20 Songs I Listened To Incessantly In 2008
January 6th, 2009
Contrary to popular belief, or what my pal (and former MuchMusic.com teamster) Justin thinks, I do (on occasion!) listen to music that doesn’t hail from the UK and isn’t hyped by music blogs. I have my own guilty pleasures, and there are a lot of them - I fall for the same overmarketed, glossy junk that the rest of you do. These songs hits number one for a reason, and that’s because they’re impossibly catchy and beg repeat listens.
Here’s a list of 25 singles released in 2008 that I listened to incessantly. And by incessantly I mean that I must have played each of these songs at least a hundred times. They’re divided somewhat into two categories - first, the songs that were inescapable if you turned on a radio, the TV or walked into HMV or Abercrombie, aka:
10 Earworms That Are Now Firmly Nestled In My Dura Mater Because MuchMusic Played The Crap Out Of Them In 2008:
1. Katy Perry Hot N Cold (watch)
2. Estelle f. Kanye West American Boy (watch)
3. Beyonce Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (watch)
4. Weezer Pork And Beans (watch)
5. Britney Spears Womanizer (watch)
6. Metro Station Shake It (watch)
7. Flo Rida f. T-Pain Low (watch)
8. Jordin Sparks f. Chris Brown No Air (watch)
9. Lady Gaga Poker Face (watch)
10. Jesse McCartney Leavin’ (watch)
…and then, 15 Bangin’ Singles That I Discovered Thanks To L’Internet That Are Just Plum Awesome:
1. Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire (watch)
2. Santogold L.E.S. Artistes (watch)
3. The Verve Love Is Noise (watch)
4. White Lies To Lose My Life (watch)
5. Beck Gamma Ray (watch)
6. Cut Copy Hearts On Fire (watch)
7. Hot Chip Shake A Fist (watch)
8. Glasvegas Geraldine (watch)
9. M.I.A. Paper Planes (watch)
10. Booka Shade Charlotte (watch)
11. Oasis The Shock Of The Lightning (watch)
12. Kaiser Chiefs Never Miss A Beat (watch)
13. Passion Pit Sleepyhead (watch)
14. Portishead The Rip (watch)
15. Lily Allen Everyone’s At It (watch)
Posted on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 at 2:19 pm by Kat and is filed under Music & Videos.
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8 Responses to “20 Songs I Listened To Incessantly In 2008”
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ESCAPE THE FATE
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Dan, you’re stronger than most of us. I think they’re “guilty” cause we don’t want to admit we like the stuff to most people. For instance, I listen to way too much Pussycat Dolls for anybody’s liking … and now I will be firmly judged.
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Wendy, I am judging you on teh internets! LULZORZ
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i agree with dan. when it comes to music, i like what i like. i dont ask other people to like it and i dont care if other people judge me based on it. if they do, theyre stupid. for me, listening to music is a personal experience. when i have my headphones on, what i’m listening to is my business and only my business. i fell like someone going through my ipod is as invasive as someone going through my underwear drawer. whats there is no ones business.
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Yes Dan! Good call on Building A Boat by Matt Mays + El Torpedo. Excellent song and video. I’m gonna listen to it right now!
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White Lies! White Lies! Great band.
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i agree with dan. when it comes to music, i like what i like. i dont ask other people to like it and i dont care if other people judge me based on it
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I never understood the concept behind the term “guilty pleasure” - I like Nickelback more than Radiohead, and don’t feel guilty about it at all.
As for catchy tunes that were stuck in my head last year, here’s a handful:
- The Wombats “Let’s Dance to Joy Division”
- Matt Mays + El Torpedo “Building a Boat”
- Vampire Weekend “A-Punk”
- Butch Walker “The Weight of Her”
- The Waking Eyes “All Empires Fall”