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TAYLOR SWIFT
“Safe & Sound (featuring The Civil Wars)” (3:56)
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Year: 2012
Album: “The Hunger Games Soundtrack”
Previous Entries: Taylor Swift
“Two Is Better Than One” (with Boy Like Girls) (#33, 2010)
Discovery: The Hunger Games Promo
One of my favorite Taylor tracks. This is where I sparked an interest in her this year ("Enchanted" slayed too). I also like The Civil Wars, so can this collaboration get any better than that? The song is beautiful, regardless of whether it had any relation to the movie or not. The Civil Wars add an eerie mood to the song with their distinct vocals and instrumental and the three harmonizing just take me! They each delivered, although I would have liked to see The Civil Wars contributed more to having a verse of their own.
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| 128. |
Lupe Fiasco & Guy Sebastian
“Battle Scars” |
Lupe always delivers, last year we made an appearance with "Words I Never Said" and this time he teamed up with Aussie soul-singer Guy Sebastian - who delivered a nice hook and vocal. I can't believe I overlooked Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Part 1 LP.
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| 127. |
Ed Sheran
“The A-Team” |
I feel like "A-Team" should be higher but then I don't... It's not a song I have the urge to listen to and play repeatedly. When I'm listening to my shuffle or playlist and it appears I just fall so hard for it though; such a nice song. I'm sure he has more to offer than this but I'll stick with "A-Team" until I'm ready to give him a shot.
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| 126. |
Keyshia Cole
”Trust & Believe” |
I was ready to give up all hope for Keyshia, she was lucky enough to even make an appearance on my list last year. I was really turned off by the lead single "Enough of No Love" - same old crap from Keysh. This right here... same ole' but it' actually GOOD this time.
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| 125. |
Christina Aguilera
“Just A Fool (featuring Blake Shelton)” |
Such a sophisticated track that was needed to be released by X. Um yeah, "Your Body" won't be making an appearance sadly. Don't care too much about this duet, care more about the song and I'm only here for Xtina. One of her better tracks on her disappointing LP "Lotus". Xtine is serving you more Country pop ballad than Tay.
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If you followed along P!nk made an impressive peak last year on my list but this year I was concerned she would not appear at all. She won me over with this one because I wasn't a big fan of "Blow Me". I really prefer the softer or youthful side of P!nk.
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| 123. |
Gotye
“I Feel Better” |
Great Motown retro-soul feel to it that I can't help but to love it. I mean just the instrumental alone makes me feel better. Gotye's voice is something else, isn't it?
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| 122. |
Norah Jones
“Happy Pills” |
The production is edgy, soulful, smooth and pleasant perfect fit for Norah's vocals. It's quite a catchy tune too.
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