Today, I have officially started my best of 2008 thread. We are gonna make it all the way to #1, and I hope I don't get lazy by not posting. Anyway, let's get started by giving you the ten tracks that just missed my top 100, which I like to call, the "Close Calls".
Close Calls:
110. Kanye West - Heartless
With only two weeks on my weekly chart, Heartless already is at #110. Expect a
much higher position in 2009. This is the first of many Kanye tracks on my chart.
109. The Veronicas - Untouched
Like Kanye, The Veronicas are a close call with only two weeks on my weekly chart. Like Kanye, expect a higher position in 2009.
108. Mariah Carey - I Stay In Love
One of my least favorites out of E=MC˛, makes my on deck at #108. A so-so year for MiMi, this is only the start of many entries on my top 100 for Mariah.
107. Paramore - Decode
A track which the alternative freaks will love. I'm not much into alternative, but Paramore really takes the cake. Already at #10 after three weeks on my weekly countdown, expect Paramore to do some damage to my chart in 2009. Paramore makes one more appearance on my top 100.
106. Saving Abel - Addicted
Much alternative lovers don't like this, but who cares? This actually lost some steam with me a couple of weeks ago, but it makes an appearance at #106. Only appearance from Saving Abel.
105. Gavin DeGraw - In Love With A Girl
A nice pop/rock song makes the chart at #105. Guess what the song is about?
This is Gavin's single appearance on my countdown.
104. Fergie - Clumsy
The first of many run offs from 2007. Loved it in 2007, but thanks to the appearances it made in 2008, Fergie slides in at #104 on my on deck. Fergie's only appearance on my countdown.
103. Yung Berg feat. Casha - Tha Business
Remember Yung Berg? The guy who made Sexy Lady, and Sexy Can I? No one remembers him? What about Casha? No one?
Yung Berg makes one more appearance, while Casha makes no more.
102. Rick Ross feat. Nelly & Avery Storm - Here I Am
A nice laid back summer track that only appears at #102. Why? Because, when the song was sorta taking off, I was in Ecuador, and when it began to cool down, I came back. Enough said. Rick Ross and Nelly each make one appearance in my top 100, while Avery Storm (not the drink) makes no more.
101. T.I. - No Matter What
The song that just missed out my top 100!
This was T.I.'s first single out of T.I.'s excellent album Paper Trail. Sadly, it flopped, but that didn't stop him from ruling the winter of 2008!
T.I. makes three appearances on my top 100.
Tracks #100 to #91 will be posted in two hours.