minaj-

35. California Gurls
-Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg-

34. Magic
-B.o.B. and Rivers Cuomo-

33. Airplanes
-B.o.B and Hayley Willaims-

32. Monday Morning
-Meleanie Fiona-

31. Hard
-Rihanna and Jeezy-

30. Mine
-Taylor Swift-

29. DJ Got Us Falling in Love
-Usher and Pitbull-

28. Rose Colored Glasses
-Kelly Rowland-

27. Ridin' Solo
-Jason Derulo-

26. Don't Let Your Feet Touch Ground
-Ash Coley-

25. Blah Blah Blah
-Ke$ha and 30H!3-

24. Wavin' Flag
-K'naan-

23. Young Money
-Vita Chambers-

22. Break Your Heart
-Taio Cruz and Ludacris-

21. Fire in Your New Shoes
-Kaskade and Dragonette-

20. Angel
-Aleesia-

19. Just a Dream
-Nelly-

18.Your Love is My Drug
-Ke$ha-

17. Misery
-Maroon 5-

16. Ice
-Lights-

15. If We Ever Meet Again
-Timbaland and Katy Perry-

14. Heart Heart Heartbreak
-Boys Like Girls-

13. This Afternoon
-Nickelback-

12. Night Like This
-Shawn Desman-

11. Hey, Soul Sister
-Train-

10. Teenage Dream
-Katy Perry-

9. Alejandro
-Lady Gaga-

8. Celebrity Status
-Mariannas Trench-

7. Obsession
-Sky Ferreira-

6. Get Outta My Way
-Kylie Minogue-

5. Shark in the Water
-VV Brown-

4. Vanilla Twilight
-Owl City-

3. Club Can't Handle Me
-Flo Rida and David Guetta and Nicole Scherzinger-

2. Boom Boom
-Carmen and Camille-

1. In My Head
-Jason Derulo-

Natasha Bedingfield - Strip Me

This song has actually been around for a bit now, but it only recently came to my attention and I thought it deserved a chance to be mentioned. First of all, let me say that this song is not what you would expect. With a name like "Strip Me" the first conclusion I come to is something sexy, which isn't the case. And with Natasha's painfully annoying atttempt at electrodance "Touch" you might think that this is something similar, but again this is not true. In reality "Strip Me" returns to Natasha's old style and seems to deliver an antimaterial message.

Musically the song is well made, with a bouncy opening, that soon turns into a powerful chorus and continues from there. The chorus is catchy and upbeat which makes it easy to dance or sing along with. The lyrics carry an interesting message that may get you thinking around the first verse. However as the song progresses the lyrics just become repitive and features "Oooh"s and "La la la"s. So it does a good job to get you dancing, but there could have been so much more in the message.

It doesn't seem as though Natasha will be having as much sucess with this song though, which is a real shame since it's such a great improvement from her flop "Touch".

Diddy-Dirty Money - Coming Home

Diddy-Dirty Money haven't had too much luck with their current album, but this single could really be a major turning point for them. The chorus, song by Skylar Grey, is a tender and simple message, "I'm Coming Home." But the song immediately builds into something much stronger everytime Diddy comes on the verses; he speaks with bare emotion about his life and how he feels all while maintaining the beat. With two different sounds in the chorus and the verses you'd think that it might clash, but it actually is worked together very well. By jumping between meaningful thoughts expressed by Diddy back to the recurring beauitful voice of Skylar creates a very effective sound.

The lyrics obviously come from the heart and are true, this is Diddy's song about his life, not some manufactured song built to just make money. Everything in the song comes to its peak at the intense end. The continually growing verses explode into a massive effect and then we're taking back to a powerful chorus to finish the song. This could very well be one of the first hits of 2011.

On a completely unrelated note I have discovered an awesome mash-up of two of my favorite songs this year, check it out here. Considered it a Christmas present from me, happy holidays!

David Guetta - Who's That Chick

With all the free time on my hands this week I've decided to do an earlier post and maybe another one later in the week. The release of this single seems a bit unusual since both David Guetta and Rihanna have a current hit rising the charts, but it may be explained by Rihanna's adiction to constantly releasing new music. Anyways Rihanna is known to have a pretty basic style while David Guetta is a little more unpredictable, I'm happy to say that this song falls into the unpredictable category. With electronic effects and a dancy sound it is definetly a great track to dance to. We get to see something new from Rihanna with neat effects on her voice and just an overall electrodance style that is a nice change from her last few songs. Rihanna's voice works very well with this type of song it seems.

The song immediately opens up in a high pace verse and continues to build all the way to the end. By the bridge we've reached a climatic point which leads into a perfect finish. The lyrics aren't particularily meaningful, but they get the point across which is good enough in a song like this. It's nice to have a dance song that doesn't just use nonsensical sounds to make a good beat. Overall it is worked together nicely with the perfect balance between electric sounds and Rihanna's vocals to make a perfect dance song.

Suzie McNeil - For Christmas Time

For the holiday season I thought it would be appropriate to post about a Christmas song. "For Christmas Time" has one notable point which is that it isn't so much of a Christmas song as it is a love song, which has its pros and cons. It's not a particularly unique story, just the usually I'll be home for Christmas thing, yet that's the thing about Christmas songs they follow classic procedures. As far as this one goes it actually has a very personalized sound from Suzie; fusing familiar beats from her with tender love and catchy licks. Overall it creates a very nice warming feeling.

Another question, should this really be a Christmas song? Really it doesn't have all that much to do with Christmas, just longing to see a loved, which happens to centre around Christmas. Maybe we could connect to this song more if we saw it as a relationship instead of just a holiday tune. On the other hand it is a nice switch from the normal jingly seasonsal songs that we get, and maybe it is better to have a few of these songs for the holidays.

Suzie McNeil is very underrated as a talented artist, but this song is still great for Christmas or anytime. Perhaps it's best that it sticks as a Christmas tune as it gets a chance to stand out and a chance to be played at least for one month. I definetly think that it one of the better Christmas songs this year.

Chris Brown - Yeah 3X

Whatever you think of Chris Brown as a person, there's no denying that he knows how to make a very infectious dancy sound. This song has all the necessary assets to be a perfect dance song: catchy electronic sounds, carefree lyrics, and the buildup into an intense finish. This song is very similar to Chris's previous hit, "Forever" only with a more evolved sound. The song has been put together cleverly to make a growing dance sensation that makes it impossible to resist.

With a name like "Yeah 3X" you'd think that I would be annoyed by nonsensical lyrics, but it actually all works in a nice balance. As a dance song the lyrics aren't completely original, but that doesn't matter too much as the only purpose is to get you to dance really. The song isn't fake ane manufactured which is what's important for a song like this.

This song is overall a great dance track and could easily become a big comeback for Chris Brown.

Nicki Minaj - Right Thru Me

So, Nicki Minaj has been featured in several songs this year and usually adds a nice little touch with her unique style of rap, she's recently had a few solo hits and she's got another one. The problem, though, is that she seems to have lost a bit of her edge that makes her such a great rapper. Lately her raps have lost her bouncy rhythm and style and have become more bland, "Right Thru Me" is a similar situation. Rap really is speaking musically, yet she doesn't seem to have much beat or tune at all through the most part of this song. The one exception is the chorus which combines a catchy beat with a beautiful tune.

The song does have some admirable qualities too. Stylistically it is skillfully done with great background sounds that builds up into an intense bridge. Lyrically the song has tells an interesting story about a troubled relationship that is easy to connect to, especially with Nicki's longing voice. Overall it offers both a dance track while keeping a deeper meaningful message. Hopefully Nicki will have her previous style in future songs and keep making great hits.