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Big Girls/Delilah. Hurts the Most, Who Knew, Hate this Part, Love Like This like. Our Song! Our Song!
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rvx's Top 100 Tracks of 2008 (#70 - #61)
rvx's Top 100 Tracks
Here’s a recap of the songs that have been counted down on my year-end chart so far from 100 to 71:
100. Kanye West featuring T-Pain – Good Life
99. Cascada – What Hurts The Most
98. Usher – Moving Mountains
97. Linkin Park – Leave Out All The Rest
96. Hinder – Without You
95. Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo – Hate That I Love You
94. Westlife – Us Against The World
93. Taylor Swift – Our Song
92. Lemar – If She Knew
91. Daughtry – Crashed
90. John Mayer – Say
89. Rihanna – Rehab
88. David Cook – Light On
87. Pink – Who Knew
86. Maroon 5 – Wake Up Call
85. Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake – 4 Minutes
84. Mariah Carey – Touch My Body
83. Daughtry – Over You
82. Coldplay – Violet Hill
81. Pussycat Dolls – I Hate This Part
80. Cascada – Because The Night
79. Kid Rock – All Summer Long
78. Jesse McCartney – It’s Over
77. Kanye West – Stronger
76. Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston – Love Like This
75. T.I. – Whatever You Like
74. Ne-Yo – Miss Independent
73. Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne – Let It Rock
72. David Cook – The Time of My Life
71. Guru Josh Project – Infinity 2008
Hope you’re ready for the next batch of songs! Let’s go!
Songs #70 - #61
70.
Plies featuring Ne-Yo – Bust It Baby (Part 2)
This duet wasn’t one of the greatest duets ever, but it was still good enough to listen since it samples Janet Jackson's 1990 hit, Come Back to Me.
69.
Linkin Park – Shadow of the Day
This track from Minutes to Midnight is very different from Linkin Park’s other songs because it didn’t have any of their trademark hard rock sounds. Also, the music video only feature lead singer Chester in it. Anyway, I did like this song, but not so much.
68.
Nickelback - Rockstar
I know for the fact that this track is from All the Right Reasons, an album which was released way back in 2005, but it (the album) has lasted more than 100 weeks on the US album chart. As for the song, it did make a big impact on the U.K. charts early this year and the music video was very memorable with random celebrities (e.g. Nelly Furtado & Kid Rock) and ordinary people “singing” along. So I feel that it deserves to be on this year-end chart.
67.
The Saturdays – If This Is Love
Even though this group may seem like a typical U.K. girlband, but to me they are pretty good. The group features two members, Frankie and Rochelle, who used to be part of S Club Juniors/S Club 8 back in 2002. Their debut song, If This Is Love, was very catchy to listen to since I first heard it during late summer.
66.
The Last Goodnight – Pictures of You
Even though this was released last year, I couldn’t stop listening to it during the first few months of 2008.
65.
T.I. featuring Rihanna – Live Your Life
This is one of current fav duets with T.I. and Rihanna doing what they do best. This hit samples a popular european pop song which made it more fun to listen to.
64.
Alicia Keys – No One
This track was released late last year, but it took while for it to grow me and it’s quite good if not the best of Alicia’s career. It was good enough to hit the charts, as well as winning a couple of Grammys, but I really didn’t like it much.
63.
Colbie Caillat - Bubbly
Yet again, another song that did eventually grow on me. Even though, the sound was relaxing, I actually prefer her follow-up single, which will be mentioned later on.
62.
David Archuleta - Crush
I know most of you hate this guy, but to me he’s just as good as David Cook and this song of his is actually great to listen to.
61.
Eric Prydz - Pjanoo
Although I didn’t hear it very much, it is a pretty good dance number.
I will post the next ten tracks hopefully later on. I will also post these following charts along the way: - Top 20 Albums of 2008
- Top 20 "Bubbling Under 100" Tracks of 2008
- Top 20 Artists of 2008
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rvx's Top 100 Tracks of 2008 (#60 - #51)
rvx's Top 100 Tracks
Here’s a recap of the songs that have been counted down on my year-end chart so far:
100. Kanye West featuring T-Pain – Good Life
99. Cascada – What Hurts The Most
98. Usher – Moving Mountains
97. Linkin Park – Leave Out All The Rest
96. Hinder – Without You
95. Rihanna featuring Ne-Yo – Hate That I Love You
94. Westlife – Us Against The World
93. Taylor Swift – Our Song
92. Lemar – If She Knew
91. Daughtry – Crashed
90. John Mayer – Say
89. Rihanna – Rehab
88. David Cook – Light On
87. Pink – Who Knew
86. Maroon 5 – Wake Up Call
85. Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake – 4 Minutes
84. Mariah Carey – Touch My Body
83. Daughtry – Over You
82. Coldplay – Violet Hill
81. Pussycat Dolls – I Hate This Part
80. Cascada – Because The Night
79. Kid Rock – All Summer Long
78. Jesse McCartney – It’s Over
77. Kanye West – Stronger
76. Natasha Bedingfield featuring Sean Kingston – Love Like This
75. T.I. – Whatever You Like
74. Ne-Yo – Miss Independent
73. Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne – Let It Rock
72. David Cook – The Time of My Life
71. Guru Josh Project – Infinity 2008
70. Plies featuring Ne-Yo – Bust It Baby (Part 2)
69. Linkin Park – Shadow of the Day
68. Nickelback – Rockstar
67. The Saturdays – If This Is Love
66. The Last Goodnight – Pictures of You
65. T.I. featuring Rihanna – Live Your Life
64. Alicia Keys – No One
63. Colbie Caillat – Bubbly
62. David Archuleta – Crush
61. Eric Prydz - Pjanoo
Now let’s get back to counting down the hits!!!
Songs #60 - #51
60.
Secondhand Serenade – Fall For You
This isn’t a typical cheesy love song and that’s exactly what I like about this track by this one-man band.
59.
Lifehouse – Broken
Even though this is the third single from Lifehouse’s album Who We Are, it sounds a bit different compared to the album version. That’s probably because it has been remixed for radio play. Still, I find it really good to listen to.
58.
Pussycat Dolls – When I Grow Up
I do have some mixed feelings about this hit from PCD’s second album, Doll Domination. On one hand I really enjoyed dancing to it, but on the other hand some of the lyrics are a bit annoying. Overall, a really great dance number.
57.
Baby Bash featuring T-Pain – Cyclone
Although this song was released last year, I only heard it early this year and I can say it’s a really upbeat mix of hip-hop and Latin sounds.
56.
Jordin Sparks – One Step At A Time
This song is very perky and quite pleasant to listen to, but then you wouldn’t expect anything less from Jordin Sparks. One of her best songs to come out her self-titled debut.
55.
Estelle featuring Kanye West – American Boy
Another song that I have mixed feelings about. It isn’t really good but it isn’t really bad either. Not only was this Estelle’s first number one hit in the U.K., it also introduced her to the U.S.
54.
Gabriella Climi – Save The Lies
This song by the Australian singer has a bit of an electronic rhythm and I pretty like this song much more than her debut hit.
53.
Leona Lewis – Forgive Me
Without any doubt, this is my favourite Leona Lewis song, because compared to her other songs, all of them being power ballads, it is very upbeat to dance to.
52.
Fergie - Clumsy
To me, this isn’t one of Fergie’s best songs, but it’s still as enjoyable and the music video was quite funny.
51.
Chris Brown featuring T-Pain – Kiss Kiss
This duet doesn’t feature T-Pain’s trademark “autotone” voice. Rather it’s used by Chris Brown in the song. Still this song is really brilliant and the music video was quite interesting, with Chris playing two different characters: the nerd and the jock.
During my next post, I’ll take a little break from counting down the songs to do the other charts, starting with my top 20 albums of the year.
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Awesome!
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43/50 fergie
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rvx's Top 100 Tracks of 2008 (Top 20 Misc Charts)
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10/20 for the albums.
And I luv your avi. Misty<3333.
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Breakout, E=MC˛, Pocketful, One Of The Boys, Spirit, GGGB & Departure
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rvx's Top 100 Tracks of 2008 (#50 - #41)
rvx's Top 100 Tracks
Normally, I would display the songs that I’ve counted down so far, but because it would take up a lot of space, I’ve decided to go straight to counting down my favourite top 50 songs, so let’s go!!
Songs #50 - #41
50.
Saving Abel - Addicted
I wasn’t so sure at first whether this song would make me as its title suggested, but eventually it did. It has hit almost all the right notes and it’s definitely one of my favourite rock songs of this year.
49.
Kylie Minogue – The One
Although this song didn’t get enough airplay and sales to make it a hit, I still liked the song mostly through the rhythm and the beats.
48.
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
This song isn’t as upbeat as most songs that I’ve heard, but it’s still really good because of its carefree mellow rhythm. This is Jason’s biggest hit to date not only in the US, but also worldwide, where it has hit the top ten in most of Europe.
47.
O.A.R. – Shattered (Turn The Car Around)
I really enjoyed listening to this alternative song, especially the piano intro at the beginning which set the scene for the song.
46.
Lifehouse – Whatever It Takes
This is yet another soft alternative rock song from Who We Are. Although it wasn’t as great as any of Lifehouse’s past hits such as Hanging By A Moment, First Time and You & Me, it was still good in general.
45.
Paramore – Misery Business
Although I didn’t really hear the song quite as much, the music video was quite interesting (and somewhat funny) to watch. In the video, it showed a girl acting like a snob and making everyone else miserable, only to be humiliated in the end by Hayley Williams, the lead singer of Paramore.
44.
Colby O’Donis featuring Akon – What You Got
This song was very easy to dance to; with smooth lyrics by both Colby and Akon. I was unsure of it at first, but the more I listen to it, the more I loved it.
43.
Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson – The Way I Are
Although this smash was released late last summer, it didn’t lose its touch at the beginning of 2008. It’s still as brilliant as the other Timbaland duets (Give It To Me & Apologize).
42.
Katy Perry – Hot N Cold
Although this song hit the airwaves only a couple of months ago, it’s already a big hit and one of my favourites. I also enjoyed the video in which Katy was literally all over the place.
41.
Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
This dance hit, which was the last song from Good Girl Gone Bad before it was re-released, really got me dancing to it at the beginning of this year. It was also fast and catchy to listen to.
I’ll begin the top 40 next post!
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Great List!
The Way I Are & Hot N Cold
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<3 Don't Stop the Music, Hot N Cold, the Way I Are, I'm Yours, Misery Business
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rvx's Top 100 Tracks of 2008 (#40 - #31)
rvx's Top 100 Tracks
Here’s a recap of the songs of the last ten hits from my recent post:
50. Saving Abel – Addicted
49. Kylie Minogue – The One
48. Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
47. O.A.R. – Shattered (Turn The Car Around)
46. Lifehouse – Whatever It Takes
45. Paramore – Misery Business
44. Colby O’Donis featuring Akon – What You Got
43. Timbaland featuring Keri Hilson – The Way I Are
42. Katy Perry – Hot N Cold
41. Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
We’re over the half-way mark and it’s gonna keep getting better, so let’s move on!
Songs #40 - #31
40.
OneRepublic – Stop & Stare
Although OneRepublic first hit the charts with the Timbaland-remixed smash, Apologize, this was their first song without any help. I must say that this is their biggest hit so far.
39.
Pink – So What
This first song from Pink latest album, Funhouse, is ridiculous, in-your-face and tongue-cheek all rolled into one funny hit and I actually like it. It easily shows in the both the song and the music video that Pink is having a really great time.
38.
Finger Eleven - Paralyzer
This song was released last year and throughout this year, it was still big. The music video for the song was quite unique because it showed a lot of dancing, something you wouldn’t normally except from a rock music video.
37.
Basshunter – Now You’re Gone
This breakthrough hit introduced the world to Basshunter, a Eurodance DJ from Sweden. Although, it wasn’t really weak, I didn’t enjoy as much compared to the follow-up.
36.
Usher featuring Young Jeezy – Love In This Club
This dance-themed hit really got me dancing and it showed that Usher hasn’t lost his R&B touch. The music video had a lot of cameo appearances from the likes of Diddy, Nelly, Kanye West and Keri Hilson.
35.
Sara Bareilles – Love Song
I have some mixed feelings about this song. I actually prefer the actually prefer the album version, because the radio version cut out the part that made more soothing to listen to. Also, I didn’t like the piano-banging sound throughout the song, but still a great debut hit.
34.
Rihanna – Take A Bow
This hit, from the reissued Good Girl Gone Bad, was actually very good. Although the tone made it somewhat sad, I actually enjoyed the rhythm and the fact that it was quite upbeat.
33.
Natasha Bedingfield – Pocketful of Sunshine
This feel-good dance hit by Natasha is way better to listen to than her duet with Sean Kingston. One of my favourite songs during the summer. It’s such a shame that it wasn’t a big hit in the U.K. since it wasn’t released there.
32.
Lady GaGa featuring Colby O’Donis – Just Dance
Although her name sounds a bit childish, her debut hit is absolutely great to listen and dance to. However the same can't be said for the music video, because it looks a bit awkward.
31.
Lil Wayne featuring Static Major - Lollipop
Most may think that this song sounds a bit silly like Soulja Boy’s Crank That, but to me it’s actually quite good and very addictive.
I’ll post the next songs either today or tomorrow.
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